Bird: Thanks for the compassion, Sami, but really, I don't care that much. Adri is nice enough, but on the internet, she happens to be in a bad mood.
Adrienne: I'm not going to shed my tough girl act anytime soon on the internet, but I'll admit, I could be nicer.
Bird: Yeah! See? Thanks, Sami, for reviewing! Also, what does your review mean, Risika Tziporah? Hope you can review again… to clear that up. I appreciate reviewing! Check out my other fic, yeah… um… I'm bored. Are you? We should start, huh…
Disclaimer: I don't own Furuba, my friend. No seriously, who does? SERIOUSLY! ::sobs::
Bird is back!
Chapter eight: MOO?
"Uhmm..." Adrienne said, in a state of complete shock. Her eyes popped open, as a cloud of pink smoke revealed a cow.
"Don't panic! Don't leave…" Haru said, choosing his words carefully. Haru was devastated. He wanted to learn more about Adrienne and Phil before they would have to leave.
"Ah! You… are a cow? Could you explain? No pressure, and no need to hurry, because I'm staying right here for you, Haru," Adrienne said softly.
"You… are not going to leave? Aren't you disgusted by me at all, turning into a cow?" Haru asked gently, panic receding.
"No… that would be extremely prejudiced. A while ago, I had a friend who didn't like crows, because they were black and made what she thought were ugly caws. I told her that the crows did nothing in particular to do those things. If a crow had stolen your lunch from your hands, I would have accepted the fact that you didn't like crows. But that wasn't the case. I gave her a nice long lecture about how that was like judging a black person because he's black. You turning into a cow is no different, saying you're disgusting because you're doing something you have no will in doing, right? You don't really think you're disgusting, right?"
'…No. I'm glad you understand. Perhaps you'll be like Tohru, and Akito will let your memories stay intact… no… Akito will not accept you… You must not let anyone know you know the curse… especially Shigure. I don't know if you've met him before, but he's in on it with Akito."
"Whoa whoa whoa! Put it on slow, rancho! Who is 'Akito'? Who else has the curse? What about my memories, Spotty?" Spotty was Adrienne's new name for him, because his emotions were spotty. Was he going to be nice or evilly violent? Was he going to offer you chocolate or stuff it up your nose and clutch your throat until you turn purple?
"Well, twelve of us are haunted by the twelve spirits in the Chinese Zodiac, plus the cat who was tricked out of the banquet. Whenever we're weak or hugged by the opposite gender, we change into that specific animal. Akito is the leader, and has no animal, and you needn't know more. Akito demands all people who are not haunted by these spirits that know the secret must have their memory removed unless otherwise told," Haru said, very sure of himself, as though he had explained it a thousand times. There was a deep pain in his voice. Was it because Adrienne was clutching his throat violently shaking him, confused, or was it really because those people who he had explained it to had some more worse fate in store, now that the secret was revealed? Adrienne stopped, understanding the serious situation, and how she might very well lose her memory of Haru if she blabbed her giant mouth to somebody? No… she could trust herself for keeping this secret… she had been keeping hers for 15 years.
"Okay, Haru… I need to tell you something too…" Adrienne said.
P.U.: Honestly, Bird would stop it here, but that makes the chapter too short!
"…Wha?" Haru said, stupefied. Could Adrienne have a secret?
P.U.: Now! It is time to stop!
Bird: It's so much longer where I was going to stop, eh, P.U.?
P.U.: Oh. Yeah… definitely.