Chapter 5: Another Curse?

Me: I am sorry for kind of giving away what the chapter will be about, but Akito will tell Miyo about the animals. That will be the only thing I will speak of.

When Miyo got home..

"Good you're home. Anyway we were invited by Rei to eat dinner with them. Mei and the others are going, so we are eating dinner with our cousins okay?" Mayu explained.

"Okay. What time do we have to be there?"

"8:30," Mayu said.

"Okay I am going to go to my room and draw."

"Wait Miyo what did Akito say?"

"Well she said she would call me when she has an answer for me."

"Okay."

When dinner came Kukai, his brother, Miyo, Mayu, Rei, and her brothers were at dinner at Nadeshiko's...

"Miyo what did Akito say about all of your questions?" Mei asked Miyo.

"Well she said she would call me when she has an answer for me."

"Anyway for dinner we are eating california rolls, lion king rolls, chicken katsu, salmon, and more sushi," Mei told them.

"Is there rice balls?"

"Yes Kukai, there are a lot."

"Yay! I still want the cat!"

"Why because your room is full of cats?" Misaki asked.

"MAYBE!"

"Come on. Let's go back to the others and keep playing," Misaki said.

"Well anyway we are still making the rice balls. Nadeshiko is still helping me make it and Rei and the others are playing Dance Centeral 2 on the Xbox 360," Mei explained.

"I love that game!" Miyo said.

While all of them are playing...

"FOOD'S READY!" Nadeshiko exclaimed.

Then they all eat food then go to the Family Room.

"TURN ON THE TV!" Nadeshiko said.

"Why?" Mei asked.

"IT'S THE SUMMER OLYMPICS REMEMBER? IT'S WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS!" Misaki and Nadeshiko yell in unison.

"Oh right we are going to miss it!" Rei said.

When they were watching the olympics, Miyo's phone rang.

"Hey guys this must be Akito! Please lower the volume," Miyo said.

"Hello..." Akito said in a eery voice.

"Hey Akito," Miyo said.

"I remember now..."

"What about it?"

"Well remember how the Sohma family had a curse?"

"Yes."

"Well I was the head of the cursed Sohma family and I remember I found a bottle of seasonings for rice balls that had a horse on it. I gave it to Yuki's mom and then she put it in medicine and he wouldn't eat it. So she made a rice ball that had the seasonings and she put the medicine and he ate it. I found out it was contagious and Yuki's mom gave it back to me and I sold it in a market. Then somebody bought it and I didn't remember what the bottle looked like."

"So then what happened?" Miyo asked.

"Then after that I tried to go after her, but she was out of my sight."

"Wait... so that means... OH MY GOSH!" Miyo said surprisingly.

"So I think you should ask Mei what she put in the rice ball."

"Okay thank you goodbye!" Miyo said.

Then Miyo hangs up and goes to the Family Room.

"So what did Akito say?" Kukai asked.

"Hang on a second. Um Mei?"

"Yes? What is it?"

"At the party at Shunichi's house, what did you put in the rice balls?"

"Well I put in some special seasonings, eggs, sausage, span, corned beef, fish, and salmon."

"What did the bottle look like for the seasonings?"

"Well it has a face of a horse in the cover."

"THAT'S IT!" Miyo exclaimed.

"What do you mean?"

"WE ARE CURSED!"

"WHAT? THAT CAN'T BE!" Misaki, Kukai, and Rei exclaimed.

"What did Akito tell you?" Mayu asked.

"She said that the bottle were special seasonings that turn you into animals and it's contagious!" Miyo said.

"Wow!" Mayu said.

"Mei? Do you remember where you got your seasonings?"

"I got it at the market," Mei said.

"That explains it, we are cursed until it's lifted," Miyo said.

"We can't do anything about it," Kukai said sadly.

"I will text the others about this. It means that Shunichi is the head of the curse," Miyo said.

"I can't believe we are under a curse!" Nadeshiko said.

"Man what is going on here?" one of Rei's brother asked.

"It's nothing, but I am sorry. This is all my fault," Mei said.

"It's okay. You didn't know," Mayu said.

Monday comes and the kids are in school...

"WE ARE UNDER A CURSE?" Akira and Makoto yells at Misaki at class before school started.

"I am sorry but my sister didn't know about the seasonings!"

"Hey Kukai," Makoto said.

"Hey..." Kukai said in a hoarse voice.

"What's the matter?" Makoto asked.

"I still can't believe we are under a curse."

"Well soon you will get over it," Akira said.

"Everybody please take your seats and we have to start class!" their stern teacher exclaimed.

When lunch came everybody was meeting up to their usual table. All high schoolers, middle schoolers, and elementary schoolers have the same lunch time on Mondays and Fridays.

Makoto, Akira, Kukai, and Misaki were walking towards the cafeteria until...

"Hey Misaki!" the guy that likes her called her.

"Oh um hey..."

"You want to take a break from sitting with your friends and sit with me in lunch?"

"Uhhh why?"

"NO! MISAKI IS SITTING WITH US!" Makoto, Akira, and Kukai said together?"

"Wow! Misaki's friends don't want me to be with Misaki. Besides guys, it's her decision whether or not she wants to sit with me at lunch. Misaki do you want to sit with me?"

"Uh sorry, but me and my friends have something to talk about."

"Ah come on Misaki! You always are with them 24/7 sit with me for once," the guy who likes her insisted.

"If she says she doesn't want to sit with you... YOU WILL RESPECT THAT!" Kukai exclaimed.

"Fine! Jeez I will be on my way now."

While he walks away he says to Misaki...

"By the way Misaki, you're really pretty."

When he walks away Makoto gets filled with rage.

"What's with him?" Akira asked.

"I don't know..." Makoto said in an agitated tone.

"Come on guys lets get to the lunch table," Kukai said.

"PSST! Guys over here!" someone said.

"Yuki! Why are you behind the gym?" Misaki whispered.

"I have to tell you guys something that's important," Yuki said.

When the four of them secretly walk behind the gym, everybody else was already there.

"What's important you need to tell us?" Shunichi asked.

"Yeah we already know we turn into zodiac animals even though we don't know how," Hotaru said.

"That's what I'm about to tell you," Yuki whispered.

"Wait. How do you know we are zodiac animals?" Sakura asked.

"Akito told me. I can't stay here for a long time otherwise you guys will miss your lunch period," Yuki warningly whispered.

"So get on with it," Makoto and Akira said together.

"That's what I'm getting to. So don't let other kids that are the opposite gender as you otherwise you will turn into your zodiac animal," Yuki said.

"Then what about me?" Shunichi asked.

"You're the head of the zodiac family so if anybody gets hugged and turn into animals, they are going to go to you so you can erase the memory of the person that hugged them."

"Why should he do that?" Mayu and Mei asked.

"Because otherwise they're going to spread rumors and something bad will happen if that happens," Yuki said.

"Well how am I supposed to erase the other people's memories? Do I erase everything?" Shunichi asked.

"Go to Akito how to erase their memories and you only erase the part when they hug let's say Akira or Kei," Yuki said.

"Okay thank you for warning us," Kei said.

"One question. Does that mean we can't hug each other?" Yuya asked.

"Well for example let's say Makoto and Misaki hug, then they will transform. But let's say if it's Kei and Yuya or Nadeshiko and Mei hug, they they won't if it's the same gender," Yuki explained.

Makoto and Misaki blushed.

"Now you two make sure you don't get into a relationship when you're still in elementary and middle school okay?" Yuki told Makoto and Misaki.

"W...w...we don't like each other! What makes you think that?!" Makoto asked.

"We have no more time for this we need to eat lunch," Akira said.

"Well goodbye guys!" Yuki said.