I am so sorry about the wait, all. I was just hit in the back of the head with a writer's block mallet. So I hope that this chapter will be worth the wait. I've been sitting on this idea for a while, hope it turns out well.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. I wish I did, because then I'd have a cute little Kisa to hug!

CHAPTER 8: "CAN DEMONS CRY?"

Kaital awoke later than usual due to her late night star gazing. She looked on the calendar in the kitchen as she went to make herself a late breakfast.

'September, 13th' the date read.

"Great…"

Kaital muttered quietly.

"At least we don't have school today."

"What's the matter, Kaital-kun?"

Ayame silently into the kitchen at that moment, a slightly worried frown on his face.

"It's nothing; I just forgot what day it was."

Kaital lied as best she could as she worked her way around Ayame, who was blocking the doorway.

Kaital quickly ate the eggs that she had made and disappeared into her room to find something to wear.

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Kaital emerged from her room a good while later wearing a simple, long sleeved, black dress that went down to her ankles. She had pulled her red-gold hair into a bun and tied black ribbons around her neck and wrists. She held a teddy bear and black sandals in her hands.

"Who died?"

Kyo commented; eyeing Kaital's all black out fit.

"I'm going out. I'll be back by sundown."

Kaital said, purposely ignoring Kyo as she slipped on her sandals and walked out the door.

"What do you think she meant by 'going out'?"

Shigure said, hovering over a piece of paper with a few scribbles on it.

"Shut up, Shigure."

Kyo and Yuki muttered.

"She seemed bothered by something this morning…"

Ayame said, a finger tapping his chin lightly.

"We should go follow her!"

Ayame said, his eyes twinkling with excitement.

"I don't know, wouldn't that be an invasion of Kaital-chan's privacy?"

Tohru said, sounding skeptical.

"I think we should, if something is bothering Kaital-kun, we should go find out what it is."

Shigure agreed with Ayame, who was already half way out the door.

"It's decided, then, let's go!"

Ayame chirped happily, stepping outside onto the porch.

Shigure and a doubtful looking Kyo and Yuki followed behind Ayame. Tohru was the last to leave.

"I still don't like this…"

Tohru said with a sigh.

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The cemetery held the sadness that Kaital was feeling as she approached the gates, the small teddy bear clutched tightly in her hands.

As she walked through the rows of graves, Kaital's sadness mounted as she saw the four graves.

She ran her hands over the cold headstones as she read the inscriptions.

"Sabrina, age 14, beloved sister and daughter"

"Helena, age 16, the strongest of them all"

"Rosemary, age 42, a great mother and caregiver"

"Edward, age 44, beloved father and strong leader"

Kaital scowled as she read her father's headstone.

"Beloved father."

She scoffed and kicked her father's headstone, pieces of stone breaking off.

She sighed and turned to her sisters' graves.

"I thought you'd like to have this…"

She said, kneeling down and placing the teddy bear in-between the two graves.

"You both gave it to me for my fifth birthday, remember?"

She said with a sad smile, tears rolling down her cheeks as she began to sob.

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"That makes sense, that's why she was wearing black."

Kyo comment quietly from behind a tree on the far end of the cemetery where he and the others were stationed.

"I can't hear what she's saying."

Ayame whined quietly.

"Don't complain nii-san, we aren't even supposed to be here right..."

Yuki's words were cut off as the sound of something breaking cut through the quiet air of the cemetery.

The group turned to look at where Kaital was just in time to see the shards of rock fly behind her.

"Wow…She's pissed…"

Shigure mumbled.

The air went quiet for a moment then the sound of Kaital sobbing reached their ears.

"She's…crying? Can demons cry?"

Kyo muttered quietly.

Yuki slapped Kyo on the back of the head.

"Of course Kaital can cry, she is mostly human, stupid cat."

"Don't call me stupid, damn rat!"

Kyo said bitterly.

"Who's there?"

Kaital turned around to where her ears heard voices coming from.

"Look what you did now, you stupid cat, you gave us away!"

Yuki hissed quietly.

"I did not! It's not my fault that the demon girl has hawk-like hearing!"

Kyo yelled.

"Shush, Kyo!"

Ayame hissed at Kyo as well.

"Kyo, Yuki, Ayame?"

Kaital asked, identifying the voices she heard.

Kaital quickly wiped the tears from her eyes as she walked towards the trees that the group was hiding behind.

"I told you we shouldn't have spied on poor Kaital-kun, Ayame."

Shigure whined quietly.

"You were the first to agree with him…"

Yuki and Kyo said with an aggravated sigh.

"What are you doing here?"

Kaital said angrily, her brow furrowed.

"Well…you see…"

Ayame said slowly, trying to think of something to say.

"We were worried about you, so we came after you to see if you were alright…"

Ayame smiled cheerfully.

"Oh…Well…I guess that's okay…"

Kaital said, with a bright smile.

"I'll be done here in a moment, and then we can go home."

Kaital walked back to her family's graves, the shattering sound from before returned and more rock shards flew.

"Alright,"

Kaital said with a smile.

"We can go now."

Alright, this chapter is done! Please review! Again, I am uber sorry for the wait!!