Konnichiwa Minna-san
Konnichiwa Minna-san! Whew chapter seventeen and I apologize for the wait. I had this chapter almost completely finished and when I went to finish it the document was gone so I've had to restart this chapter from scratch. Deal with me I just got a new computer, blame Windows Vista for the wait.
Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or the characters. I do, however own Gesshoku and Sora.
Happy Reading!
Chapter Seventeen: A Training Session from Hell
"Yue-kun wake up," He heard as he came back into consciousness, "Yue-kun it's time for supper."
"Sakura-chan…?" Yue muttered, "What do you want?"
"We already told you what we want," Meiling said in a loud and obnoxious voice that caused Yue to wince, "Supper's ready!"
"It's about time you woke up," Cerberus said,
"Oniisan," Yue muttered groggily, "What do you want?" Both Meiling and Cerberus burst into hysterical fits of laughter, "What the hell is so funny?"
"You really are slow when you first wake up," Meiling said, "We already told you what we want, twice!"
"Yue," Cerberus said as he continued laughing, "You really need to wake up better."
"What are you two doing?" Sakura said as she walked in the room, "Leave, Yue-kun alone."
"Aw, you're ruining all of our fun," Cerberus said as he and Meiling left the room, both of them still giggling.
"I hope you weren't bothered by them," Sakura said, "I'm sorry."
"Don't worry about it," Yue said, "I wasn't really bothered."
"How are you feeling?" Sakura asked
"I'm fine," Yue said, "I was just a bit tired, but my energy is back up."
"That's good," Sakura said, "Do you want to train, after supper?"
"Yeah," Yue said, "I want to go against the shot card, and test my agility."
"Alright," Sakura said, "What do you want for supper?"
"I thought oniisan and Meiling said that supper was already done," Yue said
"They were trying to get you to wake up," Sakura said, "Supper isn't ready yet."
Yue sighed, "I hate it when oniisan does that," He said, "He used to do that when I was younger."
"Don't worry I'll talk to him about it later," Sakura said, "so what would you like for supper? Kero-chan has requested Modern Yaki."
"I'll just have plain Soba," Yue said as he stood up,
"Alright," Sakura said, "You seem to like plain food a lot."
"I have a sensitive stomach," Yue said, "I can only eat foods with little to no flavor."
"There's so much I don't know about you," Sakura said, "And I've known you for nearly four years."
Yue turned away from Sakura, "I didn't honest think I would ever get this close to you." He said, "That's why I never really opened up to you."
"Well it's never too late to start," Sakura said, "We're friends now so you don't have to hold back anymore."
Yue smiled lightly "I'll try," He looked to the door eyeing his bother and Sakura's friend in the doorway, "Just not now."
"Aw come on," Cerberus called, "We wanted blackmail."
"Don't you have enough blackmail on me?" Yue shot back, "Like…"
"Like what?" Cerberus said with an evil glint in his small black eyes, "Like the time I put hot peppers in you soup?"
Yue sighed, he did remember that, "I wouldn't call that blackmail material," He said, "The only thing you got out of that was feeling bad about how sick I got from your little joke."
"Okay so that wasn't a good example," Cerberus said, "How about the time I locked you out of the house."
"That's not a good example either," Yue said as he recalled that instance. What had started as a harmless prank ended in him being unconscious for a day due to hypothermia. He then suffered a raging fever for another three days after. "I ended up sick from that as well."
"Okay so how 'bout the time I tricked you into activating the shot card?" Cerberus said
"I fell down the stairs and broke my arm," Yue said listlessly, "Oniisan, I don't think you know the meaning of the word blackmail. Everything that you're mentioning were pranks gone wrong and I always ended up sick or injured because of it."
"Then what do you consider blackmail?" Cerberus asked
"Blackmail is some kind of embarrassing secret that a person may have!" Yue yelled.
Cerberus' eye glittered again, "Like how you were afraid of the dark for five years," He said, "Or what happened when we found out you were lactose intolerant. How about the time you nearly blinded yourself?"
"Not…not the last one," He said as he remembered what had happened that day. He must have been the equivalent of a nine year old child at the time. He had been experimenting with magic and he caused an explosion that nearly claimed the vision in his right eye.
"You're still sensitive about that aren't you?" Cerberus asked, "Alright then how about the first time you tried to control the wood card?"
Yue smirked a bit, "That magical mishap would defiantly be blackmail for all of us," He said, "I still don't know how we managed to get out of that one."
"That's 'cuz you passed out," Cerberus said, "You were always good at fainting, and when you passed out the magic dispersed." He looked at Sakura, "He used to faint a lot."
"So that's why he likes to sleep so much," Meiling said,
"Yep," Cerberus said, "It was kinda funny. Unfortunately he grew out of it. Ruby and I used to make him pass out for the fun of it but Clow made us stop."
"Oniisan don't you have other things to do rather than drag up our past?" Yue asked
"You were the one who brought it up," Cerberus said, "But I guess I could let you off the hook for now."
"Sometimes I don't know how I survived with imotosan and oniisan around," Yue said as Cerberus and Meiling left the room, "I really don't. Every time they tried to prank me, I ended up either sick or injured." He looked at Sakura who was snickering, "It's not funny."
"I'm sorry," Sakura giggled, "I can't help it you're getting all flustered and it's cute."
Yue sighed, "You're nearly as bad as oniisan," He said
"Okay," Sakura said as she stopped giggling, "I'm sorry Yue-kun. It sounds like they were just trying to cause trouble though."
"You have no idea how much trouble they caused," Yue said as he eyed Cerberus in the door way again, "I suggest you start on dinner soon."
"Okay," Sakura said, "Would you like to help, you don't have to if you don't want to but I just thought I'd ask."
"I guess I could help you," Yue said, He dropped his voice to a whisper, "I want to get back at oniisan for the pepper incident."
"I've never seen this side of you before," Sakura said, "Are you feeling okay, Yue-kun?"
"I'm fine," Yue answered as he followed Sakura out of his bedroom.
/You've finally opened up to Sakura/ Cerberus thought as he smiled, /Keep it up, Yue/
"So Yue-kun," Sakura said, "What happened when Kero-chan locked you out of the house?"
Yue sighed, "It was another one of his pranks gone wrong," He said, "We had been playing hide and seek to pass the time and he told me that Ruby had hidden on the grounds. Not really know any better I went outside, and he shut the door, not knowing it was locked." He paused, "And of course the only person who could unlock the door was Clow and he was running errands."
"So what happened?" Sakura asked.
"I was stuck outside, in a raging blizzard for about three hours," Yue said, "I lost consciousness just as Clow got back. I can't really remember much after that. You would have to ask oniisan about what happened to me after I passed out, but I think I ended up with a bad fever."
"You did," Cerberus said as he flew in the room, "I felt really bad but you told me not to be upset and that it wasn't my fault."
"Lemme get this straight," Meiling said as she ran in the room, "You," She pointed at Cerberus, "Locked him," She pointed to Yue, "Out of the house and he," she continued pointing at Yue, "didn't get angry with you?" she pointed at Cerberus.
"Yue was a lot nicer back then," Cerberus said, "and a lot happier."
Yue looked down at the floor, "I know I was," He muttered,
"Aw great," Meiling said, "Now he's depressed."
"Tadaima,"
"Otousan!" Sakura called, "How was work?"
"It was good," Fugitaka said, "How was your outing with your friends?"
"It was fun," Sakura said, "Yue-kun is an amazing musician. He played the most beautiful piece of music on the violin."
"It wasn't that good," Yue said, "It was just a little piece, nothing special."
"Nothing special?" Meiling asked, "You must be out of your mind! That did not sound like an easy piece. Plus you said you haven't played violin since you were five, you were five years old what, two hundred years ago!?" She paused, "Yue Reed you're not just some average run-of-the-mill musician, you're a freaking prodigy!"
"Whoa easy," Cerberus said, "or you'll overwhelm him. He can't take in all that information, he'll pass out."
"I'm fine oniisan," Yue said, "I guess you're right. Supper is just about finished."
"That's good," Cerberus said, "cuz I'm starving."
After a relatively quiet dinner Sakura, Yue and Meiling got ready while Cerberus screamed random insults at a new video game.
"NO FAIR!" Cerberus screamed, "Damn balloon, just blew up and took me out!"
Yue sighed as he tested his powers, "Must he be so loud," He said, "its bad enough he speaks at a higher volume as it is, but he only gets louder."
"Is it bothering you?" Sakura asked as she grabbed her phone to call Tomoyo.
"No," Yue said, "But you do know that calling Tomoyo will result in you wearing one of her costumes."
"I know," Sakura said as dialed Tomoyo's number, "Tomoyo-chan, Yue-kun, Meiling-chan, Kero-chan and I are heading to Penguin Park to do some training…yes he's feeling better, he just needed to sleep…yes Tomoyo-chan I'll wear one of your outfits…see you soon." Sakura sighed, "You were right."
"I told you," Yue said
"Sakura-san, I'm ready," Meiling said, "Is stuffed toy done yelling yet?"
"I DIDN'T WANT TO USE THAT ATTACK!" Cerberus yelled,
"Does that answer your question?" Yue asked
"Hey stuffed toy," Meiling called "We're ready to go!"
"NO, NO, NO!" Cerberus yelled, "HOW DID I LOSE?"
Yue sighed, "Where is the circuit breaker?" He asked
"Circuit breaker?" Sakura asked, "It's in the basement. Why do you need the circuit breaker?"
"So we can cut the power in your room," Yue said,
"That's a great idea!" Meiling exclaimed, "I like the way you think Yue!"
"Why do you want to cut the power to my room?" Sakura asked as she followed Yue and Meiling to the basement. She still didn't understand where Yue was going with the circuit breaker.
"No offence or anything," Meiling said, "But you really are kind of dim-witted. Yue is going to shut off the electricity in your room so stuffed toy can't play his video games."
"Oh! I get it now!" Sakura said as Yue opened the circuit box, "Yue-kun do you need a flashlight?"
"No," Yue said as he read the tiny labels, "My vision is heightened in the dark. Ah, here it is," He flipped the switched.
"NO! WHAT THE HELL!" Cerberus' yells resonated though the house, "WHY THE HELL DID THE TELEVISION TURN OFF! I WAS SO CLOSE TOO!"
Yue walked back up the stairs, "Oniisan," He called, "We're ready to go."
Before going back upstairs Sakura turned the circuit back on, "I'll be right back," she said, "I need to get my cards."
"This was your doing wasn't it?" Cerberus asked Meiling as he pouted, "Now I have to do all of that over again."
"No," Meiling said, "I just went along with it. I had no part in the planning."
"Then who did?"
"It was me oniisan," Yue said, "I was the one who came up with that idea."
"No way!" Cerberus said, "You've mastered the ability to prank people and I didn't know about it?"
"After, what over one hundred years of being pranked literally half to death and you think that I would not have learned how to properly prank some one," Yue said, "Who do you think I am?"
"You," Cerberus said with a straight face causing the other two in the room to laugh, "What?"
"You're nearly as oblivious as Sakura-san," Meiling said between giggles
"What's going on down here?" Sakura asked
"They're making fun of me!" Cerberus cried, "Make them stop!"
"Come on," Sakura said as she put her shoes on, "Tomoyo-chan is probably waiting for us at Penguin Park."
Tomoyo was waiting at Penguin Park when Sakura, Meiling, Yue and Cerberus arrived.
"Sorry Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said, "We had some trouble getting Kero-chan away form his video games."
"It's okay I just got here," Tomoyo said as she picked up a bag, "Here Sakura-chan." She took the out fit out of the bag, it was definitely one of Tomoyo's more tame outfits. It consisted of a maroon pleaded skirt, knee high white boots, sliver gloves and a sleeve-less mandarin style shirt that stopped just above her waist.
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said as she climbed into Tomoyo's mobile dressing room,
Tomoyo looked at Yue, "You look a lot better, Yue-san," Tomoyo said
"Visions drain quiet a bit of my energy," Yue said, "I just needed to rest for a few hours."
"That's good," Tomoyo said, "We've been worried about you. You haven't really looked well lately and it's good to see you at full strength again."
"Thank you," Yue said,
"Tomoyo-chan," Sakura called as she stepped out the van,
"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo said, "That looks amazing on you! The color is perfect!"
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said, "Kero-chan, Meiling-chan, Yue-kun what do you want to do?"
"I want to face fight," Meiling said, "I want a rematch!"
"Sakura-chan," Yue said, "I would like to test my agility with the shot card."
"Kero-chan, what do you want to do?" Sakura asked
"What are you going to do?" Cerberus said
"I'm gonna use create," Sakura said
"Then that's what I'll do," He said.
"Alright then," Sakura said, "Let's get going."
"Sora-sama, what are you planning to do?" Gesshoku asked as he and Sora watched the group,
"You see that pink and orange thing that's chasing after the judge?" Sora said
"Yes," Gesshoku said,
"I'm planning on using that thing somehow," She said, "It's not a moon ruled card, so we're in luck."
"Look Sora-sama," Gesshoku said, "He's having trouble with it."
"That makes my job so much easier," She said, "Come on Gesshoku, let's get to work."
Yue was having difficulties with the card's onslaught. His movements were rather sluggish from being sick so much.
"Yue-kun," Sakura called as he was clipped in the side, "Are you having trouble?"
"I'm alright," Yue said, "I'm just a bit out of practice."
"Okay," Sakura said, "Just let me know if you want me to lower the power levels."
Yue nodded and continued to evade the attacks. Then after a few minutes the shot card's intensity began increasing beyond the limits that Sakura had set.
"Sakura-chan," Yue called as the card shot three beams at him, "Call shot off!"
"Shot-san," Sakura called, "Stop it now!"
The card paid no attention to Sakura and continued aiming for Yue. "Sakura-chan," Yue said as the card hit him square in the back and his wings dispersed
"Windy," Sakura called as Yue fell to the ground. "Yue-kun, are you alright?" Sakura asked as the card gently lowered Yue to the ground.
He was breathing hard and his face was sweaty, "Yeah," he said as he stood up, "Something is wrong with the shot card, it didn't listen to you."
Before Sakura could answer the shot card aimed for Yue again and hit the ground in front of them throwing them back several meters. Sakura got up right away, Yue however did not.
Sora and Gesshoku watched as Yue lay on the ground.
"What are you going to do next?" Gesshoku asked
"You'll see," Sora said, "But he won't be able to handle it."
"Yue-kun," Sakura said as she helped him stand, "Are you alright?"
"What's going on here?" He asked,
"I don't know but let me handle this." Sakura said, "Mirror, reflect my enemy's attack!" A mirror appeared in front of Yue and the Shot card's attack was sent back at it, "Return to the guise you were meant to be in Shot!" Shot returned to its card form and Sakura put it back in her pocket, "I think that's enough for today Yue-kun."
Yue nodded and when to go stand by Tomoyo when Meiling Screamed.
"Meiling-chan what's wrong?" Sakura asked
"The fight card vanished," Meiling called as she scanned the area and saw the fight card behind Yue, "Yue-san watch out behind you!"
Yue turned a bit too late and was punched right in the stomach, throwing him against a tree rendering him unconscious.
"Yue-kun!" Sakura cried as the card continued advancing on Yue, "Fight-san, stop it!" The card did not yield and raised her hand ready to strike her unsuspecting opponent. Sakura quickly ran in front of Yue and took the blow, "Power!" She struck the card in the head and it fell unconscious, "Return to the form you were meant to be in, Fight!" She then put the card back her pocket, "What's going on here?" She asked, "None of the sun ruled cards are listening to me and they're after Yue-kun."
"You're right Kinomoto-san," A sing-song voice came, "What are you going to do about it?"
"You're that girl from the other day aren't you?" Sakura asked
"Yep," Sora said as she jumped out of a tree, "And I've got someone very special who wants to meet you."
A boy with empty graphite-gray eyes and black outlined fire-engine red hair emerged from the trees, "Greetings, I am Gesshoku," He said in a voice that was smooth as velvet yet dark as night, "It is a pleasure to meet you. Shame I cannot meet all of you tonight but incidents do occur."
"You were the ones who were controlling my cards!" Sakura said,
"Very good," Gesshoku said, "That was Sora-sama, and it looks like are plan succeeded. Now stand aside and let us kill the judge."
"Who do you think she is!" Meiling yelled, "Sakura-san is a bit dull at times but she's not stupid!"
"You have no magic so stay outta this!" Sora yelled.
"Who's gonna make me?" Meiling said, "No one insults my friends and gets away with it except me!"
"Ooh feisty one aren't we?" Sora said, "I can see why you weren't given magic. You would loose control of it too much."
"I beg to differ!" Meiling yelled, "I may not have magic, but I don't need it! My friends like me for who I am!"
"Not that boy," Sora said, "He said that you were a nuisance and he hated being around you!"
"That's…not true," Meiling said, "That's a lie! Syaoran would never say that about me!"
"How do you know?" Sora said, "He is very good at hiding the truth."
"Syaoran…" Meiling muttered as tear ran down her face, "He never did care for me…"
"Meiling-chan, Syaoran-kun cares for you very much," Sakura said, "She trying to turn you against Syaoran-kun, don't listen to her! She did the same thing to Yue-kun and I but she failed!"
"You're right Sakura-san," Meiling said, "You're a monster and nothing you say will turn me against Syaoran!"
"Look what you did Kinomoto," Sora said, "You've ruined all my plans."
"Sora-sama let me fight Kinomoto," Gesshoku said, "I shall not lose."
"No Gesshoku," Sora said, "Mistress would not be pleased if you were to do that."
"We were told to get the Judge," Sora said, "We're not ready to face Kinomoto yet. Mistress gave us strict orders not to attack Kinomoto."
"So what do we do?" Gesshoku asked.
"We leave," Sora said, "We succeeded in preventing the judge from training. We will see you around."
"Mata ne," Gesshoku said.
Sakura watched as Sora and Gesshoku flew off. She was angry, just who did that boy think she was?
"Sakura he's coming around," Cerberus said,
Sakura walked over to Yue, "Yue-kun, are you alright?"
"My stomach hurts," He said, "What happened?"
"Fight-san took you off guard," Sakura said, "She wasn't under my control."
"What?" Yue asked,
"The girl from the other day and a boy," Sakura said, "They were controlling the cards."
Yue sighed, "Be careful around them," He said, "They were the ones that killed me in my dreams the other night."
"Can you get up?" Sakura asked, "I think we should get you home."
Yue nodded and sat up wincing slightly, "I'm alright," He said as he stood. As he straightened up a sharp pain shot through his back and stomach and he cried out.
"Yue-kun are you alright?" Sakura called as Yue slumped to his knees, "Take it easy, the hit you took knocked you out."
"I'll call my mother if you want me too," Tomoyo said
"No it's alright," Yue said, "Don't bother your mother."
"How are we going to get home?" Sakura said,
"Use the fly card on the staff," Yue said as he sat on the ground holding his stomach, "I'll hold on to you and Meiling can ride on oniisan."
"How does that sound?" Sakura said
"That sounds good," Meiling said
"That will work," Cerberus said, "Climb on brat and don't pull my fur."
"Allow me to take flight with the staff, Fly!" Sakura called, "Do you need help, Yue-kun."
"No," Yue said as he tried to hold on to Sakura's waist but it made his stomach and back hurt more, "I can't do it," he muttered, "it hurts too much."
"I'll call my mother," Tomoyo said as she dialed the number for her house
Yue sighed and sat down again, "Why do these things keep happening to me?" He murmured, "First, those people make me sick for nearly two weeks, then they torment me while I sleep, and now they want me dead."
Sakura sat down next to him and ran her fingers through his hair, "Don't worry Yue-kun," She said, "We'll figure something out."
"My mother will be here in a few minutes," Tomoyo said, "How are you feeling Yue-kun?"
"I'll be alright," He said, "I think it was too soon for me to use magic in combat. I shouldn't have come."
"It wasn't your fault," Sakura said, "You didn't know that the cards would attack you."
Before Yue could respond both the fight and the shot card materialized, "We're sorry Yue-sama," Fight said as she bowed deeply
"We didn't mean to hurt you," Shot said, "Please forgive us."
"We had no idea what we were doing to you," Fight said
"It's alright," Yue said, "I'm not angry."
"Mirror was right," Shot said, "You have changed. Take it easy Yue-sama."
"Yes," Fight said, "Take care Yue-sama."
The two cards dematerialized just as Sonomi arrived, "I'm here," She said,
"Thanks okaasan," Tomoyo said,
"How is Yue-kun feeling?" She asked
"I'll be alright," Yue said, "I'm just a bit sore. I did too much before I was ready to."
"You look a lot better then you did the last few times I saw you," Sonomi said as she helped Yue stand,
"Thank you," Yue said,
"Let's get going," Sakura said, "You're looking really tired Yue-kun."
Yue spent the entire car ride thinking again. He hated car rides. He needed to distract himself but wasn't helping, he could feel the nausea building.
"May I open a window?" He muttered
"What's wrong Yue-kun?" Sonomi said
"He gets carsick," Sakura said
"Oh great," Meiling said,
"Don't worry," Cerberus said, "He hardly ever gets sick."
"I hope you're right," Meiling said, "cuz that wouldn't be fun."
"I'm alright," Yue said,
"You look terribly pale," Meiling said, "But then again you're always pale."
Yue smiled a bit, "That's not my fault," He said,
"Yeah I guess," Meiling said, "A tan would not look good on you."
Yue smiled and found that the more he talked with Sakura, Tomoyo, Meiling, and Sonomi the more the nausea he felt waned. By the time they got back to the house the sick feeling in his stomach had gone completely.
"See you tomorrow Tomoyo-chan," Sakura called as Sonomi drove off,
"Bye Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo called.
"Yue-kun, how are you feeling?" Sakura asked as the entered the house
"I'm a bit tired and sore," He said, "But I should be alright. I'm probably going to go to bed."
"That's fine," Sakura said, "Are you going to go to my rehearsal tomorrow?"
"Yeah," He said as he returned to the disguise Sakura had given him earlier that day. "Good night Sakura-chan."
"Good night Yue-kun," Sakura said as Yue went up to his room,
"He's changed so much," Meiling said,
"I know," Sakura said, "We'll come on, we should get ready for bed as well."
Meiling nodded and followed Sakura to her room.
Whew Finally done. Again I am deeply sorry for the wait. Just a note, I will be changing my pen name, Kidfox 1 seems a bit childish now, and my new pen name will be ExcaliburShark7. I promise chapter eighteen will not take me another three months. Tell me what you thought!
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