CHAPTER 4

Kyo gurmbled under his breath, but started to walk away,signalling for Akeela to follow. She did so; she couldn't wait to get in and just soak for a while.

"Here's the bathroom"Kyo mumbled as he slid open the door, "I'll get you some towels"

Akeela looked was a pretty nice sized bathroom.

She turned on the water and adjusted it to the right temperature,then let the bathtub fill up.

Kyo came back about five minutes later with a few towels.

"Thanks," she said shyly.

Kyo just nodded and walked away, back to the others. He still didn't understand why she had such an affect on him, but he decided to have as little contact as possible with her. He couldn't risk the secret being blown because he was caught off guard.

"So, what's going on Hatori?" Tohru asked, Not noticing that Kyo came back in.

"That's what I'd like to know too. How can she not know who her family is?" Yuki added.

"Well," Hatori started, lighting a cigarette, "it seems like we have a case of amnesia. She probably fell on her head or something and completely forgot everything."

"So what do we have to do about it?" Kyo asked, drawing the attention of the group since no one heard him come in.

"We keep her here," Hatori answered, "We'll keep her here but take her out around town every now and then. Maybe she'll see something from her past and her memory will come back."

Everyone listened intently.

"So, it should come back fast right?" Momiji asked, crossing his arms over the table.

"Actually its more common for them to come back little by little," Hatori responded, "So any real chance to take her into town, do so, okay?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Then Tohru jumped up and said "That girl's probably going to need an extra set of clothes"

And with that being said, she ran out into her room to find an outfit for the teenager.

Yuki got up and walked away too, mumbling something about blankets to help keep the toddler warm. As he did so, Shigure looked at Hatori with a sigh.

"Hatori," he said, "I would really appreciate it if you didn't smoke in the house"

Hatori grumbled as he got up, an ash tray in hand, and opened the sliding back door.

"I need to talk to you anyway" he said to Shigure, causing him to get up and follow.

"fireflies!" Momiji shouted, looking outside at the little lightning bugs, then he turned to Hatori.

"Can I go catch the fireflies?" he asked.

"I don't care," Hatori replied with a monotone expression. After all three of them were outside, Hatori closed the sliding door.

And, just like that, Kyo was alone. Well, not completely alone. The sleeping child was still laying on the floor.

Kyo got up and walked over to the girl, wondering how she could still be alive. She must have been through so much. And at such a young age, it would be really tough to survive out there. So Kyo sat by the little girl and soon drifted into a dreamless sleep on the floor beside Naomi.

As Momiji was busy catching the lightning bugs, Hatori and Shigure sat on the back porch.

"That girl really seems like something else, doesn't she?" Shigure asked.

"What do you mean?" Hatori responded.

"Well, she has a bit of an attitude. She's not like our dear Tohru at all" Shigure answered dramatically, as if Akeela not being the same as Tohru was going to kill him.

"Why does that sound like something illegal?" Hatori sighed back, "but you're right. In fact, her attitude kind of reminds me of Kana."

"Ah yes!" Shigure stated, "If I remember right, she used to joke with you and use that doctor line every time she got sick"

Hatori didn't respond. All the memories of Kana came flooding into his mind, as much as he didn't want to remember the pain he caused her.

"Well," Shigure added, "This is going to be a rough night. I think I'm going to need one of those cigarettes"

"No," Hatori said, snatching the open pack that Shigure was reaching for, "It's bad for your health"

Shigure just sighed and lay back on the porch, arms behind his head.