Chapter 11
Finding Her
Yuki had tried to eat the dinner that Kagura and Kyo had made but it just wasn't the same as Tohru's. After picking at it for half an hour he had gone back upstairs to bed.
The next morning when he woke up the rain had stopped. He threw on the clothes he had been wearing yesterday; it would take too long to dig out new ones, and rushed downstairs to find Kyo and Kagura.
They were in the small main room eating a small breakfast. "Morning Yuki," Kagura said.
He noticed that it was nearly 10. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner? We could have been out there looking for her already!"
Kyo stood up and forced Yuki to sit down. "Just sit down and eat Rat-boy. You won't do Tohru any good if you don't eat anything."
Yuki gave a small nod, thinking that it would horrible if he too fell into the river because he was too weak from hunger. He picked up a bowl of miso soup and drank it down.
Once the liquid hit his stomach he realized just how hungry he was. He hadn't eaten since yesterday morning after all!
The three of them ate in silence and then went to get their coats. "Okay Yuki, where were you guys when she fell in?"
"This way, down the path about a mile."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yuka came out of the tent holding up a deck of cards. "Let's play Rich Man, Poor Man!" she cried happily.
They had just finished cleaning up breakfast and were ready for some fun. Kyoji helped Yuri get around the campsite even though her ankle was feeling much better. He sat her down on one of the logs and took a seat next to her.
"Have you ever played before?"
She nodded, "We played it all the time after class. My two best friends taught me..." She paused for a moment remembering something.
"What is it? Do you remember something?"
She nodded, "Yes. My brother, the one with the orange hair, he lost one time and one of my friends made him clean the whole classroom by himself. He refused to let me help, saying that a loss was a loss and he wouldn't hear of it." The thought made her smile.
"Is that it?"
"No, there was another boy there... I was very close to him, but I can't remember anything else."
The others had been listening in and smiled at her. "That's a sweet story."
Yuri blushed slightly and changed the subject, "Are we going to play?"
"Yeah! You deal Kyoji!"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The trio reached the point on the river where Tohru had fallen in the day before. Yuki stopped and stared at the water for the longest time.
Kyo and Kagura looked at each other wondering what to do. They had to keep moving. The clouds still hung over head. Just because the rains had stopped didn't mean that they wouldn't start again.
"Yuki? Come on, let's keep moving."
He nodded slowly, "Yeah, okay." Then even slower he turned away and they followed the riverbank.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Revelation!" Rika cried out as she showed her cards.
"That's cheating!" Junzo argued.
Yuri laughed happily. She had been losing very badly, not remembering all of the rules, so finally Kyoji teamed up with her. It seemed though that she was just having rotten luck. Kyoji had gone from winning all by himself, to losing along with her. He didn't seem to care though, he just kept on smiling and laughing.
"Did you hear that?"
"Aw come on, you're just sore that I'm beating you."
"No, no. I swear I really heard something. Listen."
The group quieted down and they did hear something off in the distance.
They waited a few more minutes before moving. The voices were becoming clearer.
"Tohru! Tohru!"
"Huh, it sounds like a boy is lost too. I hope he's okay," Rika said quietly.
Yuri got this uneasy feeling in her stomach. Did she know that name, that voice?
"Tohru!" another one called now.
"I'm going to go see who it is," Junzo said standing up.
The others only nodded as he headed off down the bank following the voices.
Kyoji moved closer to Yuri and they waited.
A moment later Junzo returned with two boys and a girl. The new comers stopped when they saw her.
"Tohru!" the girl cried out.
Yuri gave them a puzzled look.
"It's me, Kagura!"
"Kagura?"
"Sohma. Kagura Sohma. What happened?"
"You don't remember us?" the boy with orange hair asked now.
Yuri tried to stand up, but started to fall until Kyoji caught her.
"Don't touch her!" the boy with grey hair yelled and pushed Kyoji away. He ignored the others and looked into her eyes. "Tohru, what happened? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but who are you?"
His purple eyes filled with tears at her words. "You don't remember..." Before he could finish he turned and ran back in to the woods from where they came.
Yuri stood there in shock. He had purple eyes...
Kagura looked around and finally went after the boy, leaving the boy with orange hair alone.
"Yuri, we'll leave you alone. It sounds like these people know you."
"Yuri? What happened?" the boy was getting angry.
Yuka looked at him solemnly. "Kyoji found her in the river yesterday. She can't remember much of anything."
The others left and went into their tents leaving Yuri alone with the boy. She sat down and sighed, "You do know me, don't you?"
The boy walked over and sat down next to her. "Yes. You're name is Tohru Honda. You fell into the river last night. You live with us in Shigure's house in the Sohma estate."
She quietly looked at him for a moment. "You're my brother, aren't you?"
He nodded.
"I remembered a boy with orange hair, my brother. And a boy with purple eyes. He called my his sweet Yuri." She paused before continuing. "That was him, wasn't it? That boy who ran away."
"You don't remember Yuki?"
"Yuki?"
He sighed, "I'm Kyo, and that was Yuki. You two are in love with each other."
** Author's Note ** Sorry you guys. Short chapter and it took forever for me to post. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with the story and it feels like I'm fighting it. *sweatdrops* Then I was reading one of my fave stories and reviewed that they should update more often and I totally felt like I was being rude. So after rereading the last couple chapters an idea came to me. ^_^ Yey! So I think I have caught the plot bunny, and I'm not letting go of it now. I hope to update again as soon as I can, but it might be hard because we're on the last month of school and finals are starting to pour it. Wish me luck!
Yuki had tried to eat the dinner that Kagura and Kyo had made but it just wasn't the same as Tohru's. After picking at it for half an hour he had gone back upstairs to bed.
The next morning when he woke up the rain had stopped. He threw on the clothes he had been wearing yesterday; it would take too long to dig out new ones, and rushed downstairs to find Kyo and Kagura.
They were in the small main room eating a small breakfast. "Morning Yuki," Kagura said.
He noticed that it was nearly 10. "Why didn't you wake me up sooner? We could have been out there looking for her already!"
Kyo stood up and forced Yuki to sit down. "Just sit down and eat Rat-boy. You won't do Tohru any good if you don't eat anything."
Yuki gave a small nod, thinking that it would horrible if he too fell into the river because he was too weak from hunger. He picked up a bowl of miso soup and drank it down.
Once the liquid hit his stomach he realized just how hungry he was. He hadn't eaten since yesterday morning after all!
The three of them ate in silence and then went to get their coats. "Okay Yuki, where were you guys when she fell in?"
"This way, down the path about a mile."
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yuka came out of the tent holding up a deck of cards. "Let's play Rich Man, Poor Man!" she cried happily.
They had just finished cleaning up breakfast and were ready for some fun. Kyoji helped Yuri get around the campsite even though her ankle was feeling much better. He sat her down on one of the logs and took a seat next to her.
"Have you ever played before?"
She nodded, "We played it all the time after class. My two best friends taught me..." She paused for a moment remembering something.
"What is it? Do you remember something?"
She nodded, "Yes. My brother, the one with the orange hair, he lost one time and one of my friends made him clean the whole classroom by himself. He refused to let me help, saying that a loss was a loss and he wouldn't hear of it." The thought made her smile.
"Is that it?"
"No, there was another boy there... I was very close to him, but I can't remember anything else."
The others had been listening in and smiled at her. "That's a sweet story."
Yuri blushed slightly and changed the subject, "Are we going to play?"
"Yeah! You deal Kyoji!"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The trio reached the point on the river where Tohru had fallen in the day before. Yuki stopped and stared at the water for the longest time.
Kyo and Kagura looked at each other wondering what to do. They had to keep moving. The clouds still hung over head. Just because the rains had stopped didn't mean that they wouldn't start again.
"Yuki? Come on, let's keep moving."
He nodded slowly, "Yeah, okay." Then even slower he turned away and they followed the riverbank.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "Revelation!" Rika cried out as she showed her cards.
"That's cheating!" Junzo argued.
Yuri laughed happily. She had been losing very badly, not remembering all of the rules, so finally Kyoji teamed up with her. It seemed though that she was just having rotten luck. Kyoji had gone from winning all by himself, to losing along with her. He didn't seem to care though, he just kept on smiling and laughing.
"Did you hear that?"
"Aw come on, you're just sore that I'm beating you."
"No, no. I swear I really heard something. Listen."
The group quieted down and they did hear something off in the distance.
They waited a few more minutes before moving. The voices were becoming clearer.
"Tohru! Tohru!"
"Huh, it sounds like a boy is lost too. I hope he's okay," Rika said quietly.
Yuri got this uneasy feeling in her stomach. Did she know that name, that voice?
"Tohru!" another one called now.
"I'm going to go see who it is," Junzo said standing up.
The others only nodded as he headed off down the bank following the voices.
Kyoji moved closer to Yuri and they waited.
A moment later Junzo returned with two boys and a girl. The new comers stopped when they saw her.
"Tohru!" the girl cried out.
Yuri gave them a puzzled look.
"It's me, Kagura!"
"Kagura?"
"Sohma. Kagura Sohma. What happened?"
"You don't remember us?" the boy with orange hair asked now.
Yuri tried to stand up, but started to fall until Kyoji caught her.
"Don't touch her!" the boy with grey hair yelled and pushed Kyoji away. He ignored the others and looked into her eyes. "Tohru, what happened? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, but who are you?"
His purple eyes filled with tears at her words. "You don't remember..." Before he could finish he turned and ran back in to the woods from where they came.
Yuri stood there in shock. He had purple eyes...
Kagura looked around and finally went after the boy, leaving the boy with orange hair alone.
"Yuri, we'll leave you alone. It sounds like these people know you."
"Yuri? What happened?" the boy was getting angry.
Yuka looked at him solemnly. "Kyoji found her in the river yesterday. She can't remember much of anything."
The others left and went into their tents leaving Yuri alone with the boy. She sat down and sighed, "You do know me, don't you?"
The boy walked over and sat down next to her. "Yes. You're name is Tohru Honda. You fell into the river last night. You live with us in Shigure's house in the Sohma estate."
She quietly looked at him for a moment. "You're my brother, aren't you?"
He nodded.
"I remembered a boy with orange hair, my brother. And a boy with purple eyes. He called my his sweet Yuri." She paused before continuing. "That was him, wasn't it? That boy who ran away."
"You don't remember Yuki?"
"Yuki?"
He sighed, "I'm Kyo, and that was Yuki. You two are in love with each other."
** Author's Note ** Sorry you guys. Short chapter and it took forever for me to post. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with the story and it feels like I'm fighting it. *sweatdrops* Then I was reading one of my fave stories and reviewed that they should update more often and I totally felt like I was being rude. So after rereading the last couple chapters an idea came to me. ^_^ Yey! So I think I have caught the plot bunny, and I'm not letting go of it now. I hope to update again as soon as I can, but it might be hard because we're on the last month of school and finals are starting to pour it. Wish me luck!