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*no flames please*

The Curse Caster

Kyo glared at Yuki as he talked to Tohru. They had been asked to appear before Akito. That damn rat gets everything he wants….Tohru…He flashed back to a week ago. He was climbing down from the roof when he heard voices inside. He stopped and pressed his ear up against the wall.

"Oh Yuki this is wonderful!" cried Shigure. "Little Yuki all grown up and dating a beautiful young women. Oh how time flies. I can see it now, Tohru blushing on her wedding day!" Shigure exclaimed.

"Shigure? will you please quiet yourself a little?" Yuki quietly said,"If miss Honda heard you making such a big deal about us i'm afraid she'd die from embarrassment."

Kyo's heart stopped. Yuki…..and …...Tohru? Kyo jumped down from the side of the house and ran off into the woods as anger threatening to overtake him.

*Present*

"Kyo?" Shigure's voice interrupted his thoughts. Kyo looked up to find everyone staring at him. "What?" demanded Kyo. They all turned away. He concentrated on walking forward. He hadn't even realized that the main house was in view. They walked up past the front gates towards the head of the family's house. Tension was in the air as they took off their shoes at the door. Shigure smiled "Well there's no point in just standing out here. Now is there?"

*Time skip*

"So thats it?" Kyo asked, "we just have an american live with us for a few months?"

Akito smiled at Kyo. He knelt over and touched Kyos face; kyo visibly flinched.

"No, thats not all." He said calmly, "She cannot know about the ."

Shigure frowned "But if she does know we will wipe her memory, right?"

Aktio turned around towards the wall. "It won't work." he stated quietly.

Shigure's frown deepened. "What do you mean it won't work?" Akito spun around a flipped the table in the process. " I MEAN IT WON'T WORK!" he yelled. He stopped and put his face in hands. He raised his head with a smile on his face. "Forgive me. I seemed to have lost my temper. What i meant was, It doesn't appear to affect anyone from her bloodline." he smiled sweetly. Kyo noticed his hand twitching slightly.

They were walking home after they were dismissed. same as before, Yuki and Tohru walking next to each other talking. They haven't officially told kyo yet and have no idea that he already knows, so they weren't holding hands yet. In public anyway kyo angrily thought. Maybe all i need to do is find myself a new girl, someone better than Tohru. But…. they won't know about the curse…. ! Is that the only reason I liked Tohru? because she knew my secret?...So i need to find someone who knows about the curse…. An image of Kagura popped into his head. UHuh, no way, She'll beat the crap out of me before a weeks over! Plus She's creepy. He thought about other candidates but none seemed to be right. Maybe i can find someone and ask Akito if she can know. He pictured himself asking Akito and flinched at the horror of the idea. Well then thats it….I'm doomed to be forever alone… He hung his head with depression at the thought.

*Tohru's POV*

She was talking to Yuki but her mind kept wandering off to Kyo, who she could see his emotions on his face sort of a mixture of anger and depression. She wondered what was going on in his mind right now. She hoped he didn't know about her and Yuki. I mean he has to know eventually. Oh i really don't wanna hurt Kyo….but...Yuki….She flashed back to a week and a half ago. Yuki was sitting down on the picnic blanket that Tohru had set out prepared to eat the delicious meal that Tohru had made earlier … they were laughing and talking about the Yuki fan club girls.

"Oh they really are quite silly girls and they do make it impossible to have a quiet school day, but I don't understand what they see in me. I mean I'm not anything special." Yuki said smiling. Tohru looked up at him. "Yuki you have a ton of good qualities! like your so kind and sweet and really admirable; I don't blame those girls for coming up with a fan club, i would...Oh I-I mean i wouldn't...O-Oh." Tohru blushed. Yuki looked at her intensely. "Tohru?" She looked up and he took her face in his hands and kissed her passionately.

"Tohru?" Yuki asked. "W-what?" she sputtered."Oh, nothing if you don't want to that fine." he said. "W-wait, I'm sorry! I-I guess i wasn't listening. I didn't mean anything I j-just was thinking thats all." Yuki chuckled to himself." Well then Ms. Honda, I asked if you would like to see a movie with me tonight?" Tohru smile turned into a frown as she asked "But isn't the American coming tonight?" Yuki's forehead furrowed. "Well i do suppose it would be rude, but we have hardly had a minute alone together because of Kyo and I'm sure if we explained our selves, she won't mind. Besides her coming tonight will distract him for awhile." He turned to smile at her. She smiled back, "I'd love to."

*Time Skip*

Kyo was lying on the roof as he heard Yuki and Tohru leave. His hair hid his eyes as turmoil began to show through them. His thoughts began to wander to what they might do tonight. No. I will not think about that! hhmmm…. I wonder what the american will be like. Akito said that the american will be a girl right? I hope she's a curly haired blonde...with a deep tan and bright blue eyes….OH! and athletic! maybe she can do MMA! Kyo managed to keep his thought busy with the possibilities in a blossoming friendship with the new american. His ears perked to the sound of a car approaching. He quickly climbed down from the roof and ran into the kitchen.

"Why hello Kyo. Nice of you to join the living." Shigure stated happily.

'Yeah, Yeah, I'm just here to get something to eat."

Shigure raised his eyebrows with suspicion. "Oh? and here i thought you were here to warmly welcome the new American into our home. But alas it seems only I will be the kind one and welcome her into our fortitude of rude people. Oh how i can hear her loneliness reach my ears when she finds not a house full of warm hosts but a cruel one."

Kyo had reached his limit. "OH SHUDDUP I'LL LET HER IN ALIGHT!"

Kyo stomped off outside and waited for the car to arrive.

Kyo heard his heart pounding while he waited for the car to arrive. He leaned casually against the support beam behind him when he saw the car. It was a black SUV with tinted windows; no doubt a gift from Akito. His heart was thudding really loudly when the door opened…...thump….thump….thump. Kyo leaned closer with each heartbeat.

Suddenly a black bag with some weird symbols on them flew to his face and cause him to fall. He stood up angrily when he heard screaming inside. He jumped up ready to fight and pulled back the door to find a straight haired brunette with her green eyes wide with terror…...screaming at a spider…. Kyo in disbelief picked up the spider and threw it out into the woods.

After some unintellegent muttering from the american girl and some stumbling she managed to make it to the front door.

" AH Faith! I'm glad to see you welcomed into our home. I would have invited you myself but i couldn't deprive Kyo of his chance to be your hero. He was so looking forward to meeting you."

"What?! I did not!" kyo protested. with his hands clenched at his sides.

He looked over at Faith getting ready to protest some more. But found her staring at his bracelet. She gently grabbed his wrist and was looking at the bracelet more closely. Kyo's breath hitched. He watched her green eyes swirl with confusion.A breeze had found it's way through the already open front door and swept up a piece of her hair. Her sent reached Kyo's nose and he tensed. Suddenly she blinked out of the trance.

"Oh i'm so sorry!...I j-just thought your bracelet was c-cool….."

She blushed a deep red as Kyo looked down at his plain black and white bracelet. Shigure stood up and stretched. "Well then I believe you've had a long journey am I correct? Yes of course I am. Well then off to bed. Kyo? Would you be a darling and show Faith to her room, I'm afraid that the days work have left me very tired." and he walked away before Kyo had a chance to protest.

Kyo showed her to her room which had been prepared on the exact opposite of his own. She picked up her black bag with what Kyo assumed was english writing.

"Is that it?" Kyo asked

She stared at her bag in confusion. "What's it?"

"Is that all you brought?"

"Oh! No my stuff will be arriving later tomorrow."

"O.k…. You know...I wasn't not….I…..Oh never mind."

Kyo walked to his room and shut the door.

*Faith's POV*

Faith shut the door behind her also, maybe a little less loud than the red head she had come to know as Kyo...Or was it kio? She wondered. She blushed when she remembered throwing her bag that was labeled with Evanescance on it in white lettering. She remembered his bracelet and shivered. What's up with that bracelet. It didn't look like anything unusual... But it felt powerful...and ancient... She shook her head and walked over to the "bed" She looked at the pitiful set out and smiled to herself. It really will be different here. She snuggled down under the covers and feel asleep.