Chapter 2 – There's no such thing as magic.

Kitty sat at the table, the miso soup sat in bowls on top of it, she had the maids outfit on, to her dismay. The outfit consisted of a puffy black dress with a frilly white apron, the dress had white frills along the top, the frills wrapped around her arms creating a sort of off the shoulder strap look, she had on thigh high white socks without any shoes, she had tied her dark purple hair up in pigtails so it wouldn't get in the way and she had swapped the frilly lacy maid headband for her fluffy black cat ears. Her hair was curled and rested against her thin, slightly tan shoulders, a few strands loose to frame her large aquamarine eyes.

She knew she was skinny, too skinny, but her breasts, (which showed a lot more than comfortable in this dress), were fairly decent sized, bigger than most of the Japanese girls, because Kitty was originally Australian, that was also why she was more naturally tan than any other girls she had seen In magazines or on the street.

Yuki walked in first. His presence seemed to calm Kitty for some reason, "oh, miss Sou, what a lovely meal" he sat down, bare footed, and began eating, his eyes trained on her outfit in surprise "I didn't think you'd actually wear that. And how did you make tis meal? Don't tell me you cleaned the kitchen in this short of an amount of time."

"It wasn't that hard, I'm used to cleaning and cooking. Uh, just wondering, where is that stupid orange haired boy?" she asked sullenly and Yuki choked slightly on his soup with laughter.

"Uh, he's on the roof sulking, I think, if he's not still out with Shigure" he returned to his meal.

Around ten minutes into the meal, a very angry looking boy stormed into the house, not bothering to remove his shoes. His orange hair fell down onto his forehead messily and he was wearing a black suit shirt and slacks, he looked good, not that Kitty would ever tell him that, of course. She stood up just as Shigure entered, pulling his shoes off as he went, he was in a suit, he looked like a handsome butler, Kitty thought, but then her thoughts went back to the angry orange haired boy.

"Hey, what's your name?" she tapped his shoulder as he stomped past.

"Kyo, not that it's any of your business" he growled.

"Yeah, well, kyo, I made you some lunch and it would be rude of you to refuse it, especially after you fell through the ceiling and crushed my back before" Kitty crossed her arms and glared, he looked furious, but he slowly walked over to the table and sat down.

Yuki was laughing at his obedience when Kyo suddenly began yelling ferociously at him, "what the hell are you laughing at ya damn rat?" he screamed, jumping up from his seat and raising a fist to punch him.

"Don't be such an ass" Kitty started to get up to yell at him and tripped, reaching out and grabbing Kyo automatically for balance, his eyes went wide and he stiffened before a puff of orange smoke randomly appeared out of nowhere.

Weird… she thought as the smoke cleared and she could see a small orange cat in her arms. "Where the hell did orange top go?" she gasped.

Yuki just face palmed and Shigure laughed sheepishly, "do not, and I mean do not tell me that I just turned Orange top into this adorable little cat, that's impossible" she dropped the cat, then, feeling sorry for it, she picked it back up, it blushed as it's face was squished into her breasts. Since when do cat's blush? "You poor little kitten, I'm sorry I dropped you. How about I go get you something to eat?" she began walking to the kitchen.

Yuki and Shigure stared after her silently, waiting to see how this turns out.

Kitty reached to open the fridge just as the cat dug its claws into her arms and leaped away.

Kitty frowned "what's wrong kitten? Did I squish you too much? I'm sorry."

The orange smoke puffed up again and the cat swore, with a human voice. Kitty backed away as the smoke cleared and kyo appeared, curled up slightly. Completely naked.

"Wha-Kyo, what's going on?!" She yelled, instantly masking her shock and embarrassment with anger.

Kyo sighed and Shigure finally decided to speak up "Uh, hey, Kyo, where did you come from? And why aren't you dressed?" he scratched his head and laughed slightly.

"Shigure there's no way to hide it. She knows, you idiot." Yuki's monotone voice drifted into the kitchen as he walked in.

'Damn it." Kyo grumbled.

Shigure sighed "Kitty, yuki kyo and me all turn into animals when we get hugged by the opposite sex. I'm the dog, Yuki's the rat, and you already know what kyo is. It's the Sohma family curse, we turn into the twelve animals of the zodiac, it only affects certain family members though."

Kitty stared at shigure and yuki silently for a few seconds while kyo scrambled off to get dressed, then she burst out laughing. "You're all nuts."

Yuki frowned and kyo wandered back in "What's going on? Why is she laughing like that?"

"Completely insane." Kitty shook her head in disbelief.

"It's true. Hug any one of us and you'll see." Yuki said calmly.

Kitty knew it was true deep down in her mind, but she refused to believe something so magical could happen to these people.

"Kitty, do you believe in magic?"

"Yes…" Kitty mumbles.

"Well then. Let's see if I can change our mind, shall we?"

Kitty pressed her palms into her eyes to force the tears away as the old memories welled up. He had changed her mind, and she would never again believe in magic or spells and curses.

"It can't be true. Magic and curses aren't real! We are completely alone. Otherwise…otherwise…why was I there or so long…if magic does exist…No! It doesn't! There's no such thing as curses and spells, we make our own lives, we help ourselves, magic is just hallucinations of crazy people!"

Kyo, Yuki ad Shigure all stared at her with wide eyes "Where were you Ms Sou? What does that have to do with magic?" Yuki asked quietly.

Kitty gasped slightly, "N-nowhere…I just don't believe in all that stuff, ok."

"Kitty…it's true." Kyo sighed and for some reason this caused tears to spill down Kitty's cheeks. All three of them panicked.

"What's wrong Ms Honda?"

"What the hell are you crying for? It's our curse!"

"Kitten...I think you should calm down and take a break, do you want some water?"

"I'm sorry!" she half yelled, half sobbed, stumbling away with her hands over her face.

"Ms Sou, It's ok."

"Kitten."

"Fricken hell, where are you going?"

All three of them reached for her and tripped on each other, falling into her and knocking her onto her back as colourful smoke puffed up and they disappeared, a large black dog, chubby little white rat, and the same fiery orange cat from before in their place.

Kitty wiped her eyes and sat up slowly, her body shaking slightly with pain.

"Are you ok?" the rats voice was just like Yuki's.

"Y-You're…you really are cursed, aren't you?"

The dog nodded and Kitty picked the cat up, holding it out in front of her "You're way too cute and fluffy to be Kyo…"

The cat hissed.

Kitty rolled her eyes "Alright, I believe you…I'm sorry for crying like that, I don't know what happened. "

Kitty put the cat down, sitting on the floor cross legged with the animals "Are you all ok? Do you need anything?"

Yuki the rat stared at her with his round little eyes "Y-you're asking us if we're ok?"

"Well…you are the ones who just transformed into small animals, did it hurt?"

"N-no…" Kitty picked yuki up as he replied, holding his warm little body in her hand.

"You're adorable." She stroked his head with her finger and he blushed.

"Ms Sou, I think you have concussion…"

Kitty giggled "Sorry…I didn't mean to embarrass you."

She put him back down and scratched behind Shigure's ears gently before gathering all their clothes and folding them up in separate piles so it would be easier for them when they turned back.

As if on cue, just as she put Kyo's shirt on top of his pants, they all puffed back to normal, although of course they were all naked.

Kitty covered her eyes quickly and turned away as they got dressed "Thank you Ms Sou."

"Thanks…"

"What a good Kitten."

Kitty breathed a sigh of relief as she turned back around, they were cursed, so she would have to be careful not to hug them, easy as pie. "Alright…what do you guys want for dinner?"