Wow... The last chapter ended up being really short! You see, it always looks really long on my regular computer screen, but then I get it on there and its all short all of a sudden! So, again, I apologize for the shortness. Now then! Here comes more of my random blatherings! My least favorite character:: hmm... this is actually a hard one! I love them all! So I don't have a least favorite! Enough about me, lol... ON TO CHAPTER 9!! The not long waited upon chapter nine, I might add...
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Kyo fought his hardest as the large men dragged him into Shigure's study. Akito followed them close behind, laughing like a maniac. They entered the room and pulled him towards where Hatori stood, looking grim, but excepting.
"Hatori, I would like you to follow my instructions exactly please." Akito said. "Take away all of his memories of her, and replace them with... memories of me. I'd like him to think that he's been living in Kazuma's house since they came back from wherever they went. Make sure you get the relationship with me across."
Hatori nodded.
Kyo fought hard, but the guards were stronger than he was and quickly corrected his wiggling, which was all his struggling had been able to produce. He could no long move, for they had forced him to stand stiffly, using their bodies to keep him still. He stood there, unable to move, trying not to let tears flow.
Hatori's hand began to glow, and he said gently, "I'm sorry, Kyo. I'm so sorry." and his hand touched Kyo's forehead.
Kyo conscious being instantly dived into a deep black pit of his mind, where his memories were stored. Memories began playing in his mind, all of them of her; when he had first met her, times he had seen her cry, times he had seen her laugh and smile, precious memories. When she had come after him after he had changed into his true form, when he had realized his true feelings for her. There were so many memories.
He fought so hard; he fought as hard as he could. Don't leave me, Tohru! He cried out. He fought for just a scrap of memory, he fought to keep something of her with him. Tohru! Tohru! Don't leave! Come back! Come back! But she was fading. She was leaving him.
He fought for what seemed like hours, trying to keep her from fading, from leaving him, from abandoning him. Finally, his strength failed him, for just one instant, and suddenly, she was gone.
What was I trying so hard to hold on to? He wondered, thinking hard. Why was it so important to me? He felt like his heart had been taken hold of and ripped from his chest. Why does this hurt so much? Why does it hurt so much, even though I don't know what I wanted to remember?
But as hard as he tried, the memories were gone... whatever they were about.
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Hatori watched the young man as he struggled mentally. His eyes closed and his facial features writhed as he tried so hard to keep her in his head. He began struggling hard with the guards, crying out loud, "Don't leave me, Tohru! Tohru! Don't leave! Come back! Come back!" He continued to fight the people holding tight to him, crying out for her not to go, tears falling in quick rivers down his face.
Hatori was sure that Kyo didn't know what he was doing.
Kyo's fighting gentled for about two seconds before he collapsed completely, with only the men on either side of him to support him.
As they carried Kyo away, Hatori heard him whimper slightly, and knew that Tohru was completely gone from his memories. Or, at least, mostly gone.
