A/N: Not my characters, not my series. You'd know if they
were, believe me, just going by the amount of snogging and Touya
x Yue action. "x", mind you, not "+".
"Take The Back Way Home"
Kohaku sighed tiredly, slumping over to lean against the nearest person as the group walked along a crooked alleyway, searching more or less diligently. Kohaku was half-asleep, Koryu didn't care, and Kokuyo was just bored. Hisui, unsurprisingly, was the only one actually looking for Touya at all.
Kohaku's living pillow snorted and the angel's eyes flew wide open in alarm as she realized that it was Kokuyo. She squeaked in alarm and bolted straight upright, quickly retreating to hide behind Koryu, despite the fact that she was at least four or five times his size and he wouldn't have had any qualms about selling her out even if he WERE big enough to hide her.
"S-Sorry," she stammered, paling significantly.
Kokuyo snorted again and turned away. "Anyone see anything yet?" he asked, ignoring her entirely.
"Not even a glimmer of angel's light," Hisui replied with a sigh.
"Nope," Koryu said flippantly, yawning widely.
"Nuh-uh," Kohaku said softly.
"Well then, this has certainly been an exercise in futility," Kokuyo observed, scratching the back of his head.
Then a giant bejeweled and bewinged lion flew past them with two teenage girls on his back, the darker one holding a video camera and the lighter wielding a bright pink staff and accidentally knocking Kohaku and Koryu head over heels.
"That wasn't normal," Hisui observed.
"Oh no!" the lighter girl shrieked. "Kero-chan, go back, go back!" The lion obediently turned a quick one-eighty and dashed back up to the group.
"Oh, are you alright, Miss?" the darker girl asked worriedly, looking down at Kohaku.
"I'm sorrrrry!" the lighter wailed, balling up her fists and covering her mouth. "Are you okay?! You aren't hurt, are you?!"
"Ow . . . " Kohaku mumbled.
"Oh wow, you're so PRETTY!" the girls squealed in unison, eyes simultaneously turning starry.
"Would you get off me already?!" Koryu screamed, struggling to wriggle out from underneath the angel.
"How cute!" The darker girl beamed and jumped off the lion to zoom in on him with her camera. "Sakura-chan, look! Isn't she adorable? I could make the CUTEST dress for her! With frills and bows and-"
Koryu twitched. "I am NOT a woman!" he howled.
"Oh!" She smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry! But anyway, like I was saying, with frills and bows and-"
"I AM A MAN!" Koryu yelled, glaring daggers at the girl.
" . . . and your point is?" The darker girl blinked at him. He twitched again.
"We are SO sorry," the lighter girl apologized again, helping Kohaku to her feet. "This is Daidouji Tomoyo, and I'm Kinomoto Sakura."
Kohaku nearly fell over. "Er . . . Kinomoto, you said?" she asked weakly. That certainly sounded familiar . . . she couldn't know Touya, could she?
"Yup!" The girl grinned at her. "You want us to buy you some cake?" she offered. "As an apology?"
"Um, no, thank you," Kohaku said quickly. "That's alright; we're not hurt."
"Easy for you to say, tubby!" Koryu yelled. "You didn't have a fat little brat land on you!"
"Who's fat?!" she demanded.
"You too stupid to understand me?" he snapped.
"Hush," Kokuyo said simply, instantly winning complete silence.
"Oh, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo cried in sudden dismay. "Look how late it is! Mother told your dad we'd be back by one!"
"Don't worry, Tomoyo, Daddy's giving a lecture today anyway," Sakura replied with a smile. "So it'll be okay if we're a little behind schedule."
"It's four o'clock," Kokuyo informed her blandly.
Sakura blanched. "Whaaat?!" she yelped.
"He's right," Tomoyo said sheepishly, holding up her wristwatch and pointing to the time.
"Oh my God, Dad's gonna KILL me!" she wailed.
"I told you we were late, didn't I?" the lion said dryly.
"Hello, Lion-san," Kohaku said politely, half-bowing. "Sorry to get in your way."
"My name is Kerberos," the lion informed her. "And it's fine, really."
"Oi, Kero-chan- quick, get small!" Sakura hissed. "We're in trouble if anybody sees you!"
"Little late to worry about THAT, ain't it?" Koryu raised an eyebrow dubiously, folding his arms.
"We didn't think anyone would be down this alley," Tomoyo explained even as the lion shrunk into a smaller, cuter, and far more travel-sized version of himself. "But you don't seem phased at all- why is that?"
"They aren't human," Kerberos said, yawning idly. "Dunno WHAT they are, really, but they've got some killer auras."
"Yeah," Sakura agreed, biting her lip. "I can sense it too."
"Can you?" Kokuyo raised an eyebrow and took the girl's chin in his hand, leaning over to inspect her carefully. "Mm . . . I sense much magic in you as well, little one."
Sakura blushed under his intense gaze. "Oh, well, I don't have so much- really, Syaoran was always better at it than I was anyway, you know how it is . . . " she babbled nervously. "Um."
"We're still late, you know," Kerberos remarked.
"Ack!" Sakura squeaked in dismay. "Crap, WHY can't I stay focused?!" she wailed. "Come on, Tomoyo-chan, we have to hurry!"
"It's not like we can get much later," Kero muttered.
"But if we're lucky, Daddy's lecture ran over, so he'll still be out!" Sakura said excitedly. "And if I use Fly, we'll get there in a flash!"
"What's wrong with me?" Kero looked insulted.
"Nothing, Fly's just less conspicuous!" Sakura explained quickly. The guardian continued to sulk. "Kero-chaaan!" she protested exasperatedly. "Come on, you know I'm right!"
"Doesn't mean I have to like it," Kero muttered.
Kohaku watched them somewhat nervously. The idea of meeting two Kinomotos in such a brief span of time without there being at least SOME kind of relationship between them was rather unlikely, and if she went by how quickly Touya had picked up on his angelic senses and dispatched of the crow . . . It would seem that he'd had some sort of background in magic. And these two- they absolutely oozed with it.
Which meant, if she followed them, they might lead her to Touya.
She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.
"FLY!" Sakura suddenly shouted, snapping Kohaku's focus back to the present. Her staff was glowing brilliantly and- was that a card in the air? The angel didn't get a chance to find out, as whatever it was vanished and the staff inexplicably sprouted a huge pair of wings.
A harsh flap, and it lifted up immediately, even as Sakura and Tomoyo both jumped on and Kerberos's form morphed into that of what looked like a small stuffed doll.
"Nice to meet you!" Sakura called down to them, and then the three were off like a shot.
Kohaku would've let them go if, at that moment, she hadn't suddenly recalled the sight of Touya peering in under her blanket in the laundry basket. Though he had acted calm and in control, in the back of his eyes she had seen something very much like helplessness.
He had been lost, and he had been afraid, and even if he'd seemed to be handling things, that didn't change the fact that he'd never dealt with anything quite like this before. And she could tell- Touya would not come back to her for help.
Kohaku's wings flared into existence, and she kicked off the ground to dash after them.
"Kohaku?!" Hisui exclaimed in shock.
She ignored the ex-angel. She couldn't leave him like that. She couldn't leave ANYone alone like that; trapped in body he didn't understand and with potentially dangerous powers. What if a demon found him?
Worse, if another angel did?
She had to help him.
Even if it meant admitting her mistake to Shuichiro.
* tbc . . . *
. : review the little angels : .
"Take The Back Way Home"
Kohaku sighed tiredly, slumping over to lean against the nearest person as the group walked along a crooked alleyway, searching more or less diligently. Kohaku was half-asleep, Koryu didn't care, and Kokuyo was just bored. Hisui, unsurprisingly, was the only one actually looking for Touya at all.
Kohaku's living pillow snorted and the angel's eyes flew wide open in alarm as she realized that it was Kokuyo. She squeaked in alarm and bolted straight upright, quickly retreating to hide behind Koryu, despite the fact that she was at least four or five times his size and he wouldn't have had any qualms about selling her out even if he WERE big enough to hide her.
"S-Sorry," she stammered, paling significantly.
Kokuyo snorted again and turned away. "Anyone see anything yet?" he asked, ignoring her entirely.
"Not even a glimmer of angel's light," Hisui replied with a sigh.
"Nope," Koryu said flippantly, yawning widely.
"Nuh-uh," Kohaku said softly.
"Well then, this has certainly been an exercise in futility," Kokuyo observed, scratching the back of his head.
Then a giant bejeweled and bewinged lion flew past them with two teenage girls on his back, the darker one holding a video camera and the lighter wielding a bright pink staff and accidentally knocking Kohaku and Koryu head over heels.
"That wasn't normal," Hisui observed.
"Oh no!" the lighter girl shrieked. "Kero-chan, go back, go back!" The lion obediently turned a quick one-eighty and dashed back up to the group.
"Oh, are you alright, Miss?" the darker girl asked worriedly, looking down at Kohaku.
"I'm sorrrrry!" the lighter wailed, balling up her fists and covering her mouth. "Are you okay?! You aren't hurt, are you?!"
"Ow . . . " Kohaku mumbled.
"Oh wow, you're so PRETTY!" the girls squealed in unison, eyes simultaneously turning starry.
"Would you get off me already?!" Koryu screamed, struggling to wriggle out from underneath the angel.
"How cute!" The darker girl beamed and jumped off the lion to zoom in on him with her camera. "Sakura-chan, look! Isn't she adorable? I could make the CUTEST dress for her! With frills and bows and-"
Koryu twitched. "I am NOT a woman!" he howled.
"Oh!" She smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry! But anyway, like I was saying, with frills and bows and-"
"I AM A MAN!" Koryu yelled, glaring daggers at the girl.
" . . . and your point is?" The darker girl blinked at him. He twitched again.
"We are SO sorry," the lighter girl apologized again, helping Kohaku to her feet. "This is Daidouji Tomoyo, and I'm Kinomoto Sakura."
Kohaku nearly fell over. "Er . . . Kinomoto, you said?" she asked weakly. That certainly sounded familiar . . . she couldn't know Touya, could she?
"Yup!" The girl grinned at her. "You want us to buy you some cake?" she offered. "As an apology?"
"Um, no, thank you," Kohaku said quickly. "That's alright; we're not hurt."
"Easy for you to say, tubby!" Koryu yelled. "You didn't have a fat little brat land on you!"
"Who's fat?!" she demanded.
"You too stupid to understand me?" he snapped.
"Hush," Kokuyo said simply, instantly winning complete silence.
"Oh, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo cried in sudden dismay. "Look how late it is! Mother told your dad we'd be back by one!"
"Don't worry, Tomoyo, Daddy's giving a lecture today anyway," Sakura replied with a smile. "So it'll be okay if we're a little behind schedule."
"It's four o'clock," Kokuyo informed her blandly.
Sakura blanched. "Whaaat?!" she yelped.
"He's right," Tomoyo said sheepishly, holding up her wristwatch and pointing to the time.
"Oh my God, Dad's gonna KILL me!" she wailed.
"I told you we were late, didn't I?" the lion said dryly.
"Hello, Lion-san," Kohaku said politely, half-bowing. "Sorry to get in your way."
"My name is Kerberos," the lion informed her. "And it's fine, really."
"Oi, Kero-chan- quick, get small!" Sakura hissed. "We're in trouble if anybody sees you!"
"Little late to worry about THAT, ain't it?" Koryu raised an eyebrow dubiously, folding his arms.
"We didn't think anyone would be down this alley," Tomoyo explained even as the lion shrunk into a smaller, cuter, and far more travel-sized version of himself. "But you don't seem phased at all- why is that?"
"They aren't human," Kerberos said, yawning idly. "Dunno WHAT they are, really, but they've got some killer auras."
"Yeah," Sakura agreed, biting her lip. "I can sense it too."
"Can you?" Kokuyo raised an eyebrow and took the girl's chin in his hand, leaning over to inspect her carefully. "Mm . . . I sense much magic in you as well, little one."
Sakura blushed under his intense gaze. "Oh, well, I don't have so much- really, Syaoran was always better at it than I was anyway, you know how it is . . . " she babbled nervously. "Um."
"We're still late, you know," Kerberos remarked.
"Ack!" Sakura squeaked in dismay. "Crap, WHY can't I stay focused?!" she wailed. "Come on, Tomoyo-chan, we have to hurry!"
"It's not like we can get much later," Kero muttered.
"But if we're lucky, Daddy's lecture ran over, so he'll still be out!" Sakura said excitedly. "And if I use Fly, we'll get there in a flash!"
"What's wrong with me?" Kero looked insulted.
"Nothing, Fly's just less conspicuous!" Sakura explained quickly. The guardian continued to sulk. "Kero-chaaan!" she protested exasperatedly. "Come on, you know I'm right!"
"Doesn't mean I have to like it," Kero muttered.
Kohaku watched them somewhat nervously. The idea of meeting two Kinomotos in such a brief span of time without there being at least SOME kind of relationship between them was rather unlikely, and if she went by how quickly Touya had picked up on his angelic senses and dispatched of the crow . . . It would seem that he'd had some sort of background in magic. And these two- they absolutely oozed with it.
Which meant, if she followed them, they might lead her to Touya.
She wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not.
"FLY!" Sakura suddenly shouted, snapping Kohaku's focus back to the present. Her staff was glowing brilliantly and- was that a card in the air? The angel didn't get a chance to find out, as whatever it was vanished and the staff inexplicably sprouted a huge pair of wings.
A harsh flap, and it lifted up immediately, even as Sakura and Tomoyo both jumped on and Kerberos's form morphed into that of what looked like a small stuffed doll.
"Nice to meet you!" Sakura called down to them, and then the three were off like a shot.
Kohaku would've let them go if, at that moment, she hadn't suddenly recalled the sight of Touya peering in under her blanket in the laundry basket. Though he had acted calm and in control, in the back of his eyes she had seen something very much like helplessness.
He had been lost, and he had been afraid, and even if he'd seemed to be handling things, that didn't change the fact that he'd never dealt with anything quite like this before. And she could tell- Touya would not come back to her for help.
Kohaku's wings flared into existence, and she kicked off the ground to dash after them.
"Kohaku?!" Hisui exclaimed in shock.
She ignored the ex-angel. She couldn't leave him like that. She couldn't leave ANYone alone like that; trapped in body he didn't understand and with potentially dangerous powers. What if a demon found him?
Worse, if another angel did?
She had to help him.
Even if it meant admitting her mistake to Shuichiro.
* tbc . . . *
. : review the little angels : .
