Chapter 22: Chaos

A.N.: This is late because I wanted to redo the whole chapter. Sorry for not putting up a notice…--…

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In the last chapter…

"Sheesh Kira! You've been arguing with Shinn all the way to the store!" Cagalli shouted, annoyed.

"Sorry! He keeps saying, 'Kira let me have some fun! When can I take over?! You suck, man!' It gets so annoying!"

"Because of you, people kept staring and talking!" she huffed. Cagalli's hands clenched the grocery bag tightly.

"Whatever…see? We're home already!"

Kira opened the door. When they entered, the house was so quiet. That was odd because their dad would be watching television and their mom would clean the house. The lights were off too. A feeling shivered up their spine, something wasn't right…

"…mom?" Kira called out, "Dad?"

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"No!!" A glass of water shattered to the floor. A pair of angry eyes stared at the man behind the white mask.

"Yes, my dear boy," Rau replied simply.

"How can that be? You can't use the power of the Sanctuary to destroy the school! You'll only kill yourself!" Ray shot back, angry. Rau has just told him that he plans to use the power of the Sanctuary to bring destruction, but it will require a sacrifice.

"I need to sacrifice someone that has the same power as me in order to fulfill my agenda."

"No! I won't do it! Ray continued. "I won't be used for your own purpose! I will destroy Kira and Cagalli by myself, I don't need your help! You can use the power of Sanctuary for yourself!" He didn't want to die as a pawn for Rau to become powerful. He was willing to persuade him, no matter what the cost. "Foolish boy!" Rau shouted, "if I don't have you to help me, then my plan will be a failure! If I can do this with your help, Shinn and Stellar will cease to exist!"

"I don't care. Can't you understand that I don't like playing by your rules? You always say that you'll eliminate them, but it's nearly been a year and you haven't done anything. I'm going to do this on my own." Ray sprinted out of Rau's room, leaving him with an angry look on his face.

" I should've known that he wouldn't give into my demands so easily…," he muttered to himself. "Heh. Too bad that I already sent out my plans to destroy them. And when Ray doesn't know what to do, he'll give into my demands eaily."

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"Mom, dad! We're back from the grocery market!!" Cagalli shouted as she entered the front door and removed her shoes. Kira followed with his hands full of shopping bags!

"Cagalli! I thought that we were only going to the market!" he whined.

"Sorry, Kira. That's before I knew that the marketplace across the street had a HUGE sale!" Cagalli squealed happily.

"But why do I have to carry it…," Kira muttered under his breath. Luckily, Cagalli didn't hear it, or she'd have…'tale' to him about it.

"Mom!! Dad?!" Cagalli yelled once again. STILL no reply.

"Maybe they're sleeping?" Kira suggested as he dropped Cagalli's belongings beside the stairway. He then rubbed his hand together as he felt a cold sensation. "Sheesh…didn't mom turn on the heater or something?" he sighed.

"But it's so warm outside…," Cagalli muttered. Don't let your guard down.

"Why?" Cagalli asked Stellar. "Isn't it just a draft?"

'No…this sensation…Shinn and I felt it efore…when we were in the Sanctuary…'

'Stellar's right…,' Shinn told Kira. 'Uh…if only I can remember who was…creating…or being created in this thing…'

"… Cam it be…Rau?" Kira guessed.

Cagalli shrugged. I don't know, but you maybe right, Kira."

The two of them followed the coldness, and it leads them to the kitchen.

Kira sighed and once again called out, "MOM! DAD!! Where are you?!"

FWOOSH

Kira felt a quick breeze on his left cheek. Cagalli stared in disbelief, that was so fast! The thing hit the wall, letting the twins have a good look at it. The peered their eyes closely at it, and were surprised to see it was an ice needle. Kira gulped; only one person--other than the twins--that were psychic were…their mother.

"M-mom…?" Cagalli stuttered. Limping, and straining herself, was Via. Via looked at her children with cold eyes. She wasn't herself.

"Mom…what's going on? Where's dad…?" Kira stuttered. Via then stood up straight with her right hand forming another needle. This time, she was not going to miss.

Cagalli, acting on instinct, grabbed Kira's arm and ran upstairs to her bedroom. She shoved Kira into the floor and locked her door. "That should slow her down…," she sighed. Now all she had to do was find out where dad was.

"Hey Cags…you don't think mom…y'know…?" Kira dared to ask.

"No! " Cagalli screamed. "Don't say that…maybe dad is hiding…"

"Sorry…"

BOOM!

An ice needle pierced through the door. "Ah!" Cagalli screamed.

"Those needles are going to destroy the door!" Kira panicked.

"Hurry! Let's hide in the closet until we think of something!" Cagalli suggested. She quickly stood up and opened the closet.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" she screamed at the top of her lungs!

"Cags! What's wrong?!" Kira shrieked. When he saw Cagalli stuck to the floor, and looked at who was in front of her, his eyes widened in shock.

In the closet was their father, with…a knife. He grasped it tightly in his and launched it at Cagalli. She swiftly dodged it and ran to the other side of her room with Kira. "Great…now we're surrounded!" he sighed.

CRASH!

A group of ice launched towards the door and destroyed it. Just what they needed…now the mom was in.

"Shinn…Stellar…what should we do…?" Cagalli whimpered. 'I can't attack our parents!'

Kira was thinking the same thing. While they were off guard, the mother created another ice needle and struck it at Kira. He didn't move.

Seconds before the needle hit, a gust of wind flew our of him, and there he was, he caught the needle in between his palms and grinned. "Is that all you can do, old lady?" he taunted.

Via's eyes widened in shock. He wasn't supposed to do that!

"Sheesh…all you ever do is ice…that's it? No wonder you sent us to the academy. You didn't want us to be stupid psychics like you," he continued.

"KIRA! Stop saying that!" Cagalli defended. "She'll kill us when she comes back to normal!"

"Man…don't you notice anything, Cags?" Kira sighed. He couldn't believe his sister was so dense!

"…SHINN?!"

"That took you a while…," he huffed.

"What the hell are you doing?! Don't you know you just transformed in front of our parents?!" Cagalli shrieked, obviously very angry.

"Cagallli, they ain't your parents right now," Shinn explained coolly.

"Ah…," Cagalli looked away and sighed, "I know…but…"

"I can't believe that you let them get this far! And you didn't do anything! I know they're your parents, but you can't let them kill you!" Shinn scolded. When he finished explaining, Shinn sprinted to Via and tackled her. The tackle caused her to hit her head pretty hard on the floor, knocking her unconscious.

"Shinn! Don't kill her!" Cagalli screamed.

"I'm not! Now shut up!" He yelled. Cagalli's protest were annoying him. "Now…all I have to do is take the darkness out of her and she'll be--"

"SHINN!" Cagalli screamed.

"Grr…WHAT NOW?!"

"BEHIND YOU!!"

"What--" Shinn forgot about Ulen! He launched the knife at him and cut his hand. Shinn rubbed his fist in pain. Thank goodness it didn't cut off his hand, just a small scratch.

"I know that's he's a real jerk right now…but he's still Kira…I gotta help him!' Cagalli clasped her hands together and launched a blue beam from her palms. The beam his Ulen and caused him to hit the closet door and fall to the ground, unconscious.

"Heh, nice attack, Cags," Shinn actually complimented. Cagalli shrugged, "If I didn't do anything, then those months at the academy would've been a total waste."

Cagalli glanced at Shinn's wounded hand. He noticed and quickly hid it behind his back. "Hey…don't worry about it, okay? It's just a cut. Besides, someone needs to exorcise the darkness within your parents," he sighed.

"I know! But still…" this gave Cagalli an idea. "How'd you feel if I let Stellar take care of you? She hasn't seen you in a while and I'm sure you miss her."

Shinn blushed, "What're you talking about?"

"Shinn…I know that you love her already, so don't worry about it." Cagalli closed her eyes and a blue aura surrounded her. In a second, it disappeared and Stellar was out.

She stretched her arms out and yawned, "Wow…that was a great nap…" When she actually took the time to look around her, she gasped, "WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED HERE?!?!?!"

"Heh…you've been sleeping the whole time, Stell?" Shinn smiled.

"I was tired…," she whimpered. She looked at Shinn for a moment and noticed him hiding his left hand. "Shinn…what happened?"

"This? Nothing," he lied.

"How long have I known you?" She walked over to him and grabbed his hand. He yelped a bit. When she looked at it, she was surprised. "SHINN ASUKA! Why can't you be more careful?"

"Sorry," he sighed. He could never argue with Stellar.

"Let me see it." She gently touched the wound and traced it with her index finger. A light appeared from it and the wound was gone.

"Thanks…," he sighed. He knew that Stellar was very talented in healing.

"Now…let's go help their parents!"

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Via and Ulen were in their bedrooms, fast asleep. Kira smiled and closed their bedroom door.

"Shinn told me that they forgot everything that happened, so we're safe for now," Kira said as he was drinking soda with Cagalli downstairs.

"That's good…," Cagalli sighed in relief. She looked at Kira and smiled, and he noticed that.

"What is it?" he asked.

"How come you called Shinn out at the very last minute?" Cagalli asked. Kira looked at her blankly, as if she was crazy. "I did?"

Cagalli arched an eyebrow, "Don't you remember? Mom was about to kill you, then you transformed into Shinn."

Kira scratched his head in confusion, "All I remember was the ice attack, then everything went dark."

"So…Shinn must've appeared out of his own will." She suggested. "I guess Shinn does care about you!"

Kira gave a weird look, "Please, Shinn just likes to have dominance over my body…if I died, then he wouldn't have another host…"

"--And he'll leave Stellar all alone," Cagalli added.

"True. See, Cags? He doesn't care…he just wants to have fun within me…" Kira took a sip from his soda and sighed.

Cagalli giggled a bit, 'I think that Shinn really does care Kira…he just has his own way of showing it…even though he was a bit of a jerk earlier…'

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"They just won't die easily…," Rau sighed in disappointment. The whole reason for the 'parent attack' was because he 'knew' that the twins couldn't kill their own parents.

'I guess I'll have to--"

"Leave it to me," a voice interrupted. Rau looked behind him and saw Ray with a deadly glare. "I'll take care of the twins."

"Hmph. So you'll join me in my "Sanctuary plan'?" Rau asked.

"No. I already set the perfect trap," Ray replied simply.

"Oh? And what would that be?"

"Figure it out. You always do anyways…" And Ray warped out of Rau's office.

"That boy…," he sighed.

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"So Cags…why didn't you summon Stellar?" Kira asked out of curiosity.

"I wanted to give her break…besides, I wanted to test my skills from the academy. It would be a waste if I always depended on her," Cagalli spoke with confidence. Kira laughed at it.

Ring, Ring…

The phone was ringing. Kira stood up and answered it, "Hello?"

His eyes widened…he couldn't believe who was in the other line, and it sounded urgent. "…Lacus?"

END CHAPTER

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A.N.: Another chapter over. So, what can the 'urgent' call be? Find out in the next chapter! Released around next month!