Memories of the Cursed
Disclaimer: I do not own Fruits Basket.
Chapter 4:
When the smoke finally cleared, in Yuki, Kyo, Haru, and Momiji's place were, a rat, cat, cow, and rabbit, and some clothes. "Ahhhhhh! Where-What-How?" Arisa screamed as she tried to obtain information on what happened. When Tohru looked at Saki, even she her widened in surprised, but the widened eyes didn't stay on for long.
"Um...We can explain!" Tohru said as she quickly grabbed and folded the clothes. None of the animals/Sohmas said a word. "Um...Sohma-kun, I think you and the others should get inside before you change back," Tohru addressed. The rat nodded and started to go inside when Momiji turned back.
A yellow cloud of smoke, a poof and Momiji was back. "Sorry!" Momiji cried as he tried to pull on his clothes as fast as possible as Tohru, Arisa, and Saki turn to look away.
A cloud of orange smoke this time and the red head was back. It was Kyo's turn. "Gomen," he grunted as he tugged his baggy jeans and shirt on.
A pinkish grayish cloud of smoke, a poof, and the prince was back. "I'm sorry!" he said and pulled on his clothes as fast as he could.
The last time, there was the usual white cloud of smoke and Haru on the grass. The cow turned back into the black and white haired teen. "Sorry," he muttered and he sat down on the grass after putting on his clothes. "I guess we should go inside and explain," Yuki said while Momiji gave a nervous laugh.
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"Oh, I guess that explains a lot of things," Arisa said as she leaned back on the sofa. "Haru's hair color, Kyo's hair and eye color, Ayame's long hair, Kyo and Yuki's non-stop arguing...and...your inhuman waves," Saki said as the Sohmas turned to look at her.
"Inhuman?" Momiji asked with a childish grin. "Yes, I've been detecting your inhuman waves since you came," Hanajima replied. "It does explain a lot, doesn't it? Why Yuki won't hug or bump a girl?" Arisa said with a sigh. Yuki showed no reaction to whether or not he heard that comment.
"Hey! We're home!" Shigure's voice shouted. "Ah! Where is the princess? What about my little brother?" called Ayame's voice. "Will you two shut up?" called a familiar voice. The three figures came into the living room. "Hello, Hatori-san!" Tohru said as she stood up.
"Hello..." Saki said faintly. "Who are you?" asked Arisa. "I'm Yuki's cousin, also his doctor, and of course the family doctor," he replied. "Oh, yeah! I remember now! We met at the festival where Yuki wore a dress!" Arisa said in deep thought. An anger mark appeared on Yuki's forehead.
"Yuki? You wore girl's clothes?" his brother asked in surprise. "The third-years wanted me to!" he yelled and he left the room, climbed the stairs and locked the door to his room. The subject on the Sohma curse seemed forgotten until Tohru asked if she could talk to Shigure.
"Um...Shigure-san?" Tohru asked. "Hai?" he answered, glancing at her, and pulling off his glasses. "They found out. My friends," Tohru replied, looking at the ground. "About the Sohma curse? How?" Tohru quickly explain it to him and he chuckled.
"Ha-ha! It's like a domino chain! Ha-ha!" he laughed. He laughed so loud that Hatori came to see what was going on. "What's going on?" he asked. "Ha-ha!" Shigure kept laughing so Tohru had to explain it a second time. "I know," he said and before Tohru could ask how, he answered, "they asked what year Ayame was," "Oh..." was all Tohru could say.
A slithering sound was heard and a white snake appeared on the ground. "Hey! Could someone get me some water?" a voice cried from somewhere below them. Tohru screamed.