Pretty quick update, ne? :3
"I know you're there. Come out." he said in his usual monotone, glaring outside. A sigh escaped the boy's lips as he reappeared in the doorway, leaning against the side.
"Roku she isn't a child anymore. You shouldn't stalk her like this." Hatori said, scribbling something down in his notes.
"Hn. Says the one tracking all of her movements."
Hatori simply rolled his eyes.
"It is for the safety of all families. Yours and the Sohmas."
"Are you all still peeved at what happened all those years ago? Hatori, it's ov-"
"Over? I've heard of Aku's plans to rid Tohru of any happiness that she has as of now."
Roku stayed silent, confusion filling his eyes.
"Giving her back that memory." Hatori said grimly.
The air was still and silent as they sat beside a tree, the chilly air signaling snow was soon on its way.
"Did you know Hatori can barely see out of his left eye?" Momiji suddenly asked, looking down at the cold ground.
Tohru stayed quiet. Not understanding how to respond to such a personal question.
"Cause he use to have a girlfriend once. Her name was Kana. They knew each other in school, and she became his assistant I remember her really well, and she was really nice. When she discovered the zodiac secret, it didn't even bother her! She just...laughed about it. Like it was no big deal."
"They were gonna get engaged... but when they told Akito, the head of the family... he got really, really angry. And he wasn't going to allow it. Akito, he has a really bad temper, and I guess it got out of control. That's when he hurt Hari's eye."
Tohru's eyes widened, and a quick pain came into her head, causing a small headache.
"Hatori didn't blame him...but, Kana blamed herself. She convinced herself that getting Hari hurt like that was all her fault. She continued to blame herself until...it gradually started to eat up her soul. So...Hari did the only thing he could do."
"He erased her memories."
"They loved each other a lot. He couldn't bear to watch her kill herself slowly and painfully for him. So he made her forget...everything. He made them forget that they had ever been in love."
Thoughts were swirling around Tohru's brain, each one more difficult to grasp than the next.
"Kana left. Hari cried. And even during all of that...he never once blamed Akito."
The only thing Tohru could say as tears started to fill her vision. The only thought that her mind could fully wrap around.
"Why?"
"Well...because that's the curse. At least I can understand a little bit of what he feels. And from what Hari said to you...you can to. Right?"
"He doesn't want anyone else to get hurt like Kana did. He doesn't want you to be hurt like she was."
During his talk, Tohru's shoulders started to shake. As he continued further, sobs escaped her, and she covered her eyes, trying to stop the rapid tears flowing down her cheeks.
Momiji heard this and looked over his shoulder, his orange eyes widening. "Tohru, did I make you cry? I'm sorry. I'm really sorry Tohru."
Tohru shook her head, trying to stop herself from coughing. "N-No that's not it. I-It's just that...I was so worried about coming here. A-And the whole time...h-he just wanted to-to help me. And...and he was kind to me. But...but after all he's been through...he's the one that deserves kindness. Not me."
A small smile and warmth flittered over Momiji before he abruptly stood up. "I'll go get us something to warm us up, ok?" as he stood up to run away.
A deathly silence filled the room as Hatori took a step back. Thinking he heard enough, he started to walk away.
"Hey, it's snowing! I just knew it would snow today! My senses are never wrong." as she turned around, she stood face to face with Hatori, her crystal tears at the brim of her eyes.
"I'm sorry...I guess I still don't know a lot about the Sohmas. And-"
"And there is no reason that you should. Forget everything that Momiji told you."
"Does...does that mean you've forgotten everything about her...Hatori?"
"It's...all in the past now."
"I'm sorry." she quickly squeaked out, turning to face him.
"There's no reason that you should be. I do still speak with Kana from time to time. But that's all. Now, I believe if you shall excuse me, I've said enough for one day."
"U-Uh...I'd really like to hear more, H-"
The moment she said those words though, her foot slipped on the slowly collecting snow, her head aiming for the rock inside the gravel. Hatori quickly reacted, and grabbed her hand, bringing her to his chest.
He quickly maneuvered his body so that they landed on the gravel instead of the rocks and Tohru's eyes then widened at the realization.
As dust surrounded them, the familiar pop was all that was heard, before a flustered Tohru reacted.
"H-Hatori?"
A flapping seahorse with a big bruise on it's forehead was all it took for Tohru to finally snap into it.
"OH MY GOSH WATER! NO, SEA WATER! Or was it fresh water...? OH MY GOSH, WHICH ONE IS IT?! HATORI!
"Here is your new work desk. Your chores are on the left." he said, putting a blue book on the table. "Now, my-"
"It's snowing! Oh, I knew it would snow! My senses are never wrong. Hey, Mr. Hatori, tell me, when the snow melts, what does it become?"
"Well, the natural answer is water of course."
"Buzz buzz, wrong silly! It becomes spring!"
:D
"Here's your hot chocolate."
:D
"OH MY GOSH, HATORI, YOU BECAME A SEA HORSE! Wait...SEAHORSES NEED WATER! FRESH WATER, OR SEA WATER? I DON'T KNOW, HATORI!"
:D
"If you threw a normal seahorse in there, it would probably die."
"I was shaken up! Sorry...but at least, I now see the reason why you don't hold me."
:D
For the first time in my life, I felt as if...I was allowed something. As if, the world had finally gave me mercy.
I cried.
I couldn't stop the tears.
:D
"Kana and I wish to be married."
Silence engulfed the room before a pot flew at his left eye, blinding him.
"NO! I WON'T ALLOW IT!" Akito yelled, glaring harshly at him. Suddenly he stopped, kneeling down on one knee. "Hatori, what's wrong?"
Suddenly he glanced up at Kana, who's eyes were wide.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
Shigure slid open the door, quickly understanding the problem. "Akito! HATORI!"
"Do you think you could lift the Sohma curse? DO YOU?"
"Quickly, Kana, get Hatori and run out of here!" Shigure yelled as he held back Akito's flying fists as he continued to yell.
"DAMN IT, LET GO OF ME! YOU ARE WORTHLESS! NO ONE CARES ABOUT YOU KANA! IT'S YOUR FAULT! IT'S YOUR FAULT! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!"
D:
No matter what I did, no matter how hard I tried...each time I tried to comfort her, she collapsed into tears. Until finnally... her grief started to consume her.
D:
"Hatori...I'm so glad to have met you."
D:
She broke down into tears as he held her hand. "Hatori...please forgive me. I...I couldn't...protect you."
D:
It was... me. Who couldn't protect her.
D:
"And I'm even happier to have fallen in love with you."
D:
And that day...I agreed. That I would forever become winter snow, so that our dream...would never melt.
DDDDD:
"Kana..if there is someway that you could help them. But... I'm glad to have met the Sohmas. I don't regret it. I can't even imagine what would happen in my life without them."
Hatori's eyes slowly opened at the sound of her voice his ears listening into her conversation with the immobile picture.
"I'm sure you must have felt that way once to, Kana. So...if there's anything you can do to help Hatori, than please-"
Suddenly, her sensitive ears caught the sound of rustling fabric and she quickly turned around to see a barely covered Hatori.
"OH MY GOODNESS, I swear I didn't look, but I couldn't leave you out in the cold like that to freeze, so I dragged you up here, even though I probably slipped a few times and bonged my head. After that I covered you with my coat, and-and-and I know it's dirty and all, so I'm sorry, but like I said, it was all I had-" she said quickly.
"Did you see it?"
Her face heated up into a whole other shade as her pointy ears and bushy tail popped out from embarrassment.
"N-NO, YA SEE, I-"
"I mean my zodiac form."
"Y-Yes I did...and I thought it was really cute. It was pretty cool to see what animal you are. But more than that, I'm just glad you're okay."
"Tell me Ms. Honda. When the snow melts, what does it become?"
"It becomes Spring, right?"
Even if we have cold winters, and frosty blizzards, it's nice to know that Spring is always on its way. No matter how much snow there is, it's always going to melt. It always does.
"I'm home!" Tohru yelled, opening the door. As she walked into the living room, she saw the three boys soundly sleeping. Roku on the couch, Yuki on the table, and Kyo on the floor.
"With it heated, I guess it got a little too comfortable. It'll be dangerous trying to wake them up now. Why don't we let them sleep, hm?"
As Hatori packed up, preparing for bed, a neatly wrapped present sat on his desk, the green and red ribbons shining brightly in the dim light.
His curiousity peaked and he slowly walked to the package, a soft smile coming over his face as he saw who it was from.
Picking it up gently, as to not let any of the contents inside go to waste, he opened the cover, and was surprised to see a golden watch sitting inside.
"Merry Christmas!" the note said, a little fox paw as a signature.
A soft chuckle escaped him and he looked up towards the snow.
"You truly are Kyoko's daughter."
YOU REALLY THOUGHT I WOULD END IT HERE? WHY... THE THOUGHT OF IT MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE!
"WAKE UP, IT'S CHRISTMAS TIME!" Roku yelled, jumping on the bed.
"Oh my god Roku, I swear if you don't stop jumping on my damn bed, I will break your legs." Yuki groaned. In the middle of the night, Yuki had accidently toppled over Kyo, causing them to both awaken, and mentally decided to go to their room.
"Be lucky Tohru didn't do it."
As Roku rounded them up, Tohru was groggily getting up.
The four males walked downstairs to find the room completely redone. The walls were red and green, a bright christmas tree sat in the middle of the floor, sockings and 4 presents sat under the tree. Cookies and milk that were still warm sat on the table as 'breakfast' and crayons littered the table.
Tohru had fallen asleep again while everyone (but Roku) were surprised by the sight.
"She used up all of her energy to get her magic to work. Than, she spent all night learning different kinds of spells from, ME and then she got to work." Roku's voice quieted down as a small smile light up his pale cheeks.
"This is the first time she's ever worked so hard to get a good Christmas. Probably her first happy Christmas since our mom died."
Yuki and Kyo went to the couch to see Tohru with sweat on her face, her hands looked charred, as if something had burned them multiple times.
"And don't worry, the house will go back to normal once today is over. Tohru's magic will make sure of that."
"Wow...I never-" Yuki started.
"Who knew..." Kyo said in amazement.
"Well, sadly we must wake up Tohru if she wants to celebrate this lovely Christmas with us." Shigure said, clapping his hands.
"It was really sad too. She didn't even remember what to put in the socks at first." he said with a sigh. "She just...winged it. But anyway, enough sappy talk."
Roku walked up to Tohru, and place a single finger on her forehead. He closed his eyes and concentrated. Suddenly, Tohru was on the wall at the other side of the room, her eyes wide with fright.
" THAT GETS YOU EVERY SINGLE TIME!"Roku said, tears of mirth now sprouting in his eyes.
"What did you do to her?" Yuki asked confusedly.
"I gave her a vision of me pouring cold water on her as-" Tohru had suddenly launched herself at him. The two were now tumbling across the floor, each pulling and kicking each other.
"Well, at least we know it'll be a Merry Christmas!" Shigure said happily.
WWWAAAASSSSSUUUUUPPPPPPPP.
Yeah, I was bored today. Very, very bored.
Like, not even beating up my older cousin could cheer me up.
SO, I DID THE ONLY RATIONAL THING ANY HUMAN BEING THAT HAS THE NAME OF MINE COULD DO.
I WROTE A CHAPPY!
After I finished this one, I'm going to upload 'She Feels It Now' and 'Again?'.
Anyway, the bonus question of last chapter was, 'Who was in the photo?' the answer was~
Shigure, Hatori, Kana, and Ayame.
If you got even one of them, you won! :D
CONGRATS TO THE WINNERS!
SakuraHarunaFan
Mew-Star-Mew
Abby
Nkaura-Ruto-La
ShadedStarlight0
anonymusblader123
RRRRREEEVVVVIIIIEEEWWEERRRSSS CIRCLE! :DDD
lizlovestoread 7/18/13 . chapter 19
I was so happy when you updated! I was like "FINALLY!" so i rushed to my computer and read it as fast as I could, I'm excited for the next chapter and absolutely cannot wait!
Well than, how does it feel to only wait TWO DAYS for the next chapter! :DDDDD
SakuraHarunaFan 7/18/13 . chapter 19
O_o dude if I had those dreams I'd be freakin out but this story is awesome update soon and I think the answer is Kana I think that's the girls name
Righty you are, the name is Kana! :DD
Mew-Star-Mew 7/18/13 . chapter 19
IN THE PICTURE IT'S KANA... Is that how you spell it? I have no idea, its that.. blonde... no... brown haired woman.. yep I think she's called Kana...
Why two months! I forgot what this story was about and I'm not bothered to read it from the start again!
Sooo really... I don't have more words to say...
Chow
I just copied off of your spelling. :3
crazy YinYang writer7 7/18/13 . chapter 19
I am sorry if I do not ever review the chapters for your story. I have a very bad habbit of mine (sorry for the misspells by the way). This story is awesome by the way. I agree with Sparklefaith6 by the way with how Yuki and Kyo not fighting in every single chapter. It kind of annoys me when a author does that, if they written a good story so far but ruin it for me with how Kyo and Yuki would fight way to much to be even them no more. At to me. *Is mindless petting Appa that I somehow gotten close enough to pet*
I review more when more comes to mind. *poofs out of sight like a ninja*
You review ish for meh?
I ish make more chappies for ish yu.
Abby 7/18/13 . chapter 19
I'm back and the person in the photo was Kana, Hatori's lover who had her mind erased by Akito... I hate her/him...
He's just sad and lonely cause he's gonna die early. ;~;
.laurent7/18/13 . chapter 19
This is AWESOME!
WHY THANK YOU! :D
Forget 7/19/13 . chapter 19
Why not watch Fairy Tail it's very good with the parring of NaLu (Natsu and Lucy) tell me what you think in the next chapter you write
What is it about? I'd be HAPPPY to watch ANY anime that you guys suggest. :D
Nkaura-Ruta-La7/19/13 . chapter 19
Ayame hatori kana momigi in the picture
I think Momiji would have been a bit young for him to be with Ayame, Shigure, and Hatori...BUT AWESOME GUESS THOUGH. :DDD
ShadedStarlight07/19/13 . chapter 19
I think that those in the picture are Hatori, Shigure, Ayame, Kana, and the girl that likes Hatori that dated Shigure whose name starts with an m I think. This story is really good.
I think her name was Mimi...thank you for your review! I always love it when I get reviews from those who were there since I first posted the story...
(THIS MEANS YOU ISH TO MEW-STAR-MEW)
You guys are like... V. to me. ;~;
nnxe ForeverKuran Kinomoto7/19/13 . chapter 19
Haha I find it amazing you can go from writing a reaaaally serious storeh then... The author notes xD just kidding I love when people do that it's like: I HAVE SEVED YOU YOUR DOOM! *manaiacle laughter and walks away* *remebers something and comes back* would you like pie with your doom? It's really good xD
I dont know I just want pie... Still... And yeah and... YUS XD did I say I like your story yet /lazy reviewer/ oh well... I LIKE YOUR STORY THANKS FOR THE UPDATE! I LIKE CAPS WLAAAA! Haha ja neh!
Jinnxe
OH, OH, MAKE IT PUMPKIN PIE! I LOVE PUMPKIN PIE WITH MY DOOM! :DDDD
anonymusblader1237/19/13 . chapter 19
awesome new update! plz write more! and i think the person in the picture is Ayame!
Hohoho, did you get your wish? :D
the-writing-vampire7/20/13 . chapter 19
Interesting. I enjoy how you have it to where Tohru is having some real crazy stuff happen around her.
Just wait for the last chapter...just wait...
RealDiePie7/20/13 . chapter 19
Jeez girl... Awesome story! I'm suuuuuuuuuuuper exited to see the next chapter! One thing that I loved about the story is that it's easy to understand (since I'm from Brazil) and at the same time it demands our brains to work a lot. Soooo... keep posting please I beg you!
Oh my gosh, I thought you were PewDiePie for a second. I was about to literally glomp you, print out your review, and hang it in a special place within my messy room.
BUT GETTING REVIEWS FROM YOU GUYS IS LIKE, EQUAL TO GETTING REVIEWS FROM PEWDIEPIE.
THEY. ARE. ALWAYS. AWESOME.
Remember.
The famous quotes directed at one of Kitty's epic reviewers~
You review ish for meh?
I ish make more chappies for ish yu.
BUT, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE. UNTIL NEXT UPDATE, I'LL SEE YA THEN FOLKS!
Chow!
~Kitty ish OUT!
