Spoilers: This takes place after X16 and includes all the events related to Subaru in X 17 and the January 2002 Asuka and all of Card Captor Sakura, manga and anime.
I don't own X or Card Captor Sakura.
Feedback is appreciated.
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Guardians of the Seal
by Rachel
Chapter 2: Kamui, Eriol and the Gift
Eriol stood in the center of the room while everyone stared at him in rapt attention. Eriol was rather amused and pleased with this, as he liked being the center of attention. His son had an expression somewhere between anger and embarrassment which he had seen often on the face of his Li relation. That, however, only amused Eriol more.
"I'm actually much older than I look," smiled Eriol. "Up until recently, I was the magical half of the reincarnation of Clow Reed. I'm really closer to 40 years old, but I've made myself look this way for certain personal reasons."
Karen delicately raised one eyebrow. She didn't want to know what sort of reasons a 40-year-old man had for looking like he was in junior high.
"Who's Clow Reed?" asked Yuzuriha.
"Clow Reed was a magician who combined Eastern and Western magic," explained Suoh. The Takamura family required study of different magicians to prepare themselves for the people they would protect.
"Kamui's family name is Shirou, but yours is Hiragiizawa," stated Arashi suspiciously. While she knew Imonoyama-san would never do something purposely to endanger Kamui, this all seemed a bit too extraordinary in her opinion.
"When you've stayed young for as long as I have, you must sometimes use different last names to avoid arousing suspicion," Eriol replied disarmingly.
The answer seemed plausible and Arashi found she couldn't argue against it.
"I met Kamui's mother, Tohru, when I was in Japan on some business. Because of her magic, she knew I was the reincarnation of Clow, and because I'm Clow, I can see the future."
The room went silent.
"So do we win?" asked Sorata in a cheerful voice.
"I'm sorry, Arisugawa-san, but there were four things I couldn't predict, and one of those things was who will win this war of destiny. I did know that because of my abilities I was meant to be the father of Kamui. I hope that my contribution to the effort will save humanity." Eriol smiled at Kamui, and the grin seemed almost malevolent to Kamui, or perhaps just mischievous. Either way, it really upset him and sent shivers up his spine. This was not the father he had wished for at any point in his young life.
"How did you know Sorata-san's name?" gasped Yuzuriha, who still seemed a bit stunned by this whole turn of events.
"Imonoyama-san kindly told me everyone's name before I entered the room. By the way, I like your puppy, Nekoi-san."
He could see Inuki! He really did have some sort of magical ability.
Eriol walked over to Kamui, who started to turn scarlet as everyone in the room stared at him and his father.
"You really do take after the Li side of the family. It's not just your stature and your hair style."
Sorata immediately started laughing again.
Kamui started to sputter and scowled.
"I can't stay here long, Kamui-chan, but I wanted to make sure to give you my gift before I left. I've been preparing this gift for you for many years. Please give me your hand."
The sputtering boy stopped. Eriol spoke with such a commanding voice, Kamui could do little but obey. Eriol placed a strange-looking key in his son's hand. The key was rather large and on one end had a red, metallic top depicting the Big Dipper.
"What is this?" asked Kamui.
"It's your gift, along with these two guardians. I'd like you to meet Nakuru Akizuki and Spinel."
The high school girl got up and smiled at Kamui. Nakuru was feeling particularly restrained today. She knew what this meeting meant, and despite her excitement about finally meeting "him" she was nervous about the upcoming change. Eriol had spent quite a bit of time preparing her for this day and she was determined not to disappoint him. Spinel appeared apathetic, and his quietness hardly seemed abnormal. Nakuru felt sure, though, that Spinel was also thinking about what Eriol had told them.
The cat-like creature Nakuru was carrying, which everyone had thought was a stuffed animal, flew into the air and hovered near her.
This was all getting a bit strange for Kamui. He looked at the boy who was his father.
"Thanks so much Oyaji, but I'm fighting to protect humanity. I don't see how a girl, a flying cat and a key are going to help me."
Eriol looked at his son critically, and lifted his hand to touch Kamui's cheek. "Do you ever smile, Kamui-chan?"
This was too much for poor Sorata. He had tried really hard to keep a straight face, but this was just so...
"Quiet!" hissed Arashi, who looked like she was getting ready to do something violent to him if he didn't behave. Sorata tried to think of something horrible, something dreadful, to keep down the laughter that threatened to overwhelm him.
From out of nowhere, Eriol was suddenly holding an unusual black elliptical hat. It was quite grand, and nearly a meter long from tip to tip. He placed it on Kamui's head. "I wish Daidouji-san was here to make a costume for you. From what I hear, all you seem to wear is a school uniform," scolded Eriol in a mild voice. "Perhaps there is some way to contact her..."
Loud guffaws were heard coming from the direction of Sorata, who soon found himself being kicked by Arashi in an attempt to get some decorum out of him. Kamui was gritting his teeth through all this. He was beginning to think that Karen, Sorata, Arashi, and Yuzuriha were lucky they'd never met their fathers.
"O key that hides the power of darkness, a boy wishes to make a contract with you; Kamui is his name. RELEASE!"
Before the eyes of the assembled company the key started spinning around and suddenly became a huge staff with a picture of the big dipper at its top. A strange glowing circle appeared beneath the staff and Kamui. Winds started to whip around the circle separating Kamui, Nakuru, Spinel and the wand from the others.
"Are you doing this?" whispered Karen to Seiichirou. Seiichirou tried to turn to look at Karen, but couldn't take his eyes off the tableau before him. Instead he merely shook his head.
"He is always doing things to extremes, isn't he?" whispered Nakuru to Spinel. "I wonder if Kamui will be so ostentatious." Spinel smiled and realized he really was going to miss his eccentric master.
"Kamui-chan, take the wand," called Eriol.
Kamui pondered whether this was a good idea or not but before he could really make up his mind, he found himself reaching for the wand. Sparks flew and the winds died down.
"You are now the master of the wand. Transform your Guardians by saying 'Return to your true forms, Spinel Sun, Ruby Moon.'"
Kamui did as he was commanded. The girl and cat were swallowed by a red light and their shapes started to metamorphose. The small flying cat became a large black panther with butterfly wings (Eriol did have a taste for the absurd), and the girl became a pink-haired woman with butterfly wings and two buns in her long hair. It was truly an odd sight.
"These are your guardians. When you need them simply take out the key, transform it into the wand, and then transform them. They will do their best to aid you in your role as a Ten no Ryu." Eriol smiled fondly at Kamui and then turned to smile at Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun. "Please look after my son. I will miss you both," he sighed under his breath. The room suddenly went dark, and when the lights snapped back on, Eriol had vanished.
"See what I said about ostentatious," Ruby Moon remarked as she elbowed Spinel Sun. "It's not fair that I never get to make an exit like that!" she pouted.
Kamui looked at the people in the room and fainted.
"Good, more sweets for me!" gushed Ruby Moon, who dashed over to the trays and started to eat. Spinel Sun just sighed.
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When Kamui awoke again it was morning. He hoped the day before had just been some sort of strange dream given to him by either Hinoto or Kakyou. He got ready for school but stopped short when he reached the breakfast table.
"Ohayo!" chirped Nakuru.
She had returned to her false form and was dressed in a Clamp school uniform. After welcoming Kamui, she turned back to her huge stack of pancakes and started to eat. Even Sorata seemed a bit taken aback by how much Nakuru was eating. Arashi came out of the kitchen with another plate full of pancakes and Spinel flew behind her carrying another. They both sat down at the table. It seemed like everyone was getting along well except for Kamui who was staring at the people sitting around the table as if they had lost their collective minds.
"Nokuru-san has arranged for Nakuru to start classes with us, it seems she is going to be in classes with me and Ne-chan." Sorata gave a huge grin to Arashi as he said this. She glared at him for a moment and turned away to take some pancakes.
"Better be careful, Ne-chan. If you don't start giving me some more affection, maybe I'll see if Nakuru would mind having me die for her." Sorata winked at Nakuru, who stopped eating her pancakes to clap her hands in joy.
Yuzuriha couldn't believe that Nakuru ate more than she did and was genkier. What was this world coming to.
"You could die for me!" responded Nakuru exuberantly as she wrapped her arms around Sorata.
"You do know Nakuru isn't a female, don't you?" queried Spinel.
Orange juice spurted out of Sorata's nose and mouth all over the table. "What?!?!?!?!" Sorata sputtered. He pushed Nakuru away from him.
Kamui couldn't help himself. After all the humiliations he had faced yesterday, listening to the monk's laughter through it all, this was just too funny, and he started to laugh. At first it was just a small giggle, but soon it became a loud and raucous guffaw, almost as bad as some of the sounds that usually came from Sorata.
When Kamui had first started to giggle, Yuzuriha had turned at the sound, wondering what it was. To her surprise, Kamui was soon doubled over laughing so hard tears streamed down his face.
"I don't see what's so funny," said an indignant Sorata.
Yuzuriha smiled at Sorata and started to laugh too. Soon Arashi joined in, as well as Nakuru. Only Spinel and Sorata, his pride still wounded, were silent. Yuzuriha turned to look at Kamui again. "Maybe this was a good idea," Yuzuriha thought for the first time since Nokuru's announcement.
I don't own X or Card Captor Sakura.
Feedback is appreciated.
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Guardians of the Seal
by Rachel
Chapter 2: Kamui, Eriol and the Gift
Eriol stood in the center of the room while everyone stared at him in rapt attention. Eriol was rather amused and pleased with this, as he liked being the center of attention. His son had an expression somewhere between anger and embarrassment which he had seen often on the face of his Li relation. That, however, only amused Eriol more.
"I'm actually much older than I look," smiled Eriol. "Up until recently, I was the magical half of the reincarnation of Clow Reed. I'm really closer to 40 years old, but I've made myself look this way for certain personal reasons."
Karen delicately raised one eyebrow. She didn't want to know what sort of reasons a 40-year-old man had for looking like he was in junior high.
"Who's Clow Reed?" asked Yuzuriha.
"Clow Reed was a magician who combined Eastern and Western magic," explained Suoh. The Takamura family required study of different magicians to prepare themselves for the people they would protect.
"Kamui's family name is Shirou, but yours is Hiragiizawa," stated Arashi suspiciously. While she knew Imonoyama-san would never do something purposely to endanger Kamui, this all seemed a bit too extraordinary in her opinion.
"When you've stayed young for as long as I have, you must sometimes use different last names to avoid arousing suspicion," Eriol replied disarmingly.
The answer seemed plausible and Arashi found she couldn't argue against it.
"I met Kamui's mother, Tohru, when I was in Japan on some business. Because of her magic, she knew I was the reincarnation of Clow, and because I'm Clow, I can see the future."
The room went silent.
"So do we win?" asked Sorata in a cheerful voice.
"I'm sorry, Arisugawa-san, but there were four things I couldn't predict, and one of those things was who will win this war of destiny. I did know that because of my abilities I was meant to be the father of Kamui. I hope that my contribution to the effort will save humanity." Eriol smiled at Kamui, and the grin seemed almost malevolent to Kamui, or perhaps just mischievous. Either way, it really upset him and sent shivers up his spine. This was not the father he had wished for at any point in his young life.
"How did you know Sorata-san's name?" gasped Yuzuriha, who still seemed a bit stunned by this whole turn of events.
"Imonoyama-san kindly told me everyone's name before I entered the room. By the way, I like your puppy, Nekoi-san."
He could see Inuki! He really did have some sort of magical ability.
Eriol walked over to Kamui, who started to turn scarlet as everyone in the room stared at him and his father.
"You really do take after the Li side of the family. It's not just your stature and your hair style."
Sorata immediately started laughing again.
Kamui started to sputter and scowled.
"I can't stay here long, Kamui-chan, but I wanted to make sure to give you my gift before I left. I've been preparing this gift for you for many years. Please give me your hand."
The sputtering boy stopped. Eriol spoke with such a commanding voice, Kamui could do little but obey. Eriol placed a strange-looking key in his son's hand. The key was rather large and on one end had a red, metallic top depicting the Big Dipper.
"What is this?" asked Kamui.
"It's your gift, along with these two guardians. I'd like you to meet Nakuru Akizuki and Spinel."
The high school girl got up and smiled at Kamui. Nakuru was feeling particularly restrained today. She knew what this meeting meant, and despite her excitement about finally meeting "him" she was nervous about the upcoming change. Eriol had spent quite a bit of time preparing her for this day and she was determined not to disappoint him. Spinel appeared apathetic, and his quietness hardly seemed abnormal. Nakuru felt sure, though, that Spinel was also thinking about what Eriol had told them.
The cat-like creature Nakuru was carrying, which everyone had thought was a stuffed animal, flew into the air and hovered near her.
This was all getting a bit strange for Kamui. He looked at the boy who was his father.
"Thanks so much Oyaji, but I'm fighting to protect humanity. I don't see how a girl, a flying cat and a key are going to help me."
Eriol looked at his son critically, and lifted his hand to touch Kamui's cheek. "Do you ever smile, Kamui-chan?"
This was too much for poor Sorata. He had tried really hard to keep a straight face, but this was just so...
"Quiet!" hissed Arashi, who looked like she was getting ready to do something violent to him if he didn't behave. Sorata tried to think of something horrible, something dreadful, to keep down the laughter that threatened to overwhelm him.
From out of nowhere, Eriol was suddenly holding an unusual black elliptical hat. It was quite grand, and nearly a meter long from tip to tip. He placed it on Kamui's head. "I wish Daidouji-san was here to make a costume for you. From what I hear, all you seem to wear is a school uniform," scolded Eriol in a mild voice. "Perhaps there is some way to contact her..."
Loud guffaws were heard coming from the direction of Sorata, who soon found himself being kicked by Arashi in an attempt to get some decorum out of him. Kamui was gritting his teeth through all this. He was beginning to think that Karen, Sorata, Arashi, and Yuzuriha were lucky they'd never met their fathers.
"O key that hides the power of darkness, a boy wishes to make a contract with you; Kamui is his name. RELEASE!"
Before the eyes of the assembled company the key started spinning around and suddenly became a huge staff with a picture of the big dipper at its top. A strange glowing circle appeared beneath the staff and Kamui. Winds started to whip around the circle separating Kamui, Nakuru, Spinel and the wand from the others.
"Are you doing this?" whispered Karen to Seiichirou. Seiichirou tried to turn to look at Karen, but couldn't take his eyes off the tableau before him. Instead he merely shook his head.
"He is always doing things to extremes, isn't he?" whispered Nakuru to Spinel. "I wonder if Kamui will be so ostentatious." Spinel smiled and realized he really was going to miss his eccentric master.
"Kamui-chan, take the wand," called Eriol.
Kamui pondered whether this was a good idea or not but before he could really make up his mind, he found himself reaching for the wand. Sparks flew and the winds died down.
"You are now the master of the wand. Transform your Guardians by saying 'Return to your true forms, Spinel Sun, Ruby Moon.'"
Kamui did as he was commanded. The girl and cat were swallowed by a red light and their shapes started to metamorphose. The small flying cat became a large black panther with butterfly wings (Eriol did have a taste for the absurd), and the girl became a pink-haired woman with butterfly wings and two buns in her long hair. It was truly an odd sight.
"These are your guardians. When you need them simply take out the key, transform it into the wand, and then transform them. They will do their best to aid you in your role as a Ten no Ryu." Eriol smiled fondly at Kamui and then turned to smile at Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun. "Please look after my son. I will miss you both," he sighed under his breath. The room suddenly went dark, and when the lights snapped back on, Eriol had vanished.
"See what I said about ostentatious," Ruby Moon remarked as she elbowed Spinel Sun. "It's not fair that I never get to make an exit like that!" she pouted.
Kamui looked at the people in the room and fainted.
"Good, more sweets for me!" gushed Ruby Moon, who dashed over to the trays and started to eat. Spinel Sun just sighed.
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When Kamui awoke again it was morning. He hoped the day before had just been some sort of strange dream given to him by either Hinoto or Kakyou. He got ready for school but stopped short when he reached the breakfast table.
"Ohayo!" chirped Nakuru.
She had returned to her false form and was dressed in a Clamp school uniform. After welcoming Kamui, she turned back to her huge stack of pancakes and started to eat. Even Sorata seemed a bit taken aback by how much Nakuru was eating. Arashi came out of the kitchen with another plate full of pancakes and Spinel flew behind her carrying another. They both sat down at the table. It seemed like everyone was getting along well except for Kamui who was staring at the people sitting around the table as if they had lost their collective minds.
"Nokuru-san has arranged for Nakuru to start classes with us, it seems she is going to be in classes with me and Ne-chan." Sorata gave a huge grin to Arashi as he said this. She glared at him for a moment and turned away to take some pancakes.
"Better be careful, Ne-chan. If you don't start giving me some more affection, maybe I'll see if Nakuru would mind having me die for her." Sorata winked at Nakuru, who stopped eating her pancakes to clap her hands in joy.
Yuzuriha couldn't believe that Nakuru ate more than she did and was genkier. What was this world coming to.
"You could die for me!" responded Nakuru exuberantly as she wrapped her arms around Sorata.
"You do know Nakuru isn't a female, don't you?" queried Spinel.
Orange juice spurted out of Sorata's nose and mouth all over the table. "What?!?!?!?!" Sorata sputtered. He pushed Nakuru away from him.
Kamui couldn't help himself. After all the humiliations he had faced yesterday, listening to the monk's laughter through it all, this was just too funny, and he started to laugh. At first it was just a small giggle, but soon it became a loud and raucous guffaw, almost as bad as some of the sounds that usually came from Sorata.
When Kamui had first started to giggle, Yuzuriha had turned at the sound, wondering what it was. To her surprise, Kamui was soon doubled over laughing so hard tears streamed down his face.
"I don't see what's so funny," said an indignant Sorata.
Yuzuriha smiled at Sorata and started to laugh too. Soon Arashi joined in, as well as Nakuru. Only Spinel and Sorata, his pride still wounded, were silent. Yuzuriha turned to look at Kamui again. "Maybe this was a good idea," Yuzuriha thought for the first time since Nokuru's announcement.