Chapter 2: Keeping her Secret

After crying into Yachi's shoulder blade, Tohru was done making dinner. So naturally, Shigure followed the scent of fish into the dining/living room and Yachi was still drying Yuki's tears. It was then planned that Yachi would stay in Yuki's room and Yuki would bring her food after dinner. Then the scent reached the roof. Kyo came downstairs. Yuki was the last person down.

At meal time there was an eerie silence that hung over their heads besides the food chomping and the occasional clang of chopsticks. But when Shigure broke it his words make Yuki uneasy.

"You're not hiding Yachi up in your room are you, Yuki?"

Yuki was silent.

His voice was slightly louder. "I said, are you hiding Yachi in your room, Yuki?" No one ever saw Shigure so serious. Then his voice softened. "I won't tell Akito, if you're worried about that. But it will become an issue if Akito wants her back at the Main House."

"Why do you need to know?" Yuki's voice was shaking.

"Because she ran away from the main house today, another beating from Akito I believe." Kyo's head already popped up when he heard his adopted sister's name and Tohru was more curious than ever and she was screaming "Who's Yachi" and many other questions inside her head. But they all were buried deep in the conversation they were having while Kyo had quite a chip on his shoulder.

" But if you want to know because of Akito, aren't you going to tell him anyway?"

"No, because she ran away from a beating so I want to know if she might need any help because you should know that when Akito gets angry, he uses his fists and sometimes a whip. So if she's here, you might as well take her down for dinner. You know both of us haven't seen her in years and Kyo hasn't seen her since they went training in the mountains."

Yuki was fuming by now. Why would Kyo take Yachi training??? Yuki thought. He was about to ask that but Tohru interrupted his thoughts.

"Whose Yachi??" said Tohru.

Shigure was more than happy to embarrass Yuki by telling Tohru about his childhood. "Yuki's fiancé," he replied simply with a smile.

"YOU'RE ENGAGED???????!?!?!?!? HOW WONDERFUL!" Tohru was overflowing with questions.

"How old is she? Is she my age?"

"Yes," said Shigure in a Roy Mustang- in-mini- skirt-mode tone.

"Where is she going to school?"

"She's entering second year in high school just like you and she skipped a grade so you'll be in the same class."

"IS SHE A SOHMA?"

"Opposite of yes."

"IS SHE PART OF THE ZODIAC?"

"No, but she's a boar and gets along quite well with Kagoura and is Kyo's adopted sister."

Yuki gave Kyo and Shigure the biggest WTF look. Kyo responded with an F you ratboy look.

"Your keeping my sister hostage in your room rat boy?!"

"How the hell is she your sister?" This was the first time anyone heard Yuki curse.

" Oops, I didn't think I was supposed to say that, but anyway Yuki, I thought you knew. Yachiru is Kyo's adopted sister. Kazuma took her in a few years after he took in Kyo. And now your probably wondering why your dear Yachiru didn't say anything about this before. Well it is because she was afraid you would hate her for being so close to Kyo."

"..."

"Who was taking care her before?"

"Tohru, I don't think you should ask th-."

"MEEEEEEE," Shigure said in a sing songy voice.

"Really, that's amazing!"

"He's getting a swelled head Miss Honda, I think you should stop."

"He already has one," Kyo said under his breath.

"Yuki, where are you going?!"

"I'm going upstairs to give Yachi some dinner," he said calmly, "would you like to come?"

"Yes, Yes, Yes, YES!"

"Alright," he sighed. Yuki just wanted to give her one kiss when they were alone. But he was willing to wait. Hopefully they would have all night. Tohru was like his mother he found it impossible it disobey her.

When they got up to the second flight of the stairs, they found Yachiru, brushed hair with pink ribbons in it and a flowing night gown Momiji gave her which looked like this: sitting on the stairs with the bandage on her left cheek and a

Black right eye, she also had slight scars on her ankles and arms from getting beaten from Akito. Hatori said it would be about 2 weeks for them to heal.