"Lira, don't look!" yelled Hatori picking her up and running away from the scene.
"But Hatori, what about Kyo?" Lira yelled, "What's happening to him."
"Just close your eyes Lira, Please!" Hatori yelled, lira closed her eyes but before she did she saw Akito holding Kyo's bracelet. She smelled something disgusting and heard Akito say "It's disgusting…"
"Kyo can't come outside today Lira. I'm sorry." Said Kyo's mother
"Why? Is he sick?" Lira asked
"No, he's just tired." Said his mother smiling "Just go play okay?"
"Alright…" Lira walked away and as she passed Kyo's window she saw him sitting next to it "Kyo?"
"Lira, did you see?" he asked looking at her
"See what? I couldn't see anything yesterday…Hatori told me to close my eyes."
It began to rain and Kyo opened his window big enough for Lira to get in.
"Get in here before my mom comes."
Lira smiled and climbed though window then walked over to Kyo's bed.
"Why is she keeping you in here?"
"I don't know..." there was a long silence until Kyo said, "So you didn't see me?"
"No, I didn't why? Did something bad happen to you?"
"No." he said sitting on his bed. Lira sat next to him and put her head on his shoulder. "Why…do you only do this to me?"
"Because you're the only one I feel comfortable with…I like being with you."
"Hmm…I like being with you too."
"Oh, no! It's raining!" said Lira standing under the school roof. "I should've listened to Tohru…"
"You can have my umbrella Lii-san!" said a boy coming over to her.
"No way!" said another boy pushing him out of the way. "You can have mine Lira-senpai! It's brand new!"
"That may be so Tach!" said President Makoto hitting Tach over the head with his umbrella. "BUT! I bought this umbrella especially for you! It took me three whole days to find the perfect one!"
"You know what else would be perfect." Said a cold voice "if I smashed your had into this wall."
Makoto turned around and saw Kyo cracking his knuckles. All the color that was in the boys faces drained and they ran away.
"Kyo don't be so mean. They were just giving me an umbrella." Said Lira simply.
"Lira?"
"Huh?"
"Can we talk later? There's something I'd like to tell you."
"Um…okay."
"Lira! Kyo! Were leaving now!" yelled Tohru coming out of the school.
"Oh, okay. Kyo can you share your umbrella with me?"
"Like I'd I ever share a umbrella with a girl!"
"Don't worry Lira, if that stupid cat won't do it I will." Said Yuki taking his out and opening it.
"Thank you, Yuki." Said Lira walking over to him and standing under his umbrella
"GRRR! WHY YOU…little…snot nosed…rat…" Kyo bent over out of energy
"If you're having a hard time you could turn into a cat and I could carry you home." Said Tohru smiling at him
"LIKE I'D EVER DO THAT!"
"I'm sorry Kyo!"
"Y-You don't have to apologize!"
"Miss Honda, we can go now the rain is lifting a little." Said Yuki walking ahead with Lira.
"She tries so hard, to make sure everyone is alright. She doesn't even worry about herself." Lira thought looking back at Tohru and Kyo as they walked out onto the sidewalk. "If…there was anyone…who could take care of him…it'd be her."
"Yay! We're finally home!" said Lira as they arrived at the house "now I can take a warm bath…"
"Figures the stupid rain stops when we get home!" Kyo said opening the door.
"KKKYYYOOO!" said a girl's voice. They all looked and saw Kagura smiling at Kyo. "Welcome home my beloved Kyo!"
Kyo slammed the door shut and Lira rolled her eyes.
"Kyo! Kyo, my love! What's wrong?" Kagura said rattling the door
"The door closed and it's never going to open again!" Kyo said, Kagura's hand punched through the door and she grabbed Kyo
"Open it…"
Kagura pulled out her hand and Lira opened the door.
"Hello, Kagura." She said smiling at her.
"Lira it's been so long!" Kagura said hugging her like a sister
"I know, Kyo's missed you."
"No I haven't! Don't go telling her things like that!" Kyo said taking off his shoes as he stepped into the house.
"Miss Honda you can come inside the house now." Yuki said taking off his shoes.
"Oh sorry I was just wondering why Kagura and Lira act like best friends." said Tohru coming in the house and taking off her shoes "I mean since their both in love with Kyo you'd think they'd hate each other."
"Oh, I know but they don't." said Yuki untying his tie. "Lira is quite found of Kagura actually. Even when Lira was Kyo, Kagura backed off Kyo and wished the best of luck to Lira."
"EVEN THOUGH I LOVE YU SOOO MUCH!" they heard Kagura yelling from the kitchen
"WOULD YOU HURRY UP AND FIGURE OUT THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU!" Kyo yelled back as Tohru and Yuki walked into the room.
"Oh, Tohru there you are," said Shigure sitting at the table. "I was wondering if you let Kagura and Kyo go to the grocery store to buy groceries for dinner?"
"Groceries?" said Kagura "Yup! We'll go!"
"I'm not going!"
"Well if you want to…" Tohru said handing Kagura the list.
"Okay than!" Kagura said taking the list "It's a date!" she grabbed Kyo and ran out the door
"Oh Tohru how about you and Yuki go on a date today. The sky is all cleared up."
"Oh I possibly couldn't!"
"C'mon let's go on a date. That is if you don't mind the usual place." Yuki said smiling at her
"Okay," she said smiling "but what about Lira?"
"Oh don't worry about her, she's out running."
"Running?" asked Tohru. "Hasn't she been running all week?"
"Yes…matter of fact she's been running a lot since she had that date with Kyo…" said Shigure looking up from his newspaper at Tohru. "She's probably just blowing off some steam."
"It's been weird…I thought the relationship between Kyo and Lira. It seems that instead of being closer they've grown father apart. They've been arguing a lot more than usual and Lira just seems to be avoiding everyone…even me."
MeanwhileLira lay on the ground out of breath from running so fast.
"Why…do I try so hard to get away from my problems when say I won't…I'm such a liar…" she said out loud to herself.
"Yes, I remember when you were about 5 and you lied about eating my cookie." Said a male voice " but you felt so bad that you ran a mile and when you were done you came back and apologized."
Lira looked up and saw Kazuma Sohma standing over her.
"I only run so when I run out of breath I know what it's like not be able to breathe."
"So you're killing yourself mentally…"
"I'm just killing the thing that's holding me back from being who I am."
"And what would that be?"
"The truth…" lira said smiling she then got up and looked at him "we all run away from the truth…"
"You've been reading again haven't you?" he said smiling at her.
"It's so good to see you again Shishou."
Lira fell into his arms and Kazuma picked her up and carried her.
"It's nice to see you, how many times have I told you not to push yourself to hard."
"I'm sorry, I just needed to clear my head…"
"Let me guess, Kyo?"
"Well yes, I'm afraid I'm trying to deal with the fact that Kyo will never love me… and that I may be falling for someone's in the Sohma house."
"Lira…has your heart healed?"
"No…not fully but its getting there." she said laughing
"Lira…would you meet me tonight?"
"Huh?"
"I would like to show you something that could make you and Kyo much closer."
"Okay…"
Kazuma arrived in front of the house and they heard Kagura and Kyo yelling.
"Kyo." Kazuma said simply.
"Shishou?" said Kyo sounding shocked
"You're looking well, Kyo." Kazuma then opened the door and walked inside.
"Shigure, I'm home. Looked who I found." Said Lira smiling at Shigure
"More of I found her, the poor girl was out of breath when I found her." said Kazuma " It's nice to see you again Shigure."
"It's good to see you Kazuma-Dono. Would you like me to call Hatori, Lira?"
"No way, if he sees me like this I'll never hear the end of it." She said as Kazuma put her down on the couch.
"You push yourself to hard you'll" there was an explosion as everyone walked into the house and a black and white horse appeared standing next to the couch "turn into a horse…"
Kyo went straight up the stairs and slammed the door to his room.
"Tohru?" Lira said getting her attention "This Kazuma Sohma, he's not part of the zodiac but he is Kyo's Shishou but at the same time her taught martial arts to Hatsuharu, Yuki, Kagura, me and the others."
"Oh! It's nice to meet you! I'm Tohru Honda!" she said bowing.
"It's very nice to meet you Tohru." He said bowing also "it is said you know of the Chinese zodiac too."
"Y-Yes, that's correct."
"Hmm…I see can you tell me where Kyo's room is?"
"Uh, at the end of the hall on the right of the second floor I can show you if you like."
"No, that won't be necessary." He said leaving the room.
Lira turned back into her human form and put on her clothes then walked outside. Yuki followed her and saw that she was standing in front of the door looking at the sky.
"Lira?"
"I'm sorry…Yuki…I lied." She said softly
"About what?" he said stepping forward.
"About I love Kyo more than that other boy." She took her hair out its ponytail and it blew in the wind. "I lied…I love them both the same…my heart can't choose…"
Late that night"He asked to have a word with you too?" Lira asked putting on her shoes
"Yes, he wanted to talk to me." Said Tohru. "Let's go then."
"Okay," Lira said smiling at her. "It's raining so hard…" Lira got under Tohru's umbrella and they both walked outside and saw Kyo talking to Kazuma and when Kyo saw them his eyes widened in fear.
"Kyo...discover for yourself…whether or not your birthright really make you 'worthless'." Said Kazuma
Kazuma pushed Kyo backwards and took off his bracelet.
"DON'T LOOK AT ME!" Kyo yelled
"Lira, don't look!"
"It's disgusting…"
"Whatever you do…don't look…"
Just a note, this isn't coming to a close, but you know it will have to sooner or later. i just hope i can keep this up.