Pairing:This chapter contains Hatori/Shigure and Haru x Rin, as well as references to Hatori x OC (Akane)
Rating: M
Warnings:There is also OOC (always put it there to be safe), language, talk of sexual content, talk of death, violence, references to torture, and blood. There are also some errors that I didn't pick up.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket, Natsuki Takaya does.


Kagura lay on the floor as he eyes fell upon the ceiling, Rin in the corner as she looked at Haru's sleeping form. It had been a week since the horror had struck them, a week since the two of them thought that they had lost Haru forever. Still the pain burnt as they looked at the boy. Rin took a deep breath as she closed her eyes, Kagura's attention moving toward her.

"Worried about him?" Kagura asked as she sat up. "Don't be…"

"How can I not be worried? He's an idiot," Rin shook her head. "He's lucky that he's only got that many stitches. Hatori-san says he should be in a body bag…" her eyes feel on the boar as a smile rolled across her face. "What's so damn funny, Kagura?"

Kagura sighed. "Hatori-san isn't exactly in the right state of mind these days…"

"Stop fantasizing," Rin snarled.

"It could happen. I'm old enough to know that both Hatori-san and Shigure-san have been close since they were young," the boar ran a hand through her hair, the horse ignoring her. "You see them all over each other…"

"You know you can just be friends, Kagura…" Rin explained.

"Yeah, you and Haru are such good friends…" Kagura took a deep breath. "I mean if friends have sex with each other than you guys are the best of friends."

"Hatori-san and Shigure-san aren't having sex…"

"Yet…" Kagura smiled. "You saw the sparks."

"I saw Shigure-san want to punch Hatori-san out…" Rin shook her head as she looked over at Haru. "The two of them were together when they found him. It must have been horrible for both of them. No words could describe what they must have felt. And Shigure-san's a writer so that doesn't come easy…:"

"So you think that's why they've been avoiding each other all week?" Kagura asked as she looked up at Rin.

"Hatori-san's the dragon; they're already on the second animal. It's only a matter of time until they get at him. Shigure-san… he's scared for him," Rin sighed. "Because if Hatori-san does get killed… we're all fucked…"

Kagura shook her head. "We can't think like that?"

"If it weren't for him Haru would be dead, Kagura," Rin explained. "What if they do the same to Hatori-san? Who's going to save his ass when it's on the line? We know that if they get him… they'll get him… and then we're all as good as dead."

Kagura bowed her head as she took a deep breath. "Then we'll just have to fight back…"

"Not everyone has your spirit… or your right hook," Rin answered, his voice almost distant.

"I know. But if we all work together, there's nothing we can't do right? Hatori-san… all three of them did something to get those people to back off…" Kagura thought deeply as she looked over at Haru. "Maybe if we all work together we can divert them…"

Rin glanced over at Haru's shaking form as she felt a chill roll through the window, taking her over. "It's just gotten cold…" she looked out the window, the day was sunny and bright, yet the sensation of death rolled through her body: something was coming. "I've got a bad feeling about this…"

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"Everyone knows what they're to do, right?" Katsu asked as Akane and Tsubasa got out of the walking to their own, both of them moving quickly as they placed their daggers in the sheaths. "You two are going to the dog's place, you're going to look for the rabbit or the tiger."

"How will we know who's who?" Tsubasa asked as he looked at Akane.

"You know who the dog is, right?" Akane asked, opening the door to the car.

"How could I forget?" Tsubasa'a voice was thick with venom. "I could lose my mind a thousand times and remember that face," he opened his own door. "So we go on instinct?"

"Precisely," Hikari added as she looked out the window at the two of them. "But don't be a pussy about it, Tsubasa-chan. Make those animals pay."

Tsubasa looked at Akane. "If I see that damn dog…"

"You leave that dog to me… your focus is finding the rabbit…" Akane explained as she looked back at Katsu. "We'll meet at the destination, right?"

Katsu nodded. "Yes, Akane-san. Make sure that you're not being followed."

They both drove off in the directions of their destinations all of them knowing that this was the day that they were going to make them all pay. In the broad daylight of the morning, they were all going to go acquire their targets, with only one thought in their mind: make them all pay.

0o0o0o0o0o0

Kisa sat in a room with Hatori, the doors locked behind them. All day bad sensations had been filling him, the thought that they might lose Kisa filling the atmosphere. He wrapped his arms around her tightly as he heard footsteps outside the house. It was probably a family member just out for a stroll, that's what he kept telling himself as he held on tightly to the young girl.

"Hatori-jiisan?" she asked as she was buried deeper in his chest. "Why are we hiding?"

Hatori knew that he couldn't hide it from her. "I felt a chill in the air this morning…" he looked into her eyes. "The same kind of chill the day that Hatsuharu and Yuki were taken from us. I know that they're on their way, they want to destroy us all."

"Why are we hiding?" Kisa asked. "What about the others?"

"Kagura and Rin have vowed to protect you…" he took a deep breath. "And they won't harm Hatsuharu. They want you… but they're not going to get you," he heard another set of footsteps. "But if they come in here, you have to climb out the window and run as far away from here as you can, understand?"

Kisa's body shook within Hatori's arms as she felt his heart race in his chest, his breathing speeding up. Her breathing and pulse almost synchronized with his as they heard more footsteps. At that moment she looked up into Hatori's eyes, her own starting to water.

"I won't leave you…"

"You're going to have to…" he took a deep breath. "They don't want me unless they can get Momiji too… besides, they seem to like to go two at a time…" he held on tighter to her. "But I will die defending you…"

Kisa closed her eyes as the footsteps came closer. "Hatori-jiisan?"

Hatori held her tighter. "It's alright… we just have to be quiet now…"

0o0o0o0o0o0

Shigure sat in a room with Momiji, his eyes falling on the window as he swallowed hard, holding the gun in his hand. He wondered if they were all doing this, if they were all locking themselves in a room. Hatori and he had a conversation yesterday about how they should separate Kisa and Momiji so that the group would have to split up to get both of them. He closed his eyes tightly as he imagined Hatori doing the same thing. His heart broke as he had no communication with the doctor, the two of them too far away to know what was going on.

Ayame, Hiro, and Kyou were ready to fight for Momiji after seeing what happened to Yuki. Shigure closed his eyes as he caught a glance of Momiji, seeing the boy shaking in the corner.

"Is this it?" Momiji asked. "Is this the end for me?"

Shigure looked over at him. "No… we're all going to be alright…"

"Ha'ri…" Momiji took a breath. "Is he going to be alright?"

Shigure froze as he heard the sound of a car pulling up to the house. "I don't know…" he tried to fight the fear that was taking him over as he heard the doors close. His heart stopped as he heard them come near the door, everything spinning on a strange axis. "It's begun…"

0o0o0o0o0o0

Katsu walked through the house, not hearing any noise. They were onto him. He looked over at Hikari who loaded her gun quickly as they walked deeper into the house, their eyes circling the area. He kept going until he heard a sigh come from Hikari's lips followed by an earth shattering firing of her gun. She was growing impatient, her green eyes, searching the room, sensing a presence.

"Hikari-san!" Katsu whispered, his voice full of anger. "What they hell are you doing?"

"Scaring them out," she answered as she walked through the house. "Do you want to stay here forever? We've got business to attend to…" she walked ahead of him. "You can stay here… I'm going to find that damn dragon and I'm going to make him pay for last time…"

"Hikari-san, the dragon has nothing to do with this. He's mine," Katsu looked around. "Let's go upstairs, you take one door, I'll take the other…"

The two of them ran up the stairs, Katsu's heart was racing in his ear as he ran. He could sense the dragon, he could feel him breathing and it was only making him move faster. He walked until he saw a door in front of him, his hand moving to try to open it. Hikari ran in the other direction, looking for another door to break in to. But Katsu stayed at the door, freezing as he could sense what was in there. He tried to open it, only feeling that it was locked.

They're getting smart, he moved to grasp the sword from his back, grasping the hilt tightly as he tried to jam the blade into the door, trying his hardest to break the lock, he heard muffled screams from the other side of the door, his heart racing as he heard the cries of a young girl.

"Hatori-jiisan!" a girl cried.

Katsu tried harder to get the door open, adrenaline rushing as he heard that name. We meet again, Souma Hatori, he pushed harder against his sword. Would you remember my face? Would you remember my name? Ten years have gone by, but you were always the brightest of all of them…

The door finally opened as he looked at the sight of a man holding a young girl. "Hello…" Katsu announced as he held on tighter to the sword, his hand shaking as he saw the dragon advert his eyes from him. "Hatori…"

Hatori's eyes fell back onto the man that was in front of him, his body visibly shaking as he froze in place, holding on tighter to Kisa, unable to let go of her. "Y-you?" Kisa was shaking in his arms; she too was frozen as the man walked closer. "You're the one…?"

"It's been a long time, hasn't it, Hatori-sempai?" Katsu asked as he walked closer to them, the dragon freezing in place. "Now let go of the tiger, or I'll kill you…"

Hatori looked down at Kisa and then at Katsu. They had no place to go.

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Shigure heard the sound of a dagger grinding against the door, Momiji looking at the window as he took a deep breath. "Do I go out the window?"

Shigure shook his head. "No… hide…"

Momiji's eyes were wide as the dog said that. "Shi-chan… I can't just leave you…"

The older Souma's eyes fell on the door. They didn't want anything to do with the dog. The rabbit was their goal. They were already on their way to secure the tiger, Hatori no doubt being caught in the crossfire. Too many had suffered through this: Yuki, Haru, now Kisa and Momiji were going to be taken over by this horror. He closed his eyes tightly as he knew this had to stop, even if it cost him his life.

"Momiji…" Shigure breathed. "You have to trust me…" his eyes were clouding with tears.

Haa-san, please be alright…

"No matter what happens you won't come out…"

Don't die…

"You have to stay hidden…"

Please don't die…

He closed his eyes tightly. "You can't let them get you…"

"After all this time, Gure-san?"

Shigure's eyes were watering as he looked away from the rabbit, trying to ignore them trying to break in. Haa-san… please… if you die I will hate you… I will never forgive you…

The door opened as a woman walked in. Shigure's eyes went directly to hers, looking deeply into them recognizing them. He froze in place as he looked deeper into those eyes, his heart stopping as it all came back to him. The days that they were in school, the days that Hatori used to look into those eyes, they were all flooding back. At that moment he knew who was standing before him, he knew the face, he knew those eyes.

"You?" Shigure asked, his voice shaking.

"You remember my face?" Akane asked as she walked forward. "I'm flattered. You never were one to forget a pretty girl. I was surprised that you and Hatori didn't recognize me earlier…"

Shigure's body shook. "What are you doing here?"

"What am I doing here?" Akane walked closer to the dog. "I'm here to get the rabbit. You see I know what you are, I have for a while now… you tried to keep it so secret, tried to protect yourself from outsiders, but here we are, in your house, ready to take those who are close to you."

Shigure closed his eyes tightly as he saw the dagger in her hand, her body moving closer to him. Momiji was in the room, hiding from her, his body shaking as he hoped that he wouldn't find him. He kept his attention on Akane, trying to ignore Momiji'a presence. Her eyes fell onto him, a smile on her face as she moved closer, pointing the dagger at him.

"What's with that face, Shigure?" Akane asked as she moved even closer to him, her hands on his shoulders, watching him flinch. "Oh calm down, Shigure, you know when I touch you, you don't transform," the dagger's tip dug slightly into his flesh, his breath catching in his throat as his whole body shuddered.

"Please… what do you want?" Shigure's eyes were starting to water as his nerves were on fire. "Why are you doing this to us?"

"Shigure…" she smiled as she stood up. "It's not me that you should be worried about… it's our leader. You're lucky he's not here. It's a pity though… Hatori never stood a chance."

"If you hurt him, I'll…"

"You'll what? You'll kill me?" she laughed as she closed her eyes, her hand tightening on her dagger. "I'm not afraid of you… you can do whatever you want because we will have Hatori, he's going to die. But it's all up to Katsu when we kill him."

Shigure closed his eyes tightly as he heard footsteps all over the house. Yet in the heat of an invasion all he could think of was Hatori. He looked up at Akane seeing the smile on her face as she thought about what had happened to the dragon. His whole body shook as he tried to imagine the monsters that were with him. He closed his eyes as he knew all was lost.

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Haru awoke from his bed to look around the room; he could sense the presence of someone in the room. He looked around the darkness to try to see who was within the walls of the room he was within. He could feel them breathing, he could feel their eyes staring at him. As he rose from bed, he finally heard the words echo off of the walls.

"Hello Bessie," he heard someone call out, his attention fell onto those deadly green eyes.

"What are you doing here?" Haru asked as she walked closer.

"You know, it's impolite to not address someone's name when you see them for the first time. Then again, I'm not sure if I ever introduced myself. The name is Sorano Hikari, and I'm the one who's been sent to kill the tiger…" she moved closer to Haru, his body visibly shaking. "I don't know what you're so afraid of, I never hurt you Hatsuharu."

Haru narrowed his eyes as he took a deep breath, his body shaking with anger. This was the woman who had broken Yuki, this was the woman who had tortured his cousin, this was the monster that destroyed everything that he held dear. He wanted to move forward, the sensation of killing her flowing through his body. He watched that smile roll across her face as she moved closer to him, the clicking of her heels filling his ears.

"Well it seems like you're getting better," she smirked, her voice thick with malice. "I guess Akane went easy on you… she usually makes her prey beg for death, even days after she had her hands on them."

"I'm not prey," Hatsuharu growled. "I'm a human…"

"That's debatable isn't it Bessie? You see when I think human; I don't think of someone who can transform into a cow. I think of someone like me. Some like how you are now…" she watched the confused look plague his face, snickering evilly, Haru's heart stopping almost completely as his head started to swirl. "You haven't transformed because we cured you…"

"C-cured me?" he shook his head as his vision started to cloud. "How did you cure me?"

"We have our ways. If we can't kill you, at least we can make you a little less disgusting," Hikari looked out the window as she heard Haru's breathing speed up. "Don't worry, I didn't give any to that rat… after all, he's not my target is he?"

"Who is?" Haru didn't have any time to waste.

Hikari didn't hesitate as she answered. "The tiger…"

"Kisa?" Haru almost jumped out of his bed. "You bitch. She's just a child!"

"She is an abomination!" Hikari's eyes lit up as her heels clicked violently, her body lunging forward. "She's a monster that doesn't deserve to live. As are you and all of your family! And every single one who is my target will not get away like you. No, they will suffer the death that they deserve to suffer, they will die like the animals that they are. You were one of the lucky ones, she is not. She is in the next room and as Katsu takes care of that insolent dragon I'm going to go get her. How does that sound to you?"

"It sounds like your underestimating Kagura and Rin, they'll take you down!" His voice went quiet as he heard the woman laugh.

"Those two wimps, I took them out already. They weren't very much protection," she pouted her lips as Haru looked away from her. "They're not dead, Bessie so you can wipe that look off of your face."

"What do you want with me?" Haru asked, his voice shaking.

"I wanted to see how you were; it's been too long since we saw you. We thought we would pay you short visit," her eyes glowed with hunger as she looked at Haru, his body shaking as he looked deeper into emerald irises.

"I don't know what you want, but you won't get it!" Haru watched as she walked closer to the door.

She turned and said one sentence that haunted Haru to the core. "Oh but I already have, Bessie. I've gotten exactly what I wanted…"

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Katsu fell to the ground next to Hatori, their eyes meeting each other. Hatori shook his head as he tried to block out the memories that were within them. He took a deep breath as he felt those hands up against his neck, fingers running along his flesh. He looked over at Kisa who was standing in the corner. Katsu's attention was no longer on her, he only cared about Hatori. He looked at her as if begging her to leave the room to hide away from them.

"She can run all she wants, Hikari-san will get her soon enough," Katsu's lips moved into a smile.

"Why don't you care about her? She's what you came for…"

"How do you know that?" Katsu asked as he pressed his fingers deeper into Hatori's skin, the dragon wincing at the pressure. "First comes the rat, then the cow, then the tiger, then the rabbit, and then guess what comes next Hatori-kun," he pressed his fingers deeper against Hatori's neck almost choking him. "The dragon!"

Hatori gasped for air. "Please… just get out of here. Stop doing what you're doing…"

"I can't," Katsu looked deeper into Hatori's eyes, his body shaking for a moment as he looked deeper into his hazel irises, his hands trembling up against him.

Hatori took a deep breath as he looked up at the man, finally calling out his name. "Shunsuke… please, don't do this," he closed his eyes tightly. "Shunsuke!"

Upon hearing his name, Katsu wrapped his hands around Hatori's throat tightly, hearing him gasp for air as tears fell from his eyes. He pushed him deeper into the ground as he looked down at the dragon, feeling his body convulse in pain underneath his touch. Hatori opened his eyes to see Kisa staring at him, her eyes watering as she tried to come closer. He the looked up at Katsu his eyes meeting the darkness of Katsu's onyx eyes. As his gaze continued her felt the grip around his neck start to loosen up, traces of water along the edges of his attacker's eyes.

Hatori could feel the hands loosen, but they never left his neck. All that he could feel were those eyes looking deeper into his, suffocating him as he gasped for breath. Katsu couldn't move. He could only look down at him and say one single word.

"Cassandra…"

He covered Hatori's eyes, blocking out the sight of those irises as he wrapped his free hand around the doctor's neck. Hatori faded in and out of consciousness, his breath ceasing within his chest. His eyes watered up against Katsu's hand, there was no way he could get out of this.

That was when he heard the footsteps.


It seems like forever since I updated this story. I thought now would be agood time to put the next chapter up. All I can say is school has been insanium in the cranium!

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