Dallithia walked down the the road, singing a song she had heard on the radio earlier that day. As she walked up to the front of hte house she saw her mother standing in the doorway. There were tear stains on her face. Dallithia quickend her pace and stopped right in front of her mother. "mom what? whats wrong??" Dallithia's mom let out a quiet sob.
"it's your father and your brother" Dallithia turned icy with fear. the two had left for Iraq just a week ago. her brother to fight, her father to be a doctor in the war camps.
"what happend" she whispered.
"there... there camp was bombed. it was in the news. there were no survivors."
"no," Dallithia whispered than again louder "No!! Your lying!!! this is just a cruel joke!!!!!" she felt a hot tear drip down her face. Her mother reached out to hold her, but Dallithia moved away. "no i dont want this to be real!!! It cant be real!!!" she turned on her heel and ran.
When Dally finally stopped running she was in front of her dojo. She stared inside at the empty practise floor and opened the door. No body tried to stop her as she retrieved her boa from her locker and launched into a vigerous training routine. It was only when she was soaked through with sweat that someone took her boa away. "Dally i think it's time that you stopped now." her sensai said gently.
"no." she sobbed "no! they cant be gone!!!" she sobbed into her sensai's shoulder, while he held her without complaint.
Dallithia boarded the plane a week later. Her mother watched with sad eyes as her daughter walked away down the ramp.
The plane ride was long and tiresom, and dallithia spent most of her time thinking about what life would be like in her mothers home country Japan. Like her mother Dally had black hair that she let hang loose to her hips. Unlike her mother her eyes were a vibrant green. the color of her zodiac animal's eyes. Her mother was a distant member of the sohma family and was cursed with the form of the horse. Dallithia was the cat, the outcast, the one who didnt belong. She was bieng sent to "heal" at the Sohma family estate. In truth, when the head of the family, Akito, had heard about her father he had demanded that she come stay with the rest of the zodiac for a while. She had never meat this side of her family, considering the fact that she had lived in america all her life.
the plane landed with a thump and Dallithia shakily stood up to disembark. When she walked off the boarding ramp she was bombarded with sights and smell completely alien to her. She looked around bewildered and more than a little by her new surroundings.
"your Dallithia Smith are you not?" a quiet voice asked her. she looked around at the boy who had questioned her.
"yes thats me" she answered uncertainly.
"im Hatsuharu Sohma," the boy said looking her over. Dally raised her eyebrows and stared at his white hair and tight shirt. Many gold necklaces hung around his neck and his pants were bedecked with chains. A small boy appeared beside hatsuharu. The child had blonde hair and golden eyes. The boy was signifantly shorter than Dally's 5'5.
"hi" the golden haired boy saaid cheerfully "im momiji sohma!!! your really cute!!! Can i hug you? huh? can i?" Dally's eyes grew huge with surprise at he boy's bluntness. Haru placed his hand on his shoulder and aid gently. "this is niether the time or the place." Another man walked up behind them.
"hello. Are these boy's annoying you ma'am?"
"oh, no they were just introducing themselves."
"well then Haru, Momiji dont you think it time we find our guest?"
Momiji smiled broadly. "Dont worry Ha'ri!! This is her."
"oh, is this so. well then, im Hatori. doctor to the sohma family."
Dallithia nodded politley. "well come on Dally!! daont just stand there lets go get your bags" Momiji said cheerfully grabbing her hand and leading her away. DAllithia kept glancing at ha'ri over er shoulder. the way he carried himself and his attitude reminded her of her brother john. at this though she felt tears prick at her eyes. "No!" she told herself firmly "i will not show weakness!!"
"look Dally its your bags!!" momiji cried jumping up and down. DAlly grabbed her bag and followed the boys to the car.
the sohma family estate was just as her mother had described it: big. She was given a room in one of hte main houses, woch seemed to be a big deel to Momiji and Haru. She wandered around a little on her own until she came to a dojo she walked in and gaped. 3 practiced pads all sat in a room. on one a lesson was obviously taking place but the other two were open. she ran to change into her gi and grab her boa. When she got back the lesson was still going on and someone had taken the other mat. but one was still free and she quickly rushed up to it.
Dally lost herself in the rythem of her excersices. and by the time she was finished she had attracted a small crowd. she duckerd her head modestly and walked tru the throng.
the next week she started high skool. oh god she thought throwing her bag over her shoulder. how the hell am i gonna live thru a day of Japanese high skool? Haru and momiji looked at her before dragging her into the schoool. They led her through halls filled with flirting boys and girls, then led her into an empty classrom. Or at least an almost empty classroom. There was a group of girls filling up the first row of desks. another girl was standing next to the chalkboard pointing with a meter stick to the words 'prince yuki fanclub.' The girl stopped talking when she saw the three walk in. "how dare you inturrupt a Prince Yuki fanclub meeting" the girl shreiked brandishing the meter stick like a sword.
Dally raised an eybrow and looked at haru. he was fuming. "i think that its about time you leave Yuki the hell alone" he voice was calm and even but his eyes were cold. Dally took a step away from him and looked at momiji. He was swinging his arms back and forth while singin a childs song.
"um haru, i think we should be moving on now." she said quietly.
"of coarse" he answered. "momiji take Dally to meet the others."
"okay!!!" momiji said enthustiastically. that wasnt exactly what i meant! Dally thought dismayed.
Momiji led her down some more hall ways and into the cafeteria. 5 students were sitting at the far table. momiji led her over to the small group.
"hello momiji." a pretty boy said, peering at them thru his silver hair. He was thin and lithe with an amazing grace. "And, is this a friend from one of your classes.
"no silly" momiji sais. "his is the new sohma from America!!"
"really?" the boy asked directing his gaze toward her. For some reason this beautiful boy annoyed her to no end. "well then, hello. im Yuki sohma." he held out his hand to her and she eyed it with distaste. He coughed selfconciously and lowered his hand. Dally looked around at the teens and her eyes fell on a boy with bright orange hair.