Summary: Two months after the mass murdering, which included: Yuki, Akito and Jeimii and the Orient Express finally pulled into the station, Tohru feels happy, but lonely. But what's worse is now Yuki is popping up in Tohru's mind and she's seeing him, one night she speaks to him. He tells her the Inspector didn't kill him, he was murdered by someone else. Now Tohru must find out who did kill Yuki...
"In The Arms Of An Angel"
Chapter 4
The Encounter With A Ghost
Tohru tried her hardest not to think of Yuki when cooking dinner that night, as she'd nearly burnt the house down cooking some beef stew
Haru had locked himself away in his room, not letting anyone in, not even Momiji, and they shared a room
"What's the matter, Tohru?" asked Shigure, finally "You seem flustered. Is something wrong?"
"Oh, er... No" lied Tohru "I'm fine" she added, placing slightly over-cooked stew onto the table and pushing it towards Shigure, an un-impressed Kyo and Momiji, who, as quick as a reflex, started munching the whole lot down. Tohru went upstairs
"H- Haru?" she called at Haru's door
"What?" came his voice, it sounded upset
"Dinner's ready if you want some?" she asked "But if you don't want it downstairs I'll bring you some up?"
The door slid open. Haru's eyes were red and puffy, which reminded Tohru of when she was on the Orient Express, after Haru had beaten up Jeimii
"Nah, I'll have it downstairs" said Haru
"Okay!" said Tohru, smiling
When they got downstairs, Momiji was eating the rest out of the pan, Kyo was looking as though he didn't know whether to eat it or attack it and Shigure was reading the paper, a full plate in front of him
"Ah," Shigure said "nice of you to join us. I decided it would be appropriate if we waited until you arrived to eat"
"Shigure," said Tohru "if you don't want it, you can tell me!"
"We don't like it!" said Shigure "I-usually-enjoy-eating-all-your-dinners-but-this-one-just-looks-like-icky-smelly-disgusting-"
"Okay, Shigure!" said Tohru, hands on hips "I get you! I'll make another batch"
"Can I have everyone elses!" shouted Momiji, to no-one in particular
Everyone slid their plate to Momiji, who seemed to eat it all in the blink of an eye. He patted his belly and said "More, please!"
Kyo hissed "YOU JUST EVERYONE ELSES!" he shouted
"Okay..." said Momiji "... More, please with a cherry on top!"
"Grrrrr!" hissed Kyo, again
While everyone was sat down waiting for another batch of beef stew, Tohru cooked it in the kitchen. While passing the window, she glanced out of it, to see Yuki's face, pressed against the glass, arms above him, pressed against the glass too
"AGH!" Tohru screamed, dropping the pan and spilling the contents to the floor
Everyone came rushing in, Tohru on the floor, head in her arms, crying
"Tohru!" said Shigure "You look like you've seen a ghost"
"I-I-I have!" said Tohru
Everyone gasped
"What?" asked Kyo "There's no such thing as ghosts!"
"Yes there is!" said Momiji "A kid at my old school bought a book in, the one with 'The Foolish Traveller' in it and-"
"OH NO! YOU'RE NOT STARTING THAT AGAIN!" shouted Kyo
"What did you see, Tohru?" asked Haru "Or who?"
"It... was... It..." stuttered Tohru
"Who?" asked Shigure
"It was... Yuki" she said
Everyone looked at her
"Yuki's dead" said Kyo
"Yeah, thanks for the reminder!" said Haru, giving evil looks to Kyo
"Duh!" said Momiji "That's what a ghost is! The apparition of a dead soul... But they say ghosts only come back if they have unfinished business, and if they can't finish that business, their soul roams the earth... forever"
"Thanks for the scientific side of it," said Kyo, sarcastically "But why the hell would Yuki come back?"
BANG!
Everyone screamed. It was the front door.
BANG!
Slowly, Haru reached for a saucepan from the cupboard
"I'll get it" he said, no one laughed though
Slowly, everyone headed for the door (everyone behind Haru, of course). Haru gripped the pan handle harder as Kyo slowly reached out to open the door
BANG!
Everyone took two-or-three steps back, but continued to the door
Kyo once again reached for the door knob, he turned the handle and slowly he slid the door open, cowering behind Haru, who was ready to beat who-ever was behind that door to a pulp
The door creaked, though it never usually did, but nothing was there
BANG!
It was the back door now, it flung open and a gust of wind so strong that it knocked everyone off their feet. But once again nothing was there...
Footsteps were heard going up the stairs, fast-paced ones; this was getting dangerous
"Everyone! Stay together! No matter what!" shouted Haru
Lightning struck down, then a clap of thunder, then it rained, but not natural rain, it was very heavy.
They slowly ascended (climbed) the stairs
CRASH!
Something in Yuki's old room had fallen. They rushed into there, to see the window open wide, rain pouring in, the lightning struck again, thunder rolled. Haru put down the pan, closed the window, while Tohru went to see what had broken.
It was a photo of the Orient Express and everyone stood infront of it...
(A/N: Dum-dum-dum! Oh no! If that scared you, good! I'm scared myself and my cat's scared too (of something outside) But find out in the next chapter what happens next! Is the photo a clue or is a poltergeist haunting Shigure's house?)