Disclaimer: Chaos is mine. All Fruits Basket characters aren't.
Chapter 9: Chaos
"Will you hurry up!? Baka!" Yuki tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Kyo to come back downstairs. 'We need to finish before she's done cooking so that she won't catch us,' he thought as he and Kyo lifted up a box that needed to be upstairs. Just as they got the box into place Tohru called up,
"Supper is done! It's already on the table!" the two boys had finished just in time. As they came down the stairs Kyo turned to Yuki and asked,
"Do you really think a scavenger hunt will keep her busy long enough?"
"It will with the kind of clues we left lying around…and even if it doesn't, it will keep her busy for most of the time we're gone."
"Guess you're right."
Tohru looked around as everyone was eating. 'They look a little happier now...I hope nothing else happens to make them look so depressed again.'
Soon everyone was done and nothing significant happened the rest of that night. The three Sohmas got some fairly peaceful rest for once, despite the events of the day. Tohru had nothing to really worry about because she was just happy that they all didn't look so depressed. Chaos, though, was getting angrier by the hour.
'This is all going too smoothly for them……Aha!' his feline eyes shifted back and forth in a sneaky fashion to make sure no one was around to see him take flight. 'I think I shall pay a visit to the theater…' he thought to himself as he flew towards town and he began to chuckle at the thought of the chaos that this little action he was about to perform could cause.
Kyo slowly walked down the stairs just after Tohru had yelled that breakfast was ready. 'Man, for some reason, I'm still really tired…' a big yawn escaped from his mouth as he sat down and began to eat. He looked over just in time to see Yuki fall, face first, into his plate—only to come sputtering back up as Kyo began to laugh his head off.
"You…tired…too, Yu—Kyo?" he managed to get out between laughs. He stopped soon after though because he realized that he had almost called Yuki by the wrong name…
"Yeah, pipe down!" Yuki mumbled as he wiped off his face. 'Why am I so tired?'
Chaos watched the early morning chaos. 'Heh just a small side effect…I'll have to quit messing with the curse from now on though…I'll return everything back to normal very soon…I wouldn't want my little play things to die, now would I?' he grinned such a smile that would have sent shivers down the toughest of people…and maybe even Death himself.
~~Chaos isn't a creature to be taken lightly. The only reason why he tries not to kill for fun is because there would then be no one left in the world to be able to even cause chaos any more…and as his name suggests, chaos is his business. Just like Death's business is death…the only way to get rid of all the chaos in the world would be to kill Chaos himself. (Which would not be easy since he is an immortal.) He is the very source of all chaos on the planet earth—in all its dimensions.~~
"Oi! Wait up!" Kyo ran to catch up with Yuki.
They walked to the theater, arguing the whole way, and found an unpleasant sight when they got there. The area of the movie they wanted to see was taped off with an officer and two men from the theater talking to him—well one was talking, the other was crying. When they got closer, they over heard this:
"So, all that was touched was the camera room and the film?"
"Yes officer. The man standing beside me says that he saw the thief and he could describe him to you—if he can stop crying that is."
"Sir, can you describe the thief?"
"*sniff* Y-yes. It—It was a horrible monster!"
"Umm…Please describe what happened."
"I was locking up and putting away the film when I thought I heard a cat behind me…"
"Go on."
"But…but when I turned around I saw this—this creature that looked like a blue, horribly evil cat with one glowing silver eye and one glowing gold….and he also had wings…one black…one white…and—and he talked!! He said 'Out of my way, human!' before he pounced onto the reel of film…and he began to rip it to shreds…then as he jumped out the door, he knocked the camera down!" then man began to cry again as he finished and the officer just shook his head as he whispered something to the other gentleman.
Kyo and Yuki just quietly turned and began walking home. They didn't say anything to each other and a heavy silence hung between them as they thought about the scene that the crying man had described.
Tohru had the last clue in her hand—and was having some trouble with it. 'It was really nice of them to think up all this for me but…is this even a clue?' ((AN:In case you're wondering, the clue said this:
Beyond time, beyond space
Something that always leaves a trace.
Both near and far,
My power reaches every star.
You ask if I pass by,
'What was that?'
Never mind just look what's happened to your precious cat!
Figure out enough and this will all go away,
Play dumb and there will be lives to pay! ))
"Kyo? Yuki?" Tohru said as she poked her head around the corner as the two boys came into the house. They both looked up then she continued, "I'm having trouble with this clue…Could you at least give me a hint?" as she finished, she handed the paper to Kyo and Yuki replied,
"I didn't write this…Did you?"
"No, I didn't. Tohru, where did you find this?
"I found it under my pillow."
"That's where I put the final clue…but if Kyo didn't write it…and I didn't…then who did?"
The three fell silent. None of them knew what to do. They all knew that Shigure didn't do it—couldn't have…but then who?
Chaos smiled. 'This is the perfect way to end this! If they don't figure it out, the cat and mouse will be no more! …Of course…I won't try to let them die, but the clock is ticking…'
"I'm back!" Shigure said in his singsong voice but his light mood screeched to a halt when he saw the troubled expressions of the three teens sitting at the table.
They all were snapped out of their thoughts when Shigure had broken the silence and they all stood—to go about their own business of course. Tohru though, had one of her klutz moments and fell into Yuki, who had been sitting the closest to her.
POOF! Tohru had managed to catch herself so she wouldn't squish the transformed Yuki, but when she focused on what was under her, she saw an orange neko instead of a little gray mouse.
"Wha…?" she managed to get out as her mind began to race. She turned as she heard Kyo curse and Shigure say,
"This…is not good." Poor Tohru was on the brink of tears as she got up, holding Yuki in her arms. She was so confused, it was all she could do just to take a step towards Shigure—but, Yuki's clothes helped her get along…right into Shigure.
POOF! Tohru looked down once again too find an unconscious neko and a—seahorse!?
"Ah…Water!!"
(AN: Good? Bad? Heh…Starian Princess, I decided to put Shigure into the chaos because of one of your reviews. ^^ Hope you enjoy. (I hope everyone else that reads this fic enjoys reading it too.))
