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Chapter 20 - Chapter 18 – Hatori Sohma

Third person POV

 Shortly thereafter, Roxas and Laurel are walking down the street when a black car pulls over near them. "Huh?" Roxas responded to this as he and Laurel stopped walking. The car window was opened, and a young man with black hair and a suit and tie looked at them.

 "Hello there," the man, who was Hatori Sohma, the dragon of the zodiac, greeted.

Roxas was stunned to see him in person. "Hatori-san?"

 "Oh, so you know me?"

 "Uh…"

 "Oh, Hatori-san, hi," Laurel responded back to Hatori.

 "What? You know him?" Roxas looked at Laurel.

 "Yes, this is Hatori Sohma," Laurel replied back positively. "He is my childhood friend."

Then at Hatori. "Hatori-san, this is Hamasaki Roxas. He is my close friend and new recruit at my agency."

 "N-Nice to meet you, Hatori-san." Roxas bows quickly while being a bit nervous.

He was worried that Hatori might erase his memories with Kyo and the other Sohma family members.

 "Ah, you might be Roxas?" replied Hatori back. "The one that Shigure-kun was talking about?"

 "Yes, I am. Did he tell you about me?"

 "Well, yes, come with me. Let's have a chat at my house."

 "S-Sure…" Roxas accepted it.

Then, Laurel said to him and Hatori, "I'll come with you guys."

"Okay then," Hatori responded.

 And so, Roxas and Laurel hopped into Hatori's car, and they drove off to the Sohma estate. Along the way, as Hatori is driving, both Roxas and Laurel are a bit shaking with fear because of Hatori's ability to literally erase a person's memories.

 But later, they arrived at the Sohma estate, and they all got off the car before Hatori leads them to his house within the estate compound. There they all sat down at Hatori's office. They will have a chat. In fact, Shigure had forgotten to call Roxas to go to Hatori's house for a chat with Hatori, so Hatori luckily met him in person. After he had given Roxas and Laurel some hot matcha tea, Hatori sat down to face them.

 "So, what do you want to talk about?" Roxas asked him.

 "Well…" Hatori said to him and Laurel, "…first off, do you know about the zodiac curse?"

Roxas had to be honest, so he nodded. "Yes."

 "Me too as well," Laurel added positively.

 "Okay then, I was worried that you two might spill that secret out," Hatori responded back.

 "Um…we will do anything to keep that a secret," Roxas replied back.

 Laurel then nodded to confirm it. "Yes, you have our word."

 "Okay then, I'm impressed that you two will do anything to keep the zodiac curse a secret," Hatori replied back, before crossing his legs.

At this point, Roxas and Laurel decided to keep their own secret of being reincarnated into this world from Hatori, too.

 After that, Roxas and Laurel said goodbye to Hatori and left his house and to the main, front gate of the estate. Along the way, Laurel explained to Roxas about his history with Hatori as a childhood friend, including the times Hatori protected him from bullies. Roxas was amazed to hear such a long and happy history of him being friends with the Sohma family's family doctor. "Wow…"

 "Yes, and we may be different," Laurel concluded, "but we are friends no matter what happens."

Roxas then nodded with enthusiasm. "Yes! That's right!"

But then, Akito was looking at them from the distance. It seems that she might have some suspicious intentions on them. But, what are they?

 

 

 

 

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