My piercing scream filled the air as I fell headfirst towards the ground below. I closed my eyes and placed my arms over my head, as I was about to hit. "What's that?" I heard someone below me shout. Then I hit something and grabbed onto it, though it was not the ground I had expected. I had been caught in someone's arms. I looked over into the face of a bright orange haired boy with similarly bright eyes. He stared at me in shock for a second before I leapt back in surprise. The boy had turned into an orange cat! I stumbled back and someone supported me before I fell. I turned around and my eyes widened as I peered into the face of a grey haired and purple eyed boy.

He smiled warmly back at me. "Where did you come from?"

I stared around to find the cat being held by a brown haired girl who was comforting it. It hissed and glared at me and I just stared back. "Are you… Yuki?" I mumbled to the grey haired boy.

He looked back at me in surprise. "Yes…"

I turned to the cat and girl. "And you're Tohru and Kyo?"

The girl, Tohru, looked shocked. "Yes. Do… I know you?" I shook my head. "Then how do you…?"

"I can't explain it right now…" I flinched as a crowd began to gather and stare at my ears and tail. "Can we get away from these people?"

Yuki nodded and took my hand, leading me away as Tohru followed with Kyo's clothes. Kyo padded up ahead of us. We journeyed into the woods a bit and came to a house. Someone came out on the porch to greet us. "We have a visitor?" He asked casually but then stopped to get a better look. "What… are you?" I blushed deeply.

"Don't be rude Shigure." Yuki scolded before leading me into the house. We all kneeled down around a low table. Suddenly Kyo changed back into a human and Tohru and me clasped our hands over our faces quickly. He grabbed up his clothes and left muttering to himself as Shigure chuckled.

Tohru and I recovered as Yuki spoke up. "How do you know who we are and where did you fall from?"

I blushed and looked down at the floor, fidgeting my hands in my lap. "Where I come from you are all characters in a book called Fruits Basket… I know you from that."

"What are you talking about?" Hissed a newly dressed Kyo as he reentered the room.

"It's true!" I insisted.

"Maybe so… But then how did you get here?" Yuki asked.

"I was sent here…" I then proceeded in telling them all that had happened since I had returned to see Inuyasha and we had gone for that walk and how Akumei had kidnapped me and taken me away. I left out the part when I had met Kiba and the others. "And now I'm here…" I finished.

They all stared at me for a second. "Are we really supposed to believe that?" Kyo muttered.

"Well why not?" I asked. "I mean, how else would I just fall out of the sky like that?"

"She has a good point." Shigure said.

"Shut up! You weren't even there!" Kyo yelled. "Let's see you transform then!" He added to me.

"Don't yell at her, she's lost!" Yuki said, with a punch that sent Kyo flying.

I held back the urge to run to Kyo's side and remained sitting. "It's no trouble…" I closed my eyes and when I reopened them I was the black and green wolf sitting calmly in the middle of the room. I lowered my head and tried to hide from all the shocked stares. Tohru couldn't resist reaching over and scratching my ears as I was sitting in between her and Yuki. I wagged my tail and panted slightly.

"I knew we had a connection." Shigure said suddenly.

"She's a wolf, not a dog." Yuki said.

"But still, what is she exactly?" Kyo asked, nursing a bruised cheek.

Yuki glared at him but I changed back suddenly to divert the attention. "I'm mostly a wolf demon though I have a little bit of human in me." I said quietly. "So I'm not quite full…"

"A demon…" Kyo muttered. "Then how do we know we're safe with you here?"

I glared at him angrily. "Not all demons are evil!"

He flinched as my eyes turned red. "Ok!"

"So… what do you do now?" Yuki asked. "Wait for Akumei to contact you again?"

I nodded. "And I need something to keep me awake until that happens. He can't contact me if I'm sleeping or unconscious."

"Well, it's still bright out. Do you want to go for a walk?" Tohru asked happily.

"Well… what about my appearance?"

"Come with me." Said Yuki as he stood and left the room. I slowly followed him down the hall into another room. He went over to some drawers and pulled out a shirt. "Yours is ripped in the front and this one is pretty long to hide your tail."

I blushed deeply and took it from him. "Thank you…"

He dug around a little more and pulled out a baseball cap. "I never wore this anyway." He said with a smile as he handed it to me as well. "You can change in there." He pointed across the hall into a small room and I nodded and entered. I slipped on the collared, button up shirt and adjusted the hat on my head so my ears were hidden and pressed down.

Yuki met me in the hallway and we returned to the others. "Why are you making her wear your clothes?" Kyo asked.

"It's alright! I just needed to get out of this…" I muttered as I held up my baggy ripped shirt. I wrapped my tail softly around my waist and tugged the end through a belt loop before pulling the shirt down all the way to hide it. I looked up and smiled at everyone, setting my sword against a wall. "I guess I'm ready. Sorry for the trouble…"

"It's fine." Yuki said as Tohru and Kyo stood.

Shigure followed us as we headed outside. "You know this would make a good story."

I laughed. "Umm… ok. Oh!" I added. "Can I take everyone's picture?" I held out my camera. "I might not be here when we return."

"What for?" Kyo asked with a glare.

"So I'll have proof that I saw you. I need a picture of everyone I meet during this world switching crap I have to do."

Slowly everyone agreed and all huddled together as I set the camera down. I jumped in with them before the red light disappeared and the picture took. I picked it up and put it in the bag again with a grin. "Thank you very much."

We waved goodbye to Shigure and wandered around town for a bit. I met other members of the Sohma family while we were out as well.

As we were walking two actually found us right away. "Yuki! How have you been?" asked a white and blacked haired boy as he came towards us. I recognized him as Hatsuharu from the book. He paused and stared at me as I lightly blushed. "And who's this?"

"This is Kira!" Tohru exclaimed happily. "She came from another world."

I jumped at Tohru's straightforwardness and watched Haru warily as he stared back. I jumped again as something began tugging my tail free. I spun around to see a blonde boy, Momiji, pulling curiously at my tail.

He looked up at me and grinned with big blue eyes. "So you really are from a different world!" Slowly I nodded as he continued playing with my tail. I glanced around, letting out a sigh of relief at the sight of empty streets.

I tensed as I felt someone else now pulling my tail as well. "Hmm…" I snatched it away from Haru's grasp with a red face. "What?" He asked. "You're letting him play with it." He said, referring to Momiji.

"But he's different!" I started but Haru interrupted me.

"You look like a fighter."

I paused and stared at him for a second. "What? No I don't!"

"But you are one right?" He continued. At my silence he smiled triumphantly. "I knew it. Let's have a quick fight."

"What? In the middle of the sidewalk?" I exclaimed.

"Haru, you don't challenge random girls to battles!" Yuki sighed.

"Then you fight me Kyo." Haru suggested.

"Not on your life." Kyo spat.

There was a pause and Haru looked down at the ground. His body slightly shook and he looked up again with a strange glint in his eyes. He smirked and leaned right up against Yuki. "Well I'd rather fight the girl anyway. They're a lot more fun to fight than guys…"

"What do you mean?" I asked, my face growing red.

"Oh, you know what I mean. I can see it in your face. Let's make a bet. If I win you have to do something with me." Haru said, leaning in towards me.

My face grew crimson as Tohru's looked blank as well as Momiji's. "What's he talking about?" Tohru asked.

"Kira, do not accept." Yuki ordered angrily and Kyo screamed at him in rage.

"I-I wasn't planning to." I stammered, leaning away from him. "I-is this black Haru?" I added in a whisper.

"Yes, and I'm going to pound his face in!" Kyo screamed, lurching forward. Haru ducked to the side and slipped behind me, whipping off the hat. The two ears popped up and Momiji's eyes sparkled at the thought of playing with them. Haru grabbed one in each hand and began massaging them, smirking as I melted into him.

"Kira, don't encourage him!" Yuki yelled.

"I can't help it… It's the ears..." I sighed with a red face.

If the others went near to try to separate us, Haru would move so I was always in the middle and there were no openings to attack.

"Stop…" I said in a whisper, with closed eyes. I felt ready to collapse and leaned on Haru to support myself, only making him happier. Despite my position I couldn't deny how good it felt to have my ears rubbed. Slowly I managed to raise an arm above my head. I quickly let it drop, draped around Haru's shoulders and lightly squeezed. Haru smiled at first but then realized what I'd done.

He opened his mouth to speak but instead of words, the moo of a cow came out. I fell to my knees, turning to see a large black and white cow staring down at me. I breathed a sigh of relief as Momiji came playfully forward and began tugging at my ears.

"Kira, are you ok?" Yuki asked, helping me to my feet. "I'm really sorry."

"It's ok…" I said in an almost whisper, my face still bright red. I looked around to see everyone's reactions. Tohru was totally confused about what had just happened, Kyo was blushing at what Haru had done, Yuki was making sure I was alright, and Momiji was still playing with my ears. I shot a weak smile at him before retrieving the hat and placing it back on my head. Next I hid my tail again as well.

A few minutes later the cow disappeared in a poof of smoke and Haru appeared in its place. My face turned crimson as I buried my face in my hands and Kyo forced Haru to quickly dress again.

A fully dressed Haru stood and looked around at everyone. He made eye contact with me but I quickly turned away, my face seeming to be permanently red. "Did… I miss something?"

"It was your fault you idiot!" Kyo screamed, landing a blow to his face.

A few minutes later found us saying our goodbyes with Haru holding a bruised cheek and wondering why I blushed every time he looked at me. I did get up the courage to snap a picture of him with Momiji though.

We continued walking but soon more trouble found us. "Yuki!"

Yuki froze, placed his hand on his face and spun around in the opposite direction but he was too slow. A person identical to Yuki but with longer hair came forward and tugged on his sleeve. "I am here to work on our brotherly bond!"

"Well you're the only one." Yuki replied coldly.

The man, who I knew as Yuki's older brother, Ayame from the series, turned towards me. "Ah, and who is this?" He asked, taking my hand and planting a light kiss. "I feel a strong connection to her! What year were you born in young lady?"

I blushed lightly at his actions. "1989, the year of the snake…" I said reluctantly.

"I knew it!" Ayame cried triumphantly. He looked me over carefully. "Why do you wear such boy clothes that hide your body? You must come by my shop immediately!" He took my hand and started pulling me away but Yuki hit him soundly on the head.

"Leave her alone." He said, pulling me away. "Kira, he's dangerous. Don't go near him."

"I didn't mean too…" I stammered.

"Why are you hiding your face under this hat?" Ayame cried suddenly snatching the hat from my head. I froze as he stared at me for a moment before quickly recovering. "What cute ears! Now you really must come by my shop!"

"I don't want to!" I cried, covering the ears with my hands.

"Even if I gave you something free?" Ayame asked.

"Yes." Yuki answered decidedly for me.

Ayame's head drooped for a moment before he perked again and I snapped a surprise picture but he didn't even flinch. "Very well. I have some business to attend to. Good day!" He cried before handing me the hat and walking quickly away.

I blushed lightly as I placed it on my head. "He's my year…" I muttered.

"At least he's not your brother." Yuki sighed before we continued walking again.

Once again we hadn't gotten very far when another interruption occurred. "Kyo!" A girl's voice called. I snapped a picture as she approached.

I saw Kyo's body go rigid as he turned and saw who it was. He started to run and got a few steps when the girl, Kagura, slammed him to the ground by landing an elbow to his back. I jumped and stared wide eyed as Kagura then started caressing him lightly. "Oh Kyo, are you ok? What happened?"

Tohru and I just stood staring as Yuki sighed and shook his head. "You came on a very busy day it seems…" He said with a slight smile towards me.

"Yeah…" I nodded, staring as Kyo started to come to.

Kagura stood and faced me cautiously. "Who are you?"

"Me? My name's Kira…"

"You're living with Kyo too?"

"No!" I exclaimed, my face turning pink. "I'm just visiting for the day!"

"Oh, ok…" Kagura said before turning to Kyo. She hugged him tightly and as he gasped for breath said, "Well I have to go somewhere Kyo. I'll see you later!" She giggled as she skipped away.

Kyo staggered to his feet and muttered, "Let's get out of here before she comes back…" We all headed away fairly quick.

A few hours later we headed back to the house as darkness fell about us. Walking towards the front door my ears twitched under the hat and I heard voices. I froze and the others stared at me. "What's wrong?" Yuki asked but I placed a finger over my lips and he quieted.

"I heard about that demon girl you found today." I heard a man saying.

"Yes but if her story is true it won't matter that she knows our secret because she won't be here for long." Shigure answered.

"But what if she's lying?" The man added.

"I don't think she is but she's kind. She reminds me of Tohru. I don't think she'd do anything to harm any of us or spread the secret." Shigure concluded.

I blushed and started back inside as the others caught up watching me weirdly. Yuki opened the door and we all stepped inside.

The man looked up. "Hello."

"Welcome back." Shigure added. "I see she's still here."

"Yes, I'm sorry." I said. "I thought I'd be gone by now."

"It's ok." Replied Shigure as he called me over.

I went to his side and spoke before he could. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone your secret." I whispered.

He stared at me. "How did you know I was going to say that?"

I took off the hat and my ears popped up. One of them twitched and I smiled softly. "I could hear you from outside. Sorry I was listening in…"

Shigure looked at me for a second before laughing. "It's ok, I don't blame you. I blame those ears on your head."

I touched one self consciously as I looked at the floor. Tohru came warmly to my side. "Do you need a room for the night? We could share mine."

I smiled and shook my head. "No thanks. I'm supposed to be staying awake."

"But everyone needs sleep!" She insisted.

I laughed. "Don't remind me. I'll just… I don't know, hang out outside until he contacts me."

"No need, we'll keep you awake tonight." Shigure offered.

"How?" Kyo asked sharply.

"We'll just sit and talk. Maybe she can tell us more about her life. Like is the green in the hair natural?" Shigure joked. "What did you think I'd say?" Kyo just glared at him.

I laughed nervously as I ran my fingers through my hair. "I don't want to keep you all up…"

"But you don't want to miss your friend either." Yuki added.

"I guess you're right…" I muttered.

"Then it's settled." Cried Tohru happily. "We'll all stay up with you tonight!"

"Not you school goers." Shigure said. "You need rest to do well."

"It's Saturday!" Yelled Kyo.

"Is it really?" Shigure asked, scratching his head.

Yuki sighed before turning to me. "So tell us, what is your life like?"

"One thing before I tell you all." I said, turning to the man who Shigure had been talking to. His name was Hatori. "Can I please have a picture of you?"

"What for?" He asked hesitantly.

"Well… because I'll probably never see any of you again so I want something to remember everyone I meet by." After a while Hatori agreed and I snapped a quick picture before turning to Yuki to answer his question. "Well, I didn't even know I was a demon until less than a year ago…" I began but Kyo interrupted me.

"How could you not know?" He laughed.

I shifted uncomfortably and Yuki shoved him back into a wall. Tohru went to him as Yuki led me into another room where we all sat down. I continued, "My brother, Inuyasha, came to my house and got me. When I remembered him I turned back into half of my demon form. My claws and fangs weren't as long. Plus I didn't have these markings or my tail. He took me to my other brother, Sesshoumaru, who changed me all the way back. My hair was only black then…"

I paused to unwrap my tail from my waist and Tohru spoke up. "How did you get separated?"

"I was waiting for someone by a well and someone else pushed me as a joke. I fell in and was brought to America somehow. This part I still don't get, I got some disease that had no cure and died shortly after." I continued before they could argue. "Then for some reason I was born into a human family with no knowledge of my other life. My old body had also disappeared. That continued for a while until Inuyasha found me. They came into my room and injected me with the cure and picked me up from the hospital later."

"How did they have the cure?" Shigure asked.

"Well, there were some others with my brother and his friends. The others needed me for a different reason so they made a cure and just happened to find me on the same day."

"What was the reason?" Asked Tohru, totally captivated by what I was saying.

"Every time I died my spirit energy went up inside of me and it has built up to a dangerously high level. They had been gathering it for me so I wouldn't hurt people by accident if it became too much for me to handle. They came to have me fight in a tournament with them and they chose me because, even if human, with all that energy I would be very powerful. But before I could use it they had to get it back inside me. To do that they took all my gathered energy, which was about the size of a basketball, and it forced its way inside of me. It hurt so bad that it almost killed me and it destroyed an entire stone room and badly injured my brother before I had absorbed it correctly. There was so much it shows in my hair and that's why it has the green flecks throughout it."

"If the energy could do that much then why'd they waste it on a girl?" Kyo scoffed.

I smirked at him. "Because it's mine and I can do quite a bit with it already. Want to see?"

He looked at my face and hesitated. "I don't know…"

Yuki rolled his eyes. "How did it hurt your brother?"

My eyes swirled blue as I responded. "I couldn't contain it, there was too much. It slowly tears you apart from the inside out if you can't do it. Usually they'd take it back out if the person can't handle it but I had so much that sparks and streaks of energy would fly off and hit things. Like… there were trees in the room. Some got hit and exploded on impact. Sesshoumaru, my oldest brother, came forward when he saw I was dying and explained to me why I had accepted to do it early in the first place. I was supposed to wait until I had trained more. He got hit by a stray bolt and was instantly knocked out. He is a very powerful demon too… But that's how I learned to change into a wolf. When he was struck I changed for some reason and then healed him so he didn't die."

"What was the thing that made you do it?" Tohru asked.

"Inuyasha was in trouble. I kept having dreams of him dying and I knew it was true. Afterwards we returned to see him and it really was. He was facing Naraku, the one who's fault it is that I'm even here and he was human."

"I thought you said your brothers were demons." Kyo commented.

I nodded. "But he is a half demon so on the night of the new moon he changes to human again. He can't even use his sword when he's like that so he was a sitting target for Naraku. I came to help with some of the people who I was to fight with and we saved him and his friends." I laughed. "But remember I'm not totally full demon so I change back human for about half of the night of the new moon so I changed, luckily, right after the battle and since my spirit energy isn't a demonic power I was able to heal a few people."

"So is that when Akumei took you away?" Yuki asked.

I shook my head. "No, I returned to my most recent human family after that and we went to the beach for a week. The bad part is that I was asleep for all of it but one day."

"How could you sleep that long?" Kyo questioned.

"I had trained non stop for several days and had finally reached a limit. I passed out while on the way to the beach so they had to carry me back…" I smiled to myself as I remembered that Gin had dropped me and forced out the last of my energy. "After the trip I went back to the tournament people and I trained for a week straight with absolutely no breaks during that time."

Tohru stared at me. "What were you doing?"

"Mastering my ability to change into a wolf while in mid attack. I will be fighting heartless demons during the tournament so I have to be ready for anything. They won't take me seriously so I'm just adding to my list of advantages by learning new tricks." I laughed. "I've only done it once though because as soon as I did it right I collapsed and had to be carried inside."

"By why for a straight week?" Tohru continued.

"I had promised myself that once I managed it I would have earned the right to ask them to take me to my brother again. It was after I visited him when I was kidnapped by Akumei so maybe I shouldn't have…"

Yuki shook his head. "No, it sounds like he would have just waited for you to come no matter how long it took."

I sighed. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

"What exactly is spirit energy? Can you see it?" Kyo asked.

I grinned at him. "Yep. I've gotten so much control over it that I can form it into anything I want! I've made fireworks before except the only color I can make is green. My energy is green and I can't change it." I held out my hand and stared at it for a second. Everyone jumped as my eyes glowed green for an instant and a neon green ball appeared in my hand. I opened my hand wider and the ball increased in size until it was about a basketball's height.

"What is that?" Kyo yelled.

I laughed at him. "It's some of my spirit energy in the shape of a ball." I handed it to Yuki who turned it over in his hands.

"It would seem solid except for the sparks." He said as another spark leapt off the surface.

Tohru stared at it wide eyed and hesitantly touched it. "It's warm." She discovered.

"May I?" The man, Hatori, said suddenly as he took the ball from her. I jumped having forgotten that he was still here. "Interesting…" he muttered.

It sizzled suddenly into nothing and Tohru turned to me. "What's wrong?" She asked urgently.

I had suddenly leaned forward so I was sitting on my knees with my head bent forward resting on them. I held both sides of my head tightly. "It's Akumei." I whispered.

"Everyone stay quiet." Yuki murmured as everyone stared at me.

Kira? Kira are you there! Akumei's voice sounded faintly in my head.

Akumei! I can barely hear you!

It took me a long time to find you this time. Where are you?

I'm with some people in their house. They took me in and offered to keep me awake so I wouldn't miss you.

But where is their house?

In Japan.

Japan? Does that mean you can find your way here?

No, I have no clue where I am or what year it is here. Plus the entrance to your world is in America.

Ok, get ready to leave then. I'm going to have to do it quickly before I loose you again.

Ok, I'm ready!

Don't move from that spot! He added and I heard no more. I slowly sat up. "I have to get my things quickly!" I cried. "But I can't move or he'll loose me again!"

"Where are they?" Asked Yuki as he got to his feet.

"By the front door but don't touch the sword's handle. It will shock you!"

Yuki nodded and went to get the sword before returning to me. "Hurry!" Tohru cried as I started to glow.

Yuki crouched beside me and hooked the sword around my waist. He took the camera from me and slipped it around my shoulders as well. He then took my hand but I pulled away, explaining why quickly because of his hurt face. "I don't want you to be taken with me. They might never get you back here." He nodded and backed away a few feet.

I looked up at everyone as they stared at me. "Thanks for everything." I said with a soft smile. "I'll never forget you guys." I looked at my hand as it began to flicker. "Bye!" I called as I totally disappeared.

Hatori carefully watched the spot I had just been. "I guess she was telling the truth."

"I hope she makes it…" Tohru murmured.


Everyone stared at Akumei as he fell forward suddenly. Inuyasha ran to his side and shook him. "Wake up! Wake up damn it!" He yelled as he shook Akumei by the front of his shirt.

Akumei's eyes fluttered open again. "I've sent her somewhere again." With that he passed out once more.

"Useless!" Inuyasha cried as he released him. Akumei landed in a pile in the dirt. Yusuke came forward and leaned him back against the tree.

"He won't be able to get her if you kill him!"

"Whatever…" Inuyasha muttered as he walked away.