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Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru left immediately, deciding they needed to get Shizumi out of wherever she was as soon as possible.

The three stood outside the gates of the main Sohma estate, dreading going in.

"Yuki, stay out here with Tohru. I'll talk to Haru and see if he knows anything." Kyo decided, opening the front gate with a creak.

It didn't take long to find Haru, Kyo knew which house was his. After explaining everything to him, Haru gave him a speculative look. "What you're about to do is dangerous."

"I don't need a lecture right now, do you know where Akito sent her or not?" Kyo yelled.

Haru sighed. If he knew Kyo, the cat would search the world for her. "He sent her to Riverview Lunatic Mental Institution."

"She's in an asylum?"

Haru nodded again, but Kyo didn't see as he was halfway out the door.

After Kyo met back up with Tohru and Yuki and told them Shizumi's location, they looked at him in complete shock. "Look," Kyo said. "If you want to hang out here with your mouth hanging open like a fish all day, fine by me. I'm going to get Shizumi." Kyo left and he heard two pairs of footsteps behind him.

When the three arrived at the psych ward, out of breath, Tohru talked to the secretary. "We'd like to see a patient by the name of Shizumi." She said. As the secretary looked up the name in the computer Yuki turned to Kyo.

"You do realize we're running into this with absolutely no plan, correct?" Yuki asked.

"We'll just have to wing it." Kyo replied.

The secretary spoke and Kyo turned his attention to her. "We have two patients by the name of Shizumi. One was brought in by an Akito Sohma, the other one a Hikari Yana."

"Akito Sohma." Tohru said.

"I'm sorry, but she isn't allowed guests. I don't see why anyone would want to visit her, she really is a looney." The secretary replied.

Kyo growled, eyes narrowing. Yuki gave him a warning look, then spoke. "We must have been mistaken, we would like to see the other one."

"Alright, just sign in here." The secretary said, handing Tohru a clipboard. Tohru filled it out for all three of them and took a seat, beckoning for Yuki and Kyo to do the same.

"Are you crazy? What if they track us down because of that damn sign in sheet?" Kyo hissed quietly.

"Don't worry, it's all false information." Tohru replied softly.

The trio was called in and led to a room with a young girl around the age of 13. She had long blonde hair and green eyes. Her frame was small, as if she wasn't eating.

"Hello," Tohru said sweetly. "How are you, Shizumi?"

"Great!" The girl replied as if she really did know the strange people in her room.

"You don't look like you've been eating lately, Shizumi." Tohru said in a questioning tone.

The girl's hair swished back and forth as she shook her head vigorously. "Nope! The voices told me not to, so I won't!"

The employees decided it was safe for the guests to be there and left the room, venturing down the hall.

"Well, it was nice to see you Shizumi." Yuki said.

"You're leaving already? But I never get any visitors!" Shizumi stomped her foot. She paused then turned her head. "What? No, I don't know them. Well it is nice to talk to someone other than you guys every once in awhile!"

As Shizumi kept talking to the voices in her head, the three visitors backed out of the room slowly. They wandered down the hall, trying to find the Shizumi they had come for. An employee with strawberry blonde hair tripped and dropped the tray she was carrying and Tohru bent down to help her.

"Thanks." The nurse said. "Was there someone you were looking for?"

"Shizumi." Tohru replied.

The nurse paused. "Well there are two, the real looney or the accused one who was put in the crazy house without reason."

"The second one." Kyo piped up.

"Who are you three?"

"I'm Tohru," The brunette began, "This is Yuki and Kyo."

The nurse narrowed her eyes at Kyo. "So you're the Kyo she's been going on about." She said. "Let me just tell you, she is heartbroken. What did you do the poor girl?"

Kyo looked down in shame. "That's not important." Yuki said. "Can you take us to her?"

The nurse shrugged. "I would, but there are guards."

"No," Kyo grunted. "I'm not turning back now, not after I've come so close to getting her back."

The nurse looked startled. "You really do care for her, don't you?"

There was a pause as Kyo tried to find the right words for what he felt for Shizumi. "I love her."

Suddenly, Yuki and Kyo doubled over in pain, grunting from the searing heat flowing through their veins. Then, something only the cursed Sohma's could see happened. Two spirits, one rat, one mouse, emerged from Yuki and Kyo's bodies, floating upward and disappearing. The pain stopped and Kyo and Yuki looked at each other in alarm.

"We have to get her back" They said in unison.


Shizumi was hunched against a wall, her hair hanging over her face. Kyo... she thought. She looked up and saw a familiar figure next to her. I can feel it, can you? The hallucination nodded, looking at her sympathetically. Slowly, I am losing my mind.


The nurse, who had introduced herself as Kanako, led the three through the halls. Yuki and Kyo demanded to be taken to her room and insisted they could fight off the guards. They skidded to a halt as Kanako stopped in front of a white door with two guards on each side.

"We need to see her." Kyo insisted, deciding to try to convince them with words before he used his fist.

"She can't have any visitors."

"Screw talking to them, let's beat the hell out of them, Kyo." Yuki said.

Kyo nodded and turned to one of the guards, punching him in the face. The guard fell with a thud, already unconscious. Yuki kicked another guard and he grunted as he fell. Yuki brought his hand down on a nerve, knocking the guard out cold. Kyo got a few punches and kicks in on another guard and he was out like a light soon enough. Yuki had already taken care of the other one. Yuki looked at Kyo and nodded.

Kyo grunted as he kicked the door down.


Shizumi looked down, tears threatening to spill. I'd be lost without you. Why would you abandon me in my time of need? The illusion shook his head, not answering her. She barely noticed the commotion outside, audible smack, thumps, kicks, and punches filtering through the door. She did, however, notice when the door was kicked down. She didn't bother looking up, though.

"Shizumi?"

Shizumi's head snapped up at the sound of his voice, her eyes widening. Kyo? She looked over, the illusion was gone. She looked back at the Kyo who had just kicked down the door. None of the hallucinations had been able to speak to her, this one had to be real.

Shizumi was jerked to her feet by Kyo and he swiftly undid the binds on her straightjacket, yanking it off her body. Her arms dropped to her sides. Kyo looked her over, his gaze frantic. She looked so tired, sad, and scared.

"Shizumi," He said again.

"Kyo," She whispered, falling into his arms without thinking. He held her tightly, all of the anxiety and regret that had previously filled his being temporarily washed away. She was here. She was breathing. That's all that mattered.

Shizumi's eyes brimmed with tears, spilling easily. "You came for me." She mumbled into Kyo's shirt.

"Of course I did, I told you I'd always be here for you, didn't I?"


*Sniffles* They reunited!

Well, now that all of the ANGSTY AKITO CRAP is out of the way, this story will mainly be focusing on Shizumi and Kyo's relationship. Everyone who knows me personally knows that I LOVE FLUFF AND NOT PUTTING ANY IN THIS STORY SO FAR HAS KILLED ME. That and Shizumi has her little cutting problem to fix, still. Don't you think Kyo would be a great support for her? :D

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