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Chapter Two

Disclaimer: Nope…I still don't own Furuba. Damn.

Author's Notes: -Comes out with tray of Kyo shaped cookies- Eat up everyone! Well I really appreciated the reviews and I hope to get more as the story continues! Enjoy the next chapter everyone!

Chapter Two

"Yep! Well I better go find Yuki now!" Shigure grinned from ear to ear as he dropped Kyo's bracelet to the floor. "Yuuuuuuki!" he called and went down the stairs leaving behind a VERY confused Kyo.

After snapping out of a momentary daze he then remembered that there was one other person who would enjoy the news. "Tohru!" he called and hurried to her room. He arrived only to find it empty. "Tohru? Where the hell are you at a time like this?" he said, running a hand through his hair. Suddenly he could smell it again. That horrible stench that haunted his cursed life. He followed the smell back out into the hall, then to his room. He went to open the door, but it was already open. Standing in the doorway was Tohru.

"Oh! Hello Kyo!" Tohru said with a smile. "I was just collecting the laundry."

"Tohru!" Kyo said, a smile quickly coming over his face. "You'll never believe it!"

"Hm?" Tohru said, tilting her head slightly to the side.

"The curse…it went away somehow!" Kyo moved forward, wanting to take Tohru and hold her close to him with out a transformation.

Tohru however quickly ducked as Kyo went to hug her. "That's wonderful!" she smiled brightly at him, while he returned her smile with a strange stare. He had no idea as the why she had avoided his hug. Didn't she understand what this meant to him? Did she find him so horrible that she could even stand to touch him? "Well, I better finish up the laundry," she said and picked up some more of Kyo's dirty clothes, depositing them in a basket. She then proceeded to leave Kyo's room without giving him a second glance.

Kyo starred blankly as he watched her leave the room. Something was going on and he knew it. Tohru could be dense, but not this bad. He grunted and ran out into the hallway. In a burst of speed he lept forward, wrapping his arms around Tohru's shoulders. Suddenly and all too familiar popping noise rang through Kyo's ears and pink smoke flew through the air. 'W-what's happening?' he thought. 'Was the curse not broken?' He fell to the floor with a crash, clothes falling on his face. With a growl he threw the clothes off his face, only to see that they weren't his clothes. In his hand were Tohru's shirt, skirt, and a few other items that to say the least made him blush. He quickly dropped the objects and looked down at himself. No orange fur, now paws, no tail. He was still a human. 'But then what was…' he though as he looked in front of him. The laundry basket that Tohru had been carrying had tumbled over, clothes scattered across the floor. In the mess Kyo spotted a pair of brown cat ears poking through the clothes.

Starring blankly at the ears Kyo stumbled forward. He was praying to god that when she moved the clothes he wasn't going to see what he thought he was. Unfortunately, he was exactly right. When he lifted one of his sweatshirts, a pale brown cat lay sprawled out on the floor. Confusion and anger filled Kyo's face. "T-T-Tohru?" He managed to sputter out.

The cat immediately tried to run away, but Kyo quickly scooped it into his arms, turning it around so that it was facing him. It's eyes were distinctly aqua, the color of the eyes, he wished to stare into forever, those of Tohru's. "Tohru! What the hell happened?" He finally shouted.

Tohru shy and quiet voice emerged from the cat. 'So it is her,' he thought.

"I er…well I….you see when I was with Akito…there was this book and well…the curse…I… I…" She sputtered.

"You what?"

"I took it."

"You took it?" Kyo said, not understanding.

"The book said that the only way to stop the curse from affecting the Sohma's was to have someone willingly take the entire curse upon themselves." Tohru explained as best she could.

Kyo was about to yell some more but suddenly they could here Yuki and Shigure climbing up the stairs. "Kyo! Please….please don't tell them! I don't want anyone to know." Tohru looked up at him with pleading eyes.

Flustered, Kyo quickly nodded in agreement and hid Tohru behind his back.

"Kyo! What's all that noise we heard?" Shigure asked as he and Yuki entered the hallway.

"Oh! Well, Tohru isn't home yet so I…was going to bring my clothes down to the laundry room so she didn't have to bother coming up stair…but I tripped," he replied lamely.

Yuki gave him an odd look. "Are you sure Miss. Honda isn't here? I thought I heard her."

"Look you damn rat, she isn't here!" Kyo shouted and scooped up all the clothes on the floor, keeping Tohru hidden under them, and putting everything into the basket. He continued away to the laundry room in a huff. When he reached the room, another puff of pink smoke exploded from the basket. Kyo fell forward as Tohru's, now human weight pulled him down.

He quickly recovered and stood up. He blushed and looked away from Tohru. Tohru also blushed, but quickly dressed. "Um, its okay now," she whispered. "So, I'll just be going now," she said and tried to walk around Kyo.

"Oh, no you won't!" Kyo said and grabbed Tohru's wrist, only to quickly pull it back. A feeling of pure terror and grief flooded through his system. With a shaking hand he went back to Tohru's arm and rolled up her sleeve. Tohru, ashamed looked away. Around her wrist, was Kyo's bracelet.

Author's Notes: Bwahahahahahahaha. I'm so awesome aren't I? Well, I apologize for the tidbit of a cliffhanger. It just had to be done. -offers Tohru kitty plushies to reviewers-