I know, I know! Syaoran/Yue pairing isn’t canon, but this is the fanfic world! I have the right to pair them together! It could happen, okay? I mean, if it was Sakura/Tomoyo and Touya/other person pairing, who would Syaoran and Yue be paired with?
Disclaimer: Don’t own CCS, own Lune, moon cards, and moon staff.
This is an AU (alternate universe) fic. Actually, almost all of my S/Y pairing fics are AU. This is the prologue to A change, also by me.
Summary: Yue is a dark magician who rules over a land called Selene. Every year, one child is chosen for sacrifice, or else it will not rain or snow and all the water will dry up, causing the people to starve. Nobody knows what happens to the children. Finally, one year, a child called Syaoran is chosen…
Warning: Yue is really abusive in the beginning. You have been warned…
Yue watched the proceedings through Mirror. Another child was being sent to his castle, a boy. A pity, really… he had been hoping for a girl. Girls were so much easier to break, all you had to do was trap them with magic and they would create horrific illusions in their own minds, slowly driving themselves insane. Of course, once the process was over they became his cards, his beautiful, floating spirits. Rain, Snow, Storm, Cloud, Dream, Mirror, Silent… the list was fairly long.
Yue slowly shook out his beautiful black wings. A forgotten memory stirred at the back of his mind, a smiling, black haired man with spectacles. Clow. He had loved Clow, but Clow hadn’t loved him back. Instead, he had been chosen to become the Final Judgment maker, to test a new master. Why hadn’t Clow understood his feelings? After Clow’s death, he had broken the seal placed on the Clow book and escaped, taking the moon-based cards with him.
Yue had come to this country. They had believed him to be a powerful magician, and had tried to kill him, but he had beaten them easily. From then on, one child- usually a girl- had been given to him once a year to appease his anger. The rest was history.
Oh, he hadn’t always been cold. But after Clow’s death, he stopped caring. His wings had once been white, if he remembered correctly. But that didn’t matter anymore. The darkness inside him had won the battle. He didn’t care. He didn’t live. He simply… existed.
A quiet tapping at the gate cut into his thoughts. “Lock.” Yue said, as it disappeared. There was a creaking noise as the gates finally swung open. A nervous-looking man came into the castle cautiously. In his arms he was carrying a boy, who couldn’t be more than six or seven years old. As soon as he saw Yue, he dropped the child and bolted out of the castle as fast as he could, leaving Yue alone with the child.
Yue looked at him curiously. He didn’t look scared or angry, unlike most of the children. The boy met his gaze, his glowing amber eyes meeting Yue’s gaze. * Interesting… I haven’t seen anybody with gold eyes ever since Cerebus was sealed. * He thought.
Syaoran stared at the magician. Someone had warned him that the magician was pure evil, but Syaoran only thought he looked sad- and angry. * I wonder why? Did someone hurt him really bad? *
A minute later, Yue looked away. Then, he raised himself from his chair. There was work to be done if this boy was going to become one of the cards. The Time card, now, that was a thought. Time wasn’t occupied by a spirit; yet. In a split second, Syaoran found him self pinned to the floor. The last thing Syaoran saw were the magician’s silver-turned-gold eyes staring into his.
Two months passed. Yue finally decided to check on his new creation. It usually took less than a month for them to break. Syaoran was lying inside a cocoon of moon energy, the same cocoon Yue used to create his other spirits. However, he didn’t look like he was in pain. In fact, he looked--- peaceful.
“I hope he’s not dead.” Yue said. It would be a pity to lose a spirit like that. He slipped inside the cocoon easily, and picked up Syaoran to see if he was okay. Syaoran’s eyes fluttered open, much to Yue’s surprise. His eyes were filled with pain, but that wasn’t unusual. Most of Yue’s ‘creations’ went through pain before they went mad.
“Yue-san.” Syaoran said. That got Yue’s attention.
“How did you know my name?” He demanded. “No one knows, except for Cerebus, and he was sealed inside the book! How could you possibly find out?”
“I-I saw things.” Syaoran said, shivering even though he wasn’t cold. “You used to be an angel, didn’t you, Yue-san?” Even now, the visions danced before his eyes.
* Angel… * Yue thought bitterly. Once, a long time ago, Clow had called him that. Cerebus used to call him Moon Angel when he was annoyed. How could this child have found out?
“Tell me. How do you know this?” Yue cried. He was losing his composure, something that hadn’t happened since Clow’s death, and a mere child was causing him more pain then he had ever wished to remember.
“I don’t know.” Syaoran said hesitantly. How would he be able to explain this? “It’s just that I saw things that happened in the past, from your point of view. It’s like I was inside your body. I felt your pain, your anguish, and your anger, all of it. And I know that you still love Clow.”
“Pain?” Yue said, sarcasm laced through every word. “You don’t know the true meaning of that word.” Without thinking, he picked Syaoran up and pinned him against the wall of the cocoon, before kissing him brutally. < This is pain! This is the anguish I had to go through! And you try to taunt me with memories! > He screamed, forcefully shoving his thoughts into Syaoran’s mind.
Syaoran shuddered as he felt Yue’s thoughts echo through his head. He didn’t fight back. He simply let Yue do, as he liked, because he knew that the moon guardian was hurting. By the time Yue had finally recovered, Syaoran was curled up in a fetal position. Yue decided that he had been broken and stormed off, only in a slightly better mood.
This pattern continued. Every time Yue went to check on Syaoran, he would be sitting there looking at Yue with a sad look in his eyes. That never failed to infuriate Yue. He would lash out in anger, and every time, Syaoran would just let him do as he pleased. He never fought back. Never. Why?
“What is wrong with you? Why can’t you just leave me alone?” Yue shouted as he kissed Syaoran fiercely, as his nails scraped across Syaoran’s arms, leaving trails of blood. “Why don’t you fight back?”
Syaoran stared at him sadly. “Yue-san…” He whispered. He swallowed, not knowing what to say. Finally, he opened his eyes again. “Because I love you, Yue-san.”
That got Yue’s attention. “What?”
“I love you, Yue-san.” Syaoran said, knowing he would probably be damned for saying this, but frankly, he didn’t care. He had loved the moon guardian ever since Yue had rescued him, and nothing would ever change that. Even though Yue had fallen to darkness, Syaoran was still determined to fly after him and bring him back.
“What do you know of love?” Yue cried, shattered beyond belief. Syaoran didn’t know his words had hurt Yue that much. He never wanted to hurt Yue-san…
“I may not know much, but I do know that I love you.” Syaoran said. He leaned up, his false appearance melting away as he kissed the stunned moon guardian. “Forever and ever…”
Yue watched, wide-eyed, as Syaoran seemed to melt and reform. When had the child suddenly grown up? What did he know? Then, he felt Syaoran’s lips on his own, willingly, and he had a glimpse of happiness.
Beautiful white wings, the way his had been, wrapped around him. He felt something that had been festering inside of him suddenly gone. Like freedom from hell…
“I love you.” Syaoran whispered as he caught the older moon guardian in his arms, resisting Yue’s attempt to run away. “I’ve loved you ever since you saved me from Jinmu. (Read How Syaoran came to be- (or is it Lune?), also by yours truly.) “Why won’t you believe me? Is it because I’m younger than you are?”
Yue could only watch in shock, as Syaoran ran his fingers through Yue’s long hair, still kissing him. “Don’t you believe me, Yue-san?” He asked, sending his own moon magic into Yue’s being, accepting the darkness that was part of him and absorbing half of it into himself, where it would not be able to hurt anyone.
Yue’s mind was in turmoil. How had Lune survived after Clow had died? He hadn’t remembered. He had assumed Lune would have been sealed in the book as well, but he had been wrong.
“Lune… you would still want me? After I hurt you like that?” Yue asked, praying that it was true. Golden eyes met his own. “Yue-san…. I do love you.” Syaoran said, leaning up for another kiss. This time, Yue didn’t try to run away. He just accepted the fact. Maybe he did have something to live for…
However, the sound of shattering glass broke the moment. Wide-eyed, Yue and Syaoran both turned to look at the source. They were greeted by the sight of hundreds of armed me climbing the walls surrounding the castle. The sheer brute force had finally broken Lock, who had returned to the Clow book.
“Lune, run. I’ll try to hold them off.” Yue said. Syaoran shook his head stubbornly. “No. I have magic too. I’m staying with you!”
“Lune, you know that there is a good chance neither of us will survive.” Yue said. Syaoran nodded as he held his key out. “Key that hides the power of the moon, Reveal your true form before me! Your master Lune commands you, Release!" Syaoran spun around and grabbed his staff. Then, he and Yue headed for the door.
They were several feet away when the door exploded inwards, showering them with broken pieces of wood. Syaoran winced as he was hit pretty hard. Apparently, the people had brought a battering ram. Now, armed men started to charge in. Syaoran reacted on instinct. “Nightmare! Show their worst nightmares to them!” A black ghost (sort of like Haunter from pokémon) appeared and shot black waves into people, making them so terrified that they dashed out.
“Snow! Bury them!” Yue cried as Snow created a snowstorm, burying several people alive. However, more were coming. Yue activated a second card, Freeze, to freeze them solid, but the strain of using magic was starting to show on him.
“Paralyze!” Syaoran shouted, getting several dust-covered people to turn into statues. “Reflect!” He called, a minute later, as some rocks started hurtling his way. They were going to lose. He could feel it in his blood…
“Well, if we’re going down, I say we take them all down with us.” Syaoran whispered in Yue’s ear as they stood back to back. More reinforcements were coming, and Nightmare was starting to wear off. “I agree.” Yue said as he pulled out the strongest moon card he had. Dark. Nobody knew why Dark was so powerful, or what it did yet, but this was as good a time to try as any. Meanwhile, Syaoran chose Tempest, a weather card.
“Dark!” “Tempest!” They shouted at the same time. Jaws dropped as Dark and Tempest combined into something truly terrifying. On it’s own, Dark was a gentle card, but Tempest was nothing but raging weather. Together, the two cards annihilated all the attackers. However, the combined attack was too much for Syaoran and Yue to bear. They both collapsed instantly. White and black feathers swirled through the air.
When Yue awakened, he was sealed inside the book again. Lune was nowhere to be seen.
“Where did Lune go?” Yue asked Cerebus, frantic.
“He was reborn.” Cerebus said, yawning. He was annoyed at being awakened from his nap. “I don’t know if we’ll ever see him again.”
“Lune…” Yue said, closing his eyes. * I hope you’re okay, wherever you are. *
Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, the head of the Li clan found a baby boy…
The end! This is just the prologue! If you hated it, tell me, but do it as constructive criticism! Flames will be drowned by Watery! Don’t worry. The actual story isn’t dark at all! :) Also, the story is a lot longer and different. So don’t flame! REVIEW PLEASE!
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