Kami waved to Natsuki as she walked up. "Happy New Years!"

"Happy New Years to you as well." Natsuki laughed. The two walked towards the family party. "I wonder how the Sohmas are... I mean the zodiac and everything."

"I bet they have a big party." Kami smiled.

"I wonder if Kyo and Yuki are fighting right now." Natsuki laughed. "You can really tell the two are a cat and mouse." Natsuki laughed, but paused seeing a small black otter dash by with a cookie in its mouth. "I bet you the idiot is behind that."

Kami sighed. "I agree completely, he's going to get her in trouble." She shook her head. "Too many who don't know are at the party tonight." She glanced at some of the family members, who had missed the otter, talking. "We have to be especially careful tonight or Yukio will be angry."

"I don't care." Natsuki grumbled. "If he's upset, I don't care."

Kami sighed. "Suk..." She shook her head. "You are going to regret that attitude one of these days."

Natsuki shrugged. "I haven't yet. And you're starting to sound old." She gave her cousin a playful shove. "Lighten up and enjoy the holiday."

Kami smiled. "Alright. I'll catch up with you later. I'm going to find Miyako first. I don't want her to be alone too long."

"Gotcha." Natsuki nodded and walked off to bug one of the younger cousins.

Kami smiled, but then turned and walked to Miyako's room. It was completely dark when she walked in and she sighed turning on the light. "Miyako..." The red haired girl, freshly transformed, looked up. Her arms were bleeding from fresh little bite marks. A few were on her legs too.

"Miyako!" She rushed to the girl's side and pulled out the stash of bandages from under the bed. "You need to stop biting yourself." She finished bandaging the wounds and sighed. "It's not good for you to hurt yourself." She hugged her. "If you're depressed come to me okay?"

"I'm sorry Kami..." She sniffled. "I can't help it... I'm just ...so lonely..."

"I know." Kami smiled as the girl buried her head in Kami's shirt. "I'm here for you Mi... Feeling better?"

Miyako nodded and sat up. "Thank you Kami." She smiled slightly and wiped her eyes. "What would I do without you?"

"Forget to get changed." Kami smiled getting up. "Come on." She pulled out a party kimono. "Once you're ready we can go."

Miyako nodded and quickly got changed, while Kami put the medical kit away. "I'm ready now..."

"Alright." The two walked out and found Aki watching Shouta and Natsuki fighting. Natsuki looked angry, while Shouta just looked relaxed. "Uh... hi..."

"Hi Mi. Hi Kami." Aki nodded.

"What are these two fight about now?" Kami sighed.

"Shouta was flirting with Suk again." Aki sighed. "So she punched him, and now he's saying how weak her punches are."

Kami sighed. "Knock it off you two. Natsuki just ignore him." She pushed between the two of them. "Come on you're going to cause trouble."

"Fine..." Natsuki turned ignoring Shouta.

"You two are as bad as Kyo and Yuki." Aki laughed. She was thinking of earlier in the week when she had gone to their house for the first time. She had been nervous but had found out that it was fun. Kyo and Yuki had been fighting a lot, and she had learned about the curse. She had yet to meet the strange person who had been mentioned, Shigure.

"They are aren't they." Miyako laughed. "I wonder how they are..." She paused thinking about Kyo.

"I think Yuki mentioned something about a banquet for the zodiac." Natsuki said calmly. "It makes sense though. I mean they are the zodiac."

"I guess that means Kyo wouldn't be able to go to then... After all, he's the cat." Miyako frowned.

"Who cares." Natsuki shrugged. "He's just an idiot. Come on let's go talk about something more fun."

"I wonder if Yuki is having fun..." Aki blushed.

"Oh come on!" Shouta laughed. "Stop thinking about your crush!" He gave her a nuggy. "Why don't we all sit and get some food."

Kami sighed but paused looking over and saw Yukio watching them. She shivered. "Uh... guys lets separate for a bit... and stop talking about the Sohmas."

"Huh?" They all blinked.

"Just trust me." Kami said calmly and then walked off. The others watched her. Then they slowly separated.