In the morning they all wake up to a sound of a whip and a painful sting across their abdomens. They look around the room and notice another body which must have been the fourth one Ryunosuke was talking about. Tohru growled as she and the unknown body were dragged out of the room. Tohru looked up at the face of Yeijiro.
"It's you.." She said with a displeasant look across her pallid, blood-stained face. The unknown girl looked at Tohru and shook her head. Obviously it was some kind of sign not to talk to him at this moment. How did she know when to talk and when not to? How long has she worked for Ryunosuke? Who is this girl?
They were both shoved into another room, this time there were the three guys again plus Chiaki. Tohru gasped at the site that Chiaki was seperated from her older sister Nozome. Tohru broke away from Yeijiro's grasp and quickly knelt to the crying Chiaki. Tohru brought her into an embrace and whispered assuring words into her ear. Chiaki must have been about seven or eight. What kind of people are they to tear her from her older sister who might have been of fourteen? The three men looked down at Tohru, one of them stuck the sword in her face again, causing her to release Chiaki and fall to the ground on her back. The man that was leaning down smiled evily to Tohru. She blushed and quickly sat up, growling at the man. Pervert..I hate being here..I wonder what Kyou-kun and Sohma-kun are doing.. The three men left Chiaki, Tohru and the unknown girl alone in the room.
"Pardon..I don't believe we have gotten your name.." Chiaki spoke up. The unknown girl looked to Chiaki then back to Tohru and smiled.
"My name is Harumi. Harumi Hanakaso." The one now called 'Harumi' answered.
"What a very pretty name, Harumi.." Chiaki replied shyly.
"Hm..I wonder.." Tohru started to say, she sortof spaced out while staring at the door.
"Wonder what?" Harumi and Chiaki asked in unison.
"If we all could escape at nighttime.." Tohru whispered, afraid there would be guards at the door outside the room.
So the night came...Tohru, Chiaki and Harumi huddled in a circle and started to chatter about their escape plan. One of them was going to distract the guards if there be any outside the room. The other two were going to sneak out..Or maybe..Just maybe there was a secret door towards the back of the room..
After hours of searching the room for another door there was no luck. Chiaki sat against the wall and started to cry. Tohru and Harumi started to soothe her.
"Perhaps there is a switch under that rug over there?" Pointed out Tohru. So while Tohru stayed to soothe down Chiaki's cries, Harumi went to check it out. She lifted the rug and sure enough there was a string. Harumi motioned Tohru and Chiaki over to where she saw the string and gawked down at it. Tohru smiled and gave the string a tug..And pop! A secret compartment was opened just under the string! Inside lay a flat button. Chiaki reached down and with her slender, slobber-covered index finger, she pressed the button. A small door shook and rattled as it slowly slid open. Tohru seemed to send 'hushing' sounds towards the door so that if ever there were any guards, they wouldn't hear. Tohru slowly crawled over to the half-open door and poked her head out, looking to see if there are any other guards. There were a few more rooms which must have been where Nozome and Maemi were held.
"I will be over at this room, Chiaki..You and Harumi can go into that room and we'll meet up..Hopefully with Nozome and Maemi." Tohru instructed.
"Yes, Tohru.." Chiaki replied obediently.
"Kay. Come, Chiaki." Harumi nodded and slipped out the door. Tohru was left in the room to think..Not long after did she slip silently out the half-opened door. She went over to the room she spotted earlier and saw there was a guard standing there. She dashed behind a bush and the guard called out.
"Who's there?" It was the voice of Akahito! Would he find her? He was walking near to the bush..He wasn't close enough to see Tohru throw a branch over the bush across the land. Akahito heard another rustle in the bush that was in the direction where Tohru threw the branch. Tohru hurried to the room and slid into the door and shut it before Akahito could just resume to his place at the door. Tohru walked over to a sleeping Maemi. She leaned in and whispered, shaking Maemi lightly.
"Maemi, wake up..All of us -- Me, You, Nozome, Chiaki and Harumi are going to get out of here."
"Huh?" Maemi groaned and turned over to face Tohru. She slowly sat up and shook her head to regain her clear vision.
"How will we escape?" She asked..Her voice a little loud. Tohru hushed her.
"See that rug over there?" Tohru motioned to a rug in the far corner. Maemi nodded, groggily rubbing her eyes. "Well..There should be a string there. And if you pull the string a compartment should open and there should be a button..Follow me." She explained and scurried over to the rug. Maemi sluggishly followed. When Tohru lifted the rug there was no string. But there was a button. Tohru looked at the button hesitantly before looking back to Maemi who had been almost sleeping again. Tohru gave Maemi another shake.
"Stay awake!" She urged.
"Sorry..Sorry." Maemi replied. Tohru pushed the button which triggered a loud siren. Tohru gasped and Maemi shot awake. They ran over close to the back of the room. Ryunosuke burst into the room with Akahito, Yeijiro and the three other men Tohru did not yet know the names of. Ryunosuke started to move towards Tohru and Maemi.
Closer..Closer..
Then Tohru screamed and pushed hard against the wall. A door opened and Tohru and Maemi went tumbling out! They rolled out onto pavement and looked for Harumi, Nozome and Chiaki. Tohru saw three figures. Were they Harumi, Nozome and Chiaki? Maemi pointed.
"There!" She shouted, starting to stand and run over to the figures. It was them. They all started running aimlessly and Ryunosuke was close behind them. He had Yeijiro and Akahito try to box in the girls, but they ran around them and all climbed a high gate that was locked from the outside. Nozome had slipped while holding onto Chiaki on her back.
"Oh no!" Nozome screamed. Tohru hopped down and tried to push Nozome and Chiaki over the gate.
Something grabbed Tohru's ankle. It was Akahito. Tohru tried shaking it off but the grip tightened and she felt a sting in her leg and something was injected. Tohru felt a little faint and couldn't struggle..But Harumi drop-kicked Akahito and caused him to let Tohru go. She fell to the ground and Harumi quickly pushed Tohru over the gate. A piece of Tohru's dress fabric got stuck and had ripped, her thigh being slightly skimmed and Maemi caught Tohru on the other side.
Then Ryunosuke was right at the gate. Harumi quickly scurried up the gate and down. Her thigh got cut on the sharp snag at the top. They could hear Tohru groan. Harumi quickly slung Tohru over her shoulder and started to limp off to a nearby city. Tohru was still unconcious. They reached the Sohma Fountain and they all stared at it. They were walking when they saw two boys depressingly sitting at the steps, talking about how they looked everywhere for Tohru but they couldn't find her..Hearing this, the four girls rushed with the limp Tohru over to the boys.
"Tohru? You mentioned Tohru? She's here!" They yelled as they ran up to the two boys. They jumped up and ran over to the unconcious Tohru.
"Tohru? Tohru?" They both yelled.
"She was stabbed in the leg with a needle..And then they injected some sort of blueish liquid into her leg so that she couldn't move." Maemi said. Harumi set her on the ground as Yuki and Kyou kneeled next to her, looking down at her bloodstained face. What happened..To Tohru..? I shouldn't have left her..I should have stayed with her..None of this would have happened..Me nor Yuki would have been worried.. Kyou thought to himself. Harumi, Nozome, Chiaki and Maemi all kneeled next to Yuki and Kyou. They started telling the story of how Tohru got so bloody and how they escaped. Yuki lifted Tohru's shirt to find a long, thin weld across her abdomen. Maemi, Nozome, Harumi and Chiaki all showed the same mark.
"We were whipped to wake up earlier this morning.." Nozome said. Yuki and Kyou showed a painful expression across their faces as they studied the girls' abdomens.
"Why would someone do such a thing?" Yuki asked..His eyes holding an anger he's never felt. Kyou was growling lowly as he looked at the scratches on Tohru's face, the whipmark on her abdomen, and the bruises on her arms from when she was grabbed so tightly. He also noticed a scratch along her neck that looked somewhat deep. Who would do this and why?