Chapter 13: Evening Scare

Disclaimer: I do not own Furuba.

This is a rather strange/sad way to get the vacation started. And no need to fear, the vacation itself will last about 2 chapters (this being the first), there will be a separation of about six days between them. That way I can get it to end without having each day of the vacation a chapter.

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Kyo was downstairs eating breakfast with Tohru, when suddenly Katsuro walked in to the kitchen and sat in the chair between them. There was a plate of food for him as well as Shigure and Yuki on the other side of the table. He smiles at the two of them and then goes on eating. They couldn't believe how much he was eating. It was like his parents or something were always starving him. Then again, it had been a day or two since his parent's probably died, so maybe he was just so gloomy he couldn't eat.

Smiling at him at him happily, Tohru gets up from her chair and walks passed Kyo to the sink. Cleaning off her plate quickly, she turns back around after trying it and goes on passed the both of them. She stops at the threshold of the kitchen and looks at them, "I have to go to work. I'll be back around dinner time!" Finally, she leaves the kitchen as well as the house and goes on down the path that stretches all the way out to the main streets.

Tohru alertly walks across the road, crossing the street so that she could be on the same side of the sidewalk as the building her job was located in. Entering the building after walking a short way down, she puts her apron on so that dirt doesn't get on her clothes, and the bandana on to keep her hair out of her face while she works.

Momiji popped his head out from the side of another wall almost an hour or so later. "Hiiiiiiii!" He yells cheerfully, hopping over to her. Momiji was hardly ever not energetic. It was like a disease that made him constantly hyperactive. "How are you doing? Do you need help? I can do the rest if you like!" He seemed to be full of questions and helpfulness.

She stops her work and smiles at him, waving hello gently. "I'm doing fine Momiji-kun." Tohru says quietly, trying not to draw attention to herself. Lots of time was passing, she had already managed to be working there for three hours. It was just about three o'clock in the day by now.

Out of completely nowhere, women begin to call to Tohru. They had just now realized that she had taken about a twenty-minute break. She had been pretending to work a little before Momiji had come and talked to her full of enthusiasm. "Ms.Honda! Get back to work! You know that if your work isn't done, we wont let you off early today!" One of the taller women shouted to her as if she was a mile a way when she was actually only about fifteen feet from her.

Tohru nods repeatedly and then zooms around the floor cleaning the dishes, mopping and sweeping the floor, dusting any thing that had a speck of dust on it, and she cleaned the table of crumbs and misguided food. She fell down into a chair in the lobby. Momiji was prancing around her, humming as he played musical chairs by himself to exhaust all of his energy. Smiling at him she stood up and waved good-bye. "I'll see you in a few days, or sooner Momiji-kun!" She calls happily, and then leaves the building. Her hands were in front of her, together at her thighs as she walked down the sidewalk on the opposite side of the road from her job. Suddenly she began to skip down the path cheerfully. It was only six o'clock, so the sun was still up, getting ready to set in a couple hours. She'd be able to get home early and play games with Kyo, Yuki, Katsuro, and Shigure. Who knows, maybe some of the other members of the juunishi or Sohma family came over today.

As she made her way to turn into the forest where the path ended, someone grabbed her. She was pulled into the forest and tossed to the ground in a shadowy area near a bunch of trees. Three men stood circling her, grinning mischievously. Tohru yells in pain feeling cuts of all sorts on her arms and one across her left cheek. There were even more on her legs since she was wearing a skirt.

"Looks like we got a ourselves a little working girl here, boys." One of them said, kicking her limply. She shouts in a wince of pain and tries to crawl passed them, leaving all her work clothes near the trees she was thrown to. The man who had spoken stepped in front of her and pulled her up by her hair. He pulls her close and grins. "You're not going anywhere babe…." His voice smoothly trails off. Then suddenly, he slaps her across the face and she hits the ground in front of them. "Now…be a good little bitch and stop moving. We just wanna see what's under that top of yours." He laughs and kicks at her leg again.

The other two guys stare at the man who was talking; he was most likely their leader. By their faces it would seem as though they would rather leave Tohru alone, then do anything harmful to her. Then, a second guy walks to her and stares down at her just as the leader had done. "Yes… We'll have to do a thorough search, isn't that right?" He asks turning around to the final man who had yet to move.

He shakes his head blankly. "I'm sorry guys…but even if we are getting paid to … kill her… this isn't right." The man whispers to them, hoping they don't hear what he is saying.

Tohru was lying on the ground in complete pain. She was covered head to toe in cuts that were from the tree branches and twigs on the ground. Her face was red and bruised on the left side from the leader hitting her. Her legs were bruised from him kicking her as well. On a day where she was allowed to go home early all of this happens. A day where she didn't bother to ask or even show worry in front of Kyo or Yuki, just to make sure they didn't have to go out of their way to walk her home. "Pl…Please…stop." She cries out, her legs pulled up to her chest as best as she could, her arms wrapped around them. Tohru carefully buries her head in her knees.

The men stare at her and laugh.

By now the third man had left in search of police and doctors that could help the young girl he didn't even know. All he did know was that if anything bad happened to her, it'd be because he couldn't find help in time. And that wouldn't be a good thing at all.

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He skids to a stop at a large police department and explains everything about how his friends were attacking this girl and how they were paid to do so. A cop quickly gathered up some more police and had the ambulance come with them.

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Out of nowhere, someone jumps down from a tree behind one of the men, and then another figure jumps down behind the other. "Get away from her… right now." One of them said, both of them with their backs to the two guys. As the leader turns around a blow hits the side of his face. The figure behind him had spun and kicked him in the side of the head. He fell and was now unconscious. The other person that had jumped down from the tree knocked out the second attacker instantly.

The two of them turned around and revealed themselves as the light shone on them from a few spaces where there weren't any trees. Both of them extend their hand at the same time. And oddly enough, it was Kyo and Yuki. The two of them didn't yell at each other this time when they offered her a hand. Then, Kyo grabs her by the arm and pulls her up gently. "What happened to you!" He exclaims sounding extremely pissed off at something.

"I was attacked…" she whispers quietly. "By a few guys, that's all…. I'm fine…" Tohru was shaking as she spoke and clearly she was frightened of ever leaving the house and coming back alone again. Tears were dripping down her cheeks. "I.. I tried not to cry Kyo-kun… because… I know that it bothers you…" She whimpers gently then she feels herself getting pushed into Kyo. He had hugged her on his own freewill and that wasn't often. Once more he was embracing her for a few minutes. And just before he felt his transformation coming on, he pulled away from her, placing his hand on her head. "We should get you to the doctors…." Was all he said as the both of them helped her along. Since they were unable to hold her since they would transform, they kept a tight grasp on her hand and held her up that way.

Yuki broke the short silence as they reached the sidewalk, many eyes on them. The cops, ambulance, as well as the third man were standing in front of them now. "Honda-san… did you forget to tell us something?" He asks curiously.

She shook her head gently and looks at the people that were in front of them. The cops spoke up loud and clear, "Let go of the girl and step away!" Kyo and Yuki sigh and kneel down, allowing her to sit.

"Look officer… we are Ms. Honda's friends. We helped her in the forest." Yuki says clearly trying to see if they'd just allow the three of them to pass without having a large broadcast over who they are and such.

Kyo just groans and walks back to Tohru after only taking a step back. "We'll go to Hatori instead, okay Tohru?" He says quietly as he helps her back to her feet and drapes her arm around his neck. It was this way that he didn't have to worry about transforming, only helping her get to the Main Sohma housing was on his mind. As long as she didn't fall into him, he wouldn't poof into a cat. The cops glare and run after Kyo. Yuki stops them and quickly explains that he is taking her to a personal doctor so that she can be properly taken care of. Understanding this they all left, except for the third man from the gang.

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"Sir…. I am sorry that my former friends did that to her." He bows his head and sighs. "I shouldn't have even gone with them. But a woman…. named Akito, paid us to go and kill her. I…couldn't do it." He looks up at Yuki and sees that he glares the moment he heard the name of the woman, "She said to us that we should kill her at all costs. And they easily went along with it. I'm so sorry…" He bows his head once more and straightens up quickly to meet Yuki eye to eye.

He waves his hand in slight forgiveness. "I'm glad you acted the way you did. Going to find the police and such. It wasn't right what your friends were going to do to Honda-san." Yuki says to him then walks away, heading in the direction, again, of the Sohma estate.

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The three of them were there now. Tohru was lying on a bed in Hatori's house and he was putting antibacterial cream all over the wounds on her arms and legs. He places a bandage on her cheek to cover the bruise that she received when the leader hit her. Kyo and Yuki were sitting patiently in the same room as Tohru and Ha-san. Their eyes were obviously full of worry. Even though they hated each other, they both cared deeply for Tohru, and because of that, they put their pure hatred on hold just to make sure she was okay.

Her eyes slowly open after having passed out when they reached Hatori's home. "Whe.. where am I?" she whispers quietly as she looks around the room. She smiles at Kyo and Yuki. They send a gentle smile back to her. She sits up and looks at the bandages all over her arms and legs, she could even feel the bandage on her cheek. The pain was unlike what Akito had done to her. It hurt so much worse. Especially since she was being hit, kicked, and thrown by two men who didn't care one bit what happened to her. The sight of the two men hitting the ground made her heart jump, and when she saw that it was Kyo and Yuki she remembered how she smiled at them as though nothing happened. Like she had not a care in the world. One of the only things that mattered to her was her friends: The Juunishi (most of them), Arisa, and Saki.

They got up and stood on opposite bedsides. "Hatori says you're going to be fine…" Yuki says to her to make her feel a little more comfortable.

Kyo groans and stares at her. "You should've told one of us you were getting out earlier you dummy! We could've walked you home and none of this would've happened!" he shouts in sheer annoyance. She smiles at Kyo making home really wonder. "You know Tohru, you're really confusing…." He smiles back and taps her on the head gently with his fist.

"Hai!"

The three of them laugh and they pull chairs to her bedside and sit down. Kyo leans back and looks at the ceiling thinking about how he could've stopped the two guys if only he had gone with her.

Yuki places his hand on her's and smiles. "We'll be here the five days that you'll be here." When she heard the part about 'five days' she was almost in shock. She almost leapt out of her bed and ran down to her job to inform them of her injuries. Yuki pulled her back down to the bed. "Don't worry Honda-san! I'm betting that Momiji will come later today or tomorrow and tell them for you. You're going to end up overexerting yourself." He says peacefully trying to soothe her.

Looking back at them Kyo groans and gets to his feet. Tohru looks at him and almost unnoticeably shakes her head. He sighs a little and sits back down in the chair beside her bed. "Tohru… go to sleep already!"

"But I just woke up…." She whispers to Kyo gently.

He shakes his head and gets back to his feet again. Bringing his hand up he runs it through the front of his hair. His fingers were in his hair, and the palm of his hand on his forehead. "If you're not in so much pain that you are wide awake, then why can't we all go home! We have a bed there don't we?" he exclaims getting a little embarrassed about what happened last night and early when he had her arm around his neck. His face was beet red.

She smiles at him and gently slides out of bed. "We can go home…" Tohru says softly, limping on both legs. Hatori quickly, but gently, places crutches under her arms and lets her walk.

Yuki's eyes get large as he gets to his feet and runs to Tohru's side. "You shouldn't be walking around Tohru. You were just hurt…" he says quickly in disbelief at how she wasn't showing the least bit of reaction to the almost certain pain she was feeling.

She stops as Kyo steps in front of her. His hands were at his sides and he stares at her. "You don't have to force yourself to walk home with us. I'm…. sorry about making you feel like you had to because I was so aggravated." Looking down as he spoke he whispers quietly, "I'm just really mad that I wasn't able to help you before you got hurt…" His voice was almost unnoticeable amongst the noises from all over Hatori's house as he gave other Sohma patients' shots and medicine.

Pushing him out of the way gently, she laughs and leaps passed him with help from the crutches. Kyo and Yuki follow her quickly so that she doesn't get out of their sight. Soon enough, they arrive back at Shigure's home. He had paid completely no attention to her nor her injuries. It was as though she was just some person they brought into the house that he decided was invisible. Staying by her side as they carefully walked upstairs, Kyo and Yuki helped her into her room.

Slowly she lets herself fall onto her bed and stare at the ceiling. "They…almost killed me." She spoke quietly, catching the two of them off guard. Kyo and Yuki turn around to look at her, seeming very said. Together, their eyes showed the utter worry and regret for not just automatically assuming that they should go and walk her home from work. "If you two hadn't shown up…." She continues on softly, " I could've been raped…or killed…" Her voice shook as tears began to drip down from her eyes. It was hard not to think this way now of course. Since the two of them saved her, it felt only right to think about the worst possible things that could've happened.

Kyo and Yuki stare at her sorrowfully. The two of them smile at her, showing that they were just happy now that nothing in the 'worse possible scenarios' happened. No sooner had that smile showed up had it quickly vanished. She was asleep and their worry returned. Everything slowly became a feeling of entire regret and complete sorrow. It was all pushing down on their shoulders now. They blamed themselves for the pain that was inflicted upon her. All they were able to say was that the worst didn't happen. Not yet.

Another day! Yet another Chapter! I hope everyone enjoys reading this chapter! Two straight chapters of somewhat sadness coming from me... Sorry to all my reviewers! But this is how I have it planned out, so to those of who who like the character, then, feel free to say w.e u like in the reviews!

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K40Sohma: I'm hoping that you liked the chapter and weren't only reviewing because you planned to steal the Kyo plushie like doll, lol.

YoukaiOnigiri:Sorry about confusing you! This chapter, I think will make you hate Akito even more. I wasn't aiming for that, but what happens in the next 3-8 chapters I've had planned since the beginning of the fanfic, lol. So this chapter came from my original ideas. It'll all build up soon enough!

I luv kyo: Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Your really kind! I guess that's why my chapters are so long, full of detail! Glad to see someone likes my style of writing/typing!

Ultimate-Furuba-Freak: For some reason I find it hard to believe that so many people dislike Yuki! Though I don't like him either! Lol! You want me to type more then 19-20 chapters! Lol. It all depends, unless you have a way for me to add more by the time I get to the ending, then I may type more! But so far, nothing has really jumped at me. I'm extremely happy to see that you like it so much that you're surprised I am ending it with not too many chapters! Awwww my story is happy that you hugged it! Lol. Thanks for the hug? (laughs) I hope you liked this chapter! Well…sorta! I mean, I don't want you to like what happened, but I hope you know what I mean! Haha.. Please enjoy the rest of the story as I continue to type.