A New Zodiac

Amaryllis' POV

I was always a lost cause to Akito. From the day that I was born in a small solitary room, somewhere in the a large estate, Akito knew that I would never be a true Zodiac. I, the Fox, was never meant to exist in the world of vengeful spirits. Therefore Akito never thought that it would be of any good to introduce me to the other Sohmas, and I was locked away by myself for the first fourteen years of my life. Until, of course, a silver-haired boy stumbled upon me.

"Who the hell are you?" He asked confused. I found the tilt of his head somewhat amusing. "I appear to be a girl. Or a Fox. Pick one." I mumbled, trying to figure out what member of the Zodiac this boy is.

"As in, a Zodiac Fox?" He said

"Yes. You?" I was getting bored now. Other people only annoyed me, and my lacking social skills did nothing to help.

"Rat. I'm Yuki. You know you're not supposed to be in here. Akito was frothing at the mouth last time he found Hiro exploring 'round up in the attic." Yuki said, a slight edge to his tone.

"Don't worry. I'm in this room on Akito's orders. I was born here, raised here, and everyone tells me that I'm gonna die here." I replied. There was no window in my room, just a rotting futon with a flickering lamp, providing just enough light to read the books that magically appeared by my bedside every week. It really wasn't that bad; my book characters kept me company, and I found ways to entertain myself through the years.

"Oh. Kay… So, you've been here your whole life?" he asked.

"Yeah. It's not that bad. Oh god, please don't give me that pitying look!" I exclaimed loudly. Well, at least loud enough to disturb a certain somebody who we really didn't want to disturb.

"Hello Yuki." The controlled voice flowed softly down from the doorway.

"A-akito." Yuki stumbled, the fear swarming his eyes.

"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be downstairs with the others?" Akito said, barely able to control her seen anger.

"Akito. I was just showing my dear friend Yuki what a wonderful and exotic room I live in." I butted in.

Yuki subtly shook his head to me, telling me it is best if I stay out of this. As if.

"Amaryllis, you know that rats are not welcome inside. I suggest, Yuki, that you leave now, and not speak to the others about this… incident. I will contact Hatori, but until he has set things straight, I suggest you think of Amaryllis as nothing more than a make-believe dream." Akito said.

Yuki simply nodded swiftly and ran down the stairs. I sat, motionless, more excited about my meeting with another Sohma than worried about the consquences, or the fact that Akito was clenching and unclenching his fists, ranting on about how stupid and horrid I was. See if I cared. I think that somewhere, Akito could have been a really good person, a friend maybe, but it seems in this lifetime, he is nothing more than an arrogant ass.

CLINK!

A shot of sharpening pain swept through my brain, clouding my vision and making my head feel disconnected from the rest of the universe. Somewhere, my body sank to the cold hard ground, and I blacked out.

Yuki's POV

Pushing Akito's deadly threats aside, there was still no way in hell I was going to tell the others about the new found Zodiac. As selfish as it may seem, I was almost happy that I didn't know Amaryllis personally. It wouldve only been ten times harder leaving her in that room with a raging Akito. But at the time, it felt as though Amaryllis wasn't one to be in need of desperate saving from the "prince".

"Yuki! Where have you been?" Asked Tohru, a steaming plate of some sort of hot food resting in her hands.

"Sorry to keep you worrying! I was just upstairs, taking care of some homework I had forgotten about." The lie came swiftly to me, and although I found guilty about lying to Tohru, who I was convinced had never said one untrue statement to me, I never thought about my lie twice.

"Oh, I didn't releise that you had to do homework Yuki! I thought the "prince" would be treated with the answers to our coming exam flattened out in front of him." Kyo eclaimed sarcastically, not bothering to wait for me and already half-way through his plate of dinner.

I made no reply to his comment, only a slight shake of my head. My thoughts rested as to what was upstairs.