Tohru didn't know who she should check on first. She just stood in the hallway. Outside she could still hear the thunderstorm. It hadn't let up at all since they got there.
'This is all my fault. I shouldn't have made them come. I shouldn't have trusted Akito so quickly. What was I thinking. This is horrible.' Her guilt only made her cry more. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, where are they?" She heard Hatsuharu say. She looked up sadly.
"This is all my fault. If I had only listened to them then this wouldn't have happened." She cried even more.
"Don't go doing that now. I'm sure they're fine. Besides you couldn't have known this was going to happen." She finally let out a long sigh.
"Hatori has Yuki and Kyo is still with Kagura. They both looked pretty bad to me."
"Well come on then. I'm sure Hatori can tell us something." He said pulling her along.
"Haru...how'd you find out anyway?" She asked as they walked.
"Momiji apparently heard the commotion and told me Akito had done something again. I was worried he had hurt you this time." He admitted.
They made it outside of Hatori's office. Hatsuharu knocked before opening the door.
"Hey how's Yuki?" He asked walking in. Yuki was lying on Hatori's couch, asleep.
"He should be okay. Akito didn't hurt him too badly and he's breathing better now." He explained, grabbing his medical bag from the floor.
"Now could you tell me where Kagura brought Kyo?" He added.
"Oh I think she went to her room. That's where Shigure is too." Tohru mentioned.
"Tohru, why don't you go with Hatori to see how Kyo's doing. I'll stay with Yuki." Hatsuharu suggested. She nodded in agreement. She walked quietly behind Hatori. He stopped a couple of feet away from Kagura's door and turned to her.
"Tohru, it'd be best if you didn't blame yourself for this incident. There was no way for you to know what Akito was going to do. None of us did. I don't want you to ask me to help you forget." He told her. That idea never even entered her mind.
"No, I don't want you to. Deep down I know Akito doesn't want me here. I was just trying to see the best in him." She answered. Hatori nodded and went for the door.
"Kagura, if you don't let Kyo go a little then you could injure him more, you know." Shigure was telling her. She was on the bed with her arms wrapped around Kyo. He was unconscious; otherwise he would not allow Kagura near him. Shigure was trying to put ice on the cut on his face. Hatori moved in and placed his bag down.
"Alright, the two of you can leave now. I can handle it from here." He told them. Kagura shook her head resolutely.
"I'm not leaving him." Shigure straightened up more.
"She really doesn't want anyone near him right now." He explained.
"Listen if you stress him out any more he'll transform. That'll just complicate matters, okay." Hatori told her. She released her grip around Kyo.
"Can't I at least stay though?"
"Only if you're going to help."
"Okay." She agreed.
"Well I'm gonna go see Yuki now. So if you need me you know where I am." Shigure mentioned as he left the room. Hatori noticed the red mark under his eye as he left. He turned back to Kyo.
"He has a bump on the back of his head." Kagura said quietly. Hatori handed her the ice pack, Shigure had before.
"Here, you can hold it there for me." He instructed her. He pulled some gauze out of his bag.
"I don't think Akito did too much damage. It seems we got there before it got too out of hand." Hatori explained to Tohru. He found a couple of scratched on Kyo's chest and started cleaning and bandaging them.
'I guess Hatori knew how to react is because of what he went through. And that does explain why he doesn't want me to blame myself over this. Just like Kana did.' Tohru realized.
"He'll probably be really sore tomorrow. I think it'd be best if they stayed here for the night. Akito won't bother them anymore. I'll make sure of that." Hatori told Kagura and Tohru as he stood up. "If you want, I can drive Shigure and you back home."
"Well, I'd really like to stay if you have the room. I would feel bad just leaving them." She answered. Kagura cut into the conversation.
"Tohru, you and I can sleep on the floor in here. Is that alright?" She turned to Hatori.
"I don't care as long as you leave Kyo alone. He really needs to rest."
"Okay, so how about it, Tohru. Will you stay?"
"Sure." She agreed. Hatori left the room, sliding the door closed. Tohru went over and sat at the end of the bed. Kagura continued to hold the ice on Kyo's head. She was being so careful with him.
"Hey, I have an idea. Later do you want to help me make dinner? I mean I don't really know where anything is around here and I could really use the help. I figured it would get our minds off of all this." She suggested.
"I don't know. I kind of wanted to stay here with Kyo."
"Oh so I guess you're not mad at him for before?" Kagura shook her head.
"No, I could never stay mad at him. Besides I think he knew what Akito wanted. That's probably why he hit me."
"Really? But how would have known about that? It seemed so out of the blue."
"Well Akito doesn't like Kyo, at all. He hasn't talked to him since he was little so the only reason he'd want to see him could only be something bad." Kagura explained.
'So then he only really came because I asked him to.' Tohru told herself.
She finally stood up and headed for the door.
"I'm gonna go find Shigure to see what he wants to do, for now?"
"Alright." Kagura answered. Tohru walked down the hallway and found Shigure in the kitchen along with Hatori.
"I suppose we're lucky you didn't add to the fighting then." Hatori said handing Shigure an ice pack.
"Well I already know it's not worth it to fight against Akito. Kyo seems to be the only one that didn't." He answered. Tohru came all the way in to the kitchen, interrupting their conversation.
"Um, Shigure? What do you want to do? Should we go home yet?" She asked him. He turned to her, holding the ice to his face.
"It would be better to go now however, everything seems to have settled down. And I really don't want to move Yuki and Kyo just yet. As long as Akito doesn't know we're still here it shouldn't be a problem. We'll just leave in the morning." He decided. Tohru nodded quietly back.
"Tohru, this wasn't your fault at all. There was nothing you could have done to keep this from happening. Yuki and Kyo both knew about Akito." Shigure reminded her.
"Yes, I know. I just wished it hadn't happened at all." She replied. Hatori and Shigure didn't say anything back to her.
"Well I think I'll go check on Yuki now. Maybe he's awake." She gave them a feeble smile and headed out into the hallway.
"So do you think you can keep it a secret from Akito that you're all still here?" Hatori inquired.
"Oh course. He is after all on the other side of the house. And as long as Kyo is unconscious and not making any noise, we'll be fine." He promised.
Tohru opened the door to Hatori's office and peaked in. Hatsuharu was still sitting on the floor, reading a book. He noticed her out of the corner of his eye.
"Hey." He greeted her as she came in.
"Is Yuki any better?" She asked seeing that he was still sleeping.
"Well he hasn't transformed so that's a good sign. I think Hatori got to him before it was anything serious." Haru answered.
"That's good. How long are you going to stay here? I mean you must have homework or something." She mentioned.
"No, just some reading. I knew that Hatori will have to deal with Akito later anyway so I offered to stay here. Is Kyo any better?" He brought up as she took a seat.
"He's also still sleeping."
"I've never had the guts to go up against Akito. I don't know if it was bravery or stupidity what Kyo did."
"I hope they can tell us what happened." Tohru said.
Author's notes-Yes I know that this and the last chapter were kind of short but don't flame for something like that.
'This is all my fault. I shouldn't have made them come. I shouldn't have trusted Akito so quickly. What was I thinking. This is horrible.' Her guilt only made her cry more. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, where are they?" She heard Hatsuharu say. She looked up sadly.
"This is all my fault. If I had only listened to them then this wouldn't have happened." She cried even more.
"Don't go doing that now. I'm sure they're fine. Besides you couldn't have known this was going to happen." She finally let out a long sigh.
"Hatori has Yuki and Kyo is still with Kagura. They both looked pretty bad to me."
"Well come on then. I'm sure Hatori can tell us something." He said pulling her along.
"Haru...how'd you find out anyway?" She asked as they walked.
"Momiji apparently heard the commotion and told me Akito had done something again. I was worried he had hurt you this time." He admitted.
They made it outside of Hatori's office. Hatsuharu knocked before opening the door.
"Hey how's Yuki?" He asked walking in. Yuki was lying on Hatori's couch, asleep.
"He should be okay. Akito didn't hurt him too badly and he's breathing better now." He explained, grabbing his medical bag from the floor.
"Now could you tell me where Kagura brought Kyo?" He added.
"Oh I think she went to her room. That's where Shigure is too." Tohru mentioned.
"Tohru, why don't you go with Hatori to see how Kyo's doing. I'll stay with Yuki." Hatsuharu suggested. She nodded in agreement. She walked quietly behind Hatori. He stopped a couple of feet away from Kagura's door and turned to her.
"Tohru, it'd be best if you didn't blame yourself for this incident. There was no way for you to know what Akito was going to do. None of us did. I don't want you to ask me to help you forget." He told her. That idea never even entered her mind.
"No, I don't want you to. Deep down I know Akito doesn't want me here. I was just trying to see the best in him." She answered. Hatori nodded and went for the door.
"Kagura, if you don't let Kyo go a little then you could injure him more, you know." Shigure was telling her. She was on the bed with her arms wrapped around Kyo. He was unconscious; otherwise he would not allow Kagura near him. Shigure was trying to put ice on the cut on his face. Hatori moved in and placed his bag down.
"Alright, the two of you can leave now. I can handle it from here." He told them. Kagura shook her head resolutely.
"I'm not leaving him." Shigure straightened up more.
"She really doesn't want anyone near him right now." He explained.
"Listen if you stress him out any more he'll transform. That'll just complicate matters, okay." Hatori told her. She released her grip around Kyo.
"Can't I at least stay though?"
"Only if you're going to help."
"Okay." She agreed.
"Well I'm gonna go see Yuki now. So if you need me you know where I am." Shigure mentioned as he left the room. Hatori noticed the red mark under his eye as he left. He turned back to Kyo.
"He has a bump on the back of his head." Kagura said quietly. Hatori handed her the ice pack, Shigure had before.
"Here, you can hold it there for me." He instructed her. He pulled some gauze out of his bag.
"I don't think Akito did too much damage. It seems we got there before it got too out of hand." Hatori explained to Tohru. He found a couple of scratched on Kyo's chest and started cleaning and bandaging them.
'I guess Hatori knew how to react is because of what he went through. And that does explain why he doesn't want me to blame myself over this. Just like Kana did.' Tohru realized.
"He'll probably be really sore tomorrow. I think it'd be best if they stayed here for the night. Akito won't bother them anymore. I'll make sure of that." Hatori told Kagura and Tohru as he stood up. "If you want, I can drive Shigure and you back home."
"Well, I'd really like to stay if you have the room. I would feel bad just leaving them." She answered. Kagura cut into the conversation.
"Tohru, you and I can sleep on the floor in here. Is that alright?" She turned to Hatori.
"I don't care as long as you leave Kyo alone. He really needs to rest."
"Okay, so how about it, Tohru. Will you stay?"
"Sure." She agreed. Hatori left the room, sliding the door closed. Tohru went over and sat at the end of the bed. Kagura continued to hold the ice on Kyo's head. She was being so careful with him.
"Hey, I have an idea. Later do you want to help me make dinner? I mean I don't really know where anything is around here and I could really use the help. I figured it would get our minds off of all this." She suggested.
"I don't know. I kind of wanted to stay here with Kyo."
"Oh so I guess you're not mad at him for before?" Kagura shook her head.
"No, I could never stay mad at him. Besides I think he knew what Akito wanted. That's probably why he hit me."
"Really? But how would have known about that? It seemed so out of the blue."
"Well Akito doesn't like Kyo, at all. He hasn't talked to him since he was little so the only reason he'd want to see him could only be something bad." Kagura explained.
'So then he only really came because I asked him to.' Tohru told herself.
She finally stood up and headed for the door.
"I'm gonna go find Shigure to see what he wants to do, for now?"
"Alright." Kagura answered. Tohru walked down the hallway and found Shigure in the kitchen along with Hatori.
"I suppose we're lucky you didn't add to the fighting then." Hatori said handing Shigure an ice pack.
"Well I already know it's not worth it to fight against Akito. Kyo seems to be the only one that didn't." He answered. Tohru came all the way in to the kitchen, interrupting their conversation.
"Um, Shigure? What do you want to do? Should we go home yet?" She asked him. He turned to her, holding the ice to his face.
"It would be better to go now however, everything seems to have settled down. And I really don't want to move Yuki and Kyo just yet. As long as Akito doesn't know we're still here it shouldn't be a problem. We'll just leave in the morning." He decided. Tohru nodded quietly back.
"Tohru, this wasn't your fault at all. There was nothing you could have done to keep this from happening. Yuki and Kyo both knew about Akito." Shigure reminded her.
"Yes, I know. I just wished it hadn't happened at all." She replied. Hatori and Shigure didn't say anything back to her.
"Well I think I'll go check on Yuki now. Maybe he's awake." She gave them a feeble smile and headed out into the hallway.
"So do you think you can keep it a secret from Akito that you're all still here?" Hatori inquired.
"Oh course. He is after all on the other side of the house. And as long as Kyo is unconscious and not making any noise, we'll be fine." He promised.
Tohru opened the door to Hatori's office and peaked in. Hatsuharu was still sitting on the floor, reading a book. He noticed her out of the corner of his eye.
"Hey." He greeted her as she came in.
"Is Yuki any better?" She asked seeing that he was still sleeping.
"Well he hasn't transformed so that's a good sign. I think Hatori got to him before it was anything serious." Haru answered.
"That's good. How long are you going to stay here? I mean you must have homework or something." She mentioned.
"No, just some reading. I knew that Hatori will have to deal with Akito later anyway so I offered to stay here. Is Kyo any better?" He brought up as she took a seat.
"He's also still sleeping."
"I've never had the guts to go up against Akito. I don't know if it was bravery or stupidity what Kyo did."
"I hope they can tell us what happened." Tohru said.
Author's notes-Yes I know that this and the last chapter were kind of short but don't flame for something like that.