New Beginnings

The Fox and the Bear

Mikey was watching Xena again. Danny and Phantom had insisted she at least stay in the same building while the fox came to watch them both. Her annoyance toward the fox wasn't just that Danny had hugged him. They were close and now he was close to Xena. It put her nerves on edge and that was not okay.

"I have to keep my sanity." She muttered. "Xena wants me to keep it." Her core kept pounding in her ears though, the conversation from last night making her head start to throb.

"You won't last much longer," Xena had said, a concerned frown on her face. She hated seeing that expression. It didn't suit her other half. Her cheerful other half that was forced to hold so much guilt on her shoulders. It was only fitting that her darker half held the Original's kindness and the ability to heal.

Fire shook her head, "I'm fine." Was all she said, not wanting to talk about it anymore. The blonde straightened up, her worry only growing, "I don't think you are. If I can feel my sanity slipping-"

The wolf girl's eyes flashed red, "I'm fine!" She snapped, flames flaring. They stayed silent the rest of the night, barely sleeping.

Yandere shook her head, "I'll just go check up on them. It won't take long." She turned into smoke, going out the window toward the school.

It was lunch time. She could easily sneak around then go back. The wolf landed behind a tree, noticing how Danny immediately glanced behind him. Her ears tilted down, 'This was a bad idea...' Then, she saw Phantom nudge him with a smile. Sam and Tucker bringing him back into the conversation not a second later.

Fire ground her teeth, her core screaming at her to get Danny away from them or vise versa. She ran a hand through her hair, pulling on one ear. She didn't register the lunch bell ringing until Wes suddenly appeared in front of her.

"You're not really the benevolent one, are you?" He asked. Yandere looked up at him, "What makes you say that?"

The redheaded boy snorted, "Nate glanced around when you showed up. He doesn't do that for the original Fire. The way you talked about insanity sounded like you were speaking from experience and the way Xena acts doesn't add up to something malevolent. She would've made a move by now with the personality she has."

Snap! Fire's eyes flared red and she smirked, "Such a smart boy you are." She stood up gracefully, smirking as she changed back into her natural form, "It'll get you into trouble." Jagged ice coated her teeth, making them more deadly than before.

The wolf girl made a show of sighing, "It would be a shame if Danny or anyone else found out. This could get them into trouble too." She smirked when she saw him stiffen, "It would be a tragedy if Danny suddenly...went missing, wouldn't it?"

Wes' eyes glowed a navy blue, "You stay away from him."

Yandere's smirk only grew, spreading into a twisted grin, "Or what? What will you do hmm?" She slowly circled him, "You wouldn't hurt me. If you did, you'd be damaging Fire as well. Your sweet big sister would be hurt and it would be all your fault."

Wes ground his teeth together, "You could heal." Fire shook her head sadly, "Only Xena got that ability. I can only heal other people, ironic isn't it?"

His eyes glowed brighter, "How do I know you're not lying?" She laughed, "You don't, but do you want to take that chance?" A twisted and mangled kind of darkness shone in her bright silver eyes, "Maybe I'd even let myself bleed out just to spite you." That was a bluff. Even now she cared about Xena and doing that would make her go insane. Without Yandere, the guilt was slowly eating her alive. Even if she wasn't there, Tsundere would find something to be guilty about, like how she should've been there.

Wes glared darkly, "What do you want?"

Knowing she'd won, Fire laughed, her grin crazed in the worst kind of ways, "I want you to put on a show." A suit formed around him. Without even checking he knew it was a Freddy suit. Flashbacks forced their way through, but he didn't dare struggle. He felt them. Springlocks were there, he could feel them pressing into his skin.

He heard her laugh, "You know where to go." Wes saw her eyes glow red before the head of the suit nodded and it forced him to start walking toward the forest. The wolf girl glanced around, satisfaction racing through her veins, no one had seen. Good.

She snapped her fingers and turned into smoke, getting ready to take down the next annoyance on her list. 'Ready or not Foxy, here I come.'

.o.0.o.

Xena stared at the floor. She'd felt it. One of the pack was in serious danger and she only had a limited amount of time before all of them were captured.

She smirked, chuckling, "You don't get it, do you Foxy?" She asked quietly. Mikey didn't look up from his book, "What don't I get?"

The blonde struggled a little, "Fire is a yandere." She couldn't help but laugh again, "You pride yourself on being able to pick out phonies, were one yourself, but she fooled you too."

This time Mikey did look up. He stared at her for a long moment. That was why this felt wrong. Xena was benevolent and Fire was malevolent. He slowly set down his book, "How good is she at hiding?"

.o.0.o.

Fire laughed, stepping out of the shadows, "I'd say I'm pretty good at it." Her flames burned a dark red, eyes hollow with black flames. When Mikey met her eyes he froze. "I think Mangle was an excellent choice for us." She commented casually, her blood curdling grin widening.

"What's wrong cousin?" She asked, taking another step forward as 5 Foxy statues made from fire crystal formed a circle around him, "Don't you wanna play with my toys?"

A Mangle statue formed above him, hanging onto the ceiling with jaws open wide and eyes black, no light to be spoken of. It was the same with the Foxy statues. There was no light in their eyes, it was like they were all just zombies. At least when the original Fire made them, it looked as if they were alive. These ones, these were dead.

Her finger twitched and the Foxys all looked up at him, "Lets play Johny~."