A/N: I'm writing this at a sensible time today, should be better with no typos or grammar fails. Thanks to everyone that reviewed! And I realised I haven't done a disclaimer yet! So yeah I don't own Fruits Basket or any of it's characters. However I do own Umiko, Amaya and Carly as they are figments of my imagination!

I hadn't been home in weeks. I just kept making excuses to my Mother each night that I was staying at with Amaya or Carly, this wasn't a lie it was true their parents had been very kind in allowing me to stay with them. Only problem now was that I had entered my second trimester and I had a very definate baby bump. I no longer looked a little plump or chubby I actually looked pregnant. In the few times that Yuki had been able to stop and talk to me he would always comment on it in a friendly way.

"My haven't you grown," Smiled Yuki brightly when he saw me walking to school one morning. I laughed slightly at his comment knowing he only meant well unlike the others around the school.

"Thank you Yuki," I replied quietly and he smiled once more before we departed at the school gates. The look he gave as he walked off was slightly sad but I disregarded it as Amaya ran up to me in a flurry.

I'd even earned an apologetic nod from Kyo when he found out about my little predicament. It was silent but I knew he was trying to apologise.

I was pondering the ways in which to break my news to my Mother tonight when I was going to finally make my way home when out of the corner of my eye a young girl with bright orange hair was beginning to cross the road. I paid no attention to it as she stepped out onto the seemingly clear road when suddenly a loud blast of music and a high pitched squeal of brakes and tires made me turn around sharply. I was just in time to see the girl cross the road silently when I car knocked her straight over and drove off without a word, for a minute I though she was dead, there was no scream or cry that came from her in any sort of way until I noticed her still breathing. I ran as fast as I could and scooped out of the middle of the road gently, I didn't know the damage the car had done and I didn't want cause any further problems for the little girl.

As she lay in my lap her eyes looked into my mine as if in a grateful thank you. They didn't sparkle like a young kids eyes usually did, they were a rather dull amber colour as she had the life sucked out of her, she took my pinkie finger with her hand and clutched tightly as she whimpered quietly. It was the first sound I'd heard her make so far.

"Whats your name? Are you hurt?" I asked her worriedly but I got no reply, she simply stayed silent in my lap not uttering a single word just looking into my eyes. With a quiet groan she closed them and began breathing heavily as she fell unconscious in my arms.

"Please, please wake up!" I muttered to myself quietly, her short orange hair was falling over her eyes so I carefully tucked it behind her ears just incase it irritated her as she lay there but only to reveal a deep gash in her forehead. The longer I sat there the colder my bum became, it was beginning to go numb as I felt the child shiver in my arms. I watched her carefully as she tugged helplessly at my sleeve as she became conscious once more in a desperate attempt to find something to ver herself with but it didn't last long, she quickly fell unconscious once more. It was heart breaking to see her this way, nobody had come past, nobody had seen us and nobody was here to help. The young girl began shaking in my arms, more violently this time, she was obviously freezing.

"Where can I take you?" I asked myself, where is the one place I could take her, where I knew the people there and they wouldn't ask awkward questions about me.

Hatori's.

That was exactly where I could go. I lifted the girl gently off my lap and she lay limp in my arms as I stood carefully, as soon as I had her rested carefully in my arms I took off again and pelted it through the Sohma woods.

"Hatori! Hatori! Hatori! Hatori please!" I cried banging on his door with all my might.

"Umiko? Is that you? Are you okay?" Hatori's voice concerned called out from behind the door as began to unlock it hastily.

"I'm fine... but this girl... she got knocked over by a car and I don't know what to do?" I replied almost in tears as the door flew open. Hatori's eyes flicked to me and then to young girl laid in my arms, as he saw her his eyes grew wide in shock.

"Kisa..." He breathed quietly and gently took her from my arms, "What happened to her?" He asked as he lay the young girl on the white bed.

"Sh-she got hit by a car," I answered as a tear ran down my face, "D-do you know her?" I said slightly confused. Hatori nodded slowly as he walked around her bed side attending to the numerous cuts and bruises that littered her body.

"I'm her Uncle, this is Kisa Sohma." He replied now checking her heart beat and for any broken bones. Kisa whimpered quietly as he bent one of her wrists and he tutted quietly, scribbling on his clipboard. I slowly made a pathway to her head and knelt down beside her.

"Get better soon Kisa, I don't know you but I'm sure your a lovely girl, no-one deserves this." I mumbled quietly in her ear stroking her hear gently. Hatori placed a cast on her wrist and covered it in an orange bandage.

"To match her hair." He said simply with a smile, I nodded quietly as I pushed back her fringe for Hatori to disinfect the cut across her forehead and put a plaster on it. After ten more minutes of work he finally stepped back and breathed a sigh of relief and wiping his hands together.

"A-are you done?" I asked quietly from my position on the floor.

"I am," He replied as he held out his hand, "Would you like some help up?" I took his hand tightly as he pulled me into a standing position. I took a good look round his room, it was no different from the last time I was in here although the chair was back in its rightful position by the desk and one of the books was open on his desk. It was one of the thick complicated ones with the long latin names. I shuddered slightly at the thought of having to read a book such as that, I had a pretty long attention span but even mine wouldn't stretch so far as to be able to read a book like that. I looked up to see that Hatori had been gesturing for a while not for me to sit down in a rather comfy looking chair, I did so and sat in what I think was probably the squishiest, squashiest, comfiest chair I had ever sat in.

"I have no idea how I'm going to get out of this Hatori," I laughed at him and he rolled his eyes with a smile, we sat in silence for a while but I just had a burning question that needed answering.

"Hatori," I began cautiously, "Why were you so concerned about me earlier when I came here?"

"Well... lets just say you're very important to the Sohma family." He answered me, but the answer he gave just made me even for confused if that was possible.

"H-how am I? I-I'm just some girl you found in the forest." I stammered in confusion.

"I'm not the right person to tell you Umiko... There is a certain person who has to tell you and if I have anything to do with he'll be doing it pretty quickly." He grumbled the last part in agitation. I merely nodded trying to take this information in when suddenly a young boy about the same age as Kisa burst through the door.

"Where is she?" He demanded loudly, glaring at Hatori wildly.

"In the bed, she's resting but you can see her if you want. She may be able to hear you but for now she's unconscious." He answered calmly without a look of questioning or confusion at who this boy was.

"Kisa, K-Kisa I'm sorry, I was watching but I couldn't do anything. I-I saw it happen but I didn't come out. I-I should have saved you, i-its what I said I was going to do after all. I-I'm sorry!" He cried by her bedside clutching her good hand gently. Hatori rose out of his seat and stood next to the young boy.

"She's going to be okay Hiro. I promise we're doing everything we can to help her. It's not as bad as it looks." He said quietly, his voice trailing into a whisper. Suddenly Hiro caught sight of me and wiped away his tears harshly, standing up as quick as possible.

"Yeah. Yeah well I knew that. I wasn't that bothered obviously." He said, looking away from Kisa and down at the floor. But his desperate attempts to seem un-bothered fell through a little because his eyes kept flicking back to the little girl lying in the bed beside him as he mouthed I'm sorry towards her sleeping body. I wasn't about to point it out, this boy obviously had his reasons. Also this boy seemed to have a sharp tongue inside that mouth of his, even if he hadn't spoken to me properly yet it was pretty obvious.

The way he stood and the way he looked at the people surrounding him and his environment. He had the look of a young boy maybe a little too big for his boots but needless to say he was caring. Oh he was definitely caring, the way he looked at the young girl laid in the bed and the way he looked almost ashamed when he said he didn't care. This sharp tongue he housed was only a mask to cover the soft innards of the a young caring boy that maybe needed to seem tough?

Hatori led me towards the door and he stepped outside beside me. As I turned to leave he took hold of my arm making me turn back around sharply and I looed him straight in the eyes.

"Promise me, promise me you'll look after yourself. Although I'm pretty sure this isn't the last I'll be seeing of you." He said quietly.

"I promise. Yes I'll be back. I want to check on Kisa." I replied.

"I meant other than that Umiko, there will be other reasons why you come back, I wish I could tell you I really do."

"Then why don't you?"

"Because it can't be me who tells you... it wouldn't be right for a start. You'll find out soon enough, honest."

"I hope so. It's making me nervous!"

He let go of my wrist and let me walk away before shouting a quick comment.

"You've grown Umiko. Around the middle, I couldn't help but notice." I didn't reply but I did smile. I kept my head low so my smile shone to the ground. His concern felt nice, not many people were concerned any more. Just disgusted. Those few people that could understand. Amaya, Carly, Yuki, Hatori, Shigure and even Kyo now, well they were very special to me and they were the people I would keep the closest. I looked down at my stomach and smiled again. I was looking forward to the day that it kicked, just to feel like there was actually something living inside of me.

But now, all I could think of was that question that needed answering. Why was I special to the Sohma family and who has to tell me?