Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Fruits Basket characters…but Chaos on the other hand…IS mine! (The mystery chick is my character as well…I just haven't thought of a name for her yet…)
Note: I got an idea for another fic a few days ago but I don't wanna try to work on it until this one is done…unless you people don't give a flip about this fic anymore. If that's the case, then I'll just stop working on this fic until someone wishes for me to continue…So please do let me know how you feel.
Chapter 18: Enter Chaos
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"Aaaah, I can't take this any more!" Kyo shouted out in frustration, "Wake up already you--"
A hand placed over his stopped him from shaking the injured man.
"P-please…That…hurting him further won't help anything."
Kyo looked down into eyes that were filled with sorrow and worry. He released Shigure's shirt collar as he frowned and turned his back to those eyes…
"Thank you…"
"Hmph!"
Kyo walked over and sat on a rock with his arms crossed while he glared at the ground near his left foot. His gaze slowly wandered from that spot over to where Tohru was redoing Shigure's bandages, his wounds were still trying to bleed slightly, and then it quickly went back near his foot. Those eyes of hers…She appears happy enough at first glance…but her eyes scream out another story…His eyes lingered back over in her direction once more and he quickly looked away when she glanced up at him for more reasons than one.
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A moan from Shigure snapped both Kyo and Tohru out of their thoughts and worries.
"Shigure!"
"It's about time you woke up!"
Shigure sat up and gave them a confused look for a moment before going stern.
"You didn't have any trouble with that frost, did you?"
Tohru shook her head 'no' while Kyo replied,
"You were already out of the hall so all we had to do was pick you up and run…Not very vampire-like though, huh?"
Shigure let out a small chuckle before replying,
"No, you're right…but it was the smart thing to do."
"Heh. So what was it? Why was it just in that hall…and what happened to everyone?"
"I don't know what the cause of it was exactly but I kept hearing a voice calling out my name…I don't know why it stayed in the hall either but I'm glad it did and I'm glad you found me…but…what do you mean 'what happened to everyone'?"
"You haven't noticed? Everyone's gone! There's not a soul around! Even the birds and bugs have disappeared!"
"What!? How--"
Shigure was interrupted by Kyo, who had begun to scream while clutching his head. He and Tohru watched in horror as Kyo struggled with some kind of inner conflict and as he did so, his bracelet was thrown off. When Shigure realized this he got up and grabbed Tohru by the arm as he made her stand behind him.
"This…could get ugly."
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"Hey! His charm's been removed! Something's wrong!"
"No shit! Don't you think I know that!? Get back to your bookwork, I'll see if I can stall the beast a while longer!"
The woman sighed as the man flew off in the direction of Sohma complex. As she turned back to the ancient book she had been reading, her eyes focused on a black feather floating down along with a white one. She plucked the white feather out of the air and twirled it between her fingers before tossing it aside and going back to reading.
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Shigure continued the glaring contest he was having with the horrid form, that was Kyo's body transformed*, in front of him. The creature let out a deep growl as it started to take a step towards them…but it stopped when a 'meow' was heard. Shigure and Tohru looked unbelievingly at the cat that had suddenly appeared in front of them.
"meow."
It was a blue cat with…wings and a red spiked collar…One wing was black while the other was white.
"What…?" was the only thing Shigure could manage to say…and the cat speaking to them didn't help his speechlessness.
"Just stand back. I'll do what I can…though I don't know how long I can reverse this curse."
The cat kept his back to them as he spoke, and so, they couldn't see his eyes as they began to glow…one gold, the other silver. He began a strange chant and spread out his wings, but didn't take flight. An eerie wind stirred up as he continued. The creature began to back away as if it was scared of the cat. Before it could go very far though, the cat pounced onto the form. Even though the cat was only as big as a domestic house cat, when it hit the creature's chest, the creature was knocked flat on it's back. The cat then put it's face closer to the creature's, forcing it to look into his eyes. With a terrifying, and seemingly evil, hiss…the creature let out a horrible growl and immediately began to…change…Kyo's normal form soon could be made out and the cat was sitting patiently by his body. It's eyes had ceased glowing by now and both the wind and the chanting had stopped as well.
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Shigure and Tohru hurried over to Kyo's body. Tohru bent down to make sure Kyo was alright and Shigure stared at the cat after retrieving Kyo's bracelet (and putting it back on him).
"Wh--"
Shigure turned his attention to Kyo when a moan rose from him as he sat up.
"Kyo! Are you alright now?" Tohru asked worryingly.
"Yeah, I thi--Ah!"
Kyo had turned his gaze over to the cat and then immediately turned his head away while squinting his eyes shut in the process.
"Kyo!?" Tohru put a hand on Kyo's shoulder and was surprised when he brought his up to hold it there.
Shigure turned towards the cat and shouted furiously,
"What did you do to him!?"
The cat's tail curled back and forth through the air as it stared calmly up at Shigure's fury.
"I merely returned the beast back to it's dormant state…though…it's only temporary…"
"If that's the only thing you did to him, then why just he--"
"Act like that? Because of his power that was awoken when he went near that hall of frost. All it took to awaken it was slightly experiencing the feel of another vampire's special power."
"Power? What sort of talent does he have now for him to act like that?"
"The power to search a being's soul, thoughts, and memories by merely looking into their eyes. He reeled back like that because my soul and thought's are too much to handle, even for an expert of that power…which he is far from being."
"Who are you? What are you trying to do?"
"My name? It's Chaos. What am I trying to do? I may love to cause havoc, but you can't reek havoc on a world that doesn't even exist, now can you? So I am trying to prevent the curse from coming to be so that you people can stop his plans."
"His?"
"Akito…yes…I believe that's what you call him…He's planning something that would eventually destroy the world as we know it."
"What!? What is he planning to do?"
"Aww, come on! If I told you, there'd be that much less chaos to happen! It's not only my name but it's what I do and represent. Someone manages to kill me and that's the end of chaos in the universe. So…I'm going to leave you three to figure it out. Later!"
With that, Chaos took to the air and was soon out of sight.
Shigure let out a frustrated sigh as he ran a hand through his hair and Kyo muttered,
"Well isn't this just beautiful. As if we don't have enough problems without chaos itself getting involved!"
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*Just picture the form that he changes into in the anime…the cat's 'true form', not the cuddly orange cat that seems like he's bite your head off if he could.
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((AN: Good? Bad? Please review! Let me know what ya think about Chaos being put into the story!))
