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DEPATURE

Clow was seating on the lake's edge and had forbidden his creations of paying him a visit. Kerberus and Yue had reluctantly agreed. The cards wouldn't dare disobeying him. Not even the Mokonas, Soel and Larg, which were part his creation, part the Witch of Dimensions', felt comfortable about talking with him.
However, closer to him came someone who was not his creation, but his partner, on that moment and every other occasion.
- Even at a time like this, you won't cry.
- I promised I'd never cry for this day. - Clow replied with a smile.
- That smile hurts me, do you know that? Why does it have to be this way?
Clow looked at the moon, his smile less light and much more forced. Yuuko didn't know whether he couldn't or did not want to answer.
- Yuuko... Places change, leaves will begin falling from the trees... Seasons change according to their cycle...
- Blah, blah, blah. You're fooling Sakura with this preach. Not me. What's happening?
- Yuuko... Water... is something that must flow...
- No more parables, Clow!
- Things must always change. Keeping monopoly over magic would make reality static and stagnated. I was known for changing magic and creating my own. You're the witch of Hitsuzen, while I am the magician of change.
- You only think of yourself...
- If nothing ever became new, nothing would ever be born, nothing would ever die. Everything would remain just as it is. - Clow stands up, speaking seriously with no smile.
- But I don't want anything to change! - Yuuko holds the magician's hand. - It doesn't have to be this way. You decide the way it's going to be. But think about Kerberos, Yue, the cards, the Mokonas... and about me...
Clow let's go of Yuuko's hand and walks aimlessly, so he wouldn't cry. Yuuko only stares at him and hopes her beloved will change his mind.

translated from portuguese for ladykikyou (or sweetrubymoon)

Arigato Gozaimas!