Disclaimer: As usual I don't own Fruits Basket. Isn't that awful? The story was written by a manga-ka, Natsuki Takaya. That is all.

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Thank you faerie-kittie306 for all the wonderful reviews! And for all my other fans out there! And yes, my dog costume did have something to do with Shigure...I think he and Kyou are really hilarious! I hope you all got a bunch of candy, he he. - I was on a really high sugar dosage last night and I swear to god I actually ran outside in my cow pajama's. I have another Fruits Basket story if you liked this one. It's a drama called Unleashed. I hope you can all check it out! Any way on with the story!

Chapter 7: Welcome Home!

The car ride back to Shigure's was extremely quiet. Minami had so much to thank him and yet she didn't. She didn't know what would have happened if she wasn't allowed to remember. And Akito, he seemed a lot nicer then what Tohru said to her the day before. She could still remember her exact words...

"Minami when you go to the estate, make sure you don't get on Akito-san's nerves." Said Tohru. Minami turned around.

"Tohru-kun, what do you mean? Who is Akito-san?" Yuki walked around the corner, trying to listen to what they were talking about.

"Akito-san is the head of the family and he makes all of the decisions." replied Tohru.

"What if he tells whoever to make my memori...?" Yuki cut her off.

"Takashimi-san, listen to Tohru. If there is any hope for you, stay on Akito's good side. He might do something tricky." Said Yuki.

"Akito-san even made Hatori-san's lover get her memories erased, even though she begged for mercy."

Those words from yesterday bore into her mind. Hatori even told her the same story that day, about Kanna...

"Minami-kun, do you need anything?" asked Hatori. Minami started shaking.

"No I don't need anything Arrigato Hatori-san." Tears couldn't stop coming from her eyes. She felt pathetic (I would too if I was crying Like crazy!)Hatori asked a lady for a tissue box. When she came back he handed it to Minami.

"Here, this will help." He said. Minami took one from it and wiped her cheeks. She was wondering about Hatori's girlfriend Kanna. Was she like this when she found out?

Minami got up and sat down next to Hatori.

"Hatori-san, I wanted to ask you something." She said. Hatori looked at her.

"Yes, what is it." Minami took another tissue.

"I heard about Kanna. I wanted to know more about her. Was she like me when I got here? Was she confused? Why did you erase her memories if you loved her so much?"

This was all very hard to say. Hatori never really liked staying on the topic of Kanna, so he made it short.

"Akito forced me to erase them even though I didn't want to." he replied.

He then stared out of the window for a while. Minami knew it was probably none of her business so she said nothing more. She thought back to what Hatori had told her as Shigure drove into the driveway of his house. As she got out of the car she noticed something hung outside of the sliding door. She got a large surprise the minute she walked in.

"Welcome home Minami-chan!" said Tohru. Kagura and Yuki were standing behind her. Kagura jumped up and ran to Minami frantically.

"Minami-chan, Tohru-kun and I were worried. My Kyou-chan won't come out of his room either." Kagura said. Minami looked up the stairs. It looked dark hollow. She went to kyou's bedroom and knocked on the door. There was a familiar scowl.

"Kagura! Why can't you leave?!"

Minami started to laugh hysterically. This was the Kyou she knew. She opened the door to see Kyou sitting in his bed, with his eyes closed.

"Umm...Kyou-kun..." Kyou jumped two feet into the air.

"What the hell...Minami!?" He looked at her as if he had never met her before.

"Akito said I can keep my memories, so you don't have to be locked up in here anymore." She replied. Kyou turned red.

"I was only in here because Kagura wouldn't stop chasing me around the damn house!" he said. Minami sniggered.

"Oh really..."she said. "Anyway, we are having leeks for dinner so I suggest you stay up here for the remainder of the night."

Minami was happy to be home and so was the world around her. It kept on screaming back...

'Welcome home, Minami! Welcome home...'

She looked around at the people next to her as she had dinner. This was her family and she knew it. Her parents were looking down at their daughter saying...

'we love you and we want you to be happy...please stay where you are...where no one can harm you any longer...we will watch over you...our baby girl...'

(Okay that was a weird one...anyway I hope everyone had a very fun day (wink wink) and I hope you voted for anyone who was good enough Go Kerry! That's only my opinion even though bush will win...remember to review after you are done reading. Sorry for not updating in a while...Oooooopss! Kyoko Misami)