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Akito paced around the room, an angry scowl upon his face.

"This defiance will not be tolerated! They will pay! The link between the zodiac and god is unbreakable! They will not get away with this!" and as he finished the sentence, a smile of pure malice came across his face, followed by a bought of manic laughter.

Tohru opened her eyes. Normally, when she first got up, she saw the ceiling. But today, she was face to face with Akito. And like most people, she screamed. Fortunately, Kyo was on his way to gaze at her with loving eyes. So he was able to come to the rescue. But not before Tohru got a large slash on her face, Akito had a large knife.

"Get away you bastard! Why do you do this to her? She did nothing to you!" Kyo shouted at Akito, and then dealt a very large blow to his face that knocked him flat on the floor. This was followed by a kick to the stomach. Kyo soon realized what he did. His eyes grew very wide and he stood staring shocked at the unconscious form on the floor.

Shigure and Yuki ran in to find Akito on the floor. Shigure for once had no smart comment, he just gazed solemnly. Yuki and Kyo went to check on Tohru. Her face was bleeding very offensively, and it was already dripping onto her sheets.

"What happened?" Shigure finally asked.

"I was walking down the hall when I heard Honda-san scream. I came in to find him standing over her with that blade." Kyo said as he bent down to pick it up, "we need to get him out of here, or something. We can't have him sneaking around."

"Wow, for once the stupid cat said something intelligent." Yuki said as he patched Tohru up. The poor girl was crying as he did so.

"I-I-I wa-s-s-s-s so-o-o sc-ared. I thought he wa-s-s go-ing to k-ill me!" she sniffled finally. "I do-n't know wh-at I-I-I would ha-ve done if Kyo ha-dn't show-wn up." She clung to his shirt as she said this. Kyo put one arm carefully around her. Kyo rubbed her back.

"Tohru you look like you could use some tea. In fact lets tie this parasite to a n all have some tea." Shigure said optimistically.

"Tea sounds great." Yuki said. Only in his words did he sound optimistic, a hint of venom was detected in his voice. He glowered at Kyo and Tohru.

"Wonderful. Kyo, help me grab him, he looks like he might be coming to, and we don't want him to wriggle free…" Shigure hung off because at that moment Akito's eyes fluttered open, and Kyo smashed a vase to knock him out again.

"Well that's one way to keep him quiet. Why do you fight him with such, hatred?" Shigure asked as they finished gagging him. Yuki was tying his ankles to the chair as Tohru tied his hands behind the chair.

"Because he acted like that to me, you don't know what it is like to be called a monster..." Kyo said quietly.

This statement was met with silence.

"b-but you don't just hurt someone because they treated you that way! If we all did that, then there would be nothing but hurt in the world! No, I don't know what it's like to be called a monster. But I do know what it feels like to hurt." Tohru blurted.

This made Kyo grin, 'just like her, to be so honest and open like that. That's what I love about her.'

Akito was placed in a closet until Hatori could get there to make sure he wasn't hurt TOO bad. Shigure called all the other adults to let them know, except Kureno-san, only because he didn't know the number. Rin was released from the hospital that afternoon, which was reported. And Hiro's mother had gone to her first ob-gyn appointment. Her belly was beginning to show. Kagura, however, was beginning to cause worry. She was showing the signs of depression, and was losing weight rapidly.

Her sad hollowed eyes let everyone know what was causing it. Kyo. Ever since she had found out what was going on with Tohru, she had out herself into a horrible state. Only one other knew her pain….