A/N: Alright, we're moving right along. But remember: the best motivation against procrastination is giving reviews!

Chapter 4

Kyo and Sumi bumped into each other. The world stopped. As he was falling, all Kyo could think about was Tohru. He could see just before he fell that her friends were watching and that meant memory suppression. Kyo tried his best to prepare himself. As he hit the floor, he closed his eyes. He tried to imagine what the people around him were feeling. How upset Tohru might be, how disappointed Yuki probably was, and how confused anyone else watching was. The two girls who had just moved here would have to forget everything from the past couple of days. After a few seconds, he slowly opened his eyes…

No matter how bad things get, Yuki thought to himself as he watched Kyo fall, don't even think about suppression until there is panic. That way, maybe we can make some sort of excuse. There was no way Yuki was going to risk erasing Tohru's friends' memories.

Kyo stared at the girl lying next to him, shutting her eyes as if afraid. Then, she opened them. A look of pure terror arose on her face as she stood up. That was it. Everything was over.

But then Sumi did something strange. She held her hand up to her face to conceal a gasp, then stared at her trembling fingers, as if amazed at what she saw. Suddenly, she looked at Kyo. He stood up, her eyes following him the entire time, then, he, too, looked at his hand. Was there something on it? No, no it…it was normal. No cat hair, no claws, no nothing. He looked back up at Sumi to see she was shaking. Then, she spoke.

"N-no…no this…this can't be…" She looked around wildly as if trying to find some explanation in the hallway.

Her sister tried to sooth her. "Sumi," she said, "Sumi calm down…it's okay! Don't panic…" She tried to step towards her sister.

"No!" Sumi cried, "No, it's not okay! It's nothing close to okay! Can't you see? Can't you see what he is?" By now, she was shaking Yoshiko's shoulders and pointing at Kyo.

Yoshiko put her hands on her sister's arms. "Sumi, be reasonable. Look at where we are. Don't…don't make a scene."

"Are you crazy? Be reasonable? How can you say that when…No…no, I have…I have to get home…Gotta get home right now!" Sumi suddenly started running down the hallway, pushing back anyone in her way. In the middle of this, everyone present was just staring in awe.

Yoshiko backed into a wall and slid down. She put her arms around her knees and her head in her hands. "No, this," only a small amount of sound emitted from under her hair, "This cannot be happening…"

All of the sudden, Yuki shook his head and walked toward Yoshiko.

"Um, you…You have to…come with us…" he said, sounding unsure. Yoshiko looked up at him for a second, then nodded. Yuki outstretched his arm and pulled her up. She seemed limp somehow.

"Ah! Yes, that is…" Tohru cried, realizing why Yuki had said that. "Yes, please…Um," she turned to her friends, "Is that alright?"

"Yeah…yeah you can explain everything later…" Arisa said, obviously confused. Saki nodded in agreement as they turned to leave. Tohru waved to her friends, then turned to Yuki.

"Yuki-kun? Is this…important?"

"Yes, Honda-san…It is," Yuki answered with a monotone voice that worried Tohru. He turned to Kyo, who was still standing there, as if unaware of what was going on.

"Kyo?"

Kyo turned to look at Yuki, his mouth agape, then he suddenly cringed and fell to his knees. His foot. In all the confusion, he had forgotten about how this whole thing got started.

"Kyo-kun, are you feeling okay?" Tohru asked, startled.

"Yeah…yeah, I'm fine," Kyo grimaced, apparently not fine.

After realizing she was present, Yoshiko put her arms under Kyo's. She hoisted him up and put his arm around her neck to steady him.

"What the…"

Kyo was interrupted by a hand in his face.

"Save it," Yoshiko said as she slightly adjusted herself. "I'll explain later. Just tell me what to do 'til then."

RING The day was over, for school at least, and there was a lot of explaining to be done. So, the four of them headed to Shigure's.

At the house…

Shigure was strangely calm as one more than the usual three came through the front doorway. After putting down her bag, Tohru went to make some tea as Yoshiko set Kyo on the porch. She asked him if he was okay, then went to the living room.

"Ah, I was wondering when you would find your way into my house…" Shigure said in that annoying I-know-something-you-don't-voice.

"Don't be an idiot, Shigure. You and I both know that this is a serious matter that was bound to come up some time," Yoshiko answered as she sat down.

"First the incident yesterday, and now this? What is going on?" Yuki asked.

"Yesterday has nothing to do with now. That was…just unfortunate…"

"Incident? Sorry, but I have no idea what's going on here…" Yoshiko spoke in a confused voice.

"Well, it's not as if you're the only one…"Kyo retorted from the side.

"That's right," Yuki agreed(wow!), "What about Honda-san?"

"Yes?" Tohru answered as she returned with the tea, serving Kyo first. "What about me?"

"Well, Tohru-kun…" Shigure began. "Yuki-kun and Kyo-kun may know a little about what's going on, but I think everyone is a bit confused here. Let me start out by asking this: What on earth happened to make Kyo-kun so helpless as to have a girl help him walk home?"

"Don't be a smart-ass, Shigure! I just…needed to rest my foot…"

"Let me take a guess…you kicked a wall?"

"NO! ...yes…" Yoshiko laughed, but after Kyo made a nasty look, she decided against it.

"That aside…where is Sumi-kun?" Shigure asked.

"Wait," Tohru asked, "How did you know about Sumi-san?"

End of Chapter 4!

A/N: Ah, once again, I leave you with a cliffhanger. But, that aside…I only noticed this a little while ago, but the Sohma family doesn't own a couch. Some of you may notice that I had to change part of Chapter 3 to fit this…But you don't care about that. This story is a romantic-comedy, I promise. It will get funnier, trust me…