Author's Note: Sorry for the delay! -bows- I lost my creativity, but I'm getting it back… Anyways, enjoy the newest chapter and don't forget to review. I love them so much, and enjoy hearing your feedback. Remember, don't forget to suggest things, and I might put them in - with credit for you of course. Well, thanks again. You'll probably be seeing a lot of "thanks" often… Hehe. Sorry.

Disclaimer! I do not own any of the Fruits Basket character, except my own - Rei Sohma.

I can't stop. I won't stop. I'll never stop.

Because I'm afraid of losing what I love the most.

The person that I feel has been most kind to me.

The kindness that has kept me going for so long.

Chapter Three: Running Away

It wasn't worth it. To have her memories of Hatori and the boys erased. No.

It couldn't happen.

Wouldn't that mean Kana would have to forget Hatori too?Rei couldn't let that occur.

Her eyes, wide with shock, were almost frozen open. They closed, opening back up with tears. Her body's immediate reaction was to run. Further than she had imagined. And her legs took her there, not realizing that she was running from her home. From Kana. And from Hatori…

"REI! COME BACK!" She heard Shigure call, his tone almost angry, but it was almost inaudible now.

Down the block. And another. Through a familiar park. Across the streets, down an alley, the tears never ceasing to run down her darkened cheeks. Alas, she was at the point of collapsing, her breathing choppy. Rei was coughing so loud that she was beginning to scare herself. When the weather was cold, it wasn't good for her to run around because she got colds easily since her lungs' frames were so weak.

She gasped and leaned against the brick wall behind her, coughing into her elbow. "Kana-chan, gomen… Gomen… Gomenasai…" she cried. Rei didn't want to leave. Not now, not ever, but it was for Kana. Her only sister. Her favorite person… "I swear, I-I will come back though… An-another day, and another t-time.." A pained smile arose from her lips, but it flooded away when she felt a shadow on her back. Her eyes widened again, as she turned towards the source. "'Come back'? What's all this nonsense." The voice was smooth, and didn't hesitate. "H-Ha-Hatori..?" she back away as far as she could and screamed. "No! NO! Don't erase my memories! I'd never tell a soul! NOT EVEN KANA!-" Her hoarse voice stopped and she began to cough again. This time, there was something she feared on her sleeve. "Ah? AH! No!" Please! I promise I'll be good, Papa.. Momma I'll be a good girl.. S-stop..!

Hatori looked at her incredulously and came closer to her frail body, but she cried out again, grabbing her teddy bear and started to run, even with the body sapping out of her mouth. The streets were nearly empty, with the occasional passerby, so Rei ran for it until she tripped over herself, skidding across the icy sidewalk.

Snow… and blood… A snowy, blood-filled afternoon.

When Rei awoke, she was in Hatori's office, well, his father's, but it was his to inherit. Her eyes opened, and she bolted upwards, only to receive a painful jolt inside her chest, leaving her wincing and holding herself. "Ka-Kana-chan…" she murmured, her eyes beginning to water. More cautiously, she slipped off her cot. Seeing that her stuffed animal had been with her the whole time she was asleep, she grabbed his soft arm and pulled him along.

"Where do you think you're going?"

Her heart lurched, and she was sent backwards after stumbling over her own feet. A hand grabbed her shirt and pulled her back to balance quickly before she hit her head again, which she now noticed, was bandaged.

After a moment of being disorientated, she came back to life and stared up at her protector, who's once blurry figure became clear. Rei's heart jumped again. "Ha-Hatori?" she gasped in shock before, she hunched over and began to cough like the day before.

"Lay down. Now." His voice was forceful, and she did as she was told, without hesitation. "Your sister was worried sick when she saw you. Don't do something so drastic again, okay?…" Hatori's voice sounded a little worried too. He was hiding something. She knew it. Just like on Sunday when they played together. Rei whimpered and began to cry once more. It was all her fault. Her fault that Kana was worried. And her fault that Hatori had to go to the trouble of taking care of her. "Gomen… Gomenasai…"

The tall boy's expression livened a little so he tucked her teddy under her arm. "Shh.. Don't cry. Don't be sorry either. Nothing's your fault." his anxious voice tried to calm her.

Rei's tears didn't stop even as he began to comfort her. "I'm sorry… D-Don't erase Kana's memories too… Just because I found out… I hurt Mama and Papa, I don't wanna hurt Kana too…" She buried her face into the sheets that covered the cot she was on.

Hatori stopped her and felt her forehead. "Close your eyes. Nothing's going to happen."

If Rei had seen it with her own eyes, a young boy came in. He was just a little older than Rei it seemed, but his air had something more honorable. The way he acted as he had strutted in… He wasn't ordinary.

"Hatori." His voice was sharp. "Did you erase her memories?" Rei pretended not to even be alive. Her breathing was short despite how much her lungs craved the air, and her mouth only opened enough to seem as if she was snoozing.

"Yes." Hatori's soothing voice was calm, he had acted as if the deed was actually done.

"Good. Once her pesky sister arrives, make sure that the two get home. They'll need to stay out of our way for a while. I don't like outsiders, even if they are "family". They don't have our bond. They can't interfere with something so special…" This child definitely had authority from what Rei was hearing.

Hatori nodded. "Get rest, Akito. Your body is weaker in the winter, so try not to exert yourself." He added and watched as the boy scoffed and turned, the maid behind him bowing and sliding off to let him go through. "Don't disobey me… These 'outsiders' are nothing, but trouble." The older boy ignored this and waited until both the maids, and Akito had headed to trouble other Sohma family members.

"You can open your eyes now…" But she had already fallen asleep to his voice. She remember Akito's harsh words, but most of all, Hatori's defiance that made her love him even more. 'Arigatou…'