Don't you remember

Chapter 9



- 10 minutes before -



Ayame sat inside the room with his son, beside the desk that currently, his son was sitting at. His son, the computer genius, was the one that had helped to get Natasha into the country. For some reason, the officials of the country refused to let her into the country, though he suspected a certain dead God, that had deterred that particular feat.


So, with the help of his son, to get his favourite Auntie into the country, they modified records, to allow her entrance. His son, in itself was a miracle. After Natasha had been brutally mind-raped by Hatori, which he still did not agree with, he had hid his relationship with Mine, until they had discovered that she was pregnant. She had cried and cried, as she didn't want to leave him, but in order for noone to discover her and the baby, most notably Akito, he ordered Mine and his unborn son, to America, to be safe from Akito.


He had regretted that action, as he never saw the birth of his only son, and missed the first 4 years of his life. Oh, granted, he had seen pictures, and Ayame always sent him Videos of his days, so that he would KNOW he was loved, though they couldn't be together, until finally she had died. The night of her death, had been the happiest day of Ayame's life. He had called his wife, which she had been the day he found out she was pregnant, and called her back. They had arrived the day of the funeral to everyone's surprise, as it did not take a genius to figure out who the boy was. Just like any children of Kyo, Haru or Yuki, parentage was apparent, with Seijiro having Ayame's snake-like eyes of iridescent gold and blue, which was the reason he was named Seijiro. When looking at him, he was very serious, almost like Hiro in that respect, with Yuki's grace, and tact. For some reason, he had none of his parents flamboyant traits, only Ayame's looks, which most in the family were very grateful for.


"Sei, what are you looking for?" he asked his son softly. Surprisingly, he was never the over the top with his son, though his son always witnessed it, which made him smile


"A way to get Auntie Tohru out of Auntie Tasha" he said quietly, yet solemnly


"You do believe Natasha?" Ayame said, surprised


"Of course I do Father. You Japanese may not believe anything else but I had the opportunity to do a lot of study, and I had already researched Auntie's lineage." he said, nonchalantly


"Sei, have I not told you to show the disdain for your heritage.." Ayame admonished softly


"Father, if your forefathers hadn't been so stupid, the curse would not have happened, and you would not have had to hide Mother." he said matter of factly, but not taking his eyes off the computer, as he continued his research


"That may be true but..." he said but he heard the sobbing coming from the other room, which was not a female sound, and his eyes lit up


"Natasha did it!" was all he said as he got up and ran to the other room to see Yuki finally speak and break down in his grief


"I knew the Goddess would be able to do it." Sei said to noone but himself.




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- Back to present -




Yuki walked into the other room, that really had not changed in 10 years. He never understood why Mine left, and then suddenly returned, but then again, the last few years had been a blur for him. As he came into the room, he saw a blue haired version of himself, sitting at the computer desk. He must have made an audible noise, as the boy turned around and grinned at him, and he was shocked as it was really just a mini version of himself.


"You sure that Tohru is dead?" he whispered


"Are you trying to tell me that it is possible for you to have a son Yuki?" Natasha said on the sly, and at that Yuki glowed beet red


"Itwastwonightsbeforethewedding" he stumbled softly


"That was the same night that I gave myself to Kyo and Haru" she said just as softly


"You screwed BOTH of them!" he shouted and at that Seijiro snickered, as Natasha went scarlet red


"Uncle Yuki, she hasn't been allowed out of their house in two weeks" he said and then turned back towards the computer, as Natasha wanted to crawl under a rock, so deeply embarrassed


"THEIR house?" Yuki said


"There is a lot of explaining that has to be done Uncle Yuki. Why don't you sit down and I will let you know." Sei said, still looking at the screen, but leaning over, and patting the chair that his father had occupied minutes before.


"Doesn't he remind you of someone..." Natasha said now snickering, but still a scarlet red


"Tell me he grew out of that..." he said of a certain sarcastic ram he knew of


"I don't know Yuki." she said now very sad


"Auntie Tasha, he hasn't, though Kisa controls him quite well." Sei supplied


"Tasha, why would you not know?" Yuki said


"Probably because Uncle Ha'ri wiped her mind" Sei said, now turning to them


"Why?" Yuki said, as Natasha looked downcast


"Akito knows what she is, because she was a Goddess. She could sence another Goddess in the midst, and wasn't about to allow her to live." Sei said nonchalantely and then turned back towards the computer screen


"What are you talking about Sei?" Natasha asked him, coming up beside him, and scrunching down to his side


"You will find out soon Auntie." he said with an absolutely brilliant smile that left no doubt that he was related to Yuki


"You are a very cryptic boy." she said shaking her head


"Yes but you love me anyways." he said


"Wow does he ever sound familiar." Yuki commented and gave a slight chuckle


"Now, now, he's a good boy. Why don't we leave him for now, and I will show you what I have been doing all these years." Natasha said as she grabbed Yuki's arm and pulled him away.




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"So you did become a fashion designer, just like you always said you would." Yuki said now sitting at the chair opposite her desk


"Yeah I guess Ha'ri couldn't wipe everything." she said softly


"I don't know what would have made him think he could do that, and I will be having words with him when I see him, but you have always wanted to do this, to the point of working for Ayame for nearly 3 years" Yuki said to her, staring at the phone, that had barely stopped ringing, for the last 20 minutes


"Are you ever going to answer that?" he said pointing at the phone, that once again was doing a vibrating dance on her desk, as it inched once again, towards falling off the desk. Leaning once again over, he held the phone in place, as it stopped ringing


"'Ki, I do that, and I won't be allowed out again." she said with a soft pink blush across her cheeks


"Who is going to stop you?" Yuki said, perplexed, as he could hear a crash of the shops door close and felt an ominous presence approaching, thanks to his training. Standing up, he came over to her, and saw that she didn't even seem concerned, at who was approaching


"WHY THE HELL WON'T YOU PICK UP YOUR PHONE!" a very pissed off former cat screamed at his mate


"Most likely because, I want to be walking tomorrow?" she said nonchalantly as Yuki stared at her and Kyo, and then realized what she meant and began to blush profusely


"Who are you to talk to her like that you Baka Neko" Yuki growled, but in his own soft voice


"SHUT UP YOU FUCKING RAT, AND STAY OUT OF MY BUSINESS!" he screamed


"KYO!"


"Sorry." was all he said, and with that, completely deflated. Then it just occured to him, that Yuki was talking. "You're talking." he stated to his former rival


"Wow do you catch on quick. Did it take you all day to think about that?" Yuki said nearly sneering. Even though Natasha wasn't his, his Tohru was, and she was still within her


"Now, now, Yuki, there is no need for that." a voice said from the doorway


"Goddammit guys, I have to work!" Natasha said from behind Yuki


"You never have to work again, we told you that." Haru said as he came over to her, pushing Yuki aside, and picked her up, bridal style, into his arms


"Guys, I'm not like your Japanese women, I told you that. I need to work" she said, looking at her mate into his smoky grey eyes


"You are not working, you are coming home." Kyo said as he began to walk back towards the storefront, with Haru not far behind him


"Put me DOWN!" she screamed, struggling in Haru's arms. His response: He held her closer


"Now now, I can't allow you to carry away my employee. I must insist you put her down!" Ayame said in a very frilly yellow dress, that did not do justice to him.


"You disgraceful man..." Yuki muttered to himself looking at his brother dressed up in that get-up


"Ayame get out of our way." Kyo said, balling his fist at Ayame


"Kyo, explain yourself, and Haru, put her down" a very stern voice said from the door


"What the hell is this, the Sohma convention?" Natasha said, as Haru set her down


"Are you complaining?" Hatori said perking an eye up at her


"No, but I think they need a re-education on how to treat a lady." she said, but staring at both her mates, as they began to blush and hang their heads


"Kyo, would you like to explain to me, why you and Haru were attempting to kidnap her. Didn't having her tied to your bed for two week fix your sex issue?" he asked,
as their eyes widened, Yuki went scarlet red, and Ayame began laughing. They stood silent for a good five minutes, as Hatori just stared at them. "I am waiting..." he said, slightly irritated


"God dammit Hatori, it is none of your business. You may be the head of this family, but we are not children anymore." Haru said


"Then why are you behaving like children. She is an adult, and you are letting your animal hormones, that are still present, rule." Hatori said


"Well if you three would just give your all, we would be all free finally. Do you think we LIKE this. We both know on an intellectual level, that what we are doing is wrong, but our animal instincts are driving us nuts. We HAVE to be with her, all the time. If you hadn't brought her back, we might have been able to control it, but you didn't, and now that she is here, we can't control it." Kyo said quietly, as Yuki stared at him


"What do you mean animal instincts?" Yuki said


"When you are with your mate, the drive to mate is uncontrollable. You can't control it." Haru said just as quietly


"So if Tohru had lived...?" Yuki said. At that Kyo looked straight at his former rival and said "You would have the uncontrollable urge to fuck her every chance you got. It took us two weeks, to get the urges under control long enough to let her out of our sights for 6 hours." he said as Yuki's eyes widened, as did Hatori's. He had no idea that this is what was happening, and then looked at Natasha, and saw her eyes glisten with tears.


"Kyo is right, fortunately Mine doesn't mind. But the first 5 years without her was nearly unbearable." Ayame said from behind them. "It is why she is never far from my side." he added, as Mine came up behind them, holding a bundle of clothing.


"Why didn't the three of you tell me. I had the right to know." Hatori said his voice slightly breaking


"For the simple reason that it was not your business." Kyo said, as he walked back over to Natasha, and grabbed her arm. "Now unless you would all like a show, me and Haru have business with our mate." he said as he began to drag her away, and thanks to that new revelation, she didn't fight them any more.


"Ayame, can you drop off my tablet tonight, and I will, I suppose I will be working like we did before." she said as she was dragged by both men, both holding her arms, as they walked out of the door


"Of course!" he said, though they were already out the door.


"Ayame, I can understand them, but why didn't you tell ME what was going on." Hatori said, unusually harsh with him


"Because, we didn't want to worry you. As Kyo said, we may not change into animals anymore, but we still have those instincts, and we will continue to do so, until you, Shigure, and Rin learn to love. Shigure, as much as I love him, is far too selfish, and Rin has too much anger. Even if you can break yours, and you have such a kind heart, I know you will, but those two will be the hardest to break." Ayame said, as Yuki sat down. It was so much, and he had lost so much time.


"So we are still cursed. Is that it?" Yuki said looking at his brother


"Yes, though I suspect you had it worse then any of us. At least Kyo, Haru, and I knew where our mate was. We could still feel her, and be in spirit with her. Yours is dead, and there is no getting around that. I am not surprised that you shut down after her death. If Natasha or Mine ever died, we would feel it that keenly." Ayame said, in the most serious voice that Yuki had ever heard. Hell, so had Hatori, as he stared at his childhood friend


"So what do we do about Rin and Shigure?" Hatori asked.


"Rin, I do not know. She was so devastated completely, though I do not know why. 'Gure on the other hand. Well, that will take some time. He really only loved Akito, as twisted as that sounds." Ayame said, for once showing distaste for his former Goddess.


"I heard something about Akito sending her out the window. I was not allowed to treat her, as she had to be hospitalized, but it was then, that Haru lost it in the school." Hatori said


"That was the day, at least I think, that he and Natasha got together. It was the next day that Kyo, Haru and Natasha were joined at the hip, and he stopped looking at Tohru that way. In fact, I think that was the day he stopped hating me." Yuki said


"I think you are right Yuki." Hatori said, remembering himself. He also thought that was the day, that he began to notice her, as a potential mate. He cursed himself again, within his mind, as he was having impure thoughts again about her, and he knew that if this continued, he might give himself away and the boys would not be very forgiving of this. He thought back to the day that he had wiped her memory. Unlike most people, when he wiped their minds, he didn't have access to their thoughts, but on that day, as he was erasing the mind of his soulmate, he saw some of her life, and it tore him up inside. He also suspected at that time, that the other presence he felt, was not Tohru, as it was not pure, but pure sensual malice. He wondered where that would be coming from, and he wondered if this part was his soulmate.




Just for safety sake - Terms




mo mhúirnín bán means My fair darling

Tá grá agam duit which means I love you.

Aruné which means Darling

Acushla which means Pulse of the Heart.

Beloved is Grádág for female and Grádén for male