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Chapter 2

Yuki and the rest watched with curiosity as Haru and Lil walked back to their picnic hand in hand. They both had the biggest smiles on that Yuki had ever seen.

"Is everything better now?" Tohru asked, she didn't quite understand what had transpired between Haru and Lil while under that tree.

"Everything's much better Tohru-san!" Lil smiled in Tohru's direction and then at everyone else who was staring at her.

"Oh, that is very good Lil-san! I was hoping the rest of your stay here will be pleasant!" Tohru responded.

"I'll make sure it is," said Haru, after which everyone was too embarrassed to do anything but eat.

After awhile Momiji, who had finished his lunch extra fast so he could ask Lily more questions, looked up at her. She was just sitting placidly sipping at her soda. "Lily, Lily! How do you know Japanese?" Lily, who didn't expect anyone to speak at that moment, choked on her coke. Everyone looked up in alarm fearing that Momiji had struck a nerve.

"Well that was a random..." she said quietly then looked up at the people around her with worried faces, "I'm alright; he just surprised me is all. Momiji-san I know Japanese because my grandmother is Japanese. She always spoke it to me because I live with her and my mother, who's half Japanese. My father lives across the country in California with his new wife and kids." Lil took another sip of soda and then looked up, "You remind me of her, Tohru-san, my grandmother I mean. It's comforting to know there are more people as caring as her in the world."

Tohru smiled brightly at Lil, "Why thank you very much, Lil-san. I am honored to be thought of as caring as someone you admire deeply." Tohru bowed her head.

"Your welcome," Lil thought for a second, "That's what I'd imagine my grandmother would say."

Kyou, who had been thinking about this for quite sometime, spoke up, "Hey Lil, um how come you don't look Japanese?"

Lil turned her head quickly to face him, "The answer is simple, my father is not Japanese and my mother is only part Japanese, therefore the only things I really have is my grandmother's traditions to prove it. My father insisted I had no element of Japanese in my life or schooling. He sure would be pissed to know I'm here speaking fluent Japanese." An evil smile crept up on Lil's face.

"That's horrible that your father wouldn't let you embrace a part of you culture!" Momiji exclaimed. "I wouldn't know what to do if I couldn't speak German anymore!"

"Oh, so you're German?" Lil asked.

"Da! My mutti is German and my vatti is Japanese!"

"So that explains your different colorings but what about everyone else? Especially Haru, do you guys dye your hair?"

"No, Lil-san, all of our hair colors are natural." Yuki explained, then he looked at Haru, who had a hint of his black side coming out. "And please don't ask Haru or anyone else to prove it."

Haru looked directly at Yuki, "Oh, why spoil my fun?"

"Okay, I'm going to ignore what that implies, but Yuki-san why would I ever doubt you, if you say that it's true I won't second-guess it. You're all my friends now." A loving, caring smile formed on Lil's face. Everyone just stared at Lil for the third time that day. "What too 'peace-childish?'" Lil looked around.

"Yeah, just a bit..." Kyou trailed off, he didn't know what Lil's reaction was going to be.

"Sorry, but it's true....you've accepted me, so I accept you. It's a give and take."

"Well, that's a nice way to think about it, Lil-san!" Tohru exclaimed trying to break the silence.

All of sudden there was a loud ringing sound, a cue that lunch was now over. All six of the new friends said their good byes and went off in their different directions.