Tohru ran as fast as she could. She didn't know exactly where Kyo had gone, but he had run somewhere in the woods. She hoped she wasn't going to be too late. If he got hurt because of her she would never forgive herself. The wind blew through her hair blocking her view momentarily. She quickly shoved it aside and scanned her eyes through the dense forest. Her hand quivered slightly as she clenched onto her jacket. It was freezing outside now. It was turning into evening and the sky was beginning to darken.

"What are you two doing here?" Shigure said looking questioningly at Uo and Hana. Hana stepped forward to look closely at him.

"Where is Tohru? She is in trouble, we need to be there, and so does the doctor."

Shigure looked puzzled. "How did you know about that?!"

Hana smiled a worried smile. "The signals tell me."

Hatori looked skeptical at Hana's words, but they all headed out into the forest to look for Kyo and Tohru.

Yuki ran through the forest searching for Akito. He had no clue where Kyo had taken Tohru so he decided that he would just have to find Akito and stop him. The wind rushed through his silvery hair, and his troubled violet eyes were full of fear. Yuki was deathly afraid. He was afraid that Tohru would get hurt, afraid of what Akito might do. He was lost in thought we he almost ran into Akito and Kyo. Kyo was just getting up off the ground, the whole right of his face was red and his lip was bleeding badly. Akito was standing over him, a look of complete rage on his face.

Kyo wiped the blood off his lip with the edge of his sleeve. Yuki was just behind Akito, who was absolutely livid with anger.

"Kyo! How dare you refuse to obey me. You insubordinate fool!"

Then he noticed that Yuki was standing behind him. He jerked around to look at Yuki his eyes flashing dangerously. "You too Yuki?!? Have you come to stop me too?!?"

Yuki nodded, his body shaking from fear. Akito was in a murderous mood, he could tell it by just looking in his eyes. Yuki glanced over at Kyo.

"Is Miss Honda safe?" Yuki said hoping that Akito had no clue where she was.

"Tohru?" Kyo said surprised, but not Yuki. Tohru was had just ran panting into the clearing.

Kyo stopped breathing. What was she doing here? She was going to get hurt, she had to get out of here.

"Tohru, Get the hell out of here before it's too late! It's too dangerous. Just stay away." Kyo screamed, envisioning all the possible things that Akito would do to her. But Akito was already advancing towards her.

Akito was beyond common sense. He was so angry. He was angry at everyone. It was their fault he was dying! It was their fault that he had to suffer so much. They deserved to suffer as much as he did. And with those thoughts in his head he pulled a gun out of his robes and pointed it at Tohru's quivering face.

Kyo saw it all in slow motion. The glinting silver gun was pulled out of Akito's robes. Kyo ran straight at Tohru, he needed to save her. He reached her just in time to use himself as a shield. The bullet hit Kyo in the chest, just as he dived to save her. It seemed at that one moment that the bullet connected with Kyo's flesh the only sounds that could be hurt was the sound of the gun shoot and the splattering of Kyo's blood as it ripped its way through his body.

The sound of a shot was heard and Shigure, Hatori, Hana, and Uo all rushed into the clearing. There eyes widened as they surveyed the scene in front of them. Akito stood over Tohru and Kyo holding a gun in his hand. Tohru was sobbing as she held on to Kyo's body. They were both soaked in blood.

Kyo gazed up at Tohru, his eyes glazed with pain. Every second he could feel the blood gushing out of his body. The pain was so intense that he could barely breathe. But he managed to mumble out a few words.

"Tohru...I.love..you.." Tohru's eyes widened even as the tears splashed down her face.

"I love you too, Kyo. Please hold on..hold on..for me."

Kyo even as he felt the pain sear through his body he felt such a joy in his heart, to actually hear those words from her mouth. Her beautiful face was the last thing he saw before he fainted.

Hatori as soon as he saw rushed over to Kyo's side and gently pushed Tohru away. Shigure and Yuki both ran to restrain Akito who was fighting like mad to get to Tohru. Uo and Hana both ran to Tohru's side, trying to comfort the sobbing girl.

"It's all my fault, that Kyo's hurt. If I had just stayed away..if I had just listened to him.I'm so stupid."

Hatori didn't say a thing as he quickly applied pressure to Kyo's wound. His injury was really serious and if they didn't get help Kyo would soon die.

"Someone get an ambulance!" Hatori yelled. Hana got up and ran out of the clearing, her black cloak swishing against the now dark sky. Tohru closed her eyes and prayed that Kyo would get help before it was too late. She looked back down at him. Blood was spattered across the dead leaves that lay at the forest floor. His orange hair was scattered across his pale face, which was speckled with bits of blood. Tohru could feel the pain in her heart increase to unbearable levels as she collapsed onto the ground, sobbing.