A/N: "So another chapter completed. Man I truly have nothing better to do with my time. Oh, well. :shrugs shoulders:"

Chapter 2

"To Kaiya"

A few hours later, Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo returned to find an empty house. Yuki found a note in the entrance way that said that Shigure and Kaiya went out for awhile, but will be back in about an hour.

Yuki threw the note away and headed went upstairs to work on some stuff for student council. Tohru also retired to her room to do some homework. Only Kyo remained and he, of course head to the roof. All he could think about was her…

"Why did she return? I can't bear to see her after what she's been through. Why did she stay way for so long?" These and many other questions flooded his mind as when he noticed Shigure and Kaiya returning home.

"We're home" Shigure called to the others, "can everyone step in here for a moment."

All of them headed to Shigure's office and sat down. "Yuki, Tohru, Kyo, Kaiya is going to join you for the second half of the school year. Since she is going to be staying for awhile, her grandparents wanted her to finish her high school education." Shigure just smiled at the three after delivering his speech.

"Oh, that's wonderful" Tohru said excitedly.

"Yeah, we've really missed her." Yuki said to Tohru.

"By the way," Shigure interrupted, "Some other family will be stopping by later tonight to bid their hellos. So make sure you and Kyo don't fight too much, Yuki" Shigure just shook his head and left his office.

"Well, I'll start some dinner then. Looks like I'll need to set a few more places at the table." Tohru said heading towards the kitchen.

Later That Evening…..

Tohru was distracted from cooking by the sound of the door bell.

"I'll get it" Kyo said, sounding as if he was in a bad mood or something. He opened the door.

"Where is she? Huh, where is she?" Momiji said as he jumped up and down in excitement and headed towards Tohru's direction. "Hi Tohru, where's Kaiya at?"

"She'll be down in a sec." Tohru said preparing the final dishes for that evening's supper. Momiji's presence was quickly followed by that of Kisa, Haru, and Hatori.

"Hello everyone, please be seated." Tohru came in with a large tray. "Kaiya come down, your visitors have arrived" Tohru called to her newest friend.

Kaiya came down the stairs, looking different from their meeting this morning. She had un-braided her hair and allowed it to hang down loosely. She also had changed into a blue Springy-like dress that accented her stormy blue eyes.

"It's so nice to see all of you again." She said greeting them all. She always wished she could be a member of the zodiac so she could hug each of her dear friends, except for Kisa who she could already hug.

Kaiya took her place at the table. It seemed like everyone had a bunch of questions for her. The first to speak was Haru.

"Last I heard you were living in Germany" He said staring into her blue eyes.

"Yes, that's true; I finished my first two years of high school there. Oh, and I brought these back for all of you. "Kaiya said presenting each of them with a box of delicious German chocolate. "I know Valentine's Day isn't for another two weeks, but I couldn't help myself." She giggled a little, and took a bite of the meal Tohru had prepared for all of them. Then suddenly Shigure stood up with his glass raised.

"A toast, to Kaiya's return." Shigure announced.

"To Kaiya!" Everyone responded.

"Thank you all, but I don't know what all the fuss is about" Kaiya said in response to the toast.

"You've been gone, what, about seven years now" Shigure responded.

"Well, I ….." Kaiya mumbled.

"The point is we all missed you, and were worried about you also." Hatori said, he seemed to be quiet the entire night.

Dinner continued as usual, and then Kaiya started to feel a little ill.

"Are you alright, Kai-chan" Kisa said as she looked over at the pale red head.

"You don't look to well to me either." Hatori stated in his usual doctor manner.

"I told you before; don't worry about me and…" Kaiya started to cut herself off as she began to feel dizzy. "Will you all excuse me please?" Kaiya said as she left the room.

"I'm going to see if she's okay or not." Kyo said starting to stand up from his place.

"No, I'll go Kyo; you stay here with the others." Hatori said walking out of the room. He wandered around upstairs, hoping to find a sign of her somewhere. He knew she didn't like it when people knew when she was sick. Hatori eventually found Kaiya crouched down in the corner of Tohru's room where she was staying. Hatori knelt down beside the ailing teen.

"Why do you have to be so difficult?" He said trying to get her to look at him.

"Just because, okay!" Kaiya said to Hatori, who was trying to look conclude something by the symptoms she was showing.

"Alright, where are your testing supplies?" Hatori asked her concern in his voice.

"Over there." Kaiya said pointing to a small dresser drawer.

Hatori walked over and took it out and gave it to her. Upon receiving the supplies, Kaiya took out what she need and pricked her finger. She was used to this by now, having done it so many times before. The reading from the screen seemed a little low.

"I guess I was so excited about seeing everyone again, I didn't think about checking my blood sugar." She said as she looked up at Hatori.

"That's the problem, you don't think!" Hatori scolded as he handed her a piece of candy that had come from the same drawer.

"Please don't tell the others about this, especially Kyo. I don't want him to worry. While your at it, don't tell Tohru either. She prolly expects someone like me to act like a tough bitch, and have no problems mentally or physically.

"As you wish, just watch out for yourself." Hatori said exiting with her to go back down stairs.

"Are you alright Kai-chan?" Momiji asked running up to Kaiya as she and Hatori cam back down stairs.

"Yes Momiji, there's nothing to worry about" Kaiya said sitting back down at her place at the table. As Hatori sat down, Yuki and Shigure knew what had happened, but kept quiet about the ordeal. Kaiya was not the type to let people fuss over her.

"Dinner was delicious, thank you" Kaiya said as she helped Tohru with the dishes, as the other started to leave.

"Oh, it was nothing, really" Tohru said happily. Both of the girls exited to the kitchen and began washing the dishes. "So" Tohru began, "You and Kyo are twins, right? I would never have guessed he'd have a twin, let alone it would be a girl."

"Yes, we are twins, but we haven't seen or acknowledged each other for a long time." Kaiya said as she began to dry the dish in her hand.

"See, I've always lover Kyo, but I never truly understood what it meant to be cursed by the cat. All I knew is after our mother died; my grandparents took me away and separated me from my brother. All I knew was that he began living with a martial arts master name Kazuma Sohma. I had visited a few times before we left to take a few lessons, but that was it. I guess my grandparents didn't want be to have anything to do with the cat."

"How terrible it must have been, for both of you" Tohru said trying to hide that she was about to cry from Kaiya's story.

"Yes, well I was at least able to escape from him" Kaiya said drying the last of the dishes.

"Who do you mean by hi…" Tohru's words were cut short by an unmistakable entrance.

"Kai-chan, Kai-chan!" Kagura's calls could be heard in the next city. "I'm sorry for missing dinner, but I was unable to come."

"Kagura, its you, it's really you!" Kaiya said running up to her old friend and giving her a great big hug, "So are you still confessing your undying love towards my brother?"

"Yes, as always" Kagura replied.

"Wow, you two must've been real close?" Tohru said looking at the two hugging girls in front of her.

"Uh-huh" Kaiya said, "We used to always torment Kyo when we were little, typical girl things that little boys hate." Tohru just began to laugh at the thought of those two messing with Kyo.

"Have you seen Yuki yet?" Kagura asked her friend.

"Yes, I have" Kaiya said back

"See, Kaiya and Yuki were always close growing up because both grew up with ill…"Kagura was cut off by a sudden hand cupped around her mouth.

"Don't say another word about that, okay" Kaiya said removing her hand.

"So I never did get ask, but Kaiya are you a member of the zodiac?" Tohru asked curiously.

Kagura seemed to answer for her, "No, she's not, I guess she is just the outcast."

"Geez thanks Kagura" Kaiya said, "What she means by outcast is I only seemed to hang around with the zodiac members of the family, so is was odd because I was the only one among them not cursed."

"Oh, that's sounds really interesting." Tohru said.

"Well, I better get going, call you tomorrow." Kagura said waving as she left Shigure's house.

Tohru turned to Kaiya as she climbed the stairs, "so what was all that stuff Kagura was trying to say before you cut her off?"

"Oh its nothing," Kaiya said yawning to show how tired she was, "don't worry about it."

Both girls climbed the stairs to their shared bedroom and went to bed.