A/N: Yea... so sorry about the layout of this chapter... for some reason it wouldn't load right on Microsoft Word . ... well... enjoy anyway!

The Zodiac Cursed American

Chapter Two

I stir the wooden spoon in the pot. I shuffle around in a drawer where
Katsutoshi told me there should be most of the utensils at. I pull out a
soup dipper and dip it into the pot. I pour most of the broth from it
into the three bowls. I then dig around and pull something else out of
the drawer. I dip the utensil into the pot and fish around for a few seconds
before pulling it back out and dropping some noodles carefully into a
bowl. I do this till all three bowls are full, then I set the wooden spoon
over somewhere, and the other two utensils into the pot. I place the lid
on it and turn the heat down some, so it wouldn't burn, and it also would
stay warm.
I walk to the table and set the bowls down for
Katsutoshi and Hiroyuki, who finally came conscious and decided to not
say anything again, and then I sat down with my bowl. I watch them eat
some of it then say, "How is it?"
"Good." they both say through a mouth full of noodles.
"Great!"
I give a big grin, and slurp down my noodles. When I finish I sit down my
bowl and I look at them, they were both staring at me, eyes wide in
surprise, "What?" I ask.
Hiroyuki was the first to answer, "For a girl like yourself, you can really put down the food."
I eye him, "And what exactly is that supposed to mean?" I ask.
"Oh, nothing, nothing" he shakes his hands in the air as if wiping something.
"Humph."
I stand and take my bowl and the two boys' bowls into the kitchen. I
start the sink and begin washing the bowls, but after a minute, I begin to
hear pieces of the boys' conversation.
I turn the water down just a bit, and then listen in on their conversation.
"Katsutoshi, I got a bad feeling about this girl." I hear Hiroyuki say.
"Hm? Really? How so?" he says sarcastically, but obviously Hiroyuki didn't get the concept of sarcasm.
"Well, when I ran into her, I should've changed, yes? I should've
been, bump, poof, pooch. But no. She said she was from America, but, is it
possible she is a Sohma member with the curse that we were not told of?"
"Well, yes, it is possible. When Kyo left to America, he may have taken the curse with
him, which means, it's now possible a child born of Japanese or American
blood could become a Sohma."
"This is not a good sign, Katsutoshi. When Kyo moved, he may have doomed all of the zodiacs. It
may be possible that the next line of Zodiacs could all be born in
America."
"Yes, it is especially dangerous for the cat zodiac-" He
abruptly stops and looks past Hiroyuki in shock, "What, when, h-how long have you been there." Katsutoshi stammers.
"What do you mean? I've been sitting here with you the whole time, we were just having a conver-"
"I think he was talking to ME." Somebody hisses. I stood in the doorway,
"What's this about the cat?" I hiss, "You need to learn to watch what
you say about the zodiac cat, it's MY zodiac."
"Impossible." Katsutoshi scoffs, "There isn't a year of the cat. Haven't you heard the stor-"
"Yes, I have. Hundreds of times." I spat, "One day, God invited all the animals
to come to a banquet. The animals who attended said banquet would become a
zodiac animal, and would represent years. The rat, which was mischievous, had
heard the news and ran to the cat at its house. The rat told the cat
that the banquet would be the day AFTER when it really was. The cat
believed the Rat and thanked him, 'Make sure not to be late.' The Rat
had said. Then in two days time, the cat went to God's place for the
banquet, to find that the banquet had been the day before, and that the
cat could not become a zodiac animal." I repeat the story that had been
told to me many times in my childhood, "I know that the cat is not a
zodiac animal, and I know there is no year of the cat, but when I was
young, my father told me how our family was tricked when he lived here in
Japan, he said it was like our family was the cat, and the people who
tricked us was the rat, so he always said that our family's year was
the year of the cat, and the my mom and my dad were the zodiac cats, and I
was the zodiac kitten." I smile as this brought back many fond memories.
"So, you still believe your family as the cat family?" Hiroyuki snickers. I turn on him in a flash, and punch him so hard under the jaw; I send him flying through the roof and into the room upstairs.
"I said watch what you say." I growl. I turn around and whisk back to the kitchen to finish cleaning the dishes.
Katsutoshi P.O.V
I watch as the girl whisks back into the kitchen then mutter to myself,
"It can't be possible..." I stand and head upstairs to help
Hiroyuki, stopping on the way, at a door. I slide open the door with
reluctance and walk in. I pull the drawer out of the desk in the room and
flip it over.
Taped to the bottom was a little plush
kitten, around its neck, a black and white bead bracelet and a note that
read, 'The cat will live on, no matter what.' it was in the scribbled
hand writing my father, Yuki, had shown me before, the hand writing of the
before generation, the handwriting of the cat.

'That girl, pretty strong headed, pretty strong, and, she only met us, and even though we are letting her stay with us, she just knocked Hiroyuki through the ceiling,' I sweat drop, 'I think my guess might be correct. I think that this American girl is the new Sohma family cat.'

A/N: Characters Mentioned So Far:
•Alexis-Main
•Katsutoshi-Second Main
•Hiroyuki-Third Main
•Samuru-Minor Now, Main Later
•Yuki
•Kyo
(Kyo and Yuki are NOT mine, they belong to the creator(s) of Fruits Basket)