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Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura, as it belongs to CLAMP and Kodansha. I do own this non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction…
Timeline: Post-Final Judgment and Eriol’s arrival, anime-verse, Sakura has just changed Firey… and they bought the teddy bears, and Eriol got the thread… but what if Syaoran attacked Tomoyo, not Sakura?
Chapter 1 – Yue
I do not know how it began, as I only saw the end. I don’t think he even realized that it was I whom he ran into, or rather, my false form. There were tears running down his cheeks, which was odd, because I’ve never seen the boy cry before, not even when Sakura was in danger of failing the Final Judgment, not even when he failed himself against my attacks…
I’d always thought he was cold, with that permanent scowl on his face, except for when he as facing me – or rather Yukito, and trying to hide his supposed feelings of love.
I took control, noting with a sinking feeling that his robes were splattered with blood. Had something happened to Sakura? Was my new mistress in danger?
I think that’s when he finally noticed it was I…
“Yue!”
“What happened? Is my mistress in danger?”
“I-Iie…”
“What happened tonight? I felt Clow’s energy, but I couldn’t leave. Is she in danger? Whose blood is that?”
“Tomoyo’s…”
“That girl with no magic? How?”
He didn’t reply. I was taken aback when he flung his arms around me, crying bitterly. I could not very well leave him in the middle of the street, and it wasn’t that late yet, if someone happened by and noticed us that would cause trouble, so I took him back to Yukito’s house and forced him to change out of his green robes. Since there was no doubt that Yukito’s clothes wouldn’t fit him, and it was too cold for just his pants and shirt, I gave him the long scarf I normally wore.
“Talk.”
He was still shaking, but he seemed to be a little bit calmer. I noticed with some unease that there were pin prink-sized holes on his arms and legs that I could see, but they weren’t bleeding. What was going on?
“Clow’s descendent, I am rapidly losing what little patience I may have. What happened tonight?”
“I hurt Tomoyo…”
“You attacked a defenseless girl?”
“Iie! I couldn’t help it! Something was controlling me! Threads… black threads… and then Sakura cut them with Sword but it was too late, too late…”
“You killed a defenseless girl?” Even I can feel revulsion at that.
“Iie! I only cut her arm once, and I was trying to fight the control, I really was! But Sakura… Sakura…”
“Sakura?”
“She-she lost control of Sword when she changed it… ah! I’m bleeding all over your scarf! Gomen, Yue! I’m sorry I couldn’t protect her, I’m so weak…”
Bleeding? I should have been paying more attention to him, but I was too busy listening to his account, and now I could see spots of red blossoming on his white clothes. Now where did Yukito keep the medical supplies? I left him sitting there while I went to hunt up the first aid kit.
Bathroom. Yes, there it was. I found the antiseptic, and then ordered him to remove his shirt. He couldn’t stop blushing while he did, which was odd, since I am certainly not my false form. In any case, there were some scratches, not deep, on his chest and arms, so I cleaned those and then bandaged him up with gauze.
“So Tomoyo is not badly injured?”
He had shivered all through the first aid and now I realize it must have been because of my hands. I can’t help it if my touch is cold. That is just the way Clow created me, to be a frozen moon angel…
He finished buttoning up his shirt and shook his head.
“Then what is wrong?”
He had said Sakura lost control…
“Is my mistress in danger or not?”
“No, she fell asleep, and Cerberus took her home.”
“Then everything will be fine, Clow’s descendent. Would you like me to take you home now?” Surely the boy could take care of himself, but on the other hand, he wasn’t being calm and collected.
Who knew what he might do to himself in a fit of emotion? Humans can be so troublesome.
He shivered and shook his head.
So I stayed with him.
Stayed and held him and rocked him until he fell asleep, and he didn’t protest, even though my touch must have frozen him like I was frozen myself. Did I feel pity for him? Perhaps I did, because I heard what he didn’t say.
Sakura lost control of Sword…
Sakura may be a child, but she does not ‘lose control’ of the Clow cards, even though they weren’t her creations. The cards would obey her orders and override Cerberus’s or I, so she could not accidentally lose control of them. There was even less chance of her losing control with a card after she changed it into a Sakura card with her own magic, because that made it hers and hers alone…
He was trying to protect her… like I had tried to protect Clow. Clow had been a good Master, just temperamental at times.
It was rare, but he, great magician that he was, could just… snap, in times of extreme stress. A little child like Sakura, so much livelier and emotional, could lose control with more ease.
I didn’t blame her, but I didn’t blame him either.
He was as much of a child as she was.
I put his clothes in the washing machine, tucked him into bed in the spare bedroom, and then let my false form take over.
Yukito yawned, wondering what had happened, checked the clock, saw it was late, and went to bed.
He doesn’t know about me yet. He might soon. I’ll have to take control again tomorrow, before he finds Syaoran. It is lucky that his grandmother is sleeping already. Yes, she is a real human.
But right now I think I may feel as weak as the boy. My magic is running out so quickly… and this new threat to my Mistress…
I hope Cerberus can protect her adequately, because I fear I cannot, and then I feel useless.
Clow… why?
Why didn’t you let me sleep forever?
End Chapter
Completed 1/22/05
Yue: …
Phantomness: I’m trying alternating POV, but I’m not sure if I’ll be good at it
Syaoran: I nearly killed Tomoyo? Sakura hates me now?
Something like that…
Aight, I know some ppl don’t get this, so… summary!
Sakura and Syaoran go out to investigate Clow’s aura. Eriol takes control of Syaoran using thread magic. Syaoran goes after Tomoyo, Sakura panics, changes Sword into a Sakura card, and attacks him… then she falls asleep and Syaoran runs off and bumps into Yukito where this chapter begins.