Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket. The only thing put into this story that I do own is the new character in this chapter and the creativity put into it to make the story line in this story.

I would like to saydomo arigatou gozaimasuto all the readers (that's not many) and to my only reviewer so far, moonflower. Domo arigatou gozaimasu! I appreciate the small but encouraging effort of reviewing! Of course, I appreciate the effort of reading, too! Well, here it is! Before I was gonna leave it at the new character coming in, but... I promised Hatori, so he is in here.

Chapter 2

The afternoon sun was still shining as Tohru, Yuki, and Kyo walked home from school together. It had been an easy day of school and they were all mildly content.

"Kyo-kun, Yuki-kun, what do you think I should cook for Hatori for dinner?" Tohru asked while thinking of many possible dishes that Hatori might like.

"Oh, I don't know, maybe okonomiyaki?" Kyo suggested, trying to help Tohru in any way he could.

"Honda-san, maybe you could also make edamame since it's abnormally warm out today."

"Of course, I just have to get more soy beans and katsuobushi. I might put leek or spring onion in some of the okonomiyaki, ok Kyo? I'll make others lacking those ingredients."

And with that, the trio walked home in silence. Once at Shigure's house, they slipped their shoes off and walked in. It was unusually quiet here. Normally, Shigure would be out to greet "his flower" but he wasn't around today, odd.

Kyo finally decided to say something, to break the uneasy silence. "Good, that baka inu has finally decided to get a life and go do something."

"No, not quite, Kyo-kun, I was just doing what Hatori told me to, and looking outside for anyone familiar. I don't know why I need to, though..." Shigure then walked through the sliding shoji door and into his study, apparently to keep on writing his latest chapter.

"Oh, well, I must get to the store if I am to prepare okonomiyaki and edamame! I'll just run upstairs and change. Does anyone want to come with me?" Tohru was secretly hoping that Kyo would volunteer to go to help her, and guess what, he did!

"I wish I could help, but I have a study date with Machi later, so I must prepare and go over now, I promise I'll be back by dinner." Yuki smiled apologetically and walked upstairs.

"Um, I'll go with you, Tohru-kun, well, that is, if you need any help, and if you want me to come." Shigure smiled at Kyo's feeble attempt to sound casual.

"Ok, Kyo-kun that would be wonderful! Let's go now, so we can get it done quickly!"

So Kyo and Tohru skipped over to the food market (A/N: Ok maybe Kyo didn't skip…). The grocery list was smaller that usual, since Tohru only had to get a few last-minute things, so they were done earlier than planned.

"Oh, Kyo-kun, thank you for helping me carry the bags! It's so nice of you!" Tohru smiled over at Kyo, who was carrying the few bags of food they had bought.

"Well, it's easy since there isn't much to carry." Kyo smiled back, while blushing a light tint of pink.

"Aww isn't this just so sweet." The third voice had come from the top of the wall that blocked off a property from the street.

"Eh? Who could that be?" Tohru looked up to find a girl crouching on the top of the wall much like a cat would. But the girl could barely be seen, since a tree shadowed the area she was in.

"It would be me, of course." The girl hopped down to the sidewalk.

She had silver hair that went just past her shoulders, which were so pale that they almost looked snow white. The girl was wearing a black yukata that had dangling sleeves and intricate designs stitched in with silver silk-like string to match her hair. Although she did look odd all together, her features that stood out most were her blood red eyes, a set of black cat ears on her head, and a black tail protruding from her back.

"Amaya? But, you're dead!" Kyo's eyes were wide with shock, but Tohru couldn't tell if it was from her feline appearance or something else.

"Well, do I look dead? Hatori-ue just made up that story to shelter me from others, so that no one would see what I have become, a neko." Amaya looked down in both indignity and remorse.

Finally, Tohru spoke up. "Oh, but I think you look cute!" This statement earned an excruciatingly long pause and a death glare from Amaya. Tohru saw her fingering her katana, which she had not noticed until then. 'Oh no, she has a sword!'

"Well, it's your mind… I'll see ya around, maybe." And so Amaya leapt onto the wall in one hop, and into the tree providing shade with the next.

"Kyo-kun, who was that, exactly? Was she another Sohma?"

"Yes, she's a Sohma, Amaya Sohma. We were all told she was dead by Hatori. He said she died because she was run over by a truck." Kyo grimaced at the thought of being run over by a huge truck, being squashed over and over again by huge wheels, and still feeling the pain, even though the life was rushing out of you.

"Oww."

"Yeah, let's go home now."

"Kokoro ga kogatsuite yakeru nioi ga shita..." Tohru was singing as she made dinner.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. 'It must be Hatori-san!'

"I'll get it!" When Tohru opened the door, Hatori was standing there, but he was holing something. It was a black, furry moving something. In fact, it looked like a cat tail, like Amaya's cat tail. And the tail was attached to something, something moving. Something that was flailing its arms and hissing. Wait, it was Amaya!

"Oh, hello Hatori-san! I see you brought Amaya with you, too! No worries, I've made enugh dinner for all of us!" Tohru grinned her infamous grin and ushered in Hatori, who tried to drag Amaya in.

"Let go of me! It hurts!" In the process of flailing her arms to stop Hatori, Amaya accidentally hit the poor sliding door that always was broken, over and over again.

"Hatori! Nice to see you! Wait, what happened to the door! My house, no!"

okonomiyaki - Japanese pancake/pizza

edamame - boiled green soy beans eaten as an appetizer; best for the summer

katsuobushi - dried, shaved benito

baka - idiot or stupid

inu - dog

yukata - light-weight kimono worn in summer

neko - cat, or in the case I used it, a half human, half cat

katal - a Japanese sword

The song Tohru was singing is Moments by Ayumi Hamsaki

Ok, that's it for now! Thanks for reading, I promise I'll get to more... interesting stuff later!