CCS Deleted Scenes

By moonlight ray

Outtake no. 4

Guardian Olympics Part 1

Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP, property of CLAMP, owned by CLAMP. Got it? CLAMP, not me. Moving on…

[A/N: Note: Tadiama= I'm home, sugoi= wow, yuki usagai= snow rabbit; what Kero calls Yukito]

Sakura arrived home one Saturday evening, just back from a grocery errand. "Tadaima!" she called. There was no response, yet Sakura was sure she heard low murmurs somewhere in the house. She followed the sound to find both her guardians, in their true forms, seated on the couch in the living room.

"Yue-san? Kero-chan?" Sakura regarded the two creations curiously. "What's going on?"

"Shhh!" Kero hushed.

With a confused look, Sakura set down her grocery bags and stepped towards her guardians. It seemed like Yue was holding something, but she couldn't quite make out what. The moon being turned, acknowledging his Mistress with a curt nod, and Sakura saw what it was. He was holding a phone.

"We don't record of those things," Yue snapped at whoever was on the other side of the telephone line. "We've been quite occupied lately."

Kero moved in closer to hear. Yue shot his counterpart an irritated glare and pressed SP-phone.

"…in the competition previously? Or is it your first time competing?" the voice was saying.

"The last time we've entered was the one 80 years ago." Kero answered.

"We should still have the file for that. Your names, please?"

"Keroberos."

"Yue."

A gasp sounded on the other side of the telephone line. Silence followed. Finally, "You're the Clow guardians? The undefeated champions?"

"That's us," Kero responded.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I'll sign you up immediately. Your confirmation numbers are right here, so you won't have to worry about that anymore. Your events, if I may?"

"Magical weaponry," Yue stated.

"This time I'll go with… aerobatics, or aerobics, or whatever you call that event that involves flying skills." Kero said.

"Good, perfect. Now your age, please? We'll be sorting our contestants by age groups—Junior (100 yrs.-300 yrs.), Intermediate (400 yrs.-900 yrs.), and Elite (1000 yrs. and up)."

"I forget. We've been very busy, you know, with the Card business and all." Kero replied.

"I see, but at least estimate?"

"We lost track after a while. Isn't it possible for you to check our file again?" Yue asked.

"Sure, let's see…" There was some rustling on the other end of the line, then "Oh yes! Last time you were registered as Juniors. 110 years. Looks like you're still in that category."

Yue covered the speaker with one hand, muttering to Kero, "Juniors are no competition at all. We should've just said we were Intermediate."

"I bet we'd even be able to take on some of the Elites! They put up a good duel." agreed Kero.

Yue removed his hand from the speaker, and the sound of a scribbling pen could be heard. "Alright, I'll send your application in. Good luck." The line went dead. Yue hung up a few seconds later.

"What was that all about? Sakura questioned, bewilderment clear on her face. "What were you signing up for?"

"Oh, it's just the Guardians' Olympics." Kero told her. "Just like human Olympics, only they take place every 40 years instead of four and involve magical skill instead of athletic skill. That's all."

"And you two are the 'undefeated champions'?"

"Yep,"

"Sugoi. Wait, how come you didn't enter the last one? You said that the last competition you entered was 80 years ago, when the Guardian Olympics take place every 40 years."

"40 years ago; that was the year Clow died. We weren't in the mood to compete at the time. So we didn't."

"Ah."

"Now we're gonna go over to the yuki usagai's place and do some training."

"Training?"

"We need to practice before entering the Olympics, of course."

"Mistress, may I borrow the Sword Card?" Yue inquired.

"H-hai," Sakura reached into her pocket and pulled out the deck of Cards. She flipped through them, and upon finding the desired Card, she handed it to her moon guardian.

The pair of creations changed into their false forms, and left for Yukito's house. Sakura watched them go, wondering just how much more there was that she didn't know about her guardians.