Adventures 2: Fatherly Advice 3
By Shirono
Nadeshiko fell to her knees.
"Sakuri......"
"What do they want with her, anyway?!" growled Li.
Ihyou crossed her arms and leaned back on a tree. " I Can't
belive the legend was right....."
"There has to be a reason," said Nadeshiko, not hearing
Ihyou at all.
The sun and moon guardian nodded.
"And we can't let her get hurt, or I'll never forgive myself."
"Which means she will never forvive either of us fot that
matter," commented Li.
"Lets go," said Nadeshiko, flying up on her wand. "Ihyou,
you can follow your sister's energy, right?"
Ihyou nodded, romorsefully, and they all took off.
~
Sakuri rolled over.
"Where....am I?"
The room was dark. She knew she was in a bed. And alone.
She sat up. "Hello? Is anyone here?"
She couldn't see anything.
She was about to get out of the bed when a door opened on the
opposite side of the room.
"Dare......*"She shielded her eyes, as light poured
into the room.
"How are you feeling, my princess?" came a male voice.
"Princess? I'm Nadeshiko's princess! No one elses!"
she cried angrily. "Now who are you?"
He flicked on the light, and she blinked a few times before her
eyes would focus on the black-haired ,cloaked figure, with his
towering butterfly wings..
"Pansha?"
"Hino Spinel, " he replied, "Is my real name."
"Hino? Hino Spinel....that means...." Sakuri trailed...
"Spinel (of the) Sun."
A small boy ran up to the door, where Spinel was still standing.
"Spinel-sama! He is come!" With that, he ran off.
"Stand up!" Spinel said, "He is coming."
Sakuri didn't know what was going on, but she stood up without
a second thought.
Thats when she noticed.
She was dressed in a long black dress. She had on jewls of all
sorts, earrings, necklaces...in black and red and gold.....she
looked like a princess.
"Maybe a princess from hell...." She thought aloud.
She watched as Spinel Stood stiffly at the door.
She heard approaching footsteps.
And he came in.
Red hair tied in chinese buns, red and black robes, lined in silver
and gold, tall black wings, and those long red fingernails. He
looked almost like a beautiful lady.
"Princess?"
She held up a fist. "I am no one's princess but Nadeshikos!!"
"I knew you would make things difficult..." smirked
Ruby Moon.
~
"Nadeshiko, " said Ihyou, "theres something you
should know..."
"What is it?" She asked, steering her wand higher.
"About your ...."clan"..."
"You mean Sakura and Nadeshiko I?"
"Yeah. Listen, Sakuri's mother, Tomoyo, was in love with
Sakura before she married Eriol, and before that...."
Li cut in. "Before that, Sakuri's grandmother, Sonomi, was
in love with your grandmother."
Ihyou nodded. "And it goes on for generations farther!"
"So, " said Nadeshiko. Although, she knew something
was up. None of them were ever married...
"A love between the Kinomotos and the Daidoujis was never
meant to be. It can't happen!"
Nadeshiko stopped flying.
"Well, it did." She said, gruffly.
"There, " said Ihyou, sighing. "Its right ahead."
It was Eriol's first mansion in Tomoeda. Broken and mostly destroyed,
but still there.
"What a mess..." Said Li.
Nadeshiko dove down through a window.
~
Sakuri was sitting in a large, throne-like easychair, gilded in
gold. Ruby was sitting across from her, in another chair similar,
but darker.
"Sakuri..." he said, "You have a choice."
"Lord, " said Spinel, "her name argues otherwise..."
"What about my name!?" yelped Sakuri.
"You are not permitted to love Nadeshiko!"
"What?" she stammered, " How can you not permit
me to love someone??"
"Its not my fault." he replied,
"It was Madoushi's fault."
"Madoushi?"
Ruby nodded. "It was a curse, put on your ancestor, Madoushi."
"Explain." she said.
He smiled. "Madoushi Daidouji was a fortune teller. She lived
in Hong-Kong in a time of rampant sorcery. She told fortunes by
looking into a pool of water and seeing it. The Kinomo clan (long
late ancestors of the Kinomoto's) was the most well-known and
powerful sorcerer clan. Thier princess, Sakuranbo, was to marry
Clow Read. This would make thier clan unstoppable! Clow Read was
the most powerful single sorcerer in the world. But Madoushi fell
in love with Sakuranbo before the arrangement was made. Sakuranbo
was taken by Madoushi's love, and when the ceremony came when
Clow asked for her hand....."
Sakuri was on the edge of her seat.
"...she announced that she could not, for she was already
in love.
Needless to say, the Kinomoto clan was devestated and angry.
So they punished the two girls.
They put a curse on Madoushi, so that her heart changed, and she
fell in love instead with Clow Read. Sakuranbo was heartbroken,
and killed herself. They also made a sworn pact that two girls
from thier clans could never be together.
Of Course, Clow Read knew this all was going on. He was angry
that the clan could resort to changing a girls heart. So he made
it that he would be reincarnated into the Kinomotos life, and
that a Daidouji decendant would always be close to a Kinomoto
decendant."
"So I...."
"So, a Daidouji girl, from then on , always fell in love
with a Kinomoto girl. But they were never together. Some returned
the love, but a magic always tore them apart. It has been 7 generations
since a Kinomoto has returned this love. You broke the cycle."
"So what happens now?!" She asked, nervously.
"Now, you choose."
A little boy, the same little boy as before, ran in the room.
"Spinel! Come quick!"
Spinel bowed to Ruby, and took off out the door.
"You choose, either give up your love for Nadeshiko, or sacrifice yourself to the ancestors of her clan!"
Sacrifice.....
Sakura Fasu.
Next: What will Sakuri do?Could she possibly give up her love for Nadeshiko? Or will she be living up to her namesake? Can Nadeshiko make it in time?
*Dare: Who?