Hello all!!!!

I am finished with a lot of my school work so I decided to give you all a treat!!!!!

AP: Well, mostly because one of her friends was telling her this morning that she needed to continue on with the story.

RP: MY LITTLE MOMIJI IS SOOOOOOOOOO CUTE!!!!! I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE HER!!!!

AP: Yes, yes, we all know that now. Anyway, so I hope you like the story so far…

RP: Wooooo there's cursing!!!

AP: SHUT UP, I was just getting to that! Anyway, there's a little cursing…

RP: MOTHER SMUCKER!!!! :: giggles ::

AP: No real cursing…not that stupid word that sounds like one.

Anyway, now that I've had my daily fight with myself,

ON WITH THE STORY!!!!

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Kyou, aka the orange cat, looked around at everyone. No one quite understood why there was a panda where Lily should be. Kyou was just the one to vocalize it, "What the hell is going on here?"

Just then the panda sat up, completely sliding Kyou into its lap. Kyou, who saw an opening to get out of the way, did so quickly. The panda didn't look around it just sat there knowing that there was going to have to be a lot of explaining to do. It scratched the back of its head, "Shit, this is bad."

Haru stared at the large panda in front of him, his girlfriend was nowhere to be found but there was a very large panda. The only explanation he could come up with was that Lily had turned into the panda. This was highly weird, but not impossible, didn't he turn into a cow when hugged. Haru went up to the panda and looked into its eyes, "Lily?"

"Yes…"

"Holy shit."

"Yeah, that's what I said."

Tohru, who had been watching this with a shocked look in her eyes, was trying to figure out whether there was a panda in the Zodiac. Tohru bent down to Lily and put a hand on her shoulder, "Lily-san, are you one of the Zodiac?"

This of course raised a large alarm in all of the men around. There is no panda in the Zodiac, and if Lily, who was smart enough, put it all together where would that leave Haru, and the rest of the Sohma family for that matter?

Confusion hit Lil for a moment as she looked up at Tohru, while still in her panda form. "What do you mean Zodiac? The Chinese Zodiac?"

Tohru, now, realized her mistake but kept quiet thinking it would just blow over.

"Why would I turn into an animal from the Chinese Zodiac? First of all I'm Japanese. Second of all, that's preposterous, why would anyone want to change into those animals?" She added this to the side, "At least I have a good reason to change into a panda."

There was a silence throughout the house. Lil, not knowing what she had just done, was now completely confused. She didn't understand why no one was freaking out about the fact that she was a panda. Then she felt a familiar tingling sensation and knew she would change back soon. Lil got up, slowly as a panda does, and said, "Well if you would excuse me." And then she turned around and gathered up her clothing and went through the door into the hallway.

Kyou, again, was the first to speak. "How could she turn into an animal that wasn't in the Zodiac? She's not even in the Sohma family. I don't understand!"

"Well, I'm sure there's a logical answer. And that Lily-san will tell us it when she feels like it." Yuki said quietly, knowing why Kyou was so angry and feeling the same emotions. She had said that no one would ever want to change into the Zodiac animals, and that took away some of the special-ness that came with being part of the Sohma family.

"Yes, I agree with Sohma-kun. Lily will tell us when she's ready, so we can only be supportive of her." Tohru smiled. She couldn't wait until Lily shared her story with her, it was sure to be interesting.

There was a loud "pooof" outside the door and then a few minutes later Lily stepped through it. She looked a little disheveled, having had to dress in a matter of seconds. She looked around, "So any questions?"

Everyone just looked at her. Then something caught her eye. The orange cat that was now trying to sneak it's way out of the room. "When did you get a cat?" There was a silence. "And where's Kyou?" Lil looked around at the faces in front of her. She caught Haru's eye and looked at him. "Haru, what's going on? Listen, I understand that it's weird and everything, but really, silence is the worst."

Just then Haru made a conscience decision. Haru looked up at Lily and said, "No, You don't understand." Then he hugged her.

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RP: WOOOOT, YAY for another chappie!!!!

AP: Yeah, yeah, self-congratulating-little…

Hey …now, now no name calling here.

AP: Yeah whatever.

Don't pull that attitude on me!

Anyway, I'll get on the next chapter as soon as I can. Sorry it's late, and kind of short, but it's here!

Major League Hugs From the Cliffy Queen,

Purtymanagirl58