Author: XPKoganei4XP

Disclaimers: ITS THE END OF THE WORLD!!!! U can't own em......its just.........impossible O.O

Dedication: ALL fics go 2 Mami-San, who is FOREVER my inspiration. I FEEL SO BAD! I havent talked 2 her in the LONGEST (LONG LONG LONG) time! Well, this all goes 2 C-chan, my BETA (lets hope)

Rating: PG-13 for violence and such........I dunno

Warnings: Ummmm, yeah, I need some, ne? ^_^

Notes: Ok, this isnt really AU, but........I was just wondering what itd b like 2 write a fic where Nokoru finds out WHY CLAMP School was created and what it hides within its walls. If u've ever seen X the TV series, u'll know what Im talking about. Yeah, I havent read the manga-it might b in there, 2, but CLAMP School is NOT just a school-it was built for a WHOLE different reason. In the manga of CLAMP School, if Nokoru already knows, then GOMEN! This fic will make NO SENSE. If u just own the series, YAAAAAAAAY, ur on MY level! O! I guess I should put this in the WARNINGS, but......*shrug* THIS IS SHOUNEN AI! I HATE NAGISA!!!! If she hadnt been there (and also Yudaiji-kun), then Suoh and Nokoru wouldve ended up 2gether! GRRRRRRRRRRR! Well, ^_^ they end up together in THIS, so XP.

O.O Errrrr, thats not directed at CLAMP, btw, just.........someone..........yeah *sweatdrop* I cant say I hate Yudaiji tho, cause me kno that him and Nokoru prolly had a nice life together, and I DO like that pairing if no Suoh and Nokoru, sooooo…………

OMAE NO BAKA! GO READ!!!!!!!!

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The clock struck midnight, and the tower was bathed in the palest of moonlights. The world slept on.

...........Nokoru........

...........little.......Nokoru.............

............Nokoru.............step into *my* world,.........Nokoru......

As Imonoyama Nokoru slipped further into the darkness, a presence filled his dreams, and the surroundings came together to form a dimly lit blue atmospere.

The voice called out again. ............Nokoru.............

Suddenly, everything was enveloped in darkness once more.

The world woke up.

"......Kaicho......"

Silence

"......Kaicho?"

..............

"Kaicho!"

"KAICHO!!!!"

*BAM* A pile of stapled papers was thrown into the surprised blonde's face. A glowering Takamura stood behind them. " Did you listen to ANYTHING I just said?!!!!"

The bluest of eyes sparkled with a smile. "Aa, you were saying that the sprinkler system needs fixing by this afternoon. I'll get right on it!"

He turned around in his huge swivel chair and faced the window, leaving a sputtering and annoyed Suoh behind him.

"Oh, Suoh? Remind me to fix the sprinklers, ok?"

*Facefault* "KAICHO!!!!" he stopped his rampage as a laughing Nokoru turned around. "Kidding, KIDDING, Suoh! Give me SOME credit!"

A steaming Takemura stepped closer, glowering.

Nokoru: ^_^ WAAAH

2 hours later

*knock* *knock*

"Hai?"

Iyijuin Akira, CLAMP's chef, unbeknown thief, and third of the school's division officers, walked in, hands behind his back and the sweetest of smiles on his face.

"Konnichiwa, Kaicho-senpai...... Takamura-senpai!"

Stamping some papers, Nokoru looked up and grinned at the boy. "Good afternoon to you, too, Akira."

"Looks like Takamura-senpai finally got you to work, ne?"

Nokoru looked over at the scowling ninja and smiled fondly. "Aa, and don't I love him for it."

Suoh's scowl turned scarlet and he whirled around back to his computer. "*cough* Flattery won't get you out of work, Kaicho......"

Nokoru sweatdropped. "*^_^;* .......Worth a try, though...."

Akira smiled at his two friends then looked worriedly at Suoh. His friend was still typing away at his computer, his cheeks flushing redder and redder by the second; his mind was probably carrying him away also. Akira was the only one who new the dilemma the bodyguard faced. Being hopelessly in love with two people was not easy for anyone, ESPECIALLY when one of them was the very person he was destined to protect.

Akira frowned. It was easy to see who his friend loved the MOST, though. Every time the smiling blonde walked into the room, beaming away, the golden-eyed ninja would blush and instantly turn away to collect himself. Suoh more or less lost himself with noticing just what type of person Nagisa was. She also had innocence and beauty around her, but Akira somehow felt Suoh only wished to protect the small girl and hadnt realized it yet.

Protection AND love....?

Sure, Akira knew, Takamura-senpai loved the girl, but he believed the ninja knew who his heart REALLY belonged with. Maybe......he was just leaving himself in the dark to appease Nagisa-san and not make her sad?

Then again, even Nagisa-san had to realize how strongly Suoh felt about Kaicho. Everybody and that meant EVERYBODY had to surely see what was the REAL destined love out of the group.

Right?

Akira shook himself out of his thoughts and concentrated on the main reason he was there. "OH! I was wondering if you both would like to get some lunch with me. The park has a new barbecue stand that we could check out."

Nokoru looked up and smiled instantly, almost jumping to his feet. "That would be GREAT, Akira. Let's hurry up before it gets late!"

"O-Oi, Kaicho! The work! We have to finish!"

Almost already out the door, Nokoru stopped then walked back slowly to his desk and sat down.

When he picked up a pen and started to write, Suoh smiled in relief and turned to Akira apologetically. "Gomen, Iyijuin, maybe later we can-"

"THERE WE GO! ALL DONE! LETS GO!!!!" Nokoru bounced up once again and dashed out the door.

"KAICHO!!!!" Suoh sighed in defeat, but curiosity got the best of him-Nokoru had nothing he needed to WRITE, he just had to stamp alot of things. Suoh walked over to his Kaicho's desk and peered at the paper (more like a NOTE) left smack dab in the middle. Picking it up, he read it cautiously.

Suoh: o.o

Suoh again: O.O

"EHHHHHHHHH????!!!!" Suoh instantly facefaulted, the note fluttering to the floor.

Akira: ??

The thief walked over (errr, stepping over the faulted ninja first) and picked it up.

" 'WORK, PLEASE DONT LEAVE HERE YET. IM NOT FINISHED WITH YOU, AND I'LL BE BACK SOON. ----KAICHO' "

Akira grinned to himself. "Heehee, that's pretty clever, Kaicho." He looked down at the STILL facefaulted Takamura. "Sooooo, do you want to join us, Takamura-senpai? ....Takamura-senpai?? *^^;*"

At the park

The trio ventured around the pond to the string of stands set up near the middle of the park.

The sun was shining, the sky bright, the birds chirping and people laughing, .....all that jazz, yet......Nokoru felt that SOMETHING was just off. He felt watched and a strange sense of......foreboding. He tried to blame it on being cooped up in an office all day, but his frazzled senses told him otherwise.

Trying to not spoil the outing, he kept a cheery smile on his face and attempted to start up a conversation.

"So, what are you both planning for tonight? I hear the kitchen is taking a break with dinner, so where's everyone going?"

Suoh rummaged through his uniform's pocket and pulled out two tickets. "Tokyo Bay Hall is having a dinner festival at 8pm."

"Oh," Nokoru smiled cheerfully. "I'm sure Nagisa-san will enjoy that!"

Suoh almost clenched the tickets and turned away, frowning. "Umm, I didn't think I should ask her. She needs to .....Her parents would probably not like her out late, I mean."

Nokoru blinked. "Who's the other ticket for, then."

Akira interrupted almost....slyly, which is close to IMPOSSIBLE for the kind-hearted thief. "Well, it was my idea, actually, Kaicho-senpai. Since I'm going with Utako-san, I figured you two could go together. I told Takamura-senpai to buy the extra ticket."

Turning to the ninja, Nokoru smiled brilliantly and reached for one of the tickets Suoh was almost waving around anxiously. "Suoh, arigatou. Akira, too."

Suoh nodded, almost embarrassed.

Stuffing the ticket in his pocket, Nokoru looked through the many choices of stands. "Where was the barbecue stand again, Akira?"

"Oh! Its on the other side! Sorry, I lost track for a second."

"Thats ok, I'll go and get the food." Suoh turned to Nokoru and Akira. "Why don't you both wait here. I'll be right back."

Akira shook his head. "No, I'll help you."

Nokoru nodded. "And I'll find us some seats near the pond."

Suoh smiled, but felt a small twinge of reluctancy to let his ONE wander off by himself. However, feeling no particular danger, he scolded himself silently for worrying so much as he and Akira jogged off, while Nokoru made his way to the glittering pool of water.

Nokoru finally spotted a quiet spot directly in front of the glistening waterspout of the small lake. Seating himself on the benches, he watched as most of the kids from the school dragged out rowboats and really expensive looking wave runners onto the water.

He smiled as he saw the happy expressions on all of their faces and listened with a suppressed sigh as they shouted with laughter.

He remembered the first time he had ever gotten Suoh in a boat. It was last year just before the Golden Week holiday and the weather had been almost chilly. The water was NOT the best place to be at, as Suoh pointed out a countless number of times as his ONE dragged him out of the office, but somehow Nokoru had charmed his way yet again into being allowed to take a nice relaxing break.

By the time they had pushed off from the shore and started rowing, the wind had nipped its way through their clothes, rumpling up the glowering blue-haired boy even more.

"Kaichou….," he insisted slowly with a scowl, "the PAPERWORK, the PAPERWORK, please….."

But Nokoru had smiled on cheerily, not at all effected by either the cold or his protector.

"Maa maa, we're having a GREAT time, Suoh! This is the best place to be on a day like today!"

"You have GOT to be turning SENILE in your young age!"

Nokoru sweatdropped, then quickly jumped up. "LOOK, Suoh!" he exclaimed pointing behind the blue-haired boy.

"Aahhhh, youre shaking the boat! SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN!!!!" Suoh screeched, trying to gain control of the rocking.

Nokoru of course ignored him. "Waaahh, kirei~!!!!" Nokoru stared blissfully at the pale rainbow above the treetops of the clocktower.

"Its strange, Suoh. A rainbow shouldn't be seen around this time of year, ESPECIALLY in this kind of weather! WOW! How beautiful it is, tho-ARA??!"

*SPLASH*

"O-Oi! KAICHOU!" Suoh's breath caught in his throat as he saw the blonde fall back into the water. He quickly stood up himself, too concerned about his ONE to realize-

"WAHWAH!!"

*SPLASH#2*

Suoh fought his way to the surface, trying hard to forget about the cold and search for his blonde.

"KAICHOU!" He looked around in panic, feeling out through the water for anything.

"Nooo,….KAICHOU!" He screamed.

"S-Samui…."

Suoh whirled around to see a bobbing and FROZEN Nokoru behind him.

"KAICHOU!"

Suoh frantically swam to his ONE, instantly reaching out to envelop the blonde in his hold.

As Nokoru bobbed his way into the ninja's arms, he sneezed and latched on with a deathgrip.

But Suoh hugged the blonde back just as hard if not more so.

"Kaichou, daijoubu ka."

"A-AA, Suoh….An-And yer-yourself?

"Don't worry about me, baka!" The Takamura scolded harshly, trying to dispel the worry that was still running rampid through his system. "We have to get you warm…."

"I-I AM warm, S-Suoh…."

Suoh blushed a BRIGHT red as he heard that, but quickly shook it off. "No youre not, Kaichou. Youre FREEZING….Cmon…."

Suoh grabbed onto one side of the boat and hoisted up the shivering blonde into it. When seeing the blonde was safely in, he hoisted himself, plopping inside and gasping for air, even if it, too, was cold.

Gaining his breath, he quickly looked to the blonde on the left of him. "Are you al-NANI????!!!!

Nokoru: ^_^ "Heiki heiki!" The blonde had SOMEHOW gotten hold of a dry blanket and steaming cup of coffee. He was just SITTING there with the biggest of smiles on his elfin face. "Wasn't today fun, Suoh? Nothing like a good swim to wake you up….Are you alright Suoh? We should get you back to CLAMP, you don't look so well…."

Suoh was in a LONG state of facefault for a few days after that.

Nokoru remembered it all with a smile. "Awww, those nice days….Maybe we should take another swim sometime…." He murmured to himself with a small grin.

He never noticed the shadow looming behind him.

FINALLY finding the barbecue stand after practically running laps around CLAMP Campus itself, they ordered their desired meals and made their way back towards the glistening lake ahead.

Akira had apologized profusely, sweatdropping after every glare Suoh exasperatingly sent him.

Normally, Suoh wouldn't have been so annoyed with the other boy at all, knowing full well Akira was the best in the culinary arts but NOT in finding directions towards food already prepared.

However, the day again had seemingly grown dark, the beaming sun forcibly hidden behind a batch of suddenly stormy looking clouds, and the leaves picked up themselves and sailed away on a icy and chilly breeze.

With this kind of atmosphere, Suoh would have easily snapped at ANYBODY that had even spoken with him. His nerves seemed to be stretched to the breaking point suddenly, and his legs trembled forward, deciding on their own on what to do.

Suoh's Takamura instincts sped up quickly, taking note of everybody within the area, all the while trying to hone out his One's presence.

His food was long forgotten.

"Iyijuin," he suddenly spoke, not looking towards the other boy. "Please be quiet for a moment…."

"Hai, Takamura-senpai," the thief easily obeyed, not exactly feeling anything odd.

They had not yet neared the area where they had parted from their president, and as Suoh looked on, he noticed a great number of people were filing out towards the park's many exits, not exactly rushing, but each of them all looking quite troubled and uncomfortable.

Suoh's worry, once again, kicked in, but this time full force, as he tried in vain to search out his One.

He KNEW it-something really HAD seemed "off" today.

His heart screamed out at him to find his One, his only thing for even BREATHING.

Not being able to take it anymore, he quickly whipped around to face the other boy beside him. "Iyijuin!"

"H-Hai!"

Akira was shocked to find a VERY panic-stricken and anxious blue-haired ninja in front of him.

"Wh-What's wro-?"

"Please," the Takamura interjected, already preparing to run at full speed. "Please see to it that these people are safe-something's wrong."

Akira turned to stare confused at all the people now circling towards the park's gates. "But-"

"NOW, Iyijuin!" Suoh ordered, already turning away.

Akira instantly nodded, finally realizing something DID seem to be amiss. Not only that, but the only thing that could send Suoh into such a frenzy was if his blonde-haired One was ever harmed in any way or even threatened.

Akira again felt left out somehow, but knew he could do nothing about it. The Takamura Bond was very special, and if Kaichou WAS in some kind of danger, the only one Akira would ever have in charge would be the blue-haired boy.

"Hai!" he quickly replied, but saw the other boy had long ago darted off in search of his One. Akira made in the direction of the growing crowd.

"MINNA-SAN, PLEASE STAY CALM AND-………"

Suoh was out of sight in an instant, his body pushing past its own limits of speed as he ran around the entire lake itself, searching out Nokoru.

At that instant, as he gasped for air and ignored the incoming waves of panic, he promised himself to NEVER let his One out of sight again, to NEVER leave himself open like he had that day.

If anything ever happened……..

If anything HAD happened……

~Kaichou…..Nokoru……please….PLEASE be alright. I'll be near you soon. I will never leave your side again.

I PROMISE!~

(A/N): I REALLY shouldn't leave it at a cliff but I gotta go and finish my other fics before ACKKKK

*gets stabbed*

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