And here's the last chapter I'm posting for the day! Wanna read the other chapters? Gotta wait for them each day! Enjoy!

Shigure had taken Tikari to Kaibara High School (A/N – that's the name of it, right?) to take an entrance exam. It actually went quite well. Tikari didn't expect that. Starting tomorrow, she would be the newest student at Kaibara High. Shigure had given her a room next to Kyo's room. She didn't think there was a room there, although she hadn't really seen the whole house yet.

By the time Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru got home, Tikari had finished setting up her room and was now sitting at the small table in the living room, talking and laughing with Shigure.

Tikari laughed as the sliding door opened to the living room. "You're such a pervert." (A/N – lol one of those times when you unintentionally pick up a small portion of a conversation and it sounds really awkward XD) She glanced over her shoulder to see the trio staring at them. "Oh, welcome back." She smiled at them.

"Tikari, did you wait for us here all day?" Yuki asked.

"Well, sort of." Tikari glanced at Shigure.

The trio followed her gaze as he began to speak. "She took an entrance exam and starting tomorrow she'll be the newest student at your school."

"I'm still curious." Tikari began. "How did you persuade Hatori to let me go? I never would have thought he would let me do anything like this so easily."

"I have my ways." Shigure smiled. Tikari only rolled her eyes, annoyed that her question hadn't been answered. "And also, she'll be staying with us from now on!"

Yuki blinked in surprise and looked to Tikari. "Really?"

Tikari's annoyance disappeared. "Yep." She feigned a smile. She wasn't really too happy with staying at Shigure's house and not being able to see Hatori, but it was what had to be done if she was to be going to school.

"What?! So we're gonna have another girl in this house?!" Kyo shouted.

Tikari flinched from his sudden outburst. She didn't really expect something like that, though she doesn't really know Kyo that well yet. "Yeah…" She said in a low voice.

Yuki suddenly got a serious look put on his face as he glared at Kyo. "Stupid cat, she has to live here in order to go to school." He stated the obvious. (A/N – I know that that's not exactly true since Momiji and Hatsuharu live at the main house or whatever and go to school. But whatevah, its part of the story lolz)

"Well, how was I supposed to know that, ya damn rat?" Kyo shot back. Before anyone could say anything, he grunted and ran up the stairs to his room.

"Stupid cat…" Yuki muttered.

A few moments of silence passed. "Well, I'm going to go up to my room if anyone needs me." Tikari announced, standing up.

"Oh, I was going to make dinner soon." Tohru said.

Tikari smiled. "Holler when it's ready." She waved her hand before disappearing into the hallway and up the stairs after Kyo. She went up the stairs two steps at a time. She didn't know why she did that sometimes, she just did. She was going to slide open her door, but she caught herself glancing over at Kyo's bedroom door. She could tell that the door was open just a crack. She blinked a few times and shook her head. "Ugh, I'm such an idiot…" She muttered before sliding open her door and closing it behind her. She walked over and plopped down on her bed. She sighed softly as she buried her face in the blankets. She then got up and walked over to the window and opened it.

It was a really nice day and a nice spring breeze blew into Tikari's face. She smiled softly and she breathed in deeply. She then climbed out of the window and up to the roof. She poked her head over the top and saw someone lying on his back, staring up at the sky with his arms crossed between his head and the roof. She could tell right away who it was. Kyo.

Tikari took another deep breath before climbing all the way onto the roof. "Hey. Can I join you?"

Kyo flinched as he looked to her, not expecting her presence. He then turned on his side, his back to her. "Yeah, sure, whatever." He muttered.

Tikari blinked, wondering if he was still mad about earlier. She mentally shrugged and sat down next to him, her hands holding her up beside her. She brought her green gaze up to the clear blue sky. After a few moments of silence, she decided to go back to her room. She was getting ready to stand up when Kyo finally spoke.

"Hey, I uh… didn't mean what I said back there." He muttered.

Tikari blinked as she slowly turned to him, her knees pointed towards him. He had his back still turned towards her. Was he apologizing? "I-It's fine. I'm still kind of… out of place from this whole situation, too," she told him.

Kyo rolled so that he lay on his back. He glanced at Tikari, meeting her gaze. He held her gaze for about a minute before looking back up to the sky. Tikari did the same.

After a few moments of silence, Tikari decided to break it this time. "Is being the cat hard?"

Kyo glanced at her in surprise. He hadn't expected a question like that.

"I mean, is it hard to live knowing you're the cat?" Tikari asked.

Kyo sat up, staring down at his hands in his lap. "What kind of a question is that?"

Tikari sighed as she looked down. "I don't know, never mind. I was just curious." She paused for a moment before continuing. "I never really had it hard, but that was mostly because I was kept away from everyone by my parents. That's why I ran away from them. I never wanted to go back to them so Hatori took me in instead. Afterwards, I didn't really care if anyone saw me as the horrid cat or not. I don't care what anyone thinks…" She trailed off, glancing at the sky once more. She huffed softly, "I'm babbling, aren't I? I'm sorry, I'll just go…" She stood up and turned to leave.

A hand grabbed her wrist, stopping her in her tracks. She glanced back to see Kyo's hand retract and rub the back of his neck. "I uh… I guess I did have it hard. I'm always trying to prove I'm worth being part of the zodiac."

Tikari blinked at him and then went and kneeled down beside him, putting a hand on his shoulder. Kyo met her green gaze with his crimson eyes. "You don't have to. It doesn't really matter what anyone thinks of us. I mean, I know it may to you, but… Anyway," she winked with a small smile, "I heard we have a fan in the house. Shouldn't that matter enough?" Without waiting for an answer, she got back up and left the roof, leaving Kyo to mull it over.

Tikari had climbed back down into her room and hung her school uniform somewhere she would remember. She stared at it before nodding her head once in satisfaction. She then heard a knock on her door.

"Tikari, dinner's ready if you want to come down." Tohru's voice came through the door, muffled slightly.

"'Kay, I'll be right down!" Tikari answered. She took another glance out her window before opening her door and closing it behind her, heading downstairs to the kotatsu where Tohru and the others were eating.

That's the last chapter for today! I hope no one was too much of an ooc. I tried my best. Plz review!