"Would anyone, except Hatori, like to guess what animal I am?" Akira asked after she took a small bite of fish.
"That's not fair. Why does Hari not get to guess?" Shigure said and crossed his arms.
"Because he's going to tell you the answer." Akira stated with a smirk.
"Well we do fight a lot, and our hair color shows what color our animal is, so I think you're a panther. You're brother is a cat, so I think that has to have something to do with it," Haru said with a matter-of-fact face.
"Is he right?" Shigure asked Hatori.
"No." Hatori said bluntly
"I know, I know!" Momiji jumped up, "She's a fox."
"Why do you think that?" Yuki asked.
"We're a little sneaky and… um… Foxes are pretty… so is Akira. We tend to look like our inner animal. So I think Akira is a fox." Momiji said with his hands on his hips.
"Wrong again." Hatori said then took a bite of fish.
Kyo eyed the fish in his chopsticks, he ate it then said, "She's a fish. No matter how lucky we may feel, no matter how much we may want to escape, it's inevitable… we'll get consumed."
Akira's mouth dropped, "Wow… wrong animal, but that concept could apply. Are there any other guesses?" In unison, everyone answered no. "Okay Hatori, tell them the answer."
"She is the deer, the white stag as a matter of fact." Hatori paused to give this time to sink in, "We tend to try to run from our problems. Although she has black hair in person, her animal is white and has antlers like a male. We are the opposite of what we want to be. We tend to be sensitive to what others think of us. So she is the deer." The only thing that was heard was the soft chewing of fish or rice. Akira was taking note of each person's expression.
"Wow, I didn't see that coming." Kyo said.