Summery: A girl gets moved to Japan, and Tohru decides to help her out. But...Haru hates her, and the feeling seems mutual. Yuki and Kyo still disagree, and Shigure's just as perverted as ever. This could be trouble...

Warning: May be lime/lemon later, but I don't think so. Rating will go up if so.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fruits Basket or any characters belonging to it. I own Chloe, any other OCs,and the plot.

A/N: Facts will be taken from both the complete anime series, and also from the manga up through book 12, so spoilers may be included. The Zodiac symbols are all correct, since I double-checked everything. I also tried to keep everyone as in-character as possible.
This is my second Furuba fic - since my first, "Heart to Haru" went over so well, I figured I'd give this idea a try as well. I pray my former reviewers will come forward and voice their opinions...

Please review if you read. Comments, ideas, suggestions, and helpful criticism is welcome.

"Uh…is Uo going anywhere, maybe?" Haru asked in confusion. It was the weekend before their last year of high school began, and the group was currently at an airport. Haru, as usual, looked extremely lost, and clung to Yuki, much to the Rat's annoyance.

"Yep!" Tohru replied cheerfully, "She's going to Canada on vacation!"

"In the beginning of the school year?" Kyo muttered, and Uo shot him a glance.

"Got a problem with it, orange-top?" she demanded, and they immediately began to argue – loudly.

"It's just for a few weeks, really!" Tohru protested, while Yuki merely shook his head. "And then she'll come and catch up on her work, right, Uo?"

"Yeah, sure, Tohru," the blond nodded, and turned back to her plane. "I think I got everything, don't I?"

"Yes…I believe you do," Hana said quietly, and looked at Uo. "I will take good care of our Tohru while you are gone, never fear."

"I didn't expect any less from you, Hana!" Uo grinned, and Tohru had a blank look. Kyo, annoyed at being ignored, was sulking, while Haru ignored them all, zoning out as usual.

"Uh…Uo, your plane's about to leave!" Tohru reminded her. The "Yankee" blinked in surprise, and then grinned. Grabbing Tohru in one last squeeze, she finally released her friend and raced toward the plane.

"I'll write you guys!" she called, "And I'll be back soon, 'kay? Bye!"

"Bye, Uo!" Tohru called, but Hana – even without using her waves – detected a hint of sadness in her tone.

"C'mon, Tohru, let's go do something fun!" Momiji cried, eager to take his friend's mind off less-pleasant details.

"That sounds like a good idea, Momiji," Yuki agreed, and Haru nodded.

"I don't want to do anything with that damn rat!"

"Stupid cat."

"How about…uh…"

"Let's go to the park," Hana suggested, stopping Tohru from becoming too nervous from trying to think of somewhere.

"Yeah!" Momiji said rather enthusiastically. With a grumbling Kyo and a zoned-out Haru following, the group managed to make their way to the park without any major incidents – unless you count Kyo trying to beat Yuki to a pulp in the middle of the street…

"She looks like an interesting girl," Hana commented quietly, as the group relaxed on the grass.

"Who?" Momiji asked, looking around excitedly. Tohru also looked, and Hana pointed farther down the hill.

"It's rude to point," Kyo muttered, but joined the others in glancing. The girl had red-brown hair, with seemingly-natural bright auburn highlights. It was cut just below her shoulders, with angled pieces falling in her face. She had three holes in each ear, with a different-colored stud in each. Her jacket was long and black, covering black jeans and a tan shirt.

"She doesn't look like she's from around here," Yuki thought, and noticed that Haru had shot the girl a glare before turning away. "Does she remind him of Rin somehow?"

"Why don't we go introduce ourselves?" Tohru suggested, but Hana shook her head.

"She appears to be leaving," she pointed out, and Tohru sighed.

"She looks about our age – maybe she'll be in our class!" Momiji suggested cheerfully, and Haru snorted.

"Ah, the first day of school!" Tohru said cheerfully, as the three of them walked to the building. "Aren't you excited, Yuki? And Kyo too?"

"Why should I be?" Kyo demanded, but then fell silent. Yuki beamed down at Tohru, making Kyo instantly regret his temper.

"I'm very glad to be back, Tohru," he said agreeably. Yuki had begun to call Tohru by her first name at Haru's persistent nagging several weeks ago, and was surprised at how easy it was to form the habit.

"Oh, good!" she smiled back, and then looked around. "I wonder where Hana is?"

"Here I am," she said calmly, "I was merely looking at our class lists. We have no new members this year."

"Why would we?" Kyo demanded, and then groaned when Momiji bounced up, still dressed in a female uniform.

"Haru and I have a transfer student in our class!" he announced, and Haru lagged behind in the hall.

"Really? From where?" Tohru asked.

"From America, I think," Momiji said, calming down momentarily. "I hope she's nice!"

"She?" Tohru blinked, and the others looked at her in confusement.

"What's the matter?" Yuki asked, and she began to stammer awkwardly.

"Oh, uh…no reason! Just, I always thought transfer students were boys, for some reason, that's all! But it's no big deal, just a mistake!"

"Calm down," Kyo demanded, gently knocking her on the head. "You'll give yourself a seizure, apologizing like that. You remind me of Ritsu and his mother when you act like that. And don't apologize!" he shouted, seeing her start to apologize again.

"Is something wrong, Haru?" Yuki asked suddenly, realizing that the other teenager hadn't said a word since he arrived.

"No…just, I think that's the transfer over there," he said, pointing. "She seems to be having some trouble," he added, almost unnecessarily. The girl obviously couldn't read any Japanese, and her language skills were atrocious as she tried to explain to another student why she had accidentally called him a "stupid jackass" in Japanese.

"Oh dear," Yuki commented dryly, and recognized the girl from the park. "That's the girl we saw the other day. She's not starting off very well, is she?"

"What's her name, Momiji?" Tohru asked, an odd expression on her face. Hana was concentrating on the girl, apparently reading her electric waves.

"Oh…uh…Chloe Dylan," he remembered, "Why?"

Tohru didn't answer, having rushed up to the girl, who was now in danger of being thrown through a window. Haru looked slightly annoyed at the commotion.

"Are you the new transfer student?" Tohru asked, interrupting the angry boy. The girl, who had bright turquoise eyes, looked at her in surprise.

"Yes…"

"My name is Tohru Honda!" she said brightly, and quickly dragged Chloe away from the now-too-stunned-to-argue teenager. "I'm not in your class, but two of my friends are!" Turning to the others, Tohru continued to introduce the confused transfer, who hardly understood what she was saying anyway, to the Sohmas. "This is Yuki Sohma, and his cousins Kyo, Momiji, and Hatsuharu!"

"Pleased to meet you," Yuki said calmly, and Kyo muttered hello.

"Hi! I'm Momiji!" the cheerful rabbit grinned, and Haru had to stop him from hugging the shell-shocked girl.

"I'm…um, I'm Chloe Dylan," she managed, blinking through her surprise.

"Oh, we know! I saw on the roll sheet!" Momiji told her.

"You seem to have very pleasant electric waves," Hana said suddenly, and Chloe – still not understanding anything – merely blinked at the scary-looking girl that was suddenly beside her. The American wore her uniform just above the knees, and carried a black pack containing her books.

"Um…I don't really speak…Japanese," she managed to say, blushing harder by the minute.

"I thought they only sent the smart students to be transferred," Haru commented, surprising the others. Chloe didn't understand his words, but she certainly got the gist from his tone, and glared at him.

"I moved here with my…aunt," Chloe told them, and looked pleased that she had been able to say it fairly normally.

"Oh, I see!" Tohru said, nodding and speaking more slowly, "I'm sure sensei will help you! If you'd like, you can come home with me today, and I can help teach you!"

Hana nodded her agreement at such a plan. Apparently, Chloe's electric waves were more than enough to satisfy the psychic girl that she was a nice person. Kyo stammered, and Yuki was similarly caught off-guard.

"I bet Shigure could help her!" Momiji chimed in, and then sobered when the bell rang. Looking around, he realized that Haru had already left. "I'll take you to our class, Chloe," he offered, grabbing the girl's hand. Still looking surprised, she followed without protest.

"She's rather…"

"She seems like an idiot," Kyo said bluntly, "What kind of person moves to a different country without even studying the language?"

"Maybe she was caught off-guard?" Tohru suggested, as they entered their homeroom.

"You don't seem to like her very much, do you, Haru?" Momiji commented. The two were waiting for Hatori to pick them up from school, and the others had already left for Shigure's.

"Hn," he shrugged, but still looked annoyed.

"Why not?" Momiji persisted, "I mean, you just met her! You didn't even talk to her, after all."

"She just…bugs me," Haru muttered, and promptly ignored the rest of Momiji's ramblings. "She reminds me of Rin – but she doesn't look like her, that's stupid."

Chloe may not have known Japanese, but she became fairly fluent in speaking it in a little over a week, thanks to Tohru and Shigure's tutoring after school. Her reading and writing, unfortunately, left much to be desired, but Tohru was determined to not give up.

"I really appreciate this, Tohru," Chloe said gratefully, as they walked home from school one day. "I probably would've ended up in the hospital if you hadn't had saved me!"

"Oh, it was no big deal!" Tohru laughed in embarrassment, and Kyo snorted. Yuki turned to look at the two chattering girls, and gazed at Chloe a moment longer.

"There's something about her that Haru can't stand…and he usually gets along with most people – when he's White, of course. What is it about her that grinds him so?" he wondered, and then snapped out of it when they reached the house.

"Ah, Tohru, you brought your lovely friend along again?" Shigure asked, grinning at the teens. "It's so nice to have the house full of beautiful young girls – it inspires me to write another novel!"

"Really?" Tohru gasped, and Kyo and Yuki glared at the perverted Dog. Chloe had gotten along well with Shigure, ignoring his more-perverted comments.

"Oh, by the way, what year of the Zodiac are you?" Tohru asked suddenly, as they stepped into the house.

"Huh? Oh…Sheep, I think," Chloe said, after a pause.

"That would explain it," Yuki decided, "Ox and Sheep are the worst possible match-up. But Chloe doesn't seem to mind Haru that much…I wonder why? Probably because she hasn't had any contact with him yet. But neither has he."

"Oh, I see!" Tohru nodded happily, "I'm Horse, the year before you, I guess. Well, we better get to work. Sensei isn't very happy about you translating everything."

"I know," Chloe groaned, "But I moved here so suddenly, I didn't have a chance to learn any Japanese except 'arigato'. That means 'thank you', right?"

"Yeah," Kyo nodded, walking by, "So you just went around thanking people?"

"Not really – at least, I don't think so," Chloe paused, trying to remember, "Everything kind of went by in blur, to be honest."

"Why did you move here anyway, Chloe?" Shigure asked pleasantly, sitting himself down across the table from her.

"Well, my aunt is half-Japanese – she's my mom's half-sister – and she wanted to move back to her roots, I think," the girl said, "They thought it might be a nice change for me to come with her. So I got packed up and shipped off, basically."

"Did you want to stay in….Pennsylvania, was it?" Tohru asked, and Chloe nodded sheepishly.

"I did, to be honest. I mean, I like it here and all, but I'm more comfortable with what I'm used to, of course," Chloe explained, trying not to insult the others. Shigure nodded understandingly, and suddenly took her hand in both of his.

"If you ever need any help or advice, Chloe, I hope that you'll come to me," he said, his expression both serious and hinting at ulterior motives. Chloe blinked in surprise, and withdrew her hand with a grin.

"I probably will," she assured them, and then looked up as Yuki came in.

"Kisa and Hiro are here," he said, the two teenagers following him in. Tohru jumped off, obviously panicking.

"Oh, I forgot you two were coming over!" she exclaimed, and glanced at Chloe, who had a blank look on her face. "I was going to help Chloe study, but…"

"I'll help," Yuki offered, calming Tohru down, "Why don't you take Kisa and Hiro out somewhere?"

"I'd rather stay here," Hiro announced. He had lost most of his sarcastic and rude attitude, but still had a rather-commanding presence. Peering at Chloe, he wrinkled his nose at her. "You must be the new transfer student that dumb rabbit keeps going on about."

"Rabbit?"

"Oh, uh –"

"It's a family nickname for Momiji, since he's so energetic," Shigure explained calmly, interrupting Tohru's stammering, and Chloe nodded.

"Haru's right – you really must be dumb if you moved to a country and can't even read the language," Hiro continued.

"Hiro!" Kisa said reproachfully, but Chloe had flushed. She and the stubborn Ox had clashed several times in the classroom, and much to the amusement of the rest of the Sohma family, had instantly hated each other on the spot.

"I've heard it already, and I don't think I have to explain myself to some runt," Chloe muttered, standing up. "Sorry, Tohru. I should be going anyway – Aunt Tomiko probably needs help with something anyway. I'll see you tomorrow, then."

"Oh, no, please stay!" Tohru protested, and gave a pleading look with Hiro. "I'm sure Hiro didn't mean it like that…"

"All right, I'm sorry," he grumbled, at the look from Kisa. The Tiger walked up to Chloe and took her hand gently.

"Hiro's not a mean person," she said quietly, "I'm sorry. Could you please stay? Momiji's told us a lot about you. I'd like to hear about where you lived."

Chloe – along with the three older Sohma men – blinked in surprise at Kisa's sudden link to the stranger. Although she had become less introverted, Kisa still was very shy around strangers, and tended to let someone else do the talking.

Seeing a slight nod from Shigure, and secretly wanting to be friends with the shy girl, Chloe nodded in defeat and put her stuff back down. Kyo grunted, and disappeared. Yuki and Shigure exchanged another glance before the Rat left as well.

"I better get going!" Shigure said cheerfully, standing up. "I have a lot of writing to do, you know!" With a final wave, he quickly left as well, leaving the four on their own.

Chloe looking blankly at Tohru, who quickly regained control of her senses.

"Why don't we play a game?" she suggested, "Rich Man, Poor Man? Do you know that, Chloe? It'll be a good opportunity to practice your reading."

"I know how to play," she nodded, and sat back down as Tohru left to get the cards.

"And you'll tell us about where you lived while we play?" Kisa asked, and Hiro gazed at Chloe, silently daring her to say no.

"Sure," she nodded happily, "I haven't had a chance to talk about Pennsylvania at all since I moved here."

"Pennsylvania?" Kisa repeated, sounding the word out.

"Sounds stupid," Hiro remarked, but lacking his usual arrogant tone.

"Well, maybe to you guys," Chloe admitted, not taking the least offense at his words. "It's a state in the East coast of America. It has a lot of fields, for starters."

Two hours quickly passed by, with Kisa soaking up every word Chloe told her about Pennsylvania. Even Hiro appeared interested, and Tohru abandoned the game soon after they started. Chloe, usually disliking being the center of attention, enjoyed telling someone about her birthplace, and it was obvious from her tone that she missed it a great deal.

"Dutch people sound interesting," Kisa commented, when Chloe finally ran out of breath.

"They are," she nodded, "I'm part Dutch, actually."

"You mentioned your aunt is half-Japanese," Tohru commented, "Are you Japanese as well?"

"No," Chloe shook her head, "Aunt Tomiko is my mother's older sister. Her mother was Japanese, and their father was European. After her mother died, their father married my mother's mother, who was part Dutch and part German."

"Oh," Tohru nodded, and then looked up as Shigure entered the room.

"What an interesting story, Chloe!" he remarked, and they realized dryly that he must have been outside the entire time, eavesdropping. "Kisa, Hiro, Hatori is here to pick you up," he added, and then turned as the tall doctor entered the room.

"Oh, hello!" Chloe jumped up hastily, and did her best to bow without falling over.

"This Chloe Dylan," Shigure said cheerfully, "Chloe, this is Hatori Sohma, my cousin."

"Pleased to meet you," Chloe said nervously, and Hatori merely nodded, and looked back to Kisa and Hiro.

"Wait for me in the car," he ordered. Kisa gave Chloe a last squeeze, and smiled up at her.

"Thank you for telling us about Pennsylvania," she said, "Next time we come over, would you tell us more?"

"If there's no problem," Chloe agreed, and sat back down as Kisa followed Hiro out the door. Hatori glanced at Shigure, who obediently followed him out the door.

"I better be going as well," Chloe realized, and grabbed her things. "I'll leave you guys to dinner. You're working tomorrow, right?"

"Um, yes," Tohru nodded, "Yuki will help you, if you want!"

"No, I don't want to bug you guys," Chloe shook her head, "I have some stuff to do at home anyway. I'll see you tomorrow, Tohru!"

Waving goodbye, Chloe rushed out the door past the two adults and down the lane, her long legs flying as she tried to beat the sundown.

"I've heard a lot about that girl from Momiji and Hatsuharu," Hatori commented dryly, returning to their conversation, "Momiji likes her well enough, which is no surprise – he likes everyone. Haru, on the other hand…"

"Yes, I heard from Yuki that he despises her," Shigure nodded, "I don't know why."

"Instant dislike, I suppose," Hatori shrugged, "The feeling is mutual, isn't it?"

"Not as strongly, but she certainly doesn't like him either," Shigure admitted, "They can't even stand to be in the same room together for any longer than five minutes."

"I just wanted to see for myself what kind of girl she was," Hatori said, turning in the direction of his car, "She seems pleasant enough. You haven't done anything, have you?"

"Hari! Must you ask that?" Shigure asked in mock despair, and Hatori merely raised his eyebrow at the Dog. Heaving a sigh, Shigure's shoulders slumped. "I've behaved myself, Hatori – promise."

"Good," he retorted, and prepared to leave.

"You met that girl tonight?" Haru asked in surprise, as he and Momiji talked to Kisa and Hiro. 'That girl' was he had begun to refer to Chloe almost immediately.

"Yes," Kisa nodded, and smiled happily. "She was very nice! She told us lots of things about Pennsylvania, and played a game with us."

"What do you think, Hiro?" Momiji asked triumphantly, seeing that his other family members were accepting the stranger as well. He merely shrugged, and Haru snorted – anyone Kisa liked would be accepted by Hiro, no matter what his personal feelings.

"Why don't you like her, Haru?" Kisa asked suddenly, and she and Momiji gazed at the surprised Ox. "She doesn't seem like a bad person – she's a little like Sissy."

"Good for her," Haru retorted, shrugging. "I just don't."

"Don't bring her up again – he might go Black," Momiji cautioned the other two, as the Ox got up and stalked into the house. "He just doesn't like her, I guess. I think it has to do with the year she's in – the Ox and Sheep aren't compatible, Shigure said."

"But the Dog and Sheep aren't the best of friends, and Shigure and Chloe get along fine," Hiro objected, "I think Hatsuharu's just being an idiot."

Just in case anyone's wondering, this takes place a year after. So Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo are 17, and Haru and Momiji are 16, while Kisa and Hiro are 13.

Please review if you read. I think it's rude to read a story and not even let the author know your thoughts - I try to always leave a review, even if it's just a 'hi'. So please, if you read it, review.