For the Love of the Mobudachi Trio

By: Tanokai

A/N: Sorry 'bout the lateness of this chapter. Also I have to clear some things up before you read. This chapter will be confusing otherwise. Alright. Atone point there will be a time when Mayumi is hearing two things at once. She will hear a current conversations he is having as well as a conversation she had in the past. Just so you know. The Italics show the conversation from the past while the normal print is the current conversation. Sorry for the confusion. I'll do my best to keep it clear.

Chapter Eleven: Fate

/Where am I going/ Mayumi kept walking. Not knowing where her own feet were taking her.

/Why am I even out this late/ The sun had set hours ago. She didn't know what time it was. Probably around midnight she would guess. The chilly night air bit at her skin, even through her coat.

/What made me decide to leave/ Mayumi's minds swam within her thoughts. She was so confused. So lost. So unsure of everything. Then before she knew it. She was there. Her legs had stopped moving and her head lifted up to see the door before her. Hatori's small office. Everything was so clear now.

/How do I…/ Before Mayumi could finish her thought the door opened and she saw Hatori standing before her. He seemed ready to leave his office for the night and catch some sleep.

"Mayumi?" His eyes widened as he looked over her form. She seemed so pale and cold. She was almost like the walking dead. Dark circles surrounded her wide eyes- eyes full of fear and doubt. "Mayumi! Come in! You look half-dead!"

She shook her head. "No…"

"What-?"

Mayumi's vision and mind seemed to split on her. In one eye she saw Hatori as he was. In the other she saw him as he was a few years ago shortly after they had fallen in love. In one ear she heard the words they spoke now. In the other she heard their conversation back then.

"I think it would be best, if this be our last meeting."

"Mayumi, I think it would be best if this were our last meeting together," stated the cold stoic voice of Hatori

"May-"

"What? You're not making much sence Ha'ri"

"It would be best… if we ended out relationship now."

"It would be best if we ended our relationship now."

"Why-"

"Why? Did I do something? Say something? Look, if it's about me constantly calling you a seahorse, I'm sorry. I'm not making fun of you! I just-"

"I don't want to see you hurt, Ha'ri."

"It's not that. It's not you at all. I just don't want to see you hurt."

"Hurt? May what are you saying?"

"Hurt? Hatori why would I be hurt when I'm with you? This past week I've had the best time of my life. I've had my three best friends who are healthy and happy, and I've had a wonderful boyfriend who doesn't care that I'm the Cancer, and who even shares a similar curse. Who can be someone I can love as well as one who could understand me and I him!"

"You asked me a question that day that still rings in my ears…" she closed her eyes slowly

"May, what's your worst fear? To lose your memories? To forget what has happened this past week? And to for your friends to lose their memories of this week?"

"What?"

"You were trying to protect me… Trying to save me from an unbearable pain. But I didn't listen… I always believed that in the end it would be worth it, because I would have had this time with you…"

"May-!"

"But what if I was wrong! I'm so scared, Ha'ri, and yet so certain that I'm doing the right thing."

"What-"

"It's my turn to protect you Ha'ri."

"May, just-!"

"I love you, but goodbye."

Then without a second thought. Without another word, Mayumi turned and ran. She left Ha'ri standing in the doorway shocked.

Hatori knew it would do no good to chase after her. Something had gotten to Mayumi- something that he knew would never let him near her. If he ran after her and got close, she would run faster no matter what. But…

/If I dnn't chase after her I will never see her again. She meant what she said. Her goodbye was said./

Hatori felt like his soul was ripping his insides. She was gone. He didn't want to believe it, but he didn't know how to convince himself otherwise.

/I have to chase after her. I had to try. I have to…/

Everything went black as Hatori collapsed in the doorway of his office.

"What happened, Shigure?" Anishi whispered as she entered the hospital room where Hatori had been placed.

"I don't know. I was just coming over to ask Hatori if he and Mayumi would like to go the carnival with us today and I found him unconscious in the doorway of his office."

"I wonder what happened."

"I don't know, but he looks near death. He might have been there most of the night."

"And it was so cold, too."

"I know."

"Will he be alright?"

"Most likely."

Ayame and Losan quietly entered the room and joined Anishi and Shigure.

Anishi looked up at them. "Losan, did you get a hold of Mayumi?"

Losan shook her head. "No. I couldn't get in touch with her. He and Aya even looked and we couldn't find her anywhere."

"So you have no idea where she could have gone."

Aya shook his head. "No. We tried everywhere we could think of."

Anishi nodded slightly and looked back to Losan who averted her eyes elsewhere.

Shigure forced a smile and spoke in his cheerful like tone. "Don't worry. I'm sure she just went out to catch some air somewhere. She'll show up before the day is up."

"I hope so. Seeing Hatori like this, I worry."

"Don't worry, Ani. Hatori just passed out. I'm sure Mayumi's fine."

"Well, it looks like there's nothing we can do here. We should get going, Losan."

Losan seemed a bit reluctant but then she nodded and the two left.

"Oh, Hatori…" Shigure said quietly. "What happened to you?"

Slap!

"Dammit, Losan! What do you know?" Anishi screamed.

Losan held her right cheek which was already turning red from Anishi's hand. "Ani…I"

"Spill it!"

"It's just… yesterday, after we came back from Shigure's house…Mitch showed up."

"What! What did he say?"

"I… I don't know. When he showed up I told him to go to Hell, and then I left."

"What?" Anishi's eyes widened, tears spilling out of them. "You left Mayumi alone with him?"

"I'm sorry, Ani. I was just so angry… I wasn't thinking."

"Oh, God in Heaven what is to happen now?"

"Anishi, I don't want to loose him…or any of them."

"Whatever is to happen…will happen. I fear fate has already been set into motion."