Yuki raced down the hallways of the hospital in blind panic, nurses and patients moving before he could hit them. He came up to a three way split off and skidded to a stop. He looked down the three passages uncertainly. Which way where they?

Yuki saw a doctor coming out of a near by office and ran over to him. "ER! Which way is it to the ER?" The doctor closed the door the slowly and deliberately before turning to him with a scowl.

"Young man, this is a hospital not a sports arena. We do NOT shout in here and go about disturbing other patients."

"Which way though?" Yuki tried to lower his voice but he was so panicked. He needed to know! He needed to get going! Why was this doctor stalling him and glaring? Couldn't he just point it out already!

"Young man, we do not yell. If you are looking for information go to the desk by the-" Yuki grabbed the doctor by his coat and stared him coldly in the face.

"Which way?"

The doctor seemed to cower under Yuki's glare and began to speak nervously. "Th-The hallway straight ahead! G-Go till room 180 and t-turn right."

Yuki released the doctor and raced in the way he said. He thought now that he may have been to hard on that doctor, but then again he didn't have time to dilly-dally either. He carefully looked at room numbers he passed and eventually turned right. Immediately he saw a sign indicating this was the ER waiting room.

Yuki searched the faces around him frantically. There were worried parents, a man pacing, a child who kept asking his mom were daddy was. He looked over everyone again and finally saw what he was looking for. An orange top sitting alone in a corner looking at his hands his face not showing.

"KYO!" the boy did not move upon hearing his name or even show signs of hearing Yuki at all. As Yuki came closer he saw something that made his stomach flip. Kyo's hands and even his sweatshirt were covered in blood. Yuki also noticed he was shaking slightly.

Yuki went over to him and knelt down next to Kyo. "Kyo? Kyo can you hear me?" He showed no signs of noticing but his head raised up slightly. "Kyo… Kyo what happened?" Yuki asked, afraid to hear what was coming.

"She… she was j-just trying to help. Why?" Yuki heard Kyo's voice shake slightly and saw him give a small shudder. "Why didn't she just stay out of the way? I …. I was fine! Bu-but … she di-didn't want m… m-me to g-get hurt." Kyo threw his head in hands and a moment later and actually begin to cry.

Yuki stared at Kyo in shock. He had never seen Kyo cry before, perhaps he was just in shock of what had happened? Or… what if what had happened had actually been this bad. Not once had Kyo ever been like this, not once had Kyo ever been in shock like this.

"Kyo, I need to know what all happened." Kyo did not raise his head but continued to his quiet crying. "Kyo, I need to know." Still nothing. "KYO!" Kyo raised his head slightly and Yuki slapped him. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED!"

Kyo stayed still for a moment, as if processing what had happened. He finally glanced over at Yuki with a serious, haunted expression. Yuki's stomach turned to ice, whatever had happened had to be bad if Kyo did not yell at him for that.

"K-Kyo… What happened?" Yuki tried to stop his voice from shaking due to the horrible fear he felt, far more intense than before. Kyo just stared at him, the same cold, distant look. Yuki sighed and moved to get up.

"We were walking…" Yuki stopped moving and looked at Kyo. His face was turned away from Yuki and he was so quiet it was as if he was whispering. "It was quiet out and we were running late. She…She said she knew a short cut home."

Yuki gulped as Kyo kept continued on, "It was a small alleyway. It was short and dark, we were almost through it when…" Kyo finally turned and looked Yuki full in the face. Yuki cringed at the dark defeated look his eyes.

"There were four of those thugs. They wanted to mug me and … they had knives. I made her get behind me, I could of taken them all on, I WAS! …But she…she was worried. She tried to help." Yuki looked at Kyo and began to feel sick to his stomach.

"Tohru, she tried to come between us. An…And…" Kyo clenched his fists and bit his lip trying to control his emotions. "Tohru… she was stabbed." Kyo looked down again, he was shaking.

Yuki went over to a Doctor who had just come into the office wearing a surgeon uniform. "Excuse me, can you tell me how Miss Tohru Honda is doing?"

"Hmm? Oh are you family?" The doctor asked looking tired.

"Well, she's living with us. I'm Yuki Sohma."

"Oh, you're listed on her records as family." Yuki blinked in surprise and wondered if Shigure had something to do with that. "Miss Honda is still in surgery, but her vitals are stable. It will still be abit before she's out though."

Yuki sighed in relief and began to feel like a weight had just come off his shoulders. He thanked the Doctor and made his way back over to Kyo. "Kyo, she's stabilized."

"That doesn't mean anything." Kyo muttered darkly.

"Kyo, how could you not of handled those thugs ? Master taught you better-"

"Where not freaking Listening?" Kyo exploded at Yuki looking at him with fire in his haunted eyes. "I WAS handling them! But it was four against one and I was trying to keep Tohru out of it at the same freaking time! And… She just pushed past and ran in between us… they obviously just meant those knives for show. The moment she…she" Kyo swallowed, "got hit, they high tailed it out of there. I swear…" Kyo said grinding his teeth together, "If I find them I'll kill them."

Yuki shuddered at the downright ugly look on Kyo's features. Never had he seen someone look so ready to kill, so merciless. "Well," Yuki said sitting down in the seat next to him and patting his shoulder. "At least she's stable now. When Shigure got called he started running all over the house calling everyone. He was afraid you'd been shot."

"I wish I had been shot… maybe then she'd be okay." Kyo said miserably.

"Kyo!" Yuki said in shock. "Didn't you hear me. She's fine! They told me she's stable-"

"Stable don't mean crap you stupid rat! All it freaking means is that her vitals are steady. She can be stable but still be in critical condition! She probably is! She was stabbed right between her ribs! Do you know how much important organs are there?" Kyo glared at Yuki who looked at him dumbfounded.

"You damn rat, She's dying!"