Disclaimer: Chaos is mine, Fruits Basket characters aren't.
Chapter 10: Decisions
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Tohru started to panic as Kyo raced upstairs to get some water in the tub.
Chaos laughed as he watched the events unfolding in front of him, 'I didn't mean to mess with the dog's curse but this will make things more interesting…I just hope the dragon doesn't transform somehow—I wouldn't want to miss his expression!' Chaos quickly turned his full attention back to the house because the fuss had ceased.
Tohru shut Yuki's door after putting the cat in his room—though now she wasn't so sure if that was the right place to put him, 'What's going on?' She spotted Kyo going down the stairs after shutting the bathroom door and she followed him down, 'Does he know about what's happening?' She went into the kitchen when she saw him heading for the table and brought him back a glass of tea and a glass of milk…she hadn't been sure which one to give him, so she fixed both. She set them down in front of him and then sat down across from him.
When Tohru set down two drinks in front of him, he automatically started to grab the glass of tea, but he caught himself and slid the glass of milk closer towards himself—but didn't drink any. Before he could think of anything to say, Tohru came around the table and sat beside him. She put her hand on his shoulder and asked,
"What's going on…Yuki?"
Yuki's eyes widened at her question, 'She figured it out…?' He looked into her eyes, sighed, and replied,
"I'm not sure myself…Kyo and I have somehow switched bodies and our curse has been doing very strange things…and now even Shigure is—"
SMACK! Yuki stared at a crying Tohru as he brought his hand up to his, now red, cheek.
"H-honda san…?"
Shigure and Kyo had just come downstairs… they had seen what Tohru had done—and were frozen in their tracks by shock. So neither of them said a word and let the conversation continue.
"Idiot!," Yuki flinched at her tone and her words, "Why didn't you tell me something!?" She turned towards Kyo and Shigure, "How could you hide something like this from me!?," Tears continued to pour down her face as she spoke, "You all not only left me in the dark to let me feel like a complete fool, but…you also played with my heart!" Her crying became so great that she couldn't finish all that she wanted to say to them. All the while her heart and mind kept asking, 'Why!? Why did this have to happen!?'
The three men didn't know what to say. Kyo and Yuki clenched their fists—mentally kicking themselves for all that they had done. Shigure was highly regretting that he told them to not tell her—he never thought that all this would get so serious. Shigure was the first to break the silence (so to speak),
"Tohru, I apologize. I was the one who told the boys not to tell you. I never dreamed that this would get so serious—"
Suddenly, Kyo fell to his hands and knees and Yuki all most passed out as a sick feeling came across both of them.
"Kyo! Yuki!" Tohru cried out as she realized the two boys were in pain. Shigure kneeled down beside Kyo…he could feel it too. Though it wasn't as strong to him as it was to the boys…but it still didn't feel very good. Tohru, panicking now, yelled out,
"What's going on!? Should I call Hatori!? What should I do!?" before anyone could answer, a piece of paper appeared in front of her. She picked it up and read it,
"What…? This is that clue I found earlier…"
"What!?" Yuki looked up at Tohru, despite his body's objection, and began to think about how this could fit together. 'There's been nothing but chaos since all this started…Wait! Could that be the answer to that clue? But…how…?'
"Tohru…did you notice anything strange—that didn't have to do with us…within the past few days?"
"Ummm….Yes! One night I felt like I was being watched and when I looked towards my window, I saw a flash of silver light…and when I went to look out it, I saw a white feather…Why do you ask?"
"It has to be that creature…we heard th-that man…talking about…"
"For once, I…agree with…you…Yuki…" Kyo managed to sit up and look over in his direction, "That thing…may be the…cause of all this stupid shit."
Suddenly, laughter filled the room and after a few moments later…a voice spoke,
"Ha…It took you mortals long enough—you would have lost your lives by supper time if you had kept playing dumb! …But…since you gave me enough entertainment…I shall spare your lives, return your forms and put the curse back to the way that it was—if you can guess my name…"
"What!?" Shigure yelled out and began to search for the owner of the voice—he'd love to get his hands on this twisted being. Yuki and Kyo began to think while tears tried to escape from Tohru's eyes at the thought of losing them.
"It's really not that hard," he smiled at them, though they couldn't tell, "Just look at the clues I've given you."
Yuki thought…and thought…and thought. His mind raced and no matter where he started, his brain always came up with 'chaos'. 'Can that really be a name?'
Kyo would be fuming by now if it weren't for the pain that was wrenching through him. He couldn't think strait—his mind just kept wishing that this chaos would end… 'Wait! Could that be it?'
"Chaos!" both Yuki and Kyo yelled out in union and just as quick as they could blink, they felt much better…and they were back in their own bodies! The same laughter rose up again, and then they heard,
"Well done, well done!" grinned Chaos, "You mortals finally figured it out!"
Tohru turned towards the front door and there stood a most unusual cat. He had one silver eye, one gold…one black wing, one white…he had dark blue fur and a red spiked collar around his neck. Before she could speak he turned his gaze towards her, hopped on the table, and walked towards her.
"Tohru," he purred, "I'm sorry for putting all of you through this but it is my nature…as my name suggests. Though I do have terrible fun when there is chaos…I do still have a guilty conscience whenever I make a female cry. I hope you forgive me and I hope you make amends with these men. I will go now though…before one of these men makes an attempt to pound me into the ground." Chaos turned to leave but Tohru grabbed him and gave him a hug—being careful not to crush his wings. This startled Chaos and he shimmered out of her grasp. The boys gave her bewildered looks as Chaos spoke to her when he reappeared in the air,
"Wh-what were you trying to do?" She smiled at him and replied,
"I was just giving you a hug as thanks for not killing these people and for apologizing. Despite everything that you've done—I think you're very nice in your heart."
Chaos looked at her with a bewildered face for a moment, laughed, and then said,
"So this is why this cursed family loves you so much! Oh well…I might be back since you are being so nice," he smiled when he received furious glares of objection from the three men, "…then again, I might stay away—you never know! Bye for now anyway!" with that, he flew through the open door and was gone.
Everyone sat still for a moment then, Tohru turned towards Kyo,
"Kyo…?" he turned towards her with a,
"Huh?" she beamed at him and went to give him a tight hug—and succeeded. When she realized he didn't transform, she let go looked towards the (still open) door. She saw Chaos, he smiled, waved, and then flew off. She looked at Kyo and then went to hug him again—POOF! She just laughed and hugged the little orange cat. She was glad he was back in his own shoes and that everything was back to normal—but just to be sure…she set Kyo down then went over towards Yuki and Shigure.
POOF! She was hugging a mouse and a dog. She smiled as she pulled back from Shigure and put down Yuki.
"I'm glad everything's back to the normal chaos."
The three stared at her for a moment then smiled back at her…they were happy too.
(AN: …So? Did you like the story? If I get enough reviews on this…I might do a sequel where Chaos comes back to torment different members of the Sohma house…What do you think?)
