Yet more CCD ficbit

[sakon76]

Suoh didn't quite understand how it was that he saw Nokoru, not Idomu, when the former was speaking from within the ladder. They had similar face shapes, but the underlying bone structure was entirely different, giving Nokoru a much more fey, delicate appearance than his living counterpart. And that wasn't even explaining the blond hair.

By the time Suoh had made it down the stairs and into the parlor, his arms and stomach were aching badly enough to throw black spots into his vision. Idomu sat down on the sofa across from him while Suoh closed his eyes and concentrated on breathing. "How long until you're fit again, Takamura?" he asked.

Suoh calculated from behind his eyelids. "A month to where I'm okay. Another month, maybe two, to get back into top form."

Breath hissed from between the other man's teeth. "We may not have that much time. It'll have to do."

"Time?" Suoh opened his eyes again. Idomu's expression was serious, his eyes calculating.

"There are things coming," Idomu said. "Important things. Nokoru was trained for them--he's needed for them. It's part of why he came back and why he came back now."

Very quietly, Suoh asked "What things?"

Nokoru took over Idomu, the pianist fading into the background of their appearance. "The end of the world, Suoh. Clamp Campus is needed, and so am I. What happened nine years ago shouldn't have. It sets everything off track. There needs to be a place to harbor a certain sword, a home to shelter stray waifs, and a person with the power to protect them until they can heal. That was supposed to be me."

"I don't understand."

"You don't need to, Suoh. Not yet. But I need to know--do you trust me?" Blue eyes were calm but intense.

"With my life. With Ijyuin's life. With Nagisa-san's life."

Nokoru nodded. A celphone appeared between his fingers and he tossed it at Suoh, who caught it. "Call Akira," he instructed. "Get him to come here. He won't believe this story over the phone."

Numbly, Suoh obeyed.

Comments

[velvetpaws.livejournal.com]

"latter," not "ladder," but otherwise--SQUEEE! *enjoying*

I liked the Shinesman one too, but was too much of a dork to get around to commenting before it fell off into the abyss of old friends pages. ^_^ Wow, it *has* been a while since you've written in that universe.

[sakon76.livejournal.com]

Caught the typo right after posting it here, but too lazy to edit the entry. Glad you like this one and the Shinesman one. More to come--LJ is as much a ficbits page for me as it is a ranting about life page. ^^ And this CCD story has caught Muse's interest. She's not letting it alone.