Chow-Chow: Hey u guyz I kno another one for the break and for all of u bored ppl just sitting in ur comfortable chair reading these wonderful stories!

I do not own Fruits Basket or any characters other than Shiro!

I hope u enjoy the story...

Chapter one: The Girl on the Doorstep

"When do you think the rain will stop Kyo?" Tohru Honda asked after she put her cards on the ground in defeat. Kyo didn't respond.

It had been raining for the past few hours, even after the sun had set. The unusual weather had everyone on edge and it seemed that no one, except Tohru, could relax.

"She must be coming." Yuki stated staring out the window.

Everyone (that lived in the house) was gathered in the main area. Shigure was writing and every once in a while he would lean over to his laptop and type something then turn back to his parchment of paper.

Kyo and Thoru were playing cards and Yuki was standing by the window staring out into the raining outside as if waiting for something to come.

"Oh, I forgot to ask are your plants going to be okay Yuki?" Tohru asked while Kyo dealt out another hand.

"Don't worry Miss Honda I covered them up well before the storm came."

"Do you have a King, Kyo?"

"No Tohru, go fish." Answered Kyo in a bored voice. There was a long silence and the only noises you could hear would be the occasional, "Do you have..." or "Go fish..."

All of a sudden Yuki straightened up and peered out the window.

"She's here." Shigure announced he put down his paper and stood up. A moment later the doorbell rang and Tohru jumped up to get it.

"I'll get it, don't worry." She placed her cards on the ground and ran to the door.

Everyone followed; Yuki right behind Tohru. Tohru opened the door rapidly which revealed a girl about her age wearing a black cape. She stood in the doorway all wet, not saying anything and her face was covered with a soaking wet hood.

No one said anything for a minute. Once Yuki got in front of Tohru to see who it was, he spoke.

"Come in." he said in a monotone voice. He moved aside to let the stranger in.

"Thanks." She replied and stepped in the door.

Once she got inside the Sohma's house she removed her hood.

"Ahh...." she sighed, "Much better." Her pale face and red lips seemed to perfect to be true and her long raven hair was pulled back into a high ponytail. Her red eyes matched her lips and scanned the surrounding area.

"So, you still keep this place the same as always Shigure or did you have a girl come and clean it up? Remember you used to always joke about tha-" she stopped mid-sentence when she saw Tohru and stared. "Is Akito aware that she is here?" The girl asked and turned toward Shigure.

"Yes, she's been here for a year now. Is there anything I can do for you Shiro?"

"I will only be staying for a night, nothing big please."

"One night, but you said-" Yuki started, he expression mixed with surprise and disappointment.

"I have made previous arrangements with the people I am staying with. Sorry to say but I can't stay too long."

"You're not sleeping in my room." Kyo snorted and crossed his arms, leaning against the wall.

"I wasn't aware that you lived here. But don't worry, if needs be I can sleep on the roof. I'm not picky with bed arrangements."

"Nonsense, you can take my room." Yuki offered, ushering her to his room after picking up her stuff from the ground. Everyone stay back in the front room, leaving Yuki and Shiro alone.

"Yuki." She said calmly, "Have you not noticed. I said I could sleep on the roof. You know me; I can sleep upside-down sometimes! You can keep you're room."

Yuki let go of her and sighed.

"I'm sorry. I just haven't seen you in a long time." He lowered his head so his bangs were covering his eyes.

"Yeah, I missed you too." Her voice softened as she too, lowered her head and sighed.

They joined the rest of the Sohma family (and Tohru) in the dining room area a moment later. Shiro gave in to the fight between her and Yuki about her sleeping in his room so after dinner it was decided that they would set up her stuff.

"So Shiro, how have you been these past few years? I haven't heard much about you. Normally Momiji would fill me in about everything but he's been quiet lately." Shigure starts, trying to get a conversation going.

"Well I was living alone then I decided that I might try to live at the Sohma estate but boy was that a mistake. Akito had a fit, he kicked me out." She lowered her head so no one could see her embarrassment.

"So you must be a Sohma in order to live in the estate right?" Tohru asks while putting the dinner plates out in front of everybody.

"Yes, that is what got Akito so mad. See I'm not really a Sohma even though my last name now is Sohma. That isn't even my real name. My real name is Shiroijma Sohmane. Everyone now a day knows me as Shiroijma Sohma." Shiro lifted her head enough to see the plate set out in front of her by Tohru. "You made food for me?" she asked in surprise.

"Of course, you are going to be staying for a few days aren't you?" Tohru answered and sat down to eat.

"I'm sorry, but I can't accept this. I have to go out to get a bite." Shiro stood up and turned abruptly, she started walking without a sound. Of course everyone looked up from their plates to see what was going on but no one made the attempt to go after her. Well almost everyone, Thoru stood up and started babbling, "Oh no, is it the food, was she afraid that I poisoned it or something? What did I do this time? Did I make something she didn't like? Or no maybe I put to much rice in one of the rice balls and she's allergic to too much rice." She started walking after her then Yuki stopped her.

"I think it's best to let Shiro eat by herself. She's not one for talking while she's eating her dinner." Yuki started to eat the rice balls and soup that Tohru had made earlier. "This is delicious Miss Honda."

"Well thank you Yuki I hope you enjoy it." With that she sat down and blushed.

After dinner Tohru cleaned the table with the help of Yuki.

"So Yuki, is Shiro a part of the Chinese Zodiac? I was sure that she had to be a Sohma because she knew of Akito but after she told me about her real name I'm starting to wonder." Thoru was washing the dishes, then drying them.

"Why don't you ask her yourself, I mean she's probably happy to answer any questions you have for her." Yuki placed the last of the dishes in the sink and opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the crashing noise of one of the walls.

"What the hell?" Kyo yelled, poking his head out from the dining area.

Thoru and Yuki also stuck their heads out. There was Shiro standing in the hallway, drenched in blood, breathing heavily.

Chow-Chow: Ohh! I wonder what trouble Shiro got into...have u guessed what zodiac animal she is yet? Well if u ahvent keep guessing 'cuz I haven't told ANYONE so if someone tells u she's the rat then they're wrong and don't believe them. 1. Because Yuki is the rat and because I haven't told ANYONE! Well READ AND REVIEW PLEEZE I NEED 5 TO UPDATE!!!!!! Ahem...sorry I got carried away..well please read and review..even if ur anonymous..I'm gunna get Kyo and Yuki and Shigure to help me host next chapter so be sure and tune in!