Chapter 17 Nothing is what it seems
Chapter 17 Nothing is what it seems

Disclamer: I do not own CCS or BoF. Clamp and Capcom do!

Chaos got up…he better get back before they get too pissed at him for running off like that… he flew gently until something made him stop in his tracks.

"Are you sure this is what you want, Chaos?" A voice asked.

Chaos opened his mouth…no words came out; instead dragon cries were heard Chaos slapped his head gently for forgetting that…

"Ahh…I see it's already in effect, can't even speak the human tongue anymore can you?" The voice said mockingly.

(A/N: From now on…any 'words' Chaos tries to say will be in (), meaning it's not in the human tongue.)

"(What do you want, Lord Bahamut ?)" he asked slightly annoyed.

Bahamut laughed "Why are you doing this to yourself, Chaos? You KNOW what will happen if you do this too much."

Chaos glared at the silver dragon. "(Is that all? Now if you'll excuse me…)" he began. He was cut short by a strong claw pulling him back.

"This isn't a joke." The silver dragon growled deeply. "Your just going to end up destroying yourself, Chaos."

Chaos didn't respond instead he tried to fly away, but Bahamut was way stronger than he is, kept him firmly in place. Chaos looked at the silver dragon with his light blue eyes that were fill with determination. "(Sorry, your Majesty, but this is something I must do…)" he said softly.

Bahamut looked at the dragon, he sighed, "Fine, but remember this, cause I'm only going to say it once… don't you dare go dying on me again, because if you do, even as a wander less soul you will not hear the end of it from me, understood?"

Chaos nodded slowly. "(Yes, your Majesty.)" he replied slowly. Bahamut nodded, he left with a poof, leaving only a card on the ground. Chaos looked at it curiously, he picked it up looking at it he saw the word DEATH printed on it. He smiled "Thank you, Lord Bahamut " he thought to himself.

* * *

Back in Chaos' room…

Sakura sighed, "Where can he be?" She said outloud.

"Beat's me, but I'm going give him a severe tongue lashing when he gets back…" Li replied.

Sakura giggled, Li looked at her weirdly "What's so funny?" he asked.

"You're really sounding like a leader now." She laughed. Li blushed a little at the comment.

"Well, so are you…" Li pointed out, now it was Sakura turn to blush. Suddenly, they heard the door slam. They looked at each other as of saying "Yea he's back." They both nodded silently as they waited for the dragon to appear.

Chaos TRIED to enter the room as casually as he could, but the fact is he was sometimes a VERY bad actor…

Li tapped his foot impatiently. "Where WERE you?" he asked in an authorized tone, folding his hands together as if demanding an answer.

Chaos didn't reply instead he walked up to Sakura and held her hand gently on his claw, he put a small jewel on the ring that Sakura had, the jewel started to glow a nice light pink color, Chaos nodded satisfied he closed his eyes.

"Hey!" Li yells "I'm talking to you Chaos." Chaos didn't respond, he was really beginning to pissing Li off.

"Mistress Sakura? Can you hear me?" A voice in Sakura head appeared, she recognized it, it belonged to Chaos.

"Chaos?" She said out loud. Chaos nodded slightly, causing both Li and Sakura to be very confused. "Why aren't you talking normally." She asked.

"Because, you asked me if I wanted to be your familiar now you have an answer…but every action has a reaction, familiars can't really talk…" the voice said.

Sakura gasped "Why didn't you tell me earlier??" She shrieked. Li was very confused and was about to ask what was going on, but Sakura held a finger up as in saying "I'll tell you in a second."

"Well, cause if I did, you would have never let me… plus its not like I care." Chaos said.

Sakura felt dizzy. Chaos looked at Sakura nervously and then he gave her a little book… Sakura looked at confused, "It's the 'rule' book of being a familiar's master, inside it will explain everything… from what you would need to know. Now, I shall begin my oath to you…"

"Oath?" Sakura said. "Wait a minute!!" She shirked. "Are you SURE you want to stay like this Chaos?? I mean I don't want to force you into this…"

Chaos chuckled. "Why are you worried I wanted this…now… let's see, gosh it's been a while since I done this." He let out a small cry almost as if he was sighing. "Let's see…er…uh…I, Chaos, accept, Sakura Wyndia as my mistress, I vow to serve her with all my heart, to guide, to help but never interfere. I offer this as a promise…" he sliced his claw over his arm gently letting black blood flow out…and drop in a golden cup.

Sakura gasp at the sight of blood she didn't like it, but nevertheless she went with it. Chaos took the cup and gave it to Sakura. Sakura looked at it confused…

"I know you hate to do this…but, please bear with me awhile…we need your blood, to complete the oath." Chaos told Sakura.

Sakura nodded in showing her understanding. "Go…go…ahead…" She stuttered trying to sound as brave as she could. Chaos shook his head. "I'm sorry, your going to have to do it yourself…" he said as he handed her a small dagger.

Sakura winced, nevertheless she went with it, she picked up the dagger. Li gasped at this, he picked up Chaos violently "WHAT IN HECK DID YOU TELL HER TO DO??" he shook the small dragon.

Sakura groaned "He didn't do anything, Li. Don't worry, I'll be fine, it's something I wanted to happen first." Which was true it WAS Sakura's idea that Chaos become her familiar.

Li looked at Sakura glaring. He didn't want her to go though this, but oh well, after all it was HER decision.

Sakura gently sliced the dagger over her hand, drawing blood then she too dripped a few in the cup. Chaos nodded "Thank you, Mistress…" he said slowly kneeling down. Sakura gasped.

"No, Chaos I don't want you to do this…please…" She said in hurry as she helped Chaos up. Chaos got up reluctantly.

Li tapped his foot, "So is anyone going EXPLAIN what's going on here?" he said. Chaos looked at his new mistress, and Sakura looked at Chaos…after a while they both burst out laughing.

It took awhile, but Sakura finally explained to Li everything to why Chaos couldn't talk. Sakura and Li were still both pretty disappointed at Chaos for running off like that. Chaos apologized to both of them, so they let it slip.

* * *

Zide's house.

Fujitaka told the whole story about Sakura's wing day, the gathering of the heroes, the appearance of the enemy everything to Zide with great detail. On occasion Ylsa would give Fujitaka a glare symbolizing he was going into TOO much detail.

"Anyways, with Chaos in that condition, and to help him, I believe we need to talk to the Oracle of Wind to find a way to help him…" Fujitaka finished.

Zide nodded, "Hmm…" he said sipping some more tea. "Well, I think I can get you to meet my Grandma. However… Nina has to be with you guys, I don't believe she would even want to talk without her presence."

Tomoyo looked up "Why Sakura…er… I mean Nina-chan?" She asked. She was now more suspicious than usual since her 'clan' powers has awakened.

Zide chuckled "The Wing clan is most connected with the 'Wind' element, I believe my Grandma wants to hand something over to Nina. Plus, she told me that the first person she wants to see the princess after she went into hiding."

Fujitaka nodded. "We'll be back with Nina soon…where shall we meet?" he asked.

"Well, I don't think it's a good idea for the princess to return to Wyndia in such short notice, let's say in that small hut outside of Wyndia?" he said. "The place where we used to hang out when we were young." Zide said.

Fujitaka nodded again. "Then I'll see ya, Zide."

Zide nodded. Then everyone left, leaving Zide alone, Zide took out his rapier sliced it gently in the air. "Nina will have to learn about our secret technique soon." He threw a rose in the air, then he sliced his rapier quickly and swiftly making almost no sound…the rose landed on the ground then crumbled into pieces. "Sakura Slice…" he finished.

* * *

Hong Kong… (Nope I haven't forgotten about Meiling J) Meiling sighed deeply. The past few days she had NO luck at all of finding Lei, she plopped on her bed, thinking about what do next… "Chaos said something about a tiger-man crossover…where do I find one of those in a zoo??" she said to herself. "Damnit…I need to do something. Sitting here wouldn't help…wait, if Li is a dragon and I'm his cousin does that mean??" She stood up, "Let's see if I can turn into a cool dragon also!" She closed her eyes and concentrated "Dragon, Dragon, Dragon…" She opened her eyes, to her dismay, she stayed human. "Why didn't it work? Augh!" she groaned. "Maybe I need something to hurt me a lot for that to happen…" So, she went into the living room and held a Chinese sword in her hands, she was about to hurt herself when… "Maybe, I'm not really Li's cousin…" Meiling thought. "Since Sakura wasn't really a Kinomoto, it is possible that Li's not a Li…" So, she dropped that thought, and started to pace around since there she had absolutely NO idea how to find Lei. Little does she know that someone out there was looking for HER. * * * Back at Li's house… Sakura sighed. She has read the 'handbook' Chaos gave her three times over, but she is no closer of figuring out how to become a good mistress than before. Chaos on the other hand was busy also, he felt much better now, but that's only because he hasn't told Sakura one of the side affects of a familiar-master relationship. You SHARE your magic… Chaos looked at Sakura lightly, she look so serious about this thing… "Take it easy, Mistress. Don't worry you'll do fine. I forgot to tell you something though…" he said to Sakura. "Which is?" Sakura asked, rubbing her eyes. "We…uh…how do I put this?? Well…do you feel a little tired and drained right now?" Chaos asked. Sakura looked at Chaos weirdly. "Now that you mention it…yea I do…what's going on?"

"Well, how do I say this, I'm actually sharing your magic powers, Mistress. It's supposed to be a mutual thing but since I'm kinda restricted right now I'm 'leeching' off of you…" he said embarrassed.

"HOE!!" She exclaimed. Li heard this and made a mad dash to Chaos. "OKAY YOU PIPSQUEK WHAT DID YOU DO TO SAKURA??" he said grapping the dragon.

"(Let go of me… Dragon boy…)" Chaos screeched forgetting that he couldn't speak anymore. Li looked at him baffled, then he too remembered that Chaos couldn't 'speak'.

"Let go of Chaos…" Sakura said. "It isn't his fault, Li…" Li looked up at Sakura worried "What do you mean?" he asked.

"It's a familiar thing, don't worry Li, I got it under control…I think…" She said, as she stumbled to her knees. Chaos slapped his claws in his face, "Stupid me, how could I forget that??" he yelled at himself… Li hurried and supported Sakura up.

"I'm fine…" Sakura said plainly, as she stood up. She got used to the little energy Chaos was 'borrowing' off her.

Chaos on the other hand was concentrating to not drain too much his new mistress, suddenly a knock on the door was heard, and then Fujitaka's voice… "WE'RE BACK!!" he yelled.

The group went down to greet them…

"Father!!! Welcome back!!" Touya said warmly.

"Hey, everyone…" he responded. "I've got important news for everyone…let's meet at the dinning table…" he was cut short though…

"YOU DID WHAT??" a scream came from Ylsa mouth. Everyone gasped as they turned to Ylsa glaring at Chaos.

"(Well, it was something I wanted to do sis… please understand.)" Was all that Chaos could respond.

"You you… UGH! YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY!!" Ylsa yelled.

Chaos sweated things were not going the way he wanted, things never seem go how he wants to. "Me and my darn luck." He cursed to himself.

"I'm sorry, Ylsa-san, it's my fault, it was my idea." Sakura said trying to explain to Ylsa.

"WHAT?? HOW CAN YOU BE SO SELFISH!!" She yelled and ran away.

"Ylsa-san!" Sakura said, Chaos stood in her way. "Don't worry, mistress…she needs time to accept this. I'm not her 'little' brother anymore…"

Sakura glared at Chaos, he is soo inconsiderate sometimes! Chaos sweated he didn't see to care but in his eyes, it suggested otherwise…

Fujitaka broke this 'stalemate' and said "I think we need to get Sakura to see the Wind Oracle as soon as possible." He explained the situation.

"Okay…" Li said. "Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol and I will go see the Oracle of Wind, the rest of you will stay here keep an eye on things."

Chaos looked up slowly. "Mistress, I'll go too…"

Sakura sighed. "You don't need to follow me everywhere, and please drop the 'mistress' business, just call me Sakura!!" she said.

"Aye, but I still want to check out on something…please??" Chaos said.

Sakura let out a deep sigh. Gosh, Chaos could be pretty stubborn himself. "Li, Chaos wants to come to, do you think it's okay?"

Li nodded. "It might be a good idea, if the Oracle of the Wind can help immediately, then we could save time." He called Yue over. "While your gone, I want you and Touya to keep things in one piece." Yue nodded, Li continued. "See if you can get Ylsa to gather some more information, and try not to wreck this place…"

Yue nodded, he was never very talkative in the first place he wasn't about to start now. Li felt safe with Yue taking care of things…

"Hey, what about me?" Fujitaka asked. "You need me to guide you through the area." He protested.

"Fujitaka…I'm hurt that you forgot…" Eriol said smiling. Fujitaka slapped his head. "Duh…" he thought to himself. "Eriol knows the area just as well if not better than I…"

"Fine…" Fujitaka said. "Just be careful, you never know what you'll run into.

"We'll be fine Dad." Sakura said. "And with your fighting skills I know everyone is in good hands."

* * *

Enemies territory…

"SO HOW IS THE PLAN PROCCEEDING??" The voice asked.

"Good, very good…" a female said, extending her wings to full length. "Our spies hasn't been discovered yet, and reported that 'they' are heading to Wyndia…"

"VERY GOOD, MY DARK ANGEL…" The voice snickered. He opened his hands cracking with energy a sword formed. "IT'S PAYBACK TIME…" he sliced a picture of Ryu, it split in half.

"What about that Nina?" The dark angel asked.

"DON'T WORRY, DEAR. ONCE I TAKE CARE OF RYU…YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF NINA…" he said, they looked at each other and laughed.

A creature slithered by "What about Chaos…and Ylsa?" It asked.

"YOU CAN KILL CHAOS ANYWAY YOU LIKE, AND AS OF YLSA, DO WHATEVER YOU WISH…" the voice said.

"Excellent…" The creature said grinning evilly.

"FUNAGNI!!!" The voice yelled. "GIVE OUR FAVORITE FRIENDS A SURPRISE THEY WOULDN'T FORGET."

"Yes, sir!" he said, vanishing.

The guy came out of the darkness…he had dark blue hair and gray armor, his face however was still in the shadows, two large bat like wings came out of his back.

"Give the team here a surprise too everyone." He said dangerously.

"YES SIR!" A group of creatures vanished.

"Soon…Ryu, soon you will be mine…" he said deeply.

* * *

Road to Wyndia…

Li growled…the trip wasn't as pleasant as he thought, first off they were all wearing silly clothes that Tomoyo insisted them wearing. Yes, even Chaos couldn't escape it… he was wearing a necklace and some ribbons that matched the blue outfit Sakura was wearing, something about matching. He himself was wearing mostly green, with a touch of red and white here and there.

But, that wasn't the main thing that was bugging him. It was how Chaos was following Sakura, his 'mistress' around, for some reason it annoyed the heck outta him. He wasn't sure what he felt for Sakura, but Chaos wasn't helping at all.

Eriol and Tomoyo were chatting away while Eriol led the way, for some reason they seem to not acknowledging anything except each other. Sakura and Chaos seemed to be having a conversation, but you never know since they can speak…what's that word…telepathically now.

Then Sakura turned back, "Li…don't be a stranger!! Come join us!" she said smiling.

Li sighed. "Why not…" he sighed, as he approached the group.

"What's up, Sakura-chan?" He asked.

"Chaos asked you if wanted to join our conversation…" Sakura said.

"How? Only you can understand him…" Li replied. He looked at the dragon suspiciously. Although he proved to be a true ally from time to time, he still didn't trust the guy. Sakura and the rest of the people however seem to trust him 100% but he knows that the dragon must be hiding something.

Flashback (Li's POV)

I was in some sort of room, I didn't recognize it at first, but slowly as I looked around I noticed this was a house…

I felt something come at me, I dodged quickly taking out my sword, this was the 'dragon' training they were giving me! I slashed at some flying projectiles blocking them, and jumped over some spikes. I ducked under some knives, and rolled over other projectiles.

Suddenly, a dragon from the corner shot a few burst of magic at me, they knocked the wind out of me at impact.

I heard some elders yell at me. "YOU STUPID LITTLE PUNK…Your slacking off again. How many times do I have to tell you…you must train hard everyday!!"

There was another with a whip. "Yea, if you can't even pass this test, what good are you?" He rose his whip…but didn't let it down. "Your not even worth the time."

"But…but I did better this time…" I stuttered I rubbed my wounds gently.

"I did better…" another one mocked. I was hurt, but I was never allowed to show it not in this training ground anyways.

The little dragon smiled at me, that twisted smile… I swear I would get him smiling on the other side of his face one day.

Wait…I know that dragon… where have I seen him??

End Flashback

"LI!!" Sakura called. "You okay?"

Li shook his head clearing it up. "Yea…I had this weird flashback…"

"Chaos told me that you should understand him if listen close enough…after all you ARE a dragon…" Sakura said smiling.

Li looked at Chaos who was now sitting on Sakura's shoulder… "Weird I thought he was bigger than that…"

"(Oh, I can adjust my size as a familiar, I mean my goal IS to help my master…)" Chaos said.

"Oh boy I CAN understand dragon…" Li thought to himself. "Chaos…" he muttered slowly.

"(Yes?)" The dragon answered titling his head a little.

"Who are you anyways??" He asked straight out, he knew it was quite rude, but for the safety of Sakura it was worth it. Sakura glared at him for asking such a question.

"(Who am I?)" he chucked, then it broke into a slight laughter. Sakura and Li looked at him wide eyed.

"(That's a question I been asking myself for awhile. Who am I? I have absolutely no idea…)" Chaos said faking a smile.

"You pretend you're happy, but your eyes suggest otherwise…" Sakura thought to herself. "Doesn't matter though…I will figure out one day what Ylsa and your secret is and that's a promise…"

End of Chapter 17.

Character Profile:

Chaos the Familiar

HP:1000

MP: ??

Str: 10

Intell: 999

Speed:600

Defense:0

Weapon of Choice: Chaos Dragon Staff

Special Abilities:

MP share

Size change

Telepathy (Only to certain people)

Mind meld (Only to certain people too)

Magic Abilities:

Shape combination magic.

Profile:
Chaos in familiar form