Disclaimer: Chaos is mine, but Fruits Basket characters aren't.

Pairings: Kyo+Tohru

Chapter 4: Sadness and Loneliness

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                "I'll get it!" yelled out Momiji as he skipped towards the door. He opened it and was greeted by Hatori and Shigure…in Kagura's body.

                "Are they upstairs?"

                "Yeah, they're both in their own beds. Kyo woke up earlier then went back to bed. Can I do anything to help?"

                "No. I'll let you know when I'm done." He said as he headed upstairs with his bag in hand.

                Haru—I mean Momiji, what has happened!? My poor roof is a wreck! And just who is it that got hurt? Hatori wouldn't tell me anything! Was it Yuki and Kyo fighting? "

                "No. Tohru and Kyo fell…Kyo said this person named Chaos has come back and that he was the cause of all this trouble…Do you know who he is talking about?"

                "Who, Chaos? Yes…in a way. I can't believe I didn't think about him being behind all this! …Also…he's not a man…he's a cat...sort of."

                "Huh?"

                "You'll see when he shows himself. He'll show up shortly before something goes horribly wrong." Shigure walked upstairs after he said this, leaving Momiji slightly confused.

                "Thank you," said Tohru as Hatori left her room. He had bandaged her up where she needed it and had given her some medication for any pain she might still have in a few hours. 'I hope Kyo is all right…' she thought as she laid her head back down on her pillow, 'Why would Chaos do such a thing? Was he trying to kill us?'

                "Heh. I can answer that."

Tohru gasped and shot up as she brought her gaze to the being that the voice belonged to.

                "Who…are you?" she said, as she looked him over. By his voice he sounded a lot like Chaos but he wasn't a cat...at least not like Chaos had been when she last saw him. This man had one gold eye, one silver eye, one black wing, one white wing, catlike ears, a catlike tail, and dark blue…fur covering most of his body that she could see. He didn't have a shirt on, just a red spiked…collar and blue jeans.

                "Why I'm Chaos, of course!" he let out a kind laugh, "Don't look so surprised! You didn't really think that that little cat body was my true form did you? Well, whatever…I just dropped by to apologize for what happened earlier—it didn't go as I had planned! An old…nemesis of mine dropped in and got my temper up—the shingles just happened to be a result of my anger…and the ladder broke when I didn't calm down…"

Tohru looked at him for a moment before speaking,

                "So…bad things happen when you get angry?"

                "Ahhh….iiiitt'sss…something like that. It's kind of hard to explain…that is a blunt way of putting it…but it's more like chaotic things happen when I feel certain strong emotions…It's something that's out of my control…" 'At least I was able to prevent the cat from being killed…because had he transformed…'

He looked down at his feet and a sympathetic feeling washed over her. Despite how odd he looked, she would never call him hideous or ugly. If asked she would probably even call him kinda cute. A very strange aurora comes from him that just...

                "Hey! Tohru, I'm coming in!"

Chaos shimmered out of sight as the door slid open and Kagura walked in.

                "Shigure?"

                "No…It's me, Kagura!"

                "Oh!! Did you and Shigure end up switching bodies while I was out?"

                "It was actually before that…I just didn't wake up until all that noise…"

                "Oh…" Tohru looked down at her lap, 'Why must Chaos do these things? What does he accomplish from making so many people switch bodies?'

                "Tohru…Why is all this happening? Is…this some kind of punishment?"

                No.

                "I don't think so."

                "Is this some kind of a joke?"

                Not really.

                "I'm not sure."

                "Will we be like this for a long time?"

                No.

                "Umm…"

                "Will we die from this…like Kyo and Yuki almost did?"

                NO!

                "I…don't…know…but I don't think he will let anyone die." 'It doesn't seem like he's doing some of this on purpose. Last time, he definitely meant to do what he did…but this time…'

                No…no…NO! It's not me! It's not my fault! It's not! It's…not…

A tear fell from a silver eye into the stream he was looking into.

                Why does it have to be me?

Yuki headed for the stream. He finally had been able to get out of the house for a bit. He'd have to be back in time for Tohru's picnic but he wanted a few moments to himself.  All the chaos around the house had given him a headache…and made him want to be with someone. Someone who cared for him and would be able to ease his distress…but there was no one. Tohru had chosen Kyo…and he could never try to take away the happiness that he saw in her eyes whenever they were together …He sat down underneath the tree that Chaos happened to be laying on (though Yuki didn't notice him) as he thought,

'Why is life like this? Why am I forced to be…'

…alone.

(AN: Sooo…. how was this chapter? Reviews please!)