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, Haru and Kyo must find out who did kill Yuki...


"In The Arms Of An Angel"

Chapter 23

Realizations & Kidnapping

Tohru started to move, "What's going on?" she asked looking around "Agh! My stomach"

"What?" asked Haru "Oh! Tohru! You're OK!"

Yuki disappeared after that, Haru helped Tohru down the stairs, where their bags were and waited outside for the coach to arrive

They wrapped her stomach tightly in blankets, to stop her from loosing too much blood

"D-Did Yuki say Kyoko murdered him?" asked Tohru looking at Haru

"Yeah... He did..." replied Haru

"Whoa? What happened?" asked Kyo, turning around, Shigure too listening and looking out for the coach

"Yuki told me Kyoko murdered him" said Tohru

"What? That cow, no offence Haru, killed Yuki? I don't believe it, I was there when Yuki was killed... He's lying," said Kyo, realising "He wants to kill Kyoko! That's his unfinished business!"

"What?" said Shigure "That's stupid! Why would he wanna kill Kyoko?"

"She killed him, he wants her gone... He wanted us to kill her, so he can rest in harmony" said Kyo

"I wouldn't go so far as kill," said Shigure, finally turning round "Maybe just revenge"

Things seemed to fit into place now, maybe Yuki's unfinished business was to get revenge on Kyoko

Ha'ri arrived beeping the horn

"We can't go now!" said Kyo

"Why?" asked Shigure, about to go say hello

"We've just found out about this, we gotta get on the train!" said Kyo, pointing towards the dark carriages

Storm clouds lingered over-head again, dull and grey, just how Tohru was feeling

Shigure went up to the coach doors, just as rain pelted itself down onto him

"We've got a problem!"he said, knocking on the doors

"What is it?" asked Ha'ri

"Tohru's been hurt" said Shigure, pointing towards the blanket covered and, now drenched Tohru

"Bring her in" said Ha'ri, sighing "You know I only check up Sohma members. I'll make this one exception"

"C'mon over Tohru!" shouted Shigure

Tohru wondered over, Haru and Kyo helping her up onto the coach

Ha'ri pulled open the first two layers of blanket, to see blood

"What's happened to her?" he asked, pulling off the last blanket to reveal a stab wound

"She was stabbed" said Shigure, a little sarcasm in his voice

"I think I know that now" said Ha'ri, glaring at Shigure

Ha'ri sat Tohru down on one of the seats, cleared up the wound; using antiseptic and stitched it up with a needle in his first aid kit. Then he put a bandage over it

"It should hold until we get home," he said "Right, I'll get your bags on the coach and then we can go"

"Erm..." said Shigure

"What have you done?" asked Ha'ri leaning against the rail on the coach

"There's been a change in plan," said Shigure, sheepishly "We kinda need to 'explore' the train"

"No," said Kyo "We need to break into the train"

"Yeah, what he said" replied Shigure, looking at Ha'ri and pointing to Kyo

Kyo grabbed a nearby brick; which had fallen out of its place it the wall of the station, and threw it at the window of the last luggage carriage of the train

Shigure held up some keys, which he got out of his poncho "Wouldn't these have helped? I have keys to everyone of these carriages"

"You had the keys to every carriage all along?" said Kyo, getting louder with every word "THEN WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU TELL US!"

"You should've asked" replied Shigure, looking through the keys "Ah here's the one for the luggage coach"

Every glanced at his hand

The key itself was a dull brass. It had the words 'Lugg. 3' written on it, though it wasn't very big. Everyone stared at it in awe, as though it answered all of life's problems

Tohru walked slowly up to it, reached out her hand; then suddenly lightning struck the coach and thunder rumbled very loudly over-head, everyone was thrown to the floor

"What was that?" asked Haru, picking himself up, and helping Tohru

"Lightning" said Shigure, looking at the roof, as though it were to strike again

"Let's go," said Ha'ri "The sooner we do this, the sooner we can go home..."

They ran outside and onto the train, everyone was shaking when Shigure placed the key into the lock, even Ha'ri. Shigure slowly turned the key; it clicked, meaning it had opened. Then he suddenly yanked the door open and said:

"It was taking too much time..."

They peered inside, it was so dusty, as if no one had been in it for years; even though it had only been a few months

Tohru took a step inside the carriage. Thunder rumbled again, seeming more dangerous sounding

"I have the feeling we shouldn't be in here" said Ha'ri looking around

Tohru walked to the middle of the room, and looked round, glass was shattered and on the floor, rain was pouring in from the window

"Tohru... Tohru..."

"What was that?" asked Tohru, looking more frightened

"What was what?" asked Haru, now looking scared, his eyes shifting around

Suddenly, the train trembled beneath them

"Oh no" said Tohru "It's happening!"

"What happening?" asked Shigure, panic in his voice

"This was like in my dream!" she screamed "We have to get off"

All the doors slammed shut, Tohru was trapped inside the luggage carriage

"AGH! HELP ME!" she screamed jolting to the door, wincing in pain

The manager came rushing out in some over-the-top, official looking pyjamas

"Wait! Where are you going!" he shouted after them "The bridge ahead is out! The track leads off the cliff!"

"Did you hear that?" asked Kyo "We gotta stop this thing!"

"I'll go" said Ha'ri

"Me too" said Shigure, looking proud

"I'm not going any more" replied Ha'ri

"Oh, I'll go!" shouted Kyo "I've stopped this thing countless times before"

"Two?" said Shigure "That's not countless"

"Always a funny man" said Kyo, running off, Haru running after him "And help Tohru get outta there!"

(A/N: OK, never really thought about putting this part in... This should add another chapter --"... But I'll be sad when it ends... Keep reading!)