Ello Again!

…dunno why I said ello.

When the Knight met his Squire Chapter 11.

Woot.

Warning Ahead of Time:

Kureno is going to be a very baaaaddd man in this chapter, well basically, this whole story. Kureno is cool, but someone had to be a bad guy… and I chose him for the role. ( Besides Akito being bad that is…)

Okay, since I got that out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket, - starts talking like the short guy from Family Guy- Wanna fight about it?

This chapter has nothing to do with Kyo and Pip's adventure…it's actually what Tohru is going through while Kyo is gone.

Chapter 11.

When the Knight met his Squire

Tohru was sitting down, enjoying the weather on the balcony. It had only been a few hours since Kyo left, only making it late afternoon. Tohru was reading one of Kyo's books, which was explaining how knights should act. Where their place in society is, the weapons they should use, etc. Tohru was fascinated with the information in the book.

Tohru assumed that Kyo read this book when he was a child. She noticed that all of Kyo's books were about Knights and giggled to herself. Kyo always wanted to be a knight, even when he was a boy apparently. Tohru was so very proud of him. Too bad he wasn't here, Tohru thought as she put the book back. She went to lie down and rest on her bed (Well…Kyo's bed, hehe.)

She started to doze off but again, heard loud knocks on the door. 'Who could that be? Is Kyo back already! It's only been a few hours but…oh I hope so!' Tohru quickly rose from the bed and ran to the door, hoping Kyo was back from his journey already. Tohru saddened to see it was some guard and not Kyo,

"Uh, Yes Sir?"

The man said nothing to her; he pushed the door open, startling Tohru. "I-Is s-something w-wrong?" Tohru couldn't help but stutter as the guard starting walking toward her.

"Lord Akito wants to see you now."

The guard started pulling Tohru by her arm to Akito's Chambers. Tohru was nervous as to what Akito wanted, or what she had done to him. The man pushed her in Akito's Chambers; Tohru went flying onto the floor, falling on her hands and knees.

Akito sat there amused from the sight,

"You may go now." Akito said to the guard who had started kicking the girl to get up.

"Thank you my lord." The man bowed and quickly left the room.

"Come here Miss Honda." Akito said, still smiling in amusement.

His mood quickly turned to anger as he watched Tohru quickly stand up, run over to him, and bow respectfully.

'Did that man not hurt her at all? I specifically told him to give her a hard time…' Akito thought, as he watched the girl bowing.

Akito had no clue as to what Tohru had to endure on the way there.

On the way there, the man was still dragging Tohru by the arm; she found it unnecessary. It wasn't as if she was putting up a fight or anything, but of course she wasn't going to say anything about it. The guard kept tugging her by her arm very painfully. Tohru was even worried he would pull her arm right off the socket! She was trying as hard as she could to keep up with him, but he still was ahead of her and pulling her arm.

"Um, excuse me Sir. Could you please stop pulling so hard on my arm, I mean, it's just that…"

The man stopped walking and turned around to face the girl. He smirked and let go of Tohru's arm, which made her relieved. That was until the man slapped her so hard, she fell to the floor.

"You think a little bitch like you can tell me what to do? Now get up or else."

She immediately nodded, tears in her eyes. What had she done to get this guard so upset? As Tohru started to get up slowly, the man grew impatient.

"I said, GET UP." The man shouted and kicked Tohru.

How was she supposed to get up if he was kicking her down? This guy made no sense.

The man got very agitated as the girl quickly rose, her head was down and her bangs were hiding her eyes. She was obviously tearing up, or crying. The guard quickly grabbed her by her hair, pulling her. Tohru was quickly walking so the guard wouldn't as hard on her hair. Unfortunately for Tohru, she still couldn't quite keep up with the man.

Every few minutes the man would say , "Walk Faster", and start pulling the girl's hair as hard as he could. He was trying to give her as hard of a time as he could, just as Lord Akito had ordered.

'Lord Akito wanted me to give her a hard time right? So I guess I could just do whatever I please.' The guard thought.

So during the walk to Akito's Chambers, Tohru endured much verbal and physical pain from the guard.

"I hope that you did not have a hard time from that man who led you here Miss Honda." Akito said to Tohru, who was still bowing in respect on her knees. She was teary eyed as she waited for Akito to allow her to stand back up.

He didn't though, he just continued speaking.

"Miss Honda, now that our dear Kyo is gone, would you like to tell me what is going on between you two?"

Tohru's eyes went very wide when Akito said this.

'How did he find out already?'

Tohru continued to keep quiet.

"Miss Honda, I will not repeat myself. Answer the question or else."

Tohru looked back down at the floor, still bowing,

"I do not understand what you mean Lord Akito…"

Akito grew angered by this, standing up and pushing the girl to the floor.

He had his staff in his hand, which he now was pointing at the girl.

"Don't bull shit with me you little bitch! You tell me what is going on with you and Kyo! You think I don't know these things…that I don't know you two have a "thing" for each other! Do you know how many guest of that banquet told me about some suspicious little bitch messing with Kyo! So tell me what the hell is going on with you two!"

Tohru looked up at the King seeing the fury in his eyes. Tohru thought about the early morning before, and the conversation she had with Kyo.

The two were laying down, just talking when Kyo brought up the subject of Akito.

"Tohru, Akito can never know about us. Well, until I tell him…which will not be anytime soon. Not that I want to keep us secret but, Tohru you don't know Akito like I do…he really, really doesn't like us Sohmas getting into relationships..."

"I understand Kyo." Tohru replied; they switched to a lighter conversation.

"Lord Akito, I still do not understand what you mean. Sir Kyo and I do not have the relationship I assume you are suggesting…romantically, not that I question you, I certainly do not! But, Sir Kyo only invited me to that banquet…because of pity. And, I only talk with him, when he tells me to do something, or…"

Akito would not listen to her excuses; he was very angered as the girl denied her affection for Kyo. He hit the girl in the head with his golden staff, and for Tohru, everything simply went dark.

She probably had a concussion, but of course Akito didn't care. He sat back down at his throne, furious. Tohru lay there, unconscious,

"GUARDS!" Akito shouted.

Three men ran into the room and saw the girl lying on the floor, blood coming from her head.

"Get her out of here. Take her to my special dungeon and make sure to guard the entrance. Lock her up in chains, do whatever. Make sure that when she wakes up one of you idiots gets Kureno. He has some business to tend to with this girl. Now get out of my sight!"

The men quickly bowed to Akito and picked up the girl to carry her to the dungeon. It was at this time that Momiji was walking past Akito's Chambers when he saw Tohru in the guard's arms.

"Tohru! Hey Mister what happened to Tohru! I demand to know!"

All the guards continued walking while one of them answered, "Get out of here you little brat. This is none of your concern! Lord Akito has told us to take this girl to his dungeon immediately, so be gone!"

Momiji heard this and stepped to the side to let the guards pass.

'What could have Tohru possibly done to Akito to upset him so much?' Momiji thought. 'Wait! His dungeon? As in Akito's personal dungeon? Uh oh, what goes on there…is bad…very bad.' With that thought, Momiji quickly ran to Haru's room to tell him what had happened.

Once Momiji got to Haru's room, he knocked continuously on the door until Rin finally answered the door.

"…What is it?" Rin said nonchalantly; Haru walked up to the door, joining Rin.

"Haru! Rin! I need your help! Akito and Kureno…they're doing something bad…"

Haru and Rin just stared at Momiji, who was starting to get annoyed.

"Aren't you guys going to do something about it?"

Rin nudged Haru to say something, since there was more of a chance that Momiji would listen to Haru then to Rin.

"Momiji, it's none of our business what Akito and Kureno do-"

"But Haru!" Momiji tried to interrupt.

"Do you want to get in trouble Momiji? Yes, we all know that those two do bad stuff to people in there but there's nothing we can do. I mean, Akito already yelled me at this week… I'm not going to risk getting in trouble for anyone…no matter what you say…"

Rin nodded, " Same goes with me."

Momiji was starting to tear up. He knew what Akito and Kureno do to people in that dungeon, and he didn't want that to happen to Tohru. Momiji considered Tohru his best friend; they had become very close since she moved in with Kyo.

"Haru…Rin…" Momiji was not shouting now, but calm and serious. "They have Tohru…I can't see that happen to her…it's just not right…Tohru didn't do anything! There's just no way she did anything wrong…it's just because Kyo isn't here, I just know it is…"

Haru and Rin's eyes both widened at this statement; Rin opened the door letting Momiji in.

Rin shut the door and immediately turned to Haru.

"Didn't I just tell you last night this was going to happen? Yeah! I did, and what did you say? Kyo won't let anything happen to her…" Rin said, angered.

"Yeah…I was wrong…" Haru replied.

It grew silent; everyone was in thought at the moment. This poor girl Tohru, who just last night was so happy… was going to be in big trouble tonight.

There was something about her that made even Rin like her, and that's saying a lot. Haru felt bad for the girl too, he also liked her. She was very sweet and no doubt was the reason Kyo softened up.

Usually Kyo would never talk to anyone at a party; Kyo would never let anyone give him a party as a matter of fact.

Suddenly it hit him; Haru thought about Kyo…when Kyo finds out about what they plan to do to Tohru…who knows what will happen. Kyo would most likely lose control. It wouldn't be good if that happened again, like last time…

"You monster! This is your fault! ALL OF THIS! And now your parents are dead! Because of you, Kyo!" Akito shouted to Kyo, who had just been called to Akito's chamber.

It was only a few days after Akira's death and apparently Akito was making Kyo the "scapegoat".

Kyo had just found out his parents were dead…everything just seemed to be getting worse and worse for him at this time. He was still a teenage boy who couldn't control his temper and actions…that's when it happened.

"Shut Up! It's not my fault! It isn't! I didn't kill my parents!" Kyo argued back, holding back his tears and letting out his anger.

"You did you little monster! I bet you're glad now aren't you? You KILLED THEM!" Akito kept going.

"Shut up…"

"They're never going to forgive you, Kyo!"

"Shut up…"

"No one will ever trust you again Kyo!"

"Shut…..up…."

"Your parents are dead because of your laziness, Kyo. No one will ever love you again! Is that what you wanted? Cause that's what you got! No one gave a rat's ass about you except for your parents and you killed them! Now you will have no one!"

Kyo couldn't take it anymore. He withdrew the sword he always carried with him, ready to slice Akito's neck. Akito hollered for Shigure and Hatori, who quickly ran into the room and tackled Kyo before he could do anything.

"I'll kill you, you bastard! I swear I'll friggen kill you!" He shouted to Akito as Shigure and Hatori dragged him back to his room. Kyo was locked in there for the rest of the night to calm down.

"Momiji, how did you find out that Akito was doing this to Tohru?" Haru asked the boy who still had crystals in the corners of his eyes.

"I was walking past Akito's room when I saw three guards carrying Tohru! I asked them what they were doing with her, and they told me that Akito was sending her to his personal dungeon. That's when I came to you guys." Momiji was starting to cry, "We need to help her before it's too late!"

"Momiji…I don't know what we can do to help Tohru since its Akito's rules…" Haru was starting to say. Rin stood up and looked at the two; she had been silent for a while but now had something to say.

"Tonight. That's when we'll get her out of there."

"What?" Haru asked, surprised.

"YAY!" Momiji added, wiping the tears from his eyes.

"Rin, you really want to do this?" Haru asked; he knew that if they got caught they would be in big trouble. If anything, they would get Tohru into more trouble as well.

"There are many good reasons why we shouldn't do this Haru…but there are many more reasons why to do this. You and I both know this."

Momiji silently watched as the two looked at each other.

Rin and Momiji were waiting for Haru's reply.

"Let's do it…" Haru said.

The three needed to keep this totally secret. They started to make the plan to get Tohru out of the cell where she would inevitably meet a terrible fate.

Tohru woke up somewhere very dark. The only light she could see was the moonlight from a tiny window above the wall she was chained against. 'Wait! Why am I chained to this wall?' Tohru thought; she started to move her arms, "OUCH!" She shouted and then stopped moving.

Her arms hurt badly, she didn't want to move. What had happened? How did she get into this predicament? Tohru started to remember what happened earlier and she started to gain a headache. 'Akito locked me up? Why?'

It made no sense to her, what did she do wrong? Was it because she attended the banquet? Akito did say something about people seeing her at the banquet. And she and Kyo being together was another thing that apparently ticked Akito off. Somehow, even when Tohru denied it, Akito still didn't believe her.

How long did he plan on keeping her in here? Tohru was thinking a billion different questions when suddenly a little sliding compartment on the door opened, and eyes were now staring at her. The compartment then closed quickly. Tohru didn't know if she should be happy that someone just seen her…or frightened. She sat there for an hour, forgetting that someone had seen her eventually because no one ever came back. She was in much pain, Akito had hit her hard.

She sighed realizing it didn't matter that she was locked up; Akito was the King so there was nothing she could do. The door suddenly opened and the girl came back from her thoughts. She slowly opened her eyes and used the moonlight to help her see who was coming in.

"Hello Miss Honda."

She had no idea who was talking; she never heard this voice before.

"You are in Akito's personal dungeon, meant for only one way of torture. Me."

The man walked toward Tohru. He bent down and was now in Tohru's face. She could now see his face; he had brown short hair and had a smirk on his face.

"Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Kureno Sohma and I was sent here to make your life a living hell for the next two days."

Okay, so Tohru was very frightened at this point.

The girl was chained up by her arms and stuck sitting on the floor. This man could do whatever he pleased to her!

This didn't look good.

"Have anything to say, Miss Honda?" Kureno asked.

"W-why are you and Akito d-doing this? W-what did I d-do?"

She was sniffling, and certainly scared. Kureno tilted his head to the side, still smirking.

"That's for us to know, and you to never find out." Kureno answered and started to laugh.

Tears were rolling down Tohru's cheek.

"Are you going to kill me?" Tohru couldn't help but ask; she needed to know.

"Didn't I already tell you, Miss Honda? I plan to make your life utterly miserable for the next two days, but that's it. The only way you'll die is if you decide to take your own life …after you're done with me, of course."

Tohru watched as the man pulled a cloth napkin out of his pocket and rolled it so that he could cover her mouth. She turned and shook her head but it was pointless, he tied the cloth around her head. It was now covering her mouth. If she screamed, it would be pointless.

"Now, what should we do first?" Kureno asked. Tohru was crying and shaking her head. "Hmm. How about we see what's under that cute little dress of yours?"

Tohru instantly shook her head; her heart was going to jump out of her chest. 'What can I do? How can I stop this? 'Tohru thought, 'What would Kyo do in this situation? I don't think this would ever happen to him… but if it did…'

Kureno was reaching for the lace in the back of her dress; it held the whole dress together. As much as Tohru's body hurt, she immediately bent her right leg up so that she could kick him, and it worked! She kicked him right in his prize and package!

He fell to the ground immediately, certainly in pain.

"You…..you…little bitch….." He said, still in much pain.

He slowly stood up. He couldn't do what he originally planned to do now because his "original plan" just got kicked hard.

Kureno kicked Tohru in her stomach as hard as he could and then limped out of the dungeon.

"I'll be back later tomorrow…don't you worry…" The door closed.

Tohru barely heard Kureno's comment because she was trying to stop herself from throwing up; she couldn't breathe. She had just been kicked in the stomach for Pete's sake!

Tohru eventually got her breath back but she was still gagging from the napkin stuck in her mouth. She was scared. Kureno could come back any moment and she was just so tired, weak, and in so much pain… she had to sleep.

Haru kicked down the door while Rin and Momiji kept lookout.

Tohru heard the door and immediately woke up frightened again. 'He's back! Oh no! I still don't think I can move from last time!'

"Tohru!"

It was Momiji?

"Momiji is that…you?" Tohru asked. Momiji couldn't understand her since she had the napkin in her mouth.

"Tohru, it's Momiji, Haru, and Rin. We're here to get you out Tohru!"

She was so thankful when she heard this. Haru ran up to her and started to unlock her chains and take the napkin out of her mouth.

"…How…did you get a key?" Tohru asked immediately.

Haru smiled to her,

"Momiji snuck in Kureno's room and took it." He lifted her up and Momiji, Haru, and Tohru left the dungeon; Rin was still waiting outside, on guard.

Tohru felt safe now; they said they would keep her with them until Kyo returned.

"Thank you all so much, I can't explain how grateful I am…" Tohru began to say; she fell asleep in Rin's bed.

I'm done with this chapter, finally! It was my longest chapter yet… I think. Kureno was bad…he was gonna do something bad, then I realized I didn't want him to do that, so I made him get hit in his bad place…SERVES HIM RIGHT! Momiji, Haru, and Rin…... THEY SAVED HER! YAY!

- gives the three of them cookies for their good deeds-

Next Chapter, will be Kyo's adventure…with Pip. We'll meet Frodo and Legolis! YAY!

This was really sad, which is ironic, cuz you all probably expected a funny chapter? Well I wanted to explain what was going on with both Kyo and Tohru during the time he left.

Reviews would be lovely.

Until chapter 12!

Sarah.