Thick dark clouds covered the city. People rushed in and out of buildings. Little in times some rain drops fell on the soft ground.
"Should I stay here or go back home?" A quite, unspoken voice muttered in the treetops. She rose to her feet, dusting off her arm and leg. Leaves and dirt were starting to blend in with her jacket.
"Yeah, I should go back,…..to see the Sohmas once again," She spoke to herself relaxing her shoulders and resting her back on the tree trunk.
Tohru walked down the stairs quietly. She popped her head out of the corner of the wall. No one was awake yet. It was about 5:32 in the morning, she glanced at the clock on the kitchen wall. Tohru looked at the clock then at the cupboards.
'There has to be a pot in there some where,; Tohru thought to herself thinking hard enough wondering which cupboard it is in. She shuffled her feet to the cupboards, opening it up.
"Now what to make for White Day……," She mumbled to her looking through the cupboards, moving some pot and pans out of the way.
"Ah! Here it is!" Tohru grabbed the copper pot then rose up to her feet.
She turned around and saw Kyo staring at her blankly. She dropped the pot in shock. He bent down and grabbed the pot looking at Tohru giving it back to her.
"T-thank you Kyo, you startled me," Tohru grabbed the pot, muttering.
"This must be a great deal of energy to wake me up at 5:48 in the morning
on a god damn Sunday!" Kyo yelled rubbing his eyes glaring at Tohru. He walked into the living room then turned around noticed that Tohru was on the ground looking at the ground feeling bad for herself.
"I'm sorry Kyo for waking you up," Tohru looked at Kyo depressed about to cry even. Kyo turned around and walked over to Tohru. He sighed reaching his hand out to pull her up. Tohru smiled abit then grabbed his hand.
"Don't get so down on yourself all because you woke me up and I'm just happy that damn rat ain't up," Kyo grabbed the pot from Tohru , walking over to the stove.
"Sadly, I still wish I was still asleep but your stupid, childish voice woke me up, damn cat," Yuki walked into the kitchen, scratching his head, yawning.
"Shut the fuck up with your gay-ass! Shit Head RAT!" Kyo yelled. Turning around acting like the pot was now a weapon.
"Even if you had a pot by your side you still can't beat me," Yuki yawned, walking towards the fridge. Kyo turned red in rage.
" Wanna bet?" Kyo yelled turning into a fighting stance. Tohru watched in horror trying to think how to stop them from fighting.
"Do it then I would love to watch," Yuki folded his arm, rolling his eyes.
"Damn it! I will!" Kyo ran towards him with the pot in his left hand. Yuki raised his left arm and easily defected the attack. Kyo heard a crack on the pots surface. Kyo jumped to the other side of the kitchen, flipping the pot on it's soft surface. There was a small crack on the pot slowly growing bigger. Tohru reached for the pot that Kyo was holding. He reached it out to her, she grabbed it slowly looking at the crack. Then she noticed Shigure looking at the pot shocked.
"Out of all of the insane things that you two! You both had to break my pot?" Shigure grabbed the copper pot from Tohru. He flipped the pot on all of it's sides. Yuki and Kyo looked at Shigure like this --;; while Tohru looked at him like this O.O;;. Shigure shed a silent tear while covering his face with the pot.
"My great grand mother gave this to me,….and now…..you BROKE IT!" Shigure yelled hitting the pot and Yuki and Kyo.
"If it's so damn special then why the hell are you hitting the pot at us then!" Kyo yelled hiding behind Tohru, Yuki as well. Shigure stopped then looked at the pot.
"It used to show my sexy face on it and now since you PEOPLE! Kept on breathing all over it and now my grandmother's sweet apple crisp has faded away!" Shigure cried. He covered his eyes but kept a small gap in between his index finger and his middle finger looking at Kyo and Yuki.
"She told me to pass it on when I have children but….now I can't keep my grandmothers promise," Shigure wiped his eye with his kimono sleeve. Yuki and Kyo looked down at the pot then at Shigure.
"I'm……sorry," Yuki and Kyo said at the same time. They looked at each other angrily.
"I'm sorry Shigure-kun. I'll buy you a new pot!" Tohru looked at Shigure with hope in her eyes.
Shigure chuckled then busted out laughing. He walked out of the kitchen laughing hard.
"You guys are great sports! I can't believe it! You actually fell for that load!" Shigure laughed then turned around laughing at Kyo and Yuki.
"Your telling me that was a LIE!" Kyo jumped out from behind Tohru yelling at Shigure. Shigure nodded his head slowly.
"Yes, in a matter of fact! I got that pot two days ago at a garage sale! My God! You should have seen the look on your face though! It was priceless!" Shigure hopped into his office pretty much running away from Kyo.
"Remind me to never believe Shigure again," Yuki slammed the fridge door shut in anger.
"It sounded like he really meant it though. His eyes were acting like they were telling the truth," Tohru picked up the pot, then walked over to the sink.
"The real question is why was he at a garage sale!" Yuki walked over and grabbed a plate on the counter, walking back over to the fridge.
"Yes, I guess that is strange," Tohru turned to her right and opened a cupboard. Soba noodles were right in front of her face. She grabbed the pack of noodles, resting them by the stove.
"Or maybe Shigure was just stalking some girls….high school girls," Yuki looked through the fridge.
"W-Why would he stalk High school girls!" Tohru looked at Yuki shocked. Pretty much forgot what else she was supposed to do.
"He's strange like that he's…..like a book with blank pages," Yuki grabbed the Soba noodles then noticed the pot in the sink.
"Honda-san, you did change the pot right or is it still the copper one?"
Yuki looked at the pot abit then at Tohru.
"I changed the pot when Shigure was telling his lie! I wouldn't put a copper pot in there anyway! The copper would rub off on the noodles and that would be nasty," Tohru lifted the pot out of the sink on the stove's surface.
She turned the knob to turn up the heat making the pot boil. Yuki opened the Soba noodles pack emptying out the noodles into the pot.
"Yuki,…this might be rude for me to say but this has always been on my mind since I knew about the zodiac curse,…but is there some people in the zodiac curse that are born under the same year and turn into the same animal?" Tohru looked at Yuki for an answer. He looked at her shocked then tried to think of something.
"It can be a yes then a no," Yuki grabbed a spoon , then stirred the pot slowly. He glanced at Tohru to see her reaction. She stood there trying to think of something to say.
"I- Is there someone in the zodiac like that?" Tohru asked but she had little of hope in her voice.
"Yes there is but if there's two of the same zodiac animals in the curse then the youngest one would be the copy and the oldest one would be the pure zodiac animal. But if the older one was free from the curse then that would be a different story…..," Yuki kept on stirring the pot. He didn't feel like thinking to look behind him to see if Kyo or Shigure was there.
"T-They don't hurt the younger zodiac animal do they!" Tohru looked at Yuki with sad eyes. He could see the younger one's pain in her eyes and can feel it.
"The copy zodiac is born with strange powers. They make it sound like they are a super hero but they aren't like that. The copy can be abused in many behaviors and abuse itself. Sometimes the Copy would be sent to death or the Zodiac's would say how they wished the Copy was dead," Yuki stopped stirring the water in the pot. He watched the Soba noodles rest in place inside the pot.
"I don't understand how they would just hurt one person so badly….all because of the curse," Tohru wiped her eyes in pain. She couldn't believe what she just heard and she thought how the cat zodiac would deal so much of a burden.
"Copies deal with a lot of pain in there life. I just hope that our copy won't come home yet…..not now...," Yuki muttered and tried to make it hard for Tohru to hear him.
"What's the Copy's name?" Tohru had a spark of joy in her voice. Looking at Yuki happily.
"Yoake, even thought it should have been midnight or night instead of 'dawn'," Yuki silently looked away from the stove looking over at the bowls.
"Yoake's a girl right? Who's she close to?" Tohru walked over to get some chopsticks and bowls.
" She seems to be close to Hatori, Hatsuharu, Shigure and Kisa, sometimes Hiro and once in awhile Kureno," Yuki opened a window, he glanced over his shoulder.
"S-She's close to Hatsuharu? What will Rin say!" Tohru freaked out abit by stirring the noodles a tad too fast.
"Uh… Tohru, Rin knows and Haru and Yoake are just friends," Yuki said blankly. Tohru slowly stopped and looked at Yuki amazed for some reason.
"You find that quite shocking don't you?" Yuki asked, shocked also.
"Yeah,…it amazes me quite much," Tohru turned away. She poured the boiling hot water into the sink.
"Or maybe I was wrong….," Yuki looked up at the ceiling, folding his arms. He slowly looked at Tohru surprised.
"Yeah I was wrong, ….It explains a lot now why Haru helped her with her home work and hanged out with her when she was young," Yuki laughed abit from what he said 2 minutes ago. Tohru looked at him then looked away smiling.
"Don't you think that Rin was jealous back then?" Tohru asked.
"Nope, Haru didn't know Rin or even like her when Yoake and Haru were 4-11" Yuki looked at Tohru then leaned on the wall sitting on the marble floor. He could hear Shigure get abused by Kyo and Kyo was laughing at him. Yuki angrily sighed then looked up at Tohru.
"Yuki,…when do you think Yoake will come back?" Tohru looked at Yuki with sad eyes. "Or does she live in the Sohmas estate?"
Yuki looked at the ground then looked out side of the window. He looked at the tree shocked out of his mind.
"Ms. Honda I believe your question has been answered ," Yuki stood up then walked over to the slide door then opened it up and looked at the tree.
Tohru followed Yuki outside. She gasped. The tree was completely black covered in crows. None of them crowed they only stared at the house with there gleaming lime green eyes. Tohru stepped in front of Yuki and gazed at the birds amazed. Kyo stood there looking at the tree also. His eyes kept lock on the birds he didn't blink his eyes at all.
"Kyo,….Why are there so many crows in the tree?" Tohru asked him softly.
Kyo blinked then looked at Tohru. He slid to the ground and looked at the birds again.
"Those crows are from Yoake," Kyo responded quietly. His red eyes pieced. Leaves shuffled in the trees. Something jumped out of the tree, landing right next to the tree trunk. Kyo smirked , then rose to his feet. Yuki stepped into the view a bit more then before. Two dark lime green eyes stared at Tohru.
She walked out of the darkness, putting her hair into a pony tail. She looked around the house, raising her eyebrow. Tohru stared at her amazed. Yoake noticed her staring at her.
"What's with you staring at me?" Yoake folded her arms looking at Tohru blankly.
"Yoake what is it with you bringin' your crow friends!" Kyo hissed abit rose to his feet. Yoake looked at Kyo then looked at the birds.
"Not like they are gonna attack you now are they? They followed me here on my behalf," Yoake smiled abit showing her upper fang. "And besides,….at least your calico friends aren't here and the tabbys,"
Kyo angrily glared at Yoake.
"For all I know you'd summon your kitty friends to talk to for your lonesome ass," Yoake smirked again walking closer to the house.
"What! I don't talk to any cats! And I don't have any to talk to any way!" Kyo pointed at Yoake pissed off. Yoake chuckled then covered her mouth.
"So,…your telling me that you'd rather talk to cats if there was any around? Are you really that lonesome , Kitty cat boy?" Yoake laughed abit then looked at Yuki.
"Yoake, I don't believe you have met Tohru Honda yet have you?" Yuki stepped forth looking at Yoake pleasantly. Yoake glared at Yuki. Her green eyes gleamed at Yuki angrily .
"You never looked at me that way before….,"Yoake mumbled under her breath looking at the slide door.
Yoake looked at Tohru. Tohru looked at her in shocked then bowed.
"M-My name is Tohru Honda! T-The pleasure is mine!"
Yoake scratched her head confused.
"Yeah the pleasure is all of yours….," Yoake mumbled looking at Kyo then back at Tohru. Kyo got the message then chuckled.
" D-Did I do something to disturb you? Did I do something wrong!" Tohru popped up right in Yoake's face. Yoake closed her eyes disturbed like. Yuki kept a close contact with Yoake's fist and arms so did Kyo.
I think I wrote way too much today! Lol! Next one will be soon! I promise!