I Found You

Chapter 10

Calm Down

Hatori took the two back to Shigure's house. Tohru's nerves were still shot and every noise made her want to scream. He's going to get her. She had no doubt about it. If he wanted her back bad enough, he'd find her. He could have taken her tonight.

"Hari, what are you doing here?" Shigure asked as they walked in.

"Yuki called me. Tohru might need my assistance."

Shigure looked at the girl. "What happened?"

Kyo came down stairs to hear what the chatter was about. He was surprised to see Hatori. He didn't leave the main house often.

"What's going on?"

"He's trying to find her," Yuki answered.

"Who is?" Kyo asked.

"The kidnapper, you stupid cat."

"I'm not stupid!" Kyo yelled. "I just wasn't thinking about that. So, what are we going to do?"

"First, we're going to get Tohru upstairs and calm her down," Hatori replied.

He took her by the arm and led her to her room. Yuki and Kyo stayed downstairs. They looked at Shigure as he turned around and walked into his office

"We can't leave her alone anymore," Yuki said.

"We haven't. Every time she's gone out someone's walked her there. Do we have to stay with her 24 hours now? That's ridiculous."

"Kyo does have a point. There's no way we can't watch her every minute of the day."

"Then what are we supposed to do? We can't let her be taken again. You saw what that man did to her."

Hatori walked Tohru upstairs to her room. She knew that he could feel her tremors, but she couldn't stop them. He sat her down on her bed and turned around to open his medicine bag.

"Hatori."

"Hmm?"

"I'm sorry."

The man turned around and flicked the tubed of the clear liquid to raise the bubbles to the needle and pushed the plunger until a small amount of the liquid squirted out. "What exactly are you sorry for?"

"Putting you all through all this trouble."

"Tohru, we wouldn't do this if we didn't believe in it. And believe it or not, some people in this house have come to really care for you in the small amount of time you've been here," he said as he slid the needle in.

The girl felt her body begin to relax. It felt nice after all that time feeling so tense. She crawled under the cover with Hatori's help. Before she had completely succumb to the drug, Tohru looked up at the man. "Hatori?" The man looked down at her. "Thank you for helping me. Tell the others thank you, too. I don't know where I would be without you." Then she was out.

Kyo looked up as Hatori walked into the office. "How is she?" He asked.

"She's asleep. She told me to tell all of you thank you." Hatori looked at Kyo specifically when he said it.

The young man looked to the side. He wasn't used to any sort of kindness or appreciation, which is why he never knows what to say or how to react around Tohru.

"So, what do you suggest we do, Ha'ri?" Shigure asked his friend.

"Hmm, we do probably need to keep an eye on the surroundings. I don't see what there is to be done about anything else, though. Protect her best you can and just know whatever happens, happens."

Whatever happens, happens. Kyo let that swim around his head. He knew it was true, but he also knew that if something happens he has the power to fix it. The young man stood up and walked upstairs to Tohru's room. He sat down against the wall opposite of Tohru's bed. He won't let anything happen to her again. He failed her and Kyoko once before. He won't do it again.

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Tohru woke up before the sun was completely awake itself. Sitting up, she stretched a little and looked around. Her eyes stopped on the figure of Kyo asleep again the wall. How he managed to stay asleep sitting up, she did not know. True, she has slept in the floor not far from the wall, but never has she slept sitting against the wall. She walked over to him and squatted down to his height.

"Kyo," she said. "Kyo?" She poked his shoulder but with no result. "Kyo," she said this time with a little shake.

His eyes fluttered open and looked sleepily over at her. He pulled himself off the wall with a groan, trying to stretch some of the kinks from his neck. "Dammit, how did I sleep like that?"

Tohru gave a sympathetic smile. "I was wondering the same thing. Even I never slept like that."

Kyo's eyes widened, then he gave a little smile back. The thought crossed his mind again of how anyone could harm this girl at all. His first impulse was to protect her. He didn't think he could ever hurt her.

"So Kyo, how about breakfast?"

He looked at her huge smile and looked away feeling uncomfortable with smiling again. "Only if you make something good."

"Ok!"

Yuki joined them about an hour later with just enough time to eat before headed off to school. "Ms. Honda," he started, "how are you feeling today?"

"Oh, I'm feeling better, thank you," Tohru answered with one of her sincere smiles. "The shot Hatori gave me made me fall asleep almost instantly and it was a good sleep."

"Well that's good. We were all worried about you."

"There's no need to worry. I'm fine. Just got a little shaken up last night."

"Ms. Hon-"

"Uo! Hana!" Tohru yelled as he friends walked by. She didn't want to be rude and cut Yuki off, but she didn't want to talk about last night right now. She really was feeling better.

"Oh, hey Tohru. Still dragging Orange Top around with you, I see," Uo commented.

"What that supposed to mean?"

"Exactly how it sounds. Come on, Tohru. Don't wanna be late."

The brunette looked back at the guys and waved. The school day went by quickly. She was doing well and she was proud she was learning all this. Someone in her situation, with no family would probably never have gotten into school. She was happy Uo was gifted with it, too, through Hana's family. They were extremely lucky. Tohru thought she was even luckier to have convinced Kyo to eat lunch with them. It made everything so much more fun.

Tohru headed out of the building and saw Kyo waiting by the gate. "Hi Kyo," she greeted with her bright enthusiasm. "Where's Yuki?"

"How the hell would I know? I don't keep up with that damn rat," he answered pushing himself off the wall.

"Oh ok. Well, how was your day?"

"As good as it could be, I guess."

"Kyo…"

"What?" he asked.

"Are you mad at me?" Tohru asked worried with his dry replies.

"Why would I be mad at you?" he asked looking down at the girl.

"I don't know. You just seem so distant. That's not a bad thing or anything. Everyone needs there space," she rambled then paused for a second. "I'm just worried I might have done something."

"No, everything's fine. What was up with you abandoning us this morning, though?" he asked suddenly curious.

"Oh, well umm, I-" Tohru stumbled over her words trying to rake up something to reply with. She stopped and let out a sigh. "I'm sorry."

Kyo stopped as well and looked back at her. "You don't have to apologize. We were just surprised."

"But.."

"Don't. Look Tohru, we get it. Anyone would be scared shitless if they were in your situation." He looked off to the side, uncomfortable with this confrontation. "We're going to protect you. I won't let anything happen to you again," Kyo said quietly.

The girl's eyes widen, caught off guard with Kyo's sudden sincerity. A smile touched her lips and she quickly grabbed his hand. "Thank you."

"Yeah, whatever," he said suddenly guarded again.

Kyo's heart fluttered a little at Tohru's touch. He would never admit it, but her hand in his was the best feeling ever. With her, he was finally accepted, cared for. Yes, he would protect her with all his being.

Ok, I hope that y'all don't think that I've forgotten you. I haven't. I write all the time on this, but I have a non-existent attention span sometimes and I also have 3 stories that ideas pop into my head for at random. But at least I am updating. I hope you liked it.