Chapter 5

Missing You

Kyo couldn't stand it anymore. A whole year and nothing! He had taken up Tohru's turns for getting supplies and searched everywhere for any clues. He knew she was captured.. but he didn't know how to help her. And that's what ate at him the most.

"You shouldn't overexert yourself, Kyonkichi." Ayame said as he walked past the cat. Kyo was punching the wall. He'd done this frequently over the year, and now there was a huge hole in the wall. He was getting ready for a fight, anytime anywhere. "It's not good for you... or our home..." Ayame twirled his hair around his finger. He still refused to cut it.

"Shut up you perverted snake!" Kyo pulled his fist back and punched the wall.

"Kyon... I'm not perverted.. and I came here to talk to you. I just got back from my trip outside and I found something interesting by the city entrance. I thought you might want to see." Aya handed him a little card. Like a business card. He held it between his pointer and index finger like he was the lawyer giving Kyo 'his card'. Kyo cautiously reached out his hand and took the card.

"And Kyo.. When Tohru comes home.. I'm sure she won't like seeing you hands.. scared from punching walls.. She'd like to know.. that you were being strong for her." Aya disappeared around a corner and Kyo stared at the card he'd been given. He was almost afraid to flip it over.

Tohru wrote on a small note paper. She closed her eyes and sighed. Maybe not.... She lay the folded paper next to her on the table. Soon afterward, the lady who always came in to take her food came in. Tohru had been moved to Akito's room, but the same lady was there.

"Ah! Welcome.. well.. it isn't my room but.." Tohru stuttered. The woman picked up the laundry for Akito and was about to leave.

"Ah! Wait!" Tohru called. The woman turned around. Her eyes held life, unlike Yuki's, and she seemed to be in control. She was probably one of the fan club girls... or doing this out of fear. "Can you drop this by the city entrance? Please? It's just a few words I wrote down. I don't like it. I'd put it in the trash.. but.. I'd rather it be by the entrance to town. I know it sounds weird but.."

"The entrance to the city is beautiful.. with the forest." The woman finally spoke. "I'd be happy to. Perhaps it is a poem and you thought it should be by something beautiful?" She asked. Tohru stuttered and then accepted that.

"Yep. I'll go with that." she said. The maid bowed her head and took the paper. She left the room leaving Tohru alone again.

'Oh I hope someone notices that..' Tohru hoped.

Kyo opened the card and read. It was very short and didn't make a lot of sense. It read:

'High, back, right room. In trouble. Help. Kyo.'

It was signed with a triangle that had two dots for eyes.

One might interpret the last part alone and think Kyo would be a target of something. Kyo reread it in almost complete sentences.

'I'm in the back of the castle, on the top floor, the furthest right room. I'm in trouble. Help me. For Kyo.'

"Signed Tohru." Kyo said aloud. He stared at the card with shaking hands. Tohru was alive. But she was in trouble. More than before or why would she send this. But what if this was for earlier and they only just found it? What if she wasn't alright anymore?

The top right room in the back of the castle. Kyo ran to his room and grabbed a small bag. It was late.. Tohru needed his help... Kyo ran to the weapons room. Most people were asleep now so they didn't notice him. Kyo grabbed some things he thought he needed and he disappeared from the underground refuge.

Saki Hanajima stepped up to the exit of their home and stared at it. Her blank eyes were full of worry. "Please come back safely.. With... or without.. Tohru. We shalt not lose another. I don't think anyone can handle it." She turned to look at the last of the Sohma's getting to bed.

A girl wearing green with long brown hair who had been slightly happier when Tohru left and then depressed beyond all reason was going to bed. She yawned and stretched as she reached her bed. She shared a room with Haru but the cow was already asleep. She sat on the bed and looked at her feet.

"Poor Kyo." she said. Her beloved. She'd always loved him... since they were children. She was so angry when she found out about Kyo living with Tohru. He'd only just met this girl and she had already caught him in her grasp. What did she have that I didn't? The girl would ask herself often.

Kagura Sohma always wanted to marry Kyo. Then this disaster happened and it was clear Kyo would rather stay with Tohru. He happened to have talked to Shigure and told him he would do anything to protect Tohru. It was just ill fate that led Kagura to overhear this. She would never be more important than Tohru.

When Tohru got kidnapped, Kagura was in a brief moment of pure joy. Kyo could love her now! She went to go see him and found him in his room crying. She didn't even go inside. She could hear the sobs through the door. She saw him punch the walls everyday for a month and then that slowly diminished into every few days. Her Kyo.. no.. just Kyo... was in pain. She had been so happy that Tohru was gone. But seeing Kyo in such distraught hit her with reality. The reality that her friend had been kidnapped, not her rival. And now she didn't know what to do. How could she help Kyo and Tohru? She hated this whole thing.. all of it. Why did the world have to crumble at their feet? Why did Yuki have to push all this weight on their shoulders?

"Why.." Kagura felt something hit her hand and opened her eyes to see a tear. A couple tears fell to her hands. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them. "Oh Tohru. I'm so sorry." She felt something warm touch her shoulder.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, Kagura. It's not your fault." Haru said. He was trying to comfort her. Haru and her had grown a bit closer. They had already been good friends. And now this whole stupid world domination thing. Kagura's eyes filled with tears and she hugged Haru around the neck and cried into his shoulder.

"Kagura.." he almost objected but then he started patting her back. "We all miss her. But she'll come back to us. You'll see." Haru reassured her and Kagura's tears slowly dispersed. Haru found that she stopped crying only a bit before she had fallen asleep. The last thing she said before sleep took her was "Thank you, Haru."

This was it! Akito was walking closer to her in the room. He smiled like it was all pleasant. "You'll make a good wife to Yuki." Akito said with a smile in his voice. It was just a cover up to try and keep her from being afraid or screaming. Outside it was raining.

"I'll make you just like Yuki. And then you can see things through his eyes. You can start to understand him. You can be together forever. Don't you want that? I thought you used to love Yuki." Akito's voice became harsh and his eyes glaring.

Tohru backed up against the wall. The furthest thing from Akito. She was right by the window and she looked out into the night with pleads in her eyes. 'Kyo. Somebody.' She begged.

"Come now Tohru. Don't be afraid. I wont hurt you.. It's just a small task." Akito raised his hand as he got closer to her and Tohru threw a book from his desk at him. He hardly flinched. Now he was mad. "I said don't be afraid! If I'm going to keep this charade up, I need a successor. And for that I need Yuki to have a wife. Now you will be that wife!" Akito growled.

"No!" Tohru yelled, throwing the desk at him. It knocked him over and he groaned. "Wench." was all he said as he got back up. Tohru spotted a shadow moving across the back lawn as lightning flashed. 'Oh! Kyo?' she wondered, though still filled with fear. The balcony outside the window might help her escape somehow. Akito was getting far to close. Tohru dodged and ran to the window. She flung it open and ran to the edge of the balcony. She stared around the lawn but saw no one. The rain poured down as though it had known something bad was to happen tonight.

Tohru turned just in time to spot Akito's hand grab her head. He had her eyes covered and he lifted her up slightly. She could feel his pulse in his hand. Her head hurt. She was experiencing pain from inside her body. She wanted to scream for help, but couldn't find the words.

"Right.. no talking.. No thinking.." Akito ordered. But Tohru wanted to talk. She wanted to be back in the refuge.. no.. back at Shigure's house. With Kyo and Yuki. Back to where everything was normal. She wanted.. She didn't want to be like Yuki. She wanted to help him. She wanted to be able to do as she had before Yuki disappeared. She wanted.. She wanted.. Right now. More than anything else. Tohru Honda wanted was...

'Tohru!'

"Kyo!" Tohru yelled as at last she found her voice. She heard something hit something and Akito screamed and flew away from her. The sound of the window breaking caught her ears and she fell to the floor, unconscious.

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