Kyo P.O.V

'This girl is Shade?! But, she- she's a girl! Dammit! I can't fight a girl! That's just weird!"

"Are you alright?" She moved closer to me, studying my face.

"So- So you're Shade?"

"Yes, I'm Shade. Nice to meet you Kyo."

"Yeah, same." I keep stuttering. What the hell?!

"Now, if you don't mind I'd like to continue back to my room. Goodbye, now."

"Ye-yeah, bye."

'She's really strange. In a cute way.' He gave a little smirk. 'Whoa, what the hell am I thinking? I'm here to fight her, not be distracted by her. We're both fighters. I guess that's just what we do.'

I watched Shade walk back to her room, and then walked back to my own; my last thought still ringing in my head. 'I guess that's just what we do.' I went back into my room and lay down on my bed, replaying my encounter with Shade over and over again.

'I just can't get her out of my head.'

General P.O.V

Shigure walked into the Police station to the noisy sound of ringing phones and Police Officers talking to each other. Everyone looked like they were in a panic.
Shigure looked around and found Officer Yasuda talking to another Officer, speaking quickly, and then the other Officer ran off in another direction. Yasuda noticed him, and waved him over.

"Ah, Mr. Sohma, nice to see you again." the man said with a smile. "Come this way, we have much to discuss."

Officer Yasuda was a rather heavyset man. Dark, thinning brown hair and thick-rimmed round glasses framed his face.

They entered his office. He sat behind his desk while Shigure sat in the wooden chair in front of his desk. Yasuda folded his hands and looked at Shigure seriously.

"Mr. Sohma, so, as I said when I called you down here, we think we know who may've taken Kyo. Let me ask you, is Kyo troubled at home?"

"Well, kind of I guess. Kyo ran away a couple years ago and went to the mountains and did some training. But recently, he's been doing a lot better at home and at school. You can't honestly think he ran away do you?!" Shigures' voice rose a little.

O. Yasuda put his hands up in defense. "No, no. That's not what I'm saying at all. You see, there's this organization that captures troubled children and forces them to fight for money. They're called the White Hemlocks. The only time a child who has been taken by this organization has ever been seen again is, well, is if they were found dead."

Shigure felt his throat tighten, tears threatening to fall. He tried to swallow the lump in his throat, but couldn't. 'Dead?!' He just couldn't imagine Kyo dead.

"Well, do you know where they are? Can you find Kyo?"

"Well Mr. Sohma, the problem is, even with all these cases about the White Hemlocks, we have never been able to locate their headquarters. We've been researching cases like these for years, yet somehow we can never get any leads. We'll keep looking, but our chances of finding Kyo
are slim."

Shigure left the Police Station feeling worse than he had these past few days. He got into his car, and suddenly the tears couldn't be stopped. He sat back in his seat and just cried; he doesn't know for how long. He cried so much that he transformed in the front seat. Finally, he was able to pull it together, and turned back into himself. He wiped his eyes and his nose with the back of his sleeves.

'Should I tell them what he said? I mean, about not being able to find him. Everyone's so sad now. Plus, Tohru can barely keep it together. If I told her they probably won't find Kyo, this would destroy her.'

Tohru P.O.V

I was sitting in the living room chatting with the boys. Hatori and Momiji decided to stay at the house for a while, just to hear any news and to keep an eye on me. I wasn't exactly in my best state right now. But since they've been here to comfort me, I've been feeling a lot better lately. I was actually smiling a little, and I didn't feel so fragile anymore. I was starting to get back to my old self again.
It feels nice.

The front door slid open and in came Shigure.

"Hello everybody." he said with a smile.

"Hello," we said in unison.

"So, I've got some good news. They know who took Kyo."

I let out a gasp as I froze in place.

"Really? They know who took Kyo?" said Yuki.

"Yep. They said it's an organization called the White Hemlocks."

"The White Hemlocks? That's a strange name." Momiji said.

Hatori decided to explain further. "The hemlock is an extremely poisonous flower. And Tohru, didn't you say the people who took Kyo were wearing all white."

I snapped out of my daze. "Yes, that's correct."

So that explains it. Everyone's voices drowned out, as I felt a new sense of determination set in. Now we know who took Kyo.

Now we can find him!

Kyo P.O.V

"Hey, get up!"

I sat up from my bed; apparently I had drifted off to sleep.

Tenshi opened the door and smiled. "Hey killer."

'Killer?' "What do you mean killer?"

"Shade told me that she was attacked by Takumi and you stepped in, fought him, and then shot him. Good job." She said with a wink.

'Wait, she said what?! She shot the guy! Why did she tell her I did it?! Dammit, I don't want that on my shoulders.'

"Hey!"

I looked up; I had been staring down at my lap.

"What?" I snapped. I didn't really mean to, I was just confused as hell right now.

"Fine, be a brat, you don't have to move into your new room if you don't want to." She turned around to walk out of my room.

"Hey!" She stopped and turned around to look at me, grinning. "What do you mean move into my new room?"

"Well, we fight for ranking and status around here. Shade and Takumi are the first and second best now because they beat the old second and first. The only time Takumi fights someone is as if they beat the 3rd best, and Shade only has scheduled fights if they beat Takumi; both are extremely rare, so they don't fight very often. Also, everyone has a choice if they want to try to move up the ranks more or stay in the rank they have at the moment. Say if you're 3rd best and someone beats you, then that makes you 4th best, because you lost your spot. Anyway, you beat Takumi, so do you wanna move up or not? Word of advice, I would, because right now, you're at the bottom. You don't want to stay there."

'Holy crap, I'm 2nd now. Awesome.'

"Hey! Get your stuff and let's go; I don't have to be standing here all day."

"Uh, yeah." I jumped off the bed and went to grab my stuff, but then realized I didn't have anything to take with me. I was wearing my normal clothes, a black t-shirt and khaki cargo pants, because I didn't want to have to wear those stupid white clothes.

I sort of made the bed, and then Tenshi and I walked into the hallway; shutting the door behind me. As we were walking down the hall towards my new room, I got the feeling that I was being watched. I turned around to see a few peoples' heads peeking out of their doors, staring at me. Some looked astonished, some looked afraid, and a few looked a little bit angry.

I gave a smirk, like a king looking down on his servants. I felt powerful.

For once, I didn't feel like a stupid cat.

General P.O.V

Kyo entered his new room, and Tenshi shut the door behind him and left. Everything was still white; except everything in the room was generally larger. It had a full sized bed, same sized wardrobe and sink, but he had his own personal bathroom, that had its own shower. Plus, the room was just generally more spacious.

'Wow, I wonder what Shade's room looks like. It's so nice in here. Better than my room back . . ."

He wanted to think of the word home, but it just wouldn't come. 'No, this is my home now. Well, at least for now. Until I get enough money to start a new life. That's why I'm here.'

Suddenly, Kyos' door opened again. He turned to see Shade standing there, looking around the room.

"You're room is quite nice."

'Yeah, but not as nice as your room.'

"Thanks. It's much nicer than my old one." He gave a slight grin.

"Yes, those can be quite cramped."

Suddenly, what Tenshi had told him earlier came back into his thoughts.

"Oh, hey! Why did you tell them that I was the one that killed Takumi?!"

She looked at Kyo, some shock in her eyes, even though you could hardly tell. Then, the expression turned to slight annoyance.

"A 'thank you' might be nice." She sighed. "I told them you killed him for two reasons. One, killing him wasn't necessarily beneficial to me, it wouldn't do me any good, except make me seem a little more powerful, even though I already am. Two, technically, you were the one who beat him; you just didn't know that you had to kill him. So now you know."

'Dammit. Yeah, now I know I have to kill them if they turn against me like that, but what if I can't do it? I've never shot anyone before!'

She turned around to leave, when she suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Oh! And Kyo, one more thing." she started to walk towards him, when her foot caught on a section of the rug.

Shade let out a slight gasp and Kyo sprang to catch her.

"Hey, watch out!" The collided and landed on the floor.

*POOF*

Sorry to leave you with such a cliff hanger. But I'm sure you can wait; can't you? ;)

Oh, and thank you to pinksugarrush for giving me the idea of putting Kyo as 2nd rank.

I wasn't sure if it was a good idea, but then I saw the comment and decided to give it a shot.
Did it work?