The Judgment

I looked at the mysterious figure in the middle of the room. I bowed and he just continued to watch me very closely. Akito stood and walked over towards me and told me to sit on the chair in the middle of the room. When I sat down, Akito started to talk about the ins and outs of knowing the secret of the zodiac secret.

"How should I begin? Ooh I know, I'll start with how the transformations occur. As you know when you hugged Kyo or Yuki, they transformed into the animals they are possessed as. I'm sure they have at least told you that much since you are friends with them. But they did not tell you that if you found out that your life could be in jeopardy. Since the very beginning, the children of the zodiac were always allowed to do whatever they had wanted but they were bound by a weird type of judgment in the world. If the one they had chosen did not match the requirements for a Sohma relative then by a weird series of events happen and the that person is cast away from society and lives by themselves not able to communicate with anyone." I can't even begin to understand what had just been told to me. I look at the five other Sohma's whom are in the room. They don't look at me but let Akito finish his tale.

"What do you mean?" I say when I am able to talk. Akito looks to the side of the room and laughs.

"Of course you wouldn't be able to understand all of this. You're only five or six years old after all. But I'm not finished and you must save all your questions until the end." I nod and Akito smiled very kindly and it sent shivers down my spine.

"Hold up Akito, you can't seriously be telling Tohru all of our secrets can you? She isn't old enough to be knowing how to keep the Sohma family secret. You need to stop where you are now and save it for when she is older." Kyo says trying not to scream.

"Ah, Kyo, you and Yuki has made it clear that I must say all of the things that must be said at once regardless of her age. Now where was I, ah, then there was the curse itself. It was placed on the Sohma family because we were originally a family of priests and priestesses and we're the closest to the gods themselves. I'm pretty sure you figured out this by now but the head of our family is pronounced god and given the most luxurious are of the entire zodiac. So you must always treat the zodiac and its god with respect and most importantly the promise of not getting way too involved with the tradition the zodiac has to do." I am now completely shocked and on the verge of collapsing when Hattori comes in and make sure that I'm alright.

"Hey, Akito, I don't want to order you around or anything but it's very late and Tohru-san should get back to her house or we should call her mother to make sure she doesn't worry about Tohru-san. Can I please ask you to continue this conversation to a later date or call her mother so I am at ease?" I look at Hattori and smile at his concern for me and my family.

"Call her parents and ask if she is allowed to spend the night but she is not allowed to leave until this conversation is over." Hattori nods his head and leaves to call my mother for a while.

I looked at the others and notice that they were all yawning from staying up for hours on end. How did it get so late from just a small speech? Maybe it was because I was so interested in learning about the Sohma family I lost track of time.

"Well, the only thing left for you to know is the most important part of the Sohma secret. If anyone found out, including you, and it spread to even more people then, our family will be tested and we will be freaks of nature. So to prevent that we usually suppress their memories and send them to some foreign lands. You must keep this secret and take it to your grave or you will be in so much trouble and go through pain so undeniably hard that you won't get over it. Now this is your only chance to make the choice to forget everything and lead a normal life. If not and the secret gets out then you will be regretting it for the rest of your life so choose wisely." Akito finishes and I know my answer right away without having to think about it.

"I choose to remember and take your secret to the grave no matter the consequences." Kyo and Yuki bolted up fully awake and had been questioning my sanity for the answer I'd given. Hattori walks in and tells me I'm allowed to sleepover and will go home in the morning. "Thanks Hattori-san. But where will I be staying?"

Kyo gets up and walks over to me. "With Shishou, I guess even a night will please him. But can you please make dinner; I want something not burned for dinner." I nod say my goodbyes and leave with Kyo to his master's home.

Okay everyone, if you haven't read my other fanfiction Sakura&Syaoran's Engagement then you should know that every single month I'll be uploading a different series for the month and it will be uploaded at the end of or throughout the month. Please review if you've read this andI will take requests if you give me some. I know that this chapter was very short but I needed to put it out there for the information the next few ill hopefully be interesting. Please review for my different fanfics and I'll be posting this plea on all fanfics in the future if I don' tget many. Hope you enjoy and next time it will be Tohru at Kyo's place for the night and a new addition to the cast.