Chapter 4
Serenity was waiting for Haruka to take her to Tohru's house.
"Haruka hurry up!" She called from downstairs, "Tohru-chan said 6:30!"
"All right already!' Haruka cried irritated, "You better not talk to those boys Hime." Serenity just grinned.
While driving, they ended up in the forest.
"Are you sure this is the right direction?" Haruka asked.
"Hai it says right here. Hey look, it's Uo-chan and Hana-chan! Let's pick them up."
"Hai hai."
The car stopped next to Uo-chan and Serenity rolled the window down, "Hey guys. Want a ride?"
"Sure," Uo-chan smirked while Hana-chan nodded.
"Haruka, these are my friends from school," Serenity once they sat in the car, "Hana-chan, Uo-chan, this is Haruka, my guardian."
"Hey," Haruka said and began to drive.
"Hi," Hana-chan said quietly.
"Yo," Uo-chan greeted.
When they got to the house, Hana-chan and Uo-chan went ahead.
"Are you sure you'll be alright Hime?" Haruka asked concerned, "We can just go home right now."
"I'll be fine Haruka," Serenity smiled, "Want to come in?"
"Sure."
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"Hey guys," Tohru greeted Uo-chan and Hana-chan, "Where's Sere-chan?"
"She's coming," Uo-chan replied.
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Sohma Shigure watched as the two girls came in and talked to Tohru. He was depressed. He was expecting giddy high school girls.
"Aw well," he thought, "I'll just go back to my room."
Just as he was about to walk away, he was frozen in his spot. There, coming into his house was the most beautiful girl he had every saw. She was extremely beautiful; Shigure had to blink a couple of times before he figured that the girl was real and not some sort of cruel imagination.
"She stands and looks like a Queen," he thought, "Who is she?"
Shigure was pulled out of his thoughts when he saw a guy put his arm around his Queen's shoulders.
"What's that?" He thought.
"There are three guys here?" Haruka asked pissed, "And one who's eleven years older than you teens."
"Don't worry Haruka-san," Tohru said smiling slightly. She was terrified of this imitating older girl, "Yuki-kun, Kyo-kun, and Shigure-san are very nice."
"I bet."
"Haruka," Serenity warned.
"I know," Haruka said and the turned to stare at the guys, "If any of you talk to my Hime, touch her, or even think about her, I'll hunt you down and kill you myself. Got it?" With that said, she left before Serenity could scold her.
"Ahaha gomen," Serenity said sheeply, "She's very protective of me."
"She?"
"Hai. Haruka is a girl."
"OH yes. Girls, this is Sohma Shigure. He's he owner of this house," Tohru introduced, "Shigure-san, these are Uo-chan, Hana-chan, and Sere-chan."
"Good afternoon ladies," Shigure greeted charmingly, "It is just nice to have so many lovely ladies in my home. Now, if you'll all excuse me, I have work to do."
"Like find out why she called Sere-chan Hime," Shigure thought walking to his room.
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The next day came really quick. Serenity went downstairs and heard Yuki and Kyo arguing with each other and Tohru telling them to stop. She also heard them calling each other cat and rat.
"Hm. That's weird," Serenity thought, "Why do they insult each other by using cat and rat?"
Right when she walked into the kitchen, she heard Hana-chan say, "Cat and Mouse" and Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru freezing up.
"That's weird. I wonder why they froze when Hana-chan said Cat and Mouse. There's something weird going on around here with these Sohma. I'll have to as Setsuna about this."
"Who's hungry?" Serenity asked since nobody moved.
"Serenity, you can cook?" Shigure asking coming into the kitchen.
"Hai. My friend Makoto taught me how to cook when we were younger."
When breakfast was done, everyone was surprise at how good the food was.
"Well, look what you know," Shigure said grinning, "We have a flower name Tohru and a Hime name Serenity in this house who can both cook. I can now die happy." Tohru blushed while Serenity almost dropped her plate of rice.
"Are you all right Sere-chan?" Tohru asked.
"Hai," Serenity replied, "Um Shigure-san, what did you call me?"
"Hime. Why?"
"Well why did you call me Hime?"
"Haruka-san did and I liked it. Why? You don't?"
"No. Um it's all right. I don't mind."
"Why was she worried?" The guys thought, "There's something weird about her."
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That afternoon, everyone but Shigure, were going to the movies. They were outside of the house when Serenity remembered she forgot her purse in Tohru's room.
"Wait guys, I forgot my purse," she said sheeply, "I'll be right back."
She got back into the house and saw Shigure.
"Hey what are you doing here? Was the movie not good?"
"No, I forgot my purse. I just came back to get it."
"Oh. Well go ahead."
"Hai. Arigotou Shigure-san."
Serenity wasn't watching where she was going and tripped on a show. She waiting to hit the hard floor when instead, she was caught by someone. She opened her eyes and looked up to see a grinning Shigure. But then something weird happened. One minute she was in Shigure's arm, the next she was on the floor and smoke was everywhere.
The smoke cleared and a black dog appeared. Shigure was no where in sight but his clothes were everywhere. She did the only thing she could do when in this situation. She screamed, loudly.
"Serenity?! What's wrong?!" Tohru asked frantically. When Yuki, Kyo, and she saw a terrified Serenity, a black dog, and clothes all over the floor, they gasped.
"Oh no," the all groaned.
Uo-chan and Hana-chan stayed back, thank goodness, so the three explained everything to Serenity.
"You're kidding right?" She asked when they were done, "That dog isn't Shigure-san. You two aren't possessed bu animals and this is just a really weird dream."
Just then Shigure poofed back into his naked self, causing Tohru and Serenity to freak out. They hid behind the two boys but since Yuki and Kyo were both bring held by the girls, they too poofed in smoke. In their place was an orange cat and gray mouse.
"Well well, it looks like our secret was discovered again," Shigure said lazily after she got dressed again.
"Ok I believe! I believe!" Serenity cried, "I'm sorry! I won't tell anyone! Please don't hurt me! It was an accident!"
"Don't worry Sere-chan," Tohru comforted the troubled girl, "We won't hurt you. Now, I believe Shigure-san will have to tell the Head of the House about the secret being discovered again."
"Are you guys in trouble?"
"No. At least I don't think so."
"Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai! Gomen nasai!"
"It's all right Serenity-chan," Shigure said smiling, "Now you have to promise that you won't tell anyone about our secret got it?"
"Hai. I promise to not tell anyone." 'But Setsuna will have to know about this. Maybe she will know a way to break the curse.'
To be continued…
