In dedication to Joyful902006

Mizuki ran over to see her friend tears brimming in her eyes. Sano and Nakatsu along with the others stood there off-struck by what just happened.

"Hey, Tohru you gotta wake up!" Mizuki choked in between her sobs.

Mizuki shook Tohru's arm but she didn't awake. Kisa dropped down to her knees in front of Tohru, tears quickly falling down her cheeks.

"Onee-chan….." She wept.

"Someone call an ambulance!"

Mizuki being the fastest runner besides Rin ran to the nearest phone and dialed the emergency number. She tapped her foot impatiently as the phone rung.

"Hello this is the police, how can I help you?"

"SEND AN AMBULANCE! NOW! Someone's injured!!!" Mizuki screamed into the phone.

"Calm down miss! Tell us your exact address!"

Mizuki took a deep breath and told them the address and the situation.

"We'll be over shortly!"

The phone line went dead. Mizuki rapidly tossed the phone back onto its receiver.

"They're coming!" she announced as she ran back into the room.

Most of The Sohmas crowded around the injured girl. Excluding Kyo who was holding Akito back, but you could see in his eyes he would give anything to help her. Hatori was the most calm at this moment but in his eyes shone panic.

"Move aside," He ordered shoving his way so he was directly in front of Tohru.

Her once white pajama top was now red with blood. Hatori unbuttoned the bottom of her top examining the cut.

"Someone go get me some towels and hot water," he commanded as calm as he could stay.

Kagura darted off to the bathroom grabbing some towels while Rin filled a large bowl with warm water. They came back swiftly setting the items down in front of the doctor. Hatori soaked a towel in hot water and wiped away as much blood as he could but more blood kept flowing out.

"Shigure, hold this towel here securely. We have to keep her from losing too much blood," Hatori told him.

Tohru still lay in Yuki's arms. He blushed when he realized how much of her skin was showing. Only the first couple buttons of her shirt remained buttoned. Shigure used both hands to hold on the towel. Kyo stood on his tip toes to see what was going on. His grip on Akito slipped. Akito dropped to the ground silently, not moving. She almost looked regretful. A painful look streaked across her face.

The door bell rang shrilly. Haru immediately swung the door open and let the paramedics rush in with the stretcher. Yuki helped Hatori left the girl onto it quickly. Everyone ran out of the house and into one another's cars as the paramedics lifted the stretcher onto the ambulance. They shut the doors and the ambulance sped off to the nearest hospital. The sirens growing softer and softer. The Sohmas along with Sano, Nakatsu and Mizuki in their separate vehicles weren't far behind it.

The tires screeched as the cars stopped at the hospital. They all followed the paramedics inside. An oxygen mask had been placed over the unconscious girl's face and an IV was inserted into her arm. The Sohmas followed them to the emergency room where nurses stopped them from entering. The door to the emergency slammed shut as soon as Tohru was wheeled in. A light above the door flickered on noting that nobody could enter at the moment and that an operation was going on.

"Please go fill out forms for this girl and wait in the waiting room please. The doctors will get back to you as soon as they can," one nurse instructed handing Hatori a pen and clip board.

Sighs and grunts of frustration and worry erupted from the mini crowd. Hatori was the first to go to the waiting room, knowing that there was nothing he could do at that moment anymore. One by one they all reluctantly followed him. Just the Sohmas, Mizuki, Sano and Nakatsu filled up an entire waiting room. The only one who hadn't come was Akito.

Yuki and Kyo paced across the floor worriedly. Hatori finished up filling out the hospital forms and walked over to the nurse and handed it to her. She examined the forms flipping through the pages to make sure he completely filled it out.

"Are you her guardian?" the nurse asked.

"No…." Hatori replied.

"I'm sorry, we'll need contact with her guardian then," she told Hatori.

"… Okay…. I'll be right back…"

Hatori went back into the waiting room.

"Do any of you know Tohru's grandfather's number?" Hatori asked calmly.

Everyone was silent in the room. Nobody answered. Yuki and Kyo froze, not pacing anymore.

"Not at the top of my head…" replied Shigure.

Mizuki bit her lip nervously.

"Why do you need it?" Kagura asked.

"I thought we should tell him since she is his granddaughter but we also need her legal guardian here," Hatori answered.

Hatori sighed. This was going to be a bigger problem then he thought.

"The phone number is at home…." Yuki told Hatori softly.

Mizuki's eyes lit up at the chance of helping.

"I'll go get it!" offered Mizuki jumping out of her seat.

"Alright…. It should be in the drawer in the nightstand with the phone on it," Shigure instructed with a faint smile.

Mizuki nodded repeating its location silently to herself.

"I'm coming with you," Sano decided as he stood up next to Mizuki.

"Huh?" Mizuki looked up at him full of confusion.

"You never know who might still be there… It's dangerous for a girl to be alone anyways…" Sano explained.

"Oh… Okay…." Replied Mizuki.

"Hey! Then I'm coming too!" Nakatsu declared hopping up beside them.

"No," responded Sano bluntly.

"And why not?!"

"If Tohru does wake up we'll need you to come tell us, you ARE the fastest runner in Osaka," Sano told Nakatsu reasonably.

Honestly Sano wanted to be alone with Mizuki. Luckily Nakatsu accepted the argument. Nobody added that Rin was a fast runner or that they could just call either so Sano and Mizuki left the hospital in a hurry. Mizuki took off in a swift run. The cold wind hit her cruelly as she swung open the hospital door and ran out.

"Hey! Wait up for me! Some of us aren't as fast as you!" called Sano taking after the girl.

Mizuki didn't slow down a bit. Sano sighed trying his best to keep up with her. He reached up and grabbed her shoulder breathlessly.

"Running as fast as you can isn't gonna save her, you know?" Sano gasped between his breaths.

She froze not bothering to turn around. Her body was trembling.

"What else can I do then?" Mizuki choked.

For the first time, he realized that she had been crying. Tears were flowing from her eyes like an endless river. Instantly he regretted his careless words. He pulled her into a comforting embrace.

"Sano!" she cried surprised.

"I'm sorry…" he muttered holding her tighter.

Mizuki relaxed letting her tears soak his shirt.

"She's going to be alright… right?" She asked in a small voice.

Sano was silent for a moment before muttering, "Yea…"

"Hey! Izumi! Mi-!"

Nakatsu's words were cut off at what he saw. He froze in his tracks. The girl he loved was being held by Sano. He wasn't there when she needed to be comforted most. He had lost to him….. Suddenly he felt like crying. He wanted to run, as far away as he could, but he couldn't. His feet wouldn't budge. Tears daring to form in his already watery eyes.

"Nakatsu?!" exclaimed Mizuki breaking apart from Sano.

Nakatsu looked up and forced a smile, pretending that he hadn't seen a thing.

"I found you guys!" he shouted in mock joy running over to them.

"Why are you here?" Mizuki asked wiping away her tears frantically.

Nakatsu reached into his pocket and pulled out a key and held it out to them with a fake wide grin.

"You guys forgot the key. How did you expect to get in?"

Mizuki laughed as she took the key from Nakatsu saying, "Oh right… How careless!"

Sano was silent. He was pretty sure that Nakatsu had seen them even though he showed no signs of it.

"Well, you two better get going," Nakatsu muttered.

Something about his tone of voice wasn't normal. His cheerfulness felt like a lie. This went unnoticed by Mizuki who was focused on helping Tohru.

"Okay! We'll see you at the hospital!" agreed Mizuki with one last smile before she took off again.

Sano stared at Nakatsu for a moment, deciding whether or not he should say something.

"What?"

"Nothing…" Sano mumbled before turning around running as fast as he could.

Nakatsu dropped to the ground devastated. He hugged his knees and let the tears fall slowly.

Mizuki arrived at the house in a matter of minutes. She fumbled with the key trying to get it into the door. Sano came up to her and grabbed the key from her and inserted it and turned. The door unlocked with a click.

"Stay behind me," Sano told her in a quiet voice as he opened the door.

Mizuki nodded and followed him closely. They both looked around the house before deciding that it was empty.

"C'mon, let's hurry up and get outta here," Sano murmured.

Mizuki didn't respond and quickly darted to the hallway where the phone was located. She rummaged through the messy drawer throwing out papers and garbage that had been shoved into it.

"How do they find anything in here…." Mizuki muttered.

Sano went through the papers on the floor trying to find the one with a phone number. She continued tossing more onto the ground rapidly.

"GAH! There's nothing left in here!" Mizuki exclaimed peering into the empty drawer.

"Relax, you were in a rush and probably tossed it aside…." Sano decided as he stacked up the papers he went through.

Mizuki joined him scanning the sheets of paper on the ground. Sano stacked the papers he went through neatly. The ground was still covered in a mess. Mizuki straightened out the crinkled sheets in search of the phone number. Most of the papers were old take out menus and clips from newspapers. Along with those they found dirty napkins and garbage.

"This is hopeless…." Muttered Mizuki as she placed the last sheet onto the pile.

Sano dropped the papers back into the drawer sloppily and threw the trash into the garbage.

"Our hard work wasted….."

Mizuki sat cross legged on the floor staring at the wood floor hopelessly. Sano stood there silently glancing around the room in hope of finding a clue to where the number could be…

Bad ending… Sorry! Please review! Asan-chan is very saddened by the last amount of reiviews… only 5?