/Kamui/=Fuuma. Fuuma and the Chi no Ryu think of Fuuma as /Kamui/. Kamui and the Dragons of Heaven think of Fuuma as Fuuma.
I don't own X or Card Captor Sakura.
Feedback is always appreciated.
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Guardians of the Seal
by Rachel
Chapter 6: Kamui, Yuzuriha and the Other Seals
Sorata rushed forward and embraced Kamui. "How could you be so careless!" shouted Sorata while shaking the boy. "We've been worried sick! Why did you both dash out in the middle of the night! You could have run into Fuuma..." Kamui and Yuzuriha looked away. "...You did..."
Arashi moved over to Kamui to begin checking for injuries. Both Kamui and Yuzuriha seemed fine, though extremely tired. The man with them was not as fortunate.
"Why don't you both come inside and tell us what happened," suggested Karen. "We can see about finding some place for our guest to recover."
"I think...I think you need to know something about him first," began Yuzuriha. "He's a..."
"...He's someone important to Yuzuriha," interrupted Kamui. "See if there is anyway to wake Nokuru so he can be admitted to Clamp hospital."
Karen looked at both Seals suspecting that Yuzuriha had planned to say something different than what Kamui had said. She frowned slightly. Kamui was hiding something.
Seiichirou went inside to contact Nokuru. Nokuru, Suoh and Akira appeared almost immediately and took Kusanagi to the hospital. "Now, let's go inside and you can tell us what happened," said Seiichirou. "I'll make some hot chocolate and tea."
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"Why didn't you wake me?" pouted Nakuru. "I am your Guardian. Spinel says you left while he was going to wake Sorata. Plus, you forgot your key! Though you did remember your costume."
Yuzuriha still seemed shaken by what had happened so Kamui decided to take the brunt of everyone's questions and reprimands.
"It's my fault. I wanted to go off and..." Kamui started to lie.
"That won't work Kamui. Spinel already told us he woke you after he saw Yuzuriha leave," responded Arashi.
Yuzuriha was nearly in tears now. Nakuru went over to her and put her arm around the despondent girl. "You're all right so everything is OK and I'm sure Kusanagi will be fine too." Nakuru smiled at her.
Nakuru's comforting only made Yuzuriha feel worse, but she knew she had to tell them the truth. "When I first came to Tokyo, I met Kusanagi-san, he was the first person who I ever met who could see Inuki." Yuzuriha said this as if it would explain everything else that was to follow. "We've been friends since then," blushed Yuzuriha.
Karen looked at the crimson girl, but didn't say anything.
"I dreamed that he was in danger tonight and I had to leave. I knew he liked to walk in Meiji jingu and when I got there he was lying injured on the path." Yuzuriha stopped and glanced over at Kamui. "Fuuma was there and he was attacking Kusanagi-san, he said..." the girl started to cry.
"...Fuuma said that Kusanagi was a Chi no Ryu," finished Kamui, glaring at the other Seals as if daring them to say something. "Spinel woke me and I headed after Yuzuriha. I wasn't sure where she was going so I couldn't wait for Spinel to wake anyone else. When I got to the shrine Fuuma was tormenting Yuzuriha, so I attacked him. I caught him by surprise and Fuuma decided to leave." Kamui purposely left out the part where Fuuma had laughed at his costume.
The other Seals stared at him in shock. Seiichirou yawned. "I suggest we talk more about this later in the day. None of us have gotten enough sleep we will need to talk more about what has transpired."
Each of the Seals headed to their respective bedrooms. On the way up the stairs Nakuru turned to Spinel. "So who is this Fuuma-guy anyway?" she asked, a bit annoyed that no one had explained this to her. Spinel only smiled. Now Nakuru would know how the others felt when she talked about Clow Cards.
"I'll tell you about him later," yawned Spinel.
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All of the Seals took the day off. They had spent too much of the night awake. Kamui was so exhausted that he fell into a deep sleep where he wasn't troubled by his dreams. Despite the deepness of his sleep, he awoke groggy in the middle of the afternoon. With trepidation he went to check on Yuzuriha, but her door was open and no one was in the room. The doors to the rest of the Seal's rooms also stood open. Hesitantly, Kamui went downstairs to see where everyone else was. Arashi and Spinel were sitting at the dinning room table drinking tea. "Have you seen Yuzuriha?" Kamui asked.
"She's at the hospital," replied Arashi. Arashi glanced at Kamui. The poor boy looked very wary, as if he expected everyone to pounce on him for his actions. "Nakuru went with her to keep her spirits up."
"I'm sorry about last night," spoke Kamui. He looked down at his feet angry at himself for betraying the other Seal's trust by dashing off.
Arashi stared at the tearful boy before her. Sometimes he seemed so strong and sure of himself and other times he seemed so fragile, like a strong wind could blow him away.
Spinel flew to Kamui and put his paw to Kamui's face. "It's my fault as well. I'd forgotten about all the dangers you could face outside the campus," explained Spinel. "Eriol told us some information about why you needed guardians, but not everything. Had I known, I would have left with you."
Arashi reached out and lightly touched Kamui's hand. He looked up at her, still feeling awkward. "Everything worked out." Arashi got up and headed towards the kitchen. "What would you like for lunch Kamui?" she asked
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Yuzuriha spent the day and part of the night at the hospital waiting for Kusanagi to recover consciousness. The other Seals and Nakuru took turns keeping her company. Eventually, Sorata forced her to return with them to the Imonoyama mansion to sleep. Yuzuriha still felt very guilty about the whole episode and about her lack of judgment in falling in love with an Angel, but everyone was very comforting.
Spinel had decided he needed to sleep in the same room as Kamui as an added measure of protection. At first Kamui was reluctant, but the other Seals and Nakuru were quite insistent. Nakuru rather bluntly pointed out that one of his Guardians should be with him at night and Kamui could pick either her or Spinel. It was an easy choice for Kamui. Kamui made a bed for Spinel in one of the unused drawers in his dresser.
It was also decided that Kamui needed to have his magical key with him at all times as well. Nakuru was the one who suggested turning it into a necklace. Like having a room mate, Kamui was originally deadset against it, but his will power was nothing when faced with Nakuru.
That night Kamui was visited by his recurring nightmare again. Once again Kamui was at Tokyo Tower on the "Promised Day." The other Seals were all fighting other Angels and he was facing Fuuma and Subaru. Fuuma came at Kamui with his Shinken and Kamui just stood there confused by Subaru's presence. At the last moment, he started to fight Fuuma. Kamui knew what the outcome was going to be. Though he didn't know he was dreaming, he had no hope of beating Fuuma. Subaru continued to watch them impassively. Kamui's Shinken was knocked away and Fuuma prepared his death blow when Kamui felt someone rubbing his head and making comforting sounds. "Subaru...." he sighed and drifted into a dreamless sleep. Spinel drifted back to his drawer as Kamui left his nightmare behind.
The next morning, things seemed relatively normal around the kitchen table, except Yuzuriha wasn't there. She and Nakuru had left to return to their vigil around Kusanagi. "Perhaps I should stay home and keep Yuzuriha company as well," suggested Kamui.
Spinel, Sorata and Arashi gave him an incredulous look.
"Do you know how much school you've already missed because of your injuries?" demanded Arashi. "What are you going to do with yourself after the 'Promised Day'!"
"Yeah, it's not like your doomed to die like me," teased Sorata.
Arashi hit him. "I'm sick of you saying that!" she shouted at Sorata. "Do you know how uncomfortable it makes me when you talk about your death? You might take it as a forgone conclusion and talk lightly about it, but it really upsets me!"
Sorata blushed. She did care about him! "Ne-chan--I'm sorry, I never wanted to bother you."
"Isn't your fate to die for the woman you love Sorata-san?" asked Spinel. "That doesn't necessarily mean you're going to die on the 'Promised Day', just for the woman you love." Spinel gave Sorata a wry smile, "Which means you better start working harder or you'll never be able to support a wife and children."
Sorata and Arashi both blushed. Kamui smiled to himself, happy that they were both starting to recognize their feelings for one another. This was not the time to tell them he didn't think he would survive his final encounter with Fuuma. Kamui had begun to believe the nightmare he had been having was a foretelling dream, a warning of what his future was to be. It seemed he only had one destiny now and he was prepared to face it.
Karen came down the stairs and entered the dinning room. "Don't you three have school?" she winked. They all hurried off leaving Karen and Spinel alone in the room. "Would you pour me some tea please Spinel?"
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Sorata had a hard time concentrating during class. All he could think about was the fact Arashi did like him. He spent the entire morning writing her name over and over again. Sometimes he would write Arashi Arisugawa and other times just her given name. By the time morning classes were over, Sorata had named their future children and figured out where they should live. Arashi gave him a sharp look as they left class. "I missed writing down one of the math problems can I copy from your notes, Sorata?"
He gave her a blank look.
"I saw you writing something through out class..." Arashi grabbed Sorata's notebook before he could stop her. "...You spent class writing this!"
Sorata cringed.
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"Shirou-kun! I was so worried about you when you weren't in class yesterday!" shouted Keiichi Segawa as he rushed towards his best friend. Keiichi grabbed Kamui into a large hug and then released the dazed Kamui. "When you weren't in class yesterday I thought you might have gotten hurt again, but you seem fine." Kamui looked at his friend and wasn't sure what to say. He of course couldn't tell him what had really transpired.
"No, I'm all right." Kamui gave one of his rare smiles to Keiichi.
"If you'd like I can come over after school and we can go over my notes. Mihara-sensei gave us some really hard math problems. Perhaps your friend Sumeragi-san can help..."
Keiichi stopped talking as he noticed the stricken look on Kamui's face. He wasn't sure what he had said, but something had disturbed Kamui.
"I'm sorry Segawa-kun, but--but one of my housemates has a flu and I wouldn't want you to catch it." Kamui knew this was a pathetic excuse but he wasn't sure what else to say. He couldn't easily have a visitor when only the gods knew what was going to happen and he needed to get off the topic of Subaru.
"It's all right Shirou-kun," smiled Keiichi. "Perhaps we can go to the library and photo-copy my notes from yesterday."
Keiichi took Kamui's arm and led him affably to the library.
I don't own X or Card Captor Sakura.
Feedback is always appreciated.
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Guardians of the Seal
by Rachel
Chapter 6: Kamui, Yuzuriha and the Other Seals
Sorata rushed forward and embraced Kamui. "How could you be so careless!" shouted Sorata while shaking the boy. "We've been worried sick! Why did you both dash out in the middle of the night! You could have run into Fuuma..." Kamui and Yuzuriha looked away. "...You did..."
Arashi moved over to Kamui to begin checking for injuries. Both Kamui and Yuzuriha seemed fine, though extremely tired. The man with them was not as fortunate.
"Why don't you both come inside and tell us what happened," suggested Karen. "We can see about finding some place for our guest to recover."
"I think...I think you need to know something about him first," began Yuzuriha. "He's a..."
"...He's someone important to Yuzuriha," interrupted Kamui. "See if there is anyway to wake Nokuru so he can be admitted to Clamp hospital."
Karen looked at both Seals suspecting that Yuzuriha had planned to say something different than what Kamui had said. She frowned slightly. Kamui was hiding something.
Seiichirou went inside to contact Nokuru. Nokuru, Suoh and Akira appeared almost immediately and took Kusanagi to the hospital. "Now, let's go inside and you can tell us what happened," said Seiichirou. "I'll make some hot chocolate and tea."
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"Why didn't you wake me?" pouted Nakuru. "I am your Guardian. Spinel says you left while he was going to wake Sorata. Plus, you forgot your key! Though you did remember your costume."
Yuzuriha still seemed shaken by what had happened so Kamui decided to take the brunt of everyone's questions and reprimands.
"It's my fault. I wanted to go off and..." Kamui started to lie.
"That won't work Kamui. Spinel already told us he woke you after he saw Yuzuriha leave," responded Arashi.
Yuzuriha was nearly in tears now. Nakuru went over to her and put her arm around the despondent girl. "You're all right so everything is OK and I'm sure Kusanagi will be fine too." Nakuru smiled at her.
Nakuru's comforting only made Yuzuriha feel worse, but she knew she had to tell them the truth. "When I first came to Tokyo, I met Kusanagi-san, he was the first person who I ever met who could see Inuki." Yuzuriha said this as if it would explain everything else that was to follow. "We've been friends since then," blushed Yuzuriha.
Karen looked at the crimson girl, but didn't say anything.
"I dreamed that he was in danger tonight and I had to leave. I knew he liked to walk in Meiji jingu and when I got there he was lying injured on the path." Yuzuriha stopped and glanced over at Kamui. "Fuuma was there and he was attacking Kusanagi-san, he said..." the girl started to cry.
"...Fuuma said that Kusanagi was a Chi no Ryu," finished Kamui, glaring at the other Seals as if daring them to say something. "Spinel woke me and I headed after Yuzuriha. I wasn't sure where she was going so I couldn't wait for Spinel to wake anyone else. When I got to the shrine Fuuma was tormenting Yuzuriha, so I attacked him. I caught him by surprise and Fuuma decided to leave." Kamui purposely left out the part where Fuuma had laughed at his costume.
The other Seals stared at him in shock. Seiichirou yawned. "I suggest we talk more about this later in the day. None of us have gotten enough sleep we will need to talk more about what has transpired."
Each of the Seals headed to their respective bedrooms. On the way up the stairs Nakuru turned to Spinel. "So who is this Fuuma-guy anyway?" she asked, a bit annoyed that no one had explained this to her. Spinel only smiled. Now Nakuru would know how the others felt when she talked about Clow Cards.
"I'll tell you about him later," yawned Spinel.
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All of the Seals took the day off. They had spent too much of the night awake. Kamui was so exhausted that he fell into a deep sleep where he wasn't troubled by his dreams. Despite the deepness of his sleep, he awoke groggy in the middle of the afternoon. With trepidation he went to check on Yuzuriha, but her door was open and no one was in the room. The doors to the rest of the Seal's rooms also stood open. Hesitantly, Kamui went downstairs to see where everyone else was. Arashi and Spinel were sitting at the dinning room table drinking tea. "Have you seen Yuzuriha?" Kamui asked.
"She's at the hospital," replied Arashi. Arashi glanced at Kamui. The poor boy looked very wary, as if he expected everyone to pounce on him for his actions. "Nakuru went with her to keep her spirits up."
"I'm sorry about last night," spoke Kamui. He looked down at his feet angry at himself for betraying the other Seal's trust by dashing off.
Arashi stared at the tearful boy before her. Sometimes he seemed so strong and sure of himself and other times he seemed so fragile, like a strong wind could blow him away.
Spinel flew to Kamui and put his paw to Kamui's face. "It's my fault as well. I'd forgotten about all the dangers you could face outside the campus," explained Spinel. "Eriol told us some information about why you needed guardians, but not everything. Had I known, I would have left with you."
Arashi reached out and lightly touched Kamui's hand. He looked up at her, still feeling awkward. "Everything worked out." Arashi got up and headed towards the kitchen. "What would you like for lunch Kamui?" she asked
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Yuzuriha spent the day and part of the night at the hospital waiting for Kusanagi to recover consciousness. The other Seals and Nakuru took turns keeping her company. Eventually, Sorata forced her to return with them to the Imonoyama mansion to sleep. Yuzuriha still felt very guilty about the whole episode and about her lack of judgment in falling in love with an Angel, but everyone was very comforting.
Spinel had decided he needed to sleep in the same room as Kamui as an added measure of protection. At first Kamui was reluctant, but the other Seals and Nakuru were quite insistent. Nakuru rather bluntly pointed out that one of his Guardians should be with him at night and Kamui could pick either her or Spinel. It was an easy choice for Kamui. Kamui made a bed for Spinel in one of the unused drawers in his dresser.
It was also decided that Kamui needed to have his magical key with him at all times as well. Nakuru was the one who suggested turning it into a necklace. Like having a room mate, Kamui was originally deadset against it, but his will power was nothing when faced with Nakuru.
That night Kamui was visited by his recurring nightmare again. Once again Kamui was at Tokyo Tower on the "Promised Day." The other Seals were all fighting other Angels and he was facing Fuuma and Subaru. Fuuma came at Kamui with his Shinken and Kamui just stood there confused by Subaru's presence. At the last moment, he started to fight Fuuma. Kamui knew what the outcome was going to be. Though he didn't know he was dreaming, he had no hope of beating Fuuma. Subaru continued to watch them impassively. Kamui's Shinken was knocked away and Fuuma prepared his death blow when Kamui felt someone rubbing his head and making comforting sounds. "Subaru...." he sighed and drifted into a dreamless sleep. Spinel drifted back to his drawer as Kamui left his nightmare behind.
The next morning, things seemed relatively normal around the kitchen table, except Yuzuriha wasn't there. She and Nakuru had left to return to their vigil around Kusanagi. "Perhaps I should stay home and keep Yuzuriha company as well," suggested Kamui.
Spinel, Sorata and Arashi gave him an incredulous look.
"Do you know how much school you've already missed because of your injuries?" demanded Arashi. "What are you going to do with yourself after the 'Promised Day'!"
"Yeah, it's not like your doomed to die like me," teased Sorata.
Arashi hit him. "I'm sick of you saying that!" she shouted at Sorata. "Do you know how uncomfortable it makes me when you talk about your death? You might take it as a forgone conclusion and talk lightly about it, but it really upsets me!"
Sorata blushed. She did care about him! "Ne-chan--I'm sorry, I never wanted to bother you."
"Isn't your fate to die for the woman you love Sorata-san?" asked Spinel. "That doesn't necessarily mean you're going to die on the 'Promised Day', just for the woman you love." Spinel gave Sorata a wry smile, "Which means you better start working harder or you'll never be able to support a wife and children."
Sorata and Arashi both blushed. Kamui smiled to himself, happy that they were both starting to recognize their feelings for one another. This was not the time to tell them he didn't think he would survive his final encounter with Fuuma. Kamui had begun to believe the nightmare he had been having was a foretelling dream, a warning of what his future was to be. It seemed he only had one destiny now and he was prepared to face it.
Karen came down the stairs and entered the dinning room. "Don't you three have school?" she winked. They all hurried off leaving Karen and Spinel alone in the room. "Would you pour me some tea please Spinel?"
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Sorata had a hard time concentrating during class. All he could think about was the fact Arashi did like him. He spent the entire morning writing her name over and over again. Sometimes he would write Arashi Arisugawa and other times just her given name. By the time morning classes were over, Sorata had named their future children and figured out where they should live. Arashi gave him a sharp look as they left class. "I missed writing down one of the math problems can I copy from your notes, Sorata?"
He gave her a blank look.
"I saw you writing something through out class..." Arashi grabbed Sorata's notebook before he could stop her. "...You spent class writing this!"
Sorata cringed.
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"Shirou-kun! I was so worried about you when you weren't in class yesterday!" shouted Keiichi Segawa as he rushed towards his best friend. Keiichi grabbed Kamui into a large hug and then released the dazed Kamui. "When you weren't in class yesterday I thought you might have gotten hurt again, but you seem fine." Kamui looked at his friend and wasn't sure what to say. He of course couldn't tell him what had really transpired.
"No, I'm all right." Kamui gave one of his rare smiles to Keiichi.
"If you'd like I can come over after school and we can go over my notes. Mihara-sensei gave us some really hard math problems. Perhaps your friend Sumeragi-san can help..."
Keiichi stopped talking as he noticed the stricken look on Kamui's face. He wasn't sure what he had said, but something had disturbed Kamui.
"I'm sorry Segawa-kun, but--but one of my housemates has a flu and I wouldn't want you to catch it." Kamui knew this was a pathetic excuse but he wasn't sure what else to say. He couldn't easily have a visitor when only the gods knew what was going to happen and he needed to get off the topic of Subaru.
"It's all right Shirou-kun," smiled Keiichi. "Perhaps we can go to the library and photo-copy my notes from yesterday."
Keiichi took Kamui's arm and led him affably to the library.