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Sometimes It Be That Way	By : lutz Category: Fruits Basket > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7269 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N: Chibi, This one's for you!! ^o^ You totally had the story pegged!! Are
you psychic?! oO;;; I think so at least~ hehee~ ^^ But, I had this story completely
planned out and this chapter in particular was 75% written already, and when
that review came in(chapt 5)…I did a double take! Whooo~ eerie!

A/N2: Oh yeah! And when I was writing this, I was listening to Dante's Prayer
by Loreena Mckennitt, and (per the title) Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood by
Santa Esmeralda(the longer version), if anyone wants something to listen to
while reading this - those two would be it.

Sometimes It Be That Way

Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood

Kyou awoke feeling a shooting pain in the back of his legs. He gasped trying
to breathe evenly but the pain was too intense. Tears trekked down his cheeks
as he thought bitterly that all good things must come to an end. He had never
expected it to happen this soon though, and never in quite the way that it
did.

His body shook with sobs as his thoughts centered on Haru. The searing agony
that resulted in each hiccupping sob was nothing compared to the hole in his
heart. He clutched at the front of the shirt he wore, trying unsuccessfully
to quell the rapid beating.

Oh god how he loved the ushi. There was nothing left for them now though,
he thought sadly, his heart shattering. He only hoped Haru would be able to
move on and forget about him.

Before Kyou passed out from the pain again he thought to himself dejectedly,
at least he would always have his memories.

***

Haru was a bit puzzled. Kyou had not shown up at their usual meeting place,
so he set his GPS for Shigure's house and made his way there. Maybe something
had come up? Kyou had never missed meeting Haru before.

When Haru knocked on the door and received no answer, he tried the handle.
Lo and behold it was unlocked, so he let himself in. The sight he found in
the kitchen twisted his stomach into knots. Something wasn't right here.

Tohru was openly weeping into her crossed arms; she was bent over herself
in her seat at the table. Shigure had his hand on her back, offering her some
sort of support, although the inu looked like he could use his own as wide
as his eyes were, staring off into space. Yuki had his face downcast at the
table, gripping his hair tightly; his eyes were ones of mourning.

"Where's Kyou?" Haru asked, fists curling tightly at his sides.

Tohru raised her face from her hands; her big green eyes were puffy and red
from crying. Tears spilling over her red cheeks she stuttered out, "T-they
t-t-ook" She hiccupped suddenly, "Kyou-kun aw-way." She managed
to get out before dropping her face back to her arms.

No. You lie. Haru's eyes had opened wide. He couldn't speak.

Shigure used his free hand to wipe at a couple tears that had spilled forth.
When he spoke, his words were quiet and laced with regret. "I thought
Akito would at least wait until after he graduated-

White Haru was gone. There was only Black Haru now. And he was extremely
pissed
off. How dare they take his kitten like that!! How DARE
these idiots just let it happen!!!

Three pairs of eyes were on him when he spoke; they realized just who
was speaking to
them although the low caste of his voice was unlike the ushi's
black counterpart. "And
you just let them?"

Shigure noted that the ushi's eyes were narrowed and exceptionally dangerous
looking. "Akito ordered it… we have to obey him…" The
inu trailed off, thinking of how Kyou had refused to go, and only went kicking
and screaming. They had done nothing to stop it from happening; that was true.
How could they?

"YOU FUCKING IDOIOTS!!!!" Black Haru raged, pivoting on
his heel and slamming
the door behind him as he vacated the premises.

The three pairs of eyes gazed at the closed door in shock at the sudden outburst.
They jumped in unison when the door fell off its hinges. A minute later, the
kitchen was completely empty.

***

Akito was practically dripping with glee. The cat was finally locked
up, and the method
used had tickled him to no end. The cat had attempted to fight
back and was easily
suppressed by three of the larger members of the family who wanted to see
it put in its
house forever. They had held Kyou down while
they talked amongst themselves about how to best deal with it.

This cat obviously wouldn't stay in its house as it was supposed to.
An old method was
decided upon to make sure the cat couldn't escape. It was rarely
used, one of the sohma leaders had remarked. It was only used for the cat's
that refused their fate.

So Akito had been allowed to watch as they held the crying neko down and
sliced open the back of his legs, severing his achilles tendons with one clean
cut. Kyou had howled in pain then, passing out shortly afterwards when they
cauterized the wounds with a red hot iron.

Akito couldn't stop smiling. He even didn't stop smiling when the ushi slammed
open the door to his spacious room. They couldn't do anything, he thought
as the ushi advanced on his reclining form.

Akito took one look at the ushi's eyes. He stopped smiling.

Black Haru reached down, the rage apparent on his features, and grabbed Akito
by the throat, slamming him up against a wall. The sohma clan's leader couldn't
feel the ground. He was being held fast by one hand that was in a death grip
around his throat. He could feel the muscles in his neck start to crunch inward
as the ushi steadily increased the pressure. Akito kicked out at the ushi
futilely, but the ushi didn't even flinch at the sudden kick to his stomach.

"Where the fuck is he." The ushi's voice was low and even as he
questioned the gasping man.

Hatori burst into the room, eyes going wide at the scene before him. "Haru!"
He yelled, making to advance on the ushi.

Black Haru shot him a glare and pointed with his free hand at the ryuu. "Take
ONE step
closer and I will murder him!!" He enunciated this by slamming
Akito back against the
wall. When the back of Akito's head cracked the wall
behind him, there was an audible sickening crunch of wood against skull.

Feral gray eyes panned back to Akito as Hatori had stopped his advance in
sheer terror.
"Now." Black Haru's voice had returned to its deadly calm tone.
"WHERE is my kitten?
If you refuse to tell me, I WILL murder
you then continue down the line with each and
every SICK fuck who leads this family until I get a GODDAMN ANSWER!!"

Gray eyes narrowed at the clan leader, his voice was back under control.
"Now, answer."

Akito clutched at the hand that held him aloft, his face was turning blue
and he could barley breath. He gasped out his answer, trying to get air into
his straining lungs.

He was tossed to the side unceremoniously at that, air finally filled his
lungs as he took large gulping breaths.

He watched the enraged ushi turn and storm out, passing by the other juunishi
who had gathered and witnessed the spectacle with wide eyes. Hatori was by
his side in an instant, Akito pushed him away angrily.

As Akito got his breathing under control he decided then and there that the
psychotic ushi could keep the cat, but he didn't want to see either of them
ever again.

***

The juunishi who had been present stepped out of Black Haru's way as he passed
them by without a glance. Anger radiated from the ushi and they all realized
that if any of them tried to make a move to stop him, they would die, no questions
asked.

Ayame was clutching at Shigure's robes, glancing back and forth from his
brother to the inu. He had been the first to follow Hatori to Akito's room
when they heard the door slam open. Shigure, Yuki and Tohru had come running
down the hall and gaped at what they saw when they joined Ayame by the door.

None of them could make themselves actually enter the room with that heavy
cloud of menace that streamed from the ushi in waves.

Except for Tohru, they were all a little more than shocked, to say the least,
when Haru
had declared Kyou his kitten.

Now, the three that had followed after Hatsuharu when he made his departure
had made it just in time for the exhibition. Shigure's mouth was agape as
his brain started putting
two and two together, quickly realizing that he had completely missed
all the telltale signs.
The two were very good at covering
up what they had been doing. Yuki on the other hand, was trying to keep the
grin that threatened to take over his face from manifesting.
He was having a hard time at it too since it had been exceptionally
pleasing to see Haru
strangling Akito. Tohru was covering her mouth with her hands, she was scared
but at the same time ecstatic that Akito had given Haru the answer he wanted.

Tohru tugged on Yuki's sleeve, she wanted to follow after the ushi when he
retrieved Kyou. Yuki stared at her questioningly, the grin finally winning
out, as she motioned
with her thumb at Haru's retreating back. Let's go. She mentally said
to him.

The two turned and jogged after Haru. Shigure detached Ayame's hand from
his kimono and followed. He had to make sure his charge was alright of course.

***

Haru's black and white sides were at war when he finally came upon the 'house'
that the neko would be in. His black side sneered that it wasn't a house but
more so a cage since Kyou wasn't supposed to leave it. Hell, even a jail would
be applicable to say.

Kyou had done nothing to deserve this. His black side screamed in
the recesses of his
brain. His white side was praying that his kitten would be alright.

The house was simple to look at on the outside. Almost desolate looking,
being so far removed from the rest of the world. Shades were drawn to keep
out any light and so that the neko would not be seen. The ground in front
of the doorway was in shambles from
never being taken care of. Why would it need to be anyway? It was only the
cat who
lived there.

Haru's hands were shaking when he opened the door; he saw the inside of the
abode was just as uncared for as the outside. It was dark too, and very depressing.

He felt Tohru's presence close behind him as he entered. He was truthfully
rather glad that she, the nezumi and the inu had followed him. He really needed
the support, even if his black side scoffed at this thought when he had it.

Tohru moved to the shades and drew them up, casting light into the extremely
dark room. Haru stepped over to where Kyou lay on his side, curled up into
a ball, unmoving. The ushi dropped to his knees, gently lifting Kyou to rest
against him, wrapping his arms around the still form and pressing his face
into the dirty orange hair. A mewl of pain issued from the neko when his legs
were jostled. Tohru gasped suddenly, outstretching a hand to Kyou when her
eyes lit on the neko's legs.

Haru glanced over at her, then down at what she was looking at. His black
side screamed
in anger and demanded he go kill the sons-of-bitches who did this now,
while his white
side was sobbing internally at the unspeakable cruelness
of what had been done. His face was paler than normal as his eyes took in
the full extent of the damage.

Falling to her knees, Tohru gathered Kyou's legs onto her lap and removed
her jacket. Silent tears streamed down her face as she tore the sleeves from
the coat and bent to wrap them as carefully as possible around Kyou's ankles,
hiding the black scars that were still slightly dripping blood from where
the wounds had not been completely sealed shut at the edges.

Tohru nodded faintly to Haru when she finished, and he lifted Kyou into his
arms as delicately as he could. They turned and saw Yuki and Shigure both
with the same wide eyed expression. The inu's lower lip was trembling slightly;
he never could have imagined that something this horrible would be done to
the neko.

"Let's get him home, I'll call Hatori." Shigure said in an almost
whisper.

As Haru followed Tohru out of the house with Yuki and Shigure bringing up
the rear, he gazed down at Kyou's pain stricken face and realized if it came
down to it, he would die for him.

***TBC***

A/N: Must thank all my reviewers again! I really appreciate it! =^^=
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