*Chapter 5 is up* Crossover between X/CCS/MKR/some of TB and a little CCD but I use X mainly. My first attempt to write multiparter fic and crossover. Be kind with me. Oh! If you don't want to headache, don't read. R/R please.
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Involvement5
A/N: You can ask me to give
more action for the character you like and I will try to give more. However,
if I forget some characters, that's due to many characters I hold in my arms
right now. I hope you will forgive me.
Special thanks for Gib, my
best friend who helped me think and Dyoklako, my dear friend who was beta-reading
and supported me to write it.
Disclamier: All of characters
are CLAMP property. Except Karina is mine.
Finished: August 1, 2001
R/R Please. Your review will
support me to write more.
Involvement
Part 5
By Azure R
Seishirou chuckled as he
looked at the girl before him. Karina was as pretty as the first time he met
her four years ago. He also recalled the memories when he first met Kamui.
They have the same face, the same hair texture and the same eye color. Except
that they were really different. Kamui seemed more vulnerable than his sister.
Karina knew what she should do and thought carefully before she act on it.
"I was surprised to
receive your message. You hardly contact me," He remarked as he walked
closer to the girl.
"You should not have pulled Kamui-kun out that way. It was wrong. Look
at what he had done," Karina said with disapproval.
"I don't think you came
here to knock me with your words, right?" Seishirou teased the girl and
kept on walking until Karina have no choice but to look up at him.
"If my words can knock
you, I will say more,"
Seishirou laughed at the
girl's words. "O.K. What do you want from me?"
The anger on Karina's face
was gone. Replaced by an imploring look, "Seishi, I want something from
you. Please promise me you'll do as I asked,"
"I'll do whatever I
can." He only said and wondered what she wanted. In the four years that
he knew her, she only asked him to quit smoking or that if he couldn't stop
it, at least not to smoke in her company. She didn't want to die of cancer
caused by a stupid second-hand smoke.
Karina grasped the Sakurazukamori's
hand and pressed it on her cheek. "Don't try to get in touch with Kamui-kun
again. I know someday that he'll learn of our relations, but at least not
this time. Will you do this for me, please?" She said softly with pleading
eyes.
Seishirou circled his thumbed
on her cheek while he considered the request and nodded,
"Okay. I'll do it for
you,"
The girl smiled brightly
at the answer. She stood on her tiptoe and wrapped her arms around Seishirou's
neck, pulling his face down to kiss his cheeks in gratitude before hugging
him. The older man returned her embrace automatically.
"Thanks Seishi. Thank
you very much," Karina mumbled in his chest.
"That's all right, baby.
And don't forget our bet," The Sakurazukamori reminded the girl in his
arms.
"Never," She whispered
hoarsely, adding in her mind ...And I will win the bet...
* * *
"... and my friends
asked me that..." Yuzuriha's words paused in mid-air when they heard
an explosion. Then they felt an earthquake occurring after a minute.
The people on the street
screamed with alarm and ran past them.
Kusanagi tried to shield
the girl from the panicking crowd while Inuki barked furiously towards the
explosion's direction. Yuzuriha knew that this was made by the Dragons of
Earth and she had to stop them before more got hurt. She looked at Kusanagi
and smiled like nothing happened.
"Sorry, I just recalled
that I have an errand to do. See you later," Yuzuriha told her big friend
and she ran towards the direction of the explosion.
"Wait, Missy! It's dangerous.
Come back!" Kusanagi tried to stop her but another earthquake occurred
again that made him lost his balance and fell to the floor. When he looked
up, the girl had disappeared.
Kusanagi ran to the direction
she wentand saw a cylindrical kekkai enclosed the area. Relief overwhelmed
him knowing Yuzuriha would be safe. Anyway, as long as this kekkai remained
over the area, he can not escape from it. So he decided to go to see who created
the kekkai.
* * *
Suoh and Akira were preparing
to go home when they heard the beep from one of the emergency units. Nokoru
distributed to Karina, her staff and the Seals mobile phones that has an Emergency
button in it and is directly connected to the Imonoyama's Security Satellite
System. If they press it, the computer in the Security Department and Nokoru's
office will show where they are. This made it easier for the Emergency Team
to go and help them.
The screen was showing two
different signals. One was in the area of the of the explosion at Shinjuku
and the other was in Ueno Park.
"You go to Ueno Park
and I will go to Shinjuku," Suoh told Akira after he considered briefly
that the park would be safer for his younger friend. They separated to go
to their chosen destinations.
* * *
After an hour, Nokoru's staff
returned to Clamp Campus with their patients whom were immediately sent to
the Clamp hospital emegency unit. Suoh came back with Yuzuriha who was unconscious
and Kamui who got hurt from the fight with Fuuma, accompanied by Sorata and
Arashi. Akira arrived with Karina who got injured too. They sent the twins
to the Emergency room together while the Inugami mistress was brought to her
room after the doctor tended to her wounds.
Not over ten minutes after
Suoh called Nokoru, he appeared in the hospital and hurried to the waiting
area with Subaru who was discharged by the hospital staff. They met Sorata,
Akira and Suoh in front of the ER room while Arashi was in Yuzuriha's room
to watch over the girl. They did not know what occurred to her, but it looked
serious because she had been moaning restlessly in her sleep, after the fact
that she lost Inuki.
"What happened?"
Nokoru demanded. Suoh didn't tell him much except that Kamui and Karina were
hurt and were in the hospital. "Suoh, you first."
Suoh cleared his throat and
began his story
"We saw the help signs
at Shinjuku and Ueno Park. I went to the Shinjuku area and found Yuzuriha-san
in Kamui-san's arms. He told us that he fled immediately to the area when
he heard the explosion and left Saiki-san alone at a deserted structure. He
found her lying unconscious among the ruins. It was good I was there to attend
to her and so he wentback to tell Saiki-san what happened.
"Later, while we were
returning to Clamp Campus, I heard another explosion on the direction where
Kamui-san went. I suspected that this time it may be him who got hurt. So
I told the ambulance driver to go near that area. Then we saw Sorata-san was
holding the badly hurt Kamui-san in his arms with Arashi-san beside him."
Suoh stopped and turned his
eyes to Sorata who stood nearby, signaling him to tell what happened next
to Kamui.
"Nee-chan and I were
dating that time. (It's my luck that nee-chan wasn't here to harm me) We immediately
went to Shinjuku but found no one. We searched around the area carefully to
make sure that our friends weren't there, then we saw another blast not far
from Shinjuku with Kamui's aura glowing around it. We hurried there and saw
Fuuma threatening Kamui before he left," Sorata explained to them.
Nokoru nodded and turned
to Akira. "And you?"
"I went to Ueno Park
after I separated with Takamura-sempai and found Karina-san lying unconscious
with bad wounds near a blooming Sakura tree. Beside her was a man in a dark
suit. He wore sunglasses and was applying first aid to Karina-san. While we
were all busy attending to her, the man was gone."
Nokoru massaged his temples
to ease the headache forming at that moment. He stared at the door intensely
as if he could see his sister inside. He decided it was time to talk.
* * *
Fuuma walked out of Kakyou's
room. He went to see the young man as he always does and met the Sakurazukamori
in the hallway. Even with the clean clothes, he could smell a faint trace
of blood from the man.
"Hey. Who was the unlucky
one?" He asked the dark onmyouji.
"Try to guess. If you
guessed right, I'll pay dinner," Seishirou replied smiling. He felt relieved
that there was no need to lie when the young man mentioned 'unlucky' not 'victim'
or 'prey'. He glanced at his comrade beside him, stopped his thoughts as he
remembered that Fuuma had ability to read people's minds.
"A girl, I guess,"
"Ah... It seems that
the fortune angel is at your side,"
They heard voices coming
from the main room in the basement of the Government Building, and walked
in to see what it was about.
The middle of the room was
Kusanagi and Satsuki arguing about something. Nataku was sitting on a cushion,
eyeing them innocently, it did not know why Satsuki was very angry at the
big man. Beside her was Kanoe who was siting in another cushion with crossed
legs, frowning while Yuuto simply looked on and listened at the scene before
him, smiling. He never saw the genius computer girl's fury before and found
it really amusing.
No one realized that Fuuma
and Seishirou were standing at the doors, watching them.
"I do not understand
why you interrupted me from killing that girl," Satsuki indignantly said
to Kusanagi.
"The kekkai disappeared,
there was no need to kill her. Beside I think it was cowardly to kill someone
from behind, " Kusanagi explained plainly.
"It was none of your
business," Snapped the computer girl. "/Kamui/ ordered me to destroy
that place and I almost killed one of the Dragons of Heaven if you hadn't
come in the way,"
"Did I miss something?"
A voice asked. This made the people from the room turn to see the 'Kamui'
of the Dragons of Earth stepping inside with Seishirou.
Satsuki explained first,
followed by Kusanagi.
"Satsuki was right.
It was none of your business," Fuuma said after the pair ended their
story. He stared at the soldier's eyes coldly.
"Remember. 'All is fair
in war and love'," He stated and walked out the room.
Kusanagi stunned with the
boy's words for a minute, went out without looking at anyone towards the lift
that will bring him out of this hell. The fresh night air cooled him down.
How was Yuzuriha doing? Is she crying for Inuki? If he did not see with his
own eyes, he would not believe that.
She was a Dragon of Heaven,
his enemy.
Was this God's idea of a
joke? Is he playing with them?
* * *
Subaru sat on the bedside
holding Kamui's hand like the boy did when he was in the hospital. He looked
out the open windows, the cool wind refreshing him. He recalled the time the
doctor walked out and informed the anxious group that the twins were okay,
they were not hurt much. The strangest thing was their injuries were exactly
the same.
The Sumeragi winced a little
when he heard a sound from Kamui. He looked down to find the boy was mumbling
in his sleep.
It was nearly impossible
to see Kamui and not think about his twin. What was she doing? He only knew
that Nokoru was watching her now in her room that was next to Kamui's.
The uneasy feeling began
to coil inside his mind.
Karina seemed to have been
keeping more secrets as time passed. He recalled Akira's words that afternoon:
//"I went to Ueno Park
after I separated with Takamura-sempai and found Karina-san lying unconscious
with bad wounds near a blooming Sakura tree. Beside her was a man in a dark
suit. He wore sunglasses and was applying first aid to Karina-san. While we
were all busy attending to her, the man was gone."//
By the description, it looked
like it was Seishirou. Dark suit and sunglasses, especially the blooming Sakura
tree. However, he did not think the man was kind enough to help her. There
are two ways. One, that guy was not Seishirou. And two, he was the same kind
veterinarian who was helpful to him before and who is now being helpful to
Karina.
The latter idea made him
shudder.
Did Karina know of the real
Seishirou? Or she did not think all of Sakurazukas were the evil like he had
thought once?
Kamui had lost so much. He
did not think the boy could stand to lose his loved ones anymore, particularly
his twin sister. Please God, do not snatch away the ones he loved from him
anymore.
* * *
Hikaru entered the dining
room and saw her brothers, Kakeru and Masaru helped their mother with breakfast.
She supposed that her oldest brother, Satoru must be in the gym like he always
was every morning.
"Good Morning, Kaasan,
Masaru-niisan and Kakeru-niisan," She loved the mornings and evenings
when her family are all present.
"Morning." They
all greeted back.
"Go get Satoru, girl,"
Her mother told. She was in her late forties, but still beautiful. She knew
her mother was missing her father. Even if he sends a letter or called them
often, it was not the same. Her life would be fuller if he came back and lived
here with them.
"I'm here," Satoru
said as he stepping inside the room as the moment the phone rang. He picked
it up and spoke quietly for a minute before beckoning Hikaru to him.
She looked askance, but went
to her brother and got the receiver, having an idea who was calling.
"Hello?"
"..."
"What?!"
"..."
"Yes, please. I'll wait."
She put the phone back on
its cradle. Her mind was a blur from the information Akira told her. Someone
tapped her shoulder and made her jump a little. She looked up and realized
that her family was around her.
"What happened?"
Her mother asked worriedly.
"Akira-san called to
say that..."
"What?! Are you having
a relation with a guy and didn't tell us?!" Masaru squeaked.
"Who is he? How old
he is? How long you know him? And--mmmph!" Kakeru did not have a chance
to ask her more because Satoru who was standing behind his two younger brothers
reached across their shoulder and shut their mouths with his hands.
The Magic Knight was very
thankful. Her head spun from their weird interrogation.
"Okay. What happened,
nee-chan?" Satoru asked calmly while his male siblings tried to pry his
hands out.
"Akira-san called to
inform me that Karina-chan got hurt yesterday and is still unconscious. He
will come to pick me up in fifteen minutes. I will be spending the night with
her at the Imonoyama Mansion,"
"What about Umi-chan
and Fuu-chan?"
"He told them already,"
Satoru let his pesky brothers
free and patted her shoulder lightly. "Don't worry. She'll be okay,"
"Yes, she will. Eat
the rest of your meal. I'm going to pack your bag," her Kaa-san said
with a smile and went upstairs as Satoru took a seat and tried to stop Kakeru's
and Masaru's questions about Akira.
* * *
An hour later, Hikaru found
herself going upstairs of the Imonoyama mansion with Fuu and Umi who also
wore concerned expressions on their faces. They were as worried for Karina
as she was. Akira had told them about the events of last night while they
were in the car. He had left them now with Suoh as he went to manage the work
Nokoru asked.
Suoh greeted them solemnly
and guided the girls to Karina's room quietly. Though he looked normal as
usual, he could not hide his worry for Karina which can be seen through his
eyes.
He raised a hand to knock
the door but stopped when he saw Karen coming out of Kamui's room that was
next to Karina.
"Good morning, Karen-san,"
"Good morning,"
The red-haired Seal greeted back. She was just came back from work and went
in to see Kamui immediately and saw Subaru asleep in the chair with his hand
still holding Kamui's. She was tempted to wake the young man, but changed
her mind and tiptoed out the room to find Nokoru's friends and a group of
cute girls.
"I suppose they are
Karina-chan's friends?" She asked the young man.
"Yes," The Takamura
replied. "This is Hikaru Shidou, Fuu Hoouji and Umi Ryuzaki. They are
Karina-san's friends and staffs,"
"I see. She has pretty
friends as her," Karen said, winking at the girls then giggled when she
saw them blush.
"This is Karen Kasumi.
She is Kamui's comrade," Suoh tried to find the word to explain.
"You are one of the
seven Seals, aren't you?" Fuu asked, then explained when she saw the
question in Karen and Suoh's eyes. "Karina-chan had told us about the
Promised Day."
"I will try my best
to save the humans, dear," Karen said to the girls and gave a reassuring
smile. "I thought to see how is Karina-chan doing, but it's time for
breakfast. Sora-chan and the others are waiting for me. See you all later,"
she said and went downstairs.
Suoh knocked the door softly
and opened it for the girls to walk in.
The huge bed was occupied
by Karina to the side near them. At her right was a sleeping Nokoru. He was
half sitting half lying. His back leaning on a heap of pillows, one hand was
on Karina's cheek and another was placed on his notebook computer on his lap,
the papers were spread around him.
Suoh walked towards the young
man, shaking his shoulder a little.
Nokoru stirred briefly and
smiled when he saw his friend.
"'Morning, Suoh,"
"Good morning, Rijichou.
I think you should go to your room," Suoh said with significant eyes
telling Nokoru that they were not alone in the room.
Nokoru turned around and
saw Umi, Hikaru and Fuu watching them. He carefully got up from his makeshift
bed so as not to disturb his sister. "I'm so sorry ladies to let you
see me like this. Feel free to stay here like this is your own home,"
He said and walked out with Suoh who has his arms full of papers and the notebook
computer.
The magic knights went to
the bed. Umi took a seat on a chair beside the bed while Hikaru and Fuu sat
on the bedsides. They sat silently a moment before Hikaru broke it.
"I don't like to see
our friend hurt and not do anything about it."
"Me too. But we don't
have our magic in this world, even if we want it so much," Fuu said.
"Let's go to Cephiro.
It had the other Magic Knights before us. Clef may know something," Hikaru
suggested.
The three girls nodded in
agreement. They then went out to go to Tokyo Tower.
To be continued
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