A secret for a secret

Kyo and Neko's friendship grew stronger as the months went on. In fact, Neko occasionally switched places with Kyo so his friend wouldn't have to deal with Yuki and his least favorite food leeks. They had a few close calls with Kagura and Kisa. But things really got interesting the day Kyo met Neko's cat.

Neko had switched places with him again and Kyo was busy with homework when Neko's cat came in and went directly to Kyo. He told the feline to get lost to which it replied in a disturbingly similar voice, "Make me you furry freak!"

Kyo fell out of his chair and stared at his friend's cat in shock! It wasn't that the cat talked to him but the fact that he sounded exactly like him!

"What the…what the hell is going on here?!"

The cat said to him, "It looks like you're falling out of your chair to me."

"What is your name cat?"

"My name is one that you should know by heart. People call you by it every day."

"Your name is Stupid Cat?" Kyo asked incredulously.

"NO IT'S NOT STUPID CAT!!"

"Then what is it?!"

"Kyo you moron! My name is Kyo!" the cat snarled annoyed. He jumped off the desk and took a decent swipe at Kyo. He was so startled that he transformed into his zodiac form the cat!

"DAMMIT! Why did I have to transform?!"

"Shut up already. I already knew who you were. And I know that you transform when your bodies weak or when you're hugged by a girl." Kyo said smugly.

Nekyo heard the commotion and came to see what the ruckus was all about. When Kyo Sohma saw Nekyo he freaked out! Nekyo was identical to the Zodiac Cat's true form!!

"Kyo what happened? I heard a crash and a poof. What is going on?!" griped Nekyo.

"What the hell is going on here?! Who are you two?!"

"If you want answers you'll have to wait until tomorrow when Neko comes back."

"Don't bother Kyo and Nekyo, I'm already home," came a familiar voice from the doorway.

"What is going on Neko?! Who are these things?"

Neko swore. He was furious that Kyo and Nekyo had come out even though he told them 25 times not to! There was only one thing he could do.

"I guess we'll have to tell him, Kyo. Why don't you inform him what happened while I get a few Advil for me and him."

Kyo the cat proceeded to tell his former self about what had happened to him. Kyo Sohma sat in disbelief. He was glad Neko had given him some Advil; it helped the headache that came with the confusion. Neko simply sat there bored as hell. When Kyo finished, his past life sat there stunned.

"So, you guys are the parts of my soul that were split up after I was attacked?"

"If you want the moron that forced your soul out of your body and split your remaining spirit into three pieces I can bring him out."

"What is the guy's name?"

"Kyoneko. Don't look at me like that! At least our names remained true to the original!"

"What are you talking about? The only one who name stayed the same is the cat!"

"You do know what Neko means don't you?" asked Nekyo.

"It means cat in Japanese. Why do you ask?"

"Neko, Nekyo, Kyo and Kyoneko. Think about it, what they all have in common. Neko refers to your zodiac form, Nekyo is a combination of your zodiac/human form, Kyo is from your name, and Kyoneko is the name of the original soul that was split. Do you understand now?" asked Nekyo.

"I think so. I guess it makes sense in a weird way. But why was I attacked anyway?"

"Because you saw what is known as a Hollow. His name is Grand Fisher and he's the one who murdered Neko's mom. We think it's because animals have a natural sixth sense that you were able to see him." Kyo said calmly.