By SibylSofiana
Yup, one of those one-shots we promised. Enjoy!
(And, uh, yeah, CLAMP still owns CCS...)
Touya Kinomoto was not in a good mood.
He had willingly agreed to look after his Aunt Sonomi's business interests in London for a while.
He had reluctantly agreed to keep watch over his cousin Tomoyo while she was studying in London. And make sure she was studying. This from his Aunt, who probably could stun unwary beings at five paces with one sharp glare. Good thing they were related.
He didn't really trust that Eriol Hiiragizawa as far as he could throw him.
This was definitely deja vu.
He didn't really trust that Gaki as far as he could throw him, either.
~o~o~o~o~
It was like a bad fairytale, he being a bad-tempered, smoke-belching, fire-breathing dragon, hoarding his gold and his jewels.
And now he had another jewel to look after.
Previously, he had grudgingly given up wardship of his one, precious emerald to one, little wolf cub. The said cub was rumored to grow fangs whenever he was in defense of this unique jewel. Satisfied, (albeit reluctantly), with this display of protectiveness, the fierce dragon snarled and growled and spit fire at the wolf cub (who more or less ignored his bluster), before handing over the clueless, but radiant emerald.
"This is only a loan, you hear me, gaki?" the dragon Touya growled. "I see one eensy-weensie scratch on my preciousss and I'll take her back – with interest," he said, his eyes dark with promise.
In response, the wolf cub Li only lolled his tongue out at the dragon, watching as the dragon bristled in irritation. Kinomoto – 0, Li – 1, he mentally tallied as he grinned, baring his fangs.
"Not that it's gonna happen, but humor me. What's the interest?"
The dragon smiled in anticipation.
"I'll be taking the Li family jewels with me. Your jewels." The dragon's smile suddenly turned malicious.
Beneath his fur, the wolf cub blanched. He agitatedly put out mental feelers across his body to check if any of his vital parts was missing. Whew...ok, everything's intact, he sighed in relief.
The wolf cub looked back at the dragon to find that he was still looking at him intently, not unlike a cat about to pounce on its meal. He resolved then, to get out of here quickly. Now.
"Er... Like I said, it isn't going to happen. So...uhm, it was only theoretical. Right. Theoretical. Oh...Did you hear that? My mom's howling for me already, so I gotta go. You could always come and visit if you wanna check on my emerald. Actually, you really don't have to trouble yourself," he looked at the dragon hopefully, "'coz I know it's a looong way from here and I'll be taking good care of her so..."
The dragon Touya snarled at him. Why do pups have to be so darn talkative?
The wolf cub Li visibly jumped.
"Er...right. I gotta go. Bye." And he turned and ran back home south, carrying the precious emerald with him.
The dragon watched the cub run home with his valuable cargo. A corner of his lips slowly tugged upwards in a lopsided grin.
Now were even, gaki.
~o~o~o~o~
And now, he had that, that – Weasel to contend with!
It was going to be a looong four years.
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Yes, my preciousss!
Sofiana's Notes:
Sibyl was really intending this quick one-shot to be about Eriol and Tomoyo, but somehow it ended up being a Touya vs. Syaoran fic. Funny how fate works!
Sibyl's Notes on ExT:
Grumble, grumble. I'm working on it!