Chp. 1 Hatsuharu
"Everyone acts like they know me! They don't! They don't know me!!!" There I was, just trying to enjoy my day, when someone just had to make me mad. I mean REALLY mad. Just once, I'd like to go a whole day without going "black". But, I'm getting ahead of myself. I'm Hatsuharu Sohma, but my family calls me Haru. The Sohma family has some sort of ancient curse and no one is really sure where it came from. All we know is that we're the ones that got stuck with it. Lucky us. This curse causes us to transform into one of the twelve animals of the zodiac (plus the cat) when we are hugged by the opposite sex. I got saddled with the ox of the zodiac, which would explain my hair. It's white on top, until it hits the neckline, where it goes black. Almost like my personalities. I say personalities, as in plural, because I've got 2 different personalities. One is calm and gentle and polite. My family calls that "White" Haru. And the other is mean and cruel and abusive.That's what they call "Black" Haru.
This brings us back to what I was saying earlier. I was going for a walk because it was all peadful and quiet and really a beautiful day, when the worst person I could have seen, showed up.It was Kagura. She's one of my cousins and she's kinda like me.She's got an explosive personality, but it takes a lot less to make her mad then it does me. She's beyond crazy and obsessed with another one of our cousins, Kyo. So, here's how it went. "Haruuu!!!" she chimed. I turned around to face her, only to see her about three feet from where I was standing. When I heard her, she sounded about 15 feet away. She was fast. "Haru, have you seen Kyo?" she bellowed. "No, why would I have seen him?" I replied. "Well, you do go to school with him." "It's Saturday!!!" She really could be kinda stupid, sometimes." Oh yeah, that's right. I forgot." "How could you forget?!!" By now I was getting angry. I was practically screaming in her face. She backed down into her "innocent little girl" position. Hands tucked under her chin, curled into soft, unclenched fists. Voice gentle and low. Every once and a while, she'd push out a tear. Seeing that did, kinda, make me feel bad. "Kagura, I-" she cut me off. "Haru, I'm sorry. I didn't relize. I'm sorry." By now she was crying. "I am just so worried about Kyo.I'M SO WORRIED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Uh-oh! She snapped. For no reason at all, she had gone into one of her rages. I was in trouble.
To Be Continued...
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