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Topic: Superheroes

Genre: Any

Rating: G to PG-13

Length – 2000 words or fewer

Time Limit – 1 week

Challenge: Write a story where one of the characters is a superhero

Disclaimer: Don’t own CCS, it belongs to CLAMP and Kodansha. Do not steal my fanfic.

Notes: Alternate Universe, possible Yue x Syaoran hints, messing with ages and all that…

Title: Crying Wolf

Rating: Pg-13 to be on the safe side

A small child dressed in a black and white public school uniform huddled behind a dumpster. Darkness was swiftly falling, coating the city in shades of gray. He sneezed and tried hard not to sniffle as he waited for...something? Someone? It was cold….

Moonlight glittered off his tousled brown hair as he shivered. Unsteady steps sounded as a man tottered towards his hiding place.

“Hey, pretty boy…” He slurred. “Want to come home with me?”

He whimpered as a rough hand grabbed his wrist, pulled him out of his makeshift shelter, into the night…

The drunken man laughed as he surveyed his catch. What was a kid doing out here at this time of night? Never mind, perfect prey, no one would notice… he’d have his way with him and dump the evidence later…

“Come here…”

How could he move with his wrist caught? Running would do no good… he stared wordlessly at the man, frightened…

This was a good night after all, Lucius decided, as he began to unfasten his belt. Yes, tonight was a good night…

Brown eyes suddenly took on a sharper glint, and fingers twitched for a second… a scrap of paper was extracted from inside his shirt, suddenly…

“Raiden Shourai!”

Lighting arced around both, the child and the man, and the man screamed as he was exposed to ten thousand volts of lightning at close range. Very close range… he passed out in agony.

Smirking now, the boy touched his wristwatch. “Captain Yue? Syaoran here. I’ve got him.” Moments later, a squad car drove up.

The little wolf had struck again!

“Excellent work.” The captain, a slender man with long white hair commented. “We’ve been searching for weeks, but you’ve finally caught him.”

The child – was he really a child, smiled back up at the officer. “Yes…” He whispered shyly.

“Well then,” Yue smiled. “The work is done for tonight.” He watched as several officers bundled Lucius Dewitt into a car. He was wanted for the rape and homicide of seven young children…

Well, his arrest would certainly be cause for celebration in the community. A pity that no one could know of Syaoran’s role…

“Shall I take you home now?”

The other police officers hid knowing smiles as they watched Captain Yue escort their unofficial officer home. Syaoran Li might look young, but he was actually almost nineteen…

He was known as the Little Wolf. However, those that had seen him never spoke about what they saw… because they invariably wound up in jail or dead.

Genetics seemed to have worked in his favor for his current career. True, fighting crime wasn’t safe, but they never expected magic.

Syaoran smiled brilliantly. “It worked.”

“Of course it worked. You’re an excellent actor.”

“Comes with practice…” Syaoran murmured, meeting Yue’s eyes in the mirror.

Yue laughed. “Indeed it does, Syaoran…” He waved goodbye to the young man as he walked into his house, carefully locking the door.

Pity…

Yue shook his head. It was better not dwell on unimportant matters. He had a job to do. Tomorrow morning, they would have a new case.

END FIC

This is a drabble, really. Hope you enjoy!

Completed 5/10/05

I am so getting flamed for this…