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And now, without further due…chapter 4!

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Kyo was pushed aside and he heard a door slam shut. He turned around and saw that the room was closed, sealing off the pain and the anger within four walls. The only thing that his mind was processing was, 'What the hell did he do to her?' When Kyo had made eye contact with Setsuko, he saw something familiar in her eyes. It was a look that he himself had seen before in his own eyes. Fear.

Kyo absentmindedly scratched his orange hair and walked downstairs, coming face to face with Yuki. Yuki's eyes were slightly red and he looked exhausted.

"You okay?" Kyo asked.

Yuki smiled lightly and walked up the stairs. A slam of the door was heard a few seconds later as Kyo reached the first floor. He went back into the kitchen and looked at the clock on the wall, it was nearly midnight. He walked out into the backyard and replayed a scene in his head. It was Tohru and Yuki under the tree. No matter what he did, he still could not forget that. He knew that Tohru was best for Yuki considering what was happening to him now.

"Why can't I just forget?" Kyo asked himself suddenly.

"Maybe you not supposed to…" Lara said to him.

He didn't even turn around and asked, "Why?"

"You might not know, maybe there's another person out there waiting for you"

"But…it hurts, Lara…I feel like I'm never enough for her…since she has Yuki"

"She feels even worse than that, the girl you met today…Setsuko"

"Yeah…I saw her pain…it was the same pain I felt when I lived at the Main House…Akito treated me like a virus…keeping me locked up"

"You two would understand each other more than you know. You and Setsuko"

Kyo looked up at the moon and when he turned around again, he saw Lara's retreating back going into the house.

'Maybe she's right. I shouldn't waste my time on things like these…but…why can't I leave it alone? And what does she mean that Setsuko and I would understand each other more than we know? This is all just too confusing…'

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Morning made its way into Setsuko's eyes as sunlight peered inside her room through a small crack in the curtains. A faint beeping could also be heard through out the room originating from the small digital alarm clock on her nightstand.

5:00 AM? Setsuko thought grumpily, Why the hell did I set that for---damn. School.

She pressed the button on the clock and it immediately ceased the infernal beeping.

'Stupid clock'

Setsuko stood up and yawned loudly, "Fuck…I hate Hatori for making me go to school…the only good thing about this is I'll be able to finally get out of my room…it's a good thing that time stops whenever disappear…"

She took a shower and pulled out the uniform from her closet. Before putting the blue outfit on, Setsuko cast a glamour charm on her arm to hide the marks and lines on her forearm.

…Hail Hatori for getting me a skirt that's knee length…

Setsuko pulled on the sailor-ish outfit and looked in the mirror. She knitted her eyebrows together and snorted.

I still hate this stupid uniform… Setsuko thought while pulling on her black ankle boots.

She sighed, slung her black backpack over her shoulder and walked out the house. It was empty for Hatori instructed everyone to leave for school earlier that usual. Shigure was somewhere in the house spying on Lara or doing something perverted. Her heels clacked on the concrete ground as she walked outside to Hatori's car.

"Hello Setsuko"

Setsuko rolled her eyes and sat in the passenger's seat. The car went into drive.

"I just have a few ground rules to straighten with you. First of all, you could and should socialize with other students just don't say anything that might relate to The Curse"

Setsuko looked at Hatori and replied, "I'm not that stupid"

"I know. And Akito wishes you to get straight A's or he will pull you out"

"I've seen the textbooks Hatori…I could go through their classes with my eyes closed"

"And lastly, whenever you get the call, be sure to return to class again. I know that you can pick the place you end up after one call, so don't go anywhere else. It might arouse suspicion when a student suddenly disappears"

"Whatever"

"We're here," Hatori said handing her a slip, "Give this to your first teacher at Room 204"

Setsuko took the paper and went out of the car. She heard Hatori zoom off seconds later.

Hmm…Room 204? Where the hell is that?

Setsuko looked up at the school and entered through the front doors. There were only a couple of students in sight since the rest were already in their respective classes. She looked to her right and saw the number 1.

1? It's gonna take forever to find 204…

She saw a girl by a locker and asked her, "Where's Room 204?"

The girl turned out to be Hana, "It's on the third floor. I'm going there too"

The two girls when seen together would scare the crap out of you. They both had monotone voices and poker faces. A truly terrifying sight.

"I'm Saki Hanajima"

"Setsuko Sohma"

Hana raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you in anyway related to Kyo and Yuki Sohma?"

"Yes. They're my cousins. Far cousins actually"

Hana eyed her from head to toe and said factually, "You have similar waves but yours seems so much…"

"…darker?" Setsuko looked at Hana and finished her sentence.

"Yes" Hana replied.

The two kept on walking. A little first year actually saw them talking and scrambled away in fear. Hana and Setsuko made their way towards Room 204 and entered. Setsuko handed her slip to the teacher.

The teacher smiled and said, "Class, we seem to have a new student with us. Her name is…" She looked down at the paper, "Setsuko Sohma. Well hello there, Setsuko. You may sit next to Miss Honda"

Setsuko nodded her head and sat beside Tohru who was raising her hand happily.

"Hello Setsuko! I'm Tohru Honda"

Setsuko looked at her and nodded her head slightly. She sat down on the desk and felt many eyes on the back of her neck. She shrugged the feeling off and focused her thoughts on the window beside her desk. There was a large oak tree preventing the sunlight from hitting her desk but gave a view of the schools well-trimmed grounds.

Setsuko sighed and shifted her eyes to Yuki who was diagonally in front of her.

'You know…he actually has a striking resemblance of his father. I heard that he looks like a younger version on Ayame too…' Setsuko thought absently.

The teacher was droning on and on about the Tokugawa Era and the whole pretty much zoned out. Well, except for Tohru and Yuki that is. The two were lapping up all the info like a pair of dogs. Very cute dogs mind you.

Setsuko flicked her eyes away from Yuki and to Hana, who was beside her. There was something about this girl that made Setsuko think that she was no ordinary Goth…

'Waves…that's what she said…my waves are darker than Yuki and Kyo's…maybe she's some sort of psychic…'

Before she knew it, her first period was over. Hana stood up and walked over to her desk.

"Hey" she greeted.

Setsuko looked up and said, "Yeah?"

"We have Math next. What's your locker number?' Hana asked.

Setsuko pulled out a slip from her pocket and replied, "263"

"Good. That's next to mine"

Setsuko nodded and followed Hana out. Students were piling into the halls getting their respective textbooks out of their lockers. Kyo walked past Setsuko and their eyes met briefly. He looked away and walked back into the classroom. This slight exchange was witnessed by Kyo's Number One Fan girl, Mai Hiroto.

She strode over to Setsuko and Hana and said dangerously, "Stay away from Kyo"

Setsuko stepped forward, "Why? Are you his girlfriend?"

Mai's eyes darkened and she continued, "I know you Sohmas. You people don't care about incest"

SLAP! Mai's face turned red and she prepared to punch Setsuko in the face. Setsuko grabbed her arm and squeezed it tight. Mai crumbled to the floor in pain.

"Don't mess with me"

Setsuko slammed her locker door shut and walked inside the classroom. Her classmates were pressed against the walls and the door listening to her and Mai's argument.

"What are you doing?" Setsuko snapped.

Everybody had scrambled back into their seats in fear of Setsuko's temper. From Mai's whimper, they guessed that what happened to her was not pleasant.

"Are you okay?" Hana asked.

"Yeah. Let me guess, she's an obsessed Fan girl"

Hana smiled slightly and sat down on her desk. This time, a blond girl came up to her.

"Hey. I'm Arisa Uotani" she said, "Setsuko, right?"

"Uh-huh" Setsuko had an impassive look on her face.

Uo leaned on Hana's desk and said, "I just wanted to congratulate you"

Setsuko looked up and raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

Uo smiled and simply said, "You nailed the Hiroto-bitch on the face"

Setsuko smirked and asked, "She's the rabid fan girl right?"

Hana stood by her desk, "She's even worse than the Prince Yuki Fan Club"

"Whose the Prince Yuki Fan Club?" Setsuko asked.

Yuki came over by her desk and joined the conversation, "They call themselves my loyal protectors"

"Protect you from what?"

"Tohru" Uo said, her eyes darkening.

Setsuko looked at Yuki's smiling face and imagined the strength it might have taken to even go to school after what happened to his father.

'Probably because of Tohru…' Setsuko thought, 'From what I can see, she's good for him'

"So what's it like living with Carrot-top over here?" Uo asked, pointing over her thumb over her shoulder.

Kyo stood up and raised his fist in front of Uo's face, "Don't call me Carrot-top, Yankee!"

Uo took out her metal pipe, "Then don't call me Yankee"

This resulted in another fight causing Tohru to run around the room hysterically. Setsuko had to hit her on the back of her neck slightly to calm down.

"Tohru, right?"

She nodded.

"Stop doing that"

She sweatdropped.

"Miss Sohma?" their Math teacher poked his head inside the room, "The principal wants to see you"

"The bitch tattled" Uo stated.

"I sense unpleasant waves from Setsuko" Hana said.

"No shit"

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"Please be seated, Miss Sohma" the principal said.

Mai was sitting opposite her looking positively dreadful. There was a red mark on her face from Setsuko's slap but it appeared that she had even gone as far to make Setsuko look bad by scratching her arms and ripping some of her clothes. Setsuko was silently seething inside.

"Miss Sohma, Miss Heiko came to me on the claim of you and Miss Uotani beating her up in the girl's bathroom"

Setsuko snorted and said, "I did not even meet Miss Uotani until after I slapped her"

"See Mr. Honda! She admits it!" Mai exclaimed.

Setsuko glared at her and she shut up.

"Is this true, Miss Sohma?"

"Yes. The slapping part, that is. I have no idea where she got the scratch marks. I assume that she did it herself to make me look bad"

"Please!" Mai said, "Why in the world would I do this to myself?"

This time, Mr. Honda glared at her, "She said that you and Miss Uotani beat her up because you were telling her to stay away from her boyfriend, Kyo Sohma"

Setsuko rolled her eyes, "Mr. Honda. Kyo may be related to me and have yet to speak to him. We have not even talked to each other, so what reason would I have to do this to her"

"It's because you have a crush on him!"

"I doubt he even is your boyfriend" Setsuko snapped, "I think that Mr. Sohma is the right person to ask if her allegations are true"

Mr. Honda nodded and pressed the intercom on his desk, "Please call for Mr. Kyo Sohma"

Setsuko settled comfortably in her seat as Mai fidgeted in hers. She knew that he parents were going to skin her alive for this. its just that she loved Kyo! She would not lose to one of his stupid cousins.

"Ah, Mr. Sohma" Mr. Honda greeted, "I just wanted to ask you one simple question and needs a simple answer"

Kyo nodded and said, "Shoot"

"Is Miss Heiko your girlfriend?"

Kyo burst into laughter and wiped the tears from his eyes, "You're joking right?"

Mai looked ready to burst into tears.

"I rest my case" Setsuko said, "there is no reason for me to even lay a finger on Miss Heiko"

"Enlighten me on why you slapped her"

"I have my reasons"

Mr. Honda sighed and said, "I still have to give you detention for that slap, Miss Sohma"

"Whatever"

"You and Mr. Sohma may leave" Mr. Honda said.

She and Kyo went out the door.

"So…Setsuko…" Kyo started.

"Yeah?" Setsuko asked.

"Nothing"

Kyo fidgeted and Setsuko sighed, "What is it?"

"I…just wanted to say that…um…"

"Spit it out"

"If you need to talk to anyone…"

"You're there" Setsuko finished, "Lara talked to you, didn't she?"

Kyo nodded and they continued to make their way towards the room, "She said the we would understand each other more than we know"

Setsuko laid her hand on the door and smiled, "She's right"

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PS: AW! Kyo is sweet in this chappy! I know he's a bit OOC but he just treats Setsuko like that because he knows what its like to be lonely and pushed away…

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