Haru watched them go and then took his bike and began to walk off. Erai bowed slightly and then followed her sister, walking behind Fuyoko with her head bowed. The boy turned and looked to Kyo who nodded. The two began to walk off together, quiet.
When Fuyoko and Erai returned to the warehouse, Kage was leaning against a wall. "That went well."
"Shut up," Fuyoko shoved past him and stormed off, a defeated look on her face.
Kage looked at Erai and caught her confused look. He shrugged in response and jogged after Fuyoko. He caught up to her quickly and kept in stride with her. As Fuyoko turned around the side of the building, she looked back and looked sadly at Haru's retreating back.
Even as Fuyoko watched, something strange began to happen. Erai watched her sister and then stomped her foot, turning and walking out. Her gang watched her go and then shouted after her as she snuck off. Kai shook his head and re-entered the building, shrugging at Fuyoko. "She's following them..." With a sigh he closed his eyes and sat down, crossing his legs and beginning to drift in and out of sleep.
Fuyoko sighed in response to Kai, then sat down with her head in her hands. She drifted off and woke up with Kage standing over her…literally. He jumped off the ceiling and landed in front of her. "It's 1:30AM, Fuyoko-san. Yusho hasn't come back yet."
"WHAT!" Fuyoko jumped out of the chair, startling Kai out of his light sleep. She ran outside. "ERAI? ERAI!" She ran off into the darkness, with a speed no normal human could possess, all the while calling for her younger half-sister.
I'm here, Fu-san! In the woods... you... you need to come see this. Erai's voice echoed through Fuyoko's mind. Suddenly a picture flashed in her mind and, like a movie, Erai's memory of following the two teens ran through her sister's mind. At the end of the long trek, it showed a small cabin with a man and another teen boy in it with a girl. The girl had brown hair and smiled happily.
Then she ran to Haru and Kyo, wrapping one arm around each. With a -POOF!- the two teens were replaced by an orange cat and a cow. The view shifted, as if Erai had taken a few steps backwards, startled out of her hiding place. The oldest man gasped and ran towards her, followed by the remaining teen. The images cut off with a snap.
Hurry, Fu-san! I can't use my powers here and they're talking about erasing my memories!
Fuyoko ran in the direction Erai had shown her. Don't let them! Just keep talking to me. She didn't get a response. Erai? Erai! Oh snap, c'mon Erai. She still got no response and sped up to where normal, untrained, human eyes couldn't see her moving at all. She reached the area in 10 minutes and there was no sign of Erai anywhere.
Erai sat quietly in the huge room. Beside her was Haru and then on the other side was a new teenager that Fuyoko didn't recognize. Erai glanced to him. His name was Yuki and he seemed basically harmless. Unfortunately, he had been the one to tell her about the "erasing the memories" thing. And Shigure, the eldest, had told her she would have to make a trip to the "Main House" to see the "Head" and the "Doctor", whatever that meant.
And so, she sat in this empty room with this thin teen in front of her wearing a pink kimono. He had black hair and the weirdest, darkest eyes she had ever seen. Erai couldn't look away.
Fuyoko ran around the land and burst into the house after 5 minutes. "ERAI!" She sunk to the floor and banged her head on the wall next to her until the wall had a crater in it.
Fuyoko sighed and sat there for 15 minutes, contemplating on where this "main house" would be, when (I'm adding Kisa to my list. Lol. You add Hiro) a little girl poked her head in the house. She caught Fuyoko's eyes and her own eyes got large. She gasped and ran off. "Ah… no! Wait! I want to know where my sister is! Please!" Fuyoko ran after the girl.
As Fuyoko rounded the corner a little boy stopped her. Behind the boy was the girl. "Who are you? Do you enjoy tormenting little girls? And what are you doing on our property anyway? I should call the police for trespassing." The little boy looked smugly at her and his lips formed a small grin.
Fuyoko stared at the rude boy and smiled smugly back. " Who are you! And what gives your family the right to kidnap my sister? I should have your family arrested for it. You think it's funny, punk? Does your family enjoy making others worry and suffer! HUH!"
The boy looked startled for a moment and then he glared, folding his arms across his chest. He said nothing, instead looking over to the girl and shaking his head.
The girl trotted over and stood by the boy and stared up at Fuyoko. Fuyoko caught her gaze and the younger girl quickly looked away, intimidated by the hard stare Fuyoko gave her. The gang leader smiled at the littler girl and squatted so she was at her eye level.
"Hello, little girl. I'm Fuyoko Yushi." She smiled kindly at the girl, who refused to look at her. "You don't need to be afraid. It's okay." She sat down and looked up at her and caught her gaze.
"Kisa Sohma…" the little girl made a small bow.
"Heh. And my names Hiro. Hiro Sohma. You're looking for your sister, right? Funny, you two don't look much alike. In any case, she's with him at the moment. You won't be able to get in until they're done." The boy turned and took the girl's hand, beginning to lead her off.
Erai stared straight ahead quietly, not saying anything nor responding to anything the men were discussing. Might as well let the big boys handle things then run at the last second. At least, that was what she was planning to do. The thin teen in front of her kept watching her interestedly, as if he was trying to decide whether or not to let the "Doctor" (who turned out to really be a Doctor) erase her memories...
Suddenly, Hatori, the doctor, moved to her quietly and put his hand over her eyes. Haru looked away quietly and Yuki seemed to watch sadly, or out of pity. Well, she would have no pity. As the doctor whispered something, Erai pushed his arm away and slammed her head into his. It hurt, but she ignored it and the blurs around her, running to the door.
She opened it and ran into the hall way, both of the two boys behind her. Haru was shouting for her to stop, that it wouldn't be worth the struggle in the end and then she could hear Shigure and Hatori yelling too. Shigure pushed past Yuki and Haru and ran forward, surprisingly fast in his older age.
Erai picked up the pace and was almost out when she felt to hands on either arm and shoulder. Hatori had his hand over her eyes again, but Erai picked up her legs and fell straight down. The two Sohmas weren't expecting it and they, too, fell forward.
Haru reached out and almost had Erai's hand, but then he pulled it back carefully, letting her go. He could see Yuki giving him a look but it was too late for the Rat too. Erai was gone, running out into the sun like a mad woman.
Hatori rounded the corner and smiled, sighing thankfully. Shigure joined him in a moment and took the girl by the shoulders. She came willingly, currently in shock by the small rabbit in her arms. Hatori came forward and collected Momiji's clothes and then helped Shigure lead Erai back to Akito who was waiting patiently.
"Bring her here, and then leave." Haru frowned and turned, leaving the room first. Yuki followed, also upset by Akito's words and then Hatori. Shigure was stopped by Akito as he was about to leave, and instead the door closed quietly.
Fuyoko stared after the boy for a moment, then ran into the house again, looking for some sort of address. She rummaged through drawers and a desk, and finally found an old address book. Quickly flipping through it, she found what she wanted. She tore out the page and put the book back.
She was about to leave when she heard something crash upstairs. She stuck the piece of paper in her pocket and quietly crept up the stairs, making almost no noise. She reached the top and found the reason for the noise. A lamp had been knocked over in the hallway.
She saw something move, and went closer to investigate. Suddenly, an orange streak dashed by. She ran after it and caught up quickly. Fuyoko picked the thing up and saw it was… "A cat?" The cat stared at her and made a fake sounding "Meow?" noise. "Wow, you're one orange cat. I think I'll keep you."
"Rrg… get your hands offa me, you (beep) woman!" Fuyoko gasped and dropped the talking cat, who proceeded to dash off again. The girl didn't even try to run after it this time. Instead, she saw a window and a balcony beyond that. She climbed out the window and jumped down from the balcony, landing on her feet with a quiet thump. She bolted away from the strange house and even stranger cat, towards the way Hiro and Kisa Sohma had gone.
When she was out of seeing distance from the house, she took out the piece of paper and examined the address, then set off towards the nearest town for direction help.