Chapter 4

Black and Gray All Over

Last time on The Curse I Never Had -Midori transformed into a cow andwent out to discover why. She met Haru Sohma, the cow. Later she turned black and gray merged and started to lash out with magical out-bursts. What will happen next?
STANDARD DISCLAIMERS APPLY!
The whole time this story has been in Midori's Point of View (POV) and now it's in Omniscient POV. (This means that we know everything that goes on)
Everyone looked terrified, but it only took Haru a second to figure out what had happened:Midori had turned black and gray merged. That was a bad combo. Haru announced this to everyone else as well.

"She's turned black and gray at once. She's snapped!" Haru told them. They all knew exactly what he meant. Of course, the only reason he knew was because he has a similar problem. The only thing that could stop her was by making her realize what was going on and they all knew that from dealing with Haru.

In all of her confusionof rage and sadness,Midori had let out an out-burst of magic. It was black and went out of the choker in a surrounding ring until it dampened against the walls. She hadn't hurt anybody...yet. There was only one quick trick out of this mess, and the five knew what they were going to do.

Tohru came up behind Yuki and hugged him, and then hugged Kyo and Shigure.Midori had realized this and when Tohru was about to hug Haru, she immediately stopped.Midori fell on her knees and begged for forgiveness.

"I'm so sorry! It's all my fault! I should've known that it wasn't safe to lets out so many bad emotions! Please forgive me! I didn't mean to hurt anyone! Honest! GOMENASAI!GOMENASAI! GOMENASAI! GOMENASAI!" she begged. (A/N: Gomenasai means I'm so sorry, or somewhere on that line.)

"It's okay, you didn't know that it was going to happen and we should've calmed you down earlier. It'll be all right Midori-chan," said Tohru. She always knew what to say.Midori liked that.

"Let's have dinner!"Midori told them to change the mood.

"I'll make something right away," Tohru told her.

"No, not after what just happened. I'll do it. Trust me," she ended with a smile, "But I wouldn't mind if you helped."

Tohru answered, "Yes, that would be lovely!"

Before making anything, Kagura realized that it was time for her to head back home. Everyone said, "Bye," before she left.

Midori decided on making Cowboy Stew (A/N: Well, I was eating some at the writing of this chapter...it's so good! It's in this book called A Man, A Can, A Plan that my dad got. It's really good! Back to the story...), some vegetables, and rice. Tohru helped with the veggies andMidori did the rest. Everyone just loved the dinner!

"Mmm, this is good," commented Haru.

"Yeah, it is," seconded Yuki.

"It's okay," said Kyo. (A/N: MEANIE! Although I control the story, this doesn't mean that I don't like Kyo. He's just not the center of attention in this fanfic, that's all. Maybe he will be in another one.)

"Kyro! Hawth can wo shaysh shomefing wike fhat! Fhis is deliwious!" Shigure scolded, his mouth full of food. (A/N: Translation: Kyo! How can you say something like that! This is delicious! P.S. I did this by putting my hand in my mouth and talking. Embarrassing...)

After dinner,Midori cleared the table and did the dishes. After that everyone was so full that got ready for bed.Midori went to the new room downstairs that she had made herself and Haru followed to sleep in the hallway down there since there was no where else where he could sleep for the night. He had already called Hatori and told him that he'd be at Shigure's house.Midori went back upstairs to get some orange juice.

When nobody was looking, Tohru tookMidori into the kitchen and talked to her.

"That was a really good meal!" she told Midori.

"Thanks, but I'm sure you didn't take me in here just to tell me that," she replied.

"You're right. I was wondering about earlier when you were black and gray. I understand the personalities, but when I started hugging everyone, why did you stop when I got to Hatsuharu-kun?" she questionedwith a wink.

"Well...um..."Midori stammered.

"I understand. Tell me, though, I have to hear it in words!" Tohru said excitedly.

"Well, he's my favorite character from Fruits Basket, aside from Kisa-chan, that is. When you were about to hug him, I realized how desperate the situation was and it would be bad if he transformed. He'd probably be mad that his clothes had been ripped. I don't think that he needs to wear Kyo-kun's clothes again!" was Midori's exact words. Tohru was so happy to hear what she thoughtMidori was feeling.

"I'm happy for you, and good point! I'll remember to go for him first. Then you'll snap out quick!" Tohru teased her.

"Good point, but you better not tell anyone, okay? If anyone gets wind of this, I'm doomed. Not that I don't want them to know, but if everyone knows that, it'll get to...Aki...to and then Haru-kun and I will be in danger. He doesn't like it when members of the zodiac love," she said sadly.

"Why won't you say Akito-sama's name with confidence?" she questioned.

"I'm afraid of him, like a poison. After what he did to me, I can never really say his name without fidgeting or calling him Akkii or something of the same matter. And after what he did to Kisa-chan, Yuki-kun, Ha'ri, Momiji-kun, and Rin-san, I'll never forget each situation and how devastating each was,"Midori said, going to the fridge for some orange juice.

"I understand. When you're done, you should go to bed to get an early start. Hatsuharu-kun and Momiji-kun will be there so you won't get lost. Well, Hatsuharu-kun won't be as reliable, since he has a hard time finding the bathroom!" she remarked. "You can even ask Kyo-kun, Sohma-kun, or even me. We can help, especially since you're the youngest person at school," she ended with her normal, always there smile.

"You're right. I'll just be going now." And off to bed she went.

What'll happen? Well, I'll give you a hint - fluff! Hehe! Well, I want to thank my reviewer, Rin the Horse (which happens to be my neighbor) for giving my first reviews. You saved this fanfic by giving me a review! Thanks :) This also applies to every person who reviews. Just to let you know, this is my first fic/story that I've ever shared with anybody other than myself.
P.S.Midori has three personalities, Black (mad), White (nice and normal), and Gray (sad, depressed, lonely). Gray is an addition to Haru's black and white persona. With Lauren, though, the black and gray persona can be merged if feeling both extremely mad and sad at once. This is by far worse than just one or the other. To snap out of it, she needs to realize what's going on, she needs to see something that can snap her out of it, like Tohru making everybody transform so she'd worry. Like how Haru snapped out when he saw Yuki having an asthma attack in episode 10, also in manga book 3.
As you've noticed,Midori has some jewelry on that you don't know about. She has a black choker with some small black metallic beads on it, she always wears a charm bracelet, silver themed or gold themed, and sometimes wears necklaces that match her bracelet i.e. gold with gold, silver with silver. She puts a different 'power' in each in correspondence to what it looks like. Say, she's wearing her dolphin necklace, it will have water powers in it, or power to talk to fish (sounds like something Aqua Lad or Aqua Man would have). That's how it works of you were confused. Sorry for not saying this earlier! Although, this won't be too big of a thing throughout the story, it's just nice to know.

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