A New School Day

That night Hatori and I ate alone. I was expecting one of his- our relatives to eat with us. We made small talk. He told me how he was the family doctor. Suddenly he changed the subject.

"Your mom, the other day when we spoke on the phone, she told me something crazy." He looked at. She didn't. I shoulders slumped down."She told me that if a man hugged you that you turned into a fox."

"That's crazy. There's no way that can happen. Haha." I laughed nervously. Nice job mom, why don't you announce to the whole world that I'm a freak?

"I think it could happen." Hatori said. Is he mocking me?

"What?"

"Well if she's lying why use a fox out of all the other animals?" Hatori asked. I sighed.

"I guess you've never heard of the legend of the fox." I said. He shook his head. I sighed and told him the story. I remember when my dad had first told me the story. I woke up in the middle of the night crying and he told me the story to try and calm me down. My dad praised the fox. He told me about how beautiful she was even when she turned into the nine-tailed fox. He also explained to me that that's the reason why I must always keep this necklace on, so I don't turn into a nine-tail fox. I looked up at Hatori. He still had the same straight look on his face.

"So you're really the fox." He said.

"Think I'm crazy yet?" I asked. He shook his head. "My mom told me that there were other people here like me, is that true?"

"Yes. You may have met some of them today at school. There are two that are going there right now." Was he, Kyo, one of them?

"Is Kyo one of the zodiac?" I asked.

"Y-yes." Hatori said.

"Really! What animal?" I asked cheerfully.

"He is um, kind of like you but not the fox." Hatori said. Wait, what does he mean?

"What?" I asked.

"I think we've had enough to eat. If you want you can go take a bath. I'm going back into my office." Hatori said.

I sat in the bath for a while. Finally, when I saw that my fingers were all wrinkly, I got out. I got into some nice warn clothes and sat on my bed and drew for a little while. Eventually I turned off the lights and fell asleep.

I got to school early the next day. I was surprised to see that there were only a few other students in the room. I sat down and took out my notebook. I tried drawing the fox from the story my dad told me about a million times. I got lost in drawing the picture until someone walked over and tapped on my shoulder. I looked up. A girl with two blue ribbons in her hair looked over my shoulder to see my picture.

"What are you drawing?" She asked politely. I closed my notebook and put it back in my bag.

"It's nothing." I said.

"Okay." She said before walking back to her seat. Kyo walked in and sat in front of me. Without even looking at me he asked me..

"Did you find your way to school okay?" Kyo asked. I was surprised that he was being nice to me.

"Huh?"

"Do I have to repeat myself? Did you find your way to school okay?" He asked again, meaner this time.

"Y-yeah, thanks." I said. I spent most of my time in class thinking about what Hatori told me last night. So Kyo is like me. I wonder why Hatori wont just tell me what animal Kyo is.

When class was over and everyone went out to eat lunch, I stayed in here. I brought money but I wasn't hungry. I just sat there and started on my homework. One of the students in class, just as they were about to leave, glanced over at me. He had short gray hair. His name was Yuki, I think.

"Aren't coming to have lunch."He asked. His voice was kind. I shook my head. He walked over to me. "I can pay for you if you want."

"It's okay, I have money. I'm just not hungry." I said, trying to focus on my homework.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm sure." He turned around and started to walk away when I stopped him. "You're Yuki Sohma right?"

"Yes." I watched him as he walked away. There was something about him that I didn't like. Maybe it was the fact that he seemed to nice. I don't know. I ignored it and continued to sit alone in silence.

At the end of the day I packed up slowly and watched everyone else leave the room. I was the last one out. I walked down the hall not looking up. Suddenly I ran into someone. I collapsed on top of them. I looked down to see that it was Yuki. I got up and ran to the nearest open room. I closed the door behind me. Luckily no one was inside. I waited to see that I had turned into a fox. I looked down at my hands. Nothing happened. What? I should have turned into the fox. Not that I'm complaining. Does that mean, no it can't. I pressed my back against the door and sighed. I waited a while before I decided to leave. I walked out of the class room like nothing had happened. If Yuki is part of the zodiac that means that he just found out that I was too. Great.