Memories of the Cursed

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.

Chapter 9:

"Um, Shigure-san? Do you know why Kyo-kun hit you there this time?" Tohru asked as she helped Shigure up the stairs.

"Uh…I don't know…but…maybe he was just annoyed? Or he got tired of my comments, but I don't think so! Ha-ha!" ("Yeah, yeah, keep thinking that…" Kyo thought.) Shigure said painfully as he tried to get up the stairs.

"Ano…I know this is kind of forward of me, but maybe I could hug you and carry you upstairs?" 1 Tohru said quickly knowing that she said the same thing to Kyo on that rainy day. "Oh! How sweet! My beautiful little flower wants to hug me!" Shigure cooed as he reached over to Tohru, grabbed her, and put his arms around her waist.

A cloud of blue smoke and a cute little brown dog was in Tohru's arms. "I still can't believe how cute you are in your animal form. Sohma-kun and Kyo-kun's are cute, too!" Tohru said with delight.

"Here you go, just rest until you feel well enough to come back down!" Tohru said as she set the still doggy form of Shigure down on his bed. After finding it, Shigure bent down and grabbed a book.

"Ano…Shigure-san?" Tohru asked as she surveyed his room. "Hm?" Shigure asked as he looked up from the book he was reading. "Could I clean your room sometime?" Tohru asked, blushing. "Oh, uh, sure. Sorry my dear sweet flower!" Shigure said as he made a tried to thumbs-up sign. Tohru smiled and went back downstairs.

(--?--)

"Oh, my, look at the time," Saki said faintly looking up at the clock. It was almost eight. (Wow, time pasts slowly…) "We should really be going!" Arisa said, getting up. "Ahem, I still need to talk to you two," Hatori said as he, too, got up. He turned to look at Momiji and Haru.

"You two better get ready. When I come back, I want both of you to be ready to go. It's late and you two still have school tomorrow," Hatori finished before Momiji had time to argue back, "Oh, where is that snake?" he muttered.

"Fine," Haru said as he wiped his hands on a napkin, took Momiji's wrist and went off somewhere. Kyo was still eating and Yuki was wiping his hands, too. "Hello every—" Tohru yelled as she entered the kitchen, "where is everyone?" Kyo's mouth was stuffed full of food, so all he could manage was, "Ha-tory…wen…ta…ta…yank…and…goth…Mo…and…stu…cow…"

"Sigh. Hatori went to go talk to Uotani-san and Hana-san. As for Momiji and Haru, they probably went to wash their hands," Yuki said, then turned to Kyo with a look that said 'you really are pathetic' and said, "Honestly, don't eat with your mouth full, baka neko. I'm surprised that you could even make a noise." (From Book 5 of Harry Potter.)

Kyo's mouth was still full, so he gave a glare and grunted. Yuki shrugged it off. Well…at least they aren't fighting as much…Tohru thought nervously. "I'm sorry, Honda-san. I need to go do something, but I can help you," Yuki said, getting up. "Ah! Okay! I'm already finished anyway! We can save some for Shigure-san!" Tohru said, also getting up.

Yuki smiled. "Would you like some help?" he asked as Tohru began taking the plates up. "No! It's alright!" Tohru said smiling. "No, I can help," Yuki told her. Kyo watched the two 'argue'.

(--?--)

"So, what's up?" Arisa asked as she leaned against the wall of Shigure's study. "You know about the curse, right?" Hatori asked seriously. Both girls nodded. "We have to talk to Akito first," Hatori explained.

"Who's—" Arisa started. "The head clan. Our head clan…of the family," Hatori answered before Arisa could get her question out. "Oh," Arisa said as Saki nodded.

"You do realize that you two will have to come, too, right?" Hatori asked. Again, both girls nodded. "If he doesn't want you two to know about the curse…he'll have your memories suppressed," Hatori said.

"How?" Arisa asked, looking into his stone-like face. A face that never smiled… "Me," Hatori said simply, and walked away.

Author's Note: Ohh…very dramatic, too much? I don't know…anyways, that whole mouth-stuffed thing, I got from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (Book 5) Ron was stuffing his face full of the food from the welcoming feast, and Hermione had asked a question to Nearly Headless Nick, and when he answered, Ron had asked another question with his mouth full. Hermione was the one who told him not to do that, and Harry was pondering about the skeletal, winged horses he saw, but no one else saw.

1 This part was from book 6. It's a pretty big spoiler if you asked me but it's about Kyo and his true form.