Hi guys I'm back! I'm sorry for the long update, I'm having my final exams now so wish me luck! :]

I have some replies for some of you:

pinksugarrush: Fortunately the haematoma was only outside the scalp and didn't reach my brain so it was nothing to worry about. I'm okay. :)

Horror Fan: Your latest review inspired me most to write! I mean I know some of you have been waiting for so long and I'm truly sorry about that, been busy with life. But hey, I know how it feels like to wait for an update for so long!

Well guys, enjoy!

AN: GG no own Furuba.

"Kyo, let's play." Said a male voice that Kyo could not see his face, only his smiling lips.

"Yes!" Kyo found himself responding to the person gleefully, his voice high pitched. He ran at full speed approaching the person and hugged his legs, then only he realised that the person was extremely tall; his gigantic height towered over Kyo. Or was Kyo just small? He pondered the thought in his head.

"I want to play hide and seek!" Kyo pulled the person's pants. He wanted attention and tried to persuade the person to play the game he chose. His brows were furrowed and his lips pouting. His orange eyes were round and huge, and his chubby cheeks were what the person described as 'pinch-able'.

"Okay okay, we'll play hide and seek," the person laughed at Kyo's cuteness. This time Kyo was able to see the person's face, albeit it was extremely blurry. The person placed his hands under Kyo's armpits and lifted him up, placed his forearm under Kyo's bottom and leant Kyo's head in the crook of his neck. He reached his hand out and brushed his fingertips against Kyo's hair.

"Well, shall we play?"

Kyo snuggled at the person; brought his arms up and embraced the person's neck. "Aniki.."

Said aniki just smiled before everything went black.

Kyo fluttered his eyes open and the first thing he saw was the white ceiling. He wondered where he was and thought of what happened. He sat up slowly, only to be brought down to the bed by the strong pounding headache. It was so bad that he clenched his stomach, feeling the contents in it were coming up to his esophagus. He forced himself to stand and held his mouth in his hand when he felt that he wasn't holding his mouth but something akin to plastic material – as that was what he felt – he pulled the material harshly and felt something at the back of his head snapped. It was a green string. And after that that only he realised that he had an oxygen mask on. He staggered when he walked, almost toppled over when a strong grip supported his elbow.

"Take it easy, Kyo." Said a teenage boy with bi-coloured hair.

Kyo looked up at the source of the voice. "Haru," his voice was weak.

"Well, how are you feeling?" Haru as usual said it devoid of emotions. Though deep inside he still cared. And only Tohru and perhaps some other people he was close with could penetrate through his cold demeanor. Like Hatori.

"Like hell." Kyo snorted. Haru pulled a white with black stained chair for Kyo to sit. Kyo sat albeit doing so slowly. He took notice that the room looked too dull.

"Well I suppose so." Haru turned around and placed his finger on his lips while staring into space, his eyes round and unblinking.

"Then why did you even bother to ask?" Kyo retorted, holding up his fist in front of his face, a vein popped in his forehead. Immediately he regretted the action as his head gave a dull searing pain. He gripped a fistful of his hair and whimpered softly until the pain subsided. He brought his hands down stared into those pale-looking palms – which he thought they were pale since it lacked its tan colour – for a moment before releasing a heavy sigh and laid them on his lap. He looked up the white ceiling while Haru stared at him blankly.

"Hmm," Haru broke the silence and tapped his chin a few times, "that was a nasty fall you had there, Kyo."

"Huh?" Kyo was puzzled and gave a questioning look, "what do you mean by that?"

"I said you had a nasty fall, Kyo."

"Eh..?"

"I said you had a nasty fall, Kyo. Didn't you hear me?" Haru sighed. But actually he was quite worried about Kyo's lack of response and quietness. Just as what Shigure-sensei told him. For today he was in charge to watch over Kyo by Hatori so he was not allowed to leave. As boring as it might be, Haru brought some books with him for him to read.

Okay, so he was really puzzled this time. None of these were making any sense! And why was Haru making him so damn confused about this?! Gah! Kyo screamed in his head. What was that supposed to mean anyway? Was Haru playing around with him or did he really have the nasty fall..?

"I'm going to see Hatori." With that Haru just left without saying anything else other than a slight wave. He slid the door open, stepped outside and slid them closed again. He got up from his chair very slowly afraid that it would exaggerate his head again not wanting to experience the same thing all over again. He walked and climbed to his bed – thank God Haru didn't place the chair far from the bed or else he would be tortured in every second when he walked – and laid down. He pulled the hospital covers up to his chest; his arms sticking out.

Kyo just stared at the closed door for a while and blinked twice. He heard Haru's voice; definitely talking to someone. Hatori perhaps? Wait, who was this Hatori again? The name sounded very familiar and he felt that he should've known who this person was. A friend? Relative? Before he knew it, his mouth seemed like it moved on its own, "Hatori.." he muttered under his breath.

"Yes, Kyo?" a voice called out.

Kyo almost jumped from his seat from surprise. The voice sounded really cold but at the same time so soft. Like that person was so meticulous with him. How is that possible? A thought crossed his mind. He felt chills ran down his spine and his fine hair on his body began to stand up. This person was looking at him...and Kyo refused to look back.

Kyo flinched when the white stained black chair creaked when it was moved with this person and he sat down near Kyo. Not to mention this person was really tall, wore a doctor's coat and…why some parts of his hair was longer than the other ones until that it covered his left eye?

"Kyo, I want you to answer me some questions." Said this tall person to the cat. He scribbled something in his large sized notepad – to Kyo he looked like he was scribbling since he was jotting the words really fast – and clicked his pen. After he was done with the 'scribbling' he turned back to Kyo.

"What's your name?"

What kind of stupid question is that? "Kyo Sohma." The redhead still answered him nonetheless.

Scribbling.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen."

More scribbling.

"Who are you living with?"

"Stupid dog, Tohru and damn fussy rat."

Now that's more like Kyo. More scribbling.

"What's your Chinese Zodiac?"

"Cat…" Kyo muttered under his breath softly.

Again more scribbling.

"What's my name?"

"Uhh…"

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It was two days later that Kyo was allowed to go home by the doctors. Tohru had been waiting for this day to come. She had been excited to see him again after a while. When Hatori called over, he ordered her to watch out for Kyo at school as he suffered a head injury; 'concussion', that's the term Hatori used about Kyo's head injury. She didn't really know what it was but she assumed that it was something about head or brain injury, since Kyo was diagnosed with it.

She didn't realise that she was spacing out thinking about it until she heard tires screeching outside the traditional house; as the driver of the car had stopped in emergency. She quickly went outside at the sound of the commotion only to find Hatori coming out of the car.

"Ah Hatori-san! Are you all right? What about Kyo-kun?"

"Good morning, Tohru-san. I'm sorry about earlier. Kyo is fine." Hatori said with a smile, his eyes closed. To him, this onigiri girl had some magical powers that could make anyone in this world warm up and open up to her. Oh how imaginative his thinking was. He realised that he sounded like Shigure. He pushed those thoughts aside.

"Jeez Hatori, next time watch where you're going at!" Kyo exclaimed while rubbing his bandaged head. During his stay in the hospital, he regained back some of his memories. He remembered who Hatori was, the Dragon of the Chinese Zodiac. Hatori looked relieved when the cat finally remembered him again.

"Kyo-kun! How are you feeling?" Tohru ran and approached but was careful enough not to trip the twigs on the hard ground. He could tell that she was still worried about him. Damn him for making her worry!

"Aah…Tohru. I'm fine." The cat zodiac responded while his eyes adverted somewhere else. I have not seen the creepy old woman in a while now. Cheh, why am I thinking about this anyway? It shouldn't matter to me and I should be glad that I'm not seeing her anymore. But I wonder…if-'

"Kyo-kun, what's wrong? Are you all right?" There he goes again making her worry again. Kyo sighed. What is worrying her making any good huh?

"Kyo-kun?"

Kyo snapped out of his stupor, "Yes I'm fine." Kyo smiled. Yes, smiled. Which made Tohru even more worried. Oh shit, Kyo cursed in his head. It seemed like he was only good at making her worry about him. Tohru looked at him in the eyes, as if searching for something. They said that the eyes are the windows to the soul of a person. She looked like she was a about to cry and bawl but held back. And the awkward silence began.

"Ano…let's go in and have some tea inside." Tohru broke the silence.

Kyo and Hatori took off their shoes before entering. "Shigure-san is out meeting Mitsuru-san and Yuki-kun has a student council meeting." She prepared and placed the tea for Hatori on the table.

"I see." Hatori murmured while sipping his tea.

The door burst open and a tall figure wearing a kimono came in the occupied room. "I'm back!"

"Welcome back, Shigure-san!" Tohru greeted him with a smile.

"Yaa Hari you're here, and Kyo too!" Shigure exclaimed in a sing-song voice.

"Shigure, Tohru-san, I need to speak with you both." It was an order from Hatori, not a choice.

Tohru obeyed and sat down although her body was tense. Shigure on the other hand didn't listen straight away.

"But Hari, we just met an-"

"Now." Sometimes Shigure just got on his nerves. No, not sometimes but most of the times.

Shigure complied and sat down on the pillow below him. He looked at Hatori with seriousness in his eyes, something that people don't see often. The dog of the zodiac already knew what the topic was going to be about.

Kyo was just the occupant that was confused; Hatori didn't mention his name earlier. Does that mean he was unneeded in the private – to Kyo it seemed private – conversation? Kyo made the move to go up in his room when Hatori grabbed his small wrist – too small for Hatori's liking – and motioned for him to sit. Kyo furrowed his eyebrows but nonetheless obeyed the older person. He knew what the dragon would be like if he disobeyed him.

"Okay, let's start."

That's it for today folks! I'm sorry that it had little to no suspense at all. There's actually more to this chapter but it was too long so I decided to divide it.

Oh, one more thing: I'm sorry if there were grammar mistakes or spelling errors or perhaps just any other errors uo there. English is not my native language.

-GG