Master of the Moon 2: Reed's Rival

By realixweatherfairy

Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captors or Winx Club!

Chapter 2: Answer

Sailing through time and space, Tsukiko once again felt a flat surface beneath her feet and opened her eyes. What she saw when she opened her eyes surprised her. She saw a mansion similar to the one her grandfather lived in with cherry blossom trees lining the walls and path that led to the mansion and many different types of flowers all around her. The many scents made the pounding of Tsukiko's heart calm, leaving her with serene feeling coursing through her veins. Walking toward the mansion, Tsukiko's eyes widened when she saw Yue and Keroberos sleeping underneath a cherry blossom tree in their true forms, with serene looks on their faces.

"They look so peaceful," she whispered.

"Indeed, they do," a masculine voice said from behind her. Suddenly frightened, Tsukiko turned around to come face to face with the man known as Clow Reed. She would have recognized him anywhere; he'd visited her dreams often enough. As he looked at her he smiled and said, "It is good to see you, little one. But I know that you have not come for idle chit chat. I believe you have questions for me."

"Um, hai," Tsukiko replied, "Why would your brother want me dead? I don't understand."

Eyes softening, Clow Reed said, "Ah, I see that you've met Klimen, my Chosen One. He was always jealous of the fact that my powers developed more quickly than his own did, and that when his did develop that mine were more powerful than his own. He would try to upstage me and accuse me of using my own powers to suppress his, which is as you know impossible. Once I created Yue, Keroberos, and the Cards, it was the last straw, he made an attempt on my life, but as you also know, Yue stopped him."

"But why would he be after me? I'm not you, and probably no where near as powerful," Tsukiko objected, making Clow Reed shake his head slightly and say, "I would have thought the answer to that question obvious, little one. He created his own Cards and guardians to destroy mine, and any who got in his way, but now they've come to you, Tsukiko Takaira Li, Princess of Realix, Fairy of the Crystal Hail Star, Master of the Heart Cards, and the Master of the Moon itself; you much more powerful than I could ever hope to be. Your grandmother made a very wise choice when she passed the Cards and their guardians into your care, my dear."

"But I'm not either one of you," Tsukiko interjected, "Yue and Kero still miss you both very much, but I don't want to be your replacement. I want to be their friend, more than anything else," never noticing that both Yue and Keroberos had woken and were staring at her and Clow Reed.

"You are their friend, little one, if I know Yue and Keroberos, and you know I do, you mean more to them than their own lives," Clow Reed replied, "You are much more powerful than you give yourself credit for," as Yue moved to join them and asked, "Master, who is she?"

Turning to Yue and smiling at him, Clow Reed said, "She is one of your future masters, Yue," causing Yue to glare at her and say, "I need no other master."

"I was not finished introducing her, Yue. She is my descendant from the future, a fairy, a princess, and the moon from my prophecy," Clow Reed finished, "Remember what I told you? Her name is Tsukiko." making Yue's eyes widen. Tsukiko refused to look at Yue and Keroberos, too afraid of what she might see. She remembered from the story of when her grandmother had gone to see Clow Reed the same way she had. Lost in her thoughts, she never noticed that Kero had come up to her to get a better look at her. When she finally looked at him, he whispered, "I sense that she bears great pain."

Tsukiko softly smiled at him, making him grin at her. It was obvious that Keroberos approved of her completely. Yue, however, narrowed his eyes at her. He could sense it too, but there was something about her; it was like her pain was greater than either his master, or Keroberos realized. He could feel it as if her pain were his own. When she finally looked him in the eye, it was almost as if his heart had stopped beating for a moment. Not liking the feeling that he was getting, Yue looked away and said, "You are Master Clow's successor then."

"No," Tsukiko replied, making him look at her weirdly, "My grandmother, Sakura Avalon, was. I am her successor." Suddenly Tsukiko felt a dark aura approaching and before Yue could reply, Tsukiko pushed the three of them away from the wall as a blast completely destroyed it. The force of the blast forced Tsukiko off her feet and made her land next to Yue, who was looking at her in shock. Coughing from the debris that was blowing around, Tsukiko turned to see her sister standing where the wall had once been. Solara was in her guardian form, and was scowling at her sister, who scowled in return.

Noticing the change in Tsukiko's attitude, Yue got to his feet and demanded, "Who are you and what do you want?" Solara didn't answer, only prepared to blast him again, but Tsukiko rammed into Solara with her shoulder throwing her off balance. Suddenly Clow Reed appeared next to Yue and said, "Remember what I told you, Yue. Tsukiko is the Moon from my prophecy."

"But then who …" Yue started before Tsukiko said, "She's my younger twin sister, the Sun," turning to him as a dark blue crescent moon symbol appeared on her forehead, and her wings appeared and hid her from view. Once Yue could see her again, her form had changed into her own guardian form. Taking to the air, Tsukiko sent a shower of blue crystals, meant to symbolize the element water, at Solara, who dodged and sent a black energy blast toward Tsukiko, who created a red barrier, meant to symbolize the element fire, and created a green bow and arrow, meant to symbolize the element earth, and fired it at Solara. It hit her much more quickly than one of Tsukiko's arrows normally did; until then Solara hadn't really realized that her sister had become more powerful since the last time they had fought. Deciding that she wanted to keep her life for today, Solara left.

Landing as she returned to normal, Tsukiko sighed in relief and said, "She never, ever, gives up."

"As you get more powerful, my Chosen One, so do the Cards and their guardians," Clow Reed said as they reappeared in space. Not answering him, Tsukiko whispered, "Yue."

"He was angry that I brought up the subject of my upcoming death again," Clow Reed explained, "But he loves you as he loved your grandmother before you, maybe even more than he ever loved me. You just need to follow your heart, little one, it won't lead you astray," as he disappeared and Tsukiko was once again in the courtyard of her grandfather's home; to be greeted by the rest of the Winx girls, the Red Fountain boys, Yue, and Kero, who sitting on the porch by the paper door with her grandfather.

The moment the girls realized that Tsukiko was back, they yelled her name and tackled her; telling her to never worry them like that again, making her laugh. The boys helped the girls to get up as Sky scolded Tsukiko for leaving without telling anybody. Yue remained on the porch with Tsukiko's grandfather; the way that Yue was looking at Tsukiko made Li ask, "Did something happen between you and Tsukiko in the past, Yue?"

Never taking his eyes off the girl that he was supposed to protect, Yue muttered, "No," in a firm voice, making Li chuckle. However, he knew what Tsukiko and Yue did not; there was more to the Prophecy of the Daughters of the Sun and the Moon.

"Tsukiko, don't you ever do that again!" Kero yelled, "You had me worried sick!" Blinking, Tsukiko replied, "Well, you were avoiding me, so I didn't think you'd actually care. I already knew that Julian and Yue wouldn't care."

"Just because you think that Julian wouldn't care, doesn't mean Yue doesn't," Kero muttered under his breath. He, like Yue, remembered that day that Tsukiko had shown up in the past to see Clow Reed.

-Flashback-

Once Yue and Keroberos got their bearings back and looked around the courtyard of their home, they saw Clow Reed standing alone with no sign of the girl known as Tsukiko.

"Where is the girl?" Yue asked, aggravation in his voice, though deep down he knew she was okay.

"Tsukiko has returned to her own time," Clow Reed replied, "Why so aggravated, Yue? Were you worried? You will see her again."

"I wasn't worried," Yue grumbled, though deep down he was. He didn't like the idea that she wasn't where he was, though he didn't know why he felt that way.

"There is a reason why you feel the way you do about her, Yue, you just have to find it," Clow Reed went on as the wind blew cherry blossom petals around the air.

-End Flashback-

Oh, yes, Kero remembered that day well. He didn't know how Yue truly felt about Tsukiko, but he had a feeling that it had something to do with Clow Reed's Prophecy of the Daughters of the Sun and the Moon and thought, "Maybe if I talk to the Kid, he'll know something."

Later that night, when he thought Tsukiko had fallen asleep, Kero left Tsukiko's room and headed to where he sensed Li's aura in the library. Thinking that Kero was up to something, Tsukiko had pretended to be asleep, and when he left her room, she followed him to the library where she could hear Kero and her grandfather talking.

"Good evening, Keroberos," Li greeted.

"What's up, Kid? There's more to Clow Reed's prophecy isn't there?" Kero asked.

"Why don't you read and find out?" Li replied while chuckling. Kero leaned over Li's shoulder and read out loud:

"When the Moon and Sun shine high in the sky together, two sisters born with their powers: The Moon will know light, love, and hope, but the Sun nothing but darkness, hate, and anger; they will always be apart, for together they will fall.

The Moon's heart will be torn apart by heartache, only to be healed by the Moon Guardian, whose heart belongs to another, She will heal his wounds as he heals hers, he will feel her pain as his own and know her better than she knows herself."

Having overheard the whole thing, Tsukiko's eyes widened; she wasn't supposed to fall in love with Yue's disguised form, but with Yue himself.

"How could this be possible?" Tsukiko thought as she blushed wildly and held her hand over her mouth, "But Yue's heart belongs to Clow Reed. This isn't possible!"

"NO WAY!" Kero yelled.

"I assure you, Keroberos, it is true," Li said calmly.

"The Moon Guardian? But does that mean that Yue and Tsukiko are supposed to fall in love with each other?" Kero asked.

"It does indeed sound that way," Li replied, "Neither Yue or Tsukiko are aware of the entire prophecy, only the first part."

"Why does Tsukiko not know of this?" Kero asked, confused.

"She would have rebelled against it," Li explained, "When she first heard of the prophecy, she said that she wasn't going to allow a prophecy to rule her life. If Tsukiko knew of the second half of the prophecy, she would never fall in love with Yue, or he with her."

"But I think Yue is already in love with Tsukiko," Kero admitted, "Ever since that day he met her in the past, though he'd never admit it."

Not able to stand hearing anymore, Tsukiko walked away; her mind in a whirlwind of emotion about what she had just heard and her heart was pounding. She couldn't believe that her grandfather had kept this from her, but he did have a valid reason. She did rebel against the prophecy when she first heard of it. She didn't believe that prophecies really did exist and that people actually lived their lives by them, and was determined to never be one of those people.

Walking back into her room, Tsukiko scoffed as she muttered, "No written words can tell me who I'll fall in love with." Instead of laying back down on her bed, she opened her window and climbed onto the roof and sat down. The roof had always been one of her favorite places on Earth. She could watch the stars and stare at the moon; doing these things kept her calm and enabled her to think clearly and without distractions. Whenever she was upset about something, she would go to the roof and clear her mind. Often she would fall asleep and not wake up until at least late the next day; worrying her grandmother, making her think that someone had kidnapped her.

While she was up on the roof that night, Tsukiko thought about her life. Though her Grandpapa Li and Grandmama Sakura lived on Earth, Tsukiko had been born on Realix and her parents would often bring her for visits, but that was until her third birthday when Baltor and the Ancestreses attacked her home, killing her parents, and forcing her Grandmama Amelia to send her to Earth to live with her father's parents. Though she missed her own parents, Tsukiko's grandparents did their best to not let her dwell on the fact that her parents were gone. When she turned four, her grandmother started telling her stories about the Clow Cards and their guardians, Yue and Keroberos. At the time, Tsukiko had thought that they were only stories, until she accidentally ran into Keroberos one day, and realized that the stories were real. When Tsukiko was four, she had no idea that she had had such powerful powers, but Keroberos could sense it about her and immediately told Sakura and Yue.

Both Yue and Keroberos then volunteered to not only look after Sakura and the Cards, but Tsukiko as well. Normally, Yue wouldn't interact with the girl, only look after her from a far, but in time, he couldn't help himself; he was drawn to her, like a moth to a flame. There was just something about her that made him want to smile, to want to play with her, to be her friend. However, when she was eight, a message came from Realix, Tsukiko's mother's realm, that Amelia would like to have her granddaughter come live with her for a while.

Once told about her Realixian grandmother's wishes, Tsukiko had cried and told them that she hadn't wanted to go, but Sakura, though it broke her heart, told her that they had no choice but to let her go. That night instead of crying herself to sleep in Sakura's lap like she used to, Tsukiko cried on Yue's lap. Normally Sakura was the one who could bring her back from the point of hysteria, but this time it was Yue. He hadn't liked that fact that she was leaving either, but there was nothing he could really do about it.

After nine years, none had heard hide or hair about Tsukiko, except for occasional transmissions from Amelia telling them that Tsukiko had followed into her mother's footsteps and grown fairy wings and was attending school to help her control her powers, but nothing else, and no message from Tsukiko herself. She was busy making friends, fighting evil, and trying to get through school. It wasn't until the beginning of the summer of her third year that Tsukiko was heard from, only a single transmission that stated that she was finally coming home after hearing from Amelia that Sakura was ill and had taken some time off of school so that she could visit. Everything just went forward after that, she met up with Yue and Kero again, though it was like they didn't recognize her at the time. As Tsukiko lay there reflecting on her past; she never realized that she had fallen asleep.