Prologue
She was bullied by her school friends, they made fun of her appearance and shunted her away. Despite all of that, Kisa only smiled. Something odd about her, She has a vibrant orange hair and eyes, she was different from them, apperance and all. She is also a member of the Zodiac, she is the Tiger.
Kisa could not torment all those things. She was afraid her mother might be disappointed with her, or hate her. Kisa needed to escape from all this, and the solution was running away.
She ran and ran, did not know where she were heading. She wanted to escape from all this, escape life. She was hungry and weak, she could not continue, she changed into a Tiger.
Kisa hid under a bush, soaked in the rain. She felt weak, she wanted to call for help, she could not speak. This is the end for me, Kisa thought miserably.
She could not see properly, she heard someone calling for her, "Kisa!" the voice shouted. She wanted to reply, but she could not. The splashing of his footsteps became nearer. Alas! Her salvation is here, Hatsuharu. Haru, her spring.
Haru smiled at Kisa and covered her in his jacket. He could not care less that he was soaking wet. He ran as fast as he could back to the Souma Estate, then he met Yuki and Tohru.
Kisa was covered in the warmth of Haru's jacket. She felt the warmth was gone when Haru opened the jacket. In front of her was Yuki and a stranger. She held out her hand to pet Kisa, in self-defence, Kisa bit her.
"Kisa! Apologize to Tohru!" Yuki said sternly.
"That's ok Yuki! It's doesn't hurt, much." Tohru replied quickly.
"Futhermore, Kisa can't speak." Haru said, as he wiped his head with a towel.
"Oh, Did someone hugged her that she changed into a Tiger?" Tohru asked Haru.
"No, she was bullied," Haru said grimly.
At that time, Kisa leapt towards Haru and bit his arm. She was covered in hatred. How could he! Kisa thought. Stay out of my business! She growled.
"What is this? Stay out of you business? You don't know how worried we were," Haru's eyes flashed as Kisa did not let go of his arm.
Oh no! He's going to turn Black! Kisa thought. She let go of Haru's arm and ran towards the garden.
Haru's chuckled while nursing his wound, "Kisa's quite a handful."
Tohru panicked and screamed, "Ahh! Haru's bleeding! Kisa ran away! Ahh!" And she ran after Kisa.
"Calm down Tohru," Shigure said coolly.
Tohru shouted Kisa's name. Where could she be? Tohru thought. She searched across the garden for Kisa.
Why can't they leave me alone? Kisa growled softly.
Tohru saw Kisa and took her by surprise, "There you are Kisa!" And she was bitten by a surprised Tiger. With tears in Tohru's eyes, she exclaimed in a high voice, "I-Itt d-doesn't h-hurt!"
"Kisa! Let Tohru go," Haru said calmly.
Kisa insolently stared at him. Go away! I don't want you here! Kisa growled fiercely.
"Kisa, you made everyone worried, especially your mother. You can't just run away from your problem. That way, it'll get worse. We all will help you gain your courage back and make things better. Now let go of Tohru's hand, you're hurting her."
Kisa felt so touched by his words. She changed back to her human form, eyes full of tears. She stroked Tohru's hand while crying. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. She said in her heart. Tohru smiled back and hugged Kisa.
She's so warm. I never felt this before. Kisa said in her heart as Tohru held her. She could see Haru smiling at her. My salvation. She said.
Kisa never get the attention from anyone. She followed Tohru everywhere. Tohru would sometimes hug her and said that she cute. She loved the warmth Tohru gave her.
After a few day's at Shigure's, she started to miss home. One afternoon, as Tohru went to her part-time work, Haru came to her and gave her a letter.
"It's a letter from you teacher. The content is very touching," He said.
Kisa opened the letter and read it to herself,
Dear Kisa,
It's your Teacher writing to you. We all missed you. When are you coming back to school? Don't worry about anything. When you come back to school, I'll get you in the circle of friends. But first of all, you must love yourself. You may be different from others, it is because everyone has the own uniqueness. Take care of yourself, we await for you arrival.
Love,
Your Teacher.
Kisa looked down, Yuki took the letter from her hands and read it. He looked at Kisa and said,
"Noone can help you to love yourself. We've done our part, we all love you. That's is what we can only do."
Kisa stared at the ground, her emotions running high. She was very confused. Suddenly, she was pulled back by Haru and she was covered by the warmth of Haru's hug. He whispered in her ears,
"We longed to her your sweet voice."
"Sister.. sister.." Tohru heard a small sweet voice. She lifted up her head and saw Kisa running towards her. Tohru threw her bag and hugged Kisa.
"You can speak now," said Tohru, now teary eyed.
Kisa smiled and said "Let's go home now, you must be tired."
Authur's note: Songfic next chapter!!!