Author's Note: WARNING: This chapter contains sooo much drama
Crap! He was spotted! Kyo cursed mentally as Tohru stared at him, obviously mesmerized. "Hey, Tohru..." Kyo said softly.
"Kyo Sohma... I can't believe it's you." Tohru said and stood, walking towards him. Kyo closed his eyes tightly, waiting for her to slap him or anything. He opened one eye to see her gazing up at him, her eyes sparkling. He stood there, watching her for what seemed like forever, when he finally burst out.
"DO something! Slap me, hit me! Tell me that you hate me after all these years, dammit!" Kyo yelled, then suddenly turned and ran out of the building and towards Shigure's home. Tohru watched as he ran, feeling as if he had punched her in the gut. She just stared at the place were he had been standing, her head bowed. She felt Hana come up behind her, putting her arms around her. Yuki watched them, biting his bottom lip. He didn't think Kyo would have suddenly burst in there like that, he forgot the girls didn't know what had happened over the years.
"Bye, Yuki, it was nice seeing you..." Tohru muttered and walked out of the restaraunt as Arisa and Kureno were walking in. Arisa opened up her arms and growled as Tohru just walked on by her, towards the street. Tohru sniffled numbly as she crossed the street and walked towards her home, thinking. Why had Kyo suddenly just run out like that, leaving her to stare at the place where he had been moments before. Did he really hate her like he claimed he used to? Maybe those years she lived with the Sohma family and Kyo's feelings were all false, he really did hate her.
Tohru shook her head as she pushed open the door to her house, then shut it behind her and just sat on the couch. Kyo Sohma, it was hard to believe she had seen him for only a few moments before he had screamed at her and ran away. What was going on? Had life here changed so much that she was no longer welcome? NO! Tohru would not let herself believe that! The girl stood up suddenly and marched upstairs to her room, staring at the picture of her mom. "Mom, what's going on? I wish you were here..." Tohru muttered and looked at her reflection in a mirror.
"Look at me, crying over old memories. My face is all red, what if I have company and they see me like this! I will be happy! I should be thankfull for all I have, for my grandpa's house, my mom, and everyone around me!" Tohru told herself, then clapped her hands together, holding them to her chest. "I am thankfull! Thank you world!"
Back at the restaraunt
"Alright, Sohma, what the hell did you do!" Arisa said as she grabbed Yuki's shirt, pulling him inches from her face. Yuki stared at her calmly, removing her hands from him.
"It was Kyo Sohma, my cousin. I'm sure you remember him." Yuki said and motioned to the booth that Hanajima was occupying. Kureno and Arisa sat on one side as Yuki sat beside Hana, then began to tell them what happened only a little while ago. During the conversation, Arisa's face grew darker and darker, then finally Kureno put an arm around her and held her close to him. Arisa stared at Kureno, he had never done that before. Usually he kissed her forehead or cheek, sometimes her lips. He also told her he loved her, but he never hugged her or anything.
"What the hell, Kureno! You hug me now when i'm in this mood! What about the times I was crying and sad, you never hugged me then!" Arisa yelled at him, then clamboured over him and ran out of the building. Yuki sighed and dropped his head onto the table, breathing in the scent of the clean wood. Hana stared between the two men, skeptical.
"I knew it," She muttered. "The Sohma family's waves were different from others. You will tell me what is going on, now." She said in a deadly voice, her eyes locking onto their's.
"Hatori will not like this," Kureno muttered and nodded. "Alright, you do deserve an explaination. Yuki?"
"Damn you. Hana, you've noticed over the years that we have refrained from hugging members of the opposite sex. I'm sure you know about the tweleve animals of the Zodiac, well, we are those members. I am the rat, Kureno the rooster, Haru the cow, Momiji the rabbit, Hatori the dragon or seahorse, Rin the horse, Kagura the boar, Ritsu the mokey, Kisa the tiger, Hiro the ram, Shigure the dog, and Ayame the snake. When we are hugged by a member of the opposite sex, we change into our animal." Yuki paused, letting her take it in.
"Ah, I see." Hana said and nodded, telling him to continue.
"Well, you know the story of how the rat tricked the cat with the banquet. Kyo is the cat, that is why he harbours so much anger towards me. When our family head, Akito, died, the curse was broken. But, not for the cat. For some strange reason, the curse was not broken for Kyo. Akito just died recently, that is why you do not see our family running around, they're at his funeral. I married a normal girl, and when we were dating I told her of the curse, so she knew about it. I'm sure you can figure out how we had our sons," Yuki said, the color in his face rising a little. He and Kureno stared at Hana.
"I knew there was something strange about you, now it makes sense. Kureno, go find Arisa, she's most likely in the park. Yuki, we will talk." Hana said as Kureno stood and ran off. Hana looked at Yuki with narrowed eyes and he got the clue, moving to the otherside of the booth. "Why does Kyo harbour so much anger now?"
"Well, three years ago he got married to a normal girl too. She knew about the cruse and was fine with it, but Shigure and I never approved of her. We knew she would be trouble," Yuki sighed and leaned back, running a hand through his hair. "She met another man and ran off with him."
"Kyo is angry with Tohru because of that?"
"Oh no," Yuki said and looked her directly in the eyes. "He thinks Tohru will hate him now. Kyo has a son."