Something I forgot to mention in the first chapter is that all the younger characters would resemble their main gender's parent (for example: Tohru resembles her father Katsuya, while Kyomi—even though she dresses like a punk and was originally going to have punk-style twintails—resembles his unnamed mother).

Enjoy


*DING* *DONG*

"Special delivery!"

*SLIDE*

"YOU'RE NEVER GONNA BELIEVE THIS," Tohru screamed as she opened the door, "BUT THE GIRLS HERE...ARE ALL ANIMALS!"

"Ah, yes, I see the animals in your arms," said the deliveryman. "Could you please sign this?"

"NO! I'M SERIOUS! THEY'VE—"

*STAMP*

Shizuka stamped the delivery package with her Dog mouth.

"Ah, what a smart dog. Thank you!" And so, the deliveryman walked off, leaving the male guest to slump to his knees with blue horizontal lines over his forehead and eyes.

"ARGH! YOU BITCHES BETTER MAKE UP A GOOD COVER STORY FOR HIM!" yelled Kyomi.

"You're the one who got trigger-happy, you idiot Cat," protested Yukari.

"T-T-They can talk, too?" thought Tohru.

"*WOOF* Let's not waste our time making a cover story and just tell him the truth," said Shizuka. "Basically," she explained to the human girl, "I'm the Dog, Yukari-chan's the Rat, and Sohma Kyomi over there is the Cat. Along with the rest of the Sohma clan, we're all possessed by animal spirits from the Chinese Zodiac. The other thirteen of us in total; we've been cursed for over hundreds of years. Aside from being able to communicate with our respective animals, we don't really have any special powers. And we mostly transformed when we're sick or hugged by the opposite sex. Also, the timing is random, but after some time, we eventually return back to normal..."

*POOF*

"...naked, of course," the Dog-possessed human concluded.

*SPLAT*

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Tohru's nostrils exploded at the immediate site of three naked males.


"Sorry we made you see that," Shizuka said to Tohru after she and the girls finished changing. "You feelin' better, Tohru-kun?"

"Man, that's a lot to process," said Tohru. "*GASP* Wait a second, THAT'S why Sohma-chan pushed away that boy who tried to hug him!"

"You are such an idiot, Kyomi!" the Dog-possessed woman laughed. "A trained martial artist gets groped by a boy who snuck up on you from behind? Maybe you should stop focusing your eyes on Yukari-chan all the time."

"Oh, SHUT UP! And it ain't MY fault!" Kyomi yelled. "Why the hell is there a boy in our house anyways?!"

"It shouldn't really matter if our house holds a girl or not," said Yukari. "YOU don't even LIVE in this house."

"Grr...SHUT UP!"

*PUNCH*

The punk girl punched the table so hard that it spilt in two.

"Ow!"

"...Huh...?" Kyomi suddenly noticed a red scratch on Tohru's head (having accidentally been hit by a leg of the table). And then...

"ACK! Blood!" exclaimed Shizuka.

"Blood?! Where?!" Tohru panicked.

"Hold on! I'll get a bandage!"

*SLAP*

Yukari suddenly slapped the punk girl's face. "*SIGH* I never thought you're idiotic bitching...would actually go THIS far." And so, she unbuttoned the top of her shirt, revealing her c-cup cleavage. "As justice for your idiotic bitching against Honda-kun...I shall fight you...for real..."

"...THEN EAT SHIT AND DIE, RAT-BITCH!" snapped Kyomi.

*POW* *BAM* *WHAM* *BOOM*

And so, the two girls began fighting for real.

"HEY! STOP! BOTH OF YOU! THIS ISN'T RIGHT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" screamed Tohru.

"Don't worry about them," Shizuka said as she began treating Tohru's wound. "They're always fighting and rarely get along."

"But aren't you gonna stop them?"

"Nah, it'll all be over when Yukari-chan wins again in three...two...one..."

*KICK*

*BREAK*

Getting close to Kyomi for an alleged kiss, Yukari ended the fight by kicking her into a door...

*SPLASH*

...and into the pond. "*SIGH* Once again...that was boring."

"Sh...She just sent her flying..." Now with a bandage on her forehead, Tohru stared in shock at the fight that had just ended.

"Yukari-chan, you just broke the door," sighed Shizuka.

"You okay, Honda-chan?" asked Yukari.

"Who, me? I'm fine! What about her?" the female guest pointed to the pond.

"Her? She'll be fine."

*SPLASH*

"*GASP* *COUGH* *COUGH* *HACK*" The Sohma punk emerged from the pond coughing and weezing.

"Wow, I never thought the 'princess' of our school was THIS tough of a fighter," thought Tohru. "*GASP* SCHOOL?! OH, NO! I'M GONNA BE LATE!" He frantically started bowing to his new hosts. "I'M SORRY! I GOTTA GO! IT'S IMPORTANT I GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME!"

"Oh, it's no problem at all, Tohru-kun," said Shizuka. "But first, we gotta report this to Akito-san, the head of our family.

"'The head of your family'? You mean someone very important? Okay! I'll go get dressed." And so, Tohru headed upstairs.

"Now, I get why you nearly spilled our secret," said Yukari. "You were gonna erase her memory immediately afterwards, weren't you? Just like before?"

"No, I wasn't. The only reason I did it back then was because too many people found out."

"I'm off for school, too." The silver-haired girl. "And make sure you fix the roof, idiot Cat!"

"Kyomi-chan, make sure you also fix the door before I return," said Shizuka. "And don't go missing while I'm gone. AND don't forget to apologize to Tohru-kun." And so, she left Kyomi all alone in the pool to lean her head onto her arms against the side of the pond.


*DING* *DONG* *DING* *DONG*

"Yo, Tohru," said Ayumu at school, "it's not like you to be late, man. Did you oversleep?"

"O-Oversleep? Uh, YEAH, sure," said Tohru.

"Hah! You overslept?" laughed Minoru. "If I were you, I'd have just stay home and falsely called in sick, dumbass!"

"Hee hee hee hee hee hee..." Mei began laughing too.

*STARE*

Sato suddenly stared at the two boys...

"SHIT! RUN!"

*ZOOM*

...causing the Princess Yuki fanboys to flee...with the goth boy following after like a metal detector...

*STATIC*

*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP*

"Come to think of it, the princess actually arrived late as well," said Ayumu.

"Remember NOT a single word!" thought Tohru.


Later that afternoon, Tohru was preparing to walk home when...

"Honda-kun!"

"Huh?" Turning around, the brown-haired boy saw Yukari standing right behind him. "Yes, Sohma-chan?"

"Did you...tell your friends about us?"

"Me? No...I-I swear! I-I didn't tell anyone! I...I promised I wouldn't! Besides, my mother told me only bad people reveal secrets when they're told NOT to!"

"What I mean is—"

"LOOK, I'LL RIP OUT MY TONGUE! BREAK MY OWN BACK! JUMP OFF THE ROOF! I'LL TAKE ANY PUNISHMENT IF I—"

"Just listen—"

"I mean, my mother used to lie a lot back when she was alive, but—"

"LISTEN!"

*SLAM*

Yukari slammed her hand against the wall right next to Tohru's head. "*SIGH* We appreciate you trying to keep our secret, but we might end up erasing your memories...of ALL of us...and NOT just our curse..."


(Flashback)

"CATCH!" A girl tossed the football to Yukari.

"I GOT IT!" Yukari shouted as she caught the ball.

"YOU'RE MINE!"

*TACKLE*

Another girl suddenly tackled the silver-haired girl right after she caught the ball.

*POOF*

Just then, Yukari's clothes dropped to the floor...and seconds later, she crawled out of them as the Rat...

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK! A RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" The other girls began screaming and fleeing.


"...because of that incident, we not only erased the girls' memories of me as the Rat, but also their memories of me...PERIOD..."


"Hey, Akito, do you have to hide me because of how weird I am?" Yukari asked Akito behind the Sohma house door.

"...Yes. After all, isn't it weird for somebody to turn into a rat? If any human found out about your secret, then not only would they become sickened of you...but also AFRAID of you."

(End of Flashback)


"...I-I'm sorry, I just can't go against Akito's decrees. No matter what happens, there's just NOTHING I can do...I-I gotta go." And so, Yukari walked—

"No! Wait!"

*BUMP*

*POOF*

"ACK! I'm sorry! I swear it was an accident!" Tohru freaked out after accidentally hugging Yukari.

"Well, at least nobody saw us."

"You know, the way you worry about me...kinda makes me feel happy. Seems like you wouldn't have much of a choice if your secret was THAT important. Don't be afraid to do whatever it takes to protect you and your family. Even if you DO erase my memory, I'm sure we'll be able to know each other aga—"

*POOF*

*SPLAT*


Kneeling his forehead against a wall, Tohru held his bleeding nose.

"Like I said: The timing of our transformation varies," Yukari said as she finished putting her clothes back on. But then. she remembered...


"If any human found out about your secret, then not only would they become sickened of you...but also AFRAID of you."


"...Hey, Honda-kun, be honest: Are you...sickened of me?"

"Sick?" asked Tohru. "No, never."

"No, what I meant was...never mind, let's go home."


Returning to the Sohma household, Tohru returned to his home...only to see Kyomi jumping down a stepping ladder.

"There, I maganed to fix MOST of the ceiling. The pros will finish this up tomorrow," the Sohma punk said. "Amyways, you might wanna sleep somewhere else in case it rains."

"Okay, thanks."

"And...I-I...I'm—"

"Shizuka, Tohru-kun, I'm back," called Yukari downstairs. "Oh, and I'm also talking to the idiot bitch who lost to me!"


"Good news, Tohru-kun: You're allowed to stay with us as long as you like," announced Shizuka.

"And...you WON'T erase my memories?" asked Tohru.

"Not as long as you keep our secret."

"You can count on me!"

"...Sounds too good to be true," said Yukari. "Seems to me like you're trying you're getting Honda-kun involved with something you're plotting..."

"What?! Me?! Never!" said Shizuka nervously. "Oh, I also have an announcement: Kyomi will now be living with us as well."

"WHAT?! I GOTTA LIVE WITH THE RAT-BITCH AS WELL! OH, HELL NO! THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THAT YOU'RE MAKING ME—"

"This was NOT my decision. It was made...by Akito."


(Flashback)

"Hmm, I think I can trust this 'Tohru' kid," said Akito. "It might even be a good opportunity...for Yukari, for Kyomi, and me."

(End of Flashback)


"So, since I'll be living here now, I think it would be best if we all properly introduced each other," said the newest non-Sohma resident with a bow. "It's a pleasure to meet you both. And you too, Kyomi-san."

"Go to hell!" snapped Kyomi. "I ain't—"

*KICK*

*BREAK*

But then she got kicked through the door again by Yukari. "RAT-BITCH! I JUST FIZED THE GODDAMN DOOR!"

"You don't wanna live here? Fine!" the silver-haired Sohma snapped back. "Leave! Or sleep on the roof! There's no room for you anyways!"

End


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