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Chapter 1

Shigure couldn't believe whom his cousins brought home this time.  Usually, their younger relatives followed them home; actually it was Haru who would follow Yuki home from school.  "Well well well," he said.  "Now, whose girlfriend is this?"

"She's no one's girlfriend!" said Kyo.  "We just found her in the forest!"

"And…?"

"And what, dammit?!"

"Is it Halloween already?"

Tohru smiled at Shigure and then asked, "What is Halloween?"

Shigure smiled back.  "Where are you from, Miss?"

"Oh!  That's right; you don't even know me!  I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier!  My name is Tohru, and I'm from Katar! (AN: pronunciation is k-tar)"

Shigure thought he heard wrong.  Was Katar really a country?  Maybe it was.  "Where is that?"

"It's just outside of the Milky Way Galaxy."

"…I'll be in my office if anyone needs me," Shigure told everyone as he existed the room, that goofy grin still on his face.

Yuki and Kyo were both glad that he was gone.  Now maybe they could get answers to their own questions.  "So," said Kyo, "what are you doing on Earth?"

"Punishment!!!!" shouted the little rat that had been hiding in Tohru's pocket.  "It's because of her that we were sent to this miserable planet!  She tripped over one of the princess's dolls, and then landed on the queen herself!  I never heard so much hissing before in my life!  It was terrifying I tell you!"

"And… who exactly are you?" asked Yuki.

"I'm Iku.  Like she said, her name is Tohru."

"Well, I'm Yuki Sohma, and this is my cousin, Kyo Sohma."  Yuki then thought about something.  "Where would you be staying?"

Kyo glared at him.  "Don't you dare even think that they're staying here, rat boy!"

"And why not, baka neko?"

"Um…"

Both boys turned their attention toward Tohru.

"Well… if you let us stay, then we promise to keep everything organized.  Right, Iku?"

"I can already tell that this is a pig's sty," mumbled the violet furred rat.  Turning her gray eyes to look at Yuki, she sniffed and said, "You smell like a rat, but at the same time you're human."

What was he supposed to say?  He was cursed?  Yeah right.  Other planets probably didn't believe in curses either, just like many of the people who lived on planet Earth.  But, what else could he say?

Iku sniffed at Kyo next.  "A cat.  No wonder why he calls you a baka neko."

"Hey!  I'm not a baka neko!"

"Whatever you say."

Yuki didn't want them to start an all-out fight, so he changed the subject.  "You two can stay here at least for tonight.  Is that okay with you, Iku?"

"Sure, why not?"  She looked to Tohru, who nodded happily.

***

That night, Tohru and Iku shared an empty room that was on the second floor.  The girl couldn't help but smile.  She had met three humans in one day, and they didn't even try to attack her.  Well, they attacked each other, but not her.  They even gave her and Iku a room to sleep in.  Not that she was tired.  In fact, she was still curious as to what Iku had said earlier that day.  'You smell like a rat, but at the same time you're human,' was what she said to Yuki.  'A cat.  No wonder why he calls you baka neko,' was what she said to Kyo.  A cat and a rat.  Just like Iku and me.

Sitting up, Tohru looked out the window.  The stars looked so pretty in the sky.  Through her whole life, she never once saw a star while not in a spacecraft of some kind due to the many lights used on her planet.  Maybe if I go outside, I can see them even better.  And so she stood up and walked to the window, her "paws" resting on the windowsill at first.  Then she pushed it opened and looked around.  She jumped to the ground, knowing that if she wasn't so clumsy she would actually land on her feet, but no… she landed on Kyo.  "Oh, Kyo, I'm sorry!  I didn't see you there!  I…"  She landed on an orange cat instead????  "Uh… hello."

"WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!!!!!!!" shouted the enraged creature, which sounded amazingly like Kyo.

"OH MY GOSH!!!!!  I TURNED YOU INTO A CAT!!!!!!!!!!  I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!!!"

"Just shut up!"

"I know!  Iku!  I'll go ask Iku for help!  And then maybe we can find out how to change you back!"

"You idiot!  It's just a damn curse!  Now…leave me…ALONE!!!!!!!" he hissed.

Tohru got up and began walking away.  "Okay, so he hates me.  No big deal, right?"  She had just reached the door when she accidentally bumped into Yuki, and then she was staring at a gray rat with violet eyes.  "AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!  I'M SO SORRY!!!!!!!!!"

"Did Yuki transform too?!!!!"

"What if I did, baka neko?"

"Then I have the advantage!  I'm gonna kill you!!!"

"I'M SO SORRY FOR THAT!!!!!!!!!!"

"Yuki…"

"Yes, Kyo?"

"Did she just transform Shigure?"

"Sounds like it."

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Well, this was…fun to write.  Now I don't know what else to write.  Oh well, right, world?  Anyways, please R&R.  It would mean a lot to me.  Let me know if you like it.  And if the characters seem a bit OOC, then sorry.  I'm trying my best.

Hikari Rioki