-- Author's Note -- Sorry all, more stuff came up then I thought it would and I've been running around trying to find a job for the summer. Also I was having a bad case of writer's block, so combine that and having not watched Fruba for almost a month because my friends had borrowed the DVDs, so I was kinda stuck on the how the characters would act. grins Well, there's my big secret on how I keep everyone so close to their character. I just watch/read the anime repeatedly throughout the time I'm writing. It keeps everything fresh, you know? So anyway here's the chapter I promised you and I'll try to update as soon as possible.
Chapter 14 Memory Matters
Long into the night Yuki told Tohru everything he could think of to tell her. He talked about Kyo's curse, school, and so many other things he couldn't remember half of them when he noticed that Tohru had fallen asleep sitting next to him.
He smiled softly at her and then carefully picked her up and put her in her bed. "Good night my sweet princess," he whispered kissing her on the forehead.
Yuki didn't sleep that night. He sat up watching over Tohru, afraid that if he closed his eyes for too long that she would disappear again.
Sometime around dawn Yuki had fallen asleep sitting against the wall facing the bed. "Yuki-kun? Are you awake?" Tohru whispered as she poked him gently. She had woken up to find him sleeping on the floor and was now kneeling next to him.
"Hmm?" Yuki mumbled opening his eyes slightly. Tohru was leaning over him and her nightgown was falling open a small bit. Yuki's nose burst into bleeding and he fell sideways before transforming. He had seen...!
Tohru giggled at him, completely unaware of what had caused him to react that way. Instead of worrying about it she picked up the mouse and nuzzled him. "You're soooo cute!"
"Gomen Tohru I didn't mean to!"
"It's not your fault that you transformed. Besides, you're cute this way too."
"No I mean, I saw—but I didn't mean to look!"
"Saw what?"
Yuki sweat dropped. If she didn't know it was best not to tell her, less she freak out. "Never mind, it's nothing."
"Okay! I think the others are awake. Shall we go downstairs and see what's for breakfast?"
"Hai. I'll go sit under the bed while you change, okay?"
Tohru nodded and set the mouse down before going over to the dresser. Yuki dashed under the bed and began to sniff around. Something smelled interesting under here. After a moment he spotted what it was.
He frowned thinking that Shigure must have put them in here in hopes of starting something. That stupid dog!
"Yuki-kun, I'm finished."
He crawled out from under the bed and looked up at her. She was wearing a bright yellow sundress and had tied her hair into two braids. "You look beautiful."
Tohru blushed and picked him up. "Thank you," she giggled before giving him a kiss on the nose.
It was at that moment that Yuki turned back and a puff of smoke surrounded them as they kissed deeply. Tohru placed her hand on his shoulder and then jumped back, covering her eyes, just then remembering that he was nude.
"Gomen! Gomen nasai!"
"It's all right Tohru. You can turn around now."
Tohru peeked between her fingers and saw that he was fully dressed in simple grey pants with a pale Chinese style shirt. She took her hand away and smiled.
"Now, let's go see what's for breakfast," he said taking her hand and leading her downstairs.
The couple found the table filled with food and Kagura in the kitchen with Kyo.
"Ohayou gozaimasu!" Tohru called to them and they turned and smiled at them.
"Good morning! Did you sleep well?" Kagura asked.
"Hai! Everything smells so good!"
"Thanks! The rice will be ready in a minute. Why don't you go and get Shigure and Ayame, Kyo?"
"Yeah, sure," the cat said before leaving.
Tohru and Yuki sat down next to each other at the table while Kagura brought in the bowl of steaming rice.
"Itadakimasu!" everyone said after they had sat down before digging in.
"This is great Kagura," Yuki told her.
"Thanks! Kyo helped out a lot."
"So did you two sleep well?" Shigure asked Yuki and Tohru giving only the slightest hint at something dirty.
"I slept very well Shigure-san," Tohru said, and then frowned. "But poor Yuki-kun fell asleep on the floor."
Ayame giggled, "Did she kick you out of bed Yuki?"
"No, I was being a gentlemen, something neither you, nor Shigure, will be," Yuki said getting slightly annoyed.
"Aww, don't be mad Yuki," Shigure said before leaning in close to him. "Did you find the things I left for you and Tohru?"
"I don't think that was appropriate Shigure. Nothing like that will be going on. Now if you don't mind, I would kindly ask you to stay out of mine and Tohru's rooms."
Shigure only giggled.
"Oh, before we forget Gure."
Shigure nodded, now getting serious. "After breakfast we need you all to pack up, we're going to head home early."
"What? Why?" Kagura asked.
"Because we called Hatori last night and he thinks it would be best if he looked at Tohru to make sure she's not hurt. Is that okay?"
"Hai, that's fine. Are you finished Tohru?" Yuki asked.
"Yes, I'm stuffed!"
"Okay, let's go get our things together then."
A few hours later the group arrived at the main house. "Is it always this quiet?" Tohru asked.
"Sometimes, I think a lot of the families are out visiting other relatives right now," Ayame told her.
Tohru nodded and held closer to Yuki's hand. The quietness was a bit unnerving.
"Kyo, Kagura, you two don't have to stick around if you want. We can go and get something to drink from the store," Ayame offered.
"All right, that's sounds good," Kagura agreed.
Kagura, Kyo, and Ayame headed off back towards the gate while Tohru, Yuki, and Shigure headed inside the building where Hatori stayed.
"Tori! We're here!" Shigure called out.
"Must you be so loud?"
"No, I guess not," Shigure told Hatori with a grin on his face.
"I'm sure. Now, right this way." Hatori lead them inside and had them sit down on a small couch. "So tell me what happened."
Yuki explained the whole thing to Hatori while Tohru seemed to space out.
"So she remembers some things, but only from when she was little?"
"Hai. We don't know what to make of it."
"First things first. We'll check out her ankle to make sure it's nothing too bad. We'll probably just need to wrap it up for a few more days. Then I'll see if I can figure anything out."
Tohru's ankle seemed to be healing fine, but Hatori wrapped it just to be sure that it would finish healing properly. Then he checked everything he could think of. Tohru seemed fine in everyway.
"So nothing's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
"Then why can't she remember anything?"
"It was probably caused by the trauma most likely. We can only guess in cases like this. For all we know it wasn't simply the fact that she fell into the river but that maybe when she was smaller someone threw her into the river or tried to drown her. I'm not saying that's what happened, but like I said, we can only guess."
"Will she ever get her memory back?"
"It's possible, but hard to say. There are so many different cases of things like this happening. One boy reverted and thought that he was a child again; another girl thought that she was someone else completely. And of course quite a few forgot everything. Some of them did regain their memories, but it's hard to say."
"Do you think she will remember anything?"
"Honestly, I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see."
Chapter 14 Memory Matters
Long into the night Yuki told Tohru everything he could think of to tell her. He talked about Kyo's curse, school, and so many other things he couldn't remember half of them when he noticed that Tohru had fallen asleep sitting next to him.
He smiled softly at her and then carefully picked her up and put her in her bed. "Good night my sweet princess," he whispered kissing her on the forehead.
Yuki didn't sleep that night. He sat up watching over Tohru, afraid that if he closed his eyes for too long that she would disappear again.
Sometime around dawn Yuki had fallen asleep sitting against the wall facing the bed. "Yuki-kun? Are you awake?" Tohru whispered as she poked him gently. She had woken up to find him sleeping on the floor and was now kneeling next to him.
"Hmm?" Yuki mumbled opening his eyes slightly. Tohru was leaning over him and her nightgown was falling open a small bit. Yuki's nose burst into bleeding and he fell sideways before transforming. He had seen...!
Tohru giggled at him, completely unaware of what had caused him to react that way. Instead of worrying about it she picked up the mouse and nuzzled him. "You're soooo cute!"
"Gomen Tohru I didn't mean to!"
"It's not your fault that you transformed. Besides, you're cute this way too."
"No I mean, I saw—but I didn't mean to look!"
"Saw what?"
Yuki sweat dropped. If she didn't know it was best not to tell her, less she freak out. "Never mind, it's nothing."
"Okay! I think the others are awake. Shall we go downstairs and see what's for breakfast?"
"Hai. I'll go sit under the bed while you change, okay?"
Tohru nodded and set the mouse down before going over to the dresser. Yuki dashed under the bed and began to sniff around. Something smelled interesting under here. After a moment he spotted what it was.
He frowned thinking that Shigure must have put them in here in hopes of starting something. That stupid dog!
"Yuki-kun, I'm finished."
He crawled out from under the bed and looked up at her. She was wearing a bright yellow sundress and had tied her hair into two braids. "You look beautiful."
Tohru blushed and picked him up. "Thank you," she giggled before giving him a kiss on the nose.
It was at that moment that Yuki turned back and a puff of smoke surrounded them as they kissed deeply. Tohru placed her hand on his shoulder and then jumped back, covering her eyes, just then remembering that he was nude.
"Gomen! Gomen nasai!"
"It's all right Tohru. You can turn around now."
Tohru peeked between her fingers and saw that he was fully dressed in simple grey pants with a pale Chinese style shirt. She took her hand away and smiled.
"Now, let's go see what's for breakfast," he said taking her hand and leading her downstairs.
The couple found the table filled with food and Kagura in the kitchen with Kyo.
"Ohayou gozaimasu!" Tohru called to them and they turned and smiled at them.
"Good morning! Did you sleep well?" Kagura asked.
"Hai! Everything smells so good!"
"Thanks! The rice will be ready in a minute. Why don't you go and get Shigure and Ayame, Kyo?"
"Yeah, sure," the cat said before leaving.
Tohru and Yuki sat down next to each other at the table while Kagura brought in the bowl of steaming rice.
"Itadakimasu!" everyone said after they had sat down before digging in.
"This is great Kagura," Yuki told her.
"Thanks! Kyo helped out a lot."
"So did you two sleep well?" Shigure asked Yuki and Tohru giving only the slightest hint at something dirty.
"I slept very well Shigure-san," Tohru said, and then frowned. "But poor Yuki-kun fell asleep on the floor."
Ayame giggled, "Did she kick you out of bed Yuki?"
"No, I was being a gentlemen, something neither you, nor Shigure, will be," Yuki said getting slightly annoyed.
"Aww, don't be mad Yuki," Shigure said before leaning in close to him. "Did you find the things I left for you and Tohru?"
"I don't think that was appropriate Shigure. Nothing like that will be going on. Now if you don't mind, I would kindly ask you to stay out of mine and Tohru's rooms."
Shigure only giggled.
"Oh, before we forget Gure."
Shigure nodded, now getting serious. "After breakfast we need you all to pack up, we're going to head home early."
"What? Why?" Kagura asked.
"Because we called Hatori last night and he thinks it would be best if he looked at Tohru to make sure she's not hurt. Is that okay?"
"Hai, that's fine. Are you finished Tohru?" Yuki asked.
"Yes, I'm stuffed!"
"Okay, let's go get our things together then."
A few hours later the group arrived at the main house. "Is it always this quiet?" Tohru asked.
"Sometimes, I think a lot of the families are out visiting other relatives right now," Ayame told her.
Tohru nodded and held closer to Yuki's hand. The quietness was a bit unnerving.
"Kyo, Kagura, you two don't have to stick around if you want. We can go and get something to drink from the store," Ayame offered.
"All right, that's sounds good," Kagura agreed.
Kagura, Kyo, and Ayame headed off back towards the gate while Tohru, Yuki, and Shigure headed inside the building where Hatori stayed.
"Tori! We're here!" Shigure called out.
"Must you be so loud?"
"No, I guess not," Shigure told Hatori with a grin on his face.
"I'm sure. Now, right this way." Hatori lead them inside and had them sit down on a small couch. "So tell me what happened."
Yuki explained the whole thing to Hatori while Tohru seemed to space out.
"So she remembers some things, but only from when she was little?"
"Hai. We don't know what to make of it."
"First things first. We'll check out her ankle to make sure it's nothing too bad. We'll probably just need to wrap it up for a few more days. Then I'll see if I can figure anything out."
Tohru's ankle seemed to be healing fine, but Hatori wrapped it just to be sure that it would finish healing properly. Then he checked everything he could think of. Tohru seemed fine in everyway.
"So nothing's wrong?"
"No, nothing."
"Then why can't she remember anything?"
"It was probably caused by the trauma most likely. We can only guess in cases like this. For all we know it wasn't simply the fact that she fell into the river but that maybe when she was smaller someone threw her into the river or tried to drown her. I'm not saying that's what happened, but like I said, we can only guess."
"Will she ever get her memory back?"
"It's possible, but hard to say. There are so many different cases of things like this happening. One boy reverted and thought that he was a child again; another girl thought that she was someone else completely. And of course quite a few forgot everything. Some of them did regain their memories, but it's hard to say."
"Do you think she will remember anything?"
"Honestly, I don't know. We'll just have to wait and see."