Yuffie hastily walked through the crowd at the end of the school day, as if looking for someone. She noticed a large crowd of schoolgirls huddled around someone. Could it be? She thought to herself. She caught a glimpse ofsilver colored hair. "Yuki!" She called out. All the girls looked at her strangely as she ran up to the boy and threw her tiny arms around him.

A panicked look came over the boy's face at her embrace. But when she hugged him, nothing happened. He looked relieved and then exclaimed, "Who are you!" A look of hurt came across her brilliant yellow-green eyes.

"You mean, you don't remember?" Her voice sounded so sweet and innocent. Tears welled in her eyes. "You don't remember all of our good times? Like all the times Ayame and I tied you to trees?" All the girls around them giggled.

"What are you talking about!" He exclaimed angrily. Yuffie was so young. Only about seven years old, but looked exactly like a female Yuki.

"Silly!" she giggled, "I'm Yuffie, your half sister!" Yuki stood with his mouth open, stumbling to find the right words.

Yuffie brushed the hair out of her eyes and said excitedly, "Where's Ayame?"

Suddenly a man's voice was heard behind them. A man of 27 stepped into view. He was tall and handsome and had long hair that was the same color as Yuffie's. "Is that a beautiful girl calling my name?" He asked in a perverse way, "Yuki, are you telling your friends about me? I knew I could be a good brother!" He laughed insanely.

When seeing him, Yuffie's face lit up, and her eyes turned the exact purple of Yuki's.

"I wasn't talking about you. She was." Yuki said angrily, pointing at Yuffie.

"My, my, my," Ayame said, "Who is this pretty little girl. Is she a friend of yours? What happened to Tohru?"

"She's our sister!" Yuki cried. All the color drained from Ayame's face.

"Y..Y..Yuffie?" He said softly. The small girl jumped into his arms.

"Ayame! I missed you so much!" She kissed his cheek. She jumped down, and grabbed Yuki and Ayame by the wrist, pulling them to the car. "C'mon guys! I want to go back to the house! I want to see Shigure and Kyo and Ha'ri, and Momiji! I haven't seen them in so long! Ayame, who's Tohru? Is she your girlfriend Yuki? Is she pretty? Does she look like mommy?" Ayame laughed as Yuki put his hand over the girl's mouth.

"Yuffie, try not to talk to much. Yuki doesn't like that. Trust me, I know, oh and he's very touchy about Tohru," Ayame explained with a joyous laugh and a wink. "Of course we'll take you back to the house!"

They were all getting into the car when Yuki asked, "You're our mother's daughter, aren't you?" Yuffie smiled and nodded. But something grim was on her mind. "Well, then, what are you doing, just showing up all of a sudden? Mother hasn't wanted anything to do with either of us for as long as I can remember."

A tear rolled down Yuffie's cheek. "It's because you're part of the zodiac. She told me. I'm not supposed to know, but she told me. She said, that once I was born, and she knew that she could have a real child, and not some kind of animal like you two, that she didn't want you anymore. She said that she only wanted a kid she could hug. But, the reason I'm here, I can't tell you Yuki. He told me I could only tell Ayame and Shigure and Ha'ri first. He said that they're the adults, and they need to know. But I have to tell Ayame first, oh, and Akito." Her voice was very quiet and serious. Much like Yuki's voice, as opposed to its resemblance to Ayame's before.

Neither of them said anything. The car ride was silent until they got to the house. When they pulled up to Shigure's, Ayame asked Yuki to go inside so he could have a word with Yuffie. Once Yuki left, Yuffie threw her arms around Ayame's waist and started to cry. Her eyes went back to the yellow-green. She handed him an envelope with his name on it. "It's from him!" she explained, "The man that picked me up from school the day…the day…"she couldn't talk. She was crying too much. Ayame lifted her up.

"The day what, Yuffie?"

"The day that Mommy died. The day that car hit her when she was walking to pick me up from school." Yuffie wailed. Ayame's face became grave and he hugged her close.

"I'm so sorry Yuffie. When did this happen?"

"Two days a go. Then, he told me that Daddy didn't know about me, and that you would be a better daddy for me anyway. So he told me that I have to live with you and Shigure now. He said he talked to Akito. He said that Akito said it was ok. Akito told me, he said that I'm part of the zodiac, but not fully. When I get weak, or upset, then I get rat's ears, or sometimes a snake's tongue. I'm part of both of you, but Mommy didn't know. She didn't know I was different." That just started her crying more.

"Yuffie, we have to tell Yuki. It was his mommy too, you know."

"I know. He said that I have to tell you first. He said that he'd mail you money, so you can afford me. He said that he'd visit every few months to make sure you're doing a good job taking care of me."

Ayame nodded and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Well, why don't we go inside and see everyone?" Yuffie smiled, and her eyes then became purple again.

Ayame burst into the house, with Yuffie still in his arms. "Look everyone! I have a child!" Shigure and Hatori ran into the room. "Look Shigure! It's our love child! Isn't she just adorable! And she bares a striking resemblance to our dear Yuki! Yuffie, this is Shigure" he said pointing to him, "And this man here is Hatori. Do you remember them?" Yuffie jumped down and clung to Shigure's leg. Both Shigure and Hatori stood in shock. They hardly recognized the girl.

"Of course I remember! He's the one that you're gay with, right Ayame?" Ayame and Shigure blushed while Yuki and Kyo laughed.

"See where all of your fooling around gets you? Look what you've instilled in the mind of this poor little girl." Hatori said.

"Hatori!" She said hugging his leg now, "Where's Kana? Is she here? I missed her! Did she bring me some candy again?" Hatori's face didn't change, he didn't acknowledge the small girl at all.

"Kana's not here anymore Yuffie." Shigure explained seriously. Yuffie nodded, and then noticed Kyo across the room. She ran over to him as fast as she could and jumped into his lap.

"Kyo-Kyo!" She hugged him tight and kissed his cheek. Kyo suppressed a smile. Yuffie was the only person he let call him that. They had so many good times together, but he didn't let his joy show. "I missed you so much! Did you beat that damn rat yet?"

"Yuffie, don't you ever say that word again!" Yuki said sternly.

"I'm sorry Yuki! Which word? Is it…rat?"

"Um, no…" he said nervously.

"Is it…beat?" she asked confused.

"No, not that one."

"Oh…so it's da-"

"Yes! Yes it's that word!" Said Shigure.

All of a sudden, a girl with long brown hair walked into the room. "What's going on? What's all the noise?" she asked.

Yuffie jumped into the girl's arms. "SHIGURE YOU LIED TO ME! YOU SAID KANA WASN'T HERE AND LOOK SHE WAS JUST IN THE KITCHEN! WHY WOULD YOU DO SUCH A MEAN THING?"

"Kana?" the girl asked, "Oh, no. My name's Tohru Honda. Who are you?"

Yuffie stood up and put her hands on her hips. "My name," she said boldly, "Is Yuffie Sohma. Ayame is my new father. I am not a member of the zodiac, but Yuki and Ayame are my older brothers. Mommy died, so now I have to live here with Shigure and Ayame and Yuki and Kyo. I am exactly six and a half years old. I am in the first grade and my favorite color is pink." She sat down on the couch, obviously tired from her speech.

"Well…"said Tohru, flabbergasted.

"Yeah," agreed Yuki. Kyo looked at him sympathetically. They may have been sworn enemies, but Kyo couldn't help but feel remorse for him. Yuffie grabbed Yuki's wrist.

"C'mon Yuki! Show me your room! Where am I going to sleep?" Most of her enthusiasm was gone, her eyes went back to yellow when realizing she had told Yuki the bad news, and didn't even mean to.

He led her up the stairs and into his room. "Yuffie, why didn't you tell me your mommy died?"

"No Yuki! No! It's not my mommy!" She fell onto the floor crying. "It's not my mommy Yuki! It's OUR mommy! She was your mommy too! And Ayame's! Even if you don't believe me, or you hate her, she's still your mommy. And I'm sorry Yuki, I didn't mean to tell you like that."

Yuki sat down on his bed and pulled the little girl onto his lap. "It's ok Yuffie. I know you're upset, you didn't mean to. Do you want to tell me what happened?"

"Mommy was walking to school to pick me up and a car came by and didn't see Mommy and it…" She couldn't finish. She buried her face it Yuki's chest. He hugged her.

"Yuffie, I'm sorry." A tear slipped down his cheek. "But you have Ayame and I now. You probably don't remember me very much, and Mommy probably told you bad things about me, but I'm here to take care of you now. And you can always talk to me, I want to be there for you, I'm your older brother."

She hugged him tight. "Oh no Yuki, Mommy never said bad things, just that you were different. She said she loved you very much, but she wanted a real child that she could hug. She said that when you and Ayame still lived with us, Ayame would hold my hand and he would trick you into letting me tie you to the tree, and every time you'd get so mad at Ayame. But she said, she said you didn't notice me. She said that you treated me like I wasn't even your sister, like I didn't even exist. And it made me sad to hear that Yuki."

Yuki started to cry. He hugged her. "I didn't understand then. I thought that she didn't love me because of you. I thought she hated me because I was a part of the zodiac and you weren't."

"But no Yuki!" He looked at her strangely as she jumped off the bed. "Ok, look at my eyes. What color are they right now?"

"They're yellow." Yuki said simply, confused by what she was going to say.

She closed her eyes. "Now, I'm thinking about how happy I was when I saw Kyo-Kyo and I hugged him." She opened her eyes. "What color are they now?"

In shock, Yuki said, "They're purple. Like mine. Just like mine."

"You see," she started, "When I'm upset or weak my eyes turn yellow. But when I'm happy, they're purple like yours. But sometimes, when I'm really upset, I get rat ears, and once I got a snake's tongue! You see? I'm part of the zodiac too, but not fully. I'm not as special as you and Ayame. I'm not just one animal. Sometimes I'm you and sometimes I'm Ayame!" Yuki laughed at the small girl's energy. "Yuki, can I ask you a question?"

"Of course."

"Is Tohru your girlfriend?" Yuki laughed and tickled her.

"No, she's just a friend!" Just then Kyo stood in the door way awkwardly.

"Uh, hi. I was just checking to uh, see if Yuffie was ok."

Yuffie grabbed his wrist and pulled him in. "Kyo-Kyo! I missed you! Will you play with me and Yuki?" She looked at him innocently, "Please Kyo, please please please?

"You want me to PLAY with that da-" Yuki glared at him. "Fine, I'll play your stupid game."

She hugged his leg. "Oh Kyo thank you so much!"

Shigure walked into the room, "Sorry Yuffie, no time to play right now, Tohru just finished dinner. It's something new too. She got the recipe for pizza off an American website!"

They all went down the stairs and into the dining room, where the delicious smells of Tohru's cooking filled the kitchen. "Yuffie!" Ayame exclaimed when he saw her, "Come! Sit next to me!"

"Ok! But Kyo, will you sit on the other side of me?"

Kyo looked at her lovingly. "Sure."

Yuki glared at him. He didn't understand why Yuffie didn't look at him like that. He didn't understand why she didn't want Yuki to sit next to her. "Yuki," Ayame said, "Why don't you sit next to me, then we'll just be one big happy family!"

Tohru giggled at everyone's enthusiasm as she set the pizza onto the table. She took a seat between Shigure and Hatori. "Yuffie, the pizza's hot, do you want me to cut it up for you?"

"No Tohru!" Ayame yelled, "I'm her father and since I should be taking full responsibility for her anyway, I must do it, as strenuous as it is, I must."

Yuffie laughed as Ayame pretended to stumble over the food. Suddenly, the door burst open, and Momiji and Hatsuharu walked in. Momiji stopped and caught eye contact with Yuffie, a shocked expression on his face.

She looked at Ayame. "Ayame, who are those boys?" She asked simply, taking a bite of her cut up pizza.

"Momiji, Haru, don't you remember Yuffie?" Yuffie froze at the word Momiji.

She jumped on top of the table, and into Momiji's arms. "Oh Yuffie!" He said, "I haven't seen you in so long! You've gotten so big oh are you living here too? What happened to your mommy?"

Yuffie's eyes went yellow. At the word mommy, she calmed down. "Ayame, I'm not hungry anymore. I'm going upstairs to Yuki's room." She slowly and sadly went up the stairs, alone.

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