I was up before Tohru; Yuki had dug out all of our things while we were asleep. Sadly our cloths were all dirty so I had nothing to change into. However dirty cloths were the least of our problems, now that the tent was destroyed Tohru and I had no place to live, I was dreading the idea of us having to sleep on park benches.

I groaned, "Oh man, this is so fucked up," I said rubbing my forehead.

Yuki had a startled look on his face; no doubt he's never heard a girl swear before, "Miss Honda…? What's the matter?" he asked.

Before I could answer the door behind me slammed open, revealing Tohru in a sleeping kimono with mum's photo tucked in her arms. She looked confused, and slightly panicked, I really couldn't blame her, we have nowhere to go and we are homeless again.

Yuki smiled at her, "Good morning, how are you feeling today Miss Honda?" Yuki asked.

Tohru looked a little flushed, "I…Um I guess I…" Tohru stuttered.

Yuki just laughed, "I brought your things for you, they are over there," he said pointing in the direction on three paper bags near the door, "I think that is all of them."

Tohru flushed more, no doubt worried that she had caused Yuki a great disturbance and that she was troublesome," Yuki this must have taken you all night."

"Hehe, don't be silly." Yuki said smiling.

"So then… how did you, I mean there was so much," Tohru stuttered.

You smiled secretively, "It's a secret."

Okay… slightly creepy.

I stood up and walked over to Tohru and placed the back of my hand over her forehead, "Hmm… it looks like you fever has broken," I smiled reassuringly at Tohru, "and don't worry, Yuki did it because he wanted to, not because he had to so chill out will ya." I said rubbing my hand on top of her head messing up her brown locks.

"I know the place is dirty…" Yuki said.

"What?" Tohru asked confused.

"And I realise that the idea of living with two strange boy's may be a little awkward, but there is a extra room upstairs you two are welcome to stay there if you like." Yuki offered.

Personally the offer was tempting, thinking about how we might have to live on the streets and sleep on benches made me want to say yes, however we hardly knew Yuki and Shigure and I knew Tohru would feel like we were intruding but we really needed a place to stay.

"Uh, no! No! No! No!" Tohru cried shaking her head, " out of the question," Tohru said huffing and puffing.

"We're not that strange." Said Yuki slightly taken of guard by her response.

"No I didn't mean it like that," Tohru cried still shaking her head, worried that Yuki had taken it the wrong way.

"Of course it wont be free," startled both me and Tohru turned around to face Shigure who had spoken," I do intent to pay you both for your services."

"For our services?" Tohru and I asked confused.

"A our brand new housekeepers!" Shigure sang, " we will just take your things to your room now, I assume your references will all check out," Shigure said as both him and Yuki grabbed our stuff.

"W-Wait!" Tohru cried, "we can't let you do this, not after all the trouble you've gone through already, please it's to much!"

"Miss Honda we are doing this because we want to, you both don't have to worry that it's causing any trouble, and besides where else can you two go?" Yuki said trying to reassure Tohru.

He had a point.

"Alright," I said, "We'll work for you but we won't take your money, well work for room and bored, we already have part time jobs so we don't need money."

"Yay, high school girls are staying with us!" sang dancing up to me, " hey Amy do you mind working in your maid uniform?" he asked half jokingly half seductively.

Surprising everyone I threw my closed fist down onto Shigure head, "Pervert! Pervert! I should call the cops and tell them that the have a pervert in the area and tell them to alert the public!" I said waving my fist at him.

Shigure was currently rolling on the floor crying, his hands cradling his sore head, " Why does everybody hit he?" he cried, "she's just like Kyo, so violent! It must be the orange hair!"

Now me and Tohru might be twins but we looked nothing alike, I guess the technical term is fraternal twins, Tohru gets her looks from dads side of the family while I could pass as mums twin or younger sister, I have the same facial feature as her and I inherited her orange hair and her fiery temper.

"Huh?" I said slightly confused, "Who's Kyo?"

"Oh… nobody." Answered Yuki.

I didn't believe Yuki but I decided not to push it.

Yuki lead us up the stairs, halfway up I realized that my bags were still on the floor in the living room, "Tohru, Yuki I'll be right back I forgot my bags." I said turning around.

"We'll leave the door open so you know which room to go to." Yuki said smiling.

When I got back to the living room Shigure wasn't there, just as I was about to pick up my bags a crash and yelling from upstairs startled me.

"What the-" I said.

Forgetting my bags I ran up the stairs taking three at a time before I was standing behind Shigure and Yuki.

The weirdest thing happened, there was Tohru sitting on the floor surrounded by bits of the roof holding an orange cat, a royally pissed off cat at that.

"Oh no! This is my fault! We've got to take him to the hospital!" Tohru wailed, "The doctors will cure him!"

'What? Did you hit your head Tohru' I thought.

I just stood there looking at Tohru as she got up and started shaking the poor cat, then the next weirdest thing happened a piece of wood fell and landed on Tohru's head, making her fall and land on Yuki and Shigure. There were two poofs of smoke and a dog and a rat were in their place.

"Holy shit!" I said as Shigure and Yuki landed on me.

Tohru scooped them up and bolted down the stairs, I just stood there completely and utterly shocked, I can't believe it, Shigure and Yuki turned into animals, finally getting my bearing I walked down the stairs at a slower pace than when I ran up.

I guess this morning is all about weird things because when I stepped on the ground floor I saw Tohru screaming at the mailman.

"THEY'RE ALL ANIMALS!" Tohru cried.

"Aha- well yes they certainty are." The mailman said.

I walked up to the mailman and took the mail," thank you," I said," and don't worry about her she had a bad dream and is a bit confused." I said smiling while pushing him out the door," Bye! Have a nice day."

"Uh- you to" he said.

The minute the door was closed my smile fell of my face, turning to Tohru I breathed in a bit of air trying to keep my cool, didn't work.

"Tohru think before you say something! You don't go telling people that you made someone turn into a animal," I shouted, " it will get you a one way ticket to the Looney bin!"

Before Tohru could reply the orange cat jumped out of her arms.

"Damn it how am I supposed to come up with an excused if both of you transformed too!" the cat cried, huh I think I am going a little crazy.

"Don't you dare blame this on us you stupid cat." The rat cried, huh it sounded just like Yuki.

"Go ahead and say that again!" the cat yelled, it's fur sticking up.

"St-uh-p-id cat" the Yuki rat said.

"Why you little!" the cat yelled furiously.

"Cut it out the both of you!" the dog yelled… and it sounded like Shigure, knocking the Yuki rat off his head, "anyways it's to late for excuses, we might as well tell them the truth, Amy, Tohru, I'm a dog," I shickered at that and Shigure gave me a look that clearly said not the time for jokes, "Yuki here is a rat." Shigure pointed his snout at the sulking cat in the corner," and that's Kyo, don't let his temper scare you, he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder."

"So this is normal?" Tohru asked, huh weird choice of words. And it looks like Shigure had the same idea as me.

"Strange choice of words, but yes our family has lived with this curse for generations, we turn into the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac," Kyo gave Shigure a look and groaned, "Sorry the twelve animals plus the cat," Shigure corrected himself. "Anyway whenever our body is under a great deal of stress or when we are hugged by a member of the opposite sex we transform, and after a little while we change back, but the own problem is we change back-" there were three poofs of smoke," "But we're completely naked"

Tohru and I whirled around. He story about the second year girl and Yuki made so much more sense now, he was protecting his secret!

After the guy's were dressed we moved the conversation to the dining room table, Kyo sat away from us, sulking.

"Tohru, Amy didn't you two say that you wished you would be cats?" Shigure asked.

"U yeah." Tohru answered.

"What are you getting at?" I asked suspiciously.

Shigure ignored me, "what's it like seeing the real thing?" he asked.

"Yes it's hard to believe, I know and I agree the phrase cat like reflexes doesn't really apply to him, the way he let Tohru fall on him… but he is a cat, probably clumsier than most surprising really considering the amount of martial arts training he's had." Kyo looked like me was going to explode, uh-oh but Shigure continued, "I'm sure he'd tell you himself if he wasn't to busy brooding like a chil-" Kyo snapped.

"Will you shut up!" he shouted, " I told you it's not my fault, if you want to blame somebody blame her!" he said pointing at Tohru. " These two shouldn't even be here."

I was about to give him a peace of my mind but Yuki bet me to it.

"Leave them out of this, who we choose to let in this house is really none of your concern, you're the one not welcome here." I felt my anger for Kyo diminish, what Yuki said was uncalled for and down right mean and insensitive, no wonder Kyo's like that his own family mean to him.

I shove Tohru out of the way when Kyo punched the table, breaking it in half. To bad it hit me instead, normally I'd be pissed off at Kyo but I'm not because I know it's hard to keep control of my temper and what Yuki said had really made Kyo angry but I had a feeling it had also hurt Kyo feelings.

Amy! You're bleeding!" Shigure gasped

That's when I became aware of the trickle of blood running down my face, "Don't worry it's only a small cut I can barely feel it!"

SMACK! Yuki slapped Kyo across the face.

" I knew Kyo was reckless with his temper but I'd never expect him to act like this." Shigure said handing me a handkerchief.

"You're still as stupid as ever, and I'm going to prove it to you by giving you exactly what you want only this time I won't hold back," Yuki said unbuttoning the first button on his shirt.

"Okay sissy boy." Kyo yelled running up to Yuki aiming a kick to Yuki's face, Yuki blocks it and they continue fighting.

"No Yuki don't" Tohru cries but both boy's ignore her.

"Don't worry this goes back a lot farther than today," Shigure reassures Tohru as my cleans the cut on my forehead, "those two do nothing but fight whenever they see each other."

"But uh shouldn't we stop them." Tohru asked.

"Huh are you crazy you'd risk getting an arm ripped off?" I asked as Shigure put a bandage on my head, "Nah just wait it out Tohru, I doubt they will do any permanent damage."

"Amy's right Tohru." Shigure said.

Yuki kicked Kyo though the door, " I told you I wouldn't hold back, you should have listened." Yuki said staring down at Kyo.

"He-He sent Kyo Flying." Tohru said shocked.

"Yuki please try not to destroy the house, okay." Shigure said.

"I really didn't mean to put him in the yard, he should learn to keep his guard up." Yuki said.

I walked over to the now door less entryway and looked down at Kyo, "Kyo are you alright?"

"Kyo will be fine the only thing hurt is his ego," Yuki assured me.

"I'm guessing the dreams about you two being wishing to be cats are shattered at this point." Shigure said.

Kyo sprang up and ran into the trees no doubt upset; I turned to Yuki and Shigure.

"He's a human being before he's a cat ya know, and the thing is they both have feelings, you both treated him like he was a pest instead of your cousin, he might not show it but I bet you hurt his feelings." I shock my head in disappointment.

Everybody was quiet for a moment; Tohru sprang up and shouted, "School! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!"

She whizzed out and changed back into her school uniform, which was completely covered in dirt.

"Tohru, your uniform is filthy," I said. I was lucky that I had my bag on me when we first went to Shigures house.

"Uh, suddenly she remembers her adventures in the woods." Shigure said.

"I don't know, it's not that bad, maybe no one will notice!" she wiped at her shirt in a futile attempt to wipe the dirt off.

"Oh I think they will." Shigure said in a matter of fact kind of tone.

"Your right, but I promised mum, I have to go to school." Tohru said bowing her head.

"Fine don't let me stop you, a promise is a promise." Shigure said waving his hand.

"Which reminds me I will have to tell Akito about everything that has happened this morning. " Shigure said.

"You have to tell who?" Tohru asked.

"Oh sorry he's head of the family." Shigure explained.

"So I guess this…Akito must be pretty important, huh" Tohru statement but can out sounding like a question.

"Well… he is to us a least," Shigure said, " and after all we did just give away the big Sohma family secret."

"I guess that does make sense." I said.

"Amy are you coming to school with me?" Tohru asked me.

"Yeah just give me a second," I said.

When I had changed into my much cleaner school uniform me and story rushed to school.

"Thanks again for letting me use the washing machine." Tohru said.

"Believe me I did all of us a favour," Arisa said brushing her bangs out of her eyes, not like it helped at all the minute she moved her hand away her bangs fell back into place in front of her eyes, "Now how did you say you got so dirty?"

Before Tohru could reply the three Bimbos showed up and started singing that stupid song.

Bimbo one walked up to Tohru. "So miss Tohru, why the dirty cloths, did prince Yuki give you the ditch."

All three Bimbos laughed, I laughed an overly fake laugh, wiping a fake tear off my cheek, I walked up to the three girls and stopped laughing," your not funny." I said.

They instantly shut up. Saki gave them a look that promised them that they would get the shocking of a lifetime. They screamed and walked away at a hurried pace, Saki not to far behind them.

I turned to Arisa and Tohru, "Now that was funny." I said laughing.

Arisa sighed rubbing her head," Man those girls give me a headache, there prince doesn't show so they have to bother someone, but why you?"

'I can't imagine what they will do if they found out I was staying at Yuki's house.' Tohru and I both thought.

"Oh well, silly, silly, I better go change now." Tohru said.

"Huh…" Arisa said confused.

"I'll come with…" I said to Tohru.

I was leaning on the wall waiting for Tohru to get changed.

'Man this morning was so strange, I can barely believe it happened.' I sighed well I guess it's just something to get used to.

Just then Tohru walked out with the jumpsuit she had been wearing neatly folded and tucked away in her arms.

"Hello miss Amy and Tohru Honda." We turned and saw that it was Yuki.

"Oh Yuki, Hi." Tohru said.

"Hey Yuki." I greeted with a small wave of my hand.

"So did you tell them, your friends about this morning?" Yuki asked.

"No we didn't tell Arisa and Saki about what we saw this morning, Yuki I know you don't know us that well… but we promised we would say anything." I said.

"Yeah. We promise not to tell a soul, mum always said it's not right to gossip… oh but you don't know us that well… so it's only natural for you not to trust us!" Tohru said.

"No, no its no it's-" Yuki tried to reassure her.

Tohru pulled up her sleeve, "I'll right it in blood if I have too, cross my heart and hope to die, anything to make you believe me, and I'll even-." She said determinedly.

"That's not what I meant," Yuki said looking down," I do believe both of you…it's just doesn't matter we still might have to erase both of your memories, it would harm either of you," he reassured us, " its something like hypnotism, you'll simply forget everything you saw this morning, I know this because this isn't the first time someone has learnt about us...it happened when I was seven years old" he began, "I was playing with other children… a girl feel and hugged me and I transformed, after that we had to erase everyone of there memories."

'Oh Yuki,' I thought sadly.

"Yuki? Are you alright?" Tohru asked concern.

"But…I- I can't go against Akito's decision, whatever it is, I can't stop him no matter how much I might want to, that's why-I'm sorry." Yuki said brokenly walking away.

Tohru grabbed for him but ended up hugging him, transforming him into a rat.

Tohru fell to her knees, " I'm so sorry!" she cried, "really I didn't do it on prepose, ah I'm such an idiot! I wasn't even thinking."

"It's alright," Yuki said, "Just as long as no one else saw."

Tohru instantly stopped crying, "Oh okay," Tohru gently picked up Yuki, " what I really wanted to say was thank you for being so concerned about me and Amy, but really it's okay I'm fine and I'm not scared so don't worry, I mean I completely understand if your family doesn't want anyone to know about your secret, that's why its called a secret right, so whatever you decide if fine by me I want you to do whatever makes you comfortable." Tohru said smiling softly at Yuki, "you can erase my memory but afterwards promise to still be my friend."

I pushed myself off the wall I as leaning on and walked calmly over to them, putting my hand on Tohru's shoulder I smiled down at Yuki, "Same goes for me." it looked like Yuki was going to cry.

The tattletale 'poof' showed up, both Tohru and I turned around to give Yuki some privacy.

"Sorry the amount of time that we change back varies a bit." Yuki apologised.

"It's okay." Both Tohru and me mumbled.

We turned around when Yuki gave us the okay and Tohru laughed at the site of Yuki's tie.

"Yuki," Tohru giggled," where did you learn to tie a tie?"

"I guess I never been very good at this sort of thing." Yuki answered.

Tohru walked up to Yuki and tied his tie properly, " don't feel bad nobodies perfect, good thing you have me here." Tohru smile.

"Yeah good thing she is here because I'm just as bad as you at tying ties." I said, I thought for a second," actually I'm worse."

Yuki just smiled at us, "It doesn't bother you two to see?" Yuki asked in disbelief.

"Oh don't worry I closed my eyes in time." Tohru said.

I shock my head, "he didn't mean that he's talking about this rat form, and Yuki it didn't bother us at all." I said reassuringly.

Yuki smiled, " can I walk you two to class?" he asked.

"Uh-huh" Tohru said nodding her head.

"Sure." I agreed.

While we were walking to class I couldn't help but wonder what Akito's decision will be I hope he lets us keep our memories, I want to get to know Yuki and Shigure… and Kyo better.

Hey guy's here's chapter two I hope you liked it, let me know what you liked, hated and what not, a big thanks to every one that has review, followed or has favourite the story. Bye for now!