DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN FRUITS BASKET OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS! IF I WERE THAT FAMOUS, I MIGHT NOT BE WRITING THIS!

Prologue:

When it happened, I was dreaming while in a peaceful sleep. I dreamt I was in a field of fresh green grass, the occasional white clover here and there. I loved white clovers; they were simple, yet beautiful. The sky was a deep and dark blue, signaling that it was near night time. In the corner of my eyes, a beautiful red sunset lightened the field with its rays, and I face towards it, closing my eyes and enjoying the last bit of heat before the night would completely take over.

The funny thing was I could definitely tell this field did not belong in Greece. The air, as weird as it sounds, smelt different. It wasn't like anything I'd have found at Sanctuary, the main house for my family. It smelled of orchids, and the air seemed a lot cleaner. No exhaust fumes, no pollution, though that was hard to expect when in a beautiful field like the one I was standing in.

Then, the scent changed. The smell of orchids was replaced with the smell of fire. Not just a small fire, but a lot of it. I choked as smoke filled the field. Where was the fire coming from? At the back of my head I heard the sound of crackling flames, but it wasn't coming from the fields. Where was it coming from?

Unexpectedly, I saw a figure arise from the smoke. I thought I had been the only one there? The form was masculine, for sure, and for clothes it looked like a black t-shirt and some cargo pants. He also had scraggly hair, which looked like it may have been a shade of orange. But… I couldn't make out his face.

Then, suddenly, everything went black. My eyes opened as I regained consciousness back into the real world. And all I could hear was screaming.

Screams and cries for help filled the air outside. Currently I was in my room, with stone floors and stone walls, and a small window near my comfortable bed. I sat up, and looked through the window.

Fire was everywhere, burning down every building as I saw my large family, though most of them I didn't know, ran away, trying to get away from the deadly flames. What was going on? Sanctuary was a safe place! What's happening?

"Leondra!" I heard a voice cry from another room of my close family's quarters. It was my mother!

My mother, with golden hair and green eyes, both of which I had inherited, ran into my bedroom, locking the door behind her.

"Mom?" I asked in confusion, sounding slightly frightened as she dragged my dresser in front of my bedroom door, barricading us in. "Mom, what's going on?"

"We don't have much time, darling," my mother said, sounding terrified as she ran over to my window, shutting and locking them. She looked over at me, her eyes filled with fear. "Leondra, you have to go. Now."

"Excuse me?" I asked, standing up wearing nothing but my flannel pajama pants and a yellow, oversized t-shirt. "Mom, why do I need to go?"

My mother gave me a look. "If you hadn't already noticed, Sanctuary is under attack," she said, and proceeded to grab my wrist and pull me towards the other side of my bedroom. "Hurry, we don't have much time!"

"Mom!" I exclaimed, wringing my wrist out of her hand, and giving her a determined look, "What in fresh hell is going on? Why are we under attack? And how the hell am I supposed to leave when you barricaded the door with my dresser?!"

My mother growled slightly, though her eyes were still fearful. "Leondra, you have to listen to me," she said, busying herself as she grabbed one of my bags and ran over to my dresser, still barricading the door, and stuffed some clothes inside of it, along with some essentials, like the jar of money I had been using to save up for university eventually, seeing as how I was only seventeen at the moment.

"I need you to the airport in the city," she said, and I knew that when she said city she meant Athens, "Get a ticket and get to Tokyo. I need you to go to this address… um, pen?"

I ran over to my desk and supplied a pen and paper, and my mother took it, writing something down on it, and giving it back to me.

"Mom, why Tokyo?" I asked, but then my mother gripped my shoulders, looking into my eyes.

"Leondra, you have to trust me," she said softly, and then we both froze when we heard banging on my bedroom door. Our eyes widened. Someone was trying to break in.

"Hurry!" she hissed, and then ran over to one of the walls in my bedroom. She pulled off one of the stones on the wall, already having been loosened, revealing a lever. She pulled on it, and a stone popped out of place slightly on the floor. She went over to it and pulled it up, revealing a ladder downwards, into a tunnel I estimated.

"Go," she whispered to me, and tears welded up in my eyes.

"Come with me," I said, sounding on the verge of tears.

"I can't," she said, also sounding as if she would cry any moment, "I need to give you time to escape. You're more important than I am."

"No I'm not," I said defiantly, a tear strolling down my cheek as I shook my head, "You're my mom. I need you."

She shushed me, and kissed my forehead. "I love you, my little lion," she whispered, before she took my bag and threw it down the ladder, and looked at me. "Go."

I was going to argue, but then the pounding got louder, and the wood of my door was creaking loudly, threatening to break. I hugged her quickly, before I went down the ladder, tears streaming down my face.

The stone above me closed, and I was left alone, in the dark and moist cold of some catacombs.

Present Day

"Do you need anything, Miss Orphis?" a flight attendant asked. The attack on Sanctuary had only happened a week ago. After several flight delays, issues with security, and a tornado warning, I had finally made it on a plane to Tokyo. So there I was, sitting in a plane seat, still trying to cope with the possible death of my mother. She had been my greatest friend, and my only close family member, seeing as how I don't know who my father is.

"No, I'm fine thanks," I replied, and the flight attendant continued her job. I sighed, looking out the window. I reached into my pocket, and pulled out the address of the house I was supposed to go to. It was titled, 'Shigure Sohma'.

Well, whoever this Shigure Sohma is, he better know what the hell is going on.

I can only hope.

First chapter rewritten! Hah! And I had a fun time writing it too

Anyways, please review so I can know what you liked or what you didn't like! No flames please, otherwise I'll have the god Zeus throw lightning at you! Muhahahahaha!

*coughcough* Pardon the evil laugh please. I'm only slightly insane, I swear!

Love you all

~Shannon