A way beyond the Curse!
Chapter One
"Lyli-chan! Wake up! Class is over!" I heard Tohru Shout over the ringing of the final bell. I smiled and picked up my test that I had finished early, so that's why she was waking me up. "Thanks Tohru." I smiled brushing my hair out of my eyes and stood up walking to the teacher and handing in my test. Tohru and I walked out of the class room.
"So what do you have planned for this summer?" She asked me. "I am not really sure. I'll probably try and find a place to live. What about you Tohru?" "Well Sohma-kun is helping me find a place so I don't feel like a burden to them anymore." She smiled with a soft blush on her cheeks.
"Awe that's so sweet of Yuki, he's so nice to you." She blushed darker and looked at her feet making me giggle softly. "What its true Tohru!" I squealed.
"Hello Ms. Honda, Lyli." Yuki smiled walking up to us, Tohru was still blushing but she managed a cute smile. "Hello Yuki." I said to him with a smile. Yuki is stunning, I know Tohru has a thing for him so I stay away but I do have my Heart set on his Cousin Kyo. There is something about their family that intrigues me and pulls me in at every meeting. *And the fact my bracelet doesn't affect their curse at all is even more a mystery and makes me want to know more. Not too much later Kyo walked up behind me slinging arm over my shoulders and smirked. "I'm not your kickstand Kyo!" I pointed out tunelessly and he just shrugged it off.
"You make a really good one though… Lyli-pad." I glared at him though slits jabbing him in the ribs with my elbow. He purposefully fell to the ground pulling me with him. I shrieked as we fell in a tangle of limbs and I blushed like mad as I looked down at him into his piercing red eyes. Kyo smirked and it just kept getting wider, that's when I realized the position we were in and I scrambled to my feet onto the dirt path to their house and blushed more. Kyo then laughed and held out his hand for me to take to help him to his feet. Tohru and I are the some of the very few people that he can be civil with even though he still has his moments. I took his hand – once again – ignoring the completely OBVIOUS spark that has always been there.
"So Lyli, what are you going to do now that you're graduated?" Yuki asked as I quickly let go of Kyo's hand and wiped it on my leg. "Oh my! That's right! I forgot! You're a year older than Sohma-Kun, Kyo and I!" Tohru seemed to panic as though it was the end of the world. She kept apologizing; I held my hand up to quiet her. "It's quite alright Tohru; we all forget things once in a while. And to answer your question Yuki, I think I'll just be finding a place to stay at this point, they'll be kicking me out of the dorm room anytime now. So I'll find a place to stay, rent, or whatever and start to work on my writing." I smiled softly.
"OH! Well won't Shigure be interested to hear that, won't he Kyo? That Lyli wants to be a writer?" Yuki asked. "Oh yes! EXTREMELY 'INTERESTED'." Kyo said, sarcasm was very thick in his voice. I rolled my eyes and adjusted my bag on my shoulder as we walked up to the Sohma house. "TOHRU! YUKI! KYO! WELCOME HO—WELL~~ who might this be?" The tall elegant looking man sang as he practically danced over to me taking my hands and pulling them to his chest as I blushed.
"Uhm, I'm Lylianne Carter, but you can call me Lyli." I answered shyly and just a tiny bit scared for my safety when I sleep here, I never remembered him being as bad now as he was four years ago though. "Oh you're the girl – I mean – young woman who has no affect on our curse right? I remember you from a few years ago, but not looking like this." I blushed as the words flowed smoothly out of Shigure's mouth. "Yes I am." I replied with a small, flirty smile playing on my lips. Kyo looked at me, then at his cousin and smacked the back of Shigure's head sharply. "She's too young for you, you PERVERT!" I giggled softly.
"Well Kyo, you were right in any case…" Shigure started, I looked over at the fuming orange-head then back to Shigure with a slightly confused look on my face. "OH! You two aren't? I guess I only assumed the way Kyo RAVES about you, Lyli." "SHUT UP!" Kyo screamed at his cousin. "DON'Y YOU KNOW WHEN TO KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT?" "Nope!" Shigure replied. I looked up at Kyo and raised an eyebrow at him. "You RAVE about me Kyo-Kun?" I teased, he hated when anyone called him that, especially me. Kyo's face turned red as a beet.
"I DO NOT! WHY WOULD I TALK ABOUT YOU? YOU'RE NOTHING MORE THAN A STUPID GIRL!" I glared at him then smacked him with the stack of notebooks I held in my hands. "AND YOU'RE NOTHING MORE THAN A STUPID BOY!" I screamed back and started to stomp back in the direction of my dorm back at the school. "Lyli, wait." Yuki said softly reaching for my hand to pull me to a stop. "Please don't go because Kyo is being an ass. He probably didn't mean a word he said, you know how he gets. And you're welcome to stay with us until you find a place to say." He continued, calming me down quite a bit. "Are you sure, Yuki?" I asked. "I'm positive." He smiled, I smiled back. "Okay, I'll stay." Tohru practically glomped me. "YAY! It'll be like having a big sister." I laughed at her eagerness to have me stay.
"Tohru, you're so silly." "I know! I'm just really excited!" Tohru looked down at her watch then screamed. "AHH! I'M LATE! Shigure, I'm staying with Uo and Hana-Chan tonight! Dinner's in the fridge all you have to do is heat it up then make some rice!" Shigure nodded while he was still staring at me. "Yeah, yeah, alright. Bye." He replied 'shoo-ing' Tohru away.
"Alright Lyli, let's go get your things from your Dorm. Then we can get you set you up in Kyo's room." Yuki explained. "What why is she staying in my room!"Kyo yelled frantic as he ran at near lightning speed towards us. "You're on the roof all the time, stupid cat!"
"So it's still my room, damn Rat!"Kyo fumed.
"Guys will chill out already! I'll sleep on the couch until Tohru is settled at Uo's."
"I'm going to live with Uo-chan?" Tohru asked puzzled. "Yeah we've been talking about since the quarter started. She has a bigger apartment now and insisters that you stay with her."
"Okay!" Not soon enough she was waving good bye and heading to Uo's place.
"Thank you for letting me stay in your home with you and your family Yuki."I said as we too left the house to get my things.
"It's no problem at all it'll be nice to have a fresh face in the house once Tohru gone. Maybe you would be able to help keep up the house and everything."He smiled as we made our way back to towards the dormitories. "Does Kyo really 'rave' about me Yuki?" I asked blushing slightly. "In a way he does talk about you a lot, all positively if I might add. It's like a school girl crush at least that's what I've noticed if I were you I wouldn't waste my time on that fool Kyo. He'll probably treat you like he did Kagura." He said plainly, I sighed maybe I should just see for myself. "You're probably right… He won't change because of simple human feelings."
"I didn't say you should stop trying. I just waste my time. Plus I know that Shigure already loves you and Hatsuharu wants to take you out" he smiled softly and put his arm over my shoulder and laughed, I laughed with him as Momiji jumped out of the bushed. "Lyli-sempai! Are you really moving in with Yuki?" He asked and took my hand.
"Yeah Momiji I am and don't me sempai" I smiled as Momiji giggled and hugged me. Then one of Yuki's stalker girls jumped out of the Bushes a few feet from where Momiji was.
"Prince Yuki, Momiji why do you let the Yankee touch you! Why not me? What is wrong with me!"She all but wined and threw herself at Yuki who Held his hand out. "Because I just don't like you, I am not into stalkers!" He said spitefully, the girl was crying though every word and she just ran off as he finished talking. "Damn Yuki, I have never heard you be so harsh." I said looking at him. He looked back at me with a smirk. "Well I figured that it's time to start standing up for myself since I'm not going to have Kyo there to take all the attention away from me" Yuki stated as Momiji giggled and swung my my arm as we walked I smiled down at him.
"Lyli where are you from?" He asked me innocently I had realized then I didn't tell him where I was from. "I am from America, my Father got a job here and I wanted to come so he brought me with. He died and I didn't want to go back to the states so I decided to stay here." I smiled my eyes growing with tears till I cleared my throat. "Your Father Died Lyli? Why have you never told me?" Yuki inquired of me, I looked at him with a small smile. "You never asked." I replied picking up Momiji and putting him on my back as we walked in to my dorm. "I am sorry for your loss Lyli, I can't imagine loosing someone I care about." Yuki said grabbing my hand and giving it a comforting squeeze. I smiled unlocking the door and opening it revealing the few belongings I have in boxes and my clothes in the three medium sized suitcases ready to go. "You already packed?" Momiji prodded. "Yeah it makes it easier for when I get kicked out." I laughed heartily as Yuki picked up two boxes and Momiji grabbed the smallest and carried it out when he cheered. "Yay Hatsuharu's here!" I shook my head as I put one of the suit cases on top of the one that rolls. I sighed when I saw Haru's boots as he stood in front of me.
"Hey Lyli" Haru smiled at me softly. He had the sweetest smile sometimes. "Hey Haru, how are you?" I smiled back He had grabbed my last suitcase then my hand. I blushed taking the handle of my suit case and rolled it out shutting the door to the place that would no longer be home.