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"Talking"

Chapter 13

Yuujiro woke up and got out of bed. He vaguely remembered to turn off his alarm.

"Come on Tohru, it's time to get up." Yuujiro stated as he heard his roommate groan.

"How the hell can you be a morning person at…five thirty in the morning." Tohru groaned as he sat up.

"I don't know." Yuujiro replied as Tohru looked over at him.

"You've been crying in your sleep again Yuujiro." Tohru stated as he saw the slightly red rimmed eyes around his friend.

"Have I?" Yuujiro replied in shock. "Man…I wish I could remember what I've been dreaming about that has caused me to cry?"

"Maybe you should see a doctor about it. It can't be good for you." Tohru stated as they both started to put on their uniforms. "Or maybe you should start dating someone."

"Ever since you and Akira started dating that's your answer to everything." Yuujiro laughed.

"Well Akira is like a breath of fresh air…it's hard to deny him anything and he always has the answer to everything." Tohru sighed.

"Whatever, it's just…I guess there is just no one who has attracted my interest." Yuujiro shrugged.

"What about that other princess…you know the one from the other class?" Tohru asked with a slight frown. "You know we would do a lot of events together, and it's only been a year but I keep forgetting his name."

"Me too." Yuujiro replied. "Didn't he leave the school last year?" The two of them walked out of the room and started to make their way towards campus.

"I think he did." Tohru stated.

"Who are you talking about?" A voice called out.

"Akira!" Tohru smiled as he saw his boyfriend. "We were talking about the other princess…you know the one from Mitaka's class." Tohru replied. "Do you remember his name?"

"Yes, it was Yutaka." Akira replied. "why are you guys talking about him?"

"We were just wondering what happened to him? Did he leave or smething." Yuujiro asked.

"Right before the new semester started after Christmas, he told the school that he was on sick leave…actually, and I think he was coming back today." Akira replied. "I know I've told you all of this already."

"We just forget." Yuujiro shrugged. "It's not like it has anything to do with us right?"

"Yeah." Tohru replied. "Come on…if we don't hurry, we'll be late for school." With that the three friends started to run towards the school.

"Are you sure about this Kyou?" Kagura asked as she sat next to him in the car right outside of the school.

"Yeah…this is the best school in the country for medicine, and that's what I want to do…I have to get back on the horse…no offense Rin." Mikoto stated as he gave a small smile at the woman behind him.

"None taken Kitten." Rin replied as she waved his apology off.

"But you know they will be in there." Kagura replied. "It'll only be a matter of time before they see you and there is no guarantee that Hatori's shields will stay if they see you all the time."

"I know…but I have to stop running. I want to help people…how can I do that if I don't get the training?" Mikoto asked. "But…"

"If it gets too much for you kitten, call anyone of us and whoever is closest will be here as soon as we can." Rin stated as she gripped Mikoto's shoulder. Mikoto slowly nodded.

"Thanks." Mikoto gave a small smile as he got out of the car. His only consolation to himself as he watch the two women drive away was that he wouldn't see Yuujiro and the other until Lunch time at the very…God really hated him was the only thought to enter Mikoto's mind as he was tackled to the ground by a very familiar person.

"Ouch." Mikoto stated as he stared into the face of the person who knocked him over. He felt his face start to blush when he saw who it was.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there." Yuujiro stated as he picked himself up.

"It…It's al…alright." Mikoto stammered as he looked to the ground, he clutched his briefcase bag to his chest. "I…I have…to go…" with that Mikoto rushed off into the school.

"Yuujiro are you alright?" Tohru asked worriedly.

"I'm fine…more worried about the guy I hit though…don't recall seeing him around." Yuujiro replied.

"Then why are you crying again." Tohru asked again. Yuujiro looked over to him in shock before lifting his hand to his eyes. He was amazed to see the tears pouring down.

"I don't know." Yuujiro replied as he stared off into the direction that the other boy had run off to. He wondered why his heart felt like it was breaking.

"Maybe it has something with Yutaka." Akira replied.

"Yutaka?"

"Yes, Yutaka, Mikoto…the the Princess of the East…the guy you just ran into." Akira explained.

"He was much cuter then I remembered." Tohru replied before he realized why he had said, he immediately turned towards Akira. "Not as cute as my Akira though." Tohru smiled hoping to defuse the situation.

"I'll believe you…this time." Akira stated as he made his way into the school.

"Mikoto, huh…he was cute." Yuujiro replied with a small smirk. "I think I could come to like to guy."

Mikoto had manage to hide from his former friends for the rest of the day, it did help that the rest of the school was fawning over his return. His clever cover story…he had been in a horrible car crash, and that he didn't want to worry his fans by telling them, had many of them coming over to him and keeping him busy for that day. He hated to admit it, but he was grateful for his fans; although as soon as he realized it he knew that he had spent way too much time with Shigure and Ayame. When he finally made it back to his room he was exhausted. He was lucky that Hatori and the others had mandated that he would get his own room for the remainder of the semester before he would go back into having a roommate. Closing his eyes, he allowed his body to shift to that of his cat form. Curling in his bed he thought over the events of the past couple of weeks.

After Hatori had erased Yuujiro's memories of him, and made Yuujiro think he was only an acquaintance did he go over and do the same to Akira and Tohru. He then proceeded to do that to everyone that knew about the relationship between Yuujiro and himself, at least those outside of the family…which were very few people. He had then spent the next couple of weeks recovering. He had had several long talks with Yuki and Hatori. Kagura had refused to speak to him for a week after she had discovered what he had done. But Mikoto assumed that Rin had had a hand in bring her around. He felt better about himself now…at least much more then he had right after the event with Akito. He hated to admit it, but Hatori really was a great therapist. He missed Yuujiro and the others. He missed the fun that they used to have, before they started to discover about his secrets. He knew he should attempt it, but no matter how much he denied it, his heart was yearning to be with Yuujiro again.

Yuujiro sighed as he sat on the train. They school had flooded the night before, therefore allowing the students to have a week off of school. With school out he was given two choices, he could spend the week with Tohru and Akira and watch as the two fawned over each other, or he could visit his grandmother. It was a very easy decision. He would have gone to his parents had they not decided to visit his step-father's mother. Stepping off the train he was immediately pulled into a hug.

"Hello Auntie Tohru." Yuujiro smiled as the petite woman stepped back, her hair was mostly gray, with a few strands of brown.

"Oh Yuuji…you have grown up so much since I last saw you." Tohru replied with a bright smile.

"Geeze Tohru, let the kid have some air." Uotani replied as she walked up to the two of them.

"Hello Grandma. I'm glad you let me visit you." Yuujiro replied.

"Oh, it was nothing…I see you came alone this time, you didn't bring that little red head with you?" Uotani replied as they started to make their way out of the train station.

"Who?"Yuujiro asked as he looked at his grandmother.

"You know about yay high, he came with you when you visited you parents during the summer." Uotani replied, he voice taking a worried tone as she stared at her grandson.

"The only person I've ever taken to see my parents was Tohru…and that was back in freshman year." Yuujiro replied. "and Tohru has blue hair. I don't ever remember taking a red head to see my parents."

Tohru and Uotani shared a glance.

"Yuujiro, I think we should take a small stop to visit a good friend of ours." Uotani stated as she looked away from him.

"Alright." Yuujiro shrugged a little worried about his Grandmother. It wasn't like her to imagine people.

The trip to his Grandmother friend's house was not as long as he thought it was going to be. Getting out he was impressed by the size of the dojo in front of him. Giving a small whistle he glanced around.

"This is a nice place…who is your friend Grandma?" Yuujiro asked.

"Oh, give me a minute to find him." Uotani stated as she allowed herself into the house. "Yo! Kazuma!" Yuujiro felt a shiver up his spine as he heard the name. It sounded familiar to him.

"Ah, Arisa….Tohru, you're here too? How have you've been? Oh, and who is this?" An elderly man asked as he followed Uotani out of the house.

"Kazuma, this is Yuujiro, my grandson…you know Kyoko's son. Yuujiro, this is Kazuma Sohma a dear friend of mine." Uotani introduced.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." Yuujiro bowed, he felt another shiver go through his body.

"It's nice to meet you too." Kazuma stated as he returned the bow. "Come inside." Yuujiro, Uotani and Tohru entered the house and sat down in the living room as Kazuma went to get some tea.

"Do you need any help Kazuma?" Tohru asked.

"I'm fine Tohru." Kazuma replied as he entered the living room with a tray of teas. "So Yuujiro, I haven't seen you since you were three years old…I bet you don't remember me do you?"

"No Sir, sorry." Yuujiro replied as he looked around the room.

"Oh, it's alright." Kazuma waved it off. Yuujiro was amazed at the amount of grace that the man had in his movements. "So what brings you two ladies over here?"

"Well Kazuma…" Tohru started. Yuujiro ignored the rest of the conversation for the sake of looking around the room. The room was designed very traditionally in a cheerily atmosphere, he could almost see some of his Aunt Tohru's influences in the room. It was then that he noticed the shrine in the corner of the room.

"That's for my son." Kazuma stated causing Yuujiro to whip his head back to the conversation as he blushed at being caught staring.

"Sorry." Yuujiro replied.

"No, it's alright…you did the same thing the last time you were here. I'm not sure if you remember, but when you saw his picture you asked when you could have met him." Kazuma gave a small sad smile.

"What happened?" Yuujiro asked without thinking.

"He was murdered." Kazuma answered. "Murdered by a member of the Sohma family." Yuujiro shivered at the harsh tone that Kazuma's voice. He would never had assumed that such a voice would have come from that man.

"Oh." Yuujiro responded.

"It doesn't help that there was a theft a few months ago." Uotani replied as she looked at the Shrine. "Kyou used to wear this bracelet all the time…it was stolen."

"Really?" Yuujiro replied as he stood up to get a closer look at the shrine. Uotani wore a knowing look as Kazuma and Tohru shared a confused one. Yuujiro looked at the pictures in the shrine. "Who are the others?" A headache started to form in his head.

"Other members of the Sohma family who died. Some of them were murdered, some died in accidents, but they all died within the same year." Tohru replied sadly as understanding began to dawn in her eyes.

"Are you sure their dead?" Yuujiro asked as he started to breathe faster. He could hear his heart pounding in his chest.

"Yes, I identified over half of their bodies." Kazuma replied.

"I could have sworn that I've met them all somewhere before." Yuujiro stated as memories started to reappear.

"Yuu-chan. You look a little pale." Uotani stated. "Are you alright?"

"I think I'll go for a small walk. I can make it to your house later." Yuujiro stated as made his way out of the room and then out of the house. Kazuma looked over at Tohru and Uotani.

"I think his memories have been erased. I met a kid that looked just like Kyou, and he and Yuujiro looked really close, now Yuujiro has no clue who the kid is."

"You don't think…that would be impossible." Kazuma stated.

"A lot of things are impossible." Uotani stated. "Those Sohmas were impossible, yet they existed."

Slowly Yuujiro started to run as he made his way down the street. He had no location in particular that he wanted to go; he just needed to get away from the shrine. It was only when he had rounded a corner and had slammed into someone else that he toppled back.

"Ow…"Yuujiro heard the other person say as he looked up at the person. He was amazed at how familiar the voice was. Yuujiro looked at the person and felt his heart stop.

"Yuu…I mean Shinodani." Yuujiro stared into the ruby red eyes staring back at him.

"Mikoto…Yutaka…you…"The headache in his head expanded as the memories began to flow.

"I...I have to go." Mikoto stated as he stood and turned.

"Wait." Yuujiro exclaimed as he reached up and grabbed Mikoto's wrist. "Don't leave Miko-chan." Yuujiro could feel Mikoto tensing underneath his palm.

"What did you call me?" Mikoto breathed.

"Miko-chan…that's your name." Yuujiro stated as he glared at the redhead. "How could you make Hatori make me forget?"

"I…I…"Mikoto started.

"No…don't" Yuujiro stated as he pulled Mikoto into a hug. "Mikoto, I might have forgotten you once, but I will not forget you again."

"Your promise," Mikoto whispered as tears filled his eyes.

"As long as you don't pull another stunt like this again." Yuujiro replied as he leaned down and kissed Mikoto. "I've known that something has been missing. I knew, even with my memories gone that something wasn't right. So promise never to do something like this again Mikoto. Promise me."

"I promise." Mikoto replied with a small smile. "I love you too Yuujiro."

So this is the end...sorry it took so long to get this up. I honestly forgot that I hadn't placed it up...I meant to put it up a few or so after the last chapter. I hope that you have enjoyed this story. I remember when this story was only an idea in my head that wouldn't leave. I'm glad that the story has ended up so well. Please R&R and keep a look out for my other stories. I have gotten some time and am no longer as busy as I once was, so my other stories should be done soon...hopefully.

So until next time,

C-ya