Kyo's Master/ adoptive father...
Haruka woke up to find herself laying on Tohru's couch, her brother sitting on a chair beside her.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"very disoriented..." She said.
"Anything else?" Arsen asked, putting his hand on her forehead.
"Arsen..." Haruka lookedat him with a worried gaze. "Did I swllow that ball thing, and is Mitski alive too?" Some many questions pounded through Haruka's head.
"Sis, I think you need more sleep, I mean it's after ten..." He took his hand off her forehead.
"O...K..." She dozed off.
Haruka was standing in the rain, looking at the two cat creatures who were facing each other. It was like she had been running because her breath was shaking. There was scrapes all over her arms...
"Daddy... Kyo..." Haruka felt her push herself forward, her feet hardly moved an inch on the ground.
Release me... You know you wan to...
Haruka shot up in a cold sweat, her heart was racing, but she was on Tohru's couch.
"Oh, your up! Breakfast is ready" Tohru said, smiling at her.
"Oh, thank you" Haruka smiled and pulled the blanket away from her and got up.
After breakfast, everyone came, even Hiro.
"What are we doing today?" Hiro asked, hands in his pockets.
"Well, I thought we can go for a walk and catch up on each other's lives" Tohru smiled.
"So boring..." Hiro faked yawned.
"But Kisa is going" Momiji told him. He automatically blushed.
"Fine I'll go..."
Tohru was happy, everyone was getting along... Even Kyo and Yuki, she hadn't seen them tolerate each other for so long...
Eri grabbed her hand.
"They're getting along so well now" She smiled.
"I bet it has to do with them..." Eri nodded to the twins, who were talking in the back of the group.
"Yeah... Eri, everyone wants to know what's going on, after yesterday, Yuki and Kyo are overprotecting me..." Tohru looked at her boyfriend with worried eyes.
"Tohru..." Eri gently grabbed her chin so she could look at him. "You trust me, right?"
"O-Of course!" Tohru said instantly, getting lost in his eyes. "Why do you ask?"
"I just want to keep you safe... And your friends" He let go of her chin.
Kyo's mind kept flashing to Haruka's markings from yesterday, the way she lost control for a few moments, those were the scariest moments of his life, he thought he was going to lose her...
"Hey, carrot top" Kyo looked at the red head. "Don't worry about Haruka, she won't lose total control, she'll always come back..." They both locked eyes for a second.
"Don't forget this either... If you break yher heart... I break your neck..."
After the walk, Kyo was distant from the whole group, trying to get a grasp of things, but it seemed there was nothing to hold on to...
"Kyo?" Kagura had swung him, but it didn't seem to matter, he hadn't even noticed.
"Kyo?" Haruka's voice suddenly was clear in his mind, he looked at Kagura. "Are you alright, you're not sick are you?" Kagura touched his forehead in worry, he pushed it away gently.
"I'm fine" he grumbled, walking to the roof.
Why do I have these feelings for HER? He was looking at the charm she had given back to her. Why not Tohru?
"Oh Kyo..." Haruka had climbed on the roof as well. "Nice day, huh?" She smiled sweetly at him, he smiled back.
'Yeah..." He sighed.
There was about fifteen minutes silence following that. After, he looked at the girl that was sitting next to him.
"Is the same thing going to happen?" He asked.
"What do you mean?" Haruka looked at Kyo.
"Is your blood, going to do the same thing?" He asked more clearly.
"No... It won't for awhile.." He sighed in relief.
Yuki looked from afar at how Tohru was happy with Eri. He wished he had someone like that.
"I'm glad to see them so happy" The girl said, sitting next to him. "Now all I have to do is get Haruka and Kyo together..." Yuki looked at her. "What? Isn't it obvious that they like each other, but they don't realize it" Yuki looked at her flawless features.
"I don't know..." Yuki tried to occupy himself.
"Yuki, have you seen Kyo?" Kagura asked.
"No..." He answered.
"If you see him, can you tell him I'm looking for him?"
"Sure..."
Sakura was thinking about Haruka's markings, they were spreading around her body more quickly then usual...
Is she starting to lose it? She thought, walking with her head down.
When they were walking home, Haruka and Kyo actually kept their distance from each other.
"Are you okay?" Sakura asked Haruka. "You guys aren't talking..." Sakura said.
"Oh..." Haruka looked down. 'You'll have to ask him." She said. And that's what Sakura did.
"I don't want to talk to her" He grumbled.
"Okay, whatever..." Sakura walked to Yuki.
The half metal man was looking at the chained beast, twirling something in his hand.
"I almost forgot I had this..." It was a shot type thing. "It's filled with your blood, and once it courses through another with the curse, it'll be all over!" He smirked. "But of course, you can't use ALL the blood, or it can kill your subject... You!" the man pointed behind him.
"Yes master?" The man came out of the shadows.
"I want you to go to the Sohma house, the one that holds the two kitties and bring them here..." He gestured to the house. "You got it?"
"Yes, sir!" The man bowed.
"Good, now go!" And the man let.
Haruka started to cook lunch, since Sakura was doing laundry, Kyo walked in, going for the milk carton from the fridge.
"All we have left is the lactose intolerant" Haruka said, looking at him. "Oh, and I'm sorry" She looked at the soup that she was making.
"For what?" He asked her, taking a sip from the carton.
"I don't know, you seem mad at me."
Kyo sighed and put the carton on the counter, walking over to her, he put his arm around her waist, and grabbed her chin gently. "I'm not mad at you... It's just a lot has happened and I'm trying to get a grasp of it" He told her, removing his arm from her waist and grabbing the ladel from the pot.
"Oh, Kyo!' but before she could finish, he had taken a sbite. "That was leek and beef soup..." But he just started to chuckle.
"What?" she asked.
"I don't even taste the leeks!" He smiled at her.
"oh, that's good, that's what I was going for" She smiled at him. "Believe it or not, that was my grandma's recipe, she didn't like leeks either, but when someone got sick, she would have to cook it and-"
Thunk, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap...
Creak...
Haruka rolled her eyes. "Here we go again..." But it turned out to be Yuki.
"What's wrong with you?" Haruka asked, taking the pot off the stove top.
"Sakura... she's on the roof... fighting..." Haruka looked at Yuki.
"Both of you stay here..." She told the guys, But Kyo grabbed her shoulder.
"No, I'm going with you..." He told her.
'So am I " Yuki said sternly.
"Okay... but I can't promise your safety" They both nodded and they went to the roof.
"Haruka, no! This guy is after you and-" But the guy punched her in the face, knocking her out.
"Tsk, you shouldn't have told, you little runt" He spit on her.
"Don't spit on my sister..." Haruka tried to keep her cool.
Then, he disappeared from sight, attacking Yuki from behind.
"Now that we've got the rats out of the way..." he disappeared again and Haruka felt something on the side of her neck, she put her hand there in reflex. "I only brought one, it was too easy..." He smirked and ran off.
Kyo backed away slowly, the girl was transforming, her legs and arms growing, her body as well, until she turned into a beast.
It was nothing Kyo had seen, not even his own transformation was as bad as this, she was black, her physical body was now 7 feet. She looked scared, he had seen her true form.
She growled, Kyo tripped, backing away, she reached for him. She was reaching for his help.
He was about to grab her hand when a whip cracked the side of her face. Kyo looked at the red head.
"Eri..." Kyo said.
"Get away from her Kyo, she's not human anymore... She has gone way beyond her markings, she must die" Eri stepped closer.
But Haruka ran, she ran into the depths of the woods.
"She wasn't going to hurt anyone" Kyo said. "She was reaching out for help..."
"you don't know that..." Eri said. "She could've wanted you to think that, and then destroy you..."
"She wouldn't do that!" Sakura was now up and standing besides Kyo. "You know well enough that Haruka would rather die then hurt her friends!" Sakura said.
"I agree" Yuki stood and joined in the conversation. "She wouldn't kill us..."
"You what?" the man spun on his subject. "I told you to bring them HERE!" He shouted.
"I know sir... But I needed to test..."
"Test what?" The man yelled.
"Him..." He gestured to the other creature that was chained. "If you think about it master, we don't even know if your mind-control serum will work on him... And it would be better if we had a test subject against him..."
"Your right... inject him with the serum!"
Yuki, Sakura, and Kyo searched, knowing Haruka, she wouldn't have gone far...
"Haruka!" They would all yell out.
But, well after the sun went down, they went home, with no trace of her.
"Something that big, should've left tracks" Sakura said, looking distantly.
"No..." Arsen walked into the room. "She doesn't want to be found, so she'll cover herself, she does that pretty well..."
"Arsen" Sakura looked at her brother.
"We're here too!" Mitski poked her head away from the door.
"Mitski!" Sakura ran over to her and hgged her.
"Eh..." Eri was scratching his head.
"Hey" Tohru walked in. "We heard what happened, we thought we could help"
"Thank you" Sakura smiled.
"Mitski..." Kyo was now in front of her, he punched the wall next to her.
"Oh, Kyo!" she smiled.
"I missed you..." They hugged.
"I did too..."
Haruka peered through the trees at the house, everyone was rejoicing, not about her, but that Mitski was alive.
Haruka's heart sank, Kyo had his girlfriend back... He didn't need her, no one needed her... She started to get sad, she was alone now, no one there to hold her when she cried.
You told me I could cry in front of you Kyo, but you don't realize that I am... Tears freshened on her eyelids, everyone was laughing and having a good time. No one needs me...
Even though she knew they would search, Haruka stayed hidden, she didn't want to be found, no one shall find her... Haruka found the place that Tohru found Kyo, when he was in his form, but she didn't know, she just waded into the lake water and hid herself.
But, she transformed back to her human self, the markings hissing back into her skin. She still didn't want them to find her.
"They won't search for you anymore, it's safe to come out..." Haruka lifted her head above the surface to see a grey haired man looking at her.
"Who are you?" Haruka asked the man.
"I am Kazuma Sohma... And you?" Haruka got out of the water and sat near the man.
"Haruka Sensoshi... What are you doing here?"
"Well, to get you of course..." He smiled through his grey hair.
"You are here... to get me?" Haruka was lost.
"Yes..." He put something down in between them. Haruka picked it up, it was a photograph.
"Is this Kyo?" Haruka was fixated on the orange haired boy that was standing beside him, holding his hand.
"Yes... He's like my son... I adopted him after all" Haruka held the picture with both of her hands, afraid it might blow in the wind if she held it with one.
"But, I don't understand, why me?" Haruka looked at him as he stood.
"It is very vital for me to teach you, you've learned so much so far... But it's the curse, not your martial arts skills"
"What do you know about the curse, I'm sorry, it's just... I need to know..."
"I was close to your father, he and I used to go to school together..." Haruka looked at the man. "And he told me flat out about his secret, and I kept it... And I heard you were still alive with the curse, I needed to help..." Kazuma smiled at Haruka.
"Okay!" Even though she felt timid, she followed this man where ever because he was Kyo's father, and she felt like she could trust him.
Haruka: Hey guys! Wow... Surprising twist, huh? LOL But it's just me today... so... I hope I do good in my training to control this curse, I think it might be good or not... I don't know... Oh well... Anywhoo! Sakura, Kyo, and Yuki try to live on with their lives! They have no idea! :)