I was stunned- shocked, stunned, confused, and amazed. With a quick glance at Kimi, I could practically read her mind through her eyes- and she was feeling the exact same thing. I could tell she was trying to keep from screaming in joy. My attention switched back to Shigure, and I decided to go along with it- why not, we were here to have fun, right?
"I'm so sorry sir," I apologized, "But me and my friend got lost. We didn't mean to trespass. We fell down the hill – we're just so tired and hungry…" I had gestured toward the hill I knew was behind us when I had told him of falling down it. We did look like we had fallen down the hill- our cloths had become very dirty from our fall from how ever we got here.
"Ah, I see," Shigure nodded thoughtfully, and then his eyes landed on Kimi. Almost as an instinct, I moved in his line of vision. I had seen this show plenty of times to know what was going through his head- high school girls normally had that affect on him. Kimi seemed to realize that to- and I noticed her softly blush. A book bag dropped onto his head, and we saw Yuki standing behind him.
"I'm sorry if my cousin was causing you trouble," Yuki apologized, noticing my defensive position in front of Kimi. I relaxed and smiled, moving a little.
"I don't think I've seen you around here before," Yuki continued," Are you knew?"
"Yes," I nodded," And we're both orphans… So we don't really have anywhere to go…"
"I'm sorry," Yuki said, looking truly sad, and he and Shigure exchanged thoughtful glances; then Shigure nodded.
"You're more then welcome to stay here- you'll have to share rooms with Yuki and Tohru, if you don't mind," Shigure said.
"Are you sure?" I asked," We don't want to cause any trouble."
"It'll be fine- don't worry," Shigure smiled, waving it off with his hand," By the way- my name is Shigure Sohma- and this is Yuki Sohma."
"It's a pleasure to meet you both, Sohma-san and Sohma-san," I say politely, thanking that I was familiar with the Japanese language," I am...Raiden, and this is… Emiko." I had to think kind of quickly- so I ended up using my Japanese name, and I used the nickname I had for Kimi- Emiko, which meant beautiful child.
"No need to be formal," Shigure laughed, and I nodded. Just then, Tohru and Kyo came around the corner.
"Ah- this is Kyo Sohma and Tohru Honda," Shigure smiled, introducing them," Tohru, Kyo- this is Raiden-san and Emiko-chan."
"It's a pleasure to meet you," Tohru smiled," Do you go to our school?"
"No," I answer, shaking my head.
"Well- not for long," Shigure said, standing up," I'll go get dressed, and take you to the school for an entrance exam."
"Shigure- their cloths are filthy," Kyo pointed out. Shigure sweat-dropped, and then thought for a minute.
"They'll just borrow some cloths from you guys," Shigure finally said, and disappeared into the house.
"Wait...why the he*l is he taking them for an entrance exam and letting them borrow our cloths?" Kyo demanded.
"Because they're living here now," Yuki explained," They're orphans and new to the area." Shigure choose then to come back onto the porch. He tossed me and Kimi some cloths- I noticed mine looked like they belonged to Kyo, and Kimi's looked like they belonged to Yuki.
"You can wear those until you get some more to wear," Shigure told us.
"Thank you Shigure-san," I say, and then ask," Where might we be able to change?"
"There's a bathroom, right down there," Shigure said, pointing down the hall.
"Ladies first," I say to Kimi, and she smiles; then heads off in the direction Shigure pointed.
"We should get going," Yuki says, and Tohru nods; so they along with Kyo take off toward the school. I wonder when Tohru will happen to fall into one of them and expose their secret- that way Kimi and I won't have to pretend like we don't know. Its only going to be a matter of time, I know that much is certain. Shigure heads off into the house, and I stand there, thinking.
"I wonder if anyone realizes where gone," I think to myself, and then I hit my self on the forehead," What about Blue_Rose? I hope she doesn't think I'm ignoring her when I don't reply back. Oh man- this is bad…really bad."
"Ok, your turn," Kimi's voice snaps me out of my panic train of thoughts. I blink and then fully see how she looks. She looked really beautiful in Yuki's style of clothing, and I couldn't help but stare.
"Is everything alright?" Kimi asked, and I shook my head, clearing my head.
"Yeah," I nodded," You look amazing K…Emiko." She looked confused at first, and then remembered that was the name that I had told them was hers. She smiled, and I couldn't help but smile back. Then I walked to the bathroom and change into the cloths that Shigure had given me. I fit pretty well in Kyo's cloths- and they were pretty comfortable. Walking out of the bathroom, I saw Kimi look at me with wide eyes.
"What?" I asked smiling.
"Nothing," she said quickly, looking down at the ground.
"Well don't you two look lovely," Shigure said, and I looked up at him. He had changed into a suit, and was ready to go.
"Question- how are we going to get to the school?" I asked him- knowing full well he had no driver's license.
"I hope you two have no problem with walking," Shigure said, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.
"No, of course not," Kimi smiled, and Shigure was thrilled.
"Alright- let's go!" Shigure exclaimed, and took of down the path; I followed with Kimi right beside me.
"We need to be careful- if they find out we're not who we say we are, we're in deep trouble," I tell Kimi quietly, and she nods.
"We should use the codenames from now on," Kimi agreed quietly," And act like they would in the anime." I nodded this time, and we continued on, behind Shigure. Soon, we reached the school, and followed Shigure to the office to take our entrance exams.
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"Looks like you will be in the same class as Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo," Shigure told me, and then to Kimi he said," You'll be in the grade under them though."
"That's alright," Kimi smiled, and I could tell she was actually happy- though I couldn't think of why. We sat in the main room, at the table, discussing random things- just practically getting to know each other better. After a while, the others returned, and Yuki sat at the table with us.
"It seems as though Raiden will be in you class Yuki," Shigure told him, and Yuki- smiling- turned to me.
"Really?" he asked, and I nodded; he continued," Well, if you need anything- let me know. I am on the student council so- I could be of great help."
"Thank you- I'll keep that in mind," I told Yuki smiling.
"What about you?" Tohru asked Kimi," What class are you in?"
"A year under you," Kimi answered.
"You'll be in Momiji's and Haru's class then," Yuki said," They are our family."
"Really?" Kimi said, sounding surprised," That's cool."
"Haru can be a bit of a handful at times, so be prepared," Yuki told her, smiling.
"I'll be sure to keep that in mind," Kimi nodded, smiling.
"I'll go fix dinner," Tohru said, getting up from the table. I looked outside and noticed Kyo practicing his karate.
"Mind if I joined?" I asked him, and he looked at me incredulously.
"Do you know anything about karate?" Kyo asked me, raising an eyebrow.
"Yea," I nodded, smiling.
"Fine- but don't come crying to me if you get hurt," Kyo said, and I got up, smiling.