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Shigure giggled as Ayame waited for an explanation, wait he giggled -.- weirdo. Ayame seemed to have recovered, mostly because he put his arms around me again –twitch twitch-

"Well you see, your curse doesn't work with me because I too change into animals." I wiggled out of his grip and scooted closer to Haru, who in turn put his arm around my waist.

"You turn into animals? Explain this to me" ugh…why me? Sighing I started to continue.

"Ok, I'm the bastard daughter of the Goddess of Night and a wild mage. Because my father was a wild mage, he had connections to animals, because I got some of his powers I'm able to change into a cat, wolf, and fox. But because my mother was a demon I can also change into the demon forms of those animals. You get everything so far?" that was the first time I ever spoke of my heritage, my true, heritage. It feels kind of weird to say you're the bastard daughter of so and so, but at least Ayame didn't judge me on that he just vaguely shook his head.

"Well because I have a connection with animals, as do you. Your curse assumes, I guess, that I am also cursed. And that's why it doesn't work with me. The end." Shigure, being the dunce he is stood up and started to clap. –sweat drop- I looked back at Ayame to see if he understood, only to see him leaning in towards me as if to give a hug…or a bit more. –vain-

"Ayame why don't you go see if Yuki's feeling ok?" I know I'm mean. Oh well. At the mention of his 'dear' brothers name he stood up with stars and hearts above his head and ran up the steps calling out Yuki's name.

"Well he's ………ok. Who else don't I know about? The zodiac's supposed to have what 12, 13 added Kyo, animals right?" I looked over at Shigure while leaning my head on Haru's shoulder.

"Yes and don't worry you'll meet them soon enough. They're all special in their own way. So have you figured out what animal he is?" Oh god, special, what the hell is that supposed to mean? Lets see what animal is Ayame, he's flirtatious, a bit…flamboyant, and 'special'. I concentrated on his form and movements.

"Snake."

"Yes, yes. You're right. Wow and on your first try too." Sighing I got up and

walked towards the door.

"I'm going for a walk I'll be back by night fall." It was around noon…I like long walks ok. Usually I would ask Kyo to join me but I wanted to sort some stuff out. And no there is nothing between Kyo and me I think of him as a big bro/friend…god what dirty minds.

I walked away from the house towards the woods. I don't know what's wrong with me. It all started with that guy at the market. God he was weird. He kept on following me and when I confronted him all he said was "you need to find him." and ran off. Usually I would have ran after him and questioned him but my legs wouldn't work, I just stood there pondering his words. Just as I'm doing now. What did he mean? Maybe he was just crazy? Who would I need to find?

Ever since he said that I've been doing weird shit. They've all been small but still its different then how I usually act. Whenever I change into an animal I change into the actual animal not the demon form. And I usually switch into the demon form. Whenever I take a nap, when I awake I find my self as a cat or sometimes a fox. I've been craving my meat a bit more raw then usual. I don't know it feels as if my animal sides are trying to take over. I always had to deal with them but they usually stayed in check. Maybe I just have to meditate? When I was younger I had to meditate to keep everything in check. Well maybe that's what I have to start doing again. I haven't done that in awhile so it's worth a shot.

I propped my self against a tree and took the usual mediating stance. Now when I meditate I can communicate my animal selves. I know weird. But maybe they can tell me a bit about what's going on. Slowly I started to relax. Breathe in 1,2,3,4; breathe out 1,2,3,4. Soon I became oblivient to the outside world. Instead of sitting against a tree I now was sitting atop a large boulder overlooking a large lake.

"Well I haven't been here in awhile, and it looks as if nothings changed. Hope that's a good sign."

"Not really" AHHHHH! I stood atop the boulder and surveyed the landscape looking for the one who talked. Finally my eyes landed on a small black and grey cat.

"Ugh you really shouldn't sneak up on me like that. And what do you mean not really?" damn I hate it when cat sneaks up on me. (In my mind there are 3 animals, a cat, a fox, and a wolf. I'm not sure how they got there but I think it's because I can switch into those animals. I didn't name any of them so I always just stuck to calling them what they are. I always turned to Cat for guidance, for me she symbolized tranquility. Fox was always the smartest, and Wolf could get herself out of anything. She helped me plenty of times when me and Daren were kids.)

"It's my nature kitty cat, and yes something is changing. The others and me aren't sure if it's good or bad though we do know that it gives us more power to express ourselves." As if on cue Fox came out of the woods, toward the boulder.

"Do any of you guys know why or how this happened?" the vixen was the one to answer.

"I believe it is because you are starting to come into your power, your mage power." I jumped off the boulder so I could sit with them.

"Mage power? You mean from my father? If what you say is true then what will happen? Would I have even more animals in my mind?"

"No, if anything you'll only be able to speak to animals nothing more, but to make sure you must find your father, he is alive you just have to find him."

"Wait that's what that guy from the market said."

"Yes, though we do not know why he said what he said."

"How do we track him?"

"We can't, don't worry when the time comes you'll know what to do." She began to lie down, signaling that she was done speaking. Cat started to speak.

"She's right."

"That could take forever." Ugh where was Wolf when you need her?

"Fox said that I might have new powers?"

"Yes, though we aren't 100 percent sure what they are yet, we think that it might be the ability to speak to animals and hear they're thoughts." She said in her usual monotone voice.

"If that is true, how would it affect me?"

"We aren't sure yet, but we believe that you may have to start meditating again to keep calm. And hope that your father will show up soon." She jumped up on the boulder and settled down signaling that she too was done talking. Ugh. I went into the woods and started to run, I need to think and blow off some steam. Soon after starting I was joined by Wolf.

"Why weren't you at the meeting?" I asked leaping over a fallen tree. Do you think it's a bit weird that I'm running in my mind?

"I wouldn't have been of any help both Cat and Fox seem to know what they're talking about."

"You don't agree with them?"

"Its not that its just that I don't like the idea of waiting, if your power comes soon and you don't know how to control it then something might go wrong."

"What are you talking about? Fox said that I'll probably only need to meditate till I find out how to control it."

"Yes that's partially true, she didn't want you to worry but now imagine being able to talk to animals, fell their emotions, read their thoughts, and not being able to control it? You'll be overwhelmed. She said that you'd have to meditate so you wont entirely go crazy. But the sooner we find your father and learn how to control it before it starts the better." That's why I like wolf, she told it how it is. After running some more I decided that it was time to head into the real world. Looking up I saw two kids around Momiji's age, staring down at me.

(Remember: because this is my story I changed Momiji's age to around 10-12 to fit some chapters in my other story.)