Soooo…. I'm gonna be going to Mexico for a little bit…like…6 weeks…little bit. I don't think I'll be able to upload anything for that period of time. Plus…I don't actually have the internet at my house, so I have to upload at my friend's house. Sorry.

Well, enjoy chapter two.

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Yuki, Kyou and Shigure quietly made their way downstairs instead of going back to bed. They were extremely worried about Tohru, and they wanted to get down to the bottom of this mystery.

"Shigure," Yuki began as soon as they were downstairs. "What do you think could have done this to her? I understand now that this hasn't just been going on today. She has a fever, she has lost quiet a bit of weight, and this isn't the first time that I've woken up to her having a nightmare. Although, she never had one this horrifying."

"You must not sleep very deeply," Said Kyou hautily. "because she never woke me up before."

"I could hear her crying in the night, you stupid cat." Said Yuki.

"Keep it down guys." Shigure said quietly. "You don't want Tohru to have to wake up again, do you? I think she's had quite enough already."

"Yes, I agree." Said Yuki, and Kyou mumbled his agreement as well.

"Is she still awake?" asked Hatori at the door way.

"I sure hope not." Said Shigure. "you can go up and check if you want."

"Then I will be right back." With that, he headed upstairs.

"How could we have been so stupid to have not realized that Tohru has been suffering for some time now?" said Kyou in his rough way.

"I noticed." Said Yuki. "Your just a shallow cat. You never realize anything even when it's right under your nose."

"Take that back you dumb rat!" Kyou said, raising his voice.

"Stop guys," said Shigure, stepping in once again. "Do you really want to upset Tohru more with your fighting?"

"…"

"…"

"Now," Shigure said, changing the subject. "Where has Tohru been in the past week that she doesn't normally go?"

"She took a trip to the Sohma complex about five days ago." Said Yuki softly. "But who would want to hurt Tohru? Who is even sick enough-" He cut off at his realization. Akito. He must be the one responsible for this.

"Akito…" whispered Kyou. "That guy has problems with everybody. They just get bigger when it comes to someone who isn't in the zodiac."

"What did he do to her-" Yuki said, surprisingly, darkly. "If I get my hands on him…"

"Now Yuki," said Shigure, who was still calm as ever, like he usually was. "we don't need to jump to conclusions. Let's get the facts straight from Tohru herself, and if this information is true, we both know that there is nothing that we can do but protect her."

"and that's what I'll do." Said Yuki confidently

"and don't forget me." Said Kyou, giving off one of his rare smiles. " Nothing will get past me as long as I'm still breathing."

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"Tohru?" asked Hatori quietly, in case she was sleeping again. "Are you awake?"

Tohru sat up and looked over to see who was there. "Oh," she said with a weak smile. " Hello Hatori. I'm really not in that bad of shape! I just had a nightmare, that's all."

"That's not what I heard," he said kindly " Now let me take your temperature."

Tohru went to pull her legs out from under her blanket, but the sharp pain came back, causing Tohru to cry out in pain.

"Tohru," said Hatori alarmed. " What is is."

"Well, I think I hurt my ankle when I tripped in the forest."

"Let me see that." He said. "Yep, that's broken alright. I'll fix that up too."

It took no long than ten minute for Tohru to get her foot in a bandage. Hatori gave her a bit of medicine for her fever and then packed his bag back up.

"Tohru," began Hatori as he sat down at the foot of her bed. "What happened? What is gave you that nightmare."

"I-I…"

"Was it something someone at school did to you? Did someone threaten you?"

"N-no…"

"You need to tell someone what happened soon so that they can help you with this. I know you like to handle stuff on your own, but I think this is something you need to rely on others for. From what I heard, you were pretty shaken up."

"I know. But I think I'll be okay. I always have been." She laughed nervously. "Don't worry about me."

"Okay." Said Hatori as he stood up. He looked away before continuing. "You know, those guys down there, really care about you. If anything were to happen, they would be devastated."

"I understand."

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"She didn't tell me anything."

"I see." Said Shigure. " I had a feeling she wouldn't. We all know good-'ol-Tohru, always trying to hide her problems so that she won't be a burden on anyone else."

"I guess I'll be going home now."

"Thank-you and good-night." Shigure called after Hatori as he left.

Yuki and Kyou said that they were going back to bed, but Shigure knew better. They were most likely going to go watch over Tohru for the rest of the night.

Shigure crept quietly up the stairs and peeped into Tohru's room, and sure enough, there was Yuki and Kyou, transformed, cuddling next to the sleeping girl.

"She never would've gotten to sleep on her own, so I mixed in some knock out herb into her fever medicine." Hatori had told Shigure. "I don't suggest letting her go anywhere for the next couple of days. Let her stay home and rest. Maybe she'll tell about what had happened..."

Shigure was extremely exhausted, so he went to bed like the others and slept the night away.

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The next morning, Yuki and Kyou woke long before Tohru. It was lucky for them, because they had transformed back and were laying naked next to her.

Tohru slept almost all day. Yuki and Kyou even skipped school to make sure that Tohru would be okay. The semester was almost over anyway, and then summer break would follow.

"Yuki?" asked Tohru as she began to wake. The little grey rat was laying next to her, peacefully sleeping. She smiled warmly, before sitting up and grabbing the crutches that Hatori had left for her. They seemed simple enough to use, but she found it was much too hard for her to balance with her head spinning, and she fell with a loud crash. Yuki awoke with a start, and Kyou was there in seconds.

"Are you all right, Tohru?" asked Kyou as he bent down to help her up.

"I'm okay…" she said " I just need a bit of water. I'm quite thirsty."

"I'll get it for you." Said Kyou and he darted out the door to complete his task.

"Miss Honda," said Yuki as he padded up to her "are you alright?"

"Yes, yes, I'm perfectly fine." She answered with an awkward smile.

"I'm glad." The little rat said.

POOF!

On instinct, Tohru looked away and covered her eyes while Yuki went to get dressed.

"I got your water, Tohru!" said Kyou upon his return. "Here you go!"

Tohru was exceedingly glad to get something to wet down her throat. Kyou even went to the trouble of putting ice in it.

"Thank-you so much Kyou!" said Tohru as she handed the glass back to him.

"Would you like some help to get back on you bed?" Yuki asked, offering his hand.

"Yes, please." Said Tohru with another of her cute smiles.

Kyou grabbed her other hand and the two lifted the girl onto her bed.

For the next couple of days, Yuki read to Tohru and told her many of the zodiac stories that he had learned when he was a child. Kyou would sit on the roof over Tohru's bedroom and enjoy the sound of her sweet singing when Yuki wasn't there. This is how things went until Akito came for a visit…

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Ha Ha! I have left a cliff hanger!!!!! And I'm gonna be gone for a long time too!! xD anyway, I will try to upload as soon as I can!

Je Ne!!