Author's note
Any guesses on what's going to happen next? (Review BEFORE you read the chapter, and after, to tell me what u thought about it)
Sorry for the cliffhanger!
Chapter 4
As Ryouko tumbled into Kyo's lap, nothing happened.
"Sorry Kyo."
"It's... okay." He said, slightly dazed. And from the looks of it, Yuki and Shigure were dazed too.
"Uh, what's going on? Why do you guys look like zombies?"
No answer
Ryouko waved her hand in front of Kyo's face. "Hello? Anyone home?"
No answer.
"I'm back! And I ha-"Tohru stopped mid sentence when she saw the three zodiacs, all looking very shocked and dazed. She placed the bowl of snacks on the table and asked Ryouko. "What happened?"
"I fell, err, on Kyo, and then everyone was all zombie like." Tohru looked shocked too.
"And nothing happened to Kyo?"
"Yeah, what is he supposed to disintegrate or something?"
Tohru laughed weakly. "No."
"Then why is everyone all shocked that nothing happened?"
"Eh, it's nothing, um," Tohru thought desperately for something to get their minds off the incident. "I'll go get some cards so we can play rich man poor man!"
Knock Knock
"Oh, someone's at the door." Tohru said weakly.
"I'll get it." Ryouko mumbled.
Sliding the door open, Ryouko was confronted by a guy that looked to be about her age, with shockingly white hair and black roots. Around his neck was an assortments of necklaces and amulets.
"Hello?" Ryouko said.
"Hello." Was the simple reply and he brushed past her and into the room.
"Uh, okay." Ryouko mumbled.
She heard a small explosion, and puzzled, went into back to the table. There she found Tohru hugging a cat, Yuki yelling at the white-haired guy, and Shigure trying to contain laughter.
"Uh…." Ryouko stood in to doorway to the room, even more puzzled than before.
Everything stopped and all eyes focused on her.
"Whoops." The white-haired guy said.
"HARU!" Yuki exploded. "Why the hell did you push Tohru?! Now I have to explain all this to Ryouko!"
"Explain what?"
"Eh, um well, you see," Yuki began. But before he could say any more Haru hugged Ryouko.
"What the hell is going on?!" Ryouko exclaimed.
Haru let go of her, then looked her up and down, his eyes lingering on her scar, eye, and necklace.
"Weird," He said. "I didn't transform, and neither did Kyo, It definitely has nothing to do with Kyo or I, I determined that by making him transform. So I conclude that it was her."
"Someone better tell me what's going on, right now!" Ryouko yelled, her confusion getting to her.
"Should we tell her Shigure?" Yuki asked.
"I guess we have no choice, as she is something entirely new to the curse."
"Okay," Yuki sighed. "In the Sohma family, 13 of us are cursed with the spirit of one of the 12 zodiacs, plus the cat. When ever our bodies are under a lot of stress or we're hugged by someone of the opposite sex, we transform into our zodiac. Kyo is the cat, I am the rat, Shigure is the dog, and Haru is the cow. And you are the first person who does not cause one of us to transform."
"And you knew this?" Ryouko asked Tohru.
"Yeah, like you, Kyo was the first one I transformed. Well, he was supposed to transform when you fell."
Ryouko was still processing the information when Shigure said. "I think it would be best if you went home."
"Okay." Ryouko said, and staggered out the door.
"Poor girl, I'm going to have to tell Akito about this, of course." Shigure said, with a hint of sadness in his voice.
"I have my suspicions about the beads around her neck; they look exactly the same as Kyo's." Haru said.
"I wonder what Akito will do when he hears about this, he wont be happy." Yuki said, thinking of what Akito had done to him, hoping that Ryouko would not have a similar fate.