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"So what's on your mind?" Hatori asked after Kyetsu left to eat his own lunch.

"Well I've decided I'm ready to tell you all what happened to my parents..." she said in quiet voice.

"Oh.." Shigure said looking at her with sympathy in his eyes. After what he heard her say last night he knew this wasn't going to be easy for her. He patted the ground next to him as if to tell her to sit with him. She obliged and sat down next to him all the while looking at the ground.

"It was on a Wednesday" she told them. "We were all at the table eating dinner." she continued finding the grass underneath her most interesting. "That's when we heard a noise in the front room. My dad told my mom and I: "get upstairs! Don't make any noise!" he told us loud enough for us to hear but low enough for it not to be heard in the front of the house. That's when my mom grabbed me and carried me up the stairs, into my parent's bedroom. There she shut the door, it was then we heard a loud +BANG+ like a gunshot, as well as man scream, and my mom threw me in the closet. I couldn't see well but I could still hear everything."

Shigure sympathetically put a hand on her shoulder, which made her flinch, but she continued any way. "I heard my mom run to the dresser, open one of the drawers and take something out. I could see the silhouette of my mother growing as she walked nearer to the closet door. That's when the door slide open, and there was another gunshot noise and a scream to follow, only this time the gun shot was right next to me; then another from the opposite side and another yell. That's when I realized, my mom had gotten a gun and she had just shot him after he shot at her. After that, there was the sound of two thuds and I felt something wet underneath me. I don't know how long I waited there before I finally got up the courage to open the closet door. What I found scared me for life." Tears fell from her now misty blue eyes.

"You don't have to…" Shigure told her, not wanting to see her cry.

"No it's okay." She told him after sniffling and hiccuping a few times. "I…I saw my mother on the floor, the wetness that I felt was her blood, running through…" she stopped to cover her mouth as her stomach curled to the flashbacks. "The closet door" she managed to choke out. "I just stood there, I couldn't move then finally something inside me broke. Tears fell, but I felt no emotion on my face. I turned my head to see a man I had never met before laying on the floor also in a pool of blood. After which I went down stairs to find my father; he was still alive, just barely there. He looked at me and something sparked again, I looked back and ran to his side crying my eyes out." Tears streamed down her face and Shigure, Ayame, even Hatori were on the brink of tears. "He reached up, touched my face, and said, "I love you." Then I shivered and he laughed. "Of course," he said, "warm heart, cold blood." Then his eyes closed and his hand slide down, with a smile on his face he died." She sobbed.

"I…I thought I could tell all of you, since you're the closest I've ever been to anyone since that day. I wanted to tell you but I couldn't until now." She began to tear up again. "I love all so much!" She told them.

"Well looks like I came in at the wrong part of the conversation…" Kyetsu said walking up to the group. "Sorry, but I told you I'd come getcha when there was five minutes left and I never go back on my word." He said with a wink.

"No I guess you don't." Ayame said getting up and dusting off his uniform.

"Well, we should get going if I plan to get you out of here with out getting caught." He said reaching his hand out to her. She smiled, wiping the tears from her eyes, and took his hand. They started to walk away but Shigure stopped them by reaching out and grabbing Miru's free hand.

"Wait!" He said looking into her eyes. "I…" he began I have to tell her, tell her I love her. But how? He tried to think but had no time, she was leaving he might not have another chance like this.

"What is it Gure-Gure? I need to go." She told him a bit of concern hinting her question. She bit her lip hoping he would say what she was waiting for him to say.

"I," he stammered. "Come here." He smiled and pulled her to him then kissed her cheek. Her face was as red Kyetsu's left eye.

"So it's official then?" Kyetsu smiled, he seemed a little disappointed though.

"What's official?" Miru took Kyetsu's hand again and they started walking away.

"You and Shigure at least." Kyetsu explained leading her through the school.

"Oh…" she stated turning red again. "I don't think anything's official." She corrected him. "I think he did it because I had just told him something very difficult for me to say…"

"Oh?" Kyetsu questioned. "What? You love him?"

"NO!" Miru yelled turning a deep crimson.

"Hey you two!" A yell came from down the hall. Her little outburst had attracted some unwanted attention. A teacher began walking towards the two of them.

"Run." He told her simply. "You're almost out, it's just a little bit further."

"It's not as if anything bad will happen to me. I just get into a little trouble at school, that's all." She gripped his hand tighter. "You run."

"I won't leave you alone." He whispered as the teacher approached them.

"And what may I ask are you doing here?" The short, fat, balding man asked Miru.

"I…uh…" she stammered.

"She's with me." Kyetsu lied, his grip on Miru's hand tightening.

"Hmmm…" he said looking at them; his chubby cheeks went from frowning to smiling. "Well I know what it's like to be in love at a young age. My own wife and I fell in love during our high school days." Kyetsu looked at Miru and rolled his eyes. She giggled lightly, snapping the teacher back to reality. "Well I'll let you two go this time just don't get caught again." He smiled and winked. Kyetsu and Miru let out a sigh of relief. "Now be a gentle men and show your lady out!" He said sternly to Kyetsu as he shoved them along. All three of them reached the school gates, and Miru stood there waiting for Kyetsu to do something, though she wasn't sure what yet. Kyetsu leaned in and hugged Miru tightly whispering in her ear.

"How 'bout we go out sometime…" he asked, her eyes widened. "Since you and the trio aren't really an 'item'." He pulled back to see her smile brightly at him. She then nodded once with an approving 'mmm.' Then she left the school and went straight to the cemetery.

"MOM! MOM!" She yelled running to the headstone with her mother's name engraved on it. "I have to tell you what happened!" Exclaimed and then sitting down in front of the stone she told it, or rather her mother, everything that had transpired until that moment. "You should have seen him mom! He has such pretty eyes! One's a dark blue and the other's crimson red! They're beautiful!"

"I thought I might find you here." A voice startled her from behind. She turned to a black haired boy looking down at her smiling softly vaguely reminding her of a little black puppy she had seen when she was little or at least she thought she one, maybe it was dream.

"What are you doing here Shigure?" She asked curiosity getting the better of her.

"I went to your apartment but you weren't home so I thought you might be here." She looked at him still waiting for the answer that he wasn't giving. "I wanted to know if you two made it out with out getting caught." Shigure gave in and settled down next to her. She giggled then looked Shigure in the eye.

"He made sure I got out of there with out a scratch to my name." She put her forehead on his. "He asked me if I wanted to go out with him some time." She confessed.

"And you said no right?" He asked worry coating every word and filling his eyes.

"No Shigure, I said yes." She told him pulling away from him looking concerned.

"Oh…" he sounded depressed and looked the part.

"What's wrong?" She asked although she knew the answer, it was written all over his face, but he was to late, for now any way, she had chosen another before he had the chance to tell her every thing he wanted for her, for them. Instead of just leaving or telling her why he was so disappointed he only smiled a broken hearted smile at her.

"Nothing," he held back tears that threatened to surface. "I just hope you're happy." He got up from his spot and turned his back to her. "I have to go, I have homework to do." He lied to her then ran off out of the graveyard as a cold wind picked up around her. Miru shivered and looked to Shigure's retreating figure her eyes became half lidded, she felt tired so she got up and began her walk home. It wasn't late, so she wasn't entirely sure why she felt so, but didn't question her self as she lay in her bed.

"Sorry Shigure." She said to pillow. "I waited for you but you did nothing. Though I should thank you for enabling me to say yes to him." She whispered as she fell into a deep slumber.

"Shigure?" Ayame knocked on Shigure's bedroom door; he had heard muffled sobs and sniffles so he felt he should investigate. There was no answer to his call so he slid the door open quietly and like the snake he is slithered in his cousin's bedroom. He sat on Shigure's bed and rubbed his back affectionately. "Shigure?" He asked. "What happened?" He knew Shigure went to see if Miru made it home all right and apparently he came home in tears.

"Zikon asked her out," he explained to his silver haired cousin.

"And?" Ayame asked curious to know what happened to his dear cousin to make him cry. Shigure never cried, with the exception of the dream he had that day when they were younger.

"She said yes." He said into his pillow. Hatori, who was standing outside the door eavesdropping! Wait Hatori doesn't eavesdrop! Oh well back to the story. Yes, Hatori Sohma was in fact eavesdropping on his favorite cousins. He had seen Shigure walk in the front gates, fresh tears rolling down his cheeks.

"So that's it," Hatori said to himself. Ayame stayed with Shigure afraid to leave him alone. When Friday had come Shigure was in no mood to go to school, nor did he look like he should. He told Hatori he wasn't feeling well and Hatori did not question him, in fact he suggested that Ayame stay behind with him to look after him. On the way to school, as usual, Miru met up with him half way.

"Hi there, Tori-san!" She smiled at him, but then her smile faded a bit. "where's Gure-Gure and Aya-kun?" she asked tilting her in curiosity.

"Shigure wasn't feeling well. I told Ayame to look after him while I went to school and got their homework assignments." Hatori explained to the blue eyed girl.

"Oh." Her smile had faded completely as she looked at the ground sadly. "I'm sorry." She told him.

"For what?" Hatori acted like he didn't know, like he wasn't eavesdropping the night before.

"So, he didn't tell you then?" She smiled a halfhearted smile. "Kyetsu asked me out and I told him yes. I was waiting for Shigure to ask me but he never did. I…I wanted to say no but…I couldn't." She looked at Hatori the fake smile still plastered on her beautiful face. "I don't know why…I'm such a horrible person. Please tell Shigure he doesn't have to forgive me, I wouldn't." Tears began to form in her crystal blue eyes as she spoke. "And would you give him this?" She gave Hatori a folded piece of paper with the katakana characters for Shigure written on it. "Oh! And would you please give Kyetsu this!" Yet another folded piece of paper was handed to dragon. (A/N: seahorse!) "I know I shouldn't ask you to do this but horrible people do horrible things…"

Hatori sighed and looked his only female friend in her amazing blue eyes. "You're not a horrible person. And yes I will give these to there respected recipients." He told her.

"Laymen's terms please?"

"I'll deliver the notes."

"Thank you so much! I would hug you if I could, but…" she said the later sentence more to herself. "Well look at the time! Better be going!" She started walking in the opposite direction of the trio's school.

"Hey Sohma!" A voice called to him as Hatori reached the school.

"Yes?" He asked, looking in the general direction he heard his name called. There he saw the boy that escorted Miru out the day before.

"Hey did you see Miru-chan this morning?" His opposite colored eyes met with Hatori's green ones.

"Yes, she asked me to give you this." Hatori held out a folded piece of paper. Just as Kyetsu went grab the note Hatori snatched it away. "I want you to listen carefully." He told the boy in front of him. "I don't like you, therefore as long you're going out with Miru-san I'm going to be on your heels. Ayame, more than likely, won't talk to you until Shigure feels better. As for Shigure…" he trailed off. "Shigure's going to be out of it for while…" he sighed giving Kyetsu the note.

"Is that why they're not here?" He asked putting the note in his pocket. At this action Hatori seemed a bit surprised. He had expected Kyetsu to just take the note and read it, seemingly ignoring Hatori but he seemed concerned about the other Sohma's well being.

"Be specific. Who's 'they'?" Hatori asked being true to his word.

"Shigure-san and President Ayame." Kyetsu was on his best behavior, he wanted to get on Hatori's good side or at least the best side of Hatori he was able to get on; which still wasn't very good.

"They're not feeling well." Was Hatori's stoic reply.

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Sorry I haven't updated in forever! But I would like to thank all my reviewers! Love ya lots! Ummmm…oh I guess I should give you a reason for not updating. Well, lets just say family issues and leave it at that… nothing concerning me directly but I need to finish my fics in about three months because I don't think I'll be in much of a writing mood then… oh and i was thinking about who the furuba chars would be if they were in mary poppins. with your reviews please put in who you think each would be! i'll post the most common.

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