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Well, here it is Chapter 2:

"Tohru" Arisa called to the ditsy girl from down the hall. Tohru and Hanajima turned and waited for her to catch up.

"what's up" Tohru asked.

"Would you like to come with me to pick up the foreign exchange student from america this afternoon?"

"I'd love to!" Tohru hopped giddily.

"Yes, we should go with you" Hana said softly.

"I have to buy some goceries before we pick her up so why don't I meet you two at shigure's house... around 5?" Arisa said as the bell rang.

"Sounds great" Tohru said. The three friends parted to go to class.

After school Arisa swung by the store to buy a few necessities for home. Her father was useless, even though he was much nicer and caring and he now had a steady job to pay the bills, she still couldn't get him to run the errands for her- even when she had things to do.

"Milk, eggs, rice, tea..." she read off from her list as she hurridly threw the idems into her basket and sprinted to the register to pay for the goods. 'God, I'm gonna be late' she thought to herself, looking at her watch. After paying she ran by her house to dropoff the groceries and ran to Tohru's house.

As she topped the hill in front of shigure's house she could hear the yelling of insults and funiture crashing. Suddenly Kyo flew through a door and into the yard- 'Wow, this is a good one' Arisa almost said outloud.

"When will you ever learn, stupid cat?" Yuki's voice sounded ferce through its softness.

"I'm not stupid," Kyo shouted back almost on his feet by now, "Ya damn-" he stopped his insult mid-way seeing the girl in their yard.

"Do you want to destroy my whole house" she could hear Shigure winning just inside the door.

Arisa stepped around the corner, "Are Tohru and Hana here?" she asked the the tall sleek-looking man. He looked a bit flustered and his glasses had slipped to the tip of his nose.

"Why hello...Tohru's friend!" He greeted her, forgetting her name.

"Arisa." she corrected him.

"I was going to say that." there was a long pause, "Well, why don't you come in a sit down" he motioned for her to step over the rubble. The inside of the house was almost completely in ruins and there was a hole in the cailing leading straight through to the second floor. 'How can tohru live in this crazy house?' she thought seeing kyo practically limping up the stairs.

"Kyo!" Shigure sang. "Why don't you get Miss Honda for..." Shigure squinted trying to remember Arisa's name.

"Arisa." she finished his sentence.

"Get her yourself" Kyo yelled down the stairs then mumbled, "Damn dog."

"Yuki!" Shigure sang again, "Could you get Miss Honda for her friend." That moment Tohru came bounding down the stairs followed by Hana.

"Are you ready?" Tohru asked grabbing her coat from one of the few chairs that hadn't been destroyed by the battle that had just taken place.

"Yeah, let's go" Arisa said jumping up. The three girls made their way out of the door(that was no longer there).

"Miss Honda, where are you going all by yourself?" Yuki asked walking around the corner, his voice was back to soft creepy.

"We're going to pick up a foreign exchange student that Arisa is sponsoring." Tohru replied.

"Why don't I come along?"

"Okey." Tohru said taking the arm Yuki had offered he.

"Yeah we need someone to carry her luggage. She has enough stuff to last a year." Arisa said almost disgusted by the way her and Yuki were acting now. Arisa had always thought of her as a little sister, that she had to protect her and she didn't like the fact that her and Yuki were acting like they were going out or something.

Hana suddenly felt strange waves coming from a nearby tree she looked up to see Kyo jumping down and landing next to the group of friends.

"Well, if he's going," Kyo said as if Yuki wasn't standing right next to him, "Then I guess I have to, too." The high school students turned and began walking away from the house.

"Let's all go then it can be a fun family trip." Shigure called from the porch struggling to put on his shoes. "I can call Hatori and he can give us all a ride, then Ayame can-" he was cut short by the angry glares of Yuki and Kyo.

"...then Ayame can..." Shigure wanted to finish but he trailed off looking at the two angry faces. Then it came:

"NO!" kyo shouted.

"What the hell are you thinking?" Yuki joined in, his soft voice very much contrasting to Kyo's.

"Do you like torturing us?"

"I just wanted-" Shigure began.

"HE IS NOT COMING!" the boys certainly agreed on one thing.

With that settled the five teens walked to the airport. It wasn't far away and their plan was to walk there and take a taxi back because it would be dark and the luggage too mush to carry.

The airport wasn't very crowded and Arisa was able to spot the foreign exchange student easily. She was one of the few Americans in the small local airport and Arisa had seen a photograph of her when she was choosing the student she wanted to sponsor. After locating her the group of girls rushed over to her leaving the boys to carry the luggage and hail a cab.

"What's up?" Arisa said to the girl in English.

"Oh, hi. You must be Arisa!" the girl exclaimed. It was her first time being in a foreign airport without her parents and she was over joyed to see the girl she had been writing to for the last couple of weeks.

"These are my friends, Tohru and Hanajima." Arisa introduced the patiently waiting girls. "And this is Karen."

"Hello! Karen!" Tohru said

"You can call me Hana."

"It's very nice to meet you both" Karen said bowing her head slightly.

"So, are we goin' or not?" Kyo shouted rudely across the terminal.

"Oh, this is Kyo and Yuki." Arisa introduced Karen to the rest of the group. Karen almost gasped aloud, she had never seen anyone with fiery red hair and eyes the same. And when she turned he Yuki his pail grey eyes made her stare. 'It must be hair dye and contacts.' she convinced herself and gave Kyo and Yuki the same greeting she had given the girls moments before.

"We should get you settled in at Arisa's house now. It's going to be a long day tomorrow- getting you everything you need for the rest of the school year." Tohru suggested. And so they piled into the taxi van .