A/N: Thank you SragonZ for reviewing! I just wish that more people would review! I'm getting lonely…Anywho, Chapter two is here for all of you!
Chapter 2: Forgotten Legend
Being in the Zodiac is never easy for anyone. I was put down by my mother all the time. I was looked down on by everyone on the "inside". I found out that there are two Rats. Well, actually, I'm a mouse but still you get my point. There's a legend I've only heard once in my life.
Long ago, after God held the first feast, he called another party. This time, the Cat was invited! The Rat was important to God and got a big head. In the end, the Rat brought his girlfriend. When God saw her, he was distraught!
"Why did you bring her, Rat?!" He boomed. "She was not invited!!"
The Rat was upset that God had gotten angry at him. The mouse was eventually put into the Zodiac, but with a price. She would never have her own thoughts.
The Rat was by Mouse's side all the time. He loved her even more. When God found out, he was extremely angry! God quivered with anger. The world shook with his ferocity. God announced to the animals:
"Leave the Mouse be! She is a threat to all of us!" The Rat denied God out of love. He stood by her side and they met in secret. God ended up banishing the Mouse from the world. The couple was torn. No one has seen the Mouse yet.
I'm the Mouse. The most cursed of the Zodiac. My mother and father hate me. The Juunishi all exclude me from their lives. Only a few stay at my side. Ayame, my obnoxious brother, Kisa, a darling girl who cares for all, and Momiji, a hyper-active 15-year-old boy all are with me till the end.
At school, I'm the witch. Apparently, a certain someone let slip of my mind powers. Rumor is, I take control of people's mind and body. Weird, huh?
Actually, I just communicate through telepathy. So the whole 'take over mind and body' isn't true. I'm double cursed. I still turn into a mouse with a poof. I'm really getting tired of going poof all the time…
"Yoshito?" His voice brought me from my reverie. I was staring at a blank square in the wall. My eyes flicked to the doorway. My brother stood proudly in the way of my great view of the outside.
"Ayame! Where were you?" I asked. Monotone coated my surprise.
"I was visiting a very important person. Sorry if I disappeared so suddenly." He replied solemnly.
"And did you leave your cheer behind?" I said with a raised eyebrow. I stood, noticing subconsciously my own grace. Inhumane and unnaturally graceful. I walked to the bathroom connected to my room. I looked in the mirror. My features were the usual. As all Zodiacs, I have strange hair and eye color. I had glowing silver hair and piercing purple eyes.
"Ha ha! Yoshito, I see you're making jokes. You're funny." Ayame's voice boomed. Dramatically changing from when he first came. I poked my head out of the doorway. My knee-length hair swinging to the side.
"You're just laughing because I pointed that out." I accused, my eyes flashed menacingly.
"Yoshito, reading my mind isn't fair!" He pouted like a child. Ayame was back to normal. I just smirked. He grinned back. I returned to my seat, much more comfortable in the present aura. I hinted a slight bit of mischief. I made nothing of it. "Anyways, I think there's someone you might like. I'm sure he'll like you, too."
"Oh, is that so?" I had continued my monotone to hide my disappointment. My brother was always trying to find someone to cheer me up. It just so happens, they are all boys. Each one doesn't even last a day.
"Yes! Here's my idea…" He replied before whispering his ingenious plan.
Meanwhile at Shigure's house…
"Tohru-kun?!" Shigure called. "Phone!" Tohru raced down the stairs. She heard Kyo's and Yuki's voice call out at the same time.
"Shut up, stupid Dog!" Each came from a different part of the house. Tohru took the phone and pressed it up against her ear.
"Hello?" She said. "Ayame-san! Hi!...Oh, I'll tell him. All right! Bye!" Tohru hung up the phone and dashed up the stairs. Yuki's door seemed so big. She knocked shyly.
"Yes?" Yuki's voice called from the other side of the door.
"May I come in?" Tohru's voice shook a little. She had never been inside his room. The door had always been shut. Yuki opened the door a moment later. He gestured bashfully with one arm, for her to enter. She was so nervous, she could hardly put one foot in front of the other. He shut the door behind her. The sight in front of her was quite a surprise.
The Prince's room was a mess. Not the organized place you would expect it to be. Clothes cloaked the floor. Papers long overdue were spread out like a fan. Pen and pencils were randomly seen around the desk. It was no wonder why no one went into his room. An occasional rat was seen among the chaos.
"There was no time to clean. With everything going on…" He blushed lightly at Tohru's disappointing look. She was ashamed to have such a mess under this roof. She was itching to clean.
"I'll h-"Tohru started but Yuki broke her off.
"Help? No thank you. I'll clean up my own mess." He sat down on the bed and put his head in his hands.
"Anyways, I just got a call. From your brother," Tohru started shyly. "He said that he's sick and can't visit then. He said that he'll send her over. I didn't get that part, though." Yuki groaned. She heard him mutter 'Cursed brother.'
Tohru noticed the desk. A sheet of paper covered the top. On it was several different colors. A picture was starting to take form on the paper. Like everything else in the room, it was a mess.
"Why is your desk such a disaster?" Tohru asked. Yuki saw where her gaze was locked. Yuki gasped and rushed over to his desk. He hurriedly put the materials under the desk.
"Um…It's not now…Want to go to the Base?" Yuki asked, smoothly changing the subject. Tohru didn't notice the quick change.
"Sure!" She said enthusiastically. They headed off together into the woods. Unaware that someone was watching them…
A/N: I'm so sorry I took a long time to update. I wrote it all down on paper and then I had to type it all up. Curse these slow fingers! Anyways, if I took too long, you can all send me virtual rotten tomatoes! But you have to review! The button calls to you!