"To Lola, From Bugs" || Momiji

Chapter 2

"W-We need help, please!"

Tohru burst through the doors of her home and immediately headed straight for the living room after kicking her shoes off. She was frantic and her breathing was labored, which wasn't abnormal being that she ran up a hill to get here. Shigure, Kyo, and Yuki were in the room gathered around the chabudai when she entered and their eyes immediately traveled to the bulky bundle of clothes in her arms.

"Honda-san.." Yuki blinked in surprise. "What's going on? I was just about to leave to get you."

"I-I... we finished early so they said we could go home but-"

Kyo glanced around Tohru's body as he spotted a fluff of blond hair. "Momiji, what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be at home?"

The blond placed his hands on his knees as he caught his breath, his face flushed red from all the running. He was about to say something when the bundle of clothes moved. Tohru gasped as she couldn't hold on to the briskly moving clothing pile and dropped it on the floor. Feathers flew as a hen head appeared out from under a shirt.

"You...brought a chicken?" Shigure tilted his head in confusion. "I appreciate you making our meals, but I'm not sure if farm to table-"

"I'm not a chicken! I'm human!" The hen instantly started talking, catching everyone off guard. Anzu looked around the room, taking in the three new males, before her eyes landed on a familiar blond. Charging at him, she tried to smack him with her wings and peck him. "You did this to me! Change me back now!"

Momiji cried out and ran around Tohru as he tried to hide from her. "I didn't do anything, I swear!"

Suddenly, there was a large puff of red smoke and a girl with long red hair and brown eyes replaced the location of the hen. Due to the abrupt size difference, Anzu had finally gotten a hold of Momiji and tackled him down to the floor. As the smoke started to clear, she could see her body normally, however she scrambled off of the boy and huddled up in the corner, screaming in hysterics.

"What's happening to me?"

It took some time for Tohru to calm Anzu down and get her dressed again. The redhead wanted to believe that it was all a terrible nightmare and when she would wake up, her mother would be at her bedside and she'd be home in America, safe and sound. As time passed, it turned more and more into a fantasy as reality weighed down on her like gravity. Once she was finished and dressed, everyone sat around the chabudai.

"What's your name, sweetheart?" Shigure asked. Tohru noticed that, while the question sounded playful, his look was very serious.

"Anzu Fukushima."

"Has anything like this ever happened to you before?"

"No. Not that I remember."

Kyo and Yuki eyed Anzu as she wrapped herself in a blanket Tohru gave her. Every question that Shigure asked, her response was very dry. They could relate to her though as everyone in the room figured out what the elephant was. What she would do after this realization is what mattered the most.

"Are you familiar with the Sohma name?"

Anzu's eyes brightened at this and she immediately got up, dropping the blanket at her feet. "Can you tell me where the Sohma estate is? My father- Wait a second please!"

The group watched as she ran over to her backpack in the corner of the room. Pulling her hoodie out, she reached into the pocket and quickly returned with a polaroid picture. Placing it on the table for everyone to see, she pointed to the three individuals in the picture.

"This was taken at my parents' wedding. My mother, Sango Fukushima, is here on the left and my father, Kohaku Sohma, is in the middle. My mom told me he passed away shortly after I was born in an accident and his grave is inside the estate." Anzu explained. "But who I'm really looking for is the man next to him. He and my father seemed very close so maybe he can tell me more about him."