A/N: Hey guys! I know it's been so long! I've had exams to revise for and I've been back at the hometown and it's an important time for me when I go there so I couldn't write. I was going to post this chapter about 2 weeks ago and tell you all then but I forgot that I packed my laptop in with the rest of my stuff. Anyway here it is now!

"You're what?"

"I'm pregnant Mum..."

"Pregnant! How could you be so stupid as to get pregnant?"

I cried. It was all I wanted to do, it was all that I could do. I sunk down a wall and drew my knees in as far as I could before they were stopped by my large stomach and wrapped my arms around them. My long purple hair that now shone in the daylight now fluttered around my face gently as it was caught by the breeze sending shivers down my spine. All that could be seen of me was a round ball leaning up the wall on the side of the pavement; I must have looked a right sight.

"Who's the father then?"

"I-I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?

"I mean I can't remember, I try to but the memory... it's like it's not there. Like it doesn't exist, I don't know how to describe it Mum."

I had been desperately trying to remember who the father ever since I found out I was pregnant. Unfortunately I couldn't remember and what I told my Mum, well that wasn't a lie either. It was like it didn't exist, like it didn't want to be found. However I needed it to be found, what if the baby's Dad wanted to help? What if he wanted to see his baby? I needed to be able to tell him.

"Get out."

"What?"

"I said get out."

"But Mum..."

"GET OUT!"

Homeless. I was pregnant and homeless. How on Earth was I meant to get through this now? Who could I turn to? I could go to Yuki... but surely I would get lost. I had only been there once. Suddenly a little light flickered inside my brain. Another Sohma. I smiled to myself and hauled myself off the pavement slowly, if I went to Hatori I could go and see Kisa, check on how she was doing.

I began to walk to Hatori's slowly, cupping the underside of my stomach gently as I walked. I hadn't been going long when I realised I was here already, the journey felt shorter and shorter every time. Maybe it was because I knew where I was going now and wasn't just walking in circles most of the time. I knocked on the door with one hand loudly.

"H-Hatori?" I said with a wavering voice as I threatened to cry once more. The sound of the door being slid open slowly rang through the woods loudly. As he opened it he took one look at me and pulled me inside gently. He studied me carefully, looking from my red and watery eyes, to my trembling lip, to my sweaty palms and his eyes finally came to rest on my swollen stomach.

"You told your Mum didn't you," I said simply looking at me with kind eyes. I merely nodded at him. He patted my shoulder lightly in reassurance, I relaxed slightly. I turned around to take in the familiar sight of Hatori's practise but one thing seemed out of place. A young tiger cub was exactly where I had left Kisa the day before. I stared at this cub as if trying to work out the answer by staring into it's thoughts. It didn't work. None the less the cub seemed oblivious to the fact is was sleeping in a doctors practice.

"Th-there's a tiger cub on the bed Hatori!" I stammered and turned to Hatori with wide eyes. He looked with confusion towards the bed and a sudden look of anxiousness appeared on his face as his eye came to a rest on the small tiger cub. It was a look that lasted only a matter or seconds and if I hadn't already been looking at him I probably would have missed it.

"Oh, it was wandering around outside so I brought it inside out of the wind. It's getting rather strong." He said calmly. If I hadn't seen that glint in his eye just moments before I probably would have bought that and said nothing more about it. But I had, and I did.

"But tiger's aren't around here are they?" I asked curiously and hint of caution in my voice.

"Well, no. I have no idea where this one came from." He said and shook his head. It was obvious I had no chance of getting any more information out of him, well information that I wanted anyway. I gave another quick look at the tiger before looking back to Hatori. I think my eyes were less puffy this time. Well I hoped they were and wasn't one to cry. I never was. I didn't even cry when I broke my leg at just six years old. In fact I had a feeling I was probably loving it!

Shook my head gently as if to rid of the memory and Hatori slowly came back into focus. He looked generally concerned just as he had when he thought I was hurt when I came in with Kisa. I remembered our conversation that day. I was special to the Sohma family. But how? When I asked him he said he couldn't tell me, that somebody else could, but surely he was a Sohma so that made him part of the Sohma family, right? So why couldn't he tell me? Why was this reason so special it could only be told by one person?

I was drawn away from my thoughts as suddenly Hatori's siding door shot open, what I saw next was not something I expected to see.

Shigure Sohma stumbled into Hatori's office, a large amount of blood running down one side of his face. He had pressed a hand to it in a desperate attempt to stem the blood flow. He was wobbling about a lot, his legs crossing over at funny angles and patterns, he almost looked drunk. I may have even gone as far as to say that he was drunk if it wasn't for the fact that his face was injured in more ways than the cut. Both sides of his faced were bruised and battered and deep purple ring was forming around his right eye. His wobbling continued as her tried to make it to Hatori. He was mumbling quietly as he made his way over, the words almost undetectable.

"Told... him.. got... mad..." Was all I could make out from Shigure's words. Apparently Hatori, being closer to him, was able to make out the rest of the sentence. He flashed a look at me, obviously full of worry and concern, I was almost able to see the thoughts ticking over in his brain. I almost wished I could, maybe then I could figure this whole thing out.

Suddenly, Shigure overbalanced on the brink of unconsciousness and he fell into my arms as I stepped backwards, embracing us both into a light hug.

POOF

The man seemed strangely light just about 2 seconds after the fall. When I looked down I saw that a large black dog was laid unconscious in my arms. I didn't panic but I didn't move either. I was gob-smacked to say the least. How many people do you know that transform into an animal if you touched them? I sure didn't know any. Hatori looked at me a look of sheer disappointment was pointed at the dog although it was cold. He made his way over and took the dog out of my arms, laying it beside the tiger who, through all this commotion, still hadn't woken from it's own slumber.

"Umiko..." He began quietly, "We need to talk."