CHAPTER 2: DINNER AND DISASTER
It's all dark and the Sohmas need to get ready for the dinner at Hatori's house. As well as Toru, she picks the most decent clothes she can wear and some hairstyle for her hair. When everybody is finished, they altogether go to the Sohma area.
Night time, the dark, shadowy place of the Twin Foxes is filled with cold air and cold emotions. They tell themselves that the obstacle in the Sohmas will end and will never come back…they seem to be talking about Toru. That night too, the twins dressed up and prepare for their grand entrance. Suddenly, someone knocked the door…
"Keiji, Koichi…are you there?" A smooth voice overwhelmed the darkness.
"Yes, my dear brother…Koichi and I will have to prepare for the big event…" A cold voice said.
"Keiji, Koichi, I forbid you to go out of this house until I said so"
"But my dear brother, your soul will be the key from the removal of the curse of this family…I, Keiji, as your descendant, let me be the one to erase the memories of that lady…She is an obstacle and she must be removed from our history…" Keiji Sohma, the younger sister of Akito, said with a cold, low voice, that fills the whole area with sadness and fear.
"Don't worry my dear Keiji. I will be alright. As your big brother, I must be the one to protect you. But you will bear my powers in the time my life is over. You will be my great descendant and you will be the one to hold the curse." Akito said.
"I know that dear brother, but my twin Koichi is with me, he will help me to remove that woman from our history. She has no place in our tree."
"Keiji, you don't understand. That woman helped me to fully understand that there is still hope for me. I won't die and unless you're here, my soul will be kept forever. But, we don't know when that time is. When the time comes, as I said, you will be the one to inherit it. For now, you must abide to my orders, and, even though you are my sister, I will grant you a curse that you will not forget." Akito said with no feelings at all. All he wants is to make his younger siblings to forget all the things he had told them. Likewise, he blames himself of brainwashing their minds. But, it seems that the twins don't care at all…
When Toru, Yuki, Kyou and Shigure finally arrived to the Sohma property, Momiji was the one who greeted them first. Toru was delighted. The 4 friends get inside and walk to the smooth, fertile soil of the Sohma property. Hatori smiled a bit when he saw Toru. Shigure saw the reaction in Hatori's face, he said,
"Hey, hey, hey…Hatori, what is the meaning of that lovely, blushing face you had in there?"
"Oh will you shut up Shigure. For the last time, I am not blushing." Hatori defended himself.
"Hatori, Hatori, Hatori, when you saw Toru, you got yourself blushing all the way." Shigure joked.
"SHIGURE! STOP IT WILL YOU!" Hatori is beginning to explode.
"Calm down Hatori. It's your night tonight so you better keep yourself clam okay?" Toru said with an enlighten, cheerful smile in her face.
Hatori did what Toru told him. He tried to be calm all the way at night. As the night progresses, and the dinner goes on, Toru suddenly remembers about her threat. She finally asks Hatori,
"Uhm, Hatori, can you just give me some advice from the threat I had."
"What threat? This is the first time I have heard a girl asking me for an advice about a threat. Come on, tell me."
"Actually, it's about two voices. Someone just called in Shigure's house a while ago, and when I asked them who were they looking for, they told me that my days will be over, that they will erase my memories."
Hatori is stunned. He doesn't know if he will tell about the twins. His mind is battling with two options; that he will tell Toru to go away or stay away from them or he will tell about the secret of the Sohma Twins. He is merely confused and doesn't know what to do. For the meantime, when everybody is silent, someone broke their silence. And it is Akito, Ayame, Rai and Haru. Akito greeted them a warm hello, and as well as Shigure, Yuki, Kyou and most especially Toru. The room was filled with sounds again. They keep on laughing, joking around and even pestering Hatori, Haru, Kyou and Ayame around. Akito spoke up,
"By the way Toru, I have heard about your threat. It doesn't mean that I literally put my ears up by the door, it's just that your voices are big. Take my friendly advice, just ignore the ones who just keep on pestering people on their homes via phone. Or maybe, you can put the phone down straight." Akito advised Toru and gave her a smile.
Toru was relieved. She knew that having Akito beside her will keep her company always, though Akito is a little bit snobbish and cold. Dinner is over, and its time for them to say goodbye. When Toru is going to the bathroom to have her feminine touch, someone broke into the windows, one corner of Hatori's house. Toru checks it up, but nothing was found there. She ignored it. By the time she was there, inside the bathroom, she heard strange voices that keep on telling to go out of the Sohma property. At first, she ignored it, but, time passes, she quits and run out of the bathroom. She went out pale and shivering. After that she saw two persons that has wings and said 'go away' and they disappear. From what Toru saw, she passed out. Akito catches her and tells the others that he will be the one who will take care to Toru. Shigure, Yuki and Kyou agreed and have their trust, and so the others. Everybody waved goodbye to each other and go home with a creepy experience.
Akito placed Toru in a well-lighted place so that when she wakes up, she will not be much petrified. He called Haru to take his place for while and he went to the twins' lounge. He saw his siblings in a form of an angel and their eyes are in raging red. Akito scolded them, most especially Keiji. Koichi defends his sister but it's no use. Keiji stops Koichi. Akito said,
"Keiji! What did I told you? I thought we had a deal?"
"I can't help it brother. I need to let my anger out from that dimwit woman. I can't take it anymore."
"But you know it's not yet the right time!"
"Brother, listen to Keiji. We both like to follow your footsteps, and literally, in our history, anyone who knows our secret must have their memories erased." Koichi defends his sister.
"Koichi! How dare you talk to me like that?"
"Brother, I know that I am kind of a useless thing to this Clan, but it doesn't mean that I will have no right to defend my sister."
Akito was astounded on what Koichi said. He somehow realized that Keiji and Koichi are twins that are made by fate and really made for each other. Suddenly, the two realized that Keiji has left the scene. Koichi knew how much anger Keiji keeps. Time passes, the two realized that it's the first crescent moon in April, and her powers are much stronger when its crescent moon. Akito and Koichi got alarmed and they have decided to search for Keiji.