"Akito…" Hatori stood before Akito's thin frame and then kneeled. "Akito, Tohru's been kidnapped. I don't know who did it or why, but they left this," Hatori's voice was oddly calm for the situation, compared to how the rest of the Sohmas were reacting.
He handed Akito the scribbled note that had been left in the kitchen. Akito read it quickly, "Hmm…. someone has captured precious Tohru Honda," Akito's voice was calm as well, but edged with malice. He glared at Hatori, who was staring at the floor. "Are you upset Hari?"
Hatori looked shocked that his name had been spoken. "Oh, well I suppose I am…a bit…. shaken," Hatori's voice no longer seemed calm, only like he was trying to hold back hysterics.
"I see," Akito glanced at the paper again. "Well, I suppose if it's important to you that we get her back, I will go." Hatori looked up at him wide-eyed, as though shocked at his acceptance of the request. In all honesty, he was expecting him to decline, condemning Tohru to whatever fate they had in store for her in a week's time. Probably death. This had worried him.
Akito only smirked at Hatori's response. "I've always wanted to go to America," he said and laughed at Hatori's confused face at his words.
- - -
"Teeheehee" Tohru giggled at the jokes being told by Sabrina and Sarah. It was midnight, and the plane had been in the air for hours. Natalie and McKenna were sleeping behind them, but the front three were far too high off the cookies given to them by the plane attendant to go asleep.
Flashback"Gimme those cookies," Sarah said sternly to the flight attendant with the food cart, "All of them."
The flight attendant was too afraid of Sarah to deny her request for all 50 cookies.
End of flashback
"Teehee," Tohru was gasping for breath from all the laughter she had in the past few hours, "So where are we all going anyway?" she asked. "Oh, America," Sabrina said indifferently. But Tohru was wide-eyed. "A-A-Amer-erica?" she stuttered. "Yep," was the reply.
Wow, America. I never thought that I would ever go there. It must be a truly amazing country. I am sooooooo lucky that I get to visit! "Ok, how about this one," Sarah said a bit loudly, but no one seemed to mind. They then continued on their high joking spree and laughed insanely, growing steadily louder with it.
Finally, right after Tohru gave out a screeching roar of laughter, two dark figures appeared in the hallway to their right. Suddenly, Tohru felt a hand smack her cheek that followed with a rush of pain. She heard Sarah and Sabrina let out moans of pain, and Sarah was clutching her knee.
"Would you two shut up!" came a deep voice that could only be from one person, "We're trying to sleep dammit now shut up!"
The three just froze in their seats, not daring to say anything. When McKenna and Natalie thought that they had done their job, they walked back to their seats. No one dared say anything else, so they let themselves drift into sleep.
- - -
Smack "Wake up dammit, we're getting off the plane!" Tohru opened her eyes, a bit dazed. But the rush of pain in her face quickly awakened her. When her vision came into focus, she saw McKenna looking down at her, hands on hips.
Natalie grabbed her fiercely when she didn't stand up immediately and put her on her feet. They waited patiently to exit the plane.
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