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Chapter 6: "I think…you belong here."

Raine stared at Hatori as he walked nearer to her. She wasn't sure what he wanted now, he had left in such a hurry at Shigure's house…she feared the worst. He probably went back to the Main Sohma Estate and was told to erase her memories! She shook her head and looked up at him.

"Yes Hari-san?" She said bowing lightly trying not to show fear.

Hatori turned and opened the car door. "It's supposed to rain…" He said ushering her into the shiny black car.

She smiled a little bit and climbed into the passenger seat of the car. "Yes, I don't want to catch a cold!" She said trying to make the situation a little lighter. He waited until she was settled to close the car door then slowly walked to the other side and got in. At the moment he turned the car on, it began to rain.

"Good timing…" She said looking at the raindrops falling down.

Hatori nodded. "Hmm yes it seems that way."

She smiled at him a little. "You said we needed to talk…" Raine said trying not to avoid the entire reason he had come.

Hatori took a deep breath and stopped the car at Raine's apartment building. "I…am a sea-dragon."

Raine looked at him oddly. "Uhh…umm. Ok?" She said not really sure what he was meaning by that. It was a random comment and to her wasn't really meaning anything.

He looked over to her, seeing her reaction and looking down. "My….animal." He coughed a little after saying it, he felt extremely stupid for saying it in the first place.

"Oh!" Raine said smiling and nodding. "I…get it…" She shook her head. "I thought you meant….well actually….I didn't know what you meant." She said putting her hands on her head.

Hatori smiled and laughed, just a little. Oddly enough he thought her clueless ness was cute. "It's alright; I just thought you would ask anyway."

"Oh." She giggled a little. "Well, it is nice to know! It….allows me to know more about you!"

He nodded and smiled at her. "Yes, it does."

Raine put her head down a little and nodded. "I am sorry that I disobeyed Akito, and came back to Shigure's house.

"Well, it was not in his best interest that we meet again." Hatori said looking out the driver's side window.

Raine nodded again. "I know, Hari-san…" She said looking up at him. "I know…that you have been hurt in your past and I don't want to hurt you. I don't know if Ayame…or Momiji has told you yet, but…I guess there is no use in hiding it anymore."

Hatori turned slowly to her as she spoke. "Raine, no…" He said shaking his head. "Whatever it is, you shouldn't speak it."

Raine looked away from Hatori, her eyes welling up with tears as he spoke. He didn't want to hear her feelings; he didn't want to love her. She shook her head and opened the car door. "I am sorry, Hari-san. I will leave your family alone." She said quickly stepping out of the car and running across the street to her apartment.

"Raine…" Hatori quickly climbed out of the car. "It's….not…" He said as she ran off. Shaking his head he got back in the car. It was useless to fight this; Akito would never allow it. Hatori could never allow Raine to admit her feelings, if that is indeed what she was trying to do. And, he…could not allow himself to admit to her the way he felt, that would only tear her apart. Perhaps Raine's departure would be for the best, even though it pained him. He slowly started the car again and took off back to the main estate.

Raine ran into her apartment, slamming the door hard behind her. She ran into her room and threw herself across the bed. "Hari-san deserves happiness, damn Akito…how could he be so cruel?" She lay on the bed crying as she thought about the story Ayame told her. It must have been so terrible for Hatori to erase the memories of his love Kana. She shook her head; she wished that Akito had not been so harsh. Hatori deserved complete happiness, even if it was with someone else. She wanted so much to run to the main house and tell off Akito. Tell him how horrible and evil he was to Hatori. After all the things that Hatori had done and sacrificed for him, could he not allow Hari-san's happiness? Must he spend the rest of his life, loving someone who did not even remember him? The thought of Akito's wickedness only made her well with anger. She quickly got off the bed, what did it matter? She would never be with Hatori, and really, what was the worse Akito would do to her? Banish her from the family? Akito needed to hear what she had to say. She straightened her skirt as she flung the door open to head to the main house.

"Going Somewhere?" An overexcited voice said as the door flew open. Raine blinked a moment, not expecting to see anyone…especially since no one had even knocked.

"Ayame? What are you doing here?" She said staring up at her histrionic cousin.

Ayame tossed his long white hair over his shoulders then placed a well groomed hand on her shoulder. "I heard what happened with you and Hari-san."

"Already?" She said amazing, considering she had only been at her home about 5 minutes.

"Yes, already. I was in the car." The white haired male said walking into her apartment and finding a nearby chair. "I had transformed from the cold rain and slithered into Hari-san's coat to get warm. He left Shigure's house with no notice of me being in the pocket!"

"But, Ayame, that was almost 2 hours ago!" She said looking over at him.

He nodded knowing this. "Yes, I knew the rain was coming, I was extremely cold."

"Hot tea?" She said walking to him.

Ayame nodded. "That would be lovely."

Raine went into the next room and began to make the tea. "You know, he really loves you." Ayame called out.

Almost dropping the small glass she had taken from the cabinet Raine spun around, looking through the doorway at Ayame, who was carelessly leaning back in the chair. "I…can't help that."

Ayame took a deep breath. "Aye, but you can Raine-Chan. You can tell him the truth, how much you love him then you can run away together forever! It will be lovely just like soap ope…."

Ayame was quickly interrupted by the breaking of glass from the kitchen. "No…..No...Ayame No." Raine screamed out as she fell to the ground trying to clean up the remains of the mug in which she ended up dropping.

Ayame rushed into the room as quickly as possible. "Raine! Is everything alright?" He instantly saw the broken glass and dropped down to help her. "I was just stating that…you and he need..." He stopped noticing that she was crying.

Raine tossed a handful of broken glass into the trash can then looked to Ayame, her eyes red and tears flowing freely down her face. "No. I am leaving. It's for the best, Ayame. He needs to have happiness, which I can not give him because of Akito. He cannot leave this family either. I suggest you drop all scenarios that are running through your head. As of tomorrow morning, I'll be gone."

Ayame was speechless, he wanted to tell her to stay and they'd work something out with Akito, but he knew it would never happen. Akito was unhappy; he wanted everyone else to feel the way that he did. He wasn't about to let some girl into Hatori's life. Ayame nodded. "Yes, then I shall help you pack." He didn't want to do it, but he just wanted to help her.

Raine finally stood up, after all the glass had been cleaned from the floor and served the tea. They both sat quietly drinking their hot green tea before deciding to pack Raine's things to leave the city.

"Where are you going?" Ayame said as he pulled the dishes from the cabinet and placed them gently in a cardboard box.

"My father, he has an estate about five hours away. He has told me many times to come stay with him, but I wanted to live on my own. I think it is time to go back to him. It's where I belong anyway."

Ayame watched her as she packed up her things and placed them in a pile near the door. The large furniture had belonged to the apartment so she ended up with only a few boxes of her own things. Finally they were finished and Ayame began to leave. Standing directly outside the door he turned to her.

"Yes Ayame? Did you forget something?" Raine said before closing the door.

He shook his head. "No. It's just that, I still believe, I mean you and Hari-san belong together. Raine, I think….you belong here."

Raine stood quietly as Ayame spoke his words then disappeared down the hallway. Slowly she closed the door and pressed her back against it.

"I don't belong…anywhere."