Disclaimers: haha! I still dun own FB. .sucks huh? Well anyways, I'm back from my eternal slumber to give you another chapter for my pitiful excuse for a story. I hope my grammar is a bit better now that college has totally sent me to the ends of my wit.

CHAPTER 20:

Kyo awoke from his slumber. Though his eyes were still a bit blurry, he managed to slowly regain his vision and stare clearly at the ceiling. He felt cold and weak for some reason unknown to him. He tried to move but he felt his hands and feet were bound by some sort of fastening. When he regained full consciousness, he realized that his unclothed body was lying on a medical table and his limbs were held by leather straps. He looked around and found that he was in the middle of a laboratory. His heart started pounding as the female figure approached him and caressed his shock stricken face.

"How was your sleep?" she asked with a soft toned voice.

His heart seemed to welcome her kind gesture and it slowly went back to its normal pulse. "What am I doing here? What did you do to me?" He asked her, his voice did not show any signs of panic that raged his heart a few moments earlier.

"The medicine I gave you might have caused you to temporarily lose some of your memory about yesterday. Don't worry. You'll remember everything after sometime. Right now, what you need to do is rest. Let me remove these straps so you can lie down in bed." She said while slowly unfastened the straps restraining both his hands and feet's movements.

After he was freed from his binding, he sat upright on the table and reached for the cotton robe that hung near the table. He wrapped his naked body and covered his shameful display of flesh.

Blushing, the girl took him in her arms and assisted him towards the laboratory exit.

Kyou felt, for the first time, a female embrace. In his slump state, it took him time to realize that he didn't turn into his animal form. Amazed, Kyou let out a gentle yet faint smile on his face.

They regressed into her condominium unit and they went straight to her room. She carefully laid him down on her soft bed and tucked him in. she took off her white laboratory gown and hung it over her chair that stood across the room and went back to him.

"Will I be okay?" he asked eyeing her figure

"u-huh. I did what you asked… and everything will be different from now on." She said as tears started flowing on the side of her turquoise eyes down her porcelain-white cheeks. She gently moved the blanket and reached for Kyo's hand and caressed it with her own. She held it close to her face and uttered. "You will be hurt no more…I am here now."

Feeling numb, he looked at her and he felt something inside his tummy churn. He started feeling warmer and slowly, bit by bit, he remembered what happened to him. Slow moving images flashed before his eyes showing him every moment of pain he endured in his whole lifetime. And then, the last few images sent warm inviting smiles to his face but tears in his eyes. "Kaori…" he uttered in a weak voice.

She turned to him, glad that the medicine's effects finally dissipated "yes?" she asked yearning to provide him with more comfort

"Did I do the right thing?" he asked tightening his grip on her hand a little and pulling himself so he can sit in an upright position

She smiled and wiped her tear stricken face before answering "I'm just glad you're safe." she cried as she fell in his arms crying

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity…" he muttered as he held her

"It was the least I could do…I should be the one thanking you…for staying in my life" she uttered

Outside, the rain continued to fall. It had been falling ever since yesterday. Could it be that the sky is weeping for him?

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Weeks have passed and the Sohma family searched in vain for Kyo and his whereabouts. They searched the whole city, reported his where about in the police and even after exhausting the contacts of the SOhma family, Kyou was still nowhere to be found.

Everyone is gathered in the TV room of Shigure's household (I call it the TV room because that's where the TV is). Momiji entered the room after bidding arisa and Ou goodbye at the porch. The room was silent. No one dared to utter a word or look at each other, in shame. Momiji took his spot near Haru. He pulled his legs close to his chest and buried his head.

"I'm sorry everyone!" Tohru cried out breaking the silence… her face trickling with tears

"it wasn't anybody's fault" Hiro uttered with a smirk

"Will you quit pretending like it's not our fault?...Quit pretending that we're all innocent… It is everyone's fault…yeah! sure we're all cursed and that's enough suffering us to bear but cursed as we are, kyo seems to be the pitiful one. Not just because of the curse but also..because of us… for always keeping Kyo in the dark. He's always the last to know. He's always given the idea that he's insignificant. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves!" Momiji stood up, his eyes welling up with tears

"Momi-ji…" Kisa uttered amazed at her cousin's courage

Tohru bowed her head in shame. She knew that she was also at fault and she felt guilty of neglecting kyo's feelings. She remembered the little but special things that Kyo did for her…she couldn't help but feel remorse… "I'm so sorry!" she uttered in a low voice, in shame.

"We all are." Hatori answered her with a soft voice, something he hasn't done in quite a while. Hatori reached for an envelope in his jacket and slid it on the table to Tohru.

The envelope lay in front of her; she slowly lifted her head and looked at the parcel. "What is this?" She asked, wiping her tears that were still running down her cheek.

"That arrived this morning…" Hatori answered

Yes. I know its short… XD I'll update in 2 days or so…