Thank you to all those who took the time to read my story.


Chapter 2

"Shigure, call Hatori, there's some unconscious girl in the forest." Kyo stated as he ran into the house.

"Why didn't you carry her?" asked Shigure, as he looked up from his newspaper.

"You know full well why I didn't bring her, I would have transformed." Kyo growled.

"Alright, Yuki call Hatori, and Kyo show me where this girl is," Shigure stated as he got up from his seat, sighing.

Yuki nodded as he went to the phone. Kyo and Shigure, walked out the back and into the forest, that the Sohma's owned.

"Are you sure that you weren't seeing things?" asked Shigure.

"I know what I saw damn it," stated Kyo angrily.

"Sheesh, Kyo you're so touchy."


"I'm coming to get you," stated a mysterious voice.

"Who are you?" I asked my voice raspy.

"Your nightmare, your true curse." The voice stated.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, as I felt a sharp pain at the back of my head.


I opened my eyes, groaning. My head felt as if it was about to explode, my entire body was soaked to the bone and the pain in my shoulder was going to make me pass out.

"You're right Kyo, there is a girl here," a man stated in disbelief, as he peered down at me.

I jumped up in shock, and nearly passed out in pain.

"Take it easy, you're not fit to be moving about." The man stated softly.

"Where am I?" I mumbled.

"You are on Sohma property," replied the man.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think it was owned by anyone." I stated apologetically.

"I told you I wasn't imagining things," stated another voice.

When I turned to the voice, I noticed that it was a boy about my age, with bright orange hair.

"Please don't call the police on me, I'll leave right away," I stated as I tried to get up, once again.

"Are you stupid? Don't move you could be hurting yourself," stated the orange-haired teen.

"No one is going to call the police, you haven't done anything wrong." The man stated, "I wonder when Hatori, will get here," he added.

Who the heck is Hatori? And where are Arrimi and Birri.

"I'm right, here." The guy named Hatori stated, as he walked up to us with a young man following him.

Are they going to be attack, and rape me? I guess I looked frightened because the Hatori man crouched down beside me saying, "You have nothing to fear, we won't hurt you."

"Who are you?" I asked looking at the ground, still I don't trust them.

"My name is Sohma Hatori, and I am a doctor." Hatori stated.

"My name is Sohma Shigure, and I am a novelist." Shigure stated.

"My name is Kyo," stated the orange-haired teen as he glared at the other teen.

"My name is Sohma Yuki," stated the other teen calmly.

"What is your name and how did you get here?" asked Hatori.

Should I answer them? Will they send me back to my father?

Hatori cleared his throat, and I answered, "My name is Berthing Raven, and I walked here after the bus that I was on crashed."

"That means that you have been here for a little over two days," stated Hatori with surprise in his voice, "you must be injured, I will carry you to his house and I will treat you there," he added.

"Are you nuts?" yelled Kyo.

Are they serious! I've been unconscious for over two days…wow.

"Kyo, not right now, this is more important, then any cur—"

"ALRIGHT!!" stated Kyo in fury.

Yuki looked shocked at Hatori's request.

I moved away from Hatori's reach, I was afraid that he would hurt me.

"I am not going to hurt you, I promise; please don't cry." Hatori said.

I put my hand to my face and was shocked to feel tears sliding down my face; I didn't realize that I had been crying. Gosh, I must look like a cry baby in front of them. I nodded, and Hatori gently lifted me up. There was a really long silence and everyone was looking at me strangely, like they were in shock.

Kyo whispered something to Yuki, which I could not hear; are they making fun of me?

As Hatori walked, I began feeling scared, where were they taking me? Were they going to rape me? I need to calm down. A few minutes later I saw a girl running up to us, with tears in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" the brown-haired girl stated.

"Tohru, please go set a bed for Raven," asked Hatori.

"Yes, right away!" stated Tohru as she ran back into the house.

"I think that you will be more comfortable with Tohru changing your clothes. I nodded blushing; I just realized that these men were very good-looking.

We entered the house and Tohru yelled, "Bring her into my room."

Hatori walked up the stairs with me in his arms.


Shigure walked into the living room, Kyo and Yuki followed him.

"Shigure; why didn't Hatori change?" asked Kyo as quietly as he could.

"I have no clue…" replied a shocked Shigure.

"Did you see her hair? Do you think that's her natural hair colour?" Kyo asked.

"Anything is possible, stupid cat." Yuki stated as he left the living room.


I was placed gently on Tohru's bed, gosh I felt like sleeping.

"Tohru is going to help you change into this," Hatori stated as he handed Tohru a hospital gown.

Tohru nodded and Hatori stated as he left the room, "I will be back in 10 minutes."

Hatori closed the door, and Tohru turned to me blushing, "My name is Honda Tohru, it is nice to meet you."

"My name is Berthing Raven," I replied as I slowly sat up.

"Umm, I hope I don't hurt you," whispered Tohru as she carefully removed my clothes.

I looked away; I knew she could see the bruises that my father gave me, and the scar on my wrist, and the scar on my lower back.

Tohru began to cry and I looked at her, "What's wrong?" I asked.

"Raven, your arm in hanging scarily off your shoulder," she sobbed.

"Some man, told me that I may have dislocated my arm," I replied.

"Hatori will make you all better, he is a good doctor." Tohru smiled through her tears, as she put the hospital gown on me.

"Stay with me, when he comes to check me…please…" I asked.

"Of course, after that I'll make you dinner, what would you like?" asked Tohru.

"I don't know, anything." I replied.

Anything but leeks, I hate leeks!!

There was a knock on the door and Hatori stated, "Can I come in now?"

"Yes," replied Tohru.

Hatori came in with his bag, and walked over to me. He checked my heart beat, and my blood pressure. He took one look at my right arm and sighed.

"I need to pop your arm back into place, I'm not going to lie, it will hurt…a lot," stated Hatori.

Before I could say anything, I screamed; I felt a tremendous amount of pain, as I heard a snapping sound. Tears splashed out of my eyes.

Hatori ignored my tears, and checked my bruises and small cuts that were all around my body.

After 30 minutes Hatori stated, "Raven I am going to ask you to rest, Tohru or one of the others will bring you dinner."

I nodded as he turned to Tohru, "Could you change her into some of your clothes?"

"Yes," Tohru replied as she went into her closet.

After Hatori left, Tohru helped me change into one of her pyjamas.

"I need to go make dinner, please rest," Tohru whispered as she closed the lights and left the room, closing the door after her.

After she left I lay down on the bed and closed my eyes. I guess I will have a rest, since it is demanded of me.


"Why didn't you change, when she was practically hugging you?" asked Shigure, as him and Hatori were in his room, having a serious conversation.

"I don't know; all I know is that, she is a runaway."

"How do you know that?" asked Shigure.

"When I checked her, she had major bruises…some are old ones…someone must have beaten her."

"Then, if Akito allows it, she will stay with Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, and I." Shigure stated.

"I don't think that Akito will allow it," Hatori stated as he left the room.

"Dinner's ready!" yelled Tohru as quietly as she could from the kitchen.

Kyo, Yuki, Shigure and Hatori sat at the table, as Tohru placed the plates on the table.

"I'll be back, I'm going to go give this to Raven-san," Tohru said.

"No, that's alright Honda-san, I'll take her food to her," Yuki kindly stated as he took the plate away from Tohru.

"Thank you," Tohru smiled as she sat down.


'Raven, are you alright?' asked Arrimi.

'Oh now you show up?' I replied.

'It's not my fault, something was trying to destroy us,' stated Arrimi.

"What do you mean destroy?" I whispered to myself.

There was a knocking at the door that broke me out of my thoughts after a minute I stated, "Come in." I thought that Tohru had brought my dinner. Boy was I surprised, when the boy named Yuki entered the room and walked slowly towards the bed.

"Hello, Berthing-san. I have brought up your dinner." Stated Yuki.

Berthing-san? The way he said my name was so strange that I laughed. Yuki looked at me with surprise. It took me a few minutes to sit up.

"Sorry, I made you wait." I said as Yuki handed me the plate.

"That's alright, take your time." Yuki replied.

"Umm, if you don't mind…could you turn on the lights?" I asked, blushing slightly. Gosh I feel like a sick person.

Yuki nodded and got up to turn on the lights. I looked at the food and groaned, loudly.

"What's wrong?" asked Yuki as he returned to my side.

"Nothing, I just hate leeks." I stated.

Before Yuki could reply; a man's voice yelled, "THIS DINNER IS MADE WITH LEEKS!!!"

"You're not the only one who hates leeks," Yuki sighed.

I smiled weakly, and handed the plate back to Yuki. He sighed and took the plate downstairs.


"What's wrong Yuki? Why didn't Raven eat?" asked Hatori, as he spotted Yuki with a full plate.

"She hates leeks," Yuki replied.

"Oh, no; I'll go make her something else," Tohru stated, as she hurried into the kitchen.

Yuki walked in after her and said, "You don't have to bother, it's her fault that she is picky eater."

"No, but if she eats something that she hates, she could throw up, and be even more sick then she already is."

"Honda-san, you really are caring."

Tohru blushed and hurriedly made some soup. Before Yuki could take the bowl of soup, Kyo burst in and took the bowl, nearly spilling the soup in the process.

"I'll take it to her," Kyo mumbled as he walked with the bowl of soup.

"Stupid cat," muttered Yuki, as he watched Kyo walk up the stairs.


Dear Ara,

It's been, a while since I last wrote to you. A lot of things happened, the bus crashed that I was on, injuring me…but I don't know…I feel like my body is healing on its on and fast. I had a nightmare, I feel as if there is something inside of me that wants to take control of me. I can't talk about this to anyone but you. I'll write in you later, someone is knocking on the door.

I placed my diary under the pillow and said, "Come in."

When the door opened, the orange-haired boy, Kyo walked in with a bowl of soup. Oh god, I hope that there are no leeks in it.

"Tohru made you some soup, don't worry there are no leeks in it," Kyo stated as he kicked the door shut.

"Oh, good…" I replied ashamed that I troubled Tohru.

"I know how you feel, I hate leeks as well," stated Kyo as he handed me the bowl of soup.

"No wonder, Yuki rolled his eyes when I told him that I hate leeks," I whispered, not expecting Kyo to hear.

"It's not only that, pretty boy, grows them so he takes offence," laughed Kyo.

Pretty boy?? Rat boy? Stupid cat? I think these people are obsessed with animals.

"Oh, I never knew that, let him know that I'm sorry that I wasted his leeks," I stated, as I began eating the soup.

"Don't apologize to him, I like the fact that he wastes his time," stated Kyo, with hate in his voice.

"Don't say that, you don't mean that," I stated after I swallowed a spoonful of soup.

"I DO mean that, it's his entire FAULT!" Kyo stated as he turned and walked out of the room, slamming the door shut after him.

What is Yuki's fault? I don't think that growing leeks is the real problem. I don't know, but Kyo looks hurt. I hope I didn't get him too mad. I finished of the soup and placed it on the floor before getting my diary.

I'm back; I think I just got Kyo mad about something. Kyo is the boy who found me in the forest. Time goes so slow here, it's only 9:30 at night. Write in you later. Bye. Raven

I put my dairy under the pillow and stared at the ceiling. Father should have found out that I left him, now. I hope he doesn't try to find me. Why was I born into this life? I have nothing to gain and nothing to lose.

'You idiot, don't say that, we would lose you!' stated Arrimi.

'I forgot about, you.' I replied truthfully.

'That was so rude.' Birri stated joining Birri.

'Sorry, I really didn't mean to.' I replied.

I sighed, and heard a knock at the door before Tohru entered quietly, "Eh…umm that is my bed so can I share it with you?" asked Tohru.

"Sure," I replied shifting over on the bed.

"Goodnight, Raven-san." Tohru yawned getting into bed.

"Goodnight, Tohru-chan." I replied as I slowly drifted off to sleep.

'Goodnight Raven,' whispered Arrimi and Birri in unison.


Chapter Two is finished…I did this chapter three times and decided on this version.