Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket or any of its characters. I only own Sara Tsuko. Don't sue; you'll get nowhere flat.
Shuichi: Thanks to my two (damn, that's a low amount of people. o.o ) reviewers for giving me the nice comments! YOU TWO ROCK! lol Okay, on with the story.
Chapter 3
Shigure blinked and his mouth was slightly open, "Wh…what?"
Akito glared down at Shigure, "…Do not make me repeat myself…"
Shigure nodded, and turned to Sara, "…Sara…I'm sorry…" a small smile went on his face, "HUG ME!" his voice went all cute-ish and slightly high-pitched and caused Akito to sweat drop.
At first, Sara had a confused look, and then looked a little scared when Shigure opened up his arms as if he seriously wanted a hug. A hug…at a time like this…IS HE INSANE? (I think we all know the answer to that one.) Sara was about to stand up and run, but Shigure was too quick. He had his arms around her faster than you could say dog…of which was exactly what Shigure turned into. In a poof of smoke, a black dog was sitting before a very confused and slightly faint looking Sara. If Akito wasn't so pissed off, he might have laughed, at least a little bit.
But that was not the case. Akito heaved a sigh and put a hand on his forehead, "…Shigure, get to the point…"
The black dog nodded and then…began to speak, "Sara…as you've probably already figured out, I'm Shigure."
Sara now was staring at the dog, wide eyed and mouth slightly hanging open.
"Yes, yes, I know, it's odd. But, our family, the Sohma's I mean, have a curse. There's twelve of us who are haunted by the vengeful spirits of the animals of the zodiac. I'm the dog, the red head at the house, Kyou…he's our odd member, the thirteenth member, the cat, and Yuki, the calm boy who was tending to your wounds is the rat. You see, when a member of the opposite sex either hugs one of us, or when our bodies are under a lot of stress, we turn into our animals. Akito is the head of our family, as you know. Only one problem, though…When we transform back, we're-"
POOF!
A nice black smoke effect later, there was a totally naked Shigure sitting on the floor, trying to cover himself up. Akito tossed Shigure his outer kimono with a glare, "Go get dressed…" And with that, Shigure stood up and was about to leave and ended it with, "Sorry about that…eh, heh…the time of our transformations very every time…I'll go change now…" and with that, he was gone through the sliding doors into the room, leaving Akito and Sara by themselves.
Sara looked up to Akito shyly and then looked back down again at the floor. She was very confused, especially after what she just saw. Akito, noticing this, looked away and out the circle window, "…do you still wish to live in that house?"
His voice was calm, and soft.
She looked up to him and opened her mouth as if she was trying to say something, but she couldn't say a word. Making a frustrating sound in her throat, she stood up and went over to Akito's desk again, got herself a small pad of paper and a pen and went and sat back down on the floor in her spot. Once seated, she started writing something on the note pad. She then handed it to Akito for him to read.
It simply read, "I don't know."
Akito made a "humph" sound and turned his back to her and faced a painting on the back wall of the room just as Shigure entered the room, dressed in a dark green yukata holding Akito's fancy outer kimono, draped over one arm, "I'm back. If we have nothing else to say, I guess we should get go-"
"She's not going back to your house."
Shigure paused and looked shocked and alarmed, "…what…?"
Akito still had his back turned, "She's not…going back…to your house…is that clear?"
"But, Akito-"
"SILENCE!"
"…"
During this dialogue, Sara was just sitting there in the middle of the room, looking very confused, "Ah…ahh…."
Akito turned around, a small smile on his face…but it was slightly different from what his normal smile was (which those smiles are normally very sadistic and evil.), "She will be staying here for a little while…I wish to learn more about this girl before I allow her anywhere near Yuki…understood?"
Being bound to the word of the head of the family (cough, cough), Shigure nodded, and bowed and made to leave. Before he left, he looked over his shoulder and gave an encouraging smile to Sara.
He was gone through the door. Once again, Sara and Akito were left alone, by themselves.
End Chapter Three
Shuichi: So, there's the third chapter. I hope ya'll like it. It is another kind of cliff hanger, and I'm sorry! But I gotta make it good so that people will want to read more! That's the whole point of cliff hangers right? -a pin drops- ...cough yeah...so, anywho, read and review please! I love reviews, and reviews make me happy! And a happy writer makes good chapters come out. -
