"Lira, were off to school! We'll see you later on today." Tohru yelled up the stairs
"Wait Tohru! " Lira came running down the stairs in a long skirt and a white blouse
"Where do you think your going?" Kyo asked putting on his shoes.
"I'm a visitor at your school today. I'm just going because it's a short day. Plus I need to know where my class is"
"Oh good! Then you can finally meet my best friends."
"Sounds great. I look forward to meeting them."
"Oh is Lii-san coming with us today?" asked Yuki putting on his tie
"Yes I am! I can't wait to see what Kaibara High looks like."
"Aren't you going to put something on?"
Lira gave Kyo a puzzling look and Kyo threw her a coat
"One girl in this house is trouble enough. Now we have two. Come on before were late."
"Lira has only been living here officially with us for a week now. She seems quite comfortable with her new surroundings mom," Tohru thought as she watched Lira put on the coat Kyo threw her."but even tough she has forgiven Kyo there is still tension between the two of them."
"Come on Tohru!" Lira said taking her and leading her out of the house.
"Oh but Yuki! He"
"He'll catch up he's just putting on his shoes. Now tell me all about your friends."
"But even though there is tension between them mom. I believe they'll heal each other."
"You couldn't wait for me?" yuki asked catching up to lira and Tohru
"Sorry Yuki I was just so eager to hear about Tohru's friends and I wanted to get to school. I also didn't want to hold you back but"
"Lira calm down I understand how excited you are." He handed Lira her boots and she screamed
"What's wrong Lira?"
"I forgot to put on my shoes before we left!" she pulled on her boots quickly making her a little bit taller than Tohru.
"Sometimes mom I forget that Lira is older than me!"
"Your going to be a 3rd year student at our school aren't you Lira?" Tohru asked as they began to walk again.
"Well, no."
"No? Why not?"
"I sort of failed my freshmen year so I had to take it again, so I'm a sophomore like you."
"Why did you fail?"
"She despises math." Said Yuki trying not to laugh, "She nearly failed the 5th grade because of it."
"It's not that I can't do it. It's just like speaking a whole different language."
"Come on you three we haven't got all day!" yelled Kyo from up ahead waiting for them
"Oh that reminds me. Tohru, Yuki I'll give you your chocolates when we get home okay?"
"Ah! You got me chocolates!"
"Uh er es…I made them myself."
"That's so nice of you Lira! How can I ever repay you?"
"By giving me chocolates in return. Plus it was nothing really."
"Do you have one for the cat too?"
"Yuki, you should know that I will always have one for that stupidcat."
Later at school"Oh my goodness who's that girl walking with Prince Yuki?"
"She's a total babe."
"It's like seeing a prince walk with his princess."
"She can't be his princess! I'm his princess!"
Whispers like this followed Lira as she walked to school with Yuki, Tohru and Kyo.
"Shut up! stop gawking at her like she's an object or pummel your face into the ground!" yelled Kyo at a group of boys who were checking Lira out.
"Is he always like that? i mean towards his classmates." Lira asked sticking close to Yuki
"He can be worse but i think he's only doing it becuase he'sover protective."
"K-Kyo you r-really shouldn't yell." tohru stuttered
"Kyo your attracting to much attention."
"He always attracts this much attention to himslef. plus he can't help it. see Lira his face is becoming a giant radish."
"Shut up you damn rat!My face does not look like a raddish! "
"your right it lookes more like a swelling tomato."
"Why...you"
"your face is getting red Kyo."
"AAAHHH! COME ON LIRA!" Kyo said grabbing Lira's hand and dragging her off into the school. "Let's just get to class before they start calling you Princess Lira!"
"But Kyo! I wanted to meet Tohru's friends."
"You can meet them anytime." Kyo pushed her into an empty classroom and shut the door behind him.
"Kyo! What is your problem?"
"You're my problem! I told you to put on some clothes before we left the house!"
"This what I wear usually Kyo! You never had a problem with it before!"
"That's because guys weren't gawking at you then!"
"So what do you expect me to do? Stay in here until school's over?"
Lira could tell Kyo's anger was rising and she was really anxious to get out of the room and hang out with Tohru a bit more.
She sighed and pulled her coat tightly around her.
"Kyo, I'm a girl. Guys are going to look at me whether you like it or not."
"Ahhh! I hate it when she's serious and she gives me that stupid straight face! And does she always have to be right? What's she doing?"
Lira was coming closer and closer to Kyo by the minute and she didn't stop until she was right in front of him.
"Kyo."
"What? What is it now?"
"Do you really hate my look that much?" she looked up at him with water standing in her violet eyes and her smile as gone.
"Lira I don't hate the way you look. It's just"
"It's just what?"
"It's just I"
"Kyo! There you are I've been searching all over for you!" said a schoolgirl bursting through the door. "Oh I'm sorry am I"
"No, I was just about to leave." Lira walked out the classroom and down the hall.
"Lira, are you alright?"
"I should be fine Yuki."
"What did that stupid cat say this time?"
"Yuki do I look like a slut?"
"What? No! You look like your wearing my old librarians clothing."
Lira laughed a little and Yuki smiled
"So what's with this whole 'Prince Yuki' deal?"
Yuki groaned and bowed his head
"That bad huh?"
"I can only think of three, well actually four girls who wouldn't want me to be their boyfriend and that's you, miss Honda and her two best friends."
Yuki suddenly looked at lira and stood up straight.
"Yuki?"
"Unless you would like to change that."
Yuki and lira both burst into laughter
"Lira! Lii-san! I haven't seen you since the banquet."
Lira turned and saw Kagura Sohma in her green dress dragging Kyo.
"Kagura!" Lira yelled running up to her and hugging her. "I bet you came to see Kyo before Valentine's Day right?"
"Yes, I gave him his chocolate already."
Lira tried to hold back her laughter as she saw Kyo's face covered in smeared chocolate.
"Kagura! There you are I thought I lost you." said Tohru walking up.
"Hey Tohru, where have you been?"
"I was with my friends. Ah! Lira you still hasn't met Ansa Uotani and Saki Hanajima!"
"I think, I will like it here at Kaibara high." Lira thought as Tohru lead her down the hall.
Valentine's Day"We're leaving now Lii-san." Said Tohru pulling on her jacket.
"Oh ok. Have fun on your double date!"
"Are you sure you don't want to go? I'm sure Haru. Wouldn't mind being your date." Said yuki
"No yuki, I got a duty by delivering Tohru's chocolates and making sure Shigure doesn't eat them. Plus I still have mine to deliver."
"Well ok. Kyo say goodbye, we won't see lira till later."
"Bye lira." Kyo said walking out the door Tohru and Yuki left after him. Lira closed the door and she placed her chocolates with Tohru's in a small box.
"Are you ready to go yet lira?"
"Yes, I'm ready, but are you sure you should go Shigure? I mean what about your editor?"
"Oh! Don't worry about her she'll live…I hope."
Lira shook her head and she gave Shigure the box to hold and they walked out the house and lira locked the door.
It took them a half hour to get to the Sohma estate. They were greeted my Hiro and Kisa who were playing on a tree.
"Happy Valentine's Day you two! "
"So are you only saying that because you automatically assume were happy about because were children? "
"Well no Hiro I'm just"
"Oh then you must be saying it because you automatically think that me and Kisa are each other valentines. Well guess what lira was not. You can just go around assuming things. That leads you disaster."
"Hiro was just saying happy valentine's day because I haven't seen you in a while. You so stupid how you automatically assume that I would assume such a thing. You know me better than that. Oh by the way" lira reached into the box and threw Hiro his chocolate. "There's your chocolate. Happy valentine's day."
Hiro smirked and Kisa was looking from lira to Hiro as if they were going t battle.
"Happy valentine's day Lira." He said hugging her around the waist.
Lira gave out her chocolates to everyone in the Sohma family and she gave Tohru's chocolates to Haru, Hatori, and Momiji.
"Tell Tohru I said thank you ok?"
"I will Momiji. So are you looking forward to give Tohru her present?"
"Yes! I can't wait to see her and tell her! She'll be so surprised!"
"Momiji. Lira."
Lira looked over her shoulder and saw Akito standing behind her.
"Oh Akito. Should you be out of bed?"
"I'm always in bed. Momiji. Leave us I must speak to lira alone."
Momiji whimpered but lira nodded her head so Momiji got up and left. Akito sat down across from lira with a sly smile on his face.
"You look good lira."
"To bad I can't say the same or you. You look paler Akito."
"So have you brought me chocolates too?"
"Yes but I'll give them to you tonight. Akito are you sure your up for tonight?"
"Lira…don't tell me your going to back out of your end of the deal? Cause if you do, you'll be heading straight for the airport."
"No! It's not that I'm just worried about your health! Because what if something happens to you while your with me and"
Akito put a finger to her lips and he removed his finger and replaced the spot with his own lips.
Lira froze on the spot. She could feel her heart pounding and her mind was racing. Should she push him off? Kiss back? It was like her body had a mind of it's own cause next thing she knew she was kissing Akito back and her arms had snaked around his neck pulling him closer to her.
"Get off her now Akito!" yelled a man.
Akito was yanked off Lira and pinned to the wall by Hatori.
"Hatori don't"
"Shut up Lira! Get out now!"
"Let go of me Hatori. Lira. You've paid your debt, forget about our date tonight."
Hatori let go of Akito and Akito walked out of the room.
"Hatori I"
"Just leave Lira. Shigure's waiting for you."
Lira ran away with tears streaming from her eyes.
"Don't cry Lira. I'm only trying to protect you like you protected me from Akito."
"Akito! Stop! Your blinding Hatori!" Lira's screams of protest filled Hatori's head
"He's just in love! What's so bad about being in love?"
"If it wasn't for you Lira. Akito would've blinded me but even I cannot blame Akito for that."