Hi! I can't believe I'm at chapter twelve! Yay! Well here it is
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Chapter twelve
Attack
"Welcome back Kyo-kun," Tohru said as Kyo walked into the dojo.
"Hey. I stopped by Akito's shop," he said.
"What? Did she see you?" Tohru asked. Kyo shook his head.
"No. I didn't even go inside. I was going to but I ran into Uotani and she told me every thing that I needed to know. Akito has some of his men looking for us but is keeping it a secret. He's also threatening anyone for information,"
"Are Uo-chan and Hana-chan alright?" Tohru asked, worriedly.
"They're both fine. After you ran away, Akito was too busy trying to find out where you had gone to do anything to them. They haven't even been questioned yet,"
"But Akito-san will question them soon and she might hurt them if they don't give her the answer she wants,"
"And what are you going to do? If you go back there she'll kill you, you said it yourself. If you gave yourself up, you would just be hurting Uotani and Hanajima even more. Besides, Uotani and Hanajima are tough, they can run away if it gets to hard for them," Tohru sighed.
"I guess you're right," Kyo smiled at her and rested his hand on her shoulder.
"It'll be alright. Shishou and I will find away to prove that Akito is involved with the black market and we'll have her arrested and everything will be alright. I promise,"
Tohru walked down the streets, trying to keep a low profile. She kept repeating Kazuma's advice over and over in her head. 'Keep a low profile. Akito might have some of her spies searching for you so be careful and don't tell anyone where you're staying, even your friends.' Tohru slowly passed where she used to work and resisted the urge to run in and find Uotani and Hanajima. 'I'll just hurt them if I go in there. I'll have to wait until Kazuma-san comes up with a plan to see them. I'm sorry Uo-chan, Hana-can.' she quickened her walk and passed the shop without glancing at it. But she wasn't fast enough. Someone inside the shop had looked out the window right when she had passed. 'Tohru?' the observer hurried outside and followed her. The clueless Tohru slackened her speed and observed the other shops.
"Tohru what are you doing here?" Tohru's heart jumped as she felt someone grab her arm. She spun around and faced Yuki.
"Yuki-kun?" she asked, surprised.
"I'm so glad I found you. When I found out that you had ran away I was worried about you. How are you? Are you ok? Did Akito hurt you badly?"
"I'm fine Yuki-kun. Everything's alright. I'm being taken care off,"
"Who's taking care of you?" Tohru bowed her head sadly.
"I'm sorry Yuki-kun but I can't tell you that. All I can tell you is that I'm safe," Yuki smiled faintly.
"I'm glad. To tell you the truth, I'm glad you ran away from Akito but I'm also worried about you. Akito's doing everything in her power to track you down and she won't give up until she finds you," Tohru smiled at him.
"I know that. That's why we're coming up with a plan to prove that Akito-san is involved with the Black Market. Once we prove that, I'll be able to go back again," Yuki continued to look worried.
"But won't you get in trouble for working for her?" Tohru shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know. But I don't care as long as Akito-san is unable to hurt anymore people," Yuki smiled faintly.
"You're such a nice person Honda-san," Tohru blushed, making him laugh.
"Modest too. But please, take care of yourself," Tohru smiled and nodded.
"I will. See you," and she left.
Kyo looked out at the night sky, trying to form a plan in his mind. 'We have to get Akito arrested but if we're not careful, Tohru and a lot of other people who work for her could get arrested as well. We have to find away for only the people who disserve it to be arrested. But how are we going to do that. The police are bound to ask questions and if we don't tell them the truth, we can get in a lot more trouble.' "Kyo-kun, dinner's ready," Tohru said. Kyo nodded and stood up. "What were you doing in here all alone?" she asked.
"Just thinking. We're running out of time to trap Akito. Soon she'll find out where we are and send her thugs to come and get you," Tohru sighed.
"But all we have to do is show evidence that Akito-san is involved and then it's over,"
"It's not that simple. If we're not careful they can arrest you and everyone else that works there. We need to come up with a flawless plan,"
"That's true but let us eat first then try to figure this all out," Tohru said, grabbing Kyo's hand. Kyo smiled faintly at her.
"You're too optimistic,"
Tohru looked over at Kyo who was sitting at his usual place, thinking. 'I've never seen Kyo-kun so serious before. This must be the samurai Kyo. The Kyo that the war had created. He's trying so hard to help me but he really doesn't need to do all of this for me. I'm just a burden to him.' Tohru moved slightly, wanting to move closer to Kyo. "Leave him alone Tohru-san," Tohru turned to face Kazuma who smiled at her. "It's better to leave him alone when he looks that serious," a sudden sadness took over her face.
"But I wanted to tell him that he didn't have to do this for me,"
"He chose to do this Tohru-san. You didn't make him do it; he decided to do this all on his own. And when Kyo-kun sets his mind to something, he will see it to the end," Tohru smiled.
"That sounds like him," Kazuma smiled back but his eyes suddenly narrowed. "Kazuma-san what's wrong?" Kazuma stood up.
"Someone's approaching," Tohru looked over at Kyo and saw that he was also standing up.
"Could it be Akito-san's men?" she asked. Kyo clutched his fists.
"Probably. Who ever they are, it sounds like there are a lot of them,"
"Let's check it out," Kazuma said and he and Kyo slid the front door open and walked outside. About ten men waited for them, all muscular, dressed in black and carrying weapons. Tohru gaped at them. 'They seem so strong! Can Kyo-kun and Kazuma-san possibly win?' Kazuma walked in front of Kyo. "What is it that you men want?" he asked.
"The life of that boy you're protecting," one of the men answered.
"Oh. And let me guess, you want the live of the girl we're both protecting?" Kazuma asked.
"No. Akito-sama ordered us to keep her alive,"
"How nice of her. Well, if you want her, you'll have to get passed us," Kazuma said.
"Fine by me," the men charged and Kyo and Kazuma rushed to meet them. Kyo took two of the men down in two seconds while Kazuma took down three. 'Wow I didn't know that Kyo-kun and Kazuma-san were so strong!' Tohru thought.
"Is this really all you've got?" Kyo asked as he knocked aside his attacker's weapon and used his elbow to knock him out.
"Don't get a big head boy!" one of the stronger men yelled as he swiped at Kyo with his sword. Kyo dodged most of the attack but the blade scratched him across the arm. Kyo smirked at him.
"You're going to have to do better then that," the man growled and used multiple attacks at him.
"KYO-KUN!" Tohru cried. The man stopped attacking and his eyes widened. Kyo wasn't there.
"Why are you looking there?" the man's eyes widened even more and he fell to the group, revealing Kyo behind him. He gave the thumbs up to Tohru who smiled at him. "Alright. Only one more," Kyo said, turning to watch Kazuma fight the leader of the group.
"I don't want to have to hurt you old man," the leader said. Kazuma smiled.
"How kind but, I'm not going to be the one to get hurt," he charged and took the man down with one punch. Tohru's eyes widened. 'Amazing! They're both so strong!' she rushed over to Kyo.
"Kyo-kun are you alright?" she asked. Kyo nodded.
"Yeah just a few scratching. What about you Shishou?" he asked as Kazuma walked over to them. He smiled at them.
"Fine. Those men only talked big but I'm sure that Akito will send out stronger men next time so we better hurry up with making our plans," Kyo looked down at Tohru who looked sad. He rested his hand on her shoulder and smiled at her.
"It's okay. We'll get threw this, together," Tohru looked up at him and smiled.
"Right,"
Aw, how sweet. If you haven't noticed, this story is almost over (Yay!) at least three more chapters. At least. Please, please review!
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