Gomone! I know, I know, I took forever! I've been reading a lot of manga lately and haven't had time.
By the way, have any of you, excluding Sacchi, read 'Mars'? cause It's really good. You guys should try it, even if it doesn't look like anime.
Recap of Last Chapter:
I don't know if you know this Mrs. Sohma, but according to this," She said, flipping through the clip board, "This girl you got here woke up while we were examining her. She wouldn't talk to us, and we believe she may be traumatized. All she said was that she had no name and her whole family died in a ship wreck. Sadly, it looks as though she might never speak again. Many people who experience such tragedies at such a young age often end up killing themselves, later on in life."
Tohru turned to look at the girl sleeping with her arm across Shinju. Can one little girl hold that much pain? She wondered, and could Shinju, Yuki and I help her get over that? Everything just became more complicated.
If she became depressed would she bring Shinju down with her? Shinju was the delicate flower of the Sohma's. And if protecting her had driven Tohru all the way to San Francisco how far would she have to go to protect this nameless girl?
But one thing wasn't a question in Tohru's mind, everyone deserves a chance at happiness, and some, like this girl, deserve a second chance too.
End of recap:
Tohru sighed as she flipped through the dozens of forms she still had to read through and sign. Adopting a kid was a lot harder then it looked.
After talking to the doctor for a half hour Tohru managed to get the right forms to adopt the unnamed little girl. Then she had picked up Shinju, slowly waking her up, and grabbed the girl's (orphan will be referred to as 'girl' or 'the girl' for now.) hand, leading them both to another waiting room.
And now here she was, reading at least twenty pages of forms, all of which required a name for the adoptee. Tohru turned to stare at her two beauties, both of which were now awake.
"EEEKKK!!!" Shinju shrieked as the girl tickled her ruthlessly. The girl was smiling. And Tohru could stop think how gorgeous she looked.
"Shinju don't be so loud!" Tohru scolded lightly, then as a after thought she said, "Little girl, please come here for a second." The orphan looked up at her then slowly rose and walked over to her.
The girl looked so nervous that Tohru had to smile. "I wont bite you, I just need to know your name, could you please tell me?" The girl shook her head so violently Tohru was afraid it might fall off.
"Well, I need to know your name… Unless you want me to rename you?" The girl nodded her head once in agreement.
"Okay, I'll list some Japanese names for you and if you don't like them then don't do anything if you do like one then nod once." The girl nodded again, so Tohru started to name every name she could think of.
" Mai, You, Yui, Miaka, Taio, wait, sorry that was a boys name, um… Songo, Shinju, wait, I've already used that one…. Koharu, Kohaku." Tohru stopped. The girl was nodding vigorously again.
"Koharu?" She nodded.
"Koharu Sohma, it's a beautiful name. I don't know if the doctors talked to you or not Koharu, but I'm going to be your new mother, and little Shinju will be you sister. Are you happy with that?"
Koharu smiled so wide that Tohru marveled at how many teeth she had. Now that that was settled, Tohru began to fill out the rest of the forms as Shinju and Koharu played.
Two Hours Later
"TAXI!" Tohru called out, signaling one of the many big yellow cars over to her. She grabbed her two girls hands and hopped into the car.
"1242, Second street please." Tohru said to the driver, as the car lurched forward.
The girls sat one on either side of their mother. After another twenty minutes of driving, both the girls were getting tired, and it was almost 1:00AM. Both of them lay their heads on Tohru's lap, and every doubt and fear left Tohru, as she basked in their innocence, with only one thought.
'I must protect the both of them from all that's wrong.'
At The Front Steps To Tohru's Apartment Building
"Well I guess its time for bed girls." Tohru said to the two sleeping girls she carried, one in either arm.
She slowly walked up the steps of her building, being careful not to drop the her babies. After a moment she managed to wrestle her keys out of her pocket and open the main door into her grand apartment building.
Of all the places Tohru could have lived in, she liked her current home the best. The entrance was large and elegant, and the floors were white marble, and her two bedroom, second story apartment was even nicer, with a calming, Japanese theme,.
Even though Yuki wasn't there with her, when ever she entered her apartment, she always felt at home.
She carried the girls over to the elevator and got in. Twenty seconds later the cold, metallic, doors opened and Tohru walked towards her door, all the way at the end.
She fumbled with the keys for a bit, then managed to open the door, only to find the completely unexpected. She almost dropped the children when she saw the figure sitting at her couch.
The person turned to look at her, and smiled.
"Hello." Said a wonderfully familiar voice.
End Of Chapter….
Ohhh…. Who is it? Kind obvious to some, but you may be surprised. Hope you all loved it.