Update time! I have decided to continue with this story…and change the summary. Maybe even the title! But that is where I need you guys…I am really bad at titles. Oh well. I guess I will have to come up with something. But Anywho, for now it will remain Forgotten Birthday until I come up with the changes. I WILL warn you ahead of time though, because I don't want any of you to stop reading it. So I will tell you what it is going to be called before I change it…and if you still can't find it, just click on my name and look under stories authored. This should be the only one up there, for now. winks

Disclaimer:

Shigure: You don't own me! gets naughty look in eyes but I could let you!

Me: mwahaha! I shall use you to conquer the world of Furuba!

Shigure: o…ok. But you have to be a high school girl!

Meetings

Tohru's eyes fluttered open and she looked around the living room. Hatori had suggested that she sleep in here because it would be difficult carrying her up and down the stairs in the mornings. She spotted her crutches and made her way towards the hushed voices coming from the kitchen.

"Could you just try?" Shigure said pleadingly. She heard someone sigh, which she recognized as Hatori.

"I can try, but I can't make any promises," Hatori replied wearily.

"Thank you Ha'ri!" Tohru stepped into the kitchen to see Shigure jumping on top of his tired friend and give him a huge hug. Hatori quickly brushed him off when he saw a very confused Tohru standing in the doorway.

"Ah! Our little flower has awoken! I was just discussing with Ha'ri here, some plans to get Akito to allow him to accompany you into the meeting. But we can discuss that over a delicious breakfast, that I ordered out for of course!"

Hatori placed a cup of tea next to Tohru who waiting attentively for Shigure to begin his long drawn out explanaion. Shigure cleared his throat, as if he had to say something of extreme importance.

"You see, Flower. I have asked Hatori," he pointed to the dragon as if she didn't know who he was and Hatori just rolled his eyes, "to ask Akito if he can accompany you to the meeting. The reason will be that you are unable to get around by yourself and will need help."

"But I can walk just fine with my crutches!" She protested. She really hated taking up everyone's time with her stupid ankle.

Shigure held up a finger to silence her and smiled. "Ah, but here's the genius of my plan! Akito doesn't know that you are perfectly capable of taking care of yourself! So Hatori will be there to protect you if…erm…anything goes wrong." Shigure smiled widely and awaited the praise from his friends. 'I am too smart for my own good!'

"Shigure, stop smiling like you actually accomplished something important," Hatori said gruffly.

"Are you suggesting that our Flower's safety isn't important, Ha'ri?" Shigure yelled, standing up in mock anger.

"It pains me deeply to know that someone can be so cold! As cold as snow infact!" Hatori flinched ever so slightly at the words that Akito had once spoken to him. He had never told anyone of it, but it always reminded him of the situation with Kana. Shigure didn't notice the sad and hurt look in his friend's eyes, but Tohru did.

"Um…I think it's time for a refill of tea. I'll get it!" She began to stand when Shigure lightly pushed her back down.

"Don't worry Tohru! I'll get the tea for us!" He bounded off towards the kitchen like Tohru knew he would do and she whispered quietly so Hatori could hear her.

"You know he didn't mean what he was saying. I don't think you are cold at all," She said as she lowered her head. 'I do wish you would trust people more with your feelings, however. In a way he reminds me of Yuki, afraid to let people see what he is really feeling.' She added silently. Hatori lifted his eyes and looked at the girl who had changed everyone's lives and accepted them. He gave her one of his small smiles and whispered back.

"I didn't think that anyone ever really cared whether or not they hurt my feelings, because I was the one that caused all of their feelings to get hurt." The weary doctor rubbed his eyes when he remember how both Yuki reacted when he erased his friends memories. Tears threatened him when he remembered how Momiji cried when he found out about his mother.

"It must be hard for you," Tohru said noticing the distant look in his eyes, "but you can't think that everyone hates you. It isn't your fault you have an extra curse!" Hatori looked sad for the moment but quickly wiped his face clean of any emotion, when Shigure strolled into the room with a tray of tea.

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"Thank you so much, Hatori! I'm sorry if I caused any trouble." Tohru said, climbing out of the car with the help of Yuki. Kyo had already gone into the school without saying anything to anyone.

"It was no trouble at all," Hatori said with a little bit of a smile. 'I should be the one thanking you' He added silently as he watched Tohru wobble into the building with the help of Yuki.

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"What the hell happened to you!" Uo screamed when she saw her best friend come into the school. Tohru and Yuki exchanged a glance and he began to explain. "Well...you see-"

"I tripped and fell down the stairs at the resort." Tohru finished and Yuki's jaw dropped. He had never imagined Tohru lying, especially for their family's sake. 'It's amazing the things she does just to protect us.'

Uo ignored any explanation and protest Tohru had as to why her ankle was broken. She was furiously seeking to find Kyo and beat him into pulp.

"Uo! Why do you want to find him anyways? He had nothing to do with my ankle," Tohru pleaded with her friend, who was known to be violent. Hana followed behind the silently but would occasionally look around as well.

"You would think that disgusting orange hair of his would be easy to find!" Uo said furiously. Then…she spotted him and ran ahead of Tohru who was struggling with her crutches.

"ORANGE TOP!" Uo yelled at the top of her lungs, causing Kyo to jump about a foot in the air. He shrugged away from her and muttered, "Leave me alone, Uo." She stopped dead in her tracks when he said her name. He never called her anything but Yankee! 'What the hell is wrong with him?' She continued to run to catch up with him.

"What happened to Tohru's ankle?" Uo asked quietly, more scared of a calm Kyo than a vicious one.

"Why don't you ask her? Unless you are suggesting that I did it." Kyo walked calmly into the boys bathroom and Uo went back to Tohru bewildered.

"What's wrong with him?" She asked a panting Tohru confusedly. Tohru lowered her eyes and took a deep breath.

" I really don't know," she said in a hushed voice. "He hasn't talked to me at all today. I think I made him mad." The fire that had been put out by Kyo's calmness returned to the Yankee's eyes and she punched the wall beside her.

"He has no reason to be mad at you! When he comes out of that bathroom, I'll kill him!" She declared harshly which made Tohru flinch. Just then, the bell rang and Uo was forced to move away from the bathroom and help Tohru get to class on time.

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At break, Tohru's friends led her outside to sit in the sun. Haru and Momiji came over and Momiji looked very excited.

"Tohru! Can we all sign your cast?" He asked, hopping up and down with a permanent marker in his hand.

"I'd love that!" Tohru replied, her usual smile returned to her eyes as all of her friends signed her cast with the marker. Kyo watched all of this from the roof and sighed to himself. 'This is not going to be easy…'

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Hatori drove up at exactly the time Tohru exited the school.

"Where's Kyo?" He asked looking behind her. She looked down at her feet as he got out to help her into the car.

"He uh…went to the dojo I think." Hatori nodded knowingly and climbed back into the driver's seat now that Tohru was safely buckled up. 'Akito must have said something to him. He hasn't been right since that trip…'

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"Mr. Sohma? Hatori and a guest are here to see you. But Hatori requests that he see you for a moment before you begin with your appointment." Akito smiled at the obviously scared maid. He said in a low voice, "That's fine, send him in."

Hatori walked calmly into the room, whose walls held many painful memories. He kneeled before Akito and began his request.

"Akito? Miss Honda's ankle is badly broken and it will be another month before the cast will be ready to take off. She has been struggling to get around and I think it would be wise for me to stay in here with her so I can get her settled in," Hatori rushed, stumbling over a few of his words. Akito always made him nervous.

"If you are so worried about her," Akito said drawing really close to the dragon, "then why, may I ask, did you leave her outside alone?" Hatori tried to look as if it meant nothing to him but he knew that if he upset Akito any more than something terrible could happen to Tohru.

"Fine, you may stay in the room with her. She is a weak little thing and it would be awful if she were to further harm herself," Akito said coldly but smiled when the dragon left the room. "Yes, it would be a real shame." He whispered to the cold, dark room.

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Man! I have gotten a lot done today! I started writing another story, which is going to be more humorous, AND I finished this chapter! GO ME! Lol. So…here's to my fantabulous reviewers!

SladesDaughter: flourish! Hehe, you funny! Lol

Ixilight: HAHAHAHAHA! The funny thing is…I would have written about that too! I was reading your review off of my cell phone and I saw the line "Speaking of Shigure, the other day in my english class, we were supposed to do "free-association" with the word flower." and I immediately busted out laughing (earning me a few stares) before I even knew for sure that that is what you wrote! Hehehe…

Dolphindreamer: WELCOME TO FANFIC! Lol. I just started getting into it a few months ago. I will try to put more Yuki in! The next chapter I promise! (I feel kinda bad that I have been ignoring him. In the next chapter you will find out what he got her for her birthday though! And it might even have some Yukiru fluff! But that doesn't mean that that is going to be the pairing! I still haven't decided on which pairing yet.)

SpiritAnime: I KNOW! It's terrible the things we must write just to keep people interested! Lol

Jasuu-chan: DON'T DIE! I never knew that I could cause health problems! Dude! I have power!

Dark Inu Fan: Yep, Katrina sucked arse. But my family is trying to help with people as much as possible. I meant to put in about the crutches a couple chapters ago…I guess I just forgot. But thanks again for the reminder!

So till next time! Saki