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The Forgotten

Chap 5: Awakening

Olivia looked for the star, but she had gone. Come to think of it, they all were. The dark enveloped her, and if it wasn't for the wolf in her, she probably wouldn't have been able to see anything at all.

"Help!" she called desperately. There was no sound, just emptiness. The girl pondered who to call, who would help her, she was beginning to feel like she couldn't breathe, even though, here she stood, alive. Frantically, Olivia called the only person she could think of; the person nearest her. "Hatori!" the feeling of not being able to breathe got worse and she yelled louder. "Hatori! Someone! Help!" the darkness began to revolve, showing a small black dragon with greenish eyes. "Hatori?" the wolf asked, remembering what Yuki said about Hatori being the year of the dragon. What puzzled her even more was, he was under water, completely, and the girl could see the surface above them. Sure in Japan dragons were associated with the sea but this was odd. Just glad not to be alone anymore, Olivia reached out towards the dragon, a strong comforting feeling growing inside her. The feeling reminded her of being with family, a feeing she scarcely felt as a child. She liked the feeling, it felt like home, like something strangely unique that she had never felt before, but something she should be familiar and comfortable with.

As she reached further, the feeling grew stronger, reminding Olivia of ice cream. It was sweet, like something you look forward to, but if you didn't take advantage of it quickly it might go away. Well she wasn't going to let it go away. She reached out to touch it and it disappeared, the water, the dragon, and the feeling.

"No, please, come back!" she cried, falling to her knees. "Please come back!" she tucked her knees up to her chin and cried. "I want to go home…" she mumbled, tears falling into the empty space beneath her. "I want to go home…"

Olivia shot forward, gasping for breath. Startled, Hatori jumped, before sighing with relief.

"Thank God you're awake," he reached out to steady her. The girl was shaking, trying to get her breath back.

"Yes," she pulled away slightly from his touch. Taken back a little, the doctor retracted his arm and stood up. Straightening his tie he walked towards the door.

"I'm going to go get the thermometer, to check your temperature again, see if it's gone down." He announced as he left. Olivia nodded and sat back against the couch.

"Oi ve…" she sighed. 'Why did I pull away?' she scolded herself. 'It felt nice, like the ice cream feeling.' The girl laughed inwardly at the stupidity of the name. 'Ice cream feeling, psh…but still, why? Well I suppose it doesn't matter, I doubt he meant anything by the gesture anyhow. Why am I even thinking about this?' she wondered. Most people would assume 'Oh maybe I like this person,' but Olivia had never really gotten close enough to anyone to actually feel those things. Hint she likes him hint (sorry readers, couldn't resist". Hatori soon returned with the thermometer, and Olivia was brought back out of her thoughts. Turning on the thermometer, the doctor handed it to the wolf who put it in her mouth.

"You look better," he commented, putting his hand to her cheek gingerly. "you don't feel quite as warm," When the thermometer beeped, Hatori reached over and took it in his hand reading the results aloud. "100.5," he sighed, "good."

"So push fluids now?" she inquired curiously. The doctor nodded.

"That and plenty of rest," he stood up. Remembering her horrible dreams Olivia sighed sarcastically,

"Great…"

10 hours later

(So it's about 9:00am the next morning, because it was 7:00pm when she transformed, the whole dream sequences and asthma attack took it to 11:00pm then 10 hours, yeah you get it.)

Olivia's temperature had been normal for the past two hours and Hatori figured she was well enough to get out of bed.

"Well, Shigure did say to bring you back when you were well, so, would you like to go over there? Maybe we could figure out how to get you home." The doctor offered as the two put on their coats and shoes. They were just going to go for a walk to get Olivia out of the house for a bit. The girl looked up from buttoning her coat and nodded.

"That sounds nice, Shigure was very kind, as were Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru."

"We can still walk if you like,"

"That'd be great." She sighed, happy to be able to get outside. Soon enough they were on their way towards the main gate.

"How many people live here, Hatori?" Olivia asked curiously as they walked through the gate and into world that existed beyond the cage of the main house.

"Too many to count," Hatori answered to end the conversation. Not that the girl wasn't pleasant to talk to and all, he just wasn't a talkative person. But it seemed she wasn't either. Her question was the last thing said for at least 20 minutes. Hatori heard Olivia's teeth clacking as they walked across a small bridge. He turned to see what she was doing and saw that she was shivering. Unwrapping his scarf, Hatori put it around her neck, wrapping it loosely. Looking over, the girl blushed as his hand touched her neck on accident.

"Oh thank you…" she smiled sweetly, looking down. The doctor nodded unemotionally, turning his attention forward again. The silence was awkward, but somehow comforting. 'For someone who comes off as rather stand-offish, he really is very kind…' Olivia thought, glancing over at the man walking next to her. Quickly averting her eyes, so he wouldn't see her, she looked upward at the grey clouds swirling above their heads. 'Hopefully it doesn't rain while we're walking, that'd be miserable,' the girl shivered, 'and cold."

She snapped out of her daze when Hatori stopped and notified her they were there. The girl would have run into him if he hadn't said something prior to stopping. She followed him up to the front door and listened inside as he knocked. Someone came running up right away and opened the door.

"Oh no, I didn't make you too long did I?" Tohru greeted frantically. "Because I know it's cold and- oh! Hatori-san and Olivia-san!" the brown haired girl looked up at her guests for the first time. "I'm glad you came back! We were worried you forgot!" she offered them in, closing the door behind them. Shigure came out from his room and smiled.

"There you are! My goodness Hatori what took so long, we thought for sure you'd stolen Olivia away!" the dog exclaimed, smiling mischievously. Hatori shook his head at Shigure as he hung up his coat.

"Shigure,"

"Yes? So answer my question! What took so long?"

"Olivia was sick." The doctor said shortly, taking Olivia's coat from her hands and hanging it next to his own.

"Thank you…" she said quietly. Again he nodded before following Shigure and Tohru into the living room. Staying close behind the trio, Olivia looked about the house. 'This is lovely,' she thought. Once they had all sat down and Tohru had served the tea, Shigure began blabbing to Hatori about his manuscript and all the latest deadlines he'd blown off. Olivia listened, confused, until Tohru pulled her aside and motioned for her to follow her. The wolf stood and padded quietly behind the brown haired girl, up the stairs and into a room-most likely Tohru's. it was Tohru's room, and Tohru closed the door behind them, offered Olivia a seat on the bed, and opened her closet.

"Hmmm…" Tohru put a finger to her chin in thought. "Ah-ha!" she exclaimed shortly after. Pulling out a black dress and holding it up to herself she smiled. "Perfect. Olivia-san, I was wondering, would you like to take a bath? I mean to relax, and then you could change and I could wash your clothes." The girl rambled sweetly.

"That sounds wonderful," Olivia smiled. "But you don't have to do my laundry, or you can at least let me help." Tohru nodded vigorously.

"Of course! Oh," her attention was directed back to the black dress. "this should fit, you're a bit taller than me but this dress goes down past my knees so it should fit you fine."

"Thank you Tohru, you're a real sweetheart." The wolf stood up as Tohru handed her the dress. Tohru blushed and shook her head.

"Oh no really, it's no trouble. Here I'll show you where my bathroom is." The girl led Olivia out into the hall and pointed three doors down to the left. Nodding at the younger girl's directions, Olivia walked down and slid open the door to reveal a spacious bathroom that smelled sweetly of strawberry. Sliding the door shut and locking it, she walked over and turned on the water to fill the tub as she undressed. Gently laying the black dress on the counter, she looked into the mirror and tugged her golden blonde hair out of its bun. Pulling her t-shirt over her head and undoing her belt, she made sure to fold each article of clothing before setting it next to the dress on the counter. She unbuttoned her cargo pants and let them fall to the floor before picking them up as well. After Olivia had picked up all her clothes (including her 'unmentionables') and turned off the water, she carefully slid down into the hot water. Sighing comfortably she laid her head back and relaxed.

'I wonder,' she thought 'What does Shigure do for a living? Maybe he's in literature, the way he was talking about a manuscript. Poor Hatori looked bored silly.' The girl smiled inwardly. 'Why do I keep thinking about him? Anyways I'm sure he has a girlfriend, I thought I saw a picture of a young woman in his office.' Olivia shook the thoughts and washed her hair. When she felt completely clean, she stepped out of the tub and unplugged the drain. There were big white towels and she quickly wrapped herself in one to keep warm as she got dressed. When she finally slipped the dress on it came down to right above her knees, a respectable height, the sleeves were long and flowing and it had a wide v-neck that showed some shoulder, but not too much. And the important thing was it was soft, comfortable, and clean. After hanging up her towel, Olivia combed her hair into a bun and left the bathroom. She heard Tohru in the kitchen making more tea and Shigure was trying to help her but the girl insisted no. he ended up helping anyway. Descending the stairs cautiously, Olivia saw Hatori reading a book in the living room. Planning on sitting across the table from him, she skipped the last step and landed with a light thud. He looked up as she entered the room, and took off his reading glasses. Clearing his throat he gave her a small smile before looking away. Shigure brought the tea in and set it in the middle of the table, leaving Tohru in the kitchen.

"Ah, Olivia, you look nice." He commented politely. She blushed and looked down at her hands.

"Thanks…" the dog nodded happily before returning to help Tohru. When the two came back in, Tohru had the tea cups and Shigure and herself seated themselves at either end of the table.

"Where are Kyo and Yuki today?" Hatori asked curiously, putting down the book.

"Kyo-kun is at Shishou's dojo and Yuki-kun is at student council." Tohru replied, even though the question was probably directed at Shigure. Hatori nodded and slipped his glasses into his pocket.

"Could someone hand me a tea cup please?" Shigure asked. Both Hatori and Olivia reached out to give him one and their hands happened to fall upon the same one. They both looked up, met each other's eyes, and looked down again before Hatori pulled his hand back. The rest of the morning was uneventful, they just talked and then the issue of where Olivia was going to stay until they got her home came up.

"She could stay with us for sure!" Tohru assured them glancing at Shigure. The dog nodded approvingly.

"Yes but where?" Hatori brought up the issue of space. "You hardly have enough room for the four of you as it is. She can stay with me, I have plenty of space."

"That is true, but what about her 'womanly needs'? Haa-san, a cold person like you could hardly accommodate to them, Olivia's a young lady." Shigure said somewhat teasingly. Olivia blushed.

"Yes, and Olivia's an adult, stop treating her like a child." Hatori retorted.

'He stood up for me?' she smiled. 'Stop it Livee!'

"Olivia, where would you like to stay?" the dog asked her.

"I don't want to cause a space issue, I'll stay with Hatori. But thank you for offering." Shigure nodded at her answer.

"Of course!"

"We should go then, it's supposed to rain," the doctor told Olivia who then followed him to the door. When coats and shoes were on he opened the door for her and she stepped out.

"We'll see you for dinner then Hatori?" Shigure called.

"Yeah, later." Hatori answered closing the door. It was already getting windy and the dark rain clouds swirled angrily. Hatori stepped down from the porch and began walking, Olivia behind him. A huge crash of thunder froze her in place. The doctor must have suspected she wasn't following anymore because he stopped and turned around. "What's wrong?" she shook her head at the clouds

"I-I-I don't like thunder." The petrified girl admitted her pathological fear right before another loud bang rolled across the sky. Olivia whimpered and closed her eyes. Hatori sighed.

"You're afraid of thunder?" the girl nodded her response, opening her now pale green eyes (in case you forgot pale green: extremely scared). Expecting the man to shake his head and keep walking, the wolf held his gaze. But he didn't keep walking, Hatori held out his hand. "Come on, we don't want you getting sick again from being wet. Take my hand." He told her, and she did.

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-The Water Sprite (previously changed to Through Cloudless Skies, decided it'd be too confusing on Fanfic so I left it as Water Sprite on Fanficiton but changed it on Fictionpress!)