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Hatori stood before Akito. "Damn you Hatori!!! What do you think gives you the right to take my Shizuka to that asinine fool!? They are mine!! I decide whether they see each other or not! Bring them to me, Hatori. Go back to that house and correct you idiotic insurrection!" Akito was enraged, every vein visible on his body. That was too much. He had betrayed them enough. "That I will not do," he said solemnly. Akito grabbed him by the shoulders and pushed him into a wall. "GO GET THEM!!!" he screamed. Hatori still refused. "I have already wronged them by coming here. I will not throw them to your wrath!" Hatori shouted. Akito's hand collided with his face. "I'll go then." Akito spat, leaving the room. Hatori stayed. He didn't stop Akito, that would just get all of them punished. He just sat down, and ripped himself apart inside.

Ayame and Shizuka were eating soba. "So how is business at your shop?" she asked. "It's going fine, but it has gotten so much harder without Mine around," he said. "Did she quit? Why?" Shizuka asked. "Yes, she quit, even though i generously told her she could stay..." "But why did she quit, Aaya?" He didn't answer for a while. "We broke up. She said some things about you that were...wrong. And I was in too much pain. I dumped her the day we got back from the woods." Shizuka was shocked. "You didn't have to do that...for me..." she said quietly. Ayame hugged her. "She tried to tell me i had done nothing wrong. She didn't understand. That is why we couldn't stay together. She almost made me choose between you and her, in a way. And, my dear Shizuka, I chose you." She hugged him back. "I'm sorry I haven't called," she said, sadly. "It's ok...it's not the first time i've been without you...The fact that it was only a month make me very grateful." He replied, smiling. "Don't look so sad. You haven't done anything wrong." "Haru broke up with me," Shizuka said. "Why?" There was a pause. Of course she couldnt tell him the real reason. "It wasn't working out," was her answer. He nodded. "It's ok, Shizu-chan. You have me!" he proclaimed. She smiled. "I always have you, Aaya!" She laughed. This was just like old times. He picked her up and put her on his shoulders, only to have her hit her head on the ceiling. They both fell over on the floor. "Oops." She poked him in the side, while rubbing her head. "I used to be able to do that without killing us," he whined. "I know, but we're bigger now than we were when we were 6 and 15..." They laughed, and continued to eat their soba.

Yuki was troubled. He was having weird flashbacks. He was remembering Shizuka somehow. Before she arrived at their house, he didn't even remember who she was, but now...

"A-Ayame niisan?" His brother was talking to someone, but he couldnt see who. "Oh, it's Yuki. What?" Ayame said. "Mom...hit me. Help me, niisan, please..." Yuki was on the verge of tears. He looked, and there was a girl about his age sitting next to his brother. "Aaya...when do I have to go back to Akito? Can you save me?" She said. "Shizu-chan, I'll do my best," Ayame smiled warmly. Yuki stood there, watching. "I love you Aaya." "I love you too, just like a sister," Yuki walked form the room unnoticed. Like a sister? What about your brother? Don't you love me too, niisan? Can't you save me too?

He was only 5. And then, another came. He was 7.

"Ayame niisan listen to me! Why won't you listen to me?" Yuki was punching his 17 year old brother feebly in the leg. Ayame bent down. "Yuki, please. I am terribly busy right now, can't you wait a while?" he said. Yuki sat down and waited. Finally, his brother stood. Shigure's car pulled into the driveway. "Niisan..." Yuki tugged at his shirt. "Shigure is here for me Yuki," he said, hurrying out the door. Yuki clenched his fist. He punched the wall, only managing to hurt himself. "Yuki, it's time for your visit with Akito-san. Aren't you the lucky one, getting called in by the head of the family all the time!" his mother coerced him into going to Akito's part of the house. "Hello, Yuki," the young Akito's voice resonated through the room. "He-hello," Yuki replied. "Why so nervous? Don't be afraid of me, Yuki. I love you." Akito smiled, but there was something sinister behind it. "So Ayame ignored you again, didn't he, Yuki?" Yuki didn't answer. "You should answer me Yuki, after all that I do for you. I tell you the truth, Yuki, can't you tell me?" Akito said. "Yes. He did, he ignored me and ran off with Shigure and Hatori!" Yuki began to cry. "Yuki, Yuki, calm down. Do not shout at me. I do not ignore you. I give you the attention you so deserve. Even though you are strange." Yuki did calm down. But out of the corner of his eye, he saw that little girl...his brother's friend from a few years ago. "Akito, does Shizuka live here?" "How do you know Shizuka!?" Akito demanded. "Niisan...she was with him, and..I saw her, over there.." Yuki was afraid. "Not to worry, Hatori will take care of you. Your memory of Shizuka will be erased."

Hatori had...erased his memories? But why were only certain juunishi allowed to see her? This must be what Hatori meant when he said people could have flashbacks if they were around the people they had forgotten. He turned on his music.

A car passed by Kyo as he walked through town. He thought he saw Akito in the passenger seat. The car was going down the road that lead to Ayame's shop. He turned. It was Akito. But why Ayame's...Kyo ran through the woods, taking a shortcut to further up the road. On the way there, he found an old bike, half sunk int he mud. It looke dlike it would still work, so he hopped on and rode down to Ayame's shop, barely beating Akito there. The head of the family never liked his chauffers to drive fast. Kyo hid in the bushes, watching. Akito stepped out of the car, and he did not look happy. He knocked on the door of the shop, and when no one answer, he screamed "Ayame! Shizuka! If you're in there it's best you come out!!" There was no reply. Finally, he gave up, and returned to his car. Kyo heard him say to the chauffer "Take me to his house. And call Hatori, there may be some delay...Ayame's house is large, and they can hide from us easier there. I doubt either of them will take kindly to my little Shizuka's memories of him being erased." Kyo gritted his teeth. No matter how much he didn't like Ayame, no one deserved that. "Also, tell hatori that if he refuses to erase her memories, her brother dies in front of her," Akito said, smirking. The chauffer paused. "Akito-san, isn't that a bit...drastic?" "Hatori needs incentive. He cares about Shizuka, and Shizuka cares about Kyo. Now call him, and we'll be on our way." The chauffer dialed the number. "Not so fast Akito you transvestive bastard!!!" Kyo pulled Akito from the car, enraged. "Ah, so Kyo found out my little secret somehow. How interesting." Akito said, a dangerous look behind his smile. "Wait what!?" Kyo exclaimed. "You're not trying to tell me you really are a transvestite!" he said, making a face. "I prefer girl to transvestite." Akito said, irritated. "If you tell anybody about it, there will be consequences. Not that it should matter, seeing as there will be hell to pay for this little incident," Akito punched him. She was stronger than she appeared. "Hah, Kyo, you are so pathetic. I feel terrible for you. You cannot beat me, a sickly girl who never leaves the house, much less Yuki. Poor Shizuka. Poor Tohru. You let them down, both of them, all of them!" Akito's rage was showing through. "You are not going to get my sister!!!" Kyo screamed, tackling Akito to the ground. "You and I are not leaving this driveway tonight, Akito." He said, holding her down with all his strength. Akito had crossed every line this time. Putting him up on the line as a threat to Hatori, breaking his sister's best friend, erasing his sister's memories, and provoking his temper... He really did care about Shizuka, and especially after getting to know her over the past month, he didn't want her to change. She was who she was because she grew up with a friend like Ayame. If she forgot him, she would forget herself.

Hatori's cell phone rang. The caller ID said 'Akito'. He sighed, and answered it. "Hatori-san, this is Akito-san's chauffer, Satsuka. Akito-san is...unavailable. He won't be making it to Ayame-san tonight." "Why, what happened? Is he all right?" "Yes, he's all right...he's just pinned to the ground in Ayame-san's shop's driveway...by Kyo-san." "What?! Why?" "Akito-san told me to tell you Kyo-san would be killed in front of Shizuka-san if you refused to erase her memories of Ayame-san...And he came out of the bushes and attacked Akito-san." "Thank you." He hung up. Best not to call Ayame about this. If this truly was to be his last day happy, he should be able to be ignorant. He dialed Shigure's house. "Can I speak to Yuki?"

Yuki hung up the phone, flustered. His brother's last day happy. The last chance he may ever get to laugh with him, about the same thing. "Shigure, I'm going out!" he called. Yuki took his bike to Ayame's house. He knocked on the door. When it opened, he saw his brother, blissfully ignorant, smiling like an idiot. "Yukiiiiii! What brings you to my dear home, brother of mine?" He said with a flourish. "I'm here to join...the fun," Yuki said, timidly. "Shizu-chan, my brother is here to join in our fun!" Ayame called into the house. Shizuka ran down the stairs and greeted him. "Ayame...i want to tell you something," Yuki said. "I'm listening." "I think you should know that although i find you annoying i respect and...love...you..." he said, awkwardly. "OH, BROTHER!" Ayame exclaimed, throwing himslef upon poor Yuki. "I had a feeling that would happen..." Yuki said, sighing. Ayame's craziness was already making him tired out. But he never relaized how much he would miss it when it was gone...