Yue's Lady: I did send you an email, it was quite some time ago. How strange that you didn't receive it.

To those who believe this is Kyoru or perhaps some other pairings: There are no pairings in this story. If I had wanted pairings I would have spent more times portraying that certain couple that I wanted paired... -_~ I would have put up a "warning" sign saying what pairs there were. I guess people assume that this is Kyoru because of the "beach scene". Tohru had such scenes with others too (not as, uh "romantic" if you would call that though). Bleh, I'll shut up. No pairings.

Sorry for the long wait. I have been away (where I don't have any access to a computer) I'm back now though.

Chapter XIII: Goodbye

Yuki

Vacation was coming to an end.

Vacation was a time to relax and have fun. I did have fun, yes... I did... Did I relax? Not really.

I glinted at the brunette not far from me. She was smiling... Her real smile.

With gentle words I asked, as I had often asked these last days when her memories had been restored: "How are you?"

I was received a reassuring smile, a smile that tried to tell me: don't worry but all I saw was shame and a glimpse of pain.

"I'm fine," she said.

"Are you?"

She blushed and turned her head to the other direction. "I'm so embarrassed, I can't believe that I acted this way... I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry Yuki-kun! I must have caused so much suffering to you and everyone else...And my thoughts! How awful they were! I- I- I..." she fell silent.

"Don't be," I said with great warmth. "Don't feel this way. The only one who was suffering during this was you, not us..." I patted her shoulders and let my hand rest there.

She sniffed. "I'm sorry..."

We sat there in silence for awhile.

My hand on her shoulders.

"A new start," I suddenly said. "School starts soon," I mumbled.

"Another season is coming," she agreed. "A new beginning..." she whispered.

Akito

I rested my head in my hands.

Fools, fools, fools, fools, fools, such fools!

They had been drawn in the trap again! Now they were chained to her yet again! Those idiots.

I glanced at the messenger who was lying on the floor, he had fainted from my attack on him. It was Momiji who had been the deliverer. Quite a coincidence really, I had found him smiling happily to himself and asked him why. Hmph, caught in the light... Frozen.

I hadn't lost faith yet. They would retrieve from her and walk to me. Yes, they would...

Kyo

I studied the clear sky from the roof. All troubles were washed away...

It all seemed like a dream. I suddenly felt doubt. Had it been a dream?

I could hear Yuki and Tohru talking downstairs. No, it had all been real.

My heart pounded loudly, it was because I was thinking about the kiss I gave her on the beach. What did she think of it now?

Hmph, not that I cared, I lied to myself.

Tohru

"Uo-chan! Hana-chan!" I called after my friends.

They turned around smiling and waited for me to catch them.

"Hey!" Uo said and put her arms around me.

"Tohru-kun," Hana said and did the same.

A month had passed by now. I was feeling good, better then ever actually. I didn't lie to myself anymore. It did take a lot of effort to do so, to forget, no, not forget! I would never use that word again. The word I was searching was to get over. Don't dwell on the past anymore. Concentrate on the present.

I smiled to Hana and Uo-chan.

"Hey," a voice said.

"Kyo-kun!" I grinned to him.

He muttered something that sounded like: "come here for a sec..."

I looked questioned at Hana and Uo but they shrugged. "What is it?" I asked him.

"Do you remember..." he blushed. "Uhm, the beach..."

What was he talking about? "Kyo-"

Suddenly I blushed, I believe I was the color of the apple Snow White had eaten, the reddest apple of them all.

"The thing you did?" I stammered.

He nodded violently.

"I'm sorry that I you had to do it! I was so mean to you... I hope you can forgive me!"

Poor Kyo. I hadn't thought about it till now. My face was burning. I hope he still wasn't mad about it!

He looked at me oddly. "Oh... It's OK..." It looked like he was going to laugh but he never did. The bells rang. "Better head to class," he muttered.

I nodded.

In the classroom I tried to listen to the teacher but it was impossible. I had other things on my mind.

I looked outside and watched a leaf fall.

A week ago Shigure had given me a new frame to the picture of my Mother. It was now hanging on the wall in my room. The last time I had spoken to it was one week after I got my memories back. It was to say goodbye. I was letting her go. At last...

The pictures of Uo and Hana were now in my photo album again but I still had the Souma boys' pictures there, I didn't tell them though. It was a secret.

In my notebook I had a picture of all the zodiac animals. I thought it would be fun. After all they were my new family now. Another picture of my Mother that had used to be there was now in the photo album..

I couldn't believe that I had been that wild girl. I had to admit though that it had been... liberating. It had been exhausting though but I was happy that it had happened. We shouldn't regret things that had happened. I had learned things through this. I was more secure.

I would no longer borrow my words from her, OK, maybe some, but perhaps I would find my own words soon.

I saw Yuki smiling to me and I smiled back, I then turned to Kyo and smiled to him, he turned away.

The wild girl that I had been would have thought "such handsome guys!" and now that I thought about it I had to agree. They truly were wonderful.

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The End.

Thank so much for my wonderful readers, especially to Arrei, thank you, thank you, thank you everyone!

The majority wanted her to remember so there you go. ^-^ Personally I like bad endings more. (o.O)