Hello again everyone! (Sobs) This is the last chapter! I am so depressed! (Sobs again) Remember that this chapter does take place a year later after the birth of Melody. Enjoy the final chapter people!

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Tohru sat in the doorway of the living room listening as Shigure and some of the others played with Melody. She gave a small smile. Everyone seemed to adore her, and Melody had taken a complete liking to Shigure, which was a surprise to everyone but Tohru.

"Hey Mel, look over here!" Kyo called.

Tohru smiled before deciding to leave them alone.

She wheeled into the kitchen and sat deep in thought. To the Sohma family, Melody was considered the "miracle baby". She got that name because one day Tohru had been rushing to get to class. Her handicapped bus was going to pick her up in a few minutes and Melody was on her lap in a fussy mood. As she had heard the bus blow the horn, without thinking, she handed Melody off to Shigure, as he was the nearest voice. She then realized that Shigure probably transformed, and that meant that he had probably dropped the baby. To Tohru's surprise, Shigure didn't transform. In fact, none of the Sohmas transformed when they held her. To this day, they still couldn't figure out why that was.

Tohru pondered some more, before moving on to another thought. She often scolded herself for how selfish she was being, but she couldn't help it. It often frustrated her when everyone would say how adorable Melody was. Tohru couldn't even see her daughter, or run with her or any of the things the other Sohmas could do. She often felt neglected in some odd way, and she often got the feeling of jealousy. This also meant that if Tohru had to run an errand and bring Melody along, she had to bring another member of the family with her too. This was because, if Melody happened to wander away while in a store, Tohru wouldn't be able to find her. Melody may only be a year old, but she was pretty fast. If she were ever to get lost, by the time Tohru would realize she was gone, Melody would've all ready covered enough ground in between them. This was another thing that frustrated Tohru.

All of a sudden, she was drawn out of her thoughts by feeling a weight being put on her lap.

"Here, it looked like you could use a friend." Shigure said softly.

"Mommy!" Her daughter cried. Tohru smiled and smoothed Melody's thin hair, which Shigure and the others claimed to be brown. Tohru could only take their word for it.

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Akito (AN: Akito is a male in this fic!) sat in a stretched out position on the floor. He turned when he heard the door open, and Hatori entered.

"You're late." Akito said monotonously, turning away from Hatori.

Hatori sighed. "I'm sorry Akito. I was helping Tohru with the baby and I lost track of time."

"First it was all about that girl, and now it's all about that baby. Why couldn't Shigure have helped Tohru with the baby? Why did you have to do it?" Akito asked, in a slightly frustrated tone.

"Akito, Shigure had his hands full, seeing that he had Ayame visiting, and Ayame, Yuki, and Kyo started arguing. Melody was starting to get tired and seeing that Shigure was busy, I offered to help Tohru put her to sleep."

Akito sneered. "Melody. What kind of disgusting name is that? What do you all call her? Mel, is it? Why not if you just call her Melon Head and be done with it." Akito said with a slight chuckle at his own small joke.

"Akito, you know as well as I do that Mel…Melody…Is very important to our family." Hatori said, his patience beginning to waver.

"The girl doesn't know does she? Everybody's keeping it from her because they don't wish to scare her, am I correct?" Akito asked.

"Yes." Was Hatori's blunt reply.

Akito turned to him slowly again. "You have to tell her sometime you know. When are you going to tell her? After I die? And then spring it on her that Melody was chosen to be the next leader of the junushi (sp?)? That would've been a real surprise to her I believe. And you know that she'll never go along with it. It's all about her and nobody else. I can all ready tell that you're going to favor Melody over me. It's all ready beginning. Your respect towards me is thinning. I want you to put a stop to it!" Akito snapped.

"Me? Akito, how, pray tell, are you expecting me to do anything about it?" Hatori asked impatiently.

"What do you think? I've been begging you for years to do it while that girl was spoiling you with those optimistic thoughts about everyone. I wish for Tohru's memory to be erased, and although her daughter is very young, I want her memory erased also."

"But Akito, the spirits have all ready decided that Mel will be the next…"

"…I KNOW WHAT THE SPIRITS HAVE DECIDED! I am telling you now that I will not die knowing that my family is ruled under the blood of Tohru Honda. Erase their memories." Akito said.

"And who do you wish to be the next leader? Mel does not have any relation to the Sohma family, but they managed to choose her anyway, possibly because they know something is in store for our family. You can't possibly be thinking about going against the…"

"I will do whatever I please because I am god! Now do as I command Hatori, or I might think of another way of getting rid of them myself! The next leader I believe, should be Yuki. And Yuki will put Kyo into confinement! That is how I command it!" Akito thundered.

Hatori winced. He thought long and hard before answering. "As you wish Akito." He said with a bow.

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The next day Shigure came in to inform everyone that Akito wished to have a meeting with the entire family, including Tohru and Melody.

Tohru did not object.

A few hours later they were at the Sohma house. Tohru felt Shigure and Hatori's presence on either side of her, and felt a sense of tenseness in them. Melody was sitting on her lap, probably confused as to why they were at this strange place instead of at the park.

Tohru heard the door open and heard the cool voice of Akito say, "Do it now."

Tohru felt gentle hands remove Melody from her grasp.

"Shigure? Hatori? What's going on?" Tohru asked, feeling a swell of panic.

"It's all right, we'll be right back." Shigure said softly.

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In a dark room…

Yuki shuddered as he followed Shigure and Hatori into the room. He didn't know why he was even coming with them.

Shigure placed Melody on the floor. Melody, who thought this was some sort of new game, began to crawl after Shigure as he went to light some ceremonial candles. He pushed her away firmly. Melody sat there stunned, wondering why Shigure wouldn't play with her like he usually did.

"Yuki, sit there." Hatori said, gesturing towards the spot in between the candles.

Yuki obeyed, and sat down. He then realized that thecandles each bore one symbol of an animal from the Chinese Zodiac.

Yuki grew tense. "What's going on?" He asked uneasily.

Shigure glanced up at Hatori nervously. Hatori gave an exasperated sigh knowing that he would have to explain.

"As you know, Melody has somehow been chosen to lead our family after Akito has…" Hatori tried to think of respectable word.

"…Croaked?" Yuki offered.

"Yuki!" Shigure hissed menacingly.

"…Passed on was going to be my word, but croaked works too. Anyway, Akito, obviously will not allow this, and wants the spirits of the Zodiac to be passed onto somebody within the family blood lines."

"Wait…Are you saying that he wants me to be the next leader? To be god? Forget it! I'm at university now! I don't want…" Yuki trailed off as both Hatori and Shigure glared at him.

"I'm sorry Yuki, but we have to do what Akito says. You have to be the next leader." Hatori said finally.

Yuki gave out a shuddering breath.

Shigure lit the final candle. "Let's begin."

Shigure and Hatori began chanting ancient words, and Melody screamed in pain as the symbols from the candle lit up and each vengeful spirit left Melody and flowed into the candles, before flowing into Yuki, which caused him to scream in pain. It was being done He was going to control the whole family as soon as Akito died. And with that final thought, Yuki passed out.

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Tohru sat in her wheelchair uneasily, the whole room seemed to be filled with tension. Finally, she heard a door slide open.

"Has it been completed?" Akito asked.

"Yes, Yuki is now next to be our new leader." Shigure's voice said.

"And the girl?"

"Hatori has all ready removed her memories of us while she's still unconscious."

"What?" Tohru exclaimed.

"Calm down, you're going to be next." Akito said.

"I'm getting my memory erased? Why?" Tohru asked.

"Because I can not stand for somebody to be treated with more respect than me! And your daughter was all ready getting the respect that I deserve and she's only a year old! You are such an idiot! Thinking that you could change the curse! When will you learn to not meddle in our business?" Akito screamed.

Tohru felt hot, angry, tears stream down her face. "YOU TRICKED ME!" she screamed in surprising fury in Shigure's direction.

Shigure sank a little before Hatori entered the room.

"I'm ready."

And before she could say another word, she felt herself being pushed out of the room.

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"Where am I?" Tohru demanded, still infuriated that she had been betrayed by the family that she had lived with for five years.

"In another room. I know this is difficult for you." Shigure said.

"Wanna bet?" Tohru said icily.

She felt a presence kneel in front of her. And she felt a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"Tohru, try to understand, neither you or me has a choice in this." Hatori said quietly.

"Why can't we just pretend?" Tohru whined.

Hatori smirked at Tohru sounding like a two-year-old. "That's not how it works, and you know it as much as I do. We'll be very sad that we won't be spending anymore time with you. And we're sorry that we can't watch Mel grow up. When you wake up, you'll be in an apartment that has easy pay for you. We also hired an aide to help you out around the apartment. Do you understand that this is the last conversation you're having with a member of the Sohma family?" Hatori asked, his voice cracking. She felt the grip tighten on her shoulder, knowing that it was Shigure.

"Yes." She whispered quietly.

"Very well then." Hatori said, placing his hand over her eyes.

"Oh, one final thing, I arranged for you to see a physical therapist for your legs. And, I put some money aside in case you ever think about re-doing surgery on your eyes."

Before Tohru could even respond, she could all ready feel the memories being dragged from her. And with one final cry, she was also unconscious.

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One year later…

Yuki dragged himself along the streets of Japan. Akito had died six months ago, and Yuki cursed him to this day for the whole weight of the curse to be thrown on him. He hated him to bits, it felt like the whole curse was dragging him down, and he felt old and sickly. Kyo had been put into confinement six months ago as well, under one of Akito's final death wishes, which they had to obey.

Yuki walked by a stationary store and heard a little girl whining.

"Go in! Go in! I wan' in!" The girl whined, pulling on her mother's sleeve.

"Melody for once and for all, no!" A firm voice replied.

Yuki froze. That voice. It was Tohru's. He turned and did a double take.

How old was Tohru now? Twenty? Just about anyway. She was walking again, but it appeared that she had a slight limp from the way she was moving, trying to wrestle with Melody who was pulling on her hand repeatedly. Her face had worry lines around the eyes, and wore a slight frown as she fought a silent battle with Melody. Her hair was still the same, except she had grown out her bangs and now wore it in a high ponytail. She wore black jeans, and apurple t-shirt, with white sneakers. She was also wearing an apron to a restaurant. This meant she had either come off a shift, or was going on a shift. One most different feature about her was that she was now wearing glasses. They suited her fine, but it made her look different then what Yuki was used to.

"Miss Honda?" Yuki asked cautiously, stepping towards her.

Tohru turned around and squinted hard at him before brightening. "Yuki! I haven't seen you since we graduated from high school! I heard that you're at a university now, good for you!" Tohru said with a smile.

"Yes, and I see that you're seeing and back on your feet again."

Tohru laughed. "Wow, you actually remember that I was in an accident? That's impressive. Yeah, well one year of physical therapy does a lot to you. I have a cane at home though, and I walk with a limp. My eyesight isn't the greatest. I mean, I'm staring right at you, and you appear to be afew feetaway in my eyes. There are also a lot of shadows around you, but other than that, my eyesight's okay."

Yuki smiled slightly. "Well at least I'm glad you're okay. How are things going for you at college?"

"Oh, that. I dropped out. It was too much for me. I work three jobs now and Mel's mostly in daycare, but I do all right." Tohru said.

Yuki glanced at Melody briefly. Her hair was now a little past her shoulders, and slightly curly. She had a fair complexion, and right now she was wearing a pink flowery dress with white sandals. Her eyes still stood out, as beautiful as ever. The blue eyes with the unique gold ring around the blue really made her stand out.

"Very good. Well, would you like me to buy you some tea or something? Or are you headed off to work?" Yuki asked.

"Oh no, I'm not. I just came off of a shift. But, I'm meeting with my fiancée."

Yuki felt a pang, wondering what Shigure would say. "Oh, congratulations, you're getting married. Good for you." He said fighting a smile.

"Yep, and here he is now." Tohru said, waving.

A tall, athletic looking guy jogged over to Tohru. He had blond hair, and bright eyes. He was wearing a red t-shirt and baggy jeans. He kissed her, before smiling politely at Yuki.

"You ready?"

"You bet. See you around Yuki. It was nice talking to you." Tohru said with a wave.

Yuki waved back as he watched them disappear.

'I guess everyone has to move on eventually.'

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Please don't kill me if that was a crappy ending. If you like it, please review and let me know if you would like a sequel. I haven't thought of a correct title yet. So I'm just calling it Open Your Eyes Up to the World: 2 for now. I all ready have it all planned out, so it's up to you if you want it or not. Thank you to all my reviewers/readers. I'd list off all your names, but I'd feel bad if I missed anybody. Special thanks to my English teacher for teaching my class about people who are visually impaired. And to Mr. Usinas, the man who was blind that visited my school in March and inspired me with his story of how he became visually impaired! Thank you and please review!