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"Wait a minute..." I had been taken into a room in the back of Hatori's practice and it was here I had been taught about the family's problem, or in other words, it's curse. "So, if you or a member or your family gets too weak or is hugged by a someone of the opposite gender you transform. Correct?"

"Correct"

"And you have a God in the center of this that can control you. Correct?"

"Also correct." He nodded in approval. This was a little hard to taken in I'll admit. One minute they were a normal (slightly strange, but more or less normal) family, but now they'd thrown a curse into the mix. I'd heard of Saki Hanajima's curse creating skill but she was not powerful enough to create this. I wasn't one to judge though, they were a nice family, they'd helped me in a time of need and if anything this had drawn me in closer to find out more.

"Unfortunately, in a situation such as this, we would be forced to wipe your memory." He said, his tone slight saddened.

"W-wipe my memory?" I stammered, I didn't want my mind wiping! I knew this was meant to be a closely guarded secret but still. I could keep secrets. I hadn't told anyone about that time when Carly set the gas on fire in Chemistry that day, mainly because half of it was my fault, but still! Surely that was proof enough, I mean Amaya almost died that day and the teacher still didn't know how close he'd come to death because he never turned around (not even when half the class screamed).

"Yes. However, in your case we cannot. It would be extremely dangerous to perform such tasks on someone in your condition. Not to mention that we've come across some... unforeseen circumstances." He explained and I breathed a shot sigh of relief once I finally came to terms with the fact that my mind would be kept fully intact, "On one condition." He began again.

"Yes, anything? I'll do anything I swear!"

"You have to promise not to tell anybody, else your memories will be erased. Circumstances or no circumstances." He finished sternly as he eyed me up carefully.

We sat in silence for a little while, my mind trying to take in the vast amount of information that had just been given to me when a noise of scrabbling paws and claws brought me back to reality. When it's banging was not met with a response the creature outside started up a high pitched whining sound, it was enough to make your ears bleed.

"He's awake I see." Sighed Hatori, I took the 'he' to be Shigure as I remembered the previous event where he'd transformed into a dog in my arms. I began to raise myself out of my seat slowly but Hatori gestured for me stay where I was and instead he got out his own chair. He made his way towards the door quietly where only a faint whine could be heard now, he smirked a little before opening the door so fast that a black dog tumbled into the small room at an alarming rate.

"Hatori, that hurt!" Cried the dog as he picked himself up out of the splayed legs and belly flop position he assumed on the floor, it suprised me a little to here the dog talking as this was something that Hatori had not told me. I had to admit that in my opinion it was slightly freaky to hear Shigure's playful tone being spoken from the jaws of a big black dog.

"Well, you shouldn't have been eaves dropping then, Shigure."

"I wasn't eaves dropping! I was merely trying to get in the door," He protested huffily, "It's not easy you know!"

"Why didn't you just use the handle?" I asked curiously.

"No thumbs." He stated simply, producing his paws for me to inspect.

POOF!

Before my very eyes the dog changed from being a very hairy creature to being a very naked man and I turned away quickly praying not to see anything I shouldn't

"Oh yes.. and when we transform back. We're naked." Hatori added from his earlier conversation, "But Shigure, please, just put some clothes on!" He said in disgust, handing the man his robes. Once he had finished dressing he made for the door.

"It was nice speaking to you again Umiko!" He cried as he reached the door.

"Uh, yes, you too Shigure" I said with a weak smile.

"Shigure, before you leave, I just need to know. When are you planning on doing that thing?" Hatori asked simply. Such a simple question made the man stop dead in his tracks. He eyed the man from the doorway carefully and Hatori raised an eyebrow, "Well?"

"Don't worry, it'll be done soon." Shigure replied a little anxiously and Hatori sank back into his chair with a sigh.

"It better be." But his last sentence was spoken to fresh air, Shigure had already left rather quickly walking awkwardly like somebody who needed to toilet badly.

"What did you want him to do?" I asked inquisitively, this was question that to me seemed to have no real thinking behind the answer but for some reason it took Hatori several more seconds to answer than it should have done.

"Just some paperwork," He replied finally, seeming somewhat uncomfortable with the question.

We sat in silence for another, rather long period of time before he finally asked me,

"Do you have somewhere to stay now?" It took me a while to remember the real reason I came here. It was because I had been chucked out of the house by my Mother. Now I came to think about it, no I didn't have a place to stay. I couldn't ask Amaya she was already busy raising her siblings now that her Mum had left them in the spur of the moment and I really couldn't stay at Carly's. No matter how amazing our friendship was, there was still so much I had yet to know. I had a feeling that it was because she didn't want me know and I couldn't impose on that.

"No," I replied simply after several minutes of thinking and Hatori's eyes widened.

"Nobody at all? Not family, not friends?" I though again, no, I really didn't have anybody, all my family were abroad or dead or had disappeared of the face of the Earth altogether.

"No," I said again and his face softened, "Well then, would you like to stay with the Sohmas?" He asked, his tone soft and gentle, not like one I had ever heard him use before.

"I-I couldn't impose!" I said quietly and it was true. They already seemed to have a lot going on with curses and Gods, without adding a pregnant teenager to the mix.

"It would be no problem, honest." Insisted Hatori, keeping his tone.

"W-well, if you're sure."

"Honestly, it would be no problem. I'm sure Tohru wouldn't mind sharing her room." I paused for a moment. Tohru? She was the girl who helped Kyo up in the canteen, I was sure of it. You couldn't miss her, her brown hair flowed down her back even when tied up with her standard blue ribbons.

"Thank you so much Hatori, I don't know how to thank you!" I replied, I was truely, eternally grateful to his kindness.

"Thank me by staying safe Umiko, do you hear me?" He persisted, his eyes serious and his tone more concerned than angry.

"Okay, I promise." He smiled and raised himself back out of his chair before offering me his hand to help me up and I took it gently. Slowly I got up out of my chair and I found myself walking out of his practice and through the forest towards Shigure's house with him.