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'......' someone's thoughts
"CAPS" Haru's black side
"Italics" Kagura loosing control
/ ....../ over the phone
( ...... ) Author's comments
"Guten Abend" good afternoon/ morning (I think that's what it means...)
Ummm...you'll know what it is when it comes up...
Hey, I guess that's all...Enjoy!
(Sorry, I forgot to thank the wonderful person who gave me the suggestion for the last chapter. It was a good idea. I hope you got what you wanted. Arrigato gozaimasu.)
Chapter 5: Secret Found!
Minami woke up to a bright morning, the next day. Kagura and Kyou were still fighting and Tohru had problems finding the spatula.
"Umm...Shigure-san...have you seen the spatula?" she asked.
Shigure looked up from the morning paper to see what Tohru was talking about.
"Actually...no I haven't. Yuki, Hatori said he'd be coming over today for your monthly checkup." said Shigure.
Yuki grabbed the bottle of orange juice and poured some into his glass. Kyou came down the steps with Kagura hanging from his arm. Shigure looked up.
"I guess you two got down and dirty last night. Tell me Kyon-chan how was it?" Shigure asked. Kyou took Yuki's glass of juice, which was now empty and threw it at Shigure's head.
"Don't be stupid! Why would we do something like that?!" he said. As Minami came down from Tohru's room, she met Yuki on the way.
"Good morning, Takashimi-san. Honda-san already made breakfast." He said.
There was another crash from the kitchen which surely meant Kyou had angered Kagura in some way.
"Go home!" they heard Kyou say.
"Why Kyou-kun? I wanted to stay a little longer." They heard Kagura say.
"I have to go to school! Don't you have somewhere else to be like at your college?!" answered Kyou.
"Maybe I can go with you to school..." Kyou cut her off.
"Just leave already!"
Minami reached the kitchen and Tohru greeted her with a smile.
"Minami-kun, did you sleep well?" she asked. Minami nodded.
"It was fine, Thanks." Before Kagura left she hugged Minami and Tohru goodbye and glomped Kyou by the waist.
"I can't wait to see you next week." She said.
"Well, I can." He said. Kagura then walked out of the door bringing her backpack with her. Tohru handed Minami her uniform.
"I washed it if you didn't mind Minami-kun." She said.
"No, I don't mind at all. Arrigato Tohru-kun." Minami looked at the clock.
"We only have until 8:00 to get to the school." She replied. Shigure got up from the table and put his hand on Minami's shoulder.
"Don't worry yourself Minami-kun, I'm driving today." Yuki and Kyou turned white and their eyes bulged out. Kyou finally said.
"Do you remember the last time you drove us...you got a friggen ticket for running over an old lady crossing the damn street!" said Kyou. Shigure grabbed Minami and dragged her outside.
"Don't listen to Kyou, he doesn't know what he's talking about." He whispered. Kyou cursed from the other room.
"I heard that!"
Shigure's car was a Honda civic. It had three back seats and two front seats. Kyou and Yuki didn't want to sit in the front because of last time...Tohru sat in the middle seat to make sure the two didn't fight. Lucky for Minami she got the front seat next to the second worst driver in the world. (The first is Ayame) The minute Shigure tried to back out of the driveway he crashed into the mailbox.
"Umm... Shigure-san, do you have a license to drive?' Minami asked after Shigure cut the fifth red light.
"Yes, of course I do. Why wouldn't I?"
"No nothing, just wondering."
When they got to the school everyone was glad to get out of that car. Shigure waved goodbye and sped off. Kyou gasped.
"Thank god we got outta there. I thought I was gonna die." he said.
"Well, Shigure-san did seem nice enough to do that for us you know." said Minami.
Momiji ran over to Yuki, all excited.
"Yuki, good news. You are one of the candidates for student council president. My teacher just told me."
Tohru beamed with joy.
"Good job, Yuki-kun!"
Kyou didn't even care. He just walked up to Momiji and whacked him across the head.
"See ya later kid." and he walked off.
Minami looked at Kyou with total confusion, and then noticed that Haru wasn't with Momiji. So did Tohru.
"Momiji-kun, where is Hatsuharu-san?"
Momiji grabbed a lollipop from his pocket.
"Oh, he's in the principal's office. The principal said his outfit was inappropriate."
Minami noticed Kyou sitting next to a wall near the lockers. He looked like he was thinking hard about something. Minami walked up to him and tapped him on the back.
"Kyou-kun......" Kyou jumped up in surprise.
"Wha...why the hell did you do that?! You coulda given me a heart attack!" he said.
Minami laughed.
"You were actually scared?" she sniggered. Kyou turned red.
"Anyone could've been scared of you tapping them on the damn shoulder!"
"I just wanted to ask if you'll join us outside. We're playing badminton."
"Is that damn Yuki there? I'm not playing with that no good..." Minami tried to calm Kyou down.
"No he's not. He went to see something about the election," She said. "I'd like you to come and play anyway. It'll be more fun." Kyou gave in.
"Fine, I'll play you're stupid game."
As Minami headed outside Tohru already decided the teams.
"Girls against boys. Kyou-kun and Momiji and me with Minami." Said Tohru.
Kyou scowled.
"I'm pairing up with a little kid?" he said. Mimi threw the lollipop stick into the garbage. And walked over to the tennis court.
"Kyou, it will be fun!" he replied. Kyou was still angry.
"How can I have fun with two people on each side?" he asked. He had a point. There really isn't a lot of competition with only two people. Minami jogged holding the badminton ball.
"Tohru-kun...I can't find the rackets." She said. Kyou grabbed Minami by the arm and walked her away from the court.
"Wha...Kyou-kun?" Kyou didn't look at her, but he said.
"I'm helping' you find the rackets, alright?"
Minami and Kyou got into the gym and went through the accessories cabinet.
They found the rackets at the back.
"I didn't know this was here." Minami said.
As they walked back to the outside they saw Hanajima and Uotani standing near Tohru and Momiji. Uotani spotted Kyou and Minami.
"Hey Minami, Kyou, do you want us to join you're game?" Uotani asked.
"Sure Uo-chan," said Minami "You can be on my team."
"Hey, why do I get the wave-girl on my team?!" Kyou asked. Hanajima hovered over him with a killing stare.
"Because, Minami and Tohru say so." Said Hanajima. Kyou gave in and began to play.
Tohru missed the ball and it was Kyou's turn to hit. The score was tied and he wanted to win. He hit the ball and it went extremely high into the air. Minami walked backwards to see if she could get it.
"I can get it!" She ran faster then all of a sudden...
"Ohh............" she tripped over something on the ground, before she fell she spotted white hair. What she thought was Haru actually wasn't. She looked up to thank Haru from helping her, but she stared into the eyes of a cow.
"Whaa...what the? Haru?" Good thing Uotani and Hanajima weren't there to see that. They were called to homeroom in the middle of the game. Kyou stared wide eyed and Tohru gasped.
'Oh...no she found out." She thought. Minami got up, still looking at the cow.
"Haru, is that you?" she asked. Kyou came up to Minami.
"Kyou-kun what the hell is going on?" she asked.
"Minami-kun...Haru can change into a cow, when he hugs a person of the opposite sex." Explained Tohru. Kyou's face turned red.
"Dammit Haru, Why the hell did you do that? Now she'll have her memories erased!" he said. There was a poof of smoke and Haru transformed back into his human form. Minami and Tohru covered their eyes.
"Haru-kun, put on some clothing..." said Minami
"I was just trying to find Momiji then she pops up and almost falls over..." explained Haru. Minami was still confused.
"What do you mean I have to get my memories erased? What is going on?"
Tohru had along explanation with Minami about Haru and the rest of them.
"So let me get this straight," Minami tried to say "Haru can turn into a cow because he and 12 other members are possessed by a zodiac animal?"
Tohru nodded. Kyou was still yelling at Haru for letting this happen and Momiji was still licking a lollipop.
"I bet I know who the cat is..." guessed Minami. She pointed to the orange haired neko.
"What?! How the hell do you know?" asked Kyou. Minami laughed.
"You think I just figured it out? I knew it for a while."
"How?" Tohru asked.
"Remember the day at gym, when I fell on top of Kyou? When I did, he transformed, but I didn't want to tell anyone. I thought it was a secret." She explained.
"But......" said Kyou. Minami laughed. Kyou's face was turning bright scarlet.
"Kyou-kun, I didn't want anyone to know that you were a cat, and a cute one too," she said. "I'm you're friend, and friends help each other out." Minami smiled.
"Haru-kun, do we have to tell Shigure-san about this?" asked Tohru.
"Well, we have no choice. He'll find out anyway." Said Haru. Minami groveled.
"Please Hatsuharu-san. Can you make an exception, like Tohru? I can keep you're secret. I kept Kyou's." she begged.
"Well, I'll have to convince Akito or I can let Shigure do it. I'm not good at persuasion." He said.
"Thank you, Haru. Arrigato gozaimasu."
AT THE SOHMA ESTATE...
Shigure walked into the long hallway with Hatori. The house was dark.
"So Shigure, she found out?" asked Hatori. Shigure nodded. Minami was in Hatori's room with Haru and Momiji.
"Will Shigure help me out?" she asked Haru.
"Sensei is probably in there with Akito as we speak." There was a knock at the door and Hatori walked in.
"Shigure is with Akito," he explained "He's trying to convince him that you can keep the secret safe." Minami nodded.
"Thank you, Hatori-san. Thank you for helping me."
(Alright now I think this chapter is the longest I've written for this story. Whoohoo. I'm on fire! Any suggestions or comments please review and tell me your ideas. The next chapter might be suspenseful so hold on tight! Thank you all for reviewing my last two chapters. I hope you'll be able to stick with me through the story! 0 Kyoko Misami)