4: Where is she?
Tohru was still shocked. She and the Hanajimas did not struggle of course. Not that she could in her state. The men just escorted them to a van and that was it. Tohru somehow expected to be escorted to the Main House, but it wasn't like that. She and her friends had been taken somewhere else although she heard the men saying that it was just a temporary location. They were indeed going to be transferred to the Main House, but not today and probably not tomorrow. After they arrived to what looked like a Hotel they had been separated. Tohru was worried about Saki and Megumi. 'Why this place? What are they going to do with us? What are they going to do to Hana-chan and Megumi? I wish Yuki was here. I, I'm so scared...'
A frail young man entered the room where Tohru was. No hatred showed in his eyes, but there was no love there either. Akito got close to Tohru and stroke her cheek. "Don't worry about your friends. They will be alright if they behave. I knew there was no way I was going to have an opportunity of you being alone, but at least I was able to get rid of your blonde friend. I thought you were going to eat with your black haired friend, but I didn't expect a male with you two. That was very... unfortunate." Tohru looked scared, but Akito smiled strangely at her. "I guess I didn't use the correct term by saying that I got rid of your blonde friend. What I meant was that I arranged her lunch with an employee." Tohru was suddenly relieved, but was still speechless. "I've been asking Hatori about your pregnancy. I'm glad that it has gone smoothly. After all, we don't want Yuki's offspring to be harmed, do we?" Tohru was feeling a little better. "Why did you bring me here?" Akito smiled making her uncomfortable. "Yuki was going to give you maternity leave soon. That meant you were going to be at home alone and would have probably hurt yourself. You're a bit clumsy, am I right? The day after tomorrow you will be transferred to the Main House under my care and supervision." "What about Hana-chan and Megumi?" Tohru could only think about her friends. "Of course they will be transferred to the Main House too, Tohru. Unfortunately I cannot let them go... yet. I will see them now. Take care of Yuki's son."
Saki and Megumi had what appeared to be bored faces. No one wanted to guard their room and for very good reasons. Three guards were already at the hospital because of unexplainably fainting while guarding the room, one by one. Afterwards they were told that the explanation was electric shocks. Akito entered their room and found them both seated on the bed as if expecting someone. "So you are Tohru's friend. The one called Hanajima Saki." His voice was soft and slow. "Who is he?" Akito pointed his index finger at Megumi. The answer came quite quickly: "Hanajima Megumi." The boy had no expression on his face and this made Akito uncomfortable. Saki decided to speak. She was still wondering about many things. "You are a Sohma. You are the head of the Sohmas. I can feel your waves. You have very strange and strong waves. All the Sohmas seem to have very interesting waves, but yours are stronger. I like it. I think I like you" If she did like it Akito would have never guessed. After all she was emotionless.
Megumi stared boringly at Akito. "What is your name?" Akito was suddenly a little bit nervous. Something was strange with these two siblings. "Sohma... Akito. What is it that I feel from you two?" Saki smiled a little. "I can read signals and waves in people. I can also shock them electrically. I don't know why." Akito seemed interested and looked at Megumi. "You too?" Megumi smiled a little too. "No. I'm a little bit different. I can curse people after I know their name." Akito looked a little bit alarmed, but smirked and sneered. "Are you going to curse me?" Megumi closed his eyes calmly and looked directly at Akito. "No. I don't curse people that are already cursed. You Sohmas are already cursed. I also felt it in the boss... Sohma... Yuki." Saki's eyes opened a little wider with a glimpse of understanding in her expression, but still spoke in her soft and monotonous tone of voice. "That is why you Sohmas have interesting waves emanating from you. Not exactly human like waves... I understand it better now. You are... cursed." Akito stared at them again and got out of the room slamming the door shut behind him. 'How do they know?', he thought. Something about that pyschic girl had attracted him. Yes, he had felt attracted to that girl. It was best to avoid her and her brother. He then had a mild cough attack and some men took him away.
***
Hatori was checking on Akito. Akito had been convulsing when brought and seemed to be trying to say something to Hatori. Hatori was trying to decipher the words. "Hatori... Don't... Away... Those two... They... Freaks..." "Calm down now Akito. You are not making any sense. Drink this." Hatori gave a tranquilizer to Akito and after a few minutes the Sohma Master started to relax. "They know Hatori. They know about the curse! She most have told them! She broke her oath! She is a fake! I knew it! That idiot Yuki fell for it and now she is with his child! An outsider! A stupid and wretched woman! She is a demon!" "Calm down Akito. You're too stressed. Who are 'they'?" Hatori didn't show any worry, but he was worried about someone else knowing about the curse. It bothered him, although he couldn't believe Tohru could have told anyone about it. That's when it hit him. "Akito, where's Tohru? When did you talk to her?" Akito looked at Hatori with a psychotic smile. "She is mine now! She will be brought here tomorrow! I changed the date. Tomorrow and not the day after tomorrow! Hatori, I want to know the sex of that creature." Hatori lowered his eyes with concern. Akito wasn't lying. It was obvious that he had somehow separated Tohru from Yuki. "70% girl." Akito winced. "G... G... Girl!? GIRL!? That devil from hell! She cannot even bear males as she should? A firstborn has to be a boy!!!" Hatori smiled, but hid it right away. "Actually Akito, it's the sperm that decides the sex so you can actually blame Yuki for that." Akito calmed down and seemed to relax a bit. "Hatori, I'll go to my chambers now. And... Yuki cannot cross the gate. He won't be allowed to see her."
Yuki was in a KFC with Haru. He seemed to be playing with his food absentmindedly. Haru had already finished eating and was watching Yuki with concern. "You know Yuki, if you don't eat you won't be strong and you won't be able to get her back." Yuki then resumed eating little by little and looked at Haru with a gaze that could almost break Haru's heart. "Where do you think she has been taken Haru?" Haru gave him a sad smile. "I'm pretty sure she is or will be to the Main House soon enough. Akito can't go anywhere and besides, he'll want Hatori checking on her all the time." Yuki ate a little faster and finished his chicken and fries. "You know Haru, you're pretty smart." Haru smiled genuinely this time. "I was just stating the obvious Yuki." "Haru..." Haru was all ears and noticed what he thought was a smile spreading in Yuki's lips. "I was wondering how the Hanajimas are managing. The image of them talking with Akito is kind of... weird... Maybe even... scary." Hatsuharu thought for a while. "I don't think Akito will be able to touch that Saki Hanajima. She's even scarier than Akito himself now that I think about it. This could be interesting, but it also makes me uneasy. That girl... Can she read people's minds? Maybe she'll find out about the curse." Yuki was now pensive. "This could be really bad, but for some reason I am not that worried."
Momiji entered Hatori's office while Kisa, Hiro, and Kagura stayed outside spying. "Hatori, we just saw Akito come out of here. Is anything wrong? Is Tohru okay?" Hatori looked at the rabbit Jyuunishi. Momiji was quite tall. No one had expected such a growth spurt. Maybe it had to do with the German genes in him. "Frankly I don't know what happened, but Akito said that Tohru will be brought here tomorrow. I don't know about you guys, but Yuki will not be able to see her." Hatori looked at the door at the three spying heads. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to make a phone call."
After Momiji and the others left Hatori was able to call Shigure. "It's started. Tohru will be brought here tomorrow." Shigure sighed on the other line. "We all knew this was coming. But I did thought it was going to happen earlier. Akito sure took his time. I was even thinking he had given up!" "You know very well Shigure that it was highly unlikely for Akito to give up. Anyway, tell Ayame and Kyou. I have things to do." 'click'
Yuki got to his two room apartment and entered. He hadn't bothered to show himself in his office that afternoon. He had spent the time with Hatsuharu instead. He know Uotani could handle herself and she. Also there was the fact that she was going to bombard him with questions and he wasn't up to it yet. He dropped himself on the sofa sighing. "Don't worry Yuki! I am sure she'll be fine! I have come to keep you company and be your shoulder to cry on my little brother!" Yuki stood up horrified. "What the hell are you doing here!!!??? GET OUT!!!!!!!! GET OUT!!!!!" Ayame didn't seem to mind Yuki's sudden anger outburst. "I'm sorry Yuki. I know that you were just surprised to see me! When Gure called to tell me that Tori called him to tell him that Tohru was going to be moved to the Main House tomorrow I just had to come here and check on you! After all your older brother does worry about you! Give me a hug! You'll feel better!" "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!!!" Yuki was now gasping for breath. The truth was Ayame had given him the scare of his life. Ayame just decided to shut up for the time being and Yuki relaxed a little and let himself fall on the sofa again ignoring the one standing behind the sofa. "You said she was going to be moved to the Main House tomorrow." Ayame joined Yuki on the sofa. "Yes I did! She will be in the Main House tomorrow under Tori and Akito's care." Yuki clenched his teeth. "Akito doesn't care for anyone. Hmm... Maybe I should go to the Main House tomorrow then." Ayame frowned. "I don't know Yuki. I'm pretty sure that Akito won't let you in. Not that I know anything about it!" Ayame seemed to be thinking hard. "Anyway, I'll start unpacking." "WHAT!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN UNPACKING!???" Yuki was standing up again and Ayame was in a very merry mood. "You didn't think I was going to abandon my little brother in this time of great need! Shame on you Yuki! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Ayame seriously started unpacking a very big pink and gold carry on bag. 'This is going to be a nightmare,' Yuki thought really frustrated.
Tohru was still shocked. She and the Hanajimas did not struggle of course. Not that she could in her state. The men just escorted them to a van and that was it. Tohru somehow expected to be escorted to the Main House, but it wasn't like that. She and her friends had been taken somewhere else although she heard the men saying that it was just a temporary location. They were indeed going to be transferred to the Main House, but not today and probably not tomorrow. After they arrived to what looked like a Hotel they had been separated. Tohru was worried about Saki and Megumi. 'Why this place? What are they going to do with us? What are they going to do to Hana-chan and Megumi? I wish Yuki was here. I, I'm so scared...'
A frail young man entered the room where Tohru was. No hatred showed in his eyes, but there was no love there either. Akito got close to Tohru and stroke her cheek. "Don't worry about your friends. They will be alright if they behave. I knew there was no way I was going to have an opportunity of you being alone, but at least I was able to get rid of your blonde friend. I thought you were going to eat with your black haired friend, but I didn't expect a male with you two. That was very... unfortunate." Tohru looked scared, but Akito smiled strangely at her. "I guess I didn't use the correct term by saying that I got rid of your blonde friend. What I meant was that I arranged her lunch with an employee." Tohru was suddenly relieved, but was still speechless. "I've been asking Hatori about your pregnancy. I'm glad that it has gone smoothly. After all, we don't want Yuki's offspring to be harmed, do we?" Tohru was feeling a little better. "Why did you bring me here?" Akito smiled making her uncomfortable. "Yuki was going to give you maternity leave soon. That meant you were going to be at home alone and would have probably hurt yourself. You're a bit clumsy, am I right? The day after tomorrow you will be transferred to the Main House under my care and supervision." "What about Hana-chan and Megumi?" Tohru could only think about her friends. "Of course they will be transferred to the Main House too, Tohru. Unfortunately I cannot let them go... yet. I will see them now. Take care of Yuki's son."
Saki and Megumi had what appeared to be bored faces. No one wanted to guard their room and for very good reasons. Three guards were already at the hospital because of unexplainably fainting while guarding the room, one by one. Afterwards they were told that the explanation was electric shocks. Akito entered their room and found them both seated on the bed as if expecting someone. "So you are Tohru's friend. The one called Hanajima Saki." His voice was soft and slow. "Who is he?" Akito pointed his index finger at Megumi. The answer came quite quickly: "Hanajima Megumi." The boy had no expression on his face and this made Akito uncomfortable. Saki decided to speak. She was still wondering about many things. "You are a Sohma. You are the head of the Sohmas. I can feel your waves. You have very strange and strong waves. All the Sohmas seem to have very interesting waves, but yours are stronger. I like it. I think I like you" If she did like it Akito would have never guessed. After all she was emotionless.
Megumi stared boringly at Akito. "What is your name?" Akito was suddenly a little bit nervous. Something was strange with these two siblings. "Sohma... Akito. What is it that I feel from you two?" Saki smiled a little. "I can read signals and waves in people. I can also shock them electrically. I don't know why." Akito seemed interested and looked at Megumi. "You too?" Megumi smiled a little too. "No. I'm a little bit different. I can curse people after I know their name." Akito looked a little bit alarmed, but smirked and sneered. "Are you going to curse me?" Megumi closed his eyes calmly and looked directly at Akito. "No. I don't curse people that are already cursed. You Sohmas are already cursed. I also felt it in the boss... Sohma... Yuki." Saki's eyes opened a little wider with a glimpse of understanding in her expression, but still spoke in her soft and monotonous tone of voice. "That is why you Sohmas have interesting waves emanating from you. Not exactly human like waves... I understand it better now. You are... cursed." Akito stared at them again and got out of the room slamming the door shut behind him. 'How do they know?', he thought. Something about that pyschic girl had attracted him. Yes, he had felt attracted to that girl. It was best to avoid her and her brother. He then had a mild cough attack and some men took him away.
***
Hatori was checking on Akito. Akito had been convulsing when brought and seemed to be trying to say something to Hatori. Hatori was trying to decipher the words. "Hatori... Don't... Away... Those two... They... Freaks..." "Calm down now Akito. You are not making any sense. Drink this." Hatori gave a tranquilizer to Akito and after a few minutes the Sohma Master started to relax. "They know Hatori. They know about the curse! She most have told them! She broke her oath! She is a fake! I knew it! That idiot Yuki fell for it and now she is with his child! An outsider! A stupid and wretched woman! She is a demon!" "Calm down Akito. You're too stressed. Who are 'they'?" Hatori didn't show any worry, but he was worried about someone else knowing about the curse. It bothered him, although he couldn't believe Tohru could have told anyone about it. That's when it hit him. "Akito, where's Tohru? When did you talk to her?" Akito looked at Hatori with a psychotic smile. "She is mine now! She will be brought here tomorrow! I changed the date. Tomorrow and not the day after tomorrow! Hatori, I want to know the sex of that creature." Hatori lowered his eyes with concern. Akito wasn't lying. It was obvious that he had somehow separated Tohru from Yuki. "70% girl." Akito winced. "G... G... Girl!? GIRL!? That devil from hell! She cannot even bear males as she should? A firstborn has to be a boy!!!" Hatori smiled, but hid it right away. "Actually Akito, it's the sperm that decides the sex so you can actually blame Yuki for that." Akito calmed down and seemed to relax a bit. "Hatori, I'll go to my chambers now. And... Yuki cannot cross the gate. He won't be allowed to see her."
Yuki was in a KFC with Haru. He seemed to be playing with his food absentmindedly. Haru had already finished eating and was watching Yuki with concern. "You know Yuki, if you don't eat you won't be strong and you won't be able to get her back." Yuki then resumed eating little by little and looked at Haru with a gaze that could almost break Haru's heart. "Where do you think she has been taken Haru?" Haru gave him a sad smile. "I'm pretty sure she is or will be to the Main House soon enough. Akito can't go anywhere and besides, he'll want Hatori checking on her all the time." Yuki ate a little faster and finished his chicken and fries. "You know Haru, you're pretty smart." Haru smiled genuinely this time. "I was just stating the obvious Yuki." "Haru..." Haru was all ears and noticed what he thought was a smile spreading in Yuki's lips. "I was wondering how the Hanajimas are managing. The image of them talking with Akito is kind of... weird... Maybe even... scary." Hatsuharu thought for a while. "I don't think Akito will be able to touch that Saki Hanajima. She's even scarier than Akito himself now that I think about it. This could be interesting, but it also makes me uneasy. That girl... Can she read people's minds? Maybe she'll find out about the curse." Yuki was now pensive. "This could be really bad, but for some reason I am not that worried."
Momiji entered Hatori's office while Kisa, Hiro, and Kagura stayed outside spying. "Hatori, we just saw Akito come out of here. Is anything wrong? Is Tohru okay?" Hatori looked at the rabbit Jyuunishi. Momiji was quite tall. No one had expected such a growth spurt. Maybe it had to do with the German genes in him. "Frankly I don't know what happened, but Akito said that Tohru will be brought here tomorrow. I don't know about you guys, but Yuki will not be able to see her." Hatori looked at the door at the three spying heads. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to make a phone call."
After Momiji and the others left Hatori was able to call Shigure. "It's started. Tohru will be brought here tomorrow." Shigure sighed on the other line. "We all knew this was coming. But I did thought it was going to happen earlier. Akito sure took his time. I was even thinking he had given up!" "You know very well Shigure that it was highly unlikely for Akito to give up. Anyway, tell Ayame and Kyou. I have things to do." 'click'
Yuki got to his two room apartment and entered. He hadn't bothered to show himself in his office that afternoon. He had spent the time with Hatsuharu instead. He know Uotani could handle herself and she. Also there was the fact that she was going to bombard him with questions and he wasn't up to it yet. He dropped himself on the sofa sighing. "Don't worry Yuki! I am sure she'll be fine! I have come to keep you company and be your shoulder to cry on my little brother!" Yuki stood up horrified. "What the hell are you doing here!!!??? GET OUT!!!!!!!! GET OUT!!!!!" Ayame didn't seem to mind Yuki's sudden anger outburst. "I'm sorry Yuki. I know that you were just surprised to see me! When Gure called to tell me that Tori called him to tell him that Tohru was going to be moved to the Main House tomorrow I just had to come here and check on you! After all your older brother does worry about you! Give me a hug! You'll feel better!" "GET AWAY FROM ME YOU FREAK!!!" Yuki was now gasping for breath. The truth was Ayame had given him the scare of his life. Ayame just decided to shut up for the time being and Yuki relaxed a little and let himself fall on the sofa again ignoring the one standing behind the sofa. "You said she was going to be moved to the Main House tomorrow." Ayame joined Yuki on the sofa. "Yes I did! She will be in the Main House tomorrow under Tori and Akito's care." Yuki clenched his teeth. "Akito doesn't care for anyone. Hmm... Maybe I should go to the Main House tomorrow then." Ayame frowned. "I don't know Yuki. I'm pretty sure that Akito won't let you in. Not that I know anything about it!" Ayame seemed to be thinking hard. "Anyway, I'll start unpacking." "WHAT!? WHAT DO YOU MEAN UNPACKING!???" Yuki was standing up again and Ayame was in a very merry mood. "You didn't think I was going to abandon my little brother in this time of great need! Shame on you Yuki! Ha ha ha ha ha!" Ayame seriously started unpacking a very big pink and gold carry on bag. 'This is going to be a nightmare,' Yuki thought really frustrated.