This is a sad chapter - to me at least. I hoep you like it anyway. Please dont forget to review!
I dont own Fruits Basket but I do own Mari.
I sat there, terrified.
"Mari-san," Hatori said again, softly, trying to comfort me," It'll be alright." He slowly reached out a hand, but I shrank away from his reach. I shook my head violently, trying to rid my mind of the images I saw, but nothing worked. The images where, you could say, now burnt in my head, and wouldn't leave. I took another glance at Akito, and she was still smirking that evil, sadistic smile of hers.
"WHY?!" I yelled at her," WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME?!" Hatori sat there, shocked at my sudden outburst.
"You wanted to remember – did you not?" Akito said simply," I was just doing a small favor for you."
"THIS ISNT A FAVOR!" I yelled, the tears rolling down my cheeks," IT"S TORTURE! PAIN!" She snapped, and came at me. I had no time to defend myself, and soon, I was flying out of the room. I landed hard on the outside, my head hitting hard on the ground.
"IF YOU DIDN'T WANT MY HELP THEN WHY DID YOU WANT TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING IN THE FIRST PLACE?!" Akito yelled at me," I GAVE YOU WHAT YOU WANTED!" I lay there on the ground, trying to block out all the images, and her yelling, but it didn't work.
"YOUR LIFE IS NOTHING WITHOUT MEMORIES OF YOUR PAST!" Akito yelled," IF YOU DON'T WANT THE MEMORIES – THEN FINE!" She turned to Hatori, a smirk on her face," HATORI – Erase Her Memories – ALL of them!" I gasped, and stared at him, worried what he would do. He stood up slowly, and then turned at looked at me – his eyes full of pain. Slowly, he walked toward me, and crouched down next to me.
"It's probably whats best for you right now," he said softly," Forgive me Ari." His hand went to my forehead, but I slapped his hand away, and jumped away from him. With a look around, I saw everyone – and remembered every single one of them: Rin…Ritsu… Hiro… Kagura… the ones I hadn't yet met before my memory had been evilly returned – I saw those I had met and became friends with quite recently: Momiji…Haru…Kisa.
"Why didn't I listen to my gut?" I asked myself," Why be so selfish as to want the memories of pain like this to return?" I shook my head violently, trying again to rid myself of them, but it didn't work. Hatori stayed where he had been, when he was about to erase my memory as Akito had ordered.
"Ari…" he said softly," I know it's painful, but if you want the memories gone… I can help you."
"NO!" I shouted at him," YOU'LL ERASE EVERYTHING I'VE LEARNED RECENTLY AS WELL!" I hated yelling at Ha'ri-kun, but I couldn't help it. Walking backwards, away from him and Akito, I tripped over a stone in the garden, and fell into the small pond. Quickly I pushed myself back to my feet, and heard several kids snickering at me – kids not in the zodiac curse themselves, but know about it. With one last look at Haru, I turned and ran. I never looked back, afraid that if I did, I'd stumble and fall, and be right back into Akito's grasp. Soon, I was outside the gates, and running through the forest, not knowing – nor caring – where I was going. I just had to get away from here.
After about ten minutes of running, stumbling, picking myself back up only to stumble again, I gave up, and allowed myself to stay down. The ground was warm, and I hated it. My body was over-heating, I was drenched with sweat, and my throat was bone dry. The water I had taken with me was back at the Main House, where I had dropped it when Akito had first thrown me. Warily, I looked around, and saw a small cave up ahead. I knew I was tired, and when I tried to move, my body protested, but I had to get to that cave. Crawling, I inched forward, slowly, inch by inch. After a couple minutes, I stopped and rested. I was only half-way to the cave, and I knew I couldn't make it any further. My lungs were on fire, and my vision was becoming weak.
"This is it," I thought," This is where I am going to die… I'm sorry Gure-kun…Ha'ri-kun…Ayaa-kun….Yuki-kun…Dad…Mom… But I can't survive any longer…" I closed my eyes, and let the darkness consume me.