A trip to Japan!

When I opened the letter I was amazed at what I found inside. I sat down on my small bed and began to read the letter.

'Dear Miss,

My name is Akito Sohma I am the head of the Sohma family and I happened to notice that you are part of this family as well. Naturally, I am absloulty excited to meet you and would like you to come to Japan to meet the rest of the family. I know we would all like to meet you Miss Meyrin. There are quite a lot of cousins that you never even knew about, it would be too long to introduce everyone in a letter, so if it is possible I would like you to come to Japan by the end of the week. I had your plane ticket paid for so when you get/make time please come. Your father told us where we could find you before he died I would come out of hiding if I were you. I need to know everything about my new little kitten. We'll be waiting for you at the Tokyo Air port for your arrival Miss Meyrin.'

Signed,

Akito Sohma

I read it over and began to cry, I thought I had forgotten about my past but here it is back again to haunt me. It was a short letter but it was my maternal family. When I read the letter, the memory of my mother's last words to me on the day that she left me came flooding back into my head. I hid my head in my pillow and let the tears fall. At that moment a knock came at my door, "Meyrin are you alright?" it was Sebastian he must have heard my sobbing, I wasn't really the silentist crier, of course he would hear me. I wiped my eyes on the back of my sleeve.

Sebastian Sighed his agitated sigh, which means that I must have done something wrong. I was too upset to wonder what it was or to even notice that he had sat on the bed beside me and was holding out a white handkerchief. I took it and wiped my eyes and nose. I took some more exaggerated breaths before he asked me what was wrong. "Well I just remembered something bad is all sir, I'm sorry you had to hear my blubbering." I hung my head low as he scowled at me "is that all? Then get back to work enough dillydallying and set the table for dinner, oh and try not to drop any plates this time." With that he left me to my thoughts. I put the letter in my sock drawer and went to set the table. I broke many plates and got scolded for it. After dinner I went to the young master's study. I knocked on the door.

"Come in." came his cold voice, the young master was sitting at his desk writing something. Sebastian, who very rarely left the master's side, was there beside him like a tall shadow. He glared at the sight of me. "Meyrin what do you want?" Sebastian asked his voice devoid of that silky smoothness. I was embarrassed I looked down at my boots and mumbled. The young master cocked an ear toward me. "What was that?" The young master asked his teal colored hair moved to cover his right eye. On his right eye there was a black eye patch. None of the servants including me knew what it was for and we asked, he would tell us it was none of our business.

"S-sir, a letter came for me saying that I had won a trip to Japan for a week, but it expires at the end of this week. I have family there so I was wondering…" I sputtered I played with the lace on my maid uniform before continuing. "I-I w-was w-wondering if at the end of this week I could have some time off to go? Please." I looked up to see that the two had exchanged looks.

"I guess you can go but you better be back to work the day this trip is over got it?" I nodded and the young master waved me off. I went to my room I can't believe I get a week off just for a trip to meet my family this is so exciting. I told Bardroy and Finny about this and they were excited for her. "Wow Japan that's so cool it should be nice there, ooh, please take a lot of pictures." An excited Finny said when I told him. Bard just wished me luck before I left on my trip.

On the night before my trip I packed all my clothes which weren't much, I hadn't much clothes to call my own. Sebastian drove me down to the airport and helped unload the car. He seemed to be happy to get rid of me for a week. I didn't really care I was happy that I could meet my new family. It was a long plane flight and I decided to listen to my iPod, I had gotten that Christmas from the young master, all the way there. The first song that was on my iPod was 'Hey Soul sister' by Train; they were one of my favorite bands at the moment. I fell asleep on the plane because it was a long trip. When the plane touched down in Tokyo I was still asleep, one of the stewardesses had to wake me. "Miss, Miss, we're here." She said calmly.

I woke up with a start and hurried to get my carryon bag. I followed the precession out of the cockpit. I saw two people who were waving toward me I assumed they were the people this Akito person sent to pick me up. One of them was a young boy he was wearing a winter coat. I had forgotten that the seasons were different on the other side of the world and had not packed any winter clothes. This young boy looked more like a girl than a boy, he was around the same age as the young master. He was dressed in a blue jacket, long red pants and a redshirt that was a bit too long for him. His golden hair just covering his honey eyes. He had pricings like the young master as well.

Another man was next to him, he was just as handsome as Sebastian was. He was dressed in grey pants with a grey blazer. He looked like he would rather be anywhere but standing next to this boisterous young man. "Momiji, quiet down we're inside you don't need to be that loud." His voice seemed to be on edge as well but still nice enough not to be mean to the young boy. "I'm sorry miss but do you happen to be Meyrin Sohma?" The man asked, his eyes seemed to be staring right through me.

I blushed I didn't look at the handsome man, "y-yes," I managed to squeak out. "Follow us then." He said leading us out to his car all the while Momiji talked to me. I only half listened to Momiji though, is it possible, is there really men in the world like Sebastian? This man his name is Hatori, he's the Sohma family doctor and I think he's perfect. I couldn't help the blush that came to my face whenever he looked at me.

"Oh Meyrin your from England, that's so cool! I can't even imagine living somewhere else beside the Sohma house here in Japan! What's it like in England? Is it really as rainy as they say it is? Are there ever any sunny days there? What do you do for a living?" Momiji barraged me with these questions once we got in the car. "Momiji don't ask so many questions." Hatori pointed out.

"Aww, Hari I want to know so much about our guest before we get to the main house!" Momiji whined pouting out his lip like a young child would. I blushed again I've never had anyone want to know about me this much before.

"I-I don't mind, uhh let me see, it is very different in England, and we are very strict about our tea times and dress differently. Yes it does rain a lot but there are some days that are sunny. I was actually a maid for a young heir to a toy company before I came to visit here." Both of them started in surprise at the response. "Ya, he was around your age Momiji." I said this seemed to make the young boy smile. It was odd these two boys that I knew, had completely opposite personalities, I don't think the young master would like Momiji as much though.

Momiji brightened up at the sound of the young master. "Really! He's my age and he's the president of a toy company how cool!" he exclaimed he seemed happy he informed me that he never heard of having more than one of the same animal in the zodiac. The old folk tale I've heard before, one day god invited all the animals to a banquet the following night, the sneaky rat told the lazy cat that the banquet was the day after tomorrow. When the time came, everyone went to the ball, all except the cat that was in bed. The rat lead the way on the back of the cow and everyone had a great time.

I never thought the folk tale was real until I turned into a cat at one of my birthday parties in England. I was back and forth from orphanage to orphanage until I grew up. I hated being the cat such a dumb creature, it wasn't until Sebastian held me like he did the day he found out, did I enjoy being the cat. The car bumped up a dirt road to what looked like a village. "We're here," Hatori said coolly getting out of the car and getting my things out of the trunk. I bowed and thanked him. We walked up the drive and I noticed that it seemed to stretch forever. "Um Momiji how big is this family?" I asked shyly

Momiji just smiled at me "you see from the entrance here, all the way to the mountains that's all Sohma family property." He said and we almost ran into two boys who were walking to the main entrance as well. "Kyo, Yuki hi, how are you!" Momiji said happily going over to give them a hug.

The boys were handsome as well, they looked like they were still in high school I would say around eighteen. The one called Yuki, had brilliant silver hair and a sad look in his purple eyes. "Oh Momiji what are you_" he said being talked by the young blond boy. The other boy Kyo had brilliantly orange hair and he had the maddest look in his brown eyes. "Momiji I swear to god every time you open your damn mouth you sound like an idiot!" he said punching the boy on the head. Momiji started to cry, "Waaaaaa, Kyo hit me waaaaaaaaaaaaa!" the boy whined I went to help him but Hatori made me stop.

"Momiji you should know by now not to provoke Kyo." At that time, Kyo seemed to notice me for the first time.

"And you why are you here? This is Sohma family property!" he yelled at me Yuki glared at the orange head.

"Stupid cat, if you've been listening to anything Akito told us last week you would know that this is Meyrin Sohma, she's also the cat." He seemed to glare at me when he said this as well. Like it was my fault for being born under the sign of the cat. Then his expression brightened "it's a pleasure to meet you Miss Meyrin." The boy said it's odd he looked so much like a girl especially when he smiled.

Everyone seemed so nice here, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into here. I had no idea what they had planned for me and that I would regret ever coming to this place of torture.

That evening we had a special dinner party in my honor I felt so special. Then when everyone was finished and went home, I had not gotten a room yet so I was still sitting at the table, the man Akito I had met at the party asked me to come with him. I followed him to his room he smirked at me. He didn't look at me "You think it was fun for me to hear that we had another lost cat in this family? Do you know how much of a freak you are?" Then he came over to me and slapped me in the face, my glasses falling off my face. I didn't understand where all of this was coming from? What have I done?

"What did I do? Everyone was so nice to me earlier may I ask what I did to upset you sir?" I asked not sure what else to do. He smacked me in the head again. He glared at me like I was the ugliest girl alive and what he said next chilled me to the bone and brought me back to the earlier days in my childhood. "You were born." I put my hands on my ears trying to block out the memories that came flooding into my head. Akito was no longer Akito he was a forty-five year old man hitting me across the head repeatedly after he was done drinking. Most of the time I could just forget about those memories but this place seemed to amplify them tenfold. "How dare you hide from us!" he said bringing what I thought was a belt and hitting me repeatedly until I bled. I cried out in pain and cried until someone, I couldn't tell who, came into the room and dragged Akito away from me. A second person picked me up and carried me out of the room as well. The last thing I saw before passing out because of loss of blood, was Hatori looking at me like I shouldn't be here.

When I came, too I almost threw up because I felt so sick. I was in a bed on the ground in the middle of some doctor's clinic. It was pitch black , but there was a dim light down the hall that was coming closer. Someone, no Hatori was holding a lit candle and came in to check on me. "I wouldn't move if I were you Meyrin you may open those wounds again." He said in a professional tone checking my bandages. I looked down and saw slashes where I had been whipped. I blushed as Hatori unwrapped my naked body, I blushed so much I turned into my cat form.

"Don't' be too embarrassed it's not like I haven't seen that sort of thing before, I'm a doctor for the Sohma family, and I see this all the time. I must say that I haven't known anyone in the year of the cat turn into a calico cat before." I couldn't stop blushing. I turned back into a human and looked away from him. I looked around for my glasses and found that my necklace that Sebastian gave to me was missing as well. I got frantic and looked all around me even though I couldn't see a thing with or without my glasses. "Unfortunately Akito broke your glasses, I am truly sorry about the way he treated you, but you were the one who came here. You should have simply ignored the letter and moved on with your life." Hatori said wrapping my chest in clean bandages, I would be lying if I said that I didn't wince a couple of times where I was raw.

"M-m-my necklace is gone!" I finally managed to squawked out Hatori looked up into my chocolate eyes with his cold gray one, the other eye was covered by his bangs. "My friend gave it to me before I came here, it stops me from transforming into a cat!" I said Hatori sighed the same annoyed sigh that Sebastian uses on us when we do something wrong.

He got up and turned to go "I wouldn't worry about that more than your personal safety at the moment. Akito won't let you go now that you're here." With that, he left the room and I fell asleep, dreaming of my life back in England, and then realizing that I would never be able to see them again. I will never be able to see my young master, Sebastian will never know my true feelings for him, Bard, Finny and I will never get to play around and get in trouble any more. I cried in my sleep a couple of times.

The next few weeks were just as bad as last night I was treated nicely all day and then, Akito, told me to come with him, I refused one before but he would drag me with him and hit me. It just seems that I was this man's new torture toy. I cried out for someone to help me but they were all afraid of Akito's power. I am now locked in this room all blackened and no way out. I am aloud to send a letter to the outside world though, not that the young master cares anymore. I gave up on Sebastian ever coming to save me anymore, I just sit here with the only friends I have are the cats that come out of nowhere.

One day I was sitting in the dark and then the door opened and it was Akito. "Cat, come with me now!" he yelled at me I had to blink a couple of times because the light from outside was so powerful on my eyes. He dragged me out of the room. He had cut my hair the other day and pieces of hair were falling out as he dragged me down the hall. He dragged me to his room and I could see that I wasn't the only one in the room either. Hatori was in here as well. "You told me you wanted more freedom cat, right?" So he wasn't going to use my real name anymore, I'm just a filthy cat to him. "So I thought to myself, why don't you have a wedding ring on your pretty little finger?" I blushed at what he was getting at, at that moment the only thing I could think of was Sebastian. I've always wanted to marry him he was just perfect. "So what I'm going to do is force you to marry Hatori." This made me freeze and turn around.

"W-What!" we both exclaimed we looked at each other not really saying anything; we had no choice in the matter. I quickly wrote a secret message to Sebastian to get me out of this hell hole that I thought was only a trip to see my family, I had not thought that I would be getting married to someone I didn't even know. Or that it would be at the end of this month no less!

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