A/N: Hi all sorry about the long pause. My son was born a few month's after my last post so I haven't had much time. Now I'm expecting my second little boy, so please bear with me…
Previously:
Oh, kami! I could feel the blood drain from my face as the pieces fell into place. This girl, this Shina, has Isuzu's blood in her That's probably why I didn't transform. Akito is going to have a fit when he finds out. There goes my other eye.
Now on with the story…
Just then a blond blur ran in and attached it-self to my waist, knocking the wind out of me.
"Hari, hide me!Haru's looking for me!!" Oh, no! I turned to the two idiots.
"Block the door don't let him in here!!"
"Momiji. Get back here! You shouldn't run into Hatori's office like that." Too late. I watched as Haru walked in and upon spying Shina, became a blur of black and white streaking toward the futon where she lay, leaving Shigure lying against one wall twitching and Ayame loudly complaining about throwing "a thing of beauty to the ground in such a rough and uncouth manner". Idiots.
Haru's POV
My knees gave out from under me and I collapsed next to the futon where my angel lay.
"Rin, I can't…it's" I stuttred dumbly.
"No, it's not," Hatori deadpanned from behind me. I turned my stormy gaze towards the doctor, wondering how he can be so calm about this.
"But she looks just like…"
"I know, but it's not her." The doctor said again, this time forcing some emotion into his voice.
More confused than ever, I turned to face the raven-haired beauty again. Her hair was splayed around her like a halo, and her eyelashes rested feather light on her cheeks.
"This has to be Rin. No one else can possibly look like her." I said with more conviction. I heard the dragon sigh behind me.
"Look at her shoulder, Haru. There's no scar."
Carefully, I brushed her hair away from her shoulder, revealingun-marked skin. How could this be? How could this girl look so much like Rin, yet not be her?
Suddenly the girls eyes fluttred open, revealing not Rin's brown eyes, but startling blue ones. I jolted back from her, but was surprised when the love I felt when I thought she was Rin didn't fade away. The girl blinked a few times, and …grinned?!
"Haru," she said my name as if it were a prayer.
I was shocked, how did this girl no my name?
Then her brow furrowed and she looked confused as to where she had just gotten the name. I looked at the girl curiously, and she looked back at me with an intensity I didn't know existed. I turned away from her as I heard a scuffle outside.
"I don't want to be here! I hate this place!" Kyo's angry voice floated to my ears. I heard Yuki sigh.
"If you don't like it, why did you come, you stupid cat?"
"If it weren't for your 'delicate condition' we wouldn't have to be here in the first place!" Kyo retorted slamming open Hatori's door.
"If you could refrain from frightening our guests it would be much appreciated, Kyo." Hari said as he watched the girls jump. Kyo turned and looked at the two. When he saw the black-haired beauty beside me he started.
"Isuzu?" He looked as if he had seen a ghost. I didn't blame him. The girl turned and looked at him. Her eyes got really big.
"The-the S-Sohma curse." She breathed before fainting dead away. The other girl stood up quickly and rushed to her, calling her name.
"Shina! Are you ok? Speak to me!" she had started to hysterical when Hari walked up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"Tora, calm down. She's fine. She's just had one too many shocks." I saw a movementout of the corner of my eye and turned to see Tohru come up to the girl. She took her handand the girl looked up.
"Hello, my name is Tohru Honda. Hatori's going to take real good care of your friend. What's your name?" The girl gave a small bow at which Tohru blushed.
"My name is Tora Oshima. This is my sister, Shina Hinako. It's nice to meet you Miss Honda."
"Why do you have different last names?" Tohru asked.
"Oh! My father and her mother were both divorced. Then when they met for the first time they fell in love. We're both children from their previous marriges." Tohru gave her a small smile, then stood and walked over to me.
"Are you ok Haru?" I nodded slowly still entranced by Shina. How could she look so much like Rin, yet not be her? I was also still shaken by the fact that my love for her didn't change when I realized it wasn't her.
Shina stirred beside me and I placed my hands on hers. Her eyes slowly fluttered open.
"Oh, Shina! Your ok!" Tora exclaimed as she threw her arms around her. She almost knocked me in the process.
"Tora, breath would be nice!" Shina gasped.
"Sorry." She said releasing her Shina turned to me with a small smile.
"Hi. My name is Shina Hinako" I smiled.
"My name is Hatsuharu Sohma. It's very nice to meet you, Shina."
"It's nice to meet you Haru." She said with a winning smile. This was going to be fun.