Zurinth Part Four: The Wild One Reconnects
Momiji panted helplessly following Hatsuharu along the river.
"That's it!" Momiji replied finally, "I'm stopping."
"Why?" Haru asked.
"Why? Haru you don't know where you are going. Why can't you just admit that? We should of grabbed a map at sometime but we didn't. You're not exactly a good map."
"But I know where I am going."
"Haru" Momiji sighed, "You can't possibly know where we are going. This is the same part of the river we passed hours ago. And not only that we have done it twice. We're lost. We're going in circles."
A short chuckle came from the left side of the woods.
"Following that dumb Heifer was your worst idea rabbit," a girl's deep voice replied.
She came out of the shadows. Her long dark hair was flowing behind her and her brown eyes twinkled with enthusiasm.
"Isuzu?" Momiji said surprised, "I mean Rin."
"Hello Momiji. Haru. It's been a long time."
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"First we go to the doctor's house right" Kyo replied quickly as they jogged along the path, "Then we get the advice that she has gone to see that stupid brother of yours, finally we arrive at the Hot Springs meet up with that neurotic monkey, who throws himself at our feet embarrassing us and making the whole situation more complicated."
"What's your point exactly stupid cat?" Yuki said cynically.
"My point is we keep missing her. Every time we are directed somewhere she's left. And only be seconds."
"That's true. But at least we know that we are on the right track, and there are only three more Sohmas left to find, and they are all in the same place."
"Let's just hope that's where she is right now and not somewhere else."
"Don't worry Kyo. We will catch up to her in no time" Yuki grinned, "That is if you stop talking."
"What was that? You damn rat!"
"C'mon" Yuki replied exasperated.
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"Oh Kisa" Kisa's mom said as she hugged her, I was so worried about you."
"Don't worry mama" Kisa smiled, "Sissy found me."
"How can I ever thank you young lady?" she said to Tohru.
"Oh no" Tohru shook her head, "I was only to happy to help. Like I said I came here to see Kisa."
"I see."
"And why did you exactly come here to see us again?" Hiro interrupted.
"Oh well I.."
"Never mind about that Hiro. Give the girl some space."
"Oh I'm sorry. I don't think I told you my name. My name is Tohru" she bowed, "Tohru Honda."
"Welcome to our home Miss Honda. You can stay as long as you like."
"You will stay won't you Sissy?" Kisa asked hopefully.
"Well I" she began, "What am I going to do now?" Tohru thought, "How will I ever get home?"
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"So the two of you are lost huh?" Rin replied brushing her fingers through her hair.
"We're not lost" Haru retorted.
"Oh yes we are" Momiji said, "And now that you're here Rin, perhaps you can help us. Can you point us to where the nearest village is?"
"I can do better than that, I could take you there myself. I live there."
"Could you really?"
"Of course. That is, if Haru doesn't mind?"
"Why should I mind?" Haru said brushing past her, "You always got your way."
"By the way dummy, you're going the wrong direction" Rin pointed, " It's this way."
Hatsuharu grumbled and turned back around.
"I knew that" he marched off.
"Just between you and me Rin" Momiji said, "Haru's in a pretty bad mood."
"Yea" she nodded leading the way after Haru, "Often happens when we see each other again."
It took them a total of ten minutes before they arrived at the village.
"I knew it was there," Haru said with his arms crossed.
"Sure you did" Rin replied sarcastically.
"Come on Haru!" Momiji said running off, "We got to find her!"
"Momiji wait!"
"Find who?" Rin asked.
"As if you care."
"Look I don't care about you Haru, but I do care about other people."
"Ah hah so you admit it!" he replied getting angry.
"Don't go black on me" Rin said, "You know I hate that."
She ran after Momiji.
"That, that woman" Haru seethed as he followed her.
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Tohru and Kisa were chasing each other around the yard as Kisa's mom made a snack.
"That is the dumbest game I have ever seen. What are you a child? Where did you learn it?" Hiro replied.
"Come on Hiro join in. It's fun," Kisa said.
"No thanks."
"Tohru!!" Momiji's voice called when he saw her.
Tohru turned around. He leapt into her arms and immediately transformed.
"That was smart you stupid rabbit" Hiro replied.
"Momiji what are you doing here?"
"Oh Tohru" he cried, "We have been looking everywhere for you."
"We? Who's we?"
"There she is" Haru said running over and leaving a stunned Rin behind, "Tohru!"
"Hatsuharu? You came looking for me too?"
"Yea" he said kneeling down, "But not only us."
"What do you mean?"
"They haven't come yet?" Momiji replied, "I mean they haven't found you?"
"Who hasn't?"
"We haven't."
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Tohru looked up and saw Kyo out of breath near the fence where Rin stood.
"Kyo" she said surprised.
The person who stood next to him surprised her again.
"Yuki, you're here too?"
Yuki gave a small sigh and walked over, much to Kyo's irritation.
"Of course. I was worried about you princess."
"Princess?" Kisa said.
"Princess?" Hiro replied coming over.
"Princess?" Rin thought.
"You came all this way for me?" Tohru replied with tears forming in her eyes, "All of you. That is the nicest thing that anyone has ever done for me."
"Oh Sissy."
"That's right Tohru" Momiji said as he transformed back.
Damn it put some clothes on!" Kyo yelled.
"Oh yea" Momiji replied running behind a bush with his clothes.
"I just still can't believe you came all this way just for me" Tohru smiled.
"Yea yea" Kyo said coming over, "Now that we got you back let's go."
A chain slipped off his neck. And what fell to the ground was an all too familiar pendent to Yuki and Tohru.
"What's that?" Yuki said going to pick it up.
"It's nothing" Kyo ran for it too.
"Wait a minute Kyo" Tohru called out, "Don't put it away yet."
"Hmm."
"Can I see it?"
"Uh I guess."
He held out his palm while Yuki and her examined it. They gasped.
"What's with you two? It's just a moon."
"It's not just any moon" Yuki said pulling his own, "It's a twin to mine."
"Not just a twin" Tohru replied pulling hers out as well, "But a triplet."
"What the hell" Kyo said, "Three moons. But what are they for?"
"I think I can tell you that" Rin spoke up.
"Oh yea" Kyo said
"What do you know Rin?" Yuki asked.
"It all has to do with the Zodiac curse itself" Rin replied.
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Authors Note: Yea the answer finally! Yes Kyo is the one who had the final moon. The next chapter you will see what they are for and how they received them.
Next Chapter: Journey to the Temple
Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru travel to the Temple of Zurinth to find out more about the curse!
Momiji panted helplessly following Hatsuharu along the river.
"That's it!" Momiji replied finally, "I'm stopping."
"Why?" Haru asked.
"Why? Haru you don't know where you are going. Why can't you just admit that? We should of grabbed a map at sometime but we didn't. You're not exactly a good map."
"But I know where I am going."
"Haru" Momiji sighed, "You can't possibly know where we are going. This is the same part of the river we passed hours ago. And not only that we have done it twice. We're lost. We're going in circles."
A short chuckle came from the left side of the woods.
"Following that dumb Heifer was your worst idea rabbit," a girl's deep voice replied.
She came out of the shadows. Her long dark hair was flowing behind her and her brown eyes twinkled with enthusiasm.
"Isuzu?" Momiji said surprised, "I mean Rin."
"Hello Momiji. Haru. It's been a long time."
**************
"First we go to the doctor's house right" Kyo replied quickly as they jogged along the path, "Then we get the advice that she has gone to see that stupid brother of yours, finally we arrive at the Hot Springs meet up with that neurotic monkey, who throws himself at our feet embarrassing us and making the whole situation more complicated."
"What's your point exactly stupid cat?" Yuki said cynically.
"My point is we keep missing her. Every time we are directed somewhere she's left. And only be seconds."
"That's true. But at least we know that we are on the right track, and there are only three more Sohmas left to find, and they are all in the same place."
"Let's just hope that's where she is right now and not somewhere else."
"Don't worry Kyo. We will catch up to her in no time" Yuki grinned, "That is if you stop talking."
"What was that? You damn rat!"
"C'mon" Yuki replied exasperated.
****************
"Oh Kisa" Kisa's mom said as she hugged her, I was so worried about you."
"Don't worry mama" Kisa smiled, "Sissy found me."
"How can I ever thank you young lady?" she said to Tohru.
"Oh no" Tohru shook her head, "I was only to happy to help. Like I said I came here to see Kisa."
"I see."
"And why did you exactly come here to see us again?" Hiro interrupted.
"Oh well I.."
"Never mind about that Hiro. Give the girl some space."
"Oh I'm sorry. I don't think I told you my name. My name is Tohru" she bowed, "Tohru Honda."
"Welcome to our home Miss Honda. You can stay as long as you like."
"You will stay won't you Sissy?" Kisa asked hopefully.
"Well I" she began, "What am I going to do now?" Tohru thought, "How will I ever get home?"
*****************
"So the two of you are lost huh?" Rin replied brushing her fingers through her hair.
"We're not lost" Haru retorted.
"Oh yes we are" Momiji said, "And now that you're here Rin, perhaps you can help us. Can you point us to where the nearest village is?"
"I can do better than that, I could take you there myself. I live there."
"Could you really?"
"Of course. That is, if Haru doesn't mind?"
"Why should I mind?" Haru said brushing past her, "You always got your way."
"By the way dummy, you're going the wrong direction" Rin pointed, " It's this way."
Hatsuharu grumbled and turned back around.
"I knew that" he marched off.
"Just between you and me Rin" Momiji said, "Haru's in a pretty bad mood."
"Yea" she nodded leading the way after Haru, "Often happens when we see each other again."
It took them a total of ten minutes before they arrived at the village.
"I knew it was there," Haru said with his arms crossed.
"Sure you did" Rin replied sarcastically.
"Come on Haru!" Momiji said running off, "We got to find her!"
"Momiji wait!"
"Find who?" Rin asked.
"As if you care."
"Look I don't care about you Haru, but I do care about other people."
"Ah hah so you admit it!" he replied getting angry.
"Don't go black on me" Rin said, "You know I hate that."
She ran after Momiji.
"That, that woman" Haru seethed as he followed her.
****************
Tohru and Kisa were chasing each other around the yard as Kisa's mom made a snack.
"That is the dumbest game I have ever seen. What are you a child? Where did you learn it?" Hiro replied.
"Come on Hiro join in. It's fun," Kisa said.
"No thanks."
"Tohru!!" Momiji's voice called when he saw her.
Tohru turned around. He leapt into her arms and immediately transformed.
"That was smart you stupid rabbit" Hiro replied.
"Momiji what are you doing here?"
"Oh Tohru" he cried, "We have been looking everywhere for you."
"We? Who's we?"
"There she is" Haru said running over and leaving a stunned Rin behind, "Tohru!"
"Hatsuharu? You came looking for me too?"
"Yea" he said kneeling down, "But not only us."
"What do you mean?"
"They haven't come yet?" Momiji replied, "I mean they haven't found you?"
"Who hasn't?"
"We haven't."
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Tohru looked up and saw Kyo out of breath near the fence where Rin stood.
"Kyo" she said surprised.
The person who stood next to him surprised her again.
"Yuki, you're here too?"
Yuki gave a small sigh and walked over, much to Kyo's irritation.
"Of course. I was worried about you princess."
"Princess?" Kisa said.
"Princess?" Hiro replied coming over.
"Princess?" Rin thought.
"You came all this way for me?" Tohru replied with tears forming in her eyes, "All of you. That is the nicest thing that anyone has ever done for me."
"Oh Sissy."
"That's right Tohru" Momiji said as he transformed back.
Damn it put some clothes on!" Kyo yelled.
"Oh yea" Momiji replied running behind a bush with his clothes.
"I just still can't believe you came all this way just for me" Tohru smiled.
"Yea yea" Kyo said coming over, "Now that we got you back let's go."
A chain slipped off his neck. And what fell to the ground was an all too familiar pendent to Yuki and Tohru.
"What's that?" Yuki said going to pick it up.
"It's nothing" Kyo ran for it too.
"Wait a minute Kyo" Tohru called out, "Don't put it away yet."
"Hmm."
"Can I see it?"
"Uh I guess."
He held out his palm while Yuki and her examined it. They gasped.
"What's with you two? It's just a moon."
"It's not just any moon" Yuki said pulling his own, "It's a twin to mine."
"Not just a twin" Tohru replied pulling hers out as well, "But a triplet."
"What the hell" Kyo said, "Three moons. But what are they for?"
"I think I can tell you that" Rin spoke up.
"Oh yea" Kyo said
"What do you know Rin?" Yuki asked.
"It all has to do with the Zodiac curse itself" Rin replied.
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Authors Note: Yea the answer finally! Yes Kyo is the one who had the final moon. The next chapter you will see what they are for and how they received them.
Next Chapter: Journey to the Temple
Yuki, Kyo, and Tohru travel to the Temple of Zurinth to find out more about the curse!