Author's Note: Here's another "rough draft" chapter. There's about twenty-seven in all, but I won't be putting them all up at once, of course.

Disclaimer: X and Tokyo Babylon, as well as all characters, events, and fictional places, belong to Clamp, and whoever else may own rights. I am simply borrowing for a non-profit means of entertainment, which only encourages further reading of actual Clamp materials.

Chapter Ten:

There was something about the way he moved...or maybe it was the glaciers that one could almost see forming in his eyes...or it could just be how almost everyone suddenly thought the sun shown out of his ass...but something about the Sumeragi made Suoh suspicious. And Suoh always trusted his instincts. Finely honed skills that only one trained as well as he had been, coming from a family who's abilities were passed down through the generations, he had learned to trust the gut reaction he got to some.

'There's just something not right about him.' Or it could have been that Kazuki also didn't seem to like him, a dead giveaway that something was up. The yumemi didn't know everything, but he knew about 90 of everything. 'I'll make sure security keeps an eye on him. No sense not being overly cautious when the young man would expect it.

Golden eyes, for once unfamiliar, watched Subaru's back suspiciously. He for the most part ignored it, but it was getting exasperating. He had expected the looks from the Ten no Ryu, but to get it from one of the three non-magic using people introduced was enough to make him paranoid. Of course, he knew who the other boy was--his name bringing up countless stories, almost legends, into his head. The heir of the famed Takamura clan would of course be weary of any newcomer, even someone who was said to be a savior of the world.

'Not that I don't appreciate his attention...' Subaru's eyes roved over the blue-haired boy. 'But I don't think that would go anywhere...' he then looked over to where the Takamura heir's eyes flickered every so often, 'he seems attached.' Not that he could blame either of the two, the blond and his bodyguard made a beautiful couple.

Subaru locked gazes with the golden-eyed boy, both of them holding each others attention. Something about the Clamp Campus Secretary didn't sit right with the onmyouji, but he decided to let it drop. If it was anything important it would come up again.

Looking around he found that the bodyguard wasn't the only one looking at him with something more hostile than the adoring stares of most of the Seals. The one introduced as Kuzaki Kakyou was also suspicious, although not quite as overtly as Takamura. The yumemi, because that's what Subaru was sure the man was as soon as their eyes met--that knowing look could not be held by any other type of person--was watching him out of the corners of his eyes, following his every movement. Those odd eyes would narrow whenever Subaru moved closer to the Ten no Ryu's Kamui during their conversation, the yumemi not relaxing much when he moved away.

Just one thought filled his mind: The yumemi knows.

He knew he shouldn't be surprised, knew he should be more shocked that no one else seemed to, but he couldn't help it. He vaguely remembered hearing that Hinoto was blocking the other dreamseers in the city, and that had to mean that the man just a meter or two away was more powerful than the Angels' yumemi. He had to hold back a smirk at the thought, knowing how the albino woman would react to the news and savoring the opportunity.

"Here we are, Sumeragi-san. The Imonoyama mansion." Nokoru's voice brought him out of his day dreams of the future and back to the present. Subaru was mildly impressed, it was at least as much as he expected it to be. They all went inside and broke off when Kamui excitedly volunteered to show him his room, most of the others once more leaving the mansion, including, much to Subaru's disappointment, Sorata.

Nokoru watched the two boys go up the stairs before turning back to the duo who had waited for him. Walking over to them he leaned his head against Suoh's shoulder, smiling sweetly as his bodyguard wrapped an arm around his waist. "Do you think he's really the seventh?" he asked seriously.

"No," Suoh answered at the same time that Akira murmured, "Maybe."

Nokoru looked thoughtful for a moment, then grinned. "Well, he seems to really like Yuziriha-chan...Anyone friendly to a girl can't be all that bad!"

Suoh rolled his eyes and Akira just smiled, shaking his head with a look that pretty much said 'that's our Kaichou.' They both exchanged amused looks as Nokoru whipped out a fan, the word 'chivalry' written on it.

"Come on, Kaichou, there's some paperwork I noticed piled on your desk when we left to meet the Sumeragi." The Imonoyama heir let out an 'eep' and gave a pleading look to the Takamura. "Uh, uh." Suoh shook his head. "You're not going to get out of it, this time, Kaichou."

Akira followed them, laughing happily as he listened to the Kaichou's complaints and his bodyguard's determined responses.

"Monou." The voice shocked /Kamui/ from his thoughts on the newest addition to the Angels and back to reality. He turned, not quite able to believe that he had been so out of it that someone had managed to sneak up on him, let alone an enemy.

"Sora-chan," he purred in a way that was quickly becoming familiar to both the monk and himself, watching as the Seal approached. "Whatever brings you here? Shouldn't you be over at the Campus playing house with your teammates?"

"Shouldn't you be out trying to destroy the world as we know it?" the teenage Dragon shot back, settling into step beside the older boy.

"Well, considering what I just heard about a new addition to your little family, I thought you'd be a lot more attentive to your place as the jester of the Dragons." The Dark Kamui watched the Ten no Ryu intently, looking for any crack in the well forged armor.

"What you just..." Chocolate eyes stared wearily at him. "You know, then. About the..." he just managed to catch himself before saying 'about the new Dragon.' He couldn't know for sure whether that was what the /Kamui/ was referring to. There could easily be some other development that Sorata was unaware of.

"The seventh Seal? Yes, I'm very well aware of that..." He smirked, amused at having gotten the upper hand of their conversation--the Seal had previously held the element of surprise in both, thus gaining the upper hand. Now it was the Chi no Kamui's turn to show off his own skills at manipulation. He wouldn't be lulled into a state of relaxation around the trickster once more. "Tell me, Sora-chan...is it true, that you'd willingly drop your pants in the middle of class for the chance to be fucked by the Sumeragi?"

"What?" The monk's cheeks were stained bright red, betraying the answer.

"He is very cute, though, isn't he? But so cold. Brr...I wonder if he's as frigid in bed as he is in conversation? If that's the case you'd have a better chance of enjoying a romp under the sheets with that priestess of yours than with him." His eyes glittered with malicious pleasure as he watched Sorata. "I'm starting to see a pattern in your romantic choices. Does that mean if I start acting like I have an icicle up my ass, you'll sleep with me?"

Sorata stared at his enemy. "I...you...what?" For once at a loss of words he instead opted to speed up his pace, walking quickly through the large crowd of people that littered the sidewalk.

/Kamui/ laughed as he allowed the Seal to escape, a grin upon his face when he turned around and walked towards the government building. Baiting the monk was quickly becoming his favorite past time. It was hard to get a reaction out of him that wasn't his usual cheery supposed-ignorance, but it was very much worth it when he did.