A/N: Yeah. This is happening. This is totally happening...I think. XD

The promised AlbedoxJr. story that I'm going to attempt. It was supposed to be up earlier but I couldn't decide how in the world to start this. So after days of deleting and rewriting and deleting again and anger and writer's block and cursing (so much cursing) I've finally decided to just go with this.
The title of this story was sprung from Tori Amos' song and album entitled "Abnormally Attracted to Sin". Smacked me right upside the freakin' head.

My summaries usually aren't very good b/c I'm so very unpredictable. --; But I've tried to create one so hopefully it doesn't sound as crappy to you all as it does to me. As for time-frame? Um...I'm going to place it around the humongous gap b/w X2 and X3 but I'm going to go ahead and slap an AU tag on it b/c I'm also very unpredictable when it comes to timelines. --; And also because I wanted to play around with Albedo's past with Sellers, Margulis, U-TIC and of course his devoted victims the Kirschwassers. Hm...right so summary, disclaimer, crappy beginning chapters. XD We all know how this goes.

Summary: Even as a Testament Albedo finds that he can't stop obsessing over his twin. Wilhelm, amused, allows him to see Jr. in the form of dreams. The catch? Until Jr. falls in love with him he must appear as his infected form. Aware of the unpleasant reaction this will earn him he goes anyway. As long as he gets to see Jr., nothing else matters.
For the last few months Jr.'s tried his absolute hardest to forget about Albedo's death. After a serious head injury Jr.'s dreams have been nothing but nightmares. Afraid that the effects of joy-riding have knocked loose suppressed thoughts he rejects every appearance of Albedo, determined never to willing fall asleep and to keep what sanity he has.

Rated M because...?:M for Albedo. Is there really any other reason? XD

Also, I'm my own editor and I make a lot of mistakes. XD I'm human and I'll try to cut back on them. :)

Really? I still have to say it? *sigh* I do not own Xenosaga or its characters they own me.

Dedicated to:
All the Albedists everywhere. XD
And also to Dante. Don't worry. Chris is only pretending to be straight. He'll come around. ;)

"A strange reenactment of Beauty and the Beast. Fitting actors don't you agree? Pull back the curtains and call them forth onto this stage. Their audience awaits."

Abnormally Attracted To Sin
Chapter 1
Adrenaline

"So he gave you special permission, huh?" Virgil spoke disdainfully. He walked to the figure, his footsteps echoing off the surrounding walls and back to him."Special permission to the 'Weaver of the Eternal Circle of Zarathustra'."

He stopped a few feet behind the white figure. He sat slumped over, staring at his right hand intently, completely oblivious and apathetic to whatever Virgil was saying.

"So what?" Virgil continued, trying to coax something out of the new guy.

"You get some special treatment for making your path back to him? You somehow get a level of respect for doing absolutely nothing except tormenting him? For following your own selfish desires?" When the figure continued to ignore him Virgil walked around him to face him.

"You're no better than us."
The figure continually ignored him but Virgil wanted an answer. He smacked the figure's hand away and bent low to stare into his mask. "You have something to say?"

The white, bird-like mask lifted to meet his as Virgil waited. He prepared himself for a strike, a fight. Some outrage from the figure before him for doing something so disrespectful. After-all, he had never let anyone get away with doing something like that before. Instead, a strange sort of quiet laugh greeted him. The new guy wasn't stupid. He knew Virgil wanted some reaction. So he gave him one.

"I like it better when I can see your face, Addict. The scars of gluttony are agonizingly beautiful."

Virgil smirked behind his own mask and straightened up.

"Heh. That right?" The white mask moved in the slightest of nods and Virgil snickered. He grasped the end of his beak-like mask and pulled it off, reveling his light blue eyes and the scarred skin trailing from his forehead down his neck, slightly touching the corner of his eye and lips. A white glove raised as if to touch it but pulled back, gaining the attention of the still-masked testament again and again Virgil knocked it away.

"So when are you going to do it?"

"The purpose of this interrogation? Do you not have what you wish? Replay the scenario again and again to relive a past self. Are you not missing the rerun of your favorite episode?"

Virgil's snicker darkened. "Trying to get to me?"

White shoulders shrugged slightly as a hand rose again. The left one came to join it as clawed fingers began to worry the fabric. Virgil gave up on trying to take his attention from the hand.

"What are the rules?"

The white testament sighed and dropped his hand, staring up at Virgil. "Tell me Addict, do you miss it? Do you miss the taste?"

"Taste?"

"Yes. The taste. The taste of chemicals on your tongue. The sweet nero tissue that sent your mind spinning into sweet bliss? The same skin that turned yours into the sickening glorious sight. Twisted and cracked do you miss it?"

Virgil remained expressionless as the other pulled off his white mask. Purple eyes and a wicked grin met Virgil as Albedo leaned closer until their lips inches apart, warm breath mingling with each other's.

"I miss it."

They remained like that for a few moments. Virgil's powerful glare colliding with Albedo's maliciously seductive one until finally Virgil grinned.

"Nice try but I know you're not crazy anymore."

Albedo mirrored his expression and pulled back turning his attention to his right hand once again. "How did I do?"

"Very convincing," Virgil responded sarcastically. "I get it now. So what was that? Practice?"

"Indeed." Albedo answered. White claws sliced at the fabric.

"It is so very hard to play a part that is lost with sickness."

Albedo pinched it and pulled it away from the rest of the suit.

"Do you think Rubedo will be pleased?"

Virgil crossed his arms as he watched Albedo rip the square of fabric.

"No."

Albedo chuckled, happy with that answer. He stared at his pale palm, tracing fingers over the now visible numbers.

"Good."

"That's right, bitches!"

"Um..."

"I own this town!"

"Wait, I'm unsure if--"

"Hey there, beautiful!"

"Oh my goodness..."

"I'd have the legal age of consent knocked down a few years for you!"

"I apologize for him. He's um...he's running a fever."

"Yeah a fever, gotcha'."

"I really think that we should--"

"chaos! You're so smart!"

"Jr.," chaos smiled, patting the boy's back as he drunkenly wrapped his arms around his slim hips.

"I love you buddy! I love you so-so much!"

"Jr. I have a confession to make..."

"It's ok, buddy. I kn--know! I know it already!"

chaos bent down to catch the stumbling boy before he fell off the sidewalk and into on-coming traffic. He couldn't help but giggle quietly at the scene and neither could a few bystanders on their late night outs.

"Jr. I need to tell you--"

Jr. pressed a finger to chaos' lips, focusing intently on the digit with dark blue eyes. He pursed his lips and blinked.

"Suh-shhhh!"

chaos' lips widened into a smile.

"We don't need to--need to speak, chaos." Jr. whispered. "I've knowin all 'bout all of this...these things!"

"What," chaos laughed, pulling the boy back up.

"I know, chaos. I know that you and Tony--"

"Jr.--"

"--Nonono! shhh shhh shhh SHHHH!" Jr. said, placing his finger against his own lips and bending over to emphasize his needing chaos to be quiet. chaos nodded and stood, waiting for Jr. to blink into partial sobriety.

"I've always known you and Tony are in LOO-UH-- Love! chaos an-and that's always been all right with me!" Jr. hiccuped and rubbed his mouth with the back of his hand.

"But Jr., that's not--"

"Just promise me chaos! Prop...prom? Promise!--promise me chaos that you'll still love me to--too buddy!"

chaos sighed and caught Jr. as the boy fell forward again. It seemed that he was doing that a lot lately.

"Jr.," chaos started, pausing to wait for any interruption. When he was certain that Jr. was finally going to be quiet, he bent down and swooped Jr.'s flask from the folds of his jacket. The boy gave an indignant cry and reached for it but chaos held it just high enough to be out of his reach.

"Jr.," chaos said again in his kind, quiet voice, "This isn't alcohol. I had Adonis make you a virgin daiquiri."

Jr. blinked and pushed himself away from his slender friend. chaos nodded at his disbelief and even popped the cap to take a long drink himself to prove his point as chaos was adamant about abstaining from the liquid.

"You bastard!"

chaos laughed and shrugged, "It's funny what power a taste can have over your mind, Jr."

Jr. snatched the flask from him and shoved it back into his jacket, miraculously sober. "It tasted just like a real one." he grumbled.

chaos nodded and patted Jr. on the shoulder, "Yes, Adonis is very good at disguising non-alcoholic beverages. In truth, it's saved us from the captain a few times but I didn't want you to get drunk before we raced. You could get hurt."

Jr. grumbled and walked away from chaos, stomping ahead to their previously planned destination. chaos chased after him, "And what would Gaignun have said if I brought you home not only broken and bleeding but drunk as well?"

"We're already about to do something illegal! Being underage and drunk wouldn't have made it much worse!"

chaos sighed as something dawned on him. "Gaignun doesn't know about this, does he?"

"Why? You gonna tell him?"

"I might," chaos said.

The flask sailed through the air to crash against his face but chaos caught it and sighed.

"Fine Jr., I won't."

"Damn right you won't," the variant said pointedly, whirling a Makarov around his finger.

chaos shook his head at the motion and Jr. shoved the weapon back into his pocket. The seraph finally gave up his nagging. Jr. was going to do what Jr. was going to do. chaos was just there to make sure he didn't get hurt doing it...or hurt anyone else. Jr. was still sulking when they finally made it to their deserted street. The road was part of an unused bridge outside of the Foundation. A new route had been created for faster access and Jr. was almost certain no one would come driving down this particular path. Jr. looked around, scanning the area for signs of anyone when he heard:

"Hey Little Master! We're over here!"

Jr. squinted against the darkness until he saw Hammer standing on the roof of a hovercar, three others stood waiting to his right as he waved his arms wildly trying to get their attention. Tony leaned against the left side of the same one Hammer stood on, smoking a cigarette. chaos waved back and Hammer hopped down, bumping into Tony and earning himself a shove. Hammer of course, didn't appreciate Tony's behavior and in response to said behavior shouted and pushed him back. By the time the boys reached the two men they were literally fighting.

"Damn, they're in the spirit, aren't they?" Jr. asked, amused.

chaos sighed, "I'm afraid so. Um...guys?"

They both stopped mid-fight.

"Hey babe!" Tony smiled brilliantly at chaos and with a sharp, brisk movement, shoved Hammer to the ground before walking over to and wrapping his arms around the boy. Jr. rolled his eyes.

"Could you two at least wait until we're in the cars to have sex? I mean damn, chaos."

Tony glared at Jr. but chaos ignored him and pushed himself away from the blonde.

"Alright which one's mine?" Jr. said to himself, switching glances between the four vehicles.

He walked around all of them before settling on a black one. "Anyone see you guys take them?" he asked.

Hammer shook his head, "No way. Don't worry, Little Master. As long as we have them back before morning no one will notice they've been missing."

Jr. placed a hand on his chin as if in thought. He leaned his back against his chosen car and thought about it. "And if we destroy them?"

Hammer grinned, "Then I guess they'll know."

"And Gaignun?"

"Unless you forget to pay them, Jr. then I don't think he'll ever find out about it," chaos answered, taking the car beside him.

"chaos," Tony said, grabbing onto the straps hanging on his pants and pulling him back. "You sure you should be racing? It's kind of dangerous."

chaos gave him a funny look but it was Jr. who spoke up, "chaos was doing dangerous shit before you were ever introduced. Being your boyfriend hasn't made him any weaker. Shut up and get in the car!"

"Being your friend doesn't mean he should do stupid things to make you happy."

"Actually it kind of comes with the territory," chaos answered, "I'll be fine. Don't go easy on me it's unfair. It would look bad if I beat you, don't you think?"

Hammer laughed, "So much for the greatest pilot ever!"

Tony snorted, "Fine. I'll just have to show you all how it's done."

"Please do! We're all so scared!" Jr. called back.

He slid into the car. It was a specially designed racecar with modifications that almost qualified it as aircraft. It could hover at least fifteen feet above ground and was faster than a regular hovercar. He'd been dying to get his hands on a machine like this and since Gaignun was busy on Fifth Jerusalem there was no one to say no. He began to press buttons on the keypad to both disable autopilot and enable connection between himself and the other vehicles. Three screens appeared just above the windshield, causing him to almost have to stare straight up to get the visual feed of it.

"Whoo hoo! Drag race!" Hammer yelled excitedly from his screen. Jr. laughed up at him.

"This is so illegal," he heard chaos murmur.

"Last chance. Anyone want to back out?"

Engines roared to life as if in response.

"Hammer?" Jr. asked, "You have the route planned?"

"Sure do Little Master," he answered. Another screen popped up as if trying to program itself into the machine. Jr. halted the process and shifted it into a simple GPS format.

"This is even more illegal," chaos joked lightly.

"Will these crafts be able to keep above water?" Jr. asked, a little unsure.

"Yeah, they should be fine. What? Scared all of a sudden?"

Jr. smirked. "No way. Tonight the Foundation is mine. Anything goes."

"Jr., you're going to get me into so much trouble with Gaignun."

"Nah, I run this town tonight, chaos." Jr. responded, "But you're going to be in a lot of trouble with me if you don't shut up and race."

Jr.'s hovercar vroomed away from the rest of them, leaving the others a little surprised.

"Fair enough," chaos sighed, following behind.

Completely and utterly illegal. chaos hadn't been lying but the legalities of street racing didn't seem to bother anyone else.

A sharp turn of his collapsible wheel caused Jr.'s vehicle to collide with Tony's and knock him a few feet away. He didn't have much time to laugh at him because Hammer hit him from behind at an angle that sent him nose diving. Jr. began to program the car to keep it from crashing when his vehicle hit something that knocked him back up. His vision moved up to the screens above him.

"chaos," he laughed, "You aren't supposed to knock me back on course. This is a competition!"

"The end of it if you get hurt."

The tail end of chaos' machine tapped playfully at the front of Jr.'s before speeding ahead to catch up with Hammer and Tony who's hovercars had moved back down onto the road into a tunnel and seemed to have started fist-fighting if such a thing were possible. Jr. sped up too, moving in a circular movement to trace across the sides and top of the tunnel and pass the other three just as chaos wedged his way between them as means to break up their fight. He heard the three of them (more like two) arguing over the speakers and chuckled before kicking it into overdrive and leaving them as far behind as he possibly could. He drove through the dark tunnel until he came out the other side, twisting a sharp right and swerving through trees over unpaved road.

"Be careful, Jr." chaos warned, coming up behind him.

"Heh. No, you be careful."

chaos knew that tone of voice all too well so when the edge of Jr.'s hovercar hit a tree just right to send it falling over he moved and it crushed Hammer's instead.

Jr.'s laughter was evil as he sped up, Tony his only real competition now as chaos went back to let Hammer ride with him.

"That was a good one, Little Master," Tony complimented.

"Easy for you to say! You didn't almost die!"

"He's fine, Jr. You should be more careful."

"Psh! Careful's for girls. Isn't that right, Tony?"

Tony laughed in agreement as the two swerved through trees. Jr. glanced at the path he was supposed to take and considered it for a moment. He knew a much faster way to the finish line but it would cut through the Foundation and into actual late-night traffic. He would have to lie low to the ground if he did that and that might take some of the fun out of it. Then again, it might be more exciting to race thorugh heavy traffic. He mulled over the thought as he twisted through a particularly close set of trees. Well he had said that anything goes...

A hard, forceful left and Jr. was off course.

"Jr.? Where are you going?"

Jr. ignored chaos' worry and made a harsh landing onto the busy road. He weaved his way through cars, getting honks and curse words along the way but he didn't care. He was going to win. Adrenaline pulsed heavily through his veins at possible collisions and near-misses. Tony hadn't stopped, determined to win the race his way but chaos was concerned and followed the boy's path as cars desperately rushed to get out of his way.

"Are you trying to get arrested?" chaos asked.

"You trying to arrest me?"

Jr. was coming onto a bridge. All he had to do was cross this last bit and he'd make the finish line.

"No but the police certainly will, Jr..."

Jr. sighed, "Look chaos I'm Gaignun's son. There's no way I'll get into trouble for any of this, besides." Jr. took his eyes from the road to look up at his worried friend. "I'm not hurting anyone."

Jr. moved to turn his eyes back just in time for the motion to be too late. Just as Jr.'s craft was about to make its way onto the bridge another blindsided him hard and sent his machine into vicious spirals, knocking him off the bridge and straight onto the ground underneath.

Jr.'s screen faded and flickered out until it disappeared.

"Little Master!" Hammer cried out, "Little Master! Answer me!"

"Hammer call an ambulance," chaos instructed. He'd expected something bad to happen. "Tell them that Jr. has just been in a wreck. Do it now. Tony," chaos said, staring up at the worried young man. "Contact Mary, Shelley, and Gaignun immediately. Tell him that Jr.'s been in a wreck and that we're taking him to a hospital. Please be calm when you do it, we don't want to scare them."

They both started immediately as chaos drove to the bridge. The front of the assailant's hovercar was demolished but he himself was fine and standing outside of his car screaming at the people around him. Hammer stared in disbelief as the man staggered about probably drunk but maybe just crazy. The car stopped and chaos jumped out without another word. He jumped from the bridge, landing unsteadily on the ground below. Immediately he ran towards the twisted metal of the hovercar.

"Jr.!" he called urgently, banging on the window to get try to get his attention. chaos squinted into the darkness to get a visual of the boy but could see nothing in blackness. He pulled on the door but it was jammed. "Jr.! Jr. can you hear me?"

When he didn't get an answer his worry began to spike. He glanced around to make sure no one was close enough to notice before digging his fingers into the metal and forcibly ripping the piece away from the rest of the machine. He threw the chunk away and dove into the opening. He found Jr. slumped against the other side bleeding from a gash on his forehead.

"Jr., Jr. wake up," chaos said quietly, ripping the seatbelt from him and pulling the boy out. "Wake up." He turned and laid the boy onto the ground, checking quickly for a pulse. He found one.

"Jr.? Jr. can you hear me?"

He shook his gently and called his name again. "Jr.?"

Tony arrived the same moment as the ambulance but chaos was unwilling to leave the boy until he opened his eyes; confirmation that Jr. really was ok. Finally after they had placed him onto an anti-gravity stretcher Jr. opened his eyes.

"Jr.?" chaos said, overwhelming relief in his voice.

"chaos?"

"I'm here, Jr.," he answered.

Jr. groaned and squirmed. He shifted his hips in order to get into one of his back pockets.

"Your guns are there, Jr." he reassured, trying to push the boy back down. Jr. frowned and shook his head, bringing his wallet out and giving it to the seraph. chaos looked at it confused but took it anyway.

"Pay for those before Gaignun finds out."

chaos gave him a look of disbelief and Jr. grinned back at him. He blinked and tried to wipe blood out of his eyes.

"I'll be in a lot worse shape than this if he gets ahold of me and finds out that we...borrowed them."

"Jr.," chaos smiled, astounded at the boy. "You're just plain unbelievable."

"That..." he sighed, closing his eyes again. "That better be a compliment."

"Of course it was, Jr." chaos said softly as they placed him into the ambulance.

A/N: First chapter and Jr.'s already in the hospital. Shame on me. XD
Well I hope that started out alright. You know who to tell if you didn't like it.
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