Uo ran off in the direction of Shigure's house with Yuki behind her. They arrived there and noticed that there was something horrible in the air. There was a strange smell and the silence surrounding the house was deafening.
"Kyo! Kyo!" Uo shouted.
Uo and Yuki looked at the partially destroyed living room and they stepped over the door and a lamp. Uo looked around the room, examining the damage. Yuki looked at the totaled desk in Shigure's office.
"Kyo! Tohru! Writer guy!" Uo called out.
When Yuki returned to the room Uo looked frightened and Yuki touched her soothingly and they heard a moan coming from under them on the couch. Uo and Yuki jumped up and tore off the remaining cushions and saw a foot sticking out and they looked farther through where a cover should have overlapped all of the metal springs and things. A bloody arm with the red and white beaded bracelet on the wrist was reaching out.
"Kyo!" Uo gasped. "How do we get him out of there?"
Yuki examined the situation and decided Kyo could endure a little more pain and he pushed his leg in. Kyo yelped in pain as it scraped against a broken spring. Once Kyo was completely under the couch Yuki and Uo flipped it over and dragged Kyo out.
They moved him onto a chair that didn't look broken and stood at his sides.
"What happened?" Yuki inquired.
"Akito happened dammit! He took her somewhere, he was mad I tried but he got her."
"Who? Who did he take?" Yuki panicked, fearing for Tohru.
"Hanajima," Kyo replied.
Yuki seemed confused, he was sure that it would be Tohru, Hana… why would she be here? Yuki thought for a while and then he remembered that he went to Hanajima for help. She must have come and gotten in Akito's way, his rage drove him to take Hana and do something horrible to Hana for refusing to give into his demands.
"Is Tohru here?" Yuki continued on, his tone changed to a more dread.
"Upstairs I think," Kyo groaned when Uo touched his hand.
Yuki went upstairs and saw Tohru sitting on her bed hugging herself and every minute or so looking at her hands. Her eyes were wide even when she looked at Yuki. She ran to him and hugged his arm.
"Yuki, I'm so glad your back! There's something wrong with Akito. Something you should know," Tohru whispered.
"Tohru, your hands!" Yuki noticed.
Dried blood stained her snow-white hands and it was all over the sleeves of her dress.
"Let me explain. Akito came while Hana was here and she told him not to come near me. She said that something about his waves wasn't right. But, what you don't know is that Akito has two sides. His kind, sensitive side is the one I love but, the one you all see is his more evil side. He's been fighting it back ever since that day. But, he's so scary now and I can't reach him. I can't reach him anymore. Yuki what am I going to do?" Tohru broke into tears and sobbed into her blood stained hands.
Yuki realized that he couldn't break this new bond between the woman he loved and the man that she wanted. He was being selfish because the man he despised the most got the core of his affection to fall in love with him. He was jealous and there was nothing that he could do to prevent the fact that she was in love. Now that he had admitted his feelings to himself he was able to focus better on the matter at hand, was that Hanajima's blood on Tohru's hands?
"Was Hanajima alright when he took her?"
"Who told you?"
"Kyo, he's downstairs with Uo."
"No, when she wouldn't move Akito shoved her and she hit her head on the bookcase. She still wouldn't let him near me so he took her away. He said that he would get rid of her so that she couldn't interfere anymore. I think he went to the main house and forced all of the other juunishi to show that even if he is in love with an outsider no one else can interfere."
Uo ran off in the direction of Shigure's house with Yuki behind her. They arrived there and noticed that there was something horrible in the air. There was a strange smell and the silence surrounding the house was deafening.
"Kyo! Kyo!" Uo shouted.
Uo and Yuki looked at the partially destroyed living room and they stepped over the door and a lamp. Uo looked around the room, examining the damage. Yuki looked at the totaled desk in Shigure's office.
"Kyo! Tohru! Writer guy!" Uo called out.
When Yuki returned to the room Uo looked frightened and Yuki touched her soothingly and they heard a moan coming from under them on the couch. Uo and Yuki jumped up and tore off the remaining cushions and saw a foot sticking out and they looked farther through where a cover should have overlapped all of the metal springs and things. A bloody arm with the red and white beaded bracelet on the wrist was reaching out.
"Kyo!" Uo gasped. "How do we get him out of there?"
Yuki examined the situation and decided Kyo could endure a little more pain and he pushed his leg in. Kyo yelped in pain as it scraped against a broken spring. Once Kyo was completely under the couch Yuki and Uo flipped it over and dragged Kyo out.
They moved him onto a chair that didn't look broken and stood at his sides.
"What happened?" Yuki inquired.
"Akito happened dammit! He took her somewhere, he was mad I tried but he got her."
"Who? Who did he take?" Yuki panicked, fearing for Tohru.
"Hanajima," Kyo replied.
Yuki seemed confused, he was sure that it would be Tohru, Hana… why would she be here? Yuki thought for a while and then he remembered that he went to Hanajima for help. She must have come and gotten in Akito's way, his rage drove him to take Hana and do something horrible to Hana for refusing to give into his demands.
"Is Tohru here?" Yuki continued on, his tone changed to a more dread.
"Upstairs I think," Kyo groaned when Uo touched his hand.
Yuki went upstairs and saw Tohru sitting on her bed hugging herself and every minute or so looking at her hands. Her eyes were wide even when she looked at Yuki. She ran to him and hugged his arm.
"Yuki, I'm so glad your back! There's something wrong with Akito. Something you should know," Tohru whispered.
"Tohru, your hands!" Yuki noticed.
Dried blood stained her snow-white hands and it was all over the sleeves of her dress.
"Let me explain. Akito came while Hana was here and she told him not to come near me. She said that something about his waves wasn't right. But, what you don't know is that Akito has two sides. His kind, sensitive side is the one I love but, the one you all see is his more evil side. He's been fighting it back ever since that day. But, he's so scary now and I can't reach him. I can't reach him anymore. Yuki what am I going to do?" Tohru broke into tears and sobbed into her blood stained hands.
Yuki realized that he couldn't break this new bond between the woman he loved and the man that she wanted. He was being selfish because the man he despised the most got the core of his affection to fall in love with him. He was jealous and there was nothing that he could do to prevent the fact that she was in love. Now that he had admitted his feelings to himself he was able to focus better on the matter at hand, was that Hanajima's blood on Tohru's hands?
"Was Hanajima alright when he took her?"
"Who told you?"
"Kyo, he's downstairs with Uo. It'll be okay, Tohru."
"No, when she wouldn't move Akito shoved her and she hit her head on the bookcase. She still wouldn't let him near me so he took her away. He said that he would get rid of her so that she couldn't interfere anymore. I think he went to the main house and forced all of the other juunishi to show that even if he is in love with an outsider no one else can interfere."
Tohru burst out in tears and sobbed into Yuki's shirt. Yuki clenched his fists and pushed Tohru away. Yuki rose to his feet and a tear dropped on Tohru's hand and she looked up. Yuki, so strong and so proud now was the one crying and Tohru stopped. She stood next to him and grabbed his hand.
"Yuki, every time you tell me 'It'll be okay,' I know it will be. But, we have to go after her. Yuki! We have to go after her! Yuki!"
"I hear you but, I don't know what to do," Yuki said frustratedly. "Tohru! I can't go up against Akito! He IS God! I am nothing! It's him against me, who do you think is going to win!" Yuki shouted.
"Damn rat! It's not just you!" Kyo yelled from the door.
Yuki and Tohru looked at Kyo and Uo standing there together and he thought for a short while and nodded. They weren't many but, they were together as one and they could do this, they could confront Akito.
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