Author's Intro:

I dunno how this chapter is gonna go….hope it's okay…..

Here goes nothin'!

As soon as Kyo and Tohru stepped into that room, chaos erupted. Akito ran up to Tohru, and grabbed her hair painfully, screaming at Hatori.

"Get the boy! Get the boy!" he yelled, motioning for the doctor to erase his memories. Hatori had already grabbed Kyo, but paused for a moment and looked over at Tohru. Through her pain and struggling, he could see her desperate eyes, begging him not to do what Akito commanded.

But he did. Placing a hand over Kyo's eyes, he prepared to erase his memories…

"Wait!"

Akito turned to look. It was Kyo's voice that had said that.

"What?" the God snarled, losing his patience.

"If…if you erase my memories, promise to me that Tohru will not go back into confinement."

At that moment, Hatori found a bit of courage himself, and quietly stated, "I agree."

Akito had no real choice after about five minutes of screaming at the doctor and Kyo.

"Fine," he mumbled, his voice raw from the fit. "But that won't really do anything, you know. She'll still suffer. Hatori, erase his memories of Tohru, and the Curse. He can go and stay with his Kazuma, as long as he doesn't know about the Curse."

Hatori nodded, and set to wiping the boy's memories. Tohru whimpered until Akito hissed, "Shut up, wench" in her ear.

The doctor took more time than usual doing his task. He sure as hell didn't tell Akito this, but he was leaving little traces of everything in Kyo's mind. Next time the boy saw Tohru, he would have flashbacks. The Dragon didn't tell Tohru about this, either. It broke his heart not to; the pain and sadness in her face was terrible.

But he figured that it would work out, one way or another. The way Kyo acted around Tohru…..

Finally, Kyo collapsed on the ground, and the Cat let out a sob. Akito had let go of her, and motioned for Hatori to follow him out of the door. Right before leaving, she and the Dragon exchanged looks. Tohru's was one of pure confusion and anger.

'Why…why would Hatori-san do this? Now I've lost Kyo-kun…forever,' she thought, crawling over to him. The Cat buried her face into his chest, and cried for a long time.

During this time, Yuki and Shigure had walked past her, coming inside, each regretting that they couldn't have done more; Akito had locked them out.

Shigure had glanced at her sad figure, laying on the ground with him, whispered to Yuki ("Just leave her alone for now"), and moved on to his office, but the Rat had stayed a few minutes longer. As much as he had disliked the orange haired boy in the past years, he couldn't help but feel a bit sad too. Not much, but he was still human. He also felt terrible seeing Tohru crying into Kyo's shirt, mourning the event. She was so broken…..she had loved him, though he still didn't really want to admit it. The look in his eyes...it was love.

After that night, Tohru had been able to stay at Shigure's house; Akito kept his promise, and let her free. But she might as well have been gone. Her cheerfulness still remained, but it had a bit of a strain to it. Others, including Kisa, Momiji, and Kagura had come, trying to comfort her, (Kagura tried to comfort herself, too) but Tohru still wasn't really happy.

One day, Hatori decided to visit. Upon arriving, Tohru asked him a simple question while serving tea:

"Why did you do it, Hatori-san?"

He knew exactly what she was talking about; Kyo's memory wipe.

"Because….because he wanted it. He wanted to protect you. But…you two will meet again. I promise that eventually, you will meet again," he assured her, not quite sure himself. The Cat just nodded, looking down. She wanted to believe him…but she wasn't so positive.

"I'm going out for a bit. Is that okay, Shigure-san?" Tohru asked, looking toward the author.

"Of course, Tohru-kun. Have fun, okay?" he answered, smiling at her. He received a grin back. She decided to go into a "forest" that was at a nearby park.

Kyo had woken up the next morning at Shishou's house, greeted by his master. Training continued, and everything seemed normal enough.

But…as the days went on…Kyo began to feel empty. It was like something was stolen from him. It was right there in his mind, but he couldn't quite reach it.

The boy had finally questioned Kazuma about this, but his teacher had just smiled and told him to take a break that day.

Kyo had chosen to go out and walk around.

Walking into some woods nearby, Kyo spent his time thinking and exploring. Deciding to take a run, he threw his head up to the sky. But only until he felt something—or someone—run into him.

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"Oof!" Tohru hadn't really been paying attention to where she was walking. Looking up, she gasped.

'K-kyo-kun!'

"I-I'm sorry!" she cried, bowing deeply.

"Watch where you're going," Kyo muttered, glaring at the Cat. But…he felt like he had known her. Maybe somewhere….maybe a dream, or a dream of a dream….

"I've always loved the Cat of the Zodiac!"

"Ah…um…eh? What d-do I say?"

"Kyo-kun? Where have you been? I've really been worried…"

'Where are these damn thoughts coming from? They're like…like a memory,' Kyo thought, seeing that girl who had run into him's face saying these things.

Snapping out of those thoughts, he kept running.

'Probably just being stupid…anyways, wasn't she one of Yuki's damn fan club girls…?'

But, after that, he couldn't quite take that girl out of his mind.

Author's Closing:

Sorry about the choppiness. Ah, well. But I did cram a whole lot of stuff in that one chapter. A lot of events.

Ah! For everyone out there who ACTUALLY READS THE NOTES, -coughcough- I recommend Red Skye's oneshot. It's about Rin. Really good stuff.

I also did a Rin oneshot. It's on my profile. That Isuzu Sohma. She's awesome if you know stuff about her.

Laterzzz.

E.