Redmoonfae: Ohhh, sorry things aren't really going well for you two...

Tohru: That's ok, Fae! big smile

Yuki: ...

Redmoonfae: Oh, stop it Yuki! This is only the 3rd chapter! It could get better...shifty eyes

Yuki: Ok...

Yuki/Tohru: Enjoy!

Yuki awoke to banging. He slowly got out of bed, still half asleep. He stumbled downstairs and to the front door. He fumbled with the handle then finnaly got it open.

"Where is she?"

Yuki blinked, his ears hurting from the shout.

"She upstairs sleeping, Momiji..." he asnwered.

Even though Momiji was 22 now, he scould still act like little kid. "Is sissie ok..." came a small voice.

Yuki looked around Momiji to see Kisa. She had grown to be a beautiful girl. Her hair was much longer and she had filled out.

Yuki let the two inside, then said, "You must be quiet, Miss Honda is sleeping."

More banging. Yuki sighed and went to open the door again. There stood Kyo, Kagura, Shigure, Ayame, Hatori, Haru and Hiro. Yuki blinked. He didn't know so many Sohma's would be comeing.

They all filed in, one by one.

"So where is she?" asked Kyo quietly.

"She's alseep upstairs." Yuki replied.

"Ahhh, Yuki has finnaly found our beautiful flower Tohru!" Shigure said.

Hatori rolled his eyes. "Is she alright?" he asked after a moment.

"Well...I'm not sure..." Yuki said. He couldn't describe what had happened to Tohru. Hatori proabaly knew Tohru had scars and wounds. But he didn't know that she was also hurt mentally/emotionally. She just...wasn't the same.

"Ohh, I hope she's alright..." Kagura said, hugging Kyo's arm. To Yuki's surprise, Kyo didn't try to pull away or show any signs he was angered. He just looked down, his hair covering his eyes.

"Of course our princess will be fine once she sees all of us!" Ayame commented with a laugh.

Yuki had come to accept his brother more over the years, and didn't feel angered anymore when he opened his mouth. It was just how Ayame was.

"Yuki, are you ok?"

Yuki jumped slightly at the voice. Haru was standing next to him, faceing him, and whispering into his ear. Yuki forced a smile. "Of course..." he replied.

Haru knew how Yuki felt about Tohru. And Yuki had told him how hurt she was. He wanted to make sure Yuki was ok with all of this.

"Yuki...?" came a voice from behind him. Tohru walked down the stairs, dressed in his cloths. She rubbed her eyes, not seeing everyone.

"Is someone here..." she trailed off as she saw everyone.

Yuki had to smile. For the first time since she had come to his house, she truely looked happy.

Ahh, that's the smile I remember. he thought to himself. Tohru rushed downstairs. She hugged Kisa and Kagura, and exchanged words, smiles and laughs with the guys.

Kagura, Kisa, Yuki, and Haru began to make lunch for everyone.(Not easy!)

Hatori, Hiro, Ayame, Shigure, Kyo and Momiji sat at the table, talking with Tohru.

Everyone saw how Tohru would ask each of them how they were doing and what they'd been doing for the past few years, but never offered a word about herself. Never once mentioned her uncle, where she lived, and what she was doing with her life.

After a while, lunch was ready. Kagura and Haru brought out the rise, stewed leeks, and miso soup. Yuki and Kisa brought in the fish, onigiri, and drinks.

They all sat at the table and began to chat. But Tohru still never said anything about herself. Just asked questions. When someone would ask her how she had been at her uncle's, she would change the suject of just shrug and give a meek smile.

Then, Kagura looked at Tohru. She saw she was wearing Yuki's cloths, and assumed she had none of her own. "Hey! Tohru! Wanna come with me and Kisa to go cloths shopping?" she asked happily.

Yuki smiled, grateful his cousin was so kind.

Tohru smiled and said, "Ok, what time?"

"Tomorrow at 11:00!" Kagura replied with a smile. "Kisa, is that good for you?" Kagura asked.

Kisa smiled and nodded. "Yeah, it'll be fun hanging out with sissy." she replied.

"Ok then it's set!" Kagura said with a laugh.

Tohru smiled. Yuki eyed her. He saw she was happy, but didn't see the joy that once always lit her face. Didn't see her laughing eyes. Her real smile. All he saw was a shadow of what she once was. He sighed and frowned. He wasn't sure if he would be able to get Tohru to tell him what happened. Once she told him, he could heal her.

After all the Sohma's left, Yuki began to clean up. He was startled when he turned to see Tohru was cleaning the dishs and bowls and cups as well. "Miss Honda, you don't need to help. You must be tired." Yuki said with a small smile.

"No. It's not fair for you to clean all this. And...I just missed doing this..." Tohru replied. She couldn't get up the nerve to say the last part. With someone I love. she thought to herself with a frown.

When everything was clean, Yuki and Tohru went to their rooms after saying good night. Yuki lay on his bed and took out a book. Vegetable Gardens was the title. He didn't have as much time as he would like to plant anymore. Work kept him too busy. It was mere luck he found Tohru on his big break.

Tohru layed on her bed. The tears wouldn't stop. All her friends accepted her. They would accept her no matter what. No. They would never accept her if she told them what had happened to her those past 7 years.

Yuki would never love her. He would be disgusted by her. He would hate her. Shun her. She closed her eyes tightly, curling up into a ball. She didn't even try to stop the tears. The memorys were there. Always there. Haunting her.

"Girl, did you clean the house?" her uncle called when he walked in.

"Yes sir..." Tohru replied. He had gone out somewhere all day, leaveing her to clean every single room, non-broken window, dish, glass, chair, everything!

"Good..." her uncle replied with a smirk. "Now go put on your 'uniform.'" he told her.

When she just stood there in horror, his face twisted in anger. He strode over to her and smacked her hard accross the face. Tohru was shocked. That was the first time she had ever been struck. Scared of receiveing another smack she ran upstairs to get her 'uniform' on.

She came back down stairs, trying to hide herself. Her uncle smirked and said, "Now follow me. Your gonna make me a wealthy man..." he said more to himself then her.

He lead her to a place she had never been. He shoved her inside and walked up to a guy in the loud, poorly lit building. "She wants to work." he told the guy.

The guy looked Tohru over and nodded. He pointed towards an empty booth and said, "You can dance over there. It'll be a while till you have any...takers." he said with a laugh.

Her uncle thanked him and walked in another direction toward a differend room. Tohru looked around. She was in a strip club. She began to cry when the guy tapped her shoulder. "Over there. Now." he said shortly.

Tohru walked over to where she was supposed to 'dance.' Some guys came over and looked her up and down. Tohru blushed and walked around them. As she walked, more guys starred at her or tryed to touch her. She couldn't take it and ran out of the building.

She hid under a tree in feedle postion. The only thing she could think was, Yuki, please save me...

After the years had gone by, and Yuki still had not saved her, Tohru's soul began to vanish. She turned into a shadow of who she once was. Loseing all faith and strengh. Her uncle came out and beat her when he heard she had run out.

Tohru quietly stood up, and walked out of her room. She tiptoed over to Yuki's room. She slowly and quietly opened the door. She peeked inside. Yuki had fallen asleep reading his book. His book was still in his hand, resting on his chest. His head was reasting on the left side of the pillow.

Tohru quietly walked in. She smiled slightly at him. She gently brushed away a stray hair on his face. Then she hesitantly leaned over and kissed him gently on the cheek. "Thank you..." she told him, a tear falling from her face.

Third chapter done! Please reveiw and thanks for the reveiws! Yuki and Tohru will be getting a lot closer soon. Tune in for the next chapter!