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Tears of the Moon 1/?
reia shiioru

What we have, we have;
What we spent, we had;
What we left, we lost.
- Epitaph of Edward Courtenay


~*~*~*~

It has been a while since Subaru Sumeragi had gone and replaced Seishirou Sakurazuka as a Dragon of Earth and as the Sakurazukamori. Everybody was affected by the changes. The Dragons of the Earth considered it an advantage, while the Dragons of Heaven is now at a loss. But Kamui Shirou was clearly the only person who was most affected by the changes.


~*~*~*~

The teacher droned all throughout the algebra lesson that day. Kamui put his elbow down on his desk and rested his head on his hand. He placed down his pencil and gave up listening on the teacher. He looked out the window. No, nothing has changed since the incident. For him, it was all over, just as it was before. His dark violet eyes gazed at the green leaves that rustled with the wind.
"No matter how many ways you look at it..." he mumbled. "It still looks the same..."
Kamui sighed.


~*~*~*~

Drip...
Drip...
Drip...
/kill/
/kill/
/kill/
Stop it...
/to kill.../
I said stop it!
/is your destiny/
No, that's not true!
/kill!/
/kill!/
/kill!/
Urusei!! You're lying! It isn't true!
/what is truth?/
Wha... What are you talking about?
/I'm asking you.../
/what is truth?/
No, you're trying to confuse me. Stop it!
/you were destined/
No! Shut up!
/to be.../
Usotsuki!
/the Sakurazukamori/
No, no, no, NO!


Dark, mismatched eyes snapped open. The Tree smiled.


~*~*~*~

It was lunchtime at CLAMP Gakuen. Keiichi Segawa and Kamui were walking together. "Anou, Shirou-kun," Keiichi started, "I thought you were going to study with--"
"No, not anymore," Kamui snapped, sounding annoyed.
Suddenly, an ear-piercing scream sounded from down the hall. Kamui sensed the presence of a Dragon of Earth; it was in the direction of the scream. He immediately ran toward the origin of the scream. "Oi, Shirou-kun!" Keiichi followed.
Worry was etched on Kamui's face.


~*~*~*~

She was a pretty young girl. She had dark blue eyes, a nice smile and short black hair with bangs that dropped gracefully on her face nearly covering her eyes.
"Too bad. You looked so much like him, too," he said, his green eye glittered as a grin played on his lips. His black glove dripped with the girl's blood. It was too easy. The girl didn't even try to scream.
"I have to go now. Somebody might see me."
But before he left, he wrote something on the wall using the girl's blood.


~*~*~*~

There was a big crowd at the end of the hallway near the stairway. Kamui left Keiichi's side and pushed his way through the crowd. He was shocked at what he saw. A girl was lying on the floor covered in blood. Somebody had strangled her, then pierced her chest and went through her heart. There was a splatter of blood all over the floor and parts of the wall. But what caught Kamui's eye most were the writings on the wall. The blood red kanji was written neatly with the blood of the dead girl. His heart raced. He knew whose penmanship that was.
"No... please no..." He said, barely a whisper.
"Shirou-kun, is that...?" Keiichi had followed him.

Kamui is MINE

Kamui was shaking now; sweat trickled down his cheek. "How could you?" he whispered. Tears started to fall and memories started to flood. He felt faint. His legs couldn't support him any longer. "Why...?" he asked again, whispering. He fell back.
"Shirou-kun!" Keiichi yelped. He caught Kamui just in time. "Shirou-kun, daijoubu?" Keiichi asked, worry dripped in his voice. No use. Kamui's mind was occupied by only one thing.

"Subaru..."


~*~*~*~


It was dark.

"What happened?" a familiar voice spoke.

/Imonoyama-san?/

"Well, we heard this scream down the hall, so we went to see what it was." Another familiar voice.

/Segawa-kun?/

"When he saw what was written on the wall, he started acting weird..."

/Where am I?/

"Well, thank you for bringing him here," Nokoru Imonoyama said.

/Why am I here?/

"You're welcome, sir," Keiichi said.

Footsteps. One was going away, the other was coming closer.

"So, he finally decided to take you, huh?" Nokoru said.
Footsteps again, this time of three people. One of them pounded on the floor, as if whoever it was, was running for his or her life.

"We came /huff/ as soon as /huff/ we found out..."

/That voice... Sorata?/

"What happened to Kamui, Imonoyama-san?" Sorata asked.

"It seems that /he/ wants Kamui..."
"NANI?! Subaru-san?!" This voice sounded higher than that of the others.

/Yuzuriha...? What's going on?/

"No, I don't believe that! Subaru-san wouldn't do such a thing! He just can't!"

/Subaru...can't what?/

"But he's now--"

"I don't care! Kamui-san... and Subaru san... they were..."
Sobs. Yuzuriha started crying. Somebody comforted the young Seal.

/I want to know.../

"So, what do you think, miss?" Sorata asked.

"It is him, all right..."

/Arashi?/
/Why can't I see you?/
/Where are you?/
/Where am I?/


Dark... it was all dark. He felt so weak. He tried to remember what had happened. His head ached. All he could remember was a tall figure, someone older than he was. Someone who had jet-black hair, emerald green eyes and an almost-smile that made his heart skip a beat.
Then, he remembered nothing more...


~*~*~*~

The other Kamui was there in the alley. It seemed that he was waiting for him to arrive.
"Welcome to my side," the other Kamui said, smiling.
Dark, mismatched eyes looked away, hand in pocket. A smile played on his lips.




~*~*~*~ tsuzuku