Summary: Tohru, Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, Haru and Momiji get the chance of a lifetime as they are whisked away on a four-day trip on The Orient Express! But all trouble breaks loose as some one is killed and a detective-type crime sweep pursues…

"A TRAIN RIDE TO REMEMBER"

CHAPTER 7

She took Momiji back and walked down the train to the front to see a crowd, she pushed past them all and on the floor was…

Yuki, a puddle of blood around him

Tohru was just stood there, gazing at Yuki's lifeless, pale, purple eyes. Yuki just seemed to be staring into space. Kyo, who was in the corner being questioned by a man, who was wearing a blue uniform. A gold badge hung from his suit, which Tohru made out said 'Train Inspector: Making Your Railways Safe'. A second one hung under it said 'Dt. Insp. Morse'. He looked shiftily around as he questioned Kyo. Kyo was pale and had a drink in his hand, though he couldn't keep it steady.

A million thoughts were rushing through Tohru's mind

'How'd this happen?'

'Yuki was the one who let me into the house-'

'Will I still be allowed in?'

'What's gonna happen now?'

She started shaking a burst into tears. The one person from the Sohma family to first be nice to her was gone, and he wasn't coming back. Eventually the train was stopped at the nearest station in Akita to remove Yuki's body, which now was in the first-aid coach. Not even family and friends were allowed near it.

Tohru rushed back to compartment 75 to tell the others about Yuki's unexpected death. They didn't take it too well.

"What?" Shigure gasped

"When? What happened?" asked Momiji

"They found his body in the first coach on he train" said Tohru, tears in her eyes

But Yuki suddenly left Tohru's mind, she remembered Haru

"Where's Haru?" she said, a desperate tone to her voice

"We don't know, we haven't seen him all day" said Momiji, Shigure nodded

A huge voice sounded all over the train

"Will all passengers please disembark from the train, please"

There was a shuffle of feet heard from compartment 75, which seemed to be oddly quiet as Tohru, Momiji and Shigure cried silently, the occasional sniffle was heard from one another, other-wise they didn't move or speak to one another. Tohru got up, she knew exactly where she was going, which was to find Haru and maybe Jeimii, it depended if his mother had taken him. No one said anything to Tohru as she left.

The train was deserted, and the atmosphere wasn't cheerful as had once been, about 2 or 3 hours ago. Tohru went at first to the sleeping coaches, despite the fact that about 500 or-so faces were staring at her as she walked through the train. She didn't care at all. She looked out when she thought no one was looking, and saw lots of people, some were smoking cigarettes or cigars, Tohru even saw some smoking pipes. There were also puzzled looks on some of their faces, obviously not knowing some one so dear to her had died. She carried on walking to the sleeping coaches, her head down. She finally reached the sleeping coaches and remembered she didn't know where Jeimii's bed was, or compartment to be honest, but she tried to remember earlier that day, where Jeimii was gossiping to his friend, the compartment number, what was it? She thought to herself.

She decided just to check everyone of the 71-80 compartmented coaches. She never found Jeimii, or Haru, so they must have been outside. But instead of going outside or back to compartment 75, she just sat on the bed of the 6 beds reserved for compartment 75 and she cried, and cried. Suddenly there was a knock on the wood which separated the rooms, and the curtain drawn a gruff voice called out

"Anyone in here?" he asked

"Y-y-y-yes" Tohru stuttered

"Hello there," he said

Tohru found him vaguely familiar in his royal blue uniform and the two badges, which hung from it, and then she remembered it was the inspector

"I'm Dt. Insp. Morse" he said, "I'm here to ask you some questions about… Yuki Sohma I believe?"

"Y-yes" she said

'He thinks I've done something to Yuki' she thought as the man descended upon the bed opposite her. The only noise coming from outside the room. People were obviously allowed back on board

(A/N: Check out Chapter 8 for more!)