- Chapter 6 -

- Meeting Tohru -

Enjeru laughed to herself, it had been a long time since those memories had come up. Perhaps it was due to having too much time on her hands, or the lack of an intension span to do much of anything at that time. Whatever it was, it seemed she was excited to get away from the main house, though disappointed that she'd be moving away from Hatori. The memories had come from nearly daily visits from Yuki and Ayame, as well as a call from her mother. Enjeru had thought that her mother had either forgotten about her, or just didn't care any more. Though all she did was shrug and let it go. Her mother could never have any more power over her. Thinking back to the time when her mother exercised that power, Enjeru seemed like a vulnerable child, easily taken over by any person who was more assertive than herself. Causing her to be the smart, silent child in class, usually picked on and nearly always shaky. She cringed every time someone yelled at her and cried when they raised their hand to hit her. Girls always used her to get near Ayame, Hatori and Shigure.. And she hated it. But now that time was over. She had learned to be assertive, but only usually found that courage when she transformed. It was like a boost of power and grace for her and it allowed her that extra bit of confidence to speak her mind, or anything she really wanted to tell.

"Are you ready to go Enjeru-chan?" Hatori asked.

Enjeru jumped, not realizing that Hatori had come up. She looked to him and smiled gently as she nodded and reached up to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and held on as he looped one of his arms beneath her knees, and an arm around her mid back so that he could pick her up and carry her to his car. Enjeru giggled a little as he carried her, which brought a faint smile to his face. Though anyone could see how upset he was to let her live with Ayame instead of with him. But he figured it was for the best, due to Akitou living within a short walking distance from himself. Hatori lowered her into the car's passenger seat and shut the door gently for her before walking around the car and getting in himself. He drove to Ayame's home and spoke with Enjeru gently. It was small talk to cast a shadow over his sadness of her leaving. Though she didn't miss the look in his eyes that gave it all away. When she asked or said anything about it, he denied ever thinking anything like it.

She started to stare out the window, watching the people, animals and houses go by as they kept moving. She smiled a little, missing the feeling of a car, missing the ability to watch things go by as they drove on. She looked over at Hatori again and reached for his hand. He let his right hand drop into her left one and steered the car with his left hand. He glanced at her a moment and smiled, seeing how happy she looked. She grasped his hand reassuringly for a moment.

"It's going to be alright. Ayaa-nii will take care of me... He will, really. This is better, even though I'll miss you a great deal, I may have time to recover... I won't be within reach of Akitou-sama... and that way, I won't get hurt," Enjeru said gently, a hint of sadness in her voice.

"Enjeru-chan... I know this is the best thing we can do for you... But... I don't want to let you go," Hatori replied, squeezing her hand back.

They rode in silence the rest of the way to Ayame's home, parking a block or two before the house. Hatori turned to Enjeru, who leaned over and hugged him tightly. He closed his eyes and hugged her close, almost possessively, like a prized jewel he didn't want to lose. Suddenly, he felt her sob and he loosened his hug and tilted her head up to look at him. She was crying, tears rolling down her face.

"Oh Enjeru-chan.." Hatori whispered as he pulled her closer, hugging her tightly.

She grasped his shirt in her hands, balling them into fists as she bit her bottom lip. She was shaking, burying her face in Hatori's shoulder. He gently stroked her hair, tilting his head down so that he could whisper into her ear how she needed this, how she needed to be away from Akitou. How he'd miss her as well, and how she needed to just be strong. Though they sat there for a while like this, Enjeru soon calmed down and sat up, wiping the tears from her face. Hatori reached over and wiped a few of the tears away with his thumb as he whispered that he loved her. She whispered back just the same.

Hatori righted himself in his seat and started up the car again, going all the way to Ayame's home. Once he got there, Ayame burst out of the door in an intricately designed, long black coat, that was really a shirt, and matching pants. His hair was braided and laid on his shoulder. Enjeru nearly rammed her head against the dashboard when she saw him. Hatori calmly took Enjeru's wheelchair from the trunk of his car and set it up before helping her out of the car and into it. Once she was seated in her wheelchair, Ayame nearly tackled her with a firm, yet gentle hug. Hatori wheeled Enjeru up to the store, of which was the front for Ayame's home. Ayame began talking about how he'd decorated her room, and about some of the new clothes him and Mine made for her. Apparently Ayame was oblivious to the large sweat drop that appeared beside Enjeru's and Hatori's head.

Once inside of the shop, a high pitched female voice squealed, "YOU'RE HERE!"

"Oh god..." Enjeru had the time to whisper before the brown haired, maid dressed girl known as Mine nearly attacked her.

"Now Mine, let her settle in first. You don't want to scare her too badly," Ayame said with a smile.

"Can I dress her up, can I?" Mine asked excitedly.

"Ayame-kun, shouldn't you show Enjeru-chan around your home?" Hatori asked.

"Ah! Yes! We shall give you a tour!" Ayame exclaimed.

Ayame had successfully completed giving Enjeru a tour around the house, and Mine had attacked her with a dress, of which she wore now. It was black, and long sleeved and had a turtleneck form hugging all the way to her hips, where the dress flared out a little. Small outlines of hand embroidered dark red flowers on the skirt portion of the dress and the sleeves went down to the first knuckles of her fingers, hugging her skin. Mine had clipped a part of Enjeru's hair up in the front to keep her long bangs out of the way. When Mine wheeled Enjeru out of the room to the one Hatori and Ayame were in, Ayame kept whispering something to Hatori. A light blush came to Enjeru's cheeks when she saw Hatori.

Suddenly a knock came to the door and Mine rushed to get it, when she walked back in, Yuki, Shigure, Kyou and Tohru followed her. Shigure greeted everyone with his normal hello and received a disapproving look from Enjeru and Hatori, though Ayame acted as if nothing happened a few days before between any of them. Enjeru said hello to Yuki and Kyou and then inquired to who was with them, for she had never met Tohru before and only heard stories. Tohru introduced herself and Enjeru smiled at her.

"So you're the Tohru Honda I've been hearing so much about. I'm glad to finally meet you," Enjeru said gently.

Tohru blushed, seemingly flattered.

Enjeru glanced at Kyou, who looked extremely pissed, "Kyon-kyon what's wrong..?"

"Don't call me that!" He shouted back.

"You never had a problem with it when you were younger..."

"That was then!"

Enjeru cringed, and suddenly an empty clothes rack crashed to the floor. Tohru and Mine yelped while Kyou jumped. Yuki, Hatori, Shigure and Ayame just stared at Enjeru. Mine laughed to herself a little and mentioned that she was going to go set it upright. Ayame agreed to her doing so and asked Mine to go make some tea for them all. Mine complied and left the room without another word.

"Kyou, you have to be careful with your tone of voice around Enjeru-chan," Hatori said calmly.

"Are you trying to say that the crash was caused by onesan?" Yuki asked.

"Akitou-sama lifted the seal from her and now she can use telekinesis again."

"WHAT?" Several people shouted, which caused Enjeru to cringe horribly and the clatter of several racks falling could be heard from another room.

"I'll get it!" Mine's yell could be heard through the house.

"But... Akitou-sama took that power away to keep people save... If he gave it back to her, then that would mean that he trusts that she won't hurt anyone with it... right?" Yuki asked.

"I don't know why he gave it back to her, but he did, and she's learning how to control it again," Hatori said calmly.

Enjeru bit her bottom lip as her back heated up she hunched over and whined, "no... no... no, no... no. No!"

"Enjeru-kun..?" Shigure asked.

"Imotto, what's wrong..?" Ayame asked.

"Onesan..?" Yuki asked.

"Enjeru-chan, tell us what's wrong," Hatori asked her gently, kneeling in front of her.

"Get Tohru-san out of here..." She whispered.

"Why, what's wrong?"

Enjeru only let out a whine as she was shaking, she opened her right hand then slowly began to clench it and Tohru was gasping for air, as if someone was choking her. Kyou tried helping her while Yuki realized the connection with Enjeru clenching her fist and Tohru suffocating. Hatori realized it too. Enjeru whined and cried while Yuki and Hatori forced her hand into an open position and Tohru took in a long ragged deep breath while Enjeru was still shaking. She whined about Akitou controlling her, about how Akitou wanted Tohru dead. Then finally her body went still and she found herself leaning against Yuki, eyes closed in exhaustion, tears running down her cheeks.

Hatori left Enjeru for only a minute to check on Tohru, but once he saw that she was fine, no real damage done, they all decided that it would be best, if Tohru and Enjeru were not left alone in the same room. Or that Enjeru would be left alone at all. The situation was explained to Tohru and she said she understood, but no one was fully sure. So they left it alone, and Hatori took Yuki, Kyou and Tohru home while Shigure and Ayame spent more time together, Enjeru sleeping in her room while Mine worked on something for a customer. If first impressions mean everything... Enjeru didn't make such a good one.