Misaki the Assasain: Thanks for the suggestion. I shall try to put your idea into this chapter or the next.

Note: No reviews for chapter 7…*gets big, puppy dog eyes* What happened?

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

Pairings: Kyo+Tohru, Yuki+Kagura

Warnings: A little bit of blood, but not much.

Chapter 8: Fighting for Sanity

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                Kyo set Tohru down on her bed. She had been working really hard and she didn't get much sleep last night…He shut the door quietly and turned to head down stairs…He reached the bottom of the stairs just as and ear-piercing scream came from Tohru's room.

                "Tohru!?" he yelled as he opened her door. She was thrashing and screaming as blood poured from a few nonexistent wounds.

                Tohru watched with terror as Chaos' bloody hand pulled back to prepare for the final blow. The hand came down, claws pierced her neck—all went black.

                A final scream arose from Tohru as she woke up to a blood-covered Kyo who was hovering over her—looking terrified.

                "Kyo…?"

                "Tohru! Are you ok?" he said as he held her tightly. He had never been so scared in his life. The only thing worse than losing Tohru would be to lose her to his other form…

                Oh shit. I really wish that cat hadn't thought of that…I can't take much more of this…

He put his hand on his forehead as he massaged his temples. A single tear fell from his silver eye as he continued to think…and fight the curse within him.

                Yuki's eyes widened in horror when he walked into Tohru's room…He saw Kyo hugging a bloody Tohru and immediately feared she was dead but when he took a second look, he saw that it was just the aftermath of a dream…

                'She's still alive…' Yuki let out a sigh of relief before he walked back out of the room to tell Hatori, who was still patching up Haru.

                "Hatori…"

                "Yeah…I heard her. I'll be there in a sec. From the look on your face, I wouldn't be able to do anything and it's not serious yet…"

                'Poor Hatori…' thought Yuki, 'He really doesn't look good…Is Chaos slowly killing him…or is it just stress?' He left the room and headed down stairs as he pondered about everything that was happening because of Chaos.

                Die, die…they're all going to die! *(basically) insane laughter* DIE everyone! Just die!

SLAP!

                "Better?"

                "Yeah…thanks…I needed that."

                "No problem."

                Wait a minute…where'd Era come from?

He turned to see Era smile and then shimmer away.

                "Grrr…"

                "Don't be so upset…" Tohru laughed as she looked at Kyo.

                "I'll kill 'im…If I ever get my hands on him, I'll kill 'im!"

                "Somehow I don't think that he would be…that easily killed…Because I'm sure several people have tried to get rid of him in the past if he's the source of all Chaos in this world…"

                "I did say if I ever got my hands on him…How can you be alright with this?"

                "I don't know…I'm terrified that it'll happen again like it did with Yuki but I know that the one in my dream wasn't the real Chaos."

                "There are two of him!?"

                "No…it's…I'm not sure, but…He was crying through out the whole dream…"

                "Why?"

                "I don't know…"

                "YAY! I'm back in Haru's body—wait…"

Kyo got up off his bed opened his door—only to get tackled by Momiji,

                "KYO! I'm back in Haru's body! WAAAHH!"

                "WILL YOU GET OFF ME!?"

                "But Kyo!"

Kyo shoved off the boy that was on top of him and went to find Shigure. He went into Shigure's office and found…someone…fast asleep.

                "Oi! Wake up!"

                "Huh? Oh Kyo, what's wrong?"

                "Shigure?"

                "Yes…"

                "So it's back down to just Haru and Momiji being switched…"

                "Ah, yes…I'll go call Hatori."

Kyo went back to his room as Shigure headed for the phone.

                There…only two more…two…three…four…five—

                "Wait!"

He catches Era's hand before she can slap him again, "I'm fine! I was…just thinking."

                "Uh huh…whatever. Just do me a favor and don't lose the fight for your sanity. You're odd enough as it is...so don't go insane on me."

He sticks his tongue out at her as she shimmers off, laughing.

                'She's really starting to annoy me!' he thought as he flew off closer towards Shigure's house.

                Hatori sighed as he laid down on his bed. Though he'd never admit it, rest was something he wanted more than anything else right now. He hadn't slept in days and it was starting to catch up with him…If he didn't get some rest soon, he could possibly die from exhaustion…

                BRRRING! …BRRRING! …BRRRING! …BRRRING!

He sighed as he got up and answered his phone…If it was one of Shigure's jokes, he'd literally kill him.

                "Hello? …I'm fine, get to the point unless you want to have a lethal injection…Alright…Can it wait until tomorrow? …Good." He almost dropped the phone as he went to hang it up. He looked at his hands that were shaking pretty badly…He didn't want to see what he looked like in a mirror. With as bad as the others have been pestering him about his health…he probably didn't sound or look too good at the moment. He certainly didn't feel good…that he was sure of. He slowly made his way to his medicine rack and found some sedatives that he used on Akito when he was having one of his fits. It was the only thing he hadn't tried. All the others either didn't work or just put him out for a few minutes or so…He injected some of it as carefully as he could with his shaky hands then ate a little something before heading back to his bed.

                Yuki watched the rain fall down from the porch. The storm had blown up so suddenly…it reminded him of the day that Kyo's bracelet got pulled off in front of Tohru. He felt a lot like he did that day too. Something was going to happen…and it wasn't going to be pretty. He held out his hand to catch a drop but just before one landed in his hand, it stopped. Everything was still. Time had frozen again. He looked to his left in time to see Era shimmer into sight and walk towards him.

                "What do you want?"

                "I came to warn you."

                "About what?"

                "Tohru will die…today."

((AN: Good? Bad? Reviews please! This story started out humor…what happened? This will be a tragedy if things keep going like this…))