Secrets That Must Be Kept
Protagonist: Aki Hiiragi
Pairing: Inugami x Nekoyama
Genre: Romance
Disclaimer: I do not own Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san or any of its characters.
Author's Note: Hello, everyone! My name is Yuri! It's been a while since I wrote an Inugami fanfic, so I decided to write this with a help of my friend, Winter Solstice. As you all know, if you have seen this series, it's going to be based on Fruits Basket, only it's a Yuri version of it. I thought about this for a long time, so now I'm finally doing it. So, I hope you all enjoy~
Aki walks down the halls of her school, clip board in hand. It's her turn on cleaning duty and she is almost finished. She just needs to return the clip board to the office.
Sighing the tall girl knocks on the office door and waits . . . and waits . . . and waits. When nobody answered, she went right in and tosses the clipboard onto the desk.
She then walks at a brisk pace back to her locker to collect her things for home.
Then someone glomps her.
There is no question as to who the glomper was. "Inugami! Get off!" She growls, pushing the dog-like girl off of her.
Inugami pouts like a chastised puppy but immediately perks up after her eyes find a shorter girl across the way. Nekoyama. Aki sighed again. It was going to be a looong day.
The dog like girl giggles as she waves. "Nekoyama-san~! Inugami calls. "Wanna go home with us?"
"Sorry, not today," Nekoyama replies sadly. "I promised my sister I'd be home to help her."
"Aw, that's too bad!" Inugami pouts again, but perks up while hugging the tall dark haired girl. "Well, at least I can go home with Aki-chan~"
"Not gonna happen," Aki says.
"Why nooooot?"
"I have stuff to do," Aki replies.
Inugami pouts her lips once again as Aki walks ahead of the dog-like girl, sighing.
She has been friends with Inugami since middle school, however, it's not Inugami's cheerfulness that is the problem.
What is frustrating for Aki is the big secret Inugami is keeping from everyone else but her. In fact, she remembers the time when Inugami first told her the big secret after that incident one time.
**Flashback**
Aki was sitting on her couch, flipping through TV channels, when a loud commotion was heard outside.
Disregarding it as a small cat fight she ignored it and kept watching television. Then a knock was heard at her door. After a moments pause she got up to get the door.
"Hello?" She asked as she opened the door. Inugami, her long term friend, rushed through the door, like she was in a hurry to get in. Aki was shocked at the speed in which Inugami moved. Only a flash of tan colored hair was seen running to the kitchen.
"Aki! Shut the-" Inugami's voice cut off and a bark was heard.
Aki slammed the door shut and turned around. Inugami was no where to be found. Standing in her place was a lovely brown furred puppy, panting while it looks up at her. N-no way, Aki thought to herself. Inugami just got in here. How did this puppy get in here? She then noticed that the color of the puppy's fur is the exact same as Inugami's hair. She kneeled down at the puppy as it walked towards her, barking happily.
"U-um, hello," Aki said while cautiously putting her hand out, hoping that the puppy doesn't bite her. "Are you . . . lost?"
The puppy gave Aki an immediate happy licking and jumped into her arms, rubbing its head against her chest. Does this puppy . . . know me? Aki thought. Then, it hit her when she saw some of the girl's clothing lying on the kitchen floor.
"Inugami!?" Aki questioned as she held the puppy up to her level.
The puppy barked in response.
"Huh!?" Aki stood up while putting the puppy on the table. "Wha-!? How? Why did you change into . . . Ah! I just don't get it!"
The dog barked affirmatively. "Today is going to be a long day . . . Isn't it?"
After the small incident earlier in the week Inugami had been acting a bit strange. The normally happy girl was a bit subdued. Luckily, after a while, Inugami turned back into a human while in Aki's room and quickly changed into normal clothing since she was completely naked after transforming back into a human. Aki was seriously confused and shocked at the same time. Many questions formed in her mind, but decided not to ask since Inugami wanted to leave to go home after that incident.
Aki was a bit concerned as to the welfare of her dog-like friend. "Inugami!" Aki called after the tall girl in the halls. Inugami turned around and waved.
"Oh, hey, Aki-chan."
Aki raised an eyebrow, surprised that the girl hadn't glomped her.
"Hey, I was wondering if you were okay." Aki said.
"I always knew you cared!" Inugami teased.
"Oh drop it, I'm only trying to be a good friend." Aki frowned.
Inugami giggled and then her smile fell. "Yeah, I'm doing okay. It's just . . ."
"Just what?" Aki encouraged the other girl to continue.
"You know my secret now."
"What secret? Oh! You can turn into a dog, right?"
Inugami's eyes widened and she covered Aki's mouth mouth with her hands. "Shhh! Keep it down!" She frantically looked around the halls to make sure none of the other girls heard that.
Aki removed the hands from her face and frowned again. "Sorry. Now tell me about that other day please."
Inugami nodded as she led Aki to a secluded part of the roof so they could have some privacy. "Okay. So. The thing is . . . I'm under a curse. Whenever I'm kissed by a girl, I turn into a dog."
Aki was silent for a bit of time. "Wait!? Who were you kissing when you came to my house?!" Aki exclaimed.
"Fufu~" Inugami giggled. "You'll never know, Aki-chan."
Aki just sighs. Not only she had been told the biggest secret from Inugami, but she also has to deal with a cursed girl being transformed into some animal based on her personality.
**End of Flashback**
Aki is now in the living room, sitting on the couch while recalling this memory. That was just a few months ago when they started their second year. From what Inugami told her, the dog-like girl had been living with this curse since she was little. She was kissed by a girl one time during elementary and transformed, much to the teacher's surprise. It was just an accident though. However, it caused rumors to spread quickly throughout the school, forcing Inugami to move to another town. That's when the dog-like girl met Aki in middle school. She didn't want to tell the dark-haired girl her secret just yet since they met and all. However, when she finally told Aki her secret, the dark-haired girl is forced to promise her to keep it so that bad rumors won't spread around the school.
"What a ridiculous secret." She mutters as she looks around the empty house.
Her mother is probably at work and her father is most likely out drinking. She rolls her eyes at her workaholic mother and alcoholic father. On most days, her parents are out working or drinking and Aki has to be the one to look after her two little sisters all the time. Aki doesn't care about being lonely though since she has some company around the house.
She starts to flip through some channels once again until she hears her phone ring. Groaning, she picks up her phone to look through her caller ID.
"Inugami . . ."
Aki answers the phone. "Moshi moshi?"
"Aki-chaaaaan~" Comes the reply.
Aki frowns. "What is it?" she asks.
"Come to the beach with me! Nekoyama doesn't want to go with just us two! I can't imagine why!"
Aki rolls her eyes. "I think I can." She sighs as she imagines all the things Inugami would do to Nekoyama if they were alone and half naked . . .
"Will you come?" The dog-like girl asks again.
Aki nods. "Yup."
"Great! Meet at my house in an hour!"
Aki hangs up as she sighs again. She hopes the day at the beach will be decent and not really crazy, knowing Inugami well enough to cause trouble all the time.
**An hour later**
Aki arrives at Inugami's home, only to be greeted by her three dogs. She walks past them, ignoring their happy greeting and meets up with the dog-like girl.
"I'm here." Aki says.
"Oh, perfect timing~!" Inugami says. "I'm just about ready to go as a matter of fact!"
She grabs her bag with her swimsuit and other summer material, such as sunscreen, a beach ball and beach towels for the three of them. She and Aki leave the house to the bus station where Nekoyama is sitting, waiting for their bus to arrive.
"Nekoyama-san~" Inugami cheers. "We're here!"
"Hey, there," Nekoyama says while standing up. "You made it just in time. The bus is about to arrive."
"Excellent~!" Inugami wastes no time to hug the cat-like girl. "Oh, I'm so glad we're going to the beach together! It's gonna be so much fun!"
"Yeah, fun indeed," Aki mutters.
The bus ride was surprisingly uneventful. But that's probably because Aki had been forced by Nekoyama to sit between her and Inugami.
Inugami is now cooing over a sleeping Nekoyama who has been lulled to sleep by the buss's engine while her pony-tail is wagging the entire time. Aki is trying really hard not to smack the dog-like girl over the head.
Then, their stop comes around the bend. "We're here!" Inugami yells aloud, jumping up from her chair.
Aki sighs and mutters an apology to the disturbed people around them.
The bus stops and Aki shakes Nekoyama awake.
"Come on!" Inugami yells, as the girl is already off the bus and running towards the beach.
Aki and Nekoyama slowly follow the dog-like girl unti they come to a stop about 10 feet from the water.
"Let's make our spot here~!" Inugami insists while placing the huge beach towel down.
"Really? Where there are a bunch of girls that are close to us?" Aki asks while crossing her arms.
"Not to worry~" Inugami says as she prepares the umbrella for shade.
Nekoyama shyly covers her chest with her arms while looking around. "I-I don't know about this."
"What do you mean?" The dog-like girl asks.
"There's so many people . . ."
Inugami grabs both of Nekoyama's hands and holds them to her chest. "Don't be shy about your chest size! You're beautiful!"
Nekoyama blushes bright red and then swats the dog-like girl away in embarrassment. "B-Be quiet!" Nekoyama hushes.
Aki rolls her eyes and then sits down on the towel. "Are you guys done flirting yet?" She asks without emotion.
"We're not flirting!" The cat-like girl exclaims. The girls close by looks at them and starts whispering to each other, much to the girls' embarrassment.
"It's okay to admit to loving me!" Inugami gushes as she hugs the cat-like girl tightly. The next second the dog-like girl was on the ground after being hit by Aki and having swirls in her eyes.
"Let's go play in the sand." Aki suggests to Nekoyama. The shorter girl nods and they leave Inugami on the ground.
After the dog-like girl recovers, she sits up to see her friends walking ahead of her. "Hey! Wait for meeeeee!" Inugami exclaims, running after her friends.
Unfortunately, Inugami slips on something, causing her to fall on her butt.
"Ow, ow, ow!" Inugami groans. "I think I hit something hard."
She digs her hand in the sand and pulls out a shell. "Oh, look! An empty shell!" She holds the hole close to her ear. "And I can hear the ocean~!"
Aki and Nekoyama ignore her as they work together to build some sand castles. Inugami pouts her lips as she feels like she's being ignored. She puts down the shell as she eyes the small waves the water is creating at the very end of the beach. Smiling, she goes over to the water while pumping a fist in the air.
"Hey! Let's go swimming! WOOHOO!" Inugami jumps into the water, creating a huge splash.
The splash lands on Nekoyama, soaking the cat-like girl. "Meow!" She cries in surprise.
Aki frowns at her. "Meow?" She wonders.
Nekoyama blushes and avoids eye contact. "I-It was a reflex." She explains quietly.
"Neeeeekooooyaaama!" Inugami calls from the water. "Come in! The water is perfect!"
"I-I don't know," Nekoyama says.
Aki raises an eyebrow while turning to the dog-like girl. "You know, Nekoyama may hate water. Remember back in the pool that she wouldn't even put her foot in the water?"
"Aw, come on! It's not THAT bad!" Inugami takes Nekoyama's hands and pulls her towards her, however, she goes a bit too far and their lips accidentally lock.
Oh, no! Aki thinks to herself as she tries to stop the two from kissing, but it's too late.
POOF! POOF! A white puff of smoke appears, making Inugami and Nekoyama vanish, leaving their swimsuits behind.
Aki blinks a few times and her eyes focus on the spots where her two friends had been standing. In their places stands a purple kitten and a brown puppy. Aki backs away a step as she stares at the purple kitten, who is meowing loudly while the puppy is chasing it around in circles, happily barking.
"No . . . freaking . . . way!" Aki says. "Nekoyama . . . is under a curse, too? Wait a minute! Nekoyama has a cat-like surname and personality, so that means she can transform when being kissed as well."
She groans and then rushes over to try and separate the two animals before they killed each other. The cat claws her as she scoops it up and shoves it into her back pack. She then grabs the Inugami dog and pulls it over to one of the bathrooms nearby. As she shuts the door and locks it behind her, she lets out a long breath.
"What were you thinking!" She yells at the dog. The dog cowered and its tail went between its legs and whimpers.
"Sorry . . . I'm just really frustrated with you."
The cat starts to yowl and scratch her from the inside of her back pack. Aki winces as she removes the cat from her bag. It springs out and runs to the other side of the room, hissing at Aki.
Aki slides onto the floor and sits there, waiting for Inugami or Nekoyama to change form.
Inugami was the first to change with a puff of smoke appearing. POOF! The dog-like girl was sitting on the floor the next second.
Aki looks away while Inugami looks down at her own body. She's completely naked from the transformation.
"P-put these on right now," Aki demands while handing her the swimsuit she left behind. "Before anyone else comes here."
POOF!
"Y-you too, Nekoyama," Aki says while handing her own swimsuit she left behind as well.
The girls quickly change and exit the bathroom before the other girls got a chance to walk inside. However, when the three came to the beach, they are already hearing the other girls squealing.
"Did you see what I just saw?" one girl asks.
"A stray puppy and kitten that were chasing each other around a few minutes ago?" another girl says.
"Yes! They were the most cutest things I've ever seen~!"
"Aw! I really wanted to pet them!"
Aki and Inugami freeze when they heard this. "A stray puppy~! Where?" Nekoyama exclaims excitedly.
Inugami exchangez a nervous look with Aki before talking. "Nekoyama! I'm right heeeereee~!" The dog-like girl exclaims as she glomps Nekoyama.
Nekoyama yelps in surprise and shoves Inugami off her. "Wh-Why are you hugging me all of a sudden?!"
"Sorry!" Inugami apologizes quickly even though everyone knew she really doesn't regret it.
Aki sighs at their antics and then sits back down on the towel. "Just no more kissing, okay?" She mutters.
"So, what should we do now?" Nekoyama asks.
"Let's play with the beach ball!" Inugami says while holding up a now inflated beach ball in her hands.
"How did you inflate it so fast?" Aki asks.
Aki sighs again as she lies down on her back. She doesn't want any more trouble since Inugami is all over Nekoyama.
"Aki-chan~!" Inugami calls. "Wanna play?"
"No thanks," Aki replies while waving her hand. "You two go on ahead."
"Aw! It'll be more fun with the three of us playing!" Inugami whines.
"Forget it," Aki says.
Inugami pouts her lips as she and the cat-like girl walk over about 10 feet from each other and take turns tossing the ball. Aki on the other hand sighs as she looks over at Nekoyama. 'So Nekoyama is cursed, too, but has no idea that she actually has that until a few minutes ago,' the dark haired girl thinks to herself. 'I have to be careful not to let those two kiss each other or any other girl they come in contact with. But . . . why would it have to be a girl anyway?'
"Aki-chan! Heads up!" Inugami calls.
However, Aki lifts her head up too late as the beach ball hits her head.
"Ah! I'm so sorry!" Inugami apologizes as she slowly approaches her friend and tries to take the ball from her.
However, Aki glares at the dog-like girl and throws it back on Inugami's head.
"Ow!" Inugami groans while rubbing her head.
"Watch where you're throwing next time!" Aki shouts.
Inugami laughs and runs off with the ball towards Nekoyama. "Alright! But you should play with us next time!"
The girls nearby gets up and walk towards Nekoyama and Inugami. "Can we play?" One brunette asks.
"You bet! Heads up!" Inugami tosses the ball to the girl.
The girls then engage in a game of beach ball. They are all giggling and laughing so much that Aki has to plug her ears to get even a second of peace and quiet.
"Would you guys shut up?!" She yells.
"What's her problem?" The brunette asks Inugami.
"She's in denial that she loves me so much, poor Aki-chan." The dog-like girl answers dreamily.
"AM NOT!" Aki yells. "Mou! What's wrong with you!?"
The girls laugh and continued their game until one suggested some swimming.
"Great idea!" Inugami grabs Nekoyama's hand and pulls her into the water without another word.
Nekoyama screams in surprise by the chilly water. "Help! Aki! I'm being molested!" The cat-like girl calls as she flails her arms wildly while trying to break free from Inguami's grip.
Aki gets up and tackles Inugami down. "Stop it!" She growls at the rambunctious girl.
Inugami laughs happily. "But I'm just having fun!"
Aki pulls the dog-like girl away from Nekoyama while whisper yelling in her ear. "I DON'T want any more trouble today!"
"Fine, fine," Inugami sighs, knowing that if she attempts to kiss the cat-like girl again, they'll transform and cause a ruckus.
For the rest of the day, the three of them ate some lunch, relaxed under the umbrella while Inugami tried again and again to put some sunscreen on Nekoyama, but Aki had to do it instead.
Once the sun sets, it is time for the girls to head home. They board the bus and they are on their way to the bus station. Aki notices Nekoyama sleeping on Inugami's shoulder and vice versa. A small smile appears on the dark haired girl's face as she softly strokes Nekoyama's hair. Although this day is chaotic, she enjoyed this wonderful day at the beach with her friends.
Once the bus stops at their station, everyone says their good-byes and heads home.
A/N: Whew~! That took a lot to write. So, basically, since I'm basing it on "Fruits Basket", instead of being hugged by the opposite gender, making the people who are cursed be able to transform, I decided to make it more "Yuri-ish", by making it an actual kiss. Hehe~! How fun is that? Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter~! Feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review~!