CHAPTER 1
An orange cat with brilliant red eyes stared into hers. Suddenly, he wasn't a cat. He was a, a, monster. A huge creature
so hideous you couldn't describe with words. Tohru stared with horror at the thing that faced her. She started sobbing.
Tohru bolted up in her bed. "Just a dream," she thought to herself. "Just a dream, just a dream." It was only five in the morning, but she shakily got to her feet and went downstairs. She made her way down to the kitchen and started making breakfast. Tohru Honda had been living with Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo Sohma for about 4 years. They had taken her in when her mom had died and she was found living alone in a tent. Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru were graduating this year. "They're all so kind to me, I don't deserve friends like them," Tohru said out loud to herself. Her eyes started tearing up, and she began to cry. "Look at me, I must look like such an idiot." She laughed to herself. Just then Tohru heard slow footsteps down the hall, and in walked Kyo. "Oh, no, I wasn't crying! You know how onions can make people tear up a little, I mean," Kyo interrupted with an impatient sigh. "You're not even cooking with onions, and what the hell are you doing cooking at five in the morning?" Then, as Tohru was walking to get a pan, she tripped and started to fall. Kyo reached and grabbed her before she hit the floor and then, all of a sudden, Tohru was sitting on the floor staring into the agitated, blood red eyes of the cat she had dreamed of. "I am so sorry. I'm so stupid!" The cat sighed. "You don't gotta apologize." Tohru hung her head miserably. Then there was a pop and the form of a man was in front of her. Tohru squealed and turned away as kyo pulled on his clothes. "I'm goin' back to bed. I just came down to see what you were doing." With that, he bent down and kissed her head, turned on his heel, and marched off; leaving her more confused then before.