Chapter 8- Shattered Happiness
After calling out Tohru's name, Sasuke collapses on the ground, unconscious. That's when Tohru sees that Sasuke's been shot in his abdominal area. She quickly runs up and picks up his head and starts rock and starts shaking him.
"Sasuke, Sasuke! SASUKE!!!!!" She screams extremely loud, loud enough for Yuki and Kyo to come running in to see what's happening. Once Kyo sees the unconscious Sasuke, he freezes and his eyes grow wide.
"(No! Please don't let it be!)" Kyo yells in his mind, while Yuki runs up and picks up Sasuke.
"SOMEONE CALL AN AMBULENCE!!!" Yuki shouts out in the library. The librarian quickly responds and calls one. A few minutes later, paramedics quickly run up to Sasuke and put him in the ambulance. They allow Tohru to go with them since she's Sasuke's cousin.
As the ambulance speeds to the hospital, Yuki and Kyo begin chasing it as fast as they can.
"Hurry Kyo, we can't let Tohru go through this alone." He tells Kyo, then sees him dashing by faster than him.
"(No! I promised him that I would always protect him!)" Kyo keeps telling himself as he chases the ambulance.
Inside, Tohru, with a paramedic on the side, is holding Sasuke's hand, trying to make him feel better. "Sasuke, it's going to be all right. Nothing bad is going to happen to you. Do you hear me?" She repeatedly told him, but quickly found out that she's lying as she sees him getting paler and colder every minute that passes.
Sasuke knows that his life force is fading, and that he has little time left. "(I can't let it end like this. I have to tell Tohru before it's too late.)" So he summons up all his energy and opens his eyes.
Tohru gasps hugs him, thinking that there's hope in saving him. "You're awake! Just hang in there. Once we get to the hospital, they'll fix you up and you'll be all fine!" She tells him, stroking his head and , I....have....to...tell....you...some...thing." He manages to say, trying to keep alive before he tells her.
"Yes, what is it? Tell me!" She quickly responds.
"Break....the....bond." He mutters, not enough for Tohru to understand.
"Nani? I can't understand." She quickly tells him.
He repeats it, trying his best to say it clearly, using the rest of his energy to repeat the last three words that he'll say to Tohru or anyone else. His last breath, he tells her "Break....the....bond." After his final words, he dies.
Tohru freezes, staring at his dead body in complete disbelief. She then starts shaking him. "Sasuke, wake up. Sasuke please wake up!" She then realizes that it's happened. "No, no. You can't leave like this! NOOO!!" The paramedic stands up and puts his hand on her back.
"I am so sorry. I really didn't it want it to be this way. Is there anything we can do for you?" He nicely asks.
"Pull over." She mutters.
"Nani? What was that again?" He clearly didn't understand what she was saying.
"I said pull over. I want to get off." She clearly says. The paramedic then gives the driver the signal to stop, then Tohru gets off and starts walking back to Yuki and Kyo. "(What's going to happen now? How is everyone going to take this? How is Sasuke's family going to take this? Worst, how is Kyo going to take this?)" She asks herself, knowing completely what the answer is.
She continues walking, nearly collapsing most of the time. After going through that, she barely has the will to stand, or even be alive. Yuki and Kyo finally catch up with her.
"Miss Honda!"
"Tohru!"
"What happened? Where Sasuke?!" Yuki loudly asks. Tohru just looks up at both of them, tears constantly flowing down. At the sight of both of them, she then just breaks down and starts crying hard. Yuki instantly goes to her side and helps her. From seeing Tohru, Kyo knows exactly what happened.
"Miss Honda! Please don't tell me he's gone!" Yuki begs her, hoping that was he said was wrong. Kyo just freezes right there, hundreds of thoughts running through his head. Every memory he had with Sasuke. Everything they did and planned on doing, all destroyed.
"(Why? WHY?!!) WHY?!!!!!" Kyo screams to the world, then starts running the other way. Running away from everyone, everything. Suddenly, an instant feeling goes over all the other Zodiacs.
"What was that? Something's happened, I can feel it." Shigure tells himself.
Somewhere else. "Hatori, did you feel that?" Momiji asks him.
"Yes, I think something terrible has happened." Hatori answers.
"Oh no,"
Outside. "Hiro, something's bad happened, didn't you feel that?" Kisa asks him.
Hiro then looks up. "Sasuke."
"What? Are you sure? I really hope not." Kisa responds, holding Hiro close to her.
"(Me neither.)" Hiro thinks.
The other Zodiacs also sense the feeling and take it into account that something horrible has happened.
Once Kyo starts running, Tohru immediately stops crying to try and stop him. "Kyo wait!!" Tohru yells.
"No Miss Honda, let him. There's no other way for him to take this but his own way." Tears then start appearing around Yuki's eyes. "How.. how are we going to let the other's know about this?" He then starts sobbing.
"I..don't know." Tohru begins crying again. "They're just going to react the same way!" She continues crying.
Yuki begins explaining to her, trying to speak clearly. "But..but they have to know. Especially Sasuke's family. They must know what happened to him!"
"But I don't want to see the look on their faces. I don't want to see them break down and cry like we're doing!" Tohru bawls.
He then tries to console her. "It's okay. I don't know how to do it, but we have to let them know. Right now, let's go home. I bet Shigure's worried about us now." Yuki picks up Tohru, and they start stumbling home, trying to walk straight.
"I can't believe Sasuke's gone. And he was just so young!" Tohru sniffs, while Yuki helps her walk. She keeps on tripping and falling, trying to just sit there and cry. Yuki understands her pain and almost begins pulling her.
"I can't believe he's gone either Miss Honda, but right now we have to concentrate on getting home. There you can cry and moan all you want! (Who am kidding? I want to get home so I can do that! But not now. I have to help Miss Honda.)" Yuki then attempts to carry Tohru the rest of the way back.
Kyo's now in the forest, continuing to run, not knowing when he's going to stop or where he's going to. Just far away.
"(Doushite?! Why when I promise that I'll always protect you, you get taken away from me like that?! WHY?!!!!)" He stumbles on the ground and just cries and screams. The only emotion running through his entire body is pain and loss. "It's not FAIR!!!! WHY HIM OF ALL PEOPLE!!!" He shouts to the entire world. Screaming through the entire forest how he's feeling and why he's feeling that way.
Yuki and Tohru finally return home with Shigure waiting at the door. "Yuki? Tohru? What happened? I know something terrible has happened. Where's Sasuke and Kyo?" Shigure asks all at once, hoping what he's feeling is wrong. From the look on their faces he knows something has happened to either Kyo or Sasuke.
After hearing Shigure's question and the name Sasuke, Tohru breaks down again and begins crying on the ground. So that leaves Yuki to be the one who tells Shigure the horrible news.
He starts out slowly and softly. "Sasuke. At the library, he was shot."
"Oh no. Is he going to be okay?" Shigure asks, wanting a positive answer.
"He....he didn't make it." Yuki then runs into the house and into his room. Shigure just stands there, not knowing what to think. A tear then rolls down his cheek.
"Poor Sasuke. Poor Kyo." Shigure begins internally crying, trying to not let the news get to him completely. He then notices the crying Tohru on the ground. That's when he realizes that he has to be the one who consoles the others, the adult or parent. He picks up Tohru and brings her into the house. There, she lays on him, still crying.
"Shigure! Why did it have to be Sasuke?! Why?!" Tohru loudly asks him, trying hard to speak clearly.
He then starts stroking her hair. "Shh, there, there. I don't know why. It's not his or our fault that he's gone. Did you see who shot him?" Shigure softly asks.
She then looks up at him, with red eyes, filled with tears. "No, it came from outside." She answers, crying less than before, sniffling.
"Don't worry, we'll find out who did it. First, we have to let the others know, especially Sasuke's family." Shigure tells her.
She becomes more calm, "But, but I can't tell them. I can't tell them that their son is dead. I just CAN'T!!!" She buries herself in his arms.
"Tohru, you don't have to. Yuki and I can do it." Shigure tells her.
Tohru brings herself up and sniffs. "Okay, I can wait here in case Kyo comes back." She suggests.
"What happened to him anyway?" Shigure wonders, knowing that Kyo did something rash because of how close he was to Sasuke.
"Right when he found out, he ran away." Tohru answers, her voice still shaky from crying.
"Where to?"
"I don't know. He just ran away. I don't even think he knows where he's running to. I think that he just wanted to get away from everyone and everything." Tohru responds.
"I understand. I wouldn't know what to do if I lost someone that close to me." Shigure explains.
"Are you still going to inform Sasuke's parents?" Tohru asks.
Shigure stands up. "Hai. I'm going to go get Yuki, then we're going to see Sasuke's family." Shigure walks upstairs to inform the sobbing mouse of what they plan to do.
Shigure politely knocks on his door, and is quickly asked, "Who is it?" in a shaky voice where the listener can easily tell that the person is crying.
"It's me, Shigure. There's something we need to do." He answers the first question and the question that was supposed to be asked afterwards.
"What is it we need to do?" Yuki asks, opening the door.
"You know as well as I do that what just occurred cannot stay within this house. We have to let the others know, also Sasuke's family. I'm sure that they wouldn't want to here something like this, but they must know." Shigure explains.
Yuki wipes away his tears and inhales deeply so he can speak clearly. "I know already. I was trying to get Miss Honda to do it with me, but she wouldn't stop crying." He tells Shigure in a more normal voice.
"She can't do it. This is too much for her to handle. We must carry the burden of telling everyone else. Come on, we have to do it now. I'll be waiting downstairs when you're ready." Shigure walks downstairs and waits for Yuki. Yuki slowly gets his coat on and goes downstairs to Shigure.
"Okay, let's do this." Yuki softly says.
"Come on." They exit the house and leave Tohru behind. Their first destination, the Toko residence.
Back to Hiro, Kisa, Momiji, and Hatori, "Hatori, I think we should go to Shigure's house and see if everything's okay!" Hiro suggests to him. "I really think something's happened."
"I understand Hiro. I felt it too." Hatori responds.
"We all felt it, and it wasn't good. I want to go to Tohru. I hope everyone's okay." Momiji says.
"Me too." Kisa adds.
"Come on children, let's go to Shigure's house. I also want to know if everything is all right." Hatori guides them to his car and they drive off to Shigure's place.
Meanwhile, Yuki and Shigure are still on their way to Sasuke's house. "Shigure, how is it that you're taking this so lightly?" Yuki curiously asks.
"I'm not. It's hurting me as much as it did you, but I'm just letting overcome my emotions. I'm the head of the house and one of jobs is to put everyone else's feelings before mine. I was consoling Tohru before I went up to get you." Shigure explains to Yuki.
"I didn't know. (I never knew Shigure was this caring and considerate.)" They continue walking in silence, not wanting to bring up a subject that might make any of them uncomfortable. Not long after, they reach the Toko household. Shigure takes the first step and rings the doorbell.
Quickly, because of the kids, the door is answered. "Hey! I remember you! You're the two whose place my little brother's staying at!" Shinichiro reminds them.
"Thanks for remembering us. Are your parents home, both of them? We need to tell them something." Shigure asks the two kids.
"Uh, yeah sure. You two look miserable. Is Sasuke giving you a hard time?" He asks them, making fun of Sasuke. Both of them sighed, they'd rather have Sasuke give them a hard time then have him be gone forever.
"No that's not it. You'll understand once we tell your parents. Can you please get them?" Yuki asks again for Shigure.
"Oh, almost forgot!" Shinichiro and Satski run back inside the house and get their parents. "MOM!! DAD!! It's the two people whose place Sasuke's staying at! They want to talk to both of you!" Shinichiro yells inside.
After a little, Hinata and Kimihiro appear at the doorstep. "Hello, nice to see you again. What brings you here?" Kimihiro greets them.
"There's something we need to tell you." Shigure answers.
"Really? Okay then." Hinata responds.
"Can you please come all the way outside and close the door. I wouldn't want your kids to hear this." Shigure suggests to the parents.
They both then get very worried at Shigure's request and comply. "Shigure, I'm not liking the way you're acting. What's happened? Is everything all right?" Hinata asks, getting extremely worried.
Shigure then lets Yuki explain, since he's the one who was there. "Today, Sasuke asked me, Kyo, and Miss Honda to take him to the library. Two hours later, when we came to pick him up, he was shot." Kimihiro and Hinata gasp loudly at what Yuki just told them. "Let me finish, an ambulance quickly came and took him. Only Miss Honda was allowed to ride in there. On the way to the hospital, Sasuke," Yuki pauses, not wanting to say the final word.
"Yuki, you have to tell them." Shigure softly commands him.
Yuki then tilts his head down and finishes, "died." Hinata gasps again and begins crying on Kimihiro. Kimihiro gets shocked and just holds Hinata, crying with her.
"Sasuke's really gone? But how? Who did it?" Kimihiro starts asking, his voice getting very shaky.
"We don't know. The shot came from outside. The person was aiming for Sasuke because it hit him directly in the stomach area." Yuki informs them.
Hinata continues bawling and Kimihiro continues asking questions. "Who would do such a thing? Why would anyone want to kill our son?"
"We don't know either. Sasuke was one of the most amazing people we've ever mat in our family." Yuki answers.
"Where's the other two? Tohru and Kyo? How come they're not here?" Hinata finally speaks and asks.
Shigure then answers, "They're not taking this any better than you two. We had to leave Tohru home because she wouldn't stop crying. Just mentioning his name around her makes her cry ever harder. And Kyo ran away the instant he found out Sasuke was gone."
Hinata then looks at Kimihiro, "Should we tell the kids?"
"They must know. Sasuke is, after all, their brother. They're going to notice soon that he's not coming back." Kimihiro explains.
"Yes I know. They're no fools, they're very smart. We have to tell them." Hinata then turns to Shigure and Yuki. "We'll take it from here. I hope very much that Kyo returns. I'm so sorry that you're family is going to have to go through this also."
"Don't be sorry. Everyone in our family has gotten better since meeting Sasuke. We should thank you for letting him be such a great part of our lives." Yuki informs them.
Shigure then steps up, "We're still so very sorry about all of this. I can't possibly feel the amount of pain and sorrow you're both going through. We'll be leaving now so you can inform your children. We still have to tell our family. I think that they'll be just as shaken as the rest of us." After turning around to leave, Hinata and Kimihiro slowly step back into the house to tell their kids.
They then begin walking to the Sohma main house. "Shigure, who should we tell first?" Yuki softly asks him.
"We'll tell let them all know at the same time. I'll call a family meeting of all the Zodiacs, except Kureno."
On their way there, Hatori, with Momiji, Hiro, and Kisa, just arrive at Shigure's house. They all quickly get out of the car and when Hatori finds that the doors' unlocked and left wide open, he even gets more worried. He swiftly enters the house and sees Tohru crying on the couch by herself.
"Oh my goodness! What happened? Where's Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, and Sasuke?" Hatori quickly asks her. Tohru looks up and sees Hatori standing above her and the other three entering. She then starts crying even more.
"Did something terrible happen? What happened?" Hatori tries asking her again. Hiro then comes forward towards Tohru.
"It's Sasuke isn't it?" They all immediately look at him. "Something's happen to him. I know it." His voice then becomes soft and sad. "Tohru, what happened to him? You have to tell us." Hiro balls up his fists and stares directly at Tohru. Her crying then instantly stops and her eyes make contact with that of Hiro's.
She sits up and puts her hands on her legs. She tries her best to hold back her tears long enough to tell them. In a shaky voice she tells them, "Sasuke, Sasuke, Sasuke's gone." The last word said so soft but audible enough for the four to hear. Hiro steps back and his eyes wider than they have ever been before. Kisa gasps and puts her hands on her mouth. Momiji falls on couch and covers his face with his hands.
"Oh Lord. It can't be." He sits beside Tohru and takes her into his arms. "How did it happen?"
"Some horrible person shot him! We don't know who. And Sasuke never had a chance!" She begins crying once again. AN: Sorry for all the crying.
Hiro continues stepping back until his back hits the wall. He then slides down it and sits on the ground. "(I knew something bad happened, but not this bad. Why him? Why did it have to be him? He was my best friend!)" His hands then found his way to his head and he was covering his face with his legs. "NO! It can't be! Are you sure? Did you see with your own eyes!" Hiro starts yelling, tears unseen by most people begin forming around his eyes.
"I was there. It was at the library. We tried getting him to the hospital, but it was too late!" Tohru nearly yells while crying. Hatori then holds her even closer, trying to comfort her.
"This is terrible. How did the others react to this?" Hatori asks Tohru.
"Kyo ran away, and Yuki and Shigure left to tell his family and everyone else." Tohru answers, sniffing.
"Why did Kyo run away?" Momiji wonders, holding back his tears.
Tohru then sits up and wipes away her tears so she can explain to the others Kyo and Sasuke's relationship. "Just a few days ago, Sasuke and Kyo were growing very close to each other. They were already like best friends. Then outside, Kyo's beads came off and he transformed right in front of Sasuke. Kyo thought that this ended everything with Sasuke, but Sasuke didn't. Kyo ran deep into the forest like he did with me and like I did, Sasuke chased after him. I don't know what Sasuke said to Kyo or what they did, but when they came back, Kyo's beads were back on his wrist and he was carrying Sasuke in his arms. They became as close as two loving brothers are to each other. Sasuke even moved his stuff to Kyo's room so they could spend more time together. So once Sasuke was gone, Kyo just ran away. I saw the look on his face. It was like he lost everything and nothing was left for him any more." Tohru explains to them.
"Poor Kyo. He probably doesn't know what to think or how to feel." Hatori says to them.
Kisa then finally speaks. "How are the others going to take this? Especially Megumi and Sakura, Sasuke's best friends, they were really close to each other." Kisa sniffs and goes over to Hiro.
"That's right, Hana's brother has to know." Tohru then stands up. "I'm have to go to her and tell her." She then starts walking to the door.
"I could drive you to her house Tohru." Hatori offers.
Tohru nods her head sideways at him. "No thank you. I can do this on my own. You all just wait here in case Kyo comes back. He's going to need more comforting than anyone else." Tohru then heads off to Hana's house.
"I can't believe Sasuke's gone." Momiji starts off.
"He was so young. It must be hard for his parents to find out about his passing." Hatori continues.
Hiro then stands up with his fists balled up. "What about ME?!! Sasuke was my best friend also! I should've just stuck with him in the library! Maybe none of this might of happened! It's not fair! Why does everything bad have to happen to the people I care about?!" Tears reappear around his eyes and Kisa then holds him close to her. Hatori and Momiji's eyes widen at Hiro.
"(My gosh, I never knew Hiro cared that much for Sasuke.)" Hatori thinks.
"(Kyo must be going through the same thing Kyo's going through.)" Momiji thinks.
"It's not fair!" Hiro yells as his shoots forward at them, tears flying away because of his reaction.
Kisa then finally decides to step in. "Hiro, yelling at us or yourself won't make anything better. We're all deeply saddened by Sasuke's passing. I know how good of friends you became, but screaming at the world won't bring him back. It's okay to cry, I'm want to cry also, but if we all break down, then none of us could do anything to help each other out. Remember that you're not the only one suffering from this." Kisa explains to him, hoping that it'll make him feel less angry and more subdue.
Hiro then calms down and sits on the floor. "You're right. I'll stop screaming at you and at everyone. I just feel like a bomb was dropped on me because like, one second I'm all happy and cheerful, then suddenly I lose my closest friend." Hiro tells them.
Kisa then sits down beside him and gives him a hug. Hatori and Momiji sit and think about how everyone else is going to take this. Back with Shigure and Yuki, they've already reached the Sohma Main House and has requested Haru to call all the other Zodiacs for a meeting at Haru's house as soon as possible.
Haru returns with Rin, Ritsu, Ayame, and Kagura. "Haru, where's Hatori and the kids?" Shigure asks him.
"I don't know. They were here a few minutes ago. I guess Hatori took them out." Haru answers.
"So what did you call us here for?" Kagura asks a little curiously.
"Are we doing anything exciting or fun? I hope we are." Ayame hopes clapping his hands together.
Yuki sighs, hating himself for having to break the news to them. "Something terrible has happened a few hours ago." The rest then lean forward a bit and pay very close attention, all a little shocked at Yuki's tone of voice and what he said.
"What happened? Oh, I hope nothing bad has happened to Kyo. Did was it something he did?" Kagura asks, hoping that she's wrong.
"No, it's not Kyo, it's Sasuke." Yuki then pauses. The rest then starts feeling very uncomfortable, not wanting to hear what news Yuki and Shigure bring them anymore. "Sasuke... is... dead." The five gasp at the last word Yuki said.
"Sasuke's gone? But how? Why? Who?" Haru asks, not really sure what to say.
Yuki then gives Shigure the look telling him that he doesn't want to talk about it anymore, so Shigure takes over. "At the library, when Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo were picking him up, someone from the outside shot him. No one knows who did it." Shigure informs them, being a little more calm then Yuki was.
"How did Tohru react?" Haru asks, having great concern for the victim's cousin.
"She's devastated. We had to leave her because she could barely walk. All she was doing was crying." Yuki answers.
"How about Kyo?" Kagura then asks, hoping he's not crushed by it.
"We really don't know. Tohru back at the house also to wait for Kyo in case he returns." Yuki explains.
"He returns? Is he gone?" Rin asks.
"Once he found out that Sasuke died" Using that word made Yuki shudder, "Kyo screamed out then ran away. He took this the hardest out of all of us." Yuki answers.
"But why? Why would Kyo be hurt by all of this the most?" Kagura asks, confused by what she heard.
"(I guess we're going to have to explain this to everyone.) Just a few days ago, Sasuke became one of the most important things in Kyo's life. They were like inseparable best friends or really close brothers. I've never seen Kyo so happy ever. I was really grateful for him. It was really hard on him to become so close to someone then lose them in such a short time." Yuki explains to them.
"Poor Kyo. He must feel as though he lost everything. (I remember how rare it was for Kyo to become to close to someone. The only other person I could think of is Kazuma.)" Ayame remembers.
"Does Sasuke's family know?" Haru asks.
"We told them before we came here. They were also devastated." Shigure responds.
Rin then worries, "I wonder how the kids are going to take this. A while ago Kisa was telling me how great Hiro thinks Sasuke is. She told me how they became best friends. They're not going to take this lightly either." Rin informs them.
"(That means if Hiro finds out, he might react the same way Kyo did.) I have a terrible feeling now if he finds out. What if he does something rash like run away like Kyo?" Shigure asks the rest.
Suddenly, Haru's phone rings. Haru immediately picks it up and answers. "Excuse, this isn't really a good time now, could you please call back?" Haru politely informs the caller.
"Haru it's me, Hatori! I couldn't contact the other Zodiacs so I called you. Is Shigure and Yuki there already?" He quickly asks.
"(How did he know? Could they have found out by now?) Uh yeah, how did you know?" Haru worriedly asks.
"I'm here at Tohru's with Hiro, Kisa, and Momiji. She told us everything." Haru then moves the phone away to inform the others.
"It's Hatori. He's back at your house with the kids and said that Tohru already told them everything."
"Oh no. Ask him how the kids are doing." Shigure orders.
Haru goes back on the phone and continues. "How did Momiji, Hiro, and Kisa take it?"
"Momiji and Kisa are fine. Although they are very sad upon finding out, both of them are taking it very well, but Hiro's didn't want to take it at all. He wouldn't stop yelling at us until Kisa consoled him. He even 'cried'." Hatori explains putting emphasis on the word cried.
Haru then goes back to the others. "He says that Momiji and Kisa are saddened by it and that Hiro would stop yelling and shouting at them until Kisa stopped him."
Shigure almost sighed in relief. "Thank goodness he didn't do anything rash."
"So Hiro didn't take it well at all?" Ritsu asks.
"Hatori said that Hiro didn't even want to take it. He even said that he Hiro cried." Haru answers.
"(All the years I've known Hiro I have never came to see or even hear of him crying.) He must've been crushed just like Kyo. He's very lucky to have Kisa with him or else he might have done something rash." Rin explains.
"It's too bad Kyo didn't have someone to stop him. I can't imagine what he's doing or even planning. We don't even have any clue of his whereabouts." Yuki tells him.
Haru then goes back on the phone. "Where's Tohru? I want to speak to her." Haru asks Hatori.
"She's gone. She left to tell Megumi, Sasuke's other best friend. Hana's little brother. I have no clue when she'll be coming back." Hatori answers.
"It's okay. I just wanted to know where she was. Is there anything else you need to talk about?" Haru then asks.
"Did all the other Zodiacs find out?" Hatori answers with a question.
"Shigure and Yuki already told all of us. And we are all greatly saddened also." Haru answers.
"It's hard right? This is the first time our family has ever lost anyone outside of our family. I couldn't even think of what would happen if we had lost Tohru instead." Hatori says.
"It's hard. I don't even how long it will take before we could recover from this." Haru tells him.
"We must remain strong, if we want to find out who did this and punish them greatly." Hatori proclaims.
"We have to find out who did this, for Sasuke's family's sake and for ours." Haru responds.
"It is settled. I'll be returning once Tohru comes back." Hatori hangs up. Haru does shortly after and informs the rest of what they talked about.
Tohru reaches Hana's house and approaches the door. "(Megumi's not going to take this well. He already does that whole serious act for Hana. I don't even think he'll be able to keep that up if he finds out about Sasuke.)" She rings the doorbell and waits for either Hana or Megumi to answer.
Shortly after, Hana opens the door. "Tohru, what a pleasant surprise. What brings you here?" Hana smiles to her.
"Uh, is Megumi home?" Tohru asks.
Hana then gives Tohru a worried look. "I don't think you should see him right now. He's in his room extremely worried." Hana informs her best friend.
"Why?"
"Because... " She gets cut off when Megumi sticks his head into the hallway.
"Nee-chan, who's there?" He asks.
"It's Tohru. She said she wanted to see you." Once he heard Tohru's name he instantly runs up to her and grabs her.
"WHERE'S SASUKE?!!!! IS HE ALL RIGHT?!!!! PLEASE TELL ME!!!" Hana looks at Megumi, wondering what happened.
"Wait Megumi. Let's go inside first then Tohru could tell you what you need to hear." Hana tells him. Megumi then calms down and releases Tohru. They walk inside into the living room and all sit down.
Tohru begins. "How did you know that something bad happened to Sasuke, Megumi?"
Megumi tilts his head down then begins explaining. "I was with him for a short period of time in the library. I heard the gun shot but a far away in the library so it took me a while to get to the entrance. I asked the librarian what the commotion was all about and she answered that a boy got shot. I then asked her if she saw the person. She then described what he look like and what he wore, and said that a girl of your description, plus two others were with him. The only person that could've been was Sasuke." Megumi finishes, Hana eyes widen in shock as she didn't know any of this. "So is he all right? Is he in the hospital resting?"
Tohru grips her hands around each other tighter, "No, he's not all right. On the way to the hospital he" she didn't want to say died so she said something else, "didn't make it."
Megumi gasps in buries himself in Hana's arms. "This is horrible. How could such a thing happen? Do you know who shot Sasuke?" Hana asks her, hugging her sobbing little brother.
"We don't know, we have no way of finding out." Tohru tells her.
Megumi then reveals his face again, "Who would kill him? There's no one I know that hates him. There were some people that didn't like him, but I don't him making any kinds of enemies." Megumi tells them while crying.
"What are you going to do about this?" Hana then asks Tohru.
"We don't know. Yuki and Shigure went to tell Sasuke's family and the others. Kyo ran away right after he found out Sasuke was gone." Tohru answers.
"Kyo must've been very fond of Sasuke, am I correct?" Hana asks.
"Yeah" Tohru smiles faintly, remembering how well the two got along. "Sasuke was able to get rid of Kyo's violent temper. Kyo was so calm and happy around him. They were really close. Like I was with my mom." Tohru explains to them.
"(I would have never thought that Kyo could grow that close to anyone. Sasuke must've been a remarkable person in order to have made Kyo calm.)" Hana thinks.
Megumi then gets up. "Sakura doesn't know about this yet. She's also going to be crushed. She told me how she had a huge crush on him but never had the courage to tell him. She was afraid that he might've avoided her if he knew." Megumi tells them.
"That's right. Sasuke had another good friend. Could you please be the one to tell her. I don't know where she lives." Tohru requests of Megumi.
"I'll try, but I don't know where she lives either. She'll probably find out on her own. Although I think that it'll make it harder on her to find out by herself." Megumi tells them.
"I should be going now. Hatori, Momiji, Hiro, and Kisa are back at the house waiting for me." Tohru gets up and walks to the door.
"Farewell Tohru. I hope you find out who did this (Because if I do, I'll make sure Hana curses him forever)."
"Bye. I'm sorry this all had to happen." Tohru waves bye to them and walks back home.
"Hana." Megumi calls for her attention.
"What is it?"
"I don't think I could go on like this. You know, being completely serious all the time." Megumi informs her.
"I understand. It's okay, you don't have to continue for me." Hana assures him. They then walk back into the house and close the door. While Tohru was at Hana's place, Haru calls Hatori and tells him that they're all going to go over there.
When Tohru returns, all the Zodiacs are there except for Kyo who hasn't returned yet. "What? Why are you all here?" She asks of the crowd.
"We know we're all deeply saddened by Sasuke's death, but we agreed that we must remain strong for him, also so we could find out who did this. We all agreed to help out in anyway possible to find out the creep who murdered Sasuke." Hatori explains to Tohru.
"Arigato." She then wipes the tears away from her eyes and shakes them off. "I'll try my best to keep strong. We're going to find this person and make him pay.(I want this person to suffer as much as possible.)" The rest nod at her. They all spend the rest of the day figuring out what to do and what ways they could use in discovering Sasuke's murderer.
Meanwhile, Kyo is still running only to now be found deep inside a forest. He's been running for almost an hour and finally stops in front of a big tree and rests his body. He leans forward and rests on his arm. He finally came to his senses and had only one thought on his mind. "(I still can't don't want to take that your gone Sasuke. But since I couldn't protect you, I swear)" He then looks up. "(I 'will' avenge you.)"
OWARI
AB-Angel: There you go. The first story of my Fruits Basket trilogy finished. This is the first fanfic I've finished! Do you know who did it? If you do just say that you do, don't say who it is. You can confirm if you're correct when you read the second story. You must review if you want to read the second part of Family Discovery, Broken Bond, faster. Broken Bond is a serious story that is partly a crime investigation. It won't be as long but it 'will' resolve everything. Thanks to all who reviewed and read this story. You're support made this possible. Review if you want the sequel to come out faster.