Chapter 6
It all relied on how fast Wufei was, he knew it and he blessed every hour he had ever spent training just so he could grab the cat before it hit the floor. Duo was talking/yelling at the girl who had bumped into his boyfriend and while they argued neither of them noticed Wufei running away with what seemed like an arm full of clothing.
After about five minuets of running, he stopped off in the local park, finding a secluded bench he sat down, panting for air while the small brown cat next to him struggled to get out of the pile of clothing. "Meow?" tried Heero.
"Don't worry Yuy, your secret is safe with me," said Wufei as he leaned back on the bench, staring at the clouds.
"What do you mean?" asked the cat as it moved to sit on the back of the bench, looking curiously at Wufei.
"You're the cat from the zodiac curse right? The thirteenth animal." He paused and lifted his head up to look into Heero's deep blue eyes. "It's okay Yuy. I'm not called The Dragon just because of Nataku." Heero smiled as best he could and moved to Wufei's lap, sitting there and looking up at him.
"What do you mean?" Heero asked.
"You don't know, Yuy?" At Heero's nod, Wufei explained. "Do you know about the Zodiac? How the rat tricked the cat into thinking the banquet was a night later then it really was?"
"No."
"The cat missed the banquet and was not named one of the twelve Zodiac animals that the Chinese calendar runs by. Most people think the tale ends there, that the cat is a scorned animal."
"There's more," Heero deduced.
"Yes. Not very many people know the rest about the Zodiac curse. We, Yuy, are part of the curse. When ever we are embraced by a member of the opposite sex, or when we come under extreme stress, we change into our animal forms."
"So you mean-"
"I, too, change into an animal of the Zodiac, the dragon. There is a reason why I am the last member of my clan."
"It's hard for you to have relationships with others."
It was silent for a few moments. Wufei was letting all of the information sink into Yuy's brain about their condition before he continued. "That's not all."
Heero looked up at Wufei, confusion showing while he was still a cat. "There's more?"
"Yes. My clan's elders told me this; our clan broke off from another clan long ago. This clan was the one cursed with the Zodiac curse. The Sohmas. This curse only effects the Sohma clan and no one else. While they are very distant cousins of mine, I am still related to them, as are you."
Cat eyes widened as Heero also came to this conclusion.
Anything else that would have said was cut off as Heero suddenly transformed on Wufei's lap. Both Heero and Wufei turned beet red and froze in shock, but what was worse was the voice behind them that suddenly appeared.
"What are you two doing back here?"