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A.N: Hey...thanks for all ur reviews, I haven't updated untouchable in a while, but I'll do it soon, I'm about three quarters of the way through the fourth chapter, or maybe its half, but I'm nearly there and I just can't help myself to this one, this idea just blew my mind.....
Tears of the Phoenix
Chapter One:
Thundering could be heard in the distance as Eriol and the samurai stopped at the edge of a huge field. He could only look in the distance as masked men upon horses rode at great speeds to reach a light streaming across the sky
The horses' hooves pounded heavily on the ground as they approached, the dirt flying as the masked men chased the blazing ball of red light across the desolate plain.
Eriol stood on the edges of the field with his escorting Samurai, as he watched the men chase something he had never seen before.
"What is that?" Eriol asked in a hushed voice as the men flashed by.
"Those men are the Seika Ryoshi, they hunt the legendary Phoenix who roams this area," the interpreter said logically.
"That's a Phoenix?"
"So they say, but no one's really sure what it is, the Seika Ryoshi devote their lives to capturing that thing."
"But it could be all for a lost cause....."
"Maybe not....some people have reported that they've seen the Phoenix close up....."
"And if it is a Phoenix?"
"Well.....it's been suggested that the tears of the phoenix are diamond, worth more than anything that can be owned by the Emperor."
"So they only want its tears?"
The interpreter shook his head, "We find Diamonds all over the place all the time, supposedly the Phoenix's tears, but they want it's heart, because as the legends describe it, the Phoenix's heart holds the most valuable diamond in this world."
Eriol watched in the distance as the red and goldish light dazzled against the blue sky. It seemed to be only playing with them, saying, 'Catch me if you can'
He smiled to himself and shook his head, the thing probably wasn't even real.
Eriol stopped outside the huge mansion-like house, gawking at its complex architecture. Never at home had he seen buildings as beautiful as this.
He turned his eyes to the deep-blue sky overhead, the moon smiling down upon him as the stars shone brightly.
How long had it been since he saw stars like this? He smiled, signaling his horse up the pathway, foreign music and laughter coming from inside.
He long dark cloak glided along the floor, like water on silk. She stood there baffled, never seeing a person like him ever before. His dark hair seemed matted and unruly, but it was those deep blue eyes that had mesmerized her the minute he walked in, introducing himself as a diplomat from the country known as Great Britain.
She weaved through the crowd, staying in the shadows, hoping to avoid his view. She caught a glimpse of him but the moment she did, his eyes locked with hers. Quickly she shook his gaze off and slid into the safety net of the darkness in her uncles garden.
Tomoyo ran her fingers through the cold water, her silk sleeves moving to and fro with the current.
She looked up at the stars, as they twinkled brightly.
She smiled to herself, "The Seika Ryoshi are out tonight."
"Are they? Really?" came an unfamiliar voice from behind her.
She stood quickly, taking a step back, unsure of his intentions.
"It's alright, I wont hurt you......" he said in Japanese.
"You know Ni Hon Go........" she said a shocked tone in her voice.
"Aa.....I picked it up along the way........"
"It's not needed here....." she said, venom in her voice.
"You speak English........" he smiled.
"Dear sir, there have been many a diplomat before you, all searching for the same thing, riches and a wife from the east," she scowled.
"I do not come here in search of riches, only an offer of peace from Great Britain."
"Those are lies, they all come here for riches and exotic wives, you're all the same."
"I'm different......"
She only scowled at him, showing her dislike.
"Did I do anything at all to enrage you, Tenshi?"
"You have no right to give me a pet name, like the rest of the so-called 'Diplomats' of your country and others. And yes, I hate your people. Your kind, took away my sisters, take them away, because they love their beauty, not what is inside," she clamped her hand over her heart, "Your kind take away my people, promising a new life in their country and my people return, tired from slavery and labor. I have yet to hear word from my sisters, and when th next Diplomat comes, I try to make contact, but no luck whatsoever. It is people and foreigners like you who will break up our society, leaving us in Chaos."
"Your uncle does not think so, he believes that with our influence, your country will become one of great wealth."
"My uncle doesn't know better, he is deceived and blinded by the fortunes you offer him, in return for our peace."
"I think your uncle would like it if he knew you talked of him in this way......."
"It doesn't matter, he hardly makes any of the decisions around here, it's all his advisors, stupid as they are."
"Perhaps you should watch your words more wisely, they could get you into a spot of trouble where I come from."
"Well I wont be going where you come from, so I should speak as I like, Why am I even taking orders from you, a foreigner who doesn't know left from right." With that remark she walked off, leaving the waters edge and leaving Eriol mesmerized.
Eriol sat with the Lord of the manor, eating a traditional Japanese breakfast.
"Did you enjoy your sleep last night?" the lord asked.
"Very much, I met your niece by the river."
"Ah.....that girl has very strong.....let's say opinions, just like her 'kaasan....." He smiled.
"Yes, she expressed herself quite clearly about how she feels about foreigners." He smiled.
"You'll have to forgive her, she's quite stubborn, but has the heart of a phoenix."
"Ah yes......I meant to ask you some more about that....."
"My niece?"
"No, the Phoenix....."
"So you are interested as well? Just like the rest of the men from your country, interested in riches and finding a bride."
"I'm sorry sir and I mean no disrespect, but I'm not here to find a bride I can take home and show off."
"Good thing too, as my niece, Tomoyo, is the only one left, and I don't think you'd want her for a wife, as you know her views on foreigners."
Eriol smiled, looking towards the door as she entered, clad in a deep red Kimono, raven hair piled atop her head, a flower hair ornament, reflecting in the morning sun rushing in through the open doors.
Eriol pulled his eyes away from her, remembering his thirst for knowledge about the phoenix.
"So about the phoenix......." he pursued.
"Aa.....well they say that the phoenix is actually a person transformed. It all began eons ago, there was this girl and she fell in love with the heir to the throne. But the empress, she wouldn't allow it, so she hired a sorceress, and the sorceress turned into the fire-bird legend, the phoenix."
"Is that the whole story? Why the tears then?"
"Well, it's said that on the night she was turned into a phoenix, she shed a tear, and since her love for the heir was so strong, the tear turned to a diamond and fell to the ground at the heir's feet. From that day on, he wore the stone around his neck until he died."
"And the phoenix? What happened to her? Does she still survive to this day?"
The lord shook his head, "This Phoenix is a descendant from the first, the first Phoenix is said to have died on the same day as the Emperor."
"Why the same day?"
"Well they say that the phoenix will die on the same day as their true love, but there have been no reports of phoenix corpses, only scatterings of small worthless diamonds, where you can find red and golden feathers."
"But aren't those worthless diamonds, the shattered pieces of the diamond from the phoenix's heart?"
The lord nodded, "But when a Phoenix dies, all the worth and quality of the diamond in it's heart dies with it. I guess you could say that it dies of a broken heart," he smiled, laughing with gusto.
"I hardly think it a matter to laugh about Uncle. The legend of the phoenix is very important to our people and has been for many ages, I hardly think it a matter for you to entertain our guests with, however uncivilized they are."
"You only say that because you think it important. Just because you are a descendant of the phoenix, you've been miss high and mighty, walking around like you own this place."
Tomoyo rose to her feet, anger flaring in her eyes, "I do own this place, this land is mine, it belongs to me, left to me by my mother and father. The locals only listen to men, that is the only reason why you act as the owner and lord. May I remind you uncle that I pull higher rank than you, being a descendant of the Emperor."
"Gomen ne, Tomoyo-san, sit down calm down."
Tomoyo just scowled, walking outside down to the garden.
"What did I tell you......heart of a phoenix, just like her mother......."
Eriol watched as Tomoyo walked down through the thick trees ever so gracefully, but her essence radiated with anger and venom.
She really was something.........
A.N: What do you think??? Okies.......read and review, thanks......
A.N: Hey...thanks for all ur reviews, I haven't updated untouchable in a while, but I'll do it soon, I'm about three quarters of the way through the fourth chapter, or maybe its half, but I'm nearly there and I just can't help myself to this one, this idea just blew my mind.....
Tears of the Phoenix
Chapter One:
Thundering could be heard in the distance as Eriol and the samurai stopped at the edge of a huge field. He could only look in the distance as masked men upon horses rode at great speeds to reach a light streaming across the sky
The horses' hooves pounded heavily on the ground as they approached, the dirt flying as the masked men chased the blazing ball of red light across the desolate plain.
Eriol stood on the edges of the field with his escorting Samurai, as he watched the men chase something he had never seen before.
"What is that?" Eriol asked in a hushed voice as the men flashed by.
"Those men are the Seika Ryoshi, they hunt the legendary Phoenix who roams this area," the interpreter said logically.
"That's a Phoenix?"
"So they say, but no one's really sure what it is, the Seika Ryoshi devote their lives to capturing that thing."
"But it could be all for a lost cause....."
"Maybe not....some people have reported that they've seen the Phoenix close up....."
"And if it is a Phoenix?"
"Well.....it's been suggested that the tears of the phoenix are diamond, worth more than anything that can be owned by the Emperor."
"So they only want its tears?"
The interpreter shook his head, "We find Diamonds all over the place all the time, supposedly the Phoenix's tears, but they want it's heart, because as the legends describe it, the Phoenix's heart holds the most valuable diamond in this world."
Eriol watched in the distance as the red and goldish light dazzled against the blue sky. It seemed to be only playing with them, saying, 'Catch me if you can'
He smiled to himself and shook his head, the thing probably wasn't even real.
Eriol stopped outside the huge mansion-like house, gawking at its complex architecture. Never at home had he seen buildings as beautiful as this.
He turned his eyes to the deep-blue sky overhead, the moon smiling down upon him as the stars shone brightly.
How long had it been since he saw stars like this? He smiled, signaling his horse up the pathway, foreign music and laughter coming from inside.
He long dark cloak glided along the floor, like water on silk. She stood there baffled, never seeing a person like him ever before. His dark hair seemed matted and unruly, but it was those deep blue eyes that had mesmerized her the minute he walked in, introducing himself as a diplomat from the country known as Great Britain.
She weaved through the crowd, staying in the shadows, hoping to avoid his view. She caught a glimpse of him but the moment she did, his eyes locked with hers. Quickly she shook his gaze off and slid into the safety net of the darkness in her uncles garden.
Tomoyo ran her fingers through the cold water, her silk sleeves moving to and fro with the current.
She looked up at the stars, as they twinkled brightly.
She smiled to herself, "The Seika Ryoshi are out tonight."
"Are they? Really?" came an unfamiliar voice from behind her.
She stood quickly, taking a step back, unsure of his intentions.
"It's alright, I wont hurt you......" he said in Japanese.
"You know Ni Hon Go........" she said a shocked tone in her voice.
"Aa.....I picked it up along the way........"
"It's not needed here....." she said, venom in her voice.
"You speak English........" he smiled.
"Dear sir, there have been many a diplomat before you, all searching for the same thing, riches and a wife from the east," she scowled.
"I do not come here in search of riches, only an offer of peace from Great Britain."
"Those are lies, they all come here for riches and exotic wives, you're all the same."
"I'm different......"
She only scowled at him, showing her dislike.
"Did I do anything at all to enrage you, Tenshi?"
"You have no right to give me a pet name, like the rest of the so-called 'Diplomats' of your country and others. And yes, I hate your people. Your kind, took away my sisters, take them away, because they love their beauty, not what is inside," she clamped her hand over her heart, "Your kind take away my people, promising a new life in their country and my people return, tired from slavery and labor. I have yet to hear word from my sisters, and when th next Diplomat comes, I try to make contact, but no luck whatsoever. It is people and foreigners like you who will break up our society, leaving us in Chaos."
"Your uncle does not think so, he believes that with our influence, your country will become one of great wealth."
"My uncle doesn't know better, he is deceived and blinded by the fortunes you offer him, in return for our peace."
"I think your uncle would like it if he knew you talked of him in this way......."
"It doesn't matter, he hardly makes any of the decisions around here, it's all his advisors, stupid as they are."
"Perhaps you should watch your words more wisely, they could get you into a spot of trouble where I come from."
"Well I wont be going where you come from, so I should speak as I like, Why am I even taking orders from you, a foreigner who doesn't know left from right." With that remark she walked off, leaving the waters edge and leaving Eriol mesmerized.
Eriol sat with the Lord of the manor, eating a traditional Japanese breakfast.
"Did you enjoy your sleep last night?" the lord asked.
"Very much, I met your niece by the river."
"Ah.....that girl has very strong.....let's say opinions, just like her 'kaasan....." He smiled.
"Yes, she expressed herself quite clearly about how she feels about foreigners." He smiled.
"You'll have to forgive her, she's quite stubborn, but has the heart of a phoenix."
"Ah yes......I meant to ask you some more about that....."
"My niece?"
"No, the Phoenix....."
"So you are interested as well? Just like the rest of the men from your country, interested in riches and finding a bride."
"I'm sorry sir and I mean no disrespect, but I'm not here to find a bride I can take home and show off."
"Good thing too, as my niece, Tomoyo, is the only one left, and I don't think you'd want her for a wife, as you know her views on foreigners."
Eriol smiled, looking towards the door as she entered, clad in a deep red Kimono, raven hair piled atop her head, a flower hair ornament, reflecting in the morning sun rushing in through the open doors.
Eriol pulled his eyes away from her, remembering his thirst for knowledge about the phoenix.
"So about the phoenix......." he pursued.
"Aa.....well they say that the phoenix is actually a person transformed. It all began eons ago, there was this girl and she fell in love with the heir to the throne. But the empress, she wouldn't allow it, so she hired a sorceress, and the sorceress turned into the fire-bird legend, the phoenix."
"Is that the whole story? Why the tears then?"
"Well, it's said that on the night she was turned into a phoenix, she shed a tear, and since her love for the heir was so strong, the tear turned to a diamond and fell to the ground at the heir's feet. From that day on, he wore the stone around his neck until he died."
"And the phoenix? What happened to her? Does she still survive to this day?"
The lord shook his head, "This Phoenix is a descendant from the first, the first Phoenix is said to have died on the same day as the Emperor."
"Why the same day?"
"Well they say that the phoenix will die on the same day as their true love, but there have been no reports of phoenix corpses, only scatterings of small worthless diamonds, where you can find red and golden feathers."
"But aren't those worthless diamonds, the shattered pieces of the diamond from the phoenix's heart?"
The lord nodded, "But when a Phoenix dies, all the worth and quality of the diamond in it's heart dies with it. I guess you could say that it dies of a broken heart," he smiled, laughing with gusto.
"I hardly think it a matter to laugh about Uncle. The legend of the phoenix is very important to our people and has been for many ages, I hardly think it a matter for you to entertain our guests with, however uncivilized they are."
"You only say that because you think it important. Just because you are a descendant of the phoenix, you've been miss high and mighty, walking around like you own this place."
Tomoyo rose to her feet, anger flaring in her eyes, "I do own this place, this land is mine, it belongs to me, left to me by my mother and father. The locals only listen to men, that is the only reason why you act as the owner and lord. May I remind you uncle that I pull higher rank than you, being a descendant of the Emperor."
"Gomen ne, Tomoyo-san, sit down calm down."
Tomoyo just scowled, walking outside down to the garden.
"What did I tell you......heart of a phoenix, just like her mother......."
Eriol watched as Tomoyo walked down through the thick trees ever so gracefully, but her essence radiated with anger and venom.
She really was something.........
A.N: What do you think??? Okies.......read and review, thanks......