London Moon

Touya sighed. His first week of school had been a tough one. He and Chaery had become friends, and it was a good thing too, because they both had a lot of homework, and could use the help. Yukito had too, and both of them were coming to his house this Saturday afternoon.

But Touya's mind wouldn't let him be completely at ease with Chaery. Just yesterday, he had learned that Eriol Hiragizawa had returned from London, and Ruby had, too. What was it, London Week? The only person needed now was Misuki-sensei and they would have everyone, plus a creepy new girl that wasn't that creepy.

'With my luck,' Touya tought to himself. 'The brat will show up from Hong Kong next...'

"Oniichan!" he heard Sakura yell up to his room. "Yukito and some girl are here for you!"

"Coming!" he called as he left his room with his books, and went down the stairs. He didn't feel like showing Chaery his room, so when he reached the two of them, he led them to the living room. He couldn't help but notice how natural the two of them looked together in their casual clothes...

"Didn't you notice Touya?" Chaery pouted as they entered the living room. Setting his books down on the coffee table, he turned to look at her. Then he noticed that her hair was tied up in two high pig tails with dark blue ribbons.

"Green ribbons," he muttered.

"No," Chaery looked up at him, blinking in confusion; Yukito laughed silently. "They're blue... see? BLUE."

"They're supposed to be green," Touya shrugged, and sat down. "Aqua green infact." Chaery stared at him, before sitting down huffily. Yukito wisely sat himself in between them.

"You," she muttered, taking her books out of her bag. "Are impossible."

"All in a days work," Touya replied with a grin. Yukito burst out laughing as Sakura came into the room with drinks for them all.

"What are you laughing about?" Chaery snapped at him; Sakura glared at her, setting glasses down infront of them.

"You two sound like an old married couple," Yukito sniggered.

"We straightened it out that I wasn't his type as he was buying me lunch on the first day," she said; Sakura poured their drinks. "But he made it impossible for me to do a simple -joke- with his 'aqua green' remark..."

"If your going to do the joke," Touya said to her. "Then you have to do it right. It's simple fact."

"Fact my a-"

"Is there anything else Sakura?" Yukito interrupted her. Sakura stood there now, with nothing else to do but glaring at Chaery. She jumped at her name being mentioned, and blushing, excused herself from the room.

"Yukito," Chaery said dramatically. "My hero... you saved me from cussing infront of Touya's little sister... how brave you are!" both boys laughed, and for the next hour or so, they worked on their homework, helping each other out every now and then...

Crunch, crunch, crunch...

"Do you really think that they'll end up together?" Tomoyo asked; her and Sakura sat in the Kinomoto kitchen with Kero, listening carefully as Kero munched on an apple; Tomoyo had arrived twenty minutes after Yukito and Chaery had.

"Yukito said that they acted like a married couple," Sakura said, nodding. "So yeah, I think they will... but I don't like her. She snapped at Yukito!"

"She must be nice if she's their friend," Tomoyo pointed out with a kind smile. "Oh... and I bet you five dollars and a cake that they won't end up together."

"Three dollars and four cakes," Sakura grinned at Tomoyo, sticking out her hand.

"Deal," Tomoyo said, grasping it.

Clunk.

"Itai," Chaery swore, rubbing her foot. She had just dropped her text book. "Common guys... I need a break. I can finish the last questions in ten minutes... later."

"Ten minutes?" Touya said, not looking up from his homework; he was a little over halfway done. "How will you manage that? You have as much homework as me!"

"Actually I have more," Chaery said, picking dirt from under her nails. "But I'm a fast worker... a really fast worker."

"We've noticed," Yukito grinned at her. He was about halfway done his homework too. "How about it Touya? I think we deserve a little break."

"Fine..." Touya sighed, but put his work down. "Ten minutes, and then we're back to work."

"Twenty," Chaery glared, leaning forwards to look around Yukito.

"Fifteen," Touya said back.

"Deal," Chaery was suddenly all smiles, and sat back. "Your an excellent haggler Touya."

"Thank you," Touya smiled. Yukito and him sat back as well, and the three of them enjoyed a few moments of doing nothing...

"You know what?" Yukito said, breaking their revine.

"What?" Chaery and Touya both replied automatically, only half listening.

"You two would be perfect for each other," that woke Touya up...

"What!?" He said, sitting up straight and looking at his friend; Chaery didn't seem to be phased.

"He's not my type," she said, as she stiffled a yawn. That surprised him, and Yukito too.

"Then why exactly are you doing all that... flirting?" Touya asked, staring at her now.

"I was flirting?" Chaery asked, looking at him lazily.

"Pouncing on me... walking with me to the cafeteria everyday... hanging out with me," Touya named off the top of his head, still looking at her. "Coming here today... wearing ribbons in your hair... using me in your little 'plots'..."

"I get the picture," Chaery stopped him, grinning. "And if I didn't know better, I would say that you wanted me to have been flirting..." Touya didn't even dignify this with an answer as he glared, "nah, you just seemed like a nice guy when Ruby was clinging to you, and Yukito was a nice guy, so I thought, 'what the hell! Lets make friends with them!' That isn't a crime, is it?"

"No," Touya said, shaking his head. "But now I'm curious... what sort of guy -is- your type?"

"You don't wanna know," Chaery laughed.

"Why not?" Yukito asked; Chaery looked at him, an eyebrow raised. "What? Now I'm curious too!"

"My standards are even more impossible then Touya's," Chaery shrugged, pulling her homework back into her lap. Yukito took it away from her, and she glared at him.

"Well?" Touya said.

"Well what?" she said back, trying to get her homework that Yukito put behind his back.

"What are your standards?" Touya asked, grinning. Chaery sighed, and flopping down, resting her legs over top of Yukito's.

"He has to be a certain height, with a certain colour eyes, and certain shade of hair," Chaery started. "His hair has to be a certain length, with a certain hair style, and he has to have this certain smile..."

"Your right," Touya agreed with her. "Your standards are more impossible then mine... so, who's the lucky guy?"

"Nani?" Chaery leaned on her elbows, and looked at the two of them.

"It's obvious that its already a 'certain' guy," Yukito supplied the answer, putting her homework on the table. "Because you probably saw him in school or something... so, who is it? Do we know him?"

"You two are worse then girls," Chaery replied, rolling her eyes. She sat properly, and turned her back to them. Just as Touya thought she was going to say some snide remark about it being none of their business, she grabbed the hem of her shirt and lifted it up her back carefully. This gesture wasn't anticipated, and left Touya with a slight pink tinge to his cheeks and Yukito a lovely shade of red, but it revealed the tattoo of a familiar looking, silver-haired angel infront of a large cresent moon, with the kenji for 'tsuki' between her shoulder blades, partcially out of view because of her shirt and bra.

"T-that's him?" Touya said once he found his voice. Thankfully, Chaery dropped her shirt and turned to face them again.

"That's a more romanticized version of him," Chaery said, looking at them both. "I just handed the tattoo guy his picture and told him to do him as an angel, and that I didn't care what it ended up like as long as it was similar... are you okay Yukito?"

"F-fine..." Yukito managed to say; he refused to meet her eyes.

"You sure?" Chaery asked, her voice filled with concern. She touched his forehead with the back of her hand. "Your burning up!"

"I'm fine!" Yukito said quickly. "Honestly!"

"Awright..." Chaery said slowly, standing up. "Well, I'm jus' going to go to the washroom... I'll be right back!" She stood up and left, both of them watching her leave.

"Yukito!" Touya mocked in a high-pitched voice, feeling his friend's forehead. "Your burning up!" Yukito's cheeks turned an even more brilliant shade of red, and Sakura walked into the room, Kero on her shoulder and Tomoyo behind her.

"Hows the homework group doing?" Tomoyo asked pleasantly.

"Just fine," Touya said with a grin. His grin grew as Yukito grabbed his drink and gulped it down, almost choking.

"Are you okay Yukito-san?" Sakura asked worridly. She felt his forehead like Chaery and Touya had, and frowned. "Your burning up."

"Don't worry," Touya assured her, slapping Yukito's back. Yukito smiled at him greatfully. "He's just got something called infac-" he never got to finish as Yukito kicked his shin, and interrupted him.

"It's just a little stuffy in here, that's all," he said, a smile plastered on his lips. "Nothing to worry about!"

"Okay," Sakura said, sitting down. "So... who was that girl?"

"Yeah," Tomoyo agreed, sitting down as well. "I've never seen her around."

"Transfer student," Touya explained. The red which had started to leave Yukito's face had suddenly come back. "Her name is Chaery Tsuki... you know, she has this tattoo-" Yukito kicked him again, but didn't interrupt this time. Touya just took a sip of his own drink, and set it back down.

"I didn't see a tattoo," Kero pipped up for the first time. "Was it of anything cool? Snake? Dragon? Yin-yang?"

"Why don't you tell them Yukito?" Touya said with a smirk. If possible, Yukito turned redder. "After all, you were closer then me..."

"It was... um..." Yukito stumbled over the right words to use. "Well..."

"Yes?" Sakura leaned forwards slightly, and Kero took flight, coming to sit down on Chaery's homework. Yukito seemed determinded to look at anything but the people around them. Tomoyo giggled suddenly, and stood up. She walked over to Touya, and leaned to whisper in the boy's ear.

"Is it something really embarassing?" the girl asked him. "Like... a hentai picture?"

"Iie," Touya shook his head. "It was more the..." he coughed lightly, "possitioning, that has him flustered." Yukito glared slightly, and Sakura blinked in confustion. Both Kero and Tomoyo found it equally as funny as he did though. The pair of them spent the better part of five minutes guessing what it could be in Touya's ear, Sakura getting more confused with each answer.

"I'm back!!" Chaery said suddenly, cutting off one of Kero's guesses. He hid behind Touya's back to avoid any questions, and tried to find somewhere less noticable to hide as the guest walked back into the room. "Miss me?"

"Of course miss high and mighty," Touya snorted. His eyes twinkled mischeviously. "You know... I was thinking, cut your mystery guy's hair and it would almost be Yukito."

Chaery sat down between Touya and Yukito, Sakura glaring at her again and Tomoyo eyeing her. She herself eyed Yukito, who squirmed slightly under her gaze, before turning back to Touya who was trying to stop himself from laughing at his friend's predicament.

"Nah," she shook her head, her pigtails swaying. "Yukito is cuter then my mystery guy. Now, I've got ten more minutes of homework to do, then I have to choose between talking to the young ladies over there or helping you two." Humming under her breathe, she pulled her homework into her lap, and continued to work on it without another word.

"This is Chaery," Touya said, shaking his head but starting on his homework again too. Wordlessly, Yukito started on his as well, his face simmering down. Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other, and then collected the glasses. Sakura made sure to slip close to Touya so that Kero could hide behind her as they left.

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"She seems really nice," Tomoyo said, walking beside Sakura.

"I don't know..." Sakura said with a frown. "I don't like her... it's like she's hiding something..."

"What could she be hiding?" Tomoyo asked as they entered the kitchen. Kero sat down on the counter, looking at them.

"Tomoyo-chan is right," he agreed. "She is nice, and your brother is getting some of his magic back, right? He woulda been able to sense if she had magic or somethin'. Heck, you woulda been able to sense it too, kiddo!"

"I know..." Sakura nodded, leaning against the counter. "It's just that... something was off. I think I should tell Eriol-kun."

"Theres no need," Kero said with a sigh. "Your brother said that she had a tattoo, right?"

"Right," Sakura nodded, looking at Kero.

"Well, then if it was anyone to worry about," Kero started. "It would of been a symbol or something, but I'm sure he would of told us that. And if it were anyone with ancient magic, which I highly doubt, then Clow Reed probably met up with them at some point in time, and he always marks his enemies with a symbol as well. Heck, even Yue has a tattoo on his back."

"Really?" Tomoyo said, astonished at this; who would think that Yue would sit through the task of getting a tattoo! "What of?"

"The kenji of the word 'tsuki'."