Disclaimer: I do not own fruits basket, although I really wished I did, and I also wish I could draw as well as Natsuki Takaya. Thanks to my reviewers for chapter 23: Black Juju, Nari-chan13, nekokazam, and Kiya- chan. Also thank you to: Mew-Sahara for reviewing for chapter 1-12 so far! Please enjoy this next chapter of Tohru's Curse!

Tohru's Curse

Chapter 24:

Found

Uo had run down the stairs after waiting for the elevator for 3 min, it was too slow. She needed to see Hiro and fast, for some odd reason she had a sense, like Hana's, but not permanent. When she finally reached the bottom floor she was about to run when she realized that would draw too much attention to her. So she causally walked out of the front door and into the busy streets. She had forgotten what floor they were on and where their window was, so she tried to look for an ambulance. "Maybe it all ready left…" Still Uo walked around, her sense told her that he was still here. She glanced up and then down until she saw two children huddled by the wall of the building. Uo started to run over to them but as she neared she could see that Hiro looked perfectly fine, no broken bones, no blood, no nothing, he looked as though he got the wind knocked out of him and that's it. Uo finally reached the two kids and lost her voice. What was she going to say, she hadn't planned it that far.

Katsuya was still. He needed to think in a quiet place, but at the same time, he needed to be by Tohru. He sat by her thinking, if only he hadn't listened to Akito's words, and now that he thought about it, why had he even bothered to even look at Akito. The words ran through his head, "otika, otika, urhot, urhot," Now that he thought about it, it was only saying, "Akito, Akito, Tohru, Tohru." That stupid fool just made something up to get a laugh. Thinking back to it now, Katsuya remembered Akito smirking the entire time.

Hatori was getting tired it had been days since he had even got 5 minutes of sleep and at least a day since he had gotten any sleep at all. He just wanted to lie down for a second... Katsuya realizing that the doctor fell asleep got nearer to his daughter, he wouldn't be able to stand it if she died, but all of her friends would probably be in mental break downs. Katsuya was tired, it took a lot of energy to stay on Earth, Kyoko left about an hour ago to go rest and then switch off with me. But he couldn't find the courage to leave and would probably just stay here, even when Kyoko did come back. Kyoko was so brave, strong, and loving, he was just loving and plain, and there was nothing special about him whatsoever.

Tohru was in a world beyond belief, torture. All the bad times in her life flashing before her eyes, but what was worse than that was the good times, like New Years two years ago, (the first new years that took place in the anime), and all of the vacations; to the beach, to the cabin, and to the hot springs. Tohru's insides couldn't help but cry. She was losing her mind. She was turning into a little viscous monster inside her head. She needed to scream, she hadn't once tried to talk yet but she really wanted to scream. So Tohru took in a deep breath, and tried to scream with all of her might, she screamed a high pitch annoying scream, that after a while could make anyone go crazy. Katsuya heard the high pitch scream but barely; it was so faint that he had to strain his ears to hear the sound. He tried to find out where the noise was coming from when he saw noticed that it was Tohru screaming. His face lit up with joy for the first time in days. Tohru was still hanging in there. He, along with everyone else needed to find Akito and fast!

Katsuya told everyone to huddle around Tohru and listen. The scream was still in full pitch and it kept on going. All of the Sohmas, Katsuya, Kyoko, who came back after hearing that Tohru made a sound, Hana, and Uo who finally came back up to the hotel were all straining their ears to hear Tohru's scream. After that, Hatori and Kyo stayed in the room just in case he returned. Kyo stayed also because he still was a little kuku from the head collision. Everyone paired into teams, Hana and Uo, Kyoko and Katsuya, Yuki and Shigure, Kisa and Hiro, and Momiji and Kagura. Kisa and Hiro stayed at the top floor in the stairwell, and looked down to see if he was on the run. Hana and Uo started to search each floor with Hana's sense, trying to find Akito. The rest of the teams did the same but without Hana's sense.

(if I missed anyone who had come sorry)

EARLIER:

Once Uo had found her voice, she asked Hiro if he had seen anything on his way down to the ground. Hiro replied instantly, "Yah, I saw Akito, he was on the 5th floor or something."

PRESENT:

Uo told Hana her findings and they were off, they figured that Akito had seen, they went immediately up 3 floors and searched, let the others, search the floors they missed, they were on the trail of Akito.

Kyo couldn't stand it he was going after Akito. He couldn't just sit here and wait he had to find Akito. So Kyo left without question and went to the top floor by elevator as to not scare Kisa and Hire. He reached to top floor and started searching.

Akito had broken into multiple rooms, searching for one suitable for him, when he came to the president's suite, he picked the lock entered, and locked the door behind him, Lucky for him there was nobody staying there, or else he might have been shot. Akito settled down in one of the big fluffy chairs and started to relax. He really needed one of these for his room in the main house. Akito was enjoying himself when a knock on the door came. Forgetting, that he had broken into the room, and that he was running from a bunch of people, he opened the door expecting the food that he had ordered for dinner. To his surprise it was Kyo. Kyo walked in grabbed him, and started to pulverize him. Akito, who already had bruises from the first beating from Hana and Uo, would have been screaming in agony except for the fact that Kyo had put a gag on the man. Kyo dragged him out of the room and into the stairwell.

"What the heck is that?" yelled Hiro as Kyo opened the door on the top floor to the stairwell. Kyo had Akito in a trash bag, so he knew what Hiro was talking about.

Kyo replied in a monotone voice, "It's Akito."

Hiro's eyes grew wide. "Akito?"

"Yes it's Akito."

So with that they tried to carry Akito down the stairs to the room. They hustled the body down the stairs and into the room that they had been staying in for almost two weeks. Hatori turned around to see Kyo holding something in a bag.

"What's that?"

Kyo who was tired of answering this question already answered, "Its Akito."

"Well get him out of the bag before he suffocates, we need him to tell us the cure to Tohru's curse. Without it she will die. So take him out of the bag and make sure he is breathing."

Kyo followed Hatori's instructions, and fortunately for them he was still alive; but barely.

Kisa managed to round up all of the other people and bring the back to the room. They never realized how crowded the room could get with all of these people. They all sat in pure silence waiting for Akito to wake up.

That was probably the longest chapter yet! I hope you enjoyed it, and sorry for any mistakes in the grammar. Please review and I will try to update soon. Thanks again to my reviewers, and to my future reviewers.