Natalie Pov.

"So Shigure, Hatori mentioned that you have others living with you?" Shigure and I were walking to his house. Hatori said that I have to live with Shigure for now. At least I get to be with Shigure.

"Yes, I live with two other Sohmas, and one wonderful little flower that has been taking care of this messy house of rowdy boys. There is Yuki Sohma, Kyo Sohma, and Tohru Honda."

"Tohru Honda? I work with her!" Shigure looked over at me with a smile.

"Well, it is a small world."

"Shigure, Hatori said that I need to always be with a Sohma. Is that true?" Shigure sighed.

"Yes, Akito will want you to be with a Sohma constantly. I don't think that you will even be allowed to go your job alone. You might be allowed to go to school, but he won't like it. You might be able to be with Tohru, but probably not for some time."

"Oh well. Being here is better then nothing." I could see Shigure smile at me from the corner of my eye as we neared his house. After a few minuets, I broke the silence.

"It's too quiet." Shigure smiled, still looking forward.

"What would you suggest we do about it then?" I smiled, hooked arms with Shigure, and began skipping. He skipped along with me, listening to me sing.

We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was
If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, The Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does
We're off to see the wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

After singing it a couple of times, we finally reached Shigure's house. Shigure went into the kitchen, shouting out, "Tohru, my sweet flower, I have returned!"

"I'm so happy you got here safely! I'm almost done making dinner, so it won't be to long." I heard in the other room. I looked around the room I was left in, and saw that there were two boys sleeping at the table. I didn't recognize the boy with orange hair, but I did remember the boy with grey hair. What was his name? Yuki, right? Any ways, I remembered him from when Tohru introduced us. He looks more like Ayame the longer I look at him.

"Natalie! What are you doing here?" I looked up to see Tohru standing in the doorway with a pot of what appeared to be soup. I smiled, and sat down between the two sleeping boys. Shigure walked past her, and sat next to Yuki. Tohru walked over to the table, and put the pot down. As she walked back to the kitchen to get bowls, the two boys began to stir. The boy to my left was the first to wake, and when he did, I don't think he was glad to see me.

"Who the hell are you?!" I cringed as the orange haired boy shouted at me.

"Please don't say that," I asked him as he glared at me.

"Say what? I don't care, just who the hell are you?!" I cringed again when he said that word.

"I'll ask you one more time, please don't say that."

"Kyo," Shigure said, "You really should stop. She doesn't tolerate it at all." Kyo turned to Shigure and glared at him.

"What the hell do you mean? What doesn't she tolerate, and who the he-"

He was on the floor, and surprisingly, it wasn't all my fault. Just as he started to say 'hell' for the fourth time, I threw a small bar of soap in his mouth, making him wobble a bit. That wasn't what made him all sprawled out on the floor. Before he could sit up straight again, I ducked, nearly missing the fist that slammed into Kyo's face. I turned to see Yuki rubbing his eyes in a sleepy fashion.

"Stupid cat, you woke me up." Tohru walked in with five bowls, and put one in front of each of us. As Tohru sat down, and every one got soup, I could feel their eyes staring at me. I just ate along with everyone else, until a conversation was started.

"So Tohru, what did you do over at the Sohma estate?" Tohru looked up at Yuki, slightly surprised that she was being talked to. She looked down into her soup, and puled a camera out of her pocket.

"Hatori gave me this." Kyo grabbed the camera in a flash, and broke it in half. Before Tohru could even look surprised, Kyo threw half of the camera at Yuki. He caught it just before it toppled his bowl off of the table. I watched as Yuki pulled the film out, and tear it into tiny pieces. I felt something coming in my direction, so I put up my hand, and felt the rest of the camera in my hand. I turned around, and threw it back at Kyo, who got hit square in the forehead, falling over onto the floor for the second time that night.

I kept eating my food, feeling all eyes on me. All, but Shigure's eyes. We all ate in silence for a while, and even continued after everyone was done eating. I stuck my spoon in my mouth, and just let it stay there out of boredom. Kyo eventually left, but no one else moved. After a while, I moved to where he had been sitting. Finally, I took the spoon out of my mouth, and spoke.

"Well, come on. Someone talk about the elephant." The two teens looked at me, confusion clear on their faces. Shigure laughed, then looked at me.

"The elephant in the room. Something that everyone can see is clearly out of place, but no one will talk about it. I believe she is referring to herself as an elephant." Tohru still looked confused, but Yuki turned to me.

"What is your name?"

"Natalie Michaelis," I said almost automatically.

"Well Ms. Michaelis, what are you doing here?"

"I think you would believe Shigure faster than you would believe me." Yuki turned to Shigure.

"Well, you see, Yuki, Natalie is in a bit of a fix. Akito wants her watched at all times by a Sohma, but no one is allowed to speak of her unless they have met her in person. So, Natalie will accompany Tohru in this house."

"What!" Yuki stood up, and stared at me. "What could you possibly have done to make Akito do this to you?!"

I stared up at his face, which bore a mixture of fear and confusion. I could tell from the look in his eyes there was a deep meaning to his fear. I stood up and looked him square in the eyes,saying, "By simply being me. I knew Shigure a while back, and when Akito found out we were friends, he wanted me away. I left, but now I'm back, and I can't go away again. Because of this, I must stay under the supervision of a Sohma at all times. Don't worry, I don't like him either."

Yuki sat back down, staring up at me. "E-excuse me... But if you're staying here, where are you sleeping?" Everyone turned to Tohru as she 'hid' behind her bowl of soup, now empty.

"Oh, I'll just sleep in Shigure's room," I said. I used to sleep in his room all the time in high school. I would just sleep as a dog at the foot of his bed, and no one cared. I looked over at Shigure, who was smiling at me, remembering high school.

"I'm sorry Ms. Michaelis, but that is highly inappropriate, and although Shigure might agree to it, I can't," said Yuki.

"Don't worry, its not like I keep him up or anything." I replied with a yawn.

"I doubt that you would, but I still must disagree."

"Fine then, what would you have me do then?"

"I know!" We all turned to Tohru, smiling as she always does. "You can sleep in my room. That would be fine, right Yuki?"

"What a wonderful idea Ms. Honda."

"Yuki!" Shouted Shigure, "Making our precious little Tohru share her room? Why, I never imagined you as that kind of person!"

"Shigure," I started, "Leave him alone. If it matters that much, I'll just sleep on the couch." And with that said, I walked the few feet to the couch, falling on top of it and falling asleep almost immediately.

After Natalie fell on the couch, Tohru grabbed all the bowls, and headed off to the kitchen to wash them before going to bed. Yuki turned to Shigure, wondering why it was that Natalie seemed so friendly with Shigure after less then a day of knowing him.

"Shigure," said Yuki, "What did she do to make Akito do this to her?" Shigure got up, and gave a stretch as he walked over to a closet to get a blanket.

"She went to the school festival yesterday, and in search for Tohru, bumped into Momiji. They took her to the Sohma estate, and when they erased her memory, she was unconscious for a full day."

"Why would that be enough for her to have to stay here?" Yuki asked as Shigure walked over to Natalie, laying the blanket down on her.

"When she was out, she started talking in her sleep. She said many thing which I don't even know about, but the little bit I heard before she woke up was about our curse, and she said multiple names of the Sohmas with this curse, including your name, my name, Momiji's name, Hatori's name, Kyo's name, Ayame's name, and even Akito's name."

"How can that be?" Yuki stared wide eyed at the girl laying on the couch. Shigure walked to his room, leaving him and Natalie alone. Yuki walked over to Natalie, and thought for a while. Finally, after a minute, he said, "What is Shigure?"

Even in sleep, Natalie heard the question, and barely a trace of a smile went across her face before she muttered, "Shigure, my little puppy."

Yuki was surprised by her answer. How could she possibly know Shigure was a dog? He desided to see what else she knew.

"Momiji?"

"Bunny."

"Akito?"

"Leader."

"Yuki?"

"Ayame."

Yuki was surprised by this answer also. How could she know they were brothers?

"Ayame?"

"Snake."

"Natalie?" He didn't know what he would get, but he knew it was worth a try.

"Alone." Natalie started to snore, and Yuki knew he would get no more answers today. When he left the room, he left behind more then just Natalie. He left unanswered questions. He left unheard answers. He left behind Tohru, who was just on the other side of the door.

Hi! Please don't kill me for not updating sooner. I know that I told some people that this would come up a month sooner then it did, but life happens. I want to let you guys know that in the next chapter, there will be a character from another one of my stories when Natalie is dreaming, but it won't make much of a difference on the story all together. I also wanted to tell you all that all the stories with Natalie in it are connected in a time line that starts in the late 1800s, and continues on to 2013. If you guys are find with me tieing them together, then cooly. But, If you guy don't want me to, then I'll just make them tied together on another site. It's your choice, so just tell me what you think. Also, a reader named Yang told me that the last chapter reminded them of the wizard of oz song, so I added it in. Hope you all like the chapter, and please tell me what you want! 'Til next time!

~Pinky