Memories of the Cursed

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Chapter 10:

"Honda-san, are you sure?" Yuki asked a final time. "I'm sure. You and Kyo-kun should go and rest," Tohru said sincerely. "I'm gonna go to the roof," Kyo said suddenly, he got up and left. "Oh, alright!" Tohru said smiling.

(--?--)

"Him?" Arisa asked confused. "Hm…we should really get going," Saki said as she entered the kitchen.

(--?--)

"Yuki, I need to talk to you," Hatori said as he entered the kitchen with Momiji and Haru. Yuki nodded and followed the doctor into the living room. "What is it?" Yuki asked.

"Okay, I apologize in advance for this, but I've already talked to Arisa-chan and Hana-chan about the circumstances," Hatori started.

Yuki nodded, seriously. "Well, I'm going to tell Akito—" Hatori said. "Oh, no," Yuki cut in, "I'm not going." "I knew you'd say that, but please let me continue." Hatori said. "Go on," Yuki said, making a gesture, 'go on'.

"Anyway, I thought that Akito would be furious. And if he is, I thought maybe you'd be there to help him calm down," he finished. "No, you and Shigure can calm him down," Yuki argued. "I knew it," Hatori sighed, "Fine, then I'm going to ask Tohru—"

"NO! Don't! Ask that stupid cat!" Yuki cried out, as he jumped forward, almost grabbing Hatori's tie. "If Tohru goes, Kyo goes," Hatori told him firmly. This time, Yuki hesitated. "Fine, but leave Honda-san our of this!" Yuki reconsidered.

"Knowing her, she'd go anyway," Hatori muttered. "What was that?" Yuki asked angrily. "Nothing," Hatori answered, "let's get back to the kitchen." Hatori and Yuki then left the living room. "Is everyone ready to go?" Hatori asked as he put his hands in his pockets. Momiji and Haru nodded but Ayame had another way of saying the same thing.

"OH! MY dears! I'm sure you all will miss me once I'm gone! YUKI! My dear brother! Please do not be alarmed that I am leaving!" Ayame said as he grabbed Yuki's hands as Yuki scowled. "I assure you…I will not miss you," Yuki said sternly.

"Oh, yeah, Arisa-chan, Hana-chan. Would you mind coming over to the main house after school on Saturday?" Hatori asked the two girls as Yuki was yelling at his brother in the background.

"LET GO OF ME!"

"MY BROTHER! LET US SHARE OUT LAST MOMENTS TOGETHER!"

"DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME! LET ME GO!"

Both nodded as Hatori handed them a piece of paper, while Yuki, finally getting away from his brother, glared at him. "Come on," Hatori said as he tried to lead Momiji and Haru out. "Let's go, Ayame," he said, and with a reluctant sigh, he followed.

"Bye-bye!" Momiji yelled and waved. "Bye," Haru said. "OH! 'Gure-san! Until next time we see each other, don't do anything or cheat on me!" Ayame said as he followed Hatori and the others, all the while receiving two things.

A glare from Yuki and—

SMACK!

A smack on the head from Hatori.

"Let's go," Hatori said after bonking Ayame and now started dragging him, "You know Shigure can't hear you from here." Tohru, Arisa, and Yuki sweat dropped. "Oh, yeah, what does Hatori mean by him suppressing our memories if Akito says no?" Arisa asked as she turned to Tohru after the others had left.

"Ah! Um…" Tohru started but stopped, looking depressed. "Tohru? You alright?" Arisa asked concerned. "Tohru? What is it?" Saki asked. "Ah! It's all right! Why doesn't Sohma-kun explain?" Tohru said as she rushed to wash the dishes, while trying not to burst into tears. You could tell that she was very close to tears.

"All right," Yuki said as he got up. Arisa and Saki followed Yuki into the living room. They heard a 'poof' upstairs before either of them could speak. "Yay! Time to tease my editor!" they heard Shigure say as he rushed downstairs. "If you keep at it, she's going to kill herself," Yuki said coldly.

"Hee-hee! I'll make sure she doesn't! She always act like she wants to, but she never!" Shigure said playfully. "By the way," Shigure started changing from the '5-year-old' to the '27-year-old' in less than a minute, "I'm going, too. You know…" he left. Yuki's eyebrows narrowed.

"What?" Arisa asked. "Sigh, Shigure's going to come with us…to the main house," Yuki said, emphasizing 'main house'. "All right, we're going, right?" Saki asked. "I guess so…to the…" Yuki said uncertainly.

"All right, about Hatori…" Arisa started. Soft footsteps went into the kitchen. The three ignored it. "Well, you probably won't believe this, but…Hatori was once in love," Yuki started. "Then what? His girlfriend rejected him?" Arisa asked with a snort. Yuki shook his head.

"No. Both of them were in love. Hatori even smiled back then. One day, Kana, his girlfriend, got too close to him and made him transform. Of course she didn't know what to do. Oh. Wait, first, you need to know his zodiac form." Yuki cut off.

"Hatori's gonna kill me for this one," Yuki muttered. "What is he?" Saki asked. "He's the dragon; he turns into a sea horse, though. Eight centimeters long and I thought I was small," Yuki explained.

Arisa and Saki's eyes widened in surprise. "Anyway, Kana panicked. Hatori thought she would reject him, Kana said it was okay…she told him that she liked him the way he was.

"Then, they were engaged. Hatori went to go ask Akito for permission, however…Akito wasn't pleased. I'm not sure what happened, but Akito wasn't pleased. I'm not sure what happened, but Akito threw a vase at Hatori…it hit him in the eye…his left eye…and…Akito blamed Kana. He told her that it was her fault if Hatori went blind.

"She started to believe him, Akito…she started to starve…all she thought was…that it was her fault. Hatori is almost blind in his left eye. His hair covers it, though…Then…Akito ordered Hatori to erased her memories of loving each other and all of the things she learned about Hatori,"

"How can Hatori erase—" Arisa asked but was elbowed by Saki and gave an 'oof!' "We don't know, but he's double cursed with the ability to erase one's memories…

"So, Akito ordered…usually Hatori obeys…but…this time…it was his true love…the only one he loved…but he didn't want her to suffer and erased her memories. Soon, she was well again." Yuki finished. "Whoa, that guy's had it tough," Arisa remarked.

Sniff. Sniff.

Yuki spun around and saw Tohru and Kyo standing in the hallway. Tohru was rubbing her eyes and Kyo was just standing there. "Honda-san? Are you all right?" Yuki asked. Tohru was crying, wiping her tears away with her sleeves, she grabbed the two boys and hugged.

Two 'poofs!' and a huge cloud of colorful smoke. Clothes scattered among them.