Chapter 5
Hey everyone- remember how I said I'd be updating more regularly? Yeah= I've discovered that Calculus is a great time to write- keeps me awake, so expect 1 chapter every week or so- don't hold me to that statement- but I"ll try .
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That night, as Arisa and Saki slept, Tohru couldn't fall asleep. "Why can't I sleep? Oh Mom, please help me. I don't know what is happening to me. Ewhy am I so nervous all the time? I feel so alone, even thought my friends are here." She paused a moment and looked at her sleeping friends. " I am putting them in danger, I know tis, I can't stay here; not when they can get hurt because of me. I have to go away. Mom, I'm coming to you."
The next morning, Saki and Arisa woke up to quite a shock, Tohru was no where to be found, leaving nothing but a note, that Arisa eagerly took and read it. She clenched it in her hand after reading it. "What's wrong? What's in the note?" Saki asked.
"All it says it 'I am sorry, I cannot stay here where I put everyone in danger, love Tohru." Arisa responded. She crumpled the note and threw it in the trash can. She then headed for the door, Saki followed her.
"Why are you putting your shoes on?"
"I'm going to find Tohru!" Arisa replied.
"NO, she doesn't want us to find her!" Saki said, blocking the door.
"But this creep Akito will get her!"
"But you must do as she wishes."
"really? Why?"
"Same reason as before, remember that night, in the rain when I said that Tohru had to do something on her own? This time too, it's up to Tohru do decide what to do in her situation."
"That's it then, it's obvious that we're not good enough for her anymore, It's quite clear that she doesn't." Saki put her hand on Arisa's mouth to stop her speech short.
"It's clear that Tohru values our safety over her own and is being a friend by keeping us out of danger. She is doing what she feels is right. All we can do is respect her decisions."
A loud knock on the door halted the girl's conversation.
"I'll get it," Arisa said, pushing Saki out of the way. Saki retreated to the Kitchen as Arisa opened the door. From the Kitchen, Saki heard unfamiliar voices and screaming. She slowly got up and walked down the hallway, towards the door, emitting a purple light. "Get out of my house mow please, before anyone gets hurt." She warned.
"We have a warrant to search this house." The big man in a secret service uniform told her.
"I'm sorry, but what you are seeking is not here-she left us this note and was gone before we woke up. So, leave us."
"Well, you ladies will have to come with us too." He reached for Arisa, who kicked his arm. Arisa and Saki tried to fend off Akito's minions, but in the end were unsuccessful.
"Search the house," The leader of the group aid, as a few men took an unconscious Saki and Arisa to their truck.
"Tohru was right", Arisa said, when they woke up, the truck was speeding down an unfamiliar road, "It was dangerous to be here, and we didn't sense it."
"No, you didn't sense it." Saki corrected her.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you had already opened the door, I was going to warn you, but you act too quickly."
"Tohru is safe still?" Arisa asked
"I hope so. I cannot sense her feelings, but her signal is still there."
"DO you know where she is?"
"No," Saki said, "But that is good, because then I will not be forced to lie."
"Yes, I suppose." Arisa said, resting her head on the side of the truck. They spent the rest of the ride to the Sohma estate in silence.
After writing the note to her friends, Tohru rushed out of the house into the streets, which were brightly lit with the moon. She ran, but from what and where she was not sure. She soon found herself standing in front of her mother's gravestone, and collapsed. When she awoke, the sun was shining and she dusted off the stone that she was sleeping on.
It was unseasonably warm and so Tohru was not that cold. She took her mother's picture and some food out of her bag. "I hope Hana doesn't mind that I took this apple and slice of bread. What do you think mom?" Tohru ate some of the bread, and looked at her mother's picture. "I'm glad I could come and visit you today. Sometimes, when I have nowhere to go, it's good to know where I can find you. I'd go back living alone in a tent if that landslide didn't destroy it. Oh well." Soon, her escapades from the previous night and her lack of sleep got to her. She rested her head on her knees and leaned against a tree and fell asleep.
Soon after she drifted off into sleep, she was awakened by a familiar voice, "I thought I might find you here!" Shigure said, as he got out of Hatori's car. Tohru snatched her mother's photo and huddled against the tree, "What are you two doing here?"
Hatori walked over to her, "You look pale, " he commented, he put the back of his hand against her forehead, "Yup it's a fever all right."
"SO. Akito didn't send you to uh. erase my memories? Right?"
Hatori smiled, "No, he's letting you keep your memories for now, but you can't stay here."
"Yes, well Akito did mention that he requests your presence, but we have other plans for you." Shigure reassured her, "Although you're going to have to put up with Akito for a few days, do you think you can survive that?"
"Yes. but why can't I keep going like this?"
"Well, " Hatori paused, looked at Shigure, who nodded, "Akito has four people in his possession that he wishes to use as bait."
"Bait?" a confused Tohru asked.
"He's keeping them hostage, until you are securely in his grasp at the Main House." Shigure explained.
"Who?" Tohru asked, wide-eyed and looking extremely concerned.
"He has Yuki and Kyo penned up in the estate, and have been fighting and breaking things, he also has Miss Uotani and Miss Hanajima."
"They got Uo and Hana!?! It's all my fault, I shouldn't have gone there last night!"
"No, they can handle themselves, don't worry, they won't be hurt"
Hatori, who had been wandering around the shrine, suddenly said, "Ok, story time's over everyone hide!" Shigure grabbed Tohru and hid amidst the stones, unfortunately this resulted in becoming a dog, but Tohru, who was used to that by now, reacted swiftly and grabbed his clothing.
They were hidden just long enough to avoid being seen by a few men in dark suits, who came out of a van. They looked around Kyoko's gravesite and found the picture of Kyoko, and put it in an evidence bag. Tohru almost gasped, and would have, if Hatori didn't cover her mouth. Luckily, the men did not notice anything and continued on.
"They took my." Tohru started.
"yes, we'll get it back, don't worry," Shigure said, changing back.
Tohru was almost on top of her mother's gravestone, crying and defeated. Shigure and Hatori looked at each other, not knowing what to do. "Now Tohru, what's wrong?" Shigure asked in a calming voice,"
"Why?" Tohru stammered, "Why is Akito so cruel? He took Yuki and Kyo, my best friends Uo and Hana, and now this, my mother. I don't know what to do."
"Trust us." Shigure answered, helping her to her feet, "Be strong, I'm sure that if you spend a few days with Akito, everything and everyone, including yourself, will be fine. Just come with us to the main house, ok?"
Tohru weakly nodded, as she gathered up the rest of her food, Hatori softly said to Shigure, "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yes, " Shigure replied, "So do I."
"I'm ready." Tohru announced. The three of them got into Hatori's car and in silence drove towards the main house.
Tohru walked into the main entranceway of Akito's personal residence. She turned around as Hatori and Shigure shut the door. Tohru looked around. The great hall was dimly lighted. "So many rooms," she thought. As she tentatively walked down the passageway, she thought she heard the sound of a whip, then a cry of pain. She stopped and darted around a corner. She peeked out to see Akito leaving a room. She ran to the door and tried to open it. It was locked. "What did you do?" She yelled after Akito. He stopped, smirked, and slowly turned. He walked up to Tohru, who by this time was quivering, and said, "Why don't you see for yourself?" with that, Tohru found herself being pushed into the dark room and heard the lock click as Akito left. " "M. Miss. Honda?" A familiar voice said weakly. "Yuki! Tohru cried, overjoyed that he was there, but horrified for what befell him. "Yuki, where are you? I can't see you anywhere." " I'm in the corner. careful I had just." A cloud of smoke marked the place where the rat had been and now sat Yuki. Tohru wanted to run over and hug him, but caught herself. She didn't want him changing back into a mouse so she calmly walked over to him. The first thing she noticed was his back, which was a mixture of old scars and new cuts. "Oh Yuki, " she said, "Why?" She put her hand lightly on his shoulder; he winced. "I'm sorry." She apologized. "It's not your fault, I'm almost used to it by now, Akito's been doing this to me for as long as I can remember, that's why I had to get away and leave this place." "I understand. but." Tohru realized something, "Your bleeding! We got to get out of here, we need to find some bandagers, you must go to Hatori!" "uh, Miss Honda?" Yuki uncertainly said, greatly surprised by the random outburst. He got up and stopped Tohru who had been banging on the door, calling for Akito to let them out, and she dejectedly sank to the floor. "No, really, I'll survive," Yuki tried to force a smile. "But I got to get out!" Tohru cried, "Yuki, Akito has Hana, Uo and my Mom!" "Your mother? Oh, the picture, and Miss Uotani and Hanajima? What is he doing to you?" "I don't know, Haru and Momiji warned me that they were coming, I ran away from Hana's house and Shigure and Hatori brought me here. That's how I ended up in this room with you." "Akito's foolish," Yuki pointed out, opening a small window to let in light. Tohru gasped as she looked around the room, it was completely bare with a rug and mat on the floor. There were some stains and drops of blood around the area. "Yuki, did Akito really keep you in this room?" "Yes, but I was saying that Akito's foolish for bringing Miss. Uotani and Miss. Hanajima here. It's too dangerous, I can't believe that he would do." A crash outside the window made Yuki cease talking, "Is Tohru in there?" It was Kyo, jumping off the roof and looking in the window. "Kyo!" Tohru exclaimed, running to the window. "Please Kyo, go find me some bandages," Kyo looked past Tohru at Yuki and almost said no, then Tohru cried, "Kyo, Yuki's hurt really badly, I know you don't like him, but we're locked in here and the cuts won't heal right if we don't get the bandage, and it's really important that he's ok, and we'll talk when you get back." "Fine, I'll go get them, so Yuki, he really got you this time huh?" "Yeah," Yuki answered. "Ok, I'll be back soon." With that the cat ran off to find Hatori.
Soon he was back and passed some bandages to Tohru. She wrapped them around Yuki. "Damn." Kyo exclaimed, looking at the road. "What now you stupid cat?" Yuki asked. "I've been seen by Akito's thugs, I've been avoiding them all morning, bye!" With that, the cat escaped onto the roof. Tohru finished bandaging Yuki's back when the door opened. Yuki instinctively jumped in front of Tohru, but relaxed when he saw Kyo pushed into the room and the door shut before he could get out. Kyo then cursed and tried to get through the small window. Finding himself to be too big, he went to Tohru, hugged her, turned into a cat, picked up his clothes and ran towards the window again, but Yuki shut it, causing the cat to slam his head into the wall. "Why the hell did you do that?" the cat asked, rubbing his head. "Because, we're stuck in this together, besides, it's important for us to be here with Miss. Honda." Yuki explained. Changing back into his human form, Kyo went to a corner and sulked. Tohru sat in the middle of the room, and Yuki went to look out the window. The three of them sat in silence, waiting for something to happen.
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Happy New Years everyone!! I do apologize again for the lateness and no updates. I will try to update as soon as possible,. but with 2 papers due on Monday and a ton of chem. And calc, just be understanding, please ^_^ ; thanks.
Hey everyone- remember how I said I'd be updating more regularly? Yeah= I've discovered that Calculus is a great time to write- keeps me awake, so expect 1 chapter every week or so- don't hold me to that statement- but I"ll try .
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That night, as Arisa and Saki slept, Tohru couldn't fall asleep. "Why can't I sleep? Oh Mom, please help me. I don't know what is happening to me. Ewhy am I so nervous all the time? I feel so alone, even thought my friends are here." She paused a moment and looked at her sleeping friends. " I am putting them in danger, I know tis, I can't stay here; not when they can get hurt because of me. I have to go away. Mom, I'm coming to you."
The next morning, Saki and Arisa woke up to quite a shock, Tohru was no where to be found, leaving nothing but a note, that Arisa eagerly took and read it. She clenched it in her hand after reading it. "What's wrong? What's in the note?" Saki asked.
"All it says it 'I am sorry, I cannot stay here where I put everyone in danger, love Tohru." Arisa responded. She crumpled the note and threw it in the trash can. She then headed for the door, Saki followed her.
"Why are you putting your shoes on?"
"I'm going to find Tohru!" Arisa replied.
"NO, she doesn't want us to find her!" Saki said, blocking the door.
"But this creep Akito will get her!"
"But you must do as she wishes."
"really? Why?"
"Same reason as before, remember that night, in the rain when I said that Tohru had to do something on her own? This time too, it's up to Tohru do decide what to do in her situation."
"That's it then, it's obvious that we're not good enough for her anymore, It's quite clear that she doesn't." Saki put her hand on Arisa's mouth to stop her speech short.
"It's clear that Tohru values our safety over her own and is being a friend by keeping us out of danger. She is doing what she feels is right. All we can do is respect her decisions."
A loud knock on the door halted the girl's conversation.
"I'll get it," Arisa said, pushing Saki out of the way. Saki retreated to the Kitchen as Arisa opened the door. From the Kitchen, Saki heard unfamiliar voices and screaming. She slowly got up and walked down the hallway, towards the door, emitting a purple light. "Get out of my house mow please, before anyone gets hurt." She warned.
"We have a warrant to search this house." The big man in a secret service uniform told her.
"I'm sorry, but what you are seeking is not here-she left us this note and was gone before we woke up. So, leave us."
"Well, you ladies will have to come with us too." He reached for Arisa, who kicked his arm. Arisa and Saki tried to fend off Akito's minions, but in the end were unsuccessful.
"Search the house," The leader of the group aid, as a few men took an unconscious Saki and Arisa to their truck.
"Tohru was right", Arisa said, when they woke up, the truck was speeding down an unfamiliar road, "It was dangerous to be here, and we didn't sense it."
"No, you didn't sense it." Saki corrected her.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because you had already opened the door, I was going to warn you, but you act too quickly."
"Tohru is safe still?" Arisa asked
"I hope so. I cannot sense her feelings, but her signal is still there."
"DO you know where she is?"
"No," Saki said, "But that is good, because then I will not be forced to lie."
"Yes, I suppose." Arisa said, resting her head on the side of the truck. They spent the rest of the ride to the Sohma estate in silence.
After writing the note to her friends, Tohru rushed out of the house into the streets, which were brightly lit with the moon. She ran, but from what and where she was not sure. She soon found herself standing in front of her mother's gravestone, and collapsed. When she awoke, the sun was shining and she dusted off the stone that she was sleeping on.
It was unseasonably warm and so Tohru was not that cold. She took her mother's picture and some food out of her bag. "I hope Hana doesn't mind that I took this apple and slice of bread. What do you think mom?" Tohru ate some of the bread, and looked at her mother's picture. "I'm glad I could come and visit you today. Sometimes, when I have nowhere to go, it's good to know where I can find you. I'd go back living alone in a tent if that landslide didn't destroy it. Oh well." Soon, her escapades from the previous night and her lack of sleep got to her. She rested her head on her knees and leaned against a tree and fell asleep.
Soon after she drifted off into sleep, she was awakened by a familiar voice, "I thought I might find you here!" Shigure said, as he got out of Hatori's car. Tohru snatched her mother's photo and huddled against the tree, "What are you two doing here?"
Hatori walked over to her, "You look pale, " he commented, he put the back of his hand against her forehead, "Yup it's a fever all right."
"SO. Akito didn't send you to uh. erase my memories? Right?"
Hatori smiled, "No, he's letting you keep your memories for now, but you can't stay here."
"Yes, well Akito did mention that he requests your presence, but we have other plans for you." Shigure reassured her, "Although you're going to have to put up with Akito for a few days, do you think you can survive that?"
"Yes. but why can't I keep going like this?"
"Well, " Hatori paused, looked at Shigure, who nodded, "Akito has four people in his possession that he wishes to use as bait."
"Bait?" a confused Tohru asked.
"He's keeping them hostage, until you are securely in his grasp at the Main House." Shigure explained.
"Who?" Tohru asked, wide-eyed and looking extremely concerned.
"He has Yuki and Kyo penned up in the estate, and have been fighting and breaking things, he also has Miss Uotani and Miss Hanajima."
"They got Uo and Hana!?! It's all my fault, I shouldn't have gone there last night!"
"No, they can handle themselves, don't worry, they won't be hurt"
Hatori, who had been wandering around the shrine, suddenly said, "Ok, story time's over everyone hide!" Shigure grabbed Tohru and hid amidst the stones, unfortunately this resulted in becoming a dog, but Tohru, who was used to that by now, reacted swiftly and grabbed his clothing.
They were hidden just long enough to avoid being seen by a few men in dark suits, who came out of a van. They looked around Kyoko's gravesite and found the picture of Kyoko, and put it in an evidence bag. Tohru almost gasped, and would have, if Hatori didn't cover her mouth. Luckily, the men did not notice anything and continued on.
"They took my." Tohru started.
"yes, we'll get it back, don't worry," Shigure said, changing back.
Tohru was almost on top of her mother's gravestone, crying and defeated. Shigure and Hatori looked at each other, not knowing what to do. "Now Tohru, what's wrong?" Shigure asked in a calming voice,"
"Why?" Tohru stammered, "Why is Akito so cruel? He took Yuki and Kyo, my best friends Uo and Hana, and now this, my mother. I don't know what to do."
"Trust us." Shigure answered, helping her to her feet, "Be strong, I'm sure that if you spend a few days with Akito, everything and everyone, including yourself, will be fine. Just come with us to the main house, ok?"
Tohru weakly nodded, as she gathered up the rest of her food, Hatori softly said to Shigure, "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Yes, " Shigure replied, "So do I."
"I'm ready." Tohru announced. The three of them got into Hatori's car and in silence drove towards the main house.
Tohru walked into the main entranceway of Akito's personal residence. She turned around as Hatori and Shigure shut the door. Tohru looked around. The great hall was dimly lighted. "So many rooms," she thought. As she tentatively walked down the passageway, she thought she heard the sound of a whip, then a cry of pain. She stopped and darted around a corner. She peeked out to see Akito leaving a room. She ran to the door and tried to open it. It was locked. "What did you do?" She yelled after Akito. He stopped, smirked, and slowly turned. He walked up to Tohru, who by this time was quivering, and said, "Why don't you see for yourself?" with that, Tohru found herself being pushed into the dark room and heard the lock click as Akito left. " "M. Miss. Honda?" A familiar voice said weakly. "Yuki! Tohru cried, overjoyed that he was there, but horrified for what befell him. "Yuki, where are you? I can't see you anywhere." " I'm in the corner. careful I had just." A cloud of smoke marked the place where the rat had been and now sat Yuki. Tohru wanted to run over and hug him, but caught herself. She didn't want him changing back into a mouse so she calmly walked over to him. The first thing she noticed was his back, which was a mixture of old scars and new cuts. "Oh Yuki, " she said, "Why?" She put her hand lightly on his shoulder; he winced. "I'm sorry." She apologized. "It's not your fault, I'm almost used to it by now, Akito's been doing this to me for as long as I can remember, that's why I had to get away and leave this place." "I understand. but." Tohru realized something, "Your bleeding! We got to get out of here, we need to find some bandagers, you must go to Hatori!" "uh, Miss Honda?" Yuki uncertainly said, greatly surprised by the random outburst. He got up and stopped Tohru who had been banging on the door, calling for Akito to let them out, and she dejectedly sank to the floor. "No, really, I'll survive," Yuki tried to force a smile. "But I got to get out!" Tohru cried, "Yuki, Akito has Hana, Uo and my Mom!" "Your mother? Oh, the picture, and Miss Uotani and Hanajima? What is he doing to you?" "I don't know, Haru and Momiji warned me that they were coming, I ran away from Hana's house and Shigure and Hatori brought me here. That's how I ended up in this room with you." "Akito's foolish," Yuki pointed out, opening a small window to let in light. Tohru gasped as she looked around the room, it was completely bare with a rug and mat on the floor. There were some stains and drops of blood around the area. "Yuki, did Akito really keep you in this room?" "Yes, but I was saying that Akito's foolish for bringing Miss. Uotani and Miss. Hanajima here. It's too dangerous, I can't believe that he would do." A crash outside the window made Yuki cease talking, "Is Tohru in there?" It was Kyo, jumping off the roof and looking in the window. "Kyo!" Tohru exclaimed, running to the window. "Please Kyo, go find me some bandages," Kyo looked past Tohru at Yuki and almost said no, then Tohru cried, "Kyo, Yuki's hurt really badly, I know you don't like him, but we're locked in here and the cuts won't heal right if we don't get the bandage, and it's really important that he's ok, and we'll talk when you get back." "Fine, I'll go get them, so Yuki, he really got you this time huh?" "Yeah," Yuki answered. "Ok, I'll be back soon." With that the cat ran off to find Hatori.
Soon he was back and passed some bandages to Tohru. She wrapped them around Yuki. "Damn." Kyo exclaimed, looking at the road. "What now you stupid cat?" Yuki asked. "I've been seen by Akito's thugs, I've been avoiding them all morning, bye!" With that, the cat escaped onto the roof. Tohru finished bandaging Yuki's back when the door opened. Yuki instinctively jumped in front of Tohru, but relaxed when he saw Kyo pushed into the room and the door shut before he could get out. Kyo then cursed and tried to get through the small window. Finding himself to be too big, he went to Tohru, hugged her, turned into a cat, picked up his clothes and ran towards the window again, but Yuki shut it, causing the cat to slam his head into the wall. "Why the hell did you do that?" the cat asked, rubbing his head. "Because, we're stuck in this together, besides, it's important for us to be here with Miss. Honda." Yuki explained. Changing back into his human form, Kyo went to a corner and sulked. Tohru sat in the middle of the room, and Yuki went to look out the window. The three of them sat in silence, waiting for something to happen.
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Happy New Years everyone!! I do apologize again for the lateness and no updates. I will try to update as soon as possible,. but with 2 papers due on Monday and a ton of chem. And calc, just be understanding, please ^_^ ; thanks.