Author's Note: More weird stuff in this chapter! I apologize profusely for not updating. This chapter doesn't have much Kagura/Kyo stuff, but I'll get some in, don't worry.

Title: Neko to Inoshishi

Rating: PG

Spoilers: Some spoilers, I guess. I'll try not to have too many specific ones, though.

Summary: Kyo falls for the one girl who's always wanted him, Kagura.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket… darn…

Setting: This story takes place after episode 26.

*** = setting change

italics = emphasis

CAPITALS = emphasis

~Unforeseen Circumstances~

"Ha-san, what do you think?" Shigure asked.

Hatori settled his cool gaze on Shigure. "Shigure, I don't care whether Ayame wears red or blue."

"Tori-san!" Ayame gasped. "You don't want me to look my best?"

"Ayame, you're just going to be in your store."

"But Tohru-kun, Kagura-chan, and especially Yuki have to see me at my greatest!" Ayame declared.

Shigure spoke up, "A-ya, I think I'll visit your shop too."

"That will be wonderful, Gure-san! Now I definitely have to look my best!" Ayame said, giving Hatori a glance. He turned to Kagura, who was sitting next to Tohru. "Kagura-chan, what color do you think I should wear?"

Kagura shrugged. "Well, you always wear the red one, Aya-chan. Maybe you should wear something different."

"Tohru-kun?"

Tohru smiled nervously. "Ayame-san looks good in different types of clothes."

Ayame grinned. "Thank you, Tohru-kun. Yuki, what do you think?"

"Nii-san, it doesn't matter what color you wear," Yuki replied. "I don't care."

"What? Of course it matters! Color is a very important part of fashion! How can you say it doesn't matter? How can you not care? Yuki, you should know better."

Yuki was starting to get a headache. "I'm going to my room." He left the table.

Ayame stared after his brother for a minute, then turned to Yuki's nemesis, who was sitting across from him. "Kyon-kichi-kun, what do you think I should wear?"

Kyo replied, "Why should I care what you wear? And stop calling me that!"

Ayame turned to Shigure. "I don't think Kyon-kichi's feeling well."

Kyo felt his temper flaring up. "Stop that!"

"Stop what?" Ayame asked, clueless.

Kyo jumped up and made a move toward Ayame, intending to throttle the older man. However, he was held back by Kagura, who threw her arms around him.

"Kyo-kun, don't hurt Aya-chan!"

"Why shouldn't I?" Kyo demanded, still trying to hurt Ayame. He struggled to get out of Kagura's grasp, but he didn't make much progress. Kyo was strong, but Kagura was pretty strong herself. After all, she had trained under Kazuma too.

Tohru hovered worriedly in the background. Kagura already had a hold of Kyo. If Kyo angered her, her grip might just turn into a death grip.

Kagura asked Hatori brightly, "Ha-chan, will you be coming with us to visit Aya-chan's shop too?"

Ayame turned quickly toward Hatori. "Yes, Tori-san! You must come!"

"No," replied Hatori, taking out a cigarette.

"But you never come to visit," Ayame whined. "Why don't you visit me?"

"I'm busy."

Shigure spoke up, "Ha-san, you never visit me either." A sly grin made its way onto his face. "Except when you come because of Tohru-kun."

Hatori said in his most icy tone, "Shigure."

That, of course, shut him up. Kyo took the opportunity to say, "Hatori's not going! Why should I go?"

Kagura protested, "Kyo-kun!"

At this time, Tohru saw how much Kagura wanted Kyo to go, so she decided to try to help her. "Kyo-kun, Kagura-san and I would really like for you to go. You haven't seen Ayame-san's shop, either, and it's very wonderful." Ayame beamed at this comment.

Kyo simply looked at Tohru. Finally, he let out a small puff of breath and, staring intently at his food, said, "Fine! I'll go, but only because I'm curious about what the stupid place looks like."

Kagura cheered.

This angered Kyo for some reason. "Stop that!"

"Kyo-kun's coming with us!" Kagura said happily.

"You're so annoying!"

"Don't be such a sourpuss," interjected Shigure.

"You're annoying too!" shouted Kyo.

From another room, Yuki's voice could be heard. "No one's more annoying than you, baka neko."

"Shut up!"

***

The next weekend, Kyo, Kagura, and Tohru were walking to Ayame's store shortly after noon. Yuki had respectfully declined, saying that he had some student council business. Shigure was already at the shop, since he had gone to the main house earlier that morning and decided to stop by on the way back home.

Kagura was in complete bliss. After a small quarrel, she had convinced Kyo to hold hands with her. She hummed a happy song under her breath. She always enjoyed going places with Kyo. She didn't care where they went as long as Kyo was with her.

"How far is this place, anyway?" Kyo demanded.

"It's not too far," replied Tohru, smiling as always. "We'll be there soon."

Kyo grunted in response, then looked at Kagura. He couldn't for the life of him figure out why holding hands with him made her so happy. He certainly didn't get any special feeling out of it. The only reason he had even agreed to it was to prevent any disturbances on the way to the shop. Well, that and the fact that Kagura had very nearly thrown him through the wall again.

Tohru asked Kagura how her college classes were going.

Delighted, Kagura began telling her about her schoolwork in detail.

Kyo didn't understand girls. Why did they always make small talk? It was like they had to fill in every bit of silence before they felt comfortable. What was wrong with being quiet for once and just thinking?

The three passed a harassed-looking woman with four children. One of them, a girl, broke away from the group and latched onto Kyo, who immediately turned into a cat. Confused, the girl stared at the animal in her arms. "A kitty?"

Tohru blurted out the first excuse that came to mind. "It's a magic trick! He's magic!"

"Magic? Can he turn into other animals?"

"Junko! Come here!" the girl's mother commanded.

Junko dropped Kyo and ran back to her family.

Tohru scooped up the orange cat and ran into an alley, Kagura following close behind with Kyo's clothes.

"Why do these things have to happen to me?" Kyo screeched as Tohru put him down.

"The little girl just liked you," Kagura said. She put the clothes down next to him.

Kyo harrumphed.

Tohru crouched down next to him. "I'm sure she thought you were a very cute kitty."

POOF! Kyo yelled, "Turn around!"

The girls whirled around, allowing Kyo to get dressed.

"All right, let's go!" Kyo said, stomping back onto the street.

(AN: This following part was inspired by Akurei's Harry Potter fanfic, Sick as a Dog.)

The three had just barely started walking again when they came across an old man. Kyo neared him, thinking that the man needed a tissue.

"ACHOO!"

Kyo stood, frozen, as his mind absorbed what had just happened to him. He had just been sneezed upon by an old man. A very old, very unhealthy-looking man. A very old, unhealthy-looking man who had not bothered to cover his nose and mouth when the sickening deed occurred.

The old man continued on his way as if nothing had happened.

Disgusted, Kyo emitted some very irritated sounds, causing him to sound remarkably like a crazed wildcat. He also began cursing, which prompted Tohru to cover her rather delicate ears. Kagura, on the other hand, had long ago learned to accept everything about Kyo, including his rather unsavory vocabulary.

Kagura tried to calm him down. "Kyo-kun, stop screaming!"

Tohru offered her a handkerchief, which Kagura used to wipe the offending mucus off of Kyo. Kyo angrily kept walking. "The sooner we get there, the sooner we can get back! This whole thing is already a mess!"

He was cursed. He had to be cursed. Granted, he already had the Sohma curse, but now more bad things were happening to him. And all because he had let himself be persuaded to visit his eccentric cousin.

Kagura hugged him from behind. "It's all right, Kyo-kun. Everything will be better once we get there."

"Get off of me!"

***

Kyo stared at the sign in front of Ayame's shop, now severely wishing that he had not listened to Tohru. Why did the girl have such sway over him? He hadn't wanted to come originally. He didn't even like Ayame. And yet, here he was, standing with the most annoyingly nice girl he had ever met and another girl who was just plain annoying. Well, Kagura wasn't that bad sometimes. But Ayame certainly was.

Kyo made a face. What had he gotten himself into?

TO BE CONTINUED…

Author's Note: Okay, I promise so much that I will update soon! Okay, May 1st will be my deadline. If I don't make it by then, you guys can throw things at me.