Hi again. THIS IS DEDICATED TO MY TWO REVIEWERS!!! AJIA!!!! AND DAINE-WILDMAGE!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to read my story! And if someone reviewed after and I don't get to read it before I post this, sorry I missed you!

Oh, by the way, Daine, Kass is based off of me! Heehee! But I've never been to Germany or Japan.... bummer...

Standard disclaimers apply.

Haru and Kass made their way through town, Kass gawking at everything the whole way.

"Wow!" she exclaimed. "Japan is so amazing! I like it almost as much as Germany! I went to Germany over the summer to find some relatives! I think I'm gonna live there when I get old enough to become a citizen!" she said happily. She was so happy all the time, always positive, and she kind of reminded him of Tohru.

"Hey, you awake?" she said, her face suddenly invading his vision.

"I was just thinking."

"Oh. That's cool," she went silent for a moment, looking around at everything so unfamiliar to her. "Wow!" Kass suddenly exclaimed rushing down an alley. Haru walked after her.

"How awesome!" She was standing a few feet from the brick wall of a crumbling building. She was staring intently at the painting on the wall. "It's beautiful! I didn't know there was graffiti other places too! I thought it was just the places in America! I didn't see any in Germany!" she shouted, clearly very excited. "Of course, my relatives never let me go to any place that might have had graffiti.... I wonder why?" she trailed off and remained silent for a few more minutes, admiring the pattern on the wall.

"Where are we?" she said suddenly. "I'd like to come back sometime and look for more! Maybe do some of my own!" she winked at Haru, but became concerned when he didn't answer right away.

"I don't know where we are. It's all suddenly unfamiliar. I once again find myself in a strange place. Hm...." Haru tried to figure out where they were and to keep from panicking, Kass went back to staring at the painting. (A/N: not like she'd really panic... I wouldn't panic....)

Neither noticed the group of men heading towards them.

"Hey, baby. What're you doin' wastin' your time with a freak like this?" came the call from behind them. Kass spun quickly while Haru slowly turned around. Four men were standing before them, obviously thugs. "Like my work, baby?"

"Actually, this is the worst example of graffiti I've ever seen. It's pathetic. You should be ashamed to even hint that it's yours." Kass replied coolly. Haru just stared.

"Hey, man, this broad's pretty spunky," the man who spoke before said to the guy beside him. "I like that. Why don't you ditch this loser an' come with me?" It was more of a demand than a request.

"Sorry, but I'd rather have my toenails ripped off. So," she raised a hand and waved at them. "Bye bye." Kass turned towards Haru, taking his hand and leading him out of the alley.

"Hey, bitch! Who told you you could leave? I ain't done with your ass yet!" the apparent leader called. Kass raised a hand, clenching all but her middle finger into a fist. The men growled, and the leader cried, "Get her!"

One of the men rushed up behind her, receiving a blow to the top of the head before he even touched her. He was knocked unconscious immediately. The rest of them flung themselves at the pair of teenagers. One was taken down with a blow behind the ear, another with an uppercut connecting with his chin. The man who had been in charge stared in awe at his three unconscious henchmen, before he received a knife-hand beneath the nose.

He cried out in pain, then had a thumb jabbed into his throat, causing him to cough and gag. He was finished off with a hammer-fist to the temple.

Kass smiled at Haru, who was in shock. That little girl had just taken out four grown men twice her size, all by herself in a matter of seconds. "My cousin was a Navy SEAL," she beamed. She looked about to say more when they heard a car horn and turned to see Hatori staring at them from his car.

"Haru!" he called. He seemed angry, then he say the unconscious men behind them. 'Great,' he thought. 'He's gone black again.' But then he noticed the girl beside him was smiling and Haru was in shock, not the other way around.

Haru made his way to the car, followed by the girl. Hatori stared at her as they neared

"Haru, get in the car," the dragon demanded, still angered, as he had been out looking for Haru for over an hour. "It's seven o'clock," he told the ox. Haru got inside, but Kass remained outside.

"Um..." she said nervously. "Are you a cousin of Haru's too?"

"Yes," Hatori said through the open window.

"Um, could you please give me a ride into town? I need to find my guardian's house."

"Sure," Hatori sighed. "Get in."

"Thank you!" she cried out in English as she slipped into the car next to Haru.

"Do you have the address?" Hatori asked.

"Yes! Here," she handed him a piece of paper she had pulled from her pocket. Hatori frowned when he saw it.

"What a surprise! How've you been, Momiji?" Shigure asked, welcoming the distraction, as his muse had refused to visit him today.

"Wonderful!" he cried.

"Oh, before I forget, did any of you see an American named Kass at school today?"

"Yes!" Tohru called from the kitchen. "She was with Hatsuharu-san!"

"Do any of you know where they went?"

"Don't care," Kyo said from down the hall before leaving for his afternoon training.

"You should! She'll be staying with us!" Yuki choked on his tea, Kyo cried out: "WHAT!?" Tohru smiled, and Momiji cried out wonderful in German again.

"How did this happen!?" shouted Kyo, rushing into Shigure's office.

"I merely volunteered to take care of a young foreign girl for the three months she'll be in Japan," He said with a grin.

Momiji was saying goodbye to Yuki and Tohru in the front yard, and in the awkward silence Kyo could hear him clearly

"You're a perv, you know that?" Kyo growled as he walked outside. Shigure chuckled and went back to his writing.

Hatori's car pulled to a stop in front of Shigure's house. "This is it," he sighed.

"Thank you very much!" she shouted as she ran off towards the house. She rung the doorbell, waving to Hatori as he drove away with Haru.

A soft "Hello?" brought her attention back to the door.

"Hi is-" she stopped in mid-sentence. "Tohru? I'll be staying with you? Neat! Is a," she fished out the piece of paper from her pocket again. "'Shigure' here?"

"Yes!" Tohru said with a smile. "We've been waiting for you!"

"Where've you been?" Shigure called happily from the living room. "We were worried!"

"Hello Mr. Shigure! Haru was just showing me around. We got lost," she giggled.

"Stupid!" came a familiar voice. She turned to see Kyo coming down the stairs. "You let Haru show you around?!"

"Kyo, now is that anyway to treat a guest?" Shigure scolded from the couch.

"Stupid cat," Kass spun to see Yuki coming through the back door.

"Cool! I get to live with all of you!" she exclaimed, not even noticing Yuki had called Kyo a cat.

"You can stay in my room, Kass! Your things arrived a few hours ago!" Tohru smiled. "Do you need some help unpacking?"

"Sure! Thank you so much!" Kass sighed. 'I think I'm gonna like it here,' she thought.

Next Chapter:

"Ah!"

"Stupid cat."

"We're not like normal people."

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Oh, and my cousin's a Marine, not a SEAL, btw.