Redmoonfae: Yay! Soo many reveiws!

Tohru: Yes! It's quite wonderful!

Yuki: nods

Redmoonfae: Lighten up Yuki! Tohru'll get better! You'll see!

Yuki: ...

Tohru: Thankyou for allowing me to get better, Fae! bows

Redmoonfae: Your very welcome!

Tohru/Yuki: Enjoy!

Tohru awoke early the next morning. She rolled out of her bed and covered a yawn. She groggily stood up and looked at the clock. 7:19 a.m. She walked out of her room and down the hall to Yuki's room. She slowly and quietly slid the door open. He was still asleep.

Tohru smiled and slid the door back shut. She walked down the stairs to the kitchen. She wanted to repay Yuki for everything. If he hadn't found her when he did...she didn't know what would have happened.

She began to look in the cupboards and smiled softly, emptily. Yuki kept his food stuffs much like Shigure had when she lived with them. She got out some rice, miso, leeks, and natto and began to cook.

Yuki slowly opened his eyes, still heavy with sleep. He looked to the clock on his nightstand. 8:25 a.m. He sat up on the bed, book rolling off his chest. His hand slowly went to his cheek. He had thought...he had felt...no. It couldn't have been. He slowly stood up and got dressed. He still dressed much like he had those many years ago, although more bussiness like.

He walked down the stairs, eyes still half shut. He smelled something delicious and woke up more, eyes wider. Memorys flooding...

"Good morning Yuki!"

"Good morning Miss Honda. Breakfast smells delicious as usual." Yuki replied with a soft smile.

Tohru smiled back and laughed slightly. "Thank you!" she said cheerfully.

She turned back to her cooking. Yuki took his seat at the table. Kyo was already up and reading a book he needed for school.

"Isn't that report due today?" Yuki drawled.

"Shut up you damn rat! I was out the day the old hag gave the assignment!" Kyo shot back, looking up from his book.

"She reminded us everyday." Yuki replied cooly.

"Shut up you damn rat!" Kyo yelled hotly.

"Um..erm...ehhhh...!" Tohru stuttered as she tried to think of something to do to make them stop fighting.

"I'm sorry Miss Honda. I didn't mean to get him this upset." Yuki said with a small smile.

Tohru smiled back. Her whole hearted cheerful smile.

Kyo muttered under his breath and went back to reading the book.

Tohru turned back to her cooking with a small chuckle, humming as she worked.

Yuki watched her cook, love and longing in his eyes. He turned from her and sipped some of his drink, smileing to himself.

Now he walked into his kitchen, and there she was, her back turned, cooking. Yuki blinked. "Ummm...Miss Honda...?" he asked, surprised.

She jumped at the sound of his voice, cringing away slightly. She turned around and sighed with releif. She had foregotten where she was. She was no longer in that terrible hell of a home. She was safe within Yuki's home. His mansion. His castle.

"Oh, hello Yuki..." she said "Sorry for going through your cuboards like that...but I wanted to thank you for everything and and I couldn't think of anything so I came down here and began to make breakfast but I didn't know what you liked soo..." she ended, out of breath.

Yuki smiled warmly. She was babeling on as she once had years ago. "It's all right Miss Honda. I don't mind. My taste hasn't changed much." he replied with a small chuckle.

Tohru smiled meekly, then slowly turned back to her cooking.

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Yuki helped Tohru clean up after breakfast. He glanced up at the kitchen clock. It was almost 10:00 a.m. In just two more hours, Kisa and Kagura would come over and pick Tohru up to take her shopping.

Hopefully being with friends would help rekindle the fire inside her. Help her heal some wounds. His shirt was big on her of course, and allowed him to see her back as she cleaned. He winced at all the scars and cuts, bruises and welts.

He clenched his fists involuntarily and set his jaw. Her 'uncle' was going to pay dearly for doing this to the woman he loved.

Tohru felt his eyes on her and turned to him. He looked so angrey, she couldn't help but falter. Her eyes closed in terror as the memorys began to flood in...

"You stupid girl! You stupid, stupid, stupid girl! Can't you do anything right?" her uncle screamed as he smacked her again. She lay on the liveing room floor, cloths torn and dirty. Blood was everywhere, on her, her cloths, her uncle's hands, the floor.

It was a miracle her cloths were even still on they were so torn. Her uncle had told her to make him rice, but didn't specifie what kind. Being too frightented to ask him, she made some white rice. Not the kind he wanted. He had just come home from the bar, she had just fineshed at her ' work ' and had come home and changed immediately.

He was drunk. Really drunk. He had beat her. Smacked her. Cut her. She lay on the floor in a puddle of her own blood.

"Yuki will come...he'll save me...he'll kill you..." she mumbled, too weak to actually talk.

"Your precious ' Yuki ' will never come. He dosn't care about you and never will!" her uncle yelled furiously.

He smacked her again, then kicked her hard. She let out a cry of pain, tears streaming down her dirty, bloody face. It had been almost a year since she had left the Sohmas, and hadn't seen Yuki once.

Her uncle grabbed her hair and jerked her up. Her eyes closed as she cryed harder, small sobs escapeing her mouth. Her uncle leaned in close and sighed in her face.

Tohru coughed and gasped at his awful breath. He smashed his face to hers, kissing her hard. Tohru screamed and smacked him, pulling away. She looked at him as he felt his face and looked to her.

She whimpered in pain as he took out a rope from behind the couch and slipped it over her neck. He tightened the noose, and tied the other end to the railing of the stairs. He got more rope and tied her hands behind her back. She sobbed openly as her uncle took out a knife and walked towards her, a smirk on his face.

Tohru fell to her knees, eyes closed and cried. Yuki looked down in surprise. "Miss Honda, what's wroung?" he asked as he kneeled down next to her, placeing a hand on her back very gently.

Tohru tensed at his touch and pulled away. She couldn't remeber where she was. Couldn't remeber that it was Yuki who stood by her side, not that demon. She went into fetal posstion, lyeing on the floor.

"He'll come...he'll come...he'll save me...Yuki..." she muttered, slowly rocking back and forth. In her mind she was still at her 'uncle's' hell house.

"Tohru...Tohru, it's me, Yuki. I'm here..." Yuki said softly as he watched her. His heart was torn apart at the sight of her like this. He now knew he could never openly show anger like that. Why had he let his guard down? Had he been anywhere else, with anyone else, even if something angered him to the point of explostion, he wouldn't show anger.

But just the thought of that man laying a single hand on his precious Tohru made him go mad with anger. Tohru looked up at him finnaly. She felt as though he had just come and taken her away from her uncle. Just looking at him made the memorys disapear.

She wasn't thinking and jumped at him, hugging him to her tightly. Yuki blinked as he was knocked over backwards.

POOF

Yuki blinked again. Tohru was holding him tight in her arms. He leaned anganist her chest, savoring her embrace. She held onto him, eyes closed, tears falling. Every day...every night...she prayed and prayed Yuki would come. Take her away in his shineing armour on his white horse, to his castle. He finnaly had. She was safe within his house.

She wanted to embrace the true Yuki, but knew she never would. She held him close, never wanting to let go. She couldn't remember what it felt like to be loved. To be welcomed within a home. To be smiled to. She had no memorys of that.

She cried harder at the realazation that she had no happy memorys. She wanted nothing more than to go back in time and refuse to go with her uncle. Refuse to look at him. She wanted nothing more than to go back in time and choose Yuki and the Sohma's over her demon 'uncle.'

POOF

Yuki blinked and blushed as he changed back. Tohru still clung to him. Why had he changed back to normal? She still held him, still embraced him. Her head rested on his shoulder as tears came down her face. Hesitantly Yuki placed his arms around her as well, not wanting to break what ever magic kept him human.

A rush of happiness flooded over him as he stayed human, still held her in his arms. Although he was blushing madly at the fact he was naked, he didn't think Tohru even realized he had changed back. She just held onto him.

After a few moments, Tohru let go and got up. Her eyes were blank of any emotion. Wait. Was that a flicker...of love? Tohru turned her back to him, allowing him to go change.

He hurried to the other room and changed, then walked back into the kitchen. Tohru was sitting at the table, head resting on her arms as she laid her head down. Her eyes now showed so much confusion. Self loathing. Self pity. Hatred. Anger. Happiness. And...love.

Yuki walked over to her and sat next to her. He slowly and gently stroked her hair. She closed her eyes and leaned towards him.

She was at peace. She wanted this moment to last forever. Just her and Yuki. Safety. Something she hadn't felt in years.

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Knock knock

Yuki came downstairs and opened the door.

"Yun-chan!" Kagura cried happily as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

Yuki blinked and hugged his cousin back.

"Hello Kagura-ni, Kisa-chan." he said with a smile.

"Where's sissy?" asked Kisa.

"The liveing room." Yuki replied.

He let them in and lead them to the liveing room. Tohru was sitting on the couch looking out the window. She was startled as they came in the room, but smiled when she saw Kagura and Kisa. He got up and went to hug them both.

"Ready for our shopping trip?" Kagura asked happily.

Tohru nodded with a small smile.

They went back to the door and filed out. "She'll be back soon, Yun-chan!" Kagura called with a chuckle.

"Bye, Yuki..." Tohru said as Kisa closed the door.

Yuki waved good bye and sighed. He walked upstairs, went into his room, and decided to read for the next few hours.

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"Which do you like more?" Kagura asked as she held up two skirts to her hips.

"Hmmm, I like the orange one..." Kisa replied after a moment of thought.

"So do I." Tohru said with a smile.

"I like the orange too! Orange it is!" Kagura said happily as she put the red one back.

After they got themselves each four pairs of skirts, they moved on to shirts. Tohru got six shirts. A strapless white shirt with frilly edges, a half-sleeved blue shirt, a pink tank top, a red cammy top with a white shirt to go underneath, and a black shirt with the words ' Heart Breaker ' accross the chest. She got the last one because Kagura insisted.

They got her seven pairs of of bras, eight pairs of panties, two batheing suits, and a few pairs of shorts and jeans. Tohru was overwhelmed when they were done. But Kagura just wouldn't take no for an answer.

As they shopped, it turned out that Kagura and Kyo had moved in together and engaged. Kisa had gained more confidence and become a model. The ironic part was that a lot of the girls who once made fun of her now worked for her!

But Kisa treated them no differently from anyone else. The past is the past. After they got the cloths, they took Tohru to get her hair cut. Although it was long and looked nice, it was a rats nest and had dead ends. They cut her hair so that it was mid back lengh and got it straightened. Then they all got manicures and pedicures.

Kagura got white nail and toe polish with orange cat heads on the thumb and big-toe nails. Kisa got a black background with full tigers on her thumb and big-toe nails. And Tohru got pink nail/toe polish with little white dots on the thumb and big-toe nails.

When they were all done, they dropped Tohru back off at Yuki's. Tohru smiled as she closed the door behind her. She looked to the kitchen clock and nearly gasped. It was 6:00 p.m! They had been gone for six hours!

Tohru rushed into her room, put her bags on her bed and went quietly to Yuki's room. She slid open the door and peeked inside. And once again, he had fallen asleep reading his book. Tohru smiled and closed the door behind her again. She went back downstairs and stifled a yelp as she saw Kisa sitting at the dineing room table.

"Is Yuki-chan asleep again? While reading a book?" she asked with a smile.

Tohru smiled back and nodded. "He seems so tired..." she commented as she looked back up the stairs.

"Yeah, Yuki-chan is always tired with his job."

"What does he do?" Tohru asked. She had wanted to ask Yuki the question, but kept foregetting.

"You know how Momitji's dad was the president of that big company? Well, he retired and left it to Momitji. But Momitji didn't want all that responsibility, so gave it to Yuki-chan. He's doubled the bussiness and made it more succsessful. He's takeing a big break off though. He's really over worked." Kisa concluded with a slight frown.

Tohru nodded. Kisa hugged her good night/good bye and left. She only lived a mile away and liked to walk to exercise.

Tohru stifled a yawn as she walked into her room. She put all the bags on the floor and climbed into bed. Even though it was only 6:30 p.m, she was exhausted. She turned off her light and went to sleep.

Yay! Another chapter! Thanks for all the reveiws and such! Tune in for the next chapter!