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Cardcaptor Touya (Touya gen)
Title: Cardcaptor Touya
Length: 1645 words
Rating: G
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
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fic_on_demand: Cardcaptor Touya for the Valentine's Day event
Pairing: Touya gen
Excerpt: "Give me the Clow cards," the boy demanded, reaching for the book, and Touya took a step back, glaring. The kid looked about Sakura's age, but he'd scaled the school fence like it was nothing.
I.
He hadn't meant to open the book at all. He was reaching for the book next to it, so he could finish his history homework, but his fingertips had brushed the spine of the large maroon book, and it had fallen from the shelf... and fallen open.
The wind that had blown through the library was strange and disconcerting. Touya made a mental note to ask his father about their insulation, but it was quickly driven out of his mind when the creature appeared.
"Yo, hello," it said, hovering in front of him on tiny wings, and Touya just gaped. It was the most well-made toy he'd ever seen, but it looked like something his little sister would be more interested in. A plush bear with wings, imagine.
"What the heck--?" he said before he could process his surprise, darting back; then, thinking better of it, he reached forward and grabbed the thing, which squirmed disconcertingly in his hands.
"Hey, what are you doing manhandling the Beast of the Seal?" it demanded. He flipped it on its back and looked for the battery seal, trying to ignore the fact that it was warm.
"Stop it! I'm not a toy! I'm the guardian of the Clow book!" it said, squirming out of his hands and pointing at him with a tiny paw.
"So you're alive?"
"Of course I'm alive. How else could I guard the book?" It scowled. Touya stared. After a second, he reached down and picked up the book.
"Maybe you should go back inside it," he suggested. The creature squinted at the book and then its mouth dropped open in horror.
"The Cards! The Cards! Where did they go?"
"There was this wind..." Touya said, resisting the urge to shuffle his feet under the tiny glare.
The creature sighed and rubbed its head. "Okay. Well. Fine. Here's the thing. You broke the Seal and lost the Cards--"
"That you were supposed to be guarding?" Touya said, lifting an eyebrow.
"I was taking a nap," it said, glaring back. "But the fact that you could break the Seal means that you have the potential for magic. Which is good, because we have to catch these cards quickly. If the cards aren't in the book, they come to life and do evil!"
"Like...?"
"Clow told me, "If the seal is broken, disaster will befall the world."" The creature's sober face declared the seriousness of his words.
Touya sighed. It wasn't as if he'd even been trying to open the book, but... he didn't want any disaster to happen.
"So what do we do?" he said, resigned. The stuffed toy brightened a little.
"You... What's your name?"
"What's yours?"
"Keroberos," it replied. "Keroberos, Guardian of the Seal."
"Big name for a little monster," he replied, grinning.
"I have another form and it is super cool!" Kero fumed. "But what's your name, already?"
"Kinomoto Touya," Touya replied.
Kero floated back a bit and then began to speak. "Key of the Seal," he intoned. "Someone wishes to make a contract with you. A boy. His name is Touya. Key, give him power! Release!"
The wind was as high as if there was a storm happening here in his basement, and the light was bright. Touya squinted and lifted a hand to cover his eyes.
"Kinomoto! Grab the staff!"
He reached into the brightness with some trepidation and his fingers closed around a smooth wooden object. When the smoke cleared, he found himself holding something that looked like one of Sakura's cheerleading wands, except with a bird's head on the top.
"Why is it pink?" he demanded, but the guardian beast had no answer for him.
*
II.
"Give me the Clow cards," the boy demanded, reaching for the book, and Touya took a step back, glaring. The kid looked about Sakura's age, but he'd scaled the school fence like it was nothing. He also had that... glowing thing. It was a little worrisome. The only person that Touya had told about the cards was Yukito.
"Keroberos-san told me to keep care of them," he said. "Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter. Give the Book to me, I'll catch the rest."
He reached out towards Touya's bookbag, and that was enough. He picked the smaller boy up by the collar and watched him dangle for a moment. The kid actually seemed surprised... But Touya was twice his size-- what did he expect?
"Get out of here," he growled, but the kid twisted around and up somehow and he had to block the kick with his forearm. It was a pretty good kick-- the boy knew his martial arts, for sure. He spun away and dropped into a combat position.
Well, two could play at that game...
"Punk," Touya growled, finding his own stance. He felt bad about possibly kicking the snot out of a little boy, but he didn't want the whole magic thing to get out... and anyway, it wasn't the kid's business. Anyway, he didn't have to hurt him. A threat would do just as good.
"I got you pork buns!"
Yukito's words cracked the tension, and Touya was honestly lucky that the kid was as distracted as he was.
"I got your pork buns, pizza buns, curry buns, and... they're still warm!" the other boy said cheerfully. If Touya's hobby was capturing weird little cards, Yukito's hobby was eating. It was practically an Olympic sport to him.
"Would you like one too?" he said, leaning down to the boy, who dropped his stance in utter shock, and then ran as though the demons of hell were after him. Touya laughed a little. Talk about killing with kindness.
Yukito got back to his feet and Touya rubbed the back of his neck before taking the pork bun from Yukito's hand.
"Who was the kid?" the shorter boy asked.
Touya shrugged. "He said he wanted the Clow Cards." He bit into the bun and chewed for a moment while Yukito considered. They could just hear in the distance the sound of someone climbing a chain link fence in a hurry.
"How strange," Yuki said, smiling. "Are you going to work with him?"
Touya laughed. "Not a chance."
*
III.
Touya felt like an idiot. It was a problem he'd been having more and more since he picked up the Clow wand and began to make retribution for losing the darn things. Here he was, struggling through the woods, looking for his sister. He knew he had homework to do-- homework he was behind in, because he was out at ridiculous hours catching cards-- and he expected one of his part-time jobs would call him in this evening, but...
The thing had his sister, and he was angry.
He could always tell when Sakura was in trouble. He wasn't sure where the ability had come from-- his magic, he supposed. And all of his nerves were tingling right now. Keroberos had taught him to do the divination, and that had pointed him in the direction of the forest.
Which seemed to be doing everything it could to prevent him from finding Sakura and the Clow Card that was trying to hurt her.
"I can't sense anything. There are too many ghosts," he said finally, pausing to rest with his hands on his knees.
"Can't you feel around them?" Keroberos asked, hovering into his vision. He may not have ever spoken to the girl, but he was quite fond of Sakura, all the same. She was a ray of light compared to Touya's gloom.
"Can't you feel the Cards you were supposed to keep track of?" Touya retorted.
"I don't have enough power," the guardian beast muttered, sounding irritated, and it was at that moment that the boy burst through the bushes.
Touya had gotten his name from Sakura; the sullen Chinese boy was called Li. He generally referred to him as the interfering brat, but said brat had a slight advantage over him-- he was quite good at sensing Clow cards. He might not have the sealing wand, but he always chasing around after them anyway. It made Touya angry. The kid was doing his job.
Normally he tried to ignore Li, but this time he grabbed him roughly by the shoulder. The boy's eyes widened in alarm; Touya tried to appear calm when he spoke.
"The Card has my sister. Can you find it with that board of yours?"
"Your sister?"
"Did I stutter?"
Li frowned, but he got the board out. Soon they were headed in the correct direction. Touya was slamming through the underbrush like a man possessed, not caring if it scratched him or torn his clothing. He could feel... he knew, somehow, she was hurt.
He nearly ran off the edge of the cliff, catching himself just in time. Swiftly he summoned Fly and took off, leaving the Chinese boy behind. He'd been a help, sure, but he'd have to find his own way. He certainly wasn't sharing that small staff with someone else.
"Hey!" Li called after him, but he was already forgotten. Touya hit the ground hard, but there she was. Her eyes were closed and her face was dirty and bruised.
The Card wearing his form stood up when he approached. Touya didn't appreciate the strange sense of deja vu.
"You hurt my sister," he growled.
After the card was captured and safely stowed in the book, Touya picked up his sister gently and carried her home. How he was going to explain this, he didn't know, but at least she seemed okay, just unconscious.
He sighed. At least it had been him who had opened the book. He couldn't imagine what it would have been like if it had been Sakura.
Length: 1645 words
Rating: G
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Request:
fic_on_demand: Cardcaptor Touya for the Valentine's Day eventPairing: Touya gen
Excerpt: "Give me the Clow cards," the boy demanded, reaching for the book, and Touya took a step back, glaring. The kid looked about Sakura's age, but he'd scaled the school fence like it was nothing.
I.
He hadn't meant to open the book at all. He was reaching for the book next to it, so he could finish his history homework, but his fingertips had brushed the spine of the large maroon book, and it had fallen from the shelf... and fallen open.
The wind that had blown through the library was strange and disconcerting. Touya made a mental note to ask his father about their insulation, but it was quickly driven out of his mind when the creature appeared.
"Yo, hello," it said, hovering in front of him on tiny wings, and Touya just gaped. It was the most well-made toy he'd ever seen, but it looked like something his little sister would be more interested in. A plush bear with wings, imagine.
"What the heck--?" he said before he could process his surprise, darting back; then, thinking better of it, he reached forward and grabbed the thing, which squirmed disconcertingly in his hands.
"Hey, what are you doing manhandling the Beast of the Seal?" it demanded. He flipped it on its back and looked for the battery seal, trying to ignore the fact that it was warm.
"Stop it! I'm not a toy! I'm the guardian of the Clow book!" it said, squirming out of his hands and pointing at him with a tiny paw.
"So you're alive?"
"Of course I'm alive. How else could I guard the book?" It scowled. Touya stared. After a second, he reached down and picked up the book.
"Maybe you should go back inside it," he suggested. The creature squinted at the book and then its mouth dropped open in horror.
"The Cards! The Cards! Where did they go?"
"There was this wind..." Touya said, resisting the urge to shuffle his feet under the tiny glare.
The creature sighed and rubbed its head. "Okay. Well. Fine. Here's the thing. You broke the Seal and lost the Cards--"
"That you were supposed to be guarding?" Touya said, lifting an eyebrow.
"I was taking a nap," it said, glaring back. "But the fact that you could break the Seal means that you have the potential for magic. Which is good, because we have to catch these cards quickly. If the cards aren't in the book, they come to life and do evil!"
"Like...?"
"Clow told me, "If the seal is broken, disaster will befall the world."" The creature's sober face declared the seriousness of his words.
Touya sighed. It wasn't as if he'd even been trying to open the book, but... he didn't want any disaster to happen.
"So what do we do?" he said, resigned. The stuffed toy brightened a little.
"You... What's your name?"
"What's yours?"
"Keroberos," it replied. "Keroberos, Guardian of the Seal."
"Big name for a little monster," he replied, grinning.
"I have another form and it is super cool!" Kero fumed. "But what's your name, already?"
"Kinomoto Touya," Touya replied.
Kero floated back a bit and then began to speak. "Key of the Seal," he intoned. "Someone wishes to make a contract with you. A boy. His name is Touya. Key, give him power! Release!"
The wind was as high as if there was a storm happening here in his basement, and the light was bright. Touya squinted and lifted a hand to cover his eyes.
"Kinomoto! Grab the staff!"
He reached into the brightness with some trepidation and his fingers closed around a smooth wooden object. When the smoke cleared, he found himself holding something that looked like one of Sakura's cheerleading wands, except with a bird's head on the top.
"Why is it pink?" he demanded, but the guardian beast had no answer for him.
*
II.
"Give me the Clow cards," the boy demanded, reaching for the book, and Touya took a step back, glaring. The kid looked about Sakura's age, but he'd scaled the school fence like it was nothing. He also had that... glowing thing. It was a little worrisome. The only person that Touya had told about the cards was Yukito.
"Keroberos-san told me to keep care of them," he said. "Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter. Give the Book to me, I'll catch the rest."
He reached out towards Touya's bookbag, and that was enough. He picked the smaller boy up by the collar and watched him dangle for a moment. The kid actually seemed surprised... But Touya was twice his size-- what did he expect?
"Get out of here," he growled, but the kid twisted around and up somehow and he had to block the kick with his forearm. It was a pretty good kick-- the boy knew his martial arts, for sure. He spun away and dropped into a combat position.
Well, two could play at that game...
"Punk," Touya growled, finding his own stance. He felt bad about possibly kicking the snot out of a little boy, but he didn't want the whole magic thing to get out... and anyway, it wasn't the kid's business. Anyway, he didn't have to hurt him. A threat would do just as good.
"I got you pork buns!"
Yukito's words cracked the tension, and Touya was honestly lucky that the kid was as distracted as he was.
"I got your pork buns, pizza buns, curry buns, and... they're still warm!" the other boy said cheerfully. If Touya's hobby was capturing weird little cards, Yukito's hobby was eating. It was practically an Olympic sport to him.
"Would you like one too?" he said, leaning down to the boy, who dropped his stance in utter shock, and then ran as though the demons of hell were after him. Touya laughed a little. Talk about killing with kindness.
Yukito got back to his feet and Touya rubbed the back of his neck before taking the pork bun from Yukito's hand.
"Who was the kid?" the shorter boy asked.
Touya shrugged. "He said he wanted the Clow Cards." He bit into the bun and chewed for a moment while Yukito considered. They could just hear in the distance the sound of someone climbing a chain link fence in a hurry.
"How strange," Yuki said, smiling. "Are you going to work with him?"
Touya laughed. "Not a chance."
*
III.
Touya felt like an idiot. It was a problem he'd been having more and more since he picked up the Clow wand and began to make retribution for losing the darn things. Here he was, struggling through the woods, looking for his sister. He knew he had homework to do-- homework he was behind in, because he was out at ridiculous hours catching cards-- and he expected one of his part-time jobs would call him in this evening, but...
The thing had his sister, and he was angry.
He could always tell when Sakura was in trouble. He wasn't sure where the ability had come from-- his magic, he supposed. And all of his nerves were tingling right now. Keroberos had taught him to do the divination, and that had pointed him in the direction of the forest.
Which seemed to be doing everything it could to prevent him from finding Sakura and the Clow Card that was trying to hurt her.
"I can't sense anything. There are too many ghosts," he said finally, pausing to rest with his hands on his knees.
"Can't you feel around them?" Keroberos asked, hovering into his vision. He may not have ever spoken to the girl, but he was quite fond of Sakura, all the same. She was a ray of light compared to Touya's gloom.
"Can't you feel the Cards you were supposed to keep track of?" Touya retorted.
"I don't have enough power," the guardian beast muttered, sounding irritated, and it was at that moment that the boy burst through the bushes.
Touya had gotten his name from Sakura; the sullen Chinese boy was called Li. He generally referred to him as the interfering brat, but said brat had a slight advantage over him-- he was quite good at sensing Clow cards. He might not have the sealing wand, but he always chasing around after them anyway. It made Touya angry. The kid was doing his job.
Normally he tried to ignore Li, but this time he grabbed him roughly by the shoulder. The boy's eyes widened in alarm; Touya tried to appear calm when he spoke.
"The Card has my sister. Can you find it with that board of yours?"
"Your sister?"
"Did I stutter?"
Li frowned, but he got the board out. Soon they were headed in the correct direction. Touya was slamming through the underbrush like a man possessed, not caring if it scratched him or torn his clothing. He could feel... he knew, somehow, she was hurt.
He nearly ran off the edge of the cliff, catching himself just in time. Swiftly he summoned Fly and took off, leaving the Chinese boy behind. He'd been a help, sure, but he'd have to find his own way. He certainly wasn't sharing that small staff with someone else.
"Hey!" Li called after him, but he was already forgotten. Touya hit the ground hard, but there she was. Her eyes were closed and her face was dirty and bruised.
The Card wearing his form stood up when he approached. Touya didn't appreciate the strange sense of deja vu.
"You hurt my sister," he growled.
After the card was captured and safely stowed in the book, Touya picked up his sister gently and carried her home. How he was going to explain this, he didn't know, but at least she seemed okay, just unconscious.
He sighed. At least it had been him who had opened the book. He couldn't imagine what it would have been like if it had been Sakura.