Disclaimer:  I do not own any members of the Fruits Basket series.   Kane is not a character from the anime, she is one I personally created for this fanfic.  I repeat I do not own Honda Tohru, Souma Ayame, Souma Shigure, Souma Yuki or any other member in the series!!!

Chapter 1:  Arrival

            Kane awoke as the plane began it's decent into Japan.   Momiji's dad had been unable to accompany her on her flight due to a prolonged business meeting.  He had however been nice enough to send her his personal car to drive her to Kennedy airport.  The traffic had been murder and she had almost missed her flight.  The driver had been kind and handled all her baggage while she boarded the plane.  It had been hard for her to fall asleep on the long flight there; ever since she was younger she had never been able to, reading a book and taking care to not disturb anyone on the plane.  The perfect child, she had often been called, a child often seen but never heard. 

            "One hour of damn sleep."  She whispered sleepily to no one.

            She unbuckled her seat belt and reached into her overhead compartment retrieving her laptop case.  Kane followed the rest of the passengers out of the plane and looked for the person awaiting her.  She searched the crowd nervously for a familiar face but found none.  The flustered woman cursed under her breath for being unable to see anyone when she caught sight of a small white sign with her name in kanji.  She headed toward its direction, pushing past the large crowd of people and stopped when she found the owner of it.  He had short black hair some of which covered his left eye, which was a piercing deep blue.  His handsome face held no welcoming smile, only a solemn, bored kind of look.  He wore a dark grey suit and in one arm a long white lab coat; it seemed he had come here right after work. 

            "I am Hatori," he said in a composed tone "I wil-"

           He was suddenly shoved aside as a blonde streak boy past him and stopped right in front of Kane.

            "Hey! You're the Sohma from America aren't ya?"  The blonde boy said cheerily! 

            Kane nodded and took in the fact that he was wearing a blue school girl uniform.  Odd, she thought,   why would he be wearing that?

            "Hai," she said slipping into Japanese, "I'm Kane, and you must be Momiji-chan."

            "Yup, and the scary man behind me i-"

            "Hatori, yeah, I recognize him now."  She interrupted with a smile. 

            "Hey, why don't we get your luggage?!"  Momiji said grabbing her hand and leading her to the large spinning luggage rack. "I'm so glad to finally meet you, I've actually heard a little about you from the other Sohma's.  Wow, you really are a quiet one, kind of like Haru and Hatori there.  I hope you aren't as boring though.  Are you hungry?  I know a great place to eat and after that I could introduce you to the others."

            The stopped and waited until a small blue suitcase came into view, the white tag screaming Sohma in bright red letters. 

            "Here it is!" cried Momiji happily has Kane grabbed the handle.

            Kane couldn't help but ruffle his hair as she bent over and kissed him on the cheek.

            "You're so adorable!!" she said pulling him into a hug which he happily returned.

            "We should be leaving now."  Hatori said hurrying them outside and into the large parking lot where after some time they found the car. 

            Momiji pulled Kane toward the backseat while Hatori placed the suitcase in the trunk. 

            "Kane, please sit next to me for the trip back home!  You're so cute I want keep hugging you!"  Momiji pleaded his big brown eyes looking into hers.

            "Momiji, stop bothering Kane."  Hatori said sternly as he got into the driver seat of the car.

            "But I'm not," Momiji said with a pout.  "Tori, you just want her all for yourself."

            Kane smiled and got into the backseat pulling Momiji with her, he giggled and began talking about how cool it would be when the others met her.  He briefly described in comical detail each Souma she would meet from Ayame to Ritsu.  She couldn't help but smile and laugh with him when he talked.  He was so adorable.

            "So what animal of the Juunishi do you turn into?" He asked staring intently at her.

            "The tiger." She said blushing slightly. "What about you?"

            "The rabbit!" Momiji exclaimed jumping onto her lap.   "You must turn into a white tiger by the color of your hair."

            She nodded before tickling him. "You must be a yellow rabbit." 

            Momiji began to laugh uncontrollably kicking Hatori's chair as Kane continued her attack.

            "You both better stop before we get pulled over by the police."  Hatori said, his even.

            Kane stopped tickling Momiji and sat straight blushing furiously.  Momiji slumped in his seat apparently somewhat upset that his fun had been interrupted.

            "Tori, you really are no fun.  We only just started playing."  Momiji whined.

            "No playing in the car, it causes accidents."  He replied

            The car began to slow as it pulled into a long winding road; Kane looked up and noticed the car was now on a dirt road, trees surrounded either side of the car.  Kane closed her eyes allowing time to pass in silence as she waited for the car to stop.  Her palms had grown damp and her mouth dry as she realized they were getting deeper into Sohma territory.  The car came to a halt and Momiji grabbed her hand pulling her out. 

            "We're here, now I can show you around."  He said happily, his cheery brown eyes searching hers for a reply.

            "Just let me get my bag and I'll be happy to let you take me an-"

            "About time you got here." A voice called from behind her.

            She turned to see another little boy this when was dressed normally in a dark green button up shirt and black shorts.  He had light brown hair (which was the same color if lighter as his boots) and eyes, which were had now softened as a little girl with tiger yellow hair.  She had begun talking softly to the boy before noticing she was standing there.  The girl blushed and clutched at the boy's arm before running past Kane and into Momiji's wide embrace.

            "Kisa and Hiro-chan I'm back, and I brought a new friend to show you!" he called pulling away from Kisa and walking up to Kane. "This is Kane, and she is another tiger!  Isn't she soo kawaii! "

            "I don't think she's special enough to keep us waiting for you. " He said turning to Kane. "Unless you feel that you are special enough to keep Momiji from Kisa and me." 

            "Eh, I…gomen." She said in a confused tone.

            Who the hell is this kid? She thought as the girl beside her took her and smiled, she felt some of the tension disappear as she gazed at the girl.

            "Don't worry about Hiro, "she said in a soft voice, "He's just mad that he had to wait for Momiji so long.  It's my fault really I wanted to wait for Momiji."

            She turned and looked at Hiro. "Hiro you really shouldn't be rude to someone new.  It wasn't her fault."

            Hiro flushed and walked toward the house, muttering to what some would have though come close to an apology.

            "Yaay!  Now that we're all here let's play now!"  Momiji exclaimed as he took hold of Kane's other hand.

            "Momiji, she must rest.  She's had a long flight and she will be seeing Akito soon.  Go and play with out her."  Hatori called from the side of the car. 

            He walked to through the gate and down the stone walkway up to the entrance, her suit case in hand.  He turned and waited for Kane, who Momiji had now reluctantly let go.  Kisa followed Momiji and waved good-bye to Kane who had now begun walking toward Hatori. 

            "I'm sorry about Momiji, but I had figured you would be a bit tired from the flight."  He said when she finally reached him at the doorway.

            She nodded and continued to follow him down the hall taking care to take off her shoes and carry them in.  Her mind began to wander to the past, seeing glimpses of her child-self in the halls.  I don't even think he really remembers me, she thought glumly as he suddenly stopped.  She hadn't noticed his stopping and bumped into his back.

            "Akito, what are you doing out of your bed.  You've just taken your medicine, you should be resting."  Hatori said his voice still calm.

            "Well, I remembered we were going to have an arrival.  A family member none-the-less, and you know how much I love meeting and talking with family."  Akito, said seductively.

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Well, this is my 1st erm, second chapter. Well, I really hope you enjoy it.  I'm trying my best to be a good writer and keeping the characters as close to there personalities as possible.