IMPORTANT Author's note: Okay. I have a slight obsession with lemon and yaoi, and happen to read a lot of it. You're probably thinking, 'alrighty then, I'm slightly disturbed now. Why the heck is she telling us?'. Well, in this chapter, Shawna and Kyou get to talking, and their discussion happens to turn... slightly sexual. It's nothing too bad (I'm putting the reins on myself) because this fic is rated T. But if something like that makes you uncomfortable, skip this chapter and there will be a summary of it at the beginning of the next one. And, while I'm here, sorry it took so long to get this out. length was a request I got, and the others are my standard length, which is not so long, so I wrote two chapters and compiled them and Ta-Da! Chapter seven! So, enjoy.

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The weeks passed uneventfully, with me and Kyou trying out or new- found romance hesitantly. Neither of us were used to this kind of relationship, so it took some getting used to. It was difficult to explain to everyone about our relationship, and frankly, we almost didn't want to tell them. So, we settled for a while with only Dean and Lilah knowing of our relationship. Apparently, Dean was the only one who noticed that Kyou 'worshiped the very ground I walked on'.

I noticed new friendships forming among my two groups of friends, and I was relieved. The two groups seemed almost afraid of each other at first, but now they were talking and laughing and discussing the similarities and differences between our families. We'd all also come around to forgiving Kaia for her heinous crime of tattling.

But then we made the horrible mistake of leaving Kaia alone in the kitchen to make dinner. The incidents that followed this incredibly stupid action was chaos and destruction.

"OH MY GOD!" Dean screamed at his sister as I stared at our house.

"Dean-" Kaia said meekly.

"YOU FUCKING BURNED DOWN THE HOUSE! DON'T YOU 'DEAN' ME! WHERE THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO LIVE NOW!" Dean, who was usually all smiles and teases, had totally lost his cool when he and I returned home to find it burning to the ground, and kaia sitting in a huddled mass near the smoldering remains.

"Dean." I said, my ice mask falling over my face. I would cry if I didn't put it up, I was sure. Now we would have to move out of Japan. I just knew we wouldn't be able to find another house that accommodates our 'special' needs. We couldn't just live in the middle of the city and risk weather conditions and such affecting us so we transform where prying eyes could see.

"Yeah Shawna?" Dean stopped his mad-man rant long enough to look at me.

I stepped in between him and Kaia (who was still huddled on the ground) and brought my fingers down in between our faces like I was meditating. "Relax and collect your chi or something. Just stop yelling. Your pissing me off and giving me a headache." I said in a slow, commanding tone. Then I turned to Kaia and extended my hand to help her up. "Get up. What were you doing while we were gone?" I made an extreme effort to control my voice and remove all expletives from that sentence.

Kaia took my offered hand and stood up. Sniffling, she said "I- I was trying to make sushi..."

Dean, who had been attempting to meditate, lost all control and began to scream his head off. I on the other hand, just stood there for a second then burst out laughing. "Wha- what's so funny?" Kaia stuttered. I just shook my head and sat on the floor. The laughter was as much laughing because the way Kaia had burned down the house as well as trying to get out all the fear, horror, and anger without hurting anything.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TOO COOK ANYTHING TO MAKE SUSHI! IT'S SERVED COLD! RAW FISH!" Dean screamed. This sentence was followed by a list of expletives that probably deemed him a place in hell.

"But- but I was boiling water." Kaia said in a weak defense.

"WE HAVE AND ELECTRIC STOVE! THERE IS NO FIRE!" I thought that Dean was going to bust that vein on his forehead.

Kaia opened and closed her mouth like a fish out of water. And that was how Shoji found us. And he promptly broke down into hysterical laughter, joining me on the ground, then informed us he had been thinking about remodeling anyway, and this was just the house's way of telling him that it wanted to be remodeled, too.

We checked into a hotel with Shoji all smiles, Dean looking murderess, Kaia looking pathetic, Jesse looking annoyed and me looking like I didn't know I f I should laugh or cry. We went to school the next day with the same expressions on our faces, making it obvious that something was wrong and it was Kaia's fault again.

I left Dean and Kaia to explain to anyone who asked, while following Kyou outside, noticing his beckoning motion as he slipped out the door. "What's up?" I said, as I ran up to him.

Kyou turned around, grabbed me, and kissed me. When he pulled back, he looked at my face, concerned, as I stared at him in shock. He never really started our kisses, and we were on open ground. Any one could see us. "Tell me how to wipe away that sad face." He said, tenderly tucking my hair behind my ear.

I hesitated for a moment, but then pulled Kyou into our secret garden and informed him of our little situation. He understood the danger of living in the city, because the Sohmas live in the wilderness as well.

"So you'll live with us." Kyou said like it was nothing.

"What?" I asked, shocked.

"Well, we are already housing Tohru, what's another three or four people?" Kyou gave me one of the smiles specially reserved for me.

"But what about Yuki and Tohru?" I asked. "Won't they mind?"

"Tohru will love the idea, so we'll tell her first. Then we'll get her to help us convince Yuki. He can't say no to her. Once we're all on board, it won't be hard to convince Shigure to allow you to stay. He can't say no to Tohru either." Kyou reasoned.

"But what about space? Is your house big enough?" I asked.

"What, do you NOT want to come live with me?" Kyou looked hurt for a moment, then answered. "Kaia could bunk with Tohru, Jesse with Yuki, Shoji and Dean with Shigure, and you with me."

"I do, I just don't want you to get in trouble, that's all." I replied. "And, don't you think that the relationship we're trying so hard to hide will be made quite obvious if we sleep in the same room?"

"Don't worry, Mom, I can keep my hands to myself. And it's the only way to fit you guys into the house. There is noway we could fit both you and Kaia into Tohru's room. Why'd you guys have to have so many girls? We only have one." Kyou retorted.

"It's not your hands I'm worried about," I gave a discrete look down, then continued. "And we only have one more girl in our house that you do!" I stuck out my tongue.

"That's just cruel. You think I can't control my hormones?" Kyou pretended to look hurt.

"I don't think. I know." I replied, with a wicked smile.

"And what do you base this accusation on?" Kyou shot back.

I made my face all serious (which took effort, because of what I was about to say), looked Kyou in the eyes, and said "Kyou, the reason I am worried about sleeping in the same room as you is that I'm not sure I would be able to control myself. I would most likely end up jumping you, and screwing you silly."

I saw his eyes widen. I stepped back (I'd gotten rather close for effect), and looked down at his crotch. Sure enough, there was a slight bulge. He turned bright red when he realized where I was looking, and what I had just tested.

"That, love, is what I base my accusation on. I didn't even have to touch you, or myself for that matter- not that I would. By the way, that wasn't true. I have self control. I wouldn't jump you, unless to beat you up. Now I'd go take care of that before it becomes noticeable if I were you." I smirked.

Kyou glared at me, then rushed off, presumably to the men's room. I laughed. It was fun torturing Kyou like that. May be I should do it more often. Now, on to the next thing. How to convince Tohru that Shoji, Dean, Kaia, and myself moving in with them was a good idea...

I walked to the school building in search of Tohru five minutes later, figuring I'd just say it was Kyou's idea. I found Tohru standing with my other friends, and she rushed over to me when she saw me.

"Oh! Shawna, I heard what happened! I'm so so sorry!" Tohru exclaimed.

"Oh, you heard." I said, trying to sound surprised. 'Well, Kyou and I were talking about it and he suggested something, and he was going to run it by you, but he had some... issues and had to go to the bathroom, so I came instead."

"What idea?" Tohru asked, her face open and caring.

"Well, he suggested that we move in with you guys. I didn't think you guys would go for it, but he insisted we ask." I replied.

Tohru just stared at me for a second. Then she jumped and hugged me. "Yes yes yes! That would be awesome! It would be so much fun to have more girls around the house! I'll help you convince Yuki and Shigure! Yay!" She did a little dance-jump thingie, then ran over and grabbed Yuki's arm, dragging him back to me.

"Uh..." I said slowly. Yuki and I hadn't really talked since he found out that I was the cat from my family. "Hi." I muttered, hesitantly.

"Kyou and Shawna came up with this really great idea, Yuki!" Tohru bounced.

"What?" Yuki asked.

"Well, they thought that maybe Shawna's family could move in with our family. Please please please? It would be so much fun! And I'm getting tired of being the only girl in the house." Tohru begged.

Yuki stared at her for a moment then said, "I don't see why not. Curna-san is welcome in our home." He smiled at me. Relieved, I smiled back. He didn't hate me because I was the cat.

"Yay!" Tohru cried again. I couldn't help but smile at how happy she seemed at this idea. "Now all that's left is convincing Shigure!"

"I don't think Shigure will mind." Yuki laughed, also amused with Tohru's excitement.

Tohru skipped away happy as could be. Yuki and I stood next to each other, watching her. "I could see where she would get kinda lonely without any other girls in the house." I said softly. "I just hope she doesn't expect me to be of much help. I don't know how to be girly." I suddenly realized that it was Yuki I was talking to, and not Kyou, and shut my mouth. I didn't know how my different emotions and feelings would hit him. I couldn't risk showing him my gentler side. I pulled back inside my shell.

Yuki looked at me strangely. "Talk to me." Was all he said, though.

"What?" I was genuinely confused, and accidentally let it flash across my face for a moment.

"What you said. You seemed like you were actually telling me your true feelings. Not that crap you feed the world." Yuki was still looking at me with that strange look on his face.

"What the hell?" I asked, kinda freaking out inside.

"I can tell when someone is feeding me bullshit. After all, that's what I've been doing for as long as I can remember." Yuki then shrugged and the look left his face. "All I'm saying is that if you need someone to talk to, you can talk to me." Then he walked away to join the others. After a moment, I joined them, too. Maybe I had the wrong impression of Yuki. 'Maybe some time I'll take him up on that offer...' I thought.

And so, we settled into our new lives in Shigure Sohma's house with the help of a very cute and persuasive Tohru Honda. She's a miracle worker, I'm telling you.