Hey guys! i have decided that after this chapter there is only going to be one more... tear i know, i know... it's depressing but i can't drag this story on forever! I'm going to put up the last chapter within a week after i get back from camping (July 24)... some of chapter 12 is written but there is still a lot i have to put into it... Enjoy!

Chapter 11: A Great Loss

"YUKI?" Tohru was taken back by Yuki's greeting. He already had his lips planted on hers, to which Tohru responded eagerly.

"What are you doing here?" Tohru managed to ask after she pulled away for air.

"I'm not sure… Shigure just told me that we needed to come here. I'm so glad I get to see you!" Yuki couldn't have been happier.

"Me too. I've missed you so much!" Neither could Tohru.

"Well I'm sorry to break up our little reunion here, but I think we have some unfinished business to take care of." Akito said as he walked in. Yuki looked up into the eyes of the person he hated the most. Yuki grabbed Tohru's hand tight.

"I'm so glad that you could come today, Yuki." Akito said with a smirk. Yuki could tell that Akito was hiding something.

"What is this all about?" Yuki asked. Hatori retreated to the far corner of the room and stood in the shadows unnoticed.

"Why rush things Yuki?" Akito said as he walked closer to everybody. Yuki took a step back and Tohru followed him closely.

Shigure sat silently, not even a muscle moved.

"Ah… young love… isn't it precious Shigure?" Akito asked.

"…"

"Just let us know what is going on here!" Yuki commanded.

"Do you really want to know what is going on here! I'll tell you! I should've never let this wench stay in your house for so long!" Akito yelled. Tohru looked real hurt, and Yuki took notice to it.

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Yuki yelled as loud as he could.

"Why should I? I meant every word of it."

"You'll be sorry that you said that!" Yuki said.

"And how is that?" Akito mocked. Shigure knew what Yuki was going to attempt so he decided to try to stop Yuki before he did anything stupid.

"Yuki, just calm down. Akito doesn't know the real Tohru." Shigure said only loud enough for Yuki to hear. Yuki didn't relax, but decided against hurting Akito… for the moment.

"Fine." Yuki said under his breath.

"Hatori… come here." Akito commanded. Hatori walked out from his corner in the shadows and appeared next to Akito.

"You wouldn't…" Yuki started.

"I can… and I will." Akito said.

"Hatori… why do you listen to him?" Yuki asked. Hatori didn't attempt to answer because, truthfully, he didn't know the answer. Why did he always listen to Akito?

"Yuki… don't question Hatori… it's his job."

"What, his job is to listen to people like you, Akito?"

"DON'T QUESTION ME EITHER!" Akito spat. Shigure finally stood up and joined Yuki's side.

"I would just listen to Akito, Yuki. If you don't he'll probably make your life a living hell after all of this." Shigure added.

"After all of what?" Yuki asked, real confused.

"Just be patient." Akito said, real full of himself.

Yuki looked over at Tohru. She never looked so scared in her life. She held Yuki's hand a little tighter.

"Do you know what the biggest problem in your relationship is, Tohru?" Akito asked stroking a strand of her hair. Tohru shook her head.

"And how about you, Yuki?" Akito asked moving his gave from Tohru to Yuki.

"There is nothing wrong with it." Yuki answered.

"That is where you're wrong." Akito said.

"How so?" Yuki asked.

"Just look at her! She isn't part of us. You can't even hold her!"

"What do you mean us?" Yuki asked.

"Just try."

"Try what?" Tohru asked.

"To hold her." Akito answered.

"You know that I can't do that!" Yuki replied.

"That's my point! How does that make you feel Tohru? Knowing that the person you love the most can't hold you?"

"I know he wants to… I understand why he can't." Tohru answered.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Yuki asked Akito.

"It just proves to you that she can't be the one you want to be with."

"You know NOTHING about true love Akito." Yuki spat. He could've sworn that Hatori gave a slight nod of agreement.

"That's just too bad. Tohru come here."

"No… don't go anywhere with him." Yuki said.

"Tohru… I'm not going to tell you again."

"She's not going anywhere." Yuki said again. Akito gave his head a nod to Hatori.

"I'm so sorry Yuki." Hatori said as he took Tohru by the arm. Yuki didn't let go of her hand.

"Yuki… you need to let go." Hatori said.

"Why? Why can't I just be happy?" Yuki asked Akito. Shigure put his hand on top of Yuki's arm.

"It's what needs to happen." Shigure said with solemnity. Yuki still wasn't about to let go of her.

"Yuki…," Tohru said, "If this is how it has to be, then we can't stop it."

"What are you talking about? Yuki asked.

"There is no escaping this, no matter how long we put this off."

"Don't you want to be with me?"

"Do you really have to ask me that? You know that I want to be with you, more than anything in the world. You know as much as I do that we can't get away from this. We knew it was coming eventually."

Of course Yuki knew, he just didn't want to admit it.

"I just don't want to loose you." Yuki said as he stifled back tears.

"That is the last thing I want too. I love you so much Yuki." Tohru said as a lone tear fell down her cheek. Yuki took his finger and wiped it off for her. Tohru gave him a smile.

"I love you too."

"Don't forget about the cards." Tohru said trying to brighten the situation. Yuki's lips tried to form into a smile, but for some reason they just wouldn't.

Hatori pulled Tohru away from Yuki against his will. He had Tohru kneel down on the ground, to which he soon followed so he could get level with her. He put his hand over her face.

"I'm sorry Tohru." He said.

"Don't be sorry! If it wasn't for me knowing your secrets, then you wouldn't have to be going through with this." A tear fell down the side of Tohru's face. A bright light blinded everyone in the room, which caused Tohru to lay motionless on the ground.

"TOHRU!" Yuki yelled as he was finally released from Shigure's grasp. He ran over to his love's side and placed his hand gently behind her head. Tears couldn't help but escape from his eyes.

"I'm sorry." Hatori said. Yuki looked up at Hatori to find that he too, had a tear rolling down his cheek.

"That is all." Akito said before leaving the room. Yuki could've gone after Akito, but he no longer had the strength.

"We should get her home." Shigure said as he wiped a tear from his eye. It seemed that the only person that didn't cry was Akito. What a surprise.

Shigure made an excuse about why Tohru came home. He came up with it on the top of his head but it was believable because Tohru's grandfather believed every word.

Yuki carried Tohru up to her room and laid her on her bed.

"This is it…," Yuki said as he sat by her side. He stroked her long brown hair as he sat there. Her eyes were still puffy from the day's events. How he wished he could've stopped this all from happening.

Is this how you felt when you had to erase Kana's memories Hatori? If so then, this is probably why you are so afraid to get close to people.

Yuki placed a kiss on Tohru's lips and took one last glance at his beloved. She never took off the necklace he had given her. Slowly getting up, he exited the room.

A Few Days Later

"Hi Uo!" Tohru called, as she was welcomed into Uo's house.

"Hey Tohru! Is your headache gone yet?"

"Almost." Tohru said.

"Is Hana coming over tonight?" Tohru asked.

"Maybe… it depends if the waves here are acceptable or not." Uo said mockingly. Tohru giggled and walked into Uo's house. She brought her clothes up to Uo's room and sat down on her bed.

"So what's new with you?" Uo asked.

"Nothing! How about you?"

"Same. Why does life have to be so boring?" Uo asked sarcastically.

"Good question." Tohru said.

"What did you want to do tonight?" Uo asked.

"Whatever you would like to do."

"Do you have any suggestions?"

"Sorry… I don't."

"That's okay… but we do have to go up to the store soon okay? I need to pick up a few things."

"Sure, okay!" Tohru said.

"We should probably go now before it gets too dark."

"Great idea." Tohru said, putting her shoes back on.

"It's so nice out tonight!" Tohru exclaimed as the two best friends walked up to the corner store.

"It is! It's a perfect night." Uo added as they entered the store.

"Did you want me to get anything for you?" Tohru asked.

"Actually, would you mind getting some rice for me? We're all out."

"No problem!" Tohru exclaimed as she walked off to find where the rice was.

She looked up and down the aisles.

"Finally!" Tohru said as she spotted the rice. There was only one bag left. What are the odds of that? Tohru thought to herself.

As she was about to take it, a hand came down on top of hers.

"Oh I'm sorry! You can have this bag if you need it!" Tohru exclaimed, but she was unable to remove her hand. Why does this touch seem so familiar? She looked up to the person whose hand was on top of hers. It was the prince of her school.

"Yuki?" Tohru said blushing.

"Tohru?" Yuki said as he felt his insides tear apart. He wanted to kiss her right in the middle of the store, but she wouldn't remember anything about him.

"You can take this." Tohru said as sweetly as she always did. Yuki didn't know how to respond. It was weird knowing that he shared his heart with this girl and she can't remember any of it.

"No… you take it… we didn't need it that badly anyway."

"Did you find the rice?" Uo asked as she walked up the aisle, "Oh hey Yuki!"

"Uo." Yuki nodded his head.

"Do you two know each other?" Tohru asked.

"Of course we-" Uo started but Yuki cut her off.

"Just from school." He finished. Uo gave him a questioning look.

"Tohru, can you go and get the rest of the items on this list for me?" Uo asked, not taking her eyes off of Yuki.

"Sure!" Tohru said as she took the list, "It was nice talking to you." She said to Yuki as she walked out of the aisle.

"What the hell was that all about? I swear if I find out that you broke her heart-" Uo started but Yuki had her pinned against the wall.

"You need to just listen for 2 seconds and I'll explain as best as I can." Uo looked at him like he was crazy but let him talk.

"It's kinda complicated, but before I tell you anything… did Tohru ever talk about me in the past month or so?" Yuki asked.

"Well yeah! She told me everything starting with the kiss you two shared."

"Okay… so you know that I love Tohru more than anything."

"Well that's what I thought until I saw her acting like she didn't know you about a minute ago."

"I can't explain this to you now but I'm going to need your help."

"Okay…" Uo said as she listened to Yuki.

Tohru met up with Uo and Yuki at the check out line.

"Oh… Tohru, Yuki is going to walk home with us, because it's so dark. If that's okay with you."

"Of course it is!" Tohru said, but was also wondering why the prince of the school would want to walk home with them.

Yuki was finding it harder and harder to not hold Tohru's hand as they walked home. It was even harder to believe the person he loved the most was standing right next to him and there was nothing he could do about it.

"That's a pretty necklace you have on Tohru." Yuki said as they walked home together.

"Thank you." Tohru said. They way Yuki was saying her name sounded weird, like she's heard it somewhere before.

"Where did you get it?" Yuki asked.

"I'm not sure actually…" Tohru replied really trying to think about where she had received her necklace from.

"Oh." Yuki replied with disappointment.

"Well we're almost home… say Yuki, why don't you come inside with us for a little bit?" Uo asked.

"Sure… is that okay with you Tohru?" Yuki asked.

"Why wouldn't it be okay? It's not my house!" Tohru replied.

"Good." Yuki said. There HAD to be a way for Tohru to regain her memories, there just HAD to be a way!

Tohru placed the groceries on the counter and began to put them away.

"Did you need any help?" Yuki asked.

"I'm fine, thanks." Why is Yuki being so nice to me?

"This is going to sound really weird… but do we talk regularly?" Tohru asked.

"As a matter of fact… yes. We do talk all the time." Yuki said. Technically, he wasn't lying… they used to talk every single day.

"Oh… well okay then." Tohru said as she put away some apples in the refrigerator.

"I probably shouldn't stay long, Shigu- I mean, my family is probably wondering where I am." Yuki said as he handed a carton of milk to Tohru.

"Okay…," Tohru said, a little confused on what just happened. How come I don't remember ever talking to him before?

"When am I going to talk to you again?" Tohru asked, as Yuki was about to leave. Yuki stopped walking and turned around. He put his hand behind her head a played with her ribbon that she was wearing. It was none other than the one he had given her at the Hot Springs such a long time ago.

"Soon, I promise and believe me, that is a promise I intend to keep."

"What did you say?" Tohru asked. This sounds familiar…

"Until then…and oh… nice ribbon" Yuki said and left Uo's house, leaving Tohru clueless in the kitchen. Uo came in as Yuki walked out.

"Why did Yuki leave?" Uo asked.

"He had to go home."

"So… I see the two of you are getting along fine."

"So it seems. Something seems vaguely familiar about him… I just can't put my finger on it!"

"You'll think of it eventually."

"Excuse me… I'll be right back." Tohru said as she walked to the bathroom.

Uo waited until Tohru had closed the door before she went outside.

"Yuki… are you still here?"

"Yeah… did she say anything?"

"She said that something about you seems vaguely familiar."

"Anything else?"

"No, sorry."

"She has to remember!"

"I have an idea." Uo said suddenly.

"Tell me." Yuki said. Uo whispered something only Yuki could hear.

"That's perfect!"

"Just make sure you're wearing the same thing you wore that night."

"Got it… if this doesn't make her remember, nothing will."

A/N: what is Uo thinking? onlyi know! muhahaha! (dies out) sorry... i'm not sure if i like how i ended this chapter but my brain wasn't working hard enoughto think of a better ending. Let me know what u think! Also, i might put up a 13th chapter sorta thing so i can give each of u a shout-out and a thank-you for reviewing. It depends... but i'll be looking foward to ur reviews when i get back from camping!

bubbles078 xoxox