Rat in the Hat

SakuraRibbons: It's over! I've finished another story!

Rin: You're lying.

SakuraRibbons: I know. Just like the time when I said that I'd update quickly. (Cries)

Rin: Exactly. (Shrugs shoulder.)

Note: Italics are thoughts. Bold italics are used with the battle in Hatori's mind. (Heheh.) Regular bold with ('') are sound effects.

Chapter Nine

Mabudachi

'I…cannot believe what I have just done…" Hatori looked at his hands. They were trembling. 'Why have I fallen to Akito every single time? Why must I be…this weak?'

"Hatori! I have assumed that this wench has no memory of us?" Akito poked her head out of her door. "Well?" she asked coldly.

The dragon nodded. He didn't look at the head but instead, the cold hard floor where motionless Tohru lay. "She has no memory of anything that has happened. However, she is bound to wake up soon so I suggest taking her out."

A battle was raging on in his mind at that moment so, Hatori barley heard what Akito said next. 'I cannot defy Akito…' 'Why not?' 'If I obey…no one else will be hurt…' 'What about Yuki, Kyo, Shigure…the rest of the Sohmas? They love her.' 'I know…'

"Hatori! Don't ignore me. I said to take her to the spot where she was living before Shigure and the others found her. Get all her junk and arrange it inside a tent," Akito ordered. Hatori snapped up and nodded, sadness consuming him.

'Once again…I just couldn't face up…' Hatori thought. He sighed and looked in Akito's direction. She was gone. 'Honda-kun…will awaken soon…' 'Tick tock tick tock.' A clock was ticking. Hatori looked at the time. "It's six…"

"How do I get Honda-kun out though? I cannot…" Then, a thought struck him. 'What if…I take her back to Shigure's instead? Then…they could find a way to get her out of Akito's clutches!'

Hatori picked the girl up slowly. (A/N: Please don't think wrong. PLEASE!) He went through the door that was open and went to his car.

He put the sleeping girl in the back seat and he go into the car himself. "Kami-sama…please help me…"

It was a short drive to the 'outside' and five minute later; Hatori was at the front of Shigure's house.

'Ding dong.' The cheerful face of Shigure popped out the door. "Haa-san! Hey! What are-" The novelist stopped dead in his tracks. "Tohru-kun…"

Hatori closed his eyes. "Please. I'll explain everything…" Shigure said nothing but let the doctor through.

When Hatori looked around carefully, he spotted another figure. Ayame. "'Tori-san…what's going on?"

Tohru was laid gently down on a couch while the other three men sat under a kotatsu. "Start talking Haa-san. Now, I'm not the only pervert here!"

Hatori sighed and started. "Okay. Akito…she found out about…a relationship. Between Tohru and Yuki. You both know well enough about Akito's tolerance for relationships. No tolerance. Now…I had to erase Honda-kun's memory…and I did."

Ayame looked at Hatori in shock. "My little brother…and Tohru-kun? But…'Tori-san. Why did you erase the poor girl's memory? You could've tried doing something else…"

"I would make things harder on Honda-kun. Besides, what else would I be able to do? Yuki knew the same. That's why he came, but never had her escape." (A/N: Hatori was doing some spying.)

Shigure frowned. "But now what shall we do with the princess? She needs her prince…as the prince needs her." He shook his head. "Haa-san…can you reverse the effects of memory suppressing?"

Hatori thought for a moment. "I...never tried. You see…memories that I suppress are still in the person's mind. However, the memory is buried deep so it's almost impossible to remember it."

"'Tori-san. Try to uncover Tohru-kun's memories," Ayame said. "Give it a shot."

Hatori sighed and walked over to the couch where Tohru was lying. "Alright. I can't guarantee that this will work though…" Ayame and Shigure watched. From ten feet away.

A hand was put to Tohru's forehead as Hatori closed his eyes and concentrated.

Hatori opened his eyes again a minute later and turned to the other two. "We'll have to wait and see if she remembers…"

Suddenly they heard the sound of someone moving. They turned to the couch to see Tohru…awake.

"Tohru?"

TBC

Author's Note

I updated! Sorry about the wait! Anyway, I had a review from otaku dreamer and it was mainly about Hatori and how he should get a backbone. So…I got an idea with that and here's the result! I'm hoping to hit 50+ reviews!