Prologue to the story…

Hello to all you readers. My name is Kyo, a talking cat. You heard me right, a talking CAT. I used to be a human named Kyo Sohma. Many of you may be asking why I am stuck in the form of a cat. The reason is really ironic actually. My family the Sohmas, is a family where certain members transform into the 12 animals of the Chinese Zodiac. Yes, I know there isn't a cat in the normal zodiac but there is one that was put in the Rabbit's place in another version. (Don't ask which one. I can't remember off-hand.)

Oops. Didn't mean to get off subject like that. Back to my family, 13 members of our family share what we call the Sohma Curse. Whenever our bodies are weak or when we are hugged by the opposite gender, we turn into our respective animals. Weird I know, but we can't do anything to prevent the transformation. And every time we transform back to human, we haven't got clothes on! Believe me, that's the worst part of the curse. If anyone ever found out about our curse, we have to wipe their memory of the incident. But there was one person who avoided the memory wipe. Her name is Tohru Honda.

Right now she's living in Shigure's house with that DAMN RAT! If you want to know why I hate my cousin so much, read Fruits Basket vol. 1. There I go again, getting off track from the story. Gomen nasai. Now back to the prologue. I bet you are starting to wonder when I'll finally get to the point of the prologue.

The story you're about to read is about a pair of twins named Ichigo and Neko Kurosaki. Ichigo lives with the family at the Kurosaki Clinic. Neko on the other hand, lives at Urahara Shoten, a "black-market" store for Shinigami that are stuck on the human side. The Soul Society is a place where both Shinigami (Soul Reapers) and Konpaku (Spirits) live. The reason why they live apart is because the rest of the Kurosaki family don't even remember Ichigo's twin. In order to avoid problems (and the annoying/embarrassing father), Neko decided to live at the shop where he works part-time.

Neko has three school as a jobs Urahara's shop, school, and acting as an unofficial Shinigami. Neko has been a Soul Reaper for almost his entire life. Neko is only HALF Shinigami. He isn't highly respected with the other Shinigamis. Mainly because his usual assignment is to pick up items and kill Hollows in his spare time! He get really ticked whenever Jinta turns off his alarm clock, cause then he doesn't have enough time to get to school and still perform his Shinigami duties! (Urahara has suggested several; times for him to drop out of school.) Neko's biggest headache comes from his other souls.

Yes, you heard me OTHER SOULS. He has three souls, versions if you will. One is his usual human self, Neko. Another is his semi-Hollow self, Nekyo. His final soul is yours truly, me, Kyo the cat. Neko always says that his twin is lucky just to have to deal with only two versions of himself. As for Nekyo, I'll explain his story in the chapter following his first appearance. His tale coincides with my own. In fact, it's thanks to Nekyo that I'm stuck as a talking cat! Too bad I can't "REPAY" him for that…

I guess that about wraps up the prologue to the story. The first chapter begins in Urahara Shoten in Neko's room. I hope you don't bite the head off of the writer for including the prologue. She just wanted to avoid reviews that complained about the fact that they couldn't follow the beginning of the fanfic. Please don't hesitate to mention any suggestions as to how you think the next chapter should go!

NOW TO THE FIRST CHAPTER …