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Chapter 7- What If I?

Tohru's eyes begged to open, but she had no strength to do it. And even when she tried to open her eyes, her whole body would hurt. So she had no other choice then to sit there with her eyes closed tightly. And after a while sleep had over taken her once more. But as the sleep over took her, Kyo had started to wake up. He looked over to where Tohru had still been sleeping and smiled.

Today he was going to call Hatori over. Hopefully this time Hatori wouldn't refuse to do this. And then after he got her memory erased, he would go back to Shigure's and tell him what happened. Then maybe he would be able to understand why he had transformed into his real form.

He lifted his head from the bed and went to go stand up and when something had grabbed him. He looked back down at Tohru and saw her eyes slightly opened and her small fingers wrapped around Kyo's wrist. She pulled down his arm, making him sit back down in the seat he had fallen asleep in.

"Don't go," she said faintly.

Kyo had been shocked when hearing Tohru tell him this. Most people wouldn't want to be near a monster that had tried to kill you. But Tohru didn't care, she didn't want him to leave. And soon his shock turned into a soft smile. She hadn't changed. Not once. She had seen his true form, and yet still she was always the kind hearted girl he had fallen in love with. Kyo reached out his hand and wiped away some hair on Tohru's face. It was messy due to the fact that she hadn't cut it. Sure she might have gotten it trimmed a few times, but it was still down at her waist line like it was almost 4 years ago.

"Don't worry Tohru, someone is going to help you…" Kyo said softly.

"help me?" she managed to asked.

"Your not going to have to remember anything you saw, and you'll be able to get back to your normal life."

"But wait, how? And why? And…does that mean I wont remember you? Are you mad that I cant remember you Kyo? Is that it? Are you upset because-"

Kyo cut Tohru off by placing his fingers of her lips.

"No, that isn't it at all Tohru. I'm…I'm happy you cant remember me. And I want it to stay that way."

Tohru was getting confused, she couldn't see Kyo when he spoke, and she wanted to. She forced herself to sit up and looked over at Kyo who was staring at her in amazement.

"so what, your just going to do some voodoo on me, and then throw me out? If I cant remember, then how am I going to know how I got hurt like this? How am I going to know you?"

"Your not…that's the whole point!" Kyo said, now becoming upset by his words. "You promised you wouldn't remember me, and your not going to! Got it! I don't want you to remember me Tohru. I have always caused you pain in your life. And now look, because of me your hurt. Once again it was because of me! And…and I cant take it anymore! I need to forget you as well. I think-"

"no, don't think!"

Tohru looked up at Kyo who was staring at her in confusion now.

"Something is telling me that I knew you before. How, I don't know. But that something is also the thing that told me to stay with you when…when you changed last night. And I listened to that something. And now its telling me not to forget you, and I want to listen to it again. Something is telling me Kyo that you're a good person. Not a bad person. But someone who would be able to make anyone happy. SO please don't do this! don't make me forget please!"

"Tohru…I…" Kyo couldn't think of what to say. He was just to shocked to here that Tohru was actually willing to stay with him after everything that had happened.

"I know that you change, but if I keep that a secret will it be alright for me to remember? Please…?"

Kyo looked right into her eyes.

If I keep it a secret

Those words kept ringing in his mind. It was like they were back to the very first day Kyo had ever met Tohru. He went to go and say something when the phone started to ring, and got his attention. He stood up in a matter of seconds and answered the phone.

"hello?" he said solemnly.

"Kyo?"

"Shigure?" Kyo asked seeming a bit surprised.

"Yes, yes! How are you. Maybe you should come over for tea today! Everyone is going to be at the house today. Kisa, Hiro, Rita, Hatori, Momiji, Kagura, Ayame, Haru, Rin, even Kureno is going to be here! Why don't you join all of us and talk for a while."

"Um…Shigure…someone is over my house already…its…its…her…" he said, knowing Shigure had gone silent.

"Well…um…then bring her with you as well. I think everyone would love to see her again. I mean, if she doesn't remember it would hurt for her to come over right?"

"Yeah, I guess your right. Just hold, let me ask…" Kyo placed the phone down on the small table and faced Tohru who was starting to get out of the bed.

"Tohru," he said softly. She looked over at him, and waited for him to continue. "Would you…would you like to meet my family?"

Tohru stared at Kyo a bit confused.

"I mean, if you want to remember me and all, then wouldn't you want to meet the people I am related to?"

Tohru smiled slightly before nodding.

"You sure, I mean, your still hurt from last night."

Tohru just shook her head.

"Shigure?"

"Yes,"

"I…I guess you can count on us coming…" he said. Him and Shigure talked for about 5 more minutes before Kyo finally hung the phone up and looked back at Tohru.

"Tohru, I don't think it's a good idea for you to go. I mean, its not only because you're hurt that makes me think this, but because…well…um…" Kyo paused to look up at Tohru as she waited patiently for him to finish what he was going to say.

"You know what, if you want to go that's all that matters right?"

Tohru just nodded as she fell back onto the bed when some pain shot through her body. But quickly she stood back up so not making Kyo worry.

"Oops…I guess I slipped…" she said, trying to convince Kyo.

He knew this wasn't true but didn't want to say anything to make her feel bad. He knew that Tohru was always confident, and apparently she hadn't changed in that. He was just afraid that if Tohru saw everyone there what would happen to everyone? How would they all react to her just appearing back into there lives, and yet she not knowing any of them. Not one. They would all have to act as if they were just finally meeting Tohru.

Then he hoped that Tohru wouldn't remember any of them. She had said to Kyo that she wanted to remember him, but…now he was thinking he didn't want her to. Like it was something bad that shouldn't happen. But then another part of him was telling him to let her remember him. And it was obvious that if he kept staying with her, and just kept talking to her, and hanging out with her then eventually she would remember him. It might take some time, but it would happen.

And then, that other side of him was biting at him. Nipping at him, telling him to let her leave his life and block her out of his life.

"Kyo?" Tohru asked breaking Kyo away from his thoughts. He looked over at her, about to say something but Tohru cut him off first.

"When do we go to your friends house…?" she asked.

"Um…soon. He said that we should be there in an hour or so…" Kyo said as he thought about him and Tohru were now just talking like nothing had ever happened.

"I need a bath," she said right after Kyo finished talking. He just nodded, then thought how would she get home. He didn't want her to walk home by herself, and he didn't really want to have to walk with her to her house.

"Um…" Tohru said as a pink crimson color crossed her cheeks. "Can I take a shower here, or something." Tohru asked, being able to see the shock in Kyo's eyes. He only nodded and pointed towards the bathroom door. Tohru started to walk, but then stopped and faced Kyo once more. She blushed again before talking.

"Um…I am a girl…and me being a girl makes me need some clothe that will fit me…" she said, as if Kyo would have some girl clothe in his house. He just nodded now thinking it would have been better if Tohru were to just go back to her house and take a shower there, so now he wouldn't have to run out for clothe. Then, something popped into his mind.

"Hey Tohru, wouldn't you just like to go back to your house so you can take a shower in the comfort of your own house. And so you have clothe you can wear. I'll walk you there if you want…" Kyo said, now hoping she would just let him do what he wanted to do. Agreeing, she nodded and walked over to Kyo.

The only reason why she wanted to take a shower at his house was because she looked filthy from last night. And her clothe was torn. She didn't really want anyone looking at her when she was dressed like that.

Almost an hour later…

"come on were almost there!" Kyo shouted to the unhappy Tohru.

They were in the woods that lead to Shigure's house. And Tohru did not look happy at all. She looked miserable. If she had known that she was going to be walking the whole way to his house, then she would have never of came. It wasn't that she was lazy. It was that her arms and legs, and her whole body had hurt from the night before.

The woods had started to come to an end and a house came into view. Tohru sighed at relief when Kyo pointed and said that was the house. All she could here was the little chirping of birds. She was sure that if Kyo's whole family was going to be there it would be some what loud. Not that Kyo was loud or anything. But there was usually a lot of people in a family. But Tohru remembered Kyo telling her everything about his family on the walk here. All there names, and how many people there were.

She hadn't believed him till Kyo opened the door, and everyone in the small and clustered house looked there way.

All the noise stopped, and everyone just stared. All there eyes had been looking at Kyo, but the moment they saw Tohru they all looked her way and just stared. It was as if she was a ghost about to kill of them. A dead and awkward silence filled the room for a while until someone stood up and walked over to Tohru.

"Hi," the teenage girl said, and smiled softly. "I'm Kisa…" she said as if she had never met Tohru.

Kyo just stared. That was Kisa? It had been at least four years since he had last seen her. But wow had she grown. She still had her yellowish eyes, and light brown hair. Her hair was still in the same style, only a little bit longer. And she was tall, very tall and slender at that. She had looked very happy, and healthy as well. Kisa had become a very pretty girl.

Then someone else stood up and walked over to Tohru to greet her.

"hey…I'm Hiro, Kisa's friend…"

Once again Kyo just stared as Tohru said hello to Hiro. Now that last time Kyo had seen Hiro he would have mistaken him for a little 3rd grader. But not now. His hair had gotten darker, and longer. His eyes were almost black from how dark they had become. And boy did he have some muscles on him now. Hiro was defiantly a guy every girl would want.

"hey, I'm Haru." Haru said, greeting Tohru as well.

Haru hadn't changed much. He hadn't looked any different at all actually. Only his height had changed, and the color of his hair had gotten darker. But other then that, he still looked pretty much like Haru.

Then Kyo watched as Rin got up and greeted Tohru. Rin's hair was longer then before, and she was a little bit taller. She was still slender, but instead of having a mean look to her, she looked some what happy and peaceful.

Then came Ritsu. Kyo had expected Ritsu to be dressed in girl clothe, but amazingly he wasn't. He had boy jeans on, and a guy shirt. His hair was not long anymore, it was just an inch or so longer then Kyo's. And he had even gotten taller.

Kazuma, Hatori, Shigure, and even Yuki didn't look much different. They had all looked the same. But who came next to greet Tohru had put Kyo into a daze.

Kagura stood to her feet and smiled happily. She was in a skirt and a tank top. She had long brown hair that hung a little past her elbows and her eye colored had changed to a nice pale green. Kyo was shocked. He couldn't help but think of how beautiful Kagura had grown since he last saw her.

After getting over Kagura's wonderful figure and how she looked Kyo looked around the room more closely. Where was he? The one who hadn't greeted Tohru yet. Momiji, he was no where in the small and now very cluttered room. Kyo looked around more closely maybe he couldn't see him threw everyone. But then everyone had sat down and Kyo still couldn't find him. I mean, how could you miss Momiji's bright blonde hair and the fact that he dressed in girl clothe?

After being in the house for about 20 minutes Momiji had finally made his appearance. Kyo looked at him, and the first thing he noticed was the way he looked. Man had he grown tall. He had been taller then Tohru, and his hair was now a dirty blonde color. His eyes had changed to brown, and he was not dressed in girl clothe. He dressed more like Kyo now. He had also become very hansom.

Then Kyo looked up at him, and noticed something weird. His eyes were sort of red like he had just been crying.

Momiji looked around the room and when his eyes met where Tohru was sitting his mouth dropped open, and he just stared.

Tohru looked up and over to Momiji. She immediately stood up and walked over to him.

"Why hello.." she said kindly. "I don't think I've met you yet…" she said faintly.

Momiji's eyes narrowed, and he turned around reentering the kitchen.

Tohru just stood there dumb faced and not knowing what to do. Kyo was the first to stand to his feet, and when he did he didn't go to Tohru but to the kitchen where Momiji had entered.

"What's your problem you little punk?" Kyo questioned as he saw Momiji sitting down at the small table.

"How could you bring Tohru here after all this time Kyo?" Momiji asked, his anger becoming worse.

Kyo narrowed his eyes and walked up to Momiji.

"You might have gotten older Momiji, but that doesn't mean that you cant say hello to Tohru!"

"I don't care about her anymore! Its obvious that when she made her choice in forgetting about us she wasn't caring either."

"Of course she was caring!"

"Then why did she do it Kyo? Answer me that…why? And now she's just going to magically come back into all of our lives after four years. I don't think so…"

That was it, Kyo couldn't take it anymore. He was fed up with Momiji's attitude. He grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pulled Momiji closer to him.

"She cared…that's why she did it…" Kyo said. "You have gotten older Momiji, be a real man and don't think like that."

Momiji let his eyes narrow more then they had already. He lifted his hand and brought it down on Kyo's making Kyo let go of his shirt.

"And if I have grown up, then that means I get to make my own choices, doesn't it? I'm not that little happy shrimp you knew four years ago Kyo! I've changed. The way I thought about Tohru has changed as well, and I want it to stay like that. You or no one else is going to change my mind about it.."

Momiji stormed past Kyo and in an instant he left the house, with not a word to anyone.

"He's changed a lot since everything has happened. I suggest you just leave him alone,"

Kyo turned to see Yuki standing in the door way of the kitchen, his head bowed down. He wasn't happy at all. Kyo was able to here it from the tone of his voice. Maybe bringing Tohru to Shigure's house was a bad idea after all.

"Yeah, but…" Kyo paused and looked over to Yuki's side. Tohru was standing there, just waiting for Kyo to finish. It was as if she knew what they were talking about. But she didn't.

"never mind…" Kyo said, pushing his way by Yuki and Tohru.

"Why do I feel like I am the cause of all this," Tohru said looking up at Yuki.

"No, none of its your problem." Yuki said with a fake smile on his face.

He to was feeling the pain in his heart of seeing Tohru and knowing that she hadn't remembered him at all.

"Yuki was it?" Tohru asked.

"Yeah…"

"Yuki…can I ask you a question…"

"Well you already did, but go ahead…" he said gloomily.

"Why do I feel like I no you?" she asked, making Yuki look down at her.

"Maybe you've just seen me somewhere once before. And you remember some part of it…" Yuki said.

"No…I" Tohru stopped when she heard her name being called. It was Kisa. And Tohru had quickly responded to her calling . She turned around not finishing what she was going to say to Yuki and left the kitchen to go and see what Kisa wanted.

Kyo went outside and headed to the spot that had always seemed to sooth him best. The roof. Even now after all these years it seemed like the best place for Kyo to go and just think things over. But, he felt as if he was missing something. It was her, Tohru. She would always come up on the roof and keep him company. But she wasn't here to do that now. Well, that's at least what he had thought.

Tohru needed some air. She needed to get out of the clustered house, and get some room to herself. She had decided to go outside, and when she did she had seen Kyo climbing up the side of the roof. She didn't want to go up there and follow him at first, but then eventually she just wanted to see why he was up there.

She climbed up on the roof, and waited as Kyo looked to his side and noticed her standing there. She smiled softly and went to go and sit next to him. She looked up at the stars, and then back down to Kyo. She opened her mouth to speak, but then stopped.

Ok everyone, sorry for the long update. And yes i know this chapter was boring...i had to force myself to type it. But i think that the next chapter will throw you all off...and...i think you will all like it. i was going to make this chapter do it, but i noticed that i needed to end it cause it was getting very long...so im sorry for the long wait...and thena very boring chapter...but please r/r the next chapter is going to be good...promise! Oh, and thansk to all my old reviewers...and new ones as well!