A/N: Hey everyone, sorry I've taken so long with my updating...I had a mild writers block, but after re-reading all my previous chapters, I think I have a better perspective on 'Run Away' and what I want to do with it. So many thanks to all my reviewers who continue to read my sucky stories. :)

/......./ thoughts

[.......] Inner thoughts

----------------------------

CHAPTER 8

----------------------------

Akito didn’t even bother to say goodbye. The search party left the hospital building, never doubting the stout nurse for a moment. She turned to head to look at Kyo, and winked.

“You boys better had been getting out of here quickly though,” she said, and Kyo nervously thanked her, muttering that he didn’t really need help, before strolling off to find Kisa and Hiro.

/Damn Akito and Shigure and Hatori...Damn all of them!/

---

The roar of jet engines filled Kyo’s ears, and he held his breath. He wasn’t quite sure why he did it automatically, except that he had heard somewhere that if you held your breath then your ears wouldn’t pop. When he couldn’t hold it anymore he released his breath, he never had found out how long he needed to hold it for. Then again, he had never thought that he would be on a plane and would need to know.

/Looks like Hiro and Kisa are asleep already.../ Hiro was sprawled out over his chair, which was set to lean back slightly. When he was sleeping he looked a little more like a happy kid, losing his cynical expression and permanent frown, and replacing it with a small smile and relaxed eyebrows.

Kisa was sleeping as well, although a little less relaxed then Hiro. Her body was still tense from the day’s occurrences, and her brows were furrowed into a deep thoughtful expression. If she hadn’t been snoring softly, Kyo would’ve thought her to still be awake. Her head rested on Hiro’s shoulder and her small hand covered Hiro’s gently.

Kyo snuck a glance out the window, peering at the ground below anxiously. And in this moment of perfect panic, he thought of the real reason he had held his breath.

Had he not expected to be prevented from leaving? Anything, he had been waiting for anything. For Akito to step out from the cockpit with that insane smile on, for Shigure or Hatori to mysteriously come up behind him and drug him, for the plane to explode.

The only sound now was the muffled sound of the engines on the outside of the plane and his three companions breathing. Behind him Yuki was sleeping as well, hooked up to a heart monitor and his arm in a cast. Kyo had looked back periodically to check on him, making sure that he was still comfortable and sleeping. Putting his knees up and resting his weary head on them, he let a small sigh escape him, relieving a bit of his tension, but still leaving him strangely dissatisfied with his situation. When he had thought of it before, when he had still been at Shigure’s, he had been ecstatic at this point, leaving the country with no sign of Akito. Then again, his daydreams had never included three other people to look after.

Oh, he would never tell them, especially that ‘brat’ Hiro, but Kyo felt partly responsible, now that he had two kids and a sick Yuki, to make sure that they all stayed alive and out of Akito’s grasp.

/I’ll never let anything happen to Yuki-kun.../

Thinking back on the past few days, it all seemed so surreal. Was it not just two days ago that he had run away? And only a day since Yuki had found him, and Hiro and Kisa had joined the two? It seemed like so much longer.

Bored, Kyo looked back out the window. He found himself getting angry, and couldn’t place a reason on it. So he just clenched his fists together, letting his nails dig into his skin and draw blood, until the surge of anger passed.

/Will I be able to take care of them? They obviously can’t even take care of themselves, bakas./

Kyo fought off a massive headache, wondering how he could deal with everything. Change was what he had been hoping for when he left, but now...he wasn’t sure if he could deal with all the change. To him, change usually meant hurt. Would this kind of change only hurt him in the end?

/I’m just the stupid cat...so what if I have a few people following me around now, what about when they get bored, when they want the lifestyle with lots of money and clothes and friends back? Akito can give all of that to them, I just can’t.../

“Worrying again, Neko-chan?” a voice from behind him said quietly.

Kyo looked confused, having forgot that he was not alone on the plane, and managed a startled, “huh?”

“You always get that look on your face when you think, did you know that?”

Kyo turned around, remembering Yuki was lying down behind him. “Oh, you’re awake.”

“Don’t sound so happy Kyo,” Yuki said sarcastically. He tried to sit up, but his right arm gave out from under him.

“Careful,” Kyo mumbled, catching Yuki and propping him upright. “We don’t want you breaking anything else.”

“Shut up baka. You’re not the one with the broken arm.”

Kyo’s anger came back to him and he couldn’t stop it from boiling over and showing.

“Yeah, but I’m the one that had to save your butt from Akito and get us out of the country!” he snapped, eyes widening in shock when he realized what he had said.

Yuki’s face drained of colour when Kyo mentioned Akito, and Kyo found himself wishing he hadn’t opened his mouth.

“I---I didn’t mean to even mention that...” Kyo said hurridly, but Yuki mumbled like he hadn’t even heard him.

“A---Akito was...Akito was in the---he knew where---” Yuki fainted. Luckily he was lying down, so there was no crashing or falling.

“Shit. Why does this always happen to me?” Kyo rolled his eyes, angry with himself for screwing up so badly, and left Yuki on the hospital bed, sitting back down in his seat and waiting for the airplane to reach its destination.

The sound of a male voice came over the speakers, jolting Kyo awake from his dreamless, restless sleep. “This is your pilot speaking, we’ll be landing in approximately 5 minutes, please put on your seatbelts and pack up all loose articles.”

Kyo drearily looked over to see Hiro attentively listening to Kisa while she happily re-accounted something to him. Both had their seatbelts on. Kyo buckled his as well and leaned back in his seat, hoping that by the time they landed he wouldn’t feel so sick.

“Cat’s just weren’t meant to fly,” he moaned as the plane rumbled and hit some turbulence.

“OH, Kyo-sama, we’re finally here!” Kisa happily stated to the greenish looking Kyo. Kyo ignored her, feeling that if he spoke then it would be in loud and unintelligible swear words. Kisa took no notice in his lack of interest and continued to talk to Hiro. Wistfully Kyo looked out the window at the ground that they were descending upon, and wondered once more.

/Can I do it, can I stand the change? Or...do I even want things to change? Could it be that I just don’t want to give up the act of being unafraid, so I can push everyone away and not get hurt? Because if we land here today, and start a new life where nobody knows us, I’ll have the chance to be happy, unafraid of what people think, and people would not be afraid of me./

Kyo scratched his head thoughtfully.

/Can I do that?/

The plane landed on the black asphalt and rolled to a stop.

/Maybe I could.../

The ladder went down and the doors opened, and a man in a suit stood in the waiting area with many others who were waiting for their loved ones to get off other planes.

/I think that I can do it, as long as Yuki is with me./

Kyo, Kisa and Hiro stepped off the hospital plane, and the pilot helped the half conscious Yuki out.

/This is a new start./

Shigure got the gun ready, in case it had to be used. Hatori clenched the car keys in his hand so tightly that they made imprints on his palm, and Akito merely smiled as orange hair came into view, along with grey hair and brown.

/This is my second chance.../

---

Sorry, sorry! Gomen-nasi! I know, I left it at a horrible spot, but I really want to get to past 10 chapters, and I had to stop there to reach that goal!

About the boringness of it all...I just wanted to givethe poor guys a break, and get back on track with Kyo and how he's feeling. I've branched off with Kisa and Hiro, but the mainchar. is Kyo, and I'm getting OC with him, so I have to be very very careful. :D Next chapter will be so much better, I promise!!!! (And longer too!)

Review, please? I'll put up a really really long chapter next time! (5 pages! I promise!...::looks around nervously::)