Tohru closed her eyes, picturing the stars above her. It's so peaceful..There was nothing left to do in the house, and Tohru had decided to take advantage of the clear skies that night to gaze at the stars. With all of the chaos in the Sohma household, there were not many oppurtunities such as this one. Now she lay on the roof directly above her bedroom, humming quietly to herself, cherishing the noises of the night.

There was a thump next to her as the window opened. 'Are you sure she's out there, Shigure?' Kyo's voice asked through the open window.

Then Shigure's voice. 'I saw her go onto the roof earlier. Ooohhh maybe she's planning something for Kyo-kun!'

Another thump was heard as Kyo slammed Shigure into the opposite wall. 'Nooo!! Kyo-kun hit me!! Kyo-kun hit me!!'

Tohru smiled. As much as she loved the quiet and peacefulness of the moment, she loved the chaos and noise inside the house even more. Ever since she had come to live with the Sohmas, her life had been happy. She had Yuki and Kyo and Shigure as family. Not to mention the other members of the Zodiac, most of whom had come to welcome Tohru as family. Most of them...

Her thoughts drifted to Akito, the head of the family. For a reason that Tohru still couldn't comprehend, he wanted her to stay away from the Sohmas and especially away from Kyo and Yuki. But it wasn't to protect her from the pain of knowing a member of the Zodiac. No. It was to harm her. In Akito's opinion, anyone who chooses freely to socialize and become close to a Sohma deserved to be punished severely. As long as Akito was unhappy, everyone else deserved to be unhappy.

'Hey, weirdo. Momiji's downstairs. Yelling something about a Mogeta special. Wants you down there now,' said Kyo as he poked Tohru in the forehead. She had been so caught up in her thoughts that she hadn't noticed him climbing onto the roof to kneel next to her.

'AH! KYO-KUN! I'LL GO DOWN RIGHT AWAY!' she yelled as she bolted upright, smacking her head into Kyo's with considerable force.

They both sat in silence for a second, staring at each other with confusion. Then Tohru exploded. 'AH!! IM SORRY!! DID I HARM YOU?! IM SO CARELESS! DO YOU NEED ICE?'

She stopped yelling when she saw Kyo laughing. 'You're sucha weirdo. Just go downstairs to Momiji before he comes up here with his excited self.'

Tohru smiled. 'Okay! You should come watch Mogeta with us later, Kyo-kun! It would be fun!'

Kyo returned the smile. 'Yeah. Maybe later. I think I'm gonna stay out here for a bit. It's kinda nice. Anyways, Kagura's on her way and I don't wanna be around for that.'

'Toooohruuu!'

'See? Told you. He's waiting and I think the show started already' said Kyo, waving her away.

Luckily for Kyo, Tohru was already halfway through the window, with an overly excited Momiji waiting.

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'Momiji-kun!'

Momiji bounced up to Tohru, smiling widely from ear to ear. 'Hurry, Tohru! The show is about to start! Oh, I do hope Shigure isn't hogging the television..'

The two of them walked to the tv, simply joyful. 'By the way, Tohru, I think Yuki wanted to talk to you. He asked me where you were, so I asked Kyo, but he asked Shigure, and he said you were on the roof! And I'm not allowed in any places where I could potentially injure myself, so I asked Kyo to go find you, and he went, but then he didn't come back! So then I was looking for you, but you came through the window and found me! It's funny how things work out, huh?'

Tohru hadn't caught a word that Momiji had said, so she just nodded her head happily. All she knew was that she would have to go find Yuki after Mogeta was over. 'Thanks, Momiji-kun!'

An hour later, Tohru rose from her spot in front of the television. 'Wow! That was a great show, Momiji! Thanks for telling me it was on!'

Momiji smiled innocently. 'No problem, Tohru! You should probably go find Yuki now..'

'Ah, yes! He's probably in his room. I'll go find out what he wanted. See you later!'

Tohru walked up the stairs and headed for Yuki's room, but she heard crashing coming from the front door, followed by Shigure's groans. Looks like Kagura broke the house again..she's most likely looking for Kyo-kun..

Then she bumped into Yuki as he came out of his room. It took him a moment before he realized that it was Tohru that he had bumped into. 'Ah. Sorry, Tohru. Did Momiji tell you that I had some news for you? But that was over an hour ago..'

'Yes, he told me! But we were watching Mogeta! So, what was the news?'

Yuki's eyes immediately darkened. 'Uh..well..Akito..Akito wants us at the main house. Tomorrow. Just you, me, and Kyo.'

Tohru looked frightened. 'Why?'

'I'm not sure..Kureno came by earlier when you were on the roof and told me. He said it was extremely urgent.'

'Oh..okay..I'm going to go tell Kyo-kun, okay?'

Yuki nodded and Tohru walked back to her room to see if Kyo was still on the roof. He was.

Tohru tried to conceal her fear of the next day with a smile. When she thought she was composed enough, she stepped through the window. 'Kyo-kun!'

He lifted his head. 'Eh?'

'Uhm..uh..Akito wants us at the main house tomorrow..he said it was urgent..'

'Well you can tell him I'm not going. Every time I step near the main house, I think Kureno's gonna jump out of a tree and lock me up. Nope. Not going.'

Tohru knew his fear. More than anything, Akito wanted Kyo locked up for good at the main house for the rest of his life, where no one could touch him. Kyo knew that it was going to happen sooner or later, but he was going to put it off for as long as he possibly could. He looked at Tohru, and knew that she was one of the reasons that he didn't want to be locked away. Then a thought entered his mind. Do I love her..? No. I have the spirit of the cat. I'm not allowed to fall in love.

Tohru tried to brighten him up. 'No, Kyo-kun! It'll be fine! Yuki-kun is going too! And if anything bad happens, we know that Hatori-san is always somewhere nearby!'

This hardly made Kyo feel better. He knew full well that if Akito ordered Hatori to do something, Hatori would have no choice but to obey.

'Uh..well..you see..the thing is, Kyo-kun..well..I really don't feel safe going to the main house..I mean, I know that Yuki-kun will be with me..but..I just..don't feel safe there unless you go too..' said Tohru, her face turned away from Kyo's.

He didn't know how to respond. 'Ah..I..Okay..I guess I'll go..'

'Oh! But you really don't have to go if it makes you feel extremely uncomfortable!'

Kyo quickly put her fears to rest. 'No no. I didn't mean it like that. I'm just not used to people saying..that they need me to feel safe..I'm sorry. I'll go.'