"Where could she possibly be?" Hatori asked himself, walking down an abandoned pathway through the woods.
Of course, he was talking about Tohru; just about everyone has called him, worried about where she may be.
"Ha-tor-i…" A small voice weakly called out.
"Hello? Who's there?" Hatori asked, looking around.
"Ha-tor-i…"
"There it is again. Hello? Is someone out there? Keep talking!" Hatori called, frantically looking around like a madman.
"Ha-tor-i… Ple-ase…" The voice was fading.
Eventually, Hatori stumbled upon a small but long ditch filled with water, moss, sticks, branches, who knows what else, and…
"Tohru?!" Hatori asked in complete and utter shock.
Tohru lay barely conscious, covered in bruises, scratches, cuts, scrapes, and welts, and was half-naked:
Her skirt was ripped up to her hips all around
Her shirt was non-existent—it was nowhere to be found
Her panties were there, covering everything, but had a tear on the hem
Her bra only had the cups left—the straps looked like they had been cut
Hatori removed his jacket, threw it on the ground behind him, and went to get Tohru.
Screw the fact that his clothes—mainly his pants—got wet. Hatori be damned if he didn't do something to help Tohru.
"Ok. Hold on, Tohru; hold on. Stay with me." Hatori instructed once he got to her and then out of the ditch.
He quickly put his jacket over her before getting her in his car before speeding to the hospital.
Once she was at the hospital, doctors immediately took and rushed Tohru into a room to be checked out. She was given:
A rape kit
Swabs for DNA
Bloodwork
Several tests for STDs
The Morning After pill (just in case)
An IV for fluids
An IV for medications
Pain medication
Antibiotics
X-Rays
CT Scans
MRI
You name it; she had it done. It would be a few hours to a day or so before there were any results.
In order (because he didn't know), Hatori called:
Kyo
Arisa
Kazuma
Yuki
Shigure & Akito
Ayame & Mine
Kureno
Haru & Rin
Momiji
Kagura
Kisa
Hiro
Ritsu & Mitsuru
After explaining that he had found Tohru—and her condition, Hatori asked that Kyo, or someone who knew the number to call Tohru's grandfather.
Right now, Tohru was in a coma and couldn't have any visitors that weren't family. Still, Hatori promised he'd keep them updated.
He may not be family, but because he's a doctor, Hatori had privileges and was able to stay with Tohru. Of course, this was after he used his mind-altering ability on the doctors and nurses tending to Tohru.
"Who did this to you, Tohru? What did they do to you? For three days? A day? How long did this person or people have you? Why weren't Kyo or your friend, Arisa with you?" Hatori asked, sighing as he watched a comatose Tohru.
After a few minutes, Hatori started to really think—about his phone calls with Kyo and Arisa: they both seemed—distant.
Ultimately, in the end, Hatori pushed the thoughts aside because their friend, Saki Hanajima, was just killed in a freak accident; she was struck and immediately killed by a piece of falling sheet metal.
Long story short?
They were walking to their next destination—which just so happened to be in the same area as a construction site.
They did as they were told and went around and not through, but somehow a piece of sheet metal got away from a worker; it fell and ended up cutting Saki in half.
Tohru and Arisa were there that day as well; they witnessed the death of their friend.
Whether or not she admits, Tohru is traumatized and hasn't been able to move on. She acts cheery, but it's fake.
She hasn't been eating as much and spends most of her private time crying until she passes out. At night, she bathes first and then goes to bed and cries herself to sleep.
Hatori knows all this because, even though Tohru and Kyo have their own apartment, they've been staying with Kazuma until they figure things out.
Kazuma talks to Hatori because he's worried and wonders if Hatori could do anything for the girls.
Hatori told Kazuma he'd talk to Tohru, but he didn't know Arisa all that well. He knew she dated Kureno, but they broke up about a week and a half or two weeks ago.
But he'd see what he could do. No promises, but he'd do what he could.
After a few hours, Hatori fell into a restless sleep in a chair next to Tohru's bed.
He refused to leave Tohru's side until she woke up and ordered him away…