Sobs I'm so sorry!!! It's been so long!!! I'm sorry!!! Aaaahhh!!! This one is so short!! I'm sooooo sorry!!!

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Shigure and Hatori dashed towards the kitchen, spurred on by the terrified shrieks from Tohru. Shigure reached the kitchen door first and froze in his tracks, only to relax as soon as he saw the situation.

Kyo was standing there, butt naked, shaking his head as Tohru cowered, back turned to him, hands firmly placed over her eyes. "T-Th-That's what Shigure meant by 'seeing all of Kyo-kun..."

Kyo chuckled as he started to pull on his clothing. "I guess you want an explanation, don't you Tohru?"

"Yes, please."

Shigure grinned and glanced at Hatori, who was smiling slightly at Tohru's humble, but slightly pathetic sounding, voice. She was so sweetly adorable sometimes, she could get even the most stoic of the Juunishi to smile.

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Tohru listened, wide eyed, as Shigure and Hatori told her about the curse and whatnot. Hatori was the dragon! That was impressive. She wondered if he turned into a big, fire breathing dragon, like in stories, or if he turned into a smaller, friendlier dragon.

Shigure was the dog! She was born in the year of the dog.

She giggled when she learned that Momiji was the rabbit. That fit him perfectly!

Yuki was the rat. He was so pretty for someone who changed into a rat.

Hatsuharu was the cow. That made her smile. He had black and white hair like a cow!

She had to say though, she liked Kyo's animal the best. She liked cats, and Kyo was one of the cutest cats she had ever met. She thought his orange fur was so soft and fluffy, it was funny.

When Shigure finished, she smiled at him. "Thank you so much for telling me, Shigure-san, even though I'm probably sure you've already told me once before..." she paused. "Since I forgot. I appreciate it very much."

He smiled back. "You're welcome, Tohru-kun."

She stood from the table, where they had been sitting. "Would you like some tea?" she asked. "I'll make some snacks, since you said you were hungry, Shigure-san." She hurried off to the kitchen, leaving Shigure, Kyo and Hatori there to smile after her.

Kyo stood up, following her to the kitchen so he could help her. Hatori watched him go, then turned to Shigure. "We still haven't found Akito; she's still in danger here, Shigure."

Shigure waved a hand at him. "Oh, Tori-kun, we'll protect him. Kyo and Yuki won't let anything happen to her. Neither will I, for that matter!"

Hatori smiled lightly at Shigure, but decided to hang around just in case. Akito was dangerous, even when he was ill.

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Kyo watched Tohru for a moment before actually helping; she was too cute not to just watch when she was trying to hurry and make something. The way her skirt flared around her legs as she moved around and the way her hands busily worked was just too adorable to him.

"Would you like help, Tohru?" he finally asked her as she was searching in the lower shelf of the refrigerator. It was more to distract himself from the nice view he had of her panties than anything else.

She jumped, whirling to see who was addressing her. "Oh! Kyo-kun!" she smiled. "Thank you so much, I would love some help!"

He smiled and moved to help her. "What're you making?"

Looking slightly flustered, she looked at the counter, slightly crosseyed. "Um, just Onigri, but, uhm..."

He laughed at her. "Onigri is fine, Tohru. They'll be plenty happy with that."

She smiled. "Really, Kyo-kun? Ya think so?"

He ruffled her hair. "Of course. Shigure will be happy with anything you cook, as long as it fills his belly."

She smiled. "Thank you, Kyo-kun!"

He smiled, but couldn't help but think that it wasn't necessarily a compliment... Oh well. Her smile was well worth it. "What would you like me to do, Tohru?"

"Make the tea, please." she said meekly as she worked on shaping some onigri.

He nodded and got to work. Oh, how he loved his Tohru. Even just spending time in silence with her was good enough for him!