I'm getting right to the story because my muse won't let me stop! Now on to the story!

Standard disclaimers apply.

Haru was wandering around again. Waiting for Hatori to show up and take him home. His plans had been cancelled thanks to the cat's stupidity, so he had nothing better to do anyway. He spotted what he thought was the place where he had first met Tohru and decided to rest there for a while.

He lay on his back, staring up at the deep blue sky, which was beginning to take on shades of purple and red. He didn't know how long he was there alone before he heard someone approaching on the road. He didn't pay any attention and closed his eyes.

"Haru?" His eyes slowly opened, as he turned around and was met with a smile. "Hey! Sorry I kinda cancelled our get together," Kass said as she came to sit beside him. Her spider earrings glittered in the failing light.

"'S alright," Haru said softly. Kass beamed at him.

"This is probably better than wandering around town some more, anyway," she said softly, motioning towards the setting sun. Haru nodded, turning his attention back to the horizon.

"Oh, crap!" Kass shouted suddenly, jumping to her feet. "I was supposed to cook dinner tonight! Gotta go! Bye, Haru!" she shouted over her shoulder as she ran down the street. He stared after her, slowly standing and walking over to the car that had just pulled up and its slightly annoyed driver.

Hatori turned to see what Haru was staring at, and frowned as Kass disappeared in the distance. "Get in," he said coolly. Haru slipped in on the passenger's side, taking his seat silently neat to Hatori. "Just," the dragon began. "Don't get too attached to her," he sighed as they drove off.

"Here ya go!" Kass said cheerily handing out bowls of various instant foods. The Sohma's, and Tohru, stared at the food, which appeared inedible, but with Kass was gulping it down faster than humanly possible.

"Wus ron?" she asked with a mouth full of instant pasta. "Don laik de fud?" She looked slightly hurt. (A/N: She said: What's wrong? Don't like the food?")

"No, no!" Tohru said, quickly. "It's just, I've never seen so much instant food before!"

"I," she swallowed another mouth full. "Always take a bag with me!" she smiled. "Dig in! It's really good!" she said quickly before inhaling some more pasta and moving on to a pack of instant veggie soup.

Tohru smiled and picked up a plastic spork from the center of the table, and hesitantly ate a spork-full of the veggie soup. "Mm!" she said, also with her mouth full of soup. "That is good!" she said smiling. The boys didn't need anymore proof that it was edible, and began chowing down themselves.

"This is wonderful, Kass-san!" Shigure said between bites.

"Thank you!" Kass beamed as she finished the last bite of her meal. Yuki and Kyo grunted in agreement. Kass giggled, picking up her dishes and tossing them into the trash. She skipped down the hall to the bathroom, humming to herself as she turned on the shower, then suddenly singing at the top of her lungs when she got in.

"Strange girl," Yuki muttered.

"She's a freak," said Kyo, tossing his empty food containers into the trash.

The next day was Sunday, which meant no school and Tohru had the day off. The girls left to go buy food for the next week, Yuki went out to his base, Shigure hid in his study, typing away, and Kyo hung out on the couch after finishing his morning training.

On their way back home, Kass spotted an arcade and after asking Tohru if she minded, dashed off to play video games. Tohru smiled and walked the rest of the way home by herself, humming all the way.

Even though she had left with Tohru at around eight, Kass arrived back at Shigure's at around two. She slid open the door, to be greeted by raised voices and the sound of things being thrown, as well as Shigure's vain attempts to keep whoever was fighting from destroying his house. She gingerly stepped through the doorway, as if the house might explode if she entered.

She saw Tohru coming around the corner and called out: "What's going on?" Tohru heard her and rushed over.

"Hatsuharu-san came over looking for you and Kyo got him upset," she said with a worried look on her face and tears in her eyes. "Now Hatsuharu-san has gone black again and he's fighting with Kyo-kun!"

'Gone black?' Kass thought. 'What the heck is that?' Her thoughts were interrupted though, when Haru came around the corner the same way Tohru did. He caught sight of Kass and began walking quickly towards her.

"Haru?" Kass asked softly. He seemed so tense and agitated, not like his usual calm, easy-going manner. Tohru stared at him with even more worry in her eyes.

"Haru?" she asked again. He now stood but a few inches away from her, a strange glint in his eyes. "Haru, what are you-mmf!" Her words were cut short as he roughly pressed his lips to hers. Her eyes widened in shock.

"Hey!" she heard Kyo yell, though she couldn't see him as Haru was still kissing her. "What's the big idea!" she heard him scream, then she heard a thud as the chair he had thrown connected with Haru's head, ending his kiss and knocking him over.

"Stupid kid! Running away to kiss some American brat! You're pathetic!" Kyo shouted as he dodged Haru's punches. Kass watched intently, confused and still somewhat shaken by Haru's actions a few seconds before. Then what Kyo said sunk in.

"Hey!" she screamed at the top of her lungs, really mad at Kyo for insulting her, and for hitting Haru. "I'm not just some American brat! I could beat you into the ground in seconds, you jerk!"

"I'd like to see you try!" Kyo said, turning his attention to Kass and receiving a hard punch to the face for letting his guard down against black Haru, who had been strangely silent since Kass had shown up. The cat went flying through the wooden support of the wall and into the next room.

"Serves you right!" Kass shouted at his motionless form.

"Kyo-kun!" Tohru shouted, rushing through the hole Kyo's body had made to be by his side.

"He'll be fine Tohru. That wasn't anywhere near a vital point, though that was a pretty good punch," she complimented, looking around for Haru but not finding him anywhere.

"Stop destroying my house, Kyo-kun!" Shigure whined when he saw the damage.

"Shut up!" Kyo retorted, as he slowly sat up, rubbing his cheek. He turned to Kass's smirking form, still by the front door. "What'd you say about beating me into the ground?!"

"You heard me," she said slyly.

"You wanna find out?!" Kyo said, jumping to his feet.

"Kyo-kun! Don't fight Kass-san!" Tohru said, new tears forming in her eyes.

"Don't destroy my house, too, Kass-san!" Shigure whined.

"Whatever!" she shouted. Tohru was beginning to think that Kass had a black side, too. Kyo lunged at Kass, who stood perfectly still until the last second, when she quickly thrust out her foot to connect with his lower chest. Kyo fell back, unconscious.

"Eek!" Tohru screeched, rushing over to Kyo again.

"Hmph," Kass grunted. "That stupid cat'll be fine. I just temporarily caused respiratory failure. He'll be fine in a few hours."

"Ha!" shouted black Haru, who had suddenly reappeared behind Kass. "Kyo got knocked out in one kick!"

"What?" Yuki questioned as he entered the room, only just returning from planting more leeks in his base.

"Kass-san knocked out Kyo-kun in one kick," Shigure smiled at Yuki. He continued in a whisper, "And it also appears that she has a black side, too. Better not get her angry, Yuki-kun."

"What?!" Kass shouted at Shigure.

"I'm gonna go finish my newest novel. Have fun, kids!"

Next Chapter:

"No! What are you doing here?!"

"Huh?!"

"Let's go do graffiti!"

Kass's temper revealed!! Hee hee! I have anger management problems! Tee hee! Review please!! PLEASE!!