Trapped on a Ferris Wheel

A/N:Okay guys I am totally pumped up for this fic, but a little nervous, ya see a few weeks before I posted chapter 9A, The girl who i hired to play Kagura was led to believe that she was supposed to murder Kyou in a jealous rage. I called her several times telling her that this wasn't the case, but she hasn't returned my messages, and I'm not sure if she even got them.. Oh well.. I guess we'll see soon, won't we?

Chapter 9B

Kagura's Secret

He'd told her. He'd told her and now he was running for his life. She'd taken it far worse than he'd ever imagined, and he couldn't run fast enough. She was closing in, her shadow fell over him and it was all over...

Kyou woke up half gasping, half screaming, and like magic, Tohru was at his side.

"Kyou!" She placed a warm hand on his forearm, calming him down.

"Tohru.." Without even thinking much about it, he put his opposite hand on top of hers softly. It took him a while to compose himself enough to answer, considering he had just woke up screaming and now had his girlfriend at his bedside like he was some sick kid.

"Are you okay?" Her blue eyes seemed to hold more than the average dose of concern.

"What're you talking about?" He finally said, clearing his throat and pushing the images of Kagura chasing him with a rocket-powered steamroller out of his mind.

"... Really, I'm fine,"

Tohru wasn't sure he was telling the truth, but she didn't push it. She'd ask again later if he still looked shaken.

"Okay..," She said, sighing, though still smiling. After a thoughtful pause, she spoke again, "Well, since I'm up here.. Good morning!" She said cheerily and gave him a quick peck on the lips. Any left over thoughts of Kagura's wrath had completely disintegrated.

He was lingering on the moment so, he'd barely noticed she wasn't still kissing him, until she turned and spoke to him again from the doorway, "I'll go get breakfast ready! See you there!"

oOoOoOo

Kyou walked into the kitchen, embracing Tohru from behind, causing her to jump a little, until she realized who it was, and leaned back into his chest. (I can't help it! I love the hugging from behind moments in Kyoru fiction, and I forgot if I ever wrote any into this fic. Oh well, it has one now! XD) After paying her back for her little "Good Morning" peck with a kiss of his own, he let her go slowly so she could get back to her cooking, poured himself a glass of milk and sat down at the table. Once again his mind started to wander back to the dream. After he and Tohru had become an item, nothing about being in a relationship had scared him... except what Kagura would do if she found out. Yuki sat down across from him but he didn't notice, absently staring at his glass of milk.

"Good morning!" Someone said cheerily,

"Meh.."

"Meh.."

"Oh, good morning Shigure! How did you sleep?" Tohru beamed putting the food on the table. Shigure was right on time, and she silently pondered whether it was he smell of breakfast that woke him.

"Oh fine," He said, though she didn't notice him cringe.

"That's good," She turned to Kyou, who was staring blankly at his glass of milk, 'There's definitely something wrong..'

"...are you sure you're alright, Kyou?"

Kyou sat up straight, caught off guard by the question, and looked up at Tohru, "What do you mean? I'm fine." he finished before taking a sip of milk, He didn't want her to think he was scared. Last thing she needed was something else to worry about.

"Good," she smiled, still unconvinced. "I thought you might be nervous, since we're telling Kagura today.."

Kyou spit out his milk and went into a coughing fit.

'So that's why..' Tohru had finally realized why Kyou was so nervous, and just what he'd been having nightmares about. Even she had to admit, Kagura was, well, kinda scary at times.

Yuki got the full force of the milky spray and he mumbled something to Kyou that Tohru couldn't hear, as he wiped the milk off his face.

They continued to eat until Shigure spoke up finally, "Yes, about that. Kyou, would you mind convincing our precious flower to confess to Kagura on someone else's property? Perhaps in a home that's not my responsibility to repair should it be destr--" He was interrupted by a knock on the door, and squealing, hid under the table, "Tell me it's not her!"

They all hesitated for a moment, unsure of whether to answer.

"Hey Orange-top! Stop getting all humpy on Tohru and let her answer the door!"

Kyou and Tohru were beet red, Tohru from embarassment and Kyou from a mix of that and pure outrage.

'Damn Yankee just doesn't know when to shut her mouth!'

He stormed over to the front door and flung it open, revealing Uo and Hana, of course.

"What the hell do you want, Yankee?"

"Don't tell me you forgot." She looked at him with her head to a tilt as if he were stupid, "The four of us were supposed to be studying at my house today."

Shigure had then somehow popped up in between them, a perverted grin crossing his features, "Why not study here? We're more than happy to have you."

Arisa took a step back, "I'm kinda... Allergic to dogs.." She lied.

'What's she talking about?' Kyou thought, 'We don't have any..'

"Dogs?" Shigure tilted his head, confused.

"Yes, Spot. Your dog," Hana spoke, softly. "I don't sense his waves anymore, where is he?"

'Shit.' Kyou thought. How was he supposed to answer that? Shigure looked like he was about to say something when Yuki bonked him over the head and then pushed him out of the way.

"Oh. We had to have him put down..." he said, smiling apologetically. You had to give the rat credit, he saved them all a long explanation.

"Can we just GO already?" Kyou muttered impatiently. As much as he dreaded studying with the Yankee and the Psychic, It beat staying with the Prince and the pervert to wait til Kagura showed up.

'Maybe Tohru might even forget about the whole thing while we're studying...Oh right, Tohru's still in the kitchen...'

"Come on Tohru." He called turning toward the kitchen.

"Right, sorry to keep you waiting!" Tohru said as she followed them out the door, arm in arm with Kyou.

"Well if you must.. then good day!" Shigure said waving them off, "Come back again sometime, girls!"

Once the door had closed behind them, Kyou turned to look at Tohru as they walked on.

"I told you," He smiled, putting his arm around her and pulling her close, "Stop apologising."

"I'm s- I mean! Okay.." She responded, 'Good save.' She thought to herself.

"Good." He said, taking her chin and gently turning her face towards his. She blushed, seeing that their lips were only a breath apart, but that didn't last long.

After they pulled away, Uo, who had been walking behind with Hana, spoke up.

"Okay, guys, I know you're cute together and all, but seriously, I GOTTA pass that History test. Now let's move." She said, then sped quickly past them on the path.

They both blushed but said nothing, simply deciding to continue silently following Uo to her house.

oOoOoOo

After a long period of studying, Kyou and Tohru bid her friends good day, and headed back towards the house, making a small stop on the way to pick up some italian ice (Ice Cream is sooo cliche' XD). They were having a great time, enjoying the spring day, the cool dessert, and each others' company. Tohru was now walking side by side with Kyou, her head resting on him, and her arm around his waist as the house came in sight. She was just about to tilt her head up to kiss him when she suddenly stopped in his tracks and stiffened like a board, dropping his cup to the ground. He started trembling fiercely, so Tohru glanced in the direction Kyou was staring, and her heart almost skipped a beat.

It was Kagura.

She seemed to be staring at the scenery and hadn't noticed them yet. Good thing, because they would have been in quite a compromising (and painful for Kyou) situation if she had seen them in each other's arms. Tohru quickly stepped away from Kyou, then, as if she'd been waiting for that movement, Kagura turned around and spotted them.

"Tohru, Kyou! I was just looking for you!"

Kyou gulped loudly.

"Nice to see you Kag--" Tohru began, but was interrupted by Kagura who spoke as her smile faded,

"We need to talk."

"Sure," She smiled, although exceedingly worried, "But why don't we sit down inside?"

Kyou however, was prepared to run the other way, and tugged Tohru's hand as if telling her to get ready to follow. Tohru had a different plan in mind and led him inside by the hand he offered to her.

As soon as they had steeped in they had come nearly face to face with Shigure, who appeared disheveled, as if he'd just woken up. He probably had. And as soon as Kagura entered and came into his view, he fainted.

"Oh my! Shigure!" Tohru ran to his side.

'Geez, I guess I wasn't the only one scared of Kagura...' Kyou thought to himself.

Yuki ran in moments later, "What happened? I heard a thud and.. Oh. I'll go get some ice..." He said once he noticed the familiar body passed out on the floor.

After he returned, the four of them hefted his body onto the couch and got back to the matter at hand.

There was a long silence, before Kyou finally got the courage to speak. He sighed, "I guess you already know what this is about.."

Kagura looked like she was about to cry, then she blurted out something that noone expected, "I cheated on you!"

"Uhhh.. what?" Kyou asked, frankly unable to think of anything else to say. Yuki's eyes were dilated with surprise, and if what had been said hadn't phased Tohru, she was a damn good actress.

"I know you must be enraged and ready to kill for your honor, but please don't hurt Kenji!"

"Who? I don't know what the hell you're tal--" Kyou began, but Tohru stepped forward, cutting him off.

"Kagura, I don't understand..."

Kagura sighed deeply, "I'll start from the beginning. It was Kyou's birthday, and I hadn't found him a present yet. I was downtown, trying to find something special for him, last minute, you know? Anyway, I stopped to rest on a bench and someone ran by and took my purse from me. I ran after him but I tripped and he...got away... around a corner."

Her eyes started to get moist, "I felt so terrible. All my money was in my purse. How was I going to get Kyou his present? I cried. Then someone brushed up past me, and I looked up. He was running after the guy. A few minutes later he came back rubbing his knuckles and handed me my purse. He helped me up, and introduced himself. His name was Kenji."

Tohru smiled brightly, "He sounds sweet."

Kagura nodded and sighed happily, "He is. He offered to buy me lunch after that, and then he walked me home. And then I.."

"You what?" Tohru asked, confusion painted on her face.

"I kissed him!" Kagura admitted. Second surprise of the day from Kagura, "I just came to tell Kyou that I'm in love with Kenji and I'm leaving him" Whoa. Surprise number 3.

She turned to Kyou, "I know that this must be hard to take in, but you're a strong guy. You can get over it." She gave him a pained smile that made it look like she found her words a little harsh but knew she couldn't take them back.

Yuki cleared his throat and finally spoke, "Well, since you're here, Kagura, why not stay for lunch?"

Kagura shook her head quickly, "I can't," She blushed, "I, umm... have a date with Kenji..."

After they said their awkward goodbyes, Kagura turned to Kyou once more and smiled, "Be strong, okay?"

Dumbfounded, Kyou could do nothing but nod as she left.

Suddenly, Shigure started moaning.

"My house... My beautiful house..."

"He's waking up!" Tohru said, hurrying over to his side.

"Shigure! Are you alright?"

He only moaned in response

"Shigure! Wake up!" she shook him softly and eventually it brought him out of his nightmare.

"What happened?" Shigure said, alarmed, as he sat up.

He slowly got up to his feet and inspected the house.

"You fainted." Tohru stated simply.

"She just...left..." Kyou mumbled. He was pretty close to passing out himself, what with Kagura's unexpected secret revealed.

"I still can't believe it.." Yuki added, wide eyed.

"Uhh, yeah, I guess you could say she was really understanding about everything.." Tohru said, giggling nervously.

Shigure started giggling too, but, something told Tohru it was more likely hysteria than nervousness, and once again...

THUD!

"Oh my gosh! Yuki! Kyou! He fainted!" Tohru exclaimed!

"Hmph, show off... " Kyou griped.

"I'll go get some more ice." Yuki groaned and headed into the kitchen.

Once Yuki was out of the room, Kyou turned to Tohru, "I still can't believe she didn't hurt me.."

Tohru smiled back "That's a good thing though, isn't it?" She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek.

Once he got over his furious blushing, he smiled and pulled her into a soft embrace, causing her to blush like he had "Yeah," He leaned down and kissed her softly,

"It's a great thing."

A/N: OMG another chapter done! And Kyou's not dead! YAY! As always, lemme know how you liked it and what else you want to see in this story! I'm always open to ideas; they keep the fic alive! And if this turns out to be the end, I want all you readers to know that I really cherished your hits and reviews, praise, constructive criticism, and overall loyalty to this fic. I luffs you all! XD

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