(Disclaimer: Nope! Xxxholic belongs to CLAMP! My OCs belong to me though!)
Exceptions
Three wishes
Silver: What the heck? (Looks around…) Whoa! Hi Yuuko!
Yuuko: Ara, if it isn't the infamous Firebird… what are you doing here?
Silver: … Blame the plot bunnies! They keep spawning! Anyway… I finally got here… A STORY!
Yuuko: Ah! So it's a story about me? (with a lot of stars and sparkles going around her.)
Silver: Well… you'll appear but… roll the summary!
Summary: There are chains or sets of rules that protects the worlds... but there are some who are not bound in it. These are called Exceptions, but even though they are not bound... they can leave quite an effect to world...
And unfortunately for the new owner... nine of them came to the 'shop' in search for their mentor.
Yuuko: I see, so you're bringing those free-loader-and-free-giver girl scouts?
Silver: Oi… They're one of a kind, no repeats!
Yuuko: Hai, hai, so the point of this story is to give Watanuki-kun some company?
Silver: Hey, hundreds of years later, he will be forgotten and only a myth of a wish-granting shop will still be there… And we don't know when the heck will you return or when will Doumeki (or his descendants) use the egg! So there! A company for the new shop-owner! Unless you want him to go house-arrest crazy…
Yuuko: Alright, alright… I guess they would help him get thru all this.
Silver: Right… time to start the show! … And… how the heck did I get into this place!
(EDIT: I editted a scene here... not a big change.)
Three Wishes
In the night, many are asleep in their houses, saved for a few drunkards and late-shift workers. Also spirits roams around, either good or bad…
But tonight, in an empty street, spirits steered clear from that area…
For someone will arrive…
Suddenly the sky stretches to the ground like a tear drop of thick water, once it touch the ground it dissolves… revealing a cloak figure with a gold and bejeweled cane on one hand and a sack with the other.
"Finally, although a little off the course there… now, time for me to find a fellow witch." the person said, as she heaves the sack on her shoulder and walks off.
:::^*^:::
Lounging in the sofa, the Dimensional Witch takes a drag from her pipe and blows a trail of smoke. Then the door sides open to reveal her helpers…
"Mistress, we got customer…" Maru, the blue hair, pigtail twin stated
"Mistress, we got customer…" Moro, the pink, short hair twin stated
They then move aside, revealing a woman with a scantly yet ornamental looking-clothes. Her hair is red, in a ponytail filled with ornaments and eyes are silver grey, she then removes her cloak and gives it to the twins for them to fold. She then proceed into the room, dragging both items in and places them down on the floor.
"Long time ne, Yuuko?" the woman asked.
"Ara, and what's a fellow witch needed in my shop?" the shop owner asked.
"Well… still, cold and childish as ever… like those ice cream." the fellow witch said as she place her sack and cane down, then walks toward the black hair witch. "Here's my reason." and touches Yuuko's forehead…
:::^*^:::
In a white void…
There is a lady, a very elegant and regal lady, sitting on a chair with a smile on her face. Behind her are nine shadows of people with wings… she then slowly fades.
:::^*^:::
Yuuko looks quite surprise, she stares at her fellow witch for a moment before... "I see, so you're chosen…?" she asked.
"Yes… I need to you to grant three wishes I have." the other witch stated. "With my current state right now, it will take too long to find them all."
"And those three wishes?" the dimensional witch asked.
"First wish to know the location of the 'nine'… I know the price." she stated and looks at her cane.
"I see…" the owner stated, sensing a strong magic in the cane, practically equal to the price of the first wish.
"Second wish, they must travel in my world before they can travel to others."
"Oh and why?"
"Threads of fate? Hitsuzen? You know, unless you have forgotten." with a smile and a shrug.
"No, I understand… and the payment is in there?" Yuuko asked looking at the sack.
"Yeah… it's kinda ugly but it is equal to the price needed." the other witch said. "And the third wish… is to pass over my responsibility as a mentor and caretaker of the 'nine' to another."
"Eh? You're not going to watch over them?" she asked, a bit surprise at this.
"No… for someone found out 'her' plan…" the redhead stated, in her voice there is a hint of disappointment and sadness that she'll only be a temporary mentor to them. "The payment…" she pauses, Yuuko saw her expression...
"… I see, very well… Maru, Moro, fetch those 'things' from the storeroom."
"Hai!" both twins stated excitedly and runs off to the storeroom to get the items.
"Hyper-active… but I guess it's in their setting." the fellow witch mused. "And I sense that you have taken in a part-timer, he's a good one yet…"
"So… how's your world, Mint?" Yuuko asked.
"Ah… it's fine, although wars are going left and right… but I suppose it's the effect of unhappiness that drives such chaos around." Mint stated, as she looks on the floor. "People these days…"
Then the twins came back with a pair of items… a golden compass with a green gem on the cover and the other is a very beautiful snow globe, inside is only a crystal with tiny sparkles falling around it like snow. The red lady smiled and thank the fellow witch, before she goes she takes out a bottle of wine out of her side bag and chats with her for a while. Eventually…
"Yuuko… Once it is over, I'll definitely miss you." Mint stated as she stands and takes her purchases. "But in this place… we have rules to follow… even if we don't want to or defy against it."
"I know." Yuuko pointed out. "We're not 'them'."
And the redhead witch smiled sadly. "Even though I'm chosen… only 'they' can do such outrageous task, because they are not bound by the chains or the logic the universe has created. But 'they' can affect others and cause quite a scene, that's why I was chosen…" she then looks at the Dimensional Witch. "You're not getting any younger, you know." she joked.
"That's mean of you." Yuuko stated annoyingly but with a smile.
"Ah! And I almost forgot." the redhead said and takes out what looks like a gem on a candle holder. "That 'lady' told me to give this to you." handing the item over.
"This is…?" the dimension witch asked as she takes it.
"I don't know… I cannot see what's in it and I can only tell that it is only for your eyes." Mint answered, as she takes her cloak from the twins.
"Oh…" she stated, sensing the item is one of 'her' creations. "Well… farewell."
"Yeah… farewell and good night." Mint stated as she walks out the door. "And have a safe journey when you get to the other side. After all, I heard that death is quite a journey for a soul to be born again."
And with that she left the shop, but pauses for a moment before a spell circle appears below her and transports herself back to her world.
:::^*^:::
There is a lady…
Her clothes are simple yet elegant and she herself possess an aura of strong magic and kindness.
In her hands, are two sparkling lights, both have something within them.
Similar… yet so different.
Then it grew and changes into glowing orbs, complete and whole. The lady then gently blew one of the orbs, joining the rest of the lights around her. While the other joins eight other orbs with her… and the lady smiled once more before fading.
:::^*^:::
Her eyes opens and realizes that's going on…
On her bedside, the gem is broken into tiny pieces and the holder have lost it's shine.
"I see… so she…" Yuuko said, sitting up from her bed. "That 'woman' is way too kind, but that makes her unique…" and she gets up from her bed, walking out of her room. Outside, she is greeted by her helpers and the noise of her part-timer cooking breakfast and smiled sadly.
The hands of time will move soon…
And soon another will stop…
Silver: Well… After this, it's going to be Watanuki's story… permanently.
Yuuko: EH? I won't appear anymore?
Silver: Don't you have a journey to take just to be born again? Besides you'll be mention and in flashbacks from time to time.
Yuuko: Eh… but this place is quite a long walk.
Silver: Just walk and don't run! Jeez! Anyway, don't forget to review, ne!