A/N: I've FINALLY gotten this stupid chapter done! It took a lot of purging
on the fluff through other fics, but, at last, I made this thing turn out
the way I wanted it to! Sorry for the wait folks, I doubt I'll ever take
that long on a chapter again. ^_^;
Temichica tasted bitter liquid in her mouth, 'Blood.' The word reverberated through her mind, conjuring up the image of
the red magic that had kept them from meeting their death on the ground, only to take away her brother, her support, her
comfort, the closest thing to a parental figure she had ever known, lost in that in the red haze. The echoing of her thoughts
was shattered by Cerberus' scream, speaking of an agony just as intense as her own. Then a clear voice cut through it
with the clear ray hope.
"THIS IS OUR CHANCE!!!" shouted Marin, and raced deeper into the forest with a dead set certainty. She
stopped and whirled around to face two shocked faces of the siblings. "Don't you two see??? Clow may have gotten
your brother, but he made a fatal mistake by using magic so close to us! You see, when he teleported, he left a trail of
magic, if you will, and we can track him down! But if we don't hurry, there will be too much interfera-WOAH!!!" For the
second time that night, Marin found herself flung loosely onto the lion's back and clinging to the fur for dear life.
"You're driving," was all he said as he continued to go in the direction that she had started running, Temichica
running along his side.
"Keep on going in the direction you're headed, I'll tell you if it changes!" she called over the whistling wind that
their speed created. As the trees blurred past them, Marin found herself, not for the first time, in awe of their loyalty to
one another and the determination that shone in Temichica's already glowing eyes. She turned her thoughts determinedly
back to following the already dimming trail of magic that they followed. She fell into a trance like state, the blur of the
trees and ground, broke occasionally by an open field.
It dawned subconsciously upon her that it was strange that they were not encountering any other night creatures. As this
thought slowly bubbled to the surface of the torpid state of her brain, she turned to ask her companions, the nighttime
was abruptly broken by the dawn. Darkness faded into sun, along with the last tendrils of the trail of magic.
"Oh, NO!" Startled, both creatures halted in their tracks for the first time in hours, breathing hard. "No...
the trail..." Marin whispered.
"Gone?" panted Cerberus.
"Just....keep on going, I might be able to pick it up again..." They continued along at a slower pace,
the rising sun at their backs, losing heart with each step. "THERE!" Marin cried, pointing towards a thicket.
"You found (pant) the trail?!"
"Better than that, the man has stopped. He's still a bit off though."
"Now what?" asked Temichica, still determined as ever, even after a night of running at top speed and gasping
for air.
"We shall go through that thicket and see what awaits us on the other side. Let's be careful! We've already seen
the trickery he's capable of."
Marin clambered off of Cerberus to walk along with them, as they plunged into the thicket, letting their guide lead the
way towards their quarry, and hopefully their brother.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Yue dreamt. Images had finally come upon him, and seized him out of the inky blackness of unconsciousness. Most of it
was a whirlwind of sensory images. And then, a...presence would descend, asking questions, a presence that had
never been present in his dreams before. And he always answered.
[Village move we've stopped there's a creek get some water bread smells like home we must be home we have no one home always moving with the seasons will always be home with mom and dad.]
[Not fair she always gets her way just because she's younger stupid little kid why did she have to come no I wouldn't get rid of her I promised mama to take care yes I try to keep that promise bully hurting her anger fight another.]
[Smells different why doesn't dad get up red underneath him like a deer is when no can't be why so many with red underneath them why they're hurting each other why must get Temi and Cerberus away why]
[They come don't want us to live must leave go far away before there is blood underneath me across so much water different lands strange not home can't go home better off in strange place]
Clow opened his eyes and removed his hand from Yue's forehead and nudged the young man back into a dreamless
state, watching the tense muscles relax as the painful memories were placed again in their boxes, not to be opened for a
long time. He walked down a hall, now knowing what and whom he was dealing with.
A part of him ached for the trio from the war ravaged land, a part that he had been long suppressing throughout this
whole ordeal. He no longer tried to shove it away; he only ignored it now. At least, the best he could. Now it harassed
him, prodded him, 'Is this really the right thing to do?' He was able to ignore it up until now, when upon seeing
the...hell, for lack of better word, that they have been through, and now it screamed at him, harangued, and carried
on with an inner tirade directed at him.
"They will not remember it!" he finally shouted aloud, slamming his fist upon the stone ledge in front of the
window he had come to stop at. "They will not remember it...any of it, not their parents' death, not...this."
His voice dropped into a solemn whisper. The voice silenced, as if considering, then resumed its normal state of nagging
at him, easy to ignore for the most part. He sighed and turned away from the window and continued walking down the
hall, not noticing three figures that exploded out of the growth across the lake.
A/N: I soooooo hope none of you were confused by that ^^;;;;;;;
Clow: First she makes me evil, and now I hear voices in my head. Grreeeeaaat. -_-
Yue: What kinda dreams were those anyway!?!?
Me: Hush, both of you, before I do something drastic. XP
Temichica tasted bitter liquid in her mouth, 'Blood.' The word reverberated through her mind, conjuring up the image of
the red magic that had kept them from meeting their death on the ground, only to take away her brother, her support, her
comfort, the closest thing to a parental figure she had ever known, lost in that in the red haze. The echoing of her thoughts
was shattered by Cerberus' scream, speaking of an agony just as intense as her own. Then a clear voice cut through it
with the clear ray hope.
"THIS IS OUR CHANCE!!!" shouted Marin, and raced deeper into the forest with a dead set certainty. She
stopped and whirled around to face two shocked faces of the siblings. "Don't you two see??? Clow may have gotten
your brother, but he made a fatal mistake by using magic so close to us! You see, when he teleported, he left a trail of
magic, if you will, and we can track him down! But if we don't hurry, there will be too much interfera-WOAH!!!" For the
second time that night, Marin found herself flung loosely onto the lion's back and clinging to the fur for dear life.
"You're driving," was all he said as he continued to go in the direction that she had started running, Temichica
running along his side.
"Keep on going in the direction you're headed, I'll tell you if it changes!" she called over the whistling wind that
their speed created. As the trees blurred past them, Marin found herself, not for the first time, in awe of their loyalty to
one another and the determination that shone in Temichica's already glowing eyes. She turned her thoughts determinedly
back to following the already dimming trail of magic that they followed. She fell into a trance like state, the blur of the
trees and ground, broke occasionally by an open field.
It dawned subconsciously upon her that it was strange that they were not encountering any other night creatures. As this
thought slowly bubbled to the surface of the torpid state of her brain, she turned to ask her companions, the nighttime
was abruptly broken by the dawn. Darkness faded into sun, along with the last tendrils of the trail of magic.
"Oh, NO!" Startled, both creatures halted in their tracks for the first time in hours, breathing hard. "No...
the trail..." Marin whispered.
"Gone?" panted Cerberus.
"Just....keep on going, I might be able to pick it up again..." They continued along at a slower pace,
the rising sun at their backs, losing heart with each step. "THERE!" Marin cried, pointing towards a thicket.
"You found (pant) the trail?!"
"Better than that, the man has stopped. He's still a bit off though."
"Now what?" asked Temichica, still determined as ever, even after a night of running at top speed and gasping
for air.
"We shall go through that thicket and see what awaits us on the other side. Let's be careful! We've already seen
the trickery he's capable of."
Marin clambered off of Cerberus to walk along with them, as they plunged into the thicket, letting their guide lead the
way towards their quarry, and hopefully their brother.
~*~*~*~*~*~
Yue dreamt. Images had finally come upon him, and seized him out of the inky blackness of unconsciousness. Most of it
was a whirlwind of sensory images. And then, a...presence would descend, asking questions, a presence that had
never been present in his dreams before. And he always answered.
[Village move we've stopped there's a creek get some water bread smells like home we must be home we have no one home always moving with the seasons will always be home with mom and dad.]
[Not fair she always gets her way just because she's younger stupid little kid why did she have to come no I wouldn't get rid of her I promised mama to take care yes I try to keep that promise bully hurting her anger fight another.]
[Smells different why doesn't dad get up red underneath him like a deer is when no can't be why so many with red underneath them why they're hurting each other why must get Temi and Cerberus away why]
[They come don't want us to live must leave go far away before there is blood underneath me across so much water different lands strange not home can't go home better off in strange place]
Clow opened his eyes and removed his hand from Yue's forehead and nudged the young man back into a dreamless
state, watching the tense muscles relax as the painful memories were placed again in their boxes, not to be opened for a
long time. He walked down a hall, now knowing what and whom he was dealing with.
A part of him ached for the trio from the war ravaged land, a part that he had been long suppressing throughout this
whole ordeal. He no longer tried to shove it away; he only ignored it now. At least, the best he could. Now it harassed
him, prodded him, 'Is this really the right thing to do?' He was able to ignore it up until now, when upon seeing
the...hell, for lack of better word, that they have been through, and now it screamed at him, harangued, and carried
on with an inner tirade directed at him.
"They will not remember it!" he finally shouted aloud, slamming his fist upon the stone ledge in front of the
window he had come to stop at. "They will not remember it...any of it, not their parents' death, not...this."
His voice dropped into a solemn whisper. The voice silenced, as if considering, then resumed its normal state of nagging
at him, easy to ignore for the most part. He sighed and turned away from the window and continued walking down the
hall, not noticing three figures that exploded out of the growth across the lake.
A/N: I soooooo hope none of you were confused by that ^^;;;;;;;
Clow: First she makes me evil, and now I hear voices in my head. Grreeeeaaat. -_-
Yue: What kinda dreams were those anyway!?!?
Me: Hush, both of you, before I do something drastic. XP