A/N: Hey guys so I'm almost done with this story. It might be 1 more chapter after this, maybe two if I need that. I'm ready to finish this one, cause I want to start another one. If anyone is a fan of The Mortal Instruments series, I'm starting a story for that one soon. Anyways, here's chapter 22.

Chapter 22: Most Thrilling Kill

"Tohru-kun, Yuki, I'm leaving!"

Shigure stood at the bottom of the stair case waiting for a reply. Tohru appeared at the top, red eyed and sniffing. She smiled weakly and nodded. "Okay, Shigure-San, have fun."

"Oh I won't be having much fun, I'm heading to the Estate." He dropped his eyes to the floor.

Tohru cringed slightly. "Is it about Kyo-kun?"

Shigure nodded. "I'm afraid so. They want to send people out to look for him." Without anything else to say, he turned and headed out of the front door.

She stood at the top of the stairs, staring at the spot where Shigure had just been. Her mind was racing. If they want to look for him, does that mean they have an idea on where he is? If they do, maybe I should find out. Maybe Momiji-Kun would know!

She ran down the stairs and grabbed the telephone, punching the digits to Momji's cell phone. It rang six times before the voicemail answered. Oh no, I'll just leave a message.

"Momiji-Kun, this is Tohru, if it wouldn't be too much trouble could you please return my call? It's important, I'd like to speak to you."

She hung up the phone, wishing for another way to contact him. Cell phones are meant to be quick…maybe Hatsuharu-San has one…. Yuki-Kun would know.

Tohru walked quickly back upstairs and knocked on Yuki's door timidly. He opened it and smiled at her. "Yes Honda-San?"

Tohru quickly asked him about the phone numbers, and was pleased when he had a solution. "Text messaging?" She asked in confusion.

Yuki nodded and pulled his cell out of his pocket. "I'll send one to Momiji and one to Haru. What did you want me to ask them?"

"Ask them to please call me."

Yuki pressed the buttons quickly. He was getting faster thanks to Kakeru. The guy always had something dumb to send him. He looked at Tohru curiously. "Is something wrong Honda-San?"

She looked up at him and shrugged. "Not really, it's just that Shigure-San is headed to the Sohma Estate. He said they want to send people out to look for Kyo-Kun." She paused waiting for a reaction. When he didn't give one she continued. "I just thought they might know if they had had any idea where he might be."

Yuki nodded in understanding. "Let me call a few people and I'll let you know what I find out."

Tohru smiled appreciatively. "Thank you, Yuki-Kun." Before she could say anymore to him, the house phone rang. "oh, the phone!" She exclaimed and dashed from his room.

She reached the phone breathless and answered. "Hello, Sohma residence."

"Hello Tohru Honda."

Tohru stopped breathing as she recognized the voice. The voice she once believed belonged to a male. "Yes, Akito-San?"

"I'm glad I have your attention." Akito sighed heavily. "Do you remember what you agreed to, Honda?"

Tohru bit her nails nervously. "Y-yes, Akito-San. But Kyo-Kun escaped- "

"We found him."

Tohru's heart sped up. They found him? She almost dropped the phone in shock. "Th-that's-"

"Which means," Akito went on, ignoring Tohru. "you still have a deal. I'll let him go when you meet with them."

"Yes, Akito-San. When?"

"Well, I know I gave you a week, but that needs to be cut short." She listened and waited for Akito to continue. "You need to fulfill your agreement tonight."

Catalyna sat anxiously in the back of the car. Momiji's driver had arrived a few minutes before Vanessa and Angelo left, giving them enough time to slip in the back and hide. They were now following them on a dark road, with the head lights off and a lot of space in front of them.

Momiji pat her hand, seeing her popping her knuckles. "Calm down Lyna-Kun."

Catalyna turned to him and smiled nervously. "You know, maybe it's okay for you to just call me Lyna or Catalyna from now on."

Momiji only smiled in response. They both turned to watch out of the windshield. He wasn't sure where his driver had learned to follow anyone, but he was glad to have him. They were driving down a bumpy dirt road, having headed off the main road about twenty minutes before. He knew they were way out in the middle of no where, where there were endless possibilities that the two could be headed. There were houses out there, some very nice, new houses and some abandoned.

"Momiji, they're stopping." Catalyna pointed out of the windshield. They pulled in to the drive way of an old abandoned house. There were trees all around, much like Shigure's house. The driver stopped and they all watched in anticipation. Vanessa and Angelo got out of the back and headed for the front door. The headlights shut off and the last thing they saw was the two heading in and quickly shutting the door behind them.

"What do you think they're doing here?" Momiji asked Catalyna. He was weary of Vanessa and Angelo's driver. How could they get past him. He turned and looked at Catalyna when she didn't respond right away.

She seemed to had gone pale as she stared forward at the house. "There are a lot of things they could be doing here." She shivered at the memories of some of the things she seen. "One time they killed five woman and left them in a basement to rot. I saw them about a month after they had been down there, practically mutilated." She noticed Momiji tense up and the driver's eyes widen in the rear view mirror. "If they have Uotani, then it has to be here."

Momiji instructed his driver to hide and wait for them. He was so pleased that his driver knew exactly what he was doing. Catalyna got out first and immediately ran in to the trees. Momiji paused for a second to think. What if they got caught? What would happen to them? He tried to push those worries away as he got out and quickly followed her path. He almost tripped over a twig as he found her crouched behind a thick brush.

Catalyna turned to him and raised her brows. "We need to sneak all the way around. The back door is probably open." There was no moon out, so it was hard to make out anything in the trees. He had only been able to find her because of her white sweater. She pulled on his hand. "Come on, stay behind me and stay hidden."

They managed to make it all the way in to the back of the house without being noticed by the other driver. Catalyna was right; the back door was open. They both looked inside cautiously. It was completely dark and quiet.

"I'll go first." Momiji whispered as he stepped forward.

"No!" Catalyna whispered back frantically. She grabbed his arm and pulled him behind her. "I've done this before Momiji, I'll go first." She peered through the doorway and then turned to him one last time. "Shut your phone off." Then she headed in to the house.

Momiji hurried after her, his phone was on silent already, so there was no risk that it would go off. He looked around and tried to spot her, his eyes trying to adjust to the dark. It took a few seconds for him to realize she was right next to him, looking around and examining the room. There was one couch and a broken table. It looked like an old living room. Catalyna walked forward toward a doorway, her footsteps made no sound. Momji tried to stay as quiet as he followed her, but the floor creaked under his weight. She stopped at the doorway and looked through to the next room. It was a kitchen.

Momiji was breathing heavily as his heart pounded in his ears. Catalyna turned to him; she could hear his fear and sense it all over. She pressed her finger to her lips in a shushing motion. He nodded and tried to control his breath.

Without warning she quickly stepped through the kitchen and stopped at another empty doorway. He followed her, glad to have made little noise that time. She turned to him again and raised her hand toward his face. He held his breath when she instead grabbed his ear lobe between her finger tips and tugged it very gently, mouthing the word 'listen'. He listened carefully, trying to hear past the sound of his blood rushing through him. Voices were starting to come in to focus and it was easy to identify them. It was Angelo and Vanessa arguing it sounded with each other. He looked around trying to identify where they were coming from. Catalyna pointed through the door way and down a hall. Then she headed that way. Momiji crept behind her, glad that the floors were only dusty and had no debris. He could see more clearly now, and he followed when they entered what looked like a second living room and hid behind a wall, peering through another doorway. Catalyna was on the left side and Momiji gently knelt on the right. She pointed through the empty doorway to a closed door in the next room. He could hear them better now, and there was a third voice that yelled at them.

"You leave her alone!!"

Catalyna's eyes went wide at the same time the face flashed in to Momiji's mind. A yell of pain followed the words and a shiver ran through him.

They had found Uo.

Down in the basement the angry blonde was glaring at the two in front of her. Her cheek was red and swollen and her lip was bleeding. A cut was dripping slowly above her brow, but she wouldn't back down.

"You're no use to us anyways." Vanessa smirked as she toyed with a knife in her grasp. "We've had more help from that stupid Akito anyway. She's so determined to protect her family she would hand over that girl. Since we see you have no intention of aiding us, we'll just kill you now and then head over to that little house in the trees. Hopefully she's home, it would be a pain to have to look for her."

Angelo shifted his eyes to his cousin. "It should be easy, finding Catalyna's mother certainly was."

Uo's eyes widened as she looked up at them. "You killed her…?"

"That's right blondie, we killed her mother." Vanessa snapped and narrowed her eyes. She rolled them and looked away. "This is such a waste of time Angelo, let's hurry up and get this done. I'm sick of this country."

He nodded and sighed. "Well Arisa, it has been pleasant, but it's time for us to go." He glanced briefly at Vanessa. "Any last words?"

Uo breathed deeply and stared him directly in the eye. "Go to hell." She said with venom in her voice.

Vanessa laughed and shrugged at Angelo. Without a moment of hesitation, she plunged the knife in to Uo's abdomen, the hilt the only part sticking out of her.

She didn't even yell in pain.

Upstairs Momiji and Catalyna sat in silence, straining to hear movement. They hadn't heard much except the yelling, so they had no idea what was going on. Just when Catalyna was thinking of barging through that door, the distinct sound of heavy footsteps reached her ears and she held her breath. Momiji pulled his head out of the door way just as it opened. They listened as Angelo and Vanessa shut the door behind them.

"You know Vanessa, you're right." A burning hate ran in Catalyna's blood at the sound of Angelo's voice. "We need to finish this damn thing. I'm getting tired of Japan."

Vanessa laughed humorlessly. "It will be easy. That girl is possibly one of the weakest people I've ever seen. I don't really care if Akito is there yet. We'll just kill anyone who gets in our way." She laughed again. "Little Miss Honda will be our most thrilling kill yet."

She didn't have to be sitting next to Momiji to know he tensed up, it could be felt through the air. They started to walk away, and she waited until she could hear them leave. The creak of a door filled her ears and then the sound of it closing. She held her breath for a few moments, the silence pressing in on her. She turned her head to find Momiji staring at her with wide eyes. With a nod of her head she got up and headed for the door, Momiji following close behind.

"Akito, are you sure about this?"

Akito sat in the back of the car, wearing a very tired expression. Her eyes were red from rubbing, and her lids hung heavily. She turned to look at Kureno, her loyal pet. He looked to be very nervous and sick. His face was pale and his hands looked sweaty. "Yes Kureno, I'm very sure about this."

He fidgeted in his seat and looked around. "You don't have to do this. You could just call the police."

Akito smirked. There was no amusement in her eyes. "Kureno, the police would never be of help." With a deep sigh she closed her eyes and leaned her head back on the seat. "I must take care of my family myself. If that means handing over one stupid girl in exchange for safety, then it must be done."

Kureno looked at his hands, then asked the question that had been nagging him. "Akito, do they have Arisa Uotani?"

Akito shrugged. "That stupid girl's friend? I don't know. What does it matter?"

Kureno couldn't answer.

Akito opened her eyes and gazed at the red head. "You are mine. Worry not about some high school girl. Especially one that would befriend someone like Tohru Honda." She returned to looking out of the window. "When we get there and hand her over, our problems will be solved."

Catalyna grabbed the door knob of the basement, prepared to get Uotani out of there. She stopped before she turned the knob and looked up at Momiji. He was standing in front of her, eyes wide in worry. She placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Momiji, listen to me for a second." She took a deep breath. "You need to be ready for whatever we can find in here." She gestured toward the door. "Uotani may already be dead, they have done something terrible to her beyond imagination… and there could be others." She squeezed his shoulder. "You need to remain calm and promise me not to freak out."

Momiji nodded.

With a firm grip she turned the knob and pushed open the door. She held her breath, afraid of some smell of rotting bodies. She was glad to find there was no such thing. It was pitch dark in the room, so she fumbled on the wall and found a switch. With a flick a small light turned on and she spotted Uo in the middle of the room.

"Uotani!" She exclaimed and stepped forward. She almost fell on the stairs; she hadn't realized they were there. Momiji descended quicker than her and reached Uo first. He dropped to his knees in front of her.

"Uo-chan!" He grabbed her shoulder and gasped when he spotted the blood soaking through her shirt. "Lyna-Kun, she's hurt!"

Catalyna knelt in front of her and gasped at the wound. She looked up to find Uo looking at them in confusion. She seemed dazed and disoriented. "Uotani, do you know who we are?"

Uo nodded and her dazed expression vanished. "How did you guys get here?" She asked weakly.

"That doesn't matter." Momiji rolled up her shirt and looked away. The wound was really deep and bleeding quickly. "Oh god, Lyna-Kun…"

Catalyna made quick work of untangling the chains wrapped around Uo's hands. Once they were free, she grabbed the weak girl's wrists and placed her hands over her abdomen. "Apply pressure."

Uo shook her head at them. "You have to call Tohru!" She yelled suddenly. "They're going for her right now, you have to go and help her!"

Catalyna pulled her phone out of her pocket. "Momiji try to calm her down and you apply the pressure, I'm calling an ambulance."

"Come on Uo-chan, you need to stay calm." Momiji grabbed her hand and squeezed gently.

"No! They said Akito is going for her! They said they're going to kill her!" She pushed his hands away and stood up suddenly. "We have to go and stop them."

Momiji pulled his phone out and quickly called his driver. "Daske, did they- what?" He listened and gasped. "You did? Are they- uh huh." Pause. "Good, tell them she's in the basement!" He hung up and grabbed Catalyna's hand. "Hang up there's one here already!"

Catalyna hung up and didn't ask questions. She turned to Uo and made her sit down again. "Uotani, what exactly did they tell you?"

"They said they're going to kill her right now!" Uo grabbed Catalyna's arm. "We have to stop them."

Momiji grabbed Catalyna and pulled her toward the stairs. "Come on, we can get there quick."

"Uotani, there's an ambulance here for you, you'll be fine!" Catalyna let herself be pulled up the stairs.

They ran through the house and out of the front door. The flashing lights of the ambulance made them stop and blink for a moment. Two men ran past them and in to the house equipped with bags. After a moment of hesitation Momiji pulled Catalyna again and they ran toward his waiting driver.

They all but jumped in to the back. "Take us to Shigure's! Drive as fast as you can!" Momiji yelled as he threw his seat belt on. The driver nodded and made the fastest reverse Catalyna had ever seen.

She opened her phone and quickly found her house number. It rang four times and then was answered by Kyo. "Hello? Catalyna?"

"Kyo? Why are you- ?'"

"You're mom isn't here yet." He answered quickly. "Where have you been? I've tried calling a few- "

"Now's not the time." She yelled frantically in to the phone. "You have to get to Shigure's house NOW!" The driver made a spectacular turn about and sped on to the main road.

Kyo's voice turned serious. "Why? What's going on?"

Catalyna held on to her seat as the driver punched the gas, probably making the motor jump with the acceleration. "Kyo, Angelo and Vanessa are on they're way there. You need to get there and tell Tohru not to go with Akito no matter what!"

A thud echoed through the phone, followed by the sound of frantic footsteps, then the slam of a door.

Tohru sat alone in the living room, fully dressed and ready to go. She knew she had to hold up her end of the bargain with Akito, so sat with out any intention of telling Yuki. However, the Rat chose that moment to walk in to the living room and look at her curiously.

"Honda-San, what are you doing out here?"

Tohru fiddled with her hands in her lap. She couldn't think of any lie, plus he would be able to tell she was lying anyway. She decided the truth would be best. "I'm waiting for Akito-San."

Yuki's grey eyes widened. "Why are you waiting for him?" He asked a little too harshly.

Tohru looked at the floor and tried her best to remain calm. She was nervous enough as it is. "Because, I will be leaving with him."

"Why would you do that?" Yuki sat down next to her, concern weighing down his features.

She took a deep breath. "Yuki-Kun, Akito-San has Kyo-Kun with him. If I cooperate with him, he will release him."

Without thinking Yuki grabbed her hand. "You can't do that Honda-San. You can't trust him!" He said with finality. "You're not leaving with him."

Tohru sighed. "But I have to…"

"No you don't."

"Yes Yuki-Kun I have to do it for- "

The lights went out suddenly, cutting her off. She clutched his hand and whimpered, her fear of the dark surfacing. Yuki squeezed her hand in reassurance. "What the heck just happened?"

"Um, Yuki-Kun…" She blinked a few times, her eyes straining to see in the pitch black. "Maybe a tree fell or something…?" She felt him pull away and get up quickly. Straining her ears she heard him walk down the hall and pick up the phone.

"The phone is out too." He placed it back on the receiver and walked back down the hall and in to the living room. Instead of sitting back on the couch he headed for the window and looked out. "That's strange."

A sudden thump made them both jump. They're eyes traveled to the ceiling, where they heard a second thump come from upstairs. Tohru gasped and looked at Yuki in horror. "Yuki-Kun," She whispered. "There's someone upstairs…"

He walked over to her and placed his hands on her shoulders. Placing a finger to his lips he leaned close to her face and looked her in the eyes. "Stay here." He whispered. She nodded and then he quietly made his way up the stairs.

At the top he looked around. Nothing seemed out of place and all the doors were closed, just as they had been when he descended. The thumping was coming from Tohru's room. Holding his breath he leaned against the door and quickly opened it.

He looked around curiously for the source of the sound, only to find Tohru's window open, wind causing it to thump against the wall. He breathed a sigh, not quite feeling relieved. A feeling of uncertainty crept under his skin, causing nervous perspiration to break out across his upper lip. Listening intently he tried to hear any signs of disturbance. Nothing.

Closing the door behind him he headed toward the stairs, and then stopped as something caught his eye. The door to the bathroom stood slightly ajar, when he swore it was closed a minute ago.

He sensed it before he knew that someone was standing directly behind him. Turning on his heel he struck out with his fist, but the dark form of a man caught it and glared at him. Yuki's heart jumped in his chest when he looked at those green eyes.

"Not smart, Yuki Sohma." With a swift movement he pushed Yuki with his palms with all the force he could. Yuki flew backward and collided with the wall.

Reacting quickly Yuki pushed against the wall and retaliated. He kicked at Angelo, aiming his heel at his abdomen. It connected and Angelo fell to the ground with a grunt.

Taking his chance Yuki ran toward the stairs, his heart pounding in his ears. "Honda-San, run!!" He yelled down the staircase.

Arms wrapped around him from behind and pulled him back ward in to the darkness of the hall. He kicked and writhed, trying to stomp on Angelo's foot or force him back in to a wall. Without a second to understand what was happening, Yuki's head was violently thrown in to the wall, plaster coming apart under the force.

Yuki's lanky form fell to the ground, red erupting under his eye lids from the pain. He opened his eyes but everything was out of focus. He wouldn't be able to stand.

Through his blurred vision, he watched with confusion as Angelo's thick form descended the stair case.

A/N: Cliff hanger. Ha ha. One more chapter after this. I hope one more chapter, it might have to be two. Not sure yet. I can't believe it, it's finally gonna be done! This thing is too long… ha ha. Anyways, review people! Hope Tohru lives.