Disclaimer: I do not own X or its characters – that honor belongs to the wonderful CLAMP alone.

Warnings: Shounen-ai of the S+S kind. Yes, my bias finally shows its colors. Sorry Kamui/Subaru fans. ^_^;;

Epilogue

"Hmm…the boy seems to be allergic to a combination of the drug and high sugar levels. Vast amounts of glucose allowed the drug's effects to be increased ten-fold, and his body shut down temporarily from the shock. However, the drug has almost run its course, so Kamui-kun here will be waking up soon enough." Dr. Koizumi adjusted his glasses. Three Dragons of Heaven breathed sighs of relief. One remained silent.

"Thanks, doc. We can take him home?"

"Of course." He turned way from Sorata. "Sumeragi-san, I take it the drug has already worn off on you?"

Subaru nodded, but his gaze was still quietly on the unconscious boy. "I'll watch him."

"Subaru-san, are you sure?" Yuzuriha inquired.

"Please let me redeem myself."

"It's not your fault. I think I would have given into him, too. No one can stand the sadness in his eyes. It's too bad he used it against you in begging you to buy him some treats." Sorata put a friendly arm on Subaru's shoulder.

"Thank you Sorata. But he was my responsibility. I'll stay."

"We'll try to contact you if any Dragons of Earth are spotted," Arashi said politely as the group left Kamui's room.

"Thank you."

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"Stalking your prey?" /Kamui/ smirked as he walked around one of the sakura trees on CLAMP campus. The Sakurazukamori was leaning against the trunk, and watching the scene unfold through his shinigami's eyes perched at the window of Kamui's room. Subaru had not moved from Kamui's bedside for over an hour.

"Yes. I was bored, and Subaru-kun can be quite amusing."

"You're not smoking. You're watching your prey with all your concentration this time. People do not do that when they find something merely amusing."

Kamui's eyelashes fluttered. Subaru jerked.

"This circumstance is an exception."

"Really? I wonder why?"

Subaru's solemn face had been altered by a small smile as the onmyouji took hold of one of Kamui's hands. The boy was groggy and still blinking the vestiges of sleep away.

"I wonder why you are here," Seishirou retorted. His shinigami shifted on the windowsill. Subaru still had not noticed their voyeur.

"Why, our destinies are foreordained. The fate of Kamui and I are intertwined. Such as is yours and the Sumeragi's."

Something flickered in Seishirou's eyes for a brief moment when Kamui reciprocated Subaru's grasp. The boy was now wide-awake. A murmured conversation began. The Sakurazukamori didn't need to listen in on their conversation to know that Subaru was apologizing for some offense. The Sumeragi's green eyes were full of guilt.

"I-I'm so sorry, Seishirou-san!"

Once, Subaru had been concerned over him, too.

"You don't need to be so wary, Sakurazukamori-san. Your marks on him glow brightly. Strangely enough, I think the Sumeragi finds comfort in that."

"Perhaps as a source of hate. He wishes to kill me."

/Kamui/ laughed. "His wish is very different from your own. It is one you would not expect."

Seishirou startled at the same time as Subaru did. The white onmyouji had noticed the bird of prey peering in from the closed window. Subaru's grasp slid away from Kamui's as he approached the bird. Seishirou held his breath. There was something in the green gaze. Something only for the Sakurazukamori…eternally for the one called Seishirou Sakurazuka.

"Goodbye, Sakurazukamori." /Kamui/ disappeared. He no longer wore his patronizing smirk.

Green eyes met the golden of Seishirou's bird.

"Sayonara, Subaru-kun. Now I know…our next meeting will be our last." Seishirou melted away in a breeze of Sakura petals with something akin to happiness in his smile. His bird of prey dissipated along with its master, abandoning Subaru.

"Subaru?" Kamui sat up. His purple eyes were back to their normal melancholy. He stood up to stand besides Subaru. It was a long while before Subaru noticed him.

"Kamui! You shouldn't be up!"

"Is everything okay?" His fingers clutched around one of Subaru's sleeves.

"Of course, although I've never been high on drugs before. Are you?" Subaru laughed. Only the most sensitive of ears could have heard the echo of melancholy in their charming peal. Kamui did not hear it.

The gears of fate moved…

"Yeah," Kamui beamed back.

"I'm glad."

…Rainbow Bridge and the solemn fulfillment of 1999 awaited.

The (Very) End

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