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~Narrator~

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~A couple of years passed and Tooru was now nine years old, today Hatori and Tooru was in the garden together~

Hatori: You could pick these flowers if you like.

Tooru: Thanks, I will. ^_^ Ah, there is something I'd like to ask...

Hatori: What is it? Is something wrong? You look...

[He couldn't say the word "ashamed" to her]

[Tooru blushed]

Tooru: Uncle Hatori, you know that I like to walk in the woods, I saw something really strange...

[She picked flowers at the same time as she spoke]

Hatori: What did you see?

"Oh no, I hope the witch hasn't found us!"

Tooru: I saw two people, a girl and a boy, maybe your age...

[Hatori looked uncofortable]

"I hope they didn't do anything dirty infront of her... She's only nine. Besides I can't explain something like that to her!"

Tooru: They were... holding each other, their arms wrapped around one another, they looked happy doing it...

Hatori: "Phew..." It's called hugging... You do that with people you love..."

[He was whispering when he said that]

~When Tooru heard the word 'love' she lit up~

Tooru: Uncle Hatori, then we should do it!

~Before Hatori could stop her Tooru flung herself at him and hugged him with all her might~

[Tooru looked around confused]

Tooru: Hatori, where are you?

"I'm sure he was right there, I could even feel him, how could he dissapear like that?"

[She started to look for him]

Tooru: Hatori! Hatori!

[Tears slowly welled up]

"Where was he?"

[She was about to step on something but then she noticed someTHING lying there]

Tooru: A seahorse? Oh no... What is a sea horse doing here? HELP! UNCLE SHIGURE! HELP! UNCLE AYAME!

~Shigure who was inside trying to bake a cake, heard Tooru's panicked voice and rushed out~

Shigure: What's wrong?

[Tooru sniffed, drying her tears]

Tooru: Uncle Hatori... He vanished, I don't know where, and there is a dead seahorse lying right there! What should we do?

How did it get there, Uncle Shigure?

Shigure: Eh...

~Suddenly a "poof" could be heard and fog gathered around the seahorse and look, there was Hatori... naked~

[Shigure quickly covered Tooru's eyes and turned her around]

Tooru: Uncle Hatori... HATORI!

Hatori: Tooru, I'm sorry... Maybe we should have told you.

Tooru: First you dissapear, then a dead searhorse was on the ground, then smoke, and then your naked...

[Tooru continued rabbling on in panick]

Hatori: You see, I'm cursed, when I'm hugged by the opposite sex, a woman or a girl I turn into a seahorse.

Shigure: Hihi, the dead seahorse you keep mentioning wasn't dead.

[Hatori gave Shigure an icy stare]

Shigure: Eh... Hatori is not alone with this curse... Maybe we should go inside and tell you the whole story...

~They called for Ayame who apparently was trying to decide which walking stick he looked best with~ -_-

Shigure: You see, Hatori, Ayame and myself are cursed.

Tooru: Why? Did you do something bad?

Ayame: Hahaha, the worst thing I did was a couple of years I was going to...

[Hatori kicked Ayame under the table]

Hatori: Ehm, no, we havn't done anything bad.

Tooru: Then why? Oh, uncle Hatori is there anything I can do?

Shigure: Hihi, I know plenty of things you can do when you grow up into a beautiful young lady...

Hatori: "Oh god, I'm surrounded with a bunch of perverts..." Eh, don't listen to him, you don't need to do anything, it isn't your fault.

[Shigure winks towards Tooru]

Shigure: Don't you want to know what we turn into to? You already know Hatori of course, but what about me and 'Daddy'?

Tooru: Don't you all turn into seahorses?

Shigure: No! I turn into a beautiful strong loyal... dog!

[Tooru giggled]

Ayame: And I to a intelligent, atheletic, brave... snake!

Hatori: "Oh no, make them stop..."

[Tooru giggled again]

Tooru: Is it alrigth if I hug you...? I know the secret now so it's alright!

It's just that if you hug someone it means you love that person Uncle Hatori said and I want to show Uncle Shigure and Uncle Ayame that I love you.

[Both Ayame and Shigure's eyes starts to fill with tears]

Ayame: That's... That's the most sweetest thing I've ever heard! Come to Daddy!

[Ayame rushed to Tooru and hugged her causing him to turn into a snake]

Tooru: "I've never seen a snake before, it looks... slimy..." Oh, how cute!

Shigure: Me! Me! Hug me!

[Tooru hugged him]

Tooru: Hihi.

Shigure: Hey, want to ride my back? ^_^

Tooru: Yes! ^_^

~Somewhere far away in a castle that always was surrounded by night you could hear whispers of sorrow, hate and love~

Kagura: I'm not sure about this... Isn't it another way?

Unknown person: No, it's the only way to get your love back...

Kagura: I'll do it then... I'll do anything to make him come back to me!

Unknown person: I know...

~Back in the castle Tooru spent her first years Queen Arisa and Queen Saki are discussing who's the best choose to become a husband for Tooru.~

Arisa: What do you think about Prince Yuki?

Saki: He's polite...

Arisa: Yeah, how about Kyo?

Saki: He has a bad temper...

Arisa: Yeah, but he's fun to tease! How about Momiji?

Saki: He's sweet...

Arisa: You got that right! Haru then?

Saki: He's different...

Arisa: Hehe, Akito?

Saki: He's... a mystery.

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I apologize for any spelling or grammar errors, gomen nasai!

If anyone read it I hope you enjoyed it!