/This might get a little odd from here on in. You've been warned/
Almost Midnight.
Felix couldn't sleep. Something about tonight made him feel too alive for sleep.
Like a kid waiting for Christmas morning. He felt like a kid, sitting there on the end of his bed, counting the seconds untill Midnight. 50 seconds, 49 seconds...
So close! He thought. 23 years old in thirty seconds..20 seconds...
10...
9...
8...
7...
6...
5...His scalp was tingling...
4...
3... 2...1...0!
Felix suddenly grabbed his head in agony. He screamed. It felt like someone was pulling off his scalp!
He heard someone try to open the door. "Felix? What's wrong? FELIX, OPEN THE DOOR!"
Gato's voice seemed so distant. He realized he was still screaming. His whole body felt like it was on fire!
He heard Gato yell again, still screaming. But everything felt so far away...he didn't remember locking the door...
Gato kept trying to get in, even as the rest of the group came.
"What's going on! Why is your brother screaming like a fucking lunatic! Everyone can hear him!"Sanzo yelled over the noise.
Gato frowned at the door."I don't know, but I've never heard him scream like this before. And Felix's door is locked. I can't get in!" Gato really hated breaking down doors.
"Move!" Hazel pushed past everyone, fully dressed, a hairpin in hand. "I knew this would come in handy."
It took him ten seconds to pick the lock, and they were all inside.
Felix was curled up in the fetal position. He was still screaming. His eyes were clenched tight, and there were tears streaming down his face.
Gato was immediatly by his side."Felix! Felix, stop screaming! I'm here now! Talk to me!" He gently pulled Felix into the sitting position."Felix!"
Hakkai started to get over there, but he stopped. Felix had stopped screaming and had opened his eyes.
His pupils looked like two black lightning bolts."It hurts...!"
But what concerned eveyone was what was happening to Felix's head.
The ears on the side of his face were dissapearing, and a pair of black, cattish ears were replacing them on top of his head.
Felix gripped Gato's vest tightly."Gato! Make it STOP!"
Gato held him closer."I'm sorry, Little Brother...I don't know what to do."
Hakkai rushed to thier side. Sanzo, Goku and Gojyo block the door from the crowd that was gathering.
Hazel stood there, looking at Felix. He could see so much pain in those eyes.
Those eyes that bad been so happy a few hours ago.
He just watched, unable to tear himself away.
After a few hours, the crowd had left, but the innkeepers familiy demanded to see what was going on.
Sanzo let them in to see for themselves.
At that point, Felix had passed out, sporting a new pair of ears.
The wife gasped, and lead the children out of the room. The husband just stared in shock and awe.
But the grandmother, no taller than Goku, hobbled over to where Gato was putting Felix onto the bed."Hmmmm...Quite interesting. I thought all the Ji'Cayeths were extinct in this realm."
Everone(minus Felix) looked at her. "Ji'Whats?" was the generally response.