Chapter 20

Kyo walked into Kagura's room carrying her over his shoulder. He was still a little afraid that she would just spring back to life and stab a dagger in his back, but his fear was absent from his mind once he placed her down on her bed. Everyone was hustling and bustling around the room to help her. She had a high fever that Tohru was taking care of by placing a cold washcloth on her head every couple of minutes. The twins looked for any signs that she was sabotaged with brain washing. Finally when everything started to settle down, the questions started flying.

"Is she really alright?" Tohru worried.

"She seems fine." Hatori answered.

"What caused her to act so strangely?" Yuki answered.

"I can't be sure. There's no trace of abnormal substances in her body and the only thing wrong otherwise is her high fever. We'll just have to wait and see what happens."

Everyone was standing in Kagura's room. As usual, Kyo wasn't standing with the group around Kagura. He was watching by her door.

"Humph. She's fine, she just happened to have a dagger when she needed to show emotion. So what? Why are you making such a big deal out of this?"

"Because it is a big deal!" Tohru exclaimed. Immediately her hands flew to her mouth. "Uh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say-"

"Yeah whatever, call me when you de-monsterize her." Kyo stepped out of the room and walked down the hall.

"Kyo..." Tohru followed him and Izumi would have followed as well if Yuki and Yume hadn't stopped her.

"Hey, what are you guys doing?"

"Those two need some time alone."

'They've had plenty of time alone,' is what she wanted to say, but reluctantly left the touchy subject alone.

"Kyo... I'm sorry if I have made you angry."

"God damnit Tohru. Would you stop apologizing? You didn't make me angry, I just really needed some fresh air!"

"I'm sorry!" Kyo hit her over the head lightly.

"You don't have to apologize. Everything isn't your fault."

A gust of wind blew their hair out of their faces.

"Kyo..." Kyo took Tohru's hand suddenly. He jumped up and climbed onto the roof taking Tohru with him.

"Kyo what are you do-" Kyo placed a hand over her mouth and lifted his index finger to his lips, motioning her to stay quiet. The door under them opened.

"Damn, I could have sworn I heard voices. Well, no matter. I need to leave here anyways. Have to do some errands after all." An evil laugh followed, Akito's evil laugh. A care awaited Akito and to the driver he said, "Take me back to Sohma Shigure's house." After the coast was clear Tohru and Kyo abandoned their hiding spot and climbed off the roof.

"Oh no, this is horrible! What will we do Kyo?"

"I don't know, but something isn't right..."

"How do you mean?"

"Why would he go back to our house when he knows we are here, in the estate?"

"I see..." Shigure said mournfully.

"What?" Kyo asked.

"I never told you kids about this but..." Everyone was on the edge of his or her seats except Hatori and Kagura (still asleep).

"But...?" They said in unison.

"There's a lab under our house that's devoted completely to the Sohmas. Their current project was to find a way to control people's minds. To always know what they're thinking." Every conscious person's mouth dropped, including Hatori's but not including Shigure's.

"WHAT?!?!?!?!" The twins cried.

"What the hell were you thinking Shigure?!"

"Yes, why did you let this go on under our house?!"

"Do you think that I had a choice? Shigure argued.

"That's why..." Everyone looked over at Hatori. "With that kind of power, I wouldn't really be needed anymore. He could erase memories himself."

"So she was the test subject for this new invention? Is that what you think?" Yume asked.

"If so, then it could have back fired causing her to have aftershocks..." Izumi concluded.

At that climatic moment, Kagura groaned and shifted around. Hatori ran to the other side of the room for medicine while Yuki ran to get cold water and a washcloth. Tohru, Yume, and Izumi ran to Kagura's side and Shigure and Kyo watched from a distance.

"What's wrong?" Izumi and Yume asked.

"I don't know. Her fever is getting higher and higher."

Yuki ran in through the door. "Here." He said.

Tohru stuck her hands in the freezing cold water and pulled out the washcloth. She ringed it out and tried to place it on Kagura's thrashing head.

"Ow!" Tohru jumped back holding her hand.

"What's wrong Miss Honda?" Yuki asked taking her hand and examining it. He gasped. Tohru was bleeding from a deep cut. She pulled her hand back.

"Its nothing, really. Just some static shock."

"That must have been some electric discharge." He said doubtful.

"Could that possibly be one of the side affects?"

"I don't know but I do know she didn't have shocking power like that before...." Shigure said.

"Miss Honda..."

"Really I am fine. We have to-"

"Kyo..." Kagura whispered. "Kyo..." She whispered louder with a raspy voice.

"Kyo, she's calling for you... help her please!" Yume pleaded.

Kyo frowned but went to Kagura's side slowly.

"No... Kyo... Run, run Kyo!!!" She yelled. Kagura lifted herself off the bed and into the air. A force field of lightning surrounding her. Everyone except Tohru backed away.

"Run!!!"

Kagura's eyes shot open with laser like beams coming from them.

"Run away now!! GO NOW!!!!"

TO BE CONTINUED