Well, I'm not surprised at the complete lack of reviews on chapter 10, I'm an asshole that never updates, so I guess I deserved the disappointment of being optimistic. I'm going to do the last two chapters and then I probably won't post on here for quite a while, unless I have a oneshot. Like I said last chapter, I want to prewrite stuff so I can post on at least a weekly or biweekly schedule. They're still OOC, sorry . This will not have a sequel. And FYI this note isn't meant to sound rude, I am just an ass for never updating lol so I am mad at myself for never doing what I say I will.

Disclaimer: I do not own nor claim Fruits Basket. All rights belong to Natsuki Takaya.

Chapter Eleven: The Truth

The next days passed in a blur of school and rushed conversations before bed. Yuki was watching Kyo's actions very closely, worried about what they would do if Hatori failed. They had passports, but they were still minors. Yuki didn't know where they could go that Akito wouldn't find them. The rat kept trying to push the thoughts from his head, but they always returned to him, usually when he was least expecting it. It seemed that Kyo was unaware to the thoughts that plagued the rat's mind, for which Yuki was grateful. Kyo had enough on his plate to worry about.

As they were walking home after getting Tohru to work at the end of the school week, Hatori drove up to them. They exchanged looks of concern.

"Get in."

They listened to the dragon and climbed into the back seat of the car. The ride to Shigure's house was silent and Kyo began to fidget the closer they got to the house. Yuki put his hand over Kyo's and gave him a reassuring smile.

By the time Hatori pulled up to the house, Kyo's hands were shaking visibly.

The dragon got out of the car and the teens followed suit , walking behind him to the door. They all went into the house, finding Shigure standing in the entry hall waiting for them.

"Well, Hari, how did it go?" Shigure didn't sound worried, but Yuki noticed his tense shoulders.

"Let's go sit down, this might take a while."

Hatori and the dog walked further into the house, but Kyo leaned against the wall, his breathing shallow.

"He didn't find anything, we're gonna be in trouble. Yuki, where are we supposed to go?"

Yuki put his hands of the orange haired boy's shoulders. "Kyo, we don't even know what he's going to say. Just breathe. I think if we had to run, he would have led with us needing to pack. Not talking. Just remember to breathe, okay?" The cat nodded. Yuki smiled and took Kyo's hand, pulling him away from the wall.

They slipped their shoes off and walked towards the kitchen where they could hear Hatori and Shigure talking. The doctor turned around as they entered the kitchen and he gestured for them to sit down. Once all four were seated, Hatori looked away from his mug of tea and instead focused his gaze at Kyo.

"You were right. I can't believe it, but you were right. Kyo, he killed her."

Kyo's eyes watered and he clenched his jaw. "Are you sure? Like 100 percent sure?"

Hatori nodded sadly. "I'll tell you if you want to know exactly what he did. But I'm not sure you do."

Kyo gripped the edge of the table, causing his knuckles to go white. "I need to know. He needs to understand why I want to fucking kill him. He needs to know I'll drag him to the deepest pits of hell."

Hatori looked at Shigure. "I don't want you to confront him Kyo. You don't need to get in trouble too. I am writing up my findings, and it is more than enough to get him sent to prison."

"You expect me not to do anything?! He killed her!" Kyo stood up, knocking his chair to the floor from his speed.

Hatori looked up at him calmly. "Prison will be punishment enough. Criminals generally don't like when someone deliberately hurts a child or puts them in harm's way. He did it to kill you. The other prisoners will find out, and he'll be attacked for wanting to harm his own flesh and blood. Please sit down, Kyo. We're on your side."

The cat glared at them, and grudgingly set his chair back on its legs before falling back onto it.

"Thank you. Now, like I said, if you are going to try and seek him out to hurt him, I won't tell you. I didn't get this information at great personal risk to all of us for you to go and get yourself into trouble anyway. Do you understand me?" The dragon was piercing Kyo with his gaze.

"Yes." Was the cat's quiet response.

"Good. Now, as you already knew, I had rescheduled his check up. He wasn't happy, but he knew it was now or wait weeks and lose his job because I will be traveling to Europe in a few days. He came in yesterday. I lied to him about the shots. There is only one vaccine he was behind on, but I told him that there was a second that would make him very drowsy, very quickly. I told him to just sleep on the couch in my office after I administered them."

Kyo smirked. "You actually drugged my dad?"

Hatori nodded. "He's never had a reason to think that I would do something like that. It was easy."

Shigure looked at him. "Does it bother you how good of a serial killer you would be?"

Hatori raised his mug to his lips and took a sip before chuckling darkly. "Not particularly, no. Anyway, though. Once he was out, I put him in kind of a trance. The mind is very easy to manipulate when it's at rest. It cannot lie when in this form of hypnosis, and the things he said made my skin crawl."

"He started off by saying terrible things about you, things you don't need to hear for the thousandth time from him. Then I asked him about your mom. I was appalled at his words. He told me how much pleasure he got from beating her. Said he liked how her blood felt on his knuckles. He said he liked when you saw him hurt her. He told me other things he liked to do to her, disgusting things. He told me that he wanted to hurt Kazuma to get to you."

"He wants to hurt Sensei? He's stupid if he thinks he could. Sensei would kick his ass."

"I'm sure that if your father attempted to hurt Kazuma in person, he'd regret it dearly. But your father has money. He could easily hire someone else to hurt him. I wouldn't worry though, now that I know all of this, he won't get a chance. Your father bluntly said that he chased your mom through the house and when he caught her, he dragged her to their bedroom where he had rope ready. He told me that watching the light fade from her eyes excited him and that he was livid when he couldn't see the same happen to you. Except, for you, he wanted to use his bare hands."

They all watched Kyo gently put his hand to his throat. "He hated me that much." His voice cracked. "What did I ever do?"

Yuki scooted his chair closer to the cat and grabbed Kyo's hand from his throat. "He's vindictive. It doesn't matter why he feels like that, he's irrelevant. Look at me." Kyo turned his face towards the silver haired boy. "He doesn't matter. He's going away. He won't hurt you."

Hatori and Shigure exchanged surprised looks before the doctor spoke. "Yuki's right. You don't need to think about him ever again. I doubt you would be called on for the trial aside from testifying about him being abusive. You'd only be expected to be there for that. He's going away, Kyo."

Kyo looked down and was startled to see that Yuki was holding his hand in front of Hatori and Shigure. He looked at the dragon. "So none of us are gonna get in trouble, right?"

Hatori shook his head. "No. If the scumbag had woken up and said anything about a dream when he was in the trance, we'd be in trouble. That would've meant he wasn't in as deep of a sleep as I needed him to be. But he didn't. I'll be taking my report to the police tomorrow morning. I have to get back to my office and write the rest of it up, but it won't take long to get him put away."

Hatori stood and walked over to the sink, placing his cup quietly in the basin and turning on the tap to put water in it. When he turned around he was shocked to see Kyo not only holding Yuki's hand, but he had also rested his head in the crook of the rat's neck. Said teen was talking quietly to Kyo and it looked like the stress was visibly melting from him. Shigure looked at the other and shrugged as he walked towards him.

Shigure and Hatori left the kitchen and as the dragon put on his shoes, Shigure whispered to him. "Maybe a bit more than talking happened last weekend."

The dragon snorted. "Pervy dog."

Shigure responded by panting at him and giving a small "woof!" which earned him a smack on the shoulder.

"Goodnight Hari."

The doctor rolled his eyes. "Night."

The dog began to walk back to the kitchen as the door shut, but was shocked when the teens came out towards him and walked past him.

"Where's the fire?"

Kyo began putting his shoes back on. "Gonna go pick Tohru up from work."

Shigure looked at the clock on the wall. "I'll be damned. It's time already. Watch out for creepers in the dark then. Ta ta!"

With that the dog disappeared into his study.

"He's insane." Was all Kyo could say.

Yuki laughed and opened the door. As they set out into the cool evening air, the cat felt a bit at ease knowing the truth.

Gonna have one more chapter and then this will finally be complete. If I post here more, it will either mostly be oneshots, or stuff I've written ahead instead of as I go. I am sorry that I left this story for so long, I mean September 26, 2015 to now? That's pretty pathetic and I am ashamed that once I left school I stopped writing as much. I am going to MAKE myself write the last chapter tomorrow and post it when I am done. Anyone who liked this story, thank you for reading and for those who left reviews, thank you for your words. I'm sorry that I'm a liar about my updates.