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Full Moon Curse:
Poor Hatori
"This better be important." Hatori was not in a good mood. Akito had been especially bitchy the past few days, and Hatori was beginning to feel sleep deprived. Normally a midnight call from Shigure would warrant a hasty hang up, but there was something in Shigure's voice which had convinced Hatori to crawl out of bed and go to his friend's aid.
Now Shigure stood before him wringing his hands. His eyes darted around nervously. "I'm not sure where he is," Shigure whispered glancing at the open door.
"Who?" Hatori lit a cigarette, wondering if he was wasting his time and valuable sleep.
"When I finally came out of my office, he had just disappeared. I wonder if he went to bed."
"Kyou? Did you call me over here just to tell me that Kyou may have went to sleep?"
"What if I dreamed it all?" Shigure's eyes widened. "Ha-san, what if I'm going crazy?"
"What if? You already are." Hatori sat in the extra chair in Shigure's study and took a long drag from his cigarette. "So why exactly did I have to come over?" Hatori was slightly concerned by Shigure's unnerved behavior.
"Give me that!" Shigure snapped grabbing Hatori's cigarette and taking a long drag, his hand shaking slightly.
Hatori took out another cigarette and regarded Shigure curiously. The two men smoked in silence. It was obvious Shigure wasn't ready to talk. "So did you finish your book?" Hatori asked casually.
"Not yet, I was kind of…interrupted." Shigure's voice was a pitch higher than usual. "I don't believe Kyou-kun's well."
"Is that why you called me? He's probably just mad he's not on that trip."
"I'm sure that's not it." Shigure laughed tautly.
"What are the symptoms?" Hatori sighed. He was sure this could have waited until morning.
Shigure chuckled mirthlessly in response.
"Oh, I see how it is. I get you all hot, and you call him? You are such an asshole." Kyou stood in the doorway with his fists clenched in rage. "So you screwed each other in high school…big deal. He'll never love you like I do. If you decide you'd rather be on the giving end, you know where to find me." Kyou stormed off.
The two men continued to smoke in silence long after he had left. Hatori was unable to speak due to a wave of nausea. "You told him we had sex in high school?"
Shigure shrugged. "Ha-san, that's hardly the most pressing issue here."
"What the hell did you do to him?"
"Absolutely nothing…I'd never…"
"I better check this out." Hatori stood and went to find the cat.
Hatori appeared puzzled when he returned to Shigure's study a half hour later. He sat down and lit a cigarette.
Shigure drummed his fingertips on the desktop. "Well?" he asked impatiently.
"Well, besides his sudden infatuation with you, he seems perfectly normal."
"Which means he's not."
"Right."
"So what do you plan to do about it?"
"What can I do about it?"
"I don't know, one of your mind control things."
Hatori looked uncomfortable. "Are you sure you never…"
"If you're suggesting what I think, I'll never speak to you again." Shigure was truly insulted.
Both men jumped when the phone rang. Shigure picked it up; it was Akito.
"I need to speak to Hatori. He shouldn't have left my side," the voice on the other end hissed.
"I'm sorry to hear you're not well," Shigure answered condescendingly, "but Kyou needed immediate attention."
"He left my side for that lousy cat. He'll soon pay for that blunder." Akito's voice sounded dangerous, but Shigure was far from afraid. Akito had never scared him.
"Kyou needed immediate attention," Shigure repeated, waiting for Akito to explode.
Hatori was already gathering his things to rush back to the main house.
To Shigure's surprise Akito did not yell or throw a tantrum, instead he laughed. The laugh was low and throaty and sent chills down Shigure's spine and caused the hair on the back of his neck to stand on end. For the first time in his life, Shigure was afraid of Akito.
"What?" he asked, his tone revealing his unease.
Akito laughed for another minute before saying. "I guess you discovered the curse of the cat." Shigure heard a click and soon a dial tone.
"Curse of the cat?" he said aloud.
"Hmmm?" Hatori gave him a strange look.
"What the hell is the curse of the cat?
Hatori shrugged. "I have to get back. I'm sure Kyou will snap out of it. You know teens and their hormones. Sometimes they do stupid things that they regret later in life."
Shigure rolled his eyes. "Not over that yet? I think I'm going to come over tomorrow. I'd like to speak with Akito."
"Good, he needs something to occupy his time."
Shigure found his way to his bedroom after saying goodbye to his cousin. He was exhausted, but it took a long time for him to fall asleep.
When he awoke, light was streaming into his room and two arms were wrapped around his chest.
Ha-san must have changed his mind and stayed the night, his sleep deprived mind concluded, but then he remembered the night before and groaned. The arms gripped him tighter.
"Are you awake?" Kyou asked as his finger traced a trail around Shigure's nipple and he kissed his shoulder softly.
Shigure debated between playing dead and screaming, but as Kyou's fingers followed the trail of soft hair on his lower stomach, Shigure no longer had the option of staying silent.
"Mmmn," a soft moan escaped his lips.
"Like that?" Kyou asked taking Shigure in his hand tentatively. Shigure was unable to fight his perverse nature. Wrong…Wrong…Wrong! His mind declared, but his body arched against Kyou's hand.
"If I bother you, just pretend I'm a high school girl," Kyou whispered.
Shigure shuddered as Kyou's pace quickened. Wrong…wrong…wrong, his mind said a little more quietly, but somehow the wrongness of it all was making it more exciting.
"I love you." Kyou kissed Shigure on the cheek, bringing him back to reality.
"Stop!"
Kyou immediately stopped. "What's wrong? Am I doing it wrong?"
Shigure jumped out of the bed and wrapped a cover about his waist. "This is wrong," he said. "Don't worry, Kyou, I'll find out what's going on and bring you back."
Kyou regarded him with amusement. "What do you mean? This is me, and I'm completely in love with you."
"I'm going to take a shower…alone."
Kyou put his pointer finger in his mouth playfully. "Fine, I didn't want to get you off anyway."
Shigure knew he'd be taking a very cold shower.
"So what's the curse of the cat?" Shigure was in no way calm and collected, and Hatori could tell that Akito enjoyed this position of power.
Akito clicked his tongue at his new parakeet which flittered over and landed on his finger. Akito flashed Shigure a wicked smirk. "I take it all's not well at home. I'm surprised with you, Shigure. I always figured you knew about the curse of the cat. You do find a way to learn all the other family secrets. I assumed you wanted to keep Kyou out of the cage for your own enjoyment."
Hatori wasn't sure he liked where this was going. He, himself had never heard of any other curse for the cat besides the normal hugging thing and transforming in the rain.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Shigure was obviously trying to appear collect, but Hatori could see the worry in his friend's eyes.
"Should I tell him, Polly?" Akito asked the bird on his finger.
Hatori crinkled his brow in disgust. Akito called all his feathered friends Polly. He wondered how long this one would survive.
"No one ever listens to me, Polly. I told them that the cat was bad luck and that he needed to be put in his cage upon graduation, but did they listen to me? No, no, no, no, no. Akito's just being a sick bastard. He's so twisted, who knows what he'd do to the poor little kitty. They never stopped to wonder, if perhaps, what I was trying to do was in this family's best interest." Akito kissed the bird on the head.
Neither Shigure or Hatori were impressed by this display of insanity.
"So why did you want to cage, Kyou?" Shigure asked with frustration.
"Call me your master."
"Fine, why did you want to cage Kyou, Master? This family is lost without your great wisdom," he added sarcastically.
"Get on your knees and beg me to tell you."
Hatori watched with mild amusement as Shigure knelt before Akito and grabbed his knees in supplication. "Master, why did you want to cage Kyou?" Akito looked positively thrilled. Hatori hoped this would satisfy his power hungry boss for a while.
"Because the curse of the cat is to fall in love with a member of the zodiac. On the first full moon after his or her 18th birthday. Lucky you." He smiled at Shigure.
"That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard!" Shigure stood up. "Why would it be me?"
"Because you were in closest proximity."
"That's even dumber!"
Hatori wanted to point out that it was also dumb that he turned into a seahorse when hugged by a member of the opposite sex, but stayed quiet.
"That's why we cage the cat."
"This information would have been helpful beforehand."
Akito shrugged. "You made me angry, so I figured you all could pay." He glanced at his nails while his other hand squeezed Polly. "Usually the head of the family lets the cat fall in love with them and then uses it as a sex toy, but Kyou doesn't really interest me."
"So what do I do?" Shigure was stunned.
"I wish Yuki were the cat." Akito giggled and then put the lifeless Polly back in its cage.
"Is there any way to reverse this?"
Akito smiled slyly. "Maybe…maybe not. I'm tired," he said in a haughty tone. "Leave now so I can go to bed."
Hatori was relieved that Akito was going to sleep, but concerned about the situation at hand. The best thing to do would be to explain the nature of the curse to Kyou and see if the knowledge that he only loved Shigure because of a curse would be enough to reach him. Hatori just hoped that the eternally horny Shigure would be able to resist.
TBC
