This chapter will use some Japanese. All translations will be at the very end, if you can't figure it out from context. The title is a line from "One-Winged Angel" that translates from Latin as "Burning inside with violent anger."

Well, approximately.

DIS: Don't own KH of "The Dream Within" (The song in the dream segment)

THANKS:

Ozric 750(As always)

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Experimental

Beginnings: Part Six

Estuans interius ira vehementi

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:: PAST ::

~~ Ansem's Lab.

Ansem smiles in satisfaction, speaking quietly to himself as he peers inside a tube of bubbling amber liquid. A figure floats inside.

"This may turn out correctly, this time. Perhaps it is the blend of the fourth samples, from that older experiment Hojo and I worked on. What did he call himself? Ah, something to do with a tree of life, I believe. But no matter. That one went mad when he discovered what he is. Soon, this one will be ready. I think I've done it, this time. Darkness that does not only sleep: That lives."

:: PRESENT ::

~~ A dark room

Neko wakes to the sound of Takeo and Oni fighting.

"How stupid can you GET? If you're going to blast something that might blast back, do it from COVER!"

"Well, excuse me, but Anzu was hysterical, Neko was KOed, and they were both inside a magic cage! What was I supposed to do? Wait for the BAKA who did it to wake up?"

Oni's eyes and hair flare red. "NO! Stay out of it and leave those idiot girls! This has completely ruined my plans!"

"Your PLANS?! Kamawanai! WHY would I CARE about your plans?! Sometimes I think you're ANSEM all over again! The dream said they might DIE! The dream DID die!"

"DREAMS?! Your stupid, senseless dreams?! You should have LEFT them to die!"

"Oni, say that again." Neko stands slowly up, her eyes taking on a feral golden tinge. Oni takes a startled look at her, hair paling. "No, really, say it again. I would very much enjoy hurting you."

Anzu has woken up to hear these last few words. "Neko... What are you doing? You're darker than usual..."

Neko smiles gently at Anzu for a moment. "Oni thinks Takeo should have let us die. I'm just a bit angry at him." She turns back to Oni. "Do you want to fight me now or later?"

Oni shakes his head. "Iie, I really do NOT want to fight you. It's not calculated to fit that."

"I'm nana, you're kyuu. What do you have to worry about? Fight me."

Oni gets those impatient grey eyes of his, hair darkening to the red, silver, and chestnut stripes. "I SAID no."

"Fine. I'll have to force the issue." Neko examines her claws for a moment, then leaps with a hiss at Oni. He dodges easily, an almost relived look on his face.

"Well, now at least I CAN fight you. That prohibition was getting annoying." And with this, he backhands her.

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~~ Neko's Dreams

::Ongaku... Music...::
~ Free the dream within

The stars are crying a tear

A sigh escapes from heaven

And the world's end ~
::Oni's like Ansem... He is an end.::

*Are you ready, little kitten?*
~ Breathe the dream within

The mystifying

We tremble and spin

Suspended within ~
::I'm not a kitten. I'm a cat. It's my name.::

*The boy needs help. Are you ready?*

::Iie. Why do you keep asking that?::
~ Look beyond where hearts can see

Dream in peace

Trust, love, believe ~
*The door to light has not been opened.*

::Light's back. The heartless are gone.::

*No. They are bound. The bonds are almost broken.*

::The heartless are coming back?!::
~ We tremble and spin

Suspended within ~
*Are you ready?*

::Hai! Anything to stop them! They hurt Anzu!::
~ Free the dream within

The voices calling, a song

A prayer from deep inside you

To guide you ~
*Then there may be hope, kitten.*
~ Be the dream within

The light is shining

A flame on the wind

Salvation begins

Look beyond where hearts can see

Dream in peace

Trust, love, believe

We tremble and spin

Suspended within

Free the dream within

The stars are crying a tear

A sigh escapes from heaven

And the world's end ~
*Your parents need you.*

::My... Parents?::

And then she woke up.

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TRANSALATIONS:

Iie: No

Hai: Yes

Baka: Idiot, stupid, silly, ect.

Kamawanai: Used as "I don't care"

Nana: Seven

Kyuu: Nine

Ongaku: Music

Review: What you are about to do if you don't want to be turned into a chocolate bar and given to Jo