Tohru leaves

"You're leaving?" Sakura and Haruka watched Tohru pack.

"I have to..." She said. "I mean... I got this scholarship to go to a different school and it's far away from here! Don't worry I'm not going alone my two best friends are going with me and-" Haruka hugged Tohru, she didn't transform this time.

"Look, you do what you have to do, okay?" Haruka told her. "Don't worry about me and Sakura... We'll take care of the guys while you're gone okay?"

"Oh... Thank you.. Now I have to tell Shigure and Yuki and Kyo..." She sighed.

"We'll be there to support you" Sakura said.

"You will? Oh thank you!"

"No problem Tohru..." Sakura smiled an easy smile.

So, at dinner time, as Haruka was putting cat food out on the porch, she heard yelling, she sighed, she knew it was Kyo. She walked back in the room.

"Don't worry, Haruka and I are going to be stay here while she's gone..." Sakura smiled her princess-like smile.

"AND HOW IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MAKE ME FEEL ANY BETTER?" Sakura looked down at her lap.

"Don't be mean" Haruka told Kyo. "I mean, after all, I did save your life" Haruka pointed out.

It's weird... Even though Saku and I were going to stay here with three guys... It truly doesn't bother me...

"I DON'T CARE!" And he ran out of the house, Haruka scratched her head.

"Man, he sure is fussy..." Haruka said. She looked at Yuki, he walked out of the room depressed.

Sakura looked at her sister and then the door Yuki exited through. They both looked at each other, Sakura went after Yuki, Haruka after Kyo.

Sakura knew Yuki was going to take the news pretty hard, after all, it was her rats instinct. As she climbed the steps to his room, she heard crying.

Maybe harder then I thought... Sakura thought as she reached the door and started to knock softly.

"Come in..." Yet, his voice seemed smooth, like he hadn't been crying at all.

Sakura opened the door softly. "I'm sorry to impose..." She said.

"No it's quite alright..." He said.

"Are you alright?" Sakura asked.

"Why wouldn't I be?" He pulled a good fake smile.

"Because you care about her, and not being with her makes you squirm..." Sakura said, sitting down next to hm on his bed. Yuki looked at her shocked, Sakura sighed.

"I don't think you got the right idea-"

"Save it Yuki" She put her face inches away from his. "I know you better then you think..."

Sakura then got up and left his room, Tohru was standing in front of her door.

"Are you alright?" Sakura walked up to her.

"I'm seem to put a lot of trouble onto everyone's shoulders..." Tohru said.

"Don't worry about it!" Sakura said. "Sure, they'll miss you! But Haruka and I got them covered..."

Where is Haruka anyway?

"It's just... I'm going to miss them..." Tohru started to cry.

"I know... But I promise, even if I have to drag them there, we will come and visit you!" Tohru smiled.

"Thank you..." She said.

"Now, let me help you pack..." Sakura helped Tohru pack, still feeling confused about Yuki.

I wonder if he'll actually be okay...Sakura sighed.

"Are you alright?" Tohru asked. "I'm not making you work too hard am I?" She started to ramble on.

"Tohru, I'm fine!" Sakura said happily. "I was just thinking..."

"What were you thinking of?" Tohru asked. "Oh! I don't mean to push that's-"

"Tohru..." Sakura put her hands on her shoulders. "You trust me... don't you?"

Haruka carried Minori with her as she went to look for Kyo. He wasn't in his regular sulking area, the roof, so she kept looking.

"I could use a little help Minori..." Haruka said to her cat. Minori looked at her and pointed a paw straight, and there he was, sulking in a clearing. Haruka put Minori down, and went to Kyo, he was staring at the sky.

"Kyo?" Haruka was cautious, she knew how Kyo got when he got angry.

"What?" He was annoyed.

"I know it's hard to talk about your feelings and all-"

"Who said that?" He wasn't looking at her at all.

"Okay.. Wel, how do you feel of Tohru leaving?" Kyo looked at Haruka.

Was she serious? Does she truly want to know how I felt? No Kyo, don't fool yourself...

"Kyo?" He sat up.

"What does it matter anyway?" He finally huffed to her. "It's her decision..."

"I know... But..." She trailed off, looking at the ground. "What if it was Tohru asking this question?" Kyo looked at her in shock, then softened his look and looked at the ground. "You'd probably tell her to go, tell her that you'd be okay, but you would actually cry for her leaving for good..." Haruka told him.

"What do you know?" Kyo looked at the grass to his right, avoiding Haruka.

"I know a lot of things Kyo..." She walked to him and sat on her knees. "And I know how cats get when they try to hide their feeligs"

She's.. so close... Her scent is quite relaxing... Kyo felt his own heartbeat race, it usually only happened when he ws with Tohru... but...

"Kyo?" Haruka flicked his forehead, the feeling gone.

"Hey!" He yelled, touching the spot she had flicked.

"Hay is for horses" She said. "No offense to your relative" She sighed and looked at the sky. "She's leaving tomorrow you know..."

"What?" Kyo stood up.

"Yeah, you didn't realize that?" Haruka looked at Kyo.

"Darnit! Why didn't she tell us!" He ran off, Haruka followed.

Yuki was still depressed, he didn't want Tohru to leave, but it wasn't his decision. And he knew well, that if he told Tohru that he would miss her, she wouldn't go. but he also thought of Sakura, the girl with silver hair getting really close to his face. His heart raced when she did that, but he didn't know why.

So, when Tohru was about to leave the next day, Shigure knocked on his door.

"Yuki... Tohru's about to leave... Are you going to come say goodbye?"

He sighed and went over to the door, he was going to see her off with a smile.

So, he stood there, next to Sakura, saying bye to Tohru.

"Thanks Yuki..." Tohru said, grabbing the bag of Strawberries.

"Be careful okay?" Shigure said.

"Don't worry I'll be fine" She smiled.

She left after saying goodbye one last time. Yuki went back to is rroom.

"Not so fast 'prince'!" He looked at the girl at the bottom steps.

"Don't call me that' He told her.

"Whatever..." she rolled her eyes.

Haruka and Sakura moved into Tohru's old room, the bed was put down thanks to Shigure... Haruka felt awkward, it was Tohru's room and she had just left.

"Would you stop being so formal!" Sakura yelled toYuki. Haruka sighed and looked out the window, she then realized something.

She opened her window and saw Kyo not too far away from it.

"Ky~o" She said in her best Shigure voice.

"What the h-" he cursed.

"Relax, it's only me... I see Minori has forgiven you?" Haruka looked at her cat, purring next to Kyo.

"Whatever..." He looked back at the sky, some clouds passed by overhead. Haruka crawled out the window and crawled next to him.

"It's beautful" She stared at the stars.

Kyo looked at the girl that was now sitting next to him, her eyes sparkled, just like the stars, he laughed to himself.

"What's so funny?" Haruka asked him, suddenly becoming bashful. He stopped.

"Nothing..." He looked away.

"Haruka?" Kyo saw Sakura pop her head out of the window.

"Hm?" Haruka looked at her sister.

"Can I talk to you?" she glanced at Kyo. "Alone?"

"Yeah..." Haruka went to stand, but slipped, she was heading towards the ground.

Shoot! Kyo dived for her, making them both fall to the ground.

When Kyo opened his eyes, Haruka was in her cat form, she was on his chest.

Shigure, Yuki, and Sakura ran over to them.

"Are you alright Kyo?" Shigure asked, looking down on him.

"Haruka!" Sakura gently took the cat from his chest.

"what did you do? you stupid cat." Yuki asked him

"I didn't do anything!" Kyo yelled. "You wanna go?" He held up his fists.

"And how is that going to solve anything?" Yuki asked him.

"You tick me off..." And Kyo walked away.

Sakura put Haruka in her bed then looked at Yuki, who was standing in the doorway.

"My sister was lucky Kyo caught her..." She said to Yuki, pulling the blanket over the black cat until only her head was showing.

"For once that darn cat saved a life..." Yuki sighed.

"Oh, Sakura!" Shigure said in a singsong voice.

"What is it?" Sakura looked at him.

"Do you by any chance know how to cook? It's lunch time and I'm getting hungry..." shigure rubbed his stomach draumatically.

"Sure, no problem, Yuki, can you watch Haruka for me?" she looked at the boy.

"Yes, Ms. Sakura"

"Stop being formal Yuki, please, feel free to call me Sakura" She walked out of the room and went to th kitchen.

Haruka's eyes snaped open, she heard several meows outside. She sat up and kept the blanket clenched in her hand, pressing it against her chest.

"Haruka~ Are you awake yet?" Shigure opened the door. Haruka saw redness fill his cheeks. She grabbed a shoe that was next to her blamkets and threw it at him.

"Out!" She told him.

"But-"

"OUT!" Then the door shut. Haruka heard a thump noise and went to the closet. She took out the clothes she wore before he fell, she didn't want to dirty anymore of clothes. Then, she glanced out the window, trying to see if the cats were still out there, they weren't. But Minori was sleeping right outside.

As she walked down the stairs, she heard something sizzling and walked to the kitchen. Her sister was over a hot stove top, cooking.

"Mmm..." Haruka sniffed the air. "Salmon" She licked her lips like a cat would.

"Uh, uh, uh..." Sakura whacked Haruka's forehead. "It's not finished yet..."

Haruka walked to the refriderater and opened it. She grabbed the milk carton. it wasn't lactose intolerant.

"One of us needs to go to the store, sorry sis..."

"No problem, I'll go... I got nothing better to do..." Haruka shrugged and head to the door.

"I'll go with you..." Haruka looked at the purple haired boy.

"Okay" She said, slipping her shoes on.

This'll be good, one less person for Saku to worry about... Haruka thought.

Sakura needed at least two hours for the salmon to cook properly, so she sat at the dinning table, resting. Kyo strode in moments later, walking to the fridge and taking out the milk carton. He was about to put his lips to the opening side, he noticed Sakura glaring at him.

"WHAT?" He yelled at her.

"You were thinking of gettig a glass, weren't you?" Sakura asked.

"What do you care, it's just milk" He shrugged.

"Kyo, do you know how many people drink out of that, I have to use that for cooking as well!" She grabbed the carton from him.

"That's why we buy Kyo his own carton" Shigure said, walking into the room.

"Are you going somewhere?" Sakura asked.

"Ah, yes.. I have to visit Akito..." He said.

"I'm coming with you" Sakura said, taking off her apron.

"I don't think that'll be a good idea..." Shigure said.

"Oh come on Shigure, he is someone important to your family right?"

"Important isn't even the right word" Kyo muttered. Sakura looked at him.

"What if Kyo went as well?" She suggested.

"That's a terrible idea!" Kyo spat.

"Please Kyo, Shigure..." She batted her eyelashes.

"I guess it'd be fine if Kyo goes" Shigure sighed after a moment. "But I warn you, he's not going to be the nicest person...'

"I figured as much" Sakura pulled her long suilver hair into a ponytail.

"Let's go..."

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