“Brings a shining light to every face / It shines for all to see / It makes the world a better place / Rainbow Brite and me…” Yukito sang, hips swaying lusciously as he pulled the brownies from the oven. The smell of warm chocolate filled the room even more than it had before.
It had been a week since he had moved into the apartment with Touya. Neither of them seemed to be moving forward, but they had all the time in the world now that Touya had saved him. He cut the brownies into squares, and laid them on plates. There were already approximately 15 plates full of brownies. His stereo had since skipped to a policatcally correct version of “Deck the Halls.” Yeah, he was male, and yeah that show was 20-something years old. He wasn’t human, so who gave one? He smiled, finally at peace with whatever he was.
“Deck the Color Castle walls / fa la la la la la…” He sang, carrying the soprano note surprisingly well for someone who was supposedly male. He giggled at this fact. He was physically male, but such things as pink sweaters, stuffed animals and the like didn’t bother him. In fact, he found it all rather cute…
He looked down at his ruffled pink apron (a gift from Sakura), his indigo sweater (a gift from Touya), and the crescent moon necklace he never took off. The necklace was a gift from Yue, who surprised him with it shortly after the power transfer. He fingered it, taking in the Aurora Borealis crystals and platinum, and how they sparkled. He had always been attracted the shiny or sparkly things. He took out his cherry pie (in a crescent moon pan of course), giggling again at the sight of the matching necklace and pie.
“TADAIMA!!!” Someone shouted. However, it was not heard over the blasting cassette from 1984. Touya stood in the doorway, watching a very genki Yukito shuffling around the room in a frilly pink apron and bunny slippers. Smirking, he snuck up on Yukito, slipping his hands around the snow rabbit’s waist. Yukito jumped approximately 3 feet into the air, crying out in surprise, nearly dropping the plate of strawberry tarts he held.
Touya chuckled, trying to snatch a tart from the plate. Yukito held the plate away from him, still tweeked at being startled so. Touya tried to get at the plate…
Only to have a tart smushed onto his face. Touya stood there in shock. “There, peach boy. You want a tart so badly, ne? That’s what you deserve for startling me like that. I nearly dropped these tarts.” Yukito said, trying to look stern, and failing miserably. The sight of Touya with strawberry filling oozing down his face was simply too priceless. Touya then narrowed his eyes at Yukito, smirking. Yukito’s eyes widened, and he braced to run.
“Alright, rabbit. That’s it!” Touya snarled playfully, running after Yukito, who kept dodging him blow for blow. Sheer lunacy ensued. Touya caught up with Yukito, picking up the smaller young man like a newlywed, then dropping him on a futon in the den. Yukito knew what was next. Touya then started to tickle him mercilessly.
“Ahhhh….To-ya!!! DAME!!! Hehehehe…. Dame! TO-YAAAA!!!!” Yukito laughed, kicking his feet in the air and writhing around under the tickles. Touya grinned, keeping him squirming for a good ten minutes. Both boys then collapsed side by side on the futon, Yukito panting slightly, and Touya still chuckling. Yukito had just begun to relax again when Touya took a strawberry, formerly stuck to his forehead, and put it on Yukito’s nose. The pink ruffled boy look at it cross-eyed then flicked his tongue up to his nose, licking off the strawberry in one quick motion. Touya raised an eyebrow.
“You sure have a long tongue, Yuki.” Touya said. Yukito looked up at him, blinking. Was it Touya’s imagination, or did something flash in Yukito’s eyes? Something like a pearl? Nah, that’s weird. People don’t have pearls for eyes, anyway. Yukito shook him slightly, causing Touya’s world to smashing down again. Yukito still looked at him with quizzical eyes.
BRRRRRING!!!!!
Touya got up to get the phone, leaving Yukito on the futon.
"Moshi moshi… ah, kaijuu… yes you are… what's the Clow guy doing there? What was his name? Hi-y-RAG-iziWA? Oh, ok. Ano… how about Tuesday at 3? Hai… ja." Touya hung up the phone. Yukito had returned to the kitchen, and was now taking out an entire roast chicken, causing Touya's eyebrow to raise higher yet.
"Yuki, why do you cook all our food at once? We're gonna starve the rest of the week." He said, ruffling Yukito's hair.
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After a large dinner of roast chicken and probably every dessert on the dark side of the moon, Touya and Yukito headed up to bed. They shared a room, and a bed, though nothing had come of it yet. It simply was a room built for one bed. Not that it mattered; Touya and Yukito were perfectly comfortable sharing it. Two beds would have been more awkward, in fact.
Touya entered the room from the adjoining bathroom wearing his peach boxers. Touya would make it very clear that it was Yukito's idea if cornered, but secretly liked them. They reminded him of Yukito's peach-fuzzy skin, and… that thought stopped as Yukito came through the door in his silky light blue bunny boxers. The world stopped then. Those are new… Touya thought vaguely. He felt his boxers getting tighter, and quickly went to get into bed.
Yukito followed suit, sliding gracefully into the flannel sheets. Flannel sheets… flannel is soft like satin… light blue bunny satin… Touya thought, making a small groan, and putting his face in his pillow. Yukito rolled over to face him. "Doushita no?" He asked lightly. Touya groaned again.
"Your *ahem* underwear… I've not seen those before. Are they new?" Touya asked, trying to act like they didn't affect him. Yukito nodded enthusiastically, throwing back the sheets to show them off. Touya paled, grateful that his portion of the sheets still covered him. "I got them yesterday, aren't they cute?" Yukito smiled at him. Touya could only nod.
Touya's eyes widened when Yukito snuggled in next to him closely. This was fairly common, but with Touya's current state…
Yukito looked up to Touya with questioning eyes when he made contact with Touya's boxers. He brought the sheets up slightly, peering underneath innocently. His eyes widened, and he quickly put the sheets back down again. Touya saw his eyes flash again, this time longer. Yukito blinked a few times, and then lay back on the bed. Touya judged his movements carefully, not wanting to frighten the rabbit-like young man next to him.
Then Yukito rolled over to face him, leaning in…
And licked a bit of leftover strawberry goo off of Touya's forehead. Touya melted right there, leaning in closer to kiss Yukito lightly on the lips. Yukito stiffened slightly, not expecting to be… reimbursed for his lick. He then relaxed, placing arm behind Touya's neck, holding him closer. It was noted that a certain piece of bunny satin was getting increasingly firm. Touya came up for air, and noted that Yukito's eyes were closed. He smiled, taking pride in his success.
Yukito opened his eyes, smiling at the accomplishment also. He was rewarded with what he usually saw (or didn't see) when he got aroused. Touya just stared. Yukito's eyes were… different. They shone like pearls… no… something more translucent. Moonstone.
Yukito simply nodded. "Yes. It happens when I get… excited. It's normal for me, don't worry. It scared me at first, but Yue assured me that it was okay. So stop feeling guilty and muss me."
Touya chuckled, but was still slightly unnerved by the staring eyes. Though in his current state, they seemed almost… arousing? Weird.
“Demo… doushite? It’s not because of the magic I gave you is it?” Touya asked, voice rising slightly with fear that he may have hurt Yukito somehow. Yukito put a hand on Touya’s cheek, smiling gently. “No, To-ya. Daijobu. I guess you could call it fail-safe device. Supposedly, when Clow created Yue and I, he put this reaction in me to keep me from being… distracted. Yue’s main mission was to protect his Master or Mistress. Unfortunately, this reaction wasn’t enough to keep Yue and me from being aroused. Besides, I find rather… kinky. It lets me focus on…”
Yukito put his hand into Touya’s boxers.
…"other things.”
Touya could have died right there. He leaned into Yukito’s touch with a slight moan. Yukito grinned in satisfaction. Touya could care less if he could see or not at this point and he knew it. Touya felt a cool liquid on him and shivered a bit. He looked and found Yukito coating him in what looked like molten chrome. Fascinated, he took some of the liquid in his fingers. He wondered absently what it tasted like, if it was magnetic, if he could get tetanus from it…
“Yuki, what is this?” He asked, genuinely curious. Yukito only paused for a moment in his task. “My body makes that.” Is all he said. Touya was in awe at Yukito. He looked almost ethereal at this point. His hair caught the moonlight splendidly; the chrome liquid on his fingers glinted as well. His eyes shone like moonlight.
“Yuki…”
“Hmmm?”
“You’re… gorgeous…” He breathed as Yukito positioned him properly.
“If you like how I look, imagine what I feel like.” Yukito purred seductively. Yes, purred. Touya wasn’t shocked at this point, but found it extremely endearing.
-----Yukito-----
I can’t believe this, what has come over me? I never used to be like this… It’s a good thing Yue is such a deep sleeper, or at least keeping quiet…
Suddenly Yue awoke with a start. Ah, hell. Yue’s what’s the matter? I’m kinda busy here…
~ The Mistress… ~
Sakura? She needs you? Alright then, but you owe me.
~ I’ll give you an intense orgasm in the next shower, now let me fulfill my duty. ~
-----End Yukito-----
Touya looked at Yukito. His eyes had that 'inside' look to them again. Even though he was still blind, Yukito's eyes could be seen slightly at this point, though still extremely obscured by the iridescent haze. Touya waited patiently. That look meant Yukito was speaking with Yue.
Touya frowned, however, when Yue appeared on top him, fully clothed. Something else intrigued him, though.
As Yue slowly and carefully made his way off the bed and onto the floor, Touya noted his body language. Although Yue had his normal pose, arms crossed and looking none to friendly, his eyes held no light within them.
"Yue, you're blind as well?" He asked, worried at this point that it wouldn't go away. If even the strong moon guardian Yue had it…
Yue turned to face him, eyes focused on something beyond. touya noted that Yue's eye were the same, only missing the feline pupil. The color was still there.
"Yes. The side effect originally surfaced in me. Since I created most of Yukito's persona, I could not give him traits that I did not possess myself, thus having no knowledge of having them. Yukito becomes blind when aroused because of me. Set aside your anger, I have someone to attend to." Yue said flatly, expelling his wings, preparing to take off.
Touya raced out of bed, putting on clothes in a rushed flurry. If his precious imouto was in danger, there wasn't a thing that could keep him from being there, magically inclined or not. Yue simply stared ahead, looking none too patient for the effect to wear off.
“Yue, can you see yet?” Touya asked, then grabbed Yue’s arm, not waiting for an answer.
“I can make out contrasting shapes and-” Yue started, cut off by Touya dragging him away towards the stairs.
By the time they reached the other gate, Yue had lifted Touya off of the ground and was flying with him. Touya seemed a bit out of sorts at first, but soon relaxed, holding on firmly, but gently, to Yue as they soared through the air.
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Miles away, Kinomoto Sakura and Hiiragizawa Eriol squirmed in the grasp of a thing. Sakura had been walking to a store to buy a present for Yukito, and had been captured by a dark being of some sort. He looks to be made purely of shadow and residual angst… Sakura thought, wondering where that came from. She tried to call her cards, held in the being's third arm. The cards did not respond, sleeping deeply in response to the being's dark aura and persuasive nature.
In the show being's second arm was Eriol. The creature, having some type of vendetta against all that is Clow, squeezing him until he went unconscious with a slight crunching sound. He now hung limply, his guardians just as asleep as Sakura's cards. He had returned to Tomoeda at the presence of evil, and had walked perfectly, directly into the preset trap by the dark thing.
Sakura was now being squeezed in the same manner as Eriol. She couldn’t breathe! She felt her chest being compressed, pain shooting through her every nerve, reverberating inside her head, making it pound. She bent her head, pressure and lack of oxygen weighing heavily on her. She felt a silver aura approaching as the world slipped away and gave into nothingness.
Yue stared at the hideous black thing holding two people that the world could not afford to lose. Without a second thought, Yue formed a celestial crystal orb, sending thousands of ice crystal shards toward the creature. He gasped as they bounced off of it, sending them into the woods somewhere. The dark being turned to Yue. Although Yue could not see the being’s eyes, he could feel them glowing in hatred at him. The dark being dropped Sakura and Eriol ungracefully, causing them to hit the hard ground. Touya ran to Sakura, not at all concerned for his own safety. The dark being paid him no mind.
“You… sadistic pet of Clow Reed… angel of all that is unfeeling and cold… I want nothing more than to rip you apart. But to do so would kill you, which is what you want. You want to be with your precious dead master. No, I will make you suffer.” The dark being spoke to Yue, a voice clearly male, but a bit effeminate at the same time.
Yue sneered at the dark being. “Dark Lord of all that is emptiness and hatred, name yourself so that I may know of whom I have killed.” Yue said between tightly clenched teeth, preparing a lunar arrow.
The dark being began to take shape, slowly but surely. Yue kept his arrow steady. Before long, an obscured figure, presumably male by stature alone, stood before him. The figure wore a very long black hooded cloak of the richest velvet, trimmed with a large red cabochon at the neck. Beautifully constructed, albeit cliché slightly. The figure lifted its head, revealing startling eyes that varied constantly in shade from a burning crimson to an intense orange. The effect of the eyes was hypnotizing to Yue. He felt a sudden urge to sleep…
Through sleep hazed eyes, Yue saw the figure coming at him. The world closed in on him, and all was gone.
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Sakura awoke to excruciating pain. Several ribs were broken, she knew it. Her chest crunched when she breathed, but the sight in front of her made her cry out in pain. A man in a dark cloak had Yue pinned against a tree! She looked beside her to find a sleeping Touya and Eriol. The trickle of blood out of the corner of Eriol’s mouth made her want to cry, but she hadn’t the time to check on him. She stood on shaky legs, walking calmly toward the ominous man. When she was a few yards away, she saw the man lift a hand to Yue. Instead of hitting him, however, he forced Yue to convert, leaving a sleeping Yukito against the tree.
It was too much for Sakura to bear. She raised her hand simply, the key inside metamorphosing into a long elaborate staff. The dark figure turned to face Sakura, startled. He had not expected her to awaken so quickly. He flashed a brilliant white, albeit razor sharp, smile. She took a defensive pose, staff extended at full length in front of her. Her white velvet cape flew behind her like moonlight, as she looked at her enemy with a cold gaze.
Sakura quickly brought a hand in the air, two fingers pointing to the sky. “Shield.” She commanded in a low growl. She had protected himself from the effect of the dark one’s eyes. She distractedly admired them, like fiery coals from the purest fires of hell. His hooded cloak suited him well. The dark one shook his head, letting the hood fall to the nape of his neck. A cascade of golden spirals and ringlets flowed like molten sunlight, nearly as long as his knees. Sakura gulped. This young man was drop dead gorgeous. He smiled that enchanting smile again, unleashing a torrent of black lightning bolts straight at Sakura. She dodged with Fly, never taking her eyes off the handsome young adversary.
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Eriol stirred a few yards away. He sat up slightly, causing him to immediately start to cough, blood spilling onto the ground and his hands. Every breath hurt like a piercing blaze of fire in his chest. His glasses lay next to him, shattered and bent. He looked up hazily, eyes widening at the sight of Sakura in battle. He hoped that the beautiful creature she was fighting didn’t notice him. He knew of the effect the dark one’s eyes had, and wanted none of it. He had no choice but to simply lie still until he could somehow be of use, or… wait to die.
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As Sakura battled wildly with the mysterious dark fellow, she felt herself growing weaker. Someone was siphoning her magic! It wasn’t the dark one, she would have noticed, plus Shield would have alerted her to it’s presence. It wasn’t Yukito or Yue, their silver aura was one she recognized easily. It was the aura of Clow Reed. Eriol… Sakura thought, resisting the urge to turn and look at him, lest the dark one notice and look at him as well. She knew that he would have to be in bad shape to call to her in such a way. She realized that her magic was the only thing keeping him alive.
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Yukito let out a low moan. A brief flash of memory from Yue clearing his senses instantly. He stood on shaky legs, leaving against the tree. The dark one started to turn around, and Yukito felt his eyes looking away from him, against his will. For Yue to move him with force, it must be important. He heard cobbling steps coming toward him, reminding him of early English movies. He hand shoved him against the tree trunk. The position reminded him of one he had with Touya once, before the transfer. A hand with long nails gripped his chin gently, but roughly as well, shaking him from his daze. He had no choice but to look into the eyes of –
Something else took his attention away. A hand was feeling him, his sacred area being violated. Yukito began to feel very ill to his stomach. Hot tears fell down his face in waves. Someone please help me… He thought, but found he could not cry out. He stole a quick glance in Sakura’s direction, paling slightly to see her on the ground, her aura flickering as his had done so long ago. He tried to move, to get to her...
“My, my, aren’t we such a pretty thing…” The dark one muttered seductively. Yukito squirmed, trying to get away. YUE!!! Wake up!! Please, Yue!! Yukito thought desperately, not feeling the alert feeling he usually did from Yue. He hoped that Yue wasn’t injured… or worse.
Yukito’s pants grew increasingly tight, his eyes beginning to gleam over with a moonstone film. Tears still spilled everywhere, wetting the dark one’s lovely velvet cloak and Yukito’s rather demure pale blue yukata.
The dark one leaned closer still, his lips caressing the smaller boy’s slightly. “Since you will be spending the night with me, I will tell you my name. Dearest Moon, my name is …Zoriel." The dark one said. Yukito shivered, not liking the sound of it.
"Say my name, rabbit. I'm eager to hear how it will sound when you're yelling it out tonight." Zoriel said with a purr into Yukito's ear. The feeling of Zoriel's breath against his earlobe, his close proximity, and his beauty were too much for Yukito. His eyes 'mooned over' (Touya thought of that) completely. The dark one leaned still closer, looking into Yukito's sparkling, shining eyes. "How interesting…" Zoriel muttered in a careless tone.
"I want you to say my name. SAY IT!" Zoriel then boomed. Yukito started, jumping a bit. His eyes were wide as his fear rose higher yet. Yukito swallowed. "Zorieru…" He nearly whimpered, his Japanese tongue stumbling over the English name. Zoriel chuckled, pushing back from the tree, and… walking away? Now Yukito was confused. He waved his arm in front of him, grateful that it didn’t come in contact with a certain goldilocks.
He sighed from relief, and began to slide down the tree. He felt so weak… Not this feeling again. Yukito thought bitterly. He continued to slide down the truck of the tree, until strong arms caught him. His eyes went wide with fear, and he struggled to get away. The arms only held him tighter.
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Touya wrapped his arms around Yukito, glad he was alright. Yukito’s eyes had changed again, meaning the blonde guy was some sort of manipulative bastard he needed to kill three times over. Yukito struggled, yelling at him to stop. He’d guessed the dark one’s name was Zoriel, or something close to it. He held Yukito against his chest. A few moments past, and Yukito stopped struggling. Touya felt Yukito’s hand run through his hair.
“Nope, no long golden hair, my Yuki. It’s just me.” Touya said, stroking Yukito’s own hair affectionately. Yukito let out a long breath, leaning into Touya’s embrace. He then began to cry. Touya held him, speaking the soothing words that were most likely not even heard over Yukito’s sobbing.
“Brings a shining light to every face / It shines for all to see / It makes the world a better place / Rainbow Brite and me…” Yukito sang, hips swaying lusciously as he pulled the brownies from the oven. The smell of warm chocolate filled the room even more than it had before.