Tohru looked at the nearest shelf of food and frowned. She couldn't find the ginger. "Excuse me." She walked over to the man working there. A man who looked really bored. "Um… Do you know where the ginger got moved?"

"What?" He frowned at her. "Isle 12." He waved his hand.

"Um. Thank you." Tohru smiled, hoping it would brighten his day, and headed towards the isle. She froze as she recognized a figure standing there and looking at the ingredients. "Isamu!"

He spun and for a moment looked shocked and then he relaxed. "Tohru." He smiled.

Tohru found it sweet how he had gotten over being shy around him, but he still blushed slightly when he first saw her. "What are you doing here?" She walked up next to him and started looking for ginger.

"I'm grabbing some groceries for my mom." He stopped looked at her and reached out. Their hands brushed as they both reached for a thing of ginger. He jumped back and Tohru laughed. "Sorry." He muttered.

"You're fine." Tohru smiled and held out the ginger to him. "Here."

"Keep it." He reached up and grabbed another one.

He's so tall. Tohru looked at him, realizing suddenly that he practically towered over her. She felt her heart flutter. She was surprised by that, she had never really felt that way towards any guy. Mom is this how you felt about dad. The thought bugged her but also made her feel excited.

"So... " Isamu shifted. "Do you.. Want to walk together?"

"I would love to." Tohru smiled and began to follow him as they continued to explore the store. Tohru kept watching him in shock and wonder. The more she watched him the more she couldn't help but realize her feelings were growing. She watched as he helped an older woman get something from a top shelf, he offered to watch a kid while the mother paid for her groceries in line, and then he helped a woman load her groceries into her car.

"If you want… I can walk you home." Isamu smiled. "It's on my way."

"Thank you." Tohru smiled. Truthfully she didn't want to leave his side.

Isamu smiled.

Kyo kicked the air in frustration and then spun and punched the air. He was covered in sweat and breathing heavily. He brushed some hair out of his face and sighed. Now that he wasn't making any noise he could hear voices. Kyo paused and realized he recognized one of the voices.

"Thank you for walking me home." Tohru.

Kyo started walking towards the voices and smiled. He wanted to see Tohru. She wouldn't care that he was sweaty and her smile would make him feel better.

"No problem." A male voice.

Kyo stopped behind a tree and looked out. A guy with brown hair stood with Tohru near the front door of the house. He had a couple bags of groceries his arms but he also was standing extra close to Tohru. Jealousy bubbled in Kyo's chest.

"So um.." Tohru looked down. "We…"

"I can come pick you up on Friday night." The man smiled. "Don't worry about anything."

"I can't wait." Tohru was smiling. "I'll see you on Friday."

"Yes." The man leaned down and kissed her on the check and then quickly started to walk away.

Tohru started laughing and then yelled after him. "BYE!" She waved her hand after him and then picked up her grocery bags and walked into the house.

Kyo stood there leaning against the wall. His heart hurt.

Miyako hummed as she walked. She had a boxed lunch tucked under her arms. Courage. Miyako whispered to herself. He'll say yes. He has no reason to say no! Miyako clutched the box closer. She hurried as she recognized the area around Shigure Sohma's house. She turned and headed to the forest area behind the house. She was sure Kyo was in that area.

She could hear after walking for a little someone grunting. She turned a corner to find Kyo punching and kicking the air. "Kyo!" She rushed towards him but jumped back as he glared at her.

He frowned and then turned away and continued to punch the air. "What do you want?"

"I.." Miyako looked down. "I was wondering if you wanted to have lunch together… I… I see you don't." She started to walk away.

"Why would you want to spend your time with me? The cursed cat." Kyo hissed.

Miyako froze and looked back at him. "Why?" She set the box down and walked towards him. "Kyo…"

"I'm just a foolish weak useless cat." Kyo looked away from her as he stopped punching the air. "I can't do anything right."

"What brought this on?" Miyako rested a hand on his back. "Kyo?"

He slowly turned and looked at her. "Why?"

"Kyo… You are great. You are an amazing guy who is smart. In fact I'm pretty sure I saw that your paper the other day had a ninety percent on it." She smiled. "And I'm pretty sure you could beat up pretty much every guy I know." She smiled. "Kyo you are amazing. When I was going through a hard time… You were the one who pulled me out of it."

"Miyako…" Kyo whispered.

"Kyo I…" Miyako leaned in closer to him. "I love you." She kissed him. She didn't know what possessed her to, but she couldn't help herself. She just kissed him and then pulled back, her face bright red.

"M… Miyako…" Kyo gasped and looked at her. "You…"

"I love you Kyo Sohma." Miyako smiled. "And I'm glad you were born in this time.. With me."

Kami was clearing dishes when she felt arms wrap around her back. She almost dropped the plate as the warm arms held her tightly. "Hatori?" Kami whispered.

She heard a small sniff. "It's gone."

Kami set the plate down and then slowly turned around. Hatori had tears in his eyes as he looked at her. Kami reached up and touched his face. "It's okay." Kami smiled. "I'm here." She hugged him back.

Hitomi finished zipping up the current dress and walked out into the showroom. "Okay Ayame, what do you think?" She gave a small spin. As she finished she found Ayame sitting. A shocked expression on his face. "Does it really look that bad?" Hitomi walked over. "Aya-." She was interrupted as Ayame pulled her into his arms.

"Ayame… I… I'm not cursed…" He whispered. "I'm alone…"

"No you're not." Ayame hugged him. "I'm here with you."

Raine looked down at her textbook and sighed. "This is stupid." She tossed the book onto the table in front of her. She rubbed her face. "I need a snack." She stood up and froze. Standing and looking stunned was Ritsu. He had dropped his back and had covered his face. "Ritsu?" She walked over to him and rested her hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay?"

"It's gone…" Ritsu whispered. "I… I don't know what happened…" He looked at her, he was crying. "Raine…"

"What is it?"

"I'm free." He wrapped his arms around her.

"Ritsu…" Raine whispered, in shock. His curse…

Shouta kicked at a rock as he walked. Kami… where are you… Please… Come here… He looked up just as Rin came running towards her. She was smiling widely and flung her arms around his neck. He stumbled back in shock. "R-Rin?"

"It's gone!" She laughed. "It's really gone!" She was laughing but there were also tears running down her face.

"Hey… Rin… Calm down…" Shouta touched her back. "It's okay.. Can you tell me what is going on? Are you happy? Sad?"

She punched him in the shoulder but started laughing. "You idiot. I'm cured! No more curse!"

Aki glanced around and then quickly dashed across the street. She was meeting up with Yuki for a date… a real date. He had asked her out to lunch the day before. She felt like she was going to jump out of her skin. She turned a corner to see Yuki. He was looking at his hand with his back to her. "YUKI!" She waved her hand. "Yuki?"

He slowly turned to her with tears in his eyes. "Aki?"

"What's wrong? Are you hurt?!" She tensed.

"I…" He looked back at his hand. "It broke… It really broke…" He whispered.

Aki froze. She knew what he meant instantly. His curse. Tears started rolling down her own face and Aki shrunk down into her hawk form. Why would he want to be with me now? I would just be a reminder of his past.

"Aki?" She felt Yuki pick her up. "What's wrong?"

"You don't need me anymore." Aki sniffled. "I understand."

"I still want to be with you." Yuki held her close. "I promise you Aki. I really like you. I want to still be with you." He smiled gently. "So please… Don't cry."

Aki looked up at him and then smiled weakly. "Really?"

"Really?" Aki turned back and Yuki held her close.

Natsuki sat by the river and let the water run over her bare feet. It was cold but she didn't care right now. If I get sick maybe Kami will come back. That was really the only thought in her head. Or maybe something good might happen… Maybe I won't have to go to stupid school!

"What are you doing?"

Natsuki slowly stood up and spun, glaring at Hatsuharu. "What do you want?!" It was only then that she noticed he had tears on his face. "Haru?"

"I'm sorry." He whispered and looked down. "I… I was a jerk."

"Yeah… But that doesn't explain why you are cry." All the anger she had felt towards him faded. "What happened?"

"Our curse… It broke."

Natsuki froze. "What?"

"Our curse broke." Haru looked down. "I won't ever again transform." He slowly looked up at her. "Natsuki-."

"Why do I care?!" Natsuki barked at him. "It's not like I'm your girlfriend!"

"No you're not." Haru nodded. "But I…" He took a step towards her. "I would like for us to try… For real this time."

"What?!" Natsuki took a step back. "Y-." She was cut off as Haru leaned in and kissed her. Straight on the lips. She pushed at his chest. "Y- You…" She transformed into a full on lion. "What?!"

Haru smiled. "You're really cute when you are embarrassed.'
"S-Shut u-up!" Natsuki looked at her paws.

Haru sat down next to her. "I'm sorry about before… I want to give this a real try… So please… Would you be my real girlfriend?"

Natsuki looked at him, her lion eyes locked on his human eyes. "I'm going to kill you, you idiot." Natsuki sighed and slowly changed back into her human form. "You idiot." She started laughing.

Akemi skipped towards the movie theatre. Her and Momiji were going to watch a new movie about a dog. Akemi was really excited. For the one hundredth time she was happy she wasn't Yin. "Momiji." Akemi sang as she skipped. "So sweet! Momiji! The best boy! Momiji!" She stopped seeing Momiji leaning against the wall. "MOMIJI!" She waved her hand.

He slowly looked up. "Akemi?" He seemed distracted.

"Momiji?" Akemi walked up to him. "Are you okay?"

"I… I don't know how to feel." Momiji whispered. "I feel…. I… I'm happy… but sad…" He shook his head. "It feels like… I've lost a part of me."

"What are you talking about?" Akemi took his hand. "Momiji?"

"My curse." Momiji looked at her and then hugged her tightly to his chest. "My curse is gone… I… I've lost my connection to the others."

Akemi froze. "You… You lost your connection to your family."

Momiji nodded. "Yes."

"I don't know if I should say I'm sorry or not." Akemi whispered.

"Thank you." Momiji held her close. "Thank you Akemi.."

Shigure rested a hand over his heart and leaned up against the wall in shock. Tears rolled down his face. He couldn't help it. It was the same that day when he had learned that Akito was to be born. No it was the same… it was the opposite. Like a piece of him had suddenly died. He rested his head against the wall and cried. "It's over…" Shigure wasn't sure who had done it but now… now the curse was gone. It was finally broken.

"Shigure?" Yin sat up and yawned. She had fallen asleep in the corner of his office a few hours ago. It was really adorable how carefree she was, even though she was technically an adult. "What's up?"

"It's nothing." Shigure whispered as he pushed his way away from the wall. He smiled.

"You're lying." Yin stood up and walked over to him. "Don't lie to me."

"Come on." Shigure laughed. "You should know-."

"I can tell you are lying." Yin frowned at him, turning serious. He had forgotten how serious she could be when she wanted to. "Now tell me the truth!"

Shigure sighed. "Fine." He pulled her to his chest and looked her straight in the eyes. "The truth is that my curse broke."

"I see." Yin looked up at him and then stretched and kissed him on the lips. "So you are free… Which means no more fear of you transforming."

Shigure laughed. "Oh Yin." He pulled her close. "You are amazing."

She grinned. "Now stop crying." She pulled away and walked back over to her corner, picking up the book she had left there.

Shigure sat at his desk. Akito… I wonder how you are going to take this… After all… for you… This is going to hurt you.. And I won't stay by you… Not like Kureno… No… Not now that I have Yin. He looked over at her and smiled. "Hey Yin."

"Yeah."

"You might want to go home for a couple days… I think a lot is going to happen in the next couple days… I won't be back here either."

"Okay." Yin looked at him. "Can I take the book with me?"

"Of course." He smiled. "And I'll call you."

"You'd better." She stood up. "I'll see you later then."

Shigure watched her go and sighed. "Sorry Yin… But all of us Sohmas are going to be dealing with one angry former God… Akito is going to furious. Shigure sighed and stood up. "I guess I'd better go deal with this sooner rather than later."