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Chapter 9: Truth and Lies

An older man ran through the halls of a vacant house. He stumbled on something, but he didn't stop to see what it was. Finally he reached two wooden doors with the shapes of vines carved into them. He lifted his quivering hand to knock, but before he could, a deep voice sounded from the other side. "Come in. I know who you are." The doors opened on their own and the man stepped into the room. "Sir, I have the book you sought. Sorry sir, I could not get a feather." He bowed handing the man the book. The man examined the book and opened it. "Hmmm....interesting. Let's see.......ah here! The Sohma curse; clues to breaking it." He turned some pages till he found that chapter. Slowly he ran his tanned fingers along the pages. "A great power.....oh look this is valuable. Tells of many spells and secrets as to breaking the curse. Too bad these will go missing." He laughed and tore several of the pages from their roots. He threw them into the fire. The old man grimaced at his awful behavior. "Sir..." The old man whispered. "Silence! Your purpose is almost fulfilled. If you tell anyone about me....well then, I'll rip you mouth out and feed it to the birds!" He screamed and laughed madly. When he was done he reached from his pocket and pulled out a large black feather, then carefully placed it in the middle of the book. He turned and stared at the gleam of the fire clutching the book. He sat down on his large red chair, rubbing his head. "For too long that creature his plagued this world. She's too powerful to stay. And I'll be rid of her in no time. You know mister uhh....." The man looked to the elderly man who stood silently in front of the doors.

"My name is Fuma Sohma." He said not looking up at the man.

"Yes Mister Sohma...did you know there are only two ways to kill a Hinota?" He looked to Fuma, who shook his head.

"Yes only two ways. You can either drive a blade made from a mixture of silver and gold into their heart or....you can drive them crazy and break their hearts. They have such fragile hearts, literally. Once broken the Hinota dies instantly. So let's break the little beast's heart!" He screamed as he threw the book back at Fuma. "Take this and make sure that the head of the household finds it! Her love for this family will be her doom!" He cried out into the night. Fuma grabbed the book, and ran as fast as his old legs could go. Through the hallway and out the front doors. Outside it was raining hard on that morning. He climbed into his little blue car and drove back to the Sohma house.

Hatori entered his home and found Phillia sitting in his office, along with Momiji, eating their food. Beside Phillia were at least five plates. Momiji looked at up and saw Hatori. "Hi Hari! Me and Phillia were just finishing up our breakfast, or in Phillia's case...ten breakfasts!" Momiji laughed. Phillia just smiled as Hatori entered the room. He gestured at Momiji that he and Phillia needed to be alone. Phillia was oblivious. "Here Phillia. I'll take our dishes back to the kitchen." Momiji said as he gathered the empty dishes and left the room. Phillia thanked him and waved. Hatori sat down at his desk and turned to Phillia who was still sitting waving at nothing. He cleared his throat to get her attention. She turned around and noticed the book he had in his hands. "What's that?" She questioned, exaggerating the word "that".

"This is a book I found in the library. It's about Hinotas."

"Why do you want to know about Hinotas? Not like they can do anything now....they all kicked the bucket." Phillia smirked. Hatori gave her a serious look.

"I found some very important information. Some of it may help you understand you and your past better. Have you ever heard of a Hanot?"

"Well," Phillia said while she fiddled with her fingers. "I know they were the Hinotas enemy. And that they died in a battle over a century ago."

Hatori closed his eyes. "Have you ever heard of the White Hinota?" Phillia shook her head. "Well I believe he might have been the one to give you that scar." Phillia stared at him with a blank expression. He didn't think that any of this was getting through to her. So he explained the legend to her. After that Phillia began responding a little better to Hatori's questions.

"So you think that this great creature would appear to me as I was locked in a shed, tell of some weird prophecy, then just poof into thin air?"She asked Hatori who only shrugged his shoulders. "Well then...I guess that could have been him. What else does that book have?"

"Well before I go on...I want to ask you something." Phillia scooted closer to him. "You have my undivided attention." He looked at her as if he didn't believe her. "Its not your attention I'm worried about. It's your intention span." He joked patting her head. She gently punched his knee and laughed. "Ask away!"

"You said you had lived with some families before this one. Well did you ever live with a lady with curly brown hair? She was married, had two daughters and a son?" Phillia nodded. "Tell me about them."

"I lived with that lady about a year ago. They found me wondering the streets, and took me in and gave me a home. But when they found out what I was they freaked out. They wouldn't come near me and they wanted me out of their home. Then Beeru found me. I ran away from him, like the bloody coward that I am. I didn't even try to protect them. I think Beeru destroyed that family. Why do you ask?"

"I saw the lady at the library. She was the librarian there. When I told her that I wanted a book on Hinotas she recalled seeing one. A little girl with black and white wings, and blazing red eyes. It killed her husband and two daughters." Hatori said quietly. Phillia eyes became fearful.

"It wasn't me! I didn't do anything to that family. Perhaps she thought Beeru was a girl. I know he was the one to destroy the family. He set their house on fire and trapped them in there. I know because I saw it my dreams. I don't know why, but every time a family is destroyed on my behalf it leaves me with a lot of guilt and I dream of their deaths. It really sucks." Hatori smiled at her last comment and took her hand.

"It wasn't your fault. So don't trouble yourself over that. Anyway, I didn't think it was you. She said something about Hinotas being able to control other people's minds."

"I've heard Hinotas can do that, but I have never been able to do that. I can control inanimate objects, but not the human mind. I tried it once and all I did was a migraine."

"Well according to this book, Hinotas are mind breakers, which means you can befriend anyone without really knowing it." Phillia looked at him.

"I never knew that. So that means......Beeru was wrong! I can't control minds. Everyone just thought that I could. Because I can make even the meanest people my friends. I knew it wasn't mind control!" Phillia squeezed Hatori's hand. He could tell that Phillia was becoming excited over the news.

"Was all that in the book?" Phillia asked

"Yes, All the history, powers, legends likings, everything you could think of was in that book." Hatori said.

"Who wrote the book?"

"It says it was written by a man who lived with the Hinotas. His name was Vrin Tamur. A monk who studied them. The book was written over a hundred years ago so this man is probably dead."

"Probably." Phillia said standing to her feet. "That still can't explain the fact that the lady thought it was me that killed her family." She sat up on her knees and rested her head on Hatori's knee.

"She said that the girl had black and white wings. You don't have that kind of colored wings." Hatori stroked her hair.

"Yes, but I have diamond colored streaks on my wings. She could have thought that was white."

"True. Also the book says that the Hanot can manipulate some powers."

"So...no...all the Hanots were killed."

"That may be, but how else could you explain that?" Phillia looked at him.

"I-...I don't know. Let's not worry about it now. My memories are coming back, and I don't want to have anymore pop up." Phillia stood up and smiled. Hatori stood up and lifted her chin. He kissed her gently. She wrapped his arms around his neck, pulling him closer.

This is very twisted. I feel like I'm double crossing Akito and Hatori. I know how badly Hatori was hurt. I don't want him to go through that again. Also Akito...he needs to be loved. Who knows how he'll feel if I left him, or worse. If he found out I was with Hatori. I'm so stupid.

Phillia broke off the kiss. She smiled at Hatori. "I'm going to go walk around. I'll be back in a while." Hatori hugged her one last time. "I need to do some work. I'll be here if you need anything. Oh...and try to stay out of Akito's sight." Phillia grinned then waved and disappeared out of Hatori's office.

Somewhere on the Sohma estate......

Fuma ran back into Akito's home and placed the book back in its proper place. "That should do it. If Akito ever looks through the book again, he'll find what that man wants him to find. I just need to make sure he finds it and no one else....well they could find it and tell Akito." He said to himself as he walked out of the room and joined the other servants. Akito was still locked up in his room. He's been in there ever since he ordered Hatori to erase Phillia's memories.

Why. Why did I have to do that? She was the only one who actually cared for me. No matter she was just a stupid little girl. Not even a human.

Akito clutched his yukata. He sat outside his room staring at the leaves of the same tree he had kissed Phillia under. He was confused and didn't know what to feel. Right now he wanted to be alone, to think. It was near dinner, and the rain was now a gentle mist. The wind blew, bringing the spray of the rain onto the Akito's face. It also brought the sound of a girl singing to his ears. Akito stood and looked out onto the estate. The voice was getting louder.

Wings of the silver horse Come pick me up and fly away Take me to the magic place The place that I call home

It sounded familiar. "Phillia!" Akito yelled and ran out into the rain. The singing stopped. Akito ran off his porch and ran to the house behind him. "Who's singing!?" He yelled again. Akito searched frantically, but found no one. He sighed pulling his damp clothes tighter around him. He turned around to head home back to his house. Slowly he walked back along the pathway. When he got back to his room he froze in place. There standing in the mist, just outside his door, was a girl with silver hair and a big smile on her face.

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