Tohru woke up the next morning and she was in the bed next to Momiji and Kisa. She sat up and looked at her pillow. It was tear-stained. She heard Kisa stirring. She quickly turned the pillow over and got up and headed for the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes were red and bloodshot from her crying all night. She also had circles under her eyes from not really sleeping.

She had told Kyo how she felt. How important he was to her. How much he meant to her and he said no. Every time she even thought about Kyo her heart felt like it was breaking. He told her to let him go. Tears filled her eyes and she started to sob lowly.

"Tohru?" there was a knock at the door. It was Momiji. "Are you alright?" he asked lowly. Tohru sniffled and tried her best to sound cheerful. "Yes, just fine. I might have gotten a bit of a cold from the rain last night." she said.

She opened the door and looked at Momiji. "How are you doing? After last night?" asked Tohru. Momiji looked at Tohru. He knew that she was lying about how she felt. But he decided to let it go. He didn't want to upset her further.

"I'm doing okay. Last night scared me." Tohru nodded. There were slight tears in his eyes. She gently wiped them from his eyes with her finger. "I know that last night was scary, but I promise that I won't let anything happen to you."

Momiji looked at her. "I will do whatever I can to protect you and all the other zodiac members from Akito." Momiji looked at her and took her hand. "And I will do what I can do to protect you from Akito too." Tohru smiled and put her forehead to his and they both smiled.

Tohru quickly got dressed and started breakfast for the whole family. Momiji and Kisa insisted on helping her. Tohru welcomed the company and the help. Yuki came down a short time later. "Morning, Yuki," said Tohru with her signature smile.

He returned the smile. "Good morning, Ms. Honda." he said. He could see something was weighing very heavy on her mind and she was trying her best to hide it.

He wanted to ask her about it but decided it was better to let her tell him on her own terms.

Soon the others came down to the smell of a great breakfast. Hatori even decided to stay for breakfast. "So what is the plan for today?" asked Shigure. Momiji looked at him. "We are going back to the beach today! And then I was thinking about going to look for dolphins." said Momiji.

Stars shone in Tohru's eyes. "I've always wanted to see dolphins!" she said with a smile. Momiji and Tohru locked hands and marveled over the possibility of seeing them today. "I guess that means that we have to accompany you today." said Shigure.

They all looked at him. "Well, the only one that can drive the boat is Hatori." They all looked at Hatori, who was reading a book after eating. He looked at the group, all of them looking at him. He sighed and closed his book.

"I suppose I can do that later today." All of the kids cheered. Tohru opened her eyes and she saw Kyo standing in the doorway. Her heart raced and hurt at the same time. But she did her best to keep a smile on her face.

"There's still breakfast in the kitchen," said Tohru, lowly. Kyo wouldn't look at her. He nodded and walked to the kitchen. Kisa looked at Tohru and she could see the hurt in her eyes. She took Tohru's hand and Tohru looked up at her.

"Want to head to the beach?" she asked with a smile. Tohru returned her smile and nodded. "Yes, let's get ready to go." Kisa nodded and she headed for the stairs. Everyone got up and left the room, going to get ready.

Tohru started to gather the dishes. "Ms. Honda, here let me help." he said, walking next to her. Tohru smiled and nodded. "Sure, we can get done faster." Tohru stopped when she saw Kyo standing there, drinking the milk from the carton.

Kyo stopped and looked at her briefly and quickly looked away from her. Yuki looked between the two of them. "Ms. Honda, why don't you get ready? I know that Kisa and Momiji will be waiting for you. I will do the dishes and meet you there."

Her bangs covered her face. She nodded and walked out of the room. When Yuki knew that Tohru wasn't in earshot he turned to glare at Kyo. "What did you do to her, stupid cat?" He asked.

Kyo scoffed. "None of your business, ya damn rat." Yuki put the dishes in the sink. "You making her cry is my business." he spat out. Kyo looked at him. "I don't have to explain myself about what happened between me and her. It's our business, Yuki." he spat his name with venom.

Yuki rolled his eyes. "You don't understand how lucky you are. You can make Ms. Honda feel so much different than I can. You can make her smile no matter what you do, whatever you say." He turned to look at Kyo.

"It may not seem like much, making someone smile every day but that is something only you can do. I don't know what happened between Ms. Honda and you, but you need to fix it. You need to fix this with her. She deserves to be happy. And you are the only one that can make her that happy."

Kyo punched the wall. "You don't think I want to keep her happy!? You don't want to think that I want to be with her!?" Kyo yelled. "I want more than anything to be with her and make her happy every day. I want to be with her every moment of every day. But I can't."

Yuki looked at him. "I'm a monster. I have a horrible and disgusting real form." Yuki rolled his eyes and punched Kyo in the face. Kyo fell to the ground. Yuki turned and saw that the Somas and Tohru were headed out the door.

Yuki looked at Tohru. She looked from Yuki to Kyo. Her eyes rested on Kyo and her bangs covered her eyes. She walked out. All the Somas watched as Tohru walked out of the house. They all looked at Yuki.

"Well, let's go. The cat and the rat are at it again." said Shigure. He ushered the others out. Kyo looked up at Yuki, glaring at him. "What the hell was that for!?"

Yuki glared at Kyo. "You are an idiot. You really don't get it do you!?" Kyo shot up. "No! I Don't get it! I don't get how someone like her could love someone like me! And believe me, if I could be like you, then I already would be!" Kyo yelled.

Yuki kicked him through the wall. "You idiot! Screw you! So do I!" Kyo looked at him in shock. "If I could be you, then I would be you stupid cat! I wish that I could make Ms. Honda smile and be happy the way you do! When she is with you, she looks so happy! And I can't do that!"

"You need to get your damn act together and makeup with her! She deserves to be happy!" Kyo shook his head. "I can't!" Yuki looked at him in shock. "I want to be with her. She's the one that is most precious to me! But it's because she's so precious to me that I can't be with her." Kyo looked at the ground.

"Akito has threatened her. If Akito finds out how precious she is to me, she will go after her. And I can't be the reason another person dies." Yuki looked at him. "Akito has told you so much that you are to blame for your mother's death."

Kyo looked at him. "She told me many things when I was locked in that room. And she told me so much that I started to believe the lies that she told me." Yuki looked down at Kyo. "But you are not to blame for her death."

"You didn't ask to be born the cat. And what your mother did was her decision. You didn't make her kill herself. She did that on her own. But you can't let your past keep you from being happy. You can't be ruled by your past."

Kyo sighed. "I don't want anything to happen to her. Akito has no problem hurting her. If last night was any indication. I can't be the reason Tohru gets hurt." Yuki sighed. "You're not the only one that will be protecting her. I will protect her as well."

"She has become a precious friend to me, and I will be damned if I let Akito do anything to her." Kyo picked himself up and looked at Yuki. Yuki looked at him. "Go to her. Talk to her. Because she is in more danger with you staying away from her. She needs you. She loves you. And she deserves to be happy."

Kyo nodded and he walked to the door. "Thanks, you damn rat." Yuki smiled. "Go, you stupid cat." Kyo smiled and ran toward the beach.

'Akito may not approve of my love for you, Tohru. But I will do everything that I can to protect you and be with you every day. Even if I get locked away because I'm the cat, I will do everything I can to fight it so I can be with you every day. You are the most precious to me.'

Kyo made it to the group. Hiro was holding a crying Kisa and Momiji was crying as well. Hatori and Shigure were on the ground. "What the hell happened?" asked Kyo. Momiji turned to Kyo, tears falling down his face.

"Tohru…" Kyo's heart dropped. "Tohru's gone." Kyo's world started to close around him. His chest started to feel tight. "Calm down, Momiji." came Yuki's cool voice. When the hell did he get there?

"Now where is Tohru?" he asked calmly. "Akito's." Momiji cried out. Kyo dropped to his knees.

'No, no, no,no,no not Tohru.'

He thought as fear took a grip of his heart.