By Syf
Chapter Two"Yue, you aren't eating your cake," Kero complained poking the guardian in the chest with his paw. Lucky for Yue, Kero was in his toy form. Otherwise the force of the push would have resulted with him sprawled on the ground. Kero might be gentle but he was still a powerful beast. Although looking at him now, one wouldn't think that he was that powerful. Pink icing was smeared all around Kero's mouth, making it look like he was a toy who had a very messy accident with pink lipstick.
Yue looked at him with barely veiled disgust on his face. There was icing on Kero's paws as well as his mouth. Fortunately Kero had poked him with the paw that was moderately clean, meaning Yue's shirt was only messy instead of very messy. There was a pink paw print left on Yue's uniform looking very out of place on the neat guardian.
"I've told you before, I don't eat. I don't need to eat and I don't want to eat. Now get your dirty paw away from my clothes," Yue said scowling slightly. In retaliation Kero suddenly swooped in and landed a big, messy kiss on Yue's cheek. Just as suddenly a camera flash went off beside the two, immortalizing the amusing scene.
Tomoyo held up her camera and shrugged. "Sorry I just couldn't resist," she said not looking very apologetic. Beside her Sakura was giggling and Touya looked like he wanted to laugh but didn't dare to. Yue looked from them to Kero and back. Yue's mind was focused on one thing and one thing only. Revenge. He looked around the place and his eyes landed on his birthday cake.
"That cake is mine and I can do what I want with it?" he asked politely, pointing at the cake. Since Sakura had forgotten to measure out the ingredients correctly there was still half of the cake leftover. Sakura, Tomoyo, and Touya shared a three-way look.
"I suppose," Sakura said with a shrug. The three looked on with curiosity as a small smirk appeared on Yue's face. The moon guardian turned to look at the confused Kero and still with that smirk on his face he grabbed the sun guardian out of the air.
"Hey! What're you doing?" Kero yelled struggling to get out of his brother's grasp. Hs efforts were futile. Yue was stronger than him in this form and in his panic he didn't think to change into his other form. As his mistress and her friend and brother looked on Yue walked over to the table.
"Consider it an early birthday present for you, since you seem to like cake so much," Yue said gravely holding Kero up by the scruff of his neck, directly over the cake. Kero's eyes widened as he realized what Yue was about to do.
"YU-mmmph," the rest of Kero's yell was stifled as he was pushed head first into the cake. His revenge accomplished Yue took a few steps back, and to the left so that Sakura was between him and the cake. It was a shrewd move on his part, as was to be proved in the next few minutes.
Now that he was freed from Yue's grasps Kero flew up into the air, a strange figure covered in icing. He could barely make out his brother due to the icing in his face. Yue decided to give him a helping hand. "Had enough of cake Kero?" Yue taunted safe behind Sakura.
With a loud yell Kero charged toward Yue, relying on his sense of hearing to guide him. It was too bad he didn't see Sakura in his way, and it was too bad that Sakura didn't figure out Yue's schemes until too late.
BANG!!!
THUMP!!!!
"KERO!!!!"
On the ground was Sakura, her face and her shirt covered in icing. The source of that icing was beside Sakura, whirls in place of eyes, and a silly smile on his face. Tomoyo was shamelessly taping this on her camera, not caring that this was her best friend who was being embarrassed. Friendship was second place when it came to blackmail materials.
Touya, the smart boy, who had figured out Yue's devious plan, had stepped away. The moon guardian had also stepped away cautiously, in case Sakura fell on him and was now looking upon the result of his plans with a smug smile. Touya shook his head in despair of his sister's humiliation.
"Wonderful kaijuu, you can't even control that stuffed toy of yours," he muttered quietly. Apparently not quiet enough since Sakura was up in an instance and in his face.
"Don't call me kaijuu," she snarled stomping on Touya's unprotected foot.
"Owwww!!!" Touya howled clutching his wounded foot. Hopping over to a chair he collapsed on it, scowling at his sister.
Yue laughed softly, his chuckles lost in Touya's yell. Tomoyo was cleaning Kero up with a hand towel. The toy had by now woken up and was glaring ferociously at his brother. As soon as Tomoyo was done he flew over to Yue to scream at him. The other guardian stared at Kero impassively letting him rage on.
Tomoyo stood back and watched as the two pairs of siblings fought it out. Sakura and Kero both were scolding their siblings like there were no tomorrow, while Touya smirked unrepentantly and Yue looked bored. The relationship between Sakura and Touya and Kero and Yue was so similar that it was almost scary. The dark haired girl laughed and looked up at the clock. Panic came over her face as she saw the time.
"Sakura your father's coming home in fifteen minutes!" she yelled to her best friend, cutting through Kero's diatribe and Sakura's rebukes. The two ceased to yell and look over at Tomoyo, who pointed at the clock mutely.
"Oh no!!!" Sakura yelped forgetting about her brother's offences in favor of the threat of her father finding out about Yue and Kero. She whirled around the kitchen cleaning up the mess that they had made. Tomoyo jumped into help her as did Kero.
Yue stood by not knowing what to do. He was unused to being around humans for this long and felt somewhat useless as they moved about cleaning up the house, even Kero was helping. "Here." Yue was surprised to find a small towel in his hands. He looked up and saw Touya staring at him.
"Excuse me?" he asked politely not knowing what Touya was trying to say. Wordlessly Touya pointed at Yue's cheek, the one with the cake icing and crumbs on it.
"Oh, yes," Yue murmured wiping the sticky substance away with a few swipes of the small towel. "Thank you," he said referring to the reminder. Touya shrugged and turned away.
"You can help me clean up the table," Touya said not turning around to face Yue. The moon guardian had his misgivings about being asked to clean up the table but nodded anyway, even if Touya couldn't see it. The mortal boy stacked up the dirty plates and handed them to Yue.
"Give them to Sakura," he instructed. Yue accepted the order with a silent nod. Back and forth Yue went transporting plates, cutlery and rubbish to the kitchen so that they could be taken care of by Sakura, who had cleaned the icing off her face but not her shirt, and Tomoyo who was washing up. Between the five of them the kitchen and dining table was cleaned in a matter of time.
Exhausted by the evening the five rested in the living room. On the table were Yue's presents in a bag, to make it easier for Yukito to cart them back to his house. Sakura and Tomoyo were giggling over something and Kero was listening in on them shamelessly. Yue, as usual, wasn't saying anything. He was standing by the window to watch for Sakura's father's return. Touya, ignoring everyone, was staring at his hands which were clasped on his lap.
"Hey oniisan, why don't you go talk to Yue," Sakura whispered nodding at the moon guardian. She had moved over to sit next to her brother. Kero and Tomoyo were talking animatedly about something on the other seat.
"Why don't you talk to him? You are his mistress," Touya pointed out somewhat confused by Sakura's request. The young girl sighed.
"So? You're his other form's best friend. I thought you might have more in common with him than me," she said logically.
"Yukito and Yue are completely different," Touy said his arguments logical. By this time Tomoyo and Kero had stopped talking to stare at the siblings curiously.
"Please," Sakura begged, "He looks so lonely." Touya glanced at Yue and had to admit that Sakura was, for once, right. Yue did look very lonely, standing at the window with his wings folded tightly behind him and his arms folded across his chest.
"Fine, whatever," Touya finally answered running a hand through his hair. A bright smile lit up Sakura's face.
"Thanks 'niisan, you're the best," she said gleefully. Touya wondered what was going on. Sakura's rapid mood change was very strange. He stood up and walked over the moon guardian. Yue didn't look up but Touya was sure that Yue knew he was there.
"So…" Touya trailed off. What was he supposed to talk to the icy creature about? 'How's it like, celebrating your birthday for the first time since your creator died?'. Nope, that was definitely not something he should say. So he settled for a predictable and boring question.
"Did you like your presents?" Yue looked up now, with a small amused smile, as if asking Touya 'couldn't you do better?'.
"Yes," he said shortly. Touya liked being around Yukito, but Yue was a completely different matter. At times the moon guardian got on his nerves, a lot. Suppressing the urge to roll his eyes, Touya did credit to his ancestors and soldiered on even if he got the feeling that the moon guardian was laughing at him.
"Did you like the cake?" he asked politely.
"I didn't eat it." By this time Touya knew that Yue was laughing at him. Giving up completely Touya lapsed into silence. Yue turned back to the window, not saying another word. Touya could hear Sakura, Tomoyo and Kero laughing behind them.
"Why are you talking to me?" Yue asked out of the blue.
"I wasn't talking to you, I was trying to talk to you," Touya corrected him. Yue waved that away and looked at Touya willing him to answer. Touya stared back coolly irritated by Yue's cold demeanor. Minutes passed, and neither one back down. In the end it was Touya who looked away.
Avoiding the original question, he asked one of his own. "When is Yukito's birthday?" Yue frowned, annoyed that his question hadn't been answered. But irritation turned to confusion when he heard Touya's question.
"You already know his birthday."
"No, I'm talking about the day that he was created, not that fake birthday you put in his head," Touya rephrased his question, looking back at Yue.
"Ahh…" Yue fell silent as he thought deeply. It had been long ago so he couldn't remember readily. "I believe that it was the 29th February when he came into existence," he finally answered shooting a glance at the boy who had asked the question. Touya's face revealed his surprise.
"Did I say something wrong?" Yue asked one eyebrow lifting up.
"That's my birthday," Touya blurted out amazed by the coincidence.
"Interesting," Yue muttered staring at Touya. His amethyst revealed none of his thoughts, so Touya had no clue as to what was going on in that complex mind. And at times he wasn't sure he wanted to know. It was unnerving to known that the other side of your best friend was a heartless, icy, magical being.
"What's interesting?" Sakura asked suddenly appearing behind Touya. Yue saw Touya flinch in surprise when he heard his sister's voice. Hiding a smug smile he turned to his mistress.
But before anything else could be said fate intervened in the form of Kinomoto Fujitaka. The sound of the front door being unlocked echoed in the suddenly silent room. The three humans and two guardians froze. With a burst of energy Sakura and Tomoyo ran off to distract Fujitaka while Yue changed back into Yukito.
Touya had to step back when Yue began to change. He shut his eyes as the light grew too bright to look at. When the light faded Yukito was back. The young man stumbled as he began to familiarize himself to the physical realm. Touya quickly stepped forward to grab his friend when it looked like Yukito was about to fall down.
"Thanks To-ya," Yukito said gratefully as he was saved from the embarrassment of an ungraceful fall.
"You're welcome," Touya said helping Yukito stand again. Before anything could be said Fujitaka walked into the room followed by Sakura and Tomoyo.
"Hello Yukito. How was the dinner?" As far as Fujitaka knew, Sakura and Touya had invited their best friends over for dinner, and cake.
"Good evening Kinomoto-san.," Yukito said politely, "The dinner was excellent. Touya and Sakura are very talented cooks." Sakura blushed at the compliment while Touya merely grunted. Fujitaka smiled at the characteristic reaction of his two children.
"I am sure they appreciate your compliment. Will you be staying over tonight?" This was a valid question since Tomoyo was sleeping over. But Yukito shook his head regretfully.
"I am sorry but I am going to an archery competition early tomorrow and I don't want to inconvenience anyone by waking them up early in the morning." Yukito smiled apologetically.
"Are you sure?" Fujitaka looked outside worriedly. "It is quite dark."
Yukito grinned. "It's quiet all right. I'll be perfectly fine." Fujitaka looked ready to argue but Touya stopped him.
"Don't worry I'll take him home myself," Touya said, leaving no room for arguments. Yukito smiled up at his friend gratefully. Reluctantly Fujitaka nodded his consent. Yukito collected his belongings and bowed to both Fujitaka and Sakura.
"Thank you for having me over for dinner. I'll see you on Monday Sakura," Yukito directed his last sentence to the girl who nodded happily.
"It was no trouble Yukito," Sakura said walking him and her brother to the door. "Good luck at the competition."
"Arigatou. Oyasumi nasai." The two smiling girls waved as Yukito and Touya walked away. The bespectacled boy waved back before turning around to face the right way.
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And that was the second chapter of Moonlit reflection. I have a vague idea of where I'm going with this. I'm just not sure how to get there. But for now things seem to be working out okay so I'm happy. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I have never gotten so much review for just two chapters. I was really surprised. It seems that there're more Yukito/Touya and Yue/Touya fans than I thought.
I appreciate people who put forth constructive criticism, but that doesn't mean I don't want pure simple praise, because I love that as well. It keeps my ego floating in the skies. In other words, I would appreciate it if people reviewed this chapter as well.