Kyo P.O.V
It felt weird. I've never shown my emotions like that. Comforting people, pitying them; it's just not my thing. But for her, well that was the only thing I could do. She was just so sad, and I could tell it hurt just too even think about. And the way she looked as she was telling me all of this; I guess I can see why she hides her emotions; she doesn't want anyone breaking through her.
"Hey, it's okay." I said. I felt kind of awkward; I'm not good with girls. She had kind of stopped crying, and she gently lifted her head up off my shoulder, so she was looking at me.
"Thank you, Kyo, for being here. No one has ever really shown me that kind of affection before."
"Really? That's weird, it sort of seems natural." For some reason she seemed confused by that.
"Anyway, Shade, I think I can guess why you're like this." She seemed interested in what I had to say, so I kept going. "You don't want your emotions get in your way. You want to put out that tough, ruthless fighter image who doesn't let anything get in her way. If you let her emotions show; people might hold it against you."
Then she did something unexpected.
She laughed.
It wasn't like a giggle or a chuckle. She really laughed. She has a nice laugh.
'Wait, why is she laughing?!'
"Kyo, that's quite an assumption." Then her laughter died down, and she got kind of serious again. "You are half right. I do hide my emotions from the other kids so they don't try and take advantage of it. But, the main reason why I'm like this; why I'm so distant and cold. Well, I guess it's because I've just forgotten how to feel. Natural sympathy to me is patting someone on the back and telling them to move on. That's all I've ever experienced, so my emotions only ever grew to the extent of my experience with those situations." She became sort of sad again, so I squeezed her hand tighter. She looked up and gave me a real smile.
"Thank you, Kyo. Really."
Shade got up from the bed and walked towards that door. She stopped and in the doorway, and turned to look at me.
With another smile she said, "Goodnight, Kyo."
Then before I knew it, she was gone, and I was left feeling kind of empty, but strangely satisfied.
I shut off the light and lay back in my bed, staring up at the ceiling, with a small grin on my face.
That night, I had the best sleep that I'd had in a while.
Shigure P.O.V
When Tohru and I arrived back home, everyone was surprised to see her with me. I didn't tell Yuki and the others where I was going; just that I needed to go out.
Tohru went upstairs to her bedroom, probably to take a nap, and I told her I would wake her when lunch was ready. While I was preparing food, Hatori came in and decided he needed to interrogate me.
"So Shigure, how did you run into to Tohru?" He sounded very suspicious.
"I ran into her on the street." I fake laughed. I never was a good liar.
"Oh, really?"
I held up my hands defensively. "Now, now Hari, you'll find out everything soon enough. Just wait patiently until lunch is ready, and you'll all know." Hatori just nodded his head and walked off.
It was hard putting on a fake smile for everyone. I bet it was especially difficult for Tohru. She acted so happy when she walked in the house, she almost fooled me. 'I wonder how she can do that; hide her emotions from everyone, when she's being eaten away on the inside. Well, I guess she's had to do that for a while now.' My memory flashed back to when Yuki and I first found Tohru living in her tent, and the first night she stayed in our house. When she was telling me about how her Mother died, I was so sad. I almost started crying. 'It's amazing. She always so cheerful at school; you'd never guess she's been suffering like this for so long.'
With all of the suffering that Tohru has endured, she deserves some happiness. Luckily, the gang can always bring out the real Tohru; the one who holds her true feelings.
General P.O.V
"Lunch is ready! Yuki, run upstairs and wake Tohru."
"Sure." Yuki got up from the table and went upstairs to Tohru's room. Her door was open, so he went in. There, instead of finding Tohru sleeping, she was just lying in her bed, staring at the ceiling. Yuki slowly walked in, not wanting to startle her.
"Tohru," he whispered, "lunch is ready." Without turning her head, she looked at Yuki. She actually looked kind of frightening. She was sort of sprawled out on the bed; her arms and legs making an 'X' shape. And she just stared at him; almost as if she really was trying to scare him. But then her features softened when she saw Yuki's caring eyes. They made her drop her guard. She curled up into the fetal position and started crying, and Yuki immediately rushed to her side. He knelt down in front of her and took her hands.
"Tohru, what's wrong?" He sounded really worried.
Tohru sniffled. "Shigure. Shigure will tell you at lunch. But Yuki, do I have to go down? I don't want to hear it again."
"Hear what again?"
"Just go downstairs!" she snapped. Yuki was taken aback by her sudden ferocity. He looked hurt, and he got up and began to walk towards the door, not wanting to argue with her. Suddenly, Tohru jumped up from the bed and towards Yuki.
"Yuki!" She grabbed his hand, and then fell to her knees. Yuki was shocked.
"Tohru . . ."
He bent down in front of her, and lifted her chin up so she was looking at him. She looked so helpless, and it made Yuki feel the same; they've been through so much together, and he hated seeing her sad.
"Come downstairs, Tohru." He smiled. Tohru half smiled back.
As Yuki was standing back up, Tohru yanked his arm back down, so he was kneeling again. "Wait, Yuki. I don't think I can. Do I really have to he-" Her words were cut off when Yuki pulled her closer and kissed her. Tohru was so shocked she didn't even close her eyes. She just sat there awkwardly staring at him. She was stilling sitting there in shock when Yuki stopped kissing her and pulled her up from the floor.
"It's okay, Tohru. I'll be right there with you."
He held her hand as they walked downstairs; together.
Shade P.O.V
After leaving Kyo's room, I felt better and worse at the same time. I felt better because I finally got to let my feelings out. I've been living here for almost 4 years, and not once throughout the years I have I shown or expressed my feelings. I only realize now how almost inhumane that is.
But like I said, after leaving, I also felt worse. Truth is I didn't want to leave. I wanted to keep sitting there, talking with Kyo, about anything I could think of. I feel kind of empty now.
'Oh, I was so caught up in just talking with Kyo that I completely forgot about his curse!' He looked as though he thought I was going to be afraid of him or something. When he was explaining it to me, he looked really depressed, and sort of angry. Well, that is to be expected, as he's left out of almost everything that his family does. I kind of understand how he feels though; my family never really paid any attention to me either. But after talking to me about it, he seemed happier.
I smiled a little, as I walked into my room. I flopped down onto my bed, and clutched my pillow to my chest.
'I'm . . . happy. I haven't felt this way in a long time. I like it.'
General P.O.V
Beep Beep Beep Beep
"DAMMIT IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THIS CRAP!" Kyo pounded his fist on his alarm clock to shut it off.
'9:30? Hell no, I'm going back to sleep.' Well, he tried to go back to sleep, but then Ayumu started shaking Kyo's door. "Rise and shine, Princess, you've got a fight to win."
"Why so DAMN early?! And I though you said Second and First don't fight that often."
"You don't, but sometimes you do. 4th best beat 3rd best and now they want to try to move up the ranks. And what the hell do you mean early, it's night time! So drag ass; you've got 15 minutes to get ready." Night time? Kyo looked back at the clock and realized it said 9:30pm. 'How the hell did I sleep in that late? I guess Shade and I stayed up longer than we thought.'
Ayumu opened the door and tossed in clothing. "Here're your fighting clothes. Chop chop!" Kyo sluggishly got out of bed and put on his clothes. He went into the bathroom and splashed some water in his face to wake himself up, and then he was off to the ring.
When you turn the corner towards the arena, cement suddenly becomes actual wall, and it's painted black. There are two ways to go; right or left. Kyo found his name written on a sign towards the left off-shoot, so he assumed that's where he was supposed to go. At the end of the curved hallway were Ayumu and Tenshi waiting for him. 'I just can't get rid of these assholes; they're everywhere I go!'
"Start stretching," demanded Tenshi, pointing over to a corner.
"Calm down, would ya?" Even though he was talking back, he did what he said anyway. He went over to the corner of the room and began stretching. He looked around the room as he did this.
It was a large room, almost everything painted black. There were a few people running around, trying to get things ready. Scattered around the room were pieces of equipment, all of which were red, for some reason. There was a large cell door on the wall facing the hallway. It was the door that led out to the ring.
"Come on, Kyo! You're on in a minute." Kyo jumped up from where he was sitting and jogged over to Tenshi, who was standing by the door. Now that he was closer, he could hear people cheering outside.
'People watch the matches?'
Someone gave Tenshi a signal, and she grabbed a small burlap sack and put it over Kyo's head.
"Hey, what the hell are you doing?!"
"Oh, shut up. We do it to make your identities a surprise to the audience and each other. We do it to everyone."
Then, she unlocked the door and swung it open. Tenshi led him into the ring, and stopped in the middle. As she did this, Ayumu did the same with Kyo's opponent. Then, an announcer came on the loud speaker.
"Everyone, welcome to tonight's final match! With Tenshi, we have Kyo, the fighter who fought his way up to second place on his first day." There were some cheers, and there were some boo's.
"We will have a very special fight tonight. Please remove their masks." Tenshi lifted off the bag, and it took his eyes a few seconds to adjust to the light.
'Shade?!'
Tohru P.O.V (along the same time period as ^)
After Shigure finished explaining the whole story to everyone, Yuki and I were cleaning up the aftermath of lunch. Everyone was just as surprised as I was. Okay, maybe not as surprised as I was, but still pretty surprised. I was washing the dishes, while Yuki was collecting plates and throwing extra food in the garbage. I was drying a plate, when Yuki put down a pile of plates next to me.
"Well, that's the last of them." He gave me a big smile, and I felt my face get hot as I hid behind my hair. I still can't believe he kissed me. I always sort of thought I had feelings for him, but him having feelings for me? It doesn't seem real. Well, most things don't seem real lately.
I was snapped out of my daze when Yuki suddenly turned my face towards him, and he kissed me again! I was taken off guard, just like the first time. He's feeling awfully confident today. I wonder what has gotten into him for him to be acting this way. I can't tell how I feel about it, but for some reason, it did cheer me up.
Yuki walked away, and then the phone rang. "I'll get it!" I shouted. I turned the sink off and ran over to the phone, picking it up the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hello, this is Tohru, I'm assuming. It's Officer Yasuda. Great news, we know how to find the White Hemlocks."
The phone fell out of my hand, and Shigure, who was passing by, ran over to me. "Tohru, what's wrong?!" I picked up the phone and handed it to him, and slumped down onto the floor.
"Hello? Who is this?" said Shigure. He was still looking at me suspiciously; wondering if I was alright.
I heard some faint sound on the other end of the line, and Shigure almost dropped the phone like I did. He was in just as much shock as I was, and it took him a second to reply.
"Yes, of course. Would it be alright if Tohru and I came as well?"
There was more sound coming from the phone, and Shigure's expression became kind of sad.
"Okay, I understand. So you're going tonight? Please call me when you have any information."
He hung up the phone, looking to me with a huge smile on his face.
"They think they might know how to get Kyo back! Apparently a Police Officer went under cover and found that they hold weekly fights, and rumor has it Kyo might be featured this week's match, which is held tonight. Two cops are going under cover to see the fight and hopefully finally put a stop to the White Hemlocks. Apparently they have a whole bunch of police officers that will be parked in a parking lot across the street as back-up." He bent down and grabbed by shoulders. "Tohru, they're gonna find Kyo!" We both started crying, but for the first time in a while, they were happy tears.
Yuki walked down the hallway, to see Shigure and me sitting on the floor crying. We both looked up at him and started laughing. He gave a sigh of relief, thankful that we weren't sad, and came over and kneeled down next to us. Shigure hugged Yuki; something I've never seen him do, and Yuki started laughing too, even though he didn't know why. This is the most we've laughed in a while. I miss it. If only Kyo were here; then it would be perfect. Well, he will be soon.
Kyo P.O.V
After the cheers died down a little, the announcer started speaking again. "Yes, ladies and gentlemen, we have a VERY special fight tonight, to mark the 15th anniversary that we've been holding these fights. Best fighter Shade will be battling it out with Second best fighter Kyo in tonight's match. Also, one more thing; to make it even more entertaining for you, this match will be . . . to the death."
The crowd went crazy; I could barely hear myself think. I was staring at Shade, but she wouldn't look at me.
"Shade!" It was loud enough that she heard me, but that no one else heard. She looked up at me, and she looked as if she was on the brink of tears.
"I'm sorry." was all she whispered.
The bell rang for us to begin the fight, and we both got into our fighting stances. We paced around the ring, not taking our eyes off of each other, but neither of us wanted to make a move. Some people started to boo because we weren't actually doing anything, but I didn't really care. 'I don't want to fight her!'
All of a sudden, we heard shouting coming from the audience, and looked up to see two men yelling at each other. One of guys was yelling, "I'm tellin' you man this guys a cop! He arrested me once; I remember it clear as day!" Then he pulled out a gun and aimed it at his head. "Die!" But before he could pull the trigger, the other guy grabbed the arm that was holding the gun and yanked it, so the gun was pointing towards the wall behind him. Before I knew it, the shooter was on the ground, and the other man had the gun, pointing at the man on the ground.
Suddenly, we heard rumbling coming from upstairs, and then the back door burst open, and the room was flooded. Police Officers were yelling at people, people were running and trying to get away, and noise; so much noise. Everything happened so fast that I didn't know what was actually happening; my whole word suddenly crashed. Someone pushed by me, and I saw Tenshi and Ayumu trying to run, but they were caught by two police officers who had jumped off from the stand. 'What the hell is going on here?! What's happening?!'
Suddenly I remembered. 'Shade?!' I looked around and found her with her back pressed against a wall; she looked scared, and I saw a police officer walk towards her. She crouched down onto the floor and put her hands over her head, like he was going to hurt her. I panicked and ran over, blocking his way. "I won't let you touch her." I growled. The officer put his hands up defensively. "I'm not going to hurt either of you. Please, come with me." He held out his hands to us. I looked back to Shade, who was now looking up at me, and I held out my hand to her.
The officer led us outside, where there had to be 2 dozen police cars waiting. Out there were other kids that lived here, all were wrapped up in blankets and being led to the cop cars. The same for Shade and I, as we were put in the back of a police car and driven to the station.
"Kyo?" whispered Shade. "Kyo, we're free."
I feel like the last part was kind of anti-climatic. Also, it was kind of quick. Sorry :/ My writing skills are beginning to wither because I'm kind of in a hurry.
But the reason I had to do it like that is because I want to finish up this story before school starts. If I had started this earlier in the summer there would be many more chapters. :c
I'll probably be finishing this story in either the next Chapter or the Chapter after that.
Oh! And I've also been working on a Soul x Maka (Soul Eater) fanfic that I already have the prologue and the first chapter written for, so probably after I'm done with this story I'll start posting that one.
Bye! 3