(A/N: well here I am again, I really hope you guys recommend this to your friends who like furuba… but you know, I just want ppl to read and review and enjoy it so yea… well in this chapter, Ebbie and Ari find out about the --- Duh dun dun! The Sohma family secret! Lol well enjoy!)
POOF! A cloud of purplish smoke appeared in the middle of the hall. Ari was coughing and Ebony was too. "Oh no." Tohru said and her eyes widened.
"Ari?" Ebony called, worried about her sister.
"Kyo? What was that loud crashing sound?" Shigure said peeking his head out from behind the wall.
Kyo grumbled and his face turned red.
"Yuki? I'm sorry." Arianna said and rubbed her head. She looked down and there was a rat. "Ooooh! It's so cute! It's a rat." Arianna said and picked up the rat in her hands. She pet the top of its head. "Ebbie look-" Arianna started, her face turned from happy to pure disgust. "IT'S A RAT!" She screamed and dropped the rat on the ground. She grabbed the broom that was leaning against the wall and had it above her head, ready to kill the rat.
"AHHH!" Arianna screamed, ready to kill.
"WAIT!" Tohru shrieked and grabbed the broom in midair from Arianna.
"Why!" Arianna asked.
"Um-" Tohru started, she had a very nervous look on her face.
"Miss Wilson, it's me, Yuki…" The rat said and looked at Arianna.
Arianna stared wide-eyed at the rat. "Yu-ki?" She squeaked.
"Oh my-" Ebony started, but her eyes rolled in the back of her head and she was falling to the ground.
"Ebony-chan!" Shigure said as she fell onto him. POOF!
"OH MY GOD!" Arianna screamed. Ebony had just turned Shigure into a dog. Ebony was passed out on the floor. Tohru was running around like an idiot trying to figure out what to do.
"This is just great." Kyo muttered as he held his head.
"Now, now. It's not that bad." Shigure said and looked at the passed out Ebony.
"Yes it is!" Kyo yelled. He glared and pointed at the rat. "It's that damn rat's fault for letting the spaz fall on him!"
"I AM NOT A SPAZ!" Arianna yelled and scooped up Yuki and Shigure. "TOHRU! WHERE ARE YOU!" Arianna panicked. "KYO HELP ME I DON"T KNOW WHAT TO DO!" Arianna screamed and ran around the house carrying the two boys.
"Um- Miss Wilson-" Yuki started.
"AHH!" Arianna screamed.
Suddenly the door opened and a man with hair covering his left eye stepped in. "Oh, YOU! HELP ME! THEY'RE ANIMALS, AND MY SISTER IS PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR!" Arianna screamed to the man.
"You idiot." The man said dryly.
Arianna's eye twitched. "Did you just call me an idiot?"
"Oh, no, I'm sorry, I was calling Shigure an idiot." The man said. "Oh, and by the way, I am Hatori Sohma." The man said.
"So you're a Sohma too?" Arianna's head spun. Too many Sohma's.
"Now, if you don't mind, I must see to your sister." He said and walked past her towards Ebony, who Tohru was trying to help.
"But what about the-" Arianna started, but- POOF!
"AHHHH! YOU'RE NAKED!" She screamed and covered her eyes.
"Um, yes, sorry about that." Yuki said, pulling on a shirt.
A few minutes later, Ebony awoke to Hatori. "Who are you?" She shot up holding her head.
"I'm Hatori Sohma, I'm a doctor. You fainted and I was checking you." Hatori said politely.
"Oh." Ebony said and looked at her lap. "Where's Ari?" She asked.
"AHHH! EBONY!" Arianna screamed coming into the room. She looked like she had seen a ghost. 'Or grandma…' Ebony thought sadly, she could never forgive her grandmother for what that evil witch did, never.
"What?" Ebony asked, she looked worried.
"Did you SEE WHAT HAPPENED!" Arianna screamed, she looked shocked/scared/happy/sad at the same time.
"Um, depends on what you're talking about…" Ebony said and stared at her sister.
"THEY TURN INTO ANIMALS!" She yelled and pointed to Shigure and Kyo! "AND I BET THAT THEY DO TOO!" She yelled pointing to Kyo and Hatori.
Ebony stared at the people in the house. Tohru sighed and looked at the ground.
Hatori sighed and placed his hand on Ebony's head. "What are you doing?" Arianna asked uneasily.
"I'm erasing her memory that this ever happened…" Hatori said.
"What?" Arianna asked, shock written on her face.
"You're going to erase my memory?" Ebony asked quietly, she looked like she was about to cry for some reason.
"NO! You can't! There are a lot of things she needs to remember!" Arianna said almost in tears.
"Don't worry, I'm only erasing the Sohma curse." Hatori said and cast a glance at Arianna.
"But-" Arianna started.
In the time they were talking, Yuki walked up to Hatori and smacked his hand away from Ebony's head. (A/N: GASP! YUKI! Lol, sorry for the interruption!)
"Yuki?" Ebony looked confused, this was all happening so fast.
"ACHOO!" Arianna sneezed.
"Yuki, you know this has to be done." Hatori said quietly.
"Why don't we ask Akito first?" Yuki's eyes narrowed at the sound of Akito's name.
"I'll go and ask him." Hatori said and picked up his bag. He walked to the door and turned around. "Good day Miss Wilson's. Oh, and Shigure?"
"Yes Haa'-san?" Shigure asked.
Hatori tossed a tiny bottle to him and he caught it. "Give it to Arianna-san. Once a day." Hatori said and with that, he walked out.
Shigure sighed. "Sure, he leaves us to explain it all." He said and rolled his eyes. "Well, we might as well explain it now, since they might get their memories erased later. Come, come girls, sit around." Shigure motioned for everyone to sit at the table.
Tohru sat down and looked at the ground. "What's going on?" Ebony asked.
Shigure took a deep breath. "The Sohma family… is cursed."
Arianna looked shocked, she almost looked like she smiled. "Cursed?" She looked at Ebony. Ebony shook her head.
"The Sohma curse, is that we are the 12 animals of the zodiac. I am the dog, as you already know, Yuki, the rat, and Kyo the cat. When we are hugged by the opposite sex, we transform." Shigure explained.
"Oh." Ebony and Arianna said together.
"Tohru is the only "outsider" so to speak, that knows our secret. Even some of the Sohma family doesn't even know." Shigure said.
"Wow." Ebony said and looked at the people sitting around the table.
"But like any curse, a dark cloud hangs over this family. And well, it's not pleasant." Shigure said and looked at his lap.
"Well-" Arianna started, she started to get up, but Ebony pulled her hand down to make her sit.
"No." Ebony whispered. She didn't even look up, she just held her heart necklace in her hand.
"But Ebbie-" Arianna started.
Ebony shook her head, not making eye contact with the others. Arianna sat down and looked at the others.
"Is there something you would like to tell us?" Tohru asked sweetly.
"No." Ebony said quickly. Arianna just looked at the ground.
"Oh." Tohru said and looked at Kyo and Yuki.
Arianna looked like she was going to cry. She stood up and pulled her sister up too. "If you could excuse us, we'll be back in time for dinner." Arianna said with tears in her eyes.
"Oh, okay, are you sure you don't want any of us to come with you?" Tohru asked as Yuki stood up.
"NO! I mean, no, we're fine." Ebony said, catching herself. "Thank you Tohru-chan." Ebony said and with that the sister's ran out of the house at full speed, deep into the woods, as far from the house as they could get.
"I think there is something they're not telling us." Yuki said and shook his head slightly.
Arianna looked sad. They were far away from the house and no one was around. "Why can't we tell them?" Arianna snapped at her sister. She knew Ebony always made the best decisions, but maybe this time…
"Because!" Ebony said, glaring at Arianna. "Just because they tell us their secret, doesn't mean we have to tell them ours!"
"But Ebony-" Arianna started. She really did think that they should tell the Sohma's.
"But nothing. If we tell them now, or soon anyway, we might have our memories erased. We won't remember they're curse, but they'll remember ours." Ebony's eyes narrowed.
"So, we should wait?" Arianna asked.
Ebony nodded. "If we wait, then, well, we'll see what happens." Ebony half smiled. She held her necklace, and Arianna pulled out hers, they were identical necklaces, given to them by their grandmother.
They stared at them for a while. "You know, I should hate this necklace. But I don't." Ebony said.
"It's the only thing we have to remember our family. To remember someone who loved us." Arianna said and held it firmly in her hand.
"Don't say that that witch loved us Ari." Ebony hissed.
"She did…" Arianna persisted. She held the necklace to her chest.
"Don't say that! She didn't." Ebony said and closed her eyes.
"But Ebbie-" Arianna started, she looked like she was going to cry.
"I'm not going to argue anymore, and if you don't stop crying, it will rain, so let's not have that." Ebony said quietly, and she started back in the direction of the house.
Arianna wiped a tear, and slowly followed her sister. 'She did love us Ebony, I know she did….' Arianna thought and sniffled, making their way back to the Shigure's house.
(A/N: okay, there you go! Chapter 3… well, I hope you enjoyed it, and review too… lol, and hopefully the next update for this will be in the next week or so… thanks for reading!
Happy: I LIKE ARI!
Me: -sighs- I thought you would…
Suki: well, that was kinda sad-ish, so I hope you enjoyed it…
Avery: And there is some bad stuff to come…. –smirks-
Me: you just had to tell them? O well, they would find out sooner or later…
Happy: PIE!
Avery: shut the hell up….
Suki: Um, be nice…
Me: I'm insane… lol sorry!
swn)