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A/N: Hiya! It's Amber, Taki, again! I was kinda down on this story, didn't really have any inspiration. So when Flare/Toshi took over, I had all sorts of inspiration! It feels great to be back! Anyways, Like Flare said, we're still looking for a chicken; if you're interested please e-mail me at amberleigh86sbcglobal.net. Oh, and I read the manga and realized that Kyou is actually spelled Kyo...but we're just gonna keep spelling it Kyou to make it less confusing and such.

Taki stepped through the doorway. "Kinagi-san? Kyoko-chan?" she called a little timidly. Looking at the clock, she realized that they had stayed at the Sohma's a little too long. "Shh, Toshi. I think Kinagi and Kyoko are asleep."

"You wish," came a voice from the dining room doorway. Taki turned to see Kyoko standing there, looking at her a bit disapprovingly. "Kinagi is asleep already, but I was curious as to what time you two were actually going to come home, if you even were." She looked at the clock. "10:18. Not as bad as I was expecting." She gave them another look before brushing past them and walking up the stairs.

"She really scares me, Taki," Toshi said latching onto the mouse.

"I know, I know," Taki said reassuringly. "But we need to get to sleep. We have timeline presentations tomorrow."

"I hate my timeline. I had to lie on it just to keep our secret from being revealed!" Toshi exclaimed indignantly. "It was either put that my parents rejected me, make up some excuse why and be the adopted kid, or put that they died and be the adopted kid. Either way I'm the stupid adopted kid! For the sake of fewer questions, I went with the latter."

"I know, Toshi, I know it's hard, but if you want to stay in school, you have to deal with it," Taki said.

"Girls, Girls! What are you doing up so late?" A voice said, coming down the stairs. They looked up to see Kinagi, looking very sleepy.

"Kinagi-san!" Toshi exclaimed. "It's not late! It's still very early!"

Kinagi yawned. "Oh," she said before starting up the stairs. Suddenly she turned around. "Hey! No it's not! It's almost 10:30! Where were you two?"

"Ah, well, we were visiting some friends from school, at their house. They're-" Taki paused, wondering if she was allowed to reveal their secret. The Sohmas were cursed, and so was Kinagi. What would it matter if she knew? She then decided against it. She had Yuki's trust and she could not afford to break it. "They're very kind," she finally settled on saying.

"Oh? Could these friends possibly be-" she threw her arms wide, fell to her knees and exclaimed, "High school boys!?"

Kyoko, who had come down after hearing Kinagi's racket, thwapped her on the head. "Stop being a lech, you stupid dog. They are high school boys, but it's not like you'd ever have a chance with them. Stick to people your own age." She looked up to Taki and Toshi. "She and Shigure would get along, no?"

Taki and Toshi giggled. "They can make field trips to Kaibara High together," Taki said.

"Hey! Who is this Shigure?" Kinagi asked, standing up.

"He's a Sohma, and a pervert at that," Toshi replied.

"Why would I want to be friends with a pervert?" Kinagi shot back.

"Because birds of a feather flock together," Taki stated.

"You three argue, I'm going to bed," Kyoko muttered, heading back up the stairs.

"Sounds like a good idea," Taki said, grabbing Toshi by the collar and starting up the stairs. "Good night!"

"Good night!" Toshi echoed, following Taki quite ungracefully as she was being pulled.

Kinagi stood at the bottom of the stairs, then called up. "Hey! I was the first one asleep! How did I manage to be the last one to bed?" She waited for a response and, getting none, trudged upstairs herself.

Kyou sat on the mat that was his bed, staring into the inky darkness, his cat eyes catching any bit of movement. That damned rat, he thought to himself. He's just trying to make up for Tohru being gone. He paused as an image of Tohru flashed in his mind, and he closed his eyes tightly as if to fight back a tear. Doesn't he realize that Seiko is just going to take them away too? If he lets himself get too attached, the pain is just going to be worse this time. Why does he have to drag me into this too? He paused again as an image of the three girls flashed in his mind. "Toshi-chan," he murmured out loud, thinking about the Ishimi cat. She was so kind to me on the roof, even after I had teased her. Why? Why would she still be nice? She had every right to call me pathetic. Kyou sighed and lied down on his bed. Why? he asked himself one more time before slipping into his dreams.



Yuki looked out the window at the stars, just thinking about the revelations that had come about today. How could there possibly be another Juunishi family. It just didn't make sense. Unless... he thought, What if this is how we break the curse? What if these Ishimis have something to do with it? He shook his head, and lied down in his bed, contemplating every way the Ishimis could help break the curse. But no one even knew how the curse was started. And without knowledge of how the curse was started, no one could have knowledge on how to break the curse. With a heavy sigh, he closed his eyes, soon falling into a deep slumber.

The sky turned dark as an older woman stepped onto a platform. She pointed to a man and a woman standing across from each other in a large crowd. "Until you realize what is to be," she started, the clouds above starting to swirl, "You shall be cursed forever!" A bolt of lightning shot down in front of the two people and the ground erupted into millions of bits of dirt. The old woman turned to the man. "You brought this upon yourself and the others, so you shall forever be reviled and tormented worse than any other! You will suffer the most, yet they will refuse to acknowledge you exist. Your family will suffer far more than hers and it will all be because of you. Until you realize what is meant to be, this will be both of your fates!" With that, she disappeared in tall pillar of smoke.

Yuki awoke with a start. What was...? He quickly grabbed some paper and a pen, and hastily went to writing down his dream. He wanted to share it to Taki, to see if it meant anything to her. Yuki sighed. He had that dream about Taki and Toshi the day he met them, so obviously whatever this dream meant, it had to have something to do with them. He sighed putting the paper to the side, and attempted to go back to sleep.



The next day, Yuki walked into class and sat down in his seat next to Taki. "Taki-chan, I had a dream last night," he stated, "and I'm curious to if it means anything to you." He handed her the paper with the dream and watched as she read it.

"I don't get it, Yuki-kun. It really means nothing to me," Taki replied, handing the paper back to him.

"Even if you can't think of a connection, I know it has something to do with you, and possibly me and our entire families," Yuki said. "The day I met you and Toshi, I had a dream about you two. It was you as a little girl, finding Toshi-chan on a stump in the forest, and bringing her back to your house."

Taki gasped. "How could you..." She shook her head. "It's not possible. That's the day Toshi and I met!"

Yuki just looked at her. "I've been having more dreams lately, and I think they relate to the curse. I was thinking last night, before I fell asleep, that your family and my family together might be the key to stopping the curse."

Kyo came in and saw the two talking. That damn rat... he thought to himself. Cozy up with them, Yuki. When they get taken away, you'll regret it.

Okay, that's it for Ch. 4. Flare-chan's going to be taking over for the next chapter and yay, whoohoo, I'll see you later. Review please!