When Penny opened her eyes,Tina's face was in hers.

"AH!" Penny yelled and sat bolt upright, knocking Tina away.

"Calm down, calm down, it's me." Tina reassured her.

"Wh-what happened?" Though Penny knew Tina didn't know. She looked around and saw that they were in a clearing in a forest. It looked like it was a Spring afternoon and a beautiful one.

"Don't look at me," Tina brought up her hands defensively. "All I know is that it's pretty."

Under other circumstances, Penny would have laughed. It was really pretty.

"Did something happen that I don't remember?" asked Penny.

"Um...if it did, I don't remember it, cuz what I remember doesn't make that much sense."

Penny looked from the wide eyes of Tina to the trees around them. That was all she remembered too. She remembered feeling sick, but she would have expected to wake up on the floor of Jill's house, not of a forest.

There was a noise behind them and they both turned to see a rabbit and a snake come into the clearing with them. Tina froze, trying not to scream. She gripped Penny's arm, moving what had been holding her up and causing her to tip over.Penny brought herself up on an elbow and saw that the rabbit and snake were now...starring at them. The rabbit was white with floppy ears and the snake was green, probably a garden snake. The rabbit was on it's back legs, nose twitching as it looked at the two girls and the snake was balance on it's tail, tongue flicking around as it looked at them. Penny thought the two of them were adorable, really. That was, until they suddenly disappeared in a cloud of smoke, making the two jump in surprise.

When the smoke cleared a man in his twenties and a boy about their age peered out from behind a tree on the edge of the clearing, not to far from where the rabbit and snake had been. They both had pleasant smiles on their faces, but Penny was still apprehensive.

The next thing Penny knew, the older man was bending down in from of her, shaking her hand. His face was uncomfortably close to hers and it looked like she was trying to lay down flat on her back, in hopes that he would walk over her and keep going.

"Hello! My name is Ayame Sohma! Nice to meet you, fine day isn't it?" Penny's mind was confused with all of the small talk and trying to figure out why this man was talkingto her like this. Meanwhile Tina was standing with the boy smiling up at her, while she gave him a confused look.

"My name is Momiji! Whats yours?"

"T-Tina." she stuttered uncertainly.

At that moment a grey haired boy came from the trees and stopped at the sight he found. Two girls about his age looking a bit frightened and confused as they were pelted with conversation.

"Ayame? Momiji?" the boy said as a father to his children, expecting them to be doing something bad.

Ayame and Momiji looked up and smiled at the new comer to the clearing.

"Hello there younger brother!" said Ayame. "We came out here for a..er--stroll and found these two young ladies and decided to stop and chat."

Yuki walked up to Ayame and the girl who was almost flat on her back. Yuki bent down and the next thing Penny knew, Yuki had stiff armed Ayame and hewas a few feet away on his back.

"Sorry about my brother," Yuki smiled kindly at Penny. "He is a bit forward."

Penny sat there, stunned for a moment before realizing she could sit up without knocking into Ayame.

"My name is Yuki." the boy continued.

"Penny." she said.

"Interesting name, are you from around here?."

"Well..." she couldn'tthink of what to say.

"We're lost." Tina said, Momiji still in front of her.

"Oh," said Yuki in surprise. "then allow me to be of some assistance." he stood up and held out his hand for Penny, who took it and brushed herself off. "Follow me," he said as they began to go through the trees. "I can take you to my house and see if you-" he stopped having noticed that Penny had halted at the meantion of his house. She didn't know these people, and though they seemed very nice...

"You don't have to worry Miss, you are safe with me." he tried to reasure her. Ayame and Momiji were standing in the trees, smiling back to the three of them.

"I think we should go with them Penny." Tina said.

Penny hesitated for a moment longer and then began to follow Yuki through the trees toward his house.

"I don't believe I have ever met anyone with names like your's before." Yuki said, trying to make conversation.

"Neither have I," Penny replied. "Well, actually, once, in a book."

"Do you like to read?"

"Yes, a lot."

"What about you, Miss Tina?" and so the conversation went until Tina began to walk besides Penny a few minutes later. Ayame and Momiji were talking loudly so no one heard the girls' conversation.

"Penny."

"Yes?"

"These people..."

"They seem nice."

"Yes but..." she kept trailing off. "Their names."

"They're...oh, like Yuki, yeah that seems strange. I wonder where we are, I mean the only place I have heard the name Yuki is in-"

"Fruits Basket." Tina finished. "All of their names are from Fruits Basket."

"Really? I guess they seemed familiar but there were so many characters in that book. I guess someone was a big fan." but Penny was puzzled. They were probably born after Fruits Basket was published. "Maybe they are nicknames."

"I...I don't think so." Tina was looking at the ground with a scowl. "Um...Yuki?" she said louder to get his attention. "Where are we exactly?"

Yuki smiled and thinking to make a joke he gave them the full address.

"Japan!" Penny yelled at the word and covered her mouth with both hands, she stopped walking and starred at Yuki and the others.

"Yes..." Yuki look worriedly at her.

Penny was breathing hard and fast..."No way this is happening...this is some sort of joke...it's a dream!" she thought suddenly and pinched herself. The three boys starred at her, did she just pinch herself?

"Is this some kind of joke!" said Penny.

"I am not sure what your talking about." said Yuki who was not sure what was going on.

"Penny," Tina said quietly. "It's ok. Really. They are really nice, remember?"

Penny knew she was right, but how would they get home? She remembered the window on the computer and the countdown it did. Then she had blacked out. How were they going to get home?

"See, we have an idea...but we aren't sure how we got here, into these woods with you."

"Maybe they have lost there memories." offered Ayame.

"Maybe you shouldn't be walking." Yuki said.

"No...I think we are fine. Maybe we can explain it better when we get to your house." Tina said. Penny was surprised at how calm she was. She would expect Tina to be like her. Tina only acted this cool when-

Penny glanced at Yuki. Ooooooooooooooooohhhh. So Tina was playing it cool for Yuki. Penny wondered how Tina could be so calm just because she wanted to impress a guy.

"Just a little bit further!" said Momiji cheerfully, now walking next to her. Penny smiled down at him. She had read some of the books but...not many. She thought she had heard of Momiji but there were probably a lot of people she was going to meet that she had heard about. She had to remember not to show that she knew things about the Sohmas since they were to have met them only now. Then she thought of the curse. I guess I should be careful though...she wondered if Tina would try to "stumble" upon the curse.

Suddenly she was out of the trees and bumped into Yuki, who turned around and smiled down at her. It was strange how his smiling eyes made up for his half smile that spread across his face.

"May I now take the pleasure," said Ayame. "to show you the Sohma household! Oh look, there's Shigure! Hi Shigure!"

Shigure, who had walked out onto the porch, turned, looked surprised to see the two girls, then smiled and waved.

"They are all so happy." Penny thought. As she saw the three boys wave back. "Atleast on the outside." she wondered if they felt happy or were just being polite.

Later, in the house.

They had met Tohru but she quickly left to cook and clean after a warm welcome. There seemed to be a lot of people staying there but they only met adorable Kisa as she helped Tohru and Kyo. Kyo walked inas they sat in the living room talking. Penny and Tina told them their names (Penny Dear and Tina Fig) and mostly listened as the family talked, joked, bantered, and laughed. Penny was sitting back up, having been doubled over in laughter, to see a young man with red hair standing on the bottom step of the staircase looking at Tina for a moment and then her.

"Penny, Tina, this is Kyo. Kyo, Ayame, Momiji and Yuki found these young ladies in the forest earlier and they are staying with us for dinner. Will you be joining us?"

"I don't think I will." he said as he walked toward the door, mumbling something about large crowds.

"He must be shy, two beautiful young ladies in his livingroom without any notice." said Ayame loudly. Tina smiled and did this blinking thing that made Penny wonder if her eyelashes ever got stuck together and then glued her eyes to her hands when she realized what he had said.

"Now now," said Shigure in mock warning "You are to old for these girls." then more seriously "Leave them to Yuki and Momiji." Momiji laughed and so did Shigure but Penny was to busy hoping her face wasn't pink and Tina leaned over toward Ayame.

"How old are you Ayame?" she asked. What a flirt.

"Twenty seven." he smiled. Tina's flirtatious look went to one of shock and then was back, though toned down, as Penny caught herself before laughing at Tina's expressions.

"And you?" he asked politely.

"Sixteen," she said. " So is Penny, but her birthday is soon."

"Oh really Miss. Dear?" said Yuki, smiling. "When, may I ask."

"Two weeks exactly." she half smiled.

"So that makes you a Dragon." said a voice from doorway leading to the porch.

"Hello Hatori." said Shigure evenly, givingYuki a look that only the two of them saw.

"Hello Shigure, Ayame, Momiji, Yuki, Miss Dear, Miss Fig." he bowed to the room. Penny felt uneasy. How did he know Tina and her last names?

"If I could speak with you for a moment Shigure." everyone in the room seemed to tense at his words.

"Certainly. Don't have to much fun without me!" he called as he led Hatori into another room.

"Dinnertime!" chimed Tohru as she popped into the room and back into the kitchen.

"Yay!" yelled Momiji.

The dinner was rather uneventful until Shigure and Hatori came in, eyes made questioning glances toward thembut the answer they got back was "wait until later" as Penny and Tina pretended not to notice.

Kyo walked in about halfway through dinner and stopped right behind Penny.

"Your in my spot." at first Penny looked to see who he was talking to, but when she looked up into his face she saw those red eyes looking right back.

"Oh..um, sorry." she said and started to get up.

"You may stay where you are Miss Dear." said Yuki. "He was late, he can sit somewhere else."

"There isn't anymore room." Kyo said, trying to control his temper.

"Then eat on the roof." Yuki dared Kyo to yell, to give him a reason to embarress him in front of their guests.

"No, he can have his spot back." Penny said and began to get up again.

"Why don't you two share the spot." said Shigure cheerfully while Hatori gave him a look like 'where in the world did he get that retarded idea.'

Kyo didn't make a move to sit down until "Just leave, I'm losing my appetite." said Yuki, going back to his dinner. So Kyo sat down between Penny and Momiji.There hadn't been much floor space left before soPenny pulled her knees up to her chest and tried to eat, but with difficulty. Kyo was in the same position with the same luck when their eyes met, knowing they both looked ridiculous and then they went back to trying to eat.

"So where is it you live?" Shigure asked out of curiosity. "Yuki is going to walk you two home, isn't he?"

"He offered..." said Penny.

"The thing is," said Tina, setting down her utensils "We...don't really know where that is. I would tell you that we lost our memory...but we really aren't sure." She smiled and looked up into Shigure's face which, for some reason, was not surprised."We don't remember." she shrugged.

"Well that settles it," he said. "Your staying with us." Tina smiled and gave him a long thank you while Penny wished that Kyo would stop giving her that look, it made her think he thought she was crazy. "Yes, thank you." she said.

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