Chapter 1

Kyo POV

It was early morning and I could smell the scent of dew clinging to the air outside through a crack in the window that Tohru must have opened. I could also smell the wretched stench of that tea Yuki was always drinking. It was made from leeks, one of the many things Yuki loved that I feel no one should ever touch.

I yawned and stretched my arms out wide. It looked about morning, which was weird; I usually slept in until noon or something. My stomach felt twisted in some way. Maybe I'm sick. I thought. It made sense. I felt this way last time I was sick, and I almost died, but this time I could move around. Maybe this was my dreamland?

I went over to the dresser and picked out some clothes. I chose a normal black tee with no design on it. I also put on some dark green-brown loose khakis. I grabbed a light blue hoodie. This was a lot better than the kimonos the others were always wearing. Damn rat. I growled even thinking about him.

I walked through the kitchen, seeing only Yuki and Shigure. "Where's Tohru?" I ask quickly.

"She's sleeping, if that's ok with you, cat." Yuki told me.

"Yes, it is fine with me." I open the fridge and find a carton of milk. I grab it, shutting the fridge, and chugging it.

"Yeah, that's fine. Just chug all the milk down, Kyo." Shigure says, sitting next to Yuki with a bowl of reheated leek soup.

"What ever. You can go and buy some more when it's gone." I quickly finish it and throw it onto the table, splashing a few drops in Shigure's soup. "I'll leave you alone then."

I walked outside, hesitant to go to the roof. I usually went up there, but something was telling me to head for the woods. But I wanted a reason to run off, so Tohru wouldn't think I hated her, long story. I walked inside a smacked the bottom side of a plate out of Yuki's hands.

"Stupid cat, I was already using that plate." he said calmly, like always. That pissed me off.

"I saw that, damn rat. Can't I do something and you be at least a little human. I mean for god sakes, you have no emotions." I yell at his face, but yet he stood there unfazed.

"I swear the only emotion you have is anger, but you at least hide sometimes." I was getting ready to punch his face when, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a girl, my age, walk down the steps, leaning against the wall for support as she watched us fight. Her blue eyes shone with sorrow, as of she was worried about me. I turned and ran out of the house.

It was a perfect cover-up story with just one fault, Tohru always followed. I pushed on reluctantly. There was just this feeling in my gut, like an empty hole was filling up and never would reach the top unless I found what it was leading me to. I heard rustling up ahead and slowed to a stop. My cat ears were perking out of my head as I stalked forward.

"Come on, I heard there was a whole house full of people like us." whispered one voice.

There were more surrounding that one. "Yeah, and what if what you heard was a lie and it was just someone trying to capture us?" That was a good point. I stopped before I walked into the open as the voice started up again. "We will just wait around until one of them shows up."

A twig cracked from behind me and I bolted around to see a slim figure looming above me. "Well, you're not going to be waiting for long." The figure picked me up and threw me into the clearing, where the others had split apart to avoid getting hit by me.

A few of the people walked forward. "Check him," said one. It was a girl, about my age, with golden brown hair that faded down to black tips. God damn. Why is everyone our age now! Her eyes were a hazelnut brown.

One of the other girls in the group came up to me, and pulled on my arm to put me into a sitting position. Oh shit. She's going to hug me. She did but nothing happened. The girl stood up, eyes wide. Her hair was white with strands that were red-orange and black. Her eyes were an amber color. "What now? No one has gotten this far," she asked the first girl.

"Easy. Kitty, you do the same thing." A girl with blonde hair walked slowly forward with her hands over her chest like she didn't know what was going to happen. But I did. They were testing to see if I turn into an animal. I grimaced and tried to crawl away, but I was kicked back into place by the same person who threw me in here. I would have lost my temper, but something was keeping me cool.

"Go on, Kitty. He's getting fidgety." The man behind me growled at her. Someone behind the girl shoved her forward and she fell. Everything seemed to be in slow-motion. She fell right on top of me, and I changed into cat. My fur bristled as her complete weight was on top of me.

"Get off already, will ya?" I growled.

"Oh, I'm sorry." She got off of me, looked down, and gasped. The girl giving the orders just smiled smugly to herself.

"So, what Gypsie said was right?" The girl with tri-colored hair blushed as our eyes met. I just averted my eyes to meet the only other addressed girl.

"What's your name, then?" I asked.

"It's Snyx. Yours?"

"Kyo." I turned my head to look at all of the people in the clearing. There were only eight people. Three were girls and five were guys. I only knew the names of the girls. Snyx, who seemed to be the leader, Gypsie, the tri-colored hair girl, and Kitty, the blonde normal girl. "And them?" I asked coldly, staring at the boys, especially the one who threw me, mind you that.

"I don't think that's important right now. Where did you come from?"

"A house full of idi…" I paused as I thought of Tohru. "Well, it is mostly full of idiots." I blushed as I felt Snyx's stare digging into my fur, making fun of me.

"Do you have a crush, little Kyo-Kyo?"

"Shut up! You as bad as that damn rat, Yuki!"

"Yuki, eh? Can we go meet the fine people that are mostly idiots?"

When I began to grumble, the guy behind me kicked me, "Come on, stupid cat." Snyx seemed to be offended by that remark and he recoiled into a position of submission.

"The cat, I mean, Kyo, can take us there if he wants. You can just shut up, Tate." She glanced at me and asked, "So are you going to bring us or not?"

"I'll bring you girls, but not the boys. I don't know them." Tate gave me a weird look, as if he thought I was a pervert. I growled at him, reinforced by Snyx.

"You'll stay behind if he tells you to." I smirked at him and led the way to Shigure's house, half-praying that I wouldn't change back to my human form, since I would be naked, but when I turned to check on the girls, they were all animals, well except for Kitty. Snyx had turned into a golden brown/light black tortoiseshell cat, quite beautiful. Oh god, what the hell was I talking about! Gypsie was a dog, no wait a wolf. Her fur was black with a white underbelly and a light early sunset orange overcoat. Kitty was carrying everyone's clothes, which I was extra happy about.

"Yo, we're here." I announce as the house comes into view. Just then, there was an explosion and a smoke cloud surrounded me. Oh shit.

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