Dead silence.

Tohru's eyes were locked with Julius's fatal gaze. Her heart was screaming bloody murder while attempting to climb up her throat. Her breaths came rolling out in quick paces.

Julius smiled, tossing his luscious hair to frame his angelic face. He leaned on the doorframe and just kept grinning at Tohru.

Hatori came into the room from another door, amongst the silence. Julius's presence had surprised Hatori, making him gasp.

"Julius, I had no idea you would be here so soon. Please, Tohru needs some tending to still. Could you come back later?" Hatori's voice was shaky and edged with some fear.

Julius cocked his head in Hatori's direction but kept his gaze with Tohru. "She looks perfectly fine doctor."

Hatori's hands began to tremble and he quickly placed them into his coat pockets. "Yes, yes, well outside appearances can be quite deceiving."

"Yes, they certainly can be." Julius smirked and then stepped away from the doorframe; making his way towards Tohru.

Tohru clutched the photo album, suppressing the idea of tearing out of the room.

Hatori stepped in front of Tohru, breaking the couple's eye lock. Julius's smile slightly turned down.

"Do you dare stand in my way?" He was now flaring out his power to prove he was superior. Hatori shivered a bit. If you didn't know what was going on you wouldn't be able to tell there was a power struggle mingling about the room.

Tohru's heart had stopped performing jumping jacks and curled back in her chest to a calm hum. Was it Julius's power that trained her heart to act so behaved, or was it something else?

Hatori was being choked by Julius's power. His knees buckled and he collapsed onto the ground.

"Hatori!!!" Tohru stumbled to the dragon's side, wrapping her arms around him. He was so cold. "Hatori! Hatori!"

Julius swayed the room with his infectious laughter. Tohru craned her neck and glared at him. "How can you be so cruel?"

Julius was fighting a few chuckles while looking down at Tohru. His eyes showed no conscious or remorse.

"He was defying me. He needed to be put in his place."

Tohru gritted her teeth, her arms still wrapped around the fallen Sohma. "And if I defied you? Would you punish me?"

"Do you think you could take me on?" He grinned and spiraled out his power, cloaking the air in his nefarious stench.

"Stop that!" Tohru spat while his power was shoving its way around her. She curled next to Hatori, her hair sprawled over her face. "Stop it!" Suddenly Tohru felt a little bit of herself escape her body and fight back the intruding power. "Stop it! Stop it!"

"Seems like you stopped it yourself," his voice was neutral and blank.

Hatori touched Tohru's face. "So warm…" he whispered.

Tohru jerked away from him confused. "You're fine then Hatori?" He nodded and rolled to his feet; extending a hand down to Tohru. She took it and still felt completely lost.

Tohru looked at Julius, Hatori standing firmly behind her like a bodyguard.

"What happened just then?" Tohru asked, hugging herself.

Julius crossed his arms in front of his chest and shook his head. "You, that's what happened," he grinned and looked like he was reminiscing in some memory. "I have never felt any power that could rival mine like that."

Tohru put one and two together. "Are you saying that my power fought yours?"

He nodded. "You can put it that way. It was more like you power fed mine and subdued it." Julius walked to where they were about a foot apart. "I've never tasted a power so great. You truly are my Tsuyai."

Tohru shook her head. "I don't want to belong to anyone."

Julius smiled and placed his hands on the sides of her arms. "Everyone wants to belong to someone."

Her heart skipped when he touched her, making her skin crawl. "I don't want to be owned Julius. I want an equal relationship."

"Name it anyway you want, Tohru, but you're still mine."

Tohru tried to shake him off, but his grip tightened. "Oh get off it Julius! You and I will never be, ever! I don't want you; I don't desire you in any way, so leave me alone!"

Anger flashed in Julius's eyes. Hatori tried to step in, but Julius called out his power and sent Hatori flying into the door; crushing it.

Tohru cried out for Hatori, but no answer. She looked at Julius, her voice in a rage. "What is wrong with you! Can't you ever be civil about anything? For crying out loud! You're a sadistic bastard!"

Julius bent and forced a kiss upon Tohru. She screamed into him, shoving, and scratching. He flung her to the ground, trapping her legs with his, and his hands gripped her wrists painfully.

Tohru was screaming and crying. Julius was grunting, struggling to keep her down. "Stop fighting this Tohru. You know you want me."

She spat at him, "I don't want you! Get off me!"

Julius lifted and slammed her wrists to the ground. "What, is it that you want those lesser two; the rat boy and cat? Truly you can't be serious!"

Tohru glared at him with every negative fiber of her being. "Yes, that's it Julius. I would rather die then be by your side!"

Julius tightened his grip, making Tohru moan in pain. "You try to defy me? Do you want me to hurt you Tohru? I will hurt you."

Tohru chuckled a bit, "You're all ready hurting me."

He went silent and still in the face. "If this is pain to you, then you'll be begging for death by the time I'm through with you."

"Don't you think I could fight you back with my power? You said it was quite powerful," she was being a smart ass now.

He laughed, throwing his head back. He looked back down at her. "You know nothing about your power. In order for you to come into your full power your Tsuyoi, me, will have to help you. Since you're a baby to the whole power world, I'll tell you what that help entails." He paused. "It means that you will have to be a willing participant in my bed. My power will open yours up into full bloom."

Tohru froze. She realized at that moment that she could never defeat him unless she had sex with him; which no way in hell that was happening willingly.

At this time, Kyo and Yuki barged into the room. They must have caught Julius off guard as well because suddenly Julius was flying into a wall. Kyo was lifting up Tohru, while Yuki stood off Julius.

"Tohru, are you all right?" Kyo asked quietly.

Tohru nodded and looked at Julius. He was climbing to his feet and glaring at Yuki.

Julius took his thumb a rubbed off some blood in the corner of his mouth. He smiled and brushed himself off. "Nice. Nice. Do you understand that I can kill you without even touching you?"

Yuki was his usual calm self. "Yes, I know."

"Then how can you be so tranquil facing death?" Julius never advanced any step.

"If I'm dying for Tohru, I can die with a smile."

Tohru tried to go forward, but Kyo hugged her close to him. "Yuki, please don't! I'm not worth it at all!"

Yuki didn't take his eyes off Julius when he talked back to her. "Tohru you're worth everything. I love you."

Then Julius's toxic power began to ease into the room, filling up slowly. Yuki made small stumbles, but maintained balanced. Tohru was trying to squeeze herself out of Kyo's hold, but to no avail.

Julius was simply smiling, standing in the ruble of the ruined room.

Tohru cried out for him to stop, cried out for Yuki's life.

Yuki fell to his knees, choking on the atmosphere around him. His breath was slowly vanishing.

Suddenly Tohru tapped into the panic power she had earlier. Kyo gasped as she became warm, losing his grip a bit. Tohru took this chance and lunged for Yuki. She got one hand on him; Kyo grabbed her other hand.

A power, greater than Tohru's, surged through the room, sending Julius to the ground. The electricity flowed through Tohru and the two boys. They all cried out and fell to the floor in a heap.

The electricity didn't die down but only grew. Tohru was now holding a hand of each boy.

She looked over at Julius, who was on his knees, coughing vigorously.

She looked at him, with still hand contact with the boys, and asked, "What's happening?"

Julius was now coughing up blood as the warm power squeezed him. He managed to look up at Tohru. "Something unthinkable, unforeseen…"

"What do you mean?" this coming from Hatori, who was sagging along the wall, his arm bleeding.

"When her power touched them at the same time, she tapped into something they both possessed." He coughed again, blood covering his chin. "They have half of the Tsuyoi power. Together they are whole…together with her."

"So together they are the Tsuyoi to her Tsuyai." Hatori said.

Julius nodded and then collapsed to the ground, convulsing. The power was engulfing him. Tohru went to his side, dragging Kyo and Yuki with her.

Julius looked up at her and wearily laughed. "I thought you were my destiny, not my executioner. I guess I was wrong." He screamed wordlessly then, as if his bones were crushing. "There's another way to rise to your full power besides bedding them…"

Tohru shook her head and stood up. The boys following in suit, hands still molded with hers. She looked down at Julius. "I don't want to know…I don't want any power to enslave the Sohmas."

She turned and began to walk away from him. Julius roared in laughter, blood seeping through his eyes, nose, and ears. "It's love. Love them with all your heart, and they you…then you will have full power. Don't hold back your love from them Tohru…it will eventually kill them…as you did me…" he rolled onto his back and whispered to himself. "Death…at last."

The power lingered in the room and then went home into the trio. Silence filled the room.

Epilogue:

Julius was dead, and certainly not missed. Akito, Kaori, and those involved with any torturing were exiled to somewhere in the states.

Hatori healed his wounds. He spends weekends with his newfound niece. Telling her all about her father and her lost family.

Tohru, Kyo, and Yuki went back to living at Shigure's and are currently back in school.

Now for their power. Did they ever come into their full potential? To the Sohma family, no, but secretly yes.

Tohru couldn't keep her love for both the boys hidden, but their power yes. They didn't want the Sohma's to live in fear of any higher power, so they hid it. However, when it comes to Tohru choosing one of the boys over the other is pending. She certainly loves both boys equally, but to love one more than the other is somewhat unthinkable for her. Will she ever choose one boy? No one knows. For now, they are working just fine and happier than they ever have been. Minus still the cat and rat feud, but that was way before Tohru ever came into the picture.

A/N:

Wow, I finished the story. Kind of rushed, maybe, I don't know. Well I hope you all enjoyed this fanfiction. I'm sure a lot of you are disappointed that it ended into a Tohru-x-Kyo-x-Yuki, but oh well; that's how the cookie crumbles sometimes. Anyways thanks for all the support and reviews!!! Maybe I'll start another fanfiction; I'm not sure at the moment. Nevertheless, thanks again for everything!!! You all are a-fucking-mazing!