Author's note: You know, this is my first story and I'm pretty excited and I shall tell you why. So I got my first review I got so excited that someone actually read my story. I was thinking about putting Tohru in there somewhere as a friend of Sakura's but I guess we'll wait and see. Enjoy chp. 2!
Chapter 2: Sakura's Curse
Sakura and Kaori arrived at school. Today was no different than any other day. She sat in her desk, listening to the teacher. Next to her sat a boy named Yuki. He was called "The Prince" by girls in his fan club. He was a nice boy with strange purple hair and eyes but that didn't seem to bother anyone. Especially not Sakura since she herself had dark purple hair and hazel eyes that changed color in the dark. Sakura would ask him a question here and there about the about the assignment but that was it. Today though, he talked about more than assignments.
"So, Miss Luna, where do you live? Are you close to the school."
"Um..." Sakura hesitated. "Well, I live among that forest past the residential area."
"You do? Where?"
"Somewhere in there. Hey do you know the answer to the second problem?"
Yuki gave a suspicious look. I couldn't tell anyone besides Kaori that I live in a tree.
During class Sakura was thinking about what her and Kaori were talking about and somehow, it led to her thinking about the curse.
Why did I have to end up with a curse? Sakura thought. You see, my whole family has had a curse for hundreds of years. Well, I say my whole family but it's actually only about half of the members.
A long time ago, there was a family who had a different curse. That curse changed them into the twelve members of the Chinese Zodiac. They also had the cat who was not included. The Luna Family, my family, was part of their own clan and they continually desired to make the cat a part of the zodiac. The head of the zodiac family refused to do so and eventually, he grew angry with them. Since they adored the cat so much, he put a curse on them. The curse of the black cat.
The black cat has been known superstitiously as a bad luck symbol. In the curse, bad luck was no superstition. The cursed members change into black cats whenever fear, lust, sadness, anger or any other negative emotion is felt. The only way to change back is to kiss someone. It is believed that a kiss was an act of love that cancels the negative emotions.
That's not the worst part of the curse though. We have a true form just like the cat who cannot be in the zodiac. However, our true form differs. Unfortunately, I have experienced it once already.
The bell rang and class was dismissed. Kaori said goodbye and went home. After school, Sakura would go straight to work so that way she could get out as soon as possible. She worked only three days out of the week and one day of the weekend. She recently applied at a building doing some cleaning. Sakura was surprised she got the job so fast but from what she hears, the girl that used to work there was fired.
She arrived at work around four and got off at got off at ten everyday. She didn't want to overexert herself too much. In fact, she had put more hours in but she grew too tired and didn't feel like going to school the first two day, so she changed her time schedule. Fortunately, before running away, Sakura took plenty of money from her rich family. So much that she wouldn't have to work for two months straight but she wanted to make sure that that money would stay that way.
After work, she would go to Kaori's house to shower and eat. Then her and Kaori would talk for a little while then Sakura would go to her home. It wasn't much of a home but it was hers. Living in a tree wasn't the best place. There were often too many visitors. Very tiny visitors that like to bite and sting. Sakura got a few blanket and made herself a bed. She slept peacefully and smiled as she realized she has finished one more day of school.