I'm not sure Kyo would remove his shirt in "reality" (not really the real reality, but you know what I mean, O_O I hope) but I added this scene just for, eh, fun.

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Chapter VII: Akito's Eclipse

Kisa

"Kisa, before you say you want to attend the picnic I must explain Tohru's behavior," Momiji said and jumped down on the couch. I gently sat down beside him. I wonder what was going on. Brr, it was cold here, I rubbed my bare arms.

"You know Hari (Author's note: Hatori's nickname) said Tohru had amnesia?" I nodded. He had said it was a temporary memory loss, but she would gain it after some time. I felt so sad for onee-san. She must be in so much pain, suffering, not remembering all her loved ones. Momiji had told me not to visit her, he hadn't said why though. I was curious, I wanted to ask, but he had seemed... I'm not sure, hurt? What had caused that?

"Tell me, how is she like?" I said quiet. My bangs covered my eyes so I pushed them back behind my ears.

"Let me be honest with you. She... First of it's her voice. When she talks it is like another person, the voice and the words she speaks. She only said a couple of words to me but I could still tell, still know she's... different." He took my hand. I was confused, her voice was different? I didn't know what to think, but I should let Momiji finish. "She's also hitting on every good looking guy she notice." Onee-san did what? Momiji pressed my hand and smiled softly. "She... she also said that she couldn't believe that a kid like me had been her friend..."

I gasped. Onee-san had really said that? I couldn't imagine this... Onee-san was such a wonderful person. She had helped me so much... And those words coming out from her? It seemed impossible. I looked at Momiji. Even though it seemed like a lie I knew it wasn't. Momiji wasn't like that. I knew he told the truth.

"Onee-san... We must help her," I said. He smiled brightly.

"You're right! We'll help her, even though she hurls sticks and stones at us we won't stop showing her our love, right?" ^_^

"Right..." The thought scared me, scared me a lot. Onee-san saying mean words to me, telling me to go away, perhaps saying I was not worthy of being her friend. I shuddered. Could I really handle it? Please give me strength. Even though I was weak I would go. Even though she hated me I would be with her. This time I would help her.

Tohru

I had found a camera today under my bed. I grinned. Time for pictures! I glanced at the mirror as I passed by. This time I was wearing a dress almost the same style as yesterday, this though was the color of light blue. Maybe I should drop a pen or something in front of the boys and bend down, they would love that. I chuckled. Oh, life was wonderful! Today I had decided to wear a braid, I wasn't sure why, but I just couldn't wear the same hair style everyday.

I opened by door and went downstairs. Kyo was training outside. Oh how wonderful! I could almost fly today, using those crutches had been such a problem. I just loved walking.

What should I do, pretend to go shopping? No, than I actually had to shop, I'd just say I go for a walk. I passed him.

"I'm going for a walk. Later, cutie!" I blew him a kiss and continued. I almost ran to the other side, hiding behind a tree, seeing everything Kyo did. I lifted my camera and starting taking pictures.

"Keep going, baby..." I mumbled. He stopped kicking in the air and took the bottle on the ground and drank. Oh, he looked great. Click, click, click. Ah, all finished.

Time for Shigure.

"Already home?" Kyo asked. He took a towel and dried the sweat of on his face.

"Yeah, I didn't feel so well so I decided that it probably wasn't such a good idea."

"Oh... You should go rest then. It will become worse if you continue being up. Hmm, maybe you should change to something else, like a T-shirt or something. You know, something comfortable. That dress... Well it can't be comfortable wearing that..."

 I blushed.

I was stunned. He should like this! God! I hade made this dress for him! (Well for all the Souma boys, but you know!)

"Kyo-kun... you're so mean!" I turned around quickly and poked my eyes and tears started to fall. "I made this dress just for you! I thought you liked it!" I sank down to my knees and buried my face in my hands. I hope he feels guilty!

I heard him coming towards me.

"I... Sorry, I didn't know. It looks... uhm, great. I just thought you weren't comfortable in that. I was only... looking out for you." I gulped loudly, making sure he heard.

"R-really?" I said. Hmph, I guess that would do. I wasn't entirely satisfied, but what hell.

"Yeah," he nodded." "Also... I'm sorry for what I said two days ago... I didn't mean it. I was just... in a bad mood..." I finally looked up. He was staring at the ground, refusing to look at me.

I hadn't expected that.

"It's all right." I rose and brushed of the dirt on my legs. "But to make up for it, could you do something?"

"Eh... what?" he sounded suspicious but also curious.

"Take of your shirt."

"WHAT!?" He backed away. "W-what are you going to do?" I smiled.

"Take a picture."

"Hmm... I don't know... What are you going to do with it?"

"Look at it when I feel lonely," I said softly.

He blushed.

"I must be crazy..." He took it off. Oh my God! YES! YES! Ah, my IQ standards were excellent. I could make anyone do anything I wanted. I lifted my camera. "just ONE though," he yelled. I nodded. Click.

"Thank you!" ^_^ He put the shirt back on. I went to the bathroom and checked my face in the mirror. I washed it and studied it. This would do. Now, to Shigure.

I went to his room and saw him writing and smoking.

"Hey, Shigure."

"Ah, Tohru, how are you?"

"Just fine... I was wondering, could I take some pictures of you? You are such a handsome man which I think you are aware of..."

"Huh? You want to take pictures of me? May I ask what for?" He sounded a bit worried.

"To look at it. When I feel lonely... Don't tell this to anyone but I find you the most attractive man I've seen, and you're so gentle and kind," I lied. Sure he was good looking, but no the most good looking.

"Oh my, Tohru... You are the only one aware of this! Please, do take pictures!"

"Oh, thank you!" Click, click, click, click. Done.

"Bye!"

"Bye! And be careful with those pictures!"

"I will!" Chalala, I sang in my head. Now only one left. Yuki.

"No, wait! Don't go! I forgot, I need to tell you something." Huh? What could that be? I thought of a silly thing like he confessing his love to me, no, he wouldn't do that, but not that it was hard to love me!! No, no way! It was just... Hmm, never mind.

"Uh, what is it?"

"I decided to have a picnic in two days." So? What was so special about that? Shigure looked at me strangely.

"It still is weird... that... expression," he mumbled.

"What is so weird?" I said a bit angry, there was nothing wrong with me!

"Nothing, never mind. Anyway, it's on the beach, many people are coming who knew you. We thought this was a chance to talk about memories and such, it is in two days." Somehow this made me upset. What was wrong with me now? Why didn't they like me now? What had I done that been so terrible? Everyone just cared about her... the old me. Why did they so desperately want me to remember?

"Oh... ok..." He looked surprised at my reaction.

"I thought you would be happy..." he said softly.

"Its just... What's wrong me with me now? Don't you like me anymore?" He seemed to think for awhile.

"We still like you. But it feels like we lost someone close to us, do you understand? If someone dies for an example you would miss that person of course, like your Mother, you know what I'm talking about." I nodded, somehow I didn't really know... how strange. "It feels like that Honda Tohru died, the Honda Tohru we knew and loved. So of course we miss her and want her back. Please try just a bit for our sake."

It felt like I had died? Hmm, a drop of rain fell on my hand. Was it a leak in here? It was then I realized that once again I had started crying. I never knew why I did this... perhaps it was the old me trying to come back...

"Oh, I see. I'm dead to you," I said and rushed out. I should never have asked that question, I didn't want to know. They all hated me.

Yuki

"Yuki," Shigure called as I passed him by. I stopped.

"What?"

"You should probably go talk to Tohru, I think she is very upset..." He didn't have to say more I rushed up and knocked on her door softly and opened it. She was lying in her bed sobbing.

"Honda-san, tell me what's wrong?" I sat down on the bed beside her.

"You all despise me," she whispered. She had now stopped crying. "Don't say I'm wrong because I am right." She sat up beside me. "You all want her back, that stupid clumsy idiot."

"You knew this, that Honda-san is a bit... ungraceful?" I said, so she did remember! When I saw her expression I knew I had said something very foolish. I hadn't meant to, I had just been happy with that fact that I spoke without thinking.

"No, I did not know this," she said, ice in her voice. "I just wanted to say something awful about her so I just picked some random word." I was ashamed.

"I am so sorry, I didn't know what to say, that is all, it doesn't excuse my foolish behavior though."

"Hmph..."

"You have to realize something, you are acting like someone else, don't you see? You are a new person. It feels like you are a stranger, but that isn't so weird is it? It is like we met the first time at the hospital. You have to understand that we don't hate you, we don't know you that well to do such a thing. Honda Tohru was someone we deeply loved... and respected. Perhaps you and me along with Shigure and Kyo should try a bit harder to understand each other again."

Had I been to honest with her? Should I have acted more gently? I looked at her and knew I had acted the perfect way, I had to admit, she was smarter than she seemed. It looked like she was calmed by my words.

"I see..." she said.

"Why don't we start over?" I said. "Tell me how you feel, how you have felt since you came back." She sighed, looking a bit troubled.

"I have felt confused by everything. I don't remember much at all. I have been having these dreams or perhaps they are fantasies?" she muttered.

"Fantasies involving what?" I said patiently.

"Animals... I believe that it is the Junishi." My heart started to go faster, what did she remember? Hopefully she would know again. Know about our secrets, it pained me to keep this again from her.

"Yes?" I said once again patiently.

"They strange part is that I see you along with others turning into them, each to a different animal. You turn into the mouse and sometimes you speak, often it is to Kyo, who has turned into the cat. You two are fighting often, you saying he is a 'baka neko' and he's saying you are a 'kuso nezumi.' It is not just you two, I see Shigure as a dog, that blonde boy, what was his name, Momina... hmm, something into a rabbit and Hatori to a seahorse. There are other people as well, but I don't know them, turning into animals also."

So she didn't remember it yet but she was close in doing so. Please, do it soon, Honda-san, I am waiting.

"Something more troubling you?"

"Yes, I found my diary... I want to read it, my feelings, those feelings I used to have, but somehow I still don't want to. Something is stopping me..." she looked at my face.

"Honda-san, the only thing stopping you is yourself..." I said softly.

"Yuki, I don't want to think about all this... It is so boooring," she said. Oh no, she had turned to that... that man chasing girl again. "Thank you though..." she smiled. I could feel my heart pounding clearly underneath my chest. Her smile was so beautiful, this smile was a real smile, a smile of grace.

I smiled back. "Talk to me if you feel troubled. I am here."

"Could I do something?" she said, almost shyly.

"What do you want to do?" I said a bit alarmed.

"Take a picture," she smiled, "of you."

"O-of me? What for?"

"You really helped me, I like you a lot. If I ever want to talk to you and you might be out I at least have a picture I can look at when I feel troubled." I blushed and felt honored. I wasn't surprised I was the only one she could talk to. Shigure it was impossible with and Kyo would just yell.

"Yes, you can do it," I said.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" These words, they made me feel a bit... gloomy. Those were the words she used.

"You're welcome." She took her camera and started clicking away. I smiled towards the camera.

"Done!"

"Then I must be going, I have something to attend."

"Ok, later!" She blew me a kiss.

Tohru

Ah, lovely feeling... Now I had pictures of all the guys I lived with. I had found a photo album with pictures of those two girls... Hanajima and Uotani. I had taken them all out. I would put in the lovely Souma boys instead.

I felt a warm feeling as I thought of Yuki's words.

Shigure

LIST FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING THE PICNIC: Shigure, Tohru, Yuki, Kyo, Hatori, Momiji, and Kisa.

Akito

The sun stroke my face sweetly as the wind kissed my warm face. Honda Tohru used to be the sun for them, not for me though. For me she was... an eclipse. She covered the sun up, she made it all dark. They were just fooled by her sweet little words. I was brighter than all of them, I could see through her, I knew what she was. I was the real sun!

Apparently I didn't have to do anything to show them she was a fraud. She messed things up for them just fine now... Hmph, finally showing her real face.

She didn't want to remember, I had heard. Such a weak mind she had...

My poor little boys and girls, you had to learn it the hard way...

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