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 Eleven:

Sorata wasn't stupid. Oh, sure, he acted like it, sometimes, and he exaggerated his actions and made like an airhead, but he wasn't. He was the Star of Mt. Kouya, raised by the famous Stargazer since he was three. Someone who had lived almost his entire life within one of the world's most famous monasteries was raised to be smart. And so the young monk knew that there was something off. He just couldn't figure out what.

He had noticed instantly Takamura-san's dislike of Subaru, that had been one of the first visible reactions any of the three who ran the high school division of Clamp Campus had shown. He had also been quick to notice Kamui's sudden infatuation with the emerald eyed onmyouji. The thing that got him, though, was that it had taken until dinner that night to realize that they weren't the only two with such sudden and powerful emotions being caused in them by the Sumeragi's presence.

He watched Kakyou stare almost helplessly across the table at Subaru, something in the yumemi's manner stating that the silver-haired man was uncomfortable. The looks he was giving the Seventh Seal were not suspicious glances or blushing flicks of the eyes. There was something very clear in the dreamgazer's regard. Something that said he knew Subaru to the very essence of his being, and didn't like what was there. It unsettled Sorata, because he was beginning to wonder whether or not he had been too trusting of the Sumeragi, in a battle where trusting the wrong person could easily lead to the end of the world.

Kakyou looked across the table at the Sumeragi, wondering again how it came to be that he was sitting directly opposite the false Seal. Oh, he knew that the boy was a Chi no Ryu, had known even before Sorata and Arashi had gone looking for him. And the boy knew he knew. And the Takamura suspected he knew more than he let on. And everyone else was enamored with newest member of the household.

'This sucks,' was the first thought that had popped into his mind as the Sumeragi entered and sat down next to Kamui, the boy for once not clinging to the yumemi's side. The onmyouji had smiled at him in an odd way that seemed pleasant unless you were looking for the hard edge it held. Kakyou hadn't bothered to smile back, in any way.

Arashi sat on one side of the yumemi, Daisuke on the other, and the silver haired man had an odd hollow feeling inside him when he noticed the monk that usually occupied one of those two seats had instead opted to sit beside the Kamui he had sworn to protect. 'The only person besides Kishuu-san that he'd sacrifice his life for,' the thought was sour, causing the yumemi to blink in surprise and decide to store that emotion away for later dissection.

Pleasant conversation began and stopped when Akira entered with the food, everyone ogling the delicious meal the master chef had prepared. It began again almost as soon as everyone had been served. Nokoru was trying to convince the Takamura of something, whatever it was had not been stated, obviously already known to both parties. The rijichou's bodyguard was refusing. Sorata was trying to convince Kishuu-san to go on a date with him and Kakyou blocked out what would obviously be a refusal. Kamui wanted to go somewhere with the Sumeragi. What the Kamui wanted, the Kamui got. That weekend he'd be going shopping with the newest Seal.

"I'll go with you," Kakyou quickly said, at the same time as Sorata put in, "That's a great idea! Neechan and I will tag along!" The silver-haired man shot the monk a glance, noticing how those chocolate eyes seemed to rest on him just a moment too long before going back to the priestess of Ise.

"No, absolutely not," Suoh shook his head to emphasize his words.

"Oh, come on, Suoh, it will be so much fun!" It was very hard for the bodyguard to ignore the puppy dog eyes that Nokoru was casting his way, and he wondered whether or not he could get the rijichou drunk one night and have him sign a document making such blatantly adorable bribery tactics illegal on campus. He would have to look into actually letting the blonde drink the spiked punch at the school dances.

"No, and that's my final answer." And now the sapphire eyed boy decided to resort to whining and pouting, as Suoh also decided he would have to invest in some good earplugs, wondering why he had never done so before. "For a grown man, you're very good at acting like an elementary school student, Kaichou."

"Oh, you'll enjoy it. You're just being stubborn to see me beg!" The ninja resisted the urge to point in a miscellaneous direction and yell 'woman in trouble.'

Instead his golden eyes flashed over the table, noticing once more that the yumemi of the Ten no Ryu was trying very hard not to be caught staring at the Sumeragi, and that the Kamui had long since stopped caring about being noticed staring at the Sumeragi. The boy who was the object of both of the other Seals' attention was apparently basking in the spotlight, turning back and forth between an animated conversation with Arisugawa-san to smile and wink at Shirou-kun.

'Egotistical bastard.' Of course, Suoh thought that way of most people who so easily took the spotlight, because in his mind, the only one who should have others' attention had always been his One.

Meanwhile...

Satsuki sighed, tapping her fingers against the table as she waited for Kanoe to finish her irrelevant speech on their plans. The brunette held within her a certain amount of contempt towards the younger of their yumemi. What she was doing was by her choice. Her own free will. That was more than any of the Dragons could say. 'Although,' she reminded herself with a glance towards /Kamui, 'one particular Dragon had more freedom than the rest, and that almost got him killed.'

Yuuto's smooth voice instantly broke through the teenager's thoughts as he reported on what he had been able to spy of the Ten no Ryu since Subaru had joined them over a day before. All sounded good on that front. Karen's own words followed the blonde's, and Satsuki watched her Kamui's reaction with detached interest as the soap girl told of the onmyouji's 'friendliness' with various members of the other side. The technology obsessed girl found it particularly amusing how the older female spent so much time and detail on how the Sumeragi had spent the first few hours of the day talking to the original Kamui. A cursory glance towards the eldest of the yumemi confirmed that she was obviously behind the pyrokinetic's sudden interest in hurting the Dark Kamui.

The meeting ended when their leader stormed out of the room, muttering something about "blowing off some steam." As Satsuki moved to follow out the door Yuuto stopped her with an arm on hers.

"It's your lunch time, isn't it? Would you mind if I accompanied you? I don't like to eat alone." His smile was brilliant, and she had to fight off a blush.

"If you wish," she kept her voice carefully uninterested, knowing that her Beast was watching and not wanting to hurt him.