Here's the third chapter! I luv writing this story, and feel like it is gonna go on for a while! Thank you everyone who faved, followed and left a comment! You doin so encourages me to keep writing!
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"Tohru, how are you connected?" Hatsuharu asked.
Tohru hesitated to answer the questioned asked. She felt as if she told them everything, they would kick her out, like the Katsunuma's. Tears started to form in the corner of her eyes as she opened her mouth to speak. She had decided that she would tell them everything, not wanting to keep any more secrets from them. Tohru took in a large breath of air, and started to answer the question.
"In the Katsunuma Curse, I am one of the 'Black' Zodiac members'." Tohru almost spat out the curse and family name, having a nasty taste in her mouth afterwards. Just finding out that Tohru was part of the 'Black' Zodiac had a big impact on everyone. But they all needed to know everything; they needed to know which animal she was.
"….What animal are you cursed with Tohru?" Shigure questioned, in an almost inaudible whisper. All the people in the room stopped breathing for a moment, even Tohru herself.
With a quivering voice Tohru stated, "S-Sorry, I-I am t-t-the-" Before she could finish she felt the once sleeping ex-rooster tug on the back of her shirt. Eyes growing wide, Tohru quickly spun around and grabbed onto the extended hand.
"Saki! How are you feeling?" Tohru yelled out in surprise and worry. Saki started to sit up before Hatori gently grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back down.
"You need to stay lying down, you have some bad wounds." Hatori stated as he walked back over to the wall and leaned against it. Saki looked at Hatori and then let a snicker escape her lips. In a low, almost hateful tone, Saki spoke.
"Let's see, so currently here are the zodiac signs of the Dragon, the Dog." She looked at Shigure, "the Rabbit and the Tiger, which are currently outside of the door." She looked towards the door, "the Snake" Looked at Ayami, "the Wild Boar" Looked at Kagura, "the Rat and the Cat." Saki looked over to Yuki and Kyo, and said their animals with hate laced in her voice, and showing in her eyes. "And lastly the Cow…" She looked right at Hatsuharu and her jaw nearly dropped. Quickly she sat up and slapped Tohru on the cheek, not hard enough to bruise, but to sting some. Everyone was surprised by this sudden outburst, all except Tohru. Saki grunted in pain as her wound reopened, but Saki held onto Tohru's shoulders and squeezed them tightly.
"Why are you near the Cow?!" Saki yelled to Tohru's face. Tohru had pain written all over her face while she wrapped her arms around her cousin. Tohru turned to look at Shigure.
"Could everyone leave the room for a little while, we have many things to talk about." Tohru said, knowing that currently they don't need to know everything that has happened in the family. She knew that they needed time to process the information that she just told them. Understanding that Tohru would fill them in later, Shigure, Ayami and Hatori helped the teens to their feet and led them outside. Closing the door behind them, they all went out into the kitchen to sit around the table. The entire time no one said a single word.
In The Living Room:
The cousins just sat there in silence. Saki was the first to speak up.
"Why is that damned Cow here?" Saki angrily spat out one of her many questions. Tohru didn't know how to explain it to her.
"He's Shigure's, Kyo's, and Yuki's cousin. He's aloud to come over whenever he wants…" Tohru said in a small voice, knowing it wasn't the answer Saki was looking for.
"That is not what I meant. I know that you can sense all the members from our family's curse and from the Sohma's curse as well." Tohru gulped.
"Y-Yes that is true, that's how I found them in the first place…" Saki's eyes narrowed.
"So what I don't understand is how you couldn't tell that the Cow is from both of our family's curses? Or were you too stupid and forgot that you go on rampages when you fight with our other cursed cousins?" Tohru shook her head no in response, since she knew all too well.
"No Saki, I'm the one who knows of that most."
"So why are you even near the Cow, and surrounded by nearly all of the Sohma's cursed members! I can still sense the Ram, Monkey, Horse and even their God! Do you want them to catch you, torture you, and then lock you away forever?! Was your entire Mother's, Father's, Grandfather's and even my own sacrifices done in vain?! Did those two die to protect you for nothing?!" Saki was screaming now and even the Sohma's in the kitchen could hear her.
"No they weren't! Grandfather had to hide for a little while because Chiyo was getting suspicious! Grandfather wanted to take me with him, but I said no because if I went, then he would've been killed also! So I decided to go on my own, I was living in fear out in the woods that the family would find me! But then the Sohma's found me and took me in, they gave me a home, and love!" Tohru too was yelling, trying to convey her feelings to Saki. For a moment saki was taken aback by how much Tohru was yelling back at her.
"Well do you know the kind of consequences it will have to the Sohma's if you live here?"
"Yes, but I know that 'they' won't kill their Zodiac counter parts, because then they would also die, and Chiyo wants all of us under her rule, curse or no curse." Tohru was now completely serious. Saki let out a large sigh.
"Will you tell the Cow the truth?"
"No, he doesn't need to know the actual truth behind his 'Black' character. His Katsunuma blood is not as rich as his Sohma blood. When he was younger it took a lot of verbal bullying just to get the 'Black' part of the animal soul to awaken. I believe that it will always stay dormant, since he is weaker than all the 'Black' members."
"That's true, but you know that Chiyo has sent the hunting 'dogs' after me. She also wants her missing strongest, and most hated animal soul back in her collection." Tohru's complexion paled as she thought of having to face those three. Chiyo's hunting dogs were the second through forth strongest 'black' cursed members. The first strongest out of the three is Isami, the 'Black' Dragon. Second is Miyu, the 'Black' Snake. Third is Naoki, the 'Black' Pig. Saki noticed the silence and continued to speak.
"They were sent out the day I escaped, after I got the burn. They are probably looking for me now."
"Wait, you're not going back are you?!" Tohru could tell what her cousin was thinking from just her expression on her face.
"I have to or else they will start to look for you also."
"Saki don't, the hunting dogs will severely beat you, and then Chiyo will keep close to death each day, but never killing you! You'll lose your mind like how the hunting dogs did!" Saki looked to her with a sad smile spread across her face.
"It's better that seeing my precious cousin go to that hell house. And I won't leave till I'm healed, and I'll use my senses to detect the members."
"Please, I don't want anyone else to sacrifice themselves to save me!"
"Enough, I've already made my decision. I want to make sure that you live with freedom from our family, please just listen to me, for my sake. Please leave now, I need to get some rest."
Tohru looked to the floor and mumbled, "Okay" underneath of her breath. As Tohru got up to walk away a single tear fell down her cheek as she could feel her heart breaking. Kyo in the kitchen put a hand up to his chest and wondered why he felt like crying. Tohru opened the door and walked out, slowly closing the door. Right when it shut, in the darkness all you could see was the shimmer of teardrops going down Saki's cheeks.
Tohru walked out into the kitchen. Right when she entered Kisa and Momiji ran to her and hugged where they could reach. A faint smile spread across her cheeks before she looked up at the others. All of them had a look of worry since they all could hear the part of the conversation when they yelled. Yuki was the first to speak up.
"Ms. Honda I thought that your father passed away from a sickness, and you mother from a car crash?" Tohru's expression saddened as she remembered finding out about the death of both of her parents.
"I can't really say to people that my father's side of the family poisoned my father and ran over my mother, and made both look natural and an accident." Tohru's tone had gone cold, but she continued to explain other things.
"Saki is the ex-Rooster of our 'Black' Zodiac curse. The way she could sense your individual animal souls is from an 'extra sight' that we have since birth. That way 'Black' animals won't get into unnecessary fights and for them to run into any Sohma cursed members." Momiji let go of her and asked her an obvious question that everyone wondered.
"If you family has to stay away from the Sohma's, and you can sense us, why did you come to us?" Tohru closed her eyes, not wanting to look into anyone's eyes, and answered.
"Because my mother took me away from that family as soon as she found out that I was part of the 'Black' Zodiac curse. But the other members won't think of attacking their counterparts because in the process it could also kill them. It's not because they are afraid of dying, but because their afraid of what Chiyo will do if they tried to kill themselves. And even if the'Black' Zodiac members go insane and try to commit suicide they would be immediately resurrected, since the original soul's cursed member is still alive."
"So you used us for protection without telling us?" Shigure asked.
"At first yes, that is why I was staying in the woods. But then I got curious as to what the Dog and Rat are like, since I could sense you guys close by. When you showed me kindness, to a complete stranger when I got sick it put warmth back in my heart. Little by little I started to grow closer to everyone, and instead of thinking that I could use you guys to protect me, I wanted to protect you, and make you guys happy." Tohru pulled off Kisa and bowed, "The fourteenth member of the 'Black' Zodiac, I the 'Black' Cat apologize with my whole heart, and I promise I'll answer any questions you have for me tomorrow, but for right now I'm going to go to bed, goodnight." She straightened her back and had tears in her eyes as she looked at everyone. They were all wide-eyed and shocked to find out that she was the Cat of her family's curse. Shigure sighed as he and everyone watched Tohru leave the kitchen and walk up the stairs.
"Let's all go to bed, it's been a long night…" No one said a word of answer, just nodded their head to agree. All the people in the house knew that it was going to be another long day tomorrow also.
Yaaaaaay, third chapter completed! Now you guys know more, but what secrets does Tohru and Saki still hold? And who are Chiyo, the 'Black' God's 'hunting' dogs? FInd out in the chapters to come!
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