The next day at school I tried my best not to make eye contact with Yuki. I tried my best to listen to the teacher, but I already knew this stuff. The class was further behind than my last school. I stared aimlessly at the board. I was so bored. I grabbed my pencil and flipped my paper over. I started drawing random things on it until it was time to go to lunch. I packed up my things quickly.

When I reached the lunch room I sat down at and empty table. I opened the bento that Hatori had made me the night before. Before I could take a bite three girls sat down in front of me. One had long brown hair and two blue bows in her hair, the second girl was a bit distant and had black hair, and the last girl seemed like the meanest, she had long blond hair and a frown on her face.

"You're the new girl, Kitsune, right?" The girl with brown hair said a little too nicely. "I'm Tohru Honda! Can we sit here?"

"Yeah, go ahead." I said indifferently. I listened to them talk and laugh with each other. I just quietly sat there. I didn't exactly know what to say to them. They tried having a conversation with me. I answered their questions awkwardly. I wasn't use to talking to girls. At my old school I usually just sat outside at lunch with my best friend. We would sit outside outside and joke with each other mostly. He was the greatest friend ever. He was one of the people I missed the most. After a little while I got up and left. I spent the rest of my school day in silence.

When I got home I took off my shoes and stepped inside. I saw Hatori and two other men sitting with him. One was wearing a kimono and had short black hair, the other had long silver hair.

"Kitsune, you're already home." Hatori said. I walked over and sat down next to him.

"Yeah." I looked at the two men. "Who are they?"

"They're my cousins. This is Shigure Sohma." Hatori said pointing at the man with black hair. "And this is Ayame Sohma."

"So you're the Kitsune Hatori's told us about." Shigure said. He leaned over and whispered in Ayame's ear," she's even cuter in person."

"Kitsune I need to ask you something."Hatori said.

"What is it?"

"It's about the other day at school." He said. I looked at him. "Did you bump into Yuki?"

"Y-yeah, why?"

"Did anything happen to you or him?" Shigure asked this time.

"N-no." Please don't tell me they know.

"Okay, that's all." Hatori said. I walked quickly into my room. Please, please don't let them know. I sat down on my bed and started on my half-done homework.

After a little while I walked outside to get some fresh air. To my surprise I found Hatori out there smoking. I stayed far back. He turned and looked at me.

"Kitsune we need to talk." Hatori said, nonchalantly. He motioned me to come closer. I walked up to him slowly.

"Yeah?" I asked.

"We know about you and Yuki." I just looked at him.

"And what exactly do you know?" I asked.

"Don't play dumb with me. You know exactly what I'm going to say." He snapped. I nodded my head.

"So you found out. What are you going to now. Send me back to my mom?"

"Why would I do that." He asked. I looked at him.

"Well, I would understand. No one wants a freak living with them. Why else do you think my mom left me here?" I said, my voice shaky. Hatori looked at me quizzically.

"So that's why she called me, not because she didn't have enough money to take care of you." She said that? That lying bitch. "Anyways if I considered you a freak, I would have to consider my family and myself as freaks also."

So he's part of the zodiac and too. So are his cousins that were here today. "So, who are the other animals?"

"You'll meet them soon, probably at the New Years banquet. You'll meet all the other well known animals, including the cat." He said. The cat!? I'd heard the legend of the cat but I never thought someone would become him. The cat was my favorite animal from the story, he was the one I felt the worst for. There were so many questions running through my mind.

"So what's the New Years banquet?" I asked.

"Every year the animals from the zodiac come to a banquet. It looks like this year a new animal will be joining." He said. Hatori shook his head and laughed. He put out his cigarette and walked inside. I walked out a little further and looked up at the sky. I sat down on the edge of the porch and looked up at the sky. It seems like things are finally turning out alright.

Author's Note: Sorry guys that it took forever for me to finish this chapter and I'm sorry that it was so short. I'll try to update soon.