CELEBRATED CHAPTER 20!!!!!! Twenty chapters... wow! Gee, that's a lot, eh? And yet, not so much at all... :( But I'm glad all of you are staying with me! I'm really great full for all the comments your leaving me! At this rate, this story will be like, really long, with really short chapters. Wish me luck and keep reading! But, on to Chapter 20!!

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Tohru flitted through the tasks that Akito assigned her to do, in a fairly good mood. She had thought almost all night last night and finally came to a decision.

She would try to break the curse. She had to. Even if they never remembered her. Even if she would never talk to them as a friend again. Even if...

Tohru shook her head hard, shaking these depressing thoughts out of her mind. Fight! She thought, turning back to her task of cleaning a window in Akito's room. I must fight on! She was determined.

As she scrubbed she began to hum merrily. After she had made this decision, it was like a weight had lifted off her shoulders. She was so glad that she had decided to at least try!

"Hello. Who's this?"

"Eep!" she shrieked and whirled. "O-oh!"

Shigure stood there, an eyebrow cocked and a smile on his lips.

"Oh, um, Shigure-san! Hello!"

"It seems that you know me and I don't know you."

Tohru forced herself to keep a smile on her face. She had almost forgotten that Shigure's memories had been erased. "I-I'm Tohru Honda... I'm, um, Akito's maid, I guess you would say."

"You 'guess'?" He asked, cocking his eyebrow even more. "Oh, well, it doesn't matter. Where has Akito ran off to? Do you know, by any chance?"

She tapped her chin and pondered this for a minute. "I think he went to go visit with Yuki-san... but I'm not for certain. Maybe if you asked one of the other maids? They may have seen him."

He nodded. "Thank you." he left the room, then poked his head back in. "Your really cute you know. You could've done better than a maid." and he was gone.

Tohru blushed. "Th-thank you, Shigure-san...!" she called after him. She paused for a moment, pondering their brief encounter. Then she smiled. "I'll free you, Shigure-san. I promise I will."