A/N: I am soo, sooo sorry, folks! Gah! I need to update like mad! Grr…stupid Kou-chan! Anyway, thanks for reviewing, all of you!

CeTe: Yeah, he pretty much dug his own grave. Poor Yuki. I haven't really considered about putting Kanone in…hm, I'll think about it. Thanks for reviewing.

Red Kitsune Flames: Um…I don't think love is the right word to go with here….try obsessed. Thanks for reviewing.

Kazuya Arsashi008: Hehe, thanks a lot! Yes, Momiji-chan is really, really adorable! (hugs Momi-chan) Thanks for reviewing!

Evil Twins INC: Heh, laugh away. And thanks, I tried to keep them in character to the best of my ability! Thanks for reviewing!

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Rio looked up at her friend as she walked beside him. "Are you ok, Eyes?" she questioned quietly.

Rutherford made no comment as he glared behind his shades.

Rio kept trying to make conversation to take his mind of recent events. "Um…Oh! Guess what?" she bounced happily around the stoic Brit., careful not to get in his way as he walked.

"What is it, Rio?" Eyes sighed.

"I got you something for your birthday!" she smiled.

Eyes stopped walking. In the midst of all the confusion and concerts he had scheduled, he had forgotten that today was the day of September eighteenth.

"Don't tell me you forgot your own birthday!" Rio yelped, a frown tugging at her lips.

"…It…slipped my mind." Eyes said softly. "It doesn't matter anyway." He paused, looking to the sidewalk beneath his boots. 'Not when we've only two years left….' He thought to himself. "Let's go, Rio."

"But, Eyes! Why doesn't it matter? Rio fell in step with the teen as he continued to walk.

"You've forgotten about or curse, haven't you? The curse that our father chose to set upon us. We're Blade Children, Rio….and as such, we don't have much time to live. We'll…we'll no longer be ourselves. He reminded the short girl.

"All the more reason to enjoy what little remains of life we have…" Rio whispered sadly.

"A curse, huh?"

Eyes and Rio glanced back to see Kyo sitting on a wall behind them. "What's it matter? Go away." Rio frowned, annoyed that they were being followed.

Yuik walked up to his cousin, pushing him back to fall into the bushes.

"Hey! Ow! Aaaahh, there's thorns!" Kyo cried, scrambling to get out of the mess of thorns that surrounded him.

"I want to apologize." Yuki looked to his idol. "I….I'm sorry…for doing that to you. I just…don't know what came over me."

Eyes glared at the boy, not believing a word of it. "I'm sure you are." He muttered, then turned, continuing to walk forward.

Yuki stood there, speechless. Then it hit him. "Wait, you have a curse, too?" he realized. For once, some of Kyo's rantings had proved useful!

"Leave us alone." Rio replied, instantly being quieted by her friend.

"Too? Are you implying that you're one of the Blade Children?" Eyes questioned the boy.

"One of the what?" Yuki frowned. "No, I'm," he glanced at Kyo, who had gotten free of the thorny prison, and was now covered in cuts and scrapes. "We're cursed with the animals of the Zodiac." He explained, getting weird looks from both the Blade Children. "Um….It's like this. When we're hugged by the opposite sex, by people who aren't cursed members of the Zodiac, we turn into animals….for Kyo, it could be a cat, since he's been possessed by the spirit of the cat. There are twelve of us, and we all chance into one of the twelve animals…." He explained.

Rio and Eyes stares at Yuki like he had just grown two extra heads. "Okaaay." Rio spoke. "And I'm Tinkerbell, and Eyes here is Santa Clause." She smirked.

"I'm serious." Yuki said to the girl.

Kyo frowned. "Ok, then…what's your curse if you don't believe us?"

"It's none of your concern." Eyes spoke up.

"Well, we're making it our concern, you arrogant asshole!" Kyo yelled, rushing at the ever-calm Brit.

Wrong move.

Before Yuki could even blink, Eyes side-stepped the cat and twisted his arm painfully behind his back, driving Kyo to his knees.

"Aaaahhh! Ok, ok! Let go, damn you!" Kyo yelped in pain. His cries went ignored by the Blade Child, who drew his arm up even more.

"Don't think you can try to attack me and get away with it, cat!" Eyes shoved Kyo forward, releasing his grip on the teen as he fell forward. He instantly regained his calm composure and looked at Yuki. "If you really must know, meet me at the Grande Hotel after the concert. It's far too dangerous to tell you out here."

"But I don't have a ticket." Yuki sighed.

Eyes reached into his coat pocket, pulling out three extra tickets and tossing them to Yuki.

"Eyes…." Rio looked up to her British friend. "Were those the tickets you had saved for Ryoko, Kousuke, and me?" she asked.

"No." Eyes spoke, turning his attention back to Yuki. "Feel free to invite whoever you wish…just don't expect any autographs." He told him, walking off with Rio close behind.

A/N: (sigh) sorry this took so long to get up! I just have so many things to work on! Anyway, leave a review, please! Ciao!