Disclaimer: Chaos and Era are mine…Fruits Basket characters aren't.

Pairings: Kyo+Tohru, Yuki+Kagura

Chapter 7: To Break Chaos

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                "YUKI!!" Kagura and Tohru yelled as they trembled before the horrific sight they were witnessing. Yuki was still screaming and thrashing and no one knew exactly what to do.

                "Should…I call Hatori!?" Kyo shouted above Yuki's screams.

                "What the hell could he do!?" shouted back Haru.

                "WAKE HIM UP!!" Kagura yelled to the two boys, "Wake him up! He's just dreaming!! Wake him up!!"

Kyo and Haru looked at each other for a moment and then set out to wake Yuki up. Both thinking, 'How in the hell could someone sleep through that!?' but before they could get closer than a foot away from him, his eyes flashed open and his screaming stopped…though he was still breathing very hard. The two boys helped him sit up as Kyo asked,

                "Yuki…what's going on?"

                "C…c….c-Chaos…"

                "WHAT!? Chaos did this!?"

Yuki just managed to make eye contact with Kyo before he passed out.

                Yuki opened his eyes. He was in…his room still? He looked around Kyo, Haru, and the others were frozen in their movements. Time had stopped…but why could he move?

                "I can answer that."

Yuki gasped and turned to see a young woman with tan catlike ears and a tan catlike tail. She was dressed in a long red dress that was very low cut.

                "Who are you?"

                "I am Era. Don't you remember me?"

                "You're that woman that got Chaos so upset…"

                "Did I really upset him? …That's good."

                "What do you want with me?"

                "I merely just wanted to apologize for all the agony that you've gone through in your last couple of dreams."

                "You mean…Chaos wasn't behind them?"

                "No…it was him beating you up…but it was my fault. I fear there will be another that will suffer in their dreams too…"

                "No!"

                "Hm?"

                "Don't hurt anyone else! Just leave us alone!"

                "Oh, but my dear…if I don't direct the dreams to someone else…the wounds will stop going away…the blood will not go back into your body…and he will kill you."

Yuki was speechless. He didn't want to die—not like that…but he didn't want anyone else to suffer like he had been…Wait. Yes he did…

                "Could you direct them to a certain person for me?"

                "Depends…who do you want to pass them on to?"

                "My brother, Ayame."

                "Nope. Sorry. It will kill the soul of your brother and the body of the boy that your brother is in."

                "So it has to be someone who isn't switched?"

                "Yes."

                "Then I know the perfect person. Kyo."

                "Yes…it is possible…but…"

                "But what?"

                "All I can do is to try and redirect the dreams…if I can't…if Chaos has him protected…you will die immediately."

                "…"

                "So would you just let me do what I was going to do originally?"

                "Why are you asking me? If you weren't going to do what I wanted…why'd you even ask?"

She glared at him for a moment, smiled, and walked over to him. She bent down to his ear and whispered,

                "It's all just to mess with Chaos. He has a curse upon him and I'm trying to break it. If I'm able to get his gold eye to shed at least one tear…the curse will be broken."

                "That's it!? Tha—" she clamped her hand over Yuki's mouth.

                "I'll kill you if you don't keep it down! If you have something to say…say it quietly." She said as she slowly removed her hand from his mouth.

                "That's the whole reason why we were put through this? That's why we were switched so many times?"

                "No. That is just Chaos' nature. The dreams are to break the curse…in order to break him…He's miserable right now because he thinks he's going to end up killing you…and he has no control over it."

                "Why not?"

                "That's part of his curse. That evil side you see in your dreams is merely part of the curse. Though Chaos does have an evil side to him…it's nowhere near that bad."

                "If this is such a secret from him…why tell me?"

                "Because you hate him…because you have no one that likes him…Unlike Kyo, who has Tohru."

                "Fine. I won't tell anyone—though I do have one question…"

                "What?"

                "Why bring Kagura into my dreams?"

                "That is the real Chaos…trying to get rid of your loneliness…in other words…he's trying to play matchmaker so that you won't end up like him…with the same curse…"

                "Huh?"

                "May you never understand…because if you do…it'll be too late to save you."

With that, she shimmered out of sight, Yuki became dizzy, and he soon passed out.

                "Yuki…Yuki…Yuki…"

Yuki heard a voice slowly pulling him out of the darkness that Era had sent him spiraling into.

"Yuki!"

His eyes snapped open, then flashed back shut away from the bright light of Hatori's examine room that he knew all too well. They slowly opened this time and he slowly sat up.

                "What…happened?"

                "That's what I want you to tell me. Everyone says that you were thrashing, screaming, and bleeding…. while you were asleep…"

                "I was?"

                "…Yes. Yuki, what's going on with you? Every one—including Kyo—is worried."

                "Why is that stupid cat worried about me?"

                "I don't know, you'll have to ask him yourself…but that's aside from why I have you here. What's going on? I'll have to let Akito know about this if you don't tell me."

                "Fine…I'll tell you what I can…I've been having these weird dreams every time I fall asleep. They start out ok but then Chaos appears in them and starts to torture me in anyway possible….That's all I know."

Hatori lifted a brow at Yuki's story and then looked off in another direction, thinking.

                "…That's why you're screaming in your sleep……but why all the blood?"

                "I don't know…"

                "Really?"

                "Really."

Hatori sighed as he put his hand on his forehead.

                "You can go back now…you want me to drive you there?"

                "I'm fine. I can walk."

                "Yuki! You're alright!"

Yuki looked up just in time took brace himself for a hug from Kagura. When they both realized that they were receiving stares, Kagura let go as they both blushed a little.

                "Since when are you two so close?"

                "KYO!" said Kagura and a high-speed chase began as Kyo ran for his life.

                Tohru couldn't help but laugh as she saw the scene. A chase like that hasn't happened in a long time. It's good to know that some things will never change.

                Yuki walked over to where Kagura was about to beat Kyo and said,

                "Kagura, he's not worth it. Just ignore him…that and Hatori's not feeling very good. It wouldn't be nice to bug him again so soon."

                "…You're right!" she said as she tossed Kyo out the front door—or rather—through the front door. When the two smiled at each other, everyone was shocked but quickly went back to doing whatever as to avoid Kagura's wrath.

                Tohru rushed out side to tend to Kyo as Shigure began to whine,

                "Quit wrecking my poor house!"

When Kyo was bandaged up, he went up to sit on the roof for a while…Tohru followed him shortly after.

                "What are you still doing up? I thought you would've been in bed by now."

                "I couldn't go back to sleep after what happened to Yuki…"

                "I know what you mean, but it's almost dawn."

His face flushed as Tohru curled up next to him.

                "Just let me do this…while…I…can…"

He looked down at her and she was already asleep. He kissed her on the forehead then set out to try to get some sleep too.

                Yuki eyes flashed open. Something wasn't right. He sat up and began to scan the room…and almost had a heart attack when a voice yelled,

                "Boo!"

                "Yaah! …Kagura! …You scared me half to death!"

She laughed and then said,

                "I couldn't sleep…can I sleep with you tonight?" Yuki could feel the blood rush to his face, "I'd feel better if I knew that you were alright…that…what happened earlier was so horrible…I don't want to see that happen to you again…"

                "Then you shouldn't stay by me then…"

She sat on his lap and put her lips to his. She broke the kiss then said,

                "I want to be with you…Kyo rejected me no matter what I did…he chose Tohru…and…and…"

Yuki hugged her as she began to cry and he thought,

                'Is this another one of Chaos' dreams?'

She fell asleep on him while she was crying and so all he could do was lay down and try to go to sleep himself…Though he wasn't sure if he could even go to sleep because of the fact that he might already be in a dream…But sleep finally over took his mind and those worries stopped circling his thoughts.

                Yuki slowly opened his eyes…something was on his chest and was making it hard to breath…It was…Kagura…

                'What?' Yuki was suddenly fully awake and very confused, 'It wasn't a dream?? But…'

                "Yuki…" Kagura slowly opened her eyes and gasped at where she had fallen asleep, "I'm sorry Yuki! I—'

Her sentence was halted by a kiss from Yuki. He started to pull back but Kagura pulled him closer.

                "Yeah, I'll go check on Yuki…" muttered Haru. Tohru had asked for him to check up on him and to see if he was well enough to eat breakfast…Haru opened Yuki's door as he started to say,

                                "Yuki—" he stopped when he saw Kagura and Yuki…He slammed the door back shut and said, "Tohru says that breakfast is ready if you're well enough to eat!" With that, he headed down the stairs muttering,

                "Why'd I have to check on him?"

                Kyo started picked up the milk carton out of the fridge and began to drink. He almost choked when he saw a furious Yuki heading towards him. 'I haven't seen him like that in a long time'

                "Hey Yuki—"

                "Where's Haru!?"

                "Wha…? I don't know! Why do you—"

                "Just move!" snapped Yuki as he pushed pass Kyo.

                "Hey! Watch where you're going you da—"

A hard kick from Yuki sent Kyo flying into the other room and onto the table. (Which snapped in two when Kyo landed on it.) Tohru gasped and ran towards Kyo to see how badly he had gotten hurt While Shigure wined about his house being wrecked again and his breakfast being ruined. He stopped though when he received a warning glare from Yuki. When he was gone Momiji asked,

                "What's wrong with Yuki? ……and what happened to Ayame?"

                "He probably wandered off to see Hatori…He'll be back though," replied Shigure.

                "Doesn't anyone know what's up with Yuki? I've never seen him so mad at Haru…" said Tohru.

                "He's been that and madder at me…but you're right…I've never seen him like this towards Haru…and where did Haru go exactly?"

                Suddenly, everyone heard a loud crash…then shouting.

                "Looks like he brought out Black Haru…After his speech to Kagura about not bugging Hatori…he sure threw that out the window quick…I'll call Hatori…" sighed Shigure as he got up and went for the phone.

                "Wait!" Shigure turned to see Kagura at the bottom of the stairs; "It's my fault that Yuki's mad at Haru…let me see if I can stop them…" With that, she ran outside towards where the two were fighting.

                "I'll go ahead and call Hatori…now he'll have to tend to Haru and Yuki…" he said as he heard the noise outside get even louder.

                "Where are they?" sighed Hatori as he walked inside. He looked like he hadn't gotten any sleep at all last night.

                "They're upstairs but…are you ok? You really don't look well."

                "Shigure…I'll be fine as soon as all this is over with…until then, no, I'm not alright." He said as he headed up the stairs with Shigure close behind him.

                Damn it, Era! Are you trying to make me kill all of them!? Do you want all of them dead before the end of the week!?

Tears fell from his silver eye as he watched what was happening in the house. The gold remained dry.

                At this rate…at least two will die…one from the dreams…and the other from stress…What!? …NO! Leave her alone! Leave her out of this! I promised…her…no…

His gold eye began to glow as his consciousness once again began to fade. He never remembered what he did until the dream was over…when it was too late….

                Tohru…

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