{{Author's Note: Hey Hey guys! ^_^ Chapter four of What's My Horoscope is up! Obviously, since you're reading this haha! Ah I hope you guys like this one, you'll have to read what it's about teehee. :3 Anyway, FB will stand for Flash Back, meaning our character Izumi here is most likely remembering something. I know it looks like Facebook, and Fruits Basket, but deal with me here. X3;; I also changed my mind, TT will only be scene change, LR shall be later in the day. This may very well be my favorite chapter yet!~ Until Next time!}}
Yet another sigh escaped from my lips as I sunk low into my seat. I was so tired, not to mention Sachiko didn't bother coming over today and I ended up oversleeping. It was odd, Sachiko usually always comes and picks me up but not today. Then again, I wasn't surprised, pretty much the whole Soshai family was mad at me. I expected it of course, I let out the secret. I know I said I'd keep Kyou's secret, well a secret. I did too. I said nothing to Sora, but still. He seemed, to just know. He always seemed that way, it bothered me terribly. He was a lot more cocky than he made me want to punch him, but then again, I always wanted to punch him.
"Izumi?" A hand waved in front of my face. Blinking, I sat up to see that the hand was connected to Tohru. On her left was Yuki, behind Yuki was Kyou. To her right was Uo, and beside Uo was Hanajima. "Are you alright? You seem a little pale. Are you sick?"
Wow, Tohru was so nice. Whoever she dated was a lucky guy. I grabbed her hand and smiled. "I'm fine Tohru, really. Lack of sleep is all." I reassured her as I let go of her hand. My eyes skid over to Kyou. He looked rather tired as well. Tohru must have followed my eyes.
"Kyou always gets sick and sleepy when it's about to rain." She explained to me. It clicked easily. Well it made sense, he was a cat. Cats didn't like water. Crabs did though.. My eyes trailed to the window. Well, it was rather dreary and dark outside. What a perfect weather predictor. I laughed at myself a bit.
"Hey, how about a game of Rich Man Poor Man later? We got enough players for it. You up for it Izu? Prince? Kyou?" I blinked a bit. Izu..? Must be me I guess. Prince..? Well she said Kyou's name, the only one, but Yuki responded to it though, so it must be him.
"I suppose I could give it a try..." Yuki agreed to it.
"Um.." I began. "I've never played Rich Man, Poor Man before..."
"That's alright, we can teach you. I'm not very good either." Tohru told me with one of her famous smiles. I bit my lip a little.
"Well, alright. I guess I'll play." I nodded. Uo smiled a bit, then frowned and looked at Kyou, who was sitting at his desk with his eyes closed. I watched him, how his chest slowly moved with each breath.. He looked rather peaceful.
"Hey!" Uo yelled, who had already moved in front of his desk. I never even noticed it until now. "I challenged you and you sleep? What kind of man are you?" Uo then lifted her leg, and kicked Kyou's desk. I, underestimating the supposed Yankee, was soon coldly proven wrong. I had thought it would only slide back, but it was flipped over and crashed into others' desks, in which other students quickly evacuated that area. Kyou was trapped underneath them.
"Kyou?" I called for his name in concern. Gracious almighty and heaven with God what has Uo done to him? He could be seriously hurt! yet, being Izumi, I stood there with my heart in my throat as I waited for any sign of life.
Then my face dropped into a blank stage as the desks them exploded past me, Kyou standing there in perfect condition, but as furious as a raging forest fire. "What the hell kind of girl are you kicking my desk like that? I could have gotten seriously hurt!" He screamed at her.
"That's why I did it! Never ignore a challenge!" Uo was quick to reply.
"I wasn't ignoring it, I didn't answer because I don't want to play stupid!"
"What's the matter, afraid you'll lose again?"
"As if, if I play I'm playing to win!"
"Let's see you put that confidence to the test then!"
"Alright fine! Just don't expect me to feel sorry for you when you're mopping the floor with your tears Yankee!"
"So it's settled, we'll all play a game of Rich Man Poor Man later." Uo said, now as calm as ever as she clapped her hands off, as if there were dust on them.
"Hey wait! I said I didn't want to play!" Kyou said, suddenly realizing he had been tricked. I sucked my lips in a bit and slightly bit down on them as I watched. I was trying not to laugh.
"Too late now, you already said you would unless you want to surrender and declare me winner by default." Uo had a slight spark in her eye.
"As if! Fine! Be there so I can beat you! You better not be late!"
"Simpleton.." Yuki then intervened in the conversation, eyes closed, as if annoyed and shaking his head.
"Shut up you damn bastard!" I couldn't help it anymore, I burst into laughter. I don't know what I found so funny about them fighting, but I did, and I wrapped my arms around my stomach. I couldn't remember the last time I laughed so hard. I could hear Tohru laughing with me slightly, Uo the same. After a couple of minutes, I could finally open my eyes. Wiping my finger under one, I realized I had cried from laughing so hard, even from such a short time. That was new. I looked around. Everyone, besides Kyou, had a smile on their face. Kyou was looking away, arms crossed over his chest with his face slightly pink. Cute.
The bell rang for class to start, and I got up to help rearrange the fallen desks caused by Uo. I made a mental note next time not to make her angry and underestimate her strength. Now I knew she really was a Yankee. Just when I thought I had my Yankee, Sachiko, under control I was given a new one, but she seemed tamed enough from Tohru. That sounded rude didn't it..?
Sitting back in my seat, I could see Sachiko staring at me from the corner of my eye. I didn't want to deal with her right now, so I pretended I didn't see it, though I knew I couldn't trick Sachiko. I had enough on my plate from the Soshai family, I didn't need Sachiko to say anything more about this. I sighed again as the teacher began, but I drifted off into my own world, which I would rather not remember right now.
FB
"You did what?" Daisuke yelled at me as he slammed his hands down on the fine wooden table, his brows furrowed down in anger as he glared death at me. I sat still, legs folded underneath me once again. I looked forward at Sora with a serious, unafraid face. He looked at me the same way.
"Izumi, have you really already let out our secret on the first day?" Isamu asked me calmly, looking straight at me.
"Yes. I was walking home and was too tired to realize I had wandered off of the sidewalk and into the streets. A car came racing toward me, and he grabbed me, jumping out of the way in the nic of time. I then transformed and he stepped into an alleyway to hide me and my new form." I explained. Not totally how it went but eh.
"Then what? You can't just expect us to believe he said nothing and walked away without wondering why a human girl transformed into a crab." Sora finally spoke up after the whole conversation in silence.
"You're right, he didn't. He wanted an answer and I gave it to him. I told him I am a cursed sea Imp that has been alive for many centuries in the sea. I gained enough power to wander as a human girl but with the exception I turn into my designated animal when hugged by males, and if the secret is too leak out onto others ears I would simply come to him through his dreams and devour him from the inside." All of their faces went blank, but mine did not change. Sora's lips twitched I saw, and then he fell backwards as he busted his gut in laughter. Even Daisuke and Isamu, with their anger flaring, couldn't help but chuckle. None seemed to question, and inside my mind I was very relieved, and panicked, hyperventilating almost. Truth be told, Sora terrified me. He seemed to buy the story though.
"Isamu, Daisuke. Please take your leave now. I'd like to speak to Izumi alone." Sora spoke, attitude taking a total turn for, what I thought, the worse. My blood ran cold and I probably went pale, for he gave me a reassuring smile. My heart stopped, and I looked down to hide any fear that may have flickered in my eyes. I couldn't breathe, if I did, it would tremble.
I didn't see them leave, but I watched their legs go past me, and listened as the doors closed behind them. My blood was now racing, and I did everything in my power to not start shaking. I could see Sora walk past me, but his kimono didn't leave my sight, instead he went to the side, rather closer to me, and sat down in the same style I was. I waited and waited for him to do something. To speak, to move, to hit me, anything, but he did nothing but sit there.
After what seemed like hours to me, was only merely minutes though, he finally placed a hand on the table and leaned over, his face beneath mine to look at me.
"Cursed water Imp huh?" He chuckled again slightly and slid back to sit up properly. "Normally I'd say what a stupid man, but then again, a girl turning into a crab and blowing the family secret within the first day, I suppose anything is possible. I mean, come on Izumi it hadn't even been twenty fours yet that we had been in Kaibara and you blew it? How idiotic can you get?" He criticized me, and although his voice sounded sweet, his tone was calm, but freezing cold. He sighed and shrugged, hands going up to his shoulders and hand flat out, palm up as he looked to the side with a goofy smile and eyes closed. "I guess thinking about me does that to you huh? Not that I blame you I mean really."
"I wasn't thinking about you!" I yelled at him, blushing as my head jerked up to look at him.
"No need to be shy about it my little flower!" He laughed.
"I'm not, I wasn't-! Ugh!" I slammed my forehead down on the table. Any harder and my skull probably wasn't the only thing that was going to be cracked. This only made Sora laugh harder. Well I couldn't think of anything to say, and even if I did he'd only make it out to be a joke in the end. Then he fell silent and serious.
"Izumi, does this stranger go to your school?"
Uh-oh, was he onto my lie..? "Yes, he had a uniform on..." That part I could be honest about at least.
"Good then!" He stood up and walked over to the window. "Keep an eye on him, and I'll keep an eye, on you." He said as he peered back at me with a malicious smile. One that made my blood go cold once more, and my heart race with fear.
"Um, okay. That's settled then now I'll be going now." I said as I stood up. Suddenly I was pushed against the wall, hard enough to make me grunt and lose the current air in my lungs. Sora had moved so fast I never even saw him. He always had a knack for that, being fast. He was faster than everyone in the Horoscope curse. Sora had both of my wrists in one of his hands, and was holding them above my head against the wall. He was gripping and pushing them awfully hard. I whined slightly in pain, turning my head down to the side, my right eye closing but left one remaining open and looking at him.
He pushed our bodies together, and used his other hand to move my face towards his, so we had no choice but to look in each others eyes. This was Sora's manly side showing through. I was one of the few who ever got to see it, and though I should feel lucky, I felt far from it. He then released my jaw, and slide his fingers gently down my neck, where he kept them. "Izumi. Don't do anything stupid. Don't think you can get close to this guy because who knows who you are, and feel like you can love him and he'll return the feelings." His voice was flat out cold now, he had no sweetness to it, nothing. He didn't even sound like his usual, feminine voice. It was hard and husky. "I won't allow it. Don't forget you are property, and you are my property." With that, he slammed our lips together in a painful kiss. I closed my eyes and waited for it to be over, and it took a couple of minutes before he parted. He let me go. I quickly grabbed my things, and ran out of the building and into my home, where I turned off the lights and went to bed.
FB END
TT
"Izumi? You're spacing again..." Tohru spoke to me. She seemed to be the only one in this group that enjoyed to interact with me. I shook my head and smiled.
"Yeah I'm fine, don't worry about me!" I looked over, and Kyou looked as if he was five seconds away from passing out and going to sleep. time had passed since my daydream, and I had moved around like a Zombie for the past few periods including lunch. I then noticed Yuki looking over at me. I turned to do the same to him.
"Miss Soshai, I was wondering something... I noticed yesterday in art, you quickly caught on the project and you worked awfully fast.. We have a festival coming up soon, and the student council need some artists to help with the design and flyers... Do you think you could become a part of that team?" He asked me, and I scratched my head. Could I really do that...? I mean Cancer isn't known for creativity, but if I do say so myself I am a relatively good artist...
"Er, yeah sure why not?" I smiled at him, and he smiled as well.
"Thank you so much Miss Soshai. The student council and I are grateful." He told me kindly.
"No problem, my pleasure. Seems like fun, so what's the festival going to be about?" I questioned. This was my first time hearing of any kind of festival.
"Halloween, but it's also a fundraiser for the school to help out with classes, like getting text books, more items for the art room, musical room, stuff like that. The high school has always been one to do a Haunted House." Yuki explained. This perked my interest.
"A Haunted House huh..? Interesting, they never did this back at Nagasaki... I'll do anything you guys need help with." I offered. Might as well, I was already helping with art.
"Thank you, I'll keep that in mind Miss Soshai."
"Um, really, you can just call me Izumi..."
"The prince is very formal, so don't get your hopes up." Uo spoke up. Yuki blushed slightly. The n something struck me. I remembered, Yuki was a Sohma too! was he also a Zodiac..? I wondered which one he was. Did Tohru know? I mean she lived with them, right? What about Uo and Hanajima?
"Why do you call him 'Prince'?" that was one thing I could ask them.
"Why? Why!" My desk was then attacked by a girl, a dull blonde who's hair was up in two pigtails. She had a rather snobby look to her. "Because everyone knows he's the best looking boy in school!"
"Super smart!" Another one suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She had brown hair.
"Great at sports!" Out popped a third one! It reminded me of the game Whack-a-Mole, which was what it looked like Uo wanted to play when they appeared.
"Not to mention he's the student council president and ultimately the most popular boy in school!" Spoke the blonde one again. They seemed rather fierce about this whole thing.
"Um, okay.. Well thanks for clearing that up for me..."
"And just so you know we are the Yuki Sohma fan club so we got first dibs!" She sneered at me.
"Um, I think that would be up to him.." I pointed over to Yuki, who had been hidden from their sight until now. they faces went pale and were completely dumbstruck, and then they bolted off. Uo sighed and ran a hand through her hair, Hanajima watched them, Yuki smiled weakly, and Tohru was sheepishly smiling.
"What's with all the noise..?" I heard a groggy voice ask as Kyou seemed to wake up, stretching and yawning. Even that looked like the movement of a cat.
"Oh, good you're up. Let's play!" Uo pulled out some hard from her skirt pocket as she slammed them down, shuffling them. everyone crowded around, Kyou the last one and was placed right beside, me. Great.
LR
"So, all high cards are now low cards..?"
"Yup, that's the point of Revolution!" Uo laughed. She had been the one to play a Revolution. I had been the poor man during this round, but I had seen people play this game before, now that I see what it is. I waited for Kyou to play his card, which he was right next to me, the second lowest, and he did. A five, which beat Tohru's four. I laid down my cards, which made me no longer have any cards.
"Very well, I call People's Revolution!" I smirked, and Uo looked at the cards, slamming forward from leaning back in her seat. I had laid down a sequential suit of cards, all spades, with my three being the highest card, which without the revolution would have been the lowest card. The other three were four, five and six. "Looks like I'm the Rich Man now Uo!' I laughed.
"What the..? What kind of cheap trick is this! I thought you said you didn't know how to play and you pull this on me?"
"Actually it wasn't a lie, I didn't know what the game was called at first, but Sachiko plays this game all the time with my family. You just reminded me is all, but I never actually played the game myself." I pointed out.
"So wait, a People's Revolution makes the poor man, the rich man, and the rich man a poor man.. Does anyone else switch places like that?" Kyou asked.
"Yes.." Uo grumbled. "You and Prince switch places, with him being the second high and you being the second low, and Hana and Tohru stay the middlemen."
"Looks like you're going to lose after all yankee!" Kyou smirked at her, and she glared.
"The game isn't over yet, don't be getting cocky carrot-top!"
LR
The game continued on for a couple more hours, but it ended with Kyou coming out as the winner. The roles had switched again, now I was a middleman, Hanajima was the second highest, Uo the second lowest, Tohru the first lowest, and Yuki a middleman with me.
"I can't believe I lost to you!" Uo yelped. "It's because of that stupid People's Revolution crap! I shouldn't have underestimated you, and next time I won't!" Uo pointed at me with challenge swirling in her eyes. I merely smiled at her.
"Alright, I look forward to playing again someday Uo."
"You lost fair and square Yankee! Get to cleaning!" Kyou bossed as he threw her a mop and a caught the bucket, and swung it at Kyou, striking him under the chin and flying back to hit a desk. He slid down, the rain not helping him keep his balance. Uo did start to clean though, and Tohru went to Kyou's aid as Yuki shook his head. I merely giggled slightly.
"I got to get going guys, see you all tomorrow!" I said as I grabbed my things.
"Wait, Miss Soshai! You promised you'd help you the student council!" Yuki reminded me. I bit my lip, a rather nervous habit of mine.
"I will, tomorrow! Sora wants me home, so I better get going! I'll come bright and early to get a good head start, cross my heart and hope to die Yuki!" I swore to him as I opened the door and ran down the hallway. He had actually sent me a text to come home three hours ago.