Don't go... Please... For me don't go...

But I wanted to go so badly. I felt like I needed to go. But at the same time, he was telling me to stay. Wait, who was he? I looked behind me and saw "him". It had the top of an eagle, and the body of a scorpion. I started to run. I was know scared. The thing flew above me, his shadow over me. Soon all I could see was black... Then I saw a pair of yellow eyes snap open.

I woke up abruptly. I was panting, as if I had run a marathon. I looked at my alarm clock and saw it was 1:00 in the morning. I sighed and went back to sleep.

Outside, a yellow eye glared at the sleeping form of Tohru. He licked his lips. Soon, very soon...

Brother, don't do it, a scared voice said in his head. But he laughed. "Not now brother, you won't trick me again, I am now in control!"

With a final chuckle, the boy had faded in to the shadows.

I sat in my desk, looking out the window. It was so pretty today, the cherry trees were showering their petals on the ground. I could hear several birds whistling. As I looked up towards the sky, I saw a big bird. That bothered me for some reason... It vaguely reminded of something. But what? I sat thinking about it. It was on the tip of my tongue...

"Hey, Tohru!"

I snapped back to reality. I looked and saw Uotani waving her arms.

"Yo, can you hang out today?"

I thought about it for a little while. Today was Friday, so... that meant today was the day I was meeting Ryouichi!

"Oh, I can't, I've made other plans! I'm so sorry!"

Yuki passed by, carrying a stack of papers. He managed to catch the last part of what I had said.

"You have plans? What are they?"

I started to blush. I couldn't tell them. "I... er, uh, I'm... well you see..."

Uotani and Hanajimi then started to talk. "Tohru already has plans... That must be an excuse. She's probably getting rid of us! But that's okay, you've already done so much for us." Uo started to cry.

Hana looked at me blankly, "Yes, it does indeed seem like that."

I blushed even more. This was becoming really difficult.

I met Ryouichi at the place we had met, after school. It was a little hard to get away from Yuki. He was very curious, as to where I was going.

When I got there, Ryouichi had his eyes closed, and he was smiling. When I got a little closer, he turned around and looked at me. He smiled, but it wasn't the same sincere smile I had seen previously. It was more like: I-know-something-you-don't smile. It crept me out.

"Ah, so you came..."

I nodded. It was odd how he talked... He didn't seem to be Ryouichi. But there he was in the flesh. There was his blonde hair, his purple kimono, and his eyes... Wait! His eyes. There was something about them... Maybe it was a trick of light, but his yellow eye seemed to gleaming, just like the turquoise one; when I had previously met him. I shrugged it off. I was just nervous.

Ryouichi then started to walk around me in a circle. I just stood there, watching him move.

"Before I tell you my secret," said Ryouichi, "you must tell me something first."

"Okay..."

"What do you think of the Hanajins?"

I hesitated before I answered. "I can't really put it into words... Well I can, but, oh never mind. You guys seem so... familiar. Like I know you. You are also very similar to the Sohmas."

Ryouchi glared at me. "Never speak of that name!" he seethed.

This is not Ryouichi, I thought to myself.

"Now just answer me one more question," Ryouichi said.

"Do you love the Sohmas?"

I blushed. "Well,er, no, I mean, kind of, but it's more like... well it's hard to explain."

Ryouichi frowned. "Say no more, I get it."

What does he get?

Ryouichi leaned in towards my face. "You are a spy, for the Sohmas."

"Wh-what?!" I stammered.

"And that's why," Ryouichi whispered into my ear. "I am going to have to kidnap you."

I stepped back from him.

"Don't worry, you'll like your new life far better," he said, reaching out his hands.

I turned and ran.

I could hear him laugh behind me. What sick joke is this?

As I ran faster and faster I could hear a rustling up in the trees. I looked up and saw Ryouichi bounding from tree branch, to tree branch. He then dropped in front of me. He pinned me up to a tree, with his hands. I was panting, he was licking his lips.

"You're quite the runner, but know you're coming with me," he said.

SLAP!

Someone slapped Ryouichi across the cheek. He whirled around to see who it was. It was the exact copy of Ryouichi. The only difference were the turquoise eyes. Ryouichi had a surprised look on his face.

"How did you escape? We are bound to one body!" he yelled.

The other Ryouichi smiled. "Looks like we don't share one mind brother."

Ryouichi then yelled and lunged himself at his twin. The other easily dodged it. Soon they were circling each other in fighting stances.

Soon I felt something on my shoulder. It was a hand. A man was hanging upside down from the branches. He had long black hair. He looked like Shigure, except younger, and grim. He held out his hand.

"Hurry," he said. "We must leave!"

I nodded and took his hand. He pulled me up into the tree branches.

"Go to the Sohmas through the trees," he said pointing his finger to the direction I should go.

"But who are you?" I asked.

He grinned. "I told you not to go."

He then vanished into the green leaves.