Moons Basket- Chapter 11

Normal POV

Tohru dropped her ring, releasing the furry creature inside of her. Hatori was shocked and confused at her sudden transformation. He saw her nails grow to claws and her teeth to sharp canine teeth. A black tail was also growing from her tried to think that maybe it was a rare disease, but he couldn't remeber a sickness that involved animal-like changes. Or maybe he was hallucinating and she really wasn't transforming. Now, there was a black wolf with brown stripes sitting in the spot Tohru was. Then another explanation occured to him.

" Shigure, this isn't another one of your silly tricks?" He asked calmly. Tohru was a bit surprised at his total calmness, but she could see some fear in his eyes.

Shigure shook his head. " Nuh-uh. So be careful or she will eat you"

Kyo sighed. " she will not! Stop being a liar"

"well, at least she does eat cows" Shigure smirked and looked at Haru. The cow glared back at him.

" what are you talking about?" the doctor asked completely lost and clueless about what they were talking about.

" Haru got her ang-" Kyo started.

" i"ll tell him" Tohru interrupted. Hatori again grew surprised that not only was this wolf unaturraly huge, but it could talk japanese too. " did she just talk?"

" The wolf is Tohru. She has her mind and voice. She is just in the body of a wolf. Get it or do I have to explain more?" Kyo said slightly annoyed.

" I am a wolf warrior. I turn into this when I take my ring off my finger. she said pointing her paw to the ring resting on the ground. " but i turn back to my human self when I put the ring back on my claw." To prove her point, she slid her claw into the ring. Instantly, she could feel her brown human hair resting on her shoulders.

Hatori relaxed after finding out that he would not die from being brutally attacked by a big wolf. " so you also have a curse like the sohma's?"

" no, this is more like a supernatural species that normal humans don't know about. We exist to protect humans from vampires." Tohru said.

" Wait. Did you say vampires exist? There are more of you? Shigure, I think you're filling her head with nonsense."

" I did not. I fill her head with wisdom, like Ayame would" Shigure responded.

" please, don't mention him right now" Hatori said remembering how crazy he is and his obsession of fashion... especially for men.

" Who's Ayame" Tohru asked. Shigure jumped. " He's my romantic best friend! and part of the zodiac" Tohru looked confused. ' Romantic?' she thought.

" I don't like vampires anyways" Shigure said bringing back the subject they were talking about before talking about Ayame.

" Vampires DO exist. Trust me. I've already destroyed many throughout the world. and there are more of us. My brother, Ryuu, is a wolf warrior. My dad was too. He and my mom died in a car crash when I was younger"

" so what does this have to do with Kyo's and Haru's injuries" The doctor asked.

Tohru POV

I took a deep breath. " I also transform to my wolf when I get too angry. Haru had to be saying ridiculous and perverted things to me that got me annoyed and mad." I glared at Haru as I said it.

He shrugged. " Hey, I was black Haru. I didn't know what I was saying. And whatever I said, I apologize and just ignore it"

" You don't need to apologize. Black Haru does."I turned to Hatori. " Like I was saying, I lost control. At that moment, Yuki started to have trouble breathing and Haru had to have the idea to turn into a cow. I had to be hungry at that time. My wolf instincts turned on. Kyo tried to stop me, which got him all scratched up and I was close to catching Haru. Thankfully, Shigure got me back to human mind."

" Yes I did!" Shigure said. " I am your hero, Haru!" He rolled his eyes. " yes, yes you did. Do you want a reward or something?"

Shigure didn't get the sarcastic part. " Yes! I would like you to clean my room, wash my car, and give me a massage at my feet"

" I was just kidding, Shigure." Haru said.

" awww..." the "adult" whined.

" It's all my fault they are hurt" Tears were threatening to fall again. One manged to escape.

" You're crying again?! I already told you that it isn't your fault. It doesn't even hurt much. But he winced when he moved his arm a little bit.

" so you don't eat people?" hatori asked.

" nope, i eat meat or animals when I'm a wolf"

"oh" he said relieved again.

" I really need to fly away and get some time alone"

" FLY!?" Haru and the doctor said. Oh right. I forgot to tell them about that.

" yeah. I'm also an angel. Half wolf warrior, half angel. My sister, Amaya, is also an angel." I said and let my wings pop out. They took a lot of space since they were so huge.

" is there anything else unhuman about you?" Hatori asked. I shook my head and ran out the door, to the sky before anyone could ask anymore questions. I went to the top of the highest tree I could find, which wasn't far from the house. How many times do I have to explain about my wolf half and wing thing? and why couldn't I control my wolf part better? I sighed and put my face in my hands.

Hatori POV

I watched as Tohru jumped out the window. I never could imagine that this 17 year old girl can turn into a wolf and have wings. What would Akito think of this?

I was now adding medicine to their cuts and wrapping bandages around the really bad ones. Then I told them not to move too much. Kyo headed to the roof, Haru sat on the couch and turned on the TV. I returned to Yuki's room to check on him. He was getting better and could wake up anytime soon.

I headed to Shigure's office where he supposely "works" on writing his books. He was spinning on his chair.

" Shigure, we need to talk" I said. He stood up surprised.

" what's wrong Hari?" He said. I just hate it when he is so immature. I looked at his desk which was a mess of papers and ink. There was a paper on the top which had the drawing of a high school girl. I picked it up and showed it to him.

" really?" I said. He snatched it away and put it under a stack of papers on his desk. " I was bored, so I decided to draw. I might even draw Tohru in a sexy dress." Shigure said grinning.

" That is just wrong" I said

" Hari, you say it like you don't do it yourself"

" because I don't. I spend my time doing important stuff like treating Akito or reading a book about medicines"

" you have a boring life. You should start drawing high school girls. It's really fun and time- killing."

" you have work to do and you draw girls instead. I should inform your editor about this. She's suffering from you not working."

" no, please don't tell her! I do my work. I just finish it early and draw. I tell her that I haven't finished, but I do." He was whining and waving his hands everywhere. He reminded me of Ritsu sometimes.

" that's just cruel" I responded feeling sorry for his editor having to put up with him.

" By the way, I don't draw girls. I draw HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS."

" whatever. It doesn't matter." I sighed.

" yes it does. There is a HUGE difference."

" Just forget about it. I came here to talk about something important, not the difference between in girls." I crossed my arms and sat in his chair. " Tohru hasn't told anyone, right?"

" nope, and she said not to tell her secret."

" But Akito has to know since she knows about the zodiacs"

" I already told him she has a secret, but that he will have to find out for himself."

" Why didn't you just tell him?"

Shigure shrugged. " because I didn't feel like it"

" Do you realize that he could come here to find out her secret?"

" warn me when he does" Shigure said. ' That is if he tells me' I thought since Akito sometimes left without telling me.

" you always have to make things more difficult" I sighed. He giggled. I wondered if he was ever going to get married. What woman will want to live with a perverted immature "adult" for the rest of her life. And when he is 50 years old, will he finally grown up? I doubted that.

Tohru POV

I was still sitting on the tree when I felt my phone vibrate in the back pocket of my shorts. I took it out and turned the screen on. ' Message from Uo' it said. I pressed it and my text messages appeared.

Uo: ' movies at 7 in the movie theaters' I thought for a second. Well, a movie will distract me for awhile...

Me: ' sure, I'll meet you there' I texted back. A minute passed.

Uo: ' Bring prince and orange top. I think I feel like annoying them.'

I don't think they should go. Yuki is still sick and I'm not even sure if he has woken up. Kyo has all those cuts too.

Me: ' I don't know. They're kind of sick.'

Uo: ' What happened? Was orange top stupid enough to stay outside shirtless in the cold night'

Me: ' No, he was stupid enough to try to stop a huge wolf that was in hunting mode'

Uo:' what?'

Me: ' I'll tell you later at the movies'

Uo: Ok, see you later then

I looked at the time. It was 4:30 since we left school earlier than we should have. I had 3 hours and a half till the movie. I spread my wings again and started to fly back home. After taking a shower, I put on a pink shirt, skinny jeans, and boots. My hair was up in a messy bun with a few brown stands of hair framing my face. I added a bit of mascara too.

When I finished, I went down stairs. Haru was still sitting on the couch watching tv with my brother, Ryuu. It looks like they already met. Amaya was sitting on the floor playing with her stuffed animals. Hatori and Shigure were sitting at the kitchen table. Yuki still had not woken up, and Kyo was nowhere. Probably in his room or the roof.

My stomach suddenly rumbled. I realized I was still hungry since I never did catch Haru in wolf form which was a very good thing. Maybe they were hungry too. I greeted my siblings and said they were starving, so I walked to the table.

" Hatori, would you like to eat with us?" I asked.

" No thank you. I have to leave"

" but you must be hungry"

" Come on Hari! You have got to taste one of my flower's plates. She has some cooking skills"

" excuse me?" I said to Shigure.

" what?"

" Since when am I a flower?"

" well... you are like a flower who is stuck in a garbage dump with all these mean and disgusting boys around like Kyo and Haru"

" I heard that!" Haru yelled from the living room. I laughed.

" Hatori, stay to eat with us as a thanks for treating us" I said.

" but-"

" Nope, you are eating with us and that's final Hari!" Shigure yelled.

" Ok, ok fine. Calm down Shigure" Hatori said in defeat.

When we finished, Hatori thanked me and completimented my food. Then he left. Kyo went to take a nap. I collected all the plates and started to wash them.

" sissie" a soft voice said behind me. I knew it was Amaya since she was the only one to call me " sissie". I turned around.

" yes Amaya?" I asked expecting her to ask that if she can have a piece of candy or something.

" where's the magic boy that turns into a cat?" She asked. Yoshi was in her arms.

" why?"

"I want to hold the orange kitty and make him play with Yoshi since he's lonely." I could already imagine her holding his cat form and forcing him to play with Yoshi. He would be yelling and trying to get away. I almost laughed.

" He's taking a nap. You don't want to wake him up from a nap because it can get ugly."

" aww... Then I guess I will color and draw"

" yes, go make me picture" She ran upstairs. I turned back to washing dishes, but another voice interuppted me.

" You have been getting this family better" Haru said.

" Umm... not really" I said.

" This house isn't a mess and Yuki and Kyo seem to get along a teensy bit better"

" because I always tell them to stop" I said.

" You know, I used to hate Yuki a lot"

" Why?" I asked, drying the last plate and putting it away.

" You know the zodiac story right?"

" duh" I said

" Well, everyone thought I was stupid since the cow let the rat take a ride on him and jump off making him the first animal to reach the banquet. People made fun of me, and I thought that it was all Yuki's fault. I got angry a lot. That was when Black Haru came out. My parents enrolled me in karate class to help me control my anger, and it worked a little. Then I saw Yuki sitting in the main Sohma house. It got me really angry, and I screamed a lot of horrible things to him" He paused. " Then he asked me if I really was stupid. Of course I said no. He smiled and said ' I thought so'. and in that moment all my hatred dissapeared. I saw him as my best friend."

" but you still have black Haru" I said.

" sadly yes. but Yuki seems to be more open now"

" that's true"

Haru was about to say something but-

" WHO WOKE ME UP!?" Kyo yelled upstairs. I immediatly remebered Amaya. Of course, she didn't listen and decided to wake him up anyways. I concentrated on my hearing, and could hear Kyo talk upstairs to Amaya.

" No hugging, Amaya. You kn-" Then a loud poof was heard. I chuckled.

" Stupid Cat! Did you let another girl transform you again?" a voice said.

" Yuki, you're awake" I said.

" yes, and who transformed Kyo" He said.

" Amaya. She wants him to play with Yoshi"

" That would be intersting to watch" Yuki said. Haru nodded in agreement.

Amaya walked down the stairs holding an orange cat with an annoyed frowny face. I tried not to laugh, but failed. Yuki and Haru joined me.

" Shut Up, damn rat!" He said .

" How many more times are you going to let a girl transform you? The next hundred times?" Yuki said.

" That's it" Kyo yelled and tried to get out of Amaya's arms, but she held on tightly.

" No, Mr. Cat. Bad kitty. You are going to be playing yarn with Yoshi" She said excited.

" what!? I am not playing with yarn"

"too bad" Haru said. Amaya ran to the living room where Yoshi went, and it might have been the most hilarious thing that I have ever seen.

It was almost 7. I looked for Shigure. " Hey, I'm going to the movie theaters with Uo and Hana. And don't tell the other guys"

" why?" He asked looking at me suspiciously.

" they're in no conditions to go to places"

" oh ok. Have fun! and be careful with the weird crazy people out there!"

' I live with one' I thought. I walked out of the house forgetting that Kyo could be on the roof and have a good view.

" Hey, where are you going?" He asked.

" somewhere with Uo and Hana" I said

" where? someone has to pick you up since it will be dark when you get back probably"

I rolled my eyes. " how can you forget that I'm a tennager that changes into a freakin' supernatural wolf?"

" oh, yeah" He said scratching the back of his head.

" Bye" I ran full speed until more people were around and started walking at a normal pace, which was really slow for me. I finally saw my friends standing in front of the theaters. I told Uo about Yuki having breathing problems, White Haru and Stupid Black Haru, although I had to change the story a little bit. Instead of saying that Haru turned into a cow, I said that the cow came out of nowhere and it happened to be Haru's. I also said that Haru loved his cow so much, so Kyo tried to stop me from eating it. It sounded weird, but who cares? Uo laughed at how someone could adore their cow so much, and Kyo being very stupid. Hana laughed too. We watched the movie which was nice. By the time it finished, it was already dark. They wanted to come with me, but I didn't want to give them trouble.

On my way home, I passed by the building where I worked. A little boy with blonde hair and weird clothes suddenly ran out the door and jumped when he saw me. I was completely surprised since I didn't know this boy, but he was very cute.

" umm... I think you have the wrong person" I said. He talked and i realized he said it in German language. Luckily, i have been to Germany and learned the language.

He said( in german), " I'm part of the Sohma family. Everbody has been talking about you, Tohru. I am so excited to finally meet you! By the way, you are very pretty." He was jumping as he said it.

" umm thanks... what's your name?" I asked. Maybe he was high on sugar? Or drank too much soda?

" Guess! Guess!" He sounded excited again. He was very hyperactive.

" umm... I'm kind of in a hurry"

" oh, ok. You can guess tommorow then" He kissed my cheek, which surprised me a lot.

" where?" I asked but he was already running back inside.

I shrugged and continued walking. Soon, I reached the woods where my home was. As I already walked a few meters in, a hand grabbed my arm and pulled me. I looked at the person. It was a man, probably in his 20's, and he looked drunk. 2 more men were behind him. If a normal girl was in this situation, she would have instantly filled with fear, but I had supernatural strength, speed, and intelligence. I thanked my mom for giving me this wolf, since I will probably need her soon.

" Hey, calm down. We just wanted to say hello, right boys?" The others nodded. They all had beer bottles on their hands which were half empty. Dozens of empty beer bottles were scattered on the floor, some shattered with glass piecies laying around.

" and I wonder what a young pretty girl like you would be doing walking in the woods in the dark and sooo alone" The second guy said.

" Hey, I don't really want any trouble" I said.

" What? Who said there was going to be trouble?" The first man touched my cheek. I slapped it away.

" If you don't want any trouble, I suggest you listen to us"

" and what if I don't" I crossed my arms. The man grabbed my arm roughly and pulled me to him. " then we will have to force you and do it the hard way And just so you know what we are capable of doing, we are those 3 criminals who have been stealing and killing." He whispered in my ear. Big mistake in telling someone that isn't going to die, that you are the men the police have been looking for nearly 6 months.

" You think you can just force me to do things and then kill me like I was nothing because I look like a weak girl? Have you ever heard to not judge someone by their looks" I said and jabbed my elbow into his stomach hard. He let go of me and wrapped his arms around his stomach in pain. The other guys grabbed my arms. I flipped them over and kicked them. This was getting boring so I grabbed a beer bottle from the ground and smashed it to one guy's head. He fell unconcious. I did the same with the second guy. The first guy suddenly took out a pocket knife before I could knock him out too. Even though I was a wolf and that I could heal fast, knifes could still do some bad damage to me.

" haha. You thought you could just beat us with beer bottles. Open your eyes girl. 1 weak female against 3 strong men and a knife"

" No, you open your eyes. Your friends are unconcious on the ground" I said. He got mad because he knew I was saying the truth and swiped the knife at me. I dodged it and in that moment, I started feeling myself turn into my wolf form. He froze. I growled and showed my teeth, standing to look as big as I could. I saw fear in eyes, but he still managed to throw the knife at my front right paw. Then he started to run away. I yelled when I felt the sharp blade dig into my paw. I pulled it out slowly with my snout, and threw it to the ground. Then my ears caught the sound of footsteps approaching me. I looked at the way they were coming from, expecting it to be the man with a big stick or a gun, but I caught a familiar scent.

" Kyo, what are you doing here?" I asked as he became visible.

" I heard you yell since I was still on the roof. What happened to your paw?"

I looked at my paw. It was bleeding a lot. " Another wolf attacked me" I said.

Then he saw the bloody knife and the unconcious men. " You're lying. What really happened? You didn't ki-" I stopped him.

" Of course, I didn't kill them. I just got them unconcious. One ran away. He was the one that threw me the knife in my paw." I winced when I moved it.

" why?"

" umm... They wanted to... do bad things to me, but they didn't do anything to me. I need to chase the other guy. They are those criminals."

" No, you're not. Your paw is bleeding a lot" He said. " We need to get you home and call Hatori"

" No, I am going to catch that man and bring his bad ass back here" I said.

" Ok, fine" He said. Then he took off his shirt. He looked... good, is all I can say. He crouched down and starte wrapping his shirt around my injured paw. " That will at least slow down the blood" He said.

" Thanks" I said. I sniffed the ground for my ring. " Looking for this" He said. He had the ring in his hand.

" yup... take care of it. and if these guys wake up, knock them out again... and whatever you do don't put the ring on" I said.

" why" Kyo asked.

" Just don't."He nodded. My brother said that the ring is very powerful. He didn't know what would happen if a normal human put it on, but that it could be very bad. I didn't want to risk it. I ran in the direction the man ran. After a couple of seconds, I caught his scent. I followed it to a tree. I looked up at the branches and the man was sitting on one of them. The branch wasn't that high for me. He was laughing at me.

" Haha. Stupid animal. Humans are smarter than you, dumb creature" I growled. I'm going to swipe that smile off his face. I walked a few feet away from the tree, paused for a second, and ran to the tree, jumping up as high as I could. It would have been easier if I had just used my wings, but my ring was kind of far away at the moment. His smirk dissapeared when he saw me jumping at him. I managed to grab his foot, and dragged him back down with me.I pinned him to the ground, and showed my teeth, which were inches from his face, growling.

" that's the thing, smart one. I'm not 100% animal." I said. He fainted. I didn't blame him. It was kind of hard to see a huge wolf manage to grab you from a tree and then talk to you. I rolled my eyes and dragged him back to where Kyo and the other sleeping men were.

" What did you do?!" Kyo asked when he saw me dragging a man.

" He fainted when I talked to him" I said. " Where's my ring?" I asked. He took it out of his pocket and he was still shirtless. I put it on and turned back to human.

I grabbed a piece of strong vine and wrapped the 3 of them together. The next part will be difficult.

" kyo-kun, help me take these criminals to the police station."

" Fine" He said. We dragged them to the police station. We left the criminals at the front door of the police station. I knocked the front door. Then in 2 seconds I released my wings, grabbed Kyo arm, and flew up to a high tree nearby. He was surprised at the sudden movement. We were on a high branch, and looked down at the door. 2 police men came out with a flashlight, and a hand ready at their guns. They saw the men and were confused, but relieved and happy that the criminals have been caught. When they got back in, I smiled. I flew of the tree.

" You're a cat. You can get off alone. Or are you a cat stuck on a tree?"

" I can get off myself" He said. He climbed down the tree. We went back home and Shigure, Yuki, and Ryuu were in the living room. The first thing thing they saw: my bloody hand.

" Tohru, what happened?" They said surrounding me. Gosh, they sounded like my parents.

" uh... a cougar attacked me" I quickly made that up.

" hmm, i've never seen cougars around here" Yuki said.

" Should we call Hatori?" Yuki said again.

" No, don't. He was just here earlier. We have bothered him enough"

" But you are bleeding" Ryuu said.

" I heal fast. Probably in 3 days." I said.

" What have you been doing with Tohru, Kyo? Why don't you have a shirt?" Shigure asked.

" I didn't do anything! My shirt is wrapped around her hand." He said. Then he grabbed my arm and pulled me to the bathroom.

" You need to get that hand properly bandaged" When he finished, I went to my room. I was very tired. I let my hair fall loose and changed into my PJ's getting ready to sleep because tommorow it was the cultural festival and school has a few weeks left before ending.