Watching the Sky

Chapter 10

Thunder (Part 4)

Disclaimer – Night does not own xxxHOLiC, Tsubasa Chronicles, or CLAMP.

Summary - With time, Watanuki became use to his new job. But soon, a spell of monotony falls over his life, the only thing changing is the time around him. That is, in the spring of his life, there is a new occurrence to look into.

Pairing – Yuuwaku (Yuuko/Watanuki)

Author's Ramblings – You know, I think I want to update on Saturdays now. That would e much easier. Ah! Plus I have what…. One….two….three… Yeah, three weeks left before school ends for me! How lovely (NOT)! What that means is bone-breaking hard exercise stuff! In which I will enjoy the food given to me, but not the exercise. But that means no update of fic. So I will see you guys for this last time! In two weeks actually, I will stop updating on a regular basis, like I (kind of) did. I will leave you guys with a longer chapter. (I think.)

Shout Outs –

Kiki Momitichi – It's from a song, that I don't particularly know how to sing.

GreenFairyHime – Thanks GreenFairyHime. And I agree, you never really see Yuuko in action. But that's the hard thing to write about her, isn't it. You have no idea what her abilities are, so you can't really write it.

Antiassasinguy – Uh, wow. Hardcore much? Not that I wouldn't write it, but let's see….. No, actually I could fit that in. Possibly, not sure if I will, but it could happen in this fic. If not this one, then maybe it's sequel or I could write another Yuuwaku fic.

Yuuko's Angel – I'm not going to, I was just asking why you don't let others know your account. Err, but having Domeki die, isn't that a bit much? He's a rather important character….

Silver windflame – Nah, it's okay. I appreciate the times when you can review. Blah, typos? I'll fix that once I finish the fic.

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"Where are they!" Once again, the people in the room were confused as hell. They had searched the hallways for any trace of the opposition, but still nothing was found.

"Let's check back on the Time Witch." One suggested, and others agreed, wanting a reprieve from their failure.

Looking at the screen, they saw her at the checkpoint.

"Good thing we didn't miss it." They all waited for her to move.

Walking calming past the checkpoint, she suddenly broke into a sprint. Taking long strides, she smashed her foot into the leftover smoke bomb, making it work a second time.

"Again!"

But this time, unlike the two boys, she kept on sprinting. Although when her figure came out of the smoke, the cameras easily caught up with her.

"Take this!" Opening a panel in front of him, a guy took out a joy stick and used that to shoot her with the light beams.

"When did he install that?" One girl whispered.

"He's such an idiot!" The other girl agreed.

But the situation was no joking matter, the slim body of the Time Witch was not slowed at all. Dodging all their attempts of hurting her, she rotated her wrists, smirking. In her presence, the defense system was even worse than pitiful.

"How can she run so fast?"

"Especially in heels…"

"Huh?"

The broadcasting screens fizzled slightly, small, almost unnoticeable sparks came out. Then it stopped. One man rubbed his eyes to see if he was imagining things. But of course, that was just a warning. Ever so slightly, the signal would be lost, only to become clear again. Sometimes, the sound would be blocked out, but only for brief moments of time. This cycle of wonder and confusion repeated again and again and again. And slowly the sound of sparks and creaking metal told the people in the room that something was going to hap –

BOOM!

"That's going to hinder there plan." Yuuko said aloud to herself. She was still running through the halls. Rubbing her wrists slightly, she massaged her joints. "If that was their only defense, then they are going to have some problems." If she had done, what she think she did, then it was all good.

"WE CAN'T USE OUR LASER BEAMS!"

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"I still don't see why we have to take the most complicated route." Watanui complained. The two guys were currently struggling a sharp, inclined, shelf in the wall.

"It's the route that we picked." Domeki said without emotion, although the slight scowl on his face said that he was also annoyed. Unfortunately. Watanuki thought to himself.

But it was strange, they had been following this route for what seemed hours (although they could confirm that it was only an hour and a half) and nothing had popped up to kill them. The only thing that hindered them were long winding paths, and complicated areas to crawl through. This is the first time something has not tried to kill us. Watanuki thought suspiciously. There is always something trying to kill us. Was this possible because of the strange path that no one attacked them? No, it has to be something else.

"Its nostalgic." Domeki's voice broke through the silence.

"Huh?"

"This place feels more familiar than the rest of the building." How can any of this building feel familiar. The thought was still investigated though. Watanuki glanced at the surroundings.

The walls were a dark blue, but a dim lighting kept them from being in the dark. The limited light however kept one on his or her toes. Strange images were presented to their eyes from the awkward, pathways.

"It looks like any other creepy place we've been to." Watanuki concluded.

Domeki shrugged. "Maybe that's the reason why."

The separated groups traveled without much trouble. One, destroying it's offenders with ease. The other, traveling at a varying rate, without influence form outside forces. Soon, they would be joined together.

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"Ooooo…." Yuuko couldn't help but say. She had entered the desired room. It was huge, with a cathedral ceiling and large, roomy, walls. It was just as the blue print said. The only thing was that…

"There's no one here."

But a soft echo from a nearby hallway alerted Yuuko that she would not be alone, anymore.The resonating sound was of footsteps. They became louder, and louder becoming clear that it was a group of two, trying to get to that room.

"Finally!" Bursting out of the hallway was Watanuki, and right behind him was Domeki.

"I should be the one saying that to you." Watanuki looked over to the side to see Yuuko. She had already arrived, completely unharmed and as composed as ever, as opposed the the sweaty-stained and dirty guys.

Well at least she's not hurt. Watanuki grudgingly thought.

Then, looking at his companion, he saw Domeki staring at nothing, but space. "What are you looking at?" He asked.

"There's nothing to look at." Domeki replied simply.

Watanuki looked around, it was true, there wasn't anything to look at. He was about to ask why he was staring at nothing, but then it hit him. "But isn't this where the research room is?" All there were, were bare walls.

"It looks like they were smarter than we gave them credit for." Yuuko said wryly.

"This is it!" The researchers were watching the three carefully, not giving away their position. However, one person's patience ran thin. He could not take it anymore. Having to handle this the whole day, it was no surprise when he activated all the defense systems in the room.

"Take this!"

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Watanuki was staring at the wall. The wall was not very interesting, but he still looked at it. Seeing as the room was bare, he had set his observation skills to the walls, ignoring the stares from the others. But it wasn't the looks of this wall that interested him, but the sound it had just made. Tapping the wall gently, he noticed a soft resonating clang.

This wall was hollow.

But tapping on several other places, and several other walls, he noticed another thing.

All the walls were hollow.

But of course that didn't make very much sense to Watanuki. What was holding up the walls, if it was hollow? Metal support beams. His brain supplied. But it was still a very strange design….

"Eh?" Placing his palm against the wall, he could feel it vibrating. This can't be right. Not trusting his initial instincts, he placed his ear next to the wall. There were faint clicks of metal, past the wall.

"WOAH!" The wall had flipped open! And currently he was staring at hundreds of metal plates flip open that would reveal something would cause him hell.

"Shit."

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Both Yuuko and Domeki looked over to where Watanuki was, scampering on the ground. But beyond that, what they saw were weapons of any imagination replacing the wall that was originally there.

Watanuki shakily got to his feet. He backed up to the others, forming a circle with the other two. Facing outward, they warily watched there new enemy.

Domeki flipped open the crossbow on his handcuff, while widening his stance.

Watanuki slowly slid his feet into a more secure position, discreetly placing a hand on his hip-pouch.

Yuuko, well… Yuuko was standing in her regular relaxed position, staring at the ceiling.

"Ha ha ha! You can't escape, even with your feeble weapons!" The guy that had activated the defense system sat gleefully in his chair. Laughing maniacally, he rubbed his hands together in glee. The screen in front of him portrayed a deadly scene, as panels for the other walls, and part of the ground started to reveal themselves. He was enjoying this a lot.

"We're suppose to let them go alive, you know…." A voice interjected.

"My god, why do we have to work with him….."

"It pays well…."

But for someone who was actually working, they stared at the screen in slight confusion. "What is the Time Witch doing?"

"Don't worry about it, she's just resigning herself to her fate!"

Bang!

"Yuuko-san, what are you doing!" Watanuki stood in front of her, revolver in his hands. His arm shook slightly from the slight recoil. He promptly shot a couple more rounds, when the wall dispensed some throwing knives at them. "It's dangerous!"

"Perfect." Ignoring his words, Yuuko slipped her hand into Watanuki's hip-pouch.

"Wha – What are you – " He tried to stay calm, by shooting anything shiny, within sight.

"You're quite good with that weapon, Watanuki." Yuuko said pleasantly, making small talk, despite the situation they were in.

"Yuuko-san, what are you looking for?" Watanuki put his full concentration at the task at hand. Although part of mind, unconsciously prickled. The skin at his nape grew more sensitive with the distance, or lack of distance, of the person behind him.

"Something… That explodes. Ah, here we go." Pulling a small, wired bomb out, Yuko promptly threw it at the ceiling.

BOOM!

The two boys looked up at the ceiling, Watanuki in horror, and Domeki in surprise. They shielded their eyes from the bright, fiery and black explosion. Wait. Watanuki thought. The ceiling didn't have any weapons coming from it. There was no way I could test it so…. Does that mean…?

As the smoke and fire cleared, large amounts of debris fell from the ceiling, revealing a newly punctured hole. And from this hole, along with the debris came a wide, screen TV.

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Cough. Cough. "I don't think that was a very good idea." Watanuki groaned, as he pulled himself from some mechanical rubble.

"Yeah." Domeki couldn't help but agree, also moving large amounts of metal form on top of himself.

"It wasn't that bad." Yuuko said. But then again, she was miraculously clean, and did not have any damage or grit whatsoever. Watanuki stared in suspicioun, and Domeki frowned.

But their attention was brought toward a new subject of interest, as a foreign voice permeated the atmosphere. It was a soft groan of pain under a different pile of rubble. Yuuko nodded to Domkei, who in turn, headed toward the sound. Reaching into the pile, he lifted a small man out.

"Let g-" But before the man had finished his sentence, Domeki dropped him unceremoniously onto the ground. Landing on his face, and with a "oomph".

The dumpy man rubbed his head, before the noticing the soft click of high heels behind him. On his knees, he could see a pair of black, shiny, stiletto heels at his left. Picking up his head, the image slowly forming was that of Yuuko, standing tall with a smug smirk on her face.

Poor guy. Watanuki couldn't help but think, wincing as his face paled in horror.

"Take anything! Anything! Just don't hurt me!" The man shrieked, trying to crawl away.

"Okay." Yuuko answered.

"Huh?"

Yuuko turned to the rest of the researchers that Domeki had pulled out. "All of you, leave."

The researchers stared at her in apprehension. They glanced at each other in confirmation, before shrugging.

"Okay."

"Sure."

"Whatever."

That was easier than I thought. Watanuki said in his mind, watching the employees dust themselves off before leaving.

But then again, there was still that one last, crazy, man left.

His face red, he started to scream at them once more. "What the hell do you mean, leave! Fuck you! I'm not going anywhere!" He was on his feet, facing Yuuko.

Click.

The man stiffened. Even without looking, he could tell what was behind him. His b ody shok slightly, as cold, metal was pressed against his back.

"Fine, I'll leave." The man spat, departing in a huff.

Much too easy. Watauki thought, with a sigh. Pocketing the gun.

"Well, not that, that's over." Yuuko said. "We can finally look for that data." That brought Watanuki out of his thoughts, as he gazed at the large amounts of destroyed rubble in the room. It seemed to be infinite.

And of course, the hard part.

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