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Chapter 5

"Tohru!" came Momiji's ear-piercing cry as Tohru and Kyo came within sight of the main house. The gate was open and Momiji had apparently just been wandering around the yard.

"Momiji, happy new year!" Tohru called as the boy rushed toward her, arms open. Kyo punched him in the head before he could wrap his arms around her.

"When will you learn?" he sighed as if he had done the same thing many times before, which he had.

"Kyo hit me!" Momiji whined.

"Will you shut up?" Kyo cried. Momiji's crocodile tears immediately disappeared, not because he wanted to obey Kyo but because his mind had automatically switched from one thing to another.

"What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Kyo's not feeling well and we'd like Hatori to take a look at him," Tohru explained.

"I feel fine," Kyo mumbled under his breath.

"Kyo's sick?" Momiji asked, suddenly serious.

"I'm not sick!" Kyo shouted irritably.

"Better safe than sorry, Kyo," Tohru repeated her advice at breakfast.

"Tohru's right, you'd better go see Hari," Momiji agreed as he motioned for them to follow. He led them to one of the houses inside the gate and as Momiji knocked on the door the solemn face of Hatori appeared behind it.

"Tohru, Kyo, what are you doing here?" he asked right off.

"Kyo's sick," Momiji said.

"I am not!" Kyo shouted.

"Shouting is very unbecoming, Kyo, now, please, come in so I can take a look at you," Hatori said as Momiji and Tohru scurried through the doorway.

"Hatori, please, I promise you, I'm not sick," Kyo told the man as he entered.

"Tohru was worried enough to bring you so there must be something that troubled her," Hatori said. Once Hatori had situated himself in his chair, jotted down the date on a pad of paper, and sent Momiji from the room, he proceeded to examine Kyo.

"I'm perfectly healthy, Hatori," Kyo assured him.

"Well, it does appear that you are," he agreed as he set his stethoscope down on his desk. "Why did you feel the need for me to look at him, Tohru?" He turned to the girl.

"Well, Kyo told me this morning about this strange dream he had, I was just wondering if it could mean anything," she said.

"Possibly," Hatori replied. "What was the dream?" Kyo sighed and reluctantly told Hatori about his dream. Hatori's eyes widened as he listened. Kyo could tell there was something going on in his mind but he didn't know what. The man had become so good at hiding his emotions that it was hard for anyone to tell what he was thinking.

"What is it, Hatori?" Tohru asked, also sensing that something was wrong.

"Nothing, Tohru, it was just a dream," he said stiffly.

So, it's finally happened, I had a feeling it would all along, the problem is, I don't know how to stop it, I don't think I can, Hatori thought.