Disclaimer: Yeah, yeah, I know.I haven't done it lately. It isn't letting
me do it. So here! I don't own Fruits Basket nor do I own the poems and
such I'll be using in later chapters. They came from Dragonlance, as did
Dargaard Keep. I do own the little characters that don't seem to fit
anywhere in the story.
"Yuki?"
The rat, lying on the shattered remnants of the tree, didn't respond. An eye twitched, but that was all.
"Yuki!"
Shigure sat down heavily next to hi younger cousin. It was a waste of time, Yuki was out cold. The dog turned his attention to the girl a foot away. She was unconscious as well, blood running down her face, eyes closed. She had neither moved nor made any sound.
A wave of pain tore through the dogs chest, making him double over. There was blood on his robes, and the skin was blackened, but he couldn't, wouldn't leave his cousin and friend. His black eyes narrowed in thought.
"Who was he? He had so much power..." Shigure mumbled, looking at Yuki and Tohru's bodies. "If I could only get them to the main house, Hatori could help them...But how?"
He rubbed his neck, if he transformed he could go get help, but that would mean leaving them here alone, unconscious. Out of the question. So there was only one way.
He reached into Tohru's jacket pocket and pulled out her cell phone. He went down the list and stopped at Arisa's name.
"I have no choice." He sighed, dialing the numbers that appeared on the tiny screen. "Hello? Arisa? It's Shigure..."
*
"Shigure." Hatori said, coming out of the room where Yuki lay. "I need to talk to you."
"What is it?" Shigure asked, as Hatori shut and locked the door to his office.
"Your injuries are not too severe, if that's what you're thinking. It will give you problems when it heals, but that can't be helped. Yuki will have a couple scars but that's it. He hit the tree in such a way that there were no broken bones..." He trailed off.
"Tohru?"
Hatori bit his lip lightly. "She may very well have a concussion, and some internal bleeding, but I believe I stopped it. Now to more important matters." He sat down heavily in his chair. "Kyo."
"What about him?" Shigure muttered, "I told you everything."
Hatori opened his mouth, but a figure stepped from the darkness, a leather-bound book held to its chest. At the sight both Hatori and Shigure hushed.
"No, I believe you know more than that, Shigure. For instance, where it was they took him." The hand tightened around the book, capturing the dog's attention. "Correct, Shigure?"
Shigure bowed his head; his voice muffled . "Yes Akito."
*
Tohru opened her eyes, blinking in the light. She heard Hatori talking with Shigure. A concussion. Great, that was all she needed.
"Miss Honda?"
"Yuki?" She gasped, "Are you alright?!"
The rat put a hand to the scar across his cheek gingerly. "Yes. Do you...Do you remember what happened?"
"Not really." She frowned, trying to remember, "I recall Kyo-" Her face drained of all color, and her eyes darkened. "Kyo! Is he okay? Where is he? Can I see him?"
Yuki rubbed his neck, frowning. "Tohru..."
Tohru struggled against her fatigue, and the dizziness, and sat up. Her hair hung around her shoulder like a blanket, and her eyes, which were usually cheery were narrowed in determination.
"Yuki Sohma, you listen to me. I know what Hatori said, and I'm not going to let Kyo suffer God knows what. Please, if you never do anything else for me, do this." She sighed, looking into his eyes. "Get him back."
*
"Where?" Hatori asked, as he pulled up a chair for Akito. "Where did they take him?"
"Some place called 'Dargaard Keep.'"
"Well not such a loss." The head of the Sohma's shrugged, "The cat will likely be dead by morning. We're better off without him anyway."
"We're...Not going to try and help him?" Shigure asked, shocked. "Akito, let me go-"
"NO!" Akito rose to his feet. "NO!"
Hatori jumped up, and stood in front of Shigure. Akito took one look at the hair covering the dragon's left eye and sat down, his anger pulsing at the usual level. The dog caught Hatori as he began to sit down, and mouthed 'Thank you.' Hatori only smiled.
"No." Akito repeated, "I forbid it. If you try." The malice was back in his eyes. "I'll kill you."
*
"Will you please? Yuki?"
The prince nodded, "Yes, Tohru. For you, I will bring the stupid cat back. I promise."
Tohru fell back against the pillow, her eyes shining with tears. "Thank you, Yuki."
"Tohru!!"
Saki and Arisa raced in, nearly tackling the poor girl. Both were smiling, but Arisa glared at Hatori's shut door over her shoulder. Tohru caught the look and asked about it.
"He wouldn't let us see you." She explained, "I'll kill him for that- "
Yuki, unnoticed, slipped out the door. His eyes the whole time on the girl laying amidst the sheets and blankets.
"I swear, on pain of death, Tohru, I will bring Kyo back."
"Yuki?"
The rat, lying on the shattered remnants of the tree, didn't respond. An eye twitched, but that was all.
"Yuki!"
Shigure sat down heavily next to hi younger cousin. It was a waste of time, Yuki was out cold. The dog turned his attention to the girl a foot away. She was unconscious as well, blood running down her face, eyes closed. She had neither moved nor made any sound.
A wave of pain tore through the dogs chest, making him double over. There was blood on his robes, and the skin was blackened, but he couldn't, wouldn't leave his cousin and friend. His black eyes narrowed in thought.
"Who was he? He had so much power..." Shigure mumbled, looking at Yuki and Tohru's bodies. "If I could only get them to the main house, Hatori could help them...But how?"
He rubbed his neck, if he transformed he could go get help, but that would mean leaving them here alone, unconscious. Out of the question. So there was only one way.
He reached into Tohru's jacket pocket and pulled out her cell phone. He went down the list and stopped at Arisa's name.
"I have no choice." He sighed, dialing the numbers that appeared on the tiny screen. "Hello? Arisa? It's Shigure..."
*
"Shigure." Hatori said, coming out of the room where Yuki lay. "I need to talk to you."
"What is it?" Shigure asked, as Hatori shut and locked the door to his office.
"Your injuries are not too severe, if that's what you're thinking. It will give you problems when it heals, but that can't be helped. Yuki will have a couple scars but that's it. He hit the tree in such a way that there were no broken bones..." He trailed off.
"Tohru?"
Hatori bit his lip lightly. "She may very well have a concussion, and some internal bleeding, but I believe I stopped it. Now to more important matters." He sat down heavily in his chair. "Kyo."
"What about him?" Shigure muttered, "I told you everything."
Hatori opened his mouth, but a figure stepped from the darkness, a leather-bound book held to its chest. At the sight both Hatori and Shigure hushed.
"No, I believe you know more than that, Shigure. For instance, where it was they took him." The hand tightened around the book, capturing the dog's attention. "Correct, Shigure?"
Shigure bowed his head; his voice muffled . "Yes Akito."
*
Tohru opened her eyes, blinking in the light. She heard Hatori talking with Shigure. A concussion. Great, that was all she needed.
"Miss Honda?"
"Yuki?" She gasped, "Are you alright?!"
The rat put a hand to the scar across his cheek gingerly. "Yes. Do you...Do you remember what happened?"
"Not really." She frowned, trying to remember, "I recall Kyo-" Her face drained of all color, and her eyes darkened. "Kyo! Is he okay? Where is he? Can I see him?"
Yuki rubbed his neck, frowning. "Tohru..."
Tohru struggled against her fatigue, and the dizziness, and sat up. Her hair hung around her shoulder like a blanket, and her eyes, which were usually cheery were narrowed in determination.
"Yuki Sohma, you listen to me. I know what Hatori said, and I'm not going to let Kyo suffer God knows what. Please, if you never do anything else for me, do this." She sighed, looking into his eyes. "Get him back."
*
"Where?" Hatori asked, as he pulled up a chair for Akito. "Where did they take him?"
"Some place called 'Dargaard Keep.'"
"Well not such a loss." The head of the Sohma's shrugged, "The cat will likely be dead by morning. We're better off without him anyway."
"We're...Not going to try and help him?" Shigure asked, shocked. "Akito, let me go-"
"NO!" Akito rose to his feet. "NO!"
Hatori jumped up, and stood in front of Shigure. Akito took one look at the hair covering the dragon's left eye and sat down, his anger pulsing at the usual level. The dog caught Hatori as he began to sit down, and mouthed 'Thank you.' Hatori only smiled.
"No." Akito repeated, "I forbid it. If you try." The malice was back in his eyes. "I'll kill you."
*
"Will you please? Yuki?"
The prince nodded, "Yes, Tohru. For you, I will bring the stupid cat back. I promise."
Tohru fell back against the pillow, her eyes shining with tears. "Thank you, Yuki."
"Tohru!!"
Saki and Arisa raced in, nearly tackling the poor girl. Both were smiling, but Arisa glared at Hatori's shut door over her shoulder. Tohru caught the look and asked about it.
"He wouldn't let us see you." She explained, "I'll kill him for that- "
Yuki, unnoticed, slipped out the door. His eyes the whole time on the girl laying amidst the sheets and blankets.
"I swear, on pain of death, Tohru, I will bring Kyo back."