Kata silently walked down the less then normal busy street on a rainy afternoon. She wouldn't even be walking if she wasn't hiding from her parents at the time.

Kata and her family had just moved to Japan from America. So Kata had no clue to where she was heading at the time, all she knew was that she had to get away. She had to take a little break from her father working in his new office and her mother that was wondering when her make-up from France would be coming in the mail.

Kata would give it a week or two before everything went back to the way it was before they moved. Her father would always be working at his office, maybe fucking his secretary once in a while. Then her mother would disappear only to call and say she was either with Kata's father in Spain or somewhere out of the country, or that she would be late coming home and that Kata had to make some thing for her to eat. What a perfect life that Kata lived, with the perfect family.

Suddenly stopping from her walk Kata lesion, she thought she had heard something over the bustle of the busy street.

Was that crying?

IT WAS!

Quickly Kata followed the sound of a small child crying and soon found her self kneeling above a small boy.

The boy had somewhat long black hair that was spiked, with only one spike too long and was bent over in his eye. The boy didn't look that old but he was lean and built like he was twenty years old. He had black baggy pants and a large shirt with a strange symbol in blue. Even though Kata couldn't see the boys face she knew that he was too pale to be anywhere near healthy.

"Are you alright, little man?" Kata asked, putting her umbrella over both of them so they wouldn't get wet.

The boy's head shot up to look at Kata, his sea green eyes staring up at her in shock.

Kata couldn't help notice the black lines that went downward from his eyes.

"I-I'm not crying…" the boy mumbled, now trying to avoid Kata's gaze

"I know," Kata smiled, "You look so pale…do you feel alright?"

In answer to her question the boy turned to his side and emptied his stomach on the ground.

"OH! You poor dear!" Kata rubbed the boys back as he moaned and repeated what he just done, "I think you should come home with me." Kata gave a nod, knowing her parents were in Russia and wouldn't be home for another month or so, so they wouldn't mind if someone was staying with Kata.

The boy gave a nod as he looked down at his bowel, "My book…"

"Book?" Kata looked at him as he got up and walked to a dumpster and reached behind it, producing a white/silver and black book, which he held close to his chest, "I see." Kata nodded while she walked over, draped her black trench coat over the boy, picked him and his book up, and carried him to her new house/mansion.

Kata lightly hummed a lullaby as she covered the boy up with a blanket. Why was she being so nice to this small boy, she didn't even know his name.

Lightly walking to the door and closing the door on the sleeping child and walked to her kitchen so she could fix the boy some soup.

"I'm crazy!" Kata shook her head, thinking over her situation, "Why else would I bring a total stranger into my home. Even if it's just a little kid."

But, the truth was that no matter how hard she would like it not to be, Kata felt that she HAD to help this boy. She had to take care of this poor soul that she only met because of chance. Never before had Kata gone against her gut feelings, and she was having a gut feeling that something very good to come out of this meeting.

So that was why she had helped the boy, and will care for the boy.

"You have to eat something." Kata frowned at how stubborn this young boy could be

The boy shook his head, glaring at the spoon in front of him.

Sighing Kata took the spoon and eat from it, "Happy? It isn't poisoned, or I would be dead?"

He didn't seem fazed

"It's cool, so it wont burn your tongue…"

Nothing

"If you don't eat something you won't get better, do you want to stay sick until it kills you?" Kata glared and pinched his nose closed with one hand and had another spoonful of soup ready with the other.

Her reward was the boy opening is mouth to breath and her stuffing the spoon in is mouth; he had to eat it now.

"Swallow!" Kata ordered as she put a hand over his mouth, so he wouldn't spit the soup out.

The boy glared at Kata, but swallowed just the same.

"It doesn't taste that bad, now does it?" Kata smiled.

The boy shook his head, ready for another spoonful.

"What's your name?" Kata asked as she fed him another spoonful

"Kane..." The boy said between spoonfuls's of soup, "what's yours?"

Kata smiled, "Kata, nice to meet you Kane." Kata lightly shook his small black nail painted hand, "do you think that you can feed yourself while I get your bath ready, we gotta get you out of these clothes."

Kane nodded and watched as Kata quickly left the room and soon he hears water being poured into a tub. Looking down at the soup he drowned it all in one sip.

"Done already? Well get outta those clothes and get in the bath!" Kata peeked into the room.

Kane blushed as he slipped out of his slightly wet clothes and went into the bathroom, where he bathed.

While Kane bathed Kata took his clothes and the sheets of the bed and put then in the dryer, then set about to try and find something for Kane to wear.

Unfortunately all she could find was a large tee-shirt of hers.

"Your going to have to wear this until your clothes are dry, is that alright?" Kata held up the black shirt while still being behind the door, to give him a little privacy.

"It's fine." Kane said as he dried off and took the much to big shirt from Kata.

Stepping out of the bathroom Kane followed Kata down stairs and settled on the couch as his bed sheets dried, this girl was really kind hearted. Why else you she be doing this to a complete stranger?

Kata was in the peaceful la la land when she heard a small voice calling to her.

Opening her eyes Kata met the sight of Kane clutching his book to his chest….a kind of scared look on his face.

"What's wrong, little man?" Kata asked as she sat up on her elbow.

"Can I sleep with you?" Kane looked behind him, as is he expected that something would jump out and attack him

Kata smiled softly, "Sure…climb on in." Kata lifted her sheets and let the young boy cuddle up to her warm body.

Wrapping a arm around him Kata let the boy snuggle up to her stomach, his book on the other side of him. This is how the two fell asleep, both having wonderful dreams.