Chapter Three

Tohru's Perspective:

If it wasn't for Kisa's bravery and knowledge, we would still be in there. Who knows what would have happened next. Why did I have to be so stupid? Why did I even think that talking to Akito would change a thing? How am I even going to explain where I went, or how Kisa and I got bruised.

Once those doors opened in Akito's room, I knew for a fact that I had to get Kisa out of there; even if it meant me staying behind. Fortunately, we both escaped. The strange part was that Akito didn't bother to come after us. We were less than half a mile to Shigure's house, so we stopped being on how we were out of breath from running, and sat on a log.

"Kisa, are you okay? How are you feeling? Did he hurt you?" I asked, squeezing her close to my chest.

"I'm fine. My head hurts a little, but I'll be okay. Yes, he smacked me and a piece of glass cut me when he smashed a tea cup." Her quivering voice slowly came out of her little mouth. "Sissy, what did he mean when he asked you if you told them about your one meeting in the woods?"

Luckily, I had my backpack that was still attached to my arm after all that happened. I pulled out a bottle of water and a rag. I poured some water on the rag and gently wiped her face. "Don't worry, I have a Band-Aid to put over you scratch." I hesitated in answering her question. I honestly didn't know what to tell her. "Don't worry about what he said, I will tell Shigure what happened later."

I applied the Band-Aid on her cut and returned everything in my bag. I scooped Kisa back up in my arms and quickly started to make my way down the trail.

Almost all the lights were off in at Shigure's House. If I was lucky, maybe they would be out. I approached the door with ease, quietly opening and closing it. I turned on a light and ran up the stairs with Kisa still in my arms. I used another switch that was upstairs to turn off the light.

I didn't bother to yell 'I'm home' as I moved about the house. I laid Kisa on my bed and pulled the covers over her, then I ran downstairs and warmed up the soup that I had prepared for dinner before I had left. I returned to my room with a tray of tea, soup, and cookies that I baked while the soup was warming.

I had noticed that she didn't fall asleep when I laid the tray on the desk. I picked out an outfit out of the many choices from the closet. I had bought outfits small enough to fit Kisa just in case she wanted to stay over, and she didn't have any clothes.

The outfit I picked was a pink sundress that was decorated in red roses. I gave her a quick bath and dressed her. When I was finished, she looked absolutely adorable. She ran from the bathroom to my room in a flash and wasted no time in eating the food and drinking the tea.

"Thank you, Sissy. This food is yummy! I love your cooking." She looked up at me with a smile brighter than the sun.

"I'm glad you like it. Stay in here and finish your food. I'm going to see if anyone's in the house. If you need me, just yell my name. Okay?" I instructed her. I poured more tea in her teacup just in case she ran out while I was gone.

"Okay. Be careful and hurry back."

I stumbled down the stairs with the memory of today replaying in my head. I reached the bottom with no notice and walked through the house. "I'm home with Kisa." I called. There was a shuffling sound in the living room, but there was no answer. "Is someone there?" I questioned, knowing that whoever or whatever it was wouldn't answer me.

Something touched my shoulder and I jumped. I turned to see that Momiji came out of the living room when I closed my eyes after I heard the sound, and he had placed his hand on my shoulder.

"Tohru! You're home!" He was about to embrace me, then stopped. He must have realized if he hugged me he would have turned into a bunny. He was the cursed Year of the Rabbit.

"Hi Momiji. Where is everyone?" I asked. I turned my head so he hopefully wouldn't see my bruised cheek.

"They went out to the Main House to find you. We know that you went to see Akito." He hesitated and walked to the left side of me, the side where my bruise remained. I turned away, but I was too late. He had seen the bruise and his eyes went wide.

"How did that happen?" He asked, grabbing my face to examine me closer.

"It's nothing." I said, pushing his hand away and taking a few steps back. "I have to go check on Kisa. Excuse me." I said, turning without hesitation and dodging up the stairs. When I arrived to my room, all the food from the tray was gone and Kisa was sleeping in my bed. I pulled the covers over her once again and exited back down the stairs, along with the tray, to warm up dinner. They would have to be back any minute, since I'm here.

Momiji's Perspective:

Tohru's left cheek was purple. It had to be Akito who had hurt her, it had to be. I could be wrong, so I won't go jumping to conclusions. I dashed to the phone, dialed Shigure's cell phone number, and waited impatiently for someone to answer.

"Hello. You're speaking to Shigure Sohma." Shigure said.

"Hey Shigure, it's Momiji. Tohru's home, come quick. She's hurt. Well, not actually showing that she's in pain, but she's bruised."

"We're on our way. Bye." Before the phone cut off, I heard someone in the background say, 'What happened? Was it Tohru?' I ended the call and put the phone back on the hook.

There was a knock on the door followed by a voice. "Momiji, open up. It's Shigure and the others." I ran to the door and unlocked it as fast as I could. I pulled open the door almost instantly.

"Be quiet." I put my finger over my lips to gesture to be quiet.

They all looked at me with a confused expression. "Why?" Kyo asked, his voice growing loud with his frustration.

Yuki's Perspective:

"Kisa's asleep upstairs and Tohru's in the kitchen warming dinner. She doesn't want to talk about what happened and where she went, so it would be best if you leave her alone for awhile." Momiji whispered, leading us to the table that was all set. We all calmly took a place at the table.

"Do you think Tohru would mind if I looked over her injury after dinner?" Hatori asked Momiji, since he was the only out of us all who had seen her since she came home.

"I don't think she would. You would also have to look over Kisa. She has a cut on her right cheek just as Tohru was bruised on her left. Tohru might have a bruise on her neck too, but I'm not sure. While she was cooking, I peeked in on her and saw that when she flung the rag over her shoulder by her neck, she flinched. Then I checked on Kisa, and there was a Band-Aid on her face and around it was yellow." Momiji informed us about everything he has found out so far.

Tohru's Perspective:

I heard everyone's voices coming from the dining room. I was about to bring everything to the table when I hesitated. What if they are angry at me? I can't think like this. 'Be positive Tohru, be positive,' I reminded myself.

I stepped through the threshold entering the dining room. I sat the pots on the table, and tried to avoid all of the stares I was getting. I kept my eyes glued to the floor as I continued to make sure everything was set. I went back into the kitchen for napkins and tea, then revisited the dining room. When I walked into the room, everyone's eyes came to focus on me again.

"Do you guys need me to fill your bowls?" I asked politely, hoping that they wouldn't bring up anything about, where I've been… or more importantly the physical evidence left behind.

They all looked at each other, and Yuki answered for everyone. "No, we can do it. Please, sit down and eat with us."

"Okay. No thank you I'm not hungry, but if you need me I will be upstairs." I bowed respectively, and began to leave the room when someone grabbed my wrist. I jerked away, pulling as hard as I could manage.

I felt terrible for being so rude, but this brought back memories of today and I couldn't handle anyone touching me for a while. I turned around to see that everyone's eyes on me once again and Kyo's mouth was open, and his hand was still in the air. It was Kyo who had tried to stop me, which had made me feel even worse for my rudeness.

"I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to pull away. It's just…" I didn't know how to explain myself without having to give more explanations. I tried my best to smile, but it didn't show no matter how hard I tried. "I'll be upstairs if you need me."

I turned again and walked up the stairs. Kisa was coming down as I was coming up. A huge smile was on her face. "Sissy! Guess what?" She said excitedly before jumping down on me.

"What is it?" I asked, laying my head on top of hers as I pulled her in for another tight embrace. Man did I love this girl!

"There's a nice lady in your room. She read me a story and gave me candy." She said this so happily that it sounded like she met an angel. It could be an angel because I didn't hear anyone come in from any of the doors downstairs.

I ran back down to the dining room, and ignored everyone's reaction when I sat Kisa on a floor cushion then disappeared into the kitchen. I picked up stake knife before I dared to go back up stairs -I needed to take caution, and unfortunately this was all I could think of at the moment- I gripped the handle tight as I slowly took each step closer to my room.