Summary: He opened his eyes, not knowing he had unconsciously closed them, and stared up at the bright orange sky and sighed. "I guess, not everyone gets their own happy ending huh?"

Author's Notes:

This story takes place 6 months after the manga ended so Momiji is portrayed here a little bit more mature than he was during the earliers parts of the manga and anime. it you see any grammatical errors, please tell me so that I can correct it since I don't have a beta.

Well, that's it. Enjoy ^^


Chapter 1

The sun shone a bright orange as the city bustled with life. People were busy looking around shops, taking a stroll or probably scurrying off towards their own home. Among them, Momiji walked on his usual way towards the Sohma estate. He was alone today. Haru usually walks home with him after school but ever since Rin finally recovered her health and started going back to school, the time they spent together became less and less.

When haru came up to him to talk about it, Momiji understood. They both know Rin still hasn't fully recovered yet and would suddenly feel sick. And he knows how crazy Haru is about Rin and now that the curse is gone, nothing would stop him from bringing them closer. Although Rin thinks Haru's being too paranoid he let a smile crawl up to his lips as he remembered how Rin would tell off Haru about waiting for her every day in front of the gate of her school and threatening to throw the next big thing she could grab at him because of all the attention they were getting from the other female students, and how Haru would simply reply every now and then with a "Hn" or a "Huh" and suddenly change the subject asking if he could eat over for dinner or how long her hair has grown in the last six months.

The last thought made Momiji slow down a little. Six months. It's been six months since the curse had been broken. Six months since Yuki, Kyo and Tohru graduated and went on with their lives. Momiji sighed. Sometimes he hated to admit it, but it he was starting to get lonely. Sure, he still keeps in contact with the three of them, but the chance to do so have become smaller. Yuki was busy studying in university and can only come visit when there was a holiday. Kyo and Tohru had both found jobs and a small apartment that they share together, although they still visit Shishou at the dojo every now and then, and it was during those times that Momiji really liked to go to the dojo as well.

Momiji suddenly stopped walking as he felt his phone vibrate. Looking at his phone, he saw that Kisa had sent him a message, inviting him to watch the new Mogeta movie she bought this weekend. A small smile crept to his lips as he read the message.

Momiji-kun, I was able to borrow a CD of Mogeta the movie from my friend. Do you want to watch it with me and Hiro this weekend?

He happily replied back to her saying he free was that day and could watch it with her and Hiro. Putting the phone back into his pocket, he continued walking down the street. Speaking of Hiro, he remembered Hinata's birthday will be coming up in a few months. A sad smile slowly replaced the one before and Momiji quickly began walking again. 'It must be nice, to have a younger sister' that single thought made Momiji walk even faster. It was really times like this that he misses the walk home with Tohru and the others to Shigure's house. It was during those times that he would forget. Forget that when he would come home it would be to an empty house. That in spite of having the curse broken, he was still alone.

Sometimes he can't help but feel jealous of the other junishi. Just like when Ayame announced that he and Mine were engaged or when he couldn't hang out with at Hatori's place for long because he was going on a date. He can't even stay long at Shigure's house because he was either going to visit Akito or is actually with Akito at the time he would visit. And even if he did visit the other junishi, they would all be busy with their own lives. He started to slow down a bit, though he was still looking down at the pavement in front of him. It's not that he was complaining that he was lonely. Heck, he was used to being lonely. It's just that, after the curse was broken he somehow hoped that something would happen. And even if it might be childish, he felt envious when everyone got to find their own happiness and he didn't. He felt left out. Besides, even if he continued to believe that he will find his happiness, he knew he would never have it. It's not like his mother would suddenly remember him and accept him as her son. 'No' Momiji thought 'that would never happen.'

Momiji stopped walking just in time for the pedestrian sign to turn red. Panting a little from his "walk". He opened his eyes, not knowing he had unconsciously closed them, and stared up at the bright orange sky and sighed. "I guess, not everyone gets their own happy ending huh?" he quietly whispered to himself as he began to cross the road seeing that the light had turned green.

He had nearly reached the other side of the road when he suddenly heard a loud scream. Turning to the source of the noise, his eyes widen as he realized that the woman screaming for help was actually his mother.

"Maiko-san!"

Momiji called out as he ran to her side. Turning to him, he could see how distressed his mother is. "M-Momiji-kun!" the surprised look she gave him seemed to replace, if only for a moment, the distressed look she had before she saw him. "What happened?" he quickly asked. She seemed to have been in shock as she couldn't stop her voice from slightly trembling "A man suddenly bumped me and snatched my bag!" He asked which direction the man went and after she had pointed the way, he quickly ran in the same direction after his mother had told him what the man was wearing. 'A red cap' Momiji scanned the crowd around him as he continued to run.

As his eyes wandered about, he noticed a man wearing a red cap not too far from him. He was running towards the pedestrian, probably trying cross the street before the light would turn red. The man seemed to have noticeMomiji chasing after him as he tried to run even faster that this, Momiji ran even faster, pushing himself on towards the man and manage to catch up to the him as they both crossed the road before the light turned red. The passersby in front of them were too many and the man couldn't stop in time and bumped into one of them. Momiji took this chance to tackle the man with the force from all the running he did, but the man was much taller than him and didn't fall down so he tried to reach for the bag that the man was gripping but failed since the man kept facing his back to him.

As the two struggled on he could hear his mother's voice, probably on the other side of the road. He tried once again to reach for his mother's bag and succeeded in getting a hold of it when the man suddenly elbowed him hitting him in the face. The force of being hit wasn't strong ehough to push Momiji down, but it was strong enough to make Momiji take a few steps backwards.

Toward the moving traffic.

In that single moment, everything seemed to have slowed down. The last thing Momiji remembered was the panicked look the man gave him and the loud screams of her mother before he felt a strong force hit him.

"MOMIJI!"

And everything became black.


Author's Notes:

Well, there you go, chapter 1. Let me know what you guys think. Also, I'm not sure if Momiji's mother's name was mentioned in the manga (I know it wasn't mentioned in the anime) so I just made up a name for her. If any of you know tell me okay? I'll give you a cookie ^^