"Come on Cassie! I swear if we don't get home in time Mom is going to freakin' rip her hair out." Cassie turned around to face her sister, Trice, and sighed. "Trice you really need to take a chill pill or you'll start to rip your hair out." Cassie and Trice were sisters, both 17, and were adopted when they were three years old. Their new mother was Tomoko, who had lived in Japan for 20 years and then left for America, her new home. After 5 years of traveling state to state, she finally settled down in California. It was when she turned 29 that she found Cassie and Trice, in a small orphanage near her township. Though they were sisters, they were completely different, personality wise and in appearance. Cassie had short spiked green blue hair, and emerald green eyes, and although she was a complete bookworm, she was extremely energetic. Trice, on the other hand, had long, wavy, midnight blue hair, with small, natural silver streaks and bright blue eyes. She was very observant, and could quickly hatch up a plan for any situation. Tomoko knew they were different from the norm in many ways, but she didn't mind at all, and only told the girls to use what they were born with when only necessary. They did stand out, but in California, many teens had funky hair, so no one really noticed.
"Cassie! Trice! Dinner's getting colder by the minute!" Cassie and Trice looked at each other and made a beeline for the door to their one story house. Both tackled their mother in the living room, all three of them laughing until they were gasping for breath. "DINNER TIME!" Trice and Cassie leaped up, helped Tomoko up, and dashed for the kitchen and took some plates out. "Awesome! It's that grilled fish stuff…what's it called again?" Cassie looked at her mom, and couldn't help but be excited. She loved it when her mom made dishes from Japan. "Yakizakana…and you should know what kind of fish is on your plate, haha." Tomoko laughed at her daughters' concentration on their dinner. "SALMON!" Both sisters shouted at the same time. They looked at each other and laughed. "That's right, salmon it is." "YES!" Cassie and Trice high fived each other and then took their dinner and sat at the table, chatting about Cassie's new ear piercing and Trice's knee length black combat boots. Tomoko sat with them and listened to them talk, smiling the whole time because her girls were happy, and that's all that mattered. "Hey Mom, what'd you do today?" Trice smiled at her mom, hoping her mom had a good day too. "Let's see…I went to work…and then I went shopping…" She stopped and grinned at her daughters' anxious faces. "Hmmm…maybe I left a little something for each of you…" Trice and Cassie jumped up, kissed Tomoko on both cheeks, and ran for their rooms. Cassie found a big bag on top of her bed, and squealed in delight. She grabbed the bag and held it upside down, dumping everything on her bed. She grabbed everything and ran into her sister's room.
"Look what I got!" "No, look what I got!" They took turns showing each other what they got. Cassie held up a dark green blue long-sleeved shirt with entwined magenta roses that seemed to creep up the shirt. "Oohhhh that's perfect for you Cassie!" Trice grinned at Cassie, and then held up her shirt. It was a short-sleeved dark turquoise tunic that looked like someone had taken silver paint and splattered it all over the shirt, dashes and dots everywhere. "That is definitely yours, Trice." They went through the rest of their stuff, and discovered they both had big black military duffel bags. They looked at each other, both wearing looks of curiosity and suspicion. "Hey Mom why do me and Trice have..." Cassie trailed off. Trice froze, and looked around the room. "She's not here, Cassie." "NO KIDDING, GENIUS! YOU DON'T THINK I NOTICED?" Cassie rolled her eyes at Trice's stupidity. "No Cassie, I mean she's not here, in this house. She's not outside, and her car is still here."
Hey guys! I have a little writer's block with my other story, Doing the Impossible, so I wanted to do something a bit different, you know, trying out some new things, new ideas, etc. Hope you like the first two chapters, they're kind of short, and yes, the Sohmas are going to come into play, these two just introduce my characters and la dee da...you get the picture. I DON'T OWN FRUITS BASKET...more's the pity. Trice and Cassie are mine, all mine. Enjoy!