Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket. ((I wish I did, but I only own the plot.))
Author's note: Yuki's true feelings about his jealousy towards Kyo comes out and just to tell you before you read. The only people who know of Kagura's memory is her mother, Hatori, Shigure, and Ayame and after this chapter someone else. I might have to make the story rating to M because of sexual contact in the next chapter.
Summary: All she wanted was to forget all her memories and forget him. Hatori erases Kagura's memories allowed by Akito for an unknown reason. Will she remember her love for Kyo or fall for someone else? ((SPOILERS))
Losing My One Treasure: Chapter 4
Yuki
I clutched the sleeve of my book bag, scared that someone would dig into it. I was pretty paranoid that someone would find the book in it and I wouldn't be able to finish it. I was that interested into the book. It felt like this book was part of my life and if I couldn't finish it…I was doomed.
While I was thinking about the book, the rest of the Sohmas were walking in front of me, talking and laughing. Tohru was in the front, holding the basket of food and Kyo's hand. They were talking about her job and school. All I could see straight ahead were their hands together. It looked like they were super glued together and no one could tear them apart. Yes. I was pretty jealous since Kyo stole her from me. I mean I never could understand why Tohru picked Kyo instead of me. I was much better than Kyo and could actually protect her. That stupid cat couldn't even kill a fly since his martial arts skills were terrible and his been training for how long?
I guess I was pretty selfish along with jealous. If only those fan girls knew the real me, maybe they could disappear and bother Kyo for all I care.
Behind Tohru and Kyo and right in front of me, were Kagura and Shigure. Kagura had her arm around his and seemed to be telling him jokes and amusing him with embarrassing moments that happened around this week. I never knew Kagura was such a funny person, but yet again I haven't actually hung out with her since we were young.
My eyes drifted from the two couples' hands to Kagura's head. Kagura is still short and seems to have nice taste in clothes. I look farther down to her back actually noticing her Chinese silk halter top that showed off her back and her pale skin. I wonder if it's soft. I shake my head from those thoughts and my eyes dart down words to her hips and her curves. I can feel my breath getting shorter and deeper. I never noticed Kagura had grown up so fast…wait a second! I'm so not like Shigure, not at all! I need to get my mind out of those thoughts. I keep my head away from Kagura and down on the ground until we arrived at the park.
Now that I think about it. Back in the kitchen, I wanted to wrap my arms around Kagura's waist when I was looking over her shoulder into the cook book. But why? I'm in love with Tohru and Kagura's in love with Kyo. So that's that. I only have feelings for Miss. Honda. The angel in my life that changed me.
As soon as we arrived at the park, Momiji, Haru, Ayame, and Hatori were there to greet us at an open area by a large tree. We all started to help spread the blanket out and to start on the food.
Kagura
Momiji handed me a black leather bag after the blanket was spread out.
"I was stopped by your mom. You forgot your bag and so I told her I'll give it to you." I reached out for the bag and put it on my back. Momiji gave me a cheerful smile and put his hands behind his back.
"I was wondering why you don't have your cat bag. I guess it doesn't match with your clothes huh?" I nodded and smiled back.
"It's kind of childish if you think about it. I was thinking of not wearing it much anymore." Momiji shook his head as if he understood and I joined followed him to help with the food.
Kyo
I overheard Kagura saying that the cat bag she always carried around was kind of childish. I thought she loved that bag…hmm. Maybe she's trying hard to get unattached to me and the cat bag is the first to go. At least she's trying this time.
"Kyo, can I have a word with you?" I turned around and looked up at the doctor. I nodded and stood up, saying a few brief words to Tohru that I'll be right back. She nodded and went back with talking to Ayame and Shigure.
I was confused by Hatori's proposal to talk to me for some old reason. We walked for a little bit, trying hard to avoid Frisbees and running dogs. He told me to sit on a bench that was a short distance from our picnic sight. I could see Tohru giving her goofy smile to Momiji while he told her some gossip he heard probably from school.
I looked back at Hatori as he passed an envelope to me while I looked at it oddly. I looked back up as he started talking.
"Kagura told me to give it to you today." I accepted the envelope, scared to open it since it was from that devil woman.
"Why the hell does she want you to give it to me if she was going to see me today?" I was still confused since it didn't make any sense why Hatori was giving it to me instead of Kagura. It was probably a love letter, but I highly doubt it since she tells me all the time that she loves me. But then again, she was actually pretty strange today. She didn't hug me or make me bleed. But then again, I was going out with her friend and she probably didn't want to interfere in our relationship.
He gave me irritated look and sighed. "Because it's important and…she probably doesn't remember that she even wrote it." Eh...? She doesn't remember if she wrote it or not? This doesn't make any sense…
I gave him a confused look and Hatori stood up to leave. He gave me a serious look before walking back to the others. I looked down at the envelope that had an orange cat that embraced a heart and sat near by name. I could tell it was Kagura's handwriting because it was slated and she had this nice cursive that no one could compare to. I hesitated a bit before opening it, but I told myself that it was important and I couldn't ignore it.
I unfolded the ivory colored stationary paper and started to read.
To my Kyo-kun,
You're probably pretty confused by this letter as I am about my feelings about you. I've told you for so long that I love you and always will. I confessed why I fell in love with you and that was because of my guilt and I wanted to make you to know that someone in this world loves you. But now someone other than me does love you and I feel like I'm a burden on you now. I've always ignored your hurtful comments and your fear of me. I guess I scared you away because how I always seemed to show my love for you with violent attacks and annoying words of love. But I really do mean what I said all these years. I really do love you and you'll always be in my heart. Now that I know that you'll never love me and love Tohru, I will not bother you no further. Tonight I'm getting my memory erased of my love for you and those memories of love. This doesn't mean I'm can't stand to see you with her. It means I can't stand to live without you anymore and I need you in my life or I'll become a miserable being. Everyday I woke up because I was always excited to see you or even think about you, but now I know that I can't wake up the same because my heart is dead. That's why I made this decision. Right now you're reading this on the day of the picnic and I hope you understand why I'm not myself anymore. I'm not in love with you anymore and I only think you as a friend. Now I hope you're happy now that you don't have to worry about me attacking you or interfering in your relationship with Tohru. Thank you for reading this letter and I wish you a happy life with the one you love.
Love,
Kagura Sohma
I stared hard at the letter, reading it over a few times just to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Kagura erased her memory just to make me happy? This all seems too unbearable to believe. I mean she's never ever going to glomp me or attack me with those martial art moves. Kagura…I don't understand. I'm glad and yet I feel angry at myself for making you so sad.
I looked back at the letter and I found little dry tear drops and some of the words were smeared from her tears. I clutched the paper in my hand and moved my hand through my hair in frustration. Damn... How can I not notice her feelings till now and how much she loved me? I always thought she just said that to make me feel better, but I never actually believed it. How can I be so selfish and not think about her? I'm too late. I looked back up at all my relatives and I spotted the author of the letter. She seemed embarrassed by something Ayame and Shigure said and her cheeks were a light pink. I couldn't help, but smile at how cute she looked. I'm sorry Kagura for all the pain I caused you. I'll be a good friend to you. I can promise you that.
Kagura
"Why don't you go out and go on a date?" I stopped chewing my food and blushed at what my older cousins just said. They began to bother me when I started eating, telling me some names of these young men they knew. Me on a date? No way. I haven't been on a date for a long time and plus all this talk about dating makes me uncomfortable.
"Haven't you guys forgotten about the curse?" I went back to chewing what was left of my sandwich in my mouth and looked back at them.
"My little flower, you think way too much." Shigure sipped some of his iced tea and started whispering some thing to Ayame. Hatori ignored their giggles and kept reading some important documents.
I looked up as Yuki, as he stood up and seemed to have gotten bored with whatever Haru was saying. Where is he going?
Haru shrugged at Yuki leaving and began to join into Tohru's and Momiji's conversation. Should I follow him? I could get away from those two match makers and actually talk to Yuki since his been quieter than usual.
I made up my mind and sneaked away from the giggling men and dashed into a run to follow Yuki.
I started to follow the young teenager getting distracted by the laughter of children and how happy they looked. One moment I was smiling at the kids and the next moment I couldn't find Yuki. I moved my eyes to every tree or bench around. OH NO! I LOST HIM! GAHH! I started freaking out when my eyes seemed to catch some gray-ish hair and I dashed after it.
I hid behind a tree, trying to be the best spy as I can be. I spotted another tree a few distances away and my eyes sparkled in astonishment as they laid on my cousin.
Yuki had his back against the tree, leaning over to read a book and it seemed like his only focus was on the book. His eyes seemed absorbed by all the words he was reading and I only wished Yuki or someone could look at me like that not noticing his surroundings, but only me. I smiled softly at the thought and brushed it away from my mind.
I was too busy staring at Yuki's beautiful moment that I didn't see what hit me or tackled me to the ground. I closed my eyes right before I fell onto my back and hoped I didn't turn into zodiac form. I should have been paying attention! Now everyone is going to have to have their memories erased just because I didn't notice someone backing into me!
I could hear blaring breathing and someone was on top of me. I shut my eyes tighter not waiting to see whoever was on top of me's shocking stare.
"Eh. I'm really sorry. I hope my dog didn't hurt you." I swallowed hard as I heard a male's voice. Wait…Dog? I opened my eyes and looked straight into narrow dog eyes. A hand pulled the golden receiver off of me and I sat up looking up at the man.
The young man who seemed to be late teens had a kind face once he smiled at me and hazel eyes. He offered me a hand and accepted it, pulling me up and I blushed after I drew my hand away from his.
"My name's Riku." He smiled at my once again and I smiled back. Something about that smile makes me smile back.
"Um…Kagura." I look at his dog and he followed my gaze. He seemed by embarrassed by what happened earlier.
"I'm really sorry for what happened earlier. I mean Yoshi doesn't usual do that. I guess he just got distracted by your beauty." He looked deep in my eyes as I blushed a shade of pink. No one has ever called me beautiful. Wow…what do I say?
"Errr…thanks." I said what just came out of my mouth and he gave out a little chuckle. How stupid can I get? One comment from a cute guy and all I can say is thanks?
"Wow nice dog!" He looked over to my side and I followed it to a black dog who had a big grin on his face. GAH!
I smiled and put my arms around the person I disliked right now. "His name's…uh…Shi-….SHI!" Shigure barked and I hugged him close to my face.
"What breed is he?" He put his hands on his knees leaning towards Shigure. "Eh…a…KAI INU! '' " He raised an eyebrow as Shigure chased after some birds and I had a sweat drop on my temple. ((A Kai Inu is a type of Japanese dog that were used to hunt deer and wild bear.))
"Deer hounds?" He questioned me and I agreed. Yes I know. I've don't really know anything about dogs, but he looks like one.
"That's cool!" He raised a thumbs up and I smiled, scratching my head. I was actually happy that he believed me.
There was an awkward silence as the only noise was Yoshi barking at some squirrels in a tree and giggling from several people in the park.
"So…uh… I was thinking if you maybe wanted to catch a movie or eat dinner with me…?" He gave me cute smile as he waited for an answer from me as I stood there frozen in shock. That came out of nowhere. Yes…or no? He sounds like a nice and caring guy…but I haven't been on a date for a while and the curse…
"Oh Kagura-chan. Who's this charming fellow?" I felt a hand on my shoulder and I looked up at Ayame. When I didn't answer he continued to talk, as if he knew everything we were just talking about.
"I'm Kagura's older cousin and here's her number." He handed a scrap of paper to Riku and he accepted it. He waved bye as Yoshi pulled him towards the other side of the park and Ayame waved back in a cheerful mood while I stood there completely red.
Yuki
Wow. A date, huh? I hid behind the tree I was reading at looking at Kagura's red face and my brother's stupid smile. He just embarrassed her and something about that made me angry with him. Kagura could take care of herself and what if she wanted to say no? Eh.
Why do I care anyway? But something about the way Kagura looked at me when I was reading. I could see her out of the corner of my eye, but it didn't bother me at all. I also knew she was following me so I flashed my hair at her so she could purposely follow me. I didn't know why, but something about her following me made me happy…
