Empty Baskets

Chapter 2: Attacks

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters of Fruits Basket...but oh how I wish I did! I truly love Kyo and Shigure...drools

It had all happened so fast, that none of them had the chance of making even the slightest move. And now, even after Akito had finished what he had come to do, the boys found themselves unable to move. All they could do was stand there in a mix of shock and anger as Tohru lay on the floor, face pressed against the ground, blood mixing in with her dark hair.

Akito stood near the entrance, staring down at the female form as well, only he did not stand there with a look of anger and shock, but instead stood there with a look of amusement. "It looks like the ugly creature is unable to get up. Who will help her?" he asked. He knew that none of them could really help her, because they couldn't really carry her anywhere without turning into animals.

Shigure blinked twice, forcing himself out of his state of shock and began to bark orders (no pun intended), "Yuki, go get me some towels. Kyo, go call Hatori, quickly". Shigure moved towards the fallen girl but didn't turn her over. Doing so would only cause her to bleed more. "Hurry up you two".

Kyo and Yuki snapped out of their dazes as well, and responded to Shigure with a nod. Yuki quietly rushed off to get some towels. While Kyo rushed off shouting, "Akito you jerk, you're gonna get it!".

Akito watched as the boys scrambled off, then turned to look at Shigure, his eyes narrowing slightly, "How dare you touch her after I clearly stated I wanted her gone". As head of the Sohma family, he expected to be respected and he didn't like that this girl made the Sohma boys feel they had some sort of decision , when they didn't. They needed to be trained once more. They needed to be taught that he owned them.

"Tohru's done nothing wrong Akito" Shigure replied looking up. "And even though you're the head of the family, I can't let you hurt innocent people like this. Especially not dear Tohru"

Akito crouched down to Shigure's eye level and leaned foward slightly, "And what do you plan on doing to stop me?"

Kyo smacked his hand against his forehead as he growled at himself for not remembering Hatori's phone number. "Think think think" he said to himself as he opened his eyes and stared at the wall infront of him. A sweat drop formed at the back of his head when he realized there was a list of numbers on the wall, with Hatori's being one of the first on there. He muttered something to himself, then dialed the number.

"This is-"

"Hatori! Shut up and listen! That jerk showed up and attacked Tohru, even though she doesn't even remember him and she's bleeding on her head and we need you to get your ass over here!" Kyo yelled into the phone.

"I'm sorry!" Came an annoying voice on the other end, "You wanted to talk to Hatori and instead I picked up the phone! Whatever important thing you had to say to him was totally wasted on me! I'm sorry!"

"Ugh, Ritsu, put Hatori on the phone, now!" Kyo snapped.

"I'm sorry!" Ritsu yelled into the phone, then hurried off to get Hatori. When the doctors voice greeted Kyo through the phone, Ritsu's voice was still heard in the background, shouting apologies.

"Kyo, what's wrong?" Hatori asked.

Kyo retold the entire story of what had happened, sounding alot angrier than he had before. Once he finished, there was silence on the other end. Not even Ritsu could be heard. Finally, Hatori replied, "I'll be right over"

Kyo hung up the phone, "Damn rat! Did you find the towels? Hurry up!"

"It's hard to find anything now that the house is a total mess" Yuki replied, forcing himself to not argue with Kyo at that moment.Kyo rushed off after him, eager to help Tohru.

Hatori sighed loudly as he set the phone down on the reciever, and turned slowly to look at Ritsu, who had been staring at him with wide worried eyes. The monkey opened his mouth, and Hatori lifted a hand, motioning for him to be quiet, "Dont".

Ritsu realized how stressed Hatori suddenly looked, and nodded quietly as he sat down infront of the table, looking at his bandaged hand. "Will you be back quickly?" Ritsu asked.

"I don't know, but I'll finish bandaging your other hand when I return" Hatori replied as he put on his jacket. He knew that something had been wrong the minute Akito had told him that he was feeling a bit better, and wanted to go for a walk.

Hatori should have known that it was a bad idea...

But who is dumb enough to say no to Akito?

Taking one last look at Ritsu, Hatori left the house, and moving very quickly at that. Akito, what have you done now?

It had taken them 5 minutes to find the towels. Damn, how they missed a clean house.

Yuki had grabbed four towels and Kyo had grabbed three. It was all they had been able to find, so they hoped that the seven they had found would do the job.

"I can't believe that bastard" Kyo shouted angrily, his grip around the towels tightening as he thought of Akito, "Who does he think he is, storming in here and hurting Tohru like that? And you! You damn rat! You're weak! You're so afraid of him, you don't do anything!"

Yuki did not reply, even though he was tempted to. He wanted to reply to Kyo's remark by hitting him across the face, to prove that he was anything but weak, but he didn't because keep down, he knew Kyo was right. Yuki was very afraid of Akito. When Tohru had been around, that fear had faded, but the day Hatori had erased her memory, all the fear came back.

When Akito was around, his mind just stopped. He couldn't help it. "Tohru needs us" he finally said.

"We should get bandages while we're at it" Kyo then mentioned as they passed the bathroom. Tohru would definetly need those.

Yuki nodded and opened the medicine cabinet. There wasn't much left, but he grabbed it anyway, "Let's go".

Kyo nodded.

The two stared at each other for a moment. Were they getting along? Shaking their heads, the two rushed back towards the main room. Nothing was more important than helping Tohru.

The two entered the main room. Kyo gasped then growled, and Yuki dropped the towels in suprise as his eyes grew wide. Shigure leaned against the wall, his head slightly lowered. His hands were covered in blood. It was unknown whether or not it was his blood or Tohru's blood. One thing was for sure. He was unconsious and Akito was no where to be found.

"What the hell? That bastard attacked Shigure too?" Kyo couldn't remember the last time he was so upset. "He's gone too far. That's it. I'm gonna hunt him down and kick his ass"

"Akito didn't render Shigure unconsious...I did" Hatori admitted, lifting his black back from the table next to the door.

A/N: Continue?