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taotrooper) wrote2007-04-01 01:39 pm
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DVD documentary meme, part 1
I'm doing the Watanuki-centric fics I was asked today, since it's his birthday. Yay!
Title: Mystery box I couldn't come up with a witty name, sue me
Genre: Crack
Fandom: XXXHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura
Rating: PG for swearing
Characters: Yuuko, Watanuki, Nakuru, Spinel, Eriol and black Mokona. Oh my!
Pairing: implied Clow/Yuuko. Eriol/Kaho if you squint.
Words: +1600
This fic was made because I wanted Watanuki to meet the Eriol-tachi badly. I had started a short fic in which Yuuko and Watanuki go to London for a weekend and they meet them, but I got stuck. And since Mohammed didn't go to the mountain...
"Delivery again?" Watanuki wailed at Yuuko, who was on half of her second bottle of sake.
The fact he says "again" should mean the fic is dated at least after volume 6.
"I need you to take a little box to a hotel room at the Sunshine City Prince Hotel. The customer came to Japan specifically to get this." She made a gesture of disgust.
In my mind, she just pretends she's disgusted by Eriol. Or maybe she's disgusted at the way Clow dies in a way he could return... sort of.
By the way, that hotel exists. I never make things up, even for silly fics like this. God bless Google.
"And why is this customer not coming here to pick it up?" He was already exasperated at the lack of logic of the situation. His job was always like that.
"Because he doesn't have a strong enough wish that’ll allow him to come inside. And I'm not meeting him."
Since this is post CCS, Eriol's canon wish is already granted. I made a big assumption here, but hey. I wanted to focus on Eriol-tachi/Watanuki interaction, and Yuuko there would distract me too much.
"I don't understand," he sighed.
"I can't meet him. I won't meet him." She served herself more sake. "So, be a good boy and deliver the box. And don't leave the place until he checked the content and hands you the payment."
She won't meet him because maybe she wouldn't be able to keep her cool. She doesn't trust herself, and she doesn't trust Eriol either. Hence the "stay there so he can't cheat!" indirect.
"Fine, I have no choice. Where is the stupid box?"
"Over there." Yuuko grinned as she pointed at a heavy, regular-sized cardboard box at the corner. As she expected, he exploded in rage.
"...THAT'S A LITTLE BOX?! You're a slave master, not an employer!!"
"Don't be such a whiner, honey. I put a spell on it to make it lighter."
"Ah... let me guess..."
"You'll have to work extra hours, yes."
"DAMMIT."
"Don't you want to use a portal to get there faster?"
"No, thanks. I value my debt as it is."
"You learn fast," she admitted as she took a sip.
*grins* Canon-style humor, of course.
***
Kimihiro discovered, no matter how lightened a box was, that walking all through the city carrying it could kill both your arms and legs, not to mention the back. He regretted he had declined Yuuko's offer, as obnoxious and expensive the portal concept is. The box made strange noises as he moved, and that was freaking him out.
Not surprised or scary, since he's used to shit like this, but freaked out. There's a difference.
At last, with his scarce energies, he dragged the box through the hallway floor of the hotel. Finally, room 108. He put himself together and knocked the door. He heard voices speaking in a foreign language. What was he supposed to do if the customer couldn't understand Japanese?
Yeah, room number is a pun. I'm making them speak in English between them since they're now living in England. But I think Eriol and his guardians speak in a mix between Japanese, English, and Chinese (yes, Chinese as well). That's yet another of my fanon thoughts.
The door opened.
For some seconds, he thought it was Yuuko after a couple of drinks. Then he noticed the hair was shorter and brown, she was less taller and way flatter on the chest area. The young woman was glancing behind her shoulder, still speaking in something that sounded like English. She turned around to him, still speaking.
Personally, the first image of Yuuko I ever saw made me think of Nakuru. The side bangs in her hairdo are somehow similar, and there's the butterfly theme.
"Hey, I want to call room service and Spinel won't le--- oh." She blinked, and switched to fluent Japanese. "You're not Eriol."
Incidentally, that same first image of HOLiC also made me think of a pissed-off teenage Eriol. But seriously, what Nakuru saw was the profile of a dark-haired kid with glasses, so for some seconds she thought her master was back. But she realized right away.
"Uh, no." Watanuki didn't know what an Erioru was, but he hoped he wasn't one. There was something scary about the girl, and it wasn't just Yuuko's resemblance. "I came here to deliver a box."
"erioru" is how you'd pronounce it in Japanese.
"Aaaaah! Yeah, that! Come in!" She beamed.
"...I'M EXHAUSTED! It's your fucking box, go carry it yourself!"
Just because she's a client, it doesn't mean he has to be polite to her. That's early-canon Watanuki for you. He gets nicer with time.
"Okay!" She jumped cheerfully and picked the box. He followed her inside the room. Then he discovered the room was empty. There were two open suitcases in the piece. Wasn't she chatting with a second person? He heard two voices.
"Hurry up and open it!" He was tired and wanted to go to bed. But instead of focusing on the box, she was examining Watanuki.
"Hee, you're so cute!" Then she proceeded to cling to his neck.
GLOMP ATTACK.
"What?!" He blushed. "Let me go."
That's too straight-forward for him. Besides Maru and Moro, and Mugetsu, and Mokona, and Yuuko when she's really drunk or wants something from him, nobody glomps him. His other love interests prefer to smirk at him, beam at him, or just blush at the spot. Exchanging eyeballs and wounds? Yes. Glomps, though? Nope.
"You smell delicious~!"
"LET ME GO!"
"Ooh, I like them feisty."
"OPEN THE BOX!" He couldn't get rid of her. It was like an ayakashi, only considerably less uglier and definitely noisier.
XDDDD Remember Nakuru is obsessed with magical powers, so a magnet like Watanuki would be very attractive and tasty. Probably a part of her wonders if this could be an Oedipus complex in the works, considering he looks like daddy a bit, but who cares.
"We cannot do that," the second voice said. It was high-pitched, like a child's, but it sounded serious and elegant. "Can't you see the magical seals around it?"
Now that he glanced at it again, the box was indeed surrounded by a weak purple light. How could he not see it, after an hour of carrying it?
Yay Spinel's smartass attitude!
"Then take it off. I can't leave without you checking it first. AND YOU LET ME GO ALREADY!"
"Ruby Moon, leave him alone. His powers are out of your league." She let him off, growling at the voice. Because if a guardian or a similar being could suck his powers, he'd be cured ages ago. Unless it's a plothole... "Look, boy---"
"Excuse me, but I can't 'look' at you. You're invisible and stuff."
"I'm on the bed. Honestly, and you work for that witch..."
Then he lowered his eyes, and noticed the tiny black kitten lying on a pillow. There was something on his back that looked like wings.
Oh great, another talking cat.
By the time in canon this fic is set, he's already seen his share of talking youkai and spirits that look like animals. So Spinel wouldn't be someone to make him go OMGWTF.
"You?!"
"Yes, and please stop yelling. You're giving me a headache. I was saying those seals can only be removed by a sorcerer. We might be magical, but we cannot perform spells. You must wait until our master comes back."
PWNED.
Kimihiro opened his eyes wide.
"Master? So you guys are like Maru and Moro? You can't leave this place?"
The only beings Watanuki knows who have a master are the twins. That's why he thinks they might be similar.
...Okay, so we don't know what Maru and Moro are like, but let's leave the known and less confusing difference to Spinel.
"Who are Maru and Moro?" The girl asked.
"You're an idiot. We are guardians, something you have never seen before in your life. And besides, how could we not leave this temporary hotel room? Use logic for once."
Spinel is not pleased by Watanuki's density.
"This cat is really annoying," Watanuki murmured to the girl, who was watching him closely.
"Tell me about it! Suppi is so boring sometimes."
"Stop with the nickname! It's Spinel Sun! And I can hear you both."
"Well, you called me an idiot."
"He's even grumpier than Touya-kun~ How adorable~"
Heh, they join to bitch about Spinel, but they're not subtle about it. Then again, Nakuru is rarely too subtle.
***
Spinel sighed as the teenager screamed at Ruby Moon's every single movement. And he thought it was going to be a quiet afternoon.
Be thankful Doumeki didn't go with him, Spinel. They'd all get noisier. Well, not Doumeki, but Nakuru and Watanuki would! :D
***
Ten minutes later, Watanuki was still stuck in the room with the guardians. The box was still making deaf noises, but the other ones didn't seem to care. He figured the real customer had to be scary. He had these creatures under his command, and Yuuko was definitely avoiding him. It had to be bad.
You're in for a surprise~
Finally, he heard the door opening. He turned around, apprehensive.
And then he saw a kid a couple of years younger than him. He was in what, junior high school? Also, except for the blue eyes behind the glasses, he didn't really look like a gaijin. The boy was carrying two pink boxes with pastries, and he seemed amused by the scene.
I don't know where in post CCS canon HOLiC happens, so on the meantime I just chose a random moment in time, or took the age TRC!S+S had when they landed at Yuuko's. Now, what it's not canon-compatible is the fact he has blue eyes, which is an anime trait... I should change it, maybe.
"Well, I miscalculated the time. I thought you wouldn't arrive until sunrise." He left the boxes on a small table, and grinned. "Nice to meet you, Watanuki Kimihiro-kun. My name is Hiiragizawa Eriol."
"Ah, samewise... How did you know my name?"
Just the name? *winks* Actually, Eriol is happy he got late. Because he didn't expect that.
"That's a secret. So, how's Yuuko?"
"Drunk," Kimihiro said with sincerity.
"Then she's fine. When she stops drinking, start to be concerned. Where are the things?"
This exchange amuses me so XD
Watanuki pointed at the box. "There. And please, kid, open it already. I want to go home."
"He's old enough to be your father," Spinel remarked, as they saw Eriol neutralizing the seals with red energy. "Do you reckon the Witch of Dimension is on her thirties?"
Oh dear. Just the idea of Yuuko's age made him feel sick.
Something scarier than Eriol's true age: YUUKO's true age. Trufax. That's one question Watanuki'd never make because he valued his life (...um, somehow? I'm not so sure anymore). Again, the red glow is an anime thing.
Eriol opened the box. And then, a black object hopped from inside, right to his face. The guardians suppressed a gasp. Watanuki hit his face with his palm. Of course, that made the noise.
"What the hell!! How did YOU get inside the box?!"
"Ah," Spinel nodded.
Spinel has a quickier mind than Nakuru, and can see it's a creature what attacked his master now. But also, I wanted to imply that with the stuff he read at Clow's old house, he could know a bit about the Tsubasa issue and the Mokonas. That's why he's so calm about it.
"What is that?" Ruby asked. "It looks cute."
Nakuru would love her twin half siblings. Because they're cute and jump a lot.
"It's nothing cute! It's a stupid black manjuu who snuck in the box."
"Mokona is Mokona!" Eriol had removed the small guy from his head, so now it was on his shoulder. He didn't seem annoyed at all.
"Long time no see, Larg."
"Yup! We missed you!"
Awwwwwww! Incidentally, this was written before a translation of CLAMP no Kiseki #10 came out. Larg is so going to tell Soel about Eriol that night~
"Larg...? Its name is Mokona..."
"It's also Larg. I see Yuuko is determined not to call you that, eh?"
Clow did come up with those names, after all. Yuuko didn't even like them, so that could be why she sticks to Mokona and Mokona.
"Nope! And Yuuko is right, it's just half! So now your name is Eriol?"
"Indeed," Eriol laughed. "Now there are two of us, like there's two of you."
Yuuko probably had to tell Larg about Clow's death and its details because Eriol was stopping by. The whole idea breaks my heart, but Larg would be grateful to see some part of Clow at all. And that's why he snuck in.
"Er, hello?" Watanuki interrupted the incoherent yet emotive scene. "The rest of the box."
"Right. Sorry, Watanuki-kun. Ruby, Spinel, help me check."
"Okay!"
"Yes."
To Kimihiro's disappointment, the box was filled with smelling old Chinese clothes and some antique, dusty books. Spinel was already browsing the pages of one of the books, while Mokona was playing around the box with Ruby.
"That's it? That's what you wanted? Some cheap, old books and clothes?"
"The outfits are made of Hindi silk," Eriol pointed out, "while the books, grimoires and manuscripts are centuries old. This is definitely not cheap, Watanuki-kun."
It isn't. Clow was a picky shopper.
"Ah. Oh, right. The payment."
"I haven't forgotten." Eriol went to his suitcase, and gave Watanuki a handful of yellow envelopes tied up with a red ribbon. "This is what Yuuko asked for the box."
"No way. So little? I had to carry a heavy box through the city to get some papers back?"
...Well, money is a bunch of papers, if we see it that way. So are legal documents and deeds. I think Watanuki in this fic came across as dumb. Let's take it as he's tired.
"I'm compensating you for your hard work." Eriol also handed out the pastry boxes. "Here, there are four each, so that's eight. Four for you and only you; you can share the rest. One for Yuuko, one for Mokona, because they'll want some; and the other two are for your friends: the boy who practices archery and the cute girl with the ponytails."
Eriol thinks about everyone, because he's kind. But also makes this so Watanuki won't give up on his cake or get it snagged, because that happens a lot with the stuff he cooks.
"Pastries!" They heard Mokona cried.
"...HOW---?!"
Eriol just smiled behind his glasses.
But see, considering the after-window events, I think it makes sense for Clow to know about Himawari. I mean, Doumeki could be a given, since it's implied he has an important role in the end. But Himawari triggered the window thing, which involved real!Syaoran. And whatever is his part on it, Clow would know something.
Yeah, this fic was written before that canon part came out, so I'm amazed the manga is backing this up further instead of contradicting me O_O
Kimihiro noticed it was a rather annoying, know-it-all smile.
No wonder Yuuko didn't want to meet him.
It's the Creepy Grin(tm)
***
"So," Spinel asked, "this is what Clow left at the witch's house. Can we return to England now?"
"Yes. I finally got them back. There's a metaphysics book you're going to love, by the way."
Spinel likes metaphysics.
"But what did you give her in return, Eriol?" Nakuru said. Eriol turned serious.
"Don't tell Kaho about this. Those envelopes were compromising letters she sent Clow a while ago. I found them at the Tomoeda manor. Let's say this deal isn't really the act of granting a wish..."
So basically, kids, don't tell my girlfriend I came to get my stuff back from an ex.
"So you blackmailed her in order to get those valuable books back," said Spinel.
Eriol chuckled.
"When your ex can actually sell your old belongings around, you can't ask nicely."
Yay blackmail! Eriol blackmailing! I'm not sure how I came up with this, but I'm glad I did.
Also, Yuuko DID sell Clow's stuff around. I wrote a fic in which she exchanged one of his PJs for the daffodil jug. By the way, it looks pretty hot on Kakei, once Saiga made some fixes on it.
"Now that I think about it, I wanted some pastries, too," Nakuru pouted.
A part of my writing style: close a fic with a random, humoristic line. I never know if it looks any good. Oh well.
Title: Mystery box I couldn't come up with a witty name, sue me
Genre: Crack
Fandom: XXXHOLiC/Cardcaptor Sakura
Rating: PG for swearing
Characters: Yuuko, Watanuki, Nakuru, Spinel, Eriol and black Mokona. Oh my!
Pairing: implied Clow/Yuuko. Eriol/Kaho if you squint.
Words: +1600
This fic was made because I wanted Watanuki to meet the Eriol-tachi badly. I had started a short fic in which Yuuko and Watanuki go to London for a weekend and they meet them, but I got stuck. And since Mohammed didn't go to the mountain...
"Delivery again?" Watanuki wailed at Yuuko, who was on half of her second bottle of sake.
The fact he says "again" should mean the fic is dated at least after volume 6.
"I need you to take a little box to a hotel room at the Sunshine City Prince Hotel. The customer came to Japan specifically to get this." She made a gesture of disgust.
In my mind, she just pretends she's disgusted by Eriol. Or maybe she's disgusted at the way Clow dies in a way he could return... sort of.
By the way, that hotel exists. I never make things up, even for silly fics like this. God bless Google.
"And why is this customer not coming here to pick it up?" He was already exasperated at the lack of logic of the situation. His job was always like that.
"Because he doesn't have a strong enough wish that’ll allow him to come inside. And I'm not meeting him."
Since this is post CCS, Eriol's canon wish is already granted. I made a big assumption here, but hey. I wanted to focus on Eriol-tachi/Watanuki interaction, and Yuuko there would distract me too much.
"I don't understand," he sighed.
"I can't meet him. I won't meet him." She served herself more sake. "So, be a good boy and deliver the box. And don't leave the place until he checked the content and hands you the payment."
She won't meet him because maybe she wouldn't be able to keep her cool. She doesn't trust herself, and she doesn't trust Eriol either. Hence the "stay there so he can't cheat!" indirect.
"Fine, I have no choice. Where is the stupid box?"
"Over there." Yuuko grinned as she pointed at a heavy, regular-sized cardboard box at the corner. As she expected, he exploded in rage.
"...THAT'S A LITTLE BOX?! You're a slave master, not an employer!!"
"Don't be such a whiner, honey. I put a spell on it to make it lighter."
"Ah... let me guess..."
"You'll have to work extra hours, yes."
"DAMMIT."
"Don't you want to use a portal to get there faster?"
"No, thanks. I value my debt as it is."
"You learn fast," she admitted as she took a sip.
*grins* Canon-style humor, of course.
***
Kimihiro discovered, no matter how lightened a box was, that walking all through the city carrying it could kill both your arms and legs, not to mention the back. He regretted he had declined Yuuko's offer, as obnoxious and expensive the portal concept is. The box made strange noises as he moved, and that was freaking him out.
Not surprised or scary, since he's used to shit like this, but freaked out. There's a difference.
At last, with his scarce energies, he dragged the box through the hallway floor of the hotel. Finally, room 108. He put himself together and knocked the door. He heard voices speaking in a foreign language. What was he supposed to do if the customer couldn't understand Japanese?
Yeah, room number is a pun. I'm making them speak in English between them since they're now living in England. But I think Eriol and his guardians speak in a mix between Japanese, English, and Chinese (yes, Chinese as well). That's yet another of my fanon thoughts.
The door opened.
For some seconds, he thought it was Yuuko after a couple of drinks. Then he noticed the hair was shorter and brown, she was less taller and way flatter on the chest area. The young woman was glancing behind her shoulder, still speaking in something that sounded like English. She turned around to him, still speaking.
Personally, the first image of Yuuko I ever saw made me think of Nakuru. The side bangs in her hairdo are somehow similar, and there's the butterfly theme.
"Hey, I want to call room service and Spinel won't le--- oh." She blinked, and switched to fluent Japanese. "You're not Eriol."
Incidentally, that same first image of HOLiC also made me think of a pissed-off teenage Eriol. But seriously, what Nakuru saw was the profile of a dark-haired kid with glasses, so for some seconds she thought her master was back. But she realized right away.
"Uh, no." Watanuki didn't know what an Erioru was, but he hoped he wasn't one. There was something scary about the girl, and it wasn't just Yuuko's resemblance. "I came here to deliver a box."
"erioru" is how you'd pronounce it in Japanese.
"Aaaaah! Yeah, that! Come in!" She beamed.
"...I'M EXHAUSTED! It's your fucking box, go carry it yourself!"
Just because she's a client, it doesn't mean he has to be polite to her. That's early-canon Watanuki for you. He gets nicer with time.
"Okay!" She jumped cheerfully and picked the box. He followed her inside the room. Then he discovered the room was empty. There were two open suitcases in the piece. Wasn't she chatting with a second person? He heard two voices.
"Hurry up and open it!" He was tired and wanted to go to bed. But instead of focusing on the box, she was examining Watanuki.
"Hee, you're so cute!" Then she proceeded to cling to his neck.
GLOMP ATTACK.
"What?!" He blushed. "Let me go."
That's too straight-forward for him. Besides Maru and Moro, and Mugetsu, and Mokona, and Yuuko when she's really drunk or wants something from him, nobody glomps him. His other love interests prefer to smirk at him, beam at him, or just blush at the spot. Exchanging eyeballs and wounds? Yes. Glomps, though? Nope.
"You smell delicious~!"
"LET ME GO!"
"Ooh, I like them feisty."
"OPEN THE BOX!" He couldn't get rid of her. It was like an ayakashi, only considerably less uglier and definitely noisier.
XDDDD Remember Nakuru is obsessed with magical powers, so a magnet like Watanuki would be very attractive and tasty. Probably a part of her wonders if this could be an Oedipus complex in the works, considering he looks like daddy a bit, but who cares.
"We cannot do that," the second voice said. It was high-pitched, like a child's, but it sounded serious and elegant. "Can't you see the magical seals around it?"
Now that he glanced at it again, the box was indeed surrounded by a weak purple light. How could he not see it, after an hour of carrying it?
Yay Spinel's smartass attitude!
"Then take it off. I can't leave without you checking it first. AND YOU LET ME GO ALREADY!"
"Ruby Moon, leave him alone. His powers are out of your league." She let him off, growling at the voice. Because if a guardian or a similar being could suck his powers, he'd be cured ages ago. Unless it's a plothole... "Look, boy---"
"Excuse me, but I can't 'look' at you. You're invisible and stuff."
"I'm on the bed. Honestly, and you work for that witch..."
Then he lowered his eyes, and noticed the tiny black kitten lying on a pillow. There was something on his back that looked like wings.
Oh great, another talking cat.
By the time in canon this fic is set, he's already seen his share of talking youkai and spirits that look like animals. So Spinel wouldn't be someone to make him go OMGWTF.
"You?!"
"Yes, and please stop yelling. You're giving me a headache. I was saying those seals can only be removed by a sorcerer. We might be magical, but we cannot perform spells. You must wait until our master comes back."
PWNED.
Kimihiro opened his eyes wide.
"Master? So you guys are like Maru and Moro? You can't leave this place?"
The only beings Watanuki knows who have a master are the twins. That's why he thinks they might be similar.
...Okay, so we don't know what Maru and Moro are like, but let's leave the known and less confusing difference to Spinel.
"Who are Maru and Moro?" The girl asked.
"You're an idiot. We are guardians, something you have never seen before in your life. And besides, how could we not leave this temporary hotel room? Use logic for once."
Spinel is not pleased by Watanuki's density.
"This cat is really annoying," Watanuki murmured to the girl, who was watching him closely.
"Tell me about it! Suppi is so boring sometimes."
"Stop with the nickname! It's Spinel Sun! And I can hear you both."
"Well, you called me an idiot."
"He's even grumpier than Touya-kun~ How adorable~"
Heh, they join to bitch about Spinel, but they're not subtle about it. Then again, Nakuru is rarely too subtle.
***
Spinel sighed as the teenager screamed at Ruby Moon's every single movement. And he thought it was going to be a quiet afternoon.
Be thankful Doumeki didn't go with him, Spinel. They'd all get noisier. Well, not Doumeki, but Nakuru and Watanuki would! :D
***
Ten minutes later, Watanuki was still stuck in the room with the guardians. The box was still making deaf noises, but the other ones didn't seem to care. He figured the real customer had to be scary. He had these creatures under his command, and Yuuko was definitely avoiding him. It had to be bad.
You're in for a surprise~
Finally, he heard the door opening. He turned around, apprehensive.
And then he saw a kid a couple of years younger than him. He was in what, junior high school? Also, except for the blue eyes behind the glasses, he didn't really look like a gaijin. The boy was carrying two pink boxes with pastries, and he seemed amused by the scene.
I don't know where in post CCS canon HOLiC happens, so on the meantime I just chose a random moment in time, or took the age TRC!S+S had when they landed at Yuuko's. Now, what it's not canon-compatible is the fact he has blue eyes, which is an anime trait... I should change it, maybe.
"Well, I miscalculated the time. I thought you wouldn't arrive until sunrise." He left the boxes on a small table, and grinned. "Nice to meet you, Watanuki Kimihiro-kun. My name is Hiiragizawa Eriol."
"Ah, samewise... How did you know my name?"
Just the name? *winks* Actually, Eriol is happy he got late. Because he didn't expect that.
"That's a secret. So, how's Yuuko?"
"Drunk," Kimihiro said with sincerity.
"Then she's fine. When she stops drinking, start to be concerned. Where are the things?"
This exchange amuses me so XD
Watanuki pointed at the box. "There. And please, kid, open it already. I want to go home."
"He's old enough to be your father," Spinel remarked, as they saw Eriol neutralizing the seals with red energy. "Do you reckon the Witch of Dimension is on her thirties?"
Oh dear. Just the idea of Yuuko's age made him feel sick.
Something scarier than Eriol's true age: YUUKO's true age. Trufax. That's one question Watanuki'd never make because he valued his life (...um, somehow? I'm not so sure anymore). Again, the red glow is an anime thing.
Eriol opened the box. And then, a black object hopped from inside, right to his face. The guardians suppressed a gasp. Watanuki hit his face with his palm. Of course, that made the noise.
"What the hell!! How did YOU get inside the box?!"
"Ah," Spinel nodded.
Spinel has a quickier mind than Nakuru, and can see it's a creature what attacked his master now. But also, I wanted to imply that with the stuff he read at Clow's old house, he could know a bit about the Tsubasa issue and the Mokonas. That's why he's so calm about it.
"What is that?" Ruby asked. "It looks cute."
Nakuru would love her twin half siblings. Because they're cute and jump a lot.
"It's nothing cute! It's a stupid black manjuu who snuck in the box."
"Mokona is Mokona!" Eriol had removed the small guy from his head, so now it was on his shoulder. He didn't seem annoyed at all.
"Long time no see, Larg."
"Yup! We missed you!"
Awwwwwww! Incidentally, this was written before a translation of CLAMP no Kiseki #10 came out. Larg is so going to tell Soel about Eriol that night~
"Larg...? Its name is Mokona..."
"It's also Larg. I see Yuuko is determined not to call you that, eh?"
Clow did come up with those names, after all. Yuuko didn't even like them, so that could be why she sticks to Mokona and Mokona.
"Nope! And Yuuko is right, it's just half! So now your name is Eriol?"
"Indeed," Eriol laughed. "Now there are two of us, like there's two of you."
Yuuko probably had to tell Larg about Clow's death and its details because Eriol was stopping by. The whole idea breaks my heart, but Larg would be grateful to see some part of Clow at all. And that's why he snuck in.
"Er, hello?" Watanuki interrupted the incoherent yet emotive scene. "The rest of the box."
"Right. Sorry, Watanuki-kun. Ruby, Spinel, help me check."
"Okay!"
"Yes."
To Kimihiro's disappointment, the box was filled with smelling old Chinese clothes and some antique, dusty books. Spinel was already browsing the pages of one of the books, while Mokona was playing around the box with Ruby.
"That's it? That's what you wanted? Some cheap, old books and clothes?"
"The outfits are made of Hindi silk," Eriol pointed out, "while the books, grimoires and manuscripts are centuries old. This is definitely not cheap, Watanuki-kun."
It isn't. Clow was a picky shopper.
"Ah. Oh, right. The payment."
"I haven't forgotten." Eriol went to his suitcase, and gave Watanuki a handful of yellow envelopes tied up with a red ribbon. "This is what Yuuko asked for the box."
"No way. So little? I had to carry a heavy box through the city to get some papers back?"
...Well, money is a bunch of papers, if we see it that way. So are legal documents and deeds. I think Watanuki in this fic came across as dumb. Let's take it as he's tired.
"I'm compensating you for your hard work." Eriol also handed out the pastry boxes. "Here, there are four each, so that's eight. Four for you and only you; you can share the rest. One for Yuuko, one for Mokona, because they'll want some; and the other two are for your friends: the boy who practices archery and the cute girl with the ponytails."
Eriol thinks about everyone, because he's kind. But also makes this so Watanuki won't give up on his cake or get it snagged, because that happens a lot with the stuff he cooks.
"Pastries!" They heard Mokona cried.
"...HOW---?!"
Eriol just smiled behind his glasses.
But see, considering the after-window events, I think it makes sense for Clow to know about Himawari. I mean, Doumeki could be a given, since it's implied he has an important role in the end. But Himawari triggered the window thing, which involved real!Syaoran. And whatever is his part on it, Clow would know something.
Yeah, this fic was written before that canon part came out, so I'm amazed the manga is backing this up further instead of contradicting me O_O
Kimihiro noticed it was a rather annoying, know-it-all smile.
No wonder Yuuko didn't want to meet him.
It's the Creepy Grin(tm)
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"So," Spinel asked, "this is what Clow left at the witch's house. Can we return to England now?"
"Yes. I finally got them back. There's a metaphysics book you're going to love, by the way."
Spinel likes metaphysics.
"But what did you give her in return, Eriol?" Nakuru said. Eriol turned serious.
"Don't tell Kaho about this. Those envelopes were compromising letters she sent Clow a while ago. I found them at the Tomoeda manor. Let's say this deal isn't really the act of granting a wish..."
So basically, kids, don't tell my girlfriend I came to get my stuff back from an ex.
"So you blackmailed her in order to get those valuable books back," said Spinel.
Eriol chuckled.
"When your ex can actually sell your old belongings around, you can't ask nicely."
Yay blackmail! Eriol blackmailing! I'm not sure how I came up with this, but I'm glad I did.
Also, Yuuko DID sell Clow's stuff around. I wrote a fic in which she exchanged one of his PJs for the daffodil jug. By the way, it looks pretty hot on Kakei, once Saiga made some fixes on it.
"Now that I think about it, I wanted some pastries, too," Nakuru pouted.
A part of my writing style: close a fic with a random, humoristic line. I never know if it looks any good. Oh well.
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Eriol/Kaho if you squint.
I approve.
Humoristic endings are always a win, btw.
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Que por cierto, el otro día me decía Estefanía por IM que te parecía el Eriol/Kaho hot (parafraseando), y te juro que se me hizo tan amusing.
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amusing que lo vea hot? si tu lo dices... XD
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Since this is post CCS, Eriol's canon wish is already granted. I made a big assumption here, but hey.
I think it's a *good* assumption. People don't go into Yuuko's shop for random things, if they get in there it's because there's something big that they can't/won't solve on their own. I agree that post-manga!Eriol wouldn't enter.
Because if a guardian or a similar being could suck his powers, he'd be cured ages ago. Unless it's a plothole...
I hadn't noticed that! Good thinking. :D
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Yeah, that's the thing. There are so many crossovers I can't manage to pull because the characters couldn't enter Yuuko's...