Chapter 8- Akito's Wrath

Hello everyone, I have not updated in so very long. My life got really crazy last year and I didn't get much time to write, but now I find myself with more plot ideas, and more time. So I'll try to be better about updating. Thanks for reading

"Arisa, please go and make some more tea for our guests." Saki asked. Arisa left the room.

"What Happened?" Kyo demanded urgently, gently taking an unconscious Kisa from Haru. "Hey Saki, take her upstairs please, from the looks of it, Hatori already bandaged her, but make sure that Tohru doesn't see her." Saki nodded, when Kyo was placing Kisa into her arms, he transformed into the cat. Saki looked down at the bright orange cat that now sat before her, Yuki and the rest of the Sohmas were horrified, luckily though, Arisa was still in the kitchen. Hatori jumped into action. "Yuki, go stall Arisa! (Yuki left the room,) Miss. Hanajima, I'm sorry, but I have to..." he walked towards her.

"If you touch me, I will electrocute you. Don't erase my memory, I won't tell anyone." She glared at him.

Hatori was shocked and backed away. "You're not surprised?"

"Well," she replied, "I knew something was going on. This explains a lot." She bent down to address the cat, "Go down the hallway and make a left, bathroom's there, you can stay there until you transform back. Actually, you probably can't open doors while you're a cat, so follow me."

Kyo, quite surprised himself, picked up his clothes in his mouth and followed her down the hallway. She laid Kisa on a couch and went back to the group. "What about him?" she asked, pointing to Shigure, "He's not looking too good."

Shigure smiled, "Don't worry about me, I'll be fine, just let me lie down a bit. I'm really just worried about Kisa."

Arisa reentered the room with Yuki and food. "Hey, where'd Carrot-Top go?" she asked.

"Bathroom" Saki explained.

"Oh." Arisa looked at Shigure, who was leaning on Ayame, "Damn, those are some bad bruises, what happened?"

"I suggest to leave him alone, he needs rest, doctor's orders." Hatori assisted the injured Shigure to a mat and helped him lie down. He then returned to the group, "now, if you will all sit down, a circle would be a good formation, and we can commence discussions."

The group sat down. "ok, who wants to start?" Arisa asked, looking at everyone around the circle. Kyo re-entered the room and sat down between Haru and Yuki, "yeah, what the hell happened after we left?"

"Well," Hatori started, "It didn't take Akito a long time to figure out what was going on. When he saw Kisa and Hiro, he lost control of himself, and like before, slapped Kisa so she fell on the ground, and then he started kicking her. Shigure jumped between them and Hiro helped Kisa get to Haru and Kagura, who were done their duty, and were waiting by the exit." Hatori nodded towards Haru to continue.

"Yeah, but then Akito sent more guards our way, and so the four of us got out of the complex and into the woods, knowing that Hatori would take a hint and see us after dropping you three off. But the guards were not the problem, Shigure, Ayame, and Hatori were MIA, Momiji was with us as well."

"yup... and I was helping out with Kisa,"

"Yes, that you were." Haru answered, emotionlessly.

"So, what happened after that?" Saki asked.

"Well," Kagura started talking, "As we were walking down the road, Haru was holding Kisa and it was raining, so we were all very happy to see Hatori drive towards us, he looked extremely worried and asked where the other two were, we told him back in the complex, and he sped away without us, so that we would be out of danger."

"Ooooh, can I talk now?" Ayame asked. "ok, so there I was with Shigure, who was basically getting a full beating from Akito, and not knowing what to do, I called for help, and what do you know? Hatori pulled up beside me. Akito didn't notice, he had his back towards us, and the rain was distracting, but Shigure saw, and pushed past Akito and dove into the back seat, the door slammed and we sped away, leaving Akito alone in his courtyard."

"Were you followed?" Yuki's eyes flashed as he turned towards Hatori.

"Not to my knowledge, but I cant' promise anything." Hatori answered.

Haru went to the window and looked out."Are you nervous Haru?" Momiji asked, joining him at the window

"No," he said, looking out into the rain, "Not for myself anyway."

Momiji nodded, "I feel the same way. When you think about it, it's all about Tohru right? That's why we're here."

"Well," Yuki added, joining them, "That's part of it Momiji, but there's a lot more to it than that." He looked at Haru, who nodded in agreement. Hatori called them over and the group sat back down in a circle.

"Now what?" Kyo asked. "What do we do now?"

"Good Question Kyo." Said Shigure from the couch. Hatori went over to him, irritated.

"I told you to be quiet and sleep, you'll need your strength later."

"But I'm feeling better!"

"It's only the painkillers- now go back to sleep."

"But Hari..."

"No, you need sleep. You can always be escorted to another room if you so desire."

"Nah couldn't do that."

"Yes, yes you could..." Hatori stopped talking and looked behind him. The whole room instantly perked up. "I hear something." Hatori said, looking around the room. "It's coming from upstairs." The whole room waited in silence, when Tohru climbed down the steps.

"Umm... Hi everyone." She said, looking around, making sure everyone was there. "Where's Kisa?" she asked, getting unnerved by the blank stares that were looking at her, "and Shigure, are you all right?"

Hatori got up and went over to Tohru, "He'll be fine, just got a little beat up, that's all. Kisa's in another room, sleeping."

"ok." Tohru said, "So, what's everyone doing here?"

"Well, we're discussing what to do next" Arisa answered.

"Hmm.. Well, wouldn't it be bad if Akito came here and saw that you all are not at home?"

"Probably yes, for most of us anyway." Kagura, who was being unusually quiet since she came in, answered.

"I think it wise that for now, you leave, except Shigure, Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru. Everything here will be fine." Saki said. Everyone looked at her, startled.

"What? Why?" Kagura asked.

Saki's eyes flashed. "Because, Do you want to lead Akito to Tohru? If you were followed, they should be arriving shortly. And you all would be getting further involved than you already are."

"Please, if it means that you will not be hurt, please go!" Tohru stammered.

"Tohru, will you be ok?" Momiji asked her.

"I'll be fine, but I don't want to cause the rest of you any more pain. So, leave... go, and be careful!"

"Fine," Hatori said, "Everyone, move out. I'll take Kisa to the hospital, the rest

of you, find your own ways back home, or if you prefer, go to Shigure's house, Ayame, you're coming with me so that you don't cause problems. Haru, Kagura, take care of Hiro..."

"I'm going with Kisa!" Hiro proclaimed.

"Fine, then take care of Momiji, take him to his father in the apartment complex."

"ok." Haru and Kagura said.

"You four," Hatori said, addressing Shigure, Yuki, Kyo and Tohru, "be careful. Stay here, and try not to get hurt, and Shigure, you better not be up and about too much."

"Ok Hari." Shigure said, then he fell asleep.

"Take care everyone, I'll see you soon!" Tohru called out, as everyone started leaving. She followed Hatori into the room where Kisa was sleeping. Upon seeing Kisa, Tohru gasped. "Will she be ok?"

Hatori carefully lifted the unconscious tiger, "she should be ok."

"Umm, Hatori?" Tohru asked, "I didn't want to ask you this before, with everyone else around, but, would anything be better if I lost my mem..."

"Don't say that." Hatori answered sharply, "everyone here cares about you, and everything would be for loss if you were out of our lives. Besides, that's not what you want is it?"

"Well.. no, but if that's all that needs to happen to have everyone's pain stop, then that's what I want."

"Whenever a person's memories are erased, it is always harder on those who remain, who remember the person who no longer remembers them. Never Forget that. Look around you Tohru, everyone who you see, we don't want you to forget, We want to help you, because you have helped all of us. And knowing that, we can endure. Keep following your heart, and never give up."

Tohru's eyes welled with tears. She nodded. Hatori forced a smile, "every thing will be all right, you'll see." With that, he walked out of the room.

Tohru collapsed, she rolled into a ball let the tears run down her cheeks. She felt a hand on her back and looked up, and saw Kyo, Yuki, Saki, and Arisa.

"It's ok. It'll all be alright." Yuki said, taking his hand off Tohru's shaking back.

"I... I never thought that this would..." Tohru started. Kyo sat down next to her,

"Neither did we," he looked up at Saki, who, having found out their secret earlier that evening understood. She knelt down and enveloped Tohru in her arms. Arisa also hugged her. Yuki and Kyo looked at the three of them. A pounding at the door interrupted the scene. Startled, Kyo jumped up and he and Yuki rushed out of the room.

"HI!" Momiji said, "Haru got us lost, do you know how to get home?" Yuki and Kyo breathed a sigh of relief. "Yeah," Yuki answered.

As he was telling them how to get home, Kyo returned to the room where Tohru, Saki, and Arisa sat. Kyo's stomach grumbled. "Come on Uo, let's go make some food, because I'm pretty sure no one's eaten in awhile." Saki said, getting up.

"Uh, ok..." Arisa answered, being pulled by Saki.

Tohru and Kyo were quiet for awhile. Finally, Tohru said, "Kyo?"

"What?" Kyo asked.

"I can't think of anything to say..." she said, as new tears fell from her eyes.

Kyo smiled remembering the last time that she said that. He went over to her, and wiped away a tear from her cheek. "It's ok, you don't have to say anything." He moved closer to her,

"Kyo...." Tohru started, but she couldn't finish. Kyo gently pulled her head towards him.

"I love you." Kyo whispered into her ear, and kissed her on the forehead. Tohru wrapped her arms around him. There was a poof of smoke, and Tohru looked at the orange cat that sat in front of her.

"Kyo, I'm so sorry!" She said, picking him up in her arms. "I love you too, I don't want to be away from you,(Yuki walked into the room) or Yuki or anyone, but I feel like when I'm around you, people get hurt, and I don't want that to happen."

"Miss Honda, you're not the reason." Yuki said, walking in the room, "But you might want to get that stupid cat somewhere where Arisa won't see him."

"Right!" Tohru said, scooping up Kyo's clothes. When she and Kyo were in the hallway, he looked up at her.

"I have to agree with that damn rat," Kyo said.

"hmm?" Tohru asked, looking at the cat in her arms.

"It's not your fault, none of this should be a burden to you. You're too innocent and I get so frustrated because I know that it hurts you, but I can't do one damn thing about it!"

They went into the bathroom. Tohru put Kyo down and bent over to see him at eye-level. "Kyo, it's ok. You don't need to be so hard on yourself. Just being there with me eases any pain that you think you cause me." Tohru then patted the cat on the head, and walked out of the bathroom.

When she got back to the other room, she went over to Yuki who was standing by the window.

"So, Miss. Honda, are you sure you'll be all right. You've been through so much. None of us knew that this was going to happen. I'm so sorry for not helping you."

"But you did help me Yuki, everyone did. I was feeling very alone and abandoned in Akito's house, but you all came for me, suffered for my sake, I couldn't possibly expect for you to do anything more..." Yuki just looked out the window.

"Food's ready!" Arisa announced, "hey, where's Carrot-top?"

"Right here." Kyo answered coming down the hallway.

"Shall we go eat then?" asked Saki, walking up right behind Kyo, who jumped.

"Yes, let's go," Yuki agreed. The five friends filed out of the room, and sat in silence as they ate.

Ah- Chapter 8 finished, took me long enough "

Ok, in Chapter 9, I'm not entirely sure what will happen—they'll all go to school most likely, and it'll be fun, The outcome of everyone else who left will also be covered.... Confrontation between Yuki and Kyo about Tohru? Maybe.....

I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the previous ones also, I'm so sorry for not keeeping up with the updates, hopefully I'll be better about that '

Misty