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KS:

"What the bloody hell was that all about?!" she shouted at the door. She snorted and continued getting dressed. Kyo had always confused her, whether it be in a battle of wits and emotions or just plain old talking. Then again, she was easily confused.

All Kyo could think about after he stomped off in a rage was the day she died. Kaye had died one day; the real Kaye. Not when she was raped... before. Her body hadn't died, but her soul. She didn't talk for weeks, months even. She sat there staring at the wall. Not eating. Not sleeping. Hardly breathing. A slice to the wrist and she was fine and dandy, but now her wrists were covered with scars of her poor decisions. When Kaye finally came out of it, she had walked up to Kyo and had said, "You're not mad at me?" Tears welled up in her eyes as he replied in an astonished voice, no, and he gathered the crying girl in a hug. But she had never been the same after her silent months. She had thought about things, the depths of life and reality- where it begins. And where it ends.

Kyo sighed, remembering that painful time. No laughter, no smiles; it was terrible.

Then there was Yuki. Yuki would go into periods of silence too, shorter, but almost as drastic. Kyo hadn't personally seen him in his silent times, but had heard of them from Shigure, Hatori and Haru. But he was there, eavesdropping, as the young Kaye walked into Yuki's room during his silence.

Kaye was thinking on this time as well, fingering the scars on her wrists. She had sat down in front of Yuki; he had a distressed and frightened look on his face, like an enormous cat had just cornered him. He had been sitting in a darkened corner, which Kaye was sure did not help in the matter. Kaye had sat there, silent with him, and then she sang. A song she had written in her head during her own silent months. One she wrote down after, word for word, the tune, the melody, the acoustics. She began to sing it aloud in her room, remembering it verse for verse, every single word. No matter how many times she was sad, the song had cheered her up. Always.

"Digging through lost memories,
I find I really need.
Looking for myself,
A different side of me.
No one seems to like me,
No one seems to care.
No one has their own individuality,
So I hide in my despair.
Silence is a blessing,
Silence is my friend.
Silence is a curse;
It will be there till the end."

She paused, trying to think on what came next but could not locate the lyrics in her head. She knew there was more, she just couldn't think of it at the time. She sighed and tugged on her PJ bottoms.

Kaye walked slowly, sadly even, over to her bed. That night she dreamt of the months she had gone silent. Kyo had cried. He even thought that Kaye was dead at times, her eyes were so dull and lifeless. They WERE grey, but they were even more lifeless then usual. He had carried her on his back to Hatori's to have her checked out, but Hatori could do nothing. This was when their mother was alive, but only Kaye knew what happened before her father died. Orphaned, Kaye had turned to Hatori, putting her trust in him fully, possessive though she was.

Silence was her gift... something only she could handle... and only she knew why the zodiac members didn't transform when she hugged them. Not a single soul knew why... not even Hatori... not even Akito for that matter.

IS:

She fell into unconsciousness with these disturbing thoughts in her head, but not before groping blindly in the darkness for her dirk knife. She held it to the skin of her wrist, steadied there as if it were standing on the brink of eternity. She realized her hand was shaking. Kaye closed her eyes and breathed, "I'm sorry Hatori," and then she pushed.

She didn't remember this pain. Never before had it actually hurt. All she knew out of her cutting experience was the tingling sensation that came before and the relieved feeling that came after metal and metal had met. Kaye threw the covers off of her and tore into her bag, looking for a piece of clothing she didn't care about. She knew a ratty shirt in there somewhere, she was sure of it. When she finally found it she wore a piece off and tied it tight around her wrist, hoping the tourniquet would hold at least till tomorrow morning.

The next morning Kaye had totally forgotten about cutting the night before. The unseasonably warm weather made her bring out a T-shirt, whereas she had been wearing long-sleeves all this time. Yawning, she came out of her room and down the stairs, giving the boys a lazy 'hello'.

Of course Tohru already had breakfast on the table. Shigure was eyeing it like a rabid dog, glancing at Tohru in a way the told Kaye instantly that she had asked them all to wait until she got up. She, like Kyo and Yuki, were in their school uniforms.

The second Kaye got to the bottom of the stairs Shigure had begun eating. Yuki and Kyo at least had the decency to say good morning before they too began on their plates. Kaye sat down in her usual seat between Shigure and Kyo with Tohru across form her, and yawned again.

Tohru smiled and filled a small china cup with hot tea. "Here Kaye, this'll help you wake up better." Kaye sat up and reached across the table to take the cup from Tohru, but, when Tohru got a look at Kaye's arms she dropped the cup and it smashed upon the table.

"Klutz," Kaye muttered, but the destruction wasn't done. Tohru had also dropped the china pot full of tea and it had smashed on the table on the way down. Hot tea poured into Tohru's lap, all over her legs.

"Ow!" she cried, standing up. Tears welled up in hers eyes from the scalding tea and she ran into the kitchen. Yuki and Shigure hurried in to help her and Kyo started up as though he were going to go, too. He did indeed look worried. Kaye rolled her eyes.

Instead however, Kyo looked to her instead. "What the hell just happened?"

"I dunno," Kaye said stiffly. She crossed her arms over her chest, damning herself for forgetting her little escapade. Then again, she blessed whomever it concerned that Kyo hadn't noticed as well. She stood. "I forgot that I start at school today. I'm going to go change." Then, she raced up the stairs as fast as her legs would carry her.

That was way too close for her liking.

Kyo went into the kitchen to see how Tohru was. She was nursing her now pink legs with a cold cloth. Shigure and Yuki looked up at Kyo and shrugged. There was nothing they could do. "You okay?" Kyo asked carefully.

Tohru turned around and winced slightly, but she was smiling. "It's fine. I'm not burned."

"What-"

"Come on everyone! We don't want to be late for school, do we?" Kaye called anxiously from the doorway.

"That was fast," Kyo muttered. He and Yuki helped Tohru up and she went out to the room of dinning to clear up the mess.

"No Tohru, don't worry, I've got it," Shigure said as he came out with a dust pan and a cloth.

"If you're sure…" Tohru said and then she went upstairs to fetch her bag. Kyo asked Yuki if he had seen what had happened. He shook his head and both boys went out to wait with Kaye.

When Tohru came out they started off. Kaye walked a little in front of the trio, still listening in though. She had her head phones hidden in her pocket but once again kept the volume almost off so she could listen.

"Hey, what happened at breakfast?" Kyo asked Tohru.

Tohru looked over at Kaye, who had turned to give her the worst scowl Tohru had ever received. Tohru swallowed whatever response she'd had and instead said, "It was nothing. I just had a clumsy moment, I guess." Kaye turned and kept walking. Tohru watched her feet miserably.

KS:

Kaye was surprised. She had never expected Tohru to lie to everyone else. She nervously played with the ends of her black uniform, trying to think of reasons as to why Tohru would do this. Kaye sighed, taking out one headphone, but leaving the other in and turning up the music full blast.

"1 2 3 take my hand and come with me
because you look so fine and I really want to make you mine
You look so fine that I really want to make you mine
4 5 6 come on, get your kicks
Now you don't need money when you look like that do ya honey?"

Kaye hummed along with the band, grinning as she remembered how the song was actually written.

"Big black boots
Long brown hair
She's so sweet with her
Get back stare."

That was her! She had been in a coffee shop on her way to a club where she could let herself loose and let the music heal her wounds when the guys of JET walked in. Of course, she didn't recognize them at first, but when they came up to her she had given them all deathly glares. Her combat boots had been twitching to get into action in kicking their asses, but all they asked was if they could write a song about her.

She had laughed out loud, so hard she started to cry. She had nodded her consent after realizing she wouldn't be able to give a reply with a straight face. She even ended up being in their concerts, or a few of them, as the girl. She had choreographed song and dance and she played the guitar a few times.

She was brought into a painful and harsh reality when a tree jumped in her way. "What the fu-" Kyo slapped his hand over her mouth before she could continue the word. He glared a minute after she calmed down- she had been continually cursing at the tree despite Kyo's hand. Kaye stopped and Kyo took his hand out of the way of her mouth.

"Jeez Kaye! It's not like-" Kyo started on her but she had to interrupt.

"The tree jumped in my way- I KNOW it did! I swear they are all out to get me man! Kami-sama!" she sighed and glared at the tree. A small dent decorated its trunk.

Kyo sighed and the three continued on without Kaye-; she was whispering threatening words to the tree. Tohru began to think on what had happened that morning. Those scars, covered by the black long sleeved uniform now, were so grotesque... and there were so many... old scars... and a new one it seemed.

Kaye finally realized everyone was gone and left the tree with a final warning before catching up to the others. When the four got to school Kyo, Yuki and Tohru all went to their home room, waving goodbye to Kaye as she made her way to the office.

"Yo, I have a question," Kaye said upon entering the office. The secretary stared at her attire, but let her go to the principle's office, not wanting to deal with the tomboy herself. "Hey, what grade and class am I in? Where are my books? Locker? Etcetera?" she asked the principle, smirking at his confused looks.

He explained that she belonged in tenth grade but because of her age and birthday would be in ninth. Kaye said thanks, picked up her schedule and books she had just received and made her way to the locker number listed on her schedule. She opened it as according to the code, not that it mattered; she knew how to pick locks of almost any kind; and stashed her stuff in there, grabbing what she needed for A period.

She walked slowly, trying to figure out where her classroom was, looking for the correct number. She finally found it and stepped in, looking around. Kaye saw Hatsuharu and Momiji in a corner to her left. She dropped her stuff off and ran over to greet them.

"Haru! Momiji!" she cried, hopping over to the two zodiac boys.

"Kaye? What brings you here?" asked Haru. He had only just heard of her homecoming from Momiji.

"Missed home, decided to visit my bro." replied Kaye.

"No, what are you doing at our school?" asked Momiji, explaining what Haru had meant.

"Ah, well, Shigure said that if I was to stay at his house I had to go to school, but this is gonna be simple because I went to American schools and they're even mooore prestigious!" Kaye replied all in one breath.

Momiji and Haru looked on speechless, and Kaye burst out laughing. "So then you've met Tohru?" asked Haru, and Kaye looked crestfallen. Haru looked taken aback; how could she be sad to have met Tohru? He paused trying to soak all of it in. She must still be the possessive person she had always been in youth. He smiled remembering how protective she would get of Hatori when Kana was still around.

"Hey! Attention please!" cried the teacher, "A new student has joined us. Please stand Kaye Sohma!" Sighs were heard. "Another one?" and "Man, she's hot!" among many others. Kaye and Haru snickered whenever they heard someone complimenting her on her looks, remembering what Kyo did when Momiji kissed her when they were four.

"Kaye, why don't you tell us about yourself? I hear you've been to America," the teacher said, and Kaye nodded. Haru noticed as she stood up her uniform and minded to ask her on that later.

"My name is Kaye Sohma, I have one brother, Kyo Sohma who is one year older than me and a foster father, Hatori Sohma!" she started. "I went to America when I was ten and traveled around to different schools; fighting schools in particular. When I was eleven I went to Military school and recruited myself in the hardest most tortuous things I could find, you know, for fun. When I turned fourteen I traveled around with Greenday, JET, Avril Lavigne, Killswitch Engaged, One True Thing, and Megadeth, just to name a few. I graduated from high school and nearly went to college in America, but decided I'd miss home too much and came back to visit everyone, maybe even stay for a while." She took a deep breath and thought on how much she had left out.

"Wow, that's very interesting!" the teacher said and the kids were in awe.

"Oh, yeah! I went to Canada too!" Kaye recalled, nearly forgetting the unique country.

IS:

"I think they get the point Kaye," Haru said, snickering. Kaye shrugged and sat down between the two other Sohmas. Every once in a while a fellow student would turn around to look at her. Some would smirk, a few girls would glare, a few boys would wink. Kaye rolled her eyes at all of them.

Kaye, Momiji and Haru were in all the same classes and only got to join back up with the trio at lunch time. Fact of the matter is though Kaye wouldn't even have noticed if Momiji hadn't gone off running.

"Tohru! Tohru!" Momiji called. Kaye and Haru turned around and spotted the three coming down the hall towards them. Kaye sighed disappointedly but as Haru advanced over to them she followed.

Tohru smiled warmly. "Hello Momiji, hello Hatsuharu!" Momiji snuggled up to her as the group continued walking down the hall. Kaye felt a boiling sensation in her stomach. Haru was clinging to Yuki. Kyo walked over to Kaye.

"How's your first day going?"

"Eh," Kaye said in a rather bored voice, "School is school."

"Hey orange top, get in here! Tohru's got food ready!" a girl with straight blonde hair called from the entrance of the cafeteria. Her skirt hit the floor. Kaye wondered how much persuasion it took before they made that adjustment for her.

Kyo glared intensely at the girl. "Leave me alone Yankee!" he shouted and Kaye grinned. A Yankee? This was more like it.

"A Yankee, huh?" Kaye said with a smirk in her voice. The blonde girl turned her attentions to Kaye, then looked to a shorter girl with a long black braid at her side.

There was something about this girl that Kaye didn't quite like. Before she knew it she felt the feeling of being analyzed by the girl's cold stare, her purple eyes like midnight. Kaye looked away. "Another Sohma," the dark girl said suddenly and Kaye looked back up. "Your electric waves are similar to the others, yet, not quite the same."

Kaye tilted her head in confusion and looked up at her brother. "Electric waves?"

"She's some sort of psychic," Kyo explained, "We're not really sure about her yet." The four of them entered the cafeteria to join the others.

"Oh, so you've met then?" Tohru said, standing as the others came in. She smiled. "Kaye, these are my two best friends, Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima," was the introduction given. 'Great,' Kaye thought, 'more outsiders to deal with.'

"So," Arisa said, twirling a bit of her bangs around her finger, "how are you related to the others, kid?"

Kaye bristled and blinked a few times. Kyo was the only who ever called her kid, and only when he was angry. "I'm Kyo's little sister," she explained bluntly, using her chopsticks to push her food from one side of the plate to the other.

"Aww, how cute," the Yankee teased, "Kyo-Kyo's a big brother? You poor girl."

Kyo pounded his fist into the table. "Don't call me Kyo-Kyo! And shut up!" Yuki and Hanajima ate their food quietly. Haru and Momiji were turned around in their seats, shouting a conversation to someone across the room.

"Hey there," came a sly voice from behind Kaye. Both she and Kyo looked up at the same time. Kyo glared intensely at the boy leaning over his sister's chair. "You new to this school?"

"It would seem that way," Kaye said coolly.

The boy bent down closer to Kaye, supported by his elbows. "Would you wanna go out sometime?"

Kyo stood up so fast it made everyone's heads spin. He rushed in front of his sister and cussed the boy out all the way to the other side of the room, advancing threateningly, his anger getting the better of him. Eventually the boy got wise and took off running. Kyo glanced around the rest of the lunchroom and saw many other boys turning around sheepishly. He'd had experience with the guys in this school once. He'd had to chase some away from Tohru once or twice as well.

Tohru rushed over to him and reached up to grab something from around his neck. When she withdrew there was a little white cat purring softly in her arms and a black one around her shoulders. Kyo looked down; a dozen cats had accumulated out of nowhere.

The two came to sit back down and Kaye grumbled, "I could have handled him."