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Conquering Fears: An Act of Love

Chapter 2

Hatori rushed over to Shigure's residence as fast as the car would take him. He was furious with what Akito had done to the poor girl who had won the hearts of the Sohma family. Though some wouldn't tell he was angry with his calm, collective exterior, but he was raging with a passion inside for what he would be seeing on her.

'This really could affect us all, with Akito having his way on everyone, only the worse could be seen or heard of.'

Hatori thought as he raced to the household.

As he was pulling up to the driveway, he hurridly grabbed his things and rushed inside without a second thought. Shigure was busy calming a fuming Yuki down and Kyo was upstairs trying to keep Tohru awake while Hatori made his way. The dragon thankfully made his way up the stairs in one piece and started the examination.

"Kyo, you really shouldn't be in here, i have to do the medical procedures and and chack for other things, please wait outside and as soon as I am finished I will call you back in." Hatori said maintaining his blood pressure.

"Fine whatever but if she needs me I will come back in here, got it?"

"Whatever," Hatori breathed out.

Hatori lifted her shirt to see the extent of her injuries on her front side. As he lifted it up, he saw a deep gash on her stomach. it looked like a mixture of a dagger or some sharp nails that pierced her deeply. He took out his supplies to fix that up and thought that he should check her out completly before he started the bandaging. He gently flipped her over and gasped at what he saw. He saw a huge S on her back and automatically knew what it meant. It stood for Sohma but why. Suddenly a flashback flooded his mind.

Flashback

Hatori watched in horrer as a girl in front of him got victomized by Akito. He lashed out on her as he marked her as cursed as one of the Sohmas. He and Shigure were sick of watching it all, they were only 8 yrs. of age but were forced to watch and never tell a soul. Unfortunatly for Akito, the women died as she was taking in the final ritual of the curse. The only name that was spat out of Akito's mouth was Kali.

End of Flashback

Her real name Kali-Jo Ishida and was never spoken of since of the terrible night she died. She was supposedly erased from the minds of many but the memories started pouring into his mind, body and soul. It was sad that she couldn't make through the ritual, but amazingly Tohru Honda was able to become one of them.

Hatori started bandaging the beaten girl and didn't finish for about an hour. He called Kyo to come in and gave him some instructions for when she wakes up,

"If she should wake up at any time of the day or night, give her some of these."
"What are they?"
"They are called painkillers. Even if it is just a nightmare, these should help kill the pain and let her sleep."
"Thank-you Hatori."
"No problem, just promise me you will take care of her. I know how much you love her."
Kyo just blushed at this comment and walked back into Tohru's room, where she lay in bandages, sleeping.

Over the next few days, Tohru finally got the rest she deserved after the horrific night she undoubtly had to experience. Kyo and Yuki would take turns looking after her while Hatori either had to go out on smoke break or had to go home and get rest. Kyo had vowed vengeance against the one he hated most..Akito Sohma. Yuki knew he could do nothing because of the past he had to face but had vowed to help Kyo with the minor things. Shigure hardly slept at all, and missed his deadline, but all was all right because Mii understood fine. She had told him that as soon as Tohru was up and better he could get back to work then. Kyo helped Shigure prepare a little something for Tohru because she hadn't eaten in days.

"Kyo, are you gonna be all right?" Shigure asked while the boy stood before him withering away from lack of energy.

"Why the hell does it matter? As long as Tohru gets better then i'll worry about myself." Kyo shouted in anger.

"Sorry Kyo, it is my duty to look after you too..." He said, trying to lighten the mood. Hatori had told him yesterday that Tohru was going to make a full recovery...but the catch is those scars were as said by Akito, they will never heal. Either she has to fess up and explain the whole situation, or they will be left clueless and will wonder why they dont transform like they are supposed too.

"I'm going to give Tohru her breakfast, then i'm going to take a shower...i'm sure you can handle things from here..." Kyo said sarcasticly.

"Whatever you say Kyo." Shigure said then left to atleast catch up a little bit on his newest book.

Kyo took the tray up to Tohru but left it on the bed-side table. He couldn't bear to look at her in her condition.

Meanwhile...

Yuki took a little walk to the Sohma estate...He was determined to find out what was going on and why Tohru was in the condition she was in.

"AKITO! Where are you?" Yuki yelled as loud as he could.

Akito chuckled..."Why Yuki...what a pleasant surprise...I didn't expect you to visit me so soon..."

"You know wxactly why i'm here...why is Tohru all battered and beaten like that?" He said in the coldest voice he could muster up.

"Oh Yuki...tsk tsk tsk...I can't tell secrets that could affect you...but in this case, since I love our little chats...I'll humor you."

"Oh? then you better tell me exactly whats going on..."

"Tohru and I had a little "chat" as you would call it..."

"You didn't..."

"Didn't what my precious Yuki? Have sex with her? Oh yes...she consented..." Akito sneered.

"You cold heartless bast..." Yuki trailed off.

"Don't even go there!" With that said, Akito smacked Yuki clear across the face.

"Let me finish my secret...she can hug you without you all transforming...and you will just have to deal with the fact that she has scars! I bet that you can't even stand to see her the way she is! She's just a little bitch that decided to prance all over everything I've worked hard for! She can't possibly understand what I do! So she will just have to learn her lesson. And so will you..." And with that...Akito smirked, and slowly closed the door behind him.

Hey All!

Look..to the point...I am so sorry that i didn't update as soon as i wanted...I had Winterguard Competitions, and then I just tried out for Colorguard...Made it, and now I've got Volleyball comming up...So im really sorry! Forgive me...I promise to update as soon as I can...and Sorry it is so short!

Response to Reviewers:

Nightfall2525- I'm sorry to disappoint you if anyway possible, but this is going to be Kyo and Tohru, possibly some others...not sure..Enjoy the story though!

lis- Well...this is the next part though...lol

Amaris-11- Yea...i know its a little disturbing, but hey...it just hit me...lol glad you liked it!

Spirit of the Dead- Well...I updated...I'll try to make it as best as I possibly can

crazychickie4life- Thank you for reviewing my story! and I'm glad you tried it out and liked it!

Katie- Nooo...The Sohmas will definitely not let Akito get away with this..and the reason Hatori didn't defend Tohru like that was because he was afraid of the wrath of Akito that would happen after he was done with Tohru...

animefangirl- I updated...Hope you liked it!

t- Well...i did indeed write some more...hope you enjoyed it!

tanpopo-chan29- Don't worry, I'll tell more about Tohru in the next chappy!

Mitsukai-Kisekiteki- Thanks for lovin it!

Miss Yukishiro- Well...I dont remember a story called Broken...hmm...this story just popped up in my head and said "hey type me!" lol...well...dont hunt me down...I updated! lol

the great and almighty po- I continued...stay tuned for chap. 3!