Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Silver-eyed Monster of Jealousy ❯ Chapter 5. ( Chapter 5 )

Here's the next chapter. Enjoy ^_^.

Chapter 5.

On Friday afternoon, as Touya and Yukito made their way back home from school, both were lost deep in thought. Touya, of course, was pondering over what he could do to keep the brat away from his sister. Yukito, on the other hand, kept recalling the scenario where that kid had asked to speak to Meiling. He wondered what had they talked about. Were they merely reminiscing or was he asking her out on a date. Yukito hadn't known when exactly had he fallen in love with Meiling. All he knew was that Meiling, with her beautiful ruby eyes and long, silky raven hair, had claimed a very special place in his heart.

"Oh man, I am totally dreading the up coming night." Touya broke the silence. He was walking his bike, instead of riding it, right next to Yukito.

"Why? What's tonight?" Yukito asked.

"Oy, did you forget? It's Sakura's sleepover. Just imagine the amount of giggles and laughter that will be coming from her room all night. And I bet I know what they'll be talking about too. That fuckin' brat. Geez, they better not come to me and ask me to fix them something to eat or make them sundaes or something."

Touya, at the end of his ramble, noticed the lack of response from Yukito. He looked over at him and noticed him lost in his thoughts.

"Hey Yuki, what's up. You've been absent-minded lately. What is it? Is it Yue? Is he bothering you? Cuz if he is….." Touya shook a fist in front of Yukito.

Yukito chuckled softly.

"Oh no. It's nothing like that. It's just that I was thinking about….."

"Meiling?" Touya interrupted him.

"How did you know?" Yukito asked him, amazed.

"I didn't. I took a shot. Now spill." Touya said in a demanding tone.

Yukito heaved a heavy sigh and related to him the events he had encountered at the school cafeteria. Touya listened to his entire speech with interest. He had already known about Yukito's crush on Meiling for a long time. He spoke up once Yukito was finished talking.

"O.K. So what seems to be the problem?"

"The problem is, I don't know what went on between those two. I mean are they just friends or something more. I've been so frustrated over this." Yukito raked a hand through his hair, mussing them up.

"Well, if you're so worried about Meiling dating other people, then here's a thought. Why don't YOU ask her out?"

"It's not that easy."

"Why not?"

"It just isn't, o.k."

Yukito couldn't tell Touya that he feared rejection. If he finally managed enough courage to ask her out and she rejected him, he felt he wouldn't be able to go on. He didn't want his heart to be shattered into a million pieces. So for now, he found comfort in the fact that he loved Meiling, and was keeping her sheltered in his heart.

"Ooh, I've got an idea." Touya's voice broke into his thoughts. "Why don't you come over tonight? We can study together and you can help me keep an eye on the girls."

"Hmm, yeah sure. Why not." Yukito agreed.

"Yeah, Dad is working late again. As a matter of fact, why don't you stay over? We can watch movies and stuff and not worry about school for tomorrow morning. It is a Friday night."

"O.K that'd be cool."

"He he he he Good." Two small horns popped over Touya's head, as he giggled maniacally. "I could always use another pair of eyes and ears to spy on Kaijuu."

Yukito sweat-dropped and inched away from the cackling idiot. They came to the intersection where they separated. Yukito took off at the path leading to his Grandparents house.

"Bye To-ya. I'll be over by six `kay." He called out and waved his hand.

"Sure, see you then." Touya called back. "Oh and don't forget to pick up some movies either o.k."

"Hey wait….." Yukito called after the quickly retreating Touya, who picked up his pace and disappeared down the street.

*~*~*

"Hoooeeeee!!!!"

Sakura's scream resounded throughout the house, which was followed by two giggles from her best friends. All three of them were dressed in pajamas and were sitting on the floor in Sakura's bedroom. Meiling and Tomoyo had just shown her the footage of her and Syaoran kissing under the tree. Sakura's face had gone redder than a tomato. At which, her friends had laughed harder. Kero, at the moment, was trying to set another record therefore he hadn't paid any attention to what was going on.

"How could you guys do this to me?" Sakura cried out.

"How could we not?" said Tomoyo.

"Yeah Sakura. Come one. These are precious moments of your life. Don't you want to look back at them someday and share them with your kids." Meiling said, and both of them broke into another fit of uncontrollable laughter.

"All right, that's it! You guys are so dead!"

Sakura yelled out and picked up her pillow from the bed. She started flinging it in both Tomoyo and Meiling's direction. Both of them picked up their own pillows and, and an all out pillow fight had started up. All three of them were screaming and laughing at the same time, while taking shots at each other.

"Would you girls PIPE DOWN!" Kero yelled from his spot, without turning around. "You're RUINING my concentration!" He pressed fiercely down on the controller.

Kero was answered promptly, with a pillow to the back of his head.

"Aaaahhhhhh!!"

He went flying straight towards the television and was splattered flat on the screen.

"Oh no, my game!"

The game had proceeded without him behind the controls, and needless to say, his record-building attempt went down the drain. He peeled himself off the screen and turned towards the still quarrelling girls. His eyes had narrowed.

"Oh yeah, this means WAR!!"

He morphed into Cerberus and pounced on the girls.

*~*~*

Down the stairs, Touya and Yukito were sitting on the couch, popping popcorn and watching the movie.

"Oh, why did I ask you to pick up the movies!" Touya groaned.

They were currently watching "A House on Haunted Hill". Yukito had a thing for watching horror flicks whereas Touya was a "Little" apprehensive of them.

"If you don't like this one, pick something else then." Yukito replies, keeping his eyes glued to the T.V screen.

"O.K. lets see. Hmm "The Ring", "Stephen King's It", "Thirteen Ghosts". Pick another one he says. Which one should I pick from this wonderful selection?" Touya muttered to himself.

"Ssshhhh. I wanna hear what they're saying." Yukito downed half the contents of the popcorn bowl.

"Yeah, not like you've seen it before, like a million times already." Touya, again, muttered to himself. He jumped slightly at the loud screams that came from Sakura's rooms, which were then followed by loud laughter.

"Scared much." Yukito teased.

"Hey back off. I'm not scared. The girls just startled me." Touya said indignantly.

"O.K if you say so."

"Come on Yuki, shut the damn thing off. Anyway, aren't we supposed to be spying on them? Lets go find out what they're up to."

"To-ya, listen to yourself. How are we going to do that? Stand at her door with our ears pressed to it or something? Why are you smiling like that?" Yukito asked, a little scared of the grin that was spreading over Touya's face.

"Well, that's one of the ways. Come on, we'll think of something."

Touya grabbed Yukito's arm and hauled him up. He shut the T.V, heaving a huge sigh of relief. They made their way towards the stairs. They had barely reached the landing when Sakura's door opened, and a yellow fluffy thing was tossed down the stairs. The door had closed back up, with a bang.

"Aahhhh, somebody help!!"

Kero screamed on his way down. Touya grabbed him before he could fall down, and hung him upside down. Yukito went closer to his face and asked.

"Kero Chan. What did you do to the girls?"

Kero harrumphed loudly.

"All I wanted was a little revenge on them for interrupting my game. And this is what I get. First they held me down, than tickled me senseless. And than this."

Yukito shook his head and chuckled softly.

"Come on fluff ball, you still may get your chance." Said Touya and they all made their way up the stairs.

*~*~*

"Sakura, tell us already." Said an impatient Meiling.

"Yeah Sakura. We know there is a reason you asked us over today. So what is it?" This time, Tomoyo asked.

"We'll talk about it a little later guys. First, I want to warn you that my brother is going to try and spy on us." Sakura informed them.

"Oh yeah. He has this thing where he feels he needs to know everything going on in Sakura's life." Said Tomoyo.

"Yeah remember Tomoyo when we were younger and we used to have sleepovers. Oniichan would stand outside with his ears pressed against to door, trying to listen to what we were talking about. God, he was so immature back then."

All three girls shared a laughter at the memory.

*~*~*

Outside the room, Touya, Yukito and Kero were sweat-dropping furiously. For at the moment, they were standing with their ears pressed up to the door. They all backed up and Kero and Yukito gave Touya a pointed look. Touya laughed sheepishly and said.

"Let's go to my room, we'll have to go with plan B."

They made their way towards his room.

"Hey Yukito, what's plan B?" asked Kero.

"I have no idea, but I'm still afraid to ask." He answered and they all entered his room.

"O.K. I know what we'll do." Touya spoke to his companions. "We'll listen in through the bathroom. Since Sakura and I share the bathroom, it'll be easy."

"But wait……" Yukito tried to say something, but was interrupted.

"That's an excellent idea." Said Kero.

"Yeah but……." Yukito's attempt, once again, went futile.

"I know. They won't suspect a thing." Touya said, ignoring Yukito.

"GUYS!!"

Both Kero and Touya looked over at the usually composed Yukito, noticing his outburst.

"O.K now that I've got your attention. How are you going to be able to spy on them from the bathroom? What if one of the girls need to use it, huh? What then?" said Yukito.

"Puh! We'll worry about that when the time comes. Let's go. We could be missing out on something important."

And Touya and Kero sneaked their way into the bathroom, followed by a reluctant Yukito.

*~*~*

All three of the girls were sitting around on the floor, with cushions supporting their backs. Tomoyo was currently combing Meiling's hair into a French Twist, while Sakura watched on with interest.

"So Meiling. What was that talk you had with Brad about?" asked Tomoyo, picking up more strands of hair and piling them up.

Meiling frowned slightly.

"Gosh, that guy is such a nuisance. But he's a persistent nuisance. He asked me to go out with him on Saturday night."

"So, what did you say?" asked Sakura impatiently. "Did you turn him down?"

"Actually, no. I told him I'll go out with him."

*crash*

At the sound coming from the bathroom, all three of their heads whipped in that direction.

"What the hell was that?" said Meiling.

They walked towards the door and Sakura threw it open. The girls were rendered stunned at the sight before them, before they broke into uncontrollable laughter.

There was Yukito sprawled into the bathtub, with his back against the faucet. Touya, it seemed, had also fallen in. For the only thing visible of him were his legs, which were pointed up to the sky. His upper half was sprawled on the floor of the tub. The shower head was on full blast, and the one on the receiving end was the unfortunate Touya.

Yukito got out of the tub first, offered the girls a sheepish smile, and quickly made his way towards the door.

Touya got out next. He got out slowly, dripping from head to toe, and gave the girls a menacing glare.

"Not. One. Word."

He said and stalked off towards the door to his room. Clinging to his back was a flattened out Kero, whose eyes had gone swirly. This only made the girls laugh harder and they went back inside the room.

*~*~*

Touya was rubbing towel vigorously in his hair. He had changed his clothes to a tight black t-shirt and gray sweatpants. He was scowling in Yukito's direction, who was looking everywhere but at him.

"What the fuck happened back there?" Touya barked at Yukito, who winced slightly.

"I didn't do it on purpose To-ya."

In trying to listen to the girls, Touya, Yukito and Kero had plastered themselves to the door. After Yukito heard that Meiling had agreed to go on a date with the kid, he didn't want to hear anymore. He had backed up rapidly from the door. While backing up, he had lost his footing and went straight down into the bathtub. He had flailed his arms for some sort of balance, and had grabbed the closest thing, which happened to be Touya. He went down in the tub and brought Touya with him. When he had hit the tub, his back had bumped into the faucet and had turned it on. Kero had came down with Touya, since he was perched on his shoulder.

"Oh well, what's done is done." Touya sighed.

"So I guess we'll leave the girls alone for the remainder of the night, right?" said Yukito.

"Are you fuckin' kidding me? We just got started. Come on, its time for plan C."

*~*~*

"Do you think they might've given up by now?" Asked Meiling.

"Are you kidding me?" said Sakura. "Knowing my brother, he'll try to come up with another crack-pot scheme to try and spy on us."

"So we should best be on a look out."

"Ooh Sakura, I forgot to tell you." Tomoyo said all of a sudden. "I have designed a perfect outfit for your date tomorrow. You totally have to wear that one, its gonna look perfect on you." Tomoyo said, with stars in her eyes.

"Hey yeah, you and Syaoran have your date tomorrow. I had forgotten about that." Said Meiling.

"Yep." Said Sakura.

Meiling opened her mouth to say something more when a knock came on the door. Sakura rolled her eyes at her friends, and went to open the door. There was Kero floating at the door.

"Hey Sakura, let me in. I just wanna play my game that's all." Kero said rather pathetically.

Sakura stepped aside and he went straight for the game console. Sakura went back to sit on the bed. The girls didn't notice that Kero had dragged the console closer to the bed. They also failed to observe the abnormally large bowtie tied around Kero's neck.

"So, as I was going to say." Meiling spoke up again. "Where is my dear cousin taking you, for your romantic date?"

Kero leaned closer in their direction.

"Oh, Syaoran said he was gonna take me to a sea-side restaurant. It's called "The Mermaid's Hideout". It's a very exclusive place, where you have to get reservations beforehand. And they have excellent food there."

"You're kidding me." Meiling cried out. "That's where Brad's taking me."

"Oh, that's cool." Sakura said, smiling broadly.

All of a sudden, there were loud sounds of static in the room. The girls looked around each other to see where the noise was coming from.

Kero was tugging at his bowtie, and was trying to appear nonchalant.

They heard it again, but now they were able to pinpoint its location.

"Kero." Sakura said in a low dangerous tone.

She advanced forward, and grabbed the furiously sweat-dropping Kero by the throat.

"Sakura, I can explain. They put me up to it. What are you dong? Sakura no, come on, nononononono……"

*~*~*

Touya was tinkering with the transmitter. He had placed the mike in Kero's bowtie, but he couldn't hear clearly.

"I can't hear a thing. What the hell is he doing in there." He tapped it again.

*Thud*

There was a sound of something hitting his door. Yukito calmly walked over, opened it, and very calmly peeled Kero off.

"I told you not to try it, didn't I?" Yukito said in a condescending tone.

"Oh shut it, Yuki." Touya brushed him off. "I've still got one more plan up my sleeve, but we'll be needing the guardian-boy for this one."

Yukito sighed heavily and closed his eyes.

"Well Yue, will you be willing to help him out?" he asked his alter ego.

"I have no interest in helping him with his childish pranks." Yue replied in his head. "I am surprised you went along with it."

"I can't say no to him Yue. He's my best friend." Said Yukito. He felt himself being shaken and opened his eyes, only to back up a little. Touya and Kero were both up close to his face.

"So?" asked Touya impatiently.

"He said he won't do it." Answered Yukito.

"What?!!" Touya yelled out and Yukito winced away. "That stupid fuckin' jerk. You listen to me loud and clear cuz I know you can hear me." Touya had grabbed Yukito by the collar and went up close to his face. "You come out here this instant. It's about Sakura. I only want to know where the brat is taking her so I could look out for her. You're going to help me with this. Do you want that fuckin' brat doing perverse things to Sakura, huh, do you? Aren't you supposed to be her guardian?" By now, Touya was practically shaking poor Yukito. His glasses had slipped down to the tip of his nose.

"Yue, help." He sent out a mental plea to the moon guardian.

Touya was still shaking him when he felt a slight tingle go through his body. He was momentarily bathed in pure white light and couldn't even see his hands in front of him. The light faded away, and Touya came face to face with the angelic presence of Yue. He was rendered speechless for the moment. Yue and Touya stared into each other's eyes, both of them not saying a single word.

"Aahem. Do you mind?" Yue spoke finally.

"Hmm?" Touya asked cluelessly.

Yue brought his gaze down to the hands clutching him. Touya followed his gaze and retracted his hands quickly.

"Well, I'm here." Yue said. "What do you want?"

"All right. Let's get down to business." Touya said and walked to the windows. He leaned out and beckoned Yue over. When he approached, Touya grabbed him by the front and pulled him outside. Now, both of their upper halves were leaning out the window, with Yue in front of Touya.

Yue was startled slightly when Touya had pulled on him like that. He knew that Mistress' brother was a little unpredictable, but he wasn't expecting this. Now, standing so close to him like this, he could feel the heat radiating out of Touya's body, on his back. Yue closed his eyes and for a moment basked in the warmth. Since he was the moon guardian, he was forced to play the part to the full extent. He had kept himself away from any sort of human contact. This lack of contact had turned the blood in his veins into ice, and he had forgotten how to feel anything. He had become incapable of feeling love or friendship or any other emotions. The only thing he did allow himself to feel was the sense of protectiveness for the card mistress.

And now, as he was leaning out the window, with quite possibly the most repulsive person he encountered, he couldn't help but hoping to stay like this for a bit longer. Touya was stirring strong emotions within him that he didn't recognize. These foreign emotions were sending tingling feeling all through his body and were making his heart beat a little erratic.

He snapped his eyes open when Touya brought his arm around him and pointed to another window.

"See that window." Touya whispered in his ears. His hot breath sent a small ticklish feeling in Yue's ears, and he couldn't help the tiny smile that appeared on his lips. "That's Sakura's. I want you to fly outside and try to find out where the brat is taking her for their date. That's all."

"Won't they see me?" Yue asked and turned his head to look at him. Their faces were inches apart and Yue could feel Touya's breath on his face. He felt transfixed and couldn't move from the spot. Yue's gaze went fleeting all over his face and rested on his lips, that were mere inches from his own. Yue wondered absentmindedly what they would feel like, if he just bent closer and pressed them with his own. He didn't get his chance because Touya's eyes had widened slightly at their close proximity and had pulled himself inside. A tiny part of Yue had cried out at the absence of Touya's warmth, but the larger part of him suppressed it. He is the guardian of the moon, he is not supposed to be feeling this way.

"They won't see you. Just fly, or float, or whatever it is that you do, on the wall by her window. Try to hear what they're saying."

Yue, by now, had composed himself. That little spell that was cast over him with Touya's closeness had broken. Now, he couldn't help but see if he can make Touya irate or not.

"You know, why don't you just leave your sister alone?" He said. "You can't keep doing this to her, her entire life."

Touya's face had taken a red tinge. Kero had long since collapsed on Touya's bed, and was now snoring softly. The constant encounters with different objects had really tired him out.

"Hey listen you. I'll keep an eye on her for as long as I can. She's my responsibility and I will not ignore it." Touya said through clenched teeth.

"Yeah yeah. What ever." Yue dismissed him. "I'm sure you have many reasons to prove why you must always prod into your sister's life, but I'm not interested in them." Yue looked straight into his eyes. "I don't have all night to listen to you."

Touya's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"You Bastard."

He was about to lunge at him when Yue opened the window and stepped on the ledge. He turned around and looked at Touya.

"I'll get you the information you need." With that, he stepped off.

Touya was left seething. He was angry. No body he'd known could ever make him angry like that. Well, maybe except for Syaoran Li, but that was another story. Touya thought back at the moment when they were both hanging out the window together. Up close, Yue's presence had filled all his senses. With their proximity, he could smell the soft scent that radiated off Yue's body. The soft fragrances of sandalwood mixed in with a slight hint of jasmine had invaded his smell receptors. He couldn't help but breath in deeply. And the way that long silver waterfall of hair had cascaded down his body, had made Touya shiver. He so wanted to run his fingers through them and feel their silken texture.

And now he felt that he must have lost his mind back there, thinking about Yue in those terms. `I don't like him at all.' He reassured himself. `He's a cold-hearted bastard. He's a stupid moron and a jerk. He's cold, a freak, weirdo, annoying, bastard, exquisite, beautif…' Touya's thoughts came to a screeching halt. He did not just connect the terms "exquisite" and "beautiful" with Yue.

"Aarrgghh." Touya ran a frustrated hand through his hair.

"I hate you Yue."

He called out to the seemingly empty room, with the exception of the snoring Kero.

"Good. Because I'm not that crazy about you either."

Touya was startled. He hadn't expected a response for his outburst. He looked up and saw Yue standing by the window. His silhouette was outlined by the moon. The way moonlight bounced off his silver hair, gave them an ethereal glow. Yue truly looked like an angel at the moment. His bright silver eyes were fixed onto Touya.

"I have acquired the information." Yue spoke to him. "The descendant is taking the mistress to "The Mermaid's Hideout." He told him, and as an afterthought he added. "Tell my false form that Mistress' friend is also going to the same restaurant. I could tell him myself, but I prefer you tell him instead."

Touya nodded to him. Before he could thank him for providing the information, Yue had become encased in white light. A few moments later, Yukito stood in his place.

"Everything all set?" He asked his friend.

"Yeah." Touya answered, looking tired all of a sudden. "Meiling is going to the same restaurant as Sakura and the kid. Yue wanted me to tell you that." He told him.

Yukito's face had become pale at the information.

"Hey Yuki, you mind pulling out the futon from my closet. I think I'm going to hit the bed now." Touya said with a yawn and collapsed right next to Kero.

After Yukito had settled down in the futon, Touya spoke up again.

"You do know that we are going to that restaurant tomorrow, right? I am going to keep an eye on Sakura and you are going to keep an eye on Meiling."

"And why would I do that?" Yukito asked.

Touya heaved a huge yawn, and answered sleepily.

"So you can see how Meiling is having a miserable time with that kid. And you'll realize that she belongs only with you, and you would ask her out."

Yukito laughed softly at that. His mood perked up a little at his words.

"You know To-ya, you're a good friend."

He was answered with a light snore.

*~*~*

"O.K the coast is clear." Sakura said to her friends.

"How do you know?" Meiling asked.

"Because I can hear Oniichan's snores all the way here." Sakura replied with a smile.

She was currently lying on her bed. Tomoyo and Meiling were lying besides her bed, in their sleeping bags. Sakura had propped a pillow under her head and was looking down on them.

"Hey you guys, you wanna sneak downstairs for some ice cream?" Sakura asked them.

"Yeah!"

"Lets go!"

They all got out of their beds and went downstairs. Sakura grabbed the ice cream carton out of the freezer. She pulled out three bowls and put two scoops of ice cream in each of them. She then grabbed chocolate syrup out of the fridge and poured over the ice cream. They all grabbed one bowl and sat around the kitchen table.

"O.K here's what I've been thinking." Sakura started the conversation.

"I'm thinking about creating a new card." This proclamation grabbed their attention.

"Really? What brought that on?" Tomoyo inquired, taking a spoonful of ice cream into her mouth.

"Ever since Yukito came over our school, I can't stop thinking about him."

"Uh Oh. Somebody call poor Syaoran. His girlfriend is about to dump him for another man." Meiling teased.

"Hey, it's nothing like that." Sakura smiled at her. "I noticed how upset he was over the rivalry between Oniichan and Yue."

She bent over the table. Meiling and Tomoyo followed her lead and bent over closer to her.

"I'm thinking of creating a card that would separate Yue from Yukito."

"Do you think it would be possible." Tomoyo inquired.

"Yeah, why not. I mean they both have completely different personalities. They look different. They think different. They can actually talk to each other in their heads. I really believe I can do it. Hey, I did it once before, didn't I?"

"If you believe you can do it, than you can do it. We believe in you." Meiling said supportively. Tomoyo nodded her head in agreement.

"Thanks guys. But, I am still going to wait for Eriol and ask his advice over how to proceed with the method." She said to them.

"I think it would be nice if Yukito and Yue could be their own persons." Tomoyo said thoughtfully, and yawned.

"Well I guess we better hit the bed."

Sakura put the bowls in the sink and all three of them made their way back to the room.

"You guys, why don't you come over to my place tomorrow?" Tomoyo asked them, once they settled back into their respective places. "I've got a whole selection of outfits you guys can try on for your dates. You can even tell the guys to pick you up from my house. What do you say, huh?"

"I think that'd be a great idea." Sakura said. "There is no way I can get dressed and ready for the date by myself. I'd be a total wreck."

"I'll be there as well." Said Meiling. "Thanks Tomoyo."

"Hey no need for that. Wait `til you guys see the dresses. It'll be so much fun."

After that, all three of them surrendered to the hands of sleep.

*~*~*

TBC.

Another chapter done. And as promised, more Touya and Yue in this one ^___^. Hope you guys liked it. Please don't forget to review. Your words actually give me motivation to start writing up the next chapter. Bye ^_^.