Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Ruler of the Moon ❯ Chapter 11 ( Chapter 11 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

A man stood in the middle of a field, evil laughter rising into the raging storm. Rakesh readied his staff while Yue powered his bow, aimed straight for the man's blackened heart. He had sent Keroberus off to collect Clow the moment Rakesh had fallen from the sky.

The cackling died down as the man began to speak. "If you are expecting help from those other two, my minions are having a little fun with them. Don't think you will escape me again Rakesh." The man sneered while glancing balefully at Yue.

"You will never take me alive Soren. You are a sick and twisted man and I won't be the catalyst for your evil plans." Rakesh scowled out while thinking of just how he would initiate a spell before Soren discovered he had done so.

Yue was torn between going to protect his master and staying to safeguard his lover. He hadn't yet felt the familiar pull that accompanied his master being in trouble and he knew that Keroberus and Clow would probably be able to protect themselves from those sent to harm them. He would stay by his lover's side and protect him at all costs until such time as his master needed him.

Soren raised his own black staff. It was hard to make out through the rain but he was chanting some sort of incantation. He wanted to distract Rakesh enough so he could get close enough to steal enough of his magic to give him access through his defenses. Soren didn't want Rakesh dead, he wanted to take over his mind and make him the perfect slave.

Rakesh, feeling the magical energies being gathered around Soren, began his own incantation to try to counteract whatever was going to be thrown at him. He knew that his vision was coming true at this moment. For some strange reasons that not even he knew, he felt he was ready to die. He didn't want to leave Yue but he had the feeling that nothing he did would prevent his coming death and he was more than willing to accept it. He also knew that Soren would be killed at the same moment and he smiled slightly at the realization that he would be saving the lives of many by killing the destroyer of many lives.

Yue looked over at Rakesh to see him smiling slightly. This confused Yue for the moment but he dismissed it as the evil man that Rakesh had called Soren released his attack.

A large ball of darkness was thrown from Soren's staff a moment before Rakesh leapt into the air. The wings he had lost earlier reformed on his back and the ball of darkness flew towards the spot he where he had been standing but seconds ago. Yue flew away just as the energy hit the ground, forming a crater at least five feet in length. Meanwhile, Rakesh let loose his own attack, aimed right at Soren, and a great ball of light flew towards the evil man.

Soren just stood there and as the light ball came within two feet of him, it hit some kind of barrier and dissipated. Soren laughed at the feeble attempt to harm him and looked around for his next target. Yue fired his arrows as fast as he could make them but nothing could get through the shield he had erected around himself.

Soren began rapid firing small sparks of energy, similar to the Shot Card, at Rakesh's flying form. One of the shots hit Rakesh right hand, causing him to loose his grip on his staff. Seeing this, Soren aimed his dark staff at the earth staff and fired an even larger bolt of dark energy. The magic hit the staff and caused it to spear itself into a nearby tree.

Rakesh was trying to dive down to catch his fallen staff when the energy hit it and caused it to fly from his reach. He continued to attempt to dodge and counter the blasts but it was getting harder, with the rain wetting his wings, to evade the shots.

Every time Yue tried to get close enough to help Rakesh, Soren would notice him and keep him away. Yue noticed that Soren was leading Rakesh farther from his staff and Yue kept trying to get close enough to pull it out of the tree it had been impaled upon.

Soren finally fired one large blast and caught Rakesh's left wing, causing him to plummet once again to the ground. Rakesh landed as best he could but his staff was now at the other end of the field with Soren separating him from it.

At this point, Soren was becoming tired of this little game and decided to end it now. He began powering up his largest attack yet, now willing to kill this man who would defy him, at any cost. Rakesh noticed this and began chanting the most powerful attack he knew. Even without his staff, he was a formidable opponent when he had to be.

Yue was just about to reach the staff when a shadow came out of nowhere and grabbed him from behind. Try as he might he couldn't shake the winding shadow from his person.

The rain continued to beat down heavily upon the two magicians as two great balls of magical energy was forming between them. A great ball of white light and one of dark light continued to grow and form as the two concentrated all of their magical energies into the two attacks.

The magic was simultaneously released and the two attacks hurtled towards one another. At the point of impact came a great explosive blast that caused the two magicians and the moon guardian to be thrown from their feet.

Rakesh flew through the air and hit several small trees. The force of his impact caused many of them to splinter and break. Soren also flew back, but his impact caused him more than excruciating pain. He had used so much magic in making his final blast that his shield was no longer up and when he hit Rakesh's staff it pierced his chest. The shadow had released Yue once its master was no longer in control and Yue quickly flew over Rakesh's side.

Just then, Clow and Keroberus broke through the brush and out onto the field. As far as they could see everything had been taken care of. Rakesh's staff had skewered the bad guy but Rakesh himself was not in good shape.

As he approached, Yue could see that Rakesh had severe burns all up and down his front. Being ever cautious of any injuries he may have sustained, Yue picked up Rakesh's top half and cradled him to his chest. His eyes opened and he looked up into the eyes of his lovely moon angel.

The rain had become just a little drizzle and everyone was too busy fussing over Rakesh to notice that Soren was still alive at the moment. He saw that Rakesh had not been killed and so as a sort of dying wish he called out to the little group. When he began speaking everyone turned their heads in his direction with surprise written across their features. "I will see you in hell Rakesh," and with that he used what little magic he had to cast a final spell.

Rakesh began writhing and crying out in pain. Clow recognized the Curse of the Soul being cast and attempted to counteract it. He was too late. With the last words spoken, Soren slumped over and died.

Clow knew that there was no counter curse for this but he knew what he could do. He began chanting a spell of his own in an attempt to save Rakesh's soul from an eternity of damnation. The Curse of the Soul took the soul from its owner and forever placed it in limbo. It could neither be reborn or sent to the heavenly plain. His spell was going to delay the curse until the next life. Rakesh's soul would be reborn and maybe then someone will find a counter curse. He would remember everything about this life in this next lifetime but he would also have another life.

Rakesh's pain began to lessen but his breathing became ragged. He knew that his death was near. He looked up into the face of his Moon Angel and raised his hand to cup Yue's right cheek with his left hand. Yue leaned into the touch, tears evident in his eyes, and took one last look at the love of his life. "Don't leave me," Yue pleaded, his voice barely above a whisper.

"We will meet again. I am sure of that." Rakesh whispered his voice strained with his shortness of breath. "My moon angel, Yue . . ." and with that, Rakesh's eyes closed and his hand dropped to his side and he breathed his last.

Yue clutched the body of his former love to his chest, not willing to let go just yet. The tears he had held back until then streamed unchecked down his cheeks. Clow and Keroberus could only look on with sadness in their own hearts as their guardian and brother lost his one and only.

A few days after that torturous event, a funeral was held and Rakesh's body was buried in the town graveyard. Soren's body was burned and the staff that he had been impaled upon was stored away with anything else Rakesh had brought with him during his short stay at the mansion.

Yue had made a promise to himself that he would not cry and he was thoroughly intent on keeping that promise. He also told himself that he would never love anyone ever again. He stood at the end of the grave and tossed a single white feather from his own wings into the grave. He watched as it floated down and landed on the coffin. He then turned and spread his wings, flying back towards the mansion.

Clow and Keroberus watched this with sad eyes, their Moon Guardian would never be the same and they both knew it. Unfortunately they could do nothing about it as he wouldn't even speak of his emotions and when they were brought up he would deny anything and leave the room.

When Yue arrived at the mansion he landed on the balcony of his room and stepped inside. He was the Moon Guardian of the Clow Cards. His purpose was to protect Clow and be the judgment maker and guardian for the next owner of the Clow Cards. He was impassive and cold and would do his duty as guardian, no more, no less. He would never fall in love again . . .

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A/N: That's it. That really is the end but there is a sequel. You did't really think I'd leave it like that do you? Heck no, I wanted to know what becomes of Yue and Rakesh too. The Sequel is called 'Heavenly Little Bunny'.