For the Love of the Mobudachi Trio

By: Tanokai

A/N: Um…. Not sure what to say. Eh. Enjoy!

Chapter Nine: Back Then

Mayumi /Back then, we created so many good memories./

Mayumi looked at the possible choice of prizes at the festival and chose the Seahorse. She looked over to Hatori and saw him blushing.

Losan /Back then, we had so much fun/

Losan's eyes widened as the board opened from beneath her and she hit the water. Ayame laughed at her as he came over to help her out.

Anishi /Back then…we were all together./

The six of them all ate at a nice restaurant. Anishi slapped Shigure's hand as he tried to steal some of her shrimp.

"Sohma hospital, right? Alright. We'll be there soon." Shigure slowly put the phone down, looking like a sad puppy.

"Shigure?" Anishi's voice was barely audible and shook as she spoke.

Shigure looked up with that same look on his face and stared at the two of them.

"Shigure…"

"Mayumi…She was…she was in a car accident."

"What do you mean?" The words were unheard as Anishi couldn't get the words out.

"She's at the Sohma family hospital."

It wasn't long before they had woken Losan, grabbed Shin and was at the hospital waiting for Hatori to finish his testing and let them visit Mayumi. It was after an hour of waiting that they were finally allowed to see Mayumi. She was hooked up to a couple of machines, one of which was pumping blood into her arm.

She looked at them all as they entered and smiled.

Anishi put on a smile too, though she had a harder time with it. "Hey May, how are you doing?"

"I've been better…" she than took the next few minutes to explain to them what had happened. She had been speeding "a bit" and didn't have time to brake when a person ran the light.

Just as she finished her story, Hatori came in with a strange look in his eyes. Mayumi's eyes slowly rose to his and seemed to widen.

"Um…could you all leave. Hatori and I need to talk alone," Mayumi said, though her eyes didn't leave Hatori.

Losan seemed hurt. "But, May-"

"Let's go guys," Losan said quietly.

"What? But Lo…"

"Let's go." She gently put an arm around Anishi and took her out. Shigure picked up his sleeping son and left. Ayame was last to leave and as he did he saw Hatori go up to Mayumi. Mayumi's eyes were spilling tears and Hatori's eyes began to form tears. He simply closed the door and left the two alone.

"Anishi…" Losan said quietly. "What's wrong with May? Why did she want us to leave? Doesn't…doesn't she trust us?"

"I'm sure she does. She's probably just really hurt."

"Than we should be there to help her!"

"The best way we can help her is to give her some space…Mayumi doesn't like to show her weaknesses. Let's let her tell us when she feels ready. Ok?"

Losan nodded and tried to keep in the tears.

Having placed down Shin, Shigure went to his wife and gently wrapped his arms around her. Ayame came up behind Losan, gently turned her around and wrapped his arms about her.

Losan began to cry. "Why? Why can't she trust us? Aren't we her friends? Her family?"

Shigure now spoke. "Maybe she doesn't yet believe it herself."

"But-"

"Or maybe it's herself she doesn't trust."

"What?" Ani spun to look at him.

"She doesn't' seem like the kind of person who likes to show a weakness. She reminds me of Hatori in that way."

Ayame now spoke. "It may just take longer than any of us can guess for them to tell us what's wrong this time."

"What!" Everyone spun to look at him.

"Mayumi wasn't the only one ready to spill tears."

"You…you mean Hatori?" Shigure seemed shocked.

Ayame nodded.

Years pass by and time went by reasonably smoothly for the two families. It was a cloudy autumn day and the flu season had hit. Ayame, Losan, Hatori, Mayumi, Anishi, and Shigure were all well. Shin, on the other hand, was sick. Hatori was busy checking him over at his office with Anishi. Shigure was in his office working on his story as Anishi threatened to hurt him if he didn't finish it soon. The other three were all at Mayumi, Losan, and Anishi's house playing cards.

They were in the middle of playing "Go Fish" when the doorbell rang. Mayumi sighed and set her cards down.

"I'll get that. Losan, make sure Ayame doesn't peek at my cards."

Losan nodded and watched as Mayumi left the room. Her and Ayame than looked at each other and smiled as they flipped over Mayumi's cards and studied them.

They heard as the doorbell rang again and than as Mayumi unlocked the door and opened it. They both looked up suddenly, however, as they heard Mayumi's surprised scream. Losan jumped up from where she sat and ran to the main room, closely fallowed by Ayame. Upon reaching the room and seeing who was at the door, Losans hands went up to her face as she gasped, surprised as well.

Ayame saw nothing special about the two men standing at the door, one was about their age with dark brown hair and piercing blue eyes and the other man was a bit older than them and had black eyes and shiny black hair. Both men were obviously american. However, both Losan and Mayumi seemed to know the pair.

A/N: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter.