Chapter 2

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Kage sighed as she stared out the window. Her mind full of thoughts and a bit of fear struck through her heard.

"Kage-san?"

Tohru's voice stirred Kage from her thoughts as she entered the room with a small dinner. "I hope you're hungry," She said and smiled brightly.

"Yes, thank you." She said and stared down at the food that Tohru had prepared.

Tohru leaned a bit and looked at Kage closely. "Are you sure you feel up to eating? You still look a little pale." She said a bit worried.

"No, I'm ok." She said and held her hand up with a weak smile. "After I eat a little something I should be fine."

"Oh, ok then. I have to do the laundry so I'll be back later to pick up the tray ok?" Tohru said and smiled kindly at Kage.

"Ok," Was all Kage said as she glanced up a bit at the happy Tohru.

Kage watched Tohru as she left the room then she stared down at the food. I wanted to talk to Yuki, She thought with a soft sigh. "But I guess he could care less."

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Tohru hummed softly as she folded some of Yuki's clothes that had just come out of the dryer then she glance over to see a figure standing in the door way, a warm smile graced her lips as she saw it was Yuki.

"How is she?" He asked as he watched Tohru, wanting to help but he was never good at folding. Or washing.

"Huh? Oh Kage-san? She is still a little pale but I think she's going to be ok. I just left her something to eat." Tohru said as she held a few of Yuki's shirts after folding them neatly.

"Oh, ok." Yuki said softly then noticed the shirts. "Do you want me to talk those?" He asked and smiled politely as he held his hands out to take the shirts.

"Sure," Tohru said as she handed him the shirts.

After taking the shirts Yuki made his way toward his room but stopped short and stared at the door to the room Kage was in. Slowly he glanced down at the clothes then laid them over on a table then walked to Kage's door and knocked lightly.

"Co-come in," Kage said a bit confused.

"Hello, Shinto-san." Yuki said as he opened the door a bit and smiled at her.

"Oh, hello." She said with a warm smile and sat up a bit more in her bed. "It is a real surprise to see you. I thought you weren't going to come around me, like you were avoiding me." Kage said with a bit saddened hint to her voice.

"No, I have just had a lot of things to do." He said and smiled and then walked over a bit then stopped not to far from the bed and looked at her. "You are looking better." He said with a smile.

"Thank you, I do feel a little better." She said as she reached up and gently brushed some locks of her hair back behind her ear.

Yuki smiled then sighed as he pulled a chair over and sat down. "Shinto-san, I hate to bother you about this. But I am curious as to how you managed to get into the back yard." He said a bit curious. His violet eyes locked on Kage, causing her to get goose bumps.

"I...I mean..." She tried to say but only sighed.

"It is all right," Yuki said and held up his hand a bit. "It seems hard to talk about. When ever you're ready to talk about it..." He said and placed his hand back down on his leg as he smiled a bit toward her.

"No, I should tell you. After all it is your back yard and I am sure it is very odd for a strange girl to be in it." Kage said sadly and sighed once more.

"Well yes it did give us quiet a shock to find you lying there." Yuki replied and let out a soft chuckle.

"I thought it might have," She said with a lonely smile. "I had ran away from home and I ended up in these woods." She explained softly, while staring down at her hands.

"Is that why you didn't want your Otou-san to be called and told where you were?" He asked curiously.

Kage nodded, "Yes." She sighed and slowly raised her eyes to meet with Yuki's. "Do you remember when you were little? Maybe five or six, Yuki-kun?"

"Huh?" He asked at her confused. "Y-yes I can remember that far back if that is what you mean."

"No," She shook her head from side to side gently. "I mean,"

"Yuki-kun!" Shigure's voice rang through the house causing both Kage and Yuki to sigh at it.

"Excuse me Shinto-san." Yuki said as he stood and left the room. "What is it?" He asked a little agitated by Shigure.

"Haa-kun wants to talk to you." Shigure replied and gestured toward Hatori standing in the living room. A stern yet calm look on his face.

"About what?" Yuki asked confused, his gaze going from Shigure to Hatori.

"I just need to talk to you, Yuki-kun." Hatori answered and nodded toward the door. "But alone,"

"Alright," Yuki said a bit confused still by all the oddness that seemed to be going around. Slowly Yuki followed Hatori out into the front yard and then stood, waiting for Hatori to speak. "Well?"

"Do you remember when it first happened?" Hatori asked and stared at Yuki.

"What happened?"

"The first time your secret was revealed? When you were a child?" Hatori replied and then waited to see what Yuki's reaction would be.

"Y-yes, I remember. Why?" Yuki asked and got a sudden flash back of that day, the day all the children saw. They saw what he was. They saw his curse.

"Do you remember the little girl who caused you to transform?" He asked and just stared at Yuki. Curious as to how this was affecting him.

"Yes, what are you getting at Hatori-kun?" Yuki asked a bit of annoyance starting to show in his normally calm tone.

"That is her," Was all Hatori said and turned to look toward the house.

"Huh?" Yuki looked in the same direction at Hatori then his eyes widened. "You mean, Shinto-san. Shinto-san is that little girl?"

"Well she isn't a little girl anymore but yes she is the one," Hatori answered and crossed his arms a bit. "She shouldn't stay here any longer." He said in a stern voice.

"But she has no where else to go." Yuki said and then sighed. "But if what you said is true, then no she shouldn't be here." He said staring down toward the ground, deep in thought.

"If she remembers what she saw when she was little it could be a great problem. And not just for us, for her as well." Hatori said and kept his gaze toward the house.

He's right, Yuki thought as he just stared toward the house.

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Kage laid in the bed, her mind racing with thoughts. I wonder if he remembers? I wonder if he hates me...

"Kage-san?" Tohru's voice made her come back to reality and she smiled at the young woman.

"Yes?"

"How was the dinner?" She asked with a bright smile seeing that Kage had ate most of the small dinner she had made her.

"It was wonderful, thank you." Kage said and smiled then sat up a bit.

"I'm glad you liked it. Are you feeling better?" Tohru asked as she picked up the tray to take it to the kitchen.

"Yes, I'm feeling a lot better. Thank you for asking." Kage replied with a soft smile. She couldn't help but smile since that seemed to be all Tohru did.

"Well I had better get this back to the kitchen and finish washing the dishes. If you need anything please just ask." Tohru said kindly and turned but then waited to see if Kage would say anything.

"No, I should be fine. Thank you again."

"No problem, Kage-san." Tohru said and turned then left Kage alone.