Broken Toy - Chapter 7 part 1
Series: CardCaptor Sakura
Main Characters: Yue, Touya
Summary: Post-Series Continuation. Yue and Yukito are starting to merge and have made a decisión. Fate however, has something else in store for them. They should have know better than to play cards with Fate. Will they bet it all in, or drop the bet?
Broken Toy
Chapter 7: Intermission I
Part 1
After several weeks, small things had changed. Yue now came out more without it being because of any trouble, Yukito bought new clothes, which looked very nice on him and many other small things were noticed. Sakura had returned to be her old happy self, and couldn't help but feel extra happy of seeing more of her moon guardian, even if it was for training most of the time. Keroberos was getting more and more quiet, Yue's attitude worried him, but he said nothing about it. Even Fujitaka started noticing the little things, especially the day when he found Yukito sitting in the living room, reading a poetry book without his glasses on. Of course, many of these little things were only noticeable if you were actually paying attention.
After the party with the cards, Touya was a bit more relaxed and open with everyone, and not as grouchy. Sakura inadvertly kept an eye on him; she was still a bit worried. Keroberos couldn't help but feel good about the more gentle treatment he was getting from the mistress's brother. Even Fujitaka started noticing his son's good mood, especially the day he found him whistling happily while doing dinner. Of course, you didn't even need to pay attention to notice the good mood Touya had been.
Yue and Sakura had made a weekly schedule for training, which usually took place in that magical glade he had found by accident. There was no need to hide their presence in such a secluded place. Sakura had loved the glade since the moment Yue had taken her for the first time; she insisted to practice there everafter.
It was a nice sunny day; the sky was crystal clear, and the temperature around them was perfect. They had been training all afternoon and Sakura lay tired on the grass by the pond. Keroberos, as always, decided to skip the manual training in favor of a new videogame Fujitaka had gotten him. Yue sat in under the shade of a tree nearby, reading a poetry book. He was starting to appreciate these moments alone with his mistress, without the annoying and teasing brothers; just the two of them. They usually spent the whole afternoon together on their training days, and had gotten used to relax for an hour before going home.
"Yue" she called him softly; he didn't lift the gaze from his book, and she didn't move from the ground but she knew he was hearing her. "When are you going to talk to my brother?" he certainly was not expecting that question. Sakura had been always with them ever since that weekend, on his request or Yukito's of course, and they had started to see less of each other when Touya had started working again. College had already started, and they were not taking the same classes; they usually missed the other by matter of minutes, either Yukito going back to his home early or Touya coming very late from work. Nowadays, he spent most of the time with Sakura and Keroberos.
"Not yet" he answered, hoping she wouldn't ask more. She had all the right to ask, afterall. They were silent for a few more minutes before she spoke again, "You should do it soon, before it is too late." This took the guardian by surprise, but he only managed to ask a simple question, "Why?"
She sat down and looked at him with dull eyes, "Because he is your best friend. You should tell him before you and Yukito get closer, or you will drive him away. He doesn't like secrets, you know." He considered her words for some minutes, and stood "We will do it soon" he helped her stand up, so they could leave.
"Wai!" she squealed with delight, and called forth the fly, "Remember the old Clow mansion? Eriol told me he sold it, and the buyer will build an amusement park in the terrain. You two should go there!!" He willed his wings and flew next to her, "Clow sold the mansion? But that house is centuries old! Isn't there some sort of law that prohibits the destruction of really old landmarks?"
"Eriol" she punctuated, "wasn't happy about it either, but seems that they managed to get the permit anyway. Nothing he could do about it." The sun was starting to settle down the horizon, and the twilight was bathing them, "He could have kept the house" he replied, and couldn't help but sound sad. Sakura noticed and held a hand to him, "We could go there for a while before it’s thrown down. A last visit..."
She was too kind, he thought, "The last time I step into that house I made my mind not to go there again. That house was no longer my home." He was cold and serious, but that was the only way he could talk about this things to anyone. She refrained herself from saying something else, rather than repeat herself. If he was unwilling, she was not going to push him. They soon arrived at the girl’s house, and Yue allowed Yukito to take his place. They went inside and talked for a long wait, Yukito silently waiting for Touya to come back home. Sakura told him about the upcoming Nadeshiko festival, and how she was really looking forward to be in the play, even though the characters hadn’t been assigned yet.
Finally giving up on the prospect of meeting Touya for the day, Yukito made his mind to go home. But then, the phone rang. He felt a cold shiver down his spine, foreboding him to leave. Sakura ran to answer, and a few minutes afterwards she came back with a shy look on her face.
“Umm…Yukito…you see,” she started, and she clearly wasn’t having an easy time speaking. Yukito kneeled to her, brushing her bangs from her face kindly, “What is it, Sakura?” he asked calmly, but still that odd feeling only got stronger as she seemed doubtful. She nerved herself, before promptly asking, “Could you ask Yue if he wants to train with me and Kero tonight?”
“I don’t see any problem with that, Sakura-chan” he said, quite relieved. She was really acting odd, simply for asking to go out training. She also seemed relieved, but was still apprehensive, “Well, you see…Tomoyo wants to come and film me with some…costumes” she paused, clearly embarrassed by her friends silly request, which she just couldn’t say no to, “and I thought that maybe Yue wouldn’t like it, so I was hoping…”
We are NOT training under camera supervision. When that girl is near a camera she goes way over the line. The next thing you know she will be asking the mistress to order me to dress up in a frilly costume. Just say no!
“Sure Sakura! I’ll convince him! You just go and get ready” he almost choked out at the end, because of Yue, but she didn’t seem to notice. She ran off to her bedroom quite happily. Of course, now he just had to convince Yue.
Since when does my say have no matter over what I do?
“It's such a small request, I didn’t thought it mattered”
I said NO!
“She is the mistress…”
You did NOT just say that…You are twisting my words
“Then you tell her you won’t be going” and with that, Yukito transformed himself into Yue.
“What the hell? I did not wish to come out!” Yue exclaimed, clearly surprised at the current change.
Hehehehe…It’s not my fault you hadn’t noticed I could do that…
“You are not supposed to! You can’t do magic in that form!!” Yue tried to change, but to no avail. Yukito had trapped him…on the outside.
And now you have no choice…you have to go with Sakura-chan or I will leave you locked out.
“You annoying, little…” the moon guardian was about to yell to himself, when Sakura stepped into the threshold, with Keroberos floating beside her. She looked at him puzzled, and always the one to ask the most obvious questions, Kero spoke, “You are yelling to yourself now? And here I thought you were not as crazy as you seemed.”
Yue gaped at them for two full seconds, before regaining his composure, and walking out the door. “Let’s go” was the only thing he said as he turned. Sakura came out and quickly called the Illusion card to cover them, and the Fly card to her. She leapt up first, soon followed by Keroberos. He started transforming mid-air, his big gold wings growing behind him. However, before the Guardian Beast of the Seal had time to notice, Yue had him on a death grip with his powerful hands. The transformation halted, Keroberos looked really funny with huge wings and a small body, being crushed by the other’s hand.
“Call me crazy again, and you will regret it” Yue muttered lowly, so Sakura wouldn’t hear him. He knew that the position he held the plushie, mid-transformation, was going to start being painful in a second or two. Kero struggled against his hold, but Yue let him go quickly. Glaring his warning to his older brother, Yue started flying rapidly towards Sakura.
“He hasn’t done that since Clow’s time…” Keroberos grinned despite of himself. Maybe, just maybe, Yue was not such a nutjob. He quickly caught up to them, as they flew to the Penguin Park. Tomoyo was already there, with her costume mini-van and with her creepy smile on, ready to pounce on the mistress with a new costume. Of course, she also had a matching tie for Kero, but due to the fact that he was going to be using his full, he reclined the offer. Indistinctly in the background of all the chatter, Yue heard something like "a matching hat" or sorts for a certain moon guardian, and before that conversation took a turn he would regret, he decided to step in. "Shall we start, we don't want to be out too late"
Sakura quickly remembered that she should be back at home before Touya or her dad got home, since she didn’t ask for permission to be out. So, calling the create card, she made some monsters. Yue hadn't tried to train-in-battle with her magic yet, mainly focusing on her martial techniques. He knew that despite it didn’t seem like it, Keroberos was also teaching her the magic theories. So he was rather surprised at the advance she had, fighting-wise in using the cards. She easily used around 20 different cards that night, and she could have kept on going. Monster after monster, Create kept on throwing at them, and she kept finding a new interesting way to use two or more cards at a time, and the monsters just kept getting stronger. Keroberos was rather intent on his guardian role, jumping to protect her every time she used an attack card, or using his shield when she wasn't fast enough. And as he was now, Yue was just playing around being the 'distraction' for the monsters. In truth, their roles had reversed; afterall, Keroberos was the fire powerhouse and he was used to being her shield. And thus he found they were both lacking in each other's strengths; as he was now, Yue could barely keep on attacking, and Keroberos wasn't fast enough to keep on her track. After what seemed more than a dozen of monsters, Yue thought it to be more than enough for the day. "Create, stop" he moved his hand in the direction of the card, and the book stopped drawing whatever monster had popped into its head. He just knew that Daidouji had more than enough good shots of them all, since she didn’t complain when the fight was halted.
"That was amazing Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo yelled as she hugged her friend. Sakura was still on a high adrenaline rush, and it would take a while for it to come down, so she really wasn't feeling tired. Keroberos landed near them, quickly changing into his false form, and Yue couldn't help but snicker at the fact. Kero noticed it, but didn't acknowledge it; he knew why his brother was laughing. "I've got great shots of everyone! In fact, I can make a video of each one of you!!" the girl continued babbling more about the several cameras with notion sensors she had placed around the park, and Keroberos was intent of having a video of 'his amazing stunts'. Yue approached them slowly, "Cerberus, you've gotten fat" he admonished hardly, and all the chatter halted abruptly. Tomoyo slowly backed away a little, so she could record this without the guardian's noticing. "You barely kept the mistress out of harm, and you are slower than me; slower, Cerberus!" Sakura jumped to grab the sun guardian expecting an outburst, but it never happened. Kero wanted to deny it, but he knew he couldn't; he had always been proud of the fact that he was faster than his younger brother. Even though, in all certainty, Yue was more agile, Keroberos was indeed faster; afterall he did have 'the four legs' thing going on. Resigned, Kero landed on his mistress hands and admitted his faults, "It's true, so?"
So, Yue wasn't expecting Kero to admit it in front of the girls. Now, he couldn’t keep the frown on his face, and his tone was softer as he spoke, "You will go on a diet." The silence was palpable, as the sun guardian glared at the moon guardian; Sakura could only say "Hoe"
"I'm so not going on a diet! You can't make me!!" and now, he did explode in front of them, hollering and zipping quickly them. Amusing as it was, Yue couldn't stand much of the hollering, so he grabbed Kero when he zipped past him. "Either that, or you promise to accompany us to train. I can't let you keep on getting fatter, so pick your poison”, Keroberos was struggling against the idea of training on a more daily basis, but he couldn't leave the food. "Fine, you win this one" he said and Yue released him. "Glad to know you see things my way, Keroberos."
"Hoe!! Look at the time! We had to be home 30 minutes ago!!" The mistress hollered as she rushed past him to the stationed van behind them. While she changed, Tomoyo approached the moon guardian, and to his surprise, he didn't notice her until she was practically next to him. "You know," she started, and Yue had the grace of not looking spooked from her sudden appearance, "Sakura-chan is not the only one who made an amazing performance, if I may say so myself. I can make an amazing video of just your footage" she had a glint on her eyes that the guardian did not like. "Why would I want that?" he looked around for his brother, and the useless plushie had gone inside the van with Sakura. Great, when he could actually be of use, he was not around. "Oh, you could just give it to Touya-kun as a present" she replied simply, with a knowledgeable tone. He just stared at her as if she had sprouted a second head. What the hell was she on? Seriously, a 12-year old girl making that kind of comments can spook just about anyone. Needless to say, Yukito was laughing his head off...literally.
"I'm ready! Tomoyo-chan, you don't mind that we have to go already? I would wait for the bodyguards to come back for you but..." Sakura spoke quickly as she jumped out of the mini van. Her friend stopped her mid-sentence, "They will be here 2 minutes after I call them, don’t worry about it, I know you have to get home" she patted Sakura on the shoulders, and the girl calmed down. "Arigato, Tomoyo-chan" the emerald-eyed girl hugged her friend, "I'll see you tomorrow, ne?"
"Sakura! Remember how late it is??" Kero was already up in the air, in his full form circling around them. Vaguely, Sakura noticed how the guardian beast of the seal was using his full form more and more. It probably had something to do about showing off, but somehow as they were, it didn't seem the case. Before she could think things through, she heard a growl from above, "Gahh!! You are going to pay for that Yue-usagi!!" and as she looked up, she saw as both guardians were already flying off in direction of her home, Keroberos chasing after Yue. "Please, like I am scared of an overgrown house cat" was the last thing she heard before they were out of the park. "Ne, wait for me!!" Sakura called forth the fly and took off before both guardians where out of her sight. Slowly, Tomoyo closed her camera and took her cellphone, "I'll definitely have to give a copy of this to Touya-kun...and maybe one for Eriol-kun too."
When they finally got home, they decided to forego the normal entrance for the 'Sakura's in trouble' entrance, namely, her window. Once inside, Sakura crept up to her door, and slowly opened it, hearing for any sounds from downstairs. She could hear the TV on, but because of it, she couldn’t discern well what was happening. She closed the door again, leaning against it and sighing. She had closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, Yukito was standing in front of her. "Hoooeee!!" she yelped rather loudly by the other's sudden appearance. "Well, I'm not used to that" Yukito said, but Sakura couldn't place his tone, either it was amused or annoyed...but it couldn't be annoyed, right? She noticed Kero-chan had started his plushie pretense, once again, and neither of them seemed like they were going to break it. Yukito was looking at her expectantly, and for a few seconds she was lost at words, "Oh, right!" she giggled nervously, "Yukito-san, oniichan is home already, and I bet he brought back some cake" he was waiting for an excuse to go out and not ruin the charade, and now he had it. Seriously, though, Sakura wasn't sure why both of them were being so stubborn.
Taking the cue, Yukito walked out of the bedroom and headed downstairs. But as soon as he was out, Kero threw a pillow at the now closed door. "Keroberos, why are you being so mean today? You two have been fighting all day" the girl asked tiredly as she lay down on the bed. She was beginning to feel incredibly tired, they did train too much today, "We were in the middle of a discussion and he transformed out! Talk about being rude!!" Keroberos complained for a while more until the girl had enough of the whining, "You know, you should stop acting like that."
This immediately silenced Kero, not because he was surprised, but he actually was curious, Sakura wasn't usually one to tell others how to act, "like what??" She thought about it for a few seconds, finally deciding to stop the whole charade, "Well, like a..." plushie, she was going to say when her brother screamed rather loudly, "SAKURA!!!" They both jerked at the interruption, and the girl muttered lowly to herself, "...this is getting ridiculous, Yue" Standing, she was still lost in her thoughts when Kero transformed to his full form, "Want me to go and intimidate your brother? Seems like Yuki-tenshi didn't do a good job of it..." The girl laughed out loud at her guardian's antics and opened the door, "Yuki-tenshi? Where do you come up with these things?"
"Well, it's my job as his big brother!!" Sakura shuddered, she was sure she had heard that before, somewhere. "He better not hear you, for your sake" she opened the door, and headed downstairs. Her brother and Yukito were standing in the kitchen, talking, and once she got downstairs, his face turned up the in the worst possible scowl.
"What the hell where you doing at penguin park at this time at night? You know something could have happened to you??"
"But..."
"Mistress of Magical Beings or not, you have rules to follow, and just because you have your own personal army it doesn’t mean you are going to go around and break them!"
"We were..."
"What if dad had come home early? You are my responsibility when he’s not around, and I’m sure he won’t like you running around the streets at night."
"Toya!" It was Yukito who finally stopped Touya´s monologue, with an exasperated tone in his voice. He was so surprised that Yuki had raised his voice that he didn’t notice the tone, "Sakura is alright, she was with Yue. Do you not trust us?" The anger dissipated from Touya's face, becoming apologetic as he turned to his friend, "You know I do...I just hate when she is running around dealing with magical discrepancies and I'm not around, I have had enough of it as it is."
So you hate being helpless?
Yukito bit his tongue before Yue's harsh thought came out. He couldn't help it, the thought almost slipped out as natural as if it was his own. He turned to look at Sakura, and with a knowing nod, she poked her brother's back, "Touya, I promise to let you know when things like this happen, ok?" Now that he was no longer angry, he managed to give her a small grin, "as long as you do, then its ok kaijuu. Dinner is ready."
“I’m not a monster!!” she stomped her way to the kitchen, leaving them both behind. “You know, she is right…” Yukito chided and walked past him. “Just because she has a point, it doesn’t make it right” the other replied curtly.
“We are not talking about the same thing anymore, aren’t we?”
“You tell me,” Touya said as he entered the kitchen. Yukito removed his glasses, frowning as he cleaned them, “Perhaps we were not”.
They dined together, as they usual did, Touya bothering Sakura, and Yukito smiling sweetly at her and friendly jabbing at Touya every now and then. When he was about to leave, though, Touya tried to sneak up on him, but with Yue’s ever present senses, he really didn’t get far. They stood at the front door, Yukito ready to leave, when his friend pinned him to the opposite wall with one hand. Yukito felt a sense of Déjà vu as if this had happened once before.
“Are you alright?” Touya asked as those impossibly dark eyes fixed him a penetrating stare that would have made anyone falter at them. But not Yukito, “Of course, is something the matter?”
“You’ve been avoiding me lately”
“No, I haven’t, you are just too busy, and so am I”
“That’s not what I meant. It’s never been a problem before, school and work.”
Oh, Yukito knew the problem alright. But somehow, he hoped Touya and his keen perception would not figure it out.
“I’ll tell you what, Toya. Next time you get a job, I’ll accompany you” he smiled, placing a hand on his friend’s chest, pushing him away so he could move.
Touya sighed as he was pushed, “Why won’t you tell me what’s bothering you?”
Something about the way he said that word, clicked on him, as he hastily turned to face his friend, standing so very close. Touya noticed he was scowling, something that seemed to happen more often this days. But most conscious thoughts were scattered by being so near to Yukito.
“Nothing is bothering me, but your attitude is starting to,” Yukito glared at him, or at least tried to, it didn’t look very convincing, though. Touya raised an eyebrow, certainly amused by that attempt at glaring, “I know you better than you think I do, and you know I will find out.”
Yukito took a step back, his features changing slowly from the scowl of displeasure to a look of irritation. He took his bag, and opened the door, sighing, “Whatever, Toya. Good night”
The night air helped some of his irritation off, as he walked back home. He didn’t like lying to Toya, but what choice did he have? He couldn’t comprehend him. He didn’t want to bother them both with something he could, no should, handle on his own. Yue was rather silent, letting him consider everything that had happened.
As soon as he got home, something caught his attention. Before going out in the morning, he had picked the mail and tossed it on the coffee table. He didn't notice then, but now it was hard not to. An elaborate envelope lay with the rest of the mail, but the weird thing was that said envelope's patterns were butterflies. And it smelled; his entire home was drenched on the same perfume as the letter. It simply said 'To the owner of the home', which was even more odd. Who could possibly send a letter to a house where they didn't know the owner?
It also has a weird aura...it's...familiar, though...
Yukito was mystified; Yue was saying an inanimate object had an aura...
Don't be stupid, the energy of the person who sent this still lingers in the envelope.
Without caring much for said envelope, he opened the letter without hesitations. Unfolding it, he couldn't help but notice the intricate design of the paper pattern, and the delicacy in which the letters where done, but...
"It's a flyer" he said to himself, at least, that's how it looked like. And so, he read.
WISH
THE Shop for EVERYTHING you need in Tokyo
You are invited to a Tea Party
With food...
...And drinks!!
And everything sweet!!!
Your every whim, from baked goods to fried food, we can promise a party of many unusual flavors and delights, not within reason. That is our cook's concern, not yours.
This invitation is for one person only and non-transferable; no brothers allowed...
...Or sweet little girls...
...or best friends you can't stop thinking about...
...or anyone you can possibly think of!
You'll be ready for us when you get here
You know the address...
...or better said, the address will know you...
...And don't forget the sake!
Until you come, then!
We'll be waiting, don't forget that.
From:
The owner and employees of WISH
Not everything is possible; but if it is, then be sure we can do it.
WISH Co. & Associates are not responsible or accountable for the damage and repercussions of the granted wishes, the buyer is.
“Well, that’s…interesting,” he said, for the lack of a better word.
I don’t like this…I have a feeling…
“Oh, come on Yue, it’s free food. We should go”
Go? There’s no address in that ‘invitation’ How do you expect to go?
“We’ll see the next time we are in the city”
I feel like there’s something I’m missing here…
Main Characters: Yue, Touya
Summary: Post-Series Continuation. Yue and Yukito are starting to merge and have made a decisión. Fate however, has something else in store for them. They should have know better than to play cards with Fate. Will they bet it all in, or drop the bet?
Broken Toy
Chapter 7: Intermission I
Part 1
After several weeks, small things had changed. Yue now came out more without it being because of any trouble, Yukito bought new clothes, which looked very nice on him and many other small things were noticed. Sakura had returned to be her old happy self, and couldn't help but feel extra happy of seeing more of her moon guardian, even if it was for training most of the time. Keroberos was getting more and more quiet, Yue's attitude worried him, but he said nothing about it. Even Fujitaka started noticing the little things, especially the day when he found Yukito sitting in the living room, reading a poetry book without his glasses on. Of course, many of these little things were only noticeable if you were actually paying attention.
After the party with the cards, Touya was a bit more relaxed and open with everyone, and not as grouchy. Sakura inadvertly kept an eye on him; she was still a bit worried. Keroberos couldn't help but feel good about the more gentle treatment he was getting from the mistress's brother. Even Fujitaka started noticing his son's good mood, especially the day he found him whistling happily while doing dinner. Of course, you didn't even need to pay attention to notice the good mood Touya had been.
Yue and Sakura had made a weekly schedule for training, which usually took place in that magical glade he had found by accident. There was no need to hide their presence in such a secluded place. Sakura had loved the glade since the moment Yue had taken her for the first time; she insisted to practice there everafter.
It was a nice sunny day; the sky was crystal clear, and the temperature around them was perfect. They had been training all afternoon and Sakura lay tired on the grass by the pond. Keroberos, as always, decided to skip the manual training in favor of a new videogame Fujitaka had gotten him. Yue sat in under the shade of a tree nearby, reading a poetry book. He was starting to appreciate these moments alone with his mistress, without the annoying and teasing brothers; just the two of them. They usually spent the whole afternoon together on their training days, and had gotten used to relax for an hour before going home.
"Yue" she called him softly; he didn't lift the gaze from his book, and she didn't move from the ground but she knew he was hearing her. "When are you going to talk to my brother?" he certainly was not expecting that question. Sakura had been always with them ever since that weekend, on his request or Yukito's of course, and they had started to see less of each other when Touya had started working again. College had already started, and they were not taking the same classes; they usually missed the other by matter of minutes, either Yukito going back to his home early or Touya coming very late from work. Nowadays, he spent most of the time with Sakura and Keroberos.
"Not yet" he answered, hoping she wouldn't ask more. She had all the right to ask, afterall. They were silent for a few more minutes before she spoke again, "You should do it soon, before it is too late." This took the guardian by surprise, but he only managed to ask a simple question, "Why?"
She sat down and looked at him with dull eyes, "Because he is your best friend. You should tell him before you and Yukito get closer, or you will drive him away. He doesn't like secrets, you know." He considered her words for some minutes, and stood "We will do it soon" he helped her stand up, so they could leave.
"Wai!" she squealed with delight, and called forth the fly, "Remember the old Clow mansion? Eriol told me he sold it, and the buyer will build an amusement park in the terrain. You two should go there!!" He willed his wings and flew next to her, "Clow sold the mansion? But that house is centuries old! Isn't there some sort of law that prohibits the destruction of really old landmarks?"
"Eriol" she punctuated, "wasn't happy about it either, but seems that they managed to get the permit anyway. Nothing he could do about it." The sun was starting to settle down the horizon, and the twilight was bathing them, "He could have kept the house" he replied, and couldn't help but sound sad. Sakura noticed and held a hand to him, "We could go there for a while before it’s thrown down. A last visit..."
She was too kind, he thought, "The last time I step into that house I made my mind not to go there again. That house was no longer my home." He was cold and serious, but that was the only way he could talk about this things to anyone. She refrained herself from saying something else, rather than repeat herself. If he was unwilling, she was not going to push him. They soon arrived at the girl’s house, and Yue allowed Yukito to take his place. They went inside and talked for a long wait, Yukito silently waiting for Touya to come back home. Sakura told him about the upcoming Nadeshiko festival, and how she was really looking forward to be in the play, even though the characters hadn’t been assigned yet.
Finally giving up on the prospect of meeting Touya for the day, Yukito made his mind to go home. But then, the phone rang. He felt a cold shiver down his spine, foreboding him to leave. Sakura ran to answer, and a few minutes afterwards she came back with a shy look on her face.
“Umm…Yukito…you see,” she started, and she clearly wasn’t having an easy time speaking. Yukito kneeled to her, brushing her bangs from her face kindly, “What is it, Sakura?” he asked calmly, but still that odd feeling only got stronger as she seemed doubtful. She nerved herself, before promptly asking, “Could you ask Yue if he wants to train with me and Kero tonight?”
“I don’t see any problem with that, Sakura-chan” he said, quite relieved. She was really acting odd, simply for asking to go out training. She also seemed relieved, but was still apprehensive, “Well, you see…Tomoyo wants to come and film me with some…costumes” she paused, clearly embarrassed by her friends silly request, which she just couldn’t say no to, “and I thought that maybe Yue wouldn’t like it, so I was hoping…”
We are NOT training under camera supervision. When that girl is near a camera she goes way over the line. The next thing you know she will be asking the mistress to order me to dress up in a frilly costume. Just say no!
“Sure Sakura! I’ll convince him! You just go and get ready” he almost choked out at the end, because of Yue, but she didn’t seem to notice. She ran off to her bedroom quite happily. Of course, now he just had to convince Yue.
Since when does my say have no matter over what I do?
“It's such a small request, I didn’t thought it mattered”
I said NO!
“She is the mistress…”
You did NOT just say that…You are twisting my words
“Then you tell her you won’t be going” and with that, Yukito transformed himself into Yue.
“What the hell? I did not wish to come out!” Yue exclaimed, clearly surprised at the current change.
Hehehehe…It’s not my fault you hadn’t noticed I could do that…
“You are not supposed to! You can’t do magic in that form!!” Yue tried to change, but to no avail. Yukito had trapped him…on the outside.
And now you have no choice…you have to go with Sakura-chan or I will leave you locked out.
“You annoying, little…” the moon guardian was about to yell to himself, when Sakura stepped into the threshold, with Keroberos floating beside her. She looked at him puzzled, and always the one to ask the most obvious questions, Kero spoke, “You are yelling to yourself now? And here I thought you were not as crazy as you seemed.”
Yue gaped at them for two full seconds, before regaining his composure, and walking out the door. “Let’s go” was the only thing he said as he turned. Sakura came out and quickly called the Illusion card to cover them, and the Fly card to her. She leapt up first, soon followed by Keroberos. He started transforming mid-air, his big gold wings growing behind him. However, before the Guardian Beast of the Seal had time to notice, Yue had him on a death grip with his powerful hands. The transformation halted, Keroberos looked really funny with huge wings and a small body, being crushed by the other’s hand.
“Call me crazy again, and you will regret it” Yue muttered lowly, so Sakura wouldn’t hear him. He knew that the position he held the plushie, mid-transformation, was going to start being painful in a second or two. Kero struggled against his hold, but Yue let him go quickly. Glaring his warning to his older brother, Yue started flying rapidly towards Sakura.
“He hasn’t done that since Clow’s time…” Keroberos grinned despite of himself. Maybe, just maybe, Yue was not such a nutjob. He quickly caught up to them, as they flew to the Penguin Park. Tomoyo was already there, with her costume mini-van and with her creepy smile on, ready to pounce on the mistress with a new costume. Of course, she also had a matching tie for Kero, but due to the fact that he was going to be using his full, he reclined the offer. Indistinctly in the background of all the chatter, Yue heard something like "a matching hat" or sorts for a certain moon guardian, and before that conversation took a turn he would regret, he decided to step in. "Shall we start, we don't want to be out too late"
Sakura quickly remembered that she should be back at home before Touya or her dad got home, since she didn’t ask for permission to be out. So, calling the create card, she made some monsters. Yue hadn't tried to train-in-battle with her magic yet, mainly focusing on her martial techniques. He knew that despite it didn’t seem like it, Keroberos was also teaching her the magic theories. So he was rather surprised at the advance she had, fighting-wise in using the cards. She easily used around 20 different cards that night, and she could have kept on going. Monster after monster, Create kept on throwing at them, and she kept finding a new interesting way to use two or more cards at a time, and the monsters just kept getting stronger. Keroberos was rather intent on his guardian role, jumping to protect her every time she used an attack card, or using his shield when she wasn't fast enough. And as he was now, Yue was just playing around being the 'distraction' for the monsters. In truth, their roles had reversed; afterall, Keroberos was the fire powerhouse and he was used to being her shield. And thus he found they were both lacking in each other's strengths; as he was now, Yue could barely keep on attacking, and Keroberos wasn't fast enough to keep on her track. After what seemed more than a dozen of monsters, Yue thought it to be more than enough for the day. "Create, stop" he moved his hand in the direction of the card, and the book stopped drawing whatever monster had popped into its head. He just knew that Daidouji had more than enough good shots of them all, since she didn’t complain when the fight was halted.
"That was amazing Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo yelled as she hugged her friend. Sakura was still on a high adrenaline rush, and it would take a while for it to come down, so she really wasn't feeling tired. Keroberos landed near them, quickly changing into his false form, and Yue couldn't help but snicker at the fact. Kero noticed it, but didn't acknowledge it; he knew why his brother was laughing. "I've got great shots of everyone! In fact, I can make a video of each one of you!!" the girl continued babbling more about the several cameras with notion sensors she had placed around the park, and Keroberos was intent of having a video of 'his amazing stunts'. Yue approached them slowly, "Cerberus, you've gotten fat" he admonished hardly, and all the chatter halted abruptly. Tomoyo slowly backed away a little, so she could record this without the guardian's noticing. "You barely kept the mistress out of harm, and you are slower than me; slower, Cerberus!" Sakura jumped to grab the sun guardian expecting an outburst, but it never happened. Kero wanted to deny it, but he knew he couldn't; he had always been proud of the fact that he was faster than his younger brother. Even though, in all certainty, Yue was more agile, Keroberos was indeed faster; afterall he did have 'the four legs' thing going on. Resigned, Kero landed on his mistress hands and admitted his faults, "It's true, so?"
So, Yue wasn't expecting Kero to admit it in front of the girls. Now, he couldn’t keep the frown on his face, and his tone was softer as he spoke, "You will go on a diet." The silence was palpable, as the sun guardian glared at the moon guardian; Sakura could only say "Hoe"
"I'm so not going on a diet! You can't make me!!" and now, he did explode in front of them, hollering and zipping quickly them. Amusing as it was, Yue couldn't stand much of the hollering, so he grabbed Kero when he zipped past him. "Either that, or you promise to accompany us to train. I can't let you keep on getting fatter, so pick your poison”, Keroberos was struggling against the idea of training on a more daily basis, but he couldn't leave the food. "Fine, you win this one" he said and Yue released him. "Glad to know you see things my way, Keroberos."
"Hoe!! Look at the time! We had to be home 30 minutes ago!!" The mistress hollered as she rushed past him to the stationed van behind them. While she changed, Tomoyo approached the moon guardian, and to his surprise, he didn't notice her until she was practically next to him. "You know," she started, and Yue had the grace of not looking spooked from her sudden appearance, "Sakura-chan is not the only one who made an amazing performance, if I may say so myself. I can make an amazing video of just your footage" she had a glint on her eyes that the guardian did not like. "Why would I want that?" he looked around for his brother, and the useless plushie had gone inside the van with Sakura. Great, when he could actually be of use, he was not around. "Oh, you could just give it to Touya-kun as a present" she replied simply, with a knowledgeable tone. He just stared at her as if she had sprouted a second head. What the hell was she on? Seriously, a 12-year old girl making that kind of comments can spook just about anyone. Needless to say, Yukito was laughing his head off...literally.
"I'm ready! Tomoyo-chan, you don't mind that we have to go already? I would wait for the bodyguards to come back for you but..." Sakura spoke quickly as she jumped out of the mini van. Her friend stopped her mid-sentence, "They will be here 2 minutes after I call them, don’t worry about it, I know you have to get home" she patted Sakura on the shoulders, and the girl calmed down. "Arigato, Tomoyo-chan" the emerald-eyed girl hugged her friend, "I'll see you tomorrow, ne?"
"Sakura! Remember how late it is??" Kero was already up in the air, in his full form circling around them. Vaguely, Sakura noticed how the guardian beast of the seal was using his full form more and more. It probably had something to do about showing off, but somehow as they were, it didn't seem the case. Before she could think things through, she heard a growl from above, "Gahh!! You are going to pay for that Yue-usagi!!" and as she looked up, she saw as both guardians were already flying off in direction of her home, Keroberos chasing after Yue. "Please, like I am scared of an overgrown house cat" was the last thing she heard before they were out of the park. "Ne, wait for me!!" Sakura called forth the fly and took off before both guardians where out of her sight. Slowly, Tomoyo closed her camera and took her cellphone, "I'll definitely have to give a copy of this to Touya-kun...and maybe one for Eriol-kun too."
When they finally got home, they decided to forego the normal entrance for the 'Sakura's in trouble' entrance, namely, her window. Once inside, Sakura crept up to her door, and slowly opened it, hearing for any sounds from downstairs. She could hear the TV on, but because of it, she couldn’t discern well what was happening. She closed the door again, leaning against it and sighing. She had closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, Yukito was standing in front of her. "Hoooeee!!" she yelped rather loudly by the other's sudden appearance. "Well, I'm not used to that" Yukito said, but Sakura couldn't place his tone, either it was amused or annoyed...but it couldn't be annoyed, right? She noticed Kero-chan had started his plushie pretense, once again, and neither of them seemed like they were going to break it. Yukito was looking at her expectantly, and for a few seconds she was lost at words, "Oh, right!" she giggled nervously, "Yukito-san, oniichan is home already, and I bet he brought back some cake" he was waiting for an excuse to go out and not ruin the charade, and now he had it. Seriously, though, Sakura wasn't sure why both of them were being so stubborn.
Taking the cue, Yukito walked out of the bedroom and headed downstairs. But as soon as he was out, Kero threw a pillow at the now closed door. "Keroberos, why are you being so mean today? You two have been fighting all day" the girl asked tiredly as she lay down on the bed. She was beginning to feel incredibly tired, they did train too much today, "We were in the middle of a discussion and he transformed out! Talk about being rude!!" Keroberos complained for a while more until the girl had enough of the whining, "You know, you should stop acting like that."
This immediately silenced Kero, not because he was surprised, but he actually was curious, Sakura wasn't usually one to tell others how to act, "like what??" She thought about it for a few seconds, finally deciding to stop the whole charade, "Well, like a..." plushie, she was going to say when her brother screamed rather loudly, "SAKURA!!!" They both jerked at the interruption, and the girl muttered lowly to herself, "...this is getting ridiculous, Yue" Standing, she was still lost in her thoughts when Kero transformed to his full form, "Want me to go and intimidate your brother? Seems like Yuki-tenshi didn't do a good job of it..." The girl laughed out loud at her guardian's antics and opened the door, "Yuki-tenshi? Where do you come up with these things?"
"Well, it's my job as his big brother!!" Sakura shuddered, she was sure she had heard that before, somewhere. "He better not hear you, for your sake" she opened the door, and headed downstairs. Her brother and Yukito were standing in the kitchen, talking, and once she got downstairs, his face turned up the in the worst possible scowl.
"What the hell where you doing at penguin park at this time at night? You know something could have happened to you??"
"But..."
"Mistress of Magical Beings or not, you have rules to follow, and just because you have your own personal army it doesn’t mean you are going to go around and break them!"
"We were..."
"What if dad had come home early? You are my responsibility when he’s not around, and I’m sure he won’t like you running around the streets at night."
"Toya!" It was Yukito who finally stopped Touya´s monologue, with an exasperated tone in his voice. He was so surprised that Yuki had raised his voice that he didn’t notice the tone, "Sakura is alright, she was with Yue. Do you not trust us?" The anger dissipated from Touya's face, becoming apologetic as he turned to his friend, "You know I do...I just hate when she is running around dealing with magical discrepancies and I'm not around, I have had enough of it as it is."
So you hate being helpless?
Yukito bit his tongue before Yue's harsh thought came out. He couldn't help it, the thought almost slipped out as natural as if it was his own. He turned to look at Sakura, and with a knowing nod, she poked her brother's back, "Touya, I promise to let you know when things like this happen, ok?" Now that he was no longer angry, he managed to give her a small grin, "as long as you do, then its ok kaijuu. Dinner is ready."
“I’m not a monster!!” she stomped her way to the kitchen, leaving them both behind. “You know, she is right…” Yukito chided and walked past him. “Just because she has a point, it doesn’t make it right” the other replied curtly.
“We are not talking about the same thing anymore, aren’t we?”
“You tell me,” Touya said as he entered the kitchen. Yukito removed his glasses, frowning as he cleaned them, “Perhaps we were not”.
They dined together, as they usual did, Touya bothering Sakura, and Yukito smiling sweetly at her and friendly jabbing at Touya every now and then. When he was about to leave, though, Touya tried to sneak up on him, but with Yue’s ever present senses, he really didn’t get far. They stood at the front door, Yukito ready to leave, when his friend pinned him to the opposite wall with one hand. Yukito felt a sense of Déjà vu as if this had happened once before.
“Are you alright?” Touya asked as those impossibly dark eyes fixed him a penetrating stare that would have made anyone falter at them. But not Yukito, “Of course, is something the matter?”
“You’ve been avoiding me lately”
“No, I haven’t, you are just too busy, and so am I”
“That’s not what I meant. It’s never been a problem before, school and work.”
Oh, Yukito knew the problem alright. But somehow, he hoped Touya and his keen perception would not figure it out.
“I’ll tell you what, Toya. Next time you get a job, I’ll accompany you” he smiled, placing a hand on his friend’s chest, pushing him away so he could move.
Touya sighed as he was pushed, “Why won’t you tell me what’s bothering you?”
Something about the way he said that word, clicked on him, as he hastily turned to face his friend, standing so very close. Touya noticed he was scowling, something that seemed to happen more often this days. But most conscious thoughts were scattered by being so near to Yukito.
“Nothing is bothering me, but your attitude is starting to,” Yukito glared at him, or at least tried to, it didn’t look very convincing, though. Touya raised an eyebrow, certainly amused by that attempt at glaring, “I know you better than you think I do, and you know I will find out.”
Yukito took a step back, his features changing slowly from the scowl of displeasure to a look of irritation. He took his bag, and opened the door, sighing, “Whatever, Toya. Good night”
The night air helped some of his irritation off, as he walked back home. He didn’t like lying to Toya, but what choice did he have? He couldn’t comprehend him. He didn’t want to bother them both with something he could, no should, handle on his own. Yue was rather silent, letting him consider everything that had happened.
As soon as he got home, something caught his attention. Before going out in the morning, he had picked the mail and tossed it on the coffee table. He didn't notice then, but now it was hard not to. An elaborate envelope lay with the rest of the mail, but the weird thing was that said envelope's patterns were butterflies. And it smelled; his entire home was drenched on the same perfume as the letter. It simply said 'To the owner of the home', which was even more odd. Who could possibly send a letter to a house where they didn't know the owner?
It also has a weird aura...it's...familiar, though...
Yukito was mystified; Yue was saying an inanimate object had an aura...
Don't be stupid, the energy of the person who sent this still lingers in the envelope.
Without caring much for said envelope, he opened the letter without hesitations. Unfolding it, he couldn't help but notice the intricate design of the paper pattern, and the delicacy in which the letters where done, but...
"It's a flyer" he said to himself, at least, that's how it looked like. And so, he read.
WISH
THE Shop for EVERYTHING you need in Tokyo
You are invited to a Tea Party
With food...
...And drinks!!
And everything sweet!!!
Your every whim, from baked goods to fried food, we can promise a party of many unusual flavors and delights, not within reason. That is our cook's concern, not yours.
This invitation is for one person only and non-transferable; no brothers allowed...
...Or sweet little girls...
...or best friends you can't stop thinking about...
...or anyone you can possibly think of!
You'll be ready for us when you get here
You know the address...
...or better said, the address will know you...
...And don't forget the sake!
Until you come, then!
We'll be waiting, don't forget that.
From:
The owner and employees of WISH
Not everything is possible; but if it is, then be sure we can do it.
WISH Co. & Associates are not responsible or accountable for the damage and repercussions of the granted wishes, the buyer is.
“Well, that’s…interesting,” he said, for the lack of a better word.
I don’t like this…I have a feeling…
“Oh, come on Yue, it’s free food. We should go”
Go? There’s no address in that ‘invitation’ How do you expect to go?
“We’ll see the next time we are in the city”
I feel like there’s something I’m missing here…