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Chapter 7: Magic is in the Air

'Oh crap!' Selene panicked as she was about to grab Hatori. 'If he's a juunishi, then I'm in deep shit! Dammit, what do I do?' Selene wracked her brains quickly for an answer before she grabbed him or accidentaly fell on him. Suddenly she thought of a spell that she had learned to create a skin-tight bubble around herself and managed to mutter the spell before her hands made contact with Hatori's neck and wove themselves around him in a hug to keep herself from tumbling out of his grasp.

"Don't hug m-" Was all Hatori managed to spit out before he was gripped painfully. He closed his eyes tightly and prepared to transform and be squished by Selene and laughed at.

Only, for some odd reason, the transformation didn't come. Hatori opened his eyes and stared in shock at Selene, who was still clutching him rather painfully.

"I'm...not transforming?" Hatori asked incredulously.

"Huh? Wha?" Selene asked, voice muffled by Hatori's white doctor coat. She lifted her head and released her grip then looked around, relieved that Hatori hadn't fallen (A/N Pfft...Wouldn't that be a funny sight? To see Hatori trip and fall?).

"Oh good, we didn't fall!" She said happily. Selene kicked out with her foot and realised happily that the effects of the sedative had worn off. "Now if you could please let me down?"

"Ehh? Oh excuse me." Hatori said politely, snapping out of his revrie. He set Selene carefully on the ground and thought, 'What the hell just happened?'

Oblivious to Hatori's state of confusion, or just ignoring it, Selene flounced to the dining room to partake in Tohru's delicious cooking. She plopped herself between Faith and Serenity and started pilling food into her rice bowl. Hatori followed her more leisurely to the table and sat between her and Serenity and slowly pilled food onto his rice, still mulling over what had just happened or rather, not happened.

Hatori was shaken out of his revrie when he heard a bang, and Shigure and Ayame walked into the dining room.

"I bumped into Aya on the way out when I was visiting the main house and I invited him to dinner. I hope no one minds." Sigure said calmly, ignoring the horrified looks of anger Yuki and Kyo were giving him.

"DON'T EVER TALK TO ME AGAIN. DON'T COME NEAR ME." Yuki said dangerously to Shigure.

"Why the hell did you invite him!" Kyo shouted at the same time.

"Ahh, hello Tohru-kun! Is my brother treating you well?" Ayame asked happily and was about to pat Tohru's head when Yuki and Kyo stepped in front of him.

"Hello Kyonkichi! How are you doing? Hello to you as well little brother, did you miss me?" He tried to strike up a conversation and wasn't too surprised when all Yuki and Kyo replied with were glares. Ayame cocked his head sideways to get a look at Tohru but was distracted by the sight of Selene, Serenity, and Faith sitting next to her.

"Hello! My name is Sohma Ayame!" Ayame greeted them warmly, stepping around Yuki and Kyo. "You must be Tohru's sisters!"

"Hiya Ayame-san! My name's Faith!" Faith said excitedly, jumping up to shake hands with Ayame.

"Hey, what's up? My name is Serenity!" Serentiy replied, standing up and bowing.

"Hello Sohma-san. My name is Selene. Nice to meet you." Selene said calmly and waved.

"Now that we're all done with introductions, how about we devour some of Tohru's succulent cooking? I haven't eaten since breakfast." Shigure said holding his stomach, which growled as if to state his point.

Tohru laughed and headed into the kitchen to grab an extra bowl. When she came back, she noticed that Ayame had plopped himself between Faith and Yuki and that Shigure was sitting next to Serenity and Kyo.

'Oh good!" Tohru thought happily, 'Lene-chan, Ren-chan, and Fai-chan are getting along well with the Sohma's!' She beamed at her sisters as she handed the bowl to Shigure and returned to her seat between Yuki and Kyo.

"What were you doing at the main house Shigure?" Yuki asked, once everyone had settled down and the eating resumed.

"Oh, that. I was there to visit Akito. Speaking of which, Tohru, Akito has allowed your sisters to keep their memories of us." Shigure said, and when he didn't elaborate, Yuki shrugged and continued to eat.

:Flashback:

"Hello my dear Akito-san..." Shigure said carefully, closing the door behind him. "I have some good news for you..."

"What is it?" Akito drawled languidly.

"I just found out that Honda Tohru has sisters. Although they are foster siblings, they contain the same power that Tohru does. Should they be allowed to keep their memories?"

"Hmmm..."Akito murmmered quitely. "Let them keep their memories, I have use for them."

"As you wish." Shigure replied.

"One more thing Shigure. Bring them to visit me tomorrow. Don't tell anyone." Akito continued.

"I will..." Shigure answered.

:End of Flashback:

Shigure snapped out of his trance as a bowl shattered on the ground near Faith and Ayame. Apparently, they had been trying to see who could balance a bowl on their nose the longest. Judging by the guilty look on Faith's face, she had lost.

'I hope she isn't inflicted with the same need to damage my house that Yuki and Kyo are.' Shigure thought, sighing.

"Gomen nasai!" Faith squeaked apolegetically and bowed like mad.

"I'm afraid I'm also to blame, 'Gure. I challenged the lady to the balancing match." Ayame said seriously.

"Ah well, it's only a bowl, don't worry. At least you were done with dinner before you dropped it." Shigure responded calmly.

"I'll clean it up right away!" Tohru said gravely and rushed off to get a broom.

"And I'll help!" Faith pipped up and disapeared after Tohru, presumably to get a dust pan. They both came back quickly and cleaned up the shattered bowl at lightning speed then returned to their seats as if nothing had happened.

"It's getting late and I should probably head back to the main house." Hatori said crisply as he got up to get his medical bag. "It was nice meeting you Selene, Faith, and Serenity. I'll come back in a few days to make sure you haven't gotten an infection Selene-san. Thank you for inviting me to dinner Tohru-kun, it was delicious. Bye Shigure, Ayame. I'll see you later."

"It pains me to say that I must leave as well." Ayame said, getting up to follow Hatori to the door. "It was nice meeting you Faith-san, Serenity-san, and Selene-san. Bye Kyonkichi and 'Gure! Goodbye dearest brother. I know you'll miss me, but I will come visit again soon."

"You better not!" Kyo and Yuki muttered at the same time.

"We should probably leave soon as well." Serenity said. "May we speak to Tohru for a bit before we leave?"

"Why of course. I'm sure you girls have a lot to catch up on." Shigure replied gracefully as Faith tugged Tohru up the stairs and into her room with Selene and Serenity trailing behind her.

Selene closed the door firmly when they entered Tohru's room and plopped herself on a chair. Serenity, Faith, and Tohru followed her example, plunking themselves on various pieces of furniture.

"Tohru..." Selene said softly, then more boldly stated, "We need you to come live with us. We need to teach you things...tell you things...and it isn't safe to be in this house."

Tohru looked quizically at her sister's faces, which looked extremely grave and worried. "Don't worry! Yuki and Kyo will protect me!" she replied, innocent to what was going on.

"But...sigh nevermind, you'll understand later. Why don't you try performing a spell?" Selene said tiredly.

"Don't worry, spellcasting is fairly easy, once you get the hang of it. Having a strong magical ability is helpful too!" Serenity said cheerfully but the dark look on her face hid the fear of having her suspicions confirmed. "Once you learn how to cast spells easily, you can specialize in what types of spells you want to study."

"For example, I specialize in illusions, Serenity specializes in defensive magic, and Selene specializes in offensive magic. Now, I'm going to teach you a simple spell to create a ball of light, commonly called witch light." Faith spoke up. "First, close your eyes and imagine holding a ball of light. Then say 'luminarium'. We'll show what our witch lights look like."

Faith, Selene, and Serenity simultaneously closed their eyes and muttered something under their breath. Suddenly, a ball of turqoise light appeared in Faith's hand, a ball of red light appeared in Selene's hand, and a ball of purple light appeared in Serenity's hand.

Tohru gasped in surprise but was delighted and eager to try the spell out. She scrunched her eyes closed and started to mutter. When she opened her eyes, a small flicker of molten gold colored light greeted her thrilled face. It might not be an actual ball but at least there was a tiny flame! She turned to face her sisters, expecting to see happy faces, but instead, they looked grim.

"It is as we thought." Selene muttered darkly. "You should be overflowing with power, and yet, all you could create was the tiny flame. Something isn't right here."

"What? But...wasn't that good for a first try?" Tohru asked.

"Oh don't worry, that was wonderful for your first try. It's not you, there's something..." Serenity started to say but was cut off by Faith.

"We'll tell you when come visit us." Faith pipped up and handed Tohru a piece of paper with their address scrawled on it.

"We should get going, it's getting late." Selene interjected once Tohru had tucked the paper safetly away. "But first, I think we should create a protective ward around Tohru's room. Would you do the honors Serenity? After all, it's your specialty."

Serenity created the ward quickly and deftly, placing a clear crystal in each corner of the room and muttering a quick spell. The crystals glowed purple for a moment, then resumed their original color. Then Faith muttered a few phrases and the crystals seemed to disappear, when actually, an illusion hid them.

"Adiosu Tohru!" Selene waved as she, Faith, and Serenity headed out of Tohru's room and toward the front door. "We'll see you soon!"

"Bye onee-san! Aren't you going to school?" Tohru asked, following them.

"If we feel like it!" Faith smiled and waved.

"Bye sis!" Serenity beamed at Tohru. After they said their last goodbyes, Serenity shut the door behind them. The three sisters walked along the driveway and were about to leave the Sohma property Shigure suddenly appeared.

"Hello girls! You're just the people I wanted to see." Shigure said warmly. "For you see, I have a favor to ask you..."

Gomen nasai-very sorry

Adiosu-goodbye

Sorry I haven't updated in such a long time! I had writer's block...Also, I'm going on vacation from August 10-23 and I'm not sure if I'm going to write another chaper before I leave...I'll try though! Anyway what do you think of the story so far? Do you like the chappie? Please review! Thanks!

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