Whilst The Sakura Blossom Blooms

Chapter Two

The following morning, the sun shone down and hit Kayl right in the face. Her eyes flinched for a moment and slowly opened. She looked around sleepily and was surprised to find that she was no longer in the cemetery. She was now in a small room in a bed that was pressed up underneath the window. She pushed herself up on her elbows and rubbed her right eye. Kayl looked down and was even more surprised, not to mention embarrassed, that she was no longer in the clothes she had left home in. She now wore a simple white kimono. She sat up completely and let her legs hang over the side of the bed. Looking down at her left ankle, she saw that it was now bandaged up and only stung a bit.

"Where am I...?" she muttered softly to herself.

Suddenly, the sliding door opened to reveal a girl. She looked to be around Kayl's age. She had waist-length dark brown hair that had a blue bow in the back of it. Her eyes were blue and friendly. She had on a yellow shirt, a denim skirt and an apron. She smiled happily at Kayl.

"Oh good! You're awake." she said, walking over to her and sitting down on the bed next to her. "How are you feeling?" She asked with a now concerned look on her face.

"I'm fine...where am I?" inquired Kayl in a soft voice.

"Oh, you're at the Sohma house. My name is Tohru Honda, it's nice to meet you." she said smiling. "So what's you're name?"

"Kayl Sumizome..." she replied. Tohru smiled.

"Well it's nice to meet you Kayl. Are you hungry? We're having breakfast right now." said Tohru. Kayl's stomach growled in response, she blushed.

"I-I guess so." she said looking at the floor. She went to stand up and stumbled a bit from her ankle. Tohru nearly jumped up.

"Do you need any help getting downstairs?" asked Tohru a bit nervously.

"No, I'm fine, just a little disoriented." replied Kayl.

Kayl slowly made her way down the stairs, trying as best as she could to not stumble over herself. She made it over the last step and found the kitchen to be nearby. She stood in the doorway and saw three men sitting at the table. One had bright red hair and red-brown eyes that made Kayl stare at him for a moment in question. The other boy had dark grey hair and large purple eyes. He was very attractive and Kayl couldn't really look at him without blushing. The last man was the oldest and he had black hair and greyish-green eyes. They all looked at her as she walked in.

"So, you're finally awake." smiled the older man.

"Who are you? How'd I get here?" Kayl had so many questions for these people.

"We'll explain things in a minute." said the older man once more. "Please sit and have some breakfast. It's pancakes!" he said in a sing song voice that made Kayl's eye twitch.

She sat down next to the red-headed boy and ate her share of pancakes. When everyone was done, she looked at them once more.

"You still haven't answered my question. Who are you?" she gazed at all of them unwaveringly. The older man smiled again.

"Oh, where are my manners today? My name is Shigure Sohma." He pointed to the grey-haired boy. "This is Yuki Sohma."

Yuki bowed his head lightly. "Pleased to meet you Miss."

Shigure then pointed to the red-head. "And this is Kyo Sohma."

Kyo just glanced at Kayl for a moment and scoffed, which earned him a smack upside the head from Yuki.

"Don't you have any manners you stupid cat?" asked Yuki in an annoyed voice. Kyo jumped up and started shouting at Yuki.

"Damn rat! What the hell was that for!" growled Kyo.

"If you don't know, then you're more of a fool then I first thought." stated Yuki calmly. Tohru was getting nervous again.

"Please, um, stop fighting. Yuki? Kyo?" But she couldn't stop them.

"Gah! I'm sick of that snotty attitude of yours!" barked Kyo.

"And I'm sick of your idiocy." Yuki sipped some of his drink.

"That's it! You and me, right now, pretty boy!" shouted Kyo. Kayl could feel a migraine rising in her head. This was very annoying.

"Now, now children. We have a guest." smiled Shigure as he sipped his drink. "I'm sure she doesn't want to be witness to a violent argument."

"Yes, now sit down like a good stupid cat." said Yuki. Kyo just growled, muttering to himself as he sat down. Kayl sighed softly in relief, her headache was going away.

"Now for my second question, how'd I get here?" she looked at them. Tohru apperantely would be the one to tell the story.

"Well, Yuki, Kyo and I were going to visit Mom in the cemetery" started Tohru.

Flashback

The three teens are seen walking through the cemetery. Tohru has her rice-ball umbrella, Yuki his rat umbrella and Kyo his cat umbrella. She looked up at the rain pouring from the sky.

"My, this rain came so suddenly." said Tohru.

"Yes, it has" sighed Yuki. Kyo looked at them angrily.

"Can we go now? You know how I get when it rains!" growled Kyo. Yuki leered at him.

"Have some patience stupid cat." Yuki turned from him and started walking off with Tohru. Kyo growled to himself and followed.

They ventured deeper into the cemetery. Suddenly, Tohru tripped over something and fell forward. She yelped in surprise as she hit the ground.

"Miss Honda! Are you alright?" Yuki ran over to Tohru and knelt beside her, helping her stand.

"Yes, I'm fine. I just tripped." smiled Tohru. She looked over to see what she had tripped over. Tohru gasped in terror at what she saw.

It was a girl. She was laying there completely motionless and she was completely soaked. Her black hair clung to her face and neck, and her clothes clung to every delicate curve of her body. She was very pale. Tohru immediately assumed the worst.

"It's a girl! I...I think she's dead.." Tohru crawled over to her and pressed a finger to her neck. She sighed in relief, the girl was still alive. Yuki and Kyo stared in complete shock.

"What would she be doing out here in this downpour?" Inquired Yuki, kneeling beside Tohru. She looked the girl over, and she appeared unharmed. Her eyes locked on the girl's left ankle. It was dark red and horribly swollen, it looked broken.

"She needs help. We should get her somewhere dry and call the hospital" Suggested Tohru. The two boys nodded and grabbed the girl's arms. Tohru grabbed her legs. They lifted her up and started moving their way out of the cemetery.

They had just made it out of the entrance when Tohru tripped again. She fell over and the girl fell forward, right into Yuki and Kyo. They all flinched, waiting for the inevitable 'poof'. Surprisingly, there came none. Tohru stared at them as they held the girl, and they didn't transform.

"W-what's going on? Why haven't you both transformed?" Tohru was confused now. Wasn't the whole deal of the Sohma Curse that they couldn't hold a member of the opposite gender?

"I-I don't know..." Replied Yuki, just as shocked as the other two.

"This is weird..." stated Kyo. "We should take her back to the house and call Hatori. Maybe he knows something."

All three of them agreed and headed for Shigure's house, hoping to find out what this all meant.

End Flashback

"We called Hatori. He came and bandaged up your ankle. He said it wasn't anything serious, just a hairline fracture. You should be fine in about a week." said Tohru.

"Unfortunately, he couldn't tell us anything about why Yuki and Kyo didn't transform when they caught you. He was surprised himself." stated Shigure.

Kayl sat there. She understood why she was here now, but was still utterly confused about another thing. Transform? Curse? What was wrong with this family?

"What did you mean by...transform?" Inquired Kayl. At this point everyone got a serious look on their face.

"Well Miss...miss..I'm sorry, what's your name?" Asked Yuki.

"Oh, it's Kayl." replied Kayl.

"Ok. Well Miss Kayl, there are a select few in the Sohma family that take part in a curse. It makes it so that whenever we hug a member of the opposite sex, we transform into a member of the Chinese Zodiac. I am the rat, Shigure is the dog and Kyo's the cat." calmly stated Yuki.

Kayl blinked. "But the cat isn't a member of the Zodiac."

"Don't remind me!" growled Kyo, his back turned to everyone.

"Anyway, there are thirteen of us in total." Yuki looked to Kayl. "Now do you understand the magnitude of the situation?"

Kayl paused for a moment to take in this newly acquired information. As she was about to speak, there came a knock on the door. Shigure stood up and walked over to the door and opened it. There stood a man with medium length black hair that covered his left eye, which were both a gold-greenish color. He wore a business suit and he had a serious look on his face.

"Ah, Hatori, what brings you here?" Asked Shigure. Hatori looked over at Kayl.

"Akito has requested the girl stay at the Main House. I was sent here to get her."