CHAPTER ONE
"To-o-ohru!" Momiji's loud and obnoxious voice hollered down the halls of his father's building.
"Momiji-kun, what're you doing here?" Tohru asked politely, walking out of the dining hall.
"I came to help you, Tohru," Momiji grinned, as he grabbed her hand.
"Oh! Okay, but… My shift is over," Tohru frowned, feeling really sorry for Momiji.
"Aw! Do you work tomorrow?" He frowned for a second, but it turned back into a smile as he asked.
"No, but I work the day after tomorrow. Why don't you come back and help me then? I usually head here right after school. You can meet me at the entrance, okay?" Tohru smiled, as she looked up at the moon from the big bay windows.
"The moon is beautiful tonight…" Momiji whispered in a hushed tone, as he leaned on Tohru's left arm, his head lying on her shoulder.
"Yes… Yes it is…" Tohru murmured under her breath as a shadow fell across the floor as someone stood from sitting on the couch in the room.
"Who's that?!" Tohru screamed, startled.
"Ah, stop yelling! You guys are giving me a headache…" A black haired girl stood up, as she stared at Tohru. The dark figure's eyes burned into Tohru's.
"Who are you?" Tohru questioned, her eyes growing wider and wider.
"Kirema!" Momiji shouted, racing over and hugging the girl's arm.
"Ugh, it's Momiji," Kirema muttered, patting his head.
"I thought you weren't aloud out of the Sohma house?" A voice asked sarcastically from behind Kirema and Momiji.
"I knew you would come… Yuki…" Kirema muttered under her breath, as Momiji turned around and hugged Yuki.
"Don't pretend you don't know. Kureno was using you," Yuki's calm voice seemed to shatter Kirema's appearance as she fell to her knees, tears pattering to the floor.
"Why… Why do you shun him? Just because his…" Kirema drifted off as she rested her head against the couch. Tohru just stared at what had just happened before her.
"Kirema… Sohma?" Tohru said, blinking in a confused way. "Is she one of the zodiac members? What's her animal?" Tohru questioned herself, thinking hard.
"Honda-san, let's go home," Yuki awoke Tohru from her daydream, grabbing her hand, and dragging her away from Momiji and Kirema. He turned around as Tohru headed down the stairs, and called to Momiji, telling him to bring Kirema to Shigure's house when she was ready.
"Ja Vetter!" Momiji called to him, hugging Kirema around the shoulders.
As Yuki descended the stairs after Tohru, she looked back at him. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, Honda-san, I'm perfectly fine. I just don't think that Kirema is… Okay." Yuki muttered, holding Tohru's hand, leading her towards their house, where the two of them lived along with Shigure and Kyo.
"What is that girl's name again?" Tohru asked Yuki as they walked inside of Shigure's house.
"What girl?" Shigure asked merrily, as he took his eyes away from the newspaper he was reading for a second.
"Kirema…" Yuki whispered very quietly.
"WHAT?!" Shigure yelled, waking up Kyo who was sleeping next to him.
"What the hell are you screaming about this time?" Kyo grumbled, his face turning a bright red.
"Kirema is here. Akito… Let her go," Yuki confirmed Shigure's panic.
"You're kidding, right, Yuki?!" Shigure grunted as he stood from his seat on the floor. "Well, is she coming to visit?"
"Momiji is going to bring her here later. She kind of… Burst into tears. She wasn't very happy when she saw me at first, though," Yuki croaked, his voice becoming shallow and broken.
"Yuki! Are you feeling okay?" Tohru sounded worried, as Yuki slunk to the floor. "Do you want me to get ice?" Yuki nodded, as Tohru scurried off to the kitchen, Kyo went upstairs, and Shigure when into his room, just as the front door of the house slide open.