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Disclaimer � I do not own or profit
from Fruits Basket. So stop pretending
you think I do. It�s annoying.

Rated R for things in later
chapters. Trust the rating � I would
know.

I know �kickout� is supposed to be two
words. However, the title of the story
and this chapter is from a song called �Kickout� by The Exies, so I left the
spelling. And no, this is not a songfic, nor will I be quoting the
song. I just like it, and thought it fit
with the theme of this story, this chapter in particular...

This story contains SPOILERS. Do not
read if you don�t want to know why Kyo is always trying to beat Yuki � that�s
kinda central to the plot. Also, I know
the Akito spoiler, but as the main characters in this are ignorant of it,
I�m not referencing it yet... I don�t
know if I will later or not, so if you don�t want to know it, you shouldn�t
read this. Just to be safe.

Anyway, enjoy. Peace, all.

***

Kickout

Part One � Before You
Cage Me

by Ghost Helwig

***

Yuki was
staring up at him, and for a full minute Kyo did not understand. Yuki never ended their fights on the
ground. He always ended them by ending them, kicking Kyo�s ass without
one drop of sweat daring to mar that perfect pale skin.

But now Yuki
was looking down, messy hair obscuring his eyes yet somehow not managing to hide the purple bruise
forming on one cheek, and Kyo felt a soaring triumph fill his being, eclipsing even Shigure�s startled
exclamation and Tohru�s continuous babble of worry. He�d won. The cat had finally beaten that damn rat.

Akito must keep his word. And that meant he was free.

Actually,
Akito didn�t have to keep it, Akito
didn�t have to do a damn thing, but that didn�t matter. He�d won.

He didn�t notice
Yuki calmly get up and begin to dust himself off, only seeing the defeated rat
again when Yuki was heading back into the house.

�Off to lick
your wounds, rat-boy?� he half-heartedly gloated, smiling for once � hell, he could smile for the rat now, because now he was free.
Yuki stopped, and a brief flicker of a smile ghosted over his lips
(though it didn�t even touch his dark, haunted eyes). He continued into the house, wordlessly
brushing past the worried Tohru, who knew better than to follow him and instead
ran out to check on the victorious cat.

Only Shigure�s
eyes, strangely troubled, followed Yuki�s slow steps up the stairs. And once he was out of sight, Shigure stood,
straightened his robes-

And went to
make what would prove to be a very fateful phone call.

***

Akito had
agreed to keep his word. The cat would
remain free.

Kyo floated
the last few weeks to graduation, an event he�d once dreaded suddenly seeming
like the perfect time for a party. After
all, why not party? He was free.

If Yuki got
more withdrawn and cold these last weeks, Kyo never noticed.

After the
long, drawn-out ritual of school graduation came the Sohma family after-part of
sorts. In order for Kyo to attend,
Shigure had decided that, rather than hold the event in the compound, they
would bring the celebration to his place.

Yet somehow,
he had the temerity to act surprised when both Yuki and Kyo subsequently became
furious with him.

All of which
boiled down to � Akito would be making his first ever visit to Yuki�s (relatively
new) home.

This vaguely
alarmed everyone, even Kyo, though he�d never admit it.

But sitting at
the party, munching on riceballs he and Tohru had
made together just that morning, Kyo couldn�t help thinking that they�d all been
worried for nothing. Akito was on his
very best behavior. Smiling, not turning
up his nose every time he caught sight of Kyo, not invading Yuki�s personal
space � one could almost pretend that their fearless god was indeed utterly
sane.

That Yuki seemed
more put off by Akito�s unusual behavior than he would be normally should�ve
been a cause for concern in and of itself.

And if asked,
Yuki would have said that Kyo�s arguably naive belief that Akito�s behavior was
something to trust and not to fear was
part of the reason Yuki had always been able to physically best him before �
Kyo believed what he saw with his own eyes, always. Lying, even a fake out during a fight, was
beyond him.

Which Yuki
might have said was charming, had Kyo been anyone but the cat.

Akito, today, was charming.
Like that smile he was wearing as he stood and clapped his hands to
gather everyone�s attention � if you didn�t know him, it could almost be
charming instead of feral...

�A
congratulations,� he said in his smooth, silky voice, �to the graduates.�

A cheer went
up, traveled its way through the raucous crowd.
When Akito moved to speak again, the whole crowd fell obediently silent
once more.

�As some of
you know,� he went on, �the cat and I
had a bet.� Kyo was so distracted by the
venom dripping from the word �cat� that it took him a minute to realize � Akito
was spilling their secret, and despite Akito�s words, no one besides them had known...

He looked up
just in time to see Yuki bend his head and face the ground.

Before Kyo
could say or do anything, could react at
all, Akito was speaking again.

�If the cat
successfully defeated the rat, his fate of being locked away would be
averted. All he had to do was beat Yuki once.
Which, for a very long time, he failed to do.�

Even now, rage
began to burn in Kyo, to throb viciously in his stomach. Akito was far from him, but still he saw
Akito smile when their eyes met.

�But just a
few weeks ago, Kyo finally accomplished his goal, and won the bet. The cat will finally have his revenge on the
deceitful, traitorous rat.�

Wait a minute. Revenge?

...will?

�Yuki,� Akito
practically purred. �Come here.�

Wordlessly
Yuki moved to his side, not flinching when Akito grabbed his arm and roughly pulled
him around, not looking up from glum contemplation of the apparently
fascinating ground.

�As of today,�
Akito said smoothly, �the rat will take the cat�s punishment, and remain caged
for the rest of his life.�

Tohru,
naturally, shrieked. Haru and Ayame
seemed to be competing for who could protest the most loudly (though both were
defeated by the shrill complaints of Momiji).
Hatori silently stood back and put his face in his hands.

But while all
this was going on, Kyo stared at Yuki.
He was too in shock to process what he
felt; but he wanted, desperately, illogically, to know what Yuki felt.

As if he knew,
Yuki looked up at him, met his gaze with sad but tearless violet eyes, eyes
that looked hollow in his face. Whatever
Yuki really felt, it was, as ever, hidden from him.

Yuki lowered
his gaze. And for some obscure,
unknowable reason (a reason he didn�t want
to know), Kyo was absurdly grateful.

--End Part One--
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