Summary: Another Zodiac Member shows up at Shigure's House…but why is she a mute? What's Her place in The Zodiac? And why is Kyou so surprised at her arrival?

Disclaimer: I can honestly say that things wouldn't be the same if i owned the wonderful characters of fruits basket!

Parings: KyoxOc

Warnings: N/A…Although Akito is a male in this story

Finding Your Voice

:----:Chapter Six: Fight:----:

"Shut up!" Kyou cried slamming the door of the house.

Yuki and Tohru could only look at the ground as Shigure sweat dropped and Ari joined them down stairs.

'What's his problem?!'

She didn't recieve an answer, but instead Yuki and Tohru continued to stare at the floor as Shigure began to laugh nervously. Ironically, that was more than enough to give her, the answer she needed.

"I am going to school," Yuki muttered before, he too, left the building.

"Yuki!"

Tohru ran after the rat, as Ari shook her head.

Grabbing a pad of paper off the table and grabbing a pen she sat next to Shigure and began writing.

'Busy morning?'

Stuffing a rice ball in her mouth Shigure nodded at her.

"You have no idea."

Ari could only smirk as she began to head for the door, but that was when Shigure clued in.

"Hey, where are you going?"

Sighing, she motioned for him to pass her the paper and pen.

'I am meeting Kazuma sensei with Kyou today'

After throwing the note back to him, the man nodded in understanding as Ari headed to the dojo.

She was wearing lose fitting black pants, and a purple shirt. She had her hair tired back with only a few lose strands hanging and her silver eyes were as bright as ever.

It took a good half hour of steady jogging, but finally she reached the dojo.

"It's not Yuki's fault Kyou!"

Hearing her sensei's voice, caused her to stop.

"Of course it's that damn rat's fault. He knew how I felt about Tohru, she was important to me, probably more important than most things in this world. Why does he always get what he wants?!"

Ari's heart dropped hearing those words. Sure, she could sense the love that Kyou felt for Tohru, but hearing him say it caused a new pain to emerge from her soul. She couldn't bring herself to cry, for she knew that he couldn't...wouldn't be able to return her feelings.

Gathering herself, the young emperor walked inside.

"Ah, Ari you're here," Kazuma stated as Kyou brushed past him. "Just ignore him, he's having a rough day."

Ari only nodded at her sensei.

'So, why did you wan't to meet with us sensei?'

"Should a sensei need a reason to meet with his two favorite students, whom he hasn't seen for quite some time?"

Ari only shook her head as Kazuma sent her a genuine smile.

Soon Ari turned her attention to Kyou who was currently in the process of attempting to murder the punching bag. Walking towards him, the cat was wound up ready to throw another fatal hit to the bag, when Ari blocked it.

"Ari, get the hell out of my way!"

Ari just smirked as she punched the cat in the jaw.

"Ari?"

'Fight me!'

"No!" Kyou exclaimed turning back to the punching bag.

Ari grabbed his arm and turned him around, so that they were no more than a few inches from each other.

That's when she felt his anger. It was strong enough to make her wince in regret, and needless to say, she had never sensed an emotion so strong.

'I said, F-I-G-H-T M-E you stupid cat!'

Kazuma watched from the sidelines and could only smile as he left the room.

'Ari, you know him to well...'

'Do it! Or do you want everyone to despise you for what you are!'

"Shut up!"

At this Kyou swiftly brought his hand across Ari's cheek.

Ari just turned her head back towards him slowly as her smirk grew an inch. Swinging her leg around, she kicked Kyou in the shin, which started the battle between the two friends.

Finally after an hour of pure fighting, the two collapsed due to exhaustion.

"Why did you do that?" The cat asked trying to catch his breath.

'I remember when we were little. You would always hide you're emotions, and it would build up so much that you...well...you were kind of scary. So, to make it so that didn't happen as often, whenever I noticed your anger, I made you fight me.'

"So Miss. I-can-sense-other-people's-emotions, what am I feeling right now huh?"

'You're upset...cause you just lost to a girl!' She signed as she stood up.

Kazuma walked back in as Kyou tried to surprised attack him.

Soon enough, or not soon enough, it was time the two headed back to Shigure's.

The entire way there, they were walking in a comfortable silence between them.

'I wonder what Tohru-kun, will be making for supper tonight..' she thought as they walked through the door.

However Ari froze in her tracks as Kyou raised an eyebrow.

"What is it Ari?"

Looking past the blue haired girl his hand twitched at the figure who was sitting in the living room.

"Ria." he spat.

"Why hello Kyou-kun, Ari-san," she stated in her business-like tone.

Ria was a women who was all about money and power. She could care less what happened to others, as long as nothing took away from her gain in life.

However, soon the traffic jam at the door became even worse as Yuki and Tohru entered.

"We're home!" Tohru stated sensing the uneasiness and noticing the new prescence in the room.

"Shigure what is she doing here?" Yuki tried to ask, well attempting to keep calm.

"Well it seems Akito-sama, sent Ari-san's mother to bring her back to Sohma house..."

Ari's eyes went wide as she shot her eyes between Shigure and her own flesh and blood.

'You can't make me go back...' she signed as Ria plastered that all to fake smile on her face.

"Darling, you know I can't understand when..."

'I A-M N-O-T G-O-I-N-G!' She fingerspelt before running from the house.

"He's not going to like this at all. Well, I should be heading back to Sohma house, there are many things we need to discuss there. Good bye Shigure and others."

The way she said 'others' made Kyou want to snap. However the very aggressive silence was broken by Tohru.

"So Ria-san, is Ari-san's mother?"

Yuki only nodded before clenching his fist.

"That women may have given birth to her, but she is in no way a mother," Kyou stated spitting out the final word.

"Momiji told you how when a child of the zodiac is born, a parent will either become super over protective, or they will shun the child completely right?"

Tohru could only nod at Yuki as he continued.

"Well in this case, Ari was abused because of what she was. At the begining, Ari thought that Akito taking her in was paradise compared to home, but Ria and Akito had a plan."

"A plan?" she asked.

"Akito-sama, hated Ari-chan for being born early, Ria-san, hated Ari for being born, so together they sought to make Ari's life miserable."

Kyou could only growl at Shigure's sentence as he stood and opened the door.

"Kyou?"

"I am going for a walk!"

:-:

Ari ran as fast as she could for as long as her leg's would allow. Finally after becoming completely exhausted for the second time that day, she realized that she was now in the center of the city. Due to the season being the middle of autumn, the cool air caused her to shiver.

'Why do they do this to me?' she thought noticing a small cafe on the corner.

She could tell everyone in the store was glancing at her odd colored hair and strange colored eyes. It made her feel really uncomfortable.

"What can I get for you?"

Ari grabbed a napkin and a pen as she wrote down what she wanted.

'A large black coffee, and a chocolate donut'

The women nodded not bothering to ask why she wrote on a napkin, since she had a pretty good idea.

Once she had recieved her snack, she noticed how far she truly was from Shigure's house. She also noticed how the shortcut had no lights and that it was completely dark.

'I am a big girl.' She thought as she began to walk into the alley.

She could defend herself and everything so there was nothing to worry about...right?

:-:

A/N: Woot, go me. Next chapter...only three more re-done ones then a new update will be posted!