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Chapter 35:
The Revelation (Part I)
Mizuki studied the record about Queen Sonomi's condition that Takka and Fujitaka had given her. She shook her head in disbelief as she rested her back on her chair, 'Just as I thought.'
She stared at the monitor once again and then closed her eyes. 'So you're finally making your move huh?' she opened her eyes once again and stared at a picture at the right corner of her desk. It was a picture of a younger Mizuki. In the picture, standing side by side her, with a very kind smile was a young boy, no younger than five years old. The boy had jet black hair and dark blue eyes…. 'Eriol….'
(A/N oooooohhhh…… lol)
Sakura watched Syaoran as he lay fast asleep in bed. It's already been an hour since he was awakened. Doctor Louise had immediately checked his condition and after they confined him to a new room, they shot him with a tranquilizer so that he could go back to sleep.
Sakura had never left his side since then. She had been watching him with a very satisfied smile. Touya had been eyeing his little sister as well and he didn't like the way she looked at him, and especially that smile. 'Damn it, what's with her and that gaki?' he fumed. He was about to say something at Sakura when a soft knock was heard on the door. He spun around in time to see a young lady entered the room with a smile.
"Excuse me Your Highness," the nurse said.
"What is it?"
Sakura looked at the nurse for a second. She smiled at the nurse before turning her attention back at Syaoran.
"King Iain is on the line. He asked for you at the control room," the nurse told him.
Touya heaved a sigh, "I'll be there." He looked at Sakura who also looked at him, "We'll talk later."
"Hoe?"
Touya didn't wait for her reply. He turned his back on Sakura and started following the nurse out the door.
Sakura watched as her brother closed the door behind him. She was still wondering about what he meant about 'we'll talk later' but she just sighed and looked back at Syaoran.
"I see, so he's alright."
Touya nodded. He was a bit surprised that Iain had asked about the Prince of Li and not his sister. "He's in critical condition though but Doctor Louise said he'll be fine," he told him.
Iain nodded his head on the communicator. "That's good to know. Now the Three Great Nations will be reborn," he said with a satisfied smile.
Touya stared at him for a while. Now that he said that, it was just then that Touya realized a new beginning ahead of them. With the Heir of Li still alive, a new war would most probably broke out again between them and the Lottuse's forces. It's impossible that the Prince of Li would just leave his people with the Lottuse's.
"Yeah," Touya agreed.
"First things first though. We have to make sure that the Prince of Li get well soon then we'll hold a meeting for our Nations future plans," Iain went on.
Touya smiled to himself. 'So I'm not the only one who's worried about the 'future',' he thought. "That's right. After that I'm sure the restoration of the Li Kingdom would be top priority," he told him.
Iain nodded, "And then the Ceremony."
Touya closed his eyes and nodded, "Right." He opened his eyes and lowered his gaze. Everything was going out just fine as of now. The Lottuse hadn't made a move to pursue them after they left their land. The Lottuse's forces might've declined a great deal after their surprised attack. "Well at least we won't have to worry too much," Touya said.
"For now," Iain corrected him.
"Yeah… for now," Touya said in a low voice. He took a deep breath and looked at Iain, "Thank you."
A smile slowly curled at Iain's lips as he lowered his head, "What are you thanking me for?" he begun. He looked back at him and smiled, "We are The Three Great Nations after all."
Touya smiled. For once, he looked at Iain as the King of Souma and not as a kid in which he loathed.
The Souma and the Daidouji Fleets had arrived at the Souma Frontier before dawn. Iain insisted that they rest there for a day before returning to their own country but Touya declined and so the Daidouji Fleet left after a short while. Iain was a bit disappointed since he hadn't seen Sakura but he just decided that he'll go visit them after everything had settled down.
When the Touya and the others arrived at the Daidouji Castle, Syaoran and Yukito was immediately brought inside and was taken to the Guest's rooms inside the castle. Sakura wanted to look after them but Touya disagreed and told her and Tomoyo to wait for him at the Throne Room.
Sakura looked at Tomoyo. They were both sitting on the couch inside the Throne Room.
"I wonder what's wrong," she started. "Onii-chan looked really mad, don't you think Tomoyo-chan?" she asked.
Tomoyo just smiled at her and said, "I think he's just concerned about his little sister."
"Hoe?" Sakura stared at her confused. She's not sure what Tomoyo meant about 'concerned about his little sister'. She's Touya's only sister right? But what could he possibly be concerned about?
After a few minutes, the soldiers standing guard at the door outside the room opened the door upon Touya's arrival. Both Sakura and Tomoyo stood up and Touya approached them.
"Sit," he told them.
Sakura and Tomoyo exchanged glances but did what they were told. When Touya sat down at the couch across were they were sitting, he cleared his throat and stared at Sakura sternly.
"Now start," he said.
"Hoe?" Sakura stared at him blankly. She didn't quite understand what he wanted her to tell him.
Touya's eyes narrowed as he leaned forward. "The Prince of Li," he said.
"The Prince of Li?" Sakura was lost now. What does her brother wanted from the Prince of Li?
"Just tell me what's going on between you and that gaki!" Touya yelled.
Question marks were now floating above Sakura. "'Going on between—," she froze upon realizing what Touya had said. "Hooee!" she screeched, her face as red as a tomato.
Tomoyo couldn't help giggling at them. She just loved Touya and Sakura conversations.
(A/N lol)
Sakura glared at him, "What do you mean 'going on between me and that….' He's name is Li-kun!"
Touya glowered at her, "I don't like the way you're always defending him. I'll call him whatever I like, got that kaijuu?"
"I am not a kaijuu!"
Tomoyo giggled some more. 'Yare yare….' She thought.
(A/N yeah…. I second that Tomoyo lol)
"Just tell me what's going on between you and him," Touya repeated.
Sakura fell silent for a while but answered while blushing furiously, "There's nothing going on between me and Li-kun."
"Then how do you explain that look on your face?"
Sakura reddened some more. "What look on my face?" she looked at Tomoyo. "There is nothing in my face right Tomoyo-chan?"
Tomoyo just chuckled. She's really enjoying this conversation.
(A/N lol)
"Cut the act. You told me that when Tomoyo got kidnapped by that Lottuse guy you met the gaki. What happened?"
"I already told you his got a name and it's Li-kun!"
"Just answer me!"
"There is nothing to tell. After we met we went back to where Tomoyo and I got separated to search for her," Sakura told him.
"And after that?"
"Well we found out Tomoyo's not there so we decided to call it a night and looked for her the following day," Sakura answered. She was not enjoying this conversation.
"And?"
"We went back to the inn."
"Where did he stay?"
Sakura felt her face started to flush, "To the inn of course!"
"Where in the inn?"
"T-To the room….." Sakura was flushing furiously now.
"Room where?"
"Oh come on onii-chan!"
"Room where?" Touya repeated trying his best not to explode.
"R-Room where Tomoyo and I were staying…." Sakura answered in a small voice.
Touya stood up, "You stayed in the same room with that gaki?" he exclaimed.
"What's wrong with that? We stayed on a same roof before. Not to mention that when Takka-sensei went back here, we stayed there on our own."
"What happened before is different from now," Touya was really pissed off now. He had tried his best to protect his sister from Iain but why can't he let this gaki stay away from his sister? "I don't want you going near him again, do you understand?"
Sakura frowned, "Onii-chan that is—."
"You're being too harsh on her Your Highness. Please calm down," a voice spoke at the door.
The three of them turned to face the owner of the voice, although they already knew who it was.
"Yukito-san!" Sakura exclaimed and reddened.
"Yuki…." Touya frowned at him. "What are you—?"
"I was really surprised when I woke up. I was already here and so I decided to go here and ask what happened," Yukito told them.
Tomoyo smiled and stood up, "Are you feeling okay now Yukito-san?"
Yukito smiled and nodded, "Hai, arigato."
Tomoyo gestured him to take a seat.
Sakura sighed and smiled. 'Yukito-san's fine. That's good,' she thought in relief.
"Anyway, don't be too harsh on her Your Highness. What you wanted Sakura-chan to do was against the tie of friendship the Daidouji Kingdom had vowed to the Li's," Yukito reminded him with a smile.
Touya shrugged but didn't say a word.
Sakura looked at her brother then at Yukito. She's really impressed at how Yukito could easily calm her brother down. 'So I guess this is how tight their friendship is,' she thought with a smile. She glanced at Tomoyo's direction and smiled as their eyes met. 'Just like Tomoyo-chan and me,' she thought.
Tomoyo smiled back. She read Sakura's thoughts and she couldn't agree more.
"By the way," Touya looked at Yukito. "You don't remember anything that had happened don't you?"
"Well that's what I wanted to know actually," Yukito answered with an uneasy smile.
Touya shook his head and sighed, "You're really hopeless." Yukito just laughed softly while Sakura and Tomoyo couldn't help sweat dropping at them.
(A/N they're all hopeless….. tsk tsk lol)
Mizuki smiled and nodded. "Yes, that is correct," she told Fujitaka.
Fujitaka shook his head in disbelief, "I can't— but how—." He didn't know how to react. A mixture of disbelief and amazement was all he felt.
Mizuki couldn't help chuckling at him. She looked at the clipboard she was holding and handed it to him. "I believe we should be preparing to go back to the Daidouji Kingdom," she said.
Fujitaka nodded, "Why of course. I'll just tell Takka about the good news." With that he left the room.
Mizuki had told Fujitaka that she already figured out how to cure Queen Sonomi and he was really delighted about it.
Mizuki smiled to herself and lowered her head. She looked back at her desk and saw the picture once again. 'I guess our paths crossing once more couldn't be helped huh?' she thought. Just then a knock was heard on the door.
"Kaho-sempai?" a girl's voice asked from the other side of the door.
Mizuki looked at the door and smiled. "Come in," she told the girl.
A girl entered the room. She was dressed in a Chinese outfit in black color. She was wearing a hat that had a veil which blocked her face. "You called for me?" she asked.
Mizuki nodded her head, "We are going to the Daidouji Kingdom."
The girl raised her head a bit and with her ruby red eyes she looked back at Mizuki with wide eyes. "We are going back to the earth?" she repeated in a small voice. Mizuki just smiled at her and nodded her head.
(A/N ooohhh…… lol)
Touya decided to leave the 'Yue-Keroberos' part when he told Yukito about what happened. Sakura and Tomoyo also understand that so they just kept quiet. After about an hour Sakura felt her exhaustion at last and so Touya had told both her and Tomoyo to take a rest. He on the other hand, with Yukito contacted Fujitaka and Takka to tell them about everything that had happened.
Sakura yawned and rubbed her eyes. Tomoyo looked at her, "You're pretty worn out Sakura-chan."
Sakura looked at her and smiled, "Well we had a rough night. Anyway, I'm a little sleepy but I still got energy left."
"Still have the energy to visit the Prince of Li?" Tomoyo asked her with a smile.
"Yeah I still have the— Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura reddened.
Tomoyo chuckled at her reaction. "Come on Sakura, I'm sure you wanna know how he is," she said knowingly. Sakura avoided Tomoyo's eyes and lowered her gaze. She didn't need her to tell her that frankly because she's right. She wanted to know if Syaoran was doing fine now.
Tomoyo took Sakura's hands and she started pulling her, "Let's go."
"Hoe?" Sakura stared at her in bewilderment. "T-Tomoyo-chan wait!" she exclaimed when Tomoyo started to walk a little faster.
"I will keep my word and let you live for now, Heir of Li. But when that time comes, where we have to meet again… I hope you won't hold back on me." Eriol told Syaoran.
Syaoran glowered at him and with all the last strength he could mustered, he answered, "Don't worry…. I'll have my revenge next time…."
Eriol sniggered, "I'll be expecting that…."
Syaoran slowly opened his eyes. His vision was blurred and all that he could make out was deep blue curtains on the sides. 'Blue curtains…?' he narrowed his eyes and slowly his vision finally cleared. His eyes widen and he got up immediately after examining his surrounding. When he got up, he felt his rib ached. 'Argh… a broken rib huh?' he thought and once again he studied his surrounding.
His on a four-posters bed with deep blue velvet curtains. The whole room was decorated in shades of blue and there's a balcony on the left, although the royal blue curtains were blocking the view to the outside.
'Where am I…?' he wondered. His head started to ache as he tried to recall the early event. He placed a hand on his forehead and closed his eyes. He remembered something about waking up on a room where a man he didn't recognize was and…. 'Kinomoto….' An image of Sakura crossed his mind. He opened his eyes and remembered that after he had awakened a doctor had given him a tranquilizer.
Syaoran studied his surrounding once more before he got up from bed. He felt his knees quiver as his feet touched the carpeted floor. He balanced himself for a moment and once he felt his regained his strength he started his way to the balcony. Very slowly, he pulled the curtains to the side and the sun's light spread inside the room. Syaoran blocked his eyes from the sun's light and when he had adapted to its brilliance he lowered his hand and looked at the scene in front of him.
He assumed that his inside a room no lower than the third floor of the Castle because he could make out the ocean from where he was. He opened the door to the balcony and saw the floor covered with snow. 'Well I'm certainly not in the Lottuse,' he thought as he looked at the ocean once again.
The surface of the ocean had been frozen and it glimmered beautifully within the sun's light. 'The Souma's weather is similar to ours…. So that leaves to the Daidouji.' He shivered as a cold wind brushed his skin. 'I hate cold weather,' he thought gloomily.
For a minute he just stood there admiring the scene in front of him. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. For the first time after his clan had been annihilated, he felt peace. The breeze may be very cold for him but somehow, it also warmed his heart. Finally, he was free.
Syaoran opened his eyes when he heard a soft click at his back, as if a knob had been turned. He didn't need to turn around to see who it was, because he felt her. He may not be able to sense her before but somehow, now that he's inside the Daidouji Territory, he could feel her, as if she's right beside him.
Sakura couldn't describe the emotions that had engulfed her very heart at the sight of Syaoran. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. As she opened them once again she smiled and slowly moved closer to him.
"I know this isn't really your hometown but…. Okaeri nasai Li-kun," Sakura greeted.
Syaoran lowered his head. A smile slowly crept at the side of his lips. "Ahh," he said as he turned to look at her. "Tadaima," he smiled at her.
Tomoyo smiled at them. For her, this scene was like one of those romantic novels she had read. 'Oh Sakura-chan…. ' she thought.
(A/N waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah lol)
After a few minutes, Tomoyo had asked the servants to serve them breakfast and some tea. When the balcony was prepared, with a table and three chairs, the servants had laid their breakfasts there.
The weather was quite cold and so Sakura made sure that Syaoran was properly dressed to warm him up. She remembered how he dislikes cold weather. When they were all seated and had started on their food, Syaoran placed the Li Treasure on the table facing Sakura.
"Hoe?" Sakura looked at the box then back at Syaoran. Tomoyo was quietly looking at them.
"It's yours, remember?" Syaoran reminded her. Sakura stared at him, "I do but I don't understand. You looked for that to give it back to me?"
Syaoran looked away and glanced at the ocean at his left. "I didn't look for it. He gave it to me," he answered.
"He?" Sakura asked confused.
Syaoran took a deep breath and nodded his head, "The Lottuse Trump Card."
Sakura stared at him in confusion, "The Thief Card? But I don't understand. Why would he do that?"
(A/N lol)
Tomoyo fell silent after realizing who they were talking about. She lowered her gaze and reached for her cup and sipped on it.
"He's a very strange one," he answered and looked back at her.
Tomoyo closed her eyes and tried to focus her mind at the tea's fragrance but she couldn't. 'Yes he is… a very strange and mysterious one…. Unpredictable…' she thought.
"But he had his reasons," Syaoran went on.
Tomoyo and Sakura looked at him. "Reasons?" Sakura repeated.
Syaoran nodded, "He told me everything that I have to know. And as for you, he returned the box and asked me to tell you that, next time make use of them wisely."
'Make use of them… wisely?' she wondered. She reached out for the box and opened them. She gasped as she saw what's inside the box. "All of the Cards that were recently taken are here!" she exclaimed. Tomoyo also looked at her. She's not sure of what to think of Eriol anymore.
"Even the Cards that the girl with wing ears had taken are here…. But I don't understand… why…?" Sakura looked back at Syaoran who was looking back at her with a solemn look on his face.
"Li-kun, what's wrong?" she asked in concern.
Syaoran lowered his gaze and recalled everything that Eriol had told him. "That man…. He… he suffered because of my Clan— no…. our Clan," he started.
Tomoyo and Sakura's eyes widen. "'Suffered because of….'" Tomoyo was not sure if she had heard him right but staring at his eyes, she knew she had heard right.
"What do you mean Li-kun?" Sakura asked. She's really lost now. Everything was too complicated for her to comprehend immediately.
"You heard me right. He suffered because of the Li Clan. The clan that he was once part of as well," Syaoran told them.
At that very moment, a yellow stuff animal with wings was trying to break out from Sakura's room. Sakura had locked all the doors and windows of her room earlier in case someone entered and saw a weird looking stuff toy.
(A/N lol)
"LET ME OUT OF HERE! OI! DON"T TELL ME YOU'VE FORGOTTEN ABOUT ME!" Keroberos shouted.
(A/N the door sweat drops lol)
(A/N yes it's a cliffhanger lol but at least I'd given you a taste of what's next err I hope I did lol
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