Chapter 2: Plans and Fun
A/N: WOW! 9 reviews already? YAY! That makes me so happy. ^_^ and they're good reviews too. But I'm so surprised… Jr./Gaignun and chaos/Allen? I never even thought of those…although reviews didn't help me decide pairings…(sigh) oh well, I'll figure them out sometime. Who knows right? And yeah, mysterious people are rarely cool
"Are you sure?!" Theos yelled. Fohat sighed and shook his head. After his other agent had gone off, Theos had come and well, that was bad. Theos always questioned his judgment.
"Yes, I decided that he would be best for this…job." Fohat knew that it was a bad answer but oh well…
"We work as a team! Why do you favor him?! He gets to go into the outside world! He gets to have friends! He gets to see things I never will!!!" Theos crossed his arms and threw his head back, shaking away some of his silver bangs.
"Theos! Stop this! I sent him because he is the one for this…" Fohat began but again Theos cut him off.
"Just shut up! You don't get anything do you? He's a monster! Just…just…ahh, that's it I'm leaving…" Theos turned around and stomped out of the barren room. Fohat slumped in his chair.
"Theos…please don't do it… the power will overwhelm them all…" Fohat groaned and put his head in his hands.
"So, what do you think?" chaos smiled at Jr. The red haired boy frowned. chaos wanted to have a party…now? "I think Shion would be very happy to see we remembered."
"Yeah, she would…" Jr. said slowly. Sure, he had really only known chaos for three years but three years was enough time to see that this was odd. "I don't know, isn't this a bad time for a party?"
"I don't think so." chaos said. "I think now is the best time. Don't you?" Jr didn't say anything and chaos nodded. "See? We'll have the party in two days." chaos started to walk away but Jr reached out and grabbed his shoulder.
"Hang on a sec!" He said, slightly rougher then he meant.
"Yes?" chaos turned around to see his smaller friend. Jr. stood there frowning until he let go of chaos' arm.
"I uh…want to tell you about…the other night…"
"Oh? You mean what was really bothering you?" chaos asked. Jr nodded.
"Yeah but not now okay?" Jr. sighed. For some reason, he felt safe telling chaos what weighed on his mind. "Just, later ok?"
"Of course." Chaos walked out of Jr.'s room and continued walking down the hall. "But…I already know what's wrong." He said softly to himself as he went to find Allen.
"A party for the Chief?" Allen nodded vigorously. "That's a great idea! She'll love it! It can take her mind off KOS-MOS and all the happenings lately…"
"I'm glad your so excited." chaos smiled. He had found Allen on Gaignun's private beach, soaking in the rays. Though this was odd, Allen had said it was part of his plan to 'become more manly'. Step one was to get a nice tan.
"Of course I am!" Allen sat up and wiped some sand off his shorts. "Last time we had a birthday party, well, it was great! Shion was so happy and the smile she had on…" Allen sighed. "I was glad to see her that happy. She doesn't just give 'those' smiles away you know. It takes hard work to get her that happy and I think this will be it!" Allen looked so happy and excited that chaos almost started laughing.
"You remember when you said I was kind?" chaos asked.
"Yeah, when we were in the park…" Allen said.
"Well, honestly I think you're the kind one here." chaos looked out at the sea. "You care about the ones around you so much, especially Shion. It's wonderful."
"Ah, chaos, don't make me blush." Allen laughed. "I still say you care about people a lot more…it's like you know what's wrong and what to do every time!"
"Not every time…" chaos whispered sadly. "I'm not…always this way…"
"Hm? Did you say something?" Allen looked up but chaos just smiled and waved his hand.
"Nothing. Well, I'll go see if everyone's ready to plan the party." chaos got up, dusted the sand from his clothes and left the beach. Allen watched him go, then put his sunglasses back on.
"Huh…he looked depressed suddenly…wonder what's bugging him."
MOMO skipped down the hallways of the Durandal humming happily to herself. She saw Shion walking towards her and grinned. Like usual, Shion was carrying her palm computer and studying the data there that was no doubt about KOS-MOS. She always looked so focused when viewing data, you could tell she was quite smart just by watching her. MOMO jumped over to her and smiled.
"Hey Shion!" MOMO grinned as the young woman looked up.
"Oh, hello there MOMO." Shion pressed some buttons and put her computer away. "You seem excited today."
"I am!" She was on the balls of her feet. "Because today chaos said we start the pla-" Suddenly her eyes grew wide and she clapped her hands over her mouth.
"Planning?" Shion said, looking at the little girl curiously. "Planning with chaos…?"
"I didn't say that!" MOMO cried. "I uh…have to go find Ziggy! Yes, bye Shion!" MOMO quickly ran off, leaving a puzzled Shion.
"Planning for what…? Or maybe she was going to say something else?" Shion sighed. "Maybe chaos will know…"
Shion walked to the bridge of the Elsa and looked out at Second Miltia below. Ever since the Proto incident, Jr. had made the Elsa circle around, looking to make sure there wasn't anything left. Course, there wasn't but Jr seemed paranoid lately, checking around corners, patrolling after everyone had gone to sleep, constantly asking if there was anything large in the area.
"Must still think Albedo is after him." Shion sighed and sat down in a near by chair. There wasn't much to do today since she'd finished all the repairs on KOS-MOS. The Kukai foundation, along with the Durandal, had floated over to them about three days ago but Shion had never been much of a 'beach person' so she just sat around normally doing work.
"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" Shion looked up and saw Captain Mathews was sitting in his usual high-rise chair. "You look bored as hell."
"Sort of." Shion smiled. "I'm just…well, I don't feel like working today."
"That's fine!" Mathews laughed. "After all you've done, you need a break."
"You think so?" Shion sighed and shook her head. "I don't…I mean, now what?"
"Huh?"
"Well, we've hit a dead end…" Shion looked out into space. "What next? I mean, all we have are the Zohars…that's about it. We have no clues and our one possible lead, Albedo, got away." Shion stood up. "I feel restless, not knowing what's next…"
"Oh, didn't they say anything to you?" Mathews said in surprise. "I've seen chaos and Jr. pouring over books and data and all kinds of crap lately. It was about tons of stuff: religion, the Zohar project, Vector industries, all kinds of stuff."
"Huh?!" Now it was Shion's turn to be surprised. "They have been?"
"Yeah, why don't you go talk to Jr? He's in his room still, looking at those books of his…" Mathews shrugged. "Maybe one of the two found something."
"That's a good idea!" Shion walked away excitedly and Mathews eased back into his chair.
"…or maybe they were just bored and reading, how the hell should I know?"
"So, then it's decided." chaos smiled at his little group. MOMO had gathered everyone into the café where they had decided on plans. "KOS-MOS, you'll be in charge of keeping Shion away from the Elsa."
"Affirmative." KOS-MOS said.
"MOMO and Ziggy can cook while Allen Jr and I set everything up…" chaos looked at his friends. "That sounds good?" everyone nodded in general agreement and chaos clapped his hands together. "We only have one day left now so let's move it!"
A/N: Ok, this chapter still focused on events of the guys without much in the plot details but next chapter will have…The party for Shion, a landing on Miltia, dreams and I might even throw in some of chaos' past…not to mention some Rubedo goodness…how's that sound? Glad you guys are so nice when you review, trying to help me and all…well, review more and see ya later! (Ziggy cook??!!)