This starts as Aqua's first day of school at Kaibara High School where she first met the Sohmas and Tohru. It was the first day of school and all the freshmen were looking for their homeroom classes. Yuki and Tohru were the tour guides to help the freshmen to get to their homerooms and what classrooms that they go to like other tour guides have to do. Kyo Sohma didn't want to fool around with other freshmen; he thought it was stupid idea to start in the first place anyways. All the big news was going around about the hottest and popular guy in the whole school; it was the one and only: Yuki Sohma. They wanted him to be their tour guide for the rest of the day of the new school year. But the most disappointed group of girls of them all was in the Yuki Sohma Fan Club. The president of the Fan Club assisted for everyone in the club to watch over Yuki during the duration of the orientation. But every time that happens, Hanajima and Uotani were always making them turn around and go back to their little fan club.

"That freaky Goth girl and the Yankee thug girl were in the way to get to Yuki again."

One of the fan club girls said to the president. The president was so upset at the fact they were in the way to get to Yuki.

"Next time let's have someone who can get to Yuki's level…"

Aqua just starting had no idea about anything surrounding, but, Yuki Sohma. Aqua wasn't like the freshmen trying to go get Yuki to become their tour guide. She thought that Yuki was just like any normal person from the thought of it. Just when the touring was over it was lunchtime, Aqua saw a purple-haired boy struggling to hold the boxes of paper in his hands. All the girls passed by and smiled at him, but, Aqua couldn't see his face so she offered to help him just to be nice.

"You need any help?"

Aqua insisted on helping the boy.

"No, no I'm fine Miss!"

Then from out of the blue, a group of freshmen boys pushed Aqua into poor Yuki just to make him look bad in front of everyone but his secret was about to be exposed right in front of her. Aqua saw the box in the air with papers falling like snowflakes in the midair, while little Yuki the rat in between the falling pieces of paper. Then she suddenly saw his clothes on the floor with the papers; Aqua thought it was weird to runaway naked.

"Is he running around here naked?"

Aqua thought to herself for a second about the clothes being on the ground.

"No way is this boy that fast at running around naked?"

Aqua started blushing at the fact she might see something. Yuki appeared squeaking at her pretending to be a rat, but, somehow Aqua knew that the rat was different from the other rats.

"There are rats in the school, how weird is that! But Mr. Rat, my name is Aqua Hirogawa and I'm new here and…Well I don't like being here but I-I feel lonely…but if you like to be my only friend…"

Suddenly a huge boom came into the hallway where Aqua saw a young purple-haired boy appear to her. Aqua suddenly looked at the boy and he was so beautiful and handsome, she couldn't even speak for that moment.

"You are that boy I just saw holding a box of papers and then you transformed into a rat…and transformed back! Are you magician or something I need to know about?"

Yuki asked her to give him his clothes that she was holding. Aqua gave it back to him but didn't see anything while he was changing. Yuki grabbed her hand and whispered about the secret into her right ear about what she would have to face all by herself.

"I won't let anyone know, moreover, it's not like I have friends here."

Yuki smiled at her and gave her a kiss on the cheek and then those fan club girls came and eavesdropped on them. One of the member's girls came up to them and pushed Aqua away from Yuki. Tohru from a distance saw everything from where she was at, but, couldn't stand that Aqua was being bullied by the fan club girls. Then, Hana and Uo came and scared those girls away from Yuki and from Aqua. Kyo saw Yuki with Aqua and started to think it was a perfect opportunity to strike him. Kyo ran into Yuki about to land a punch; then Yuki kicked Kyo up in the air and Kyo landed on the hard ground bleeding from his lip.

"You stupid cat. You can't win, so stop trying so damn hard."

Kyo was angry to the point he wanted to try to kick his ass again, but knowing Yuki; he knew he really wanted to lay out Kyo to the point to leave him alone. Afterwards, Kyo went to class to calm down and move on.

"Damn rat!"

Yuki told Shigure about everything that happened today at the first day of school. Shigure was upset that another outsider knows about the secret of the Sohmas. Shigure had no choice but to tell Akito what happened today. Tohru came with some tea and can tell that Aqua could be trusted.

"I have tell Akito, you know that Yuki."

Shigure said with a strong concern about this situation.

"You know Shigure…Akito won't listen to you when—he will…"

"He will trust me."

After midnight, Shigure called Hatori to pick him up and drive him to the Main House to discuss the issue of Aqua. Shigure saw Akito feeding the birds through the window as he was waiting for Shigure.

"What now Shigure."

"It's about the curse, someone else knows it now."

"You must be kidding me Shigure."

"Yuki bumped into this girl Aqua and apparently she tripped on him and made him transform."

"You would believe anything coming from that rat, Shigure. That sounds like a dirty lie from a damn rat. Next time, I will get to see Yuki when I'm well enough."

"Please I'll talk to her tomorrow…"

"For what! I don't want anyone else to know it's not their damn business to know the curse! I'll let her stay there if you understand the judgment she will get and so will that other girl too."

"I know…"

"I know what? Shigure, you make me sick with you and your pathetic excuses! If she tells anyone about it then, I'll erase her memories!"

**At School**

Aqua came to Yuki and knew she wasn't going to say a word about the curse to anyone not even her own mother. Tohru came to her to introduce herself and let her visit the house.

"You want to come over to the Sohma House tonight?"

Aqua was a little unsure since she was worried about her mother.

"But…my mother…she needs me."

"I'll tell her you are with me for this afternoon. Do you have any relatives or friends or even neighbors, Aqua?"

"Uh-huh. I do. My neighbor watches my mother during the day and I come home at 5 to see if she is okay before I go to work."

Tohru walks Aqua to the phone booth to call home and Aqua's neighbor told her it was okay that she can stay the afternoon with Tohru and the Sohmas.

**At Shigure's House**

Aqua was a guest at the Shigure's House and enjoying some rice balls and some nice green tea that Tohru made for them.

"Aqua, you know I went to the Main House and I talked to the God of the Sohmas, he told me that you can stay here, but, I had a long discussion about you knowing about it from Yuki."

"Did Akito say anything about me?"

Yuki asked Shigure.

"He misses you Yuki, he really wants to see you next time."

"I never want to see him again!"

Yuki walks out the door and sits outside.

"That damn Yuki trying to show off in front of his guest."

Kyo said to everyone sitting at the table except Tohru Honda.

Aqua went outside were Yuki was at sitting at the door step. Aqua saw Yuki looking at the sky and looking down at him himself feeling so down about what was told him. Aqua didn't say anything to him. She went back in the house and never home and never said a word from that day forth. It was 10 at night and Shigure walked Aqua home and continued the morning fresh the next day.

**On the way to school**

Yuki met Aqua at her house as her mother waved at them they walked to school and all sudden, Aqua was thinking Yuki with a hug for being there for her, when she suddenly forgot that he transformed into a rat from the zodiac.

"Oops! Sorry Yuki! I really am, I forgot!"

Yuki smiled as he ran to her palm of her hand and the other palm was holding his clothes as she was trying to put them in her backpack. After that, she grabbed Yuki from the top of her head and kept walking with Kyo and Tohru.

"Lucky no one saw that!"

Yuki said all freaked out about someone seeing this.

"Me too!"

Aqua said to Yuki as a relief.

Aqua sighed but she knew it had to be hard keeping a secret like t his for so long. But, she knew it wasn't over yet, as she knew it was just the beginning of a new friendship with the Sohmas and she hopes that she will have a chance to know them and also she knew this is only the beginning of something special.