Well, hello! And Welcome to My Little World of Weirdness!
I state for the record that, despite the fact I really, really wish I did, I don't own any of the characters that will grace this story; it's all CLAMP's! Always has been, always will be!
Also I don't pretend to have any Mastery over the language of Japanese or any clue as to correct grammatical structure. I put it in and hope it gets across the point I'm trying to make!
"Speaking"
*Stress/emphasis*
//Thinking//
Guardian Beast of the Seal, Wimpy, Scaredy Cat.
By Dr Megalomania.
Part eight: OH BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!
[warning: chapter has a slight bit of OCC!! I'm really, really sorry!!]
About a week later . . .
"KEROBEROS!! OH BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!"
The yell resonated throughout the house, and everyone instantly reacted. Sakura was the first there, as she had used the jump card to leap up the stairs in one jump. She found Yue trembling outside her room, she hadn't seen him all week, the moon guardian, Yuki had said, was asleep the whole time. Now, he was standing out side the room, and pointing thru the door. "He's dead! He's dead! He's deaaaaad!" He whimpered, as he moved from one foot to the other.
Sakura's eyes widened, Keroberos' fever had been dipping by all accounts he was getting better, the Clow cards under his protection had been trying there hardest to lean him their energy, everyone had been working around the clock. He was getting better! And now Yue said he was dead! Sakura staggered backwards and was caught be Syaoran.
Tomoyo knelt beside the pair, and looked up at Touya. He nodded and walked into the room. The group unconsciously gathered closely, waiting for Touya to confirm what they feared.
Touya walked back out of the room a few moments later. "Yue. . . C'mere." The dark haired boy wrapped an arm around the guardian's shoulders. "What is it you *exactly* classify as dead?"
"Well. . ." Yue motioned into the room, "Look at him! His mouth is open, and his eyes are too, his legs are sticking in the air!"
"Why?" Eriol asked Touya. Touya swung his head toward Eriol and raised an eyebrow. A really loud snore from inside Sakura's room conveniently answered the question.
"He's dead all right. . ." Touya nodded, then swung his head around to Yue, "He's SLEEPING like the dead!"
"Oh. . ." Yue's nervous jittering stopped, "But he looked dead!"
Touya started to laugh at Yue's *slight* mistake; Tomoyo pressed a hand against her chest, and sighed. "Yue. . . don't do that. You scared us!"
"But he looked dead!" Yue insisted.
The group stood and made their way downstairs as Touya pulled Yue into the room. "Yue . . . let me show you how to check if he was really dead, okay?"
Keroberos woke up during Meilin and Syaoran's shift later that day, Syaoran had gone down to the kitchen to make something for them to eat; Meilin was alone when Kero awoke. In fact; he sat up, straight as a bolt and cried, "I'm so hungry! Feed me! Feed me now!"
"Hello sponge toy," Meilin worked hard not to show her glee at the fact he was awake.
Keroberos stared at her dully; "You're not feeding me!"
Meilin smiled and rose to her feet, "I'll go make you something."
When she retuned, she had a large bowl of soup with her. "Here you go, sponge toy, the best chicken soup you will ever taste!"
Keroberos lapped at the bowl once before pushing it away, "Yuck! Too hot!"
"What?!"
"It's too hot, and I'm sooooo hungry, make it colder!"
She picked it up and walked out of the room, she returned a few moments later. "There, cooler."
Again after one taste, he pushed it away, "Bleurck! Too cold!"
She sighed and went to make it slightly warmer, Keroberos chuckled slightly as soon as he was sure she was gone. //Ahhh, it felt good to be awake again.// He rolled onto his back, and stared at the ceiling, he wondered how long he had been sick. He could still feel the illness, it made him slightly sluggish, and his nose was blocked. But he did know that he didn't feel bad enough that he was going to die. A warm aura rushed up the stairs and brushed against his senses like a warm spring breeze. "Sakura!" He purred as his mistress ran into the room.
She leapt on him, and squeezed his neck tightly, "Kero-chan!" Kero sneezed slightly as she helped him up slightly. She piled pillows behind his back. He opted to lie on his side. He smiled at her.
"Did I miss much?"
She grinned, "No. . . But I missed you. How are you feeling?"
"Oh, just a little listless . . . a bit slow, but I'll be fine." Sakura snorted with laughter, Kero raised an eyebrow, "Nani?"
"Oh, you did miss one thing, it wasn't funny at the time, but Yue thought you were dead! He woke the whole household, yelling the house down that you were dead! And then Oniichan went in to check on you and found out that you were just sleeping!"
"Eh heh heh!" Kero snorted, "That sounds like Yue!"
"It does?"
"Oh yeah, he has a slight habit of when he's slightly out of it, or doesn't get enough sleep, or too much sleep, he has a tendency to . . . over react." Kero thought of something, "By the way . . . you haven't let him near your library have you?"
"No. . . why?"
"Just don't let him near anywhere with books."
"Why?"
"Yue . . ." Keroberos leaned back and put his paws on his stomach, ". . . has a twitch."
"What kind of twitch?"
"It's just a twitch. . ." Kero looked at her sincerely, "Just don't let him near any books." He nodded and smiled mysteriously.
"Keroberos?" The two looked up to see Yue pop his head around the door, "Hello Mistress, Meilin wishes to talk to you about feeding Keroberos."
As Sakura stood to answer Meilin, Keroberos called out, "And tell her I'm still hungry!" He turned his attention onto his brother, "Hullo Yu-eh!" Keroberos called out in an awful British accent.
Yue smiled, "Don't you 'hullo Yu-eh' me, I was worried about you!"
Kero chuckled as his brother drew closer.
An hour later. . .
"KEROBEROS!! OH BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!"
Yue's call ran through the house again, and once again Sakura was the first there, as she had used the jump card to leap up the stairs in one jump. She found Yue trembling outside her room. He pointed into the room again, "IjustwentouttogetaglassofwaterforhimandwhenIcameback. . ." He panicked. "HE WAS DEAD!!"
"Are you sure?" Said Touya as he moved past his frozen sister.
"Yes!" At his unconvinced look, Yue continued, again moving from one foot to the other, "No, really I checked this time! He's not breathing!"
Touya once again was the one to check, and once again he strolled out the room and wrapped his arm around Yue's shoulders. "Yue. . . C'mere." As he led Yue into the room he called out behind him ". . .And the rest of you too."
The group filed into the room silently, as Touya made sure all of them had a clear view of Keroberos. "Now Yue. . . while I commend you for checking to see Keroberos was breathing. . ." He crouched down near to the lion, "There are other things you should check for as well, a pulse for instance . . . or possibly this. . ." He jabbed his finger into Keroberos' stomach.
The supposedly dead lion's cheeks puffed up . . . and then his face screwed up . . . and then the allegedly stone dead guardian burst into belly- heaving laughter. "BWHA HA HA HA!!" He sniggered as he opened his eyes, "Awwww . . . Yuuuuue! You should see your face! Oh ho ho hoho!" He continued to snigger, and kicked his feet under the blanket.
"Keroberos!" Yue yelled. "That was NOT funny!!"
Ruby snorted, "That was! He's right! You should see your face!"
"No it wasn't, that was—"
"No, wait!" Eriol held his hand up, "She has a point." he started to laugh.
The group laughed, as Yue did something a little less childish than storming out in a big huff. He transformed away . . . in a big huff. The rest of the group chuckled as they left the room and explained what had just happened to Yukito, leaving Sakura and Keroberos alone.
Sakura wiped her eyes as she crouched down by Kero, "That might have been funny, Kero but don't do it again . . . okay?"
"Sure." Kero shrugged, "Sakura, can I have a cup of tea please?"
She hopped up, "Of course Kero-chan! We're going to do *anything* to get you better!" She spun and walked out the door.
"Anything, eh?" Kero said once he was sure no one was listening, "Hmmm . . ."
He was ill, Sakura had just promised they . . . meaning the people downstairs . . . would do ANYTHING for him. . . she meant to help him get better, but that wasn't important. . . what was important was the fact. . . Kero reached out with his senses . . . Red: the Gozou, Green: the Gaki, Pale Violet: the best cake maker, Snow White/Amethyst: the best one to freak out, Cerulean: stuffy nosed Baka, Neon-pink: the god all-mighty annoying one, Ginger: the grumpy brother, Deep Purple: the Master's reincarnation and Pink: the mistress, both of the latter auras the most powerful magicians in the house. He grinned evilly as he mentally catalogued each aura of the people downstairs.
"Anything . . . I like the sound of that . . ."
"Who woulda ever thought Yue would break so easily?" Said Syaoran as he and Touya prepared dinner later that day. The two had had a couple shifts together, and while not on the best of terms yet, had discovered that they could actually hold an interesting conversation.
"Well, some men get ready to meet challenges such as these," Touya remarked dryly, "They are strong, they are brave, composed in situations like this . . ."
"KEH-ROOO-BEEEAR-ROSSSS!!" Yelled Yue again, "OH!! BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!"
Syaoran rolled his eyes as Touya continued, " . . . Yue isn't one of them."
They joined the others, as they went to investigate the commotion, "Yue," said Sakura, "I'm sure he's just having you on again."
Touya arrived, "Did you check for the things I told you to check?" He said as if speaking to some retarded child.
"Yes!" Cried Yue indignantly, "Everything but the pulse thing, but when I stuck my finger into his stomach he didn't laugh!"
Touya raised an unconvinced eyebrow as he entered the room; Keroberos was lying on his side, tongue lolling out of his mouth. He looked like a badly drawn cartoon character, a *dead* badly drawn cartoon character. Eriol moved forward, and his whole manner seemed to change, Sakura looked at him in surprise. "Clow?"
Eriol looked over his shoulder and nodded silently. He crouched by Keroberos; he cocked his head to one side and folded his arms. "Keroberos!" He spoke rather pointedly, "Stop freaking your poor brother out like that!"
Kero's eyes popped open, "I was just sleeping!" He said with an alertness that betrayed him, he forced a look of innocence on his face. "What? Why did you wake me? I was just sleeping, what? Why? What happened?"
"I don't care," Eriol/Clow continued, "Just stop freaking your brother out like that, you'll give him an ulcer!"
Yue stalked into the room, he grabbed Kero by the loose fur on his neck, and pulled him so close their noses were touching, "I hate you!" Yue hissed.
Kero sniggered, and sucked in a large breath. Yue instantly let go of Kero's fur when he realised that Kero wasn't breathing out again. In fact his cheeks puffed out, and he made his eyes roll back. "Stop it!" Yue said, as Kero's head lolled back, "Stop it!" Kero began to swoon, Yue's head snapped toward Sakura, "Mistress! Tell him!"
Sakura blinked in surprise, then turned to Kero, "Keroberos stop it!"
Kero let his breath out loudly; "It's sooo worth it!" He panted, "Your face is priceless!"
He sat up a bit more and drew a long tongue up Yue's anger face. Kero sniggered cheekily as Yue wiped the thick, oozing dribble off his face.
Yue's eyes narrowed; "If you weren't ill . . ." he said and then stalked out the room.
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And now it's time for LEAVE IT TO DOCTOR MEGALOMANIA!!!
DrM: Konnichiwa!! Yes, you are reading right, I am back in control of the A/Ns, and it's all thanks to my new co-host, Spinel Sun.
Spinel: All I did was stop him from reading that awful rendition . . . [Picks up the dreaded book] he was reading it all wrong, this is how it's supposed to be--- [is tackled by DrM, tied up and throw out of the room]
DrM: Whoopies! It looks like that's all the time we have to spare! Please don't forget to R&R minna-chan! And for everyone who likes the Sakura card bits from chapter six, there will be a special appearance from them in chapter nine! Hon Na Na!! [Looks around] Does anyone know a good co-host agency? I do seem to get thru a lot of them . . .
I state for the record that, despite the fact I really, really wish I did, I don't own any of the characters that will grace this story; it's all CLAMP's! Always has been, always will be!
Also I don't pretend to have any Mastery over the language of Japanese or any clue as to correct grammatical structure. I put it in and hope it gets across the point I'm trying to make!
"Speaking"
*Stress/emphasis*
//Thinking//
Guardian Beast of the Seal, Wimpy, Scaredy Cat.
By Dr Megalomania.
Part eight: OH BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!
[warning: chapter has a slight bit of OCC!! I'm really, really sorry!!]
About a week later . . .
"KEROBEROS!! OH BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!"
The yell resonated throughout the house, and everyone instantly reacted. Sakura was the first there, as she had used the jump card to leap up the stairs in one jump. She found Yue trembling outside her room, she hadn't seen him all week, the moon guardian, Yuki had said, was asleep the whole time. Now, he was standing out side the room, and pointing thru the door. "He's dead! He's dead! He's deaaaaad!" He whimpered, as he moved from one foot to the other.
Sakura's eyes widened, Keroberos' fever had been dipping by all accounts he was getting better, the Clow cards under his protection had been trying there hardest to lean him their energy, everyone had been working around the clock. He was getting better! And now Yue said he was dead! Sakura staggered backwards and was caught be Syaoran.
Tomoyo knelt beside the pair, and looked up at Touya. He nodded and walked into the room. The group unconsciously gathered closely, waiting for Touya to confirm what they feared.
Touya walked back out of the room a few moments later. "Yue. . . C'mere." The dark haired boy wrapped an arm around the guardian's shoulders. "What is it you *exactly* classify as dead?"
"Well. . ." Yue motioned into the room, "Look at him! His mouth is open, and his eyes are too, his legs are sticking in the air!"
"Why?" Eriol asked Touya. Touya swung his head toward Eriol and raised an eyebrow. A really loud snore from inside Sakura's room conveniently answered the question.
"He's dead all right. . ." Touya nodded, then swung his head around to Yue, "He's SLEEPING like the dead!"
"Oh. . ." Yue's nervous jittering stopped, "But he looked dead!"
Touya started to laugh at Yue's *slight* mistake; Tomoyo pressed a hand against her chest, and sighed. "Yue. . . don't do that. You scared us!"
"But he looked dead!" Yue insisted.
The group stood and made their way downstairs as Touya pulled Yue into the room. "Yue . . . let me show you how to check if he was really dead, okay?"
Keroberos woke up during Meilin and Syaoran's shift later that day, Syaoran had gone down to the kitchen to make something for them to eat; Meilin was alone when Kero awoke. In fact; he sat up, straight as a bolt and cried, "I'm so hungry! Feed me! Feed me now!"
"Hello sponge toy," Meilin worked hard not to show her glee at the fact he was awake.
Keroberos stared at her dully; "You're not feeding me!"
Meilin smiled and rose to her feet, "I'll go make you something."
When she retuned, she had a large bowl of soup with her. "Here you go, sponge toy, the best chicken soup you will ever taste!"
Keroberos lapped at the bowl once before pushing it away, "Yuck! Too hot!"
"What?!"
"It's too hot, and I'm sooooo hungry, make it colder!"
She picked it up and walked out of the room, she returned a few moments later. "There, cooler."
Again after one taste, he pushed it away, "Bleurck! Too cold!"
She sighed and went to make it slightly warmer, Keroberos chuckled slightly as soon as he was sure she was gone. //Ahhh, it felt good to be awake again.// He rolled onto his back, and stared at the ceiling, he wondered how long he had been sick. He could still feel the illness, it made him slightly sluggish, and his nose was blocked. But he did know that he didn't feel bad enough that he was going to die. A warm aura rushed up the stairs and brushed against his senses like a warm spring breeze. "Sakura!" He purred as his mistress ran into the room.
She leapt on him, and squeezed his neck tightly, "Kero-chan!" Kero sneezed slightly as she helped him up slightly. She piled pillows behind his back. He opted to lie on his side. He smiled at her.
"Did I miss much?"
She grinned, "No. . . But I missed you. How are you feeling?"
"Oh, just a little listless . . . a bit slow, but I'll be fine." Sakura snorted with laughter, Kero raised an eyebrow, "Nani?"
"Oh, you did miss one thing, it wasn't funny at the time, but Yue thought you were dead! He woke the whole household, yelling the house down that you were dead! And then Oniichan went in to check on you and found out that you were just sleeping!"
"Eh heh heh!" Kero snorted, "That sounds like Yue!"
"It does?"
"Oh yeah, he has a slight habit of when he's slightly out of it, or doesn't get enough sleep, or too much sleep, he has a tendency to . . . over react." Kero thought of something, "By the way . . . you haven't let him near your library have you?"
"No. . . why?"
"Just don't let him near anywhere with books."
"Why?"
"Yue . . ." Keroberos leaned back and put his paws on his stomach, ". . . has a twitch."
"What kind of twitch?"
"It's just a twitch. . ." Kero looked at her sincerely, "Just don't let him near any books." He nodded and smiled mysteriously.
"Keroberos?" The two looked up to see Yue pop his head around the door, "Hello Mistress, Meilin wishes to talk to you about feeding Keroberos."
As Sakura stood to answer Meilin, Keroberos called out, "And tell her I'm still hungry!" He turned his attention onto his brother, "Hullo Yu-eh!" Keroberos called out in an awful British accent.
Yue smiled, "Don't you 'hullo Yu-eh' me, I was worried about you!"
Kero chuckled as his brother drew closer.
An hour later. . .
"KEROBEROS!! OH BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!"
Yue's call ran through the house again, and once again Sakura was the first there, as she had used the jump card to leap up the stairs in one jump. She found Yue trembling outside her room. He pointed into the room again, "IjustwentouttogetaglassofwaterforhimandwhenIcameback. . ." He panicked. "HE WAS DEAD!!"
"Are you sure?" Said Touya as he moved past his frozen sister.
"Yes!" At his unconvinced look, Yue continued, again moving from one foot to the other, "No, really I checked this time! He's not breathing!"
Touya once again was the one to check, and once again he strolled out the room and wrapped his arm around Yue's shoulders. "Yue. . . C'mere." As he led Yue into the room he called out behind him ". . .And the rest of you too."
The group filed into the room silently, as Touya made sure all of them had a clear view of Keroberos. "Now Yue. . . while I commend you for checking to see Keroberos was breathing. . ." He crouched down near to the lion, "There are other things you should check for as well, a pulse for instance . . . or possibly this. . ." He jabbed his finger into Keroberos' stomach.
The supposedly dead lion's cheeks puffed up . . . and then his face screwed up . . . and then the allegedly stone dead guardian burst into belly- heaving laughter. "BWHA HA HA HA!!" He sniggered as he opened his eyes, "Awwww . . . Yuuuuue! You should see your face! Oh ho ho hoho!" He continued to snigger, and kicked his feet under the blanket.
"Keroberos!" Yue yelled. "That was NOT funny!!"
Ruby snorted, "That was! He's right! You should see your face!"
"No it wasn't, that was—"
"No, wait!" Eriol held his hand up, "She has a point." he started to laugh.
The group laughed, as Yue did something a little less childish than storming out in a big huff. He transformed away . . . in a big huff. The rest of the group chuckled as they left the room and explained what had just happened to Yukito, leaving Sakura and Keroberos alone.
Sakura wiped her eyes as she crouched down by Kero, "That might have been funny, Kero but don't do it again . . . okay?"
"Sure." Kero shrugged, "Sakura, can I have a cup of tea please?"
She hopped up, "Of course Kero-chan! We're going to do *anything* to get you better!" She spun and walked out the door.
"Anything, eh?" Kero said once he was sure no one was listening, "Hmmm . . ."
He was ill, Sakura had just promised they . . . meaning the people downstairs . . . would do ANYTHING for him. . . she meant to help him get better, but that wasn't important. . . what was important was the fact. . . Kero reached out with his senses . . . Red: the Gozou, Green: the Gaki, Pale Violet: the best cake maker, Snow White/Amethyst: the best one to freak out, Cerulean: stuffy nosed Baka, Neon-pink: the god all-mighty annoying one, Ginger: the grumpy brother, Deep Purple: the Master's reincarnation and Pink: the mistress, both of the latter auras the most powerful magicians in the house. He grinned evilly as he mentally catalogued each aura of the people downstairs.
"Anything . . . I like the sound of that . . ."
"Who woulda ever thought Yue would break so easily?" Said Syaoran as he and Touya prepared dinner later that day. The two had had a couple shifts together, and while not on the best of terms yet, had discovered that they could actually hold an interesting conversation.
"Well, some men get ready to meet challenges such as these," Touya remarked dryly, "They are strong, they are brave, composed in situations like this . . ."
"KEH-ROOO-BEEEAR-ROSSSS!!" Yelled Yue again, "OH!! BY CLOW REED'S SOUL!! HE'S DEAD!!"
Syaoran rolled his eyes as Touya continued, " . . . Yue isn't one of them."
They joined the others, as they went to investigate the commotion, "Yue," said Sakura, "I'm sure he's just having you on again."
Touya arrived, "Did you check for the things I told you to check?" He said as if speaking to some retarded child.
"Yes!" Cried Yue indignantly, "Everything but the pulse thing, but when I stuck my finger into his stomach he didn't laugh!"
Touya raised an unconvinced eyebrow as he entered the room; Keroberos was lying on his side, tongue lolling out of his mouth. He looked like a badly drawn cartoon character, a *dead* badly drawn cartoon character. Eriol moved forward, and his whole manner seemed to change, Sakura looked at him in surprise. "Clow?"
Eriol looked over his shoulder and nodded silently. He crouched by Keroberos; he cocked his head to one side and folded his arms. "Keroberos!" He spoke rather pointedly, "Stop freaking your poor brother out like that!"
Kero's eyes popped open, "I was just sleeping!" He said with an alertness that betrayed him, he forced a look of innocence on his face. "What? Why did you wake me? I was just sleeping, what? Why? What happened?"
"I don't care," Eriol/Clow continued, "Just stop freaking your brother out like that, you'll give him an ulcer!"
Yue stalked into the room, he grabbed Kero by the loose fur on his neck, and pulled him so close their noses were touching, "I hate you!" Yue hissed.
Kero sniggered, and sucked in a large breath. Yue instantly let go of Kero's fur when he realised that Kero wasn't breathing out again. In fact his cheeks puffed out, and he made his eyes roll back. "Stop it!" Yue said, as Kero's head lolled back, "Stop it!" Kero began to swoon, Yue's head snapped toward Sakura, "Mistress! Tell him!"
Sakura blinked in surprise, then turned to Kero, "Keroberos stop it!"
Kero let his breath out loudly; "It's sooo worth it!" He panted, "Your face is priceless!"
He sat up a bit more and drew a long tongue up Yue's anger face. Kero sniggered cheekily as Yue wiped the thick, oozing dribble off his face.
Yue's eyes narrowed; "If you weren't ill . . ." he said and then stalked out the room.
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And now it's time for LEAVE IT TO DOCTOR MEGALOMANIA!!!
DrM: Konnichiwa!! Yes, you are reading right, I am back in control of the A/Ns, and it's all thanks to my new co-host, Spinel Sun.
Spinel: All I did was stop him from reading that awful rendition . . . [Picks up the dreaded book] he was reading it all wrong, this is how it's supposed to be--- [is tackled by DrM, tied up and throw out of the room]
DrM: Whoopies! It looks like that's all the time we have to spare! Please don't forget to R&R minna-chan! And for everyone who likes the Sakura card bits from chapter six, there will be a special appearance from them in chapter nine! Hon Na Na!! [Looks around] Does anyone know a good co-host agency? I do seem to get thru a lot of them . . .