Well, it looks like I've got myself another story, don't I? I know you guys are probably going to tar and feather me, but again this is a story I had to get out… Like asap, I was going to go bonkers if I didn't. Furuba has become my new fetish seeing as I've already spent my hard earned money on five volumes of the manga. I'm hoping that I can please you with this story and I've put a quiet a bit of thought into it for you all. I will tell you diehard Rei and Taru fans out there that this is a Mako-centric fic and they won't appear until chapter two, but when they do show up they will become centric characters, so if you don't like that I won't let you waste your time on me. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did writing it.

Pairings:

Mako/Kyou

Rei/Hatori (age difference of ten years, but later on it will be explained why I'm not going 'ew', but am going 'aw' so don't rant about it!)

Hotaru/Haru (yes, I said it would be her and Momiji, but thanks to Moi Fah I ended up like this pairing better, and it goes better with the plot! Thanks again, Salem!)

Tohru/Yuki

Setsuna/Shigure and a little one-sided Suna/Ayame XD

May be more… Maybe… I'm thinking I might add in Chibi-Usa/Momiji, it all depends on you guys!

Disclaimer- I own nothing

Until We Meet Again

Chapter One: I Wish I Could Remember

"Are you sure you don't want to come to see them off? They'd be so surprised if you came with us." Hino Rei smiled up at the oak haired teenager next to her watching the brunette's expression waver and then she looked up beaming with a smile.

"That's alright… I need to take care of a few things anyway. You three go on ahead and I'll come and visit you at the temple tonight." Kino Makoto spoke mustering up the best smile she could for the three other Senshi.

Her eyes scanned over their expressions, they all looked guilty for asking her to come along.

She raised her violet eyes to meet curious emerald gems.

"It's fine Mako-chan. We don't want to push you to do something that you don't want to. They understand, and it's not like they won't be gone for long. They'll be back before we know it." Tomoe Hotaru smiled at the woman she had become accustomed to being near over the last years.

"That's right and Mamoru-san understands, he wouldn't want to make you uncomfortable at his cost. The others understand and feel the same." The grass haired Senshi of Time spoke softly to the younger girl.

Makoto smiled thinking of the pigtailed princess and how she had cried knowing that Makoto didn't want to travel to America to visit Mamoru. Not that she hated the prince, it was just she couldn't even go into an airport to see her friends off let alone ride in one to another country. She was just lucky that Setsuna couldn't leave due to her duty, Rei was busy dealing with the Shrine and Hotaru was beginning to become sick again and couldn't risk leaving. She didn't want to be alone.

She looked up at the three completely different people and smiled sweetly and stood up.

"I'm so lucky to have such good friends…" She thought as she walked over and hugged each of them.

"Please tell them I'm sorry and I'll call them every night on my communicator and don't let them forget to call me when they get on the plane and off of it alright? Oh and-" Makoto's frantic and panicked voice was stopped by Rei.

"Mako-chan, they'll be fine. Don't beat yourself up about it. They're strong." Rei smiled sincerely and Makoto looked down blushing at her rambling. But she couldn't help but feel useless and feeble seeing as she was the Senshi of Protection and Loyalty and she was too afraid to get on a plane.

"Alright, now let's all get ready to hear Odango-atama wail like the little baby she is." Rei sighed exasperatedly and the other three Senshi sweat dropped knowing that the two would have one last brawl before their princess left for a weeks visit with the rest of the Senshi in the land of the free.

"We'll see you at the temple when we get back, Mako-chan." Hotaru smiled happily as she walked out the door shutting it behind them, leaving her alone in the apartment.

She couldn't help but hear Hotaru's sweet voice echoing in her mind, seeing as it was the last thing she had heard before the stale silence ensnared her mind once more.

The smile dropped from her lips and her eyes lowered to the floor, not only had silence ensnared her mind, but now sadness had as well. They seemed to go hand-in-hand for her lately; one always brought the other, and even sometimes their brother loneliness.

She stood, letting a sigh pass through her parted lips as she walked to her bedroom. Her room seemed to be something like a safety blanket or something where she felt that she was always protected, where she was left to her thoughts. She laid on her bed and grabbed one of her pillows hugging it as she reached for her photo album.

She smiled just looking at the front cover with the picture of all of the Senshi including the Starlights. Below that was a picture of her with her mother and father. She only looked to be about five or six there. Her eyes looked over to her mother and father. Her mother hand long curly brown hair identical to Makoto's even the unruly part of their bangs, but it was braided off to the side of her head. Her father had auburn hair and green eyes with glasses; he always had a kind smile.

Next to that picture was Makoto and her mother with two other people, one a little girl Makoto's age with brown hair the same color as hers and green eyes as well and a woman with short brownish-orange hair and bright blue eyes. Makoto and the small girl were hugging happily as were her mother and the older woman.

"Kyoko-chan, Tohru-chan… How are you?" She whispered and felt tears begin to sting her eyes and she bit her lip trying to suppress the tears.

She hugged the book to her chest and felt the hot tears slide down her cheeks and the further they feel, the colder they became.

So many memories filled her mind as she shut her eyes and curled into a ball on the bed. Her and Tohru smiling and playing together, her mother and Kyoko talking in the background about something and laughing loudly as the two small children played outside. She saw herself hugging Kyoko one of the many times that she had spent the night at the house with the two and Kyoko braiding her and Tohru's hair. Then it changed to seeing them at the funeral…

"I'm so sorry…" She wailed into the pillow and cried until she could no longer keep her eyes open.

-:-

"Do you really mean forever?... That's such a long time." She whispered in the dream.

"I said it, didn't I?! Why do you always have to ask such dumb questions!?" He yelled as she blushed and punched him on the shoulder.

"Because it's true…" She whispered and looked the other way.

"…Forever is a long time… And, people have broken their promises before to me." She spoke softly and turned to him smiling with tears in her eyes.

"So let's promise here and now! Let's keep a promise for a promise!" She cried holding her tears back, but they still fell. He couldn't understand it because she was smiling at him and crying all at once.

She watched his lip curl up and he sighed, a small blush on his face.

"I suppose if you really want…" He spoke and put his hand behind his head.

He felt arms wrap around his body and then nothing.

-:-

She opened her eyes and rubbed her eyes feeling the fresh tears on her cheeks and quickly wiped them away. Her eyes shot over to her clock saw it was time for her to make her way over to the temple, Rei and the others would be worried.

She quickly fixed her hair and had only one thing on her mind as she walked over to Hikawa Shrine, the recurring dream of the faceless boy without a name.

She had been dreaming about him constantly, but each time it was a different scenario, she had no idea who he was or where he was, but she felt a close bond to him, a love for him.

-:-

"Mako-chan! You made it!" Hotaru shouted happily as Makoto walked over and smiled kindly at her.

"Of course I would! And look what I brought!" Makoto shouted happily and pulled out a small bag and threw it to Hotaru.

The younger teen quickly opened it and gasped looking up happily.

"Mako-chan! They look so yummy!" She smiled and Makoto blushed taking a seat next to the short haired girl.

"Gezz, Mako went all out." Rei smiled and looked over her shoulder with a smile and then went back to facing the fire.

Rei sighed when she turned around and let her eyes lower from the fire to the floor.

She turned around interrupting Hotaru's and Makoto's conversation.

"Makoto, what is it that's been bothering you?... What is it that is making you act this way?" Rei asked and Setsuna looked up from the book that she was reading and sighed; she knew that Rei would be the first to notice and confront the brunette.

Hotaru watched and bit her lip seeing Makoto cast her eyes to the ground. She knew what Rei was talking about, but she didn't want to pry into Makoto's life too much… She knew that her past was hard and full of pain, so she never wanted to do anything to make her remember.

"Makoto! Why don't you understand you can tell us when something's bothering you! We're your friends! We care about whatever it is that's bothering you!... Usagi-baka… Usagi is worried about you; she almost didn't leave to see Mamoru." Rei's high tempered voice softened as she spoke and watched Makoto's head shoot up in astonishment and then lower her eyes again. She felt the sting of tears burn and she inhaled.

"I've been wanting to see an old friend of mine… My first friend who lives a bit a ways away from here, Honda Tohru. I haven't talked to her or her mother since my parents' funeral, I miss them. Her mother was like my second mother, even when she was alive. Tohru-chan is a lot like, Usa… I think that's why I am such good friends with her." Makoto spoke softly and looked up to see Rei smiling at her.

"Are you sure that's all you want to go there for, Mako? What about that 'senpai' of yours?" Rei asked with a smirked as Makoto stiffened, and blushed.

"I-I… Well… I can't really…" She mumbled so that they couldn't hear, and Setsuna sighed sadly. She knew the whole story of this, even if Makoto hadn't told her.

"You can't really what?" Rei asked anxiously as she and Hotaru leaned in, wanting to know the secret about the 'senpai'.

"…I- I can't really remember him." She admitted and for a moment the whole room was completely silent, you could have heard a pin drop. Rei stood up, fire blazing behind her as she pointed her finger accusingly.

"You what!?" Rei screamed as she stood up, Makoto wasn't sure if it was fire that she was spitting out of her mouth on to her or just saliva.

"You mean to tell me that that's why you go around saying that every damned man looks like you're senpai!?" Rei wailed and Makoto winced with a tiny nod.

And Rei flopped back down and crossed her legs and pressed her hand to her temples.

"Mako, you're hopeless you know that?" She asked and Makoto could have sworn that another person was voicing those words at the same time, but it sounded like a male.

She quickly brushed it off when she saw Setsuna walk over and sit next to her.

"If you want to see your friend, you all only have two weeks left of your Spring Break. And if you go, I want Luna to accompany you." Setsuna smiled down at the girl and she could see a considerable amount of life come back to her features.

Setsuna felt like her heart was being poked and prodded as she looked at Makoto remembering that she gave her the same look when they had first met as she was a little girl.

"A-are you sure you guys will be able to handle anything that might happen here?... I'll be too far away to get here fast enough." Makoto protested wanting to make sure that this was going to keep everyone safe.

She felt a smaller and colder hand being placed on hers and she looked down to see Hotaru smiling up at her.

"Mako-chan, you don't always have to feel like you need to protect everyone… We'll be alright, I promise." Hotaru smiled and Makoto felt tears again seeing her trying to look as tuff as possible when they all knew that she was becoming sick again.

Makoto smiled and hugged the tiny girl in her arms smiling at her kindness.

"You're right, Taru… I trust you." Makoto smiled and felt Rei's hand on her shoulder.

"I'm fine with it, as long as you're back in time for my birthday." The fire Senshi smiled. She wanted Makoto to be happy and if this was what she needed to do so, then so be it.

Makoto nodded and stood up, a sincere smile on her lips.

"Well, I guess I should go home early then seeing as I'll have to pack a few clothes and get Luna." Makoto spoke and Setsuna stopped her.

"I'll take care of Luna for you; she's house-sitting Usagi's room so you might look a little strange just stopping over at her house to get her cat." Setsuna spoke and Makoto thought it over and nodded.

"Right, I'll stop over here tomorrow before I leave to see you guys." Makoto giggled at the thought of returning to her birthplace, where she grew up and made her first friend.

"We'll see you then, Mako." Rei smiled waving goodbye and watched the brunette walk out the door.

"Kyoko-chan, Tohru-chan… I'm coming." She whispered with a smile still on her lips as she walked down the darkened shrine steps.

-:- The next day -:-

She sat down her bag with a sigh and straightened her green tank-top and sat next to Rei.

"You look excited." Rei commented softly as she played with the bottom ends of her hair.

"Do you think you'll find your senpai while you're there Mako!?" Hotaru asked exuberantly hoping Makoto could finally have her own love story to tell.

"I doubt it! He's like one in a million that could be there! It's a fat chance. It would be nice to remember him though…" Makoto spoke a blush appearing on her cheeks.

"Oh, Makoto. You're such a lovesick puppy! You couldn't have possibly liked the baka that much if you can't even remember him!" Rei berated her as she rolled her eyes and Makoto laughed putting her hand behind her head.

"I suppose you're right!" She laughed but Setsuna watched her carefully, her face was unreadable.

"I want so badly to tell you Makoto, but if you want to remember, you have to on your own… You're no longer the only one remembering things and not telling anyone…" Setsuna thought looking at the two onyx haired beauties as she thought sadly of them all.

"Mako, you need to be more optimistic! You'll find him, I believe in you." Hotaru smiled up at the green eyed vixen.

"Hotaru, you're just as lovesick as she is! Have you been reading too many romance novels or something?" Rei asked suspiciously and Hotaru blushed and looked down at her hands.

"J-just a few…" She replied and they all sweat dropped.

"What am I going to do without any Senshi for a week?" Makoto asked sadly and Rei laughed as she replied.

"Well, maybe we'll come and visit. That's only if you we miss you though." Rei laughed and Makoto rolled her eyes and looked at Setsuna.

"So where's Luna at, Sets?" Makoto asked with a smile.

"I'm here, I'm sorry it took me so long. It's been a while since I've actually had to walk here." Luna spoke as she walked through the door with a huff and strolled to them.

"Usagi's been giving you too many sweets again or something?" Rei asked and they all rolled their eyes.

"I'm ready to go whenever you are Mako-chan." Luna smiled and stretched as she ignored Rei's comment.

Makoto stood and smiled at the three females.

"Are you all sure that you'll be able to take care of things while I'm gone? Just say the word and I'll-"

"Go Makoto. You need this, and…" Setsuna paused thinking of the girl's dead mother that Makoto had no idea had passed almost a year ago.

"… I'm sure your friend is in need of your kindness and protection that you give all of us." Setsuna smiled down at the Thunder Senshi.

Makoto nodded and looked to the ground.

"I suppose you're right… So are you ready Luna, if we don't hurry we'll miss our bus." Makoto smiled and Setsuna stopped her.

"Did you call Honda-san?" Setsuna asked urgently.

"Um, well no… I wanted to surprise her with my visit." Makoto smiled happily and watched Setsuna's expression become hard.

"She's walking blindly into trouble…" She thought and looked up and hugged her briefly.

"Take care, Makoto… And if you sense or even see anything strange at all, please contact me at once." She spoke softly and Makoto laughed and hugged her back.

They pulled apart and Makoto hugged Hotaru.

"You be good for Rei, Taru." She laughed and heard Hotaru snort.

"Makoto, you seem to keep forgetting that I'm a fifteen year old now… You're just like Haruka-papa." Hotaru sighed as Mako giggled knowing what she said was true and pulled apart.

"If you're gone for too long and don't call me, I'll be coming after you." Rei smiled and they embraced and when they did Rei felt as if something shot through her body and her eyes widened at the pictures flooding through her mind.

She blinked a couple of times and pulled away trying to stay as calm as possible, not wanting to give Makoto a reason for staying.

"B-be careful, Makoto." Rei smiled and watched the brunette nod and turn to face the black cat.

She bit her lip and lowered her amethyst eyes to the floor, those pictures still swirling around in her vision. Makoto and a young boy smiling together. Hotaru with a small boy whose hair was two different colors and then herself with a man that could only make her think of her father's right hand man, Kaido… But the thing about all of the pictures that was the same was, in each of them the girls were happy while the people they were with were faceless…

"Have fun!" She heard Hotaru shout and looked up to see the purple eyed girl waving goodbye to them out the door.

Her eyes then scanned over to see that Setsuna had been staring at her and their eyes locked.

"You… You know something don't you Suna?" She asked quietly, not wanting to worry Hotaru with anything else.

She watched Setsuna look towards the ground, her red orbs wavering there for a moment until she spoke.

"More than you know, Rei…" She whispered solemnly.

-:-

She flipped her bag over to her other shoulder seeing as her right one was beginning to become numb.

"It's quiet beautiful here, isn't it Mako-chan?" Luna asked walking along beside her on a cement ledge that was level with Makoto's height.

"Yeah… There are so many memories I can't seem to forget just walking along these streets…" She spoke softly and let her eyes roam all over the surroundings.

"Are you sure you know where you're going, Mako-chan?" Luna asked and watched Makoto smile up at her with reassuring eyes.

"I sure do, but I want to make a small stop before we go and see Tohru-chan…" Makoto smiled and felt her heart fill with pure bliss by just being here.

"Wh-where are we going then?" Luna asked and jumped down onto Makoto's shoulder as Makoto turned a corner and spotted a wooded area that she had been looking for.

"You'll see, Luna…" She smiled mischievously and ran into the shrubbery pushed past small saplings and plantlets. (That's my new favorite word… Just say it… Plantlets! It's cute right!?... Yes, I'm strange.)

"Caahh! Makoto! What are you doing!? The road is that way!" Luna shouted as she bounced on her head and Makoto only walked faster, not even stopping to look down at the small cuts on her legs from the briers.

"We're almost there." Makoto whispered to her and Luna looked up to see something that looked like a house in the distance.

She felt Makoto move faster and then once they got to the edge of the wooded area she stopped and let her eyes scan over the open lawn and to the open house.

"M-Makoto! It looks like someone lives here! What are you doing?- H-hey this is trespassing!" Luna snapped quietly as Makoto ignored her and walked out into the open and the black cat sighed in defeat.

"She has to stop hanging around Usagi all the time…" She thought hopelessly and felt them stop and Makoto take her off of her shoulder and set her on the ground.

She looked up with curious eyes and watched as Makoto looked to be lost in her memories as her knees buckled and she collapsed looking at a patch of rose bushes in front of her.

"L-Luna… Look… They're still here…" She spoke and tears began to fill her eyes and she reached her hand out and cupped one of the sweet smelling blooms and brought it to her lips, kissing it and a few small droplets of tears fell on their petals.

She looked down, tears falling out of her emerald eyes and smiled down at Luna.

"My mother and I planted these roses ten years ago… She never had high expectations for them to grow, because she said the soil here wasn't fertile enough, but I never gave up hope for them to bloom… They never did until the day we left to move to Juuban…" Makoto gulped and Luna stepped into her lap with saddened eyes.

"Mako-chan…" She whispered quietly and nuzzled her head against her hand and felt Makoto hug her to her chest.

She sniffed and felt Luna rest her head against her cheek as she sobbed.

"Are you alright, miss?" She heard a kind voice ask and she felt herself and Luna both stiffen.

She didn't move for a few minutes and then heard the footsteps coming near her and looked at the ground to see the person's shoes and bit her lip not wanting to look up.

She heard something and then the man was level to her face and her mouth fell open with shock when she looked at the boy.

"Are you alright?" He asked again, smiling kindly at her his purple eyes traveling to her tears and handed her his handkerchief.

Her lips quivered as she looked at the beautiful person in front of her. He had soft purple hair and dark violet orbs that matched Hotaru's, but he was one of the most handsome people she has ever seen.

She shook herself out of it and slowly reached for his offered item and patted it to her eyes and felt more tears come on as it came back to her where she really was.

"I-I'm sorry… I'm f-fine…" She whispered not wanting to look at him and let him see her cry more.

"Here, let me help you." He spoke softly and extended his hand and she blushed as she took it and he pulled her up as Luna climbed onto her shoulder looking at him curiously.

"Th-thank you… I'm sorry to bother you; I'll be on my way…" She spoke and reached for her bag but he grabbed it for her and handed it to her.

"Are you sure?... Why were you here anyway?" He asked as she hiccupped and whipped the remaining tears away.

"I, um… I lived here when I was a little girl with my parents… I just wanted to see it once more when I was in town…" She spoke softly and looked the other way and let her eyes roam around the yard.

"Then at least let us get you a cup of tea. You may look around if you would like to." He smiled at her and saw her shocked expression, her lashes still thick with tears.

"N-no… I couldn't, I already was trespassing… I-" Her rambling was cut off by a shout of another man.

"Yuki-kun! Have you found the intruder yet!?" They heard and Makoto looked up to see the boy, whom she now knew by Yuki, grimacing.

"Please, just come in. You look like you need something to drink." He spoke kindly and walked on ahead like he knew that she was now going to follow him.

"But I-" She felt Luna jump from her shoulder and follow after the handsome boy.

"L-Luna!?" She seethed and quickly followed after them.

She turned a corner and saw that Luna was walking happily next to the purple haired boy and she sweat dropped.

"I'm telling Usagi-chan…" She thought and then watched as a man appeared at the back entrance dressed in a Kimono.

"Yuki-kun, so you've found-…" The man stopped talking when he looked over to see Makoto standing there, her face still blotchy and her eyes puffy.

He smiled and walked out onto the porch.

"Well, it's a beautiful young girl… Is she one of your fan club girls, Yuki-kun? It seems that you've broken her heart as well, she has been crying- oaf!"

He shouted and Makoto jumped as she watched the older man fall to the ground after Yuki had kicked him.

"No, she's not. She's…" He paused and got an expression of realization on his face and turned to her.

"I'm sorry, forgive me. My name is Sohma Yuki." He smiled and she gulped and blushed at how attractive he looked when he did that.

"I-I, um… I'm Kino Makoto. It's nice to meet you, Sohma-san." She gulped and watched as the man on the floor twitched as she spoke her name.

He looked up his eyes full of curiosity as he stood and walked off the porch to her.

"Kino, you say?... Your father wouldn't happen to be Kino Kenta, would he?" He asked and she gave him a shocked look and then her eyes fell to the ground.

"Hai… He was." She spoke softly and felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up to see the man smiling down at her.

"Then come inside, I'd like to speak with you." He spoke softly and Makoto blushed at the attention from the beautiful man and looked over her shoulder to see Yuki walk inside and Luna follow him in quick pursuit.

He watched her looked over his shoulder and smiled as he removed his hand.

"Come, then." He spoke and she watched him walk to the house as she followed.

"What have I gotten myself into!?" She thought and walked inside and gasped. She brought her hand to her mouth in shock as she looked around and saw that the boy Yuki looked over his shoulder from fixing the tea in curiosity to see what she was gasping about.

She looked around turning in many different directions and felt the tears coming to her eyes again and then they landed on older man who was smiling at her.

"Y-you... You left it all the same, everything." She whispered and watched him smile and she studied him for a few moments.

"Who are you?" She asked softly and walked towards him.

"Well, I guess you were too young to remember me… I was a good friend of your father and mother, Sohma Shigure." He smiled and she looked up at him and then looked back to the ground.

"So… So you know, don't you?" She asked softly and sat down at the table her fists clenched at her side.

She heard him sit down across from her.

"Yes, I was at the funeral… It was so terrible, you're parents were good people, very caring and always wanting to help anyone that they could… You look just like your mother, you know… Ahhh, but you have Kenta-kun's eyes." He smiled down at her and watched her eyes fill with tears again.

"N-no one's told me that for a-a very long time… It's been a long time since I've met s-someone who knew them." She choked trying to hold back her tears and clenched her fists so hard that she knew she had now left half-moon shaped marks on them.

Yuki watched her in interest and looked over at Shigure and narrowed his eyes.

"If he knew her parents so well, then something's not right here." He thought and looked at the cat next to him that wouldn't stop following him and sighed. How he hated cats… His eyes then caught something that he hadn't noticed before, the small crescent moon on the feline's forehead.

He watched as it jumped down from him and into Makoto's lap and nuzzled her head on her cheek.

"Luna…" She whispered softly and kissed her behind her ear and patted her and looked up to see Shigure smiling at her.

"So you were the one that bought the house when we left for Juuban?" She asked and watched him nod and looked around the room.

"Yeah, it was just luck that your dad had told me that he was moving you guys there and I needed a house at the time. So I left it how you all had it in their memory." He spoke and she nodded and smiled up at him.

"They would have liked that… They would have liked that a lot. So how did you know my mom and dad?" She asked and knew that it wasn't that they could have gone to school together because he didn't look old enough.

"Well, your father used to teach me here at his dojo. He was an amazing fighter, strong as Hell…" He paused and looked over at her with a smile.

"And if I remember correctly, you were his star pupil since you were just a little girl… You didn't seem to like me though, always trying to kick me." He spoke scratching his head and she looked away blushing and remembered that she used to do that to guys who she had liked, she just wanted their attention.

"Hehehehe…. I-uh… Don't know why I'd do that! Hahaa!" She laughed nervously and felt something set in front of her and looked up to see Yuki smiling at her.

"Here you are, Kino-san." He spoke with a smile and she blushed taking it.

"Uh, um thank you Sohma-san." She smiled and watched him sit next to her.

She took a sip and closed her eyes as she sighed just listening to the silence.

"So, why is it that you're here Makoto-kun?" Shigure asked and she looked up thinking it was strange how he had called her Makoto-kun, but it sounded familiar coming from him.

"Uh, my friends went on vacation for a week to America to see a friend… I… I still couldn't even bring myself to go to the airport… And so I decided I would visit one of my old friends here, seeing as we haven't spoken since my parents' funeral." She spoke softly and looked down at the steamy liquid.

"Aaahhh… I see, well I don't blame you my dear. It would be unnatural if you could so easily go near planes. So you decided you would just stop by here on the way?" He asked and she nodded.

"So are you still living alone in Juuban, or did you finally go to that Orphanage?" He asked and Yuki glared at him.

"Shigure, don't burden her and pester her with such things, you're being rude." Yuki growled as Makoto looked up and shook her head.

"No, no… It's fine, really… It's kind of nice actually, to talk to someone who knows something about my past can't just feel sympathy for me…" Makoto replied and looked at him, a blush on her face as she smiled at the beautiful boy.

"But… No Shigure-san, I didn't go. I never even wanted to." She replied and he looked at her like she was nuts.

"But, Makoto… You were only seven years old!" He replied and Yuki's head snapped in her direction but she didn't look up.

"I know, and if I would have gone I would be a spoiled little brat and I would not be as independent as I am today… I can take care of myself just fine and have been able to for a while now. I don't have to depend on others to take care of me, so I don't need to burden them." She spoke softly.

"It must be nice…" Her eyes widened as she looked over at Yuki who had spoke, she wasn't expecting him to talk to her much.

"To live alone that is. It must be nice to feel so free." He spoke and Shigure watched with a smile as she kept her eyes locked to his before she spoke.

"I've never been able to see it that way… When I was young I envied everything about children and their parents, I still do, but people think that because of living alone it's nice… But it's far from it. In order to be free, you have to be alone as well… You can't have one without the other." She spoke and looked down at the tea in her hands and felt Yuki's shocked eyes on her.

"Kino-san… I-I didn't mean it like that… I didn't mean that it was a good thing that your parents were gone-" Yuki was stopped by her looking up at him with a sincere smile on her lips.

"I understand Sohma-san, I know what you mean… I take no offense." She spoke kindly with a smile and Yuki stared at her with a shocked expression and then smiled as well.

Suddenly she felt Luna bat at her hand and she looked down at her urgent expression and got the message.

She stood up and quickly sat her tea down.

"Uh, um… Thank you both very much for letting me stay here and thank you for the tea, it was wonderful! But I've got to go and find my friend before nightfall!" Makoto spoke and bowed to the two of them as they stood.

And before she could dart out the door Shigure walked over to her and smiled.

"It was nice to see you again, Makoto-kun. I'm sure your father would be proud to see how well you've turned out on your own." He smiled as he watched her gulp again, trying to keep her tears at bay. How she wished that she would remember this man.

"Th-thank you Shigure-san." She whispered and turned to the door.

"Thank you both again. Maybe we'll see each other again one day." She smiled and then quickly bolted out the door.

Yuki stared after where she just was and then to Shigure.

"She was a bit strange… How is it that you knew her Shigure? You're not planning something are you?" Yuki asked as he crossed his arms over his chest and glared.

"No, I promised her father I would never lay a finger on that girl… I keep my word you know." He spoke and turned away from the door.

"It's sad really that she doesn't remember… So many things she was involved in here, and then all at once that poor child's world came crashing down on her, only the tender age of seven too. Beautiful thing, just like her mother." He mumbled and walked out of the room leaving Yuki to stare in curiosity at the older cousin.

"She was only seven?..." He thought and looked back to the door once more and felt a heavy weight of sympathy for her. He knew how hard it was for Tohru, and here this girl lost her parents at the same time and only when she was seven… And after that she lived alone. He began to wonder how that was possible.

"Luckily that damned cat wasn't here or he would have made a mess of everything, that's for sure." He thought and turned around and out of the room still thinking of the green eyed girl that resembled Tohru.

-:-

"What the Hell was up with you Luna!?" Makoto screamed as they walked down the street growling at the cat.

"I-…I'm not sure Makoto, I don't know what came over me, but that boy, Yuki, he smelled delicious." She spoke and Makoto stopped and looked down at her with large eyes.

"Y-You like another human!? Aww man! I thought you were in love with Artemis now and over humans! But I don't blame you… He was so cute!" Makoto sighed heavily and Luna sweat dropped.

"No, that's not what I meant Makoto… He just he smelled… He smelled like… this is going to sound crazy but he smelled like a rat… Or maybe it was a mouse." She spoke and felt Makoto stop next to her and then pick her up.

"Luna. Are you feeling alright?" She asked holding her level wither face and Luna rolled her eyes.

"Yes, Makoto I'm fine. Let's just go find this girl before it gets too dark." Luna replied and Mako nodded and went on her way to find the house.

"I guess they're living with Kyoko-san's father… This shouldn't take long." Makoto smiled and walked on her way following the map.

-:-

"Kyoko? Ah, yes, Kyoko is living here." The old man spoke in a type of dazed voice.

"So, um what about Tohru?" She asked again and he looked at her questioningly.

"Yes, Kyoko lives there now with friends. She seems happier, I'm sure she'll be happy to see you Natsuko. Kyoko always said you were her best friend." The old man smiled and Makoto bit back tears.

"N-no, Honda-san, I'm Makoto, Natsuko's daughter." She spoke and he looked back behind him and then smiled at her.

"Ahh, I'm sorry Natsuko-san, I must go to bed now. I hope you and Kyoko are happy to see each other again, good night." The old man smiled and Makoto couldn't help but smile back at him and watched him shut the door.

She stood there for a moment and bit her lip as the address in her shaking hands.

"Mako-chan…" Luna spoke softly on her shoulder and Makoto looked up at her and wiped her tears away.

"No worries, Luna. I won't cry anymore. I don't want to worry you anymore." Makoto spoke as she turned around and walked away from the porch, the darkness had already fallen over the city.

"Makoto, you're not being a burden to me… I'm here to help protect you and everyone else; I'm supposed to worry about you." Luna smiled and Makoto reached her hand up and scratched her head.

"Thank you, Luna." She whispered and looked down at the address under the streetlamp.

"This address… It… It couldn't be…" She whispered and looked down at it unbelievably.

"Makoto, what is it- wah!" She shouted as Makoto took off in top speed down the street.

"That address…" She huffed as she ran and Luna held on with all of her might.

"…Is the address of my old house!" She shouted and rounded and corner and ran straight into someone and fell backwards landing on her butt.

"Oww." She mumbled and rubbed her head in pain.

"Well, well, well, look at what you found! It's a pretty little girl and her cat. Are you lost little chikie?" Makoto heard a man laugh and looked up to see about ten guys surrounding her.

"Damn it…" She growled and quickly stood up and felt someone move behind her their hand in her hair.

"You smell nice. Look nice too; it's been a while since I've even seen someone as beautiful as you-oaf!" He didn't even get a chance to finish before Makoto had kicked him and slammed his face into the ground and stepped on his face.

"There is no way in Hell I'm in the mood to deal with little boys like you, you piece of shit!" She screamed furiously and felt someone move past her and she quickly dodged their attack.

She looked around and each time she took one down another one came back! It was almost like they were multiplying.

"Ah!" She shouted as she felt one of them finally make contact with her cheek sending her staggering back.

She felt someone's hand snake around her side and hold her arms behind her back.

"You've caused a bit of trouble, you're a bit of a spit-fire aren't you?" He asked his putrid breath against her neck and she growled looking around herself.

"That will make you even more fun…" He laughed and her body shook with anger.

"I'd like to see you try you bastard!" She screamed and quickly pushed her feet back and then pulled them forward behind his feet sending him falling to the ground and as soon as she felt his grip loosen and made her move.

"Ahhhh!" She screamed picked him up over her head and threw him at the rest of the men that were crowded around her.

"Bring it on…" She breathed as she spit some blood out of her mouth.

"I'll take every last one of you! I'm not giving up!" She screamed and charged at them.

-:-

He sighed and placed his hands behind his head as he walked around on the dark streets. He breathed in the sweet night air and closed his eyes as he walked.

"That dream… I still don't understand why I keep dreaming it, it's so strange." He thought to himself and saw the pictures of the faceless girl in his mind. He didn't know if she was real or just a figment of his imagination, but a part of him hoped that she was real.

Unexpectedly he heard a shout about a block away and furrowed his brow and ran in the direction of the scream.

He skidded around the corner and saw all the way down the block was a girl about his age and was staggering backwards as she tried with all of her might to stand up.

He growled and looked around at all of the men surrounding her.

"Ten, eleven, twelve." He counted and clenched his fists at his sides.

"Son of a bitch…" He growled and stepped forward and watched in amazement as the girl maneuvered her feet, while still having her hands behind her back, she put them behind the guys' and pulled them forward knocking the man off of his feet. She then amazed him even more by picking him up over her head and throwing him about fifteen feet away.

"What the Hell is she?" He asked and watched as she charged head on to all of the men.

"Oh shit!" He mumbled and took off after her.

-:-

She had taken down about half of them and went to hit a man out of her way and that's when she felt it.

"Ahhhhh!" She screamed in utter pain and felt the blade being pulled out of her stomach.

She collapsed to the ground holding her side in pain and leaned up against the wall behind her, breathing heavily as she watched the man with the knife walk closer to her.

He crouched down and licked the blade hungrily.

"What're you going to do now, cutie?" He asked and placed his hand under her chin so that she had to look at him and she sneered and punched his face.

"You bitch!" He screamed and pulled his fist back to hit her, but a cat jumped on his face and scratched it so that blood ran streaming to the ground.

"Damn cat!" He screamed and threw the cat off and she heard Luna's bones break when she hit the wall.

"LUNA!!" She screamed a blood curdling scream as tears fell from her eyes and then she felt his hands on her body as she struggled to get him off of her.

"You better get off of me! I'll kill you! I'll kill you all!!" She screamed and punched him and thrashed but felt the blade enter her body again.

"Ahhhh!!" She screamed and stopped moving.

"That's better now- Ah!" He screamed and felt the weight of his body finally off of her as she coughed up blood.

"Get the Hell away from her you stupid son of a bitch!" She heard someone yell and she felt as if she could breathe again.

She let her tear-filled eyes wander over to the crumpled body of her cat, tears began to fall once again and she crawled over to her.

"L-Luna?" She cried and picked her body up and hugged it to her bloodied form.

"Luna?" She asked again and got no response.

"LUNA!?" She cried and hugged her body closer to her and cried.

"A-all I am is a burden… Look at what I've done to you." She wailed and hugged the small animals' body and felt her body falling over, but caught herself.

She looked up upon hearing the man who rescued her grunt as he had been punched, but he didn't go down.

She watched as he took down the last man and she looked around to see all of them unconscious. She closed her eyes in relief and then felt him touch her arm and she opened her eyes and looked up at him.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked and she nodded, but he knew she was lying, he had watched her get stabbed twice before he could finally get to her.

"I-I'm fine… Just help her… Please help Luna." She cried and handed him the broken cat and he looked at her like she was crazy. She was telling him to save a cat before her own life.

"Please, I-" She tried to sit up and began coughing up blood once again and he looked at her in a shocked manner.

She was going to die if he didn't go and get help, but that meant leaving her here… But it had to be done.

"Stay here, I'm going to go and get help!" He shouted and took off with the cat still in his arms.

-:-

She stumbled around the corner to see the house was only about ten feet away.

"I need them… To help Luna…" She thought not even bothering to think of herself, or what the boy had told her about staying put.

She wheezed her hand clutching her side that had the address on it and pulled it back to see it covered in her blood from the wound, but the address matched the one on the paper.

She stumbled forward and fell to the ground but she stood up, staggered to the door and clutched the doorknob to hold herself up.

She was getting ready to knock and heard shouting voices inside.

"Wait, that cat… That's that girls' cat." She heard someone say.

"You damn rat, just shut the Hell up and let's go! She's going to die!" She heard someone shout and then the door was thrown open to let her see Shigure.

"Please…" She whispered and he looked down at her in shock and horror as she held her side while blood fell out.

"Tohru-ch-chan…" She called before she fell forward the paper slipping from her grasp and unconsciousness came over her.

"Makoto-kun!" She heard him shout and felt herself fall against him and then, nothing.

-:-

"So… Are you sure she'll live?" She heard a distant voice ask but ignored it; she was too tired to comprehend words and what they meant.

"Yes, I think she should be recovered in about a week or two… You're lucky because if it had been any other person besides the Kino girl, I would have left her to die." She heard a voice and then the word Kino brought her back to her senses.

"You're so mean Haa-san…" She heard the voices fade and then her eyes shot open and she flew up.

"Luna-Ahh!" She cried and she rolled over holding her stomach and side in pain.

"K-Kino-san! Don't move! I-I think you've just reopened your wounds." She heard a voice say and she moaned and looked up to see purple eyes staring down at her.

"Hotaru…" She whispered thinking that she even heard her laugh in her mind.

"No, Kino-san… You're in the Sohma house again. Hatori!" She heard him shout frantically.

She gripped his hand that was next to her and she had tears in her eyes.

"P-please?" She choked and tears fell from her eyes.

"I don't care about me, just tell if Luna's okay." She cried and tears fell down her cheeks and he looked down at her with a sweet smile. She would never forgive herself if anything happened to Luna; she was Usagi's guardian after all.

"Your cat is fine, but she's sleeping. Now stay here, since you've reopened your wounds we'll have to rewrap you bandages." He spoke and as he walked away he heard her cry tears of joy and gave her a small smile as he walked out the door.

"She did what!?" She heard a voice shout and then feet pounded back to her room and she looked up with tear-filled eyes to see Shigure and a man that could have passed as his brother.

"Makoto-kun… You look pitiful." Shigure spoke and she watched as they walked into the room and over to the bed she was in.

Her eyes were on the dark haired man next to Shigure. She knew him, or at least she was supposed to.

She watched him walk over to her and place a hand on her forehead.

"D-…Do I know you?" She whispered and watched as he stiffened and looked away.

"When you were little I knew your father." He replied and looked down to see her bleeding through her shirt and snarled.

"Damn it." He mumbled and she watched as he grabbed the bottom of her shirt and she quickly grabbed it and shook her head frantically as she blushed a deep red.

"N-no… I-I'm fine! I swear! Hehehe..." She answered her face turning more red the longer he stared at her, which he was mentally telling her she better let go of the damn shirt or she was going to die.

She looked back over to Yuki and gave him a pleading look but he just looked away, knowing that if she was hurt then that was what was needed.

"Kino-san, if you don't want to die then I suggest you let go of the shirt." The man, whom she thought she heard Yuki call Hatori, spoke venomously.

She growled and snarled as she looked over at Yuki and Shigure.

"Is it truly necessary that they stay in here and watch!?" She growled glaring daggers at Shigure for not helping her.

"Come Shigure." She heard Yuki say and drag him out of the room.

She looked back to Hatori and blushed as he examined the wound on her side and abdomen.

"Yuki was in here for a reason…" She heard him mumble and began to take of the wrap as she winced but bit her lip to keep from crying out in pain.

"Oh damn this hurts so bad…" She thought and closed her eyes tightly and felt him stop and she looked down to see him glaring at her.

"You're supposed to tell me when it hurts." He spoke and she pursed her lips.

"I'm. Fine." She growled as he sighed heavily.

About five minutes later he was done.

"You're not to move for a day and then you can slowly start getting up." He replied and walked out of the room without even saying goodbye.

As he walked out the door she stuck her tongue out and growled.

"What a jerk…" She murmured and then something came back to her thoughts.

"Tohru…" She whispered and looked around to make sure no one was coming into the room and stood up. She grasped the side on the bed and breathed heavily and then tried walking to the door.

She was just about to open it when it was opened for her.

"Makoto-kun, Haa-san is gone now and we would lik-… You are a very naive girl aren't you?" Shigure asked and she looked up blushing.

"Kino-san… Can't you sit still for at least one moment?" Yuki asked next to him and she sighed.

"Where is Honda Tohru? Please, her grandfather said that she and Kyoko-chan were living here now." She spoke and breathed heavily and watched the two men exchange glances.

"Come; let's speak in the living room." Shigure spoke quietly and Makoto slowly followed while Yuki stayed behind to make sure she didn't fall.

Within a few minutes they were settled around the living room table.

"Are you going to tell me or not?" Makoto asked impatiently.

"Honda-san lives here yes, but right now she's gone on a vacation with her two friends and won't be back until about a week from now. But that's alright because you won't be able to go anywhere for about that amount of time." Yuki spoke and Makoto looked absolutly overjoyed.

"So, she really does… So is Kyoko-chan with her?" Makoto asked happily and they paused.

"No, she's not." Shigure answered quietly and Makoto smiled even wider.

"So she's here?!" Makoto almost stood up but then she noticed something, she noticed their expressions.

"Where are my mama and papa!? Are they alright!? Did you find them!?"

"I'm sorry, but your parents didn't make it…"

She sat down and clapped her hand over her quivering lips. She felt like she was going to be sick.

"K-Kyoko-chan is dead isn't she?" She asked softly and they looked up at see the tears spill from her eyes and over her hand.

"You had the same look that the people who told me my parents had died in the plane crash had on… Full of, sympathy and guilt for being the ones to burden this person with the tragic news." She gulped and placed her head in her hands and cried.

"Sh-She offered for me to live with her! She was my mother's best friend! My godmother!... But I told her no, because I was too busy clinging to the death of my parents!... I hadn't spoken to her since! Tohru-chan's my first and best friend and I wasn't even there for her! She's like my sister… She… We grew up together!" She cried and her body wracked with sobs.

"I'm so sorry Tohru… I'm so sorry I was never there for you, I know it hurts worse when you're alone…" She cried hoping that her childhood friend would walk through the door and comfort her and tell her that it was alright.

She felt a hand on her cheek and looked up to see Shigure looking down at her thoughtfully.

"Tohru-kun wouldn't want you to feel guilty for not being there, if you're the Makoto she always spoke of, I'm sure she'd just be happy to know that you're here now." Shigure spoke and Makoto looked down and wiped her tears away.

"Sh-she talked about me?" She asked solemnly.

"We can't ever compliment her on her cooking without her saying, 'but you haven't tried this dish until you've tasted Mako-chan's'." Yuki replied and Makoto looked over at him and saw that he wasn't lying.

"H-how is she taking it? When did it happen?" Makoto asked frantically, wishing desperately that Tohru would walk through the door at that moment.

"It happened almost a year ago, and she seems to want to keep it to herself and not bother others with it, or make them feel saddened for her." Yuki spoke and she looked to see him looking out the window.

"You care for her as well…" Makoto spoke with a matter of fact tone of voice and watched Yuki's head snap in her direction.

"I've been saying the same thing." Shigure whispered and watched Makoto smile slightly and he sighed seeing her father's face flash in front of his eyes.

"You may stay here until you're well and until Tohru-kun returns. I'm sure she'll be overjoyed that her childhood friend has returned." Shigure smiled down at her and she shook her head back and forth.

"N-no, I couldn't let you do that for me… I'll just go to a hotel or something I-"

"Did you not plan on staying with Tohru-kun, Makoto-kun?" Shigure asked and Makoto looked away with a guilty blush.

"I suppose, but this is a different situation!" She shouted but Shigure shook his head.

"Your father told me that you were strong and he told me that if anything ever happened to him, to protect you and take care of you… You tell yourself that you're strong and you may be, but everyone needs to depend on someone else for a little while sometimes, Makoto-kun." Shigure spoke and Makoto looked to the ground taking in those words and supposed that she would have to agree with them.

"You knew papa well didn't you Shigure-san." Makoto stated and watched him smile and nod.

"Yes, I did and I thought I knew the little Kino Makoto well too, but it seems that she's grown up now." He replied and she felt herself blush and heard his body crash into the ground.

"Come on, Kino-san let's get you something to eat." Yuki spoke and pulled Makoto along as he growled at his cousins' perverted ways.

He pulled her into the kitchen and then realized he had nothing to feed her.

"Um… Well…" He started and looked to see her falling to the floor.

"Kino-san! What's wrong!?" He shouted and looked down at her to see that she couldn't speak.

"What's wrong with her now?" Shigure asked and walked in and gave the girl a questioning look.

"H-h-how?..." She asked and they looked at her strangely.

"How what?" Shigure asked and she turned to him.

"HOW CAN YOU LIVE IN THIS DUMP!?" She screeched as they winced at the harshness of her voice.

They looked to see that she had vanished from the floor and was moving around cleaning the kitchen.

"Ah! Makoto-kun! You're going to hurt your-" Shigure was stopped by her holding a spray bottle that said 'Clean It' on it, to his face.

"I refuse to sit and let people feed me food that's in the same room as this mess." She growled and went back to cleaning.

"Okay, so maybe she takes after her mother as well." Shigure spoke with a sweat drop.

After a while she had the kitchen sparkling and Yuki and Shigure looked in interest at the shiny spots on the counter.

"She's quite a bit like Tohru-kun… Just more forceful." Shigure spoke and pulled his finger along the counter in interest.

She sat down at the table and sighed feeling much more relieved.

"Um, I have a question… There was a boy who saved me last night… He had bright orange hair… Do you know who he is, or where he is?" Makoto asked without looking at them and Yuki rolled his eyes not even bothering to worry about the cat.

"Uh, that would be our cousin Kyou. And um… Hum, come to think of it, we haven't seen him since we brought you in the house last night." Shigure spoke and Makoto snapped her head up in confusion.

"You're kidding right?" She spoke raising an eyebrow and grabbed her piece of toast in front of her and munched on the end of it.

Shigure shrugged and walked out of the room to find Yuki waiting for him.

"Are you sure we can let her live with us? What if she finds out about the curse as well?" Yuki asked and watched Shigure as he walked past him and sat on the couch and grabbed a book.

"Que sera, sera. Yuki, I can't let her leave… I can not go back on my word to her father. Why do you think Hatori took care of her wounds?" Shigure asked and Yuki then realized that maybe Shigure wasn't the only one that was to look over the brunette.

Yuki sighed and sat down on the chair mauling over what the possibilities were.

Her heard Makoto then enter the room and sit on the floor and look up at the ceiling.

"It's amazing how identical this place is to what my house looked like… I almost expect to hear mom in the kitchen and hear the dishes clink… It's unnerving and comforting at the same time, very strange." She whispered and turned over to see something that made her gasp.

Yuki and Shigure looked up to see her, hoping that she hadn't hurt herself.

But watched in horror at what she did next.

"You guys have a cat!?" She squealed and wrapped her arms around the small feline under a table and hugged him and scratched his ears.

Shigure and Yuki stood up in shock and frantically tried to think of a distraction to make her put Kyou down before he transformed back into a human.

"That damned cat is going to ruin everything! He used too much energy last night and still hasn't transformed back into a human!" Yuki screamed in his thoughts.

"Uh-um-we-Makoto-kun… Uh.." Shigure stuttered and watched as Makoto sat the cat in her lap and stroked his fur while he slept.

"What is wrong with you two, he's just a cat…" She spoke softly and smiled as she laid on her back and lifted him over her head and watched him slowly wake up.

"Hehehe, he looks so cute… He looks a little tired too." She smiled at the orange cat that was now unmoving and unblinking.

"Aw, what's wrong kitty?" She asked petting him and then brought her lips to his nose then- boom.

Suddenly she was flattened to the floor her lips connected with something other than a nose.

"Oh dear… This isn't good is it?" She heard Shigure asked and then suddenly she saw two orange orbs peering down at her and their lips connected.

She just stayed like that for a few minutes and he watched her face slowly turn red from head to toe.

He pulled away and she still wouldn't move or talk and neither would he.

"Y-y-y-y-you?... YOU!?" She screamed looked down and looked back up to see his eyes grow wide.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed and slammed her fist into his cheek and sent him fly into the window.

She scrambled up and fell forward as she tripped over the table.

"Makoto-kun!"

"Kino-san!" The two boys shouted not wanting to have Hatori come over and fix her wounds again caught her.

Wind pushed back her hair and she fell to the ground and held her side in pain.

"Makoto-kun?" She heard Shigure ask and she opened her eyes to see a dog looking down at her.

"AH!" She screamed and sat up to see a small rat sitting next to the dog.

"Makoto-kun, please calm down." Shigure spoke and Makoto gulped and nodded, besides, she had a talking cat in the other room. She's dealt with this kind of stuff… Right?

"Kino-san, I apologize for not getting that stupid cat away from you soon enough." Yuki spoke and she sighed and nodded her head.

"It's… It's alright, Sohma-san." She spoke and looked over to see the boy from last night sitting cross-legged with a curtain wrapped around his body as he stood up.

"Stupid girl." She heard him growl as he walked by and fell to the ground when he felt a small candle that was once on the living room table connect with his head. He turned to see Makoto glaring at him with ferocity.

"I'm not the idiot who's wearing a curtain now am I, orangey?" She growled and he fumed.

"What'd you say!?" He screamed and she stood up and marched over to him.

"I said, I'm not the idiot who's wearing a curtain now am I, orangey!? Are you sure you don't need me to repeat it again!?" She screamed as he sneered.

"You should be grateful! Thanks to me, you're alive!" He shouted and she huffed.

"No, thanks to your unpunctuality I was almost killed!" She screamed back and stepped forward as did he.

"Oh, so I'm supposed to just know when a weak girl's in trouble!?" He shouted and was thrown though the open door and she marched over to it.

"Wow, you just got you're ass kicked by a weak girl, that's pretty pathetic!" She screamed and walked away.

"I know!" She heard him shout back and she quickly grabbed another candle but was stopped by Shigure before she even made it to the kitchen

"It's not worth it." He spoke.

"Oh yes it is! He's the type of man who CAN'T STAND TO LOOSE! So I'm going to show him who the boss is!" She screamed and ran out to the kitchen and chucked the candle at him before he could come in.

"HEY!" They heard the curtain cloaked boy scream.

"Both the same personalities, they're always going to have a conflict… She's just as violent as him... Yes, very much like her father indeed… Kenta-kun was always hot-tempered." Shigure spoke and looked at Yuki who was stunned by her vulgar actions.

"Okay, I think you're wrong about her being like Honda-san, Shigure." Yuki spoke as Makoto walked back into the room, a triumphant smile on her lips.

Shigure sighed and lowered his head in defeat and thinking of the numerous fights the boy and girl would get in and add to Kyo's and Yuki's brawling.

"This is going to be a long talk…" He spoke and Makoto turned to face the two other animals.

"Alright, Makoto-kun… Let's see if I can explain this quickly." Shigure spoke and Makoto took a seat next to them, now fully interested as to why people were changing back and forth into to little animals.

-:-

Wow… That was really long and I still feel like nothing happened. Well, I hope you all liked it and you don't know how bad I want to write about Rei and Taru right now, but I have to get certain things out first before they enter the picture, but I promise they'll be in the next chapter! And this obviously takes place when all of them are on Spring Break, but I wanted Tohru to go on a vacation with her friends so, yeah… I'm going to follow the book in some parts and then in others I'm not. This story was completely inspired by Pink's song "Who Knew" it might even give you a few ideas about the plot if you read the lyrics, I even named it and the chapter after lines in the song; they fit just perfectly. Um, well please be kind with your reviews, I'm a Furuba newbie so… Please? And I will be updating this next and not The Ties of Fate, but after I get chapter two of this out, I will! I hope you all enjoyed this and will continue reading it. Man… Suna/Ayame is going to be so funny to write! XD

-Kat