A/N- ok! She finally sees her father. Now to talk to him...(oh, btw, I have both your screen names on my buddy list now, Dittomon.)

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My mother brought a hand to her mouth in surprise. Uncle Kyo and my...father noticed this at once, and started walking over. I knew how alike he and I were, and like my mother they might be overly surprised. And that cold lead to difficult questions. I once again lowered my head, and finally heard them stop.

"What's the matter, Honda-san?" I heard a soft, flowing voice ask. Then, in a rougher tone, "Did the kid say something to you? OI! WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER?!" I felt my mother look up at them in amazement, and say, "Her name...is...Kyoko Souma."

The two boys looked taken aback. Even with my head lowered, I could tell that they were staggered. A cool hand was placed under my chin, and my father tilted my head up. I saw his eyes widen in shock, and even Kyo looked on in astonishment. I tried to put my head back down, but failing that, I gave my father an icy smile. "Thank you for your concern, however, I will be perfectly alright on...my own..." my voice cracked on the last word.

He sat down beside me, and placed a hand on my back, where I immediately tensed up from pain. His brow furrowed. "You said you are one of the family? Those injuries need attention. If you are a Souma, then the family doctor should treat you. Where did you get cuts like that?" I knew that being the mouse meant being extremely sensitive to all senses, and that with his enhanced ability, he could feel the depth of the cuts.

I gulped, and squinted my eyes closed, before saying in a hushed voice, "The same place you did when you were a child." What had been a fair amount of surprise before turned into shock. "You...don't mean..." I nodded, tears welling up in my eyes. "What did you do to make him angry? Fall in love?" I shook my head.

"No..." I whispered, "He never said why he did it to me...he just said...the mouse is special...that the mouse was different...and that if I were to be friends with anyone else...he would teach me more lessons...I didn't want that..." I looked again into his now stunned face. "But...Your not...I am...How do you know about the Junnishi?" I was confused. Without thinking, I blurted out, "Im the mouse of the Junnishi. How could I not know about it?" I clapped my hand to my mouth, realizing my mistake.

A/N- Sorry its so short! But I whipped this off in the morning, right after I read my reviews! Next chapter will be longer, but at least this is something, right? Tell me how you like it, and if it's going in the right direction or not.