43So here is the second chapter! I included the last sentence of the first chapter to jog your memory of what happened! Im really excited to be writing this story! And I hope you enjoy!
"Her name is Saki…" Pausing Tohru continued, "Saki Katsunuma, my cousin from mom's side."
Everyone was shocked, and wanted to ask so many questions, but remained silent. Hatori listened as he was wiping the blood off of Saki's stomach as his eyes grew wide.
Shigure was next to Hatori and also noticed, and decided to ask, "Tohru, why does your, uh, cousin, have this kind of fresh burn?" Tohru looked over and tears started to fill her eyes. The newly burn was in the outline of a rooster. It was freshly made because it was red, swollen, and bleeding from Saki running. Her gaze went from the burn, to everyone else, then back to Saki. She took in a deep breath trying to figure out what words to say.
"Because she was free." That simple sentence made everyone's eyes widen, at the word 'free'.
"What… What was she freed from?" Shigure asked the question everyone was thinking.
Tohru's eyes lowered as she mumbled, "from a family problem."
Getting aggravated by the lack of words the canine yelled, "What kind of problem that would cause this?!" He waved his hand at Saki, "who are the Katsunuma's?!"
Silence passed, and it seemed that no one could breath, fearing it would break the silence. Tohru slowly lifted her head up as everyone looked at her. The look in her brown eyes could stop all the hearts in the room. They looked cold, distant, hateful, sad, scared and as if her soul was broken. The room got dead silent as they could tell she was about to speak.
"Do you ever wonder where the hate and pain that your animal's souls pile up, goes?" Tohru's voice was flat and calm. "Why your other souls don't make you want to kill yourself in an attempt for them to be free? Especially the God and the Cat, their souls have a lot of pain and hatred." Kyo tensed as so did the others.
"Why would you ask us that?" Kagura asked slightly scared.
Tohru looked to her then put her hand to her stomach, "because hate and pain can't just disappear, it has to go somewhere right?" Her head tilted to the side a little and Kagura felt a chill go down her back.
"W-what are you saying? If we don't have it, and it can't disappear, then where does it go?" Shigure was once again asking the questions.
"It goes to a different curse, the 'Black' Zodiac. You can tell who is a member of the 'Black' Zodiac by a black animal outline on their stomach since birth." Tohru clenched the shirt that covered her stomach.
"Is it the same as our curse?"
"Haha, if it was the same as your curse then all the Katsunuma's would be dead by now, maybe even the Sohma's." Her laugh and smile sent cold shivers down their spines. "The people cursed by the 'Black' Zodiac do not turn into full animals, but when we fight each other we go into a half human/half animal form and go on a rampage first at the other member, then anything surrounding it. The higher up the power, alike to yours, the more control there is over the controlled form. But a member cannot transform willingly unless in a fight against another member, if it's against a human, there is no transformation.
"Like I said before, the 'Black' Zodiac is tie in with the Zodiac by taking all the pain the animal's soul receives. So when a Sohma cursed member is born so will a 'Black' Zodiac member with the same birth date, and even time, but will be of the opposite gender. And if you members are freed or killed then so will the Katsunuma members since there is no more need for them. But the zodiac members' dying before us isn't our only downfall to the curse." Tohru paused once again, to make sure that all were following along. Before she could start again, Kyo spoke up.
"Us, our?" Were the only two words that came from his lips. As if everyone in the room didn't want to acknowledge it, him speaking up made it click in their brains. All the zodiac members in the room shockingly looked right at Tohru. Tears formed in her eyes at the unwanted attention.
"Let me continue. Since the 'Black' Zodiac members contain all of the hate the zodiac members build up, then they often become depressed. At least once a day the 'Black' Animal soul inside of us will try to get us to kill ourselves, to relieve the pain that our soul feels. And there are some cases where the 'Black' soul breaks and just becomes very violent. A good example of that would be our 'Black' God, Chiyo Katsunuma. Since the Zodiac God from the pasts accumulate the most hate over the years. That is why this happened to Saki. If you believe that Akito is bad, then Chiyo would be a hundred times worse. The three strongest 'Black' Zodiac members she beat till near death each time they healed, so they would never think about going against her, or even thinking it." Tohru started to cry and yell out with pain tied in her trembling voice, "And I'm the only one who gat away from that family! All the others have to live in fear for their lives because of Chiyo, and I'm perfectly healthy!" Tohru's hands covered her face as she started sobbing, "I'm so sorry Saki! It's all my fault!"
Everyone in the room remained silent, not wanting to be the first to break the silence. None could believe of someone worse than Akito, let alone a hundred times worse. All of them wore a different expression from the other. Yuki's was in pain, remembering all the abuse he received from Akito, then thinking how there's someone worse looking for Tohru. Kyo's eyes were covered by his bangs, and he was trembling slightly. Kagura eyes were wide and were starting to water. Hatsuhara's normally expressionless face was full of shock. Hatori and Ayami both had extremely serious faces, and then there was Shigure. His face paled as he thought that this innocent girl actually knew about their curse, and had a curse of her own that corresponded to theirs. But there was something that everyone slightly felt. All of them, though still loving Tohru, felt their trust been betrayed some. And finally, Hatsuharu, the quietest one of all, asked a deep question.
"Tohru, how are you connected?"
Yay! Second chapter finshed! XD
Let me know wat ya think if ya want, i hoped u liked it!