Lilah had said that i could lay off on following Shawna around a bit. That gave me more time to become friendly with people. My main goal was to become romantically involved with a hottie. Preferably Kyou. His sullenness was so intriguing. I also got particularly close with one Yuki Sohma. He almost seemed like Shawna to me. Locking all his emotions inside, only he always smiled instead of always being grumpy. I decided it would be my personal goal to make Yuki open up. I was glad everyone was on good terms with me again, too.

But then it happened. I made a mistake that only I can make, and even I don't know how I did it.

"OH MY GOD!" Dean screamed at me as I cowered away from him on the ground while Shawna just stared at the house.

"Dean-" I started, meekly. He was seriously pissed.

"YOU FUCKING BURNED DOWN THE HOUSE! DON'T YOU 'DEAN' ME! WHERE THE HELL ARE WE SUPPOSED TO LIVE NOW!" He was out of reach. There was no way I could calm him down, short of calling a whole bunch of boars to run him over, and if he kept yelling at me, I would.

"Dean." Shawna's voice was the ice princess voice, and she said the word so calmly, like nothing was wrong. That was scarier than Dean's yelling.

"Yeah Shawna?" Dean's face went back to it's normal color and he turned to look at Shawna. She stepped in between me and him, and did that hand motion he used often when he was meditating.

"Relax and collect your chi or something. Just stop yelling. Your pissing me off and giving me a headache." She said it like she was going to kill anyone who didn't listen to her. Not surprisingly, Dean sat down and began meditating. Then she turned to me. At first I thought she was going to yell at me, too, but she just held out her hand to help he stand. "Get up. What were you doing while we were gone?"

I took her hand and stood, then wiped my eyes and sniffled before I responded, "I- I was trying to make sushi..."

Dean leapt up and began yelling again. So much for meditation. Shawna blinked at me, then started laughing hysterically, tears streaming from her cheeks, clutching her stomach, and fell to the floor.

"Wha- what's so funny?" I had no idea what was going on.

"YOU DON'T HAVE TOO COOK ANYTHING TO MAKE SUSHI! IT'S SERVED COLD! RAW FISH!" Dean screamed. Well, no duh. I had to boil water for the rice, didn't I?

"But- but I was boiling water." I said. I knew it wasn't going to calm him, but it was the truth.

"WE HAVE AND ELECTRIC STOVE! THERE IS NO FIRE!" I didn't know how to answer that one. And then Shoji arrived, and saw us, got the explanation, and joined Shawna on the floor, laughing.

"I wanted to remodel, and... this is just the house's way of saying that it's time. Don't worry about it, Kai Kai." Shoji said, patting my head affectionately. He was being really nice, but I still felt bad. Where were we going to live?

An hour later, we checked into a hotel, and I spent the rest of the night awake and hiding from Dean, afraid he would murder me in my sleep. The next day, our friends could figure out that something was wrong and Uotani even went to me, "What did you do, CG2?" She had started calling me Curna, but the fact that there was three Curnas kinda hindered that, so she called Shawna CG1 (Curna Girl 1), me CG2 (Curna Girl 2), and Dean CB (Curna Boy). Dean and I explained, because Shawna had disappeared off somewhere, and so had Kyou.

Then Tohru went running off, and I watched her run up to Shawna, listen for a second, then start jumping around and hugging Shawna. "oookay..." I muttered. Then Tohru ran over and grabbed Yuki, dragging him back to Shawna. They talked some, then he nodded and smiled, while Tohru jumped around some more. Tohru skipped back to us and I watched Yuki and Shawna standing next to each other watching Tohru. I drifted away from my friends and towards them. I could hear their soft conversation as I approached. "I could see where she would get kinda lonely without any other girls in the house. I just hope she doesn't expect me to be of much help. I don't know how to be girly." Suddenly Shawna clammed up. Yuki looked at her strangely.

"Talk to me." Was all he said, though he looked like he wanted to say more.

"What?" Shawna looked confused.

"What you said. You seemed like you were actually telling me your true feelings. Not that crap you feed the world." Yuki replied.

"What the hell?" I could tell Shawna looked kind of freaked out.

"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." This was the kind of thing I had been trying to get out of Yuki. There was silence and then Yuki wandered away from Shawna when I intercepted him.

"Hey, Yuki, what's going on?" I asked.

"You guys are coming to live with us." He actually gave me a genuine smile.

My eyes widened, more at the smile than the news. "Really?" I asked.

"Yeah." He smiled at me again and I couldn't help but say "You should do that more often, Yuki."

"What?" It was his turn to look confused.

"Smile like that. You don't usually." I smiled at him the most supportive smile I could muster. He looked surprised, and opened his mouth slightly, but I cut him off. "You should let your true emotions shine through. You don't always have to please everybody. If they don't like you for you, fuck 'em. They don't deserve to be your friend."

"But what if even you no longer like me?" Yuki said softly. I was shocked. He was admitting to keeping everything bottled inside?

"Hey, I'm usually the one who everyone gets pissed at, remember?" I said. "Why don't you show me the real you sometime? I promise to keep an open mind."

"Maybe sometime." Yuki smiled at me again, with the same radiance as before. I smiled back and we made our way back to our partying friends.

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Damn, it's early. I hate having to get up, but felt really lazy when Tohru bounced out of the room. I stumbled my way to the kitchen just in time to hear Shawna yell, "Cruel, cruel! I call cruelty to kitties!"

It's too damn early to be that loud... "I call being really loud really early in the morning." I yawned out. Shawna glanced at me and her face fell into the mask of ice again, then she turned back to the stove.

"You know, your lucky." Dean's voice was soft, and I don't think he thought anyone but Kyou could hear him. "She usually doesn't act like that with anyone but me and Lilah, which is why she and I get up so early. She doesn't accept people easily. Most of her family has been rejected by her. So... It's just weird, seeing her act like that when someone else is near. But it's good. Maybe she's finally begun to heal. Maybe you accomplished what Lilah and I have been trying to do for four years now. If so, thank you. It's painful to watch someone you love hurt, you know?"

"I... I know." Was all Kyou said. Shawna turned around then and handed them both plates, then gave me a plate.

"Um..." Kyou was staring at the plate with a look of pure an utter confusion.

"Kyou, let me introduce you to the fork. In America, we had food from every country, so we needed utensils that would suit all. Most foods my talented cousin makes, you will need to use a fork, knife, and spoon. No chopsticks." Dean said, laughing. I couldn't help but smile as well.

"There are more on the stove. Dean, I leave you to educate anyone else who comes in. I'm gonna take a shower." Shawna stomped off in her usual huff.

After a few minutes, Tohru and Yuki entered and we all enjoyed a pretty damn good breakfast of pancakes, and an entertaining show of Yuki walking into walls.

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Author's note: Hi, guys. What do you all not love me anymore? I made this sequel because you asked me to, and now you don't leave any comments? I'm hurt! I love hearing your input, but I'm not getting any! It almost makes me want to stop writing! Please, please, please, keep commenting! I miss you guys! -Dark Kitti (meow)