Okay, here's the final chapter. I'm sorry it took so long. I also hope you like it and I didn't let anyone down with the ending. Review and make suggestions for the sequel. I'll plan to put a little more romance into it, okay! And thanks to all the people who reviewed, and special thanks to mewsakura1 for clearing some things up. Enjoy!

Yuki ran over to Tohru and checked her quickly for injuries while her body racked with sobs. Hating that he couldn't do anything for her, Yuki had to content himself with holding her hands and resting his forehead against hers. After a moment, though, her tears stopped. She looked up into his face, her eyes focusing on him for the first time. Then she threw her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly before he transformed. So he sat on her lap while she wiped her face with her sleeve and gave him a small smile. Haru came and sat beside her, rubbing the bruise on his arm.

"Haru-kun, you're hurt!" she gasped. "I'm so sorry! I should have told someone. And now you're hurt! I didn't mean to lie I just-" Haru cut her off by putting a finger to her lips.

"You're worth it Tohru," Yuki told her. She smiled, then gave a little shriek as Yuki changed back in a puff of smoke. Haru just laughed and helped her up while Yuki dressed. Then they led her back through the halls into the torrent rain and out the front gate. But Tohru stopped for a moment and looked up at the sky, then fell back in a dead faint. Yuki caught her just as Haru's cell phone rang.

"Hello? Oh. Yeah, we have her. Okay, we'll bring her over. Make sure he doesn't leave." Haru hung up. "That was Momiji. He said Hatori is over at Shigure's. We can take Tohru to him." So Yuki carried Tohru while Haru took care of navigating through the blinding rain. When they finally reached the house Yuki felt the last of his energy beginning to ebb (I'm not calling her fat, but it's not like Tohru was only a couple pounds, and he had to carry her through a hurricane. Sympathize for him). He carried her inside to be attacked by eight or nine other people.

Hatori leapt up from his seat to take Tohru. He carried her upstairs, promising to take care of her. Momiji had run up to him trying to explain what happened while Kisa was sitting on the floor with Hiro crying. Shigure stared after Hatori, apparently shocked. Kyo, Uo, and Hana had begun their "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?" routine, each in their own way (Kyo: threatening everyone and shouting; Uo: getting out her metal pole and demanding who did what; Hana walking up to Yuki and asking if he did that to Tohru, clothes and hair crackling threateningly). Thankfully, Shigure snapped out of his trance and let Yuki sit down. Haru had taken cover on the back of the couch. Now he could hear what Momiji was saying.

"So, I was running through the house and I ran into Kisa and Hiro and they said Shigure was here, so I went to look for you, but Akito appeared and told us Tohru was here and that you'd come here… so we came here, but you weren't here, so I called Haru's cell phone and… I'm sorry." Momiji looked down at his hands. "Is Tohru going to be okay?" Everyone stopped talking (or in Kyo and Uo's case, shouting) to look at Hatori, who'd just come down the steps.

"She's not hurt, but I'm sure what mind games Akito played with her. Anyway, she just fainted from fatigue, so I gave her some sleeping pills, so she won't be up for a couple of hours." There was silence as he finished. Then Yuki, watching Hatori closely, asked

"Did you know that Akito was going to do that? Shigure mentioned that you'd dropped off a letter, but he said he couldn't-" he broke of to look at Shigure who was staring determinedly at the floor. Then Hatori answered.

"Akito gave us specific instructions to get her the message without making it obvious. We didn't know what it said until he told me just before she came to meet her by the door." He sighed. "I didn't think he was planning to keep her there. I just thought he wanted to warn her about interfering in the curse."

"Shigure?" This time Kisa spoke up. "Would it be alright, if, um, if me, Hiro, and Momiji spent the night. I want to be here when Tohru wakes up." She looked up Shigure timidly. He smiled at her and nodded.

"Haru and I will return to the main house, but I'll be back and the morning to check on Tohru," murmured Hatori. With that he turned and left, Haru following behind. Yuki stood up and headed for his room, Kyo right behind. They didn't say anything to each other, which was unusual since usually by now Kyo had either attacked Yuki or missed and torn a hole through another door. But tonight they just went straight to bed.

A couple hours later, Yuki finally gave up on sleeping. He got out of bed, stretched and looked around. Walking out the door, he headed for the stairs intending to see if there was any edible food left to eat after Shigure tried to cook himself dinner. But he paused when he passed Tohru's room: there was the quiet creaking of someone walking coming from beyond the door. Yuki silently slid it open and looked in. Kyo was standing by Tohru's bed, whose face was illuminated by the moonlight. Yuki walked over and joined him, both of them watching her quietly. Then her head turned and her eyes opened to look at them. He could feel his face heating, and already knew Kyo would look like a wigged tomato. Tohru smiled up at them, a strong, reassuring smile. Kyo bent down. "Tohru? Are you okay?"

"Yeah. You all… mean so much… to me," she whispered, reaching over to take their hands. With that, she fell into a light sleep, not one of Hatori's drug-induced ones.

The next morning Hatori appeared to find Tohru in the kitchen making pancakes. He checked her forehead, took her temperature, and lectured her about the importance of keeping away from Akito from now on. He was just finishing as he was run over by Uo, who'd taken Kyo out at the door and run into the kitchen.

"ARE YOU OKAY? DID HE HURT YOU? I WILL BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM!!!" While Uo ranted on, Hana checked her waves.

"You are happy, Tohru. Even for you," she commented in her quiet voice. Everyone turned to see a tear run down Tohru's face.

"Thank you all so much for caring about me!" she sobbed. Uo and Hana hugged her while the others stood there rather awkwardly. "I'm sorry. Are you hungry, Hatori, Uo, Hana? I have pancakes and I can get some juice…" she prattled on as Momiji, Kisa, and Hiro walked in.

"TOHRU! YOU'RE AWAKE!" shouted Momiji as he and Kisa ran over and hugged her. Everyone sat down at the table (except for Yuki and Kyo who were busy exchanging insults and Shigure who was begging them to take it outside, since he just replace the living room doors). Tohru looked around and smiled, her heart filled with love for the people who'd saved her.