Chapter 22-Honda
The whole stupid thing took a turn for the worse because as Syaoran had pointed out, Sakura ain't a monster, and as could be told by the name, Reborn the Monster couldn't bring her back. ' Course both of Sakura's guardians got upset and Syaoran started crying.
Why does Yue have to be so mean? It ain't Syaoran's fault, you know. Oh, wait, of course you know. You've read the whole darn story so far! So like I said, it wasn't Syaoran's fault, so Yue got no right to treat him like that. Of course, like that guardian would care. He's as stubborn as Jou. But Touya mentioned once that Yue's has no gender.
That's just nuts!
Mokuba and Syaoran went upstairs with Ryou and Seto tried to sort his
magic out. Pegasus was on his cell phone with Kaho, who had gone out with a poof.
He seemed pretty much upset about something.
" Iie, he's very much out." Pegasus looked over at Yami. " He's dreaming about his
past. Syaoran's not going to touch the cards any time soon, thanks to his
guardians." The man shot the two a glare. " So Yami's not going to wake any time
soon either. Hai, he's past the point where the Dark Magician appeared, right. The
man has a what? Alright. So why are they after him?"
There was a moment of silence as Yami twitched and groaned. Yugi hurriedly tried to comfort him.
" If he's the one then why did he fail?" Pegasus tilted his head. " Sakura's the one? You're getting me all con-fused here...right. So Sakura covers...but if the cards are of no concern then why...? Why are you telling me all this? How is this related?"
" Alf mwa!" Jou cried an incoherent exclamation. " That hurted! What is this thing, some kind of burning tool?"
Seto started laughing and Touya shook his head. It was a bitter laugh, though.
" Don't touch the lasin board," Touya warned. " It's Syaoran's detecting thing. The
only problem is it's linked to him, as well as his blood, so no one can touch it...which
really does explain why Meiling could hold it and I can't."
Jou sucked on his finger for a minute to nurse the pain, and then scowled.
" Seto, are you feeling better?" Touya asked.
" Much." The guy answered. " That was creepy. I wonder what he did."
" Don't worry about it." Pegasus answered. " It happens all the time when people
name others. The only thing is that with you, you don't really know your name, so
when he or whoever it was named you you got even more scared then most
people."
Seto didn't really like Pegasus and Pegasus wasn't too fond of Seto either, but both managed to keep their feelings to themselves afterwards.
" I see." Pegasus turned the phone off and sat down. " It's good that Kaho could
move around easily." He began flatly. " She found out quite a lot. Syaoran has
Angel blood."
" Oh, joy." I muttered. " First we got lions, then tigers, then bears. Oh my!"
" There's no such thing as a zodiac bear, you baka." Anzu snapped.
" And now we got Angels. Why are they after him?"
" I'm getting to that." Pegasus eyed me weirdly. " Children are impatient." He
mused briefly, before continuing.
" There's only about ten angels in the world, I think," Pegasus explained, " Or at
least that's what Kaho told me. It was rumored a long time ago..." Here the guy
stopped talking briefly. " It was rumored a long time ago that...if ingested...Angel
blood can give one power over fate."
" That's what it says here too." Touya read. " The only problem is, there are rituals.
You have to cut...at the left wrist, the right side of the neck...across the stomach,
and...across the forehead and cheeks."
" And you have to drink all of it." Pegasus finished.
" What have they become. First they were zodiacs, now they are vampires. I don't
like magic!" Jou cried.
" Who does?" Seto answered. He got up. " But of course, this reminds me of
another question. Why the heck are Sakura's guardians here? Aren't they dead?"
" I thought you knew!" Touya blinked. " Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun are connected
spiritually with Eriol. That time his soul was destroyed so they were destroyed. Yue
and Kero are spiritually connected with the Clow Book. The book isn't destroyed,
they were destroyed, but they were capable of coming back. Which Kero and Yue did." He shot Yue a glare. The guardian just ignored it.
I decided that all this talk was giving me a headache and I went upstairs to find Ryou.
" Come on."
" I told you I don't want to play." Syaoran sighed as he looked over at his cards. " I
can't remember what I put down. Dstststs, dststs, sdststs,dtststsd,"
" Syaoran, can you tell me about Tarkot?" Mokuba suddenly requested.
" Why do you want to know about Tarkot?"
" Because. If you remember everything. It was cool in Egypt, right?"
There was a moment of silence.
" Let me tell you a story about the Dark Magician." Syaoran put down the cards.
Mokuba put down his and listened closely.
" A long time ago," Syaoran began, " Tarkot met a Dark Magician named Omea.
Hai, he did have a name. Omea was the Pharaoh's favorite monster and the two
hung out together for some time. One day Tarkot picked up the staff and almost
destroyed one of the pillars, so that was when the pharaoh realized that the slaveboy
has the power to attack with the magic of the monsters."
He went on for a while. I got bored, so I left. Why is there nothing to do around here? Then I found Ryou.
Now that he mentioned it, I did find it very hard to understand how Yugi and the others could remember what they put down. I mean, sure, I know I put a trap card down, or a magic card face down or something like that, or a monster in defense mode, but it's so hard to remember where it is! Of course, in certain times, I do remember where it is. Must be the Heart of the Cards. But I mean, in times like this, when Ryou and I were playing a game for fun, I mean, you see Yami's Celtic Guardian or Dark Magician being attacked by some weird thing like...like the Summoned Skull or something, and then you see Yami say, " Not so fast! I have a Trap Card!" And he flips the card over and it is the exact card he wants.
How the heck do they do that?
Hehe, I remember that time when Syaoran first started play, right? Whenever
Yugi put down a card, some monster or something, or a magic card, or when he
flips a card face up, Syaoran had to take the card over and read what it says-and
reading got somehow harder for him for some reason. But at least he got the idea.
Alright. You're thinking, Honda's crazy. This is a serious situation here, and
here he is goofing around like Jounouchi. Alright, I get the point. But you know, I
really don't understand all this magic stuff. The thing's all for Syaoran, Seto,
Pegasus, Yugi and Ryou, and Ryou, since he has that Yami Bakura or Akira or
whoever that guy is with him; Akira ain't especially interested in anything other than
Ryou and whoever is linked to the game and Syaoran ain't technically in it. And
why is Syaoran playing a game with Mokuba? Mostly because the youngster forced
him to. Mokuba's just like his brother. Very intelligent.
Unlike Anzu.
( Don't tell her that.)
" He's going to relive the whole thing, isn't he?" Syaoran asked, staring at Yami,
who was still mumbling Egyptian phrases. " And it wasn't the Return Card, that's
for sure, because it's right here. Are you sure you couldn't find any spells?"
Kaho, who had appeared out of nowhere, shook her head solemnly.
" I'm sorry Syaoran." She said gravely. " But you might want to ease some of the
pain with the Dream Card."
Syaoran turned to look at Yue. At first the guardian stared back, but then he
flinched and raised his eyebrows at Syaoran, as if realizing something.
" Why are you asking me?" Yue asked uncertainly. Syaoran just looked down.
" Is it that hard to figure out?" I asked flatly. " You totally scared the kid. And you
hurted him. And you're asking that?"
" Just do it, good heavens." Pegasus suddenly spoke. " If Yue gets angry I'll handle
him. I know a few spells for guardians."
His voice was filled with silent venom and it startled Yue and Syaoran, but
Syaoran obeyed, taking the Dream Card, which transformed, and he muttered
something in Chinese.
" Mengka, dai wo dao Yami de meng." He whispered. And in a flash he suddenly
toppled over and Pegasus caught him.
There was a flash at Yami's body and Yami jerked. He didn't wake though. Syaoran opened his eyes.
" There's some kind of magical barrier." He said mournfully. " I can't get through."
" What the heck?" Touya blinked. Kero fluttered over.
" Are you sure kid?" The little guy asked quietly.
" I'm sure." Syaoran answered flatly. " I'm so sure that I have a bump on my elbow
to prove it."
Well, there was the bump alright, and that was proof enough. What Kero couldn't get now, was how the bump got there.
Somehow Syaoran had the nerve to be annoyed with Kero and Yue. I guess he was tired of feeling guilty and was now really angry at them, or something like that, I cannot tell. Or maybe it was Yami, since he was dreaming about him, and according to Yugi's summaries their relationship wasn't great.
But what am I to say? I'm only an onlooker.
Touya was still looking through his books when Pegasus looked up.
" I guess I must have fallen asleep with Yami." The guy mumbled. " But what a
dream I had! I'm pretty sure it's a prophetic one."
" Oh?" Touya blinked. " What's it about?"
" First of all," Pegasus's voice became rather cold and flat, " Sakura's not going to
come back no matter what you do, because quite frankly she's out of the picture. At
least that's what the Fate's told me. Second, if you want to help Syaoran, you need
to get rid of the zodiacs, but that's not enough. The Zodiacs aren't the only ones
looking for him. Guess who is."
He said it so flatly it was almost unlike him, but Pegasus changed significantly
ever since Syaoran came.
" Who?" Touya asked.
" The Monsters."
" The Monsters!" Touya cried. " That's ludicrous."
" Tell that to the Fates." Pegasus stood up. " And one in particular."
" Let me guess. The Blue Eyes White Dragon."
" Don't make fun of him." Pegasus snapped, ' him' being Seto. " And iie, it's not the
Blue Eyes White Dragon. In fact, it's Yugi's."
" The Dark Magician?"
" Hai."
" You've got to be kidding me!"
" They've got to be kidding us! But what am I to say? If the Dark Magician wants
Syaoran, than you get a card named...Half Angel."
" Nani?" Touya blinked. " So wait, why do the Monsters want Syaoran?"
" Simple." Syaoran rolled his eyes. " As Tarkot," He kicked the couch where Yami
was sleeping, " The Dark Magician was summoned to stop-" He kicked again " him
from crying. And quite frankly, what blossomed between Tarkot and the Dark
Magician is sweet, brotherly-" another kick " love."
Why was the little guy kicking at Yami's couch? I don't know. He seemed angry all of the sudden, as if that spell had infuriated him.
Touya and Pegasus studied the suddenly angry boy and looked at each other,
and a glance of knowing flicked between them.
" Syaoran, you should rest a little." Pegasus began.
Syaoran sighed, and...disappeared.
The ones in the circle of Clow looked at each other.
" Ano..." Pegasus began, " How did he do that?"
