Matters of the Heart 3/3 [Who/HOLiC/PotC; English]

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Title: Matters of the Heart (part 3 of 3)
Rating: PG
Genre: Adventure / Humour
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose, Clow, Yuuko, Tia Dalma, Davy Jones
Pairings: Davy Jones/Tia Dalma, hints of Clow/Yuuko and Doctor/Rose
Words: 1958
Summary: The Doctor takes Rose on a vacation to the Caribbean, but they don't get to relax.
Notes: Written for crossing_who's fic challenge.

Part 2

It didn't take them more than a quarter of an hour to reach the shore. The path sank back into the ocean as soon they stepped off, leaving no trace at all; it was as if it had never existed. There were still no signs of Yuuko and Rose, but Clow was certain that they'd appear at the edge of the jungle any minute now. He used the few moments that remained to quickly dry his own clothes and the Doctor's, with Windy's help. And then, just as it had happened in his vision -

“YOU.”

“Ah, yes, Yuuko dearest –”

“You. Will never. Do anything this stupid again. Understood?” she told him, shaking her index finger at him as if he was nothing but a child. “Next time you get a hero complex at least make sure you know what you're doing. We had to cross all that stupid jungle to see if you two idiots were all right.”

“We did quite well on our own, actually,” the Doctor said. His smile disappeared from his face as soon as he caught Rose's glare.

“Honestly, talking back to Davy Jones like that wasn't one of your smartest moves,” she muttered.

“Hey! I've talked back to scarier people than Davy Jones!”

“It was still stupid,” Rose insisted. Clow nodded.

“Very.”

“You,” Yuuko told him, “are still just as stupid as him. Just so you know.”

“I doubt you'd ever let me forget,” he sighed. “Anyway, everything turned out all right, so…”

“Did it, really?” the witched interrupted. “Did you two find out anything of what you wanted to know?”

Clow opened his mouth to reply, then closed it again. The Doctor frowned.

“Well, we didn’t really get the chance to figure out what’s up with the Kraken…” he began. Rose glared at him.

“Did you figure out anything at all?”

“… that Davy Jones doesn’t like it when people talk about his girlfriend?”

At that point, Yuuko let out a long sigh and crossed her arms, with an annoyed expression on her face.

“You two do realize what you're saying, don't you? You see what this whole thing is about?” she asked. Clow and the Doctor looked at each other, then at her.

“A crisis situation involving aliens that might endanger the whole world.”

“A potential magical disaster that needs to be solved as soon as possible.”

“A lovers' quarrel,” she corrected them, giving them a very telling look. “In other words, their own business.”

“She does have a point,” Rose intervened. Although enjoying the show was just as fun as getting involved in the argument, she supposed that someone had to support Yuuko's side. Especially because she was right.

The Doctor sighed and rubbed his temples.

“Yuuko. Listen,” he started. “This little lovers' quarrel of yours? It's far more than just that. This is going to be epic.”

“I know. But it's still their own problem to solve,” she replied. She was more serious than Rose had ever seen her so far. “You two love to meddle in everyone else's business-”

“And it helps,” the Doctor interrupted her. She ignored his comment.

“-but there are some things where even people like us shouldn't take part. Can't you tell how many powers are at play here? Do you really think it's a good idea to add even more?”

“Wait a moment,” Rose said. “I though... you've just said we couldn't get involved because it was a lovers' quarrel. And now it's because there are too many powers? Which one is it?”

She had almost expected the witch to get upset, but Yuuko just smiled at her. Apparently she didn't mind the question at all.

“It's the same thing,” she replied. “Love is one of the strongest forces in the universe, after all. The love and hate of Calypso... it's unstoppable. It's already caused an avalanche of consequences, and whatever we do, even with the best of intentions, will only complicate things further.”

“We can’t just let him do what he wants with that creature, Yuuko,” Clow pointed out.

“We have to. All we can do now is make things worse.”

“I suppose you’re right,” he sighed, resigned. “Although it does seem quite pointless to be here, then.”

“It’s never pointless. I have plans for us, you know!”

 “Fine,” the Doctor said, although he obviously didn't think it was fine at all. “Fantastic. So, if we’re not going to save the world this time, what do you suggest we actually do?”

Yuuko smiled cheerfully and clapped her hands.

“What we were going to do in the first place, of course! Going on holidays!”

Rose cheered. The Doctor stared at her.

“What?” she asked. “We were going to have a rest in the first place. And since you had your little adventure without me, the least you can do to make up for it is let me have a proper vacation without anyone trying to kill us.”

“But Jones isn’t the only problem here. Sao Feng...” Clow began, frowning. Yuuko waved a hand at him dismissively.

“You can go back to stalking Sao Feng when our holiday is over,” she told him. “He's not going to cause trouble for a while and you know that. So try acting like a normal person for a while and enjoy your vacation.”

“Well,” he said, “I suppose I can give it a try. For a while.”

“Good. Doctor?”

He rolled his eyes, then sighed.

“Oh, all right, then. But let’s go get the TARDIS first. We’re going to a safer island.”

Rose cheered again, and this time Yuuko joined her.

 

* * *

 

Yuuko let out a contented sigh, stretching her arms behind her head.

“Oh, this is just wonderful,” she said. “Finally, a proper holiday! It was about time. Now, all I need is a tasty margarita...”

“They're on their way,” the Doctor said, stepping out of the TARDIS with a tray and several drinks. Rose gave him a strange look as she took one of the glasses, and he frowned a little. “What? What is it?”

“We're on the beach,” she replied. “On holidays. Why are you still wearing several layers of black?”

“What's wrong with that? I like my clothes,” he defended himself. Rose was about to argue, but Yuuko shook her head to discourage her.

“Don't bother,” she told her. “Changing clothes is a nearly once-in-a-lifetime event for this guy.”

“Oh, very funny. How long have you been practicing that one?”

“And he has no sense of humour,” she continued, ignoring him. “Which is just one more thing he has in common with Clow.”

“I have a sense of humour!” Clow protested, looking up from his margarita. “And I changed my clothes.”

“Yes, but the fact that you need to point it out is very sad indeed. Besides, if you had insisted on wearing black robes on the beach I would have been forced to take extreme measures,” Yuuko said, shaking her index finger at him. “But you’re learning. That’s good.”

The wizard rolled his eyes at her, but Rose noticed that he was smiling when he sipped his margarita. He truly was a lot like the Doctor, in many ways, and she wondered if Yuuko had often found herself dealing with both them. As nice as they could be, she didn’t envy her in the least.

“You know what I haven’t done in a while?” the Doctor said, out of the blue. “Fishing.”

“Fishing?” Rose repeated, chuckling.

“What?”

“Nothing. You didn’t strike me as the type, that’s all.”

“I used to go fishing, when I had the time,” he told her. “I remembered because it’s been a long time since I last spent more than five minutes sitting and doing nothing. Of course, I can’t very well start fishing here. I might catch one of Davy’s men and then Yuuko would accuse me of working.”

“I certainly would,” the witch agreed. “No working, Doctor, not even by accident. And you too, Reed. You’d better join the conversation. I can practically hear you think.”

“You wound me, dearest. I was just thinking of how wonderful you look in that summer dress.”

“And of a way to distract a certain captain from his matters here?”

“And that,” Clow had to admit. Yuuko laughed at him and patted his hand.

“Oh, fine,” she said. “We’ll make some noise in the Pacific when we go home, if it makes you feel better. But now you’re going to relax, no matter how much alcohol it takes.”

“Sure, you say that because it’s my alcohol this time,” the Doctor said good-naturedly.

“I didn’t even know we had alcohol in the TARDIS,” said Rose. “Why didn’t you ever mention it?”

“Because we’re always getting in trouble and we need to stay alert, that’s why,” he replied. “It’s just for special occasions like this one.”

“You know,” she said, grinning at him, “I think you’re just scared of what my mum would say.”

“That counts as staying alert to get out of trouble, Rose.”

“Speaking of staying out of trouble,” Clow intervened, staring at the ocean. “We don’t want anything to do with ships with black sails, do we?”

“That depends,” said the Doctor. “How many fights did you pick when you were reading fortunes in Tortuga?”

 

* * *

 

It turned out that, although Clow hadn’t angered anyone from the Black Pearl’s crew, Yuuko declared that anywhere in the general vicinity of Captain Jack Sparrow was no fit place for holidays and that they’d get even more work if they stayed. So they had to call the whole thing off after only a few hours at the beach. Both Clow and the Doctor found it so amusing that it was her decision to do so, that they didn’t seem to mind the loss of their holidays at all. Only Rose was a little disappointed, even though, to be honest, those few hours had been more than what she could usually expect. And they did have fun, after all.

“Well, it was nice while it lasted,” she said, more to reassure herself than the Doctor. “We should do that again sometime.”

“Oh, we will,” he promised her. “Eventually. There has to be a place where we don’t get in trouble, somewhere out there.”

“You mean where you don’t get in trouble,” she teased him. “But I guess we won’t find out until we start looking, right?”

“Right. So, let’s go inside and take off, then…”

“If you'd give me just one more second–” said a voice from behind them. They turned around to face Clow, who was looking at them with his usual smile. “There is one more thing I would like to tell you.”

“What is it?” the Doctor asked, frowning. “It better not be another of your prophecies for trouble, because I'd rather not know.”

“Well...” he hesitated, “I suppose that would depend on what kind of trouble you are talking about. It's nothing life-threatening, really. Just a little thing I wanted to say.”

“Well?” the Doctor insisted. The wizard took the time to grin widely before he answered.

“Say hello to Jack from my part,” he replied.

“Who's Jack?” asked Rose.

“Oh,” said Clow, “you'll find out.”

“But...”

“I'd really hate to ruin the surprise for you, honestly.”

The Doctor looked as if he wanted to ask something else, but then Yuuko joined them to say a proper good-bye. She and Clow were traveling by their own means, whatever those were, so this was when they parted. She had that “fortune teller look” again, Rose noticed; but she didn’t mention it.

“It was good to meet you, Rose Tyler,” the witch said. “Have a good life.”

Rose smiled brightly at her.

“I promise.”

Comments

[solesakuma]

Me encantó... y una escritora cobarde huyó de tener que poner al Capitán Jack Sparrow y a Clow en la misma escena.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

¡Gracias!

... y en realidad, huí de tener que poner al Capitán Jack Sparrow y a Yuuko en la misma escena. XD Pero escribir esto me dio tantos otros plot bunnies que nunca se sabe.

[solesakuma]

XDDD ESCRIBILOS.