I stayed with the Sohma's for the rest of high school. I mostly stayed in Ayame's room, but every once in a while I would sleep in Shigure's, or Hatori's room. After a month, I told them about how I had lived in multiple countries, spoke several different languages, and could take on a few accents. They would ask me every once in a while, they being Ayame and Shigure, to talk in an accent, or to change shape to look like some of the people I had met. No one found out that I lived with them. That is, until graduation.

They were going to go on a vacation, but they didn't want to go because I was there. They said that there was no way they could get out of it, but they had to try something. I don't know the exact details, but Hatori told me that the three of them told the head of the house about me. That I knew about the curse, that I had lived with them all through out our last year in high school, and that I was a shape shifter. The head of the house didn't like that, and ordered me to have my memory's erased. Hatori said that I should just go away so he would not have to do that to me, so I agreed.

I stayed in Hatori's room that night, and at midnight, I left. I knew from the past that I am horrible at good byes, so I decided not to have one this time. Before I left, I made little wooden animals for them of all the zodiacs, even the cat. I felt sorry when I heard about the cat. Having to be tricked by the rat to miss out on the feast has a sad thing to happen. If I ever met the cat, I would try to help him beat the rat at at least one thing. I never thought that I would meet the cat, or the rat. I told my self that I would never go into the life of the Sohma house again.

For what seemed like three months, I was in what you could call a different world. I call it wonderland. This is not about wonderland, this is about right after that.

I came back to earth in the middle of the night, much like how I had left it. I was in the forest, and decided to find a place to stay. As I walked through the forest, I noticed a house in the distance. I started walking towards the house, but when I got there, I saw something I never thought I'd see. I saw Shigure, but quite a few years older. I stood there for a while, staring at my old friend. He was writing something, but I couldn't see what.

Shigure got up, and walked over to another room, one I couldn't see. He returned a few minutes later, and stood by the door, as if waiting for someone to come over by him. I hid behind a tree, and looked back at him. He was looking randomly around the forest, but stopped when he looked at my tree. He squinted, but I stopped looking then, trying to take as much cover as possible. I couldn't let him see me after all these years. How could I explain my disappearance?

"Natalie?" I heard Shigure whisper. I couldn't take it any more. I dashed off away from the house, silent tears in my eyes. I ran all the way to the city, and started to wander the streets. After a while, I found a big hotel, and went inside. I walked up to the frount desk, and waited for some one to come up from the other side.

"How may I help you?" Said a nice lady from the other side of the desk.

"I was wondering f there are any jobs available here at the moment. I just transferred to school, and I would like to have a job to help out at home," I lied. She smiled knowingly.

"We have a part time job you could apply for in the afternoon. Would that fit your needs?" she asked.

"That would be perfect," I said, "Where can I apply?"

"Here is an application. Just fill it out, then give it back to me," she said with a smile.

"Thank you so much!" I said as she handed me the form. I filled it out quickly, and gave it back to her. She looked over it, and looked up with a smile upon her face.

"There is an opening for cleaning the rooms in the afternoon that you could fill. Will you take it?" she asked.

"I would love to. Thank you so much. I will be here tomorrow," I said with a smile.

"Great," she said. And with that, I left the hotel, exited that I can stay in the city I knew so well.

After a month of working, I finally had enough money saved up to go to back school. I love learning, even if I already knew about it, I would learn it all again. I decided to go back to the school that I had gone to with the Sohma boys, Kalibara High. I only have one friend, Tohru Honda. She goes to Kalibara, and when I told her I would be going too, she was so exited. I didn't tell her about where I lived, because she wouldn't believe me. I live at random people's houses. I found out that if you act like a stray, some people will take you in for the night. I wish I could live in a normal home, but I am fine with what I have.

I don't really have much. I only have one change of clothes, since I saved up all my money to go back to school. I always knew that when I transform, my clothes stay with my human form. Yes, human form, not true form. In my human form, I have waist length white hair, and brown eyes. In my true form, I have knee length white hair, and purple eyes. I also for some reason, I always wear a sleeveless dress that was a light pink that went to my knees, along with pink flats, white leggings, and a black bolero that had short sleeves, while my hair would be tied in pigtails. I usually wear in in a braid coming down on my right side.

I was a bit nervous about starting school late, but Tohru told me that she would stay with me in school. She told me about her friends Hanajima, and Uotani. They sounded nice, but I was worried about the two boys she mentioned were in her class; Yuki and Kyo. She said they are extremely shy, and don't like to talk to people much, but they are very nice. That reminds me of three boys I knew at Kalibara.

We don't get to talk much, since she is an office janitor, and I am in house keeping, but we do spend some time together. I sometimes help her out with her job, and I usually walk out of the lobby with her, but from there, we go in different directions. The day before I started school, I was walking with Tohru to the lobby. She would usually start talking by now, but she seamed in deep thought. I didn't want to interrupt her, so I stayed silent.

As we neared the lobby, Tohru slipped on a wrapper on the floor. I helped her get up, and when she looked over to the stuff she dropped, we saw a boy sitting in a chair near us looking at Tohru's bag. When he saw her name on one of the books, he looked at her.

"Toh nu!?" said the strange boy.

"What?" I said. He looked at me, and said more things in his language.

"Ko ta toh nu!?"

"What? Are you saying..." stuttered Tohru. The boy pulled off his sun glasses, and stared Tohru straight in the eyes.

"Sieh do! Welch ein Gluck!" Tohru and I were totally confused by now. The boy jumped out of his chair, and opened his arms.

"Ich freue mich, Sie zu seheh!" shouted the strange boy.

"I don't know any English," said Tohru, now utterly confused.

"Sehr Angenehm!"

"He isn't speaking English Tohru," I said to her.

"Sehr hubsch!" said the strange boy, leaning in close. I backed away, But Tohru didn't, and she got a kiss on the cheek. She was now so confused, she looked like she was in a daze.

"I have to go!" shouted Tohru, who grabbed her bag, and ran for the front door. I looked back at the strange boy, who looked happy. He looked at me, waved, and walked farther into the building. I stood there a minute, thinking about what just happened. I decided to see if Tohru was alright. I walked out the door, and saw Tohru talking to a boy.

"If you have any trouble, please let me know. Because, I'll help you," said the boy, who looked as if he had been waiting for a while.

"Thank you," replied Tohru.

"Tohru, you alright?" I asked walking up to her. She turned around, and I could see her smiling like she always does.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Oh, this is Yuki, my friend I was telling you about," said Tohru. I looked over at Yuki and gasped. He looked just like Ayame, only with darker hair cut shorter. He smiled at me.

"Nice to meet you. You must be Natalie," said Yuki, stretching out his hand. I shook it, a little dazedly. "I heard that you are going to be going to our school soon."

"Yeah," I said, "I'm entering your grade."

"I hope to see you around," said Yuki. Tohru and Yuki walked away, while I just stood there. Could he be a Sohma?

I hope every one liked this chapter. I felt like there was to much describing in the beginning, but that the ending was good. I hope to hear from you all soon!