Author comment:Please don't kill me!

"Y-Yuki..." Tohru stuttered looking at the familiar face. He looked the same. Same eyes, same hair, same smile, same build, same everything. Just like it was yesterday. He hadn't aged. He smiled at her kindly like there was nothing wrong and that he was happy to see her, but his eyes betrayed him. His eyes were deep and it felt like you were looking into his soul. As he looked away worry flashed over them as he shifted from one foot to another.

"I...I'm glad you're back," he said and turned away from her as he saw Kagura's eyes widened with excitement.

"Is Kyo here? Please say his is! KYO! KYOOOO," She called out in a desperate hopful voice. A muffled curse came from inside the house and the sound of barefeet smacking against the hard floor echoed out. They were getting farther away and at noticing this Kagura's eyes darkened and they squinted with anger. Taking off in a rage she busted ruthelessly through the house screaming for Kyo to come back.

"Miss Honda, would you be so kind to accompany me to the secret base?" he said uncertaintly. They had been standing in a awkward silence listening to the comotion from behind the house. Kagura's shouts were heard as loud as Kyo's wails to be set free. She seemed to have had no problem catching up to him.

"Yes! it would be my pleasure!" She said clasping her hands in front of her. She didn't have the heart to reject his offer. "..but, shouldn't we help them?" She asked pointing back to the house. Yuki had stepped down the stairs and looking back towards the house.

"He'll be fine." He said waiting for her at the bottom at the stairs. She hurried after him and they walked down the path in silence. She wanted to ask so much but she held back, stuffing them back deep into her throat. They neared the once small garden and Tohru's eyes grew wide with shock. It was now filled with more vegetables, many of them, and they all looked wonderful and healthy.

"Oh Yuki? Did you do this? Its wonderful! I bet they taste great. This must have took you so much time to do." She exclaimed looking at them in admire.

"I seem to have lots of time on my hands lately," he said squatting down next to a watermelon, fingering it tenderly he smiled, and motioned for her to come with him. Tohru hurried over and knelt down next to him. "Miss Tohru... I would like to explain, and I would be grateful if you would hear me out." He started and Tohru's heart melted in forgivness, even though he hadn't explained yet

"Well.." he began, "the day you left, that morning we recieved a letter from Akito. It read that if you did not leave by the morning you would surely die. We did it for you Miss Honda, we did not want you harmed. I did not mean to be so harsh, but I knew if I wasn't strict you would ask questions. We couldn't have you do this, afraid you would go to Akito. We wished you to live long, and would do anything for your safety. We hoped if We were mean you would hate us, and not mourn our loss, but I relized someone as kind as you could never hate us." He said rolling from the balls of his feet onto his bottom, ticking his feet comfortably under him before he continued. "I hope you will forgive us."

Oh! It wasn't because they hated me! It was because they cared for my saftey! How could i reject their offer? She thought to herself. "Of course I do! It would be wrong not to. You did it for me, so you must really care about me and...thank you," She said happily. And was more happy that he seemed it also

"Well then... shall we be heading back?" He said standing up, swatting away the dirt that had collected on his pants. Tohru nodded in agreement. She was eager to see Kyo and Shigure also. Standing up next to his they headed back down the path to the house. "So, how was it with your grandpa's home? Did they treat you right?" Yuki suddenly asked after a while as they walked.

She didn't know how he had known she had been at her Grandpa's house, but she didn't question him. "It was fine, it was really nice of him ot let me back in," she said looking at him. He didn't seemed convinced. He opened his mouth to say something else but snapped it back shut in hearing a voice behind them.

They both turned into surprise to see a boy on a bike yelling at them to watch out. Yuki didn't understand what he was talking about, but Torhu sure did. A newspaper was fly at her head at and undodgable speed, beaning her right in the middle of her head. Cutting her scream of surprise short she stumbled over backwards.

"Miss Tohru!" Yuki cried stumbling over to catch her. Grabbing her he softened her fall abit. But they still fell with a thud. Groaning she looked up to see him hugging before a loud pop could be heard.Turning o look up to where the boy was she only couls see him riding away hurridly. Good...He didn't see. She thought. She looked don to her stomach to see a miserable looking rat sitting on it on top of the empty clothes.

"Im sorry, Miss Honda," It apologized fiddling with its small hands before jumping off her onto the ground.

"Oh! Its all right! really, you just did it to help me!" She said quickly ready to turn away when he turned back to normal. She got up quickly holding his clothes over her right arm. They started to walk back, rather slowly for the rat's sake for having such short legs. Finally the pop sounded through the air and the purple mist clouded around the rat until it stood tall, facing away from Tohru.Yuki mumbled a curse as he stook his hand out to recieve his clothes he looked back finally to see a nervous wreck of a tohru staring straight at a tree sqeezing the clothes towards her.

"Um...Miss Tohru," he said in a embarrassed voice. Her sqeak of embarrassment was heard as she handed him his clothes in a fumble, her eyes closed. Taking them he walked in to bushes and put them back on.

"Its okay...I'm dressed now." He sais taking notice that she wasn't going to turn around on her own anytime soon. Tohru sighed with relief and turned around to see him standing there in wrinkled clothes. No doubt her fault for holding onto them so hard.

"I'm sorry! I forgot I had them, well I wasn't thinking and well I'm sorry!" She apologized quickly. Yuki didn't seem to mind though.

"Well, lets go, we are almost there." He said and walked on. Tohru quickly followed after him till she stood next to him. They finially reached the house. and Yuki opened the door for her politely, a small smile on his face. And for the first time in a while a smile tugged on the corner of her lips in return.