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Chapter 10: A Phone Call

Tohru gave Shigure one last goodbye before she left.

"Thank you for everything, Shigure." Tohru said.

"No… thank you. You're the one that supported 3 guys plus yourself! I don't know how we are going to survive without you."

"Just make sure that you go food shopping soon or otherwise-"

"Don't worry, Tohru… just make sure you take care of yourself. I'd give you a hug right now, but I'd transform." Shigure said cutting her off. His sudden sincerity made Tohru want to cry. But the last thing she needed right now was tears. It would only make things worse.

"Goodbye Shigure." Tohru said as she left the kitchen to go say goodbye to Kyo.

Tohru didn't have any trouble finding Kyo, because he was on the roof again.

"Kyo?" Tohru said walking up behind him slowly, but Kyo didn't move or reply.

"I just wanted to say goodbye, I'm not sure when I'll be able to see you again." Kyo, again, didn't say anything.

"Well, goodbye." Tohru said giving up.

"Wait…," Kyo said standing up. Tohru turned around to face Tohru.

"I am really going to miss you." Kyo said.

"Me too… I'm not sure what is going to happen to me, but don't ever forget me!" Tohru said trying to sound happy.

"None of us could ever possibly forget you." Kyo said, a slight smile crept across his face.

"I'd give you a hug…but, you know." Tohru said, talking about the curse as if it was a big secret.

"Come here." Kyo said putting out his arms for a hug. Tohru gladly accepted a hug from him. Kyo turned out to be like a big brother to her and for that, she was grateful.

It didn't take more than a few seconds for him to transform into a little orange cat. Tohru knelt over and pet him on the head.

"Goodbye Kyo." Kyo started to purr. As he did, Tohru started to feel tears forming in her eyes. She didn't want Kyo to see her crying so she left him with a lasting mark on his heart.

Tohru knew that the hardest part would be saying her final good-byes to Yuki. He was the one that had taken her heart. Even though it was going to be painful, she had to do it.

Yuki was still in her room where she had left him. His face was wet with tears and he was sitting in the middle if her bed.

"Tohru!… I didn't see you there… oh jeez…," Yuki was having a hard time finding the right words to say. Tohru walked over to him and sat down on the edge of her bed.

"Yuki… you're the only person that I've given my heart to, and I don't want anyone else to have it. Promise me that you won't stop loving me after I leave. No…wait… that's being selfish."

"Don't you see that I can't keep my promises? I've already broken a promise to you!"

"What are you talking about?" Tohru asked, confused.

"I promised you that I wouldn't let anything happen to you! Now look where we are!"

"Yuki… you can't change what Akito does."

"I guess…," Yuki's voice trailed off.

"Do you think the next time I see you… I'll remember you?" Tohru asked afraid of the answer.

"I don't know. I'm not sure of anything anymore, except that I love you so much. The pain will eventually leave you, but it will never leave me. I am happy that you don't have to go through with the suffering."

"Yuki…," Tohru moved herself closer to Yuki, "I love you too."

Trying to avoid saying goodbye, Yuki kissed Tohru hard. It was a mixture of pain and sorrow that drove him. Tohru was feeling the same, for when she kissed him back, there was just as much emotion.

Tohru tried to remember everything about that kiss. The way he tasted, the way he put his arms lovingly on her, and the way he kissed. That alone told her everything she needed to know.

There was a slight knock on the door, but neither teen budged to answer it. They didn't want their last moments together to end so soon. Who ever was outside their door ignored the fact that they weren't invited in, but came in anyway.

"Tohru! It's time to go." Akito said. Tohru looked up into the eyes of Akito then back down at Yuki.

"I guess this is goodbye." She managed to say now that tears were freely falling down her cheeks.

"This isn't goodbye, Tohru. I'll find you after this is all over! I promise you! And I'll keep that promise I swear!" Yuki stole one last passionate kiss from her before Akito pulled her away.

"YUKI!" Tohru cried as she was pulled away from her one and only.

Yuki tried to go after her but Akito slammed the door in his face before he could do anything to stop him. Yuki started to cry uncontrollably and began punching the wall. A gaping hole was left where he had been punching but he didn't care. The only thing that he cared about was now being taken away from him.

Tohru watched as they pulled away from Shigure's house. The place where so many of her favorite memories had taken place was now fading into the distance. When she could no longer see the house she turned around and sat emotionlessly in her seat.

"What's wrong?" Akito asked.

"…"

"Aww… do you miss you dear Yuki already? You haven't even been away from him for 10 minutes and look at you!" Akito mocked. Tohru brought her eyes up to look at him and quickly looked away.

The rest of the ride to the Sohma's main house was dead quiet. There was nothing that could make Tohru hate Akito more right now.

When they pulled up to the main house Tohru quickly ran out of the car. She didn't know exactly where she wanted to go, as long as it was far away form Akito. Whenever she approached a corner she turned onto it.

After five minutes of running she leaned against a wall gasping for breath. Between crying, running, and loosing everything that meant anything to her made her feel sick.

She walked into the nearest building and sat down. She didn't even notice that she walked into Hatori's office and began to sob.

Hatori looked at Tohru and wished that he could help her. He was the only person that knew what she was going through. He too, had lost someone he loved on the account of Akito. He let her get all of her emotions out before he approached her.

"Tohru… I know why you are here." Hatori said getting up from his desk. Tohru looked surprised. Why didn't I notice that Hatori was here? She thought to herself.

"So this is what it felt like when you lost Kana, huh Hatori?" Hatori nodded.

"Fortunately for you, the pain will go away. Yuki is the one that will suffer. He will feel everything I felt when I lost her." (A/N: By 'her' he was referring to Kana)

"Why do you put up with him?" Tohru asked.

"…"

"I just don't understand…! Why can't people be happy!"

"People can be happy. Akito is the one that can't." Tohru looked up at Hatori. Her eyes were red and puffy from all of the crying. What he was saying, made sense to Tohru.

"How long?" Tohru asked.

"Excuse me?"

"How long until… I have my memories erased…," Tohru had a hard time getting out the last part.

"It's up to Akito." Tohru's mind filled with all of the events that occurred within the last couple of days.

"There is nothing you can do, believe me. I've tried." Hatori commented.

Tohru nodded and apologized for intruding on him like that. She left his office and began to wander around the grounds. After fifteen minutes of walking a familiar voice reached her ears.

"TOHRU!" Momiji called as he ran up to her.

"Momiji! It's so good to see you!" Tohru said.

"I heard about you and Yuki…," Momiji said.

"Yeah…," Tohru went back to her depressed emotions.

"I'm sorry."

"There is nothing that can be done."

"Why do you say that?" Momiji asked.

"Akito has already made his decision."

A Few Days Later

Tohru sat in her room, looking out the window. She missed everybody at Shigure's house so much.

Hatori knocked on her door.

"Come in." Tohru said, her gaze not leaving the window.

"Tohru… please eat. You've barely eaten since you got here."

"Don't worry about me Hatori. I just have some things on my mind."

"I wish I could help you." Tohru looked at Hatori, with a slight smile.

"I wish you could too." Tohru said.

"I'll just leave your food here for you."

"Thank you Hatori." Hatori nodded his head and left the room quietly. Tohru's gaze went back to the window. She hadn't talked to Yuki for the past 4 days, but it seemed like 20 years.

Momiji was about to knock on Tohru's door when Hatori stopped him.

"Don't go in there Momiji." Hatori commanded.

"Why not?" Momiji wailed.

"She needs to be alone."

"Fine." Momiji pouted. Hatori walked away towards his office. Momiji waited until Hatori was out of sight so he could knock on Tohru's door.

"Who is it?" Tohru asked.

"Momiji… open up!"

Tohru opened her door and peeked out to find that it was indeed Momiji. She welcomed Momiji in.

"What are you doing here?" Tohru asked.

"Did you want to talk to him?"

"To Yuki?" Tohru's voice perked up a little bit.

"Yes, did you want to talk to him?"

"More than ever!"

"Then hold on right here. I'll be right back." Momiji smiled at Tohru and left the room.

Am I really going to be able to talk to Yuki? Tohru could barely contain herself. Suddenly her appetite started to come back.

About 15 minutes later Momiji returned with a phone.

"Call him." Momiji commanded.

"Are you sure I can?"

"Don't worry about that… I'll wait outside and keep watch." Momiji handed her the phone and shut the door behind him.

Tohru looked at the phone in her hands. She began to tremble as she anxiously dialed Shigure's number.

"Hello?" Kyo asked as he picked up the phone.

"KYO? Oh my… it's Tohru!"

"Tohru? Where are you?"

"I'm at the main house."

"Are you okay?" Kyo asked.

"I'm fine… how are you guys?"

"Fine, except for Yuki. Ever since you left he has been completely out of it."

"May I please talk to him?"

"Sure… hold on." Tohru waited as Kyo got Yuki on the phone.

"TOHRU!" Yuki exclaimed as he got on the phone.

"It's me, Yuki."

"How are they treating you? Is everything okay? Has Akito done anything to you?"

"I'm fine. Hatori and Momiji have been taking great care of me. I haven't seen Akito since I got here."

"That's good. Oh Tohru! I miss you so much!"

"I miss you too. This is terrible… it's all my fault… if it wasn't for me knowing your secret then we wouldn't be in this mess."

"Don't you ever say that again. You know it's not your fault."

"Yuki…"

"What?"

"I am so scared."

"I know… I wish I could come see you."

"Me too."

"I love you so much." Yuki said.

"I love you too."

"How were you able to talk to me?"

"Momiji brought me a phone so I could call you."

"I owe him a huge favor now."

"Tohru! You need to get off the phone!" Momiji whispered through the crack in the door.

"What was that?" Yuki asked.

"Momiji said I need to get off the phone, something must be wrong."

"Okay… take care of yourself. Always remember that I love you."

"I love you too, bye Yuki."

"Bye Tohru." Tohru quickly hung up the phone. Momiji walked into the room and took the phone and his it under his clothes. Tohru didn't understand why until he walked in.

"Are you enjoying your stay?" Akito asked.

"…" Tohru didn't even look at him in the eye.

"It's almost time to leave." Akito said before he walked out.

"What is he talking about?" Tohru asked Momiji. He shrugged his shoulders, gave Tohru a reassuring look and followed Akito out.

'I finally was able to talk to you, Yuki.' Tohru felt a little bit better knowing that everything was okay over at Shigure's house.

Akito picked up the phone and dialed Shigure's number.

"Shigure? Can you and Yuki come over here?"

"Why?"

"Just come over here as soon as possible." Akito said, and with that he hung up the phone.

Hatori walked in on Akito, "What was that all about?"

"It's almost time."

Hatori looked at him, a look a fear was on his face. He knew what Akito meant, and he didn't like it.

Shigure hung up the phone and walked up to Yuki's room.

"Yuki?" Shigure said as he walked into his room.

"What is it?" Yuki asked.

"We need to go somewhere."

"Where?" Yuki asked, a little suspicious.

"Just get in the car."

A Half an Hour Later

Tohru looked into the mirror. The necklace Yuki gave her was still around her neck. She didn't take it off.

"Tohru?" Hatori said as he knocked on the door.

"Yes?"

"Could you come with me?" Tohru obeyed and followed Hatori through a maze of hallways until the reached a set of double doors.

Hatori opened them and revealed a dimly lit room. There were other people sitting on the floor but Tohru couldn't make them out right away because of the difference in brightness.

"TOHRU!" she heard a familiar voice call out.

A/N: another cliffie...sorry guys... i was going to continue with this chapter but i thought that this was a good place to stop. Please R&R! i love when i open my e-mail and find out that u reviewed!You have no idea how happy it makes me! Oh- my random poll (the one betweenYuki and Shigure)... Yuki won by 6 points... because 6 people decided to answer my poll. So it's decided... Yuki is DEFINITELYbetter than Shigure!(even though Shigure is cool too...)I'll update as soon as i can!

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