After Kyou woke up, Mara never left him. She would serve him at the hospital. Even after Kyou got a little better and he's back in Shigure's place. If Kyou doesn't like it, he scowls at her. But she won't make any reply or be violent at him – something that Kagura would do.
'Something's wrong here. Why is Kagura like that?' Kyou thought.
Tohru could see changes. She always noticed Kyou's actions to Mara. 'Mara doesn't smile anymore. She must be having a hard time with him.'
Mara asked, "Tohru, can I talk to you, alone?"
Tohru nodded and both of them walked out of the room. "What's wrong, Mara?
Mara started crying. "I can't do this anymore. Every time he scowls at me. Every time he calls me Kagura. He used to be a part of my life and now, it seems like he's not the Kyou I met and loved."
Tohru placed a hand on her shoulder. "Mara, I must tell you something. Kyou never really loved Kagura until after the accident. The way he treats you is the way he treats the old Kagura. Please hang on."
Mara nodded and wiped her tears. "I'll try."
Kyou heard everything. 'She's not Kagura? Then, who is she and why is she pretending to be Kagura?"
Mara and Tohru opened the door and saw Kyou. "Kyou…" Tohru stammered. "Have you heard everything?"
Kyou nodded. "I know I lost something. Now I know what that is. My memory. I lost it in that accident." Kyou ran out of the house.
Mara was about to follow him. Tohru stopped him. "Don't…"
"But…"
Tohru said, "Listen. Kyou will go to the places where everything happened. I know it. He will go to the place where the accident, the confessions, and everything happened. We have to let him come back here for you if he remembered you."
"Kyou…" Mara said.
Kyou kept running around the forest. "Why can't I remember her? Tohru said she's not Kagura. Then who is she? Is she important in my life? And where is the real Kagura?"
Then he saw the road, the road where he saw Kagura and the car. "This place… is where Kagura…" The night played back in his memory like it was a movie.
Walking aimlessly on the road was Kagura. Then, he saw a speeding car coming.
Kyou ran and shouted, "KAGURA!"
Kagura looked at him but it was too late. The car hit Kagura. Kyou ran even faster. Seeing that someone is coming, the driver ran away.
Kyou got there and saw that she was injured badly. She was trying to open her eyes. "Kyou…"
Kyou told her soflty. "Don't speak. I'll take you to Hatori at once." He carried her and ran as fast as he could. Seeing that Kyou was carrying her all the way to the main house, Kagura smiled and said weakly, "Thank you, Kyou. I love you." She closed her eyes.
Kyou heard her. He saw her close her eyes. "Kagura, don't play jokes like that with me at this time. Open your eyes, Kagura."
She won't open her eyes so Kyou ran even faster. He banged the door at the main house when he got there. Carrying an umbrella, Momiji opened the door. "Kyou, what are you…" Then, he saw Kagura. "What happened?"
Kyou said, "Is Hatori still awake? He has a patient here."
Momiji nodded and let them in. He led them to Hatori's place as fast as he could. "Hatori! You have a patient here."
Hatori opened the door and saw Kyou and Kagura, wet. Momiji said, "Hatori, Kagura is sick."
Hatori took his patient from Kyou. He laid her down on the floor. "Momiji, get my things. Kyou, tell me exactly what happened to her."
Momiji got back fast and gave Hatori his tools. Kyou narrated the story to Hatori while he examined Kagura.
"Kagura was hit by a car?" Momiji asked surprisingly.
Kyou nodded. "I tired to warn her but it was too late."
After a few more examinations, Hatori closed his eyes and shook his head. "Kyou," he started. "I'm sorry but you're already too late."
Kyou asked, grabbing Hatori by his shirt, "Why? Why am I already too late?"
Hatori answered weakly. "She's dead."
Kyou let go of Hatori. Kyou ran to Kagura. He screamed, "Kagura, wake up! Kagura, this is no time for jokes. Wake up!" He was starting to cry.
Momiji was already crying. Hatori called Kagura's parents. He also called the rest of the cursed Soumas – Shigure, Ayame, Hatsuharu, Kisa, Hiro, Rin, Kureno, and Ritsu.
They came inside his office after a few minutes. Kagura's mother was crying hysterically. Her father was blaming Kyou for this. The others gave no reaction but felt grief and sympathy.
Kyou pitied himself. "It's all my fault."
Hatsuharu tapped his shoulder. Kyou looked at him. Then, Hatsuharu punched him. "What were Kagura's exact last words?"
"She said 'I love you'" Kyou was rubbing his cheek that Hatsuharu punched.
Hatsuharu said, "You know, you're lucky to hear those last words. Stop pitying yourself, you idiot! It will be such an insult to her, seeing you blame yourself. It was an accident."
Kyou shook his head. "It wasn't an accident. I shouldn't have yelled at her. I shouldn't have said all those mean things to her." Kyou started to run out of the main house. Everyone watched him go.
He ran through the rain, crying, saying, "Kagura, I'm sorry!"
Mara and Tohru sat in the living room, waiting. Mara started crying again. "What if he doesn't remember?"
Tohru smiled. "You have to have faith in him. I know I do."
Mara tried to stop. She wiped her tears. "I will have faith. I love him after all."
Tohru smiled. 'You really do love him.'
Kyou finally remembered that night but he still can't seem to remember Mara. "I know I know you. But I just can't remember." Then, he remembered something. It played like it's actually happening.
"Sorry." she said softly. She had black hair and eyes. Her smile was pretty and her face was so innocent.
"Kagura…" he said as he looked at the girl. "Kagura…"
He chased her and called her, "Kagura…"
The girl stopped. "I'm sorry. I'm not the person you thought I am." She said nicely.
Kyou stopped. "I'm so sorry. I really just miss her." The girl smiled.
'Exactly like Kagura's smile.' Kyou thought.
She said, "You must miss her terribly." Then, she had an idea. "Are you busy, right now? Coz if you're not, maybe we could have ice cream together."
Kyou smiled. "Sure. Why not?" They walked together to the ice cream shop Heaven's Nest.
Well, they sat in a booth and ordered a sundae for the girl and a slice of apple pie for Kyou.
While they waited the girl said, "I'm Mara, Mara Fujitaka. You?"
"Kyou Souma."
Mara smiled. "How old are you, Kyou? I'm 17."
Kyou answered nicely, "Same here. You always go here?"
Mara nodded. "Yeah. I like this place. I work at a bakery shop called Sweet Bliss to pay for my tuition."
Kyou said, "She also used to work there."
Mara looked puzzled. "You know someone who works at Sweet Bliss?"
Kyou nodded. "Yeah. The girl that looks like you."
Mara nodded. "I see. Well, there was this girl that also worked there. Her name was Umi. She said that I looked a lot like her friend…" She paused for a moment. "What was her name…"
Kyou answered it for her. "Kagura. Kagura Souma."
"Yes. That's her name." Then, Mara paused. "Is she your sister?"
Kyou shook his head. "No. She was the first person that loved me dearly. She died three months ago in an accident."
Mara said, "I'm so sorry."
Kyou smiled. "It's okay."
Mara felt relieved inside. "I see. So you moved on already? Wow. They say it's hard to move on. Especially if the one you lost is someone you loved."
Their order finally arrived. Mara smiled and ate her sundae. Kyou ate a forkful of pie too.
Kyou thought, 'Kagura, is she someone who could teach me to move on?'
Kyou snapped out of his flashbacks. He shouted, "MARA!"
angelraine: Sorry I just copied Kyou's flashbacks… really… if this (copying the flashbacks) gets my story banned again, I'm going to freak out coz now, it's finally done… one more chapter and ta-da.. It's done… thanks for reading… :D review after reading the last chapter okay?..
