Chapter 9

Ayame walked out of the bathroom wearing Hatori's yutaka.

He took the box and went into Hatori's office. "I'll be in the library."

Hatori turned around in his suit. "I thought you are going to Shigure's?"

"Not so soon. Why are you wearing a suit to find Kyou? You're going to sweat so much." Ayame grinned and pinched his nose in mockery.

"Why? This is the most presentable one I have."

Ayame chuckled. "That's not what I meant. What I meant was why are you wearing such a formal attire to see your love one?" Ayame chuckled again.

"Because it is the most presentable?"

Ayame sighed. "Hatori, sometimes the most unpresentable attire is the most presentable way to see this someone."

Hatori knitted his brows in confusion. "What?"

"Good Luck." Ayame chuckled for the last time and walked off towards the library.

Hatori thought about his attire for a few more minutes, and started taking off his clothes.

I walked through the forest, strolling and enjoying the sunlight in my face.

I'm going back to Hatori.

No more Hatsuharu.

No more Yuki.

No more anything but Hatori.

I'm so happy.

Ah, I see this little fish tank on the ground. I stopped and picked it up. It's a little old, but still workable. Perhaps I could use this to spend my time. I held on to the muddy fish tank and continue walking towards the Sohma main house.

Hatori turned around when I walked into his room.

I paused in my steps and blushed at the sight his body.

Hatori pulled his yutaka over his shoulders and walked towards me. "Kyou! You're back! I was going to look for you! Where have you been? Are you alright? Did you hurt anywhere?"

Hatori pulled me inside his room and sat me down on his bed. He put my bag away.

I didn't know what to say. His eyes, they are full with concern and& love.

"Do you love me?"

Oh no.

I blurted out what I always wanted to ask.

Oh no.

He is going to reject me, just like the others.

Hatori took my hands and rubbed them. Wow, his hands are so warm. That means mine must be very cold. Hmm& I didn't even realized it. 

"Kyou& when I found out that you were missing, I had an argument with Ayame. I chased him to the spot where he let go of your hands."

Wow, Ayame really tells him everything doesn' t he.

"I didn't know where to go. To find Ayame or to find you."

Come on& say it! Me or Ayame?

"I went after Ayame. We had a talk and he pulled me into his embrace. He reminded me that I still love you. That I should continue to be with you. And I thought so too."

Only one of the twelve jyuunishi can withstand and suppress the dark side of their God, which is also named The Black. The darkness caused the evil to arise, and the evilness brings out the darkness in the God. Because of the God'stemptation to give in to darkness and evil, one of the jyuunishi will have to contain it for him or her. The only one is the most beautiful one, excluding the cat. The only one with ravishing beauty and has a direct relationship of any kind with the rat. It is difficult to find The Black however, one has to be alone and at all time low. He or she will have to find it unknowingly and willingly let The Black enter him or her. The Black will dye the jyuunishi's hair and eye black. No one knows the reason why these criterias have to be there, but this is the only way to make the God good again.

Ayame closed the book and sighed.

"So this is how I get it now I get The Black what am I supposed to do with it?"

Ayame stood up and sighed again. He put the book back into the shelve.

I leaned into his embrace once again, glad that he is still here for me. He stroked my hair and played with them. I wonder how Ayame is doing. Did he fought with Hatori? Is he okay now? I am feeling a little guilty to use him like that.

"How is Ayame? Is he alright?"

Hatori never stopped stroking my hair. "Yes he is alright. He just changed."

"Changed?"

Hatori held my head under his chin.

"Yes. His hair and his eyes, they became black colour. It is as if it was dyed or something, it was so black that there isn't even a tinge or brown or other natural colour under the sun."

"Eh? What happened to him? Oh, by the way, Shigure told me he likes Ayame."

Hatori looked into my eyes and raised an eyebrow. "He told you?"

"Yes. He caught me taking my stuff."

My hand rested on my unopened bag. Hatori smiled.

You should have known. He is home all day. He is Shigure."

I laughed. Yep, that's Shigure. The dog who never fails to smell anything.

sorry for my really late update, i had so many projects and so much work to do, then i have my exams, which i'm stressed out over. but it's all over now! i hope i can update as frequently as possible. hope you enjoy this chapter and please review!