Disclaimer: I do not own any of Fruits Basket or it's Characters.

A/N: This is just a spur of the moment thing, I hope you all like it!

Symphony sat at the edge of the river, dangling her feet in to the cool water below. It was summer, after all, and she needed to cool off. She sighed and looked up at the tree branches above her, thinking about her long lost family. She laid back against the tree trunk behind her and closed her eyes as she pulled the brim of her hat down over her eyes. She was a rather short child, about the age of sixteen, she thought. She couldn't even remember her birthday; it had been so long since she remembered anything vaguely close to it. She had been living on her own ever since she could remember, but she would always have these terrible nightmares about a fire. She wore baggy and ragged clothing, and carried a small, battered tote over her left shoulder.

She crossed her arms behind her head and slid down in to a more comfortable position and closed her eyes, preparing for a nap. But, then she heard a twig snap to her left, she was already sitting up and had her hand placed on her knife. She peered around the tree and her eyes locked on a small rabbit hopping towards her. She furrowed her eyebrows as it twitched its little yellow nose at her. This rabbit didn't look normal, it was all yellow and it had brown tips on its ears. It hopped closer and closer to Symphony as she moved her hand away from her knife.

"Hey, little fella," She smiled and turned over her hand, her knuckles facing the rabbit as it approached. It sniffed her fingers and automatically hopped into her lap and she let out a small giggle. She ran her fingers through its soft fur lightly. "How are you?" She chuckled, knowing that the rabbit couldn't talk back.

"I'm great, Symphony!" It chimed.

Symphony's jaw dropped, and she instantly pushed the rabbit out of her lap and she hopped up the tree like a lemur and held out her knife. "You just talked." She stammered. "Why did you just talk?"

The rabbit stared blankly up at her, "I thought you knew! I read you like a book, and you even invited me to you! I've been looking for you for a long, long long long time. The others will be so proud of me!" It started hopping around, what seemed to be somewhat happily.

"Can you please just explain why you talk!" She shouted, her voice was stern, but she was nervous.

"Oh, okay! Sure!" The rabbit said in its chipper little voice. Then, if anything was more unbelievable than a talking rabbit, it transformed into a small boy with blonde hair right before her eyes.

Symphony gasped and strived to climb a little bit higher up the tree.

"I'm Momiji! And, I, like you, am a member of the Chinese Zodiac!" He said and smiled. "You see, there are thirteen of us, including you and someone that really shouldn't be included. You're the year of the tiger, Symphony! You see, each of us, we represent a year, and of course I'm the rabbit. The Sohma family has this curse. Whenever a zodiac member is hugged by a non-zodiac member of the different sex, they turn into their zodiac animal. Or, they turn into their zodiac if they are really stressed. Hasn't it ever happened to you before, Sym?" He asked, in a softer tone.

She shook her head no, and eased her way out of the tree and stood awkwardly, looking at Momiji. "So, I'm a tiger. If you didn't just transform into a human, I wouldn't have believed you. This is nuts, really nuts. I don't even know where my parents are… Yet alone my birthday or anything… I just know my name is Symphony…" She said, a little sadly.

"Sym…" He said softly and took a step towards her, cautiously. "We have answers for you; we have a place where you can live, along with people who will accept you for who you are. You have a family." He said, his cheerful voice still dampened with a soft, solemn tone.

Symphony had never realized how alone she was, she actually liked living for herself and relying on only her to make due. But, the fact is, she is lonely. She felt something wet and warm run down her face as she looked up at Momiji. Then, she broke down into soft sobs as Momiji wrapped his arms around her.

"It's okay," He said softly and hugged her tightly, "Just come home. Where you belong."