Previously:

He was suddenly overwhelmed with anger, how could this Tohru Honda do this to them! She must have a grudge against the family to want to break them up. She's the one in front of his freedom, in front of the rest of his life.

No way would he let some girl, that wasn't even a Sohma, destroy his life.

"I'll do it. I'll get rid of that girl for the family, and for myself. I'll end the girl's life, then the curse." His eyes burned red with determination as he left Akito's room and headed out the main gates.

Tohru Honda was going to get a visitor.

Of course, he would have to befriend her first. He would steal her friendship then when she trusted him enough he would kill her, reuniting the zodiacs and freeing himself from the curse.

It was just a short walk from the estate before Kokuyo arrived at the Sohma woods. The trees were far enough apart to let a little light through the canopy, allowing him to see all the plants and animals surrounding him. The path he'd followed was a simple gravel trail only wide enough for one person to walk along at a time. The trees were home to a number of birds who sang in the afternoon sun above his head.

As he was walking, plans of murder ran through his mind. There were just so many options to choose from.

"I guess the easiest way would be poison or something like that, but then again suffocation should be quite easy too. Stabbing could get messy if I don't do it right, so I think I'll leave that out. Drowning would be best for me but doing it in the pool could look suspicious.

So, I'll do either poisoning or suffocation. Suffocation would be the cheapest seeing as I'd have to go and buy the poison. Right, it's going to be death by suffocation then."

Noticing that the trees on his left had begun to thin out he stopped and looked to see why. Looking through the trees he saw that the ground had dropped away and down the small hill was the house he was searching for. The Sohma house wasn't even half the size of the estate, but looked a lot more welcoming. He continued to inspect the house as he walked down the hill towards it. There appeared to be two floors, a ground level and an upstairs but it seemed that there was someone on the roof as well.

A rather large garden surrounded the area, full with flowers and trees. A pond ran off into the woods and vanished behind the house. As he arrived at the front door he noticed that it was being held together with small bits of tape. He knocked lightly on the wood and waited for someone to answer.

A tall man opened the door, smiling down at Kokuyo, he looked a little confused. "Oh my, who do we have here? Could it be another visitor from the Sohma estate? Do come in, I'm the owner of this fine establishment, Shigure Sohma." He looked at Kokuyo for a while before moving back to let him in.

Shigure was a tall, rather thin man. His hair was black like his own but also had a brown tinge to it. As it was quite long it fell below his eyes, however, was brushed to the side out of the way. He wore a grey/brown men's yukata that was loosely wrapped around his body.

The long sleeves of the robe were folded in front hiding his arms except the very tips of his fingers. A small pair of glasses rested on the bridge of his nose, they were thin reading glasses, he wore them when he was working. A pen was partially hidden under his hair where he'd put it behind his ear. It was a classical old fountain pen that blended in with his dark hair. A trail of smoke rose from the cigarette in his hand. It was so close to his sleeve it was in danger of catching fire.

Entering the house he saw it was definitely smaller than the estate; the hall was narrow compared to the halls of the estate, but for a normal house it appeared to be very luxurious.

The hall was connected to four other rooms; the kitchen on the first left, the living room after that, the dinning room on the first right followed by Shigure's room/office and the bathroom. There was a flight of stairs on his right leading to what he assumed to be the bedrooms and bathroom. He'd look around later when he had more time, for now he wanted to focus on the matter at hand

"So what might you be doing here? It's been a while since we've had a visitor." Shigure's polite voice pulled him from his thoughts, he'd not yet thought what he would say when he arrived at the house so had to think quickly for a reason of his visit.

"Well, I've heard about the girl who's been living here, and that the other zodiacs have come to see her, so I decided to visit her as well. My name is Kokuyo Sohma, I live at the estate."

Shigure looked at him, having not seen him before and the mention of the zodiac, he found it odd that a Sohma would talk so openly about it. "When you say 'other' zodiac, do you mean that you're a zodiac too? It seems strange that you would claim to be one when I've met all thirteen and am one myself. Please explain, if you don't mind."

Kokuyo thought it weird that Shigure hadn't heard of the second cat, he hadn't even reacted to his name.

"Maybe it's because he lives out here that he's never heard of me. Or, maybe it's because I've never been to New Years or really left the house except to go swimming."

He sighed and smiled. "Well, it's because I'm another Cat. I was born too soon so there's two of us. Apparently, I was born just a few seconds after the first Cat, so we're both the same age; eighteen. I've never even met him but I guess that's because I always stay in my room at the estate. Would be nice to see what he's like though."

Shigure looked slightly shocked; a second zodiac being born while the other was alive was rare but another Cat was near impossible. "Wow, I didn't know anything about that. Ah well, que sera sera, nothing we can do about it now. However, I'm afraid our dear flower isn't here right now. No, she's out working until later, so we're here all alone without her company. Of course, you can wait here with us if you want. She shouldn't be too much longer now." He closed the door behind them once Kokuyo accepted his offer. "The others should be in the living room; it's at the end of the hall on the left."

Kokuyo took off his shoes and followed Shigure to the door that was half open, inside the room sat two boys the same as himself. One of them had long silver/grey hair and the most amazing purple eyes he'd even seen, it was hard to believe that he was actually a guy. His facial features were more like a girl's and he was as slim as most girls too.

"This must be Yuki the Rat; he has that smug look all the Rats are said to have. He looks like a Sohma though, same handsome features all of us have."

Looking away from Yuki he saw the other guy who was sat at the opposite end of the table to the Rat. His hair was bright orange, the same colour as his natural hair and his eyes burned with the same red flame as his own. Looking at him was like looking into a mirror; their hair styles were a little different but the length was the same, they wore they same black t-shirt and apart from the hair styles the only real difference was their tastes in colour.

"Whoa! This must be the other Cat, Kyo. Wonder what he's like, maybe we have the same personality?"

"Shigure, who the hell's this, not like you to invite people round." Kyo stood up, his face full of anger for no reason what so ever. As he stood he saw that Kokuyo stepped back slightly so they weren't so close as to see they were the very same height.

"Who is this guy? It feels like I know him, but I'm sure I've never seen him before in my life. And what's with the moving away from me?"

Kokuyo turned as Shigure appeared behind him, standing next to him he smiled at the two cursed boys. "This is Kokuyo Sohma, he's come from the estate to visit our precious flower; Tohru. He's going to be waiting here with us until she comes home." Looking over to Kyo who was still standing and looking quite annoyed, Shigure sighed and motioned for the two Cats to sit down. "Kyo, do try not to scare the poor boy. He's like you, you know."

Yuki's eyes bolted up towards Kane who was just about to sit down. Kyo looked over to Kokuyo with a shocked expression. "You mean that you're a Cat!" Kane nodded slowly and was opening his mouth to explain his situation when he heard the front door slide open.

"Shigure, Yuki, Kyo! I'm home!" A bright cheerful voice echoed through the house, it belonged to a young girl. She appeared in the doorway with a huge smile on her face. The three Sohma men broke into smiles, even Kyo who didn't seem capable of it due to the shock of finding another Cat.

"Miss Honda, welcome home. We've been waiting for you." Yuki stood smiling still and moved so she could sit down with them all.

"Ah, my dear Tohru! You have a special guest from the Sohma estate, this is Kokuyo Sohma. He's very special because he's another Cat like Kyo here." Tohru's eyes lit up as she looked at him, he smiled slightly in return wondering why she was so pleased to meet another Cat. She put her bag down and bowed a little. "It's nice to meet you Kokuyo, my name is Tohru Honda."

He nodded and forced a smiled as she bowed. This was the girl he'd been waiting for; the girl he had to and would eventually kill.

Note: I apologise for taking so long on the chapter but with my exams out the way now I should be able to post the fourth much sooner. I will also be working on getting the first chapter ready for my new fic that follows the struggles of Kane Sohma, the Rooster after being attacked by the head of the family Ryuunosuke. This one will be set years after the last cursed member of the current generation has died and will feature an all new cast.