Tohru was running, running so fast that she couldn't feel her legs; they worked automatically and didn't seem to want to stop. She realized she was running in a forest now, she never been here before. Great, she was lost.

Though the thought of being lost crossed her mind, she didn't care. She just knew that if she stopped running they would catch her. She was so confused, so hurt.

'How could they hide this from me?' she thought. 'I trusted them…all of them.'

Her tears were trailing below her ears and falling back. She ran against the wind, her hair whispering behind her, a few leaves attached to the strands. She stumbled over a tree root, but recovered and kept running.

She could here the boys' calling her name, but they weren't too close. Their voices made her heart pound so loud it ached in her ears. She winced and kept running.

She switched her mind to her father. Makoto, that name she heard but once before; from a memory she thought she had forgotten, but Julius resurrected that name for Tohru. She had a flash back to when she was a little girl.

"Kyoko I can't talk to him, I can't see him. You don't understand what they would do if they find me!" Tohru's father shouted facing Tohru's mother.

The young woman looked at the man she loved with all her heart and tugged at his arm. "He will know what to do Makoto! He will be able to help us!"

He wrenched his arm away. "No! As much as it hurts to cut all my losses from that family, I will not contact my brother. We will figure this out on our own."

Unshed tears were in Kyoko's eyes and she placed her hands on his shoulders. "We only meant this to be temporary Makoto! We have to get Hatori to erase their memories! You don't belong to this family, you can't keep manipulating them!"

"I don't want to involve him Kyoko. He endangered himself once for me, I can't do that again." He slumped into his wife's arms and let out a wordless yell. "I know it was wrong to make the Honda's believe I was their dead son, I know this. I wish I could take it back, but I had to do it for us. If I go to their help, his help, they will find out about Tohru. They will own her; she'll have no will of her own! Do you want that?"

Kyoko frowned and comforted her husband. "No, I don't. I suppose you're right, the lesser evil is to continue this life we have created Makoto. I won't bring it up again."

At this time, the eavesdropping Tohru patted over to her parents in her footy pajamas, a teddy bear tucked in her arm. "Mommy, Daddy, why are you fighting? Did I do something wrong?"

Her parents turned to her, with glossy eyes. Kyoko swooped down to the child and touched her cheek. "No baby, you didn't do anything. You're father and I were just talking about family business. You should go to bed now…"

She started to turn Tohru around towards the exit when Tohru spoke, "Mommy, why'd you call daddy Makoto? That's not Daddy's name, Mommy."

Kyoko tensed and turned her daughter around gently. "You were listening to Mommy and Daddy's conversation?"

Tohru nodded. Kyoko sighed and bit her lip. "How much did you hear?" By now, Makoto was next to his wife.

"Well I heard only tiny things, Mommy. I was more worried about Daddy, he was crying. I was wondering 'What could make Daddy cry?'" She lied; she heard it all. Tohru took her teddy bear and held it out to her father. "Here Daddy, Cosmo will make you feel better tonight. He always makes me feel better when I'm sad."

Her father smiled at her and took the bear into his arms. He looked awkward holding the stuffed doll, but no one really cared. "Thanks Tohru. I'm sure Cosmo will make Daddy very happy, but Mommy is right, you should head off to bed. I'll tuck you in."

Tohru nodded and Makoto picked up his little girl and tucked her into bed, placing a loving kiss on her forehead before wishing her sweet dreams.

Tohru shook off the memory, a haze of her childhood. Her father died not to long after that memory. One of the few memories she cherished. Analyzing it now, the memory connected more pieces of the puzzle for her. Still she had unanswered questions that she feared would never be answered.

Tohru was still running in the forest, the voices of the boys faded long ago. Suddenly she heard rustling somewhere beside her and lost focus of what was in front of her. She tripped and hit something hard. The velvet darkness enveloped her and then nothing.

Tohru was warm and snug under layers of blankets. She blinked her eyes open and felt calm. Panic set in though once she realized she didn't know where she was. She sat up quickly, but had to lie back down because her body rejected the movement.

Her head was ringing as if someone had clubbed her over the head. Then she remembered tripping at hitting something hard. Who had found her then? How'd she get here?

"Tohru, you're awake. Good." Hatori was now by her side, placing a warm towel over her head. "You banged your crown against a rock."

Tohru stared at him. If what Julius said was true, this man was her uncle.

Hatori's shoes were muddy; his white doctor shirt was blotched with dirt and grass stains. Tohru spoke, though her voice was hoarse, "Were you the one who made noise out in the forest?"

He smiled, "I was out in the forest looking for you. I hoped to get to you before the others. I'm sorry if the cause of your fall was my distraction."

Tohru managed a weak smile. "I didn't know anyone even knew what was going on around here. I mean I didn't think anyone was aware we were being held captive."

Hatori frowned. "Everyone knew about Julius' mission, but no one is brave enough to stand against him. He is powerful Tohru and bad news. When I heard he was coming to town I felt some obligation to find you, but I hadn't known where the boys and you went. By the way, you guys could have let Shigure or me know where you were. Hell, you didn't even tell Haru or Momiji."

"I'm sorry." She still couldn't sit up damn her clumsiness. "I didn't want anyone to know where we were going because we were afraid it would leak out and get to Akito somehow. I'm sorry we made you guys worry."

He shook his head. "You were just being cautious Tohru. I'm more upset that you guys were found. I always knew Kaori was nefarious, but I didn't think she was as treacherous as she's proven to be."

"We trusted her and she betrayed us," Tohru was frowning now. She looked up at Hatori and wanted to ask him all about her father, but he spoke first.

"I heard Julius talk about him. You're father, my brother, Makoto." His face was blank, completely unreadable.

Tohru nodded. "Yes, Makoto. That wasn't what he called himself though."

"Yeah, Makoto was just as cautious as you. He covered his tracks well. When he fell in love with Kyoko, your mother, he was willing to do anything to be with her. When it came down to it, he chose her over us." A little bitterness came through his voice, but he caught it and pushed it back. "Makoto and I were close, but he didn't think leaving me an address or a name would be safe. So he moved out of our lives and made himself a new one. One with your mother and you." He smiled at Tohru now.

"Did you know who I was? Did anyone know?" Tohru finally was able to sit up. Point for her! She put the towel on the ground.

Shigure shook his head, "No one knew you were Makoto's child. No one even knew he bore a child. Some moments, however, you resembled my brother. I could never quite place the similarities; his face was so vague to me. But now looking at you, I can see it."

Tohru touched her head, not a good idea. Pain spiraled through her body and she swayed a bit. Hatori grabbed her shoulders and helped her lay down. "Don't get up Tohru. You're injured."

Tohru shook her head. "When I was young I heard my parents arguing. My mother called my father Makoto and they were talking about how he didn't belong, that it wasn't right to make the Honda's think he was their dead son. Is it possible to create memories, like how you have the power to erase them?"

Hatori tensed. "Are you sure of what you heard?"

"It is one of the few memories I have of him. Yes."

He sighed and shook his head. "Makoto had the power to do that. I was given the power to erase memories and he was given the power to create memories."

"Julius said that my father had a large power in him. Was that his only power?" Tohru was looking him in the eye, watching for all play of emotion.

"Makoto had greater powers than just memory creations, but he never wanted to know. Julius made it clear that he wanted Makoto, wanted his power. Your father thought that if he didn't use his powers that Julius would lose interest in him."

"But Julius didn't lose interest in him. Did he?"

Hatori nodded. "No, Julius did not. He forced Makoto into situations that would access his powers and make him use them. Makoto came back with serious injuries sometimes because he refused."

Tohru frowned. "Did he look for my father after he left?"

"For five years." Some memories flickered in his eyes, and then he continued to speak. "If you say your father made the Honda's believe that he was their dead son, then Makoto used his powers on them as well as mine."

Tohru was confused, and she must have looked it because he went on to say, "When you want to change someone's memories about a loved one, a deceased loved one at that, you need to help them forget about the pain."

"But wouldn't that mean you knew about where my father was?"

Akito shook his head. "Well I suppose so. I never knew Makoto to be able to pull something like that alone, so I had to of aided him in some way."

Tohru's head was now hurting from thinking than the actual injury. "So you're saying you helped my father?"

"Not sure. If what you say is true, then your father would have needed me to help him. After we succeeded, Makoto probably persuaded me to erase my own memories to forget about what had happened. He was so graceful with words."

"So you're saying that you erased my family, the Honda's memories and then my father put in new ones that allowed him in their lives. Then, he talked you into erasing your memory of the whole thing?"

He nodded. "Sounds silly if you think about it." She didn't want to think about it. "Actually now that I think about it, his whole disappearance was a bit unclear. One day he was there and the next, nothing. All his things were gone. I always figured he moved out when I was asleep. Nevertheless, I never could understand how he got all his stuff out in one night. Your father was quite the packrat. I guess this explains it."

Hatori sighed heavily, memories dancing across his mind. He missed his brother dearly.

Tohru realized that chatting up with Hatori was wasting her time to escape.

"How'd you get me here without Julius finding you? I mean you had to drag me here by yourself, it must have slowed you down." He froze and looked at her. "Wait, did someone help you?"

Hatori went for that neutral face again. "I had some help, yes."

Tohru rolled her fingers to her palm. "Who helped you?" She wondered why she was being so pissy about this, but didn't care enough to analyze it thoroughly.

"Well I was doing fine by myself, but yes it was slowing me down. The boys eventually caught up with me, Yuki and Kyo. They looked worse than you."

Tohru held her breath and squeezed out her words. "Where are they?"

Hatori stood now, his face placid as ever. "They are off in another room down the hall. I'm tending to their wounds, though they'll heal quite faster than you."

Tohru sat back up again. "I'm leaving."

Hatori laughed and forced her back down gently. "No way. I will make them leave once they're better, you don't move from this bed. You hear me?"

"Fine…" She mumbled a bit and then looked at him. "Can Julius find us here?"

"He all ready knows you three are here. Apparently, he has this power radar and he found you. He tried to explain it, being a doctor I should have understood, but I didn't. He left though to attend other matters. He said he'd return for you Tohru."

"Then why won't you let me go? If he comes back, he'll try and bind me to him!"

He shook his head. "He said if I let you go he'll kill the boys. I know you don't want their deaths on your head."

Tohru had a sudden chill run through her body. "No, you're right."

Hatori went over to a table, picked up a book, and went over to Tohru. "I need to check on the boys," he handed her the book, "This is a photo album of your father and me. I thought maybe you'd like to look through it."

Tohru ran her fingers along the edges of the book. "Thank you." He nodded and left the room.

Tohru flipped open to the first page. A family tree was etched into the paper. She found Hatori and her father's name along one set of names. She didn't recognize any of the names. The truth hit her then. 'My whole life, my family, has been a lie'.

Her stomach was in multiple knots. She didn't know who she was anymore, or what she was.

She flipped to the next page and saw pictures of two babies. She figured Hatori and her father. As she got farther into the album, the two babies grew into toddlers, children, teenagers, and young adults. She smiled at the pictures, running circles with her finger around her father. She missed him, she missed her mother; she wanted them there, holding her close and telling her everything will be all right.

She heard the door open and she closed the book. "These are wonderful pictures Hatori." She looked up and choked on her gasp. Julius stood there, his arms crossed, and a heavy gaze on Tohru.

A/N:

Ok well yeah hopefully Tohru's flashback helped some of you who got confused with the father's name thing…maybe I should have put that in the last chapter. I promise there will be more explaining about that also in future chapter(s). Nothing to exhilarating happened in this chapter, but in steps, it should help aid other chapters. Wow…I'm babbling again. Ok well thanks for all the reviews you guys!