Jessi: Hello all, and welcome to the 4th chapter of "Another Tohru"! Currently, I am listening to songs that I got off of my Frequency game! (Aquabreeze, you know what I mean!)! Okee-day, then; on with the chapter!

First, reviews!

Aquabreeze: ...okay, then. Thanks!...I guess...

Kyo'sGirl05: Thank you! (To Steph: I know, I know; I'm Jessi. I don't know why; she just is. Okay, he can be annoying, but he's still cool; you just hate him cause Yuki does! Now, Meagan could hate him cause Kyo does, but she doesn't because she is him, you know?)

Pink Eraser: Okay, I've got to say something here: the reason that Furiko and Aiko weren't torn up about it is (I guess) because I was writing the story from that part to the part where Yuki showed them their rooms in my typing class; I had to type it fast. And I always zoned out in typing; it was kinda hard not to.

Anyway, Pink Eraser, thank you so much for the nice review! (Oops. It was for Chapter 2...oh well!)

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Okay, here's Chapter 4!

-san: Reffering to someone whom you are giving respect to.

nii-san: Reffering to an older brother.

-kun: Reffering to someone that is your friend.

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"AYAME-SAN'S STAYING HERE!" I yelled. "HOW LONG? WHY?"

"I already told you, Furiko-kun," Ayame-san said. "I love my little brother."

"That's not all you love, psycho," Kyo-san muttered.

At this point, it was later in the day, back at mine and Aiko's new home. Tohru-san, Yuki-san, Kyo-san, Shigure-san, Ayame-san, Aiko and I were all in the living room.

You see, Yuki-san had told me that Shigure-san and Ayame-san had been lovers in high school, which had made me gross out.

"Anyway, where shall I sleep?" Ayame-san asked.

"No way!" Kyo-san shouted. He left the room, muttering to himself.

"Never in a million years, Nii-san!" Yuki-san said.

"Can I keep my room to myself, please?" Aiko asked. "It's new."

"I won't let you sleep in Honda-san's room, either," Yuki-san added.

That left Shigure-san and me.

"Well," I said, "I'll volunteer myself, because Ayame-san and Shigure-san sleeping in the same room is disgusting."

"Rumi-san, I hope you know what you're getting yourself into," Yuki-san said.

"It saves the rest of us from being disturbed, right?" I stood up. "Tohru-san, do you know where Kyo-san went?"

"Um, I think he went outside."
I walked over to her. "Hey, since Aiko doesn't have any friends yet, can you bond with her?"

"Sure!" Tohru-san hopped off the couch and pulled Aiko up after her. "Come on, Aiko-san!"

I walked outside.

"And so I get to sleep with the fabulous new Furiko-kun!" Ayame-san said. Evidently, he had followed me outside.

"I wouldn't say that you're 'sleeping with me', freak," I said. "I'm looking for Kyo-san, so could you please leave me alone?"

"Oh, Kyonkichi?" Ayame-san put his hands on my shoulders. "Are you in love with Kyonkichi?"

I scoffed at Ayame-san and his idea. "Yeah right! I just like making fun of him. I don't think he likes cats." I pushed his hands off my shoulders.

I started running, hoping to lose him.

"I'll see you tonight, Furiko-kun!" Ayame-san called.

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I finally found Kyo-san.

"Hey! Kyo-san!" I called.

He was sitting on a rock, hands in his pockets. "What the hell do you want?"

"Tell me. Do you like cats?"

"Not this shit again!" He stared walking away.

"Hey! Wait up!" I started running after him. When I caught up to Kyo-san, I tripped over a rock enlodged in the dirt. I fell into him.

POOF!

"What the hell was that…? Kyo-san?" All that was present were Kyo-san's clothes and an orange cat in my arms.

"Kyo-san!" I called again. I stroked the cat's head. "You are so cute, kitty!"

The cat growled. A human growl. A familiar human growl.

"K…Kyo-san?" I asked, holding the cat eye-level to me.

He swiped at my face with his claws, causing it to bleed. "Yeah, it's me all right!"

My hand shot to my face. I could feel the warm blood between my fingers. "Kyo-san…how did you become a cat?"

Kyo-san jumped out of my grasp. "I'm not good at explaining things, so let's go back. Shigure will tell you."

I stood up and picked up Kyo-san's clothes. "You don't want to be carried, do you, Kyo-san?"

"Hell no!" he yelled.

Shrugging, I picked him up anyway. "Too bad."

Kyo-san clawed at my face. "Put me down, dammit!"

I stroked his head. "Wait till we get home, orange kitty."

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When we got back, Kyo-san leapt out of my arms. The blood had long dried.

"Shigure-san!" I called.

"Yes?" he said, popping his head out of a nearby room.

"Kyo-san turned into a kitty!" I said, pointing at the orange cat walking on the floor.

Ayame-san walked out of the room Shigure-san was in. "It seems that Kyonkichi was hugged by Furiko-kun," he said.

"Shut up!" Kyo-san yelled. He started jumping up the stairs.

"Shigure-san," I whined, "Kyo-san said you'd explain why he turned into a cat."

He sighed. "All right." Shigure-san grabbed my hand and pulled me into the room. Ayame-san followed me.

"You know the Chinese Zodiac, right?" Shigure-san asked.

I nodded. "I was born in the Year of the Dog."

"Well, us Sohmas…" He trailed off. "We're cursed by the spirits of the Zodiac. When we're hugged by a person of the opposite sex, we transform into our animal."

"Kyo-san's a cat, though," I said. "The Cat's not in the Zodiac."

"Have you heard of the Legend of the Chinese Zodiac?" Shigure-san asked.

"The thing where the Rat tricked the Cat?"

"Yes. There are thirteen members of the Sohma family that are cursed." Shigure-san lit a cigarette. "Kyo-kun, Yuki-kun, Aya and myself are cursed."

"Really?" I thought transforming into an animal would be the coolest thing in the world. "I know that Kyo-san is the Cat, so that leaves the Rat, the Cow, the Tiger, the Rabbit, the Dragon, the Snake, the Horse, the Sheep, the Monkey, the Chicken, the Dog and the Boar." I looked at Shigure-san. "Which one are you?"

"I thought it'd be fun for you to guess like Tohru-kun did," Shigure-san. He looked at Ayame-san. "I've got to tell Akito-san about this."

"He'll probably let her stay," Ayame-san said. "Like he let Tohru-kun stay."

"Tohru-san knows?" I squealed in delight.

"Furiko-kun," Shigure-san said, a serious look on his face, "you mustn't tell anyone, 'kay?" He smiled.

I nodded. "Okay." I started to leave the room.

"Oh, and Furiko-kun? Could you tell Kyo-kun to be careful around Aiko-kun?" Shigure-san asked.

"Yep." I left and walked up the stairs where I found Kyo-san sitting by his room. The door was closed.

I kneeled down and patted his head. "You're still a kitty…"

"Don't touch me!" He jumped out of my reach. "Of course I'm still a cat."

"You need help opening your door, don't you?" I asked, giggling.

Kyo-san growled. He opened his mouth to yell at me, but was interrupted by—

POOF!

"What the hell?" I said. Kyo-san was hidden by a pink smoke. When it all cleared away…

"Furiko-kun!" Shigure-san raced up the stairs. "When we change back, we're…" He looked at Kyo-san, then at me. "I guess you found out." Shigure-san went back down the stairs.

Kyo-san was naked.

"Eep!" I squealed, covering my eyes.

Kyo-san quickly ran into his room, slamming the door behind him.

I ran down the stairs to the outdoors, where I had dropped Kyo-san's clothes. I picked them up and ran back to Kyo-san's room.

"Kyo-san!" I called. "I'm sorry. I have your clothes!"

No answer.

I guess I made him mad, I thought. I dropped Kyo-san's clothes by the door. "I'm leaving your clothes here, okay?" I'm going to find Yuki-san.

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Okee-day! How was it? Reviews, please! It would make me put up the next chappie sooner!

Signs Discovered by Furiko:
neko (cat)