Fuuyutsuki shook her head and opened the door a crack to stick her head in. She looked down at the two youthes, so close together and trembling. She sighed and looked to Kigeko. "He's had these dreams before according to Shigure and Hatori... I'll go and make him some hot tea and we'll bring him around slowly. Maybe he'll be out of it in time to go with Shigure and the others for dinner."

The red-head highly doubted it, but she didn't want to make Kigeko any more fearful of Yuki's condition. There was really nothing either of them could do except try and bring him around. She went down-stairs and started the kettle, turning to Shigure on the phone.

"It's nothing to worry about Gure-kun." She told him rather grimly. "Just another one of Yuki's night-terrors. Although I can't help but wonder what brought this on during the day?" The thought perplexed her a little as she finished the tea and began the accent back up the stairs.

Yuki continued to cry and shake as the dream flashed through his mind. To scared to say anything, the poor boy just whimpered helplessly like a lost dog. He could hear sweet words, more sweet than anything even his own mom had told him and close to being like Tohru's words. They were comforting to him and he started to calm down. Just then though there was a nock on the door and once again a loud shriek came from his mouth. He thought it was Akito coming in. This made him dhake even more. He was unaware that Kigeko had spoken friendly to the person and also he didn't really pay attention to the voise. What made him shake less was when the figure came in. He looked up slightly, with red eyes from all the crying, and saw Fuuyutsuki. He was relieved, though when he looked at the open door, an image of Akito stood there, giving Yuki a devlish smile which made him shake even more.

Hatori was jolted awake by the sound of a scream upstairs. Great, just something else to gain his attention. To him it sounded like the rat, but he wasn't sure. He new that Yukji would do that at times, wake up from nightmares screaming. Never this bad though if it was him. He got into more suitable clothes for going out of a room and saw Fuuyutsuki go upstairs were the commotion was going on. He followed until he was next to her.
"Yuki?" he asked her in a low voice.

"Yuki..." she sighed, handling the tray of tea and sugar with care. "it's pretty bad this time, he didn't even go into recognition upon waking. I think he may even be hallucinating at times." she shook her head and looked at Hatori apologetically. "I'm sorry you were roused by it. He should be fine soon enough though, you know how it works...". she stopped outside the partially opened door and moved it open with her foot.

Kneeling by a table and letting the tray tinkle downward, she turned to Yuki and Kigeko, placing her hand on Yuki's arm lightly. "Thank you Kige, that was the best thing you could've done for him." She looked to Hatori and back at the other sohma. "Maybe you can stay and help him with the tea?" she asked her.

"Oh! I'm so sorry," She bowed in apology, having heard Kigeko's name mentioned by Shigure, but never really associating the fact that they'd never met before. "My name is Fuuyutsuki, I'm an old friend of the family... mostly Shigure, Hatori and Aayame though. I'm sorry, this must be so strange." She poured a steaming cup of tea and put two little bits of sugar in it. Handing the cup over to Kigeko, she sighed. "Here, get him to drink this. It's just normal tea, but it usually calms him down a bit. Hatori-san may want to look at him, but I'm not sure. Either way-' She stood and brushed off her ornate kimono. "I'll be back in a little while to see how he's doing."

Hatori sighed as he heard what the situation was. Yuki really was getting worse as time went on. He tried telling him before that if he didn't talk to somone that his problem would soon eat him up on the inside. Looking at the rat now though, it seemed he hadn't listened to his words. He followed Fuuyutsuki into the room, holding the door so it was easier for her to get the tray in. He had taught her well what to do in these situations, the tea always helped Yuki, at least so far it did. He stayed back though since he didn't want to frighten Yuki even more. He realized that Yuki must have seen Fuuyutsuki before in the room becuase he didn't react to her prescense now. He was pulled to attention when Kigeko said hello to him.
"Hello Kige-chan." he told her with a nod. His eyes were stayed on Yuki at the moment. The doctors concern now was that Yuki, who had now looked to Fuuyutsuki and layed his head on her shoulder, might experience an asthma attack later from the stress. He was going to keep an eye on him tonight.

Fuuyutsuki allowed Yuki's head to rest on her shoulder, taking the teacup back from Kigeko and holding it just far enough away from Yuki's face for the steam to roll under his nose. It was still rather warm in the room, and she smell of the chamameal tea was quite strong. She'd put a little bit of cinnomon in it, just to see if Yuki liked it; she wasn't sure if she'd done it before.

"Yuki--" She said in her soft, stern tone. "Yuki-chan, can you hear me?" The woman was careful not to embrace him for fear of turning him into a rat. That certainly wouldn't help matters. It was times like this when she hated akito most. It was his fault that she hadn't been able to watch most of these kids grow up. It was because of him that there'd been a long period where she'd just been ablt to talk to Shigure and the other two over the phone. But furtunately, he was seldom around to enforce the rules he set down. "Yuki-chan, you have to come back now. There's no one here but me, Kigeko and Hatori. You have to come back."

A scent that Yuki recognized came under his nose. It was peaceful and sweet smelling. It was tea with a hint of cinnamon in it. Everytime the smell came to him and the taste met his tounge it was the most soothing thing he ever had. He started to make sense of things now. The image of Akito had disspaeared from his sight. He saw Hatori in the room and his eyes slid over to him. Hatori noticed the eye contact and nodded to tell the boy all was safe. Yuki heard a voice speak to him and it was Fuuyutsuki. He raised up his head from being on her shoulder. His eyes had returned back to a purple shade, though they were dull with no life. He looked to he cup of tea and moved huss hands, taking it. He placed it to his lips carefully and then sat it down after taking a few swallows. He looked back to Fuuyutsuki's face.
"Thank you." his soft voice whispered to her.
"Sorry I was so much trouble." he added onto that, feeling quite ashamed.

"It's no trouble Yuki-chan." She told him with that same soft, stern tone. "How are you feeling now? That was a pretty... nasty episode. Was something bothering you before?" She sat on her legs with her hands folded in her lap. Fuuyutsuki wasn't normally the type to play "mommy" with anyone, but through years of dealing with the Mabudachi, she'd gotten pretty good at at least faking it. She knew that this wasn't the time for tough love, but it was roughly the only love she knew. She took the teapot and put a bit more tea in the little cup Yuki had set down.

Fuuyutsuki looked around upon hearing Shigure's voice. Not only had he come to see what was going on, but had instigated the little sheep to come as well. She shook her head and looked to Hatori. "I think that there are far too many people in here. There's nothing to see, and I figure that everyone who doesn't need to be in here should step back a minute. Yuki's not dead, and should be fine in a little while." She sounded a little aggravated, but patient as possible.

Yuki took the cup again from Fuuyutsuki, taking a couple sips and then putting it to sit in his lap. He was still shaking slightly, but the grip on the cup was tight so it wasn't a problem holding the cup himself. Fuuyutsuki asked him if he was okay now and asked if something had been on his mind before. He just sighed depressingly at her. He was about to speak when the room was filled with two more people. Shigure and then Hiro.


With more people in the room, Hatori moved over to the bed with Yuki. He needed to keep a close eye on the boy anyway. Yuki was a little overwhelmed with all the people in the room. Fuuyutsuki talked about how there were to many people around and Hatori agreed.
"Hatori-san, please send them out." Yuki told him in a shaky voice. Hatori nodded.
"Shi-kun, Hiro-kun, step out of the room. Yuki-kun will be just fine. Give them some space though. Hes still uneasy." he told them.

Now that the room had been cleared, Fuuyutsuki turned her attention back to the shivering boy who sat before her. "Yuki-chan, were you about to say something?" She began, slowly but not condecending him. She was trying to do anything she could to make him feel more at ease. "Was something bothering you before this set on?"

Yuki once more sighed. He was hoping that Fuuyutsuki wouldn't have noticed he was going to speak. He wanted to avoid it actually. Oh well, he guessed he would have to.
"Well, yes there was something on my mind." he began. As the memory that he had told Kigeko was now going to be told to Fuuyutsuki, it was for some reason harder to tell. He started shaking even more.
"Shigure and the others were away from the house yesterday. I was home alone and there was a nock on the door. I went to open it, thinking it was maybe Ms.Uotani or Ms.Hanajima, but it wasn't Ms.Honda's friends. It was....was." he trailed off, having a hard time saying the name. He tried to get it out.
"A...A...Akito!" he screamed finally getting the name out. His words were now going faster as he talked, the pain of what had happened returning.
"He told me I needed to be punished again. That I new this would happen if I ever went against him. I hadn't even done anything to him. He threatened Ms.Honda to, said that if I didn't come he would hurt her. I couldn't say no and he dragged me back to the main house. He placed me in that dark room like he did when I was younger. He slashed me over and over and over with no stop!" he was screaming at the end, crying once more as he shook. Hatori watched the boy. So he had finally cracked from the torture Akito put him through. When would Akito learn?

Fuuyutsuki's face filled with a grim rage. That bastard had little to know purpose for doing anything! How was it that he could derive such pleasure from bringing this kind of psychological pain onto someone so young. She hated children, but not to such an extent. Her fingers curled like talons, and she bit her lip.

"Yuki-chan... why didn't you tell someone this earlier? You know you don't have to keep secrets, especially when it comes to your safety. You know... you know we wouldn't let anything happen to Tohru. Even now we're looking out for her, and you."