A/N: Here we go, the second chapter!
Chapter 2: The Cat and the Snake
"Shigureee-san" Tohru called as her and Kia entered the house.
"What do you want?" Shigure said as he came into the room looking a bit disoriented.
"Look who's here!" Tohru breathed.
"What? Oh, hi Kia, um, I thought you were dead" he said, a confused look on his face.
"Really? Join the club" Kia mumbled.
"Well, obviously you're not dead, so I guess you'll be staying with us. Um, I don't have many rooms, but I don't think you'll mind to bunk with Kyo" Shigure said.
"On the roof! Oh no you can't, she's a guest!" Tohru said, startled. Shigure wasn't usually this mean.
"The roof? Sounds perfect. I'll just um, drop my bag off there." Kia said, walking away.
"Cats naturally like high places, and Kia and Kyo are no different." Shigure said as he watched Kia leave.
"But Yuki said that Kia doesn't transform into anything? How can she still be a cat?" Tohru asked, perplexed.
"It's a long story, and I don't know if Akito will be too thrilled if I told you, not that he ever is thrilled about anything. But just to sum it up, Kia may not transform, but she has some pretty interesting powers." Shigure answered as he rooted around the cupboard for something to eat.
"Powers?" Tohru said to herself. What type of powers did Kia have? "Anyways, Kia and Kyo are exactly alike aren't they? It's kind of weird, in a good way." Tohru said to Shigure, who was stuffing his face with rice.
"Huh? Well, they are not exactly alike. You know how Kyo hates the Yuki? Kia doesn't. Actually she hates the….."
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHH" Shigure was cut off by the scream of a tall man who had just run into the house. He had long white hair which was now on fire.
"What are you doing here?" Kia said, coming in, her face a mask of fury.
"I should ask the same thing!" said the man, as Shigure dumped water on his head, putting out the fire. "You're supposed to be dead!"
"You knew I wasn't dead, you moron, so don't ask all innocent now" Kia screamed. As she did, she emitted a fireball from her hands and threw it at him. She missed his face by inches, instead catching his shirt.
"AAAHHHH, set it off, set it off!!!!!" the man screamed, running around frantically as Kyo and Yuki entered the house.
"Don't think I'm finished with you, you damn snake!" Kia yelled, throwing a torrent of fireballs in his direction. If any normal person had walked in the house at that moment they would have seen a man with flaming clothes being chased around by a violent girl throwing fireballs while two boys looked on trying to conceal their laughter.
"Stop it! Why must everyone ruin my house" Shigure said, filling a pot with water and throwing it on the man, putting the fire out. In one graceful movement Shigure grabbed Kia's arm, flipped her onto a chair, and set the other man on the chair farthest away from her. Shigure turned to Tohru, who was looking on with amazement on her face.
"Tohru, let me introduce you to Ayame Sohma" he said, smiling.
"Sohma? So you're one of zodiac too!" Tohru said "I thought so, I heard Kia calling you a snake? Is that what you turn into?"
"Yes, so are you the famous Tohru Honda I heard about?" Ayame asked.
"Who did you hear about her from?" Yuki asked
"What? Oh hi, Yuki, long time no see! I was soo worried about you! Why did you run away from…?"
"Cut the theatrics and answer the question" Yuki said, cutting him off.
"You've gotten ruder since the last time I saw you. Anyways, I heard about the pretty little lady from Momiji. He doesn't shut up that kid, where is his off switch?" Ayame answered.
"Momiji! How is he?" Tohru asked.
"Who really cares?" Kyo asked, stepping out of the corner.
"Kyo, why look at this, it's like a family reunion! Hey, I think you should buy a leash for you sister there, she's a violent maniac." Ayame said, looking at Kia.
"Don't you dare look at me, you filthy, vile, disgusting, son of a …"
"Okkkayyy then, what about breakfast?" Shigure said, shooting a fierce look at Kia. "I'll make it today, how about you come and help me Ayame?" he asked, grabbing him by the back of his shirt and dragging him to the kitchen.
"Nice going, Kia, you probably gave him some third degree burns" Kyo said after Shigure and Ayame were out of sight.
"I hope I did" Kia mumbled.
"Must you always be so violent?" Yuki asked, sighing.
"Hey, I got the power, what am I supposed to do with it other than use it?" Kia said defensively.
"Akito is going to be mad at you." Yuki said.
"Ha, what else is new? Come on, Akito hates my guts and you know it." Kia said, rolling her eyes.
"He hates you? Why?" Tohru asked. The three other children jumped at surprise when they heard her voice.
"Oh, Honda-kun, I didn't know you were there" Yuki said a bit nervously.
"Nice going" Kyo said, growling at his sister.
"If you don't feel comfortable telling me, please don't. I'm just a bit curious." Tohru said.
"Oh, it's nothing really, Tohru, just a long held grudge" Kia answered.
"Really? Well, have you always been able to shoot fire out like that? Is that the special power that Shigure-san told me about?" Tohru asked.
"He told you about WHAT???" Kia said, jumping to her feet, eyes flashing.
"What, oh no, he didn't go into detail or anything. He just said that you had some special powers" Tohru said, trying to calm Kia down.
"Fine then, I have better things to do than kill Shigure anyways. And by the way, yes that is one of my special powers" Kia said, storming out of the room.
"One of them?" Tohru whispered.
"Sorry, about my sister" Kyo said "She just gets that way when Ayame comes into the picture."
"Why?" Tohru asked.
"Well nobody really likes him, but Kia hates him about as much as Kyo hate me. Maybe even more so. Her hate goes back a long way. I don't blame her, my big brother isn't the best person in the world." Yuki said.
"Big Brother!!!" Tohru said, "I didn't know you had a big brother, how wonderful!" Tohru said excitedly.
"We're back!" Shigure said as he set down a tray of hot food. Kyo glanced over the tray and turned beet red.
"Are those what I think they are" he growled.
A/N: So how did you like it? R&R please! I won't post the next chapter until I get one more review! (that's just how evil I am)