http://clampfix.fanworks.net/ccs-fix/cestlavie.txt </head><body><pre>Hi, all. ^_^ I'm new to the ML, having recently gotten hooked on Card Captor Sakura (after being hooked on general CLAMP for a while) and being at a loss for new fics. I go by Shadow Dragon "S.D." Ryukage on line, but pretty much any form of that is fine (although I don't use Shadow or SDR that often, and I absolutely _hate_ 'superdeformed' puns on the initial-version of Shadow Dragon.) Anyway, I'm probably going to wind up lurking here, for the most part, but in a burst of rare inspiration late last night, I came up with this. ^_^ Like the flags say, it's a shonen/shojo ai songfic to the Emerson, Lake, and Palmer song, 'C'est La Vie'. As for the couple(s)...well, I'll let you read that for yourself. ^_^ C&C appreciated. ****************************************************************************** C'est la vie (Syaoran stands in front of the Kinomoto house. He looks torn between going up and knocking on the door or leaving. He spots Sakura in the window and runs off.) Have your leaves all turned to brown (Eriol sits on a tree branch. He leans forward suddenly as Syaoran comes into view, and autumn-brown leaves fall from the branch.) Will you scatter them around you (Syaoran blinks up at the branch, but from where he stands, Eriol is hidden. A leaf manages to fall on his forehead, right between his eyes. Eriol covers his mouth to stifle laughter as Syaoran's eyes cross.) C'est la vie (Syaoran irritably brushes the leaf away and walks off. Eriol's amused expression turns into a wistful one.) Do you love (Syaoran watches Eriol doing his best to charm Sakura. Abruptly, Eriol leans in and kisses her, making Sakura turn bright red. Syaoran does too, but out of rage.) And then how am I to know (Syaoran runs from his hiding place to confront Eriol and starts yelling at him. Eriol raises an eyebrow and, smirking slightly, asks, "Jealous?") If you don't let your love show for me (Syaoran sputters indignantly, "J-jealous?! Of you?!" Eriol's smirk broadens. "I never said that, now did I?" Sakura blinks at the two in confusion.) C'est la vie (Syaoran turns even redder than before and stalks off. Eriol's smirk vanishes and he sighs. Sakura frowns slightly, glancing from one to the other.) Oh, oh, c'est la vie (Eriol stands on the right in full 'mage' regalia, flanked by Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun, sun-staff held before him.) Oh, oh, c'est la vie (Syaoran stands on the left in his 'captor-uniform' of green Chinese robes, with his sword in one hand and an ofuda held between the first two fingers of the other.) Who knows, who cares, for me (Syaoran, hiding behind a tree, watches Yukito lean against Touya in the park, as Touya slips an arm around Yukito's shoulders. Eriol is sitting in the same tree, but high enough not to be seen, and with a shadow-image of Clow overlaid on his features. Eriol/Clow see Yue there instead of Yukito, wings curved around himself and Touya.) C'est la vie (Syaoran looks depressed, and Eriol/Clow sadly resigned.) In the night (Eriol, again in full regalia, stares up at a waning moon at midnight.) Do you light a lover's fire (Syaoran, dressed in his 'uniform', produces an ofuda that quickly lights on fire, acting as a torch to see in the night by.) Do the ashes of desire for you remain (In Eriol's mind's eye, the crescent changes first to the curve of white wings, and then to the blade of a very familiar sword.) Like the sea (Syaoran watches Sakura change The Watery into a Sakura Card.) There's a love too deep to show (Syaoran stares suddenly as he sees a silhouette of mage-Eriol appear.) Took a storm before my love flowed for you (Sakura attacks the silhouette with The Watery. Syaoran starts forward, then halts, not knowing which to aid...or why.) C'est la vie (The silhouette vanishes. Syaoran, frozen, stares at where it had been.) Oh, oh, c'est la vie (Eriol walks through the park with Nakuru as Suppi-chan hovers by his shoulder.) Oh, oh, c'est la vie (Syaoran blushes slighly as he talks to a smiling Yukito. Kero-chan, in the background, is smirking as much as a 'stuffed toy' can.) Who knows, who cares, for me (Sakura sits on a park bench with Tomoyo. Tomoyo stares at Sakura, waiting for some reaction. Then, hesitantly, Sakura leans in and kisses her.) C'est la vie (Syaoran walks up at that moment and freezes. He stares for a few moments, until they break the kiss, then bolts off. He runs past Eriol, who whirls around to face the direction Syaoran ran off in. Eriol raises a hand to his cheek, then brushes something off and looks at it. It is a tear. Syaoran is crying as he runs.) Like a song (Syaoran sits huddled in the corner of his room. He is staring at a picture of Sakura.) Out of tune and out of time (Eriol, standing outside Syaoran's house, winces suddenly and looks up at the window of Syaoran's bedroom. He pauses, nods, and walks off determinedly.) All I needed was a rhyme for you (Eriol, back in his home, is sketching something. He frowns at the piece of paper and drops it to the ground. It is a chart of names: YUE - RUBY MOON KERBERUS - SPINEL SUN SAKURA - ERIOL ________ - SYAORAN Eriol sighs, ignoring the piece of paper. Unnoticed by him, Suppi-chan slips in and carefully traces the kanji for Tomoyo's name in the blank place.) C'est la vie (Syaoran stares at the picture of Sakura for a long time. Then, suddenly, he throws it against the wall.) Do you give (Eriol knocks on the door to Syaoran's house. Syaoran answers it, his eyes a bit red. Eriol frowns fractionally, then bows and asks to enter.) Do you live from day to day (Syaoran, looking a bit surprised--and suspicious--says yes. He walks Eriol to the living room, and they both sit in silence for a long while. Finally, Syaoran asks what Eriol wants.) Is there no song I can play for you (Eriol blinks at the sudden question. Then he sighs and says, simply, "You.") C'est la vie (Syaoran stares at him.) Oh, oh, c'est la vie (Eriol, softly: "Yue is no longer mine. Sakura never was. And...I love you, Xiao-Lang Li.") Oh, oh, c'est la vie (Stunned silence. Syaoran, hesitant: "But...") Who knows, who cares, for me (Eriol, interrupting, pleading: "Do you feel anything for me? At all?") C'est la vie (Long pause. Then, Syaoran, firmly: "Yes.") [Musical finale.] (Syaoran leans forward and embraces Eriol tightly. Eriol's eyes were closed as if waiting for a blow, but they fly open at the sensation of Syaoran's arms around him. Both Syaoran and Eriol, at that moment, look completely at peace with the world, each other, and themselves.) ****************************************************************************** Well? What'd you think? ^_^ I haven't found any other serious, non-fandom- Eriol/Syaoran fics yet, and the meaning of C'est La Vie ("Such Is Life") seemed to be something Eriol would say. The fic sprung from there. By the way, please let me know if either or both is/are too badly OOC. I'm operating on fanfics, profiles, and ep/manga summaries for characterization (and I have less info for canon Eriol than Syaoran...) Also, I'm operating on the following assumptions, at least one of which I'm not sure of the accuracy of (and that could make a difference.) 1: Touya and Yukito are an official pair. 2: Sakura returns Tomoyo's feelings. 3: Yue and Clow Reed were lovers--or at least, Yue loved Clow and Clow returned those feelings. (This is the one I'm not sure on. Look at the third line, first chorus. Eriol's thoughts might need to change there.) And lastly, because I _know_ this is going to get questions...the chart. YUE - RUBY MOON KERBERUS - SPINEL SUN SAKURA - ERIOL _(TOMOYO)_ - SYAORAN I consider Eriol Sakura's "opposite"/"might-have-been"/"counterpart". Going from that...Kero and Suppi are Sun-Guardians; Yue and Ruby are Moon-Guardians. Eriol knows Syaoran needs to be on his side of the chart, he just doesn't know who balances him for Sakura. Tomoyo & Sakura just admitted that they loved each other; Eriol loves Tomoyo; Tomoyo balances Syaoran. As I said, C&C appreciated. ~S.D. Ryukage http://fly.to/sd_nexus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'll disappear! If I never see you again--a life without you--" "I don't want you to disappear. [beat] Don't let yourself fall apart just because I am gone. You have so much ahead of you. I've given you to power to take on other forms--use it. Go among humans, see what they do. Learn to live like one of them. I've been selfish, keeping you here, never seeing anyone but me." "That's all I want! I don't want things to change!" "Things change whether we like it or not, Yue. And there's nothing you can do." "But--" "Learn to fly, Yue. I want you to live." Yue and Clow Reed, 'Shadows of the Moon'</pre><p><a href="./">Back</a></p><p><a href=http://www.dreamhost.com/donate.cgi?id=216><img border=0 alt="Donate towards our web hosting bill!" src=https://secure.newdream.net/donate1.gif></a></p></body></html>