Title: Cat's Paw
Fandom: xxxHOLiC
Characters: General (Kunogi Himawari)
Prompt: 085. She
Word Count: 209
Rating: G
Summary: There is no such thing as coincidence, only hitsuzen.
Author's Notes: The fact that Watanuki's beloved Himawari brings about so much a bad luck cannot be mere coincidence. So I came up with a reason.
She is a normal human with no powers or special abilities. But she brings about bad luck to nearly all that come into contact with her. It is her wyrd. I wove it into her being myself. While in her mother's womb, her parents visited Europe. I made a point to meet them. I gave her mother a sunflower and assured them that their girl would be cute, outgoing, and friendly. She is. Made of sugar and spice and everything nice, mixed and held together by the warm glow of sunshine. She thinks the best of everyone, is interested in everything, and can't cook worth a damn.
Exactly as I intended a lovely sunflower—a universal bad luck charm.
Do you see? Over there, how her bright yellow thread entwines with that multihued thread in the Tapestry of the World? That is a boy, a boy with power, power shaped by another witch. I cannot stop her shaping. My influence does not reach into Asia, with their alien magic. No matter, I created a cat's paw. My sunflower cannot stop his shaping either, but she will cause some flaws. And should that boy ever try to interfere in my domain, those little imperfections will no doubt be quite... useful.