Hi I'm back already. I have lots of motivation because I know what I want to happen soon and I want to get there as soon as possible! Let's reply to people!
candymoon2315: I'm not sure if it was just bi-polar or she was just trying to keep her anger and sadness hidden from them. Anyways, I'm glad you like how the story is going so far.
Chapter 9
There was a girl who closely resembled Sage, blonde hair and black bangs. Everything. As Sage stared at it in her dream, she soon realized it was her. And she immediately knew where she was. Her hands were tied and attached to a metal pole in a dark, grim room. There stood a man she knew all too well.
"It is time to pay the price for your greatest sin..." His deep voice growled.
There was no fear in Sage's eyes, just pure ice as she sputtered, "What sin? What is this so called great sin that I have committed?"
The answer rang through clearly, hitting off the walls and echoing, taunting in Sage's ears. It was just one word...
"Living."
The man raised his whip above his head and quickly moved his arm down. Suddenly Sage was thrust into the body of the other her tied up. Her eyes widened quickly without her doing as the man's arm moved quickly downward.
With a cry, Sage sat upright in her bed. She could feel herself shaking as she looked around her dark room, still afraid she was trapped in the nightmare. The word living rang out through her head painfully many times as she pulled her knees to her chest. Silently, Sage began crying as she rested her forehead on the tops of her knees. Soon, she heard a knock at her bedroom door. That's right, now she remember where she was. Sage sighed, wiping her eyes and getting up and answering the door.
"Miss Night, are you alright? I heard you scream," Yuki said.
Sage turned on her light and turned her back to him so he couldn't see she had been crying, "I'm fine. It was just a nightmare. I'll get over it. Didn't I tell you to call me Sage?"
"Are you sure...? You're shaking..." Yuki murmured, turning her to face him. He also ignored her question, "Have...have you been crying?"
Sage closed her eyes, "Maybe, maybe not. Maybe I yawned and my eyes watered. Wouldn't you like to know?"
"If you're sure you're alright..I'll just head back to bed then," Yuki said, exiting the room.
Sage sighed and sat on her bed, knowing she wouldn't be able to go back to sleep that night. She pulled out her book from earlier and continued to read until she saw bits of sunlight through her window. Sage put her book up and closed her door, waiting for the sound of everyone else to be getting up. After she heard everyone go downstairs, Sage made her way over to the closet in her room. She pulled out the school uniform she decided on wearing. She'd probably get a mouthful about it, but she personally didn't care. Sage went to the bathroom and stared into the mirror. Her hair fell in horrid strands around her face, or at least that's what she thought. She stared at her pale skin before growling at it. Sage yanked knots out of her hair with a comb and pulled her hair back into a ponytail. Walking out, she made her way downstairs. Just as she figured, the very first words she heard were...
"Why the hell are you wearing the male uniform!?" Of course, it was Kyo and his voice.
"I don't like skirts," Sage said bluntly, sitting down and staring at the table while the others ate.
"It's alright, I think it looks nice on her," Shigure said mockingly towards Kyo.
"Pervert," Kyo muttered.
Tohru's eyes widened with sudden realization as she turned to Shigure, "What did Akito say about Sage knowing the secret!?"
"Huh? I never told you? I thought I did. Oddly enough, he said it's fine. For now," Shigure murmured.
"I'm getting really suspicious about Akito's intentions...," Yuki muttered.
"Whatever, as long as no one is trying to erase my memory," Sage growled, already getting back up, "I'm headed to school. See you guys later."
Sage walked out the door with a bag slung over her shoulder carelessly. So far, so good. This place seemed alright for now. As long as they kept their curiosity about Sage to a minimum everything would be alright. Luckily she had navigated her way to the school and gotten that out of the way yesterday, so finding the school was fairly easy. Now finding her way INSIDE the school would be the fun part. Oddly enough, she wasn't the only one who seemed early. There were two people sitting in front of the school. One was definitely a boy with white hair and black roots, and the other...um. Sage wasn't entirely sure, but she was pretty sure it was a girl with boy-short blonde hair. Well, they did have the girl's uniform on. She dreaded the idea of actually asking either of these two strangers for help, but she really didn't have much of a choice. She walked up to them.
"Tch," Sage muttered, getting the attention of the white-haired one, "Excuse me...I'm a bit...er, new here. Would either of you mind aiding me?"
Suddenly the blonde one's head popped up, and they sprung to their feet, "Oh hi! I'm sure we could help! You probably can't rely very much on Haru because he has direction issues but we can both help if you'd like! Isn't that right, Haru?"
"...Since when do you make decisions on your own?" The white-haired one said, standing up a bit more slowly than the girl..er...boy...whatever gender they were. His voice was calm, almost to the point of lacking emotions, "Not that I mind, though."
"Thanks. My name is Sage Night, how about yours?" She sighed, she had to look up to see the white-haired ones eyes, because he was at least nine inches taller than her.
"I'm Momiji Sohma, and that's Hatsuharu Sohma!" The blonde one said, bouncing up and down excitedly for no real reason.
"Sohma...wait. Do you two happen to be related to Yuki, Kyo, and Shigure?" Sage asked, eyes widening slightly. Were they apart of the curse?
"Yeah! We're all cousins! How great is that!? Wait...you're that one girl! The one who found out about the curse recently! Aren't you!?" Momiji said, staring up Sage dead in the eyes.
"Uh...yeah...," Sage said, "I don't mean to be offensive, but are you a boy or a girl, Momiji?"
"I'm a boy!" Momiji said, giggling.
Hatsuharu obviously wasn't one for words and didn't mind letting the blonde one ramble.
"...Oh. So I'm not the only cross-dresser here. Cool," Sage nodded.
"You're probably going to get a lot of crap from somebody in the student council though. Probably for your hair, too. Momiji and I got a mouthful the first day we were here," Hatsuharu said.
"Hahaha...I'll knock their lights out if they try," Sage smirked, opening the door and walking in, followed by the other two. Suddenly she felt someone hug her from behind and knocking her to the ground.
"YOU KNOW ABOUT THE CURSE SO I CAN HUG YOU!" Momiji squealed, and they both looked confused when after waiting for the well known "poof" nothing ever came.
"Oh yeah..I'm a little bit of an...exception to your curse," Sage said, laughing shyly and avoiding eye contact with them both.
What do you think? Well now we know the Kyo and Sage hug-no-poof wasn't just a fluke! I had the idea of the dream part last night when I was brainstorming ways that I could slowly reveal bits of her past.
*SnowKnox*
