Chapter 10
Remembering
Kagura peeked her head into Yuki's room. He lay on the bed shaking, and she was sure that he was crying.
"Yuki-kun?"
"Hai?" he asked into the pillow.
Kagura took this as an invitation into the room, so she came and sat down next to him on the bed. "Are you all right?"
"Would you be all right if you couldn't protect Kyo, ne?"
Kagura slowly rubbed his back, "I doubt it. Gomen Yuki, I can't even begin to understand how you feel right now, but I would like to try."
"She's gone Kagura. What if we never find her? She'll live with the thought that I didn't saver her for the rest of her life. And that's if she's alive."
"She's alive Yuki, and we will find her. I'm sure she's safe and looking for a way home right now."
"How can you be so sure?"
"She loves you and wouldn't let anything break you two apart."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The group of kids had decided to call the girl Yuri because that was the only thing she could remember. Try as she might to remember who the boy was that had called her that; all she remembered was that he had purple eyes.
"I don't know anyone with purple eyes."
"Yeah, and that's not something you would easily forget."
"Ummm... if you don't mind me asking, who are you all?"
"I'm Hisaki," the boy with long hair said.
The other boy said his name was Junzo, and the one that had found her was Kyoji.
The three girls said they were Kayoko, Rika, and Yuka.
Yuri thought that Kyoji and Yuka sounded vaguely familiar, but couldn't place them, so she tried to forget about them.
"We came out here to camp for our break from school," Kyoji said. They explained that they went to one of the colleges nearby.
Yuri couldn't remember what school she went to, or even where it was.
"Don't worry about it," Rika said. "We'll take you to the police box in town when we're leaving in a few days. All right?"
"Okay," Yuri said smiling. Even if she couldn't remember much of anything, these people where very nice.
"Come on, I'm sure you're tired. You can use my sleeping bag," Kayoko said taking Yuri's hand. However as she stood up she nearly fell over.
"Hmm... It looks like she might have hurt her ankle," Junzo said. He had Yuri sit back down and looked at her ankle. "Well, it's swollen. I can't tell if it's broken or not though. Maybe we'll be able to tell once the swelling goes down."
"Here, let me carry you. Sleep is probably the best thing for you anyway," Kyoji said picking her up and carrying her into the girls' tent.
"Thank you Kyoji," Yuri said with a smile. He thought it was the most beautiful thing. He could see why she had such a pretty name as Yuri.
"You're welcome. Now try and sleep for a while before dinner is ready."
After Kyoji left Yuri fell asleep almost right away. However something slightly bugged her, something about cooking but she couldn't remember what.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The rain just kept pouring down. Yuki could hear it from his room. Kagura had left him not too long ago to go to check on Kyo.
"What are we going to do?" she asked him.
Kyo just shook his head, "I don't know Kagura. There isn't much we can do until the rain stops and the river isn't flooded anymore."
"I don't know how much longer Yuki can just sit up there," she said looking at the ceiling towards where Yuki's room was.
"I know Kagura, I know. Do you think I like sitting and waiting too?"
Kagura shook her head no. "Well, I'm going to go and get started on dinner. We need to eat otherwise no one will be able to go and look for her."
Kyo followed her into the kitchen to help and it wasn't long before the sweet smell of food was floating through the house.
Upstairs Yuki sat up rubbing his head. He thought that he had fallen asleep for a while. Yes, maybe it was all a dream, he hoped. It was then that the smell of cooking floated upstairs to him. It was her! He knew Tohru's cooking anywhere.
Yuki quickly ran downstairs forgetting about cleaning himself up. "Tohru!" he cried as he burst into the kitchen.
Kagura and Kyo turned and stared at Yuki who just stared back.
"Yuki..." Kagura started but he turned to leave. "Yuki, don't. Please."
He stopped, but he pounded his fist against the wall making a large hole. "I hate this! I thought it was a dream. I thought she really was here, that she was making us dinner like she always does."
Kagura walked over to him and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry Yuki. I wasn't thinking, I guess I should have told Shigure to order out something from town."
"I just can't stand knowing that I couldn't save her."
"We'll find her. I know we will."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Someone entering the tent waked Yuri. "Hmm?" she mumbled.
"Hush, it's just me. Kyoji."
"Oh, hi Kyoji," Yuri said laying back down with a small smile.
"I came to check on your ankle. How is it?"
"Ummm..." she tried to move it. A sharp pain shot through her leg. "It still hurts. I can't really move it either."
He nodded as he kneeled next to her and unzipped the sleeping bag. He slipped off her shoe and sock before gently pressing on her ankle.
Yuri tried not to cry in pain when he pressed on it. "How does it look?"
"Not too bad. I think it's just sprained." He grabbed the ace bandage that he had brought in with him and wrapped her ankle with it.
Yuri watched him closely the whole time. How could he be so kind to her after having just met her?
"Okay, that should be better," he said waking her from her thoughts. "Do you want to try walking on it now?"
"Yeah."
"And I'd bet your hungry too. I would be after falling into the river."
She gave a small laugh and nodded, "Yeah, I'm starving."
He took her hands and helped her to stand up. "Well, you're not screaming in pain. That's a good sign."
She laughed and he held her hand as he helped her out of the tent into the rain.
When she nearly tripped on the door he caught her around the waist and pulled her back up. "Are you okay? You didn't hurt yourself, did you?"
The poor boy seemed panic-stricken. "No, I'm fine. Thank you." He seemed to accept the answer and the two of them slowly made their way over to the campfire.
When Yuri looked around they seemed to be the only ones there.
"What happened to the others?"
"They decided that if you're hurt we shouldn't wait to get a hold of the police. They went into town to report what happened. I stayed here to look after you," he said answering her thoughts.
He took the pot of ramen noodles off the fire and stirred them to cool them faster. "It's only ramen, but they're very filling."
"Ramen is fine."
"Did you remember anything else while you were sleeping?"
She thought about what she had dreamed about. A boy... no, it was her brother. He had orange hair, but did he have purple eyes? Was he the one who called her his sweet Yuri? That she couldn't remember.
"My brother... He had orange hair. I'm not sure if he's the boy with purple eyes though."
"Orange hair. That would look strange with purple eyes," Kyoji said grinning.
Yuri laughed, "Yes it would."
"Do you remember his name?"
She shook her head no.
"Don't worry about it. You'll remember soon enough. I'm sure they're out there looking for you right now in fact."
** Author's Note ** One more chappie done! I'm so happy about all the wonderful reviews I'm getting. I love you all! *huggles!* I had some trouble with this chapter, but I think it's good. I wasn't sure how I should have everyone act. It's hard, okay? I'm at point A in the story, and I know Point B (the ending), but it's how to get there I'm confused about. That's okay though, the plot bunny is helping me lots. *hugs the plot bunny tightly making it's eyes bug out* Oops! Sorry bunny. *plot bunny gives her a mean look and takes off* Nooooooo! Come back! *turns back to the readers* I need to go catch that, but I'll see you again next chapter! *takes off after the plot bunny*
Kagura peeked her head into Yuki's room. He lay on the bed shaking, and she was sure that he was crying.
"Yuki-kun?"
"Hai?" he asked into the pillow.
Kagura took this as an invitation into the room, so she came and sat down next to him on the bed. "Are you all right?"
"Would you be all right if you couldn't protect Kyo, ne?"
Kagura slowly rubbed his back, "I doubt it. Gomen Yuki, I can't even begin to understand how you feel right now, but I would like to try."
"She's gone Kagura. What if we never find her? She'll live with the thought that I didn't saver her for the rest of her life. And that's if she's alive."
"She's alive Yuki, and we will find her. I'm sure she's safe and looking for a way home right now."
"How can you be so sure?"
"She loves you and wouldn't let anything break you two apart."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The group of kids had decided to call the girl Yuri because that was the only thing she could remember. Try as she might to remember who the boy was that had called her that; all she remembered was that he had purple eyes.
"I don't know anyone with purple eyes."
"Yeah, and that's not something you would easily forget."
"Ummm... if you don't mind me asking, who are you all?"
"I'm Hisaki," the boy with long hair said.
The other boy said his name was Junzo, and the one that had found her was Kyoji.
The three girls said they were Kayoko, Rika, and Yuka.
Yuri thought that Kyoji and Yuka sounded vaguely familiar, but couldn't place them, so she tried to forget about them.
"We came out here to camp for our break from school," Kyoji said. They explained that they went to one of the colleges nearby.
Yuri couldn't remember what school she went to, or even where it was.
"Don't worry about it," Rika said. "We'll take you to the police box in town when we're leaving in a few days. All right?"
"Okay," Yuri said smiling. Even if she couldn't remember much of anything, these people where very nice.
"Come on, I'm sure you're tired. You can use my sleeping bag," Kayoko said taking Yuri's hand. However as she stood up she nearly fell over.
"Hmm... It looks like she might have hurt her ankle," Junzo said. He had Yuri sit back down and looked at her ankle. "Well, it's swollen. I can't tell if it's broken or not though. Maybe we'll be able to tell once the swelling goes down."
"Here, let me carry you. Sleep is probably the best thing for you anyway," Kyoji said picking her up and carrying her into the girls' tent.
"Thank you Kyoji," Yuri said with a smile. He thought it was the most beautiful thing. He could see why she had such a pretty name as Yuri.
"You're welcome. Now try and sleep for a while before dinner is ready."
After Kyoji left Yuri fell asleep almost right away. However something slightly bugged her, something about cooking but she couldn't remember what.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The rain just kept pouring down. Yuki could hear it from his room. Kagura had left him not too long ago to go to check on Kyo.
"What are we going to do?" she asked him.
Kyo just shook his head, "I don't know Kagura. There isn't much we can do until the rain stops and the river isn't flooded anymore."
"I don't know how much longer Yuki can just sit up there," she said looking at the ceiling towards where Yuki's room was.
"I know Kagura, I know. Do you think I like sitting and waiting too?"
Kagura shook her head no. "Well, I'm going to go and get started on dinner. We need to eat otherwise no one will be able to go and look for her."
Kyo followed her into the kitchen to help and it wasn't long before the sweet smell of food was floating through the house.
Upstairs Yuki sat up rubbing his head. He thought that he had fallen asleep for a while. Yes, maybe it was all a dream, he hoped. It was then that the smell of cooking floated upstairs to him. It was her! He knew Tohru's cooking anywhere.
Yuki quickly ran downstairs forgetting about cleaning himself up. "Tohru!" he cried as he burst into the kitchen.
Kagura and Kyo turned and stared at Yuki who just stared back.
"Yuki..." Kagura started but he turned to leave. "Yuki, don't. Please."
He stopped, but he pounded his fist against the wall making a large hole. "I hate this! I thought it was a dream. I thought she really was here, that she was making us dinner like she always does."
Kagura walked over to him and hugged him tightly. "I'm sorry Yuki. I wasn't thinking, I guess I should have told Shigure to order out something from town."
"I just can't stand knowing that I couldn't save her."
"We'll find her. I know we will."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Someone entering the tent waked Yuri. "Hmm?" she mumbled.
"Hush, it's just me. Kyoji."
"Oh, hi Kyoji," Yuri said laying back down with a small smile.
"I came to check on your ankle. How is it?"
"Ummm..." she tried to move it. A sharp pain shot through her leg. "It still hurts. I can't really move it either."
He nodded as he kneeled next to her and unzipped the sleeping bag. He slipped off her shoe and sock before gently pressing on her ankle.
Yuri tried not to cry in pain when he pressed on it. "How does it look?"
"Not too bad. I think it's just sprained." He grabbed the ace bandage that he had brought in with him and wrapped her ankle with it.
Yuri watched him closely the whole time. How could he be so kind to her after having just met her?
"Okay, that should be better," he said waking her from her thoughts. "Do you want to try walking on it now?"
"Yeah."
"And I'd bet your hungry too. I would be after falling into the river."
She gave a small laugh and nodded, "Yeah, I'm starving."
He took her hands and helped her to stand up. "Well, you're not screaming in pain. That's a good sign."
She laughed and he held her hand as he helped her out of the tent into the rain.
When she nearly tripped on the door he caught her around the waist and pulled her back up. "Are you okay? You didn't hurt yourself, did you?"
The poor boy seemed panic-stricken. "No, I'm fine. Thank you." He seemed to accept the answer and the two of them slowly made their way over to the campfire.
When Yuri looked around they seemed to be the only ones there.
"What happened to the others?"
"They decided that if you're hurt we shouldn't wait to get a hold of the police. They went into town to report what happened. I stayed here to look after you," he said answering her thoughts.
He took the pot of ramen noodles off the fire and stirred them to cool them faster. "It's only ramen, but they're very filling."
"Ramen is fine."
"Did you remember anything else while you were sleeping?"
She thought about what she had dreamed about. A boy... no, it was her brother. He had orange hair, but did he have purple eyes? Was he the one who called her his sweet Yuri? That she couldn't remember.
"My brother... He had orange hair. I'm not sure if he's the boy with purple eyes though."
"Orange hair. That would look strange with purple eyes," Kyoji said grinning.
Yuri laughed, "Yes it would."
"Do you remember his name?"
She shook her head no.
"Don't worry about it. You'll remember soon enough. I'm sure they're out there looking for you right now in fact."
** Author's Note ** One more chappie done! I'm so happy about all the wonderful reviews I'm getting. I love you all! *huggles!* I had some trouble with this chapter, but I think it's good. I wasn't sure how I should have everyone act. It's hard, okay? I'm at point A in the story, and I know Point B (the ending), but it's how to get there I'm confused about. That's okay though, the plot bunny is helping me lots. *hugs the plot bunny tightly making it's eyes bug out* Oops! Sorry bunny. *plot bunny gives her a mean look and takes off* Nooooooo! Come back! *turns back to the readers* I need to go catch that, but I'll see you again next chapter! *takes off after the plot bunny*