Chapter 9
Lost Flower
The group piled into the car Shigure had borrowed from Hatori after spending the better part of the morning trying to get Tohru out of the house. There was always something she had forgotten to clean, and didn't want them to come back to a dirty house.
Before heading out for the cabin they stopped and picked up Kagura. Kyo had invited her because he didn't want to spend a whole week along with the stupid couple sitting behind them, or so he told himself on the drive. No matter the reason Kagura was quite happy at the idea of spending a week with Kyo.
When they arrived Ayame showed them around the house. Tohru was sure it was a mansion mainly because it was bigger than Shigure's house. Despite the large size of the house there still wasn't enough rooms for all of them, so Tohru and Yuki as well as Kyo and Kagura had to share a room.
Yuki thought that either Shigure trusted them, or he had installed hidden cameras in the rooms. He strongly hoped it was the first reason.
He smiled as Tohru dragged him along with her around the house. There was even a small hot spring in the backyard. "This is so wonderful Yuki! I wish we could stay here always."
He kissed her cheek causing her to blush, "Hai, it is very beautiful. But surely you wouldn't want to leave all your friends at school, would you?"
Tohru shook her head no. She could never think of leaving Hana-chan and Uo- chan.
"I didn't think so. How about we finish putting away our things and then go for a walk into the woods?"
"Okay!" Tohru said happily.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yuki smiled at Tohru as she happily pointed out the different flowers and animals that they saw while they walked along the river. She seemed so happy, so carefree. He wished that he could keep her like this always.
However, Yuki could not completely focus on Tohru because he was sure that Shigure was following them. He heard another twig snapped and started to get slightly annoyed.
"Yuki-kun?"
"Hold on Tohru," Yuki said turning around. Tohru gave a questioning look and tried to see what Yuki was looking at.
"Shigure stop hiding and get out here. I know that you're following us."
The dog peeked his head out from behind a tree. "Aww... you're no fun Yuki."
"Shigure! Why are you following us?" Tohru asked now.
Shigure came over to them and crying took her hand, "I came to protect you my fair flower. Who knows what Yuki might do to you if you were to lose your way."
Yuki hit Shigure in the head with a rock. "I would do no such thing!"
Tohru only looked confused, "You hit him Yuki..."
Yuki opened his mouth to answer her, but a huge breeze came by and lifted Tohru's dress giving Shigure, who know lay on the forest floor, and slight view, until Yuki dropped the rock on his head that is.
Tohru went bright red and held her dress down. Dark clouds were starting to move in, but Yuki was sure it wasn't supposed to rain all week.
"Yuki-kun... The clouds..."
"Hai, I know Tohru." He sighed looking down at the limp form of Shigure. "We should all start heading back. If it storms the river might start to flood, and we're a ways from the house."
Before Yuki could even finish rain start pouring down heavily. He grabbed Tohru's hand and began running for the cabin. Shigure was left to follow behind them.
The river slowly rised beside them as the rain poured down. When they weren't more than half way back Tohru tripped and fell into the river.
"Tohru!"
"Yuki!" she cried before the current pulled her under the surface.
Yuki made to jump in after her, but Shigure grabbed him a pulled him back.
"What are you doing?! I have to save her!"
Shigure shook his head, "Yuki, it's too late. She's caught in the current and she wouldn't want you getting hurt just for her."
Yuki glared at Shigure, "I promised I would protect her no matter what! Let me go! I have to save her!" He fought with Shigure, but couldn't match the dog's strength.
"We'll go and look for her when the rain stops. Tohru wouldn't want you catching a cold, would she?"
Shigure nearly had to drag Yuki back to the house. When they arrived Yuki pulled away from Shigure's grasp and ran upstairs to the guest room he was staying in where he fell on the bed and cried.
Kagura watched Yuki run upstairs and looked to Shigure. "Where's Tohru?"
"She... She fell in the river. The current was too strong," he said quietly.
Kyo watched them from the doorway to the kitchen. Tohru was gone? What had that stupid dog done?! He doubted that he had even tried to save her.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Five miles down the river a group of students were camping near the riverbank. When the rain had started they quickly moved everything back so nothing would get swept into the river.
As they sat around the fire trying to stay warm they quietly talked. One of the boys jumped up. "Look! A girl!"
He ran over to the riverbank where a girl had just washed up. "Come on! Help me before she gets pulled in again!"
A couple of the other kids helped him pull her out of the water and carried over by the fire. One of the girls grabbed some blankets and wrapped them around the wet girl.
"Do you think she's okay? The current looks really bad."
"She looks okay for the moment. I wonder what her name is and where she came from."
"Up river somewhere," another girl said before getting an annoyed look from everyone else. "Well she did!"
The boy who had spotted her noticed something silver around her neck. He carefully pulled it out from under her shirt. It was a small locket. "Yuri..."
"What?"
"The locket, it says 'Yuri' on the front. You think that's her name?"
They debated it for a few moments, but stopped when she started to stir.
"Are you awake?"
"Wha—what happened?"
"You fell into the river and washed up on shore here. What's your name?"
"I don't remember. I don't remember anything."
"Hmm... Does Yuri sound familiar? Your locket says that on it."
The girl looked at the locket. Yes, it did say that. But was that her name, she wondered. She thought hard on it... She did remember something calling her that... 'My sweet Yuri...'
"Ye—yes, I think so. I remember someone calling me his sweet Yuri..."
The girls smiled, "Your boyfriend?"
She shook her head, "I don't remember. I can't remember him, or anything else."
** Author's Note ** Hahaha! Bet you didn't see that one coming, did ya? Okay, maybe you did, but still. Poor Yuki... Will Kyo beat him to a pulp for losing his little sister? *evil grin* Most likely. But will Tohru ever remember who she is, or about Yuki? And will they ever find her? Find out in the next chapter! *sweatdrops* And now, this is the part where I tell you that spring break is over, (stupid school) and will not be updating as often as I have been lately. I will try and work on the story as much as possibly, but I can't say how often that will be. Please bear with me! Thank you all so much for your wonderful reviews. *hugs you all!* It means so much to me!
The group piled into the car Shigure had borrowed from Hatori after spending the better part of the morning trying to get Tohru out of the house. There was always something she had forgotten to clean, and didn't want them to come back to a dirty house.
Before heading out for the cabin they stopped and picked up Kagura. Kyo had invited her because he didn't want to spend a whole week along with the stupid couple sitting behind them, or so he told himself on the drive. No matter the reason Kagura was quite happy at the idea of spending a week with Kyo.
When they arrived Ayame showed them around the house. Tohru was sure it was a mansion mainly because it was bigger than Shigure's house. Despite the large size of the house there still wasn't enough rooms for all of them, so Tohru and Yuki as well as Kyo and Kagura had to share a room.
Yuki thought that either Shigure trusted them, or he had installed hidden cameras in the rooms. He strongly hoped it was the first reason.
He smiled as Tohru dragged him along with her around the house. There was even a small hot spring in the backyard. "This is so wonderful Yuki! I wish we could stay here always."
He kissed her cheek causing her to blush, "Hai, it is very beautiful. But surely you wouldn't want to leave all your friends at school, would you?"
Tohru shook her head no. She could never think of leaving Hana-chan and Uo- chan.
"I didn't think so. How about we finish putting away our things and then go for a walk into the woods?"
"Okay!" Tohru said happily.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yuki smiled at Tohru as she happily pointed out the different flowers and animals that they saw while they walked along the river. She seemed so happy, so carefree. He wished that he could keep her like this always.
However, Yuki could not completely focus on Tohru because he was sure that Shigure was following them. He heard another twig snapped and started to get slightly annoyed.
"Yuki-kun?"
"Hold on Tohru," Yuki said turning around. Tohru gave a questioning look and tried to see what Yuki was looking at.
"Shigure stop hiding and get out here. I know that you're following us."
The dog peeked his head out from behind a tree. "Aww... you're no fun Yuki."
"Shigure! Why are you following us?" Tohru asked now.
Shigure came over to them and crying took her hand, "I came to protect you my fair flower. Who knows what Yuki might do to you if you were to lose your way."
Yuki hit Shigure in the head with a rock. "I would do no such thing!"
Tohru only looked confused, "You hit him Yuki..."
Yuki opened his mouth to answer her, but a huge breeze came by and lifted Tohru's dress giving Shigure, who know lay on the forest floor, and slight view, until Yuki dropped the rock on his head that is.
Tohru went bright red and held her dress down. Dark clouds were starting to move in, but Yuki was sure it wasn't supposed to rain all week.
"Yuki-kun... The clouds..."
"Hai, I know Tohru." He sighed looking down at the limp form of Shigure. "We should all start heading back. If it storms the river might start to flood, and we're a ways from the house."
Before Yuki could even finish rain start pouring down heavily. He grabbed Tohru's hand and began running for the cabin. Shigure was left to follow behind them.
The river slowly rised beside them as the rain poured down. When they weren't more than half way back Tohru tripped and fell into the river.
"Tohru!"
"Yuki!" she cried before the current pulled her under the surface.
Yuki made to jump in after her, but Shigure grabbed him a pulled him back.
"What are you doing?! I have to save her!"
Shigure shook his head, "Yuki, it's too late. She's caught in the current and she wouldn't want you getting hurt just for her."
Yuki glared at Shigure, "I promised I would protect her no matter what! Let me go! I have to save her!" He fought with Shigure, but couldn't match the dog's strength.
"We'll go and look for her when the rain stops. Tohru wouldn't want you catching a cold, would she?"
Shigure nearly had to drag Yuki back to the house. When they arrived Yuki pulled away from Shigure's grasp and ran upstairs to the guest room he was staying in where he fell on the bed and cried.
Kagura watched Yuki run upstairs and looked to Shigure. "Where's Tohru?"
"She... She fell in the river. The current was too strong," he said quietly.
Kyo watched them from the doorway to the kitchen. Tohru was gone? What had that stupid dog done?! He doubted that he had even tried to save her.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Five miles down the river a group of students were camping near the riverbank. When the rain had started they quickly moved everything back so nothing would get swept into the river.
As they sat around the fire trying to stay warm they quietly talked. One of the boys jumped up. "Look! A girl!"
He ran over to the riverbank where a girl had just washed up. "Come on! Help me before she gets pulled in again!"
A couple of the other kids helped him pull her out of the water and carried over by the fire. One of the girls grabbed some blankets and wrapped them around the wet girl.
"Do you think she's okay? The current looks really bad."
"She looks okay for the moment. I wonder what her name is and where she came from."
"Up river somewhere," another girl said before getting an annoyed look from everyone else. "Well she did!"
The boy who had spotted her noticed something silver around her neck. He carefully pulled it out from under her shirt. It was a small locket. "Yuri..."
"What?"
"The locket, it says 'Yuri' on the front. You think that's her name?"
They debated it for a few moments, but stopped when she started to stir.
"Are you awake?"
"Wha—what happened?"
"You fell into the river and washed up on shore here. What's your name?"
"I don't remember. I don't remember anything."
"Hmm... Does Yuri sound familiar? Your locket says that on it."
The girl looked at the locket. Yes, it did say that. But was that her name, she wondered. She thought hard on it... She did remember something calling her that... 'My sweet Yuri...'
"Ye—yes, I think so. I remember someone calling me his sweet Yuri..."
The girls smiled, "Your boyfriend?"
She shook her head, "I don't remember. I can't remember him, or anything else."
** Author's Note ** Hahaha! Bet you didn't see that one coming, did ya? Okay, maybe you did, but still. Poor Yuki... Will Kyo beat him to a pulp for losing his little sister? *evil grin* Most likely. But will Tohru ever remember who she is, or about Yuki? And will they ever find her? Find out in the next chapter! *sweatdrops* And now, this is the part where I tell you that spring break is over, (stupid school) and will not be updating as often as I have been lately. I will try and work on the story as much as possibly, but I can't say how often that will be. Please bear with me! Thank you all so much for your wonderful reviews. *hugs you all!* It means so much to me!