A/N: I deeply apologize that this story hasn't been updated in awhile; I've just had no inspiration. After starting a fiction writing class alas, my inspiration has returned, please enjoy. P.S: I apologize for the cliffhanger, please don't hurt me.

Chapter 8
Memories and a Love Affair

"Secret? Why yes, of course you can trust me." Tohru offered.

"I…I'm scared." Kaiya muttered, "I don't want to see Akito again." Kaiya could feel a cold shiver work its way slowly up her spine.

"Well, it can't be all that bad."

"Yes it can. After what happened last time!" Kaiya exclaimed closing her eyes as a sudden childhood memory creped forward to the front of her mind.

"Come on Kyo-kun, just let me where your bracelet for a little while. It's so pretty, and I like it."

"No! Mama said it was mine to wear always."

A young Kaiya scoffed at her twin brother, "Fine! Be that way."

Main House

"So, you and 'the cat' are twins, eh?" Akito's harsh, cruel voice asked.

"Yes, Akito-sama we are." Kaiya spoke, looking down at the ground instead of into the eyes of the head of the Sohma family.

"Hm…why don't you look at me?" Akito asked, gripping Kaiya's chin so that she was forced to look up at him, "Tell me, have you ever seen his true form?"

"Huh?"

"Oh. No one told you about those pretty beads of his?" Akito said, a devilish grin coming to his pale lips.

Kaiya shook her head, "All I know is that Mama says only he is allowed to wear them."

"Come here girl." Akito commanded, gesturing for her to come over by him. Soon Kaiya would feel Akito's cold, pale hands on her shoulders as he guided her to a small private garden just outside his room.

There standing in the middle of the garden was Kyo, looking as little different then the last time she saw him. Kaiya gasped at what she saw before her: Kyo's true form.

"Now see your twin, Kaiya." Akito laughed, as he held onto Kaiya's shoulders as she attempted to run from the ghastly sight that was her brother. She could hear herself cry, as she was forced to stand there, and forced to stare at her brother like some "freak show."

"Kaiya!" Tohru shouted, shaking Kaiya's shoulder to snap her out of her daze, "Are you sure your all right?"

"Yes. I was just thinking, that's all."

"That's all right. It's getting late, so maybe we should go inside." Tohru suggested.

Kaiya nodded, "Yes, I'm feeling quite tired myself" Kaiya let out a large cat-like yawn to prove her point.

"We can talk some more tomorrow if you like." Tohru said, offering her a warm smile. Kaiya nodded and returned the smile. The two girls exited down from the roof and just as they were going into Tohru's room, Yuki suddenly stopped Kaiya in the hallway.

"Can I talk to you for a second?" He asked, whispering into her ear. She nodded and turned to look at Tohru.

"I'll be there in a few minutes, okay?" She said and after seeing Tohru go into the bedroom and shut the door quietly, Kaiya sighed and tiptoed back down the hallway where Yuki was leaning against a wall.

Kaiya walked up to him, "Yes. How may I help you?" She asked with a sarcastic smirk on her face. Yuki quickly pulled her to him, but not so much that she would cause him to transform.

He bent down a placed a soft kiss against her forehead, "I missed you so much. Why were you away for so long?" Yuki said, his violet eyes seeming to be full of nothing but concern for her.

"Yuki…" She began, "I told once before that we cannot be together like this." Kaiya said, speaking softly to him and attempted to push away from his partial embrace, "You know what Akito might do if he discovers that we are together again."

Yuki placed a pale finger to her lips to quiet her, "I don't care what he thinks or does to me. What matters is that you stay away from him. After you left, I thought that I would never lean to smile again, but then Tohru came along…" His speech was cut off as he embraced her fully now not caring as he soon transformed, and appeared as a small rat in her hands, "Tohru made me realize that I wanted to live again."

The now small rat in her hands continued, "Though, I can never get pass the fact that I only feel that she is like a sister to me, but then when I found out you came back…"

Yuki paused again.

He was lost for words. He couldn't begin to describe just how much joy had re-discovered once Kaiya had returned into the lives of the Sohma. The question on everyone's mind though was, whether her return was for the good or the bad.