Youko-Kuronue: haha, i knew that part would get a lot of girls attention... and yeah, i'm interested in seeing how this turns out.

chaosxShion: lol, thanks. your sitting on edge of chair and staring at the screen has payed off.

summonershion3: hah, you get ur part, i get mine... ((you'll understand when you read the 1st few paragraphs))

Aeris1172: lol, thankies!

A/N: well, due to a lot of people wanting me to continue, and to some of my thinking, i've decided to continue this as a story. i never planned on this being anything more than a one-shot though, so it may be kinda short. oh well though.

Disclaimer:I don't own Xenosaga.

Chapter Two:

Searching for supplies

When Shion awoke, she moved slowly, so as not to awake chaos. Leaving the blanket by chaos, she walked over to the now dead fire. She still had her underwear on, since she couldn't risk being naked except for a blanket. Who knew what could've happened while she slept. They were still wet though, and sticking to her skin, so she peeled them off and began putting on her dry pants.

Hearing something move behind her, she turned to see chaos yawning. He slowly stood up, and opened his eyes. They didn't close. "Uh... good... morning?" he blushed.

"chaos!" she squealed, covering herself. "Don't look!"

"Right." he instantly turned around. "Ah... sorry."

"It's... fine. Just... don't look!" her face was a deep shade of red. She quickly put on the rest of her clothes. Having fully dressed, except for what she had just taken off, she said, "I'm done..."

chaos turned around again. "Well..." he avoided eye contact with Shion. "What should we do now?"

Shion wrapped herself up in the blanket once again. Despite the fact that she was clothed, she couldn't stop blushing, and apparently, neither could chaos. Her stomach began rumbling, as if answering the question for her.

"Right... we need food. I'll go see... what I can find." he headed towards the opening to the cave.

"Wait! Aren't you gonna... change first? I'm sure your clothes are dry..."

"What's the point if it's still raining?" he motioned outside, and I finally noticed that it was still raining.

"Oh... I see. This sure is some storm."

"Judging by the fact that it hasn't let up since we got here, I'd say it's gonna be raining for a long time."

"But... you could get sick!"

"I'll be fine." he smiled. "Don't worry about me. Besides, it's better that I have dry clothes for later." he left the cave. "I'll change when I get back. Have a fire ready!"

I materialized my M.W.S. and used the sparks from it to create another fire. I made a mental note to make sure my weapon wouldn't get wet, as I fed the fire. I reached for some more branches, but found that there wasn't too much left. "We must've used it all yesterday..." she whispered to herself.

A couple hours left, a dirty chaos returned with an armful of food. He had coconuts, potatoes, various fruits, mushrooms, and what appeared to be a handmade spear filled with fish.

"chaos! Your back!"

"Yeah, sorry I took so long." he placed all the food down, and put the fish over the fire. "The coconuts and the fish took the longest... I kept falling off the trees and slipping into the river." he laughed nervously. Shion giggled, and began examining chaos' wounds. "I'm ok. It's nothing too bad. Just a little dirt and some scrapes." he broke open one of the coconuts and began drinking the milk. "We can use the coconuts when we're done with them to hold water. I found a river nearby, and the coconut trees aren't too far either. The potatoes are pretty deep though, but the berries and the mushrooms are pretty close together. You may want to be careful with those mushrooms though... I don't know if they're all safe to eat..." he yawned, and lied down by the fire.

"This is great! Thanks a lot chaos!"

"It was nothing." he began shivering. Standing up, she shook all the water off of him. "Is there anything else we need?"

"Not..." Shion glanced over to the fire. "Really..."

"Hmm?" chaos looked over at the fire. "Oh, we're short on firewood. I guess I could get some more."

"No! You've done enough, I'll go get the firewood."

"It's ok, really." chaos brushed whatever water was left on him. "It's my job to protect you... that's why I came with you in the first place; to keep you safe. Besides, I can't have you getting lost out there again. I know where to find some good dry wood too, so it's ok." he turned away from Shion.

"chaos..." she hugged him from behind. "But... you're shivering... you should stay here, with the fire..."

He rest his head on her shoulder for a moment. "I'll... be fine. Just wait for me." he pulled away from her arms and walked out.

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chaos was out for wood longer than he was for food. Shion began to worry. She was about to go look for him, when he returned. He had with him bundles of wood, tied together with long grass.

"chaos! What took you so long? You're even dirtier than before!"

"Sorry... for worrying you." he dropped the wood by the fire and stepped back out into the rain, letting the water wash away the dirt on his body. After a few minutes, he walked back in, shaking the water off as much as he could.

"Here, let me have a look at you." Shion touched a cut on chaos' arm.

He winced and backed away. "It's... ok.. They're just a few cuts and scrapes." he coughed, and grabbed his clothes. "I'll... be changing now."

"Oh... right." she turned around. A few moments later, chaos said that he was done. "Do you want to eat now? I tried the fish, and it's great! You should have some of the fruit too, it's really refreshing!" she said, in a cheerful voice.

"Sorry, but I don't have much of an appetite right now." he grabbed a blanket and lied down by the fire. "I'm going to bed now... help yourself to more food if you want." he coughed again.

"Are you sure you're ok? That cough sounds bad."

"I'm fine." he answered immediately. "Sorry..." he said, looking into Shion's eyes. "I'm just really... tired. Good night."

Shion went to sit down on the other side of the fire. "Good night..." she whispered, as she watched him fall asleep.

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A/N: hmm... interesting, ain't it? haha, nothing like a naked shion in the morning... sorry all, i just had to do it. lol. plz, plz, plz review! i seriously need ideas as to what else i can do with this story. i have some ideas of my own, but with what i've got, it'll only last... 2 chapters and a short epilogue. i'm sure you guys don't want that, now do you? so some help from the readers would be nice, and i'm sure you'd like to see your ideas get worked into the story. though, not guarenteeing anything, but u know... it's gotta flow and stuff. anyways, what's planned for the next chapter... has stuff to do with chaos going out for more supplies. how fun. 'cept now he's sick. gasp! now what? chaosxshionness, that's what!