Unforgotten Memories

Chapter 4: New

"I wonder where Shigure has run off to..." Tohru thought out loud while chopping up some vegetables for dinner. I would offer to help, but I'm not quite sure how it would turn out then.

"Probably doing somehting stupid, like always." Kyo muttered, throwing away the empty milk carton that he just drained, and walking out of the kitchen. I was propped up on the counter watching Tohru as she carefully cut each piece carefully. Just then, we both heard the front door of the house slide open and the close quickly.

"Oh, it looks like he's back!" she said happily, scraping the vegetables into a bowl and placing the knife in the sink. I nodded and hopped down off the counter, walking down the hall and leaning against the door frame leading into the main room. Sure enough, there was Shigure, plopping down at the far side of the table, and then looking up at me and smiling. Kyo and Yuki were also seated at the table at opposite ends.

"Katsumi! Just the person I wanted to see!" He seemed excited, still looking at me with that goofy grin on his face.

"What about?" I asked, coming forward and sitting down at the table across from him.

"Well, I payed a little visit to the high school today..." He started. Both Yuki and Kyo looked up, exchanging glances with each other.

"Yeah?" I said, raising an eyebrow.

"And I had you enrolled there!" Shigure finished. I immediatley hopped up from the table, slamming both of my hands down on it.

"What?!" I said, maybe a little too dramatically.

"Oh, Katsumi will be coming with us to school?" Tohru said in a sing-song voice coming up from behind me, causing me to jump a little.

"Yep! Starting tomorrow!" Shigure beamed, seeming like he didn't even know what he was saying. I stared ahead with a blank expression.

"Katsumi? Is there something wrong?" Tohru asked, concerned. I quietly sat down and rested my head in my hands. "Oh...do you know what a school is? It's a place where you go to learn about different subjects, and-"

Was she serious?

"I know what a school is," I said a little harshly, "I just, I've always been homeschooled, and been around people who knew about the zodiac curse."

"I don't think there is anything to worry about. There have only been a couple incidents where one of us has transformed while we were at school. Luckily we were able to cover it up." Yuki assured me.

"Besides, I already got you this cute school uniform!" Shigure exclaimed, pulling out a white and blue miniskirt and jacket.

"That makes you sound like an old pervert." Kyo mumbled. I sighed and took the uniform from Shigure.

"Thanks."

I waited in the main room for the others, pulling a little on the bottom of the dark blue skirt.

Why couldn't this thing be a little longer?

"Ready to go?" Yuki asked, coming into the room.

"Yeah I guess." I shrugged. What else could I say?

"Don't worry, it really won't be that bad."

"I'm not worried." I lied. He smiled and shook his head.

"I forgot how persistant you were." I smirked a little, and just then, Tohru came down the stairs followed by Kyo.

"Well it looks like we're all ready!" Tohru said happily.

We left the house and started to walk down the pathway through the woods. It wasn't long until we had made it to the front of the school. Yuki lead us into the school which was packed with students.

As we walked down the hall, I noticed that a lot of students had stopped talking and focused on the four of us, and were moving out of the way for us to walk through.

"Why is everyone staring?" I asked Tohru quietly.

"Either it's because they have notice you are knew, or because of Yuki. He is sort of a prince around here." She replied with a smile.

A prince?

"Tohhruuu!" I heard a familiar voice yell. It was Momiji, running down the hall in a girls uniform, accompanied by Hatsuharu.

"Oh, Momiji!" Tohru exclaimed, suprised.

"Wha-why are you wearing a girls uniform you freak?" Kyo said loudly.

"Valid point, Kyo Sohma." An unfamiliar voice said behind us. It was a boy with black hair and glasses, accompanied by two other girls with glasses as well. "Even though I don't agree with that ridiculously orange head of yours, I am willing to look past it for now."

"I thought he learned his lesson the last time." Hatsuharu said with a sigh.

Last time?

"This is my natural hair color!" Kyo hissed. But the boy just crossed his arms across his chest. The boy suddenly started giving this speech about how Momiji should be dressing and that if he continued to dress like a girl it would be the ruin of his life, causing Momiji to start to cry. The bell had rung and the hallways were abandoned other than us.

"Honestly, real men don't dress like-" The boy started.

"Why don't you just shut up before you say something you regret." I said harshly. "You do you think you are?"

"I'm Motoko, the Student Council President." He said finally, after a few moments of silence.

"So since you are the president, you think you can just tell people how to look and how to dress? If that's the case, then what do you think of the natural black ends in my hair?"

"There is a dress code! And there is no way that the black is your natural color! The rest of your hair is caramel!" He spazzed.

"But it is, and so is Kyo's and Haru's! Besides, what if I were the Student Council president? What if I didn't like glasses, would you have to walk around blind as a bat or get contacts?" I asked stubbornly.

"Those aren't the same!" He pleaded.

"Oh really? Well it's natural that you can't see well. And this is my natural hair color. And I still don't think that you should be able to choose which uniform someone wears."

"Katsumi..." Yuki said quietly. I kept yelling.

"It's not like he's in a skirt or running around naked is he?!"

"Katsumi!" Yuki whispered again.

"What?!" I snapped at him. He pointed to one of his eyes. I looked up, catching a glimpse of my reflection in the windows behind Yuki and the others. My eyes had changed into their golden color instead of their usual purple. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, trying to calm down. When I opened them again, they were back to deep purple.

"W-whatever...we need to get to class." I said finally, turning back around.

"Very well...just get there, okay." Motoko said, a little confused, then walked away.

"Um...what happened?" Tohru asked after a long moment of silence.

"Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about it, okay?" I said quickly but in a kind tone.

"Oh, okay!"

Yuki cleared his throat and began to lead us down the hall again, finally stopping at one of the doors, and holding it open for us to go in.

"You're a little late don't you think? Class started five minutes ago." The supervisor said, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes, sorry about that. We were showing our cousin around, she's new here." Yuki said politely, nudging me toward the teacher's desk.

Cousin?

"Oh, well in that case, it's nice to meet you, umm...?"

"Katsumi Sohma." I said with a small curtsey. The teacher nodded with a smile.

"There's an empty seat back there, right next to Urami." I followed the teacher's finger with my eyes. First I looked at the seat that was now assigned to me, and then I looked at the girl in the desk next to mine; the girl who must be Urami. She wore a huge smile on her face and her dark brown eyes twinkled. Once I was closer to my desk, I could tell that she wasn't wearing the same girl's uniform like everyone elses. This one had more frills and bows, but it was the same dark blue and white. She moved her hand up, tucking one side of her short brown hair behind her ear, revealing a yellow duck earring. She looked really familiar, but I just couldn't place it.

"Hi!" She exclaimed in a sugary-sweet voice. "I'm Urami Rose!"

"Uh hi, I'm Katsumi."

"It's nice to meet you!" She sang. She was extreamly cheery. Sort of like a mix between Momiji and Tohru.

I nodded at her, offering a small smile and the teacher began the lesson. The morning seemed to fly by because before I knew it we were already heading to lunch.

"So you know that girl that I sit next to in class, Urami?" I said to Kyo and Yuki. "Does she seem familiar to you guys?"

"You know, know that I think about it, she did seem awfully familiar when I first saw her. But I'm not quite sure where I have seen her." Yuki said with a perplexed expression.

It was really bothering me not knowing who she was. I was positive I had seen and met her before, but everything was just foggy. I'm not really the type who forgets things, especially people, but I just couldn't figure this one out.

The rest of the day seemed to fly by just as the morning did, and we were packing up our things to head home.

"Bye! See ya tomorrow!" Urami grinned and skipped out of the room. For some reason, I stared at the door, expecting her to come back, but instead I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to see Kyo looking at the door.

"What were you looking at?" He asked, confused.

"Oh, nothing." I assured him, but it didn't seem to convince him.

"Whatever. But Tohru has to go to work and Yuki is staying after school for something, so I guess it's just us walking home today." He said with a shrug.

"Okay!" I threw my bag over my shoulder and we headed out of the school. There were still people who whispered and stared, but I tried my best to ignore it.

Kyo and I were almost out of town when I noticed a familiar brick building that seemed like it was five stories high.

"Kyo, what's that?" I asked curiously, pointing to the ivy covered building.

"Wow, you really were locked away for a long time. You're seriously not telling me you've forgotten what this place is, are you?" Kyo said with a laugh. I looked at him confused and then turned my attention back to the building, analyzing it carefully. I heard the sound of children laughing and screaming in the fenced in yard behind it. That's when it all clicked.

I gazed up at the building, looking at the worn front steps. The same steps I said goodbye to my brother on years ago.

"Kyo..." I said quietly, "we have to go in."

"Uhh..." He said, unsure. One of the curtains that covered the front windows drew back, and the face of an old lady was all that could be seen. She looked like she was glaring, not at me, but at Kyo. He shifted awkwardly and grabbed my wrist, trying to pull me away but I fought him.

"Come on, we really need to get back. Shigure will be worried." He said, his voice low.

"Shigure will be worried?" I repeated in a sarcastic tone. "I'm sure he'll be fine for five more minutes, just let me go."

"I, I can't! Let's just leave." He looked back to the window where the old lady was still standing, still glaring at him.

"What's her problem?" I said bitterly, trying to wrench my wrist out of his grip.

"We're not supposed to be here, Katsumi!" He pleaded.

"And why not? My brother's in there! Why aren't you letting me see him?"

"It's not my decision!" He whispered fiercely, trying to to get the attention of the kids behind the building.

"Then who's is it?!" I said in the same voice as his. He sighed and stopped trying to pull me away, but kept a firm grip on my wrist.

"Listen, I'll explain when we get back to the house. Just...come on." I stared up at him, and then back to the window at the old lady. Her attention now turned to me, but she had a softer expression on her face than when she was looking at Kyo.

"Okay, fine."

I let him drag me all the way back to the house. Neither of us said a word the whole way there. Once we stepped into the house I stopped him from escaping to his room and cornered him.

"Alright, now tell me everything. No lying." I said, folding my arms across my chest. He sighed and wouldn't look directly at me when he spoke.

"We aren't allowed there because the owner of the orphanage, that old lady in the window, didn't think it would be okay for Hajime to see you yet." He mumbled.

"Why, is he okay?" I asked, a little panicked.

"Physically, yes. But they think he went into a little bit of a depression after you left."

"I told him I would be coming back." I said quietly, looking at the floor. Kyo shrugged.

"The owner thought it would be for the best if Hajime had time to think about the situation..."

"He had time...years to think about it."

"Yeah, but they didn't know that you had escaped from the Estate. They wanted to tell him that too."

"I just want to see my brother again." I whispered, backing up to let him out of the corner. Just then, Shigure bounded into the room, happily.

"So, how was school, you two?" He said cheerfully.

"Just like any other day." Kyo muttered, acting like his normal self again.

"It was okay." I said, trying to do the same as Kyo.

"That's great!" Shigure beamed.

That night after dinner, I layed on my bed in my room that Shigure had arranged for me and stared up at the ceiling. There were two things that had been stuck in my mind after I had gotten home today.

One. How soon will I be able to see Hajime again? And two...who was Urami Rose?

~Author's Note~

Hey thanks for reading this chapter! Sorry it took a while to put up, and it is a little shorter than the others. But we got to see Katsumi's more tougher side and we were introduced to a new character! So, again, thanks for reading and please review! We want to know what you think! (:

~DreamingOfOceans