Rat in the Hat

Note: Hi! Well, does she regain her memories or what? I have a little idea from Inulover411 in this chapter by the way. Yeesh, I haven't used enough characters yet! Kureno, Machi, Kakeru, Naohito, Kimi, Rin, Ren, Ritsu, Yuki's mother…I will eventually. One last thing. I've reached ten chapters! Whoo!

Chapter Ten

Learning

'To be forgotten is worse than death…'

Freya Crescent, Final Fantasy IX

"Honda-kun…do you know who I am?" Hatori asked. Ayame and Shigure bent over the couch to see Tohru rubbing her eyes. "Hatori-san?"

The Mabudachi trio all sighed with relief. "Tohru-kun…do you remember anything from the past few hours?" The girl shook her head. "Not since Hatori-san said he'd suppress my memory."

She looked at the dragon. "I thought you did Hatori-san…" Hatori smiled a little. "There seems to be a way to return the memories…"

Tohru sat up. "Th-that's wonderful!" she exclaimed. "But…Hatori-san…why did you return my memories? Won't Akito-san get mad?" Tohru stood up. "I…should go…"

Ayame put a hand on her shoulder. "Can you wait for my little brother? I want him to see you one last time…" Tohru nodded, tears forming in her eyes. "Of course…" 'Mother…please help me right now…show me what to do…'

Meanwhile

"Tohru-kun and you are in love I see," Saki Hanajima says softly. "I felt strong waves coming from the both of you." Yuki looked up at the gothic girl. He chuckled. "Really…?"

He stood up straight. "Why don't we go to Shigure's house? I can find out more about Tohru from there." Hana nodded. "Alright."

The two walked slowly to the house. "Arisa?" Hana asked suddenly. Yuki looked at Hana.

"Uotani-san? Where?" Hana pointed ahead.

Kyo and Uo were walking in Yuki and Hana's direction. "Hey Hana…prince…" Uo said. Kyo looked at Yuki. "Anything about Tohru?" he asked gruffly.

Yuki shook his head. "We're off to Shigure to find out." Uo's eyes widened. "What happened to Tohru? Tell me!" she yelled. Kyo whacked her on the head. "Ask the perv when we get to his house…"

Uo and Kyo continued bickering until they reached Shigure's house. Hana slid the door open. "Is anyone here?"

Ayame went over. "Hello! Ah little brother! You've brought your friends I see!"

"Since when was I friends with that damn rat?" Kyo asked angrily. Ayame laughed. "Get in here…"

The group did as they were told and stepped inside. Their eyes all widened. Especially Yuki's. "Tohru!"

The onigiri smiled. "Yuki-kun! You're okay!" She went up to the four.

Uo hugged her friend. "Man…Tohru! Kyo said some crap had happened earlier. Was he lying? You look fine!"

Shigure went up and put a hand on Ayame's shoulder. "Aya. Let's explain everything to them over here." He pointed to where Tohru and Hatori were.

Uo and Kyo sent over and then Yuki and Hana. However, Hana stumbled…and fell into Yuki.

POOF! A small rat poked its head out of the now crumpled clothing and scurried over to the others. "Hana-chan…I can explain!" Tohru said nervously, scooping up Yuki.

"I…what is going on?" Hana asked. She picked up Yuki's clothes and handed them to Tohru.

"Why is Yuki…a rat?"

Tohru gave a slightly worried smile and set Yuki down. "Well…ummm…Hana-chan, the Sohma family is-"

She was cut off by another poof. Yuki however, had managed to get to another room to change.

"Hana-chan…the Sohmas are cursed! When…when they are hugged by a member of the opposite sex they transform."

Hana sat down on the couch. "So now I know why all the waves coming from the Sohma family were strange…"

Tohru looked at Uo. "This is the first time you heard about this too. Hmm Uo-chan?"

The Yankee shook her head. "I…hugged Kyo once…and he transformed. I should've told you before Tohru. I'm sorry…"

Kyo nodded his head. "She ain't lying. It's true…"

Shigure gave Hatori a sideways look. "Well Haa-san? What are you going to do?" Hatori didn't answer.

"Uhh…" Yuki seemed to have finished changing. He came out of the other room and smiled awkwardly. "Hanajima-san…did they tell you?" The girl nodded.

Suddenly, they heard the doorbell ring. "I'll get it," Yuki said. He went over to the door and opened it.

"Yunyun! How've ya been Yunyun?" It was Kakeru, Kimi, and Machi. Machi looked inside. "Kakeru, we interrupted something…"

Tohru smiled. "Ummm…" She looked at Shigure. He nodded his head. "Please! Come inside! It's fine!"

Yuki stepped aside as the student council member's trudged in. (A/N: I know I left out Nao. He'll be here later.)

"Yunyun! You missed student council silly! Did you forget?" Kimi asked. She giggled. "Nao-chan is really mad. It's so funny!"

"I forgot. Thanks for telling me Kimi."

The girl couldn't wait any longer. She just had to hug the most popular boy! "Yunyun…you're so cute. You know that?" Kimi asked. She put her arms around him.

Kyo and Tohru exchanged horrified looks. "Heheh, Kimi…I don't think Yunyun would like that…" Kakeru started.

Then…the poof, and what seemed to be the second transformation that day.

TBC

Author's Note

Hi! I updated again! I put that quote there for no reason. It didn't matchthat well...but I liked it anyway!Well, today I have good news, middle news, and bad news. The good news is that, I've read scans for volumes fourteen to eighteen! Now I can add some characters from that, not giving spoilers. Middle news is…I'm starting to support…YukixMachi. After reading the end of 14 and reading some other…(wink) parts…I sorta like them together. Bad news…I have…maybe one more update before a short hiatus. My cousins are visiting so I won't have time. (A week from now.) Anyway, I'll update ASAP! (Oh yeah, as a heads up, I heard Furuba ends at volume 22.)