K! Here is chapter 9! Sorry it's not tht long, i wanted to write this to mainly introduce the dark haired girl from the end of chapter 7!
I hope you enjoy!
Kyo was the first one awake as he climbed down from the rooftop. He walked into the kitchen for some breakfast, since he and all the others skipped dinner. Walking into the kitchen, all his thoughts of yesterday blew away for a moment.
"Morning Tohru, wha-" Kyo cut himself off as he noticed that Tohru wasn't anywhere in the kitchen. There was no food on the table, but only a single folded up piece of paper. Kyo was unsure if he wanted to read it, and half of his mind was telling him not to, while the other half was urging him to read it. Slowly he opened the neatly folded paper, and instantly knew that it was Tohru's handwriting. His eyes read over the words and grew wide in shock. When he got to the end he threw the letter back down on the table and ran to wake up Shigure, Yuki, or anyone that could help him calm down and not do anything rash. The letter had written on it:
"Dear Sohma's,
I'm sorry for not telling you sooner but the renovations on Grandfather's house have been completed, and I will be heading back there tonight. I am truly sorry that you had to find out about the Black Zodiac, and in my wishes I hope that you will forget about them and what I am. I wish that you would just remember me as myself. And please don't worry, I will never allow Chiyo to catch me, and I'll save Saki one day. If anyone comes to the house asking if you know where I am, act like you never met me before, it will keep you safe. I'm sorry that I hurt you all and made you fearful. It was all my fault and I so sorry.
But thank you for taking in a stranger and giving me a new reason to keep fighting. You all gave me kindness and love, and for that I'll give you my heart. If you did not take me in, I probably would have given up and gave myself to Chiyo as a repent for being the cause of my parents' death. But I no longer think that way, the one at fault for their deaths is Chiyo herself, and none other. So I've decided that I will go off to train with Grandfather in a week. We will be going into the mountains so that Chiyo won't be able to locate us, and I will be able to use my powers without the others finding me too fast. I'll become stronger so that I will be able to stop Chiyo and protect the ones that I love, just like Mother had wanted.
Again thank you. You all gave me a new reason to keep living and fighting. Oh, and don't forget that the trash collection day has changed, you will be needing some more soy sauce, the fish is getting older so eat it up soon, and try not to fight too much Kyo and Yuki.
Love,
Tohru Honda"
Shigure read out loud as all the others gathered around him. Shigure clenched the paper in his hands as a couple of tears formed in his eyes, "That stupid girl…" Shigure whispered through clenched teeth. The others in the room showed that they agreed with Shigure and knew that none of them blamed Tohru.
"W-We have to get Tohru t-to realize t-that w-we don't blame h-her!" Momiji said through his sobs.
"N-Nee-san cant l-keave!" Kisa cried alongside Momiji. Hatori walked behind them and started to rub their heads as comfort. Shigure laid the paper back down on the table and leaned against the counter.
"Hey I have an idea." Shigure said as all the others looked at him. But right before he told his idea, something went flying in through the window, hit Shigure in the head, knocking him down, and landed on the table, breaking it in the process. The others' eyes went wide as all they saw was a dark purple flash knock out Shigure and break the table. There was movement heard from the floor as the purple objectile started to move. Everyone jumped, except the unconscious Shigure, and noticed that the objectile was actually wearing clothes.
"Neee, oww that hurt and was really stupid you damn black Rat." A young girl with dark purple hair said as she sat up, rubbing her neck. Everyone's jaw, except Shigure's, dropped to nearly the floor. After a few moments of just sitting there, the girl finally started to look around at her surroundings. "AH!" The girl yelled as she pointed towards the group of people. All of them jumped and backed away from the strange girl. "The Cow!" She yelled out as she quickly jumped up and hugged Haru. With a poof he changed into a cow, and could only stare at the strange girl. "Hmm, there's more guys here than girls. It is the opposite from our family stupid. Hey I know that, but it's still strange, I wonder who's who…" All they could do was stare at the girl talking to herself, but her voice changed in the middle of the sentence, like it was a different person talking. A groan was heard as Shigure was starting to wake up from the blow to his head.
"Oww, what the hell ha-" Before he could finish, the girl ran over and also hugged him. With a strangled yell there was a poof and Shigure had turned also.
"Haaah, it's the Dog… Wonder where the Rat is…" She and the other voice said. Shigure started to get angry as he threw the girl off of him and yelled;
"What the hell are you doing, and who the hell are you?!" The girl just stared at him with a blank look.
"Crap! We forgot to introduce ourselves!" The girl yelled out, and once again the others jumped. "My name is Emi Katsunuma. And my name is Ema Katsunuma. We are the Black Rat" Both of them said the last part in unison. "So where's Tohru and Akane, we've been looking for them!" Emi said as her face lit up with joy. No one said anything and could only stare down at the girl. "Emi, why do you think they would tell you, stupid human." Emi made a pouting face and yelled out, "Well they might if you didn't say anything, you damn black Rat!" Her face changed again into a more annoyed one, "How dare you call a great being like myself a 'damn black rat, you lowly human!" Her face changed again into one of a bored tone as she scratched her chin, "Yeah, well you're the soul that forced its way into this 'lowly' human's body oh great dirty rat lord!" Now her face showed that Ema was really pissed off, "It's not like I chose your weak human body! Without me, you would've never been born!" Now Emi was starting to get annoyed, "You didn't cause my birth, my mother and father having sex is the cause… Well that and he Rat from the zodiac being born…" Yuki gulped as the Ema's face turned into a shocked one, "How vulgar you are child!" Then Emi turned back around and looked directly at Yuki. A large playful smirk played across her lips as she locked Yuki in as her next target. Yuki took a step back, about ready to run, but wasn't fast enough. Emi tightly hugged Yuki as a poof of smoke enveloped both of them. As the smoke cleared, plastered on Emi's face was a huge triumphant smile. "Haha! I found the Rat! The one that caused my birth other than my parents getting it hot n' heavy in the bedroom! Will you please start talking like a lady, dear God! Ne ne, Ema, we have a shitty God remember?" Emi started to crack up laughing as she put down Yuki.
With a bright smile Emi asked, "So, where has Tohru gone?"
BAM! Chapter 9 done! lol, it feels like i created a crazy character, but it was really fun to write someone with the opposite personality than Yuki. I hope you enjoyed it!
Till next time! XD