Full Summary: Sakura comes home one day, and to her surprise finds a loveable stray dog. This stray is actually Syaoran under a curse, but Sakura doesn't know this. She takes him in and takes care of him. Syaoran eventually falls in love with her but she doesn't even know who he is. Will he be able to break the curse to tell her how he feels?
A/N: I was reading InuYasha manga and it turns out Sango's brother is named Kohaku. Xx Darnit! Chikichiki also mentioned that too but I hadn't read my reviews in a while --;; sowwy. Kohaku sounds like a girly name to me :P
Rei is a beagle so his fur would probably be white with spots of brown and black. I'll see if I can draw a picture of him and color it in Eriol's really not up to anything. He's just...there XD
Tatsuya? A cool fly? Hmm...i derno. He is a fly after all XD Can anyone guess where I got that name?
You know what I just realized? I have this awful habit of making days longer than they should be in my story. Lost in Tokyo was all 1 day and it took 3 chapters! I seem to be dragging out my story and it's pissing me off. I gotta work on that. I think I'm trying to cram all this stuff into one nice neat package and it's just not working.
Chapter 10: The Gathering
It was now 6:30 and only half an hour to the meeting. Syaoran was anxious to meet the others who had been transformed like him by the lady magician. He decided to start off for the alley where it was being held.
Sakura's not going to be home for a bit so I guess it's okay if I go now, he thought as he jumped again through Sakura's open window. Damn bush again! ARGH! Thankfully this time he knew how to navigate around the bush and didn't take as long going through it.
The alley where the meeting was held was pretty close to the dorm. Syaoran only had to walk a little while before he had arrived. Not many animals were there, yet. A rat, some birds, and of course, Tatsuya the fly.
"Zz..Welcome dog..Zz..I'm glad that..Zzz..you have come..Zz," he said. "Zz..We are still..Zz..waiting on some..Zz..people, but make..Zz..yourself at..Zz..home."
Syaoran walked over to a corner and sat down. He knew no one there so he just waited patiently for the others to arrive. The other animals were all huddled together and whispering about something. It was probably him. Guess they haven't had a newcomer in awhile, he thought. It didn't bother him; he was used to it. Back when he was a human, girls were always whispering and giggling about him.
Slowly, one by one, the rest of the animals appeared. Five gerbils, a possum, a raccoon, two spiders, a squirrel, a peacock, a frog, and finally, Rika the cat.
When Syaoran saw her, he immediately recognized her. You're the one who saved me, aren't you? When I fell asleep in that alley.
"You're right. I am," She replied.
Thank you very much. If it wasn't for you I might be dead by now. But how did you do it?
"I am a mage, like the one who turned us all into animals."
But if you can do magic, how come you're still a cat?
"I can only do simple magic like moving things with my mind. Nothing powerful such as human transformations. Besides, that old witch's magic is far more powerful than mine so I couldn't undo any of her spells." Rika explained.
Syaoran looked sad. He had hoped Rika might be able to turn him back.
"Don't worry. Tatsuya says he may know a way to turn us all back. That's why he has called us to this meeting."
Tatsuya flew over to Syaoran again. "Let me introduce you to everyone. The rat is Sandy. We have three birds, the pigeon is Luna, the sparrow is Derrick, and the crow is Steve. All five gerbils are named William. Just call them by their color. The possum is Drew. The spiders are twin brother and sister, Chris and Christine. The squirrel is Moon. The peacock is Loretta. The frog is Greg and of course, you know Rika." As he said each animal's name they made themselves known to Syaoran.
That lady magician certainly likes a nice variety in her spells. I can't believe one woman did all this. There must be around 20 animals here. I wonder what they all did to make her so mad, he thought.
Immediately Rika spoke up, "Sandy stole some of her vegetables from her garden. Luna was fooling around with her husband, Derrick. Steve...well you don't want to know what he did. Only one of the Williams did something wrong actually. The brown and white spotted one was abusing her daughter. The other ones got turned because she was trying to cast a locating spell to find a "William" that her daughter was telling her about but she kept getting the wrong one. Eventually she found him, but she was in such a foul mood she didn't bother turning the rest back. Drew here was actually doing the same thing as you. Chris and Christine didn't do anything either. They were cursed because the witch cursed one of their ancestors and it was an especially powerful spell so it is passed down from generation to generation. It was so long ago; no one knows what their ancestor did. Moon, who's a girl, was a homeless camping out in her backyard. The witch likes her privacy. Loretta was one of the witch's servants and didn't come to work for a week. Loretta was sick, but she forgot to tell her. Greg came to her house trying to sell something like a vacuum cleaner or some window washer."
What about you? Asked Syaoran.
"I'd really rather not talk about what I did. I'm sure you'll find out about it soon enough, anyway."
Okay, he replied. Then suddenly, he realized something. Something he should've realized a long time ago. How are we communicating? I can't talk. Come to think of it, how can you talk?
Rika smiled. "I didn't say my only power was moving things. I can also read minds. As for why I can talk, the witch had a bit of mercy on me."
What about Tatsuya? Did she have mercy on him too?
"Well...no. I was able to use some of my magic on him to allow him to talk. But it's because he is a very small creature and the spell required little energy. If I tried a spell on an animal as large as you it would fail, I'm sorry."
It's all right. We should start the meeting anyway.
Tatsuya finally spoke up again, "Okay, the meeting is officially in order."
A/N: WHOA, here come the Western names. I just decided, aww screw these long Japanese names, I'm going to go with the classics! Although, I don't think many people name their children Moon. She's a special lady. And a special lady needs a special name. I might even write up a story about Moon's sad, sad past that led to camping in the witch's backyard. Would anyone like that?
BTW, I didn't add all the 'Z's to Tatsuya's dialogue at the end because I got lazy :P Just pretend they're there. Spell check goes crazy when I do them anyway.
Anyway, OMG OMG OMG MAJOR plot-y goodness. Even I didn't plan it to have this much plot in it. And there's going to be more plot-y goodness coming up. I especially loved the stories about how each animal got turned, so much fun! Well it's to make up for all the months I sort of forgot about this. Suddenly I've been randomly getting good ideas. My muses have finally come back from vacation. Tell me what you think! I worked harder on this chapter than most.