Don't you remember

Chapter 12




Kyo was still in the shop when he felt the presence of his mate returning. The shop had closed already, and Yuki and Ayame had retired to the upstairs apartments. They had offered to let him stay up there until Natasha returned, but he declined, wanting to be near his mate, when she returned.


Coming outside, he saw Hatori enter the car, that his mate was at, and he could feel her emotions. Dumbstruck, at the feelings, and what his eyes was telling him, he could see Hatori, cup the face of his mate and move his hand down further. Rage ran through him, heating his blood to a boiling point, and he unconsciously curled his hands into fists, still rooted to the spot, just outside the door


He then felt a sharp spike and the merge of another presence within his mind. 'Hatori?' he whispered within his mind


'Kyo, she blacked out, come and help me!' Hatori whispered back. This immobilized Kyo and he very quickly moved to the driver side of the car, opening up the door, and poking his head inside. As he did, he could smell the aura of sex in the car, and his eyes narrowed at his clan's leader


"What did you do to her" he hissed at him


"I don't understand. What has happened, and how can I hear you in my head?" Hatori said, as he did back up her shirt, and closed her winter jacket


"You bonded to her. How could you bond to her!" Kyo hissed, but his voice was a higher pitch.


"I...I don't know. I had no intention of ever acting on my feelings.." he said, almost muttering to himself, and then stopped as he just realized what he had just said to the very possessive mate of his love


"Acting...on...you...feelings....." Kyo said very slowing, panting from keeping his rage in check "How long have you had these feelings?" he asked, his red eyes glowing


"Over ten years...since I first met her." Hatori said softly


"Ten years!" Kyo hissed "You have been lusting after my mate for ten years!"


"No Kyo, not lusting. More of yearning. She is yours and Haru's. I could not interfere with that." he stumbled on saying, sounding more like a 17 year old being caught by his father with his pants down, then a 37 year old doctor with more degrees then someone at that age should have


"You had better explain yourself before I knock you into next Thursday" Kyo growled, as he managed to get his mate out of the car, and was carrying her 'bridal-style' in his arms


"When I first knew her, there was something about her, that was magnetic to me. I could never explain it, until the day I touched her mind. Kyo, she has something in there that is mine. I don't think it is Natasha herself, but something else. Whatever that is, that is who is my mate. Natasha just seems to be the receptacle of it." Hatori said, as he too left the car, and moved to the drivers side, to drive them back to the Honke


"Tohru is Yuki's, NOT yours." he growled


"Tohru would have been my equal in every way, but I would not have done that to Yuki. I know that he needed her more then me." Hatori said, as he looked over at the man holding his mate.


"Then what are you talking about?" Kyo said


"I don't know. But it isn't Tasha that I am bonded to, per se. It something else. Something darker, yet far more sensual." he said, lowering his voice


"How could it not be Tasha?" Kyo said, softly stroking his mate


"I don't know, but I think Seijiro knows. That boy knows more then any of us." Hatori said, as he pulled into the Honke and pulled up to Kyo's home. Stopping the car, he parked it and turned off the key.


"So now what? She is going to be waking up soon from the bonding process." Kyo said, remembering the last time that this happened


"Well I don't know. Haru is going to be home soon, and I don't think he is going to like me being here." Hatori said


"Uh, about that. Haru is not going to be home, actually I don't think he is going to be home for a while. Seijiro sent him on a mission." Kyo said, still in the warm car, that was steadily getting colder. Night had already fallen and it was starting to frost. The edges of the car, showed the beautiful edges of glacial glass that streamed against the pane of the window, and they were both beginning to see their own breaths.


"What mission?" Hatori said, looking at the younger man


"I don't know if I should say anything, I don't think I could handle it if I had to say it twice. Please, help me get her inside, she doesn't like the cold." Kyo said, looking at Hatori, and the doctor could see tears glistening in the young man's eyes


"Very well." he said as he opened the car door and came over to the passenger side. Opening the door, he leaned in and took Tasha into his arms. At that touch, he had felt a rightness that had never been before. He must have displayed this look as Kyo looked up at him, and with a weak smile, conveyed to him 'I know, isn't it amazing'


As Kyo got out of the car, he fished out his keys from his pocket, and allowed it to slide into the opening, turning the key. As it opened he fumbled for the light switch that would bath the room with a soft light. Finding it, he switched on the light and moved further into the room, allowing his clan's leader to bring in his mate. He would not think about the fact that his mate was now split three ways, but he would focus more on the fact that she was unconcious and would be for at least five minutes more. As Hatori sat her down, he moved into his kitchen and began to make hot chocolate, knowing that she would like this when she awoke.


He felt Hatori then move behind him, but not close, like Haru used to do. Still keeping a good foot between them, he glanced back seeing Hatori leaning against the dining table that was tucked into the furthest corner of the kitchen. His arms were braced against the back, and he was barely leaning into the dining table, almost allowing his arms to do the work of holding him up. Kyo understood that it was only Hatori's resolve that was keeping him standing, but he remembered that shortly he would be crashing, just as he and Haru had done, as Natasha had begun to awaken.


"Are you going to tell me what happened?" Hatori said


"In five minutes. I will tell you everything in five minutes" Kyo said, his voice soft, yet straining


"Why five minutes" the dragon asked


"Because in five minutes she will be awakening. And by the way, you are still cursed. You have just bonded to her, but for some reason you have not broken it yet." Kyo said


"What do you mean?" Hatori said


"Because I wasn't exactly willing." a voice said from the doorway


"Acushla you need to rest. Bonding takes too much out of you." Kyo said coming up to her, and holding her close to him


"I know, but I want to know what happened as well." Natasha said


"Something drew you to him." Kyo said


"All I remember is listening to Jesse Cooke, and then waking up here. What happened Kyo?" she said her face buried in his chest


"Something lured Hatori into the car, and...." Kyo said, his eyes closed, and tears threatening to fall


"And I bonded to you Natasha." Hatori finished, lifting himself off of the dining room table and came over to his new mate


"What..." she said in a quiet voice that hissed at the end of the quasi-sentence


"Something made me open the door, and when I heard the music, it seemed to draw me in." Hatori said, his head leaning down to touch the top of her head


"Hatori, I don't like you in that way. I never have. How could you do this to me." she whispered


"I don't think I bonded to you precicely Tasha. I think it was something else. SomeONE else that is there inside you." he said


"Oh great, so now you are telling me that I have three people inside me. That's just great." she said, leaning upwards and looking at her newest mate


"Acushla, there is something else I have to tell you. Haru is gone. Seijiro has found a way for Rin's curse to be broken." Kyo whispered, scared about the reaction that


"I think I always knew. Haru has always belonged to Rin, I just borrowed him for a while." she said looking up at her mates


"Tash, you are taking this better then I thought. Why?" Kyo said, still furious at the fates


"Because I have had more time away from the two of you. I love you both more then my own life, but I understand why Haru is needed for Rin. I remember seeing the two of them together. It was like complete bliss. He had always been happier with her, and well..." she said, fading off at the end, as tears fell


"You never really wanted to intrude, didn't you?" Hatori said, softly stroking her hair, trying to soothe her.


"No, but I had been longing for something, and Haru had been so hot that day.." she said as she began to blush at admitting that


"Do you know what that was Acushla?" Kyo said to her, lightly brushing his lips against her forehead


"No, I never did but seeing you two naked certainly was something that I was not going to turn down." she said, snuggling close to him


"Hentai.." Kyo murmured into her forehead, and at that Hatori shot him a look of 'Don't ever call her that again'


"Only for you." she whispered, but not being specific as to whom she was talking about


"So now what. Hatori is bonded to you. You know what this means." Kyo said, bringing his mate's face tiled to him


"Yes, but I don't feel anything for him." she said, not seeing Hatori's eyes close, and tears threatening to fall


"I know you don't. But something in you does want me. I think, that until I touch this part, we will not be truly mated." Hatori said, his tears falling, but only Kyo saw them fall.


"Then I don't have to sleep with you." she said, turning towards Hatori


"Only if you want to. It has been a very long time for me." he said softly, not the slightest bit embarrassed about admitting this


"Since Kana, right?" she whispered


"No. Since I was 15. Akito wanted comfort. It was the only way I knew how." he said to a very shocked crowd


"Hatori, you are 37! And you were engaged to Kana!" Kyo said, shocked at the fact that the dragon had been celibate for so long


"And we had decided to wait until our wedding night. She did not know I was not a physical virgin, but she knew I was an emotional one. When that did not happen, I let everyone believe that we had made love. It was not as if Kana could refute them." he said, while stroking his mate. As he did, he felt a presence emerge, as did Kyo. It was very different then anything he had ever encountered, and he stepped back from the emotions that were overloading his mind.


"Aruné, I have been expecting you. It took you long enough to be alone with my host." the presence said to Hatori


"Who...who are you?" he said, awestruck by the changes made in Natasha's appearance. Gone was her red hair, in its place, lush and full black hair, with a wave in it. Her breasts were still as full, but now she was taller then Kyo, giving her a height of nearly 6'4, and very much taller then Hatori's 5'11


"Aruné, close your eyes and think. Use your dragon insticts which are older then time itself. Then you will be able to address me." she said, softly stroking the face of her one true mate


"What is going on here?!" Kyo said, his hands curled up at seeing his mate change forms


"Hush, Grádén of my host. She and her beloved sister are still here. Rest assured I did not approve of what had happened but Tohru has been keeping me company these long years. She is such an amazing young lady" the woman said


"I asked a question, and I expect an answer." Kyo said not backing down


"Such a fiery spirit. It is no wonder my host loves you more then the others." she said, turning to him, and placing a hand on his cheek.


"Sh...she loves me...?" he said stunned.


"Silly silly Grádén, what did you think Tá grá agam duit meant. When she came and you two truly mated she screamed her love for you. Silly silly Grádén." the woman said with a slight laugh in her voice


"Don't mock him." Hatori said to the woman


"Aruné, are you ready to address me?" she said, softly stroking the face of her mate


"Not yet. I still do not know you." he admitted softly


"Hmmm, perhaps this will refresh your memory." she said with a grin, that was not a nice grin, but more of a predator. She then leaned down and kissed him softly. At her touch, he went ramrod straight. She held him in place with a hand on his cheek until something seemed to explode within him. And he became ravenous. He grabbed the sides of her face, and angled himself so that they were closer and began to devour her lips.


Kyo looked stunned, and completely in shock. The most stoic of all of them was making out with his mate, and from what it looked like, he wasn't going to last long. Kyo backed even further away, still in shock as it seemed that if he stayed, he was going to get more of an eyeful of dragon then he ever thought he would see. Hatori had already left her lips and was moving further down her body, in a rapid descent.


"Hatori..." Kyo said, trying to stop him from going any further. But the dragon was not listening. He seemed to be focusing on devouring his mate, in the most primal ways


"HATORI!!" Kyo screamed, as he stepped between them, ripping the dragon from the woman


"GET AWAY FROM MY MATE" a very feral voice replied from Hatori's lips. His normal green eyes were jade green black, and rimmed with black.


"Hatori?" a very scared former kitty said looking at the near feral man


"Aruné, you need to calm down" the woman who had yet to be identified said, as she gently came up behind him, and held herself against his back, wrapping her arms around the nearly fire-breathing dragon


"NEED YOU." Hatori said, his eyes still blazing from unspent desire


"I know Aruné, but you need to calm down. I can take care of you without initiating our mating. Grádén, would you mind giving us some privacy?" the woman said


"Yeah, I guess, I will meet you at Hatori's." he said, still dumbstruck by the sight of a nearly fire breathing Hatori. Backing away he moved out of the door, stunned into silence.





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