Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Ruler of the Moon ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

Chapter 5

The next morning, being careful about his sore ribs and ankle, Rakesh put on his robe and extended his staff. The staff was long, seven feet tall, and was black and gold. There was a gold point at the top and below that a gold circle. Within the circle were two gold bars, one vertical and one horizontal, crossing in the center. The design was the symbol of the earth. Below that was a wrapping of gold around the black, about eight inches in length. The same earth symbol was on the other end of the staff, only much smaller, and below that was another gold point.

As soon as his staff had finished growing, Yue knocked carefully and walked in. Seeing that Rakesh was ready to head down, Yue helped him to his feet. The doctor had said that Rakesh could leave the bed today, but not to do too much. He leaned on his staff and limped out the door with Yue close behind. When Rakesh got to the end of the hall he looked down the stairs to see Clow, his own staff in hand, at the foot of the stairs with Keroberus standing next to him.

"If you don't mind, the doctor did say not to put too much pressure on that ankle at first, and stairs are quite a hassle. Since you are still somewhat weak magically, I wish to lend my support." Clow said as his emblem appeared below him and he said a few words while raising his staff.

Rakesh saw a bubble suddenly form around him. He knew he could trust Clow and he had always wanted to see a mysterious and powerful Clow Card at work. He suddenly felt lighter and to his surprise began floating down the stairs.

When he reached the bottom, the bubble disappeared and he had to, once again, lean on his staff. Yue flew down the stairs and landed right next to him.

"Good morning K, Yue," Clow greeted. They each returned the greeting and followed Clow and Keroberus into the dining room where breakfast was to be served.

Clow sat at the head of the table and Keroberus sat to his right on a large stool to accommodate his bulk. Seeing that Yue wasn't sitting, Rakesh took the seat to Clow's left and sat down, leaning his staff against the table to his left.

Yue came out with plates of food and set the largest plate before Keroberus and the two smaller plates in front of Clow and Rakesh. Yue then pulled out the chair about three feet away from Rakesh and sat down, waiting for everyone to finish.

"Don't you eat Yue?" Rakesh asked, curious as to why the guardian didn't eat breakfast with them.

"I do not require food to survive," was Yue's only response.

"We have tried for years to get him to eat, but he just refuses." Clow said looking at Yue. Turning to Keroberus, he said, "Unlike Keroberus here, who will eat just about anything we set in front of him. Especially if there is sugar in it."

Keroberus just looked up at the smiling face of his master and stuck his tongue out. He then turned back to his food and continued eating.

Clow and Rakesh just chuckled and resumed eating their own breakfasts.

When they had, for the most part, finished breakfast, Yue and Clow began clearing the dishes away and taking them into the kitchen. While gone, Keroberus and Rakesh had some polite conversation. When they returned Clow said, "Why don't we go to the study? There is something I wish to speak with you about."

Grabbing his staff, Rakesh rose unsteadily, and followed Clow to his study. Upon arrival, Rakesh noticed that the room was wall-to-wall bookshelves. All of the books looked quite old and he could sense that some of them still had a magical feel to them. On one wall was a fireplace that came to life almost as soon as Clow entered the room. To one side was as old, wooden desk piled high with more books and papers. In the middle of the room sat a short, long table surrounded by a couch on one side and two chairs on the other.

Clow took a seat in one of the chairs and motioned for Rakesh to sit on the couch. Rakesh gladly took a seat and, thinking he might be staying on this couch for a while, made his staff shrink and placed the necklace around his neck. Keroberus flopped down in front of the fire and sighed contentedly, while Yue just stood beside the couch, not daring to sit so close to Rakesh.

Smiling at seeing their guest comfortable enough in their presence to use magic, Clow knew what he was about to do would surely make his Moon guardian quite uncomfortable. He had already spoken with Keroberus about it and he had readily agreed, but Clow had kept the details a secret, not wanting to give Keroberus a chance to tease his brother.

"Yue," Clow spoke and watched as Yue's gaze settled on him, "Keroberus and I are going to visit some friends over in the next town and will probably be gone until tomorrow. I want you to watch over and take care of our guest, won't you?"

He watched as Yue's eyes showed a bit of surprise and then he said, "of course Clow," and bowed slightly in his master's direction. "When are you leaving? When will you be back?"

"We leave in about an hour. We might be back tonight, but I think we might stay until tomorrow." Clow said, his smile hiding a mischievous grin.

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That night, Yue and Rakesh were sitting in the study. Rakesh was still seated on the couch, but he had his legs swung up to the other end of the couch. There was a large book sitting on his lap. Yue was sitting in the window seat, reading a book himself. Though if anyone were to look closely, they could see that he hadn't turned the page in quite a while. His eyes kept glancing over to where Rakesh was, and he couldn't help a small smile come across his features as Rakesh smiled at something he was reading.

Rakesh suddenly let out a yawn, his eyes drooping slightly, as he remarked, "it's getting late."

Yue looked up from his book and said, "Do you wish to go to your room now?"

"If you don't mind. I wouldn't want to interrupt your reading."

"It's alright." Yue said as he got up from his seat and walked over to Rakesh.

Rakesh pushed his legs around and placed his feet on the floor. He rose and, with Yue's help, made his way out of the study and to the bottom of the stairs. Yue couldn't think of any other way, so he suddenly swung Rakesh's legs out from under him, causing Rakesh to gasp suddenly, and flew up the stairs.

At the top, Yue set Rakesh on his feet. After a moment, Yue noticed that Rakesh had not removed his hands from where they had migrated to around Yue's neck on the flight up.

Yue looked down into his eyes and what he saw there almost made him smile. He was a little apprehensive, and not quite sure if he could, but he took a chance.

At the same moment, Rakesh was thinking `I hope I read him right, if not, I don't know what will happen'.

The next moment, Rakesh leaned forward and his lips met Yue's. Noticing that Yue was not pulling away, Rakesh ventured to run his tongue along Yue's bottom lip, eliciting a gasp from the angelic being. Using this as his opening, Rakesh slipped his tongue into Yue's warmth, thinking of how sweet tasting this angel of his was.

Yue's arms snaked their way around Rakesh's waist as he drew the man closer to his body. His tongue danced along with Rakesh's. He couldn't help but think that Rakesh tasted of the sweet morning dew.

A few minutes later, lack of oxygen forced the kiss to come to an end. Without a word, Yue helped Rakesh walk the rest of the way to his room and sat down on the bed. Yue got up and left the room. Right before the door closed, Yue whispered, "Goodnight".

"Goodnight, my Moon Angel." Rakesh whispered, once the door had closed. Removing his robes he lay back and pulled the blankets around him. It was quite a while before either of them took the journey into sleep.