Oh man! How long has it been I lost track lol oops! Well I decided to write this cause I'm bored seen as my high school has let us out now for study leave for our final exams XD and the fact that I read your reviews again X] I hope I can eventually take this story somewhere but I guess we'll just have to wait and see. Im not sure if you will like this chapter im not all that proud of it :S but without further delay…I give you chapter 4 of A Curse For The Cursed!
Amaya looked at the group in shock, her golden eyes widened in disbelief and perhaps slight fear. 'I'm not supposed to meet up with them this soon! Oh no, oh no, oh no.' her silent ranting was cut short by Kyo.
"That's her…" stated Kyo as he pointed at her, his orange hair damp and hung around his face. Amaya looked to the other two who were with him and silently gasped.
'She's not a part of the zodiac…' she thought as she looked upon the brown haired girl who looked at her in wonder. Her eyes travelled over to the other member of the small group. 'Ahh, so he's the rat, interesting…' she thought as she sat down and cocked her head, her tail swishing behind her.
"So what you stupid cat, it just looks like a normal fox." stated the rat or Yuki as she seemed to recall. Kyo twitched. "There doesn't seem to be anything special about it." he said once again. Kyo growled slightly.
"Did I ask you to say anything you damn rat Yuki!" yelled Kyo. Amaya just sat there as the brown haired girl continued to stare at her mesmerised by her eyes. The brown haired girl walked towards Amaya and knelt on the cold, concrete ground before reaching out a hand to stroke Amaya's fur. Amaya slightly flinched before letting her stroke her head slightly. The other two did not notice this interaction between the two for they were still fighting amongst each other.
"You, You seem sad…why?" asked Tohru as she stroked Amaya slightly. Amaya did not want to answer but the words seemed to just flow out of her mouth as if it wasn't her speaking.
"Ive lost everybody, everyone who I love and loved…" whispered Amaya sadly. Tohru's soft brown eyes glazed over slightly.
"I know how you must feel, I lost many of those who I loved also." replied Tohru. Amaya looked up at her with her golden eyes. Tohru smiled. "But I found more to love in their places." she said as she looked back at Kyo and Yuki. Amaya looked up at her with a new found respect for this girl.
'She, she loves them dearly, even though they are cursed.' she thought. Amaya shook her head. "No." she whispered. Tohru looked at back at her. "You, you may be able to love them, but you could never love me, you cant even be near me, its just to dangerous." said Amaya sadly as she went to walk away, the rain had stopped for now and Amaya was starting to warm up, the familiar tingling sensation that travelled from the tip of her tail and made its way to her nose that meant she was close to transforming had now started and Amaya was beginning to panic slightly. Tohru gasped causing the other two to now look at her seeing the fox walking away.
"No, Don't go!" shouted Tohru to Amaya's retreating back. Amaya kept walking but turned back slightly.
"You cannot get to close to me, just with this small contact you have been put at risk of my curse, it is not time for us too become friends, it is not my time to become loved just yet, no, that shall never happen. I will never be worthy enough to be loved." stated Amaya as she crossed a road failing to notice the car coming towards her. "You need to give your love to someone who truly needs it." 'because I'm a monster' she thought gloomily. When Amaya turned back around time seemed to slow down, she noticed the car coming towards her now, but she was far too late. 'How did I not notice!' she screamed in her head. 'damn it, is this a sign from god for me not to meddle in their affairs' she thought as the car drew nearer, as the car got closer she heard the pounding of footsteps, unfortunately it was to late, for the next minute all she could see was darkness, and the feeling of warmth wrapping around her body.
Kyo and Yuki looked up from their arguing when they hear Tohru gasp.
"No, Don't go!" shouted Tohru to the foxes retreating back. The fox kept walking but turned back slightly.
"You cannot get to close to me, just with this small contact you have been put at risk of my curse, it is not time for us too become friends, it is not my time to become loved just yet for I know it shall never happen to me." stated the fox as she crossed a road. Kyo noticed that a car was heading towards her and gasped. 'How can she not see it!' he yelled in his head, he wanted to warn her but he seemed unable to, as if some sort of force was stopping him from doing so.
"You need to give your love to someone who truly needs it." By the time the fox turned back around everything seemed to slow down. The fox spotted the car swerving towards her at a rapid speed but she still did not move. 'damn it!' thought Kyo as he was finally released from the unknown force. He ran towards her, his footsteps fast and heavy but by the time he reached her it was to late, the car hit her in the side and she went sliding across the floor. The car didn't even stop and continued going not caring that he just knocked something over. Kyo ran over to her and wrapped his arms around the small body, blood covered his body rapidly as Tohru and Yuki ran over. Kyo looked at them.
"We need to get her to Hatori!"
Darkness, that's all there was, a vast of darkness as far as the eyes could see, Amaya shifted slightly in the darkness and noticed that she had five fingers instead of paws. 'where am I…' she questioned in her mind all though it echoed throughout the darkness. Images started to focus in front of her in the dark space.
"Kyo! Wait for me!" yelled a young girl. Her black hair went to her shoulders and a slight red colour could be seen at the ends. Her left eye was a dark green but could be mistaken as black. Bandages covered her right eye and wrapped around the top, right side of her head. She panted slightly as she ran in a court yard of some sort. She was perhaps maybe only around the age of 5. She suddenly came to a stop and rested her hands on her white martial arts pants, her top being white also, but that being just a plain tank top. "He…never…waits…for…me…after training…" she panted talking to herself.
"Who never waits for you?" The girl jumped at the voice and screamed.
"Kyo! Don't do that!" screamed the girl. Kyo laughed. He was also adorned in white clothes although his top was also the martial arts kimono style. The girl held a hand over her chest where her heart was. "Oh man my heart is going like ten times faster now you idiot! It feels like its going to explode." she sighed. Kyo smirked.
"Aw is little Amaya-Chan scared, aww Amaya's a little scardey cat." taunted Kyo. An anger mark appeared on her small forehead.
"Ill show you whose a scardey cat!" she yelled as she pulled a bamboo sword from nowhere. Kyo gulped.
"H…Hey I think I hear my master calling!" and with that Kyo shot off like a bullet. Amaya grunted.
"Damn scardey cat…" she muttered.
"Ja ne Amaya-Chan!" she heard from Kyo as he disappeared back into his masters Dojo. Amaya smiled.
"Ja ne, Kyo-Kun…" with that she turned around and headed into the large building behind her.
Amaya smiled in the darkness as the image started to dissolve. "I remember that like it was yesterday." She then scratched her head and smiled. "I wonder if Kyo remembers" she pulled a face. "Nah I doubt it." All of a sudden the ground felt as if it were shaking. Amaya's eyes widened. Evil laughter rung around her as images started to form once again. This time though they looked recent.
Amaya sat in a room. She was leaning on a table reading a book when the sound of yelling reached her ears and the door slammed open and shut again. She sighed. 'Not long now Amaya.' she thought to herself. Suddenly she heard a scream. Her eyes shot open from there dazed state and away from her book. She shot up and ran to where the scream had come from, it was somewhere in the house she was sure of it. She came to the doorway that lead to the kitchen. S he reached her hand out to turn the knob but it creaked open slightly before she had the chance to turn it or even touch it. She peered in through the slight crack and saw darkness. It was quiet, too quiet. Amaya opened the door a bit more and nearly screamed, there was a hand, a hand covered in blood on the floor, that hand was attached to an arm which was attached to a body lying on the floor in a pile of blood, the body being her adoptive mothers body. Her mouth opened to scream but nothing came out. She went to bolt for the phone but the door suddenly swung open and in the door way was her little adoptive brother Takashi. She sighed shakily.
"Takashi what happened?" she questioned as she went to hug him in relief that he was still alive, Suddenly though his body began to fall forward, that was when she realized that his eyes were lifeless and his mouth hung open slightly, blood trickled out. His face extremely pale. He fell into Amaya's outstretched arms, though she didn't transform. She shivered as she felt how cold his body was. She felt bile slowly making its way up her throat. The vile taste making her shudder slightly as it crawled its way up her throat. She swallowed in her now dry throat which made it sting as it travelled back down. She didn't dare move for the fear that Takashi's body would slide out of her loose grasp. Tears slid down her face as her hand slowly raised shakily to stroke his hair, his black hair was silky to the touch and fell through her fingers. She shook as sobs racked through her body. 'He was only 10, how could this happen!' she thought in despair. 'This damn curse of mine!' She looked up slightly and into the dark room, She looked at the lifeless body of her adoptive mother and snorted slightly. 'Not to sound to cruel, but she did deserve it.' she thought harshly. She gently unwrapped her hands from Takashi's body and set him down on the floor. She looked into his now dull blue eyes that were once the colour of the ocean and filled with happiness. She looked at him sadly before raising her hand over his eyes and shutting them.
"Sorry Takashi, I am so sorry for putting you in harms way of this wretched curse." She stood up from her knees and looked around. 'Now where's that bastard…' she slowly made her way into the kitchen and noticed the mess. The floor tiles were smeared with blood, the counters looked as if they had been hacked at numerous times with a knife and cupboards were wide open, blood prints all over them shaped like hands. She made her way over to her adoptive mothers body when she heard the door creak and shut. She whipped around and gasped.
"Well I found him…" she whisperedshakily as she looked at the man before her. He held a knife in his hand that had some sort of substance dripping off of it. His hair was messy and covered his face for the most part. He looked at her, a wicked smirk on his face.
"Hello foxy." he sneered, his eyes looking at her with a vicious murdering intent.
Amaya shook out of her trance as the darkness started to seep away, the images disappearing with it. Light started to replace the darkness. Amaya was blinded a moment before she felt a slight draft, she felt a thin piece of material on top of her body, something was covering her. She could hear the sound of birds chirping and distant voices. She groaned but realized it came out as a low growl. 'Ah I must be back in my fox form' she thought as she opened her eyes slowly. Her surroundings were blurry for a moment before she realized she was staring at a wooden shoji door. 'Where am I?' she thought. She noticed that she was lying on her left side. 'what happened.' suddenly her memories of what had happened came rushing back, She suddenly shot up, but then regretted it and let out a bark of pain. She heard the sound of running footsteps. Suddenly the door was thrown open and a group of people walked in, or should I say ran. She noticed that Kyo, Tohru and Yuki were there. She looked to the others with her golden eyes and noticed the two grown men, one was adorned with a casual Yukata, whilst the other wore dress pants, a white button up shirt with a black tie and a doctors coat over it.
"Fox-san you really shouldn't move." he said monotone as he walked over to her and knelt down. He pressed down on her bandaged side and she barked and went to bite his hand. "Don't touch me!" she snarled. For some reason he didn't seem to bothered by the fact that a fox was talking. He quickly recoiled. "Your not healed yet." he stated as he pulled out some ointment. She eyed the tube with a cautious gaze. He caught the gaze. "Don't worry, its just something to take away the soreness." he stated. Amaya looked at him once again. Trusting him this once she relaxed. 'The sooner that this is done the sooner I can get out of here.' she thought with a sigh. Taking this as a sign to go ahead he removed the blanket from on top of her. The bandages were white but still looked a tad brown. The man proceeded to unwrap her bandages which were slightly attached to the flabby skin of her wound. She winced slightly and let out a whimper. The other occupants of the room looked at her slightly. Tohru looked upon her with sadness and sympathy. A look she that she was used to, too used to. "Don't look at me like that, rice ball!" she snarled. Tohru looked a bit taken back, she glanced around the room nervously pressing the tips of her two index fingers together several times.
"Gomennasai fox-san, it's just that I've, no, we've all been worried about you, you've been out for 3 days." she whispered. Amaya's eyes widened slightly and she went to sit up but the Doctor pushed her back down gently. She glared at him but he didn't seem phased by it. "I don't care what you think, I need to get out of here!" she forced herself up against his hand and stood shakily on her paws. The Yukata wearing man waved his hands nervously.
"Honestly fox-san I don't think that you should be moving just-! Amaya cut him off by biting his ankle and running through his legs. She winced as she ran through the doorway. 'This is not painful, no, not at all' was what she kept thinking to herself. She got out into the corridor and then looked to her left, and then looked to her right. 'Hmm to risk going further into the house, or to risk getting out of said house. She opted to go to her left which unfortunately led her into a lounge area in which she had no way of getting out. She heard a group of footsteps approaching her from behind and turned. Kyo, Yuki, Tohru and the two older men were stood there. The doctor like person strode forward.
"Now fox-san, seen as your not going to sit still and want to get out of here as fast as possible, we are going to need to ask you a few questions. How do you know of the curse and why are you warning us of this threat." Amaya smirked.
"Wow, your very forward aren't you, why don't we introduce ourselves first." Amaya felt the familiar tingling sensation once again when she was about to transform, she smiled a foxy smile. "But first. Please avert your eyes." with that there was a big poof of red smoke. There eyes widened as they all turned way blushing slightly. "Could someone pass me some clothes before I freeze please." a female voice asked. The doctor like person shook of his white lab coat in one smooth move and chucked it behind him. Hearing a brief thank you and a bit of shuffling they finally heard an "Ok." from the female now stood behind them. They turned around and there mouths dropped open. There in front of them sat Amaya, her black hair hung down to her hips and the red tips shone in the light, her one green/black eye shone cunningly as she examined the expressions on the peoples faces before her. She smirked.
"Well, then introductions." she smiled a grin that could possibly be seen as an evil grin. " My names Amaya…Amaya Sohma,, and im the fox of the zodiac." There eyes widened.
"But how is that possible!" yelled Kyo. Amaya shrugged.
"Don't ask me." but she was ignored as the five of them argued amongst themselves well more like Kyo, Yuki and the two older men, Tohru just sat there nervously twitching not knowing what to do.
"She can't be a part of the Zodiac otherwise Akito would have said something!" yelled Kyo. Everything went silent. They heard the sound of scuffing feet and saw Amaya standing up, her hair cast eerie shadows over her face. Tohru looked at her carefully.
"A…Amaya?" she questioned trying to see the girls face. Amaya tensed.
"Don't…" she trailed off, but you could tell that she was mad.
"Never…ever…say that name again!" she yelled as she looked up. Her eyes flashing dangerously. By her reaction the other members of the room gathered that Akito must have done something to her in her past. Just like the rest of them. "So Amaya if you don't mind us asking but how exactly are you a member of the zodiac, there should never have been a fox." questioned the Yukata wearing man. Amaya took a deep breath and sat down crossing her legs casually and leaning her elbows on her knees and then placing her face in her hands. She looked at the other people in the room carefully examining them. There was silence as Amaya thought. 'So we have the rat' her eyes glided over to Yuki's kneeling form and she glared. Her eyes then travelled to the girl next to him. 'We have a rice ball' she thought and then she looked at the orange haired boy. 'Kyo…the cat…I-does he remember me I wonder…' she thought she then looked at the last two in the room. 'They must be a part of the zodiac then, but who are they- ah that's it!' Her eyes widened.
"Eeeee its you Hatori and Shigure!!" she yelled as she backed away from them. "Perverts, perverts, perverts…" she whispered over and over. Question marks hovered over Hatori and Shigure's heads whilst the other 3 sweat dropped. Amaya suddenly turned serious once again. "You wonder why you have never heard of the fox of the zodiac before?" she asked. The others nodded. She sighed. "Well then I guess I should tell you from the beginning then shouldn't I, it started at the banquet where the rat tricked the cat…"
The rat walked up to the cat that was cleaning its paws. "Cat I have some wonderful news!" stated the rat joyously which sounded a bit like Yuki. The cat looked at the rat before answering.
"Well then lets hear it you puny rat, im not in the mood today!" yelled the cat that sounded a lot like Kyo. The rat twitched before he thought up a devious plan. The rat smirked slightly.
"Well you see cat not tomorrow but the day after there is to be a large banquet held for 14 animals." stated the rat. The cat looked at him.
"So what of it?" he questioned, the rat forced a smile.
"Well you see, for all 14 animals who show up at the banquet, they get turned into the members of the zodiac." exclaimed the rat. The cats eyes widened.
"Really?! Which animals have been chosen?" questioned the cat. The rat smirked.
"Well there's the dragon, the dog, the monkey, the horse, the tiger, the ox, the ram, the rooster, the snake, the boar, the cat, the rat, the rabbit and the fox." The cats eyes widened.
"The fox! Oh man I cant wait to tell her! You haven't told her already have you cause if-" the rat cut the cat off.
"No, no I haven't." he said "I wasn't going to tell her at all." he muttered. The cat looked at him.
"What was that I didn't catch it?" The rat waved his paws frantically.
"Nothing, nothing, why don't you go and find foxy im sure she'll be happy, ecstatic even!" suggested the rat. The cat nodded and scampered off. The cat called back. "I'll see ya soon rat!" and with that he disappeared. The rat smirked evilly.
"To bad that then it will be to late you stupid cat."
"Oh no! What happened next Amaya-Chan?" questioned Tohru. She looked just like a little kid even though she was the same age as Amaya. Amaya smiled.
"Well if you let me continue then it will be done soon." she tried to hide her anger for being interrupted for no apparent reason. Hatori, Shigure, Kyo and Yuki were also intently listening.
The cat walked up to a red ball of fur that was laying on the floor. There body rising up and down at a steady even pace. He hovered above the ball before wincing at the pain that was soon to come. He prodded the fur ball with his paw and waited, and waited and waited. He opened his eyes to see that the fur ball had not moved and was still breathing in and out evenly. The cat sighed and prodded it again. This time the red fur ball shot up and barked. It nipped the cat on its tail as it turned to run away. The cat gave a meow of pain as it nursed its tail. The red fur ball which was now seen as a fox released its tense stance and glared at the cat.
"You stupid cat! You know better than to wake me up like that!" yelled the fox. The cat apologized before explaining why it had come here in the first place.
"So what your saying is that we have a chance to become a part of the zodiac and all we have to do is go to some banquet the day after tomorrow?" questioned the fox. The cat nodded.
"No." stated the fox. The cats happy face turned into one of shock.
"What! What do you mean no? you have to go, don't you understand. We finally have a chance to make something of ourselves-"
"It just seems to easy cat. There has to be something else behind it. Some sort of secret motive." The cat looked up in thought.
"Who told you all this anyway cat?" questioned the fox. The cat looked at her.
"The rat did, he said that not tomorrow but the day after there was going to be a banquet and that all the animals who attended it were to become zodiac members." The fox glared at the mention of the rat.
"Then none of that information is true." said the fox. The cat looked surprised, before he could ask why the fox looked up and cut him off.
"It's getting late, its best if we get some rest and then tomorrow we shall look for the rat." With that the fox lay back down and drifted off to sleep. The cat nodded mutely although the fox could no longer see it and he too curled up into a ball near the fox and drifted off to sleep. The next day the fox and cat awoke and went to search for the rat. But if course today was the day where all the animals were supposed to go to the banquet, so imagine the fox and the cats surprise when they ran into all the animals and the God.
"Ah your just in time, fox and cat. We were just about to start!" stated the God. They were in shock and glared at the rat who had a look of pure annoyance placed upon his face. The fox stepped up to God.
"But God, I thought the banquet was tomorrow?" asked the fox bowing. God smirked.
"Ah you always enjoy to suck up to me don't you?" he asked. The fox said nothing but the cat scowled. "Well you see the banquet is not until later after the first 'activity'." all the animals looked shocked.
"So what are we doing God?" questioned the fox. The God smirked.
"Not we my little foxy, you, all of you are going to race for your place."
Amaya was now sat at a table with the others, she now had actual clothes to wear which consisted of a blue denim skirt, a white top, a green midriff hoody and black leggings with a pair of white trainers. They all looked at her in anticipation to continue but she just sat there staring at the table. A few minutes passed and Kyo was now visibly twitching. He looked like he was about to explode when suddenly he slammed his palm on the table.
"Why did you leave Amaya?!" he yelled at her. Shigure, Hatori, Yuki and Tohru looked surprised ay Kyo. Amaya didn't answer. Kyo growled and stood up slamming the door behind him. Everyone now looked at Amaya who was standing.
"I better be going." She said. Tohru stood also.
"No, you can stay longer, it's getting late now and-" Amaya cut her off by putting a hand over her mouth. She smiled.
"Its ok, really, I appreciate your concern but I will be fine." she said and with that she opened the door. Without turning back she said. "Thanks for the clothes by the way. I guess I'll, I'll see you around." and with that she disappeared into the dark night.
Soooooooooo what do you think? Please let me know! Give me your opinions, advice, ya know point out any bad points lol anyway not sure when next chapter will be up XD seriously why do they take us out of school to study lol its not write X] I mean it was my actual last day of high school yesterday :S Hopefully if Iget my 4 GCSE'S I can get into my course at college, buuuut they even said if i don't get 4 gcse's I can still take the course just at a lower level! I'm so pumped XD
plus my mum has bought me two tickets to go see the Jonas Brothers in concert. I mean I'm usually into rock and punk but they have quite a few decent songs lol XD June 15th baby!