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This chapter will be a bit slow, but it's important for you to know some stuff on it. I'll try to update soon and next chapter will be the much waited festival.
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Chapter 35:
ConversationsKiysohi's POV
The day has finally arrived. The of Tomoeda's Festival has started and the students from Tomoeda Elementary would sing original songs that night. And that was why Eriol had slept over at our house the previous night, as the girls had a 'only girls sleepover' at Tomoyo's to, as Tomoyo put it, 'get ready for the big night and since us guys didn't care so much about that we could so whatever we wanted. Girls. I'm telling you, I'll never understand them. Thought, I won't complain. The night was quite fun, we ate all types of junk food, watched a bunch of movies, laughed, ate some more, played some video games. Normal things, teenager boys do, for a change since we spend most nights chasing stupid minds on the most difficult places.
The problem was that, I wasn't at in our house, I wasn't at the living-room lying on the floor from exhaustion. I was a park I've never seen before. I was wearing black jeans and a dark blue button-up shirt I'm sure I don't own, thought since I've started being friends with Tomoyo she has more control over my wardrobe than me. I was sitting in a dark wood-made bench, birds were flying everywhere, there were a lot of threes and a lake not far from where I was. And I was wondering what the hell I was doing there. But these thoughts were shaken from my head as I heard a familiar soft voice exclaim
"Oh, isn't beautiful, Kiyoshi?" I turned my head my see that none other than Elisabeth Arroz was sitting next to me. She was wearing a yellow sun-dress and was smiling at me.
"Humm… yeah" I said awkwardly, was this some kind of joke? "What are we doing here? Aren't you suppose to be with Sakura and Tomoyo… er getting ready?"
She stared at me confused "What are you talking about, Kiyoshi? Tomoyo and Eriol are spending the day with their parents. Eriol has been nervous all week because he'd finally met her mother as her boyfriend. And Sakura and Syaoran went to help Fujitaka with that exposition he was taking part in"
"They are?" I mirrored her face "What about the Festival?"
"What Festival?" She shot back "You're not making sense, honey. Are you ok?"
"Yeah… wait what did you call me?"
"Honey. Why? What's the problem with it? I always call you that" She was getting frustrated
"No, you don't" I said "I'd certainly remember if did so"
"Yes, I do" Elisabeth frowned "Look, if you're not feeling ok, w can go home. We'll have another date another day…"
"Date? Date? It's a date?!" I almost jumped from the bench
"Humm… yeah" She said "It's what couples do"
"Couples…" I repeated weakly. How could we be a couple? I hadn't even admitted that I might like her yet, thought I can't ignore the possibility. I mean… I can't stop thinking about her, I feel happy when I'm around her and nervous too… but I'm not in love with her… or am I?
Lost in my head, I did not notice right away that the park literally disappeared and now we were sitting in a bench lost in the whiteness. And Elisabeth didn't look confused anymore. She was smirking.
"It's a dream, isn't it?" I said, feeling relieved
"Of course" She said happily "It's a dream that shows what your desire" She started at me and I knew what she meant by that. She was saying that I wanted to be with her… I mean her real self, not some product from my imagination. But still, I didn't say anything.
"C'mon Kiyo, admit it" She said after a while "Why deny it?" I sighed. How was I suppose to get away with that?
"Look, even if I did admit it's not like it would do any difference… I mean, I'll never tell you-her anyway" I said
"You don't need do" She said happily "You're lucky I didn't crash over last night too. Or I'd already know"
I started at her "What do you man, it's not like she can see my dreams… Shit!" I exclaimed "She can read my mind! How could I have forgotten that?! Now, I won't even be able to think!"
My dream Elisabeth looked happy to see me in pain, "Yes! Isn't it wonderful? She'll discover in no time" I looked at her angrily
"You won't say a word" I snapped. She rolled her eyes "I'm a fruit of your imagination, I can't get out of your stupid head. And I may tell you that it's really annoying to have my job so it'd be good if you could respect me a bit, ok?"
"Whatever" I grunted and then sighed "I'm dead" I looked at 'Elisabeth' but she was gone. And the next thing I knew, everything was shaking, Why the hell I was dreaming about an earthquake now? Let me see… my heart desired the end of the whole damn world… I don't think so. It stayed like that for a while and this Earthquake was starting to piss me off
"Go to hell, stupid Earthquake" I yelled to the white and that was when I heard a voice saying
"Wake up, you lazy ass"
And that was when I opened my eyes and saw Syaoran and Eriol looking tired and annoyed. They were glaring at me
"What the hell?" I said
"I'm the one who's suppose to say that" Syaoran yelled angrily "You were growling like a dog and then when we tried to wake you up you yelled 'Go to hell, stupid Earthquake' What the hell were you dreaming about?"
I sat up on the junk filled couch and sighed "You don't want to know. I'm screwed"
"Why?" They chorused. I bit my lip, I didn't know if I should tell them. I mean, they are good friends and all, but they're going to tease me to death. On other hand I need help. I can't even think alone now. Ugh
"Ok, I'm going to tell but you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone about it, not even –especially the girls" I said quickly
"We promise" Eriol said. I sighed again and then murmured as low as I could but high enough for them to hear I didn't want to repeat myself "I think I might have fallen for… Elisabeth" I stayed with my head down, not daring to look at them. Until I heard a low 'Yeah! Pay up' and a 'Damn'. I looked up to see Syaoran handing Eriol money. They were betting on me?! What the hell?! Seeing my puzzled look, Eriol explained
"My cute little descendent and I made a beet on how long it would take for you to admit it. I bet it wouldn't take as long as it took Syaoran. So I said you'd admit before the festival or not long after it. Syaoran on other hand, said it would take you longer than it took him because you're more stubborn. So he said you'd only admit by the end of the year" Eriol said. I glared at them
"You were betting on me?" I said disgusted "Gee, Thanks"
"No problem" They chorused smirking, I glared.
"So what are you going to do about our dear Lizzie?" Eriol said
"Nothing" I said
"Nothing, but you have to do something" Syaoran said
"Well, I do have to do something and it got nothing to do with telling her, it's more to do with hiding it from her" I said. They started at me for a second and then they let out an 'Oh'. We're so used with Elisabeth's abilities by now that sometimes it takes a while for us to remember about it's humm… disadvantages.
"The mind reading thing" Syaoran said "Yeah, this could be a problem."
"It is a problem" I corrected
"I don't see why you want to hide it, it's obvious she likes you too" Eriol said
"It is?" I said, because I didn't see anything like that at all.
"That's because you're too blind to see" Eriol said
"And she knows how not to be too obvious, but enough for people to see that there's something going on" Syaoran added
I wasn't believing them. So I only let out a 'Right'. Eriol rolled his eyes but said
"Look, I don't think you should hide it from her, because I know you two will be happy together after you settle down. But I know how frustrating it is." He kept stating at me hesitatingly "Look, I'm only doing because I think you need time"
"Get to the point" I said
"I think I know what can help you" He explained "There's a spell in one of Clow's old books about how to block a mind from being read by mind readers. It lasts a month and won't let Elisabeth read your mind"
"Dear old Clow had some problems with Carla's abilities or did he get himself a mind-reading girlfriend?" Syaoran said in a very Eriol-like way. I swear they're getting more alike everyday it's scary.
"None of the options. Once he had to go to a village where all people can read minds in a mission. I can't really remember what it was all about but anyway he didn't want them reading his mind so he put the spell on him" Eriol told us.
"But wouldn't they notice and make a big deal out of the guy they couldn't read the mind of?" Syaoran said
"Yes, but that's the extraordinary part of the spell, it doesn't only block your thoughts, it also replaces it with ordinary stuff that anyone could be thinking and that won't do any wrath" Eriol said
"Awesome! That's perfect" I exclaimed excitedly "When can we do it?"
"Slow down, mate" Eriol said quickly "It takes a couple of weeks for it to start working and I have to have a look at it first. And remember it only lasts a month. So I'm only doing it once to give you a bit of time"
"When can we do it?" I repeated rolling my eyes
"After this whole Festival thing is over I'll see what I'll need and I'll tell you when" Eriol said calmly
"You know one thing I never understood" Syaoran said "Clow and Carla Reed had what some people call 'superpowers' and could do a lot of spells. And so can you and Elisabeth. But aren't spells stuff witch and wizards do?"
I had an idea on where he was getting at, but Eriol just raised an eyebrow. "Your point?"
"Does that mean you are a wizard?" Syaoran said impatiently. Eriol started laughing and I didn't know if that meant yes or no
"You only noticed that now?!" He let out after his laughter died. Syaoran glared at him "And Elisabeth's a witch too" Eriol nodded still laughing. Syaoran let out a "Wow. I'm best friends with a witch and a wizard"
"Hate to break it up to you, mate" Eriol slapped Syaoran on his back "But you're a wizard too"
"What I am?!" Syaoran looked as if he had just been told Santa Claus really exists "But I don't have a wand, and I've once tried to do that 'Accio' spell" That sent us off. Roil and I started laughing as if there was no tomorrow ignoring Syaoran's protest "Hey, it's not fair, I was 7 years old" The sigh of 7-years-old Syaoran with fake glasses, a stick and a bolt of lightening on his forehead yelling 'Accio' around the Li Clan only made us laugh harder if that was possible.
After we managed to calm down Eriol explained "Syaoran, there are hundreds types of magical beings, but there are only two types of wizards and witches. The first one is our type: we have specific magical powers that we can control with our minds and we can do spells too, just they are more complex so we need a lot of things to do that. The other type is like Harry Potter, they have wands and that's what helps them controlling their magic, they can only do spells, thought they can do all types of spells from the simple ones like the summoning charm you tried to the complexes ones like we'll try on Kiyoshi. We can only do the complexes spells"
"Wait, you said we?" Syaoran raised an eyebrow. Eriol looked from Syaoran to me.
"Wait, you know you can do magic too, right?" He said
"No" Wee chorused
"Didn't they tell you at the Li Clan?" He asked surprised
"No, we don't know all of the facts about Clow magic so they probably didn't know that" I said "We'll tell them and maybe they'll leave us alone for a while" I added to Syaoran, who said
"Wait, does that mean that my sisters and Meillin can do magic as well?" He paled as Eriol nodded "Then we won't tell them"
"I believe they don't have specific magic so strong like you have but they certainly can do spells if they want to" Eriol said
"What do you mean 'as strong'?" Syaoran asked
"Well, they do have powers since they are Clow's decedents but theirs isn't as strong as yours so they'd have to practice a lot more for it to show" Eriol said
"And you never said that before because…" Syaoran stared at him, Eriol's face didn't change
"I guess it slipped my mind" He said giving him his famous cherished smile. Ok, they meant they were going to start arguing… argh, I don't want to see that. And that was why I got up and declared "I'm going for a walk"
Eriol simply said "Be back before lunch, the girls are going to pick us up 'cause we're having lunch in a restaurant with the rest of the class"
"Isn't it suppose to be the opposite? The boys picking the girls up?" I said as I glanced at the clock to see that it was only 9:23 a.m.
"I said that too, but then Tomoyo started to go on and on about how they were independent girls that can take care of themselves and that thing that only guys can pick girls up is very sexist. So I let it drop" Eriol said. I chuckled, this sounds like something Tomoyo would so. "Wise choice" I said as I walked out the door just in time to hear Syaoran ask about another magic thing.
Glad that I wasn't there for the 'History of Magic' class I started walking to the park ignoring the fact that I was still on my pajamas which consisted in grey pants and a black shirt. People didn't look at me weirdly because I knew most of them, (you can't go anywhere in Tomoeda with Sakura without her meeting someone she knows. She says that it's because of the time she was capturing the Clow cards she helped them out and adding the fact that it is a small town you get everyone knowing 'sweet Sakura' and her five best friends) people just smiled at me. I got to the empty park in record time. I could see people gathered together on the place the Festival's stage was being built and immediately understood why the park was empty, everyone was ether there or somewhere else helping with something.
I sat a bench much like the one in my dream. But I knew it wasn't the same park. This whole idea of liking Elisabeth was getting frustrating, and it's not lie she could even like me back. Sighing I didn't notice a man sit beside me, until he said
"Hello, Kiyoshi" He didn't look like someone Sakura would talk to then how would he know my name? The man was tall, he had a coal black eyes and a dirty blond hair. He looked familiar, somehow.
"Hi" I managed to say "Do I know you?" I asked
"Oh, yes you do, my son" A lot of older men have called me son before but the way he made it sound make shivers run through my spine. I didn't have thee straight to say anything as he smiled at me in a way that set an alarm on my head 'RUN'
"Why are you wearing pajamas on the street, boy?" He said before I could move an inch. "I'm sure that Cho was able to at least teach you to dress yourself" How the hell did he know my mom?
"How do you know my mother?" I asked. He smirked "I helped her create you, so I guess I must know her"
"What the bloody hell are you talking about?!" I asked angrily as I stood up and back away a few steps.
"It's such a shame for a boy not to recognize his own father" He said. My jaw dropped
"Remember me, Kiyoshi?" He smirked "Last time we saw each other you were four…"
"Yes, I remember" I said, my fists closed together in a ball and I took one more step back.
"If you remember then would you do me the favor to tell me what are you doing here?" He said
"I didn't have a choice" I defended myself "Mom made me do it. Said I was too grumpy and needed to let go a bit and have some friends…" I made a face trying to make him believe that I didn't like the idea, though I've already admitted that my mother was right.
"You didn't seem to have minded it when you, Syaoran and your four friends, the blue-haired boy, the hyper fashionista, the cheerful one and the blonde chick, were at that café in Tokyo." He said "You seemed quite happy to call them by their first name"
"Look, you said yourself that what I do with my life has nothing to do with you" I said trying to resist the urge to hug him, I can't believe I was seeing my father. I'd prove to him that I've grown up and that I'm not a stupid little boy anymore. I'll prove it "So just leave me alone" I said. He laughed
"You seem to have a good memory, kid. Then why don't you tell me what part of 'never go to Japan' you never got" He said angrily
"I told! I didn't have a choice" I exclaimed
"I don't care" He yelled "You broke your promise anyway"
"Ugh. Just Ignore me. I won't get in your way" I said
"How can I be so sure about that?" He snapped "How can I be so sure that you haven't told people about me?" My mind flashed to Elisabeth's and Eriol's discovery
"I didn't tell anyone" I said, and that was true, I didn't tell them, they saw it by reading my mind in a moment of weakness. My father stared at me not believing a word I was saying and then something appeared on his face, something I couldn't identify and he said
"Well, I have to admit you got courage, boy" He walked towards me and whispered tauntingly "And you sure know how to pick up friends, daughter of the Daidouji company owner. Good. The Heir to the Li Clan. Good. Son of a really nice family with a status in England. Good. Daughter of an important professor at Tokyo University. Good. Daughter of a musician in Brazil, also quite respectful if I might add."
"DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH THEM!" I yelled
"I never said anything about touching them" He said "'But you think it might do some good"
"SHUT UP" I shouted
"Oh, getting mad, are we?" He smiled.
"Don't touch my friends" I said "Do whatever you want with me. I don't care, but leave them alone" He stared at me and said "You really changed"
"Some changes are good" I said. We stared at each other for a moment, taking it all in.
I'm warning you boy, I'm going to get a payback! So you better watch your back" He said finally. I didn't know what to say, so I kept silence and looked at him as he turned to walk away without another word.
"Could I just ask you a favor?" I said before he could go away. He turned to me in a way that said 'Hoe dare you ask me that?' but I was faster than him
"You see that stage." I started "Tonight, there will be a concert there, for Tomoeda's Festival. You should go"
"Why would I waste my time in a stupid small town concert?" He asked
"I don't know" I admitted taking a few steps back, "You might find something interesting there" And with that I walked away.
When I turned the corner I looked back on my shoulder to see if he had followed me. He didn't so I ran. I ran and ran. I wasn't going to cry. He wouldn't make me. As I got closer to Syaoran's apartment I slowed down a bit so that I could take a breath. As I reached the door I didn't even have time to open the door because it crashed open and Elisabeth was standing right before me.
She was wearing black jeans and a white one shoulder shirt with a black top underneath it. The white shirt had a few pink flowers on it along with her name. And she was wearing boots under the jeans. She was even more beautiful than in my dreams. But I can't think about her so I said
"What are you doing here? It's only 10:30" She rolled her eyes
"We need to be there at 11:30" She said
"But we're not girls, we don't need two hours to get ready" I said. Sakura, Elisabeth and Tomoyo gave me a look. We did not take as long as they did but we certainly take a while.
"Leave me alone" I faked hurt "I'm only human"
"So tell me human" Tomoyo raised an eyebrow "What possessed you to wear pajamas on the streets?"
"It's the newest trend, didn't you hear, Tomoyo?" I faked surprised
"Hahah! Really funny" Tomoyo looked disappointed as if she really expected me to have a really good fashion sense, what I think she did expect.
"Where are the guys?" I asked
"Getting ready like you should be doing" Sakura said
"Ok, Ok" I held my hands back and walked to my bedroom but Tomoyo stopped me
"What do you think you're doing?" She asked
"Going to my bedroom to change" I said confused "You don't expect me to do I here do you?"
"Eww. No" She made a disgusted face as she took a small package and gave to me
"Wear it" She said
"Girls are so bossy" I complained out loud, Elisabeth smirked behind me
"Oh you know you love it" She said. I took a step towards her and moved closer to her until out noses were almost touching and whispered "Maybe I do"
I turned back and walked to my room, smiling, forgetting completely about everything. That's what she does to me. I sighed. After I changed into Tomoyo's black jeans pants and white personalized shirt with my name in it on silver letters, I went back to the living room and that's when I noticed everyone was wearing similar clothes. Actually, the style was the same (the girls too, I noticed) the only change was that each person had their name on it and a different color. Syaoran's was green, Eriol's blue, Tomoyo's purple and Sakura's a light pink
"Terada-sensei asked me to do a uniform for the students with their names, so I decided to make it fashionable" Tomoyo explained
"Now, we should go" Eriol said
"Yes" Elisabeth agreed excitedly "IT'S TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL" She yelled cheerfully. We laughed and got out of the door and I had to admit that mother was right. It felt good to have friends.
And I would do anything for them.
On next chapter of Stars of Destiny: 'At the sound of the music'
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to Tomoeda's Festivals"
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"This kind of awkward for me, but…"
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"Get out of my way, idiot"
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"Sometimes, you just to…be seen for what you are"
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"This is for all of you"
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