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Chapter One: The Visit Gone Wrong

The air was crisp and clean, just the way she liked it, as she stepped out of her apartment. She tossed her long brown hair over her shoulder and walked down the sidewalk towards her destination. Passing a few young children along the way she bowed slightly to them and laughed. One young girl had tripped over her own shoelace, being the kind and gentle person she was, she quickly bent down to help the young child tie her shoe.

"My, my, my, would that be little miss Raine Sohma on the ground?" A loud voice came from behind her.

Quickly turning and looking up she saw the figure from which the voice came. A tall thin man stood in front of her, he was dressed in long red "dress", his long white hair blew a little in the wind. He gazed at her with bright yellow eyes.

"Ya know, you sound like Shigure when you talk like that…." She said standing up and walking towards him.

The man gasped.

"ACK!" Spinning around and throwing his hands into the air the man spoke. "I am not Shigure, it is I…Ayame Sohma!"

The man stopped and stood in front of her with his hands on his hips. She rolled her eyes.

"As if I don't know who you are?" She said tossing her hands up at him.

Of course she knew who he was, he was her strange cousin Ayame. Ayame owned a clothing store in town and was a complete drama queen. She never spent much time with her family. Raine was a writer, she had just recently finished her first novel and was on her way to her other cousin's house to see if he would critique it. She smiled up at Ayame.

"And why have you not come to visit me? Ack! Does thou hate me?" Ayame said placing his right hand on his forhead pretending to faint.

She shook her head. "No…no…it's just, well…you see…I have been busy. Writing." She explained.

"Aye! Still on about that are we?" He shook his head and grasped her hand. "Well my love, off to find breakfast…we must speak of your writings!" He said as he began to drag her down the street.

"Uhh…ok…" She said as he pulled her. "Yes, I was actually going to see Shigure and…"

"Shigure?" He interrupted her. "I shall take you there!" She said spinning around and dragging her the opposite way.

"Oh, uhh…ok…" She said being pulled more.

After being pulled down the street and through a small patch of woods they arrived at a house. As they approached the front door a loud crash was heard from inside and a young orange haired male came rushing out the front door and pushed past them.

"Oh! Kyoukichi! Where are you running so fast!" Ayame said letting go of Raine's hand and spinning around and around like a merry-go-round. Ayame trotted off after the young orange haired male without another word.

Raine shook her head and proceeded to walk to the door of the house. As soon as she reached her hand forward, the door slide open and a young grey haired boy stepped out, staring at her intently.

"Oh, Yuki…" She said bowing quickly to her younger cousin.

He looked her over a moment then smiled and bowed back. "It seems that Shigure is having an unexpected party." He said smiling at her.

"Oh?" She said smiling back at him.

The young boy nodded. "Yes, many of the others have decided to stop by today." He shrugs. "If you will excuse me, I must be headed out. I promised Miss Honda that I would escort her home." He said as he bowed again before walking off.

She watched him walk away then looked up at the open door. Slowly she walked into the house looking around. "Hello? Shigure?" She called out into the house. As she walked into the house she came upon a member of her family that she did not expect to see at all. Akito Sohma.

Akito Sohma was the head of the family. As you would expect, there in the corner, with a blanket over his lap sat a sickly man who was unable to take care of himself all the time and needed a family member to take care of him. Akito was all these things, however, he was only 16 years old. She glanced over to him.

"Akito-sama" She said bowing a little.

His cold eyes looked up into her large brown ones. She shuddered a moment staring at him. Many people feared death, or even a particular animal. Raine's greatest fear was Akito. He was so mysterious, and held the entire family's destiny in one hand. Slowly he looked away from her and down at his blanket. She took this as an advantage to get away before he decided he needed something. She began to make her way towards Shigure's office, hoping he was hiding out in there. As she walked through out the door another Sohma was trying to come into the room. Raine did not realize that this was happening and quickly bumped into the Sohma. She tripped over something on the floor and fell on her face. Slowly she got up, completely confused as to what was happening. As she stood she saw heard Ayame behind her speaking with someone. She turned to look at him, but he was gone.

"Ayame?" She called out.

"Ayame? Where?" Shigure came rushing from his office almost knocking her down.

She turned seeing Shigure. "Oh! Umm, I am not sure…I just, tripped and heard him." Before she could even finish her sentence Shigure had already taken off towards the kitchen. She sighed and shook her head.

After a few moments Shigure and Ayame came back out of the kitchen and stopped in front of her.

"So…Aya tells me you are here to see me?" He said putting his arm on her shoulder and leading her into his office. She turned back seeing Ayame pick something up off the ground and scurry back into the kitchen.

They walked into Shigure's office and she pulled a book from the bag that was thrown over her shoulder. "This is the novel, which we spoke of before…" She said handing him the book.

Shigure nodded and took the book. "Well, I will get right on reading that! Ayame and I have a few things to do, then I will get to reading!"

Raine bowed slightly and walked out of his office and down the hallway. She slowly walks into the kitchen seeing Ayame and another person in the room. She smiles and bows a little to the other man.

"Hari-san." She said bowing to the tall dark haired male who was drying his head off with a small towel.

Hatori Sohma, also known to some as Hari, was the family doctor and Akito's caretaker. Unknown to Raine, he was the thing she bumped into in the hallway. When Raine ran into Hatori it cause a strange phenomenon to occur. Hatori seemed to disappear, leaving behind his clothing.

"Raine, hello." Hatori said bowing his head to her. "It has been quite a while." He said referring to the last time they had seen each other, only a few weeks before.

"Yes, it has. It is wonderful to see you again Hari-san!" She said bowing again.

"Yes…" He said smiling at her.

They were quickly interrupted by a cough; Akito stood in the door way, his eyes seemed colder than normal.

"Tea, Hatori?" Akito said glaring at the doctor.

Hatori nodded. "Yes, it is coming along Akito, please, go back and sit down."

Akito nodded a little and turned his head to Raine. "Why don't you come keep me company?" He said walking out of the room, not even waiting for an answer.

Raine followed Akito into the next room and took a seat across from him.

"I want you to go away." He said lightly and emotionless.

She stared at him blankly. "Excuse me sir?"

"You heard me, Go Away. I do not want you in this house, or near the family." He said looking into her eyes. "You will only cause trouble."

She looked at him confused. What had she done? She was always kind and polite to him. Raine was not the type to run around being mean to people, or even hurting someone on purpose. She nodded her head.

"If that is what you wish sir." She said softly standing up and walking out the front door. She was unsure of what she had done wrong. She took a deep breath and began walking back into the woods towards the city.