A/N: Yes! I loved writing this part. And I like this a lot! The complete explanation of Jirohino's past, flashbacks and angst. The fic is starting to get to the "actual thing", means the last fight for Jirohino and her sister.. who's -by the way- name is finally revealed in the next chapter. So stay tuned! And # # # means a flashback.

kaguragirl14 - Aw, thanks for the kind words.

Bluesakuramon - Hm, well. At least there's small indication to Yuki's feelings towards Tohru in this chappie. But I don't think I'm going to make Tohru and Kyou actually get together. Situation probably goes on as in the anime (though I haven't seen the ending so I don't know which one Tohru chooses, but I mean she's still choosing between Yuki and Kyou).

Arameda woke up in screaming. First she thought it was a dream, but when the screaming just didn't stop, she rose up and ran to the hallway. Jelora was awake, too, and Marande joined them soon.

"What's happening?" Jelora asked. Arameda didn't answer, instead she dashed down the stairs, a horrible foreboding in her heart.

When they all got in the living room, they all gasped in horror.

"No.." Marande whispered, but her words were drowned in the screaming and the crackling of electricity.

"NO! STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!"

Tohru woke up in screaming. She jumped up immediately and opened her room's door holding her ears.

"What.. What's going on?" she asked and almost fell over when Kyou suddenly bursted out of his room. The orange-haired boy looked at Tohru, then ran to the stairs and down them. Tohru ran after him:

"Kyou-kun, matte! What's going.." her voice trailed off as she saw where the screaming was coming from.

"Yu- Yuki-kun?" she asked, her voice trembling.

It was Yuki, Yuki who was squirming with pain and screaming when the electric went through his body. Tohru looked next to her and saw Arameda, Jelora and Marande standing there, their aura glowing and their element energy swirling around their hands.

Then Arameda charged.

"I SAID STOP IT!" Arameda screamed and released the fire from her hands. It hit Jirohino's body, and the current withered a bit. But soon it was as strong as before, like nothing had ever hit it. Then Jelora and Marande attacked.

"Oi! Lookie over here!" Jelora screamed, and for a moment, the girl with white hair turned to look at them, moving her attention from her victim.

That's when they hit her.

Two elements stroke her at the same time and she flew backwards. Yuki fell to the floor and suddenly there was a deep silence.

It was broken by a cry.

"Yuki!" Tohru cried and ran to the boy on the floor. Jelora kneeled down to him, and Arameda and Marande ran to Jirohino. Their sister was getting concious again.

She blinked a few times and scanned through the room. Then she spotted the unconcious Yuki lying on the floor, and crying Tohru next to her. Jirohino's face was full of horror.

"No..", she whispered, "No, no, no.." She crawled to the boy and grabbed his hand. Her eyes were full of tears.

"Please don't.. Please no.." She lowered her head, "..Not...again..."

"He'll survive", Arameda informed quietly. They all looked at her. She sighed.

"It's actually a miracle he survived alive from that, but yes.. he will."

Everyone looked at their hands, not a word was spoken. Arameda sighed again.

"I need two glasses of water", she said and Tohru took out two glasses and filled them while Arameda pulled out a small paper bag. She ripped it open and poured half of the blue powder into one of the glasses. She handed the glass to Jirohino who sipped it. Kyou frowned.

"What's that?" he asked.

"It's a simple medicine that'll help her gain her powers again after her twin's attack. I'll give some to Yuki, too." She took the other glass and walked to the stairs. Her steps faded, and a complete silence fell in the room. Jirohino was leaning against Arameda, Jelora sitting on her other side, and Tohru was sitting next to Kyou who seemed to ponder was it appropriate to throw his arm around her shoulders or not.

Tohru tried to say something, but her voice didn't seem to work. She gulped a couple times and then tried again:

"Jirohino-san.. I.. I know you probably don't want to talk about it, but.. a moment since you whispered something along the lines 'Not again'. Has this... ano.. happened.. before..?"

Jirohino paled even more if it was possible. She leaned closer to Marande, then quickly pushed herself away from her sister and reluctantly looked at Tohru.

".. I.. It... has.. a long.. time.... ago..", her voice was quiet and weak, Tohru needed to prick up her ears to hear it. Jirohino's eyes were obscure and they seemed to be looking to a place far away. A place only she could see.

"He was.." she suddenly spoke, when everyone thought she was going to quiet up, "..a very.. special person.. He really was." She turned her head so that her messy hair covered her face. When she spoke next her voice was trembling uncontrollably:

"I.. didn't .. mean to..", she couldn't finish her sentence. Instead she collapsed against Marande's shoulder, quietly sobbing. Tohru looked at her horrified.

"Simasen! I.. I didn't want to upset you! I promise, I didn't..", she explained, her hands swinging in the air. Marande smiled to her.

"Don't blame yourself, Tohru-san. It's not your fault." Her smiled faded, and she glanced at the sobbing Jirohino.

"And it wasn't you fault either, Hino-chan. You shouldn't blame yourself." When she got no answer, she turned to Tohru and Kyou.

"You see.. when we still lived in Nagasaki, Jirohino.. she.." Marande's voice trailed off and she glanced at Jirohino again.

"Is it okay for you, Hino-chan? To talk about.."

".. Hai, it's okay.. they wanted to know.."

Marande hung her head a bit, then straightened up and continued:

"As I said, Jirohino was.. -for the lack of a better word- in love. They understood each other perfectly. They spent hours and hours of just talking to each other. And they just.. learned to love each other.." Marande's lips seemed to curve up for a smile, which faded immediately.

"We all grew closer to each other, he visited us often. And I already thought everything was perfect when.. one night we were spending the evening in our home. We, I mean me, Jelora and Arameda, had gone to another room by ourselves.. to give Jirohino and him some time together.. We didn't notice anything bad.. until the screaming started. We ran back, but we just... couldn't fight against her.."

# # #

"Oh my god", she whispered.

"For Kami-sama no sake, do something!" Humming noises, crackling and scrathing noises. Nothing worked. And the screaming continued.

"DON'T! STOP IT NOW! LET GO OF HIM, GIVE JIROHINO BACK!"

No reaction. It continued for some time. Then the screaming stopped.

The electricity died away. A loud thump as the body hit the floor and then a silence.

Until the crying began.

# # #

Tohru had clasped her hands over her mouth. She was staring at Marande, then at Jirohino, then back at Marande again. She lowered her eyes and stared at her feet.

Marande's voice was getting hoarse:

"It was.. too late. He was gone already.." She quieted up and Jelora cleared her throat before speaking:

"We buried him into a forest near us.."

# # #

Four figures in a forest. A wind blowing gently through the woods, rustling the long black dresses. The fourth figure was covering on the ground.

"Jirohino-san.."

"Hino-chan, we need to leave.."

"No. I won't leave him."

"You must. Come now, we must take off."

Jirohino wiped away the tears from her face, only to feel them rolling down her cheeks a second later.

"You go. I'll... I'll come later."

"Hino-chan.."

"Go!"

She heard soft steps and rustling as her sisters left. She hung down her head. Tears dropping onto the ground. On white flowers on the grave.

"I brought you flowers", Jirohino whispered, "white lilys.. You used to say.." A sob broke off her sentence.

"You said.. I was you own.. white lily.."

"I'll never forgive her.. I won't.. And I'll never.. ever.. forget you.."

Sobbing shook her body. A wind swung the flowers slightly.

"I'll never forget you, Yureko."

The wind died away when the girl ran out from the forest. The flowers lay on the grave. They withered in two days.

# # #

After Jelora finished her telling, the only sound in the room was Jirohino's silent crying. Tohru was seemingly trying to hide the fact she was crying, too. Kyou finally couraged to put his arm on her shoulders. She leaned against him and for a second Kyou was afraid she would hug him enough to make him transform. When nothing happened, he sighed in relief and felt himself blushing a bit.

Now I finally understand how serious her curse really is.. How much she's gone through..

Arameda had came back. She was leaning on the doorway, listening. She had apparently heard the ending of their conversation. She looked at Tohru, then turned her eyes away and said:

"Tohru-san, you asked why we moved away.." She didn't need to finish her sentence. Tohru's breathing was more like shocked gasping.

Marande glanced at the rice door across the room. It was already more lighter in the outside. The sun was starting to rise. She turned to Arameda.

"Ara-chan.. how's Yuki-kun?" Arameda sat down next to her.

"He's okay.. a bit pale, and still unconcious, but I suppose he should awake during the day", she said, gently stroking Jirohino's hair. The girl had calmed down a bit, her breathing more peaceful.

"It's okay, imôtôsan. Nothing's wrong."

..Sohma-kun.. ..Yuki-san...

What are they saying?

-ki-kun.. Wake up...

"Sohma-kun!", Tohru said surprised when Yuki opened his eyes. He blinked a few timed and then scanned the room quickly. It was empty, only Tohru was sitting next to him. He himself was lying on his futon. He tried to sit up, but Tohru pushed him down. "No! You need to rest, Souma-kun! Arameda-san said so!"

Yuki fell on his back and sighed.

"Wha.. What happened?" Tohru glanced at the floor.

"Sore wa.. You.. were attacked. Jirohino became her evil side and.. she attacked you.."

Yuki listened to her closely. Random images and memories started pushing their way back into his head. He let out a hoarse rattle and Tohru immediately leaned closer to him.

"I.. I remember electricity... It... It hurt.. so much.."

He heard a soft clink next to him and then Tohru handed him a glassful of weird blue liquid.

"Here, drink this. It's a medicine Arameda-san gave." Yuki took the glass and forced the bitter liquid down his throat. He handed the glass back to Tohru and laid back on his futon. Tohru smiled slightly to him.

"I'll leave you to rest", she said and left the room. Yuki rolled on his other side.

But Honda-san, I don't want you to leave me..

All the four sisters were sitting in the living room. Tohru was with Yuki, and Kyou had gone onto the roof. There was a deep silence.

"This can't go on like this", Arameda said, "She's getting stronger all the time.. This was only a foretaste of what she will be if Jirohino loses." She looked stricly at Jirohino.

"You must find out her name. Do whatever you can, but just get her name. For the sake of us. Them. And especially yourself." Jirohino nodded.

"I will, I promise."

"I'll get her name."