((Down to two again >.<; ))

"Of course." Takeshi nuzzled into Shoji's neck before he spoke again. "Then we're going to have to stand up, aren't we?"

The horse snorted loudly, the clothes he'd just been wearing had ripped and were now on the ground around his hooves - which were not stamping in annoyance.

"Oooh.. horsie doesn't look very happy." Madoka pouted and looked to his brother. "And we only wanted to bath him, didn't we?"

(Get someone to come and have a conversation with Haru's mom or sumfin.X3 like, maybe Aya's mom?Have her visit?)

"Yeah." He giggled, smiling up at Takeshi."We are going to have to stand up.Shame, huh?"

"Yup.Now he's going to transform back nekkid in public." Kichirou said cutely, giggling.

((Good idea! ))

There was another knock at the door. Kazuki opened it this time and before he could say anything, in strutted a women with beautiful white hair and she appeared to be well dressed and well groomed. "Kazuki, darling, you need to do something with that mop you call hair. It looks like a birds nest." She passed the rat and headed straight into the living room. Spotting Haru and his mother, Ayaka headed over. "Haruka, how pleasant to see you here, I was hoping to find Aya to help but you will be more helpful. I need your help."

Takeshi nodded and remained where he was. Until Shoji moved, he was unable to get up without knocking the cat off him.

Madoka giggled too and stepped forward, closer to Kioshi. "Aww.. can we groom you, Kioshi? If you let us.. we might get you a change of clothing for when you change back. And a sugar cube"

Kioshi snorted in annoyance and threw his head back. He was not in a very good mood with the two twins.

Haruka waved and smiled the best she could, fixing her own hair a bit with her bruised fingers."What can I help with?"

Shoji slipped off of Takeshi's chest and slowly stood up, then hopped across the rocks to the other side of the pond, smiling back at Takeshi.

Kichirou giggled."C'mon Madoka, stop teasing him.I'll get him a change of clothes, so be nice while I'm inside." He said as he went inside to find Kioshi some clothes.

Ayaka's smile widened as she heard the reply. "I need help deciding which dress looks better on me, I want to look my best for our reunion. Do you have an outfit ready?"

Takeshi grabbed his shirt, slipped it on and stood himself up. Time to head inside. Hopping from the rock and onto the shore, he straightened himself up and stretched his arms out behind himself.

"Aw.. but he's so fun to tease! And he's cute when he's a horsie!" Madoka nodded and watched his brother leave, then turned his attention back to the horse. "Why can't I groom you?"

Kioshi snorted and turned, starting to walk away.

Madoka waited and then, after a moment, took a run upto the horse and with all the strength he could muster, clamboured onto the horses back.

Kioshi came to an abrupt stop and snorted once more, though didn't buck. He'd been told and taught not to buck when carrying someone.

"Yes..It's nothing very special, but it is very nice looking on me." Haruka giggled.

Shoji smiled back at Takeshi."Coming?We are going to YOUR room."

Kichirou come back a few minutes later with some clothes from Kioshi's room."Here you go, Kioshi!"

Ayaka beamed. "Then you must show me!" She placed her hands on her hips. "Don't want us both turning up in the same thing, hm?"

Takeshi moved over to Shoji and nodded. "Yeah, lets get going." With a small smirk, he made his way into the house and into his bedroom. It was a little messy, but it wasn't as bad as usual.

Kioshi looked to Kichirou and tossed his head, still in horse form.

Madoka looked to his brother and grinned. "Wanna come for a ride? Kioshi wants to exercise and I want a ride. Killing two birds with one stone."

"O-okay..I have it right here in my suitcase, I might have to iron it though, I had to rush packing due to my husband..He started throwing things, it was so frightening.." She said, opening one of her suitcases and pulling out a beautiful white kimono decorated with black cranes, with a sweet-looking handkerchief tucked into the obi that went with it, holding a cute little comb to put in her hair."This is what I'm going to wear."

Shoji smiled and sat down on Takeshi's bed, leaving room for Takeshi still, of course."I like your room..You get a bit bigger one than I do."

"Nah, I'll pass.Last time I rode Kioshi I fell off and I sprained my ankle badly.I'd rather not repeat that, eheh.." Kichirou said, nervously looking up at his twin.

Ayaka frowned at what she heard, but it was soon replaced with a smile. "So your finally free of him, hm? Well thats good to hear, I think everyone will be pleased to hear this." Smoothing out the front of her dress, she waited to see her friends outfit. "Aw.. its beautiful." A nice white kimono with black cranes. Much different to her own. A nice, rosey pink kimono with soft white lotus's. "Lets to try them on. Aya's room has an iron, so we can sort yours out."

Takeshi closed and locked his bedroom door behind him. Slowly he made his way over to the large bed he owned and flopped down upon it, head resting in the pillows. "Mm. I'm a lot bigger than you are, I need more room."

"Aw... c'mon. You wouldn't even come for a ride if I were to make sure you didn't fall?" Madoka asked after having shifted back a little to make room for his brother in front of him.

"Yes..I'm going to speak with Tatsuo about making it so whenever he tries to get to me, he's kicked out, so eventually I'll never have to see him again..He's Haru's father, but..I think even Haru agrees that it's better if we cut him off from the family..Especially for my baby's sake.." Haruka said, blushing as her hand went to her slightly bulging middle torso."It's not Haru's father's, actually..I know it was sinful of me to find a new love already, but he's so kind..He's helped me through ever since my husband started beating me, things just kind of went a little far..My current husband doesn't know, though..He jsut thinks I've been putting on a bit of weight, which doesn't make sense, because I barely get to eat anything in peace, so I kind of gave up..And the doctor, when I went to him last in secret..he actually says it might be twins..But it's too early to say."

"Well, yeah, and it's also a thing, because we're not part of the zodiac, the cat line seems to get less then everybody.Less attention, less love, less respect, less closet space so whenever I try to put something in my closet because my room is cluttered, everything from my old clothes to things I just don't use much all fall out.." Shoji laughed.

"O-okay.But promise you'll hold onto me so I don't fall." Kichirou said, setting down Kioshi's change of clothing on the porch nearby and getting onto Kioshi."And as long as he doesn't turn back during the ride, like that one time I remember, when Takeo got hurt by that gang from his school, Takeo's female friend forgot about our curse, hugged Kioshi and we used his time transformed to take Takeo back, that was embarrasing."

"Thats a good idea. He'll be out of the family in no time - not that anyone actually considered him to be a real part of the family." Ayaka didn't like him, she hadn't liked him from the moment she'd met him. Babys sake? She looked to Haruka, down to the hand running over her stomach and she smiled. "Congratulations." Though hearing it wasn't from her current husband, the sheep merely shrugged her shoulders. This new guy sounded a lot nicer than her husband. "Whatever makes you happy, dear. Though I am pleased you've found someone you like and someone whom will take care of you. You deserve someone nice." She paused. "Does Haru know?" And would her children be accepted into the family considering they weren't the children of her current husband?

"I'm a cat and I get the same attention as everyone else. You get attention from most members of the family, its just Tatsuya that seems to have a problem with you." Takeshi stretched out on his bed and placed his hands beneath his head. "If you have things you don't use much, why do you keep them? And old clothes.. if you don't wear them, why keep them?" The tiger threw away everything he didn't use, though that was a bad habit of his as usuall, a few days later he'd realise he needed something he'd just thrown away.

"I promise." Once Kichirou was on Kioshi's back and sat in front of him, Madoka placed his arms around his brother and grabbed a handful of the horses mane. "It was embarassing but useful. If he hadn't have transformed, we'd never have gotten Takeo home." The bunny grinned.

Kioshi seemed to snort at the memory. It hadn't been a pleasant experience, but he supposed it had been useful. Once the two were on his back and he felt the tug on his mane, the horse started out at a slow pace towards the more open grounds.

"No, Haru doesn't..I was planning on surprising him." Haruka blushed a bit and giggled."I'll tell him in a bit, it looks like he ran off when you came in, to find Aya I think..or to escape a hairbrush." Haruka giggled."I'll eat better now..I have to, anyway.If I want very healthy babies, I might have to get a little pudgy, other than from the babies in general..I really feel like it's twins.Haru didn't make my tummy so big when I had him at only 3 months in."

"Well, your a majestic tiger..My family is, well..Housecats." Shoji blushed."A lot of my old clothes have memories attatched to them, and plus, I've been wearing more of my old kimonos recently, since the ones from when I was a young teen now fit me perfectly when I wear shortshorts like I am right now."

Kichirou giggled."This is fun..As long as we don't go too fast."

And what a suprise it would make. Most of their generation only had one child, with the exception of the twin bunnys. "Ah.. probably to escape the hair brush. Though I have some nail polish that would work wonder on his hooves." She sat herself down on the sofa and brushed her hair back over her shoulder. "Well thats good to hear. Though are you sure its twins and not just one really big one?"

"Majestic tiger? Hardly, I'm a lazy slob and proud of it." The tiger said, black and white tail lazily flicking beside him on the bed. "Still.. perhaps you should have a clean out. Throw out anything that doesn't fit or whatever. I'm sure you'd make yourself a bit of room." Eyes opened and came to rest on the cat and the current clothing he was wearing. So that had actually once been a proper kimono?

Kioshi's ears perked up and he seemed to pick up the pace, now in a lazy trot.

Madoka smiled and let his chin rest on his brothers shoulder. "Nah, we'll be fine. Kioshi won't go too fast because we'd end up going up and down as he moved, thats uncomfortable for him.. and causes back pains when he turns human again."

"Oh, he already paints his nails, the silly boy, they're always pitch black.." Haruka giggled."If I didn't know better, I'd think he's going into his little goth phase very late..And I'm sure it's twins.Haru was a big boy when he was a baby, so I know what a big baby is like.I know this sounds sort of selfish, or cruel or something, but I hope one is a girl..I've always wanted a baby girl."

"I think your pretty majestic, lazy or not." Shoji giggled."...And are you looking at my legs?"

"Oh, yeah. usually if he's a good boy when transformed, he gets a nice massage from Shigeo, though.Nice thing about having a doctor around, he knows how to relax a person's muscles pretty well, even if he isn't a chiro..Chiropractthingie." Kichirou said, giggling.

So many of the guys here were such.. girls, she'd noted. Shaving their legs, painting their nailes and so on. Takeshi was the complete opposite though and Kazuki was too young to really take much notice of those sort of things. "Well.. you have a fifty fifty chance of atleast one being a girl if you are having twins. Having a daughter will be rewarding. You'll have someone to dress in cute dresses and play with their hair."

"I'm a lazy majestic creature. I look majestic as I lounge around." The tiger smirked. "Well I am now that you've mentioned them."

"Yeah.. and I'm sure Shigeo finds it 'rewarding' when Kioshi transforms back right before his eyes." The bunny giggled too and looked ahead, watching the scenery as it approached and passed them by.

"Yeah..I wouldn't mind having two sons, of course.They're just such a handful when they're young.." Haruka giggled."Haru was usually a good boy though, when he was young.He would always clean his room, and help me cook when he could."

The cat-boy blushed."Do you like them?I've been doing workout a lot lately..nothing that will make me really muscular, of course..I like yoga a lot.It's nice for us cats, since we're already so flexible."

"I wonder where he is, he kind of dissapeared after dinner.Maybe because of all the transforming that was going on when we were washing the dishes." Kichirou giggled.

"I imagine boys would be quite a handful when they're younger. They're so full of energy." Or so she'd heard, atleast. "Sounds like Haru's always been a good boy then. You've been lucky."

"'course I like 'em. " The tiger said, rolling onto his side so he was able to watch the cat as he spoke. "Yoga? No.. can't get on with that. So many strange and ackward positions. I remember trying it once.. fell asleep half way through."

"I don't know. I think only Hanako transformed, so perhaps he's off hiding in some bush, watching Tatsuya bathe or something?" Madoka said, looking around the grounds still.

Haru went into the kitchen and lightly tapped Aya's shoulder."Aya-chan?Your mother's here.She's in the lounge speaking to my mother, if you'd like to see her."

"Yes..He was good, except for, of course, when he teamed up with Shoji a few times to pull pranks on his father and Takeshi's grandmother.." Haruka sighed."You have no idea how loud that man can yell.I'm surprised I'm not deaf from being yelled at by my husband.."

Shoji blushed."Well, you are a tiger, and I am a housecat..Housecats are smaller, more flexible, while tigers are more powerful."

"I heard something about Takeo transforming too, so he problably had a lot of fun in there." Kichirou giggled.

Aya looked up from the ingredients she'd gathered and to Haru. "My mother?" Uh oh, she'd best go and say hello, hadn't she? "I'll go say hello in a minute."

"Your husband and Takeshi's grandmother? Wow.. Shoji and Haru must have had death wishes when they were younger." She said, starting to play with a piece of her hair as she spoke.

"Yeah.. we're physically powerful, but just as lazy as housecats." The tiger purred deeply as he spoke.

"Takeo as well? Oh.. Wow, he must have had a field day. Rooster and soon to be horse."

Haru smiled."Alright..May I help you?I may never bring it up, but I can cook, too.I used to help my mother.."

"And Takeo..Shoji also dragged him into that little mess..Or Takeo, being the fierce little thing he is, problably joined into it by himself." Haruka giggled.

Shoji nuzzled Takeshi's chest."Ugh, your body heat is like a magnet, I swear.."

"Oh, and there he is.. Must have seen Kioshi." Kichirou giggled, waving to Shigeo as he ran from..what seemed to be from the bushes, into the house.

"You can cook? You can cook proper food and not just toast, right?" Aya asked, a smile on her lips. Someone else in the house could actually cook? This was nice to know, perhaps she'd start pestering Haru to help her cook every now and then.

"And Takeo? Knowing the rooster he'd have willingly joined in for the fight and the thrill. Though I am suprised all three weren't eaten by Mizuki." Mizuki being Takeshi's grandmother.

Takeshi let an arm lazily rest over the male. "A magnet? Thats one way of putting it. It does seem to attract quite a few people and I'm never short of a hug."

Madoka lifted his head just in time to see Shigeo run from the bushes and into the house. "He's been in the bushes watching Kioshi? Wow.. what a sad guy. He needs a life."

"Yes.I learned to cook quite well from my mother, I have a book of recipes from her in my room, containing all the things she used to make that I loved as a kid.." Haru smiled.

"Yes..Especially Haru and Takeo, seeing as one is a cow and the other is a chicken..Well, a rooster.I heard Shoji nearly had one of his legs ripped off by Mizuki once..He was in the hospital for quite some time." Haruka sighed."At least Shoji is fast on his feet.Otherwise he might've ended up like poor little Kazuki's parents..Mizuki's close to getting herself in jail, with all of the attempts she's made on people in this family's lives.."

Shoji purred deeply in happiness."Your very magnetic to me, since us cats love heat..I just can't help it, your so warm, one of the many things I love about you.."

"He does have a life, which is creepy.He's a doctor, remember?He just has an odd hobby.." Kichirou giggled.

Aya's face lit up. "Then would you mind helping me? I always seem to end up doing these things on my own. I don't mind but.. I don't like the washing up at the end of everything."

"Yes, I guess your right. Instead of beef or chicken she went for cat. What a strange taste in meat she has." The sheep sighed and started to play with a piece of her cotton coloured hair. "Poor Shoji, though I can't say I'm completely sympathetic with him - it was his own fault afterall." There was another sigh. "Yes.. Mizuki almost ate Kazuki's father and mauled his mother to death. Thankfully Takeshi and his father were in the area and were able to chase her off. She won't go to jail.. no one knows where she is. She just... vanished one night."

"Yes, we love heat and we love cuddles." Both of which he had right now and so he was a very happy tiger. "One of the many? Surely there can't be that much to love about me?"

"Oh, yeah. Wow.. feel sorry for his male patients." Madoka giggled and placed his chin back on his brothers shoulder. "Probably the oddest hobby I've heard of."

"I don't mind at all.And I'll share some of my mother's recipes, too..Maybe making them while she stays here will make her feel more at home." Haru smiled.

"Is Kazuki's father still in the hospital?Maybe I should go see him with Kazuki soon.I haven't seen him in a long time.Shame that his wife was killed, she was so kind.." Haruka sighed."It's so depressing, this family is falling apart slowly.."

"I can list a lot of things, just of the top of my head..Your heat, your looks..Everything, really.Your perfect to me.." Shoji blushed softly, nuzzling Takeshi's chest.

"Yeah..Nice for his female ones though, since he doesn't like girls." Kichirou giggled, smiling over at his brother."I'm surprised Kioshi's still a horse, he usually turns back by now.forgot that his transformations are so long."

"That would be a great idea! Perhaps we could make one of the meals from her recipe book or something? That might help lift her mood a little, if my mother hasn't done so already."

"No, he's out of the hospital now. He's with Mikio's parents at the minute, they're helping him adjust to life outside the hospital. He'll be coming to live with us soon. We have plenty of room in that big house of ours and there's always someone around to help him and to keep him company." Ayaka sighed and nodded in agreement. "Our generations are falling apart. The newest generation, however, appears strong. They all seem to live peacefully with one another. Well as peaceful as possible."

Takeshi blushed softly and lifted a hand to run through Shoji's hair. "You know what I love about you?" The tiger asked, his eyes resting on the cat nuzzling against his chest. "Your honesty and your blush."

"He must love giving guys a health check." The bunny sighed and shook his head. Silly perverted dog. "Hm? He's probably still like this because we're on his back. Want to get off and see if he transforms back?"