"She knows! I'm telling you, somehow she knows about it!" Hatori frowned
at Kyou's sudden outburst. He walked into Shigure's office, with Kyou
following.
"Shigure, I came to pick up Momiji and Haru, and Kyou told me something interesting." Shigure looked up from his work, curiosity across his features. "He says Tori-san knows about the curse. You haven't transformed around her, have you?" Kyou and Shigure both shook their heads. "Then how?" Shigure shrugged.
"I don't know, but she does! I was standing against a tree, when she went to fall on me, got this close," he demonstrated the distance with his fingers, "stopped herself, smirked and walked away!" Kyou yelled.
"Kyou calm down. It might've been an accident, which she luckily stopped from becoming even worse." Shigure shook his head ashamedly. "Did you even think of that?" Kyou shook his head angrily. "You didn't?"
"That's not it! She was talking about secrets just before it! It wasn't a coincidence, she knows!" Hatori sighed and sat down.
"Well, I'll have to tell Akito about this. Where is she now?" Shigure explained that she and Tohru went shopping a few minutes before Hatori arrived. "Well, I'll come and get her, most likely tomorrow. Tell her she's to see the head of that family, nothing else." Shigure stood and walked out with Hatori, and stopped on the veranda.
"What'll happen to her?" Shigure asked the vital question. Hatori looked at the garden and commented quietly,
"That will depend on Akito. Momiji! Haru! Time to leave!" He called to his younger cousins, who went over, Momiji whining that he wanted to say goodbye to Tohru. They all walked to the door, Shigure and Kyou stopping at the door while the others walked to the car. Hatori turned and warned them. "Be careful around her. And try to get her to wear something different." Shigure nodded seriously, them smiled and waved goodbye.
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"Tori-chan, can you come in here please?" Shigure beckoned from his office. She wandered over to him and sat down. "Hatori visited today when you went shopping. He wanted me to tell you that you are to see the head of the Sohma family, Akito." Tori nodded in acknowledgement. "You can go know if you understand." She stood and bowed slightly before leaving. 'Good luck Tori-chan.' He thought to her retreating back.
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"I'm going to have an early night tonight. I have to visit someone.Akito, I think his name is." Tori ignored the two surprised and one guilty faces of Yuki, Tohru and Kyou. She yawned, stretched, and went upstairs. Yuki turned to Kyou.
"What happened? Why is she visiting Akito?" Kyou's face went red as he explained what happened that day. Yuki stormed into Shigure's office. "Her memories are going to be erased, aren't they? Where's she going to go?" Shigure sighed and took off his glasses.
"We don't know if she'll have them erased. It's all up to Akito. As to where she's to go, who knows?"
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A two-year-old Tori looked out a window. She turned around with a smile to look at someone. She pointed out the window, opened her mouth and-
"Tori? Tori, it's time for you to get up." Tori opened her eyes to see Tohru standing at the side of the bed. She groaned and got up. She stood out on the balcony, eyes closed, the sun warming her face. She took three deep breaths, opened her eyes and got dressed, making her way downstairs for breakfast.
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"What are you wearing?" Tori looked down at her clothes, puzzled at all the commotion. Hatori stopped her at the door, smells of breakfast wafting through the doorway. Her stomach growled angrily. She was hungry.
"Umm.clothes?" She answered sarcastically. Hunger made her short tempered. "You've seen me in these clothes before. What's wrong with them?" Hatori explained that meeting the head of a family is important. That one must dress appropriately. He said more, but Tori stopped listening when she could smell the food. It was when he mentioned wearing Tohru's clothes that Tori's attention shifted back to him.
"No way. I'm not wearing any other clothes than mine. If they aren't appropriate then Akito can deal with it." She stood stubbornly, until Hatori sighed. She then turned and went in to get some food. He followed, but didn't sit down.
"Will you go without the shirt?" He scowled at Shigure's comment ("Ha-san! I didn't know you felt like that about Tori-chan!"), and looked at Tori for her answer. She ate some food, and then reluctantly nodded. "Well, hurry up and finish your breakfast; we need to leave soon." She finished her food quickly and stood. He motioned at her, and she took her shirt off, making her wings visible. They said their goodbyes, and left.
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"Haru and I will be accompanying you when you meet Akito." Hatori explained as Haru met up with Hatori and Tori in the main house. Tori nodded hello to Haru, who nodded back.
"Nice wings." Haru commented as they were walking along. Tori stopped, and smiled "They're small. Cute." He touched one lightly.
"I like yours too." She pointed to the snake on his left arm. "It suits you." They walked in silence until they reached Akito's room. They walked in and knelt down, Tori in front. Akito was sitting on the veranda; a little white bird perched on his finger. It hopped off and went over to a saucer of water. Akito turned around and walked towards them, stopping in front of Tori.
"So you're Tori." She bowed, her forehead touching the floor. "What an pretty name. Why were you called this, do you know?" Tori sat up and looked straight at Akito. Her eyes were stormy grey again.
"My family had a tradition to let the children name themselves. The first word the spoke properly became their name. When I was little, I looked out the window to see birds in our garden. I turned to my mother and said "Tori. Look, tori!" so that's what I was named." Akito smiled coldly at her.
"What a wonderful story. Now, what do you know about the Sohma family's curse" Tori looked at him, confused at the sudden change of subject.
"Curse? I'm sorry Akito-sama; I don't know anything about a-" Akito slapped her across the face. She put a hand to her sore cheek, but didn't look away.
"Don't lie to me! I have been told you know about it and I want to know how much!" Tori didn't speak; she just stared at the head of the family. Akito grabbed a handful of her hair, and dragged her along the floor. Hatori and Haru ran over and held Akito still.
Tori's hair had moved to show her wings. Akito let go of her hair and spun her around, shrugging off Hatori and Haru. He traced an outline of a wing with one finger. Tori shuddered in revulsion, but didn't move away. "Now, tell me what you know about the curse, or a shall have to damage these pretty little wings of yours."
"I don't know about your curse." She spoke clearly, and moved away from the angry head. She stepped into the sunlight. Blackbirds flew on to veranda, surrounding Tori and scaring away Akito's little bird. She put out her hand, and the largest bird flew onto it. Suddenly, two pitch black wings sprouted from her back, and the other birds flew away, leaving the one on her hand. "This is part of my namesake. My secret; my curse." And with that she flew away. Haru ran out after her, leaving Hatori and Akito alone, staring where she stood. ------ Haha! There you go Yukiril! I hope that helps with you imagination.
"Shigure, I came to pick up Momiji and Haru, and Kyou told me something interesting." Shigure looked up from his work, curiosity across his features. "He says Tori-san knows about the curse. You haven't transformed around her, have you?" Kyou and Shigure both shook their heads. "Then how?" Shigure shrugged.
"I don't know, but she does! I was standing against a tree, when she went to fall on me, got this close," he demonstrated the distance with his fingers, "stopped herself, smirked and walked away!" Kyou yelled.
"Kyou calm down. It might've been an accident, which she luckily stopped from becoming even worse." Shigure shook his head ashamedly. "Did you even think of that?" Kyou shook his head angrily. "You didn't?"
"That's not it! She was talking about secrets just before it! It wasn't a coincidence, she knows!" Hatori sighed and sat down.
"Well, I'll have to tell Akito about this. Where is she now?" Shigure explained that she and Tohru went shopping a few minutes before Hatori arrived. "Well, I'll come and get her, most likely tomorrow. Tell her she's to see the head of that family, nothing else." Shigure stood and walked out with Hatori, and stopped on the veranda.
"What'll happen to her?" Shigure asked the vital question. Hatori looked at the garden and commented quietly,
"That will depend on Akito. Momiji! Haru! Time to leave!" He called to his younger cousins, who went over, Momiji whining that he wanted to say goodbye to Tohru. They all walked to the door, Shigure and Kyou stopping at the door while the others walked to the car. Hatori turned and warned them. "Be careful around her. And try to get her to wear something different." Shigure nodded seriously, them smiled and waved goodbye.
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"Tori-chan, can you come in here please?" Shigure beckoned from his office. She wandered over to him and sat down. "Hatori visited today when you went shopping. He wanted me to tell you that you are to see the head of the Sohma family, Akito." Tori nodded in acknowledgement. "You can go know if you understand." She stood and bowed slightly before leaving. 'Good luck Tori-chan.' He thought to her retreating back.
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"I'm going to have an early night tonight. I have to visit someone.Akito, I think his name is." Tori ignored the two surprised and one guilty faces of Yuki, Tohru and Kyou. She yawned, stretched, and went upstairs. Yuki turned to Kyou.
"What happened? Why is she visiting Akito?" Kyou's face went red as he explained what happened that day. Yuki stormed into Shigure's office. "Her memories are going to be erased, aren't they? Where's she going to go?" Shigure sighed and took off his glasses.
"We don't know if she'll have them erased. It's all up to Akito. As to where she's to go, who knows?"
-----
A two-year-old Tori looked out a window. She turned around with a smile to look at someone. She pointed out the window, opened her mouth and-
"Tori? Tori, it's time for you to get up." Tori opened her eyes to see Tohru standing at the side of the bed. She groaned and got up. She stood out on the balcony, eyes closed, the sun warming her face. She took three deep breaths, opened her eyes and got dressed, making her way downstairs for breakfast.
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"What are you wearing?" Tori looked down at her clothes, puzzled at all the commotion. Hatori stopped her at the door, smells of breakfast wafting through the doorway. Her stomach growled angrily. She was hungry.
"Umm.clothes?" She answered sarcastically. Hunger made her short tempered. "You've seen me in these clothes before. What's wrong with them?" Hatori explained that meeting the head of a family is important. That one must dress appropriately. He said more, but Tori stopped listening when she could smell the food. It was when he mentioned wearing Tohru's clothes that Tori's attention shifted back to him.
"No way. I'm not wearing any other clothes than mine. If they aren't appropriate then Akito can deal with it." She stood stubbornly, until Hatori sighed. She then turned and went in to get some food. He followed, but didn't sit down.
"Will you go without the shirt?" He scowled at Shigure's comment ("Ha-san! I didn't know you felt like that about Tori-chan!"), and looked at Tori for her answer. She ate some food, and then reluctantly nodded. "Well, hurry up and finish your breakfast; we need to leave soon." She finished her food quickly and stood. He motioned at her, and she took her shirt off, making her wings visible. They said their goodbyes, and left.
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"Haru and I will be accompanying you when you meet Akito." Hatori explained as Haru met up with Hatori and Tori in the main house. Tori nodded hello to Haru, who nodded back.
"Nice wings." Haru commented as they were walking along. Tori stopped, and smiled "They're small. Cute." He touched one lightly.
"I like yours too." She pointed to the snake on his left arm. "It suits you." They walked in silence until they reached Akito's room. They walked in and knelt down, Tori in front. Akito was sitting on the veranda; a little white bird perched on his finger. It hopped off and went over to a saucer of water. Akito turned around and walked towards them, stopping in front of Tori.
"So you're Tori." She bowed, her forehead touching the floor. "What an pretty name. Why were you called this, do you know?" Tori sat up and looked straight at Akito. Her eyes were stormy grey again.
"My family had a tradition to let the children name themselves. The first word the spoke properly became their name. When I was little, I looked out the window to see birds in our garden. I turned to my mother and said "Tori. Look, tori!" so that's what I was named." Akito smiled coldly at her.
"What a wonderful story. Now, what do you know about the Sohma family's curse" Tori looked at him, confused at the sudden change of subject.
"Curse? I'm sorry Akito-sama; I don't know anything about a-" Akito slapped her across the face. She put a hand to her sore cheek, but didn't look away.
"Don't lie to me! I have been told you know about it and I want to know how much!" Tori didn't speak; she just stared at the head of the family. Akito grabbed a handful of her hair, and dragged her along the floor. Hatori and Haru ran over and held Akito still.
Tori's hair had moved to show her wings. Akito let go of her hair and spun her around, shrugging off Hatori and Haru. He traced an outline of a wing with one finger. Tori shuddered in revulsion, but didn't move away. "Now, tell me what you know about the curse, or a shall have to damage these pretty little wings of yours."
"I don't know about your curse." She spoke clearly, and moved away from the angry head. She stepped into the sunlight. Blackbirds flew on to veranda, surrounding Tori and scaring away Akito's little bird. She put out her hand, and the largest bird flew onto it. Suddenly, two pitch black wings sprouted from her back, and the other birds flew away, leaving the one on her hand. "This is part of my namesake. My secret; my curse." And with that she flew away. Haru ran out after her, leaving Hatori and Akito alone, staring where she stood. ------ Haha! There you go Yukiril! I hope that helps with you imagination.