A/N: after much sucking up, my parents have allowed me back on the computer in the day . This is the long/funny/fluffy chapter that I promised you so long ago ENJOY! Just to give you a heads up, Tohru gets sick in this chapter '' yeah, that defiantly means some concerned Kyou's and Yuki's And the dance just happens to be that night.

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Gone…They were all gone, yet the entire school had been hammering on her front door not 5 minutes ago. Befuddled, Tohru stepped outside. The sunset was just rising up over the horizon, setting a cloudy hew to befall the tops of the trees.

Squinting her eyes, Tohru kept on walking, she stayed at pace until her slippers just brushed the undersides of the bushes.

Where had they gone? How do you hide hundreds of kids in mere minutes? The questions kept piling. After some moments, the shuffling of feet caught her attention. A man laughed, he laughed a girly laugh. Was it the molester? No! Not again! Shaking from head to toe, Tohru was, for the second time that morning, drenched in cold sweat. With hair poking out from all ends, Tohru probably looked scarier than the molester did. At her state, the molester would become…the MOLESTED!

Still quivering, Tohru twitched her way around. Screaming, she brought up her slender hand and slapped the molester. After nothing happened, she opened her eyes. The molester had bright orange hair and red eyes. He was standing next to a boy with dark blue hair, and a man with black hair. He had a full-scale frown plastered his face.

KYOU! OH NO! NOT AGAIN! Tohru gaped, and then fell down like a rock in water. How could this happen again! Getting up again Tohru laughed an airy and jittery laugh.

"S-sorry Kyou, I thought you were the molester… again…" Tohru put a hand behind her head and scratched an itch that wasn't there. Kyou's expression dropped some more, needless to say his mood had gone from rotten to sour.

Yuki laughed, and Shigure chucked behind his sleeve.

"See Kyou, you really do freak out everyone you come in contact with." Shigure laughed, he laughed a girly laugh. Tohru's mouth dropped again, inviting in all the little bugs that had woken up early. Shaking he head, she coughed up the bugs and spat them out. He throat hurt!

She had been sure to block Yuki, Shigure and Kyou from escape. How had they gotten out? Especially Shigure! She had practically encaged him in the bathroom! Groaning, Tohru lowered her head shamefully. What would they think of her when they took the fact that she had locked them in their room seriously?

Before any questions could be asked, a strange beeping was to be heard. Nothing around them was making it though. Maybe it was just in her head.

"Tohru!" Tohru coughed again. Still practically soaked in cold sweat, she shook her head and mumbled something illegible. Yuki began to shake her. Suddenly the beeping stopped with a crash shortly followed after.

"Tohru! Wake UP!" Kyou shouted. Tohru's eyes flashed open. She was having trouble breathing. Her throat felt sore, and she was so cold! Bringing up the sheets, she noticed that the sheets were wet, along with her pajamas. She had been sweating like a marathon runner!

"Thank god, we thought you'd never wake up!" Yuki grabbed a light brown towel from a flowery bowl of cool water. Pressing the towel lightly to her perspiring forehead, she flashed a smile, small, but there.

Tohru's eyebrows bunched up, where was she? Where had the molesters gone? Were had the school gone? Opening her mouth, she tried to speak, only to have a racking pain overcome her throat. She croaked out something illegible. She couldn't talk! Her throat began to itch and feel tight. Oh god! She could hardly breathe! Was she sick? Was it a bug?

There was someone on the phone, it sounded like Shigure's voice. A doctor? He was asking for a doctor. However, she was just fine! Or so she thought. Tohru tried to sit up, but found it impossible! He bones ached. She had been sick before, but never like this! She was almost immune to everything.

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Tohru looked into the eyes of her doctor. Wait a minute, she knew him. The sea horse dude! Opening her eyes slightly wider, she noticed another little boy standing by his side, with wide eyes and a scared expression. Momiji! So he had come too? Great, the whole zodiac would be standing in front of her before she knew it. She wanted to send then away, but she couldn't muster the energy to talk. She looked over to her right. There was Yuki, but Kyou was nowhere to be see. Where was he?

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Momiji hopped up from his spot on the floor and answered the knock. Kyou and Shigure approached them, with a platter of bread and soup. From the expression on Kyou's face, and from the burned smell of the soup, it was obvious that Kyou had personally made Tohru some leek soup. The leek had probably come from Yuki's garden.

Yuki glanced skeptically at the soup.

"You sure that's gonna help her get better and not kill her, Kyou?" Kyou growled and lunged at Yuki, almost spilling the whole tray of food. It was only Tohru's tiny croak that stopped them from having a vicious fight right in the middle of her room.

Her eye sight was foggy, but she could still see their intentions. They were going to face off…again. Voice was still gone, she attempted to clear her throat again. Some things you just couldn't stop.

………………………………………………………………………………………………Tohru was asleep, sorta. She could still here everything that was going on. The doctor was still there, he was talking about her illness. Some kind of stomach fever that effected the sinuses and stomach. Yippee, what a wonderful conversation to have in her room, while still she was sick.

"When will she be better?" Kyou and Yuki asked at the same time. Both were apparently too concerned to glare at each other. Maybe they were too tired. When was the last time that they had gone to sleep? Had it been hours, days? Tohru's head was to screwy that she couldn't keep track of time. It was Saturday, not Sunday? No, it had to be Monday…

Monday,…that was the day of the winter dance! Oh well, she wasn't going with anybody anyhow. What was there to lose…only if Kyou and Yuki decided not to go because she needed them…no, everybody would be there to help her to a full recovery.

She tuned her head to the clock next to her bed. It read 6:45 pm. 6:45! The dance started at 8:00 and they had to still pick Arisa and Hanajima up at 7:30! They would be late!

Tohru rolled her head towards the boys again. She tried trying to talk, but it hurt. Oh well girl, suck it up Tohru thought as she cleared her throat.

"Kyou, Yuki…you'll be late picking up your dates. Don't forget that the dance is tonight and that they are waiting." Her voice cracked, but she got her message across. Yuki made a strange sound of realization, and Kyou slapped his head.

"Damn it! I totally forgot!" Kyou looked over at Tohru. "Tohru, how can we leave you in this condition?" Yuki was thinking about that too. Neither wanted to leave Tohru, but neither of them wanted to disappoint her by not taking their dates to the dance.

There was a mental debate going on between them. Finally coming up with little more than a burden, they yawned tiredly and shook their heads. Tohru was really sick, not like the other time when it was just a cold, she was actually liable to go to the doctors office and stay there with proper treatment.

"Sorry Tohru, I know we promised you that we would take Arise and Hanajima to the dance tonight, but, we…we can't just leave you here. We're really worried. We want to help you to a full recovery." Yuki grinned a small, sad grin.

"Yuki's got a point. I wonder if we can call them up to come over here. I think that they would be worried about you too. I'm sure it wouldn't interfere with their plans too much." Kyou walked out of the room, down the stairs, and to the phone.

Picking up the receiver and taking out the phone book, he looked up the numbers and called them. Arisa was first. The dial tone rang for about 1 minute before Arisa picked up.

"Hello?"

"Um, yeah Arisa, Tohru is deathly sick and I was wondering if you'd like to come over. I'm sorry, but I just don't want to leave her in the state she's in." He waited for a moment, then..

"Oh, no, that's alright. I'll be over there soon. Should I bring Hanajima with me?"

"Um, no, I think I can call her up myself." With that, Kyou hung up and dialed another number. This time though, the phone was picked up immediately. Hanajima said hello, and Kyou stated the same story as before. Hanajima said she'd be there soon too.

………………………………………………………………………………………………Was she going to die? Was she going to recover. There was a knock on the door followed by shuffling off feet. She heard Shigure's voice greet somebody. Though she didn't open her eyes, by the time the person or persons had arrived at her room, she instantly knew who they were. Wait. They should be at he dance! Not at her house! The last thing she wanted or needed were more people to reassure.

"Dang, she really does look like a wreck." Arisa spoke with shock and concern. She growled, turned to Kyou, balled her hands into fists and shook it. "What they hell did you do to her! Poison her!" She glared at both the boys now. "I said that if anything happened to her, I would kick your ass so bad that kittens wouldn't even look at you!"

"You know we will be kicking back, right?" Yuki stared at her with emotionless and tiered eyes. He needed sleep, not loud Yankees ranting and raving about something that he couldn't had prevented.

"Arisa, now, they couldn't have been a part of this. They care about her too much." Hanajima said quietly. She approached the bed, her dark cape still on. A drop of snow fell on Tohru's hand. She turned her palm so that it was facing up. It felt so good…

"Well, what are we going to do?" Arisa looked at a lost of what to do. She sat on the edge of the bed. Stroking Tohru's face, she looked around the room. It was packed. Yuki too looked around, knowing that it made Tohru uncomfortable, she ushered everyone out, telling them that Kyou, and Tohru's friends would take care of her.

Momiji was reluctant to leave, but eventually was shoved out.

Poor guy, Tohru though. She was happy that everybody was concerned, but she didn't want to be a problem for anybody. She was there to help, not to make things worse! She tried to sit up. It was hard, like they say, if you don't use them, you lose them. Her muscles probably weren't even there!

"Tohru, you need to rest!" Hanajima put her hand on Tohru's shoulder and pressed down lightly. Tohru felt so helpless. She couldn't do anything! Nothing at all but take the racking pains and flooded her body. She continued to find it hard to breath, and her voice was vanished all together…as of now.

The night was upon them when the pain and misery was too much. A single tear slipped out from the corner of her eyes. She had cricks in her back and neck. She was smelly and uncomfortable. She was keeping everyone from having fun. That tear was not alone. Followed after by moans and several other streaks of shimmering salt water.

Tohru's eyes opened eventually. Arisa was leaning on the wall and Yuki was holding Hanajima in his arms. It was almost like a hug, just not so intimate, or close. Tohru thought that he was pushing it. One mistake and something close to hell on earth would break loose. If she wasn't feeling like puking her guts out, she would have cried in happiness. It was just so sweat!

Kyou looked straight into her deep brown eyes. They were glanced with something like drowsiness…or maybe it was the illness. Arisa came over to the bed, putting her hand on her forehead, she measured how high her fever was.

Arisa quickly snatched it back, he hand burned, Tohru's forehead was on fire! She took the cool cloth from the bowl again and placed the towel on Tohru's forehead. Maybe that would help.

Arisa shot Kyou a worried look of a mother. Kyou's face was grim, sleepy, and not happy. How could he be? He hadn't gotten more than 6 hours of sleep over the last past 4 days! He didn't know how much longer he would last. Yuki was the same way. The bags under their eyes made Tohru's heart ache with guilt. Did she do that to them? She had always insisted that they get all the sleep that they needed.

"Tohru, close your eyes and rest." Came Yuki's voice, slightly slurred by sleep deprivation.

"If I slept anymore, I'd be dead." Astonished everyone looked at her. Tohru's voice had come back! Kyou stared and gaped. He walked over to her and held her hand.

"It looks like you're on your way to a nice recovery." He blushed as he let go of her hand. His strong yet calloused hands seemed to hesitated before he completely let go.

The lips on Tohru's face rose, she could talk.

"Tohru, just because you can talk doesn't men that you should talk." Yuki pointed out, letting go of Hanajima. As he approached the bed, he leaned over and kissed her forehead. Arisa looked at Hanajima. She was just looking curiously at Yuki. She had never seen him kiss anybody. She especially hadn't expected him to kiss someone else wile he was taking her to the dance. Then again, Tohru was sick, was getting better, and the dance was 4 days ago, so she assumed it didn't matter anymore.

They had bonded well though, Kyou had found it enjoyable to talk to Arisa, and Yuki found it nice to talk to Hanajima. They talked about school, Tohru, food, Tohru, anything else, Tohru, stuff, Tohru, other, and Tohru. Arisa stretched and walked over to the bed.

"Tomorrow, Hanajima and I will help you take a shower. You seriously need it. Then, we'll wash your sheets, they seriously need it." She waited, and then chuckled. "Unless you want Kyou and Yuki to help you shower, while Hanajima and I wash the sheets." She chuckled again. Tohru, Yuki, and Kyou's faces turned beet red. They refused to meet another's gaze.

The phone rang. Shigure got it. He frowned. After he hung up, he climbed the stairs, two at a time and entered Tohru's room. He frowned some more, and face Arisa and Hanajima.

"Your parents want you home…" when nobody moved, he cleared his throat and made his voice louder. "Now. Your parents want you home right this instant. They don't care what you're doing, but they need you."

"But Tohru needs a bath!" Arisa protested.

"I can help her with a bath, don't worry." He smiled suggestively. Arisa slapped him, and Yuki and Kyou punched him. Once in the face, once in the gut.

"NO! You perverted old man!" Kyou glared furiously at Shigure. Arisa said goodbye as she left. She promised them that they would come back as soon as possible, but she couldn't have been sure. Tohru said thank you to her and Hanajima.

When they left, Kyou and Yuki had put sleeping bags in her room. Now that she was getting better, they could sleep more comfortable. They had been sleeping anywhere that was sleep compatible. On the chairs, leaning on the walls, the floors, anywhere.

Tohru was wide awake. If they didn't come back, she really would need help taking a bath. Considering that there were only boys in the house, the whole idea was just flat out embarrassing!

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A/N: Yeah, I'm thinking of some very naughty thoughts right now. Lol, yeah, just to give you a heads up, the rating might go up. If you want a lemon in here, then let me know. I don't know what you guys want so…yeah…Yes, Tohru is going to take a bath in the next chapter, but if you want something to happen between someone and her, then let me know, okay? Well, I'll update as soon as I can. I'm thinking next Tuesday…THANK YOU TO ALL MY REVIEWERS! Until next time…………