Chapter Six, What it Takes
Fortune Cookie Say: "Your song passes on your true feelings from your heart."
((10:42 p.m. Shigure's House, September 1st))

A/N: It's really hard to keep up two main characters so this may be the last Dion centered chapter. (Unless SOMEONE gives me more ideas) Thanks for the reviews.

Dusty yawned and flopped backwards onto the grass.

"Finally done!" Dion smiled, hammering in the last nail.

"We got it done a lot faster than I originally had thought we would've." Dusty replied, watching Shigure skip into the house. Dion yawned.

"Well, I pooped; I miss my music; and I don't even have my CD player." She seemed forlorn. Dusty smirked.

"Goodnight then, try not to rob any music stores in your sleep."

Dion rolled her eyes and followed Yuki into the house. Dusty leapt onto the roof, unexpectedly landing on Kyou. He awoke with a start.

"What the hell?" he yelped, sitting up and knocking Dusty off him in the process.

"Sorry, I didn't know you slept here…" Dusty apologized. Kyou's gaze softened.

"Whatever. When you and Dion moved in, my room became yours, so I sleep up

here." Dusty peered at him and smirked.

"What will you do when winter comes?" he shrugged.

"I'll deal with it when it snows."

The silence progressed as the two sat, staring up into the sky at the sparkling twilight. Eventually, Dusty nodded off to sleep, Kyou curling up beside her.

Inside, however, Dion was suffering from severe music withdrawal. She trembled furiously in her sleep, nightmarish dreams preventing her from laying in peace. She suddenly sat up, eyes half open in a lazy stare. Standing, she mechanically walked out of the room and down the stairs.

Shigure looked up as she came into the kitchen.

"Oh, Dion, you're still up?" Shigure frowned when she did not reply and continued her zombie-like walk towards the door.

"Where are you going?" Shigure asked, running up to her and grabbing her shoulders to prevent her form walking out of the house.

"Where are you going?" he repeated slowly this time so that she would understand the question being asked. He turned her body so that she was facing him. He saw that she had no facial expression and her eyes appeared glazed over. She opened her mouth, muttered something, and moaned.

"Huh?" Shigure wrinkled his brow. Dion's mouth gaped open and a trickle of drool escaped.

"MUSIC!" she yelled with a snarl, grabbing a hold of Shigure and flinging him across the room. Face expression black once more, she continued her mission. Her bear feet imprinted the soft ground as she ran into town.

Yuki stumbled down the stairs, yawning and rubbing his eyes. He stepped into the kitchen and caught a glimpse of Shigure.

"…"

When her feet felt asphalt, she hesitated for a moment, as if confused by the sudden change in terrain. She ran quickly to the door of a store, locked for the night. 'Unsheathing' her claws, she drew a circle in the door and pushed the glass in. The building was deathly silent. Still brandishing her claws, she walked over to the electronic section of the store. Holding out her arms, she shredded the isle apart until she came to a CD player. Tearing the packaging to bits, she clutched her prize and proceeded to the CD section of the store.

Just then, a shrill alarm announced her arrival. As if unaffected, Dion grabbed the latest Green Day CD and began to look for batteries.

The police came just as she was exiting the crime scene.

"Stop! Police!" an armed officer stepped out of the car as Dion scurried away, too fast for the police to follow.

When she arrived home, she passed Yuki, wrapping Shigure's wounds. The two did not seem to notice her walk up the stairs and into her room. She placed the headphones on her head and turned on the player. As soon as the music began to play, she fell into a deep sleep.

Natural world order has been restored.

A/N: yay! That was funny! Please review!