thanx for the review Rachridgeback! i plan on her... thinking chaos is still Shion. cause tht's all i got. lol.

Disclaimer: a disclaimer... is the opposite of claiming. i'm NOT claiming xenosaga... got it?

Chapter Two:

"Wait... I'm you?"

((chaos))

"Ugh..." I sat up in my bed. Wait... it wasn't my bed. I looked around and saw... Vector stuff? Papers everywhere having to do with... Kos-Mos? 'What am I doing in Shion's room?' I thought. Not looking at what I had on, I headed to the kitchen.

Upon entering, I saw Jr., Jin, and Captain Matthews. "Hey, what happened on the planet?" I asked. I gasped. My voice sounded... feminine!

"Ahh, it's good to see you're ok sister." Jin said.

"Yo, Miss Vector, Kos-Mos was just here. Said she needed some tuning up after that battle. She's downstairs."

"Shion? I'm not... Shion!" I said, confused at why everyone thought I was Shion.

"Of course you're Shion!" Jr. laughed. "What are you thinking? Well, now that your up, can ya cook us some food? We're starving!"

"Um... excuse me." said a voice. The voice... sounded just like my voice! "Can I borrow... cha- er... Shion for a minute?"

Everyone turned around. I was shocked! That was... me who was talking!

"But... wait... you're..."

"I'll talk to you about it later Shion." the chaos said to me. It bowed and dragged me away.

As soon as we were away from earshot, I pulled my arm away from... the person. "What are you doing? How is this possible? You're me! But... I'm me!"

"Not here!" the chaos said, pushing me into the nearest room, which happened to be mine.

"Who are you?" I asked the chaos, wanting answers.

"I'm Shion!" he said.

"Wait..." I walked to the mirror. Sure enough, the person who stared back at me was... Shion. "Wait, wait, wait... I'm... you? How's this... possible?"

"Yes. It seems that... I'm you. And you're me. I don't know how it happened though."

"Yeah... all I remember is... being knocked out..." I thought back to the battle. "Kos-Mos! She can tell us what happened! Can't she?"

"You're right! Let's go!" we ran down the hallway, and went down to Kos-Mos' room. "Kos-Mos!" Shion activated her. "Show us what happened in that battle we had on the planet!"

Kos-Mos turned to me. "Shion. Should I show my battle records?"

"What?" I was still confused.

"Just say yes. She thinks you're me." Shion whispered to me.

"Oh... um... yes, Kos-Mos. Please show us those battle records."

She walked over to the computer and a cord seperated from her arm. She connected the cord to the computer screen and it showed the battle from Kos-Mos' view.

"Can you fast forward to when you come to us?" Shion asked impatiently.

"Certainly." Kos-Mos replied. The view went to us. Kos-Mos was walking towards us... but something was happening. The gas... surrounded us. It spun, and spun, raising us off the ground. We began glowing... Kos-Mos tried walking to us, but she was pushed back. Shion glowed red, and I, white. Suddenly, the red glow from Shion exchanged places with the white glow in me. The gas stopped spinning, and we were back on the ground.

"That's it!" Shion exclaimed. "It had to be the gas!"

"I thought you said the gas was harmless Kos-Mos!"

"It was. The gas showed no signs of having the capability of killing a human. This anomaly is... unexplainable. I couldn't see any damage to you two, so I brought you back to the Elsa. Does... something seem to be the matter?"

Shion was about to open her mouth when I covered it and pulled her aside. "Wait Shion... we can't tell Kos-Mos."

"What?" for the first time, I saw my face... slightly angry. "Why not?"

"You heard her, she doesn't think anything's wrong. If we get her to help us, she won't know what to do! If she can't do it, she's likely to ask someone else... which would blow our cover. There's gotta be something else we can do."

She sighed, but agreed. "You're probably right. But what do we do? We can't just stay like this!"

"We'll have to... for a while. We've got to research that gas. See what's going on with it."

"Ok..."

"Shion? Is something the matter?" Kos-Mos repeated.

"No!" I turned back to Kos-Mos, giving my best Shion-like smile I could. "Everything's just fine!"

"That's good. If you don'tmind, I would like a tune up now please."

"Ah..." I turned back to Shion. "Now what?"

"We'll... have to teach each other how to live like each other."

"Can't we do that now?" I asked, glancing back at Kos-Mos, who was motionless, awaiting a reply.

"Not now! We have to look up that gas! If there's a way to reverse it's effects, in no time, then teaching each other about our lives now would be a waste of time! Get researching!"

I sighed, slightly perturbed by the situation, but nodded. "Um... Kos-Mos? I'm sorry, I'll have to tune you up tomorrow. Is that ok?"

"Affirmative. I shall just stay in stand-by mode until then."

"Thank you Kos-Mos." Shion and I rushed back upstairs.

I was about to enter my room, when Shion stopped me. "What is it?"

"This is my room now, remember? I'm chaos."

I groaned. This was really going to mess with me. "Oh boy... ok. I'll be at you're room then."

"You already know where my room is?" she asked suspiciously.

"Eh... of course! Hehe..." I laughed nervously. "That's where I came from! I know where it is."

"Ok..." she entered my room "Don't mess anything up in there!"

I sighed. This was going to be really, really, annoying.

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A/N: eh... skool is starting up 2mororw. i may not be updating as much, but stay with me! i'll update as much as possible. next chappie... the catch to switching back.