3 days later

"Umph…" I sat up slowly. Where was I? What happened? I noticed I was in a huge bed. The room was plain but livable. I slipped out of bed and nearly fell over. My legs wobbled slightly but I remained standing. Seeing a mirror I noticed I was wearing clean pajamas and my hair was only a little messy. I saw a brush and began to use it. As I pulled the brush through my hair I had to admit my hair looked okay. My hair was still thick and soft. And I still had my looks. My white hair did nothing to change that. I finished my task and set the brush down.

I was about to leave the room when a teenage girl came in. she looked startled when she saw me. "Oh! You're awake! I'm sorry to have disturbed you. Would you like anything?" I smiled shyly but did not reply. It was best if I keep my mouth shut. We Sohmas were very private. Well… me at least. She looked at me concerned. "Y-you can't speak?" I nodded. She smiled. "Well that's alright! A friend of mine couldn't speak at all either. Why don't you come with me? I'll get you something to eat. And I'm sure Shigure –san would like to meet you also. He thinks that you're a high school girl. Oh and my name is Tohru Honda. " She giggled slightly. I smiled distractedly. –Shigure-san? This guy has the same name as Shii-chan! –

Honda-san led me down the stairs and I saw an orange haired boy napping on the couch. Honda-san noticed me looking at him and said, "That's Kyo-kun. It's a rainy day so he's taking a nap." I nodded and felt sleepy myself. It had to be the rain… I shook my head and continued after Honda-san. We entered the kitchen and I saw two guys sitting at a table. One of them had silver hair and looked extremely familiar. the other guy had dark brown hair and had his back to me. The silver haired boy smiled softly. "Hello Tohru-san. Hello…?" his voice trailed off and the brown haired man turned around and gasped.

"Aoi-chan?" Aoi's POV

I felt myself gasp. "S-Shigure-kun! You live here?" he nodded. "Yes. Yes I do. I haven't seen you since New Years. What are you doing here?" I shrugged. "I don't know you tell me. I got lost looking for the main house. I-I think I passed out." Before Shigure could reply Tohru said, "Pardon me for interrupting but are you a Sohma?" I nodded and smiled. "Yes. My name is Aoi Sohma. I'm pleased to meet you." Honda smiled back. "I'm pleased to meet you also. Is there any thing you'd like for dinner?" I thought for a moment before saying, "Could you make ongiri?" she nodded.

Shigure's POV

I watched Aoi talked to Tohru and wondered what she was doing here. She had hated living in the main house ever since I can remember. When she moved out she only came back to visit at New Years. And her hair! The last time I saw her hair it was jet black. Now it was stark white. I cleared my throat and both women looked at me. "Tohru if you don't mind I'm going to kidnap Aoi and take her to my torture chamber." Tohru-kun's eyes widened. "Y-you have a torture chamber!" I laughed. "Of course I do! What kind of novelist would I be without a torture chamber?"

At that moment Kyo walked into the room. I grabbed Aoi's arm and propelled her out of the room. When we reached my room I locked the door behind me and said, "Now I have you all to myself. You're a little older than a high school girl but I'm flexible." She picked up a shoe and threw it at me. Laughing she said, "I'm not old you moron! Your eyesight is just bad. By the way, nice torture chamber. Is this the electric chair?" she sat down in my chair. "Aoi…what are doing here? You hate it here." To my surprise she paled and tears filled her eyes.

"Oh Shigure it's horrible. B-but I can't tell you!" she dissolved into tears. I was at her side before you could say Supercallafragelisticexpealidocius1. I rubbed her back and she leaned her head against my shoulder. She sniffed and then looked up. "Shigure I need you to do me a favor." I grinned. "Of course! If you want I could rent a room at the nearest hotel and the two of us could run away to fulfill our fantasies." She punched me. "Your so lewd Shigure! I was going to say I need you to take me to the main house so I can pay my respects to Akito." I sighed and nodded. "Fine. I'll take you. When do you want to go?" she thought for a moment before saying, "How about now?" I sighed again. "I suppose I can take out time form my busy schedule and take you."

She hugged me. "Thanks Shigure. You're the best." I hugged her back. "Of course I'm the best. I'm Shigure Sohma!" she laughed. "Alrighty then let's go."

Aoi's POV

I bowed down low and said, "Hello Akito-san. It's so good to see you again." He nodded. "Tell me Aoi, what brings you here?" he gestured for me to sit. I knelt before him. "I came to see you Akito-san." he replied dryly, "Obviously since your sitting here before me. So tell me what do you want? Lately you guys all want something from me."

I rolled my eyes. "Forgive me for saying this but you, Akito-san, are very dramatic. If you weren't the head of the family you could have been a great actor. But no Akito-san, I'm not here to weed money out of you. I'm here to tell you that I'm moving back." He nodded his (b.t.w. in my fanfics Akito-san will always be a boy.) approval. "Good. It's about time you came back. Since you have no place to live you can live with Shigure. Tohru-kun should have a chaperone in that house of men."

I blinked. "O-ok. I can live with that. Oh! By the way…I've been meaning to ask if Honda-san knows about the curse." He nodded. "Yes she does. I allowed her to retain her memories." I nodded in turn and then said, "Alright Akito-san. I have to go. Would you like me to visit you later?" "Come in two weeks. It would bring me great pleasure. I've been lenient lately but if anything foolish happens you will be punished. " I stood and bowed. "Good-bye Akito-san."

Shigure was waiting for me outside the door. I smiled and said, "Well I suppose you'd like to know what he said?" he nodded. "Well I'm not going to tell you. You'll just have to wait." He pouted slightly. "Wait? Why! It's not fair. After all I've done for you. Your just as bad as Hatori."

I grinned. "Now that you've mentioned it, I haven't seen him in awhile. I demand that you take me to go visit him." Shigure sniffed. "Your so cruel to me. The only person who truly loves me is Ayame and he loves Hatori more than me." I rolled my eyes. "Get used to it. Is this his house?" he nodded and knocked on the door. A few minutes later a green haired woman opened the door. Her face brightened when she saw Shigure. "Shii-kun! What are you doing here? And who's this?"

Shigure grinned. "Hello Kawana. This is Aoi Sohma. We came to see Hatori. Can we come in?" she smiled. "Of course. Let me go get him." She led us inside before taking off. When she left I whispered, "Who is that?" Shigure whispered back, "That's Kawana. She..." Nothing more could be said because at that moment Kawana appeared with Hatori.

Hatori stopped short when he saw me. "A-Aoi-kun? What happened to your hair!" I smiled. "Hello Haa-kun. It's been a while. Hasn't it?" he frowned. "You still haven't answered my question. What happened to your hair?" I smiled. "I'll tell you in a bit. Kawana-san, why don't we go make some tea?" the two of us took off and left Shigure and Hatori standing at the entry.

Kawana's POV

When we reached the kitchen Aoi-kun turned to me and said, "Hello. I'm Aoi Sohma. Shigure, Hatori and I grew up together. You are…?" I raised an eyebrow. "I'm Kawana Sohma. I've known Hatori and Shigure for several months. She smiled. I smiled back. She was weird… "Right. Anyways Aoi-kun, tell me a little about yourself." She took a deep breath. "Well I've lived here my whole life until I started collage. I moved away, got a boyfriend, graduated, moved in with said boyfriend, found out on Friday that he was cheating on me, came back here, and forced Shigure at gun point to bring me here."

Like I said she was weird. "That's…er…interesting. Ummm…I tell you a little about myself. I'm Tohru-kun's sister. A few months ago I came to visit her and met Hatori and Shigure. To make a long-and I mean long-story short Akito allowed me to move in with Hatori and he allowed us to get hitched!" Aoi's mouth dropped open as she turned to stare wide-eyed at the green haired woman. "M-married? Your joking right? Akito wont even allow outsiders to look at Kureno-kun but he allowed you to marry Hatori-chan!"

I smirked slightly at her statement and said smugly, "Well, let's just say that Akito owed me." Aoi shook her head and her white curls bounced slightly. However, before she could speak the kitchen door swung open.

Yeah! I finished this chappie! Yippie! Yahoo! N e ways I hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter!

1 Sorry I don't know how to spell it!