Seven Deadly Jewels
Chapter 55
The orange orb slowly drifted down the far hill, the sky drenched with red orange, and orange red color. The shadows became longer with each passing second as night became ever more present. The bare trees were covered with crows, and ravens, a symbol for up coming deaths.
The town was as silent as a tomb as they crowded around the lord's center courtyard, which was littered with soldiers and guards. Two young men were marched into the center, and force to kneel before a short tubby lord with a smirk of superiority bluntly on his face.
"Hiiragizawa Eriol!" a guard announced, forcing the young doctor kneel.
"The rouge swordsman known only as Li!" another announced, making Li kneel like Eriol. The two struggled with their tightly knotted bonds, and Li kept looking around for his sword.
"These two are charge with conspiracy to revolution, and poisoning of the lord's son! For these crimes, they are sentenced to death by beheading!" a guard read off a paper.
"Well," the lord chuckled as he stood over the two. "Are you ready to beg for mercy before me? Are you ready to apologize?" Li just spat at his feet. Eriol just smiled.
"Don't make me laugh asshole," the chestnut haired swordsman scoffed. The lord growled, and signaled for the guards to prepare themselves.
"Fine then! Men ready…" The guards slowly started to raise their swords. "Set…"
"I don't know how you talk me into this crap Eriol!" Li growled at the still smiling doctor.
"Oh come on Syaoran. It could be worse." Li shot him a deep glare. "Okay maybe this is as worse as it can get. But at least we had fun."
"You maybe…" Li growled.
"Slice!!!!!" At that moment, the guards let their swords drop.
One day earlier
It was a cool brisk day with thin clouds floating through the sky, and a slight chilling breezing flowing through the air. The day had been relatively calm and uneventful as the group walked along the road, at least that how it appeared at first glance.
Taking a closer look, a person would be able to see the angry, and annoyed glare in the eyes of Li as he walked in front, and the uneasiness of Sakura who was walking next to him. His eyes were narrowed, and his teeth were grinding together in a futile attempt to calm himself. He was opening and closing his hand, trying to calm down that way, but to no avail. What was the cause of the swordsman's anger?
Eriol Hiiragizawa.
Or rather, what he was doing.
"And Li actually thought the cave was filled with monsters! He couldn't sleep for weeks, but it turned out to be just a family of cats," Eriol laughed as he told the tale to his companion, and partner in crime, Tomoyo.
Li gritted his teeth at Eriol favorite way to pass the time, embarrassing, and torturing him to no ends. For the past couple his days, the doctor's choice of torture for now, were the embarrassing stories of him during their childhood. It was taking all of Li's inner control not dash towards the doctor and either pound him into oblivion, or just kill him on the spot.
But the worst part was, the bastard of a doctor was actually enjoying watching his inner struggle. Every time Li would look over at the doctor, he would have a look in his eyes that clearly said to him, "I am so enjoying this right now," the very thought of that made Li's anger flare. He wished he could in some way torture the doctor back, but nothing seemed to bother him, and he was never all that great at dragging things out like this. Li needed an outlet for his anger, but currently there was none around.
"He actually thought that!" Kero laughed. "Man! The big bad kid really is just a crowd deep down!" Li shifted his intense glare to the yellow beast, and smirk replaced his glare. He may not be able to torture Eriol back, but he did still have an outlet for his anger.
Ten seconds later Kero's life was flashing before his eyes.
OOOOO
By the time the group had settled down for breakfast, Kero yellow fur was completely black and blue with some dried blood clinging to it, and the little beast could barely move let alone fly. While he was completely immobile, Li felt five times better, but was still annoyed.
"Little brat!" he grumbled.
"You want another set!" Li growled. Kero quickly cowered behind Sakura.
"Was really necessary to beat Kero-chan like that Li?" Sakura asked.
"Hey. It made me feel better."
"Such a violent person you are Li," Eriol chuckled.
"Shut up!"
"Enough talking!" Meilin exclaimed. "Let's eat I'm starving!" Kero instantly revived himself and began chowing down on the bento Fujitaka packed like his life depended on it.
"Stomach on legs," Li muttered.
"What was that kid!"
"Want me to repeat you deaf stuffed animal!"
"And they're off," Tomoyo giggled. Sakura just let out sigh, as she started to eat, those two were hopeless. After a good thirty minutes of yelling, the two huffed and turned to their food. When they grabbed their chopsticks and took a bite their faces twisted in disgust and wretched.
"Damn!!!! That's too sweet!!!!" Kero exclaimed. "I like sweet things and all, but that's too sweet!!!!!"
"Damn it Sakura!!!!!!" Li yelled. "What the hell did you father put in this!!!!" Sakura gave him a blank look.
"Huh? What are talking about?" she asked as she tasted her own food, and tasted nothing sweet. "It tastes fine to me." Li narrowed his eyes at her before a realization struck him. His eyes instantly fired up as he whirled towards the culprit.
"Eriol!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The doctor looked up from his food with a smile.
"Yes?" he asked simply. Eriol quickly ducked under a swing from Li's sword. "Oh no! Li-kun is mad at me!"
"Shut up and get back here!!" Li yelled as he chased his dark haired friend around the field, swinging wildly, all the while with Eriol chucking as if it was a game.
"I see you've gotten faster!"
"You just had to mess with my food!!!"
"You should be happy I made it sweeter! Would you prefer I made it taste like a dog!"
"You wouldn't be alive right now if you did!" As Li chased Eriol around, the girls couldn't help but sweatdrop at their childish behavior. Meilin managed to ignore the two as she stole some of Kero's rice cakes.
Just as Eriol and Li made their third lap around the field, they loud yell from behind them. The two whirled around just in time to collide with a young man who was running as fast as he could. Behind him were three men that looked like officers from the insignia on the backs of their robes of the lord they were serving. The young man quickly got to his feet and started to run, but Eriol grabbed his arm.
"It is courteous to apologize after you collide with someone," he said to the boy, who immediately struggled to break free as he watched the three men get closer.
"Let me go!" the young man yelled, as pulled out of Eriol's grip, and broke into a sprint again. The three men quickly followed after him.
"Oh my. I hope he isn't in any serious trouble," Eriol said as he watched the boy run out of sight. Li just sighed.
"You're so nosey you know that right."
"I wouldn't call it being nosey, more like curious," Eriol replied. Li just scoffed at his friend before swinging his sword towards him again, which restarted their chase. Clearly Li wasn't about let Eriol forget about his little prank that easily.
OOOOO
It took another five laps around the field before Li managed to calm down as much as he could. He was still slightly bitter about it, but the chase seemed to burn out the anger and annoyance Li had been building up for a while. They managed to arrive at a small town without incident.
The town was very small, it only contained a few wooden houses that were packed closely together with only a few shops in the area. The people wore simple one colored robes, and carried their farming equipment with them. It was a very simple looking town, with a simple set of humble, and simple people. It could have easily been written off as such, but near far end of the town was a large mansion surrounded by walls like a castle.
"Well looks like it's easy to see who's in charge in this place," Eriol said.
"And if that wasn't enough of a give away check out those men over there," Tomoyo pointed out at three officers walking down the road, eying them suspiciously.
"Should we go?" Sakura asked.
"Might as well," Li figured. "Nothing keeping us here." Just as the group was about to turn around and go, a noise caught Kero's ears.
"Free Dango! Free Sweet Dangos!!!!" The yellow beast instantly flew over to the booth, and grabbed one.
"Don't mind if I do!" he exclaimed, but he immediately kissed the ground.
"You idiot!" Li yelled. "All you think about is your damn stomach!"
"Besides Kero you just ate," Sakura added.
"So what if I have a snack here and there. What's the big deal! Besides this lady is giving them out for free! Dive in, is what that says to me!!"
"What an idiot," Meilin scoffed. "What the hell is a Dango anyway?"
"If you haven't had one before, then please try one," the middle-aged vendor woman offered. Meilin shrugged, and took a bite. The ruby-eyed girl's face instantly lit up, and within seconds finished the entire stick, and was eating three more.
"And you're saying these are free!" she exclaimed. "Li! We gotta stay!" Li just slapped his forehead.
"She changes her mind fast," Tomoyo giggled.
"You have no idea," the swordsman sighed.
Within moments the group was settled in the vendor's restaurant having Dangos with some tea. Kero was all but inhaling the dumplings, even taking Meilin's. Li couldn't help but sigh at how easily they could just settle in one place so quickly.
"How much do we owe you?" Eriol asked the woman, who just smiled at him.
"Oh no, it's completely free."
"Well then thank you for your generosity," Tomoyo replied with a bow of her head. The woman smiled at her before turning towards a door in the back.
"Kaiya! Come out here, we have customers!" she called.
"I'm coming mom!" A young man with long black hair held back with a green headband walked out of the door. His brown eyes took note of the only table in the restaurant with people sitting at it. He wore a simple green tunic with brown pants, and his hands showed evidence of fieldwork. As the young man walked towards the table, Kero looked up and blurted out,
"Hey! You're the kid who was being chased by those officers we saw!" Kaiya's eyes widened and took a step back as his mother looked at him with concern and worry written on her face.
"You were being chased! Again!"
"Not all mom," Kaiya replied nervously. "Those people are crazy."
"Nope. You pretty much match the description," Kero said before Li slammed him into the table.
"You're so not helping." Kaiya shot a glare to Kero before turning back to his mother.
"You have to believe me mom! I wouldn't do something as stupid as get chased again!" At that moment, the door flew open, and three officers armed with long spears and a young man in a richly decorated robe entered the restaurant. From the deep frowns on their faces, and the cold look in their eyes, it was easily tell they were not customers.
"You have your weekly payment?" the young man asked impatiently. Kaiya let out a growl as he turned to them, fury clearly in his eyes.
"We already paid you bastards yesterday! What more do you want?" The young man just chuckled.
"Sorry to say but pop just upped the payment by 50." Kaiya's eyes widened in shock before going back to his initial anger.
"50! That's outrageous! No one in this village can pay that!" he yelled. The officers just smirked.
"Do you want to get kicked off your land?"
"Bastards!" Kaiya growled as he made a tight fist. "We aren't paying you anything!" With that Kaiya rushed towards the officers and threw a strong punch, but the lord's son easily sidestepped it, and knocked Kaiya into one of the officers, who slammed his spear butt onto Kaiya's head, knocking him out instantly.
"Kaiya no!" his mother exclaimed. The subordinates started to kick the young man's body, while the lord's son grabbed the mother by her hair.
"Now pay up or end up like your son over there. Or worse, like your husband." At that moment a plate slammed into the son's head, making him stumble. "What the-! Who threw that!" He eyes landed on the sole table with customers.
"I think I've heard more than enough," Eriol said as he stood up. "This woman has offered my friends and I a free snack, and we were enjoying it until you guys showed up. So I ask you to leave these kind people in peace and no harm with come to you." Li just scoffed.
"You know, it's a hell of a lot easier and quicker if you kick their asses."
"I know Eriol," Meilin agreed with her mouth filled with Dangos. "Save yourself the trouble."
"You must be this kid's fellow conspirators!" the son exclaimed. "Officers arrest them!" With that the three officers rushed towards Eriol who just smiled at them.
"So it turns out this way huh?" The doctor easily sidestepped a thrust from a spear, and jumped back as the three officers gathered around him with the son behind them.
"Give up. You're surrounded." But Eriol just kept his smile.
"You really shouldn't swing around such dangerous weapons. You could get hurt," he said, but then added with mischief in his voice, "Or worse, bitten." Before the officers knew it, they heard loud hissing sounds. Their hearts stopped when they looked down. Instead of three wooden spears, they were holding three venomous snakes! Within seconds they dropped their former weapons and ran out of the restaurant screaming their heads off as the snakes followed them.
"Are you okay?" Sakura asked Kaiya's mother as she and Tomoyo helped her up.
"Judging from that bastard son, and those officers, that isn't exactly a nice guy is he?" Li figured.
"That's an understatement," Kaiya scoffed as he got up. "That bastard lord and his son suddenly show up and makes us their slaves! This village wasn't exactly rich before they came, but they're making it even worse! People can barely survive day to day! My father tried to set up a revolt…..but…he was killed! Now it's up to me! But I get caught a lot, so they see me as a criminal."
"I keep telling you that fighting is not the answer!" his mother exclaimed.
"So what do you want me do mom? Let them walk all over us like this?" Before they situation could blow up into a full-blown argument, Kero defused the tension with his stomach.
"Hey! Can I have some more Dangos!"
OOOOO
That afternoon, the group having stuffed their fill of Dangos decided to head back on the road. Although, Kero wished to stay longer for some more Dangos, especially the chocolate covered ones he had heard about.
"Come on! At least a couple for the road!" the beast whined. "You have to admit those were good!"
"You sure you don't want to help those people Li?" Sakura asked.
"We wasted enough time there as it is," he replied. "I'd rather not get involved anyway." Eriol who sensed someone behind them, chuckled.
"Actually it looks like we're about to," he said. As if on cue, Kaiya's mother rushed towards them with a desperate look on her face.
"Please help! You have to help him!!" she cried. The frantic woman finally reached them, but her legs gave out to her hard running for the past 20 minutes, and she collapsed in Eriol arms. She tried to talk, but she couldn't stop panting, she could barely catch her breath. Eriol placed his hand over her heart and felt it was beating erratically. He could also tell from her short and shallow breaths she wasn't getting enough air at all.
"What's wrong with her?" Tomoyo asked.
"She's hyperventilating," he explained. The doctor's hand over her heart began to glow bright blue as he said soothingly, "Please calm down ma'am. Calm down." He let out a smile as he felt her heart slow down, and felt that enough was getting to her lungs.
"You have to help Kaiya!" she finally said after a few minutes. "They came and took him away! Something about he's a leader of conspirators and you were one of them, I don't know, but please help him!"
"Don't worry we'll find him," Eriol assured her.
"We're going to do that how?" Kero asked. Eriol looked at the group behind him, and let out another one of his mischievous smiles.
Within moments they were back in town, walking aimlessly, and Eriol not saying a word about what his plan was. When asked all he said was "I need to find an officer." The doctor finally lucked out when an officer approached. When he got a good look at Eriol he instantly pointed his spear at him.
"You! You must be one of that kid's men! You're under arrest! Surrender!" Eriol simply put up his hands and surrendered.
"Oh, but I'm not the only one," he said. The officer looked up at this.
"Where are the others?" he demanded.
"There's one right there," Eriol replied pointing at Li.
"WHAAAAAAATTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!" The swordsman yelled. Within seconds he and Eriol were tied up, hurled into carriage that the officer yelled for and were rushed to the mansion, leaving the other dumbstruck.
"What just happened?" Sakura wondered. Tomoyo just giggled.
"I think Hiiragizawa-san just tricked Li."
OOOOO
"It was going to be such a simple thing," Li grumbled from within the carriage. "Go back to the town, kill some guys, rescue the dumb kid, and be on our way. But now at us. Where are we?"
"In a carriage on our way to the prison," Eriol replied cheerfully, which did not bode well with Li.
"GOD YOU SUCK!!!!!!! WHY THE HELL DID YOU INVOVLE ME IN THIS CRAP ANYWAY!!!!!?!?!!? IF YOU WANTED ME TO HELP THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS TELL WHAT YOU WERE THINKING!!!!!!"
"Well I could, but….. I just love the angry and troubled look on your face Syaoran-kun!" That did it. Li exploded in anger and started to chase Eriol around the carriage, screaming bloody murder.
"YOU IDOIT!!!!!! YOU SUCK!!!!! YOU REALLY SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!"
The officers meanwhile sweatdropped at their rowdy captives.
OOOOO
The carriage reached the large mansion they saw earlier in town. The officers forced their captives to kneel at the sight of the lord who wished the greet the new captives. At the sight of Eriol, the lord kicked the doctor in the stomach, making the doctor double over.
"You bastard," the lord said, surprisingly calm. "You're the one who poisoned my son."
"Poisoned?" Eriol asked dumbly, earning him a kick to his ribs.
"You and your magic! You're snakes bit my son, and poisoned him! He'll probably die by morning!"
"Oops," Eriol chuckled, which got him another kick to his ribs.
"You're really helping yourself here," Li scoffed. The lord kicked the swordsman in his stomach as well.
"Well, if my son will be dead by morning so will you murderers! You will be executed at dusk! However, I will make sure you suffer before then!" the lord turned to one of the officers. "Take them to the torture chamber!"
"Well this will put a damper on our search of Kaiya-kun," Eriol said as if they were only getting slightly delayed.
"You idiot!"
They were led below the mansion to the dark and damp dungeons. Eriol mentally shuddered as his foot stepped in a deep cold puddle of water. The corridor was narrow, and barely lit. One each side of the corridor were cells packed with "conspirators" yelling for their freedom at the approaching officers. The prisoners were dressed in a simple black tunic that were ragged, dirty and wet, hardly comforting in Eriol's mind. They reached two doors at the end of the corridor, and the two were separated.
"See you later Syaoran-kun!" the doctor said cheerfully.
"I hope they kill you!" Li shot back as they both disappeared behind the door.
OOOOO
Kaiya looked up as his cell opened, as the officers pushed in two more in an already crowded cell. Kaiya sat in a corner and watched as the inmates circled around the newcomers. They seemed weak, tired, and beaten, but despite that he could still hear their energy filled argument.
"This is all your fault," Li growled weakly.
"Now, now Syaoran, complaining isn't going to help," Eriol replied, who didn't sound as weak as the swordsman.
"I'm not complaining, I'm blaming! You! You and your damn sympathy! It's going to be the death of us! Or mostly me!"
"You're so selfish Syaoran," the doctor giggled. "But I just love that angry look on your face." A growl could be heard through the cell, and struggle to move.
"If I wasn't so damn weak, I'd kick your worthless ass right now." By now Kaiya remember their voices, and pushed his way through the circle the inmates created around the chatty duo. Eriol looked up, and smiled.
"Li look, the object of our mission."
"Leave me alone."
"What are you guys doing here?" Kaiya asked in shock.
"Well, rescuing you I guess," Eriol replied. "Although I wouldn't call this much of a rescue."
"I call getting our asses kick by bastards weaker than us," Li scoffed.
"Nobody asked you to do this for me! What are you wasting your time!" the young man yelled.
"Well actually, your mother asked us to. She's worried about you, much more than normal worry. If this keeps up the stress might get to her, maybe even kill her," Eriol said seriously. Kaiya felt his heart stop. His mother die, because of him? Just the idea of it made him hate himself. He felt the ground beneath him collapse as he thought of the sight of his mother laying, dying while he just ignored her. It was bad enough she lost his father, now at this rate she was going to lose him as well.
"Mother," he muttered softly.
"I don't know much about parents, but I do know what it's like to make someone you care about worry about you more than they should. It's good you are so determined with your goals, but for those who watch you, all they can do is worry about you, and it's not good for a person to worry all the time, it's not a good feeling have 24/7 trust me." From the shocked, and regretful look Kaiya's eyes, Eriol could tell he understood.
"Nice speech," Li muttered. "Now there's the little problem of actually getting out of here!" Eriol just smiled at his partner.
"We'll find a way, we always do."
OOOOO
The door to the cell swung open, waking the inmates, who watched like hawks as Eriol and Li were forced to their feet, and out the door. Their hands were tied tightly, and one of the officers held the long rope, leading them like dogs. Li looked over to Eriol to see if the doctor was making some kind of signal, but the doctor was just smiling as usual as if nothing was happening. Li just sighed, he should have expected as much from that smiling freak.
Meanwhile in town, talks of a public execution began circulating throughout the small town. The farmers were dropping their farm equipment rushing towards the lord's mansion to see what poor souls would be killed this time. Sakura and the others could help but worry about their two captured friends, and to make matters worse, Kaiya's mom had fallen into a deep sleep and wasn't waking up.
"Maybe we should go see if they need help," Sakura suggested.
"Knowing Li he has the situation under control," Meilin scoffed.
"It wouldn't hurt to look though," Tomoyo said.
The orange orb slowly drifted down the far hill, the sky drenched with red orange, and orange red color. The shadows became longer with each passing second as night became ever more present. The bare trees were covered with crows, and ravens, a symbol for up coming deaths.
The town was as silent as a tomb as they crowded around the lord's center courtyard, which was littered with soldiers and guards. Two young men were marched into the center, and force to kneel before a short tubby lord with a smirk of superiority bluntly on his face.
"Hiiragizawa Eriol!" a guard announced, forcing the young doctor kneel.
"The rouge swordsman known only as Li!" another announced, making Li kneel like Eriol. The two struggled with their tightly knotted bonds, and Li kept looking around for his sword.
"These two are charge with conspiracy to revolution, and poising of the lord's son! For these crimes, they are sentenced to death by beheading!" a guard read off a paper.
"Well," the lord chuckled as he stood over the two. "Are you ready to beg for mercy before me? Are you ready to apologize?" Li just spat at his feet. Eriol just smiled.
"Don't make me laugh asshole," the chestnut haired swordsman scoffed. The lord growled, and signaled for the guards to prepare themselves.
"Fine then! Men ready…" The guards slowly started to raise their swords. "Set…"
"I don't know how you talk me into this crap Eriol!" Li growled at the still smiling doctor.
"Oh come on Syaoran. It could be worse." Li shot him a deep glare. "Okay maybe this is as worse as it can get. But at least we had fun."
"You maybe…" Li growled.
"Slice!!!!!" At that moment, the guards let their swords drop.
In that split second Li suddenly ducked, letting the sword pass over him, and slammed his foot in the guard's stomach. The sword flew out of his hands, and imbedded itself next to Eriol, who quickly cut his ropes, and did the same for Li, who smirked wildly.
"Now for a little payback you bastards!" The lord quickly stepped back, as his guards and officers covered him. Without another word Li and Eriol split towards opposite ends of the courtyard. Within moments the bodies started to pile up on Li's side as he plowed his way through the incoming guards with a vengeance. The swordsman dodged a thrust and slashed his attacker across his chest. Ten more came his way, but they were on the ground with their blood staining the ground faster than they could blink.
Eriol kept the smile on his face as he was surrounded on all sides by the guards who had all their spears and swords pointed at him. With a blink of an eye the guards rushed towards the doctor, completely covering him. But when they pulled back, they saw that Eriol had suddenly disappeared.
"Hey boys!" Eriol called from below. The guards looked down only to feel the earth below them suddenly turn over like a trap door, ensnaring them beneath surface within seconds. Just as Eriol floated up to the surface ten more guards rushed his way. The dark-haired doctor dodged a thrust, and in one motion pulled the spear out of the guard's hands, and pushed him to the ground. Snapping off the arrowhead, Eriol twirled the staff towards the incoming attackers, creating a fierce wind that blew them back.
Li slashed his way towards the door, and killed two more guards in his path with one slash. Finally reaching the door, he turned to Eriol, who just blew away another batch of guards.
"Hey! Come on let's go!"
"Not without Kaiya-kun! That was the whole reason for this remember?" Eriol reminded the annoyed swordsman. Li was about to protest when someone called from above.
"Leave it to us!" the two looked up and saw Sakura and the others floating overhead on Keroberos. Seeing a chance, Eriol grabbed a set of keys from an attacking guard before blowing him away as well.
"Tomoyo-san!" he exclaimed as he threw up the keys. "Use those keys to open the dungeons! Kaiya-kun is in one of them!" Tomoyo nodded at her duty, as jumped down from the beast and ran towards the lower floors of the mansion. Just as she was about to reach, twenty guards went after her, but were instantly blown away by Sakura.
"Damn," Li growled as he slashed another group of guards. "There's no end to them!" The swordsman quickly flipped backwards to get away from incoming attacks, and landed back to back with Eriol. By now they were completely surrounded, with no hope of reaching the exits. The guards rushed in ready for the kill when Kero swooped down, and grabbed the two in his mouth.
"Thank you for the save Kero-chan."
"Can we go now?" Li asked clearly annoyed by the entire ordeal.
"What about Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked. Eriol gave her a reassuring smile.
"Don't worry, she'll be here in 3-2-1…." As if on cue, the door to the lower floor burst open, and the entire courtyard was flooded with the black clad inmates. In a mere matter of minutes, the inmates overwhelmed the guards, with cries of freedom and victory. A cry from Tomoyo and Kaiya was the signal Kero needed to swoop down and pick them up.
As the group passed over the mansion, Eriol saw the lord running out of the back with his poisoned son on his shoulders. Without a word, Eriol dropped from Keroberos and landed with ease in front of the fat lord, who instantly begged for mercy.
"Please spare me! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'll give you anything you want! Money! Women! My position! Just spare me please!" Eriol ignored the lord, and reached into his robes, making the lord shiver with fear.
"Here," the doctor pulled out a small vial of green liquid, and placed it in the lord's hand. "For you son. If you give him this, and promise you'll never tyrannize another town again, I'll spare you." The lord nodded quickly and quickly disappeared into the night.
"How could you spare you him!" Kaiya yelled from above. "After all the things he's done!?"
"I'm a doctor," Eriol said simply. "All that matters to me is helping someone, regardless of what they've done." He turned around and smiled sweetly at the group. "Now how about we return Kaiya-kun to his mother?"
OOOOO
The minute Kaiya walked through the door of his home, and announced his presence, his mother made an instant recovery. For fifteen minutes she did nothing but hug and kiss her wayward son in tears. Kaiya whole-heartedly returned the embrace in tears as well. His mother muttered a wordless "thank you" to Eriol who simply bowed and walked out the door to join his friends.
"You did a good thing Hiiragizawa-san," Tomoyo said.
"What the hell are you talking about! It was a damn annoyance!" Li yelled.
"Li-kun you're so mean!" Eriol cooed. "It breaks my heart!" Li let out a loud growl before slamming his fist into his friend's head.
"SHUT UP!!!!!!!"
AN: Damn!! Finally done! Jeez! This took even longer than the last one. Sorry for taking like a month and four days to update. This chapter just wasn't flowing at all, so I had to rewrite so many times, and plus I had all this damn homework and essays to do! Jeez! I hate my teachers!! (Well not all of them, just all the damn work they give us) Well anyway, this chapter was mostly to show the kind of relationship Li and Eriol have with each other, not so much the situation in the village, which was why I didn't really develop it much. Li and Eriol's relationship though mostly is Eriol pulling a bunch of tricks and pranks on Li, who beats him up in response. And this was also to show that when Eriol has an idea he always pulls Li into it somehow. I based a lot of Eriol's antics on Fai/Fye/Fay, and you can probably connect Li's reactions to Kurogane, it wasn't intentional really, but I guess that the kind of relationship males have when they are polar opposites, who lot of yelling and fighting. Well anyway, I hope the next chapter won't take as long as this one, since I have it pretty planned out. So, here's the preview for the next chapter.
Tomoyo: Kero-chan, have you noticed that Meilin always glares at Sakura?
Kero: Yeah it's like she's about to kill her at any moment. It's kind of creepy really. But that damn brat doesn't have anything on me!
Tomoyo: (giggle) Well those two are about to spend a lot of time together when they get trapped in a cave!
Kero: Really? Aw man, poor Sakura!
Tomoyo: It isn't going to be just talking either, seeing as the cave seems to be haunted.
Sakura: Haunted?!!!?! HOEEEEE!!!!!!
Tomoyo: So be sure to join us next time for "Sakura, Meilin and the Transparent Cave!" See you soon.
