Opened and remembered Chap. 1
"Dinner's ready!" called Tohru as she set the table.
Shigure was first to enter, with his usual goofy expression and his editor trailing behind him in tears. "Ah, another delicious meal made by my little housewife…Yowch!" Shigure yelped as he was slapped upside the head by Yuki as he came in. Kyo entered last, with a towel around his soldiers, having just finished his exercises.
After they had finished, Shigure managed once again to sneak away on the pretense of getting the mail. After an hour or so, he was dragged in by Mii, who looked as if she would happily jump off a cliff then and there. He did finally give in to her pleading and handed over the manuscript, which Mii clutched as if it was her firstborn. Then he finally looked at the mail he had gotten.
"Yuki, you got a letter from a college, Kyo, I got a bill from the last time you broke my house and Tohru, you got a package." Each of them looked up from the ending credits of Mogeta. "Really? But who sent me a package?" Tohru asked, her eyebrows lifted in surprise. She had rarely ever received mail.
"It says it's from your grandfather." Shigure replied, handing over the small brown box.
"Well, I'm gonna hit the sack. I'll beat you tomorrow, damn rat." Kyo said as he stood up, stretched, and started for the stairs. "Only in your dreams stupid cat. Goodnight Miss Honda." Yuki said the last part with a smile as he helped her up from the sofa. Tohru blushed a delicate pink and managed to stutter, "G-Good night Yuki-kun. Sweet Dreams." Silently she thought, 'He acts so much like a prince sometimes.' "Good night you two. If you feel cold during the night, little flower; come see me to be warmed up." Yuki's smile disappeared as Shigure's head was once again used as a punching bag.
Tohru sat on her bed as she gazed curiously at the package. It had come with a note:
Dear Kyoko,
This was sent from the apartment you lived in before you came to stay with me. Apparently, it was left at the apartment and just discovered a couple of weeks ago. You'd probably like it back. I hope you are doing well and not overwhelming yourself. Give my regards and thanks to Mr. Shigure.
Love,
Ojisan
Tohru smiled and opened the package, finding something heavily wrapped in tape and bubble wrap. She carefully unwrapped it, giving a few giggles as some of the bubbles popped.
She was surprised, when she uncovered a small, beautiful jewelry box. The wood was so dark it was almost black. It had been engraved with deeply detailed butterflies engraved on each side. They were brightly dyed and seemed to glow against the wood. On the lid was a large, bright red one. 'It matches Mom's gang symbol!' Tohru thought, but where and when did I ever own something this precious?' For a strange reason, she could not recall any information that would have answered that question for several minutes. 'Oh yeah! Mom passed it down to me when I was little. It disappeared a long time ago. I wonder where it was found.' Tohru smiled as she hugged it to her chest and a huge grin slid on to her face.
The smile disappeared as soon as she opened the box.