Hello, this is Tohru12. I haven't updated this story in two and a half years! But here it is, chapter 6 for anyone who wants it, and even those that don't, it's still here. My inspiration: my completion of the series (finally). Well I hope its ok, I haven't written in a while…

Tohru's Cure

Chapter 6:

Tohru's Mission

Previously:

Tohru felt like she was making little distance as she heard the faint voices of the Sohmas calling for her slightly above the crunching of the leaves beneath her. Tohru grabbed her side as another cramp moved in. Why couldn't she be more athletic like Kyo, why did she have to be so weak? If she could just get a little farther she would be safe. Even with the Sohma's, and their animal forms, they could never find her; she would just have to get a little farther.

Through the trees, Tohru saw the road up ahead, and brought up what little energy she had and dashed for it; she had to get to Kyo!

What had seemed so close a few seconds before was farther than she thought, but she did make it. Standing just off to the side of the road cars whizzed by, unknowing of the troubles that Tohru faced. After taking a few quick breaths, and safely crossing the road, she continued on her way, thoughts racing through her mind.

"I have to keep going. The Main House is only a block or two from here… I have to get to Kyo, before… before… oh I can't think about that. If I do I won't ever be able to make to Kyo in time. I just have to push myself a little harder. I can't stop after all we've been through… if I do, it would have all been a waste, everything just a waste of time. If he were to die never knowing that I loved him, then I think I would die too. No… I don't think... I know that my heart would stop pounding, for there would no longer be a reason for it to beat… Kyo, I'm coming, please hold on just a little longer! Please don't give up hope yet! We have our whole lives ahead of us! I want…"

Tohru was brought out of her thoughts as she arrived at the Main House's entrance. Thinking twice before ringing to be let in, Tohru went back down along the wall and went through the entrance that Momo had shown her. She didn't want to waste any time going through formalities with the Sohmas, time that might save Kyo from certain death.

Having not been to the Main House that often before, Tohru was at a loss for which direction to go in order to find Kyo. What if she went the wrong way and got lost?! What if someone found her and took her back to Shigure's house?!

"It doesn't matter. I just have to go find him. If I can find that garden again, then maybe I can find the room. There's no point in just standing here and doing nothing. I'll try going to the left first, and then if that doesn't work, then I'll go right, and then if that doesn't work, then I don't know! One of these has to be the way to Kyo, it has to!"

Deciding to take a left Tohru ran down the stone path, aware that if anyone saw her she would be in big trouble. She just wanted to get to Kyo, that's really all that mattered to her at this point. If anyone saw her she would just run away from them and ignore them. Time was against her, so there was no use arguing with some maid that didn't care about him.

The path felt like an endless maze. No matter which way she went there were houses of the same size and shape. She felt like she was going in circles.

"I'm never going to find Kyo at this rate. I have to do something else… Maybe if I went…"

At that moment Tohru saw a black iron gate that seemed to lead somewhere behind one of the houses. Not caring about trespassing, Tohru walked up to the gate, opened it, and entered into the alley between houses. Not fifteen feet later did she come to the garden that had been the home to all of the recent troubles. A group of people stood outside the room in which Kyo was confined. They all seemed to be arguing about something.

"We can't just wreck it down; it'll probably kill the boy! If we do that there's going to be a lot of talk, and then the police might get involved!" A tall man in black suit argued.

A shorter older woman, probably a maid of some sort spoke next.

"If we don't do anything the boy is going to die of starvation and dehydration. We don't know if he's conscious so it wouldn't even matter if we got food and water in there. Just think of how people are going to react though! They'll say we didn't try anything and that we let the boy die. What would you say to the police then?"

"Is there any other entrance into the room? I mean could we try to get in through some other way?" asked another man.

"We could probably get those bars out, but no one here is small enough, and there's no way I'm going to willingly send a child in there! What if it can't get out! Then we'll have to bodies trapped!" a woman in a dark kimono answered.

"I'll do it!"

The group turned and looked at Tohru as if she was crazy.

"Where did you come from?! This is an off limits area. Not even all the Sohmas are allowed here!" The older women yelled.

"Listen here little girl," the man in the suit said grabbing her by the arm, "Why don't you go back to your house wherever it is and don't bother us! You have no idea what's happening here!"

"I just want Kyo to be ok. He has to be… I never got the chance to tell him that I love him too, that I want…"

The group stood silent, slightly shocked by the girl's outburst. They were interrupted by someone grabbing Tohru.

"Found you…"

"Huh?!" Tohru shouted out of shock.

"I found you!" Momiji stated again.

"Miss Honda, you really know how to get people worried. You shouldn't be outside right now, let alone running through the streets of this city."

"I'm sorry… it's just, Kyo… I need to help him! He's always helping me, always saving me, protecting me, and I never help in return!"

"You help him more than you know…" Yuki said solemnly.

"Huh?"

"Never mind…"

"Would someone please tell me what the heck is going on?" ask the older woman.

"Oh, sorry. This is Tohru Honda; she's a family friend who's been through a lot with us. She's trying to save Kyo from sure death." Momiji said as if he was telling a story.

"Whatever. So you want to crawl in there then little lady? Fine, but if you get hurt, or stuck inside, it's none of our faults. Don't even think of reporting this to the police either."

"I just want to help Kyo…"

"Well then, someone better go get me some tools so I can get these metal bars out of the way. And hurry, that kids got little if no time left at all."

It seemed like forever, and by the time all of the metal bars were removed from the window, all of the members of the Zodiac had arrived.

"Tohru, are you sure you want to do this. I mean Momiji could, or even Yuki or Haru if they tried. I mean all they would have to do is transform to get through, and then become human again."

"No! This is something I have to do, something I want, and need to do. You all have done so much for me, it's about time I start returning the favors."

"As your doctor, I don't approve, but if it's something you have to do, I guess I can relate. Just be careful when you go through, it's probably really dark and the condition that Kyo's in might scare you. Although I doubt he's still in his human form, but whether or not he's gone to his true form, that's another story."

"It doesn't matter one way or another, I'm going in and now."

"Good luck Tohru!" Momiji said a tone of sadness in his voice.

"You all sound like you're sending me off on some sort of intense journey. I'm just going through a window. It's nothing that difficult, right?"

"Right!"

"Kyo… I'm coming. I'm almost there. We can be together, that's all I want."

Wow, it's been like two and a half years since I've written anything for this story. I think my last update was… 5-1-07, and it's uh… 12-29-09. Wow. I guess you could say the main reason I finally decided to update was that I re-read the whole series. Well I've actually never finished it before yesterday, I was just too busy, but I have, and I was inspired to write, so I thought I'd put some effort into this long lost story of mine. I don't know if anyone will read it or if they will throw it away and say its garbage, but it doesn't matter. Anyways, please leave a review so I know if continuing this story is worth my time.

Thanks,

Tohru12 ^_^