Disclaimers: SDA.
Warning: S x K, K x S, S x S, OOC, AU
Rating: PG
Predator and Prey
Chapter 4-Meeting
By: Yakusoku
Days passed, week passed, time flew by quickly at an unexpected rate as the extensively-worried Seals sought out any clues as to the whereabouts of their missing leader, all of their searches and calculations all in ending in vain and unfruitful waste. They were beginning to imagine the horrible fate of that beautiful boy, only drawing comfort and courage from each other in order to remain sane throughout their impatient wait and desperate hunt. Added, the other side had been quite calm and silent lately.
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Even with the added help of the newly defected Dragon of Earth, Kusanagi, Subaru seriously doubted that any of his fellow Dragons of Heaven would ever find Kamui at this rate, and even he himself was beginning to distrust his own abilities of tracking. He was troubled greatly, to say the least, that even the inugami mistress's spirit dog Inuki could not detect anything despite its sharp spiritual instincts.
"Kamui, where are you?" sighed Subaru almost with an air of frustration as he continued fervently on his search.
Coming to a stop on one of the roofs and perching onto the edge as he peered carefully over the edge, spying on the passing crowds of people trying to make their lives as best as they can be in this cruel but beautiful city of Tokyo, he nearly gave up and decided to move on until something caught the corner of his eye. A familiar mop of black, tousled hair, followed by a pair of dull violet eyes and a delicate form, there, walking through the crowds wearily, unhurriedly.
'Kamui!' his mind cried out in relief and joy, and he caught himself just in time so as not to jump of the building.he didn't want to disturb the innocents, after all, and any supernatural actions, he was sure, would sent people toppling over their sanity and tumbling into panic and alarm.
He landed, instead, into a secluded allay way near to where the boy was last scene, entirely forgetting to contact the others first to relieve them of their worry and guilt for not being about to protect the person they had all vowed to give their lives too. Stepping out of the alleyway and looking around zealously, desperately for a moment before finally catching sight of the target, Subaru made his way towards the boy, pushing aside people thoughtlessly, until he finally rested a hand on the boy's bandaged shoulder. It was then that he noticed that the boy was covered with bandages, his arms and legs wrapped all in that white material he knew all too familiar on the slim form in front of him. Anxiously turning the boy to face him, worrying for the boy's health, all his trains of thoughts stopped immediately as he gazed into a pair of dull, almost lifeless, glazed-looking, lost purple eyes, a loose strand of bandage hanging and covering the bottom part of his left eye. The boy's forehead was even bandaged, and Subaru, out of instinct, immediately grasped the boy's hand, only to find that covered in the same white material too. Alarmed and shocked out of his wits, he couldn't begin to understand what was happening to the boy.
"Kamui.?" whispered Subaru hesitantly, the word barely audible in the streaming noise of the crowd around them.
"Kamui-san says I'm not to talk to anyone on the streets when I'm taking a walk," informed Kamui in an almost monotone, but certainly tired, voice.
"Kamui!?" came the Sumeragi's voice, more urgent this time, more concern showing than he had thought he had been feeling.the boy's awkward behavior was discerning even the usually calm composure of the 14th head of the Sumeragi clan. He resisted the urge to shake the boy, to force him out of his stupor, which he hoped desperately was just an act the boy was putting on as a joke.
"I have no name.but Kamui-san called me Ejiki," replied Kamui, absolutely not acknowledging the Sumeragi's presence as anything familiar, only knowing it is some crazed stranger who had mistaken him for someone else.
"Kamui!" shouted Sumeragi, the despair and fear now showing in his voice and his narrowed emerald eyes.
Trying to brush aside the Sumeragi's tight hold on his shoulders, Kamui began to grow annoyed at Subaru's presence, memories threatening to erupt into his battered, mutilated mind. Suddenly, with a violent yell, tears stinging his now fearful eyes, he wrenched himself out of the other's grasp and backed away into a small alley, only to find that his pursuer had followed him into the dark passageway too.
"What do you want!?" yelled Kamui as his hands desperately clutched at his head, covering his ears from any sound he could possibly hear that he didn't want to hear.
As Subaru reached forward to embrace the boy in a reassuring embrace, the sudden outburst of emotions faded away, and the boy looked back at him with a masked face of blankness, no emotions, no knowledge, no expressions. And the footsteps ceased there, the distance to be never closed between the two.
"Kamui.?" whispered Subaru, unsure in his actions as the boy had returned to his first stage of appearance.
"Sumeragi-sama, I hope you'll leave me alone after this unexpected meeting. Kamui-san is calling for me now, and he disapproves of your presence around me," said Kamui in an informing tone, absolutely no emotions lining this sentence.
Almost at that exact same time as Kamui finished his sentence, the presence of the Sakurazukamori came into awareness and his form came into view at the end of the alleyway, sakura petals drifting around as usual. Standing behind the Sumeragi, there was a certain look of annoyance plastered on the Sakurazukamori's face, for he had been summoned by his 'Kamui' just for this simple, time-wasting task of retrieving the prey.
"Sakurazuka-san," acknowledged Kamui along a slight nod of his head.
"Come on," ordered Seishirou, annoyed that he'd suddenly become Fuuma's new fetching pet.but of course, he didn't feel like risking his life just yet, especially since his game with his favorite prey was just getting so interesting.
Kamui took the steps forward, but Subaru caught his wrist, grasping onto it tightly and spinning around to face the Sakurazukamori, his hard eyes challenging him to fight him over the possession of Kamui. And instantly a maboroshi covered the three of them, springing into action for the impending fight to start.
"Sakurazuka-san," warned Kamui, the annoyance in his voice. The Sakurazukamori, surprisingly, stayed his onmyoujutsu for the moment and seemed to be waiting as he reached into the inner pocket of his trench coat to retrieve a new cigarette and then proceeded to smoke it almost leisurely. Satisfied that Seishirou would not interfere with his own actions, he turned to face the Sumeragi.
"Sumeragi-sama, I would suggest you do not provoke Sakurazuka-san into battle. Kamui-san would be very displeased," said Kamui nonchalantly. "Let me go now. I have to go back to Kamui-san now."
"No. Kamui, you are going back to CLAMP Campus right now, where you belong," replied Subaru calmly, the firm statement signifying his own determination and thoughts on the matter.
"Sumeragi-sama," warned Kamui.
"Kamui-"
"Stop calling me that!" yelled out Kamui.
This comment had the intended effect, for the Sumeragi stood shocked and rooted to the ground, but, to Kamui's dismay, he had tightened his hold on the boy's wrist, almost grinding it painfully. Not wishing for any more conversation to be held, Kamui violently wrenched his wrist from the Sumeragi's grasp, not even wincing when his wrist gave a dull pop to alert the owner of its injury. He calmly walked over to the Sakurazukamori, and in a heart-sickening eye-blink, the maboroshi and the Sakurazukamori had disappeared, and so had the boy who had now given himself entirely to the commands and needs of the Kamui of the Dragon of Earth.
Finally gathering his thoughts enough that he regained his composure, he fished out his cell phone and told the other members of the Dragons of Heaven of Kamui's condition and situation, and sighed in despair as the others hung up. Their hearts all broken.because the boy had relinquished his own hold to his life.but also now determined to bring him back and protect him from the dangers that had broken him so much as for him to give up.
Author: *pats chibi neko-Kamui whose napping on my lap*
Chibi Neko-Kamui: *purrs*
Author: Reviews for Chibi-Neko-Kamui-chan? *glances around anxiously*
Warning: S x K, K x S, S x S, OOC, AU
Rating: PG
Predator and Prey
Chapter 4-Meeting
By: Yakusoku
Days passed, week passed, time flew by quickly at an unexpected rate as the extensively-worried Seals sought out any clues as to the whereabouts of their missing leader, all of their searches and calculations all in ending in vain and unfruitful waste. They were beginning to imagine the horrible fate of that beautiful boy, only drawing comfort and courage from each other in order to remain sane throughout their impatient wait and desperate hunt. Added, the other side had been quite calm and silent lately.
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Even with the added help of the newly defected Dragon of Earth, Kusanagi, Subaru seriously doubted that any of his fellow Dragons of Heaven would ever find Kamui at this rate, and even he himself was beginning to distrust his own abilities of tracking. He was troubled greatly, to say the least, that even the inugami mistress's spirit dog Inuki could not detect anything despite its sharp spiritual instincts.
"Kamui, where are you?" sighed Subaru almost with an air of frustration as he continued fervently on his search.
Coming to a stop on one of the roofs and perching onto the edge as he peered carefully over the edge, spying on the passing crowds of people trying to make their lives as best as they can be in this cruel but beautiful city of Tokyo, he nearly gave up and decided to move on until something caught the corner of his eye. A familiar mop of black, tousled hair, followed by a pair of dull violet eyes and a delicate form, there, walking through the crowds wearily, unhurriedly.
'Kamui!' his mind cried out in relief and joy, and he caught himself just in time so as not to jump of the building.he didn't want to disturb the innocents, after all, and any supernatural actions, he was sure, would sent people toppling over their sanity and tumbling into panic and alarm.
He landed, instead, into a secluded allay way near to where the boy was last scene, entirely forgetting to contact the others first to relieve them of their worry and guilt for not being about to protect the person they had all vowed to give their lives too. Stepping out of the alleyway and looking around zealously, desperately for a moment before finally catching sight of the target, Subaru made his way towards the boy, pushing aside people thoughtlessly, until he finally rested a hand on the boy's bandaged shoulder. It was then that he noticed that the boy was covered with bandages, his arms and legs wrapped all in that white material he knew all too familiar on the slim form in front of him. Anxiously turning the boy to face him, worrying for the boy's health, all his trains of thoughts stopped immediately as he gazed into a pair of dull, almost lifeless, glazed-looking, lost purple eyes, a loose strand of bandage hanging and covering the bottom part of his left eye. The boy's forehead was even bandaged, and Subaru, out of instinct, immediately grasped the boy's hand, only to find that covered in the same white material too. Alarmed and shocked out of his wits, he couldn't begin to understand what was happening to the boy.
"Kamui.?" whispered Subaru hesitantly, the word barely audible in the streaming noise of the crowd around them.
"Kamui-san says I'm not to talk to anyone on the streets when I'm taking a walk," informed Kamui in an almost monotone, but certainly tired, voice.
"Kamui!?" came the Sumeragi's voice, more urgent this time, more concern showing than he had thought he had been feeling.the boy's awkward behavior was discerning even the usually calm composure of the 14th head of the Sumeragi clan. He resisted the urge to shake the boy, to force him out of his stupor, which he hoped desperately was just an act the boy was putting on as a joke.
"I have no name.but Kamui-san called me Ejiki," replied Kamui, absolutely not acknowledging the Sumeragi's presence as anything familiar, only knowing it is some crazed stranger who had mistaken him for someone else.
"Kamui!" shouted Sumeragi, the despair and fear now showing in his voice and his narrowed emerald eyes.
Trying to brush aside the Sumeragi's tight hold on his shoulders, Kamui began to grow annoyed at Subaru's presence, memories threatening to erupt into his battered, mutilated mind. Suddenly, with a violent yell, tears stinging his now fearful eyes, he wrenched himself out of the other's grasp and backed away into a small alley, only to find that his pursuer had followed him into the dark passageway too.
"What do you want!?" yelled Kamui as his hands desperately clutched at his head, covering his ears from any sound he could possibly hear that he didn't want to hear.
As Subaru reached forward to embrace the boy in a reassuring embrace, the sudden outburst of emotions faded away, and the boy looked back at him with a masked face of blankness, no emotions, no knowledge, no expressions. And the footsteps ceased there, the distance to be never closed between the two.
"Kamui.?" whispered Subaru, unsure in his actions as the boy had returned to his first stage of appearance.
"Sumeragi-sama, I hope you'll leave me alone after this unexpected meeting. Kamui-san is calling for me now, and he disapproves of your presence around me," said Kamui in an informing tone, absolutely no emotions lining this sentence.
Almost at that exact same time as Kamui finished his sentence, the presence of the Sakurazukamori came into awareness and his form came into view at the end of the alleyway, sakura petals drifting around as usual. Standing behind the Sumeragi, there was a certain look of annoyance plastered on the Sakurazukamori's face, for he had been summoned by his 'Kamui' just for this simple, time-wasting task of retrieving the prey.
"Sakurazuka-san," acknowledged Kamui along a slight nod of his head.
"Come on," ordered Seishirou, annoyed that he'd suddenly become Fuuma's new fetching pet.but of course, he didn't feel like risking his life just yet, especially since his game with his favorite prey was just getting so interesting.
Kamui took the steps forward, but Subaru caught his wrist, grasping onto it tightly and spinning around to face the Sakurazukamori, his hard eyes challenging him to fight him over the possession of Kamui. And instantly a maboroshi covered the three of them, springing into action for the impending fight to start.
"Sakurazuka-san," warned Kamui, the annoyance in his voice. The Sakurazukamori, surprisingly, stayed his onmyoujutsu for the moment and seemed to be waiting as he reached into the inner pocket of his trench coat to retrieve a new cigarette and then proceeded to smoke it almost leisurely. Satisfied that Seishirou would not interfere with his own actions, he turned to face the Sumeragi.
"Sumeragi-sama, I would suggest you do not provoke Sakurazuka-san into battle. Kamui-san would be very displeased," said Kamui nonchalantly. "Let me go now. I have to go back to Kamui-san now."
"No. Kamui, you are going back to CLAMP Campus right now, where you belong," replied Subaru calmly, the firm statement signifying his own determination and thoughts on the matter.
"Sumeragi-sama," warned Kamui.
"Kamui-"
"Stop calling me that!" yelled out Kamui.
This comment had the intended effect, for the Sumeragi stood shocked and rooted to the ground, but, to Kamui's dismay, he had tightened his hold on the boy's wrist, almost grinding it painfully. Not wishing for any more conversation to be held, Kamui violently wrenched his wrist from the Sumeragi's grasp, not even wincing when his wrist gave a dull pop to alert the owner of its injury. He calmly walked over to the Sakurazukamori, and in a heart-sickening eye-blink, the maboroshi and the Sakurazukamori had disappeared, and so had the boy who had now given himself entirely to the commands and needs of the Kamui of the Dragon of Earth.
Finally gathering his thoughts enough that he regained his composure, he fished out his cell phone and told the other members of the Dragons of Heaven of Kamui's condition and situation, and sighed in despair as the others hung up. Their hearts all broken.because the boy had relinquished his own hold to his life.but also now determined to bring him back and protect him from the dangers that had broken him so much as for him to give up.
Author: *pats chibi neko-Kamui whose napping on my lap*
Chibi Neko-Kamui: *purrs*
Author: Reviews for Chibi-Neko-Kamui-chan? *glances around anxiously*