A New Beginning

By Sunshine Usagi

Chapter 4 What Cute Animals

By the time everyone got home Hatori and Akito had arrived. Shocked by the news that Tohru was starting to remember things, Akito decided it was time to put his plans into motion. The entire time he was there he was very friendly towards Tohru, listening to her every word and offering to help her with the trays of tea and treats. All of the Shoma's were confused at Akito's behavior. He just smiled and kept paying all of his attention to Tohru, no matter how much it was killing him. He wanted to rip out her hair and scratch up her face, while beating her viciously. These thoughts were the only thing that kept him sane through the entire visit.

Finally Hatori decided it was time for them to go. He said his goodbyes and tried to usher Akito out the door but Akito just slipped right by him and up to Tohru. "It was a pleasure meeting you Miss Honda." He poured on the honey and kissed her hand, knowing full well it would take forever getting her nasty germs off him. Tohru blushed. "Thank you sir." "Please call me Akito." "Ok, it was a pleasure meeting you too Akito." For some reason his touch made her skin crawl and his name and voice made her want to flinch. Once Hatori and Akito were gone, Tohru cleaned up all of the dishes, said goodnight, and went to bed. She suffered from nightmares of Akito that night.

Kyo silently crept into Tohru's room to make sure she was ok. He hadn't been able to sleep and the constant noises she made weren't helping either. As he crept closer he could see that she was having a nightmare. Her blankets were wrapped around her body and she was tossing and turning, all the while, moaning. "Tohru." Kyo gently shook her causing her eyes to fly open and sit up. Tohru started crying, shoulders heaving. "It's ok Tohru. It was just a dream." Needing comfort Tohru caught Kyo by surprise when she hugged him. POOF! There was a puff of orange smoke and Kyo disappeared, only to be replaced by his cat form. Tohru screamed, waking up the rest of the house.

Once everyone had gotten to her room, they got the chance to witness her remembering something. Once her spell was over she remembered everything about Kyo. That's when it clicked in everyone's mind, they needed to TRANSFORM in front of her for her to remember them. So Yuki and Shigure both hugged her and transformed. Tohru was doubled over in pain as she slowly remembered them too. When it was over Tohru collapsed, exhausted and cuddled the cat, rat, and dog to her as she fell back asleep. This time she dreamt about Kyo, Yuki, Shigure, and her mother.

"Oh Mom, how could I have forgotten about you. I shouldn't have forgotten no matter what had happened to me." Tohru knelt in front of her mother's grave as she left a small dish of her mom's favorite food on the headstone and lit some incenses. She did all the proper motions to honor her mother. She slowly stood up even though her legs complained from sitting there for hours. "I love you Mom and I miss you so much." Tears threatened to fall so she took her leave. That's when it began raining, as if the sky was crying just for her.

"We should throw a big party so that everyone can transform for Miss Honda." Yuki suggested. "That's a stupid idea, kinda like the stupid rat!" Kyo spat. "I think we should have a big battle and the winner, who will be me of course, gets to take Tohru out on a date." Once again they are in ghost form as Kyo has a determined look on his face, holding up a fist; Shigure's smirking in the corner and Yuki's rolling his eyes. Realizing he said too much, Kyo quickly clamped his hand over his mouth. Yuki, of course, brushed it off like it never happened. "That is the worst idea I've ever heard, you dumb cat." "It's not a bad idea, you're just afraid that I'd beat you." Kyo smirked with a challenge glowing in his eyes. Yuki chose to just ignore it as he planed the party. When Yuki had left the room Shigure started singing. "Kyo and Tohru sitting in a tree, K.I.S.S…." that's as far as he got before a book slammed into his head, knocking him out.

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