All was quiet in the household, but Eriol knew it was the calm before the
storm. He could hear the sound of thunder cracking and he knew that Ray was
in a pissy mood. When she lost her temper, it would start storming. The
intensity of the storm depended on how crappy her mood was. HE could hear
the pounding of footsteps against the marble floor leading to the room
where he was seated. He was in the sitting room where his looking glass was
located. The door burst open and Nakura stomped in, radiating anger. Eriol
knew he was in for it.
"My date was wreaked because it starting storming violently. And the storm was because of you. How could you say that to Ray? She has been completely loyal to you and has basically given up her life to serve you. You know as well as I do that she would never lie to you. Just because she hates Kaho, doesn't mean she would lie just to get you broke up." Nakura yelled. Nakura continued yelling at him, but he wasn't listening. What Nakura said was true. Ray, ever since she was four had been helping Eriol. She raised herself and had helped him create Nakura and Suppi. She juggled watching Sakura 24/7 and holding down a job to pay for her food. She slept in a tree every night or on some building so she could watch Sakura's house.
"I know I screwed majority so don't rub it, k," he said, hanging his head in shame.
"She wasn't lying to you. If you just looked in the looking glass, you would see that," nakura said.
Eriol pressed the button on his remote for the tv and the looking glass turned on. He released his staff and used it to show him what he desired to see. Like Ray had said, Kaho was in bed with Brad, having wild passionate sex. Eriol turned away in disgust. A million emotions coursed through his system from anger to guilt of not believing Ray. Nakura grabbed the remote and turned it off. They didn't need to see it.
Nakura looked over at her master. HE was trying not to cry and Nakura walked over to him and hugged him. Suppi joined the group hug. Eriol broke away from the hug and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Suppi asked, facing his master.
"Out to find Ray to apologize. Is she working tonight at the club?"
"Yeah," but Suppi's answer didn't matter. Eriol was already out the door.
Eriol turned the car into a almost full parking lot and parked the car. He walked into the door and was greeted by the overwhelming sound of rock playing over the stereos. Barely dressed dancers were dancing on the top of the bar stand, the crowds of people drinking and watching the girls dance. Eriol pushed his way through the mob of people and elbowed his way to the bar table. He was right. Ray was dancing on the table in a backless halter- top and a pair of short bicycle shorts that empathized her butt. Eriol whistled at the sight of his best friend and Ray looked up from her dancing. She noticed him and when the song ended she motioned that she was taking a break so that another dancer could take her place and jumped down from the stand. Guys made whistles and provocative jeers as Ray followed Eriol to the back of the room where there was some booths. They slipped into the booth, sitting opposite of another.
"What do you want?" she shouted over the music.
"Can we go somewhere and talk," he shouted back.
Ray stood up and walked over to her boss and told her that she was leaving. She gave her half the money that she had made dancing and working the bar and walked out the door, Eriol following after her. A big fat guy with his arms covered in tattoos blocked her way out of the club.
"What do you want?" she asked him, annoyed.
"I want you baby," he replied, half drunk. He made a grab at her shirt and caught the strings that held the shirt on her.
"Let go on my shirt," she said in a low growl.
"Like you could hurt me," he said, not realizing the danger he was now in.
Ray shrugged and pried his hands off her shirt strings. She then kicked him in the gut and flipped him over so he was on his back. She placed her sandled foot on his stomach and pushed. She flipped her hair back dramatically and strutted out. They got into the car and Eriol drove them down the street so they couldn't hear the blaring of the music from the club.
Eriol parked the car at the parking lot of the bank, which was almost next door.
"I'm sorry for not believing you."
"You should be," Ray muttered under her breath.
"I should have listened to you all those years ago when you said that she would just cheat on me." Eriol could see that Ray was starting to soften.
Ray smiled. She loved being right. "It's okay. Apology accepted." She said and Eriol turned the key, starting the engine and they drove back to Eriol's place.
As soon as they walked into the door, they were bombarded by Nakura who was bouncing off the wall.
"Eriol, can we throw a party next weekend?" she asked.
Eriol took off his jacket and hung on the hook in the closet. "Yeah sure, whatever," he said.
Nakura squealed in excitement and hugged him in delight." By the way, Kaho is back. She's in the bedroom. She doesn't know that we know about her cheating on you," she whispered. Eriol laboriously trugged his way upstairs to the bedroom. He walked in and was greeted by a kiss from Kaho, who was acting like she had done nothing out of the usual. Nakura and Ray ran like excited kids who woke up on Christmas day to the sitting room and they focused their thoughts on what was happening in the room. The glass fogged over and it showed the bedroom. Nothing was happening in there and the two girls waited in excitement for the coming festivities. Both of them really didn't like Kaho much and couldn't wait to see her bitched out. Suppi came flying in on his butterfly wings with a bowl of popcorn and they passed it around, watching the glass.
"So did you do anything special tonight after you stormed out?" asked Eriol
"No, I just walked around, cooling off," Kaho replied, not looking him in the eye.
"Liar, "he hissed.
"What do you mean liar?" Kaho said getting angrier, afraid that she might be caught. She started stripping off her shirt, exposing her black lace bra.
"I know what happened tonight with Brad," he said knowingly and Kaho stopped stripping the shirt.
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said, turning away from him.
Eriol cupped her chin with his hand, turning her face at him," Don't play stupid with me," he hissed," You know what you did," and he walked away.
From downstairs, Nakura and Ray were screaming encouragements at the screen.
Eriol opened up the drawers of their bedroom and dumped all Kaho's clothes into a suitcase in the closet.
"I want you out of here," he said and handed her suitcase to her.
"What about my stuff," she said as Eriol led her down the stairs towards the front door.
"I'll send it to you when you get settled with your new boyfriend since he is such a better man then me," he said bitterly, being sarcastic.
"But how did you find out?" she asked, right before Eriol pushed her out of the door.
Before Eriol could answer, a voice said "From me," and Ray walked out, grinning from ear to ear.
That was the last straw for Kaho and she lost it. She hated her for wrecking her relationship with the man she loved. Before Eriol could stop her, she sent a blast of fire at Ray. Ray got out of the way in time and the fire hit the wall, leaving s burn mark on the white walls. Ray, in response sent a bolt of pure electric like energy at Kaho. It hit her and it felt like someone had taken 100 flaming knifes and stuck them into her. She screamed.
"That's for trying to hurt me," she said.
She sent another round of it at Kaho amd Kaho fell to her knees in pain. "That's for hurting Eriol."
Between the rounds of pain, Kaho managed to get out," Eriol, tell her to stop."
Eriol was the only person who Ray would obey. Eriol shook his head no. He didn't like to see her getting hurt but the scene with her and Brad sleeping together kept flashing through his mind. Kaho crawled out of the door and Eriol threw her bag out the door with her and slammed the door in her face. Ray and Nakura high-fived. They would never have to see that bitch again. Kaho stared at the door in shock. She didn't believe that Eriol would have the guts to do that to her. She picked up her bag from the doorstep and started walking down the sidewalk. She walked through the crisp midnight air. She was in for an hour walk to a hotel that was on the other side of town, but she didn't give a damn. She'd live. The place where the Li clan was staying was down there and she had to get them the info that she had gathered.
Nakura and Ray watched Kaho walk down the street from the window in great joy. Ray had always hated Kaho and Nakura didn't like Kaho for the simple reason of that she took up Eriol's time and money. They looked up from the window and noticed Eriol blue eyes staring at the door in longing.
He looked like he had lost his best friend. He went up the stairs, silently and the girls looked on in worry. Suppi zoomed up the stairs in pursuit to confront his ailing master. After Suppi was out of ear range, Nakura faced Ray, a wild grin on her face.
"Kaho deserves to pay for what she did to master Eriol. Let's go pay her a visit, shall we," she whispered, her voice displaying the anger she felt for the tall red headed beauty.
"What did you have in mind?" Ray said, grinning right back.
"Kaho is unfortunately more powerful then me, but she's not for you. I was thinking that we should go torture her, cause her some pain that would remind her of Eriol."
"So use your and Suppi's attacks on her?"
"Yeah, but Suppi would never go along with it so it's just us two. You have to do the job of Suppi."
The two girls walked out of the door and Ray transformed into a white and black striped tiger with huge wings the length of the couch in Eriol's study. Nakura transformed into Ruby Moon, her long brown hair changing into red short in front, longer in back do', her brown eyes turning the color of her hair. She stretched her wings out and sat on Ray's back. She hated to fly in windy weather. Ray took off in the direction they had saw Kaho go in. They spotted Kaho three miles from the hotel the Li clan was in and they landed in a tree that she would be coming to a moment. Nakura slid off her back onto the skinny branch and Ray transformed into herself. She floated slightly in the air so that the branch didn't break from their combined weight. Kaho was getting closer to them and Ray closed her eyes in concretion. She opened her mouth and a beam appeared that was an exact replica of Suppi's except more painful. She let it rip and it hit Kaho full in the stomach. She kneeled over in serious pain and Nakura sent out her ice crystals, shredding Kaho's clothes, exposing her skin to the cold harsh nighttime air. Kaho looked up, armed with a spell, looking for whoever had hit her with the spell. All around her was silence, except for a small whirling sound that she heard above her. She looked up and a piece of paper floated down into her hands. She unfolded the letter and it read in red cursive letters:
Death lies in your future
It waits for you in the color red
Kaho looked up and noticed a person in a bulky red jacket giving her strange looks. She broke out in a run, scared for her life. Nakura and ray cracked up from the place they sat and they headed back to Eriol's.
Kaho walked up to the huge building and knocked on the door. She had finally arrived at the hotel the Li clan was in. They had bought the hotel several years ago when Syaoran had helped Sakura get the cards, but for what reason she didn't know. She knocked on the door once and it was opened by a butler-dressed dude' with a mustache.
"What can I do to you?" he asked.
"I'm here to see Brad," she heard herself say.
The butler ushered her in and he pointed the way up to his room. Kaho walked through the halls cautiously. She had to make sure Syaoran or Meilin didn't see her. It would blow her cover. She knocked on his door and Brad opened it, dressed in a pair of green flannal boxers and a wife beater. She kissed him hard on the lips and slid her hands down the back of his thin short shirt, feeling his firm muscles from all the working out he did.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, breaking away from her.
"Eriol found out about us. It's over and i.."she flopped down on the bed,".am out of a house."
"You can't stay here, baby," he said, sitting beside her and rubbing her back ever so lightly. "Syaoran will get suspicious."
"I know," she said and sighed.
"Remember the plan we made. It wouldn't work unless Syaoran isn't suspicious of you. If it works, we both get what we always wanted," he whispered excitably and then lightly nibbled on her ear.
Kaho giggled, "That's why I came here. Eriol is hosting a little party next Friday night. Tell the clan about it. Sooner they move, the sooner we get what we need."
"K," and Brad got a mischievous grin on his face," Do you want to spend the night?"
"I'd thought you'd never ask."
"Ok, I'll be there.bye," Sakura said into the phone. It was Monday night and Nakura had just called them with the details of the party. Eriol hadn't shown up to school because of his break-up with Kaho and Nakura wanted them to know as soon as possible.
Sakura turned to Tomoyo who had cam over to study. Tomoyo was already off in her own world imaging all the creations that she would make her Sakura. Sakura sweat-dropped. She knew what was coming next.
"Yo tomoyo..snap out of it," she said poking at Tomoyo's arm.
Tomoyo snapped back to reality." Hey, do you have a date yet for it."
"No, I just like got the call two seconds ago. I wanted to go with Yue but."
"But what?"
"Yue will never like me that way. It's hopeless," she said, saddened by the words that she spoke.
"No you're not. How could he not love you. You're beautiful and cheerful and.," Tomoyo immediately shut up realizing that her secret might be found out. Thank god that Sakura was dense and won't figure it out.
"Thanks Tomoyo. that's sweet, but lets face it he'll never like me," and Tomoyo and Sakura went out their homework.
"My date was wreaked because it starting storming violently. And the storm was because of you. How could you say that to Ray? She has been completely loyal to you and has basically given up her life to serve you. You know as well as I do that she would never lie to you. Just because she hates Kaho, doesn't mean she would lie just to get you broke up." Nakura yelled. Nakura continued yelling at him, but he wasn't listening. What Nakura said was true. Ray, ever since she was four had been helping Eriol. She raised herself and had helped him create Nakura and Suppi. She juggled watching Sakura 24/7 and holding down a job to pay for her food. She slept in a tree every night or on some building so she could watch Sakura's house.
"I know I screwed majority so don't rub it, k," he said, hanging his head in shame.
"She wasn't lying to you. If you just looked in the looking glass, you would see that," nakura said.
Eriol pressed the button on his remote for the tv and the looking glass turned on. He released his staff and used it to show him what he desired to see. Like Ray had said, Kaho was in bed with Brad, having wild passionate sex. Eriol turned away in disgust. A million emotions coursed through his system from anger to guilt of not believing Ray. Nakura grabbed the remote and turned it off. They didn't need to see it.
Nakura looked over at her master. HE was trying not to cry and Nakura walked over to him and hugged him. Suppi joined the group hug. Eriol broke away from the hug and stood up.
"Where are you going?" Suppi asked, facing his master.
"Out to find Ray to apologize. Is she working tonight at the club?"
"Yeah," but Suppi's answer didn't matter. Eriol was already out the door.
Eriol turned the car into a almost full parking lot and parked the car. He walked into the door and was greeted by the overwhelming sound of rock playing over the stereos. Barely dressed dancers were dancing on the top of the bar stand, the crowds of people drinking and watching the girls dance. Eriol pushed his way through the mob of people and elbowed his way to the bar table. He was right. Ray was dancing on the table in a backless halter- top and a pair of short bicycle shorts that empathized her butt. Eriol whistled at the sight of his best friend and Ray looked up from her dancing. She noticed him and when the song ended she motioned that she was taking a break so that another dancer could take her place and jumped down from the stand. Guys made whistles and provocative jeers as Ray followed Eriol to the back of the room where there was some booths. They slipped into the booth, sitting opposite of another.
"What do you want?" she shouted over the music.
"Can we go somewhere and talk," he shouted back.
Ray stood up and walked over to her boss and told her that she was leaving. She gave her half the money that she had made dancing and working the bar and walked out the door, Eriol following after her. A big fat guy with his arms covered in tattoos blocked her way out of the club.
"What do you want?" she asked him, annoyed.
"I want you baby," he replied, half drunk. He made a grab at her shirt and caught the strings that held the shirt on her.
"Let go on my shirt," she said in a low growl.
"Like you could hurt me," he said, not realizing the danger he was now in.
Ray shrugged and pried his hands off her shirt strings. She then kicked him in the gut and flipped him over so he was on his back. She placed her sandled foot on his stomach and pushed. She flipped her hair back dramatically and strutted out. They got into the car and Eriol drove them down the street so they couldn't hear the blaring of the music from the club.
Eriol parked the car at the parking lot of the bank, which was almost next door.
"I'm sorry for not believing you."
"You should be," Ray muttered under her breath.
"I should have listened to you all those years ago when you said that she would just cheat on me." Eriol could see that Ray was starting to soften.
Ray smiled. She loved being right. "It's okay. Apology accepted." She said and Eriol turned the key, starting the engine and they drove back to Eriol's place.
As soon as they walked into the door, they were bombarded by Nakura who was bouncing off the wall.
"Eriol, can we throw a party next weekend?" she asked.
Eriol took off his jacket and hung on the hook in the closet. "Yeah sure, whatever," he said.
Nakura squealed in excitement and hugged him in delight." By the way, Kaho is back. She's in the bedroom. She doesn't know that we know about her cheating on you," she whispered. Eriol laboriously trugged his way upstairs to the bedroom. He walked in and was greeted by a kiss from Kaho, who was acting like she had done nothing out of the usual. Nakura and Ray ran like excited kids who woke up on Christmas day to the sitting room and they focused their thoughts on what was happening in the room. The glass fogged over and it showed the bedroom. Nothing was happening in there and the two girls waited in excitement for the coming festivities. Both of them really didn't like Kaho much and couldn't wait to see her bitched out. Suppi came flying in on his butterfly wings with a bowl of popcorn and they passed it around, watching the glass.
"So did you do anything special tonight after you stormed out?" asked Eriol
"No, I just walked around, cooling off," Kaho replied, not looking him in the eye.
"Liar, "he hissed.
"What do you mean liar?" Kaho said getting angrier, afraid that she might be caught. She started stripping off her shirt, exposing her black lace bra.
"I know what happened tonight with Brad," he said knowingly and Kaho stopped stripping the shirt.
"I don't know what you're talking about," she said, turning away from him.
Eriol cupped her chin with his hand, turning her face at him," Don't play stupid with me," he hissed," You know what you did," and he walked away.
From downstairs, Nakura and Ray were screaming encouragements at the screen.
Eriol opened up the drawers of their bedroom and dumped all Kaho's clothes into a suitcase in the closet.
"I want you out of here," he said and handed her suitcase to her.
"What about my stuff," she said as Eriol led her down the stairs towards the front door.
"I'll send it to you when you get settled with your new boyfriend since he is such a better man then me," he said bitterly, being sarcastic.
"But how did you find out?" she asked, right before Eriol pushed her out of the door.
Before Eriol could answer, a voice said "From me," and Ray walked out, grinning from ear to ear.
That was the last straw for Kaho and she lost it. She hated her for wrecking her relationship with the man she loved. Before Eriol could stop her, she sent a blast of fire at Ray. Ray got out of the way in time and the fire hit the wall, leaving s burn mark on the white walls. Ray, in response sent a bolt of pure electric like energy at Kaho. It hit her and it felt like someone had taken 100 flaming knifes and stuck them into her. She screamed.
"That's for trying to hurt me," she said.
She sent another round of it at Kaho amd Kaho fell to her knees in pain. "That's for hurting Eriol."
Between the rounds of pain, Kaho managed to get out," Eriol, tell her to stop."
Eriol was the only person who Ray would obey. Eriol shook his head no. He didn't like to see her getting hurt but the scene with her and Brad sleeping together kept flashing through his mind. Kaho crawled out of the door and Eriol threw her bag out the door with her and slammed the door in her face. Ray and Nakura high-fived. They would never have to see that bitch again. Kaho stared at the door in shock. She didn't believe that Eriol would have the guts to do that to her. She picked up her bag from the doorstep and started walking down the sidewalk. She walked through the crisp midnight air. She was in for an hour walk to a hotel that was on the other side of town, but she didn't give a damn. She'd live. The place where the Li clan was staying was down there and she had to get them the info that she had gathered.
Nakura and Ray watched Kaho walk down the street from the window in great joy. Ray had always hated Kaho and Nakura didn't like Kaho for the simple reason of that she took up Eriol's time and money. They looked up from the window and noticed Eriol blue eyes staring at the door in longing.
He looked like he had lost his best friend. He went up the stairs, silently and the girls looked on in worry. Suppi zoomed up the stairs in pursuit to confront his ailing master. After Suppi was out of ear range, Nakura faced Ray, a wild grin on her face.
"Kaho deserves to pay for what she did to master Eriol. Let's go pay her a visit, shall we," she whispered, her voice displaying the anger she felt for the tall red headed beauty.
"What did you have in mind?" Ray said, grinning right back.
"Kaho is unfortunately more powerful then me, but she's not for you. I was thinking that we should go torture her, cause her some pain that would remind her of Eriol."
"So use your and Suppi's attacks on her?"
"Yeah, but Suppi would never go along with it so it's just us two. You have to do the job of Suppi."
The two girls walked out of the door and Ray transformed into a white and black striped tiger with huge wings the length of the couch in Eriol's study. Nakura transformed into Ruby Moon, her long brown hair changing into red short in front, longer in back do', her brown eyes turning the color of her hair. She stretched her wings out and sat on Ray's back. She hated to fly in windy weather. Ray took off in the direction they had saw Kaho go in. They spotted Kaho three miles from the hotel the Li clan was in and they landed in a tree that she would be coming to a moment. Nakura slid off her back onto the skinny branch and Ray transformed into herself. She floated slightly in the air so that the branch didn't break from their combined weight. Kaho was getting closer to them and Ray closed her eyes in concretion. She opened her mouth and a beam appeared that was an exact replica of Suppi's except more painful. She let it rip and it hit Kaho full in the stomach. She kneeled over in serious pain and Nakura sent out her ice crystals, shredding Kaho's clothes, exposing her skin to the cold harsh nighttime air. Kaho looked up, armed with a spell, looking for whoever had hit her with the spell. All around her was silence, except for a small whirling sound that she heard above her. She looked up and a piece of paper floated down into her hands. She unfolded the letter and it read in red cursive letters:
Death lies in your future
It waits for you in the color red
Kaho looked up and noticed a person in a bulky red jacket giving her strange looks. She broke out in a run, scared for her life. Nakura and ray cracked up from the place they sat and they headed back to Eriol's.
Kaho walked up to the huge building and knocked on the door. She had finally arrived at the hotel the Li clan was in. They had bought the hotel several years ago when Syaoran had helped Sakura get the cards, but for what reason she didn't know. She knocked on the door once and it was opened by a butler-dressed dude' with a mustache.
"What can I do to you?" he asked.
"I'm here to see Brad," she heard herself say.
The butler ushered her in and he pointed the way up to his room. Kaho walked through the halls cautiously. She had to make sure Syaoran or Meilin didn't see her. It would blow her cover. She knocked on his door and Brad opened it, dressed in a pair of green flannal boxers and a wife beater. She kissed him hard on the lips and slid her hands down the back of his thin short shirt, feeling his firm muscles from all the working out he did.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, breaking away from her.
"Eriol found out about us. It's over and i.."she flopped down on the bed,".am out of a house."
"You can't stay here, baby," he said, sitting beside her and rubbing her back ever so lightly. "Syaoran will get suspicious."
"I know," she said and sighed.
"Remember the plan we made. It wouldn't work unless Syaoran isn't suspicious of you. If it works, we both get what we always wanted," he whispered excitably and then lightly nibbled on her ear.
Kaho giggled, "That's why I came here. Eriol is hosting a little party next Friday night. Tell the clan about it. Sooner they move, the sooner we get what we need."
"K," and Brad got a mischievous grin on his face," Do you want to spend the night?"
"I'd thought you'd never ask."
"Ok, I'll be there.bye," Sakura said into the phone. It was Monday night and Nakura had just called them with the details of the party. Eriol hadn't shown up to school because of his break-up with Kaho and Nakura wanted them to know as soon as possible.
Sakura turned to Tomoyo who had cam over to study. Tomoyo was already off in her own world imaging all the creations that she would make her Sakura. Sakura sweat-dropped. She knew what was coming next.
"Yo tomoyo..snap out of it," she said poking at Tomoyo's arm.
Tomoyo snapped back to reality." Hey, do you have a date yet for it."
"No, I just like got the call two seconds ago. I wanted to go with Yue but."
"But what?"
"Yue will never like me that way. It's hopeless," she said, saddened by the words that she spoke.
"No you're not. How could he not love you. You're beautiful and cheerful and.," Tomoyo immediately shut up realizing that her secret might be found out. Thank god that Sakura was dense and won't figure it out.
"Thanks Tomoyo. that's sweet, but lets face it he'll never like me," and Tomoyo and Sakura went out their homework.