I am back once again! I've been updating quite, frequently aren't I? I want to thank all the reviewers from the last chapter, and this chapter is dedicated to you guys!
The next day at school, needless to say, Yuki was exhausted, but he had to decipher the book more. It had the cure for the curse. Also he needed to tell Honda-san and the rest of them what he had read.
He was lucky because the teacher had caught the flu, it was too short notice for them to arrange for a substitute, but she had left instructions for them to study. Yuki, wanted to use this time to catch up with Sato's journal.
At class:
As soon as they got to class, Uo and Hana called them over to where they were sitting. "Ok, Kyon-Kyon, Prince, we're going to play Truth or Dare."
"What, why the hell do I got to play with all these sissy girls?"
"Hey, who're you calling sissy?"
Remembering the result of his last fight, he gave up and sat down next to Tohru and Mina (girl magnet, lol) "Well, ok, who wants to start?" Tohru asked.
"I will" Uo replied.
As she spun the bottle and it pointed towards……………….. Mina.
"Truth or Dare?" Uo asked
She thought for a bit and then replied, "Truth"
"Ok…………… who do you have a crush on?"
Mina immediately turned red; she couldn't answer in front of him! "No one…"
"Your electric signals say different……" Hana said. Then she turned to Uo, "I feel you should drop the question as it will hurt many people feelings"
Uo looked at her, "And by 'many people' you mean whom?"
Hana whispered in her ear. "Oh" was her only reply.
This went on for a whole period, until they had to o for their next class. Their only next free period was the last period, which was much more interesting than the first one.
"Um, Mina-san, Honda-san, and stupid cat, I want to show you something I found yesterday." Yuki said nervously.
"What the hell?" Kyo asked but followed them to his desk anyway.
Yuki took out a folder and out of it the piece of paper on which he had finished the first page. Then he took out the book. He checked if any one was looking other than well them. "Yesterday before dinner, I found the key to this book" he opened the spine and showed them the key and the Rosetta paper.
"Wow, that's great Yuki-kun, did you read anything important?" Tohru asked.
"Well, first look at this piece of paper, the whole book is written in this code language with pictures. This piece of paper is like a Rosetta stone, it shows what the letter each picture is. Yesterday, I decoded the first page…… I found out quiet a lot, I think you should read it." He took the Rosetta Paper from them and gave them the paper on which he had decoded.
As Mina read she became more and more horrified, when she reached the end of the page, her breathing became ragged and her heart was pounding. She clutched the paper, her mind zooming.
I can hug people without making them transform. The only bad part is I have to follow god's orders no matter what. This was repeated in her mind many times, and tears spilled from their eyes. I am what is called the zodiac Yazu-eh.
"Mina-san? Mina-san? Are you alright? Mina-san?" Yuki asked, concerned. By this time people became interested. He took the paper from her hand and put everything back inside his bag. Tohru was tending to her as was Kyo.
Then very slowly Mina gained control of herself. She hiccupped and started wiping her tears away, while Kyo shoo-ed everyone away. Once all the people were gone, she began:
"I never told you guys about me. I never really told you what I could do and what I had to do" she sat down and drank some water. Then in a whisper she began "10 years ago, I erased al the zodiac members' memories of me- other than Shigure, Hatori, Kureno, and Ayame- Yuki, you were my best friend. And Kyo…. You also used to be my best friend. You two could open up to me, because I could hug you without you transforming." She paused, "I am the zodiac Yazu-eh."
Tohru gasped and Kyou and Yuki stared at her stunned. She looked at them. The grief was so plain in her eyes. Tohru could not control herself. She hugged her, surprised, Mina hugged her back.
Then Tohru led her to the bathroom, where Mina could wash up. When they reached, while Mina was washing her face, Tohru comforted her.
On their way back Mina said, "Tohru….Thank you."
Tohru looked at her, clearly surprised "You're welcome"
On their way back home, Yuki had the courage to bring the book up again. "Well, about the book, I think we should start figuring out the next pages…."
"Duh" Kyo said.
"Not just that, I think it'll be faster and easier if we made groups of two. It'll help too." Yuki
"I'm not with Yuki" Kyo said in a final tone, completely annihilating the idea of Mina and Tohru together.
"Alright, then, Honda-san, who would you like to be with?"
"Er, well, it doesn't matter, anyone will be ok." Tohru stuttered.
"She's with me" Kyo said. Mina's expression dropped noticeably, but changed in an instant. Not, however before Kyo got a glimpse of it.
"Alright then, Mina-san I guess you're with me."
They talked a little bit more, about how they were going to do it, and then dropped the subject. "Mina-san, will you be going to Shishou's house today?"
Mina shook her head "He's still on his journey….I wonder where he went……"
Kyo answered, "He said he went to some place, where he wanted to talk to some old guy…"
Well, that was the chapter. I hope you enjoyed and as always, review, review, review!
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