Disclaimer: I do not own Samurai Deeper Kyo nor Fruits Basket.

III

"What?" Yuya looked up at Kyoshiro, blinking her eyes in confusion. "Is this...normal?"

Akira squirmed out of Yuya's arms that clutched him and the demon-eyed cat tightly against her body. He jumped on her shoulder and nodded. "Yes...I'm afraid it is Shiina-san. Well...somewhat." It was exactly what Yuya didn't need to hear.

"Wh-what? He talks too?" Her eyes looked like they were about to spring out of their sockets. Th-this can't be happening!

"Well, that doesn't seem at all surprising. I mean, he is still human." Kyoshiro remarked, index finger pointing to the ceiling matched with a way too cheerful face for the occasion.

"Will you two just shut up?" The room suddenly became completely silent when the harsh voice spoke. Yuya looked down at the cat that was squirming to get out of her grip. "And let go of me, dogface!" He got tired of his struggling and decided to take more violent actions such as scratching and biting his way out, causing Yuya to shout out in pain and release him. She fell to her knees and began nursing the small scratch marks left upon her skin, slight traces of blood seeping through a deeper cut.

"Kyo! What the hell do you think you're doing!" Akira pointed an accusing paw in the cat's direction.

"Well, who got us into this mess anyway?" Kyo's anger erupted as he barred his fangs at the small, furry animal who dared to place the blame on him for this situation. His question however remained unanswered, only receiving a glare from Akira with the shattered table and half of the ceiling lying in a heap behind him. "You know what...just shut the hell up." Right when Kyo turned around a giant cloud of smoke appeared and that familiar 'poof' sound echoed in the house. As the fog began to fade however...

"AHHHH!" Yuya turned around, immediately covering her eyes from the scene she almost completely witnessed. Kyo and Akira quickly gathered their clothing and immediately slipped them back on (they seem to be prepared for situations like these, so they've grown rather quick with putting on their clothes).

"Eheheheheheh..." Kyoshiro began to wave his arms, a teardrop forming along the right side of his head. "Yuya-san, perhaps we should discuss this over a pot of tea." He turned to face Akira. "Akira-san?"

"What now? I'm kind of busy." Akira grunted, sparks emitting from his forehead expressing the tension created between him and Kyo due to this event. Suddenly Akira noticed Yuya kneeling on the ground, staring blankly at them just like when she held Akira and Kyo, in animal form, before Kyoshiro. "Oh, Shiina-san, you are injured." He walked into a room and came out with a damp cloth and bandages. He began cleaning and sealing her wounds. Every now and then he would glance at the culprit, anger apparent in his expression. Yuya simply sat there glancing at her arm, Akira, and then sneaking a quick peek at the man leaning against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest. His unusual blood red hair slightly covered his face as he allowed his head to dip down, eyes closed. When he'd feel her eyes upon him he would look up and glare at her as if it were wrong to even sneak a peek at him after what happened. "Does it hurt anymore, Shiina-san?"

Yuya jumped slightly at the sudden question and simply answered with a slight shake of her head. Her left hand brushed against Akira's bandaging work, as she slightly lifted her head to look at his face, "Thank you."

A struggled laugh caused Yuya, Akira, and Kyo to face Kyoshiro's direction in curiosity. Kyoshiro stood staring at the mess caused by the sudden intrusion from Kyo, his palm pressed firmly against his forehead. "It seems we have a bit of explaining to do."

"Yeah, how about, don't you know how to use a door?" The visible tension between Akira and Kyo recommenced as they lowered their eyebrows and shot electric signals between one another's foreheads.

"That's not what I meant, but that matter will be discussed another time." Kyoshiro looked down at Yuya still sitting in confusion and shock on the floor. "Yuya-san, can you manage to keep a secret?"

Yuya looked up at him, eyes wide open, and nodded in response.

"Don't tell anyone that this here egg is my illegitimate child which you adopted since you lost your own!" He seemed to freakishly float in the air, with a sparkly rainbow backdrop, presenting the egg before her. "There is no need to thank me! And please! Do not blame Kyo for the death of your child! It is not his fault he doesn't know how to operate a simple device such as a door!"

"Just shut...the hell...up." Kyo's eyebrow began to twitch in irritation.

"Oh no! The egg!" Yuya looked about frantically when suddenly she came across a sticky orange-white spot that dripped slowly from her hand when she lifted it away. "Oh no! Now I'll never graduate high school!"

"Eh...I don't think you'll fail high school over something as simple as an egg, Yuya-san. We'll explain the whole situation to the teacher and she'll understand." Akira began to pat Yuya on the back reassuringly, giving her a towel to wipe her hands with.

"Yeah, we'll tell them that you turned into a rat and I turned into a cat because the ceiling spontaneously collapsed. It's a perfectly understandable reason, alright." Kyo's sarcasm wasn't all that bad, but mixed with a harsh tone like his made it sound more like a threat than a simple statement.

"Uh uhm..." Yuya began to wave her arms around in an attempt to get someone's, anyone's, attention.

"Ceiling don't spontaneously collapse when morons don't know how to use a front door." Akira jumped up balling his hands into a pair of fists.

"Hey...guys?" Yuya waved her arms higher and faster.

"Stop with the door remarks! Besides, whose ideas was to let her into the house?" Kyo pushed himself away from the wall, making his fists tighter than they already were.

"Guys?" Yuya raised her voice a little louder, but was unmatched by the roaring voices of the out-of-control tempers raging before her. Ehhhh? I still don't understand what's going on. Hoping to get some sense from it all, Yuya turned toward Kyoshiro and asked, "Uhm...Kyoshiro-san?"

"Yes, Yuya-san?" He smiled, completely ignoring the fight that was about to ensue between the two bickering animals (literally) before them.

"Uhm...could you please explain what happened? It seems to be a perfectly normal thing...I mean, Akira-san and Kyo-san transforming into animals and all."

"Not just animals, Yuya-san, but creatures of the Chinese Zodiac."

"Chinese Zodiac? But, I don't remember there being a cat in the zodiac."

Kyoshiro placed his hand below his chin, nodding in response. "Yes, well..." He glanced at Kyo and Akira now throwing punches at one another, smashing up the rest of his house. He sighed, "You'll see."

"Eh?" Yuya blinked. Well, that didn't help. "Uhm, well then, why doesn't Akira-san transform at school?"

"Oh, members of the zodiac only transform when hugged by a member of the opposite sex. For example you must've accidentally come in some sort of contact similar to a hug with both Akira-san and Kyo-san to trigger the transformation."

"Members of the zodiac? You mean there are more?"

"Yep. I for example am a member as well. Can you guess what animal I am?" Kyoshiro pointed to himself with his right thumb, winking at her as if it were a clue of some sort. "Well, to save you trouble, I'm the dog."

"So, whenever someone hugs a member of the zodiac, they turn into their specified animal? So, if someone were to hug you, you'd turn into a dog?"

Kyoshiro nodded, a smile making its way across his face. In a second he was mere inches away from her face, cupping her chin with his fingers. "Do you like dogs, Yuya-san?" Immediately he fell to the ground, two angry fists waving in the air belonging to both Akira and Kyo.

"Uh..." Yuya looked up and blinked at the attackers (or were they defenders?). "So, why is it that you change into these characters of the zodiac?"

"It's a family curse." Yuya looked up at Akira whose face suddenly darkened in contempt. "It's been around for as long as we can remember."

"And...is there no way to break it?" Yuya's sudden question caught everyone off guard. This caused a small smile to emerge from the darkness that engulfed Akira's face.

"If there was a way, we would have broken it a long time ago. We've tried so many things...but to no avail."

Yuya stood up, determination glowing in her eyes. "Then I will break it! I mean, you don't even know why you are cursed! You were just born that way, right?"

Akira, Kyo, and Kyoshiro stared at her wonderingly, Kyoshiro still rubbing the spot that Akira and Kyo simultaneously pounded with their fists. What a strange girl...just maybe...we could...

Kyoshiro stood up, nodding. "I take it that you will keep our secret, Shiina Yuya-san?"

Yuya aimed her determined, emerald eyes at Kyoshiro, gripping her arm that was bandaged tightly. She nodded, "I promise that I will keep your curse a secret."

Author's note:

Eep! That was longer than the rest...I wanted to introduce another character into this one, but I wanted to at least explain the curse somewhat, so I didn't get to...vv I hope I didn't go too much into detail, or even worse, too little. I like writing fan fiction; it's fun! I'll update the story soon! Let me know how I'm doing okay?

I realize that Yuya is slipping out of character. Does that bother anyone? I wanted to kind of combine Tohru Honda and Yuya Shiina into one, but it seems Tohru's personality and introversion is taking over. But I defintitely will not make her as naive or spacey as Tohru, so no fear!

Oh! And thank you for the reviews so far: Rin Amaru, Indigo Flames, and Hyper Kid! I'm glad you're enjoying it

I also have another crossover with Samurai Deeper Kyo, but this one is with Naruto I'm unsure if I should post it though. It has a lot more action in it. Let me know if you guys are interested. It actually has characters from both series in it. It's not like this story's type of crossover at all.