A/N: This is chapter 20! sry i couldn't update i had my reasons! By the way i re-write this chapter so Adrian is actually David! SRY Fot the inconveniece!!
Viola screamed as well as felt as though she was being stabbed as she saw how her cousin flashed away.
"G-GET OFF HIM! NOW!" She screamed.
The girl almost in verge of tears got up and ran away not even realizing that Yuri's clothes were on the ground.
"W-what the Hell?" Ryo Kneeled to where Yuri's clothes were next to Viola.
"He was just there a minute ago-" she looked hysterical.
Then out from the clothes a little white Rat appeared.
"Ow my head, and why are you two so big? What's going on?" The little rat said.
Viola and Ryo looked as though they saw a ghost.
"R-Yuri is that- you-" Ryo choked.
Viola grabbed hold oh him and hugged him.
"What the hell happened! You were just there a minute then that girl- fell, she- you were gone- then your clothes! Ah I just don't get it!" Viola screamed.
Yuri seemed baffled and confused. Here he was with Viola and Ryo who were giants. He looked down at his hands and found them to be ratty paws. His eyes grew wide.
"I'm a Rat!?" he looked at the two for an answer but they seemed to be busy with their own hysterical conversation.
"We-we got to do something about this-"Ryo shouted in hysterics.
"We have to take him somewhere!" Viola screamed.
"Some one must've seen him-oh hell-"
" What do we do!"
"Ahhh!"
"He might never change back!"
"What! No!" Yuri shouted.
They then looked at each other(Ryo+Viola). "The Roof!"
Break
Viola held mouse Yuri while Ryo took his clothes and they went up on the open roof. Viola put Rat-Yuri on the ground and Kneeled next to him with Ryo. They were panting over the madness.
"Well-what's going on?" Ryo asked.
"I dunno"
"We should tell them, our family! They might know what to do!" Yuri said full of hope.
"Yeah what will your parents do after they find our you can turn into a rat?" Ryo scoffed.
Yuri was drained in misery. What would they do? If they find out they have a freak for a son probably disown him.
Then there was another audible "POOF!" and he was back to human but he was naked.
Viola shut her eyes and Ryo looked away. Yuri looked at his hands then at his naked body.
"I'm me again!" he said happily.
"Can you like- put something on!" Ryo shouted.
"Oh yeah, sorry," he blushed.
After changing and blowing to hysterics the three settled down.
"Well, what now, you transformed when that girl fell on you" Ryo said.
"Maybe when someone bumps into you, you just change?" Viola gave a doubtful guess.
"We have to be careful till the end of the day, then we can sort it out-"
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRING!
"-at home," Viola finished weakly.
"Avoid bumping into anyone, girls especially " Ryo warned.
Yuri sighed and kept walking, not even bothering to listen to that clue of girls from Ryo.
The day passed by and Yuri was on guard of himself, walking carefully and hoping not to transform into that little rat he once was. He jolted even though the person was a foot away from him. He didn't want the Rat incident to happen again. Finally, home time
He was glad but miserable. At least he got to go home and have a rest but he'll have to face his parents and probably will be disowned. I mean, who the hell would like to have a child that would turn into a rat?!
David was still his annoying self and locked the door. Ryo got so mad he started to shake the door with the car/bus. Up until the angry driver told him to stop or he'll break the car/bus. David then opened the door and Ryo whapped him on his head.
"WAAAAAAAAAAH! Ryo hit me! Somebody, Ryo hit me! Waaaaaaaaaah!" David wailed and Lisa tried to comfort him but no use, he just got louder.
"Ryo! You know you're not suppose to hit!" Kyoko yelled.
"There, there, that big meanie will never touch you again!" Shena told David.
"Ha Ha! Ryo's a meanie! Ryo's a meanie! Ryo's a meanie! Ryo's a meanie!" David started to chant.
"You know, I really hate that kid," Ryo growled as he sat down.
Yuri looked downtrodden and Viola caught it.
"Hey we'll sort it out, alright," she said softly.
Yuri gave her a slight smile then turned to the window.
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They drove to the high school department where he caught Shun and Takaro arguing for some reason. They argued all the way there with Zora and Tsugo right behind them.
"I'm telling you I turned into a chicken!" Takaro yelled as Shun opened the door.
Yuri looked at Takaru curiously. Did he too-
"It was actually a Rooster really-" Tsugo squeaked.
"Well I don't care what it was I became a chicken when that bratty girl fell-"
He stopped when he looked at everyone staring at him.
"You became a chicken?" Viola asked uneasily.
"He's just being an idiot," Shun sighed.
"I'm serious! I swear it! Tell 'em Tsu! Maria Longsbem fell on me and I just became a chicken!" Takaro yelled.
"Well, he really did become a Rooster, I mean" Tsugo started.
Takaru stopped his wailing and turned to Shun.
"Yeah! You tell 'em! Come on, like I told you that night!" Takaro yelled. "It didn't break-"
"It may be just a coincidence what you heard last night! There's no proof that you became a chicken! But there is proof that you are a chicken in the way you act." Shun replied.
"Way I act? I don't get it"
"He means you're a pansy." Zora said flatly.
"What?! For the last time I am not a pansy!" Takaru yelled.
"Could've fooled us," Shun coughed.
"Oh yeah well you could've fooled me that you've got feeling for a certain-" Takaro teased but Shun threw his thick biology book at him.
"Ow! That hurt!" Takaru rubbed his back.
"Good, now give my book back," Shun smiled slyly.
"You may look innocent but- you're evil you know that?" Takaro said as he handed Shun his book back.
"I'll take it as a compliment," Shun smiled.
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Even though they planned to converse this issue, none of them did really. Almost a week passed from his transformation and he was still fighting with himself whether or not to tell his parents. If it was possible, everyone was getting even more distressed these days.Yuri was with Viola while Ryo stayed with Kyoko and Shena. He said he needed to talk to Kyoko about something. He was getting mysterious these days.
"I mean what would they think? I just can't go and tell them about this-" Yuri said.
"But they're your parents and they're bound to understand, anyways Uncle Yuki and Aunt Machi don't seem like the type of people who would-" Viola said.
"I doesn't matter if they don't seem, they might change and be disgusted and-"
"If you want my opinion, you should tell them, they might know what to do" Viola said hopefully.
"I'm just scared, I lost them once, I just don't-"
"Want to lose them again, I know," Viola sighed.
"Well what do I do?"
"I don't know, I really have no damn idea, I'm just as scared as you are- listen, Yuri- I trans-" Viola tried to confess but-
The doors of Yuri's bedroom slammed open revealing a very distraught and stressed Shigure. His eyes were filled with worry.
"Come on, come with me!" he said as he pulled the two of them out the room and down the hallway.
"What the-"
"Uncle Shigure, what's going on?" Viola asked as she was dragged.
He just ignored her and pulled them to the lunch room where everyone was there. The parents were all talking furiously amongst themselves while the children were lost. But those 4, Zora, Shun, Takaru and Tsugo looked as though they knew what was going on. They didn't seem lost at all, but scared. They all seemed scared.
Akito was holding a crying Aki close to her. Viola was let go, then she ran up to both her parents just as Yuri ran up to Yuki and Machi. Rin was in verge of tears while Haru was whispering to her things. Viola looked at her younger brother who was clinging to Haru.
"What's going on?" Viola whispered to him.
"I don't know, but, everyone's talking about some curse and all, I think it's about last night"
Viola gasped. "Oh no," she said.
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"Attention everyone!" Akito looked depressed as well as surprised. "The Curse is back as we know it, because my daughter turned into a Ram!" she said her eyes wide open with fear.
Viola looked up to catch her mother sigh in depression and Haru just gaze at Akito.
"Did anyone else turn into something?" Shigure asked hoping they would all say no.
"Well I-I," Shena stared hesitantly.
Shun and Zora looked like they were going to panic. Shena caught their faces but then glanced at her parents.
"I did transform into a- a dog," She said undecidedly.
Ken looked as if he was going to faint and Kagura held her daughter into a hug.
Zora sighed and Shun slapped his forehead. Hatori didn't miss that gesture.
"You knew about this didn't you?" he asked them.
They looked at him with pleading eyes as if they were little 5 year olds begging for candy.
"We did" Zora said.
"And you never told us! Do you know how serious this is!" Akito cried.
"well we were afraid of how you'd react since we transformed as well-" Shun started.
Akito screamed in rage.
"This happened to you and you never said a word, that was clearly irresponsible," Hatori said. "When did you transform?"
"Two days ago," Zora replied.
"Let that aside what did you become?" Shigure asked with a note book in hand obviously writing down their animals.
"Well, I was a snake-" Zora started, but was interrupted by Ayame's praise 'Just like her wonderful father! But still, a depressing note that she shall share the unhappy fate of her father cursed!' "And Shun was a Sea-Horse," she replied.
Takaru looked aghast. "You lied to me! You didn't believe me! You-you foul LIAR! You may look innocent but you're a lying, evil, traitoring, back-biting-"
Shigure stopped writing and stared at Shun, Ayame stared at Hatori then at Shun, Hatori he looked at Shigure.
Hatori cleared his throat almost sadly. "Dragon," he whispered hoarsly, mostly addressing to Shun.
"Well, can you all spit out all your secrets!" Akito asked.
"Well, at the point where SHUN didn't believe me, I became a chicken!" Takaru shouted.
"Rooster," Kureno corrected starin at the floor beneath him.
" Come on all of you! Spit everything out!" Akito yelled.
Before they knew they all confessed their secrets. Tsugo was a Monkey, Kyoko was a Tiger, Ryo was a cat, to both Yuri and Viola's astonishment, Viola was a Horse, to Yuri and Ryo's astonishment, Muro was a cow, Aki was a Ram and Lisa was a Rabbit and David was a boar, and Yuri was of course the Rat.
By the thought of hearing Ryo saying that he was a cat, Kyo hid his face in his hands muttering on how his son would be treated an outcast sharing the same fate he did, while Tohru tried to comfort him.
Machi was almost drowned to tears as she held her son closely but not enough for him to transform and Yuki looked pale and sick as though he would get an asthma attack any second. All of them looked awful then Kyoko cried wanting to know what was going on.
"You see for many years us Sohma's have been cursed by the Zodiac Curse. You see, when you are hugged by a person from the opposite gender you transform into an animal of the Zodiac." Akito started.
"Or when you're under a great deal of stress, but you can hug a cursed person. Does everyone understand that?" Shigure completed.
"But what if someone knew about our curse thing, what happens?" Muro asked curiosly.
"They get their memories erased." Shigure said flatly.
Hatori gulped at this comment and Shigure caught his eye.
"You'll have to teach him, you know?" Shigure whispered.
Hatori looked over at his son who was listening intently yet scared on what Akito was saying. He nodded and sighed.
"But I'll never use it against himself." He replied.
"Then wheres the leader?" Momiji asked.
Akito stopped and stared at Momiji, as well as the heads and eyes of the previous and new Zodiacs.
"We've already got our 13 Zodiacs, but where's the leader?"
At that particular moment the doors slammed open revealing a person. The only thing that person said was
"I am their leader."
A/n There! now wasn't that surprising! Any guesses on who the leader is?? Hint: it's someone in the book! so- it's no OC. Just like last time- anyone who gets it right gets a prize (anything you desire for the story! or something...)
Pls review!!