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Tohru's Curse

Chapter 23:

If Only…

Everyone looked down at Kyo, and then went over to him to see if he was conscious. It was no surprise when he didn't respond to the callings of Uo and Hana. They all turned around in unison to stare at Akito. He was already out the door by the time Uo got up. She sprinted out after him trying to catch him. Hana managed to drag Kyo out of the bathroom but could not lift him, he was way too heavy. Tohru was still hanging on by a thread, if Kyo had not caught her she would have died. Akito had lied to Katsuya when he had whispered into his ear. And Akito was the only person that knew how to return Tohru to her natural state. They had to find him and soon.

Uo returned empty handed, she had no clue where he had gone.

"Man that guy is fast, he must be on steroids or something."

"Actually, he's not, but he can move when he has meaning to."

Everyone turned to the voice and saw Hatori standing in the doorway. Behind him came Kisa who pulled her hand away from Hiro's as she ran to what was left of Tohru.

"Sissy, what's the matter sissy." Kisa

"What is wrong with that stupid woman this time?" Hiro said as he walked over to Tohru. He saw her and fainted.

Yuki and Shigure were next with Momiji behind them.

Kyo slowly got up from the floor while rubbing his head. He yawned then opened his eyes to see almost the entire Sohma family in one room. "What the heck are you doing here, and how did you find us."

"We have are ways," said Yuki glancing at Shigure.

Hiro woke up again to see that the thing called Tohru was right in front of him. The bones terrorized him. Which way could he go? He backed up and ran into the open window; he fell out through the window and went screaming down two stories. Kisa screamed in agony, who was she to go to, Tohru who was almost dead, or Hiro who could be dead… Hatori was also torn two ways, "It can't get much worse he thought... or could it?"

Uo ran into the room from the hallway, she was still searching for Akito. Hana had sensed that he was still in the building somewhere, so she had to keep looking.

"What the heck happened? What was that scream?"

Kyoko had assured Kisa that she should go to Hiro, Tohru was not going to die, not I she could help it. So with that Kisa rushed out of the room bumping into Uo. Uo jumped back shocked, and then ran forward to Kyo. She shook him and repeated her questions.

"What the heck happened? What was that scream?"

"It was Hiro; he fell out of the window"

"WHHHAATTT?"

"Hiro, he fell out of the window over there, Kisa was running down there to him."

"Oh, but shouldn't your doctor guy go down there to help him, I mean that kid could be dead…

"And so could Tohru," said Yuki joining the conversation.

Uo spun herself around, "What, are you saying that Tohru could be dead?" Uo started to tear up. She couldn't take this, she had to find Akito, and fast. She wanted to kill him but she couldn't not until she found Akito, she needed to know how to break the curse. Uo sprinted out of the room and into the hallway, "I think I know where he is. If only… I need to talk to that Hiro kid."

Akito dashed here and there avoiding all hallways as to not get cornered. He couldn't leave, but it was too dangerous to stay. If he left they would be sure to find him. He would have to find a good hiding place. Akito leaned over a balcony railing that was put off of a hall way on the 5th floor. He was just in time to see Hiro fall off of the edge. Hiro opened his eyes for a spilt second to see Akito staring over the railing at him. Akito flew back almost instantly once he saw Hiro; even if the boy did survive he didn't want him to remember that he saw him.

Akito went up another 5 flight before he stopped. There was no way that he would take the elevator, they might catch him that way.

Hana glanced up the staircase, he was close very close. Hana caught a glimpse of a figure up around the 8th, she knew it was Akito, everyone else in this city were all happy people. "Oh Tohru, if only… I won't think about that I must go get Akito before he knows I'm here.

Kyo lay on one of the hotel beds think, "If only I hadn't fed her that fish, if only…"

Kyo rolled over and got up. He wanted Akito, he wanted to strangle him, wanted to slap him across the face, and most of all he wanted to know how to get Tohru back to normal.

Tohru felt odd. Why was it so hard to move, why couldn't she wake up and get out of this nightmare, why, if only she had never burdened the Sohma's with her presence. Oh how much she missed Kyo and his smile, and Yuki and how funny he looked in the mornings. And Shigure who was so kind in letting her stay with him at his house. And Momiji, and Kisa, Haru, and Rin, and even Hiro, although he was kind of rude sometimes. Oh and Hatori, he had also been so nice and became her doctor free of charge, If only she could go back to those fun times…

Kisa was leaning over the limp body; he wasn't in critical condition at all. Like Kyo all of the Sohmas were extremely fit and jumping out of a two story building had no effect on them whatsoever. But because he fell unintentionally he was given a few pains. One thing that he remembered from the fall and kept replaying in his mind was the picture of Akito staring at him from a balcony above.

That was pretty long compared to some of my other chapters. I hope you enjoyed it and please review. I hope to find the time to update a lot sooner than 6 days, so I look forward to finding ideas for which to write my next chapter. Thanks again to my reviewers!

-Tohru 12