Foxxy 4
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
4:31 PM
Animalistic Urges
Chapter 4
Katsune's POV
"Well, we could always do a triple date…" Niiro shrugged.
I stared at Niiro. "We? Who is this 'we'?"
Kagura jumped up behind me and onto my back. "You, me, Yuki, Kyo, Tohru, and Niiro, silly."
I shrugged her off my back, letting her fall to the floor. "That wouldn't be a date, retards; it's a group of 'friends' going out on a day dedicated to 'lovers', as Kagura so kindly puts it."
"You cunt." Kagura grabbed my leg and pulled me down with her. I landed on my wrist, twisting it in an awkward position.
"You cunt! You can't do this!" She pushed me, trying to show her dominance.
"This is my life, not yours, I can do what I want."
She chuckled. "It doesn't matter, there is another female in the picture. And, let's face it, he wouldn't love you anyways." She turned towards me and grinned.
My hands were clenched into fists and my nails were digging into my skin. I had had enough of Kana. Before she could open her mouth to say anything else, I swung my fist, hitting her jaw.
I pushed myself back to my feet, taking a step away from Kagura.
"Don't touch me...I don't like you. No one likes you. " I spun around on my heel and pushed past Shigure on my way inside. The tears fell down my cheeks as my wrist started to throb in pain. I started walking up the stairs but stopped and turned towards the kitchen. Niiro beat me to the freezer; he held up a bag of ice.
"What happened out there?" He muttered, handing me the bag. I held it against my wrist and choked back a sob.
"I hate her."
He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me to his chest. I sobbed into his shirt. "Kagura? It wasn't that bad..."
"No! Not Kagura. Kana...I hate her. I've been having flashes of our conversation all day, but none of it pieced together...not until Kagura pulled me down. When I bent my wrist, I was unable to think of the pain. The only thing I could think of was her."
I felt someone else walk into the room. Niiro moved but this person, Yuki, replaced his spot. I clung to Yuki as if my life depended on it. The tears that flowed freely stained his shirt but he didn't care; he simply held me closer.
"I'm sorry for being such a fuck-up." I whispered. "I only ruin everything."
"You're not a fuck-up." he replied. "We all have our own problems, but we can work them out together...What happened with you and Kana?"
"We...had a falling out." He held my bandages hand in his, and I chuckled. "That was my own fault...things got physical. I might have been the first to throw punches."
Yuki shook his head "What were you arguing about?"
"Nothing really. Kana was just being Kana." I looked away. He would obviously know I was lying but it was worth a shot. Maybe he'd drop it…
He didn't. "I can't help if you don't let me in."
I sighed. "I don't know, exactly. I didn't even know before today that she and I spoke. It was Niiro who brought it up to Hatori. Haa said that my mind had blocked out the memory of it happening. As the day is going on, I see more and more flashes of what has happened. Niiro doesn't even know all of what happened...he said that he came in during the middle of the fight."
He pulled back to meet my eyes. We stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity and then he finally smiled. "We should get going. The others are about to come in."
"Mhmm…" I nodded. "They think we've had enough time to ourselves." He leaned down and pressed his lips against mine. We kissed and broke apart only seconds before the others slid through the door.
Kagura was the last to walk in, looking down. Kyo, Niiro, and Shigure walking into the other room while Tohru and Kagura stood in the middle of the walkway. I pulled away from Yuki and slowly walked up to the girls.
"Kagura...You know how I feel about apologizes...how I feel they show weakness." I bit my lip. "But...I'm sorry for the way I was acting. I could blame it on Kana and my problems...but that doesn't change anything. I don't...hate you, I'm not all that into you, but I don't hate you. The things I said were childish and I need to grow up. I'm sorry. Would you...Could you possible forgive me?" Ohmygosh. I was able to say that without a snarky comment or any yelling. And I apologized and asked for forgiveness…
Kagura looked up and within seconds, there was a smile spread wide across her face. "Of course, Silly! All is forgiven." She wrapped her arms around my neck and giggled. I grimaced at the contact; I couldn't breathe and I couldn't feel my hand, but as long as she was happy...I guess I could take it.
I could feel the stare of everyone's eyes on my back. Kagura tightened her grip, and, slowly, I wrapped my arms around her waist. After a minute, I sighed. "I really can't breathe...Could you possibly...I don't know...Remove me...from this death grip?" I gasped out.
She let go, stepping back a few feet, the grin still on her face. I could hear Niiro chuckle from the other room. Good job, Kat, for being the bigger person.
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We ended up having the Tripe Date the following day, my way of apologizing to Kagura. The six of us decided to go to the theaters while Shigure went to the Main House to give out the candies Tohru had gotten for them. Even though Niiro was more in like with Tohru's friend than he is with her, he treated her like a gentleman. Simply by the look on their faces, anyone could tell they were having a great time. Yuki made sure I stayed by his side the whole time we were out, because of my breakdown yesterday, or at least that's what he had said. I didn't mind, this day was all about me and him. Kyo...well, Kyo was the only one that wasn't really having a great day. You didn't have to be a mind reader to know that he would rather be here with someone else, namely Tohru.
After the movie, the three couples walked around town, searching for something to do. Kagura was clinging to Kyo, Kyo kept zooning out, Yuki and I held hands, Tohru and Niiro simply stood close. Tohru and Kagura were gushing about the movie and Niiro and Yuki would insert their opinions every once and a while. We decided to stop and get something to eat, agreeing on a simple nearby restaurant. The rest of the day was quick, fun, and, at one moment, it became sexual. It wasn't helping by being surrounded by the others all day, so I couldn't sneak off with Yuki.
By the time we arrived back at Shigure's house, it was getting dark. Kagura said her goodbyes and gave hugs to everyone, taking her leave. Kyo went up to the roof and crashed. Shigure had still not returned so the rest of us stayed out in he front room. I sat next to my brother and Tohru next to him, with Yuki laying, his head resting on my lap.
This is exactly how we spent the following weeks. When they were at school, Niiro and I either stalked them or studied ourselves. I haven't spoken to Kana since that day, and no one has mentioned her name. Niiro forced me back to Hatori's when he got a call from him, saying it was time for another check up. He wanted to be sure that there was no break. When Hatori found out that I was not using the sling, he was angry... Well he wasn't, his thoughts were.
"So no cast?" I questioned.
"No, no cast. It's a simple sprain." Although I doubt it was like that a few days ago. These two have incredible healing abilities. "Keep using the sling for another week or so to restrict movement."
Niiro chuckled. Keep using the sling….I don't think I've seen you use it once. "Thanks Hatori."
"Yeah, thanks Haa." I grinned.
"It's not a problem. And thank you." I can see the changes in Yuki. He's loosening a little."
I blushed and Niiro smiled. "There's a change in Kat too...I don't think she would have challenged Kana about the Sohma's before...And I don't think she would have blushed like that before, either."
"Just wait until you admit to liking someone…" You're not the one that's going to get hurt.
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It was currently mid-March when they started studying for their finals. Niiro and I had stopped coming over as often to let them study in peace, but it was Tohru that stopped that. She missed our company and the feeling of energy in the house...apparently, studying for exams turns you into a zombie. With our time stalking them at school, Niiro has gotten a lot closer to Arisa than he had originally planned. We both knew this would not end well with Kana, but shrugged it off. Things were surprisingly going rather well, but it can't always be like that.
One day, while at the high school, we were stopped by the Student Body President. He didn't stay long, but the whole time he was there, he annoyed me. He kept asking questions as to why we were always seen roaming the halls and campus, he wondered if this was my real hair color, and if so, was I related to Kyo and Yuki...he didn't stop at that. When he found out, the Sohma's and I had no blood relation, he started flirting with me! I had to keep away from him and hope that Yuki nor Niiro caught him doing so. Though, I wasn't the only one that was often asked out, Niiro had his share of phone numbers. In fact, the few times Arisa saw this, I could have sworn I detected jealousy.
On this particular day, Niiro and I were at Shigure's, the two of them talking about some book Niiro had in mind. I felt strange being here, considering both of them were such perverts and they were in the middle of writing their 'Masterpiece'. I was stuck in the main room all alone while they moved to Shigure's study. I had brought some homework type stuff I had to finish for my homeschooling, something about advanced trig or whatnot. I spent half an hour on number seven before I gave up. Shigure walked in with Niiro right on his tail, both grinning.
"Shigure...you are a genius." Niiro gushed.
"Stop...you're making me blush." Shigure giggled.
I shook my head. They were a bunch of retards. I pulled the sling over my head and threw it across the room. Niiro gave me a look as he walked over to where I was sitting. I shook my head.
"I don't care. It holds me back." I muttered.
He ignored me and read over my worksheet. "You working on history, I see."
"No. It's-" I looked over his shoulder and sighed. "That would make sense as to why I couldn't understand it." I closed the books and stood to my feet. "How is your work coming?"
Shigure skipped into the room. "Wonderful. Niiro helped me finish my manuscript and I added to his. My editor will be over in a few days to pick it up."
I nodded, staring at him. He stared back. "Well...can I read it?"
"Are you of legal age?" He wondered.
"Uh...no?"
"Then you can't read it."
I was confused. "But...Nii-Nii isn't of legal age...and he wrote it!"
Niiro pulled out a pencil and started working on his own work. Shigure went back to his study, ignoring my shouts of confusion. I gave up on him and attempted to get back to my own work. Niiro finished his rather quickly and started helping me with mine. I couldn't concentrate on the subject so he gave up, taking the paper from me and doing it himself. I was so absorbed in the thoughts of my dream last night. Actually, it wasn't so much of a dream as it was a memory.
"You fight like a little bitch!" I screamed out as she was finally able to land a punch.
She roared out in rage; throwing herself on top of me, she brought us both to the ground. Kana rolled us over, placing her hands at my throat. "You don't know what love is; you're just a damn canine, a fucking bitch playing with your little rat boy toy. He'll grow tired and leave you for some other slut."
I was struggling to throw her off, but her knee was digging into my stomach, making it harder to move. She leaned down to whisper in my ear.
"Get it through your head. He. Doesn't. Love. You."
I clawed my nails into her arm and hissed back into her ear. "Get it through YOUR head." She leaned closed, only a little, but it helped. I bit her neck, hard, making her move her hands from my neck. I rolled us over so I was on top. "He loves me and I love him. So you can butt the fuck out of my relationship."
She thrashed around under my grip, a growl building in her throat. "Why would you 'love' someone like a Sohma? The Rat nonetheless...The Sohma's are greedy, ill-tempered, cocksucking bitches. Yuki, the fucking rat, is one of the worst. A lying, backstabbing, good-for-nothing cheat. It's inevitable with guys like that, they'll cheat on you, use you, abuse you; and as I said there's already another girl."
With every word, she became cockier. She thought she had won this.
I punched her. Then I punched her again...and again...and again. I was sitting on her stomach, my legs holding down her arms, while I swung my fists at her face, hoping it would shut her up.
Niiro shook me out of my thoughts by literally shaking me. I blinked a few times and noticed Tohru and Yuki standing in front of us, with concerned looks on their faces.
"Where did you go just now?" Niiro muttered.
I shook my head. "Just a dream I've been having…"
"Whatever it was, you looked deep in thought."
"Yeah...it's been on my mind for a while…" The concerned looks didn't go away. "It's nothing to worry about."
Niiro shrugged but stood up and left the room, most likely in search of Shigure. Tohru sat down in front of me and Yuki to the right of me.
"I was surprised you didn't come to the school today." Yuki wondered aloud.
I nodded. "Yeah, Niiro and I were here all day; he and Shigure were working on their newest smut while I attempted to do some last minute homework."
Homework? Tohru thought to herself and I nodded.
"Yeah, homework. I'm technically in school so I have homework."
Her brows furrowed in confusion. "I didn't know you were still in school…"
I grinned. "Homeschooled, actually. A third year in high school...I'm not that older than Yuki."
She was quiet for a moment before continuing. "Why are you homeschooled and not out in normal high school?"
"The head of our family doesn't really like us interacting with the Sohma's but I refused to go to any other high school. Niiro and I don't go anywhere where the other doesn't, so he was awesome and stayed with me."
She stared at me as she slowly understood everything. "I just realized...I don't know much about you two."
Niiro chose that exact time to walk back in the room; he held a half eaten rice ball in his hand and a grin on his face. "I don't think you want to know about Kat and I. We aren't people with simple lives...but then again, you live with three of the weirdest Sohma's." He sat down to the left of me and crossed his legs.
"I'm in a nice mood right now, so ask anything and I'll try my best to answer." I shrugged.
She was quiet for a moment. "...I have yet to find out what makes you able to hug the others without them changing."
Is she for real? I asked Niiro.She hasn't figured that part out yet?
Well, from what I hear, she's just recently moved in. So she's a little new to the secret.
Yeah, well, I have yet to find out what makes her so special that she gets to know the secret anyway.
I cleared my throat. "Well, you see... It's because I'm not from this planet..."
Everyone, including Niiro and Yuki, stared at me in shock of some sort. Niiro burst into loud laughs. "Retard..." He turned toward Tohru and started his story. "You know how the Sohma's have their curse relating to the Chinese Zodiac?" She nodded so he continued. "Us Kobainu's are also cursed. Although ours is a little less interesting. Kobainu means 'small dog', and that is pretty much what the cursed one's are. There are actually many cursed families..."
"Not that many. Maybe like four in the whole world." I interrupted. "But as he was saying, our family has a story about our animals, but I can't remember-"
"It had something to do with a huge fight between dogs and cats..."
Stop interrupting me! I yelled at him.
You did it first!
Whatever. She asked me, so I'll finish.
...well can I show her then? He asked.
If she let's you. "Niiro and I are the twin foxes for our generation, our younger sister, Katana, is a grey wolf...etc."
I let this sink in for Tohru before continuing. She interrupted with a question. "Fox? Your name is Katsune... Silver fox? But your hair and eyes are red in color."
"Exactly. Niiro and I were predicted to be each other. Being the first born, he was said to be the red fox and I the silver."
"But didn't someone notice when you were born that you had red hair and eyes and he grey?"
I shook my head. "Not really. When the fox is a newborn, it's hard to tell the color. The color of the fur starts off dark, almost grayish, then, as it matures, the color changes."
Niiro let it stay quiet for a moment before asking her, "You wanna see?" with a grin on his face.
I shook my head. "Dude, that was just creepy."
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She ended up saying yes so he jumped on her, wrapping his arms around her in a hug then immediately poof-ed into his form. He was bigger than I was in animal form. He looked almost like an adult fox but because he was a dark gray, it made him look like a large cat. Just staring a him like that made me groan.
"No wonder I'm in such a shitty mode...I miss walking around like that. I can't because of this damn hand..."
Niiro chuckled and jumped onto my lap. "Maybe next time, you'd think twice about getting in a fight..."
I looked down at my hand in the wrap. Yuki shook his head. "Didn't Hatori say you're supposed to have a sling?"
I shrugged. "He might have said something like that."
Tohru stared at Niiro who jumped off my lap and into hers. She had started petting him and he actually started mewing. I would have to use this moment to embarrass him later.
Yuki pulled me onto his lap. I have a question for you... "What are you really dreaming of these past few nights?"
Niiro and Tohru looked up at me as I looked down. "I've been seeing little snip-its of what had happened and a little more each night... But I can't tell I it happened for certain or if it's simply my mind mixing my thoughts together."
What is she trying to see? Tohru thought.
"I'm trying to remember what happened when I last interacted with Kana."
Tohru's mind went blank. That could have been a fluke... What do you have so far?
I was out of it so I didn't realize how confused she was. "We argued and got into a fight."
"What about-"
"I hear you're going to Kaibara High with us next year." Tohru butted in. She looked a troubled speaking of it so a subject change would be best.
I grinned. "Thank you…" Then I continued when she looked confused. "I think I might have forgotten to mention...you remember Hatori? How he can hide someone's memories?"
She nodded.
"The foxes of our family have been blessed, or cursed, with the ability to...well, read minds."
Her eyes widened a tad. "Read minds?"
"Yes, foxes were once used as spies amongst the felines." Niiro grinned.
"Niiro and I try not to invade everyone's thoughts...sometimes it's an accident."
The phone rang and was picked up by a giddy Shigure. His mood changed as soon as he answered. "Kureno? Uh, hello."
Yuki leaned his chin on my head, his arms around me, and held me close. I relaxed into his embrace and sighed. "Don't you guys have any homework?"
He shook his head, slightly. "No, but I have to study for the finals soon."
"I have a few assignments to get done…" I'd hate to ask Yuki for some help with it when he has to study himself…
"Tohru...if you need some assistance...I could help." Niiro shrugged.
A grin spread across her face. "Oh, that would be wonderful."
He smiled then jumped off her lap and to his paws. He picked up his clothes in his mouth and stalked out of the room. It had become quiet as Tohru left to go get her homework and Yuki simply began playing with my hair.
"Don't you have studying to do?" I giggled.
"Yeah, but that can wait.." I can think of something else I'd rather do.
I heard Niiro gag. "TMI, Yuki! TMI!"
Did he seriously spell it out? Is he reading one of those preppy girls' text? That wasn't it; he ruined the moment. You should confess your feelings to Arisa and get laid yourself.
Fuck you!
That's what he was going to suggest, but nooooooo, you wanted to ruin it.
Yuki chuckled and kissed my forehead.
"She might be...but why does that concern Akito?"
I looked over at Shigure who was still on the phone. He met my gaze and immediately looked away. I tilted my head so I could look at Yuki. I lowered my voice so only he could hear. "Does...Does Akito know about us?"
He shook his head. "I doubt it, I haven't said anything. He usually keeps to himself, Kureno, and Hatori, and I don't think Haa said anything."
"No, I was not aware of any such thing. You know how Kana is. She likes to keep a tight leash on her minions."
"So you haven't heard? Katsune and Kana got into a falling out." Kureno whispered. "Kana apparently pushed Kat too far and she finally snapped."
He looked back over to me, "you don't say?"
I shrugged. I don't remember most of it anyway. He went back to his call and I went back to whispering to Yuki and eavesdropping. "Go get your book and I'll help you study."
"I doubt I'd pay attention to it anyway, what with you being right there, tempting me." He murmured back.
I felt the blush rise to my cheeks at his words.
"Well, what started the fight?"
"I heard that Kat confessed to Kana her love for Yuki. This angered Kana and she said some rude words, pissing off Kat."
"What did she say?"
"She started cussing us out, saying Yuki would be a lying cheat; he doesn't deserve her and she doesn't deserve love."
I tried to look like I wasn't paying attention to Shigure but I was failing. Even Yuki was staring at him.
"And where did you hear this from?"
"Somewhere along the grapevine. The maids talk and that talk passes along."
Shigure nodded. "Kureno, what was the reason for this call?"
"Oh right, Akito knows that Kat is with Yuki at the moment, and she wants her over here right now."
"And for what reason does she need to be there?"
"...Because Akito said so…"
"Riiight."
I slid off of Yuki's lap and stood to my feet. Yuki followed my lead and got up himself. Niiro asked if I wanted him to come with because Tohru was done and she was getting ready for work. Shigure hung up the phone and shook his head. "Kat, you're not a Sohma so you don't have to listen to Akito. It is your choice if you want to go."
As he spoke, Niiro and Tohru walked down the stairs. Niiro bumped his shoulder into mine and nodded. I'll go with you, Yuki has to stay and study.
"Yeah, I'll go. Id I was able to stand up to Kana...Akito shouldn't scare me." Then again, I don't remember how I got the courage to stand up to her…
"What are we missing?" Yuki muttered.
"Akito wishes to speak with Kat." He spoke to him the to me, he muttered, "you don't have to go if you don't want-"
I shook my head. "Nah, I'll go. And before you say anything, Yun-Yun, no, you don't have to go with." I leaned up and kissed his cheek. "I have my big brother to protect me." If anything did happen, I didn't want him to be there. I hope he realized I was trying to protect him and simply leave it be.
He dropped the subject. Okay, it probably isn't a good idea to have us both there; it may just piss her off even more.
I smiled sadly. "Thanks for understanding."
The others walked us outside; Tohru hoped to be able to walk with us to work. "We could get Hatori to come pick you two up." Yuki mumbled.
Niiro shook his head. "We actually drove here ourselves."
How? Yuki asked. Shigure giggles like a little school girl.
"Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful!"
I turned to Tohru, grinning. "Would you like a ride to work?"
"N-no, I don't want to be a both-"
"You won't be...Just one thing though...Have you ever ridden shogun on a motorcycle?"
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I had given Tohru my helmet as Niiro retrieved the bikes from the side of the house. She was a little afraid and even more so when I told her that she would have to ride with me; Niiro wouldn't be able to drive is he had transformed. I think she was afraid of me driving because I might not have been able to support her and the bike, she didn't know that I was more than capable of doing that.
I kissed Yuki goodbye, telling him in a whisper, that I loved him. He told me to come back safely and I promised. I pulled out my sunglasses an slipped them on, needing at least something to shield me from the wind...and to look cool while doing so. Tohru mounted the bike after me, wrapping her arms around my abdomen.
Niiro shook his head at me as we drove off waving. He knew that I wanted to pop a wheelie to scare Tohru even more, but he replied about that being cruel, so I had to refrain from doing that.
Her job was not that far away from the Main House so it was pretty simple to find it. During the entire ride, Tohru was freaking out. It was probably her first time on a motorcycle so I couldn't blame her. It wasn't until we were almost there did she actually calm down. She seemed to enjoy the rest of the ride. I, myself, enjoyed the ride because we were in silence. Niiro and I weren't speaking because he was thinking about what reason Akito would want to speak with me. It gave me time to think about the same exact thing.
We pulled up to the building and a shaking Tohru got of the bike. She removed the helmet and handed it to me. I shook my head. "It's gonna be late when you get off so we're going to come back and pick you up."
"Oh, I couldn't-"
"Tohru, it's okay. We're only a mile away and you know how it gets here late at night. I don't want you walking home when you can get a ride...and I know how much fun you had when you relaxed." I winked at her.
She smiled and hugged me. "Thank you." She walked inside the building, clutching the helmet, hurrying along. Niiro removed his helmet and chuckled. "She must be growing on you."
"No, not really. But because Yuki thinks so highly of her, I'm trying to be a nice person." I smiled. "Now let's go see what Akito wants."
I am getting more into writing this but I fell that I am going off topic in a lot of parts...maybe adding too much to the chapter or whatever, but I enjoy writing this so I guess that's what really counts. :D
