Now, how many readers do I have now? So far, I think it's only two readers. Yuki the Rat and Shiara Ramone. Can I ask you two a question: What happened to everyone? Should I change the summary or something? Oh well, who cares, right? Hmm, and I still need help with my other story. Oh well, as long as I have at least one reader I will continue writing my story about Jade.

Now for this chapter, I do not own the original Fruits Basket characters, they belong to Takaya Natsuki. Jade Sohma belongs to me. And Luna Moon and Kairi Moon and Dawn Rioki and Hikari Rioki belong to Shiara Ramone. There's gonna be another character that I'm borrowing, but he's not in the story yet so… And the Hikari Rioki that belongs to Shiara Ramone is not me but a character with the same name. And yes, she does have permission to use my name. I don't really care if someone uses my name.

Now enough talking on and on, let's start chapter 4.

            Jade studied the math assignment the best she could. "Hmm… I just don't get it! Hey, daddy, can I call Shigure?"

            Ayame looked up from his sketchpad (AN: he designs what he sells, doesn't he?) and nodded. She hopped to the phone. "And when you're done, I'm gonna want to talk to him, okay?"

"'Bout what?" asked the curious girl.

"Nothing; just a certain date, that's all."

"You're cheating on Mama with Shigure?!"

"No! Not that kind of date!"

"Oh. Sorry." She dialed Shigure's number, but… "It's busy."

"Hmm? That's odd. Call Hatori."

"Okay…" and although she didn't like him, she dialed his number. Once again, a busy line. "They must be talking about something, since both lines are busy I mean."

            A knock on the door made both Sohmas jump. "Want me to get it? It's probably Momiji."

"No, Jade," said Ayame, feeling slightly uneasy by what was happening. "Go hide, just in case. Should've known we couldn't hide you from him forever."

"Never mind, just go." Another knock came, and Jade ran into the costume closet. Ayame opened the door and came face to face with who he feared it was… Akito Sohma.

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            Shigure hung up the phone after speaking to Hatori. "Shigure?" asked Yuki, seeing his cousin's grave expression on his face.

"Akito knows," said Shigure, "about Jade."

"What? When did he… How?"

"Apparently, he saw her with Momiji when he transformed. And I guess he knew she was a close friend of his and knew about the curse since the transformation didn't even startle her."

"How did he know she was a Sohma?"

"He followed her, of course."

            Tohru and Kyo came in. Seeing that the two Sohmas were worried about something Tohru asked, "What's wrong?"

"Akito found out," said Yuki quietly.

"Found out 'bout what, damn rat?" said Kyo.

"About… Jade."

"WHAT?!" cried Tohru. "Oh no! This is all my fault. I should have stayed with them or something, and now Akito knows and… what are we gonna do?!" Tohru could feel her eyes begin to water, and she began to fear for her new friend's safety. What are we gonna do?

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            Hatori tried to think of a way on how to save his little niece from Akito. "Aya," he said quietly, "why didn't you do the same thing as Shigure and I?" He looked at the eleven-year-old picture that was taken during high school (AN: didn't Hatori, Aya, and Shigure go to an all-boys school in the anime? Well, according to Shiara Ramone and I, they went to a co-ed school). In the picture were three couples: Hatori and Luna Moon, Shigure and Hikari Rioki (AN: the character, not me!), and Ayame and Mine.

            Hatori then knew what to do. He would convince Aya to send Jade to America to live with the two women and Kairi and Dawn. Akito wouldn't be able to come after Jade then.

            Reaching for a cigarette pack, he saw that Akito's door was open. He looked inside, but there was no Akito there. Was Hatori too late?

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            "Hello, Ayame," Akito said coldly. "When was the last time I saw you, I wonder?"

"Probably around New Years," said Aya calmly, even though he was afraid of Akito's reason for being here. The head Sohma never visited him before, so why was he here? Unless, he found out about Jade.

            "New Years? Ah, yes I remember now. You seemed… somewhat nervous. Like you do now."

"Oh, really? I seem nervous to you?"

"Aya… what are you hiding from me?"

            There was the question. What was Aya going to do now? He could try to lie, but that wouldn't work. Akito knew when people were lying to him.

            But, he tried anyway. "I don't know what you're talking about, Akito. You must be mistaken. Why would I hide anything from you?"

"I'm not sure. I thought Hatori was acting strangely when I told him about a little girl I saw with Momiji. She clearly knew about the curse; Momiji's transformation didn't even startle her."

            Aya tried to remain calm, but knew that he was turning pale.

"Who is she, Aya?" Akito asked menacingly. He watched the other's pale face, waiting for an answer that wasn't coming. "Aya…" Akito said again, "who is she?"

"I still don't know what you're talking about," Aya said to him.

"Stop lying to me! You know exactly what I'm talking about! Now answer me!"

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            Jade cowered in fear in the closet. Just hearing the other man's voice was enough to scare her half to death. She began to worry about what would happen next.

            Momiji, she secretly cried, where are you? I need your help. Momiji!

"Akito," she heard… Hatori?

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            Akito turned to face Hatori. "What is it?"

"I thought I told you not to leave your room since your hallucinations have been going out of control."

"I know what I saw, Hatori," the man said. "It was not a hallucination."

"Are you sure?" asked Hatori, sounding very believable to Akito.

            Akito glared at him, then left. Hatori looked at Ayame, who was still pale. "Ayame…"

"Hatori, what… what am I going to do?" asked a serious Aya. "That was too close for comfort."

"Next time, he'll know for sure. I have an idea on what we can do, but it'll have to be done tonight."

"What?"

            Just then Shigure, Yuki, Tohru, and Kyo ran inside. "Akito… where is he?" Shigure asked, worry in his voice.

"He just left," said Hatori. "I was able to convince him that what he saw wasn't really there."

"But what about next time?" Yuki asked.

            Hatori sighed. "We're sending her to America."

"AMERICA?!" shouted Ayame. "Why America?!"

"You do want her to be safe, don't you?"

            The others agreed with the decision. "I'll tell her," said Tohru, trying to keep from crying. Aya pointed to the closet door. Tohru opened it and found a crying Jade. "Do I have to… go away to America?" she cried. She clung to Tohru, wishing to just wake up from the hectic dream.

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            Jade got on the airplane, acting bravely. She didn't want to leave, but knew that it was for the best. At least they let her say bye to Momiji.

~Flashback~

            "Momiji, I don't wanna go," she had told him.

"But… what if Akito caught you today?" asked Momiji, his eyes full of tears. "I don't want you to go either, but they're right. It's the best way to keep you safe."

            Momiji took a small rabbit statue off his dresser and gave it to Jade. "So that you'll always remember me," he said to her. "Promise you'll come back someday, okay?"

~End Flashback~

            "I will, Momiji," she said, holding the rabbit close to her heart. "I promise."

WAAAHHH!!!!! I love this chapter's ending!

Well, I hope you really enjoyed it. Please keep reading. Jade and Momiji will get to see each other again in a later chapter, so don't worry about that. When will they see each other again? I have no idea.

Please tell me what you think. I check my reviews and e-mail often, and I write chapters when I have ideas. "Boredom leads to creativity."-Still my favorite quote.

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