Warning: Utterly new experimental writing. Read at your own risk.

Note: It's 12:34 AM and this authoress hasn't any sleep, pondering on what should be the outcome of this twisted story— Yuki/Tohru? Kyo/Tohru? Or Yuki/Kyo? (Just half-kiddin' about the last one… told you I lacked sleep…) Right… like I said, this is an experiment of mine to see if I can pull this kind of style off without confusin' anybody…

P.S: As much as I would want to entertain stupid questions like: "Huh? This doesn't make sense man… How come Yuki lost his memories of Tohru? That didn't happen in the series!" I have to tell you that this is a SEQUEL— a.k.a. PART TWO… so, if you haven't read part one— I suggest you open a new window and find it… Thank you. :) (Just looking for an excuse to be utterly evil, ne?)

On Love 2 1. The Mystery

Today, I face the greatest mystery of my life…

What am I doing here, on the floor, with my worst enemy and the nastiest headache?

I sit up and scan my surroundings, my purple eyes taking in each and every detail. I then came to the inevitable conclusion that I was in Hatori's room— a room I have come to know and hate in my younger days when he would take me and my friends in here and zap their memories…

But that doesn't answer the question, does it?

"Oi… Kyo," I muttered, poking him painfully in the ribs, "wake up and explain everything to me… now!"

"Always the demanding one," he muttered back, probably thinking it was some kind of assignment I needed help with, "I'm sorry, my Prince— but this servant is utterly sleepy and would wish you to go away and back into your room…"

"Kyo," I said, as gently as I could (I really wanted to throttle him… one can't blame me…), "neither of us are at our rooms right now…"

"Where did you bring me k'so nezumi!" he then said, fisting my collar.

"Oi baka neko, I have no idea who brought us here— or why… so you better let go of me if you don't want to die."

It was the truth— there was something impossibly hollow in my head. Like one of those things you know that you know— then you forget…

This is so utterly confusing…

"Then," he muttered in a slightly flustered note, "why are we here?" I could see him turn red, even in the darkness.

"I don't know," I muttered truthfully.

I had a feeling that the answer is something neither of us would have wanted to hear… but I'm not sure though— today, I feel like something important has been taken out of my head… but not my heart.

It's weird.

Ah, here comes Hatori.

"Yuki— Kyo," he said, his good eye was telling me that he had every intention to lie to us— but I wasn't about to tell him that, "you are both here because you wanted me to get rid of your memories..."

"Of?" Kyo asked, voicing my own thoughts.

"You never told me," Hatori said, not looking at us.

"Really?" my cat cousin muttered in obvious disbelief, "didn't you ask us?"

"Look," the dragon said, "I only did what Yuki and Akito told me to do— I could have cared less what the reason was."

"Always the heartless one," the orange fur ball muttered dryly.

I didn't say anything— more like: I couldn't say anything.

"Let's go home," Kyo said, actually— more like demanded.

"Wait," Hatori said, "you can't go home yet— there's something I have to tell you first."

"Go on," I managed to say, "I'm listening… and maybe Kyo would too…"

"I'll listen," muttered Kyo grumpily.

"Well… there is a girl— pretty, sweet and innocent— whose name is Honda Tohru. She's currently living with you guys— because she's… she's Shigure's fiancée."

"She's what!" One could easily guess who said that one.

"Shigure's fiancée…"

"Wait. That name sounds— feels— familiar." (That wasn't me— I was still digesting the statement Hatori said earlier…)

Gure-san has a fiancée? Does she know about the curse? Why is she living with us? And that was when I concluded that there was definitely something Hatori wasn't telling us…

"She's your classmate."

"Nani!"

Oh yeah, I was the one who said (more like exclaimed) the last statement… who couldn't blame me? That sneaky dog— he must have drugged her when he proposed or something.

My head hurts again.

It's that stupid dog's fault and his silly gullible high school girlfriend— I mean… she's the same age as Kyo and I, for heaven's sake!

Darn it.

(to be continued…)

So… yeah. That was it— chapter 1. :)

Jwei Lih (05/05/05) – triple 5! I actually predicted that something horrible would happen today— maybe this was it? Let me know whatcha guys think… cheerios!