I have been crying more than I should be this early in the morning. The stories that I read are sad…but they are still good…Jebus, I need to get over my crying-over-Gaara fit and get writing! Thanks so much for the reviews! I have a cookie! I loves cookies!

Disclaimer: sniff I don't own Fruits Basket, which could send me into another crying fit…sniff

CHAPTER 6: TIME

Night fell on the Sohma house, and everyone was pleasantly dreaming.

Everyone except Kaital, that is.

She felt uncomfortably warm, even thought there were no blankets on her.

Kaital opened her eyes to look at the clock on Tohru's bedroom wall, hoping that some time had passed.

9:15, about ten minutes since she had last checked the clock.

She stood from her bed and went into the kitchen to get some ice.

As Kaital flipped on the light, she noticed that her nails were turning black and growing sharper by the second.

Kaital ran outside to check the moon.

"Please don't let it be the new moon!"

Kaital muttered to herself as she checked all of the windows in the house to see if the moon was visible, it wasn't.

"Damn it all!"

Everyone had already been awoken by Kaital's mad rampage to every window in the house, so her yelling didn't wake anyone.

"Kaital-san, what's wrong?"

Kaital was opening the door to go outside when Tohru's voice reached her.

Kaital turned sharply around, her long hair flying in all directions.

"Listen, Tohru-san."

Kaital said, gripping the girl's shoulders.

"No one is to let me in the house, okay?"

Tohru looked puzzled at her new friend's request.

"Why?"

Kaital sighed, she didn't have time to answer, but she had to.

"Tonight is the new moon,"

Kaital explained

"The new moon is when Furie has the most power and can take over me very easily, which is what she is doing right now."

Kaital's ever-sharpening nails were starting to dig into Tohru's shoulders

"She has this power boost all day, and I would've noticed if she took over at school, so she is taking over now. Until midnight, when she looses a good deal of this power, you don't let me in the house, alright?"

Tohru nodded and ran off to tell the others what to do.

Kaital stepped out the door and locked it, throwing the key into the forest, they had spare keys inside.

Kaital sighed as she sat down on the porch; it was only a matter of time now.

She closed her eyes and could feel herself becoming lost in herself as Furie took over.

Furie's blood-red eyes opened and she stretched her arms as she breathed fresh air for the first time in quite a while.

This was going to be a fun night indeed.

Furie wandered around the house for a bit, noticing that all of the doors and windows had been locked, thanks to her other half's warning.

Furie loved a challenge, though.

She laughed slightly as she peered in a window to the residence of the house sitting in a circle in the main room, waiting for her.

She smiled and punched through the thin glass window and crawled through.

Cuts and shards of glass graced her arm, but this wasn't her real body, so Furie didn't care.

Furie took a look at the clock as she touched her feet lightly on the ground.

10:15, it had taken her a while to get control this time.

Furie had a little less than two hours to kill these people, which is more than what she needed.

As she turned to enter the main room of the house, her progress was stopped by Yuki and Kyo.

Furie laughed and threw a punch at Yuki, who was closer.

The punch made contact, but was softer than she would've wanted it to be.

Something was holding her back.

"Why are you fighting, Kaital?"

Furie asked, figuring out what was going on as she threw another punch at Yuki, who was against the wall.

"I won't let you kill them!"

Kaital screamed from deep inside of herself, where Furie put her when she took over.

"Why, because they're your 'friends'? They won't be for much longer, after this is over, they won't want anything to do with you. You're a monster, remember?"

"They're different…they'll understand…"

Cuts were now placed on Yuki and Kyo's faces as Furie continued to fight as they talked.

This fight was taking longer than Furie had expected, it was almost 11:00 now.

"Why would they understand? You're trying to kill them!"

"No, I'm not, you are!"

"Close enough!"

A tear dripped down Furie's face, Kaital was breaking through…but how?

Furie wiped away the tear and slashed at Yuki and Kyo, placing cut across both of their chests.

"I'm sorry…"

Kaital voice came from Furie's lips.

Furie stopped fighting the two boys and clenched her head.

"Shut up, you wretched girl!"

Furie hissed angrily.

Yuki and Kyo looked at Furie, obviously confused by the situation.

"I'm sorry…Yuki…Kyo…sorry…"

How was she winning? How was Kaital breaking through?

11:30 the clock read, but Kaital was taking back control earlier than expected.

Furie tried to throw another punch, but Kaital stopped her.

Kaital had won.

Furie fell over onto the floor at the boy's feet as a tired Kaital regained control.

Her nails returned to normal, her eyes were amber again.

Kaital weakly tried to push herself up from the ground, but failed.

All of her energy was put into stopping Furie.

Kaital winced in pain, her arm was bleeding badly.

Yuki and Kyo helped Kaital stand and helped her into the main room where Tohru and Shigure were waiting and set Kaital on the couch.

Tohru had some bandages in her hand and began wrapping up Kaital's are and Shigure tended to Yuki and Kyo's various wounds.

Kaital said nothing as Tohru removed the glass from her arm and wrapped it in bandages.

"Is everyone…okay?"

Tohru had risen to return to her room when Kaital spoke.

"Yeah, Yuki and Kyo had just a few minor injuries, they're fine."

Kaital smiled at this.

She turned to look at the clock again

12:01, it said, though that time meant nothing to her now.

"I must be…a burden…on you…"

Kaital said weakly, trying to stay awake.

"Defiantly not, you can't help anything that Furie does."

Tohru smiled at Kaital.

Kaital sighed.

"I can help it…I'm just weak against her…"

Tohru frowned slightly.

"Don't blame yourself, she had a power boost tonight, remember?"

Kaital smiled weakly.

"She did…I stopped her, though…"

Tohru smiled again, glad that she had cheered her friend up even the slightest bit.

"Thank you…Tohru-san…"

Kaital's tiny smile faded as weakness and sleep washed over her.

I think this chapter went…okay…the time seemed a little rushed to me. What are you're opinions? I would like to know! Please review…please! I stopped crying, by the way!