"You stay the hell away from me!" Kyo's words were lost in a torrent of screeches. Pink stood out everywhere, the walls the furniture, almost everything was pink. Kyo backed up against the wall of his new room. His fur bristling and his tail fluffing out. In front of him loomed the terror that was known as Ivy.

"Here now Peaches dear, come here for mommy." She cooed to him with a sweet nothing smile.

"When hell freezes over! You little—" Ivy snatched him by the scruff of the neck and held him on his back. She held clutched in one grubby little hand, clothes. Doll clothes.

"Here Peachy-weaches! Mommy has nice new clothes for her little boy!" Kyo's screams were muffled by the fabric she was sliding over his body. Kyo sat in a stunned amazement. Colors flew. Reds and whites and blues and pinks. Ivy held him away from her, holding him under the arms, to gaze upon her work.

Kyo was dressed in a small pink dress that had frills at the ends and a dipping neckline. It was adorned with red and white sequins, one would assume, Ivy glued on herself. If that weren't bad enough, she had tied a blue bonnet around his head forming a cup around his ears. The indignity was starting to get to Kyo. It reminded him a bit of how he'd laughed when Yuki had worn a dress, if Yuki could see him now…

"What in all hells! Ah! Damn it I can't get this stuff off!" He clawed and tore against Ivy, but his little body couldn't muster up enough strength. In one swift motion she had strapped him down into a very uncomfortable position. He struggled and fought, but still Ivy held him fast.

"Now now Mr. Peaches! You'll get all messy for tea! We have to look nice when mommy's friends come over!" She squeezed him close to her cutting off his circulation. Kyo was thrown into a baby doll stroller and fastened in tightly. There was no way he could escape. Ivy went to push the stroller around, with a triumphant air about her. Kyo could imagine her now, sneering at her pet's stupidity. He wanted almost nothing more than to claw her face off.

That was when he realized it. He had just thought there was something he wanted more. What was… "Tohru…."

"Miss Molly to see Miss Ivy." Jeffery moved in a swift manner to allow the large wooden doors to swing open. Through them entered a rather short girl, with reddish hair and huge light blue eyes. Molly.

"Good afternoon Jeffery. Have you seen Danny around?"

"Yes Miss, I think he was in the library last."

"Thank you Jeffery." She replied in a low casual tone. Jeffery moved off to the kitchen. Molly saw her chance and took it, she ran to the library.

"Hmm, let's see here now, cooking, no gardening, erg! I can't find it!" Danny's protest echoed out to the halls. He lowered himself off of a tall oak ladder and jumped down off the last step. He whirled around as he heard the large doors click shut. He was face to face with a large pair of blue eyes. He screamed and reeled back, he really didn't need this now.

"Hi Danny!" chorused Molly.

"Er, hi Molly. Shouldn't you go up and see Ivy? She's uh, in her room."

"No, I'm sure Ivy will come downstairs soon enough, I wanted to see you Danny." She shifted her hands behind her back and rocked back and forth slightly on her toes.

"No, I insist, it's just a dank old library down here, why not go play with Ivy?" He backed up, she was starting to creep him out.

"Danny, I'm starting to think you're avoiding me…" She cast a dejected look downwards. Danny couldn't help but feel the slightest bit of pity for her.

"No that's not it. I just don't think you'd enjoy spending time in the library when Ivy has been waiting for you."

"You like it when I come to visit you?" She looked up into his eyes and a small smile formed on her face.

"Umm," he wasn't sure how to respond to this, "sure Molly." He backed up a bit more.

"Oh really Danny!" And in that instant she was as quick as any jumping spider. She jumped up and latched onto his waist hugging him in a deathly tight embrace. He tried to pull her off but she was too tightly attached. This kid was psycho!

"Molly! Ech, I can't breathe!" He gasped for air, but still the girl wouldn't stop hugging him. "Ivy just got a new pet!" He managed to say shortly before his circulation was about to be cut off. She released him.

"Ooo! Well I ought to go see Ivy, bye Danny!" She somewhat sang the last part and blew him a kiss before shutting the grand library doors. He stared until the last of the light from the halls was cut off by the door.

Thudding up the stair Molly reached Ivy's room. She knocked lightly on the door.

"Who is it? I'm busy!" Ivy screeched from within the room.

"I thought you wanted me to come over!" Molly huffed.

"Oh, I'm sorry Molly, I thought it was Jeffrey, he always wants me to come to lunch around this time." Molly eased the door open and slid the stroller holding Kyo into a hidden corner of the room. Molly looked around, she could see there had been an addition to her friend's room. Now there was a big section of the room fenced in and furnished with new items.

"Ivy, Danny said you finally got your new pet!" She searched for traces of what kind of animal it was but finding none turned back to face Ivy.

"Oh did he?" she mused, "well….. he was true! I have my new pet!"

"Can I se it Ivy pleeeeeaaaaase?" Molly somewhat whined.

"Guess what it is!" Ivy was just teasing Molly now, Molly had no pets of her own her mother was allergic to them.

"Ohh, umm, a dog?"

"No."

"A cat?"

"Yes! Now, guess whether it's a girl or boy." Molly stumbled over this for a minute.

"A girl cat?"

"NoOoooOOooo," Ivy sang out.

"Then it must be a boy cat!"

"Yes! Now guess what color he is!"

"Ivy! C'mon! Just let me see him already!" She was getting impatient with Ivy's games.

"Alright," she moved the stroller out in Ivy's view, "presenting, Peaches!" She spun the stroller right into Molly's face.

"Aww Ivy! He's too cute! Little Mister Peaches!" She wiggled his paws with her fingers.

"Not more of them, I can't take much more of this!" Kyo was dismayed, he realized this meant his chances of escape were slowly decreasing.

"Want to play dollhouse with him?" Molly suggested.

"Oo! Splendid idea Molly, he can be the daddy, or the baby, I don't know."

"Miss Ivy! Miss Molly! Tea shall be served shortly!" Jeffery yelled for them to hear.

"Aww, it's time for lunch, but I want to play with Peaches!" Molly whimpered.

"It's okay, we'll just come right back after lunch and we can start our game. Come on lets go before food gets cold." She dragged Molly out of the room stopping only to shut off the light behind her.

Kyo was left alone, in a dark room, tied to a stroller. "I can't get free!" He was starting to panic, he hated being left alone in the dark, and it was one of the only things that managed to spook him. He shut his eyes tightly and tried to forget. He thought of Tohru. The last time he had been alone in the dark she had found him.

It hadn't even been long ago. He had gotten himself locked out of the house at night and fell asleep on the front porch. Tohru had come out looking for him and seeing him slowly bent over him and looked into his face. She had gone and gotten a blanket for him and then she herself had slept on the porch too, so he wouldn't be alone. He had awoken in the morning to see her there, sleeping, staying out in the cold, to watch over him. He had brushed her hair lightly before returning to the unlocked house. Why was he thinking about Tohru?

Something moved in Ivy's room the door began to open. Was it Ivy returning?