Disclaimer: I'm finally starting this fic. YAY! I've been waiting for months to start. Anyway, I should probably warn you now that I've gotten kinda slow on the updates but I never abandon a fic so… yeah. Oh also for those of you that don't know, in a few books it will be revealed that Akito is a girl and I'm planning on incorporating that, just a heads up.

Chapter 1:

Everybody Loves Kyo

The final bell rang and Tohru Honda was busily gathering her things when Yuki approached her, "Honda-san I'm sorry but I can't walk you home after work, the school council meeting's going to be running late," the grey haired boy sighed then looked in the doorway where Kakeru was already waiting for him with his normal, overexcited smile, "This is going to be a long day."

"YUN-YUN OVER HERE!" Kakeru yelled and waved his arms wildly in the air to get his attention.

"See you at the house Honda-san," he gently said as he smiled wantingly at the girl.

"Ehhh?" Tohru replied awkwardly. The brunette girl waited until Yuki left the room before walking over to where Kyo, Arisa and Hanajima were waiting for her.

"Hey Tohru-kun, what did Yuki say?" her blond friend asked as she leaned against an air-conditioning vent.

"Oh he just said he couldn't pick me up, I guess I'll just have to walk home alone," Tohru answered, keeping a steady smile on her face.

"No, I can pick you up. I'll just have to leave the Dojo early," Kyo told her.

"Oh no, you don't have to do that Kyo-kun. I'll be fine!" the girl told him apologetically as she waved her arms in front of her face.

"Of course I do, you wouldn't last five minutes on your own out there. You're hopeless," the red head said with a sigh then lightly tapped the girl's forehead with his fist.

"Yeah Tohru, you really are," Uo-chan agreed with a cocky smirk on her face.

"Well I've gotta go, I'll pick you up around six," Kyo told her then walked away from the group and out of the classroom. A brown haired girl in the other corner watched as he left then followed after him.

5:26 P.M. at the Dojo

"Hey Kyo, where are you going?" Kagura shouted from her spot on the floor.

"Who cares," Hiro mumbled as he did his exercises.

"I've got to go pick up Tohru from work, I'll see you tomorrow," the red head informed his relatives as he picked up his backpack. Then, without changing his clothes, Kyo slipped on his shoes, opened the sliding door, and walked out into the fresh air.

As Kyo walked down the dirt path leading back to the road he could hear rustling from the bushes around him. The cat shoved his hands into his pockets and hastened his pace. With every footstep he could feel the eyes watching him get closer and closer until finally he couldn't take it anymore. The teenager burst into the bushes to find a brown haired girl staring at him, "I swear I can explain!"

"You'd better fucking explain, what the hell were you doing stalking me?" Kyo yelled at his peer.

"Kyo I… I… I love you! Please love me too," the girl said as she started to cry.

"I told you last time, stay the hell away from me, I'm not interested," the red head sneered and tried to walk away but felt a small tugging on his right arm.

The boy turned around just in time to narrowly avoid the girl's embrace by falling to the ground, "Please Kyo, I've loved you since the first time I saw you, I swear I'd be a great girlfriend," the girl pleaded as he backed away on the ground.

"You're fucking crazy," he yelled as he scrambled to his feet and began to run away.

"Come back Kyo," she screamed as she began to chase after him.

Fifteen minutes later, Tohru waited on the street corner for her escort to arrive. Work had let out early and she had not wanted to impose by waiting inside so instead she stood outside as the mosquitoes bit at her ankles.

"Hey Tohru!" The brunette jumped at the sound of a boy's voice behind her.

"Ah Momiji, you scared me," the girl said as she panted heavily.

"Well I just saw you standing here and I was wondering if you wanted me to walk home with you," the blond told her with a wide smile on his face.

"Oh no Kyo said he was going to pick me up, I wouldn't want to stand him up. Not after the fact he's cutting class just to help me out," explained Tohru nervously as she waved her hands in front of her face, as was her nervous habit.

"Okay, then I'll wait with you," he replied with a closed mouth smile.

"Okay, he should be here in…" she started then stared down at her watch and began to tremble, '… twenty minutes. Well at least you're here to keep me company today."

Tohru mustered up a smile and the two began to talk. Five minutes later they heard shouting from nearby, "Tohru you've got to help me, some hell bitch has been chasing me for twenty minutes," Kyo shouted as he saw her. The boy then grabbed her arm and dragged her around a corner. As soon as he was sure no one could see, Kyo bent down and hugged the girl, turning himself into an orange cat.

Only seconds later a brunette girl Tohru recognized from class burst into the alleyway where she was standing with the cat in her arms, "Oh great now where did he go?" she yelled before spotting Tohru, "Tohru Honda, I should have know I'd find you here. I've noticed the way your always cling to MY Kyo. Always following him around and talking with him. I'll have you know that me and Kyo are deeply DEEPLY in love and we don't appreciate the way you're always fawning over him. Now if you'll excuse me I have to… get my hair done. Humph."

The brunette girl then walked off in a huff with her nose held up high. Tohru and Kyo were watching her walk off when Momiji entered the alley, "Hey Tohru, why'd you two run off in such a … oh why's Kyo a cat?"

"I needed to hide from this psycho whose been chasing me. Momiji what the hell are prr(not a typo) you doing," Kyo yelled but soon fell tranquil from the light petting under his chin and was purring in Tohru's arms.

Tohru's face went red as she prepared to ask a question that had just popped into her mind, "So I guess I'll just leave you here and wait for you to get dressed."

"No way, that freak's still out there, just carry me around for a few minutes and we'll just duck into some store later. I'll get dressed in the bathroom," Kyo instructed and Momiji gathered up his clothes on the ground.

As the cat instructed, they walked along the road for another few minutes until they spotted a store, "Hey we're just in time, the store is closing in ten minutes," Momiji told the two after he read the hours card on the door.

"Wow that's lucky, come on Kyo let's go find the bathroom," Tohru replied as they entered the building. The three of them only had to search through the mall aisles for a minute or two before they found the bathroom. Tohru opened the door and placed the orange cat on the ground, "We'll see you in a few minutes."

Momiji tossed the boys clothes in and closed the door, 'They could have at least left the lights on,' Kyo thought as he waited to return to human form.

Meanwhile, Tohru and Momiji were exploring the store as they waited, "Tohru how do I look?" the blond laughed as he modeled some old faux jewelry.

As Tohru reached for a blue beaded necklace she noticed something out of the corner of her eye. As her blond friend continued playing dress up, Tohru walked over to where she saw some strips of paper bearing elegant Japanese characters, "Do you like our sutras?"

The brunette girl jumped at the sound of an old woman's voice from behind her, "Ah, um I mean yes… I was just wondering, what do they do?"

"Well those right there are supposed to cure the sick, the next one is to ward of evil spirits, then that one is to free a human from possession, then this one is…"

"Wait so you're saying if I had a friend who was being possessed by an evil spirit, this thing would free them?" Tohru said hopefully as sh thought, 'This might be exactly what I need to break the Sohma's curse.'

"Yes, so do want me to wrap some up," the elderly woman asked with a gentle smile on her face.

"Yes please, I'll take thirteen," she said ecstatically as she reached into her purse for so me money. The clerk and apparent owner walked Tohru over to the register and rang her up. After paying, Tohru slipped the sutras into her purse and walked over to where Kyo was currently yelling at Momiji.

"Take that crap off now. Someone's gonna think your stealing it, and I refuse to get felt up because of you!" Momiji only stuck his tongue out at the teenager and Kyo hit him over the head.

The blond immediately spotted Tohru and ran over to her, "Wah Kyo hit me!"

Tohru looked into the boys eyes and smiled as she thought, 'By this time tomorrow they'll finally be normal.'