Carmen's eye twitched, "So your a cat?"
The orange cat sighed, "Yeah"
"I wasn't suppose to know that huh?"
Kyo nodded.
"Great! I better not have my memory whipped or whatever!"
Kyo dragged his paw through the dirt.
Carmen's jaw hit the ground, "You can actually do that can't you?"
Kyo answered awkwardly, "Yep."
"So um are you hurt?"
"Uhh what?"
"Well I didn't know if it hurt to transform."
"No it doesn't hurt at all. So are you just not that freaked out about this?"
Carmen shook her head, "Not really. I mean I'm surprised but not exactly like "Oh my god I'm going to faint"."
Kyo chuckled.
"So are there any other shifters?"
"Umm have you heard of the Chinese Zodiac?"
"Well I'm American so I've heard of it but I'm not exactly an expert I think I'm the year of the tiger or something like that."
"Yeah that's it. There are 12 animals plus me I'm not a part of the zodiac officially. The reason why this happened to me is because I'm apart of the Sohma family which has a curse on it so we turn into our animals when we hugged by members of the opposite sex or under stress."
Carmen looked at him, "So you were screwed over right? Because you'll never be apart of the zodiac yet you have the curse."
"Damn right!" he yelled.
"Come here." Carmen called and pulled him into her lap and pet him sympathetically.
He soon began to purr and she smiled. As she ran her fingers through his silky fur she asked, "Your so soft. What shampoo do you use?"
He burst out laughing and looked up at her, "Carmen you are by far the strangest girl I've ever met."
She replied, "I try my best."
She could swear he was grinning at her.
She commented, "You are a handsome cat you know that? I bet you have all the girls chasing after you huh?"
She could tell even though he was a cat he was flushing, "Not really. They're all to busy staring at that damn Yuki."
"The silver haired boy? He's good looking but not my type. He's a pretty boy like a freaking daisy. I like flowers but as my boyfriend no thanks."
Kyo laughed, "Exactly!"
She laughed along with her new feline friend.
Suddenly there was a puff of smoke and there was Kyo not only in his human form but his birthday suit.
Carmen quickly looked away with a blush on her features which was mirrored on Kyo's face.
She muttered, "Damn he is fine."
Kyo already dressed, stuttered, Scarlett, "I-I heard that."
She smiled at him and replied, "It was a compliment wasn't it?"
He laughed while scratching the back of his head and Carmen couldn't stop grinning.
Carmen shivered slightly as they made their way back.
"Here." Kyo said looking off in the distance offering his coat.
Carmen beamed and giggled, "I don't think so."
She put it back on him but wore half of it herself. "There! Nice and toasty."
Kyo shook his head and tussled her hair.
Carmen laughed, "Hey! No fair! Your too tall!"
By then they were at the house and they entered just as they were, laughing with Carmen trying to tussle Kyo's hair with them wearing the same coat.
Everyone was gathered in the center room and watched astounded at the sight of Kyo and Carmen behaving so.
Shigure commented, "Well I see you two have made up!"
The two blushed and Carmen smiled, "Thanks for letting me use your coat."
She then stood on her tip toes and whispered in his ear, "Your quite the gentleman, for a cat."