Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story except for its amazing plot!

AN: This is a new story I working on at the moment….tell me if you do or don't like it, its still very raw and they sorta seem OC almost. Don't worry, it's just my oddness again.

Chapter 1: The beginning

As usual Tohru Honda was up early and making breakfast. She heard Kyou practicing outside and left him too it. She sighed and let some of the worry and guilt that had been plaguing her rise to the surface.

'I have to go very soon.' Tohru thought a felt more guilt. She had gotten the letter a few days ago and had already made plans to get there. Now all was left was telling them that she was leaving. It would be hard for all of them, but it had to be done. How could she not go to him when he was dying? Tohru let her head hang and felt a tear fall out.

'Why do bad things always happen to good people?' Tohru thought as she tried to hold back all that. Nobody would like to see her upset, and it wasn't something they could help with. No Tohru had to do it herself.

"Hey what's for breakfast…?" Kyou began but trailed off as she dropped a very heavy plat onto the ground and it smashed. "SHIT!" Was all he said.

"Oh god I am so clumsy. I've cut my foot. Look I'm crying with the pain." Tohru said as she bent down to pick it up. Kyou panicked as she said she had cut her foot and looked her over. Indeed she had cut her foot.

"Don't clean it up! Shit! We have to stop you from bleeding. Crap! Stay there, don't move!" Kyou panicked and yelled. He raced upstairs and grabbed the medical stuff and when he came back Shigure was down, sleepily rubbing his head. Kyou grew angrier and tried to push past.

"Why so noisy, and in such a rush Kyou?" He asked. Kyou snarled in reply.

"Tohru cut her foot! She is bleeding!!! I have to help her you baka inu!" And Kyou pushed past into the kitchen where he found Tohru sitting down and smiling, her foot fine.

"Breakfast is on the table and I already cleared up the mess. My foot is fine Kyou, so you don't need to worry at all, I promise you that!" Tohru looked almost guiltily and so sad that Kyou restrained himself from lashing out at her in worry.

"Sure, fine, whatever. Don't make me run like that again okay? Get that kuso nezumi to do it." Kyou snapped and sat down.

They all waited and soon Yuki came down rubbing the sleep from his eyes and glaring daggers at the neko. Kyou waited a for a while and then finally snapped and slammed his bowl on the table.

"What the hell are you looking at?" He snapped, cat ears popping up.

"The baka neko whose stupid voice woke me up this morning." Yuki sneered coolly back. Tohru sighed and stood up.

"It was my fault Yuki. I dropped a plate this morning and cut my foot. Kyou was only trying to help me, so please don't be angry with him." Tohru said and started to collect the dishes. Once they were out of the way Tohru sat down and hung her head. Now was the time she would tell them.

"I'm leaving." She said softly. Shigure put down his paper and stared at her in shock.

"Leaving? Where too?" He asked panicking. The two boys eyes were wide, remembering what had happened last time. Tohru sat in silence and shifted nervously. She looked up with tears in her eyes.

"My Grandfather is dying. He sent me letters asking me to go to him, where he is living. He is my mother's father." Tohru said pitifully. Their hearts went out to her.

"I'm sorry for being a bother and all and not telling you but he sent out the letter only a few days ago and I have had to make all the plans and I sorry that you won't have any good food and I cooked up heaps so you would have a weeks worth." Tohru stopped suddenly and took a big breath. Shigure hushed her.

"No need to worry Tohru, it was just a bit shocking is all." Shigure said and tried not to say anything else. "When are you leaving?" he asked softly.

"Grandfather is sending a car. He lived up in the mountains with my mum until they had- until she moved away. He has lived up there all by himself for years." Tohru sighed and then smiled. "I only saw him a few times a year, but I haven't seen him since Mum's funeral."

"So how long will you be gone Miss Honda?" Yuki asked in a strangled voice, trying to piece himself back together again. He really did not want to lose her, or see her unhappy again. Even if seeing her happy meant she had to go away.

"I'm not sure." Tohru said and smiled. "It could be a while, he was always a fighter." And Yuki winced and wanted to beat himself up for talking.

"The car will be here at any time today, so we best make the best of this!"

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"I think I hear the car." Tohru said and all three boys felt like holding onto her and never letting go.

For Kyou, it was like losing the only person who ever truly could accept him for who he was, and although he knew she had said she'd be back after it all, he got a bad feeling about it all.

Yuki knew she said she would back. He knew that she believed it. But he couldn't shake the sense of foreboding that lingered over him, telling him that she would never be back.

Shigure had read the letters. He had listened to Tohru's saddened voice and it pained him to know that he wouldn't see his sweet flower for a while. He knew that if she came back, she would put up a brave front and try to shake away all thoughts about her Grandfather. Still, he couldn't help but wonder if she would return at all.

"I'll be home soon. Lucky it was holiday's ne?" And with that Tohru gave them each a peck on the cheek rather than a hug and went in the limo.

"Tell everyone I will bring them presents!" Tohru said as the car pulled out. And soon it was out of sight, and so was she. All three of them couldn't help but wonder why things felt so weird without her there.

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Tohru sat in car and tried to ignore any misgiving she had about leaving. She though about their sad faces and hid her face in her hands. She would see them again, and they would miss her lke she missed them.

'Absence makes the heart grow fonder!' Tohru thought and sighed. She wished she wasn't leaving for such a sad thing.

'I hope he is happy to see me before he dies. If only he and my mother had resolved their fight! Now neither will ever know how much they meant to each other.' Tohru looked out her window. There was a TV in the back, but she didn't feel like anything. Right now she felt too sad for words, and there was no little rabbit this time. No anyone. It was all her. She would live through this, and then go home.

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"Why did you have to do this? She is still young! Leave her to be young, I beg you." Someone pleaded and then crumpled to the floor in pain.

"That is enough old man!" A cold voice sneered. "You should know why by now. She is and will be coming today! I have waited too long for this and you will not screw this up for me!" The old man on the ground winced and got onto his knees.

"You took my wife from me. You killed my daughter and now this? I will not be silenced by this. I will send her away as soon as she arrives." The mans voice held a hint of steel, and he held himself straight and proud. The younger mans eyes narrowed to red slits. Then unexpectedly he laughed.

"You absolute fool!" He sneered. "You believe you have the power to stop me? You fool. I planned for hundreds of years. I waited until I had to strength to crush anyone who tried to stop me. If you believe I will allow you to wreck it, you are wrong."

AN: So that was the first chapter….please review it and tell me if you like it. I'll post my other fic sooner if you do.