"Annoy me and your dead before you hit the floor." Raima hissed as Shigure opened his mouth to speak. She was a piece of work, and it was like their childhood all over again. But although many of the girls he has known had threatened him with this, only this one can actually kill you before you hit the ground. She is a black belt in all known martial arts and very handy with weapons and other things a human can throw. Shigure rubbed his head with a painful memory. Carrying her rucksack out of politeness, Shigure watched Raima's ash white head bob through the crowd towards a food stand. Returning a minute later, Raima held a slushy as a peace offering for him. Shigure noticed that she wore a pair of black gloves. The place was bustling, and Shigure was wondering why she hadn't turned.

"Why are you here?" Shigure asked through a mouthful of slushy.

"I had to get away, it was hectic, even for me." Raima responded.

"But Akito forbade you to return here…"

"He can go for a shit." Raima smiled. A couple of passer-bys glanced backwards at the potty- mouthed girl. She just glared back. "We never saw eye- to -eye Shigure, you know that."

"I know that." Shigure said.

"And anyway, I thought I would return for a holiday or something…" she motioned for her rucksack. "I here that you have a girl living with you…a Honda Tohru?"

Shigure notice something else. Her whole demeanour had softened. But the exterior still commanded attention. With her ash-blonde hair, there was also the fact that she had a pale complexion and almost metallic blue eyes that are framed by the most outrageously gravity defying eyelashes. She also was wearing cherry red lipstick. If one had to choose if Raima was Asian or not, it would pretty much be a slide to the not. It was also the generously proportioned body she had. Any guy would want that. Shigure remembered her as a tomboyish teen that would rather fight than put on a dress and play tea time. Sometimes she would have to be forced into a dress and when that happened, her volcano-like anger hurt everyone in a ten mile radius.

"There's Kyo and Tohru, they were waiting for us." Shigure pointed.

"Fine."

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Tohru looked up to the sky. She admired the purity of the light that shone down from the blackness. Kyo stopped walking and turned. Slowly, Tohru noticed that she was walking alone and turned. Shigure was in normal clothing, a pair of barely worn jeans and a green striped tee-shirt. But it was the girl beside him that caught Tohru's attention. She was goddess like and she knew it.

"Is she a relative?" Tohru asked . Kyo nodded.

"It was said that she angered Akito so much that she was forbidden to return to Japan."

"She doesn't look Japanese." Tohru said.

"That's her Norse heritage…" Kyo said. "Raima's mother is a High preistess that originally came to Japan to help our family. She was reputed to be very powerful…"

"Was?"

"After Raima was born, Akira banished both mother and child from the Sohma family and Japan indefinatly." Kyo paused as Shigure and Raima came closer.

"Cat-fry." Raima smiled. Kyo nodded. "And you must be Honda Tohru, it's a pleasure to meet you." Raima said, extending a black gloved hand to Tohru.

After this, Raima stretched and yawned.

"Stupid jet lag." She cursed. "let's go, I am very tired."

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