Chapter 1: Magic

*I don't own any of the CLAMP characters*

Few know, but in this world there is magic. There are also people who can use it but only very few remain. Legend has it that one day a boy will be born who has more magic than anyone ever has before, this boy will grow and restore magic to the world, it is also said that he will save the world from a great evil. On the day he was born, everyone with magic would know.

About 50 years after the legend was told, every person with magic in the world (good and bad) woke with a start or suddenly stopped. At once they all knew, the baby was born. Everyone was to do all they could to find the boy.

Almost ten years to the day had passed and still, nobody had found him.

"What shall we do?" asked a man with red hair.

"We must keep looking, if we don't find him by his tenth birthday…." Said the redhead's companion.

"What will happen?"

"His powers will come out in full force and if no one is there to help him through it, he could be killed by it."

"No."

"I'm afraid so. Come, let's get back to work."

After a few moments the redhead got up and followed his companion out the door.

(Akira's POV)

When I woke up I was very happy, tomorrow was my birthday and the day after was to be Christmas! I got out of bed, got dressed and made my mother's breakfast. After we finished eating, I grabbed my things and headed to school.

When I reached the council room I heard shouting and knew Kaichou was trying to get out of doing his paperwork again. I smiled to myself and opened the door. "Good morning Kaichou, Takamura-Senpai." I said.

"Ah, good morning Akira!" said Kaichou.

I looked at Suoh's red face and asked "Takamura-Senpai, what's wrong?"

He looked at me and said "nothing, Ijyuin, Kaichou is just trying to get out of doing his paperwork again."

As Suoh and Nokoru started arguing again I sat down at my desk and started on my own paperwork. After a while Suoh won and Nokoru started his paperwork. After a few hours I went to get, tea and snacks. When I came back Suoh let Nokoru have a little break.

The rest of the day went by normally. We finished our paperwork, I went home, did my chores and made dinner for my mothers, then I went to sleep.

I woke the next morning to my mother's singing Happy Birthday. After breakfast I went to school. Everything was going normally until I got to the council room. I was about to open the door when a huge headache came, it was so unexpected I dropped my thing and grabbed my head. I don't know what it was but suddenly my things started floating in the air.

(Nokoru's POV)

Today is Akira's 10th birthday, I thought, we should do something. I looked over at the clock and realized it was about time for Akira to show up. I heard something drop in the hall and asked Suoh to see what it was.

He opened the door and we saw Akira there picking up his things. "What happened ?" I asked him.

He looked at me, smiled and replied "sorry, I wasn't looking and tripped over something."

"You have to be more careful in the future."

"Ok." I waited for him to say more but he just finished picking up his stuff and went to his desk.

"Suoh?" I asked. He turned to me, "Can I have a little break? Please?" I looked up at him with my eyes wide.

"You can have a break AFTER you finish some of this work!" He gestured to the stacks of work that were piled up around my desk.

I knew I couldn't win so I slumped against my seat and started on the paperwork. After about an hour I looked up and saw Suoh at his desk working. I was about to ask for a break when I looked over and saw Akira holding his head. "Akira, are you ok?"I asked.

He turned to me and said, "I'm fine." And went back to work.

I wasn't sure but I didn't say anything. Every few minutes I glanced at him and saw him either rubbing his temples or holding his head. I started to worry because Akira never got headaches. I looked at Suoh and realized he saw it to, he was also glancing over at Akira, worry in his eyes.

After a few hours Akira got up to get the tea, but as soon as he stood up, he fell back into his chair holding his head. Suoh and I rushed over to him to see if he was alright. "Akira, are you ok?" I asked.

He didn't reply, just shook his head a little but then clutched it tighter. Soon I saw tears landing in his lap and realized that the pain was so great it was making him cry. I looked at Suoh and saw he went to find a cold compressor for Akira's head.

After a while he finally let go of his head. "Akira, are you alright?" I asked again.

"I don't know" he replied, I was fine this morning but when I got here I just suddenly got a big headache. It's been getting worse all day."

"Why didn't you say anything?"

"I didn't think it would hurt this much." I looked at him and saw that he started to cry again. "I'm sorry. Are you mad at me?"

"No, I was just worried." I put a hand on his shoulder and looked him in the eye saying, "Don't worry, I'm not mad at you."

He smiled and said "Thank you"

After I made sure he was ok I went back to my desk. For the next few hours I watched Akira, but he seemed just fine.

Finally I finished my paperwork. I glanced at the clock and saw that it said it was around five. I looked up to se Suoh and Akira had already finished there's and were talking about what they were doing for Christmas.

"Akira" I said. He looked over at me, a puzzled look on his face, "Happy Birthday."

He beamed at me and said "Thank you Kaichou!"

After that we talked for about two more hours. Finally Akira said he had to go home. He stood up but just as he got to the door he fell to the ground grabbing at his head. We rushed over to him but as we got closer we saw light starting to come from his body.

"What is that?!" Suoh screamed.

"Magic."

*Authors notes*

I know it's not very good but please review it.