I never owed anyone, and I NEVER WILL. Unless you count Caleb and Orange (you'll meet her later).

"Are you sure?" Yuki asked as they sat in the living room. "You're not going to accidentally kill her are you?"

"No, I'm positive about the results. So if I do this correctly Tohru shall remember the life she had before she met the Sohmas. Every last detail." Hatori said smiling.

"So what will happen if you don't do it correctly?" Kyo asked leaning against the doorframe.

Hatori's smile vanished. "Let's just do this shall we?" Shigure said sitting across from Tohru.

"Tohru, this might hurt a little. So I want you to relax and think of something pleasant." Hatori said kneeling to Tohru's eye level. He put his hand across her eyes. The opposite one he used to erase her memory. Breathing in Hatori gently pressed his fingers over Tohru's temples. Instead of making a pulling motion with his mind he created a battering ram. What Hatori did before wasn't erasing her memories he just hid them in the depths of her mind. All he had to do was break through the barrier he put up around it.

Once the imagined weapon had enough force behind it, it cracked through the invisible restraint of Tohru's memories. Suddenly everything Tohru had ever done, said, or seen came flowing back to her with a bright flash around the room. Then Tohru collapsed against Hatori with exhaustion.

"What happened to her?" Shigure said now completely worried.

"Since Tohru had lived a few days without the memories weighing in her mind she must have gotten used to the nothingness her memories left. Having them all rush back at once must be hard." Hatori said to the other three worried males in the room. He looked down at the unconscious girl in his grasp. Tears had seeped from her closed eyes and stained his white shirt. "One of you take Tohru upstairs?" Shigure offered, but Kyo wouldn't let him. Shigure went and sulked in his study where he was found typing like lightening on his computer a few minutes later.

Yuki went upstairs to check on Tohru and Kyo after Shigure left. Hatori sat on the couch, weary. Soon he would have to call Caleb and tell him that Tohru had gotten her memory back. As he sat there thinking, he wondered if Caleb would have really gone through with the threat. Who was he kidding, Caleb would have massacred the whole Sohma family. (Maybe not) Hatori stood and went to call Caleb, hoping that the phone number he had was Caleb's.

Yuki walked into Tohru's bedroom where she was lying alone on her bed. If it had not been that she was fully dressed then he would have assumed nothing was wrong. After a few minutes Kyo came back with a washcloth.

"Don't worry, Hatori said that she'll be all right." Kyo said handing the washcloth to Yuki. Carefully Yuki stroked Tohru's small face with the cold cloth. Tohru rolled over onto her side so that she was facing the two boys instead of the ceiling. Slowly her eyes opened and she stared at the door. For a few minutes she didn't say anything and the two boys were worried. Kyo was about to run and get Hatori when she spoke.

"Am I back yet?" Tohru asked looking at Yuki and Kyo. "Is my memory back?" Yuki smiled.

"Only you can tell us that." Then Yuki went and started rummaging through Tohru's bag. He retrieved what looked like a green wallet. "Do you remember who this is?" Yuki showed her a picture of her mother and her at the beach. They were wearing matching yellow swimsuits. Suddenly Tohru's eyes went wide.

"I forgot Mom!" Tohru sat bolt upright and grabbed the picture. Then she hugged it tight. "I'm so sorry mom! I didn't mean to."

"It wasn't your fault." Kyo said coming towards her. He sat on the side of Tohru that wasn't with the rat. "If Caleb hadn't-"

"Wait, what did Caleb do?" Tohru asked looking between the two Sohmas. Each of them knew they couldn't lie to her, but if they didn't it would cause problems.

"He-" Kyo started

"Well-" Yuki said. Suddenly the most annoying person possible saved them.

"Hello? Where is everyone? I came to see my dear, dear brother and no one is here to greet me? Well, that's just rude." Ayame was standing in the entrance hall with all of his purple-clothed glory. When Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo came downstairs to greet him/kick him out he decided that he was going to sit in the living room and watch TV.

"Ayame, what are you doing here?" Yuki asked crossing his arms. He didn't even need to ask because as soon as he finished the sentence Ayame went into this complex explanation of how he wanted to see his darling little brother and see how his girlfriend was feeling.

"You have a girlfriend?" Tohru asked looking at Yuki confused. Yuki just shook his head.

"Don't listen to a word he says." Yuki said turning.

"I have gotten so parched. Dear Tohru will you do the honors of pouring me a cup of tea? That would be dreadfully appreciated." Ayame said with his giant grin upon his face.

"Don't order her around!" Kyo and Yuki said/yelled in unison as Tohru hurried into the kitchen. Suddenly Hatori walked into the room, stared at Ayame before turning around, and started to walk back out.

"Tori-san! How wonderful! I came here looking for you, and only found my wonderful brother and his orange friend." Ayame said as Kyo stomped out of the room looking very angry.

"Ayame, here's your tea. Sorry it took so long." Tohru said carefully walking into the room with a full cup f tea in her hands. "Oh, Hatori, do you want some too?" Tohru asked giving him a bright smile.

"If it wouldn't be too much trouble." Hatori replied sitting across from Ayame. "You know, Aya, Kyo and even Yuki might start to attack you if you keep treating Tohru like a maid." Tohru walked into the room with a steaming cup of tea for Hatori.

"Anything else? I could make you some dinner. Would you like anything to eat Ayame?" Tohru asked smiling at the two men.

"No thank you Tohru. It is still early, why don't you go upstairs and take a shower?" Hatori said glancing at a clock that read seven twenty-five. Smiling, Tohru walked upstairs. Yuki watched Ayame chat with Hatori before entering the room again. As soon as Ayame saw him he leaped out of his chair.

"Yuki, my dear! Come sit with your loving older brother! We shall talk to Tori-san about how we will bond on our trip to the lake! I would love to go on a trip to a lake! Last time you didn't like it when I came, but now we shall invite all of our Zodiac friends, So that no one shall be left out." Ayame said grabbing Yuki around his shoulders.

"What nonsense are you spouting this time?" Hatori asked looking at Ayame slightly amused.

"Not nonsense my friend, Momiji told me that Tohru wasn't feeling well and that everyone else was feeling down. So I decided that we should all gather and have a grand old time!" Ayame clutched Yuki tighter. "Momiji and I are going to invite everyone over to once of the Sohma houses by a lake so that we can all party."

Yuki pulled himself away from his brother with a slight smile on his face. "Though I may not agree with you most of the time. I think that it's a good idea." Ayame stopped what he was doing (which was dancing in place) and stared at Yuki. Then he ran over to Hatori and started lightly shaking his shoulders.

"Did you hear that! Yuki agreed with me! This is going to be a wonderful get-together! Momiji is really quite the relationship helper! Yuki and I will be so close after the trip that we will be inseparable!" Ayame said turning to hug Yuki close.

"Do my ears deceive me or is my Ayame-san here?" Shigure walked out from his study and into the living room.

"My, my dear Shigure. I've missed you on those cold nights." Ayame said grasping Shigure's hand. Then they both did that weird thumbs-up and said "All right!" Hatori rolled his eyes, but watched them with a smile.

"Now, what were you saying about a trip and a lake?" Shigure asked. Ayame explained about his and Momiji's idea to invite all of the members of the Chinese Zodiac over to one of the many Sohma houses. Then he started to tell Shigure about Yuki's compliment and Yuki got angry. Tohru could hear their arguing from upstairs.

Tohru had just gotten out of her shower and finished getting dressed when Kyo walked into her room.

"Kyo, do you want to eat anything special for dinner?" Tohru asked toweling off her hair. Tohru looked at him in her mirror as he sat on her bed. "I was thinking of making soba." She picked up her brush from the dresser.

"I don't really care. As long as I can eat it with you." Kyo said walking toward her. He took the brush from her hands and laced his fingers through hers. Kyo leaned down and gently kissed her. Pulling away he saw Tohru's blush and smiled.

"Tohru! Kyo! Do you want to eat out tonight?" Shigure asked walking into Tohru's room. Kyo had separated from Tohru and was sitting on her bed playing with one of the stuffed animals on her bed that happened to be a cat. Tohru was dragging her brush hurriedly through her hair.

"It doesn't matter to me." Kyo said standing. Shigure looked at Tohru.

"Do you want to cook tonight?"

"I don't mind not cooking tonight." Tohru said tying her hair in braids. She looked down at her green pajamas. "Do you mind if I change first?" Shigure shook his head and left glancing at Kyo before he vacated the room. Kyo smiled at her as he left. So Tohru hurriedly changed into one of her skirts and a yellow T-shirt.

"I think we should go to one of the restaurants where the waitresses are pretty." Shigure said as Yuki and Kyo gave him a disgusted face.

"Let's let Tohru pick." Hatori said as Tohru walked down the stairs. "Where would you like to eat?"

"Um…If it wouldn't be too much trouble. Uo-chan just got a job in a family restaurant so could go there?" Tohru asked biting her lip. Shigure smiled and grabbed the keys to Hatori's car.

"Now let's go eat forthwith!" Ayame said sliding on his shoes and stepping out of Shigure's house and into the night. They all wouldn't fit into Hatori's car so Ayame and Shigure set out in Ayame's car. Tohru and Kyo sat in the back as Hatori dove and Yuki sat in the passenger's seat.

"Tohru, where does Uo-chan work?" Hatori asked glancing at Tohru through the rearview mirror.

"Um…on South street. It's by Rika's clothing store." Tohru said looking out the window at the passing cars and buildings. "She's working tonight."

The silence in the car was almost too much to bear until Yuki turned on the radio and then the vehicle was filled with the voice of a pop star. Kyo looked out of the corner of his eye at Tohru who was mouthing the words.

The car stopped at a brick building with a glowing neon sign that read Jiro's Diner. They could hear Shigure and Ayame as they pulled into a parking spot next to Hatori's car. They were singing to a song on the radio and they were badly off key.

They stopped as soon as Hatori turned off the radio, they complained until they went inside. The group was welcomed and settled in a booth by a window with Tohru in between Yuki and Kyo and Hatori between Shigure and Ayame.

"Here are your menus. What would you like to drink-Oh, Tohru! How are you?" Uo-chan asked putting her hands on her hips.

"I'm good. We came here to see you." Tohru said smiling at Uo-chan.

"Well, is one of these gentlemen Hatori?" Uo-chan asked innocently. Tohru uneasily introduced Ayame and Hatori to Uo-chan. She turned to Hatori and suddenly that cheery smile turned into a death glare and she spoke in a scary voice. "Fix Tohru or die." Then the cheery smile was back.

Everyone except Tohru was staring at Uo-chan a little more than slightly afraid. "It's okay, Uo-chan, my memory is back. I'm fine." Tohru smiled at her friend.

"Okay then, tell me what you want to drink." And so the rest of the evening went okay. Ayame was absorbed with Hatori and made sure everything he ordered was perfect. Yuki and Kyo argued half of the time and Shigure watched the waitresses with an interest. Tohru just smiled and thought of how lucky she was.

After they paid Hatori dropped Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru off at the house and then went home. Ayame decided to stay the night and discuss something with Shigure and as soon as they got home they went to his study. Tohru cleaned up the tea cups they had lefty in the living room, then went upstairs to do her homework. She fell asleep when she finished her Math while she was still at her desk.

It was nearly two in the morning when she woke up. She still had not started her history homework, but when she was halfway through she heard a noise down the hall. Carefully she pulled on her robe and stepped into the corridor. The noises were coming from Kyo's room. Tohru peeked through the crack in the doorway. Kyo was thrashing around in his bed.

Quickly Tohru walked over to him. Kyo was sweating and mumbling in his sleep. He was apparently having a bad dream. Tohru leaned over him and moved his sweat-soaked bangs from his face. She started to hum a part of a lullaby her mother taught her when she had nightmares. "Shhh. It's okay. I'm here." Tohru whispered stroking Kyo's cheek. He seemed to calm down a little. Then he curled himself into a ball and started weeping uncontrollably.

Tohru shook Kyo's shoulders, frightened. "Kyo! Kyo, what wrong?" Suddenly his eyes shot open. They were full of fear and loneliness. Kyo wasted no time in flinging his arms around Tohru's neck and Tohru put her arms around him to help cease the shaking in his shoulders. But soon Kyo was no longer a boy, he became a cat as soon as their embrace became a hug.

"It…it was bad. Akito…. He-" Kyo started clutching onto Tohru's robe with panic. Tohru kissed the top of his head.

"It's okay, Akito's gone." Tohru said holding Kyo close. "Do you want me to stay here until you go to sleep?" She whispered thinking of how Akito was really hurtful to the Sohmas. She felt Kyo nod against her and she leaned back into the mattress.

When Tohru woke up a few hours later to Kyo's alarm clock. Abruptly she remembered what happened the night before and blushed a deep red. Kyo was nowhere to be seen. Slowly Tohru walked downstairs her face still a brilliant shade of crimson. Kyo was in the living room watching the weather channel.

"H-Hello, Kyo. A-Are you feeling better?" Tohru asked stuttering. Kyo looked at her and turned a faint pink.

"Um…Yeah. Thanks. I'm sorry about last night. I woke up and…then I came downstairs, I fell asleep on the couch." Kyo said looking around embarrassed. Shigure walked out from behind Tohru, yawning.

"So what's up with the two lovebirds today?" He said grinning at the two teenagers' blushing faces. Kyo scowled at Shigure and opened his mouth to yell something, but Ayame appeared.

"Good Morning! What a wonderful day it is today! My, my. Shigure what in heavens name did you tell these to so that their cheeks gained the color of a ripe spring tomato?" Ayame asked giving the people in that room a smile that would be impossible for anyone else this early.

"Nothing! Shut-up and go away!" Kyo yelled standing up. "Go home!"

"Ayame, that's not such a bad idea." Yuki said coming downstairs. "Without you Hatori must be very lonely. I bet he's wishing for your company right now."

"Well, I'd hate to sleep and run, but I must be getting back to Hat- I mean my dress-making. We have a new shipment of black lace coming in." Ayame said quickly striding out of the room. When they heard his car leave Shigure went back into his study.

"Oh, we'd better get dressed if we don't want to be late." Tohru said looking at Yuki and Kyo. Then she realized that she was the only one not dressed. Smiling, Tohru went upstairs to change.

As Tohru came down to start making breakfast she saw that someone had already prepared pancakes and put them on the table. It looked as if Yuki and Kyo had already eaten and Shigure's plate was missing.

"I made breakfast, so hurry up and eat or we'll be late." Kyo said from the doorway. "I'm going to be at the Dojo after school so I won't be needing dinner." Then he turned around to go and get his book bag ready for school.

After Tohru finished breakfast and after she chased them all out of the house so they wouldn't be late they met up with the rest of the gang outside of school. Momiji had brought a large container with him, it was full of watermelon.

"Momiji says that it's the year of the great watermelon." Haru explained as the others gave Momiji a questioning glance.

"Actually, I didn't say it, Kisa was watching TV with Hiro and the news said that it was the year of the great watermelon." Momiji said with a giant smile.

"No, it said that it would be a great year for watermelon, because of all the rain." Uo-chan said ruffling Momiji's hair. "But it was nice of you to bring in the watermelon."

"Yes, watermelon is good." Hana-chan said expressionless. "I happen to like watermelon so your life will be spared." Momiji's eyes widened at Hana-chan.

"Don't mind her. She watched Dracula and the three witches with Megumi last night. She keeps quoting from it. Hana-chan finally stopped saying, 'I'm going to suck your bluaaaad'." Uo-chan rolled her eyes at Hana-chan as she munched on a small piece of watermelon.

A nearby Yuki-fan caught Hana-chan's eye. Slowly she turned around and stared at the poor girl. "Give me your hearts' blood!" Hana-chan cried lifting the cape around her body.

"Hana-chan, where'd you get the cape?" Kyo asked as Hana-chan turned around.

"That is none of your business. It's going to rain." Hana-chan said walking to the school building. Uo-chan and Tohru closely followed while Yuki, Kyo, Haru, and Momiji looked up at the blue-sky seconds before it started to pour.

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