Lira Sohma sat in her one room apartment doing her homework at the kitchen table. Her glasses were falling off her skinny nose from leaning forward to look at her Geometry book.

"'I'll never get Geometry" she said closing her book. She took out her lighter and began lighting it. The phone rang and her beautiful light violet eyes traveled to the caller ID and it read 'Hatori Sohma.' She picked up the phone and said "Hello Nii-san, how are you?"

"I'm fine Imouto-san and yourself?" Hatori's voice said on the line

"Just fine, except for this geometry homework."she paused for a minute then continued"I haven't heard from you in a while…is everything alright?" she said putting her lighter back in her pocket.

"Are you doing good in school?" he asked ignoring her question

"Yeah, school's alright" she ran a hand through her black hair and looked at the white colored tips of her hair. "I just have a problem with the students they keep asking for autographs. I moved away from Japan to America to get away from all of that. I mean it's been 4 years since I've performed on stage and they still remember me?"

"Of course they do." he said with a small laugh "your two albums did became at the top of the charts."

She groaned and said, "don't remind me Hatori. Now stop playing the bush tell me how's everything with Tohru? Is she still keeping the secret?"

"Yes she's keeping the secret. I wish you'd come back home and meet her. She's met everyone so far."

"Oh that's good," she said in sarcastic tone taking off her glasses "She'll have agreat surpisewhen she meets Akito. So she's met everyone so far…including Kyo I assume." There was a long pause on Hatori's end. Lira heard him take a deep breath

"Now Lira understand I was only looking out for you because you're my Imouto-san, but Kyo came back 2 months ago. He's the first one that transformed in front of Tohru Honda." Lira said nothing so Hatori continued, "The Chinese New Years Eve is coming up meaning Momiji and Kisa will be doing their dance. Aren't you going to come home?"

"I hate him Hatori. I don't want to see him. I hate him." She replied

"I know you do. I don't blame you but it hasn't been the same without you. I miss you Lira. Can you please come home?"

Lira was silent and looked to at an old photograph of her and Hatori on the coffee table. Lira looked only to be 10 years old she was wearing her school uniform and she was waving at Shigure who was taking the picture. Her hand was holding on to Hatori's who was smiling a little.

"For you, Hatori. I'll come home. Because you are all I have left. I'll catch the next flight out." Lira said

"Thank you Lira tell me when you find a flight. I'll see you soon."

"I love you Hatori."

"Goodbye Lira." He hung up the phone quickly and went back to where Momiji, Tohru and Shigure were talking. "Lira will be here before Chinese new year"

"Oh good! Now I'll have someone to flirt with!" said Shigure

"Oh is Lira your age Shigure?" Tohru asked putting a camera into her pocket.

"No she's one year older than you Tohru. She's part of the Chinese zodiac as well and"

"And if you lay one hand on my sister I will break that hand Shigure" said Hatori in a deadly voice

"So Lira is coming home! She can see my dance then!" said Momiji

"Well goodbye, Hatori. Goodbye, Momiji." Said Tohru leaving behind Shigure.

"What will Kyo say when she returns home Hari? Asked Momiji closing the door behind them

"Who knows, all I know is that Lira must be mad with me again." Hatori said sitting in an armchair

"Why would she be mad at you? She loves you!"

"I know that but I didn't tell her I love her. She always tells me but I can't tell her."

"But why not?"

"Because she reminds me of our mother."

Hatori lit a cigarette and began to smoke. As the sunset on the Sohma estate.

"LIRA? LIRA IS COMING HOME?" Kyo yelled at Shigure when he told him and Yuki when Shigure and Tohru had came home and woke them up. "I thought she moved to America to get away from the public!"

"Looks like the public loves her more over there than they do here." Said Shigure looking up form his dinner "plus you know that's not the real reason why she moved. She moved because of you"

"Shut up!" yelled Kyo slamming his fist onto the table making one of the bowel's fly up and break as it came back down.

"Ah! Kyo, wait!" yelled Tohru as he got to his feet and ran out.

"Stupid cat" said Yuki continuing with his food as Tohru went to go fetch broom

"He just had to break the bowl with nabe in it. If we wasn't going to eat I would have." Shigure whimpered.

"Why is it so bad if Lira Sohma comes back home?" said Tohru sweeping up the mess "Does she hate Kyo?"

"Hate…hate wouldn't even describe the way Lira feels towards Kyo. When Kyo made his disappearing act he was with Lira at the time and when he just got up and left he didn't even say goodbye to her. So a week after Kyo left so did Lira. Her excuse to go to America was she was tired of her old fans wanting her autograph and being famous but I can't tell you the real reason Tohru. Only Lira or Kyo can tell you that."

"Is Lira Sohma really famous? What did she do?" asked Tohru as she dumped the mess in the trash and put the broom away

"Sing. She's a fantastic singer. She never gave out her real name, orders by Akito." Said Yuki wiping his mouth "you may know her as Mizu."

"Mizu? Really? I love her! It's such a shame she gave up!" said Tohru smiling

"Yes that's our Lira." Said Shigure "I'm looking forward to her coming back."

"Why so you can hit on her like you did before? She's ten years younger than you Shigure." Said Yuki glaring at him

"Now Yuki I would never hit on Lira! I simply flirt with the girl!"

Kyo listened to Shigure and Yuki talk of Lira and he scoffed "they know nothing." He said under breath "Lira…I know you'll never be able to forgive me but I wish Hatori would erase your memory do you could remember…so you wouldn't know that pain I caused you."

The wind blew Kyo's orange hair over his eyes and the moonlight shined on him as it rose high above him and the house.

Nii-San means older brother

Imouto-san means little sister

Mizu means water

Hari is another way of saying Hatori

Nabe means stew

Mizu is water in Japanese pronounced Mae-zu