"My cousins and I have all been born with this curse." Kyo started, "Well,
not all my cousins, just myself, Hatsuharu and eleven more." He looked down
at his tea and took a sip. "We've been cursed to bear the forms of the
zodiac."
"Anytime we hug a girl we transform." Hatsuharu looked over at Li, who had transformed again when Meilin jumped on him in her joy of seeing him again. Meilin flushed and looked down at the ground, Li merely sighed.
"Ok, that's an interesting curse to be sure." Kero pondered, then the little guardian flew over to Kyo and asked, "But the cat is not part of the Chinese zodiac!" the boy growled and stood abruptly. Haru just grabbed the back of his borrowed shirt and yanked him back down.
"You know the story right?" the white haired boy asked.
"The banquet?" Meilin asked, "Where the rat tricks the cat and the cat doesn't get to go?"
"Yeah, well..."
"Damn rat." Kyo crossed his arms and sulked, another expression foreign to Li's face, the girls watched with interest.
"So we're stuck for twenty-four hours... is there anyway we hurry this up Yue?" Li asked, his kitty face resting on his paws.
"I'm afraid not, the CHANGE card just doesn't have the power necessary to change humans until he recharges for a full cycle of the sun."
"There isn't anyway I can..." Sakura yawned again as her eyelids fluttered closed.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo caught her friend as she tumbled off the couch. She stroked the light brown strands of hair from her face and looked up at Yue.
"She's still tired. She transformed two cards again today, and before she'd transformed the WOOD card and the GLOW card during the festival. That's four cards in one day." He set the girl in his arms and nodded to the visitors. "I'll just put her in bed."
"What's wrong with her?" Kyo asked as Yue disappeared upstairs, Kero following like a nervous mother.
"Her magic takes a lot out of her." Li commented, watching the creatures take their master to rest. "As does mine if I use it too much. Be careful Kyo, my body houses ancient powers." Li was about to go on as the smoke puffed and the loud pop sounded. "Meilin! DON'T jump me!" he shouted before the girl could get to her feet. Just get me something to wear!"
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"So..." Li smoothed the tee shirt and tugged on the orange hair nervously, "At least it beats switching places with that stuffed animal like last time."
"You've done this before?" Kyo asked as Tomoyo and Meilin stifled giggles.
"The first time the Clow Cards all escaped Sakura and I were in pretty stiff competition for them. I grabbed CHANGE when Kero did, Sakura sealed it, and Kero and I had switched places." He took a cup of tea and kneeled on the floor with as much dignity and sobriety as he could manage. "I got stuck in a toy claw machine."
"Really... wow." Haru managed without laughing at the discomfort on his cousins face. He reminded himself that the boy with orange hair was not currently Kyo, and the whole thing began to frustrate him.
"You know Kyo, this is all your fault!" he snapped finally.
"My fault? You stupid cow! What makes it my fault?" Kyo snapped back, his hands curled into fists as his temper rose.
"If you hadn't run from Sohma house none of this would have happened!" Haru pushed the boy, and got to his feet. "I can't believe you took off like that!"
"Akito..." Kyo began.
"Akito can kick you out of the family if he wants to! He's the head of the Sohma's for a reason you know!" Haru could feel his control slipping, and he really didn't want to black out in front of the strangers.
"He's a jerk!" Kyo surged to his feet and went as if to go after his cousin. But Li jumped between them.
"Please control yourself while you're in my body." He said quietly. Li picked up the fists Kyo had clenched and showed the boy how they glowed. "I can't see in this body, but I know that temper like yours can lash out at the worst possible time. If you decided to fight right now the magic in this body can and will strike out at anything it deems a threat." Kyo stared at his hands and watched as lightning seemed to dance over them.
"Oh, wow." He whispered incredulously.
"I've been training for my entire life to keep these powers under control. I'm afraid that for the next day you're going to have to watch your temper."
"Don't worry Li, I'll keep an eye on him for you." Meilin walked over to the boys and took each of their hands in her own. "I'll kick him if he forgets."
"Thanks Meilin..." he smiled nervously, "I think."
"I'll help too, we'll keep an eye on him at school tomorrow and we'll just pray that nothing unusual happens with the cards that we'd need you for." Tomoyo reminded him. "After all, it does seem to go better when you're around." She smiled gently, once again reminding Li of his feelings for the girl currently sleeping off a magic overload. He flushed and looked down at the ground.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Kyo promised, and shook his own hand. "Weird."
"Yeah, weird." Li took a deep breath and looked over at Haru. "You can help me right?"
"Haru isn't in my class, but he goes to the same school. It won't be too hard for him to show you my class room and where I sit... but I, I think I'd better give you a map." Kyo muttered.
"Hey!" Haru protested.
"You couldn't find your way out of a paper bag Haru!" Kyo argued, "I'll draw you a map back to the dojo and one to the school. You should have to go anywhere else... Akito isn't likely to send for me twice in a month." He looked up at Haru and asked, "Right?"
Haru sighed, "You really made him angry Kyo, but I don't think he'll want to talk with you until he's set a plan again. He upset you, which is all he probably wanted to do, when he mentioned Yuk-."
"Don't talk about that damn rat!" Kyo scratched his ear and looked up at Li, "The only people you should worry about are Master, and probably Kagura if she gets any ideas about me needing consoling."
"Kagura?"
"She's a cousin, she's cursed too, so you don't have to worry about her." Kyo took the paper and pencil Tomoyo offered and knelt to write on the table. "She's just really annoying, and she'll hang all over you if you give her half a chance."
"But what about..."
"Transforming? You don't have to worry about that with other members of the Zodiac."
"Oh... ok."
"Hey brat!" a deep voice called from the doorway. There stood a teen with dark brown hair and a suspicious glint in his eyes.
"Hi Toya-sama!" Tomoyo smiled cutely while she gathered cups; "Can you help me take these to the kitchen?" she winked at the others as she shoved the tray into Sakura's brother's hand.
"Thanks Tomoyo. Now lets finish this up before he comes back to ask detailed questions." Li muttered darkly.
"Who's that?" Kyo asked.
"Sakura's brother, he's not as sharp as he used to be, he had to give up his magic so Yue wouldn't disappear, but he still hates my guts..." Li glared at the wall separating him from the teenage hawk.
"So I should be careful?" Kyo asked.
"No, I hate his guts too... He and Yuki are together, so don't act surprised if..." Just as he said that Yuki, back in his human form, almost flew down the stairs. Toya appeared in the doorway just as Yuki skid to a stop.
"Sakura?" Toya asked as he took Yuki's hand gently in his own.
"She's sleeping." Yuki told the room, "She'll be fine in a little bit. Oh, and she wanted you to take Kero with you." He handed Kero to Li (in Kyo's body), "She said he can help you if you get in a jam."
"No way!" Li got up and stuffed the map in his pocket. The dryer dinged as Toya opened his mouth to ask a question. "Come on Haru, let's get changed and get out of here." He brushed rudely past the open mouthed Toya, and disappeared down the hall, Haru trailing after.
"So what are you doing here brat?" Toya asked Kyo.
"We were just bringing Sakura home!" Meilin jumped in, grabbed Kyo's hand and smiled brightly, "We'll just get our clothes and leave now too!"
"Good, go." He growled at Li, smiling impartially at the little Chinese girl.
Tomoyo just looked up at Toya and Yuki and smiled gently. "I must make a film with you two as my stars. You would just shine on screen!" she giggled as she past them to get her own clothes. "I'll just call my body guards and have them pick me up here, ok?" Toya watched nervously as the little girl almost glided down the hall.
"She scares me sometimes." He turned to Yuki, "ya know?"
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"Anytime we hug a girl we transform." Hatsuharu looked over at Li, who had transformed again when Meilin jumped on him in her joy of seeing him again. Meilin flushed and looked down at the ground, Li merely sighed.
"Ok, that's an interesting curse to be sure." Kero pondered, then the little guardian flew over to Kyo and asked, "But the cat is not part of the Chinese zodiac!" the boy growled and stood abruptly. Haru just grabbed the back of his borrowed shirt and yanked him back down.
"You know the story right?" the white haired boy asked.
"The banquet?" Meilin asked, "Where the rat tricks the cat and the cat doesn't get to go?"
"Yeah, well..."
"Damn rat." Kyo crossed his arms and sulked, another expression foreign to Li's face, the girls watched with interest.
"So we're stuck for twenty-four hours... is there anyway we hurry this up Yue?" Li asked, his kitty face resting on his paws.
"I'm afraid not, the CHANGE card just doesn't have the power necessary to change humans until he recharges for a full cycle of the sun."
"There isn't anyway I can..." Sakura yawned again as her eyelids fluttered closed.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo caught her friend as she tumbled off the couch. She stroked the light brown strands of hair from her face and looked up at Yue.
"She's still tired. She transformed two cards again today, and before she'd transformed the WOOD card and the GLOW card during the festival. That's four cards in one day." He set the girl in his arms and nodded to the visitors. "I'll just put her in bed."
"What's wrong with her?" Kyo asked as Yue disappeared upstairs, Kero following like a nervous mother.
"Her magic takes a lot out of her." Li commented, watching the creatures take their master to rest. "As does mine if I use it too much. Be careful Kyo, my body houses ancient powers." Li was about to go on as the smoke puffed and the loud pop sounded. "Meilin! DON'T jump me!" he shouted before the girl could get to her feet. Just get me something to wear!"
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"So..." Li smoothed the tee shirt and tugged on the orange hair nervously, "At least it beats switching places with that stuffed animal like last time."
"You've done this before?" Kyo asked as Tomoyo and Meilin stifled giggles.
"The first time the Clow Cards all escaped Sakura and I were in pretty stiff competition for them. I grabbed CHANGE when Kero did, Sakura sealed it, and Kero and I had switched places." He took a cup of tea and kneeled on the floor with as much dignity and sobriety as he could manage. "I got stuck in a toy claw machine."
"Really... wow." Haru managed without laughing at the discomfort on his cousins face. He reminded himself that the boy with orange hair was not currently Kyo, and the whole thing began to frustrate him.
"You know Kyo, this is all your fault!" he snapped finally.
"My fault? You stupid cow! What makes it my fault?" Kyo snapped back, his hands curled into fists as his temper rose.
"If you hadn't run from Sohma house none of this would have happened!" Haru pushed the boy, and got to his feet. "I can't believe you took off like that!"
"Akito..." Kyo began.
"Akito can kick you out of the family if he wants to! He's the head of the Sohma's for a reason you know!" Haru could feel his control slipping, and he really didn't want to black out in front of the strangers.
"He's a jerk!" Kyo surged to his feet and went as if to go after his cousin. But Li jumped between them.
"Please control yourself while you're in my body." He said quietly. Li picked up the fists Kyo had clenched and showed the boy how they glowed. "I can't see in this body, but I know that temper like yours can lash out at the worst possible time. If you decided to fight right now the magic in this body can and will strike out at anything it deems a threat." Kyo stared at his hands and watched as lightning seemed to dance over them.
"Oh, wow." He whispered incredulously.
"I've been training for my entire life to keep these powers under control. I'm afraid that for the next day you're going to have to watch your temper."
"Don't worry Li, I'll keep an eye on him for you." Meilin walked over to the boys and took each of their hands in her own. "I'll kick him if he forgets."
"Thanks Meilin..." he smiled nervously, "I think."
"I'll help too, we'll keep an eye on him at school tomorrow and we'll just pray that nothing unusual happens with the cards that we'd need you for." Tomoyo reminded him. "After all, it does seem to go better when you're around." She smiled gently, once again reminding Li of his feelings for the girl currently sleeping off a magic overload. He flushed and looked down at the ground.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." Kyo promised, and shook his own hand. "Weird."
"Yeah, weird." Li took a deep breath and looked over at Haru. "You can help me right?"
"Haru isn't in my class, but he goes to the same school. It won't be too hard for him to show you my class room and where I sit... but I, I think I'd better give you a map." Kyo muttered.
"Hey!" Haru protested.
"You couldn't find your way out of a paper bag Haru!" Kyo argued, "I'll draw you a map back to the dojo and one to the school. You should have to go anywhere else... Akito isn't likely to send for me twice in a month." He looked up at Haru and asked, "Right?"
Haru sighed, "You really made him angry Kyo, but I don't think he'll want to talk with you until he's set a plan again. He upset you, which is all he probably wanted to do, when he mentioned Yuk-."
"Don't talk about that damn rat!" Kyo scratched his ear and looked up at Li, "The only people you should worry about are Master, and probably Kagura if she gets any ideas about me needing consoling."
"Kagura?"
"She's a cousin, she's cursed too, so you don't have to worry about her." Kyo took the paper and pencil Tomoyo offered and knelt to write on the table. "She's just really annoying, and she'll hang all over you if you give her half a chance."
"But what about..."
"Transforming? You don't have to worry about that with other members of the Zodiac."
"Oh... ok."
"Hey brat!" a deep voice called from the doorway. There stood a teen with dark brown hair and a suspicious glint in his eyes.
"Hi Toya-sama!" Tomoyo smiled cutely while she gathered cups; "Can you help me take these to the kitchen?" she winked at the others as she shoved the tray into Sakura's brother's hand.
"Thanks Tomoyo. Now lets finish this up before he comes back to ask detailed questions." Li muttered darkly.
"Who's that?" Kyo asked.
"Sakura's brother, he's not as sharp as he used to be, he had to give up his magic so Yue wouldn't disappear, but he still hates my guts..." Li glared at the wall separating him from the teenage hawk.
"So I should be careful?" Kyo asked.
"No, I hate his guts too... He and Yuki are together, so don't act surprised if..." Just as he said that Yuki, back in his human form, almost flew down the stairs. Toya appeared in the doorway just as Yuki skid to a stop.
"Sakura?" Toya asked as he took Yuki's hand gently in his own.
"She's sleeping." Yuki told the room, "She'll be fine in a little bit. Oh, and she wanted you to take Kero with you." He handed Kero to Li (in Kyo's body), "She said he can help you if you get in a jam."
"No way!" Li got up and stuffed the map in his pocket. The dryer dinged as Toya opened his mouth to ask a question. "Come on Haru, let's get changed and get out of here." He brushed rudely past the open mouthed Toya, and disappeared down the hall, Haru trailing after.
"So what are you doing here brat?" Toya asked Kyo.
"We were just bringing Sakura home!" Meilin jumped in, grabbed Kyo's hand and smiled brightly, "We'll just get our clothes and leave now too!"
"Good, go." He growled at Li, smiling impartially at the little Chinese girl.
Tomoyo just looked up at Toya and Yuki and smiled gently. "I must make a film with you two as my stars. You would just shine on screen!" she giggled as she past them to get her own clothes. "I'll just call my body guards and have them pick me up here, ok?" Toya watched nervously as the little girl almost glided down the hall.
"She scares me sometimes." He turned to Yuki, "ya know?"
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REVIEWS?? For lil'ol'me? you guys ROCK!
Swt-Anime-Angel- thanks!
Aimee()- YOU rock! (big smile!) I love it when people are excited about my ideas!
Oo()- essentially I believe that not CC fanfic is complete without Toya/Yuki! Its such a great relationship! (oh and just WAIT until Eriol shows up... I have a great confrontation planned for him!)