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A poor quality chapter again >>; But, the next one should be better, because it's full of unfortunate circumstances... you just have to put up with dramatic crap for this chapter. Yay! Anyways, this chapter is... so... OOC... it's not funny. But, you'll have to live with it, because I'm not re-writing it. -Chokes-

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Part Twenty: Memory

"What do you want to forget?" Hatori asked, concerned, as he turned on the light and got out his examining gear.

"... Kyo."

Hatori stopped, looking up at Shigure. What had Kyo done? Although, Shigure didn't return his gaze, he simply store at the ground.

What as he going to do? Hatori was stuck. Shigure was obviously going through some emotional breakdown – he'd seen almost the same thing with Kana, although she'd been slightly worse. Shigure, though, was the kind of person to hide his emotions until they completely overflowed – his body was fuelled by hidden emotions.

"Akito was right." Shigure said weakly, breaking Hatori from his thoughts, "I do want to forget."

Hatori turned around slowly, inspecting Shigure briefly. It was pretty obvious that Shigure's mental health was deteriorating right in front of his eyes. Did Shigure love Kyo that much? Had Kyo really done something that horrible, or was it deeper than that? Deciding that he shouldn't pry, Hatori walked slowly towards Shigure, placing an open palm on his forehead. "Alright." He said slowly, "Alright Shigure, if that's what you want."

Shigure smiled weakly, and Hatori began to gather psychic energy.

Outside, Kyo's heart seemed to have stopped beating – or well, he thought so anyway. He couldn't breathe. He couldn't do... anything! Shigure wanted to forget about them... about him, and Hatori was going to let him? Paling, Kyo forced himself to his feet – ignored his shaking knees – and leaped forward, ripping open the door the exact moment Shigure fell limp on the bed.

Hatori looked up at Kyo, temporarily forgetting the unconscious body of Shigure lying across the double bed. In all honesty, he was expecting Kyo to kick the shit out of him, and was completely surprised when Kyo turned around and simply ran away.

Kyo couldn't take it – he just wanted to run forever, and as far away from everybody and everything... so why did he run straight to the main house? Skidding to a halt, he looked up at the Japanese styled gates and questioned his logic. Finding no reason, he turned to leave, but his eyes fell upon a sight – Koda.

Koda, it seemed, was accompanying Akito for a stroll in the late evening... and Akito looked... happy? Did he even know what was going on? The look that Akito gave him when he was spotted answered his query, and made him seethe with rage.

"Look, Koda, it's your brother-in-spirit." Akito commented, basically floating over towards Kyo, he stopped just out of his fists reach, smiled, and tilted his head. "So, tell me, how are you Kyo?" Akito didn't wait for Kyo to reply, before he continued. "You feel terrible? What a shame."

He took a forward, and Kyo took a step back. Akito smiled, raising his hand to touch Kyo's cheek. "Did you really think that he loved you?"

Kyo began to sweat. Akito's tone of voice had completely changed. He was no longer talking happily, but he sounded sick.

"Did you really think that anybody would love a monster like you?" Akito leant forward, now whispering in Kyo's ear. "Nobody. Nobody loves a monster like you, you shouldn't have even thought about it." Tears prickled at the side of Kyo's eyes. "Everybody hates you. The one person you thought you'd ever love chose to forget you. The cat of the zodiac doesn't deserve happiness."

Akito smiled, mostly to himself; turned and stalked back to where Koda was, commenting on how lovely the flowers looked.

Kyo couldn't move. He couldn't even look at Koda, who had a surprisingly sympathetic look on his face. Akito... was right. Kyo didn't have the right to be happy – he was a monster! He realised that Koda thought the same way himself, and he was completely right.

Why had he given into Shigure in the first place? Why hadn't he just ignored the feelings all together until they went away?

Only when Akito rounded the corner of the nearest building followed by Koda did Kyo feel right to leave. Without hesitation, he set his destination, and ran to it.

He was an idiot! How could he have been so stupid? Cat's and Dog's Don't Mix!

Five minutes later, Kyo was ringing the door bell to Kazuma's Dojo.

Kazuma had been in the middle of his dinner, quite happily flicking through the different channels on his television to hide the disgusting taste of the food that he'd cooked for himself. The last thing he'd expected was for Kyo to ring the doorbell, and stand looking distraught on his doorstep. As he opened the door, his eyes falling on the boy, he said; "Kyo...?"

Before Kazuma had a chance to open the door fully, Kyo had thrown himself at him in a sobbing wreck.

Kyo hadn't cried like this in a long, long time. Heck, he didn't remember the last time he'd cried more than a single tear. But, now that Shigure had forgotten him, Kyo felt he could do nothing but cry.

Still standing in the doorway, Kazuma let go of the door handle, and wrapped his arms protectively around Kyo. "Kyo, what's the matter?"

Now looking at a nervous wreck of a son, Kazuma handed Kyo a mug of tea – only half full, in case he started shaking. "Now then," he said, sitting opposite of Kyo, "What happened?"

Kyo didn't speak for a moment, before saying rather quickly; "He – I – we – Koda – kiss – memory – gone."

It didn't make much sense, and who was this Koda person? He had no idea. So, scratching the back of his head, Kazuma said; "Okay, Kyo, try again. What happened?"

Kyo took a deep breath, and began to tell Kazuma the entire story.

"Shigure?" Hatori asked, waving his hand in front of Shigure's face, watching as the man blinked twice after opening his eyes, and moved away when he sat up.

"Where... am I?" He asked, tilting his head and looking around the room. "Is this the hospital? What am I doing here?"

"You had slight brain explosion." Hatori lied. "Yuki found you yesterday, unconscious on your bed."

"Wow... a brain explosion?" Shigure asked, scratching the back of his head, "Funny... I can't remember what happened yesterday... or the day... hey..." Shigure attempted to rack his brain for the missing information. "Huh? I can't remember!"

"That's odd." Hatori lied again, putting his hand on Shigure's forehead to feel for any kind of a fever.

"Hey, Hatori?" Shigure asked, tilting his head away from Hatori's hand. "Am I missing some kind of organ or something?"

"No, why?" Hatori blinked, now getting out his stethoscope.

"It feels as if something is missing."

"..."