1.1 Ghost Light
The clock in the living room chimed twelve.
Suppi jumped down the stairs and padded coolly along the hall, the clock continued to tick. 'Ahhh' thought Suppi 'there is nobody awake but me…' he sighed 'not even that raucous and mindless idiot of a adolescent!' he shut his eyes thoughtfully…
He sat in concentration; he heard the clock ticking, the wind in the trees was like a hurricane in his ears, the clock continued to tick…tick; tick a soft wispier in the air carried though the hall!
'I'VE ALREADY SAID THA…'
Suppi was interrupted from his tranquility with a shout coming from the living room. He quietly stepped over to the door and listened.
The room was dark with a single light beside were Eriol stood by a lamp with the phone in his hand. The surrounding darkness Illuminated Eriol's anxious and tense face 'I UNDERSTAND! I CA … Yes? …Oh Mizuki-san…I, I know it's my fault! I'm responsible for all of this…I've got reasons for not rushing in! Have you no compassion, Mizuki-san, she's…She's just a helpless girl…There MUST be ANOTHER WAY!'
Suppi felt his insides go heavy. 'Eriol was responsible for what had happened to Nakuru?' Suppi sighed a very deep sigh, yet he made very little movement his eyes closed in reminiscence and he padded gravely back into the hall and over to the windowsill. 'Whatever Eriol has planned for Nakuru, I'm sure it's for good…' He shut his eyes again 'I can't stop what master wishes, although I don't understand them…I…. Nakuru!'
He looked outside of the window. A girl was standing there, her auburn hair flowing in the wind, with a single plait to one side. He couldn't see her face because she looked downwards. Suppi watched vigilantly and silently. He was about to take a step when the girl looked up, her large brown eyes fixed on Suppi, a childish smile crossed her face and then she vanished…
'Yukito-san! Thank you for letting us eat at your house!'
Yukito looked at Sakura, smiling 'Your welcome, it's just nice to have company for once!' Sakura nudged her brother
'Yeah, thanks Yukito…' Touya said. Sakura decided that her brother was the rudest boy alive
'I hope you don't mind that my brother didn't wash up! The food was really great, ne? Tomoyo-chan!'
Tomoyo smiled and started to answer when she turned to face their right 'Uh…Sakura-chan!'
'Hoe?' came the reply
'Look there's somebody standing on the grass!' Tomoyo continued
Yukito strained to see 'It's that girl from our class… the one that fainted at school, I'm glad to see she's better now' he said happily quickening his pace in her direction. Touya swiftly followed and the two girls ran ahead. 'She's looking in at one of the windows…' Acknowledged Tomoyo. Yukito called out 'Hello! Akizuki-san!'… Touya said nothing, but watched…He felt something strange in the air. Yukito stopped and squinted 'Where did Akizuki-san go? … She was here a minute ago'
Sakura looked about as bewildered as Yukito, 'Hmm…She just vanished!'
Kero, who had watched from Sakura's bag watched and thought to himself 'people don't just disappear, I have to know more…'
The emptiness … one way was flooded eerie white light flooded into… it the other was darker than a bitter midnight. It had seemingly one inhabitant. This one of which was Eriol wearing his blue robes, he stepped forward into the dark, as he did so the air grew icy in the space of a second. He didn't grimace he only searched into the black. The blackness was deep and harsh and the ground covered in grey and brown grass with matted weeds. It felt stuffy and suffocating. Eriol was cold but it wasn't a coldness that could be warmed with heat… only magic…
Eriol continued to walk into the black; it was the kind of cold that you could get close to when walking in a graveyard…Eriol stopped. There was nothing there…or was there? He looked into the darkness, which seemed to illuminate something, a figure. Nakuru stood there, still, the wind blowing her long hair. 'Akizuki-san!' Eriol gasped.
Nakuru looked down at Eriol, she smiled 'Come to rescue me?'
Eriol noticed how her mouth barely moved when she spoke, and her voice was faint and far off sounding.
Eriol answered 'I'm going to take you back home…'
Nakuru continued to look at him with large eyes… 'I don't have a home, Eriol-kun. I was created by you for a purpose and I did it…' she paused 'You know what's happening…?'
Eriol shut his eyes apologetically 'Yes' then he added 'I'm sorry…'
Nakuru took a step back further into the dark, her mouth still smiling 'Don't be…'
Eriol took a shaky step towards her. It was painful to move, the blackness was slicing into his side like a knife. He felt weak; the ground felt like it was dragging him back, it was hard to move forward. Eriol felt like he would fall to his knees at any minute. He looked up 'Wait! Don't go into the dark…'
Nakuru's eyes had a child-like innocence again 'You know I can't help it…'
As Eriol made a move to go forward, it was like he was trying to push down an iron gate with just his hands. 'Akizuki-san…' he whispered 'Hold on…'
She was in the dark, soon she'd move back again. He made another attempt at a step, but his whole body was shaky and he shut his eyes and gritted his teeth to the ripple of pain that ran though him…
Suddenly…
The cold seemed to vanish instantly…Even the pain seemed to subside. He felt the sweat on his forehead.
'Hm? Suppi-chan …Are you sure he's asleep?' asked a familiar voice 'He doesn't look all right, he's looks tense and pale.
'Who cares' said another voice; it sounded spiteful but with noticeable concern.
Eriol felt dizzy, he overcame it and slowly opened his eyes…
'Eriol-kun…hope you don't mind us in here. Suppi-chan let us in'
Eriol paused and shot Suppi a look, but then quickly turned to Sakura, he smiled 'Don't worry Sakura-chan, it's quite alright!'
Syaoran glared across at Eriol. 'We came to find out what you did to that girl!'
Sakura sweat-dropped 'Syaoran-kun, that's not right…we are here to find out what happened to Akizuki-san!'
Eriol said 'I'm busy today so I won't be of much use if you come back tomorrow we could do it together. However you are very welcome to do it by yourself today…' He smiled apologetically.
Syaoran nodded 'I'm fine with tha…!'
Sakura interrupted 'Sorry to be a bother, we'll see you tomorrow then, Eriol-kun'. She turned and dragged Syaoran out of the room.
'Thank you, Sakura-san' Eriol stood up to see them out but then a pain tore though him, forcing him to sit down again.
Sakura turned around after hearing the sound of his fall 'Eriol-kun, what made that thud?'
Eriol smiled from his chair 'I didn't hear anything…'
The clock in the living room chimed twelve.
Suppi jumped down the stairs and padded coolly along the hall, the clock continued to tick. 'Ahhh' thought Suppi 'there is nobody awake but me…' he sighed 'not even that raucous and mindless idiot of a adolescent!' he shut his eyes thoughtfully…
He sat in concentration; he heard the clock ticking, the wind in the trees was like a hurricane in his ears, the clock continued to tick…tick; tick a soft wispier in the air carried though the hall!
'I'VE ALREADY SAID THA…'
Suppi was interrupted from his tranquility with a shout coming from the living room. He quietly stepped over to the door and listened.
The room was dark with a single light beside were Eriol stood by a lamp with the phone in his hand. The surrounding darkness Illuminated Eriol's anxious and tense face 'I UNDERSTAND! I CA … Yes? …Oh Mizuki-san…I, I know it's my fault! I'm responsible for all of this…I've got reasons for not rushing in! Have you no compassion, Mizuki-san, she's…She's just a helpless girl…There MUST be ANOTHER WAY!'
Suppi felt his insides go heavy. 'Eriol was responsible for what had happened to Nakuru?' Suppi sighed a very deep sigh, yet he made very little movement his eyes closed in reminiscence and he padded gravely back into the hall and over to the windowsill. 'Whatever Eriol has planned for Nakuru, I'm sure it's for good…' He shut his eyes again 'I can't stop what master wishes, although I don't understand them…I…. Nakuru!'
He looked outside of the window. A girl was standing there, her auburn hair flowing in the wind, with a single plait to one side. He couldn't see her face because she looked downwards. Suppi watched vigilantly and silently. He was about to take a step when the girl looked up, her large brown eyes fixed on Suppi, a childish smile crossed her face and then she vanished…
'Yukito-san! Thank you for letting us eat at your house!'
Yukito looked at Sakura, smiling 'Your welcome, it's just nice to have company for once!' Sakura nudged her brother
'Yeah, thanks Yukito…' Touya said. Sakura decided that her brother was the rudest boy alive
'I hope you don't mind that my brother didn't wash up! The food was really great, ne? Tomoyo-chan!'
Tomoyo smiled and started to answer when she turned to face their right 'Uh…Sakura-chan!'
'Hoe?' came the reply
'Look there's somebody standing on the grass!' Tomoyo continued
Yukito strained to see 'It's that girl from our class… the one that fainted at school, I'm glad to see she's better now' he said happily quickening his pace in her direction. Touya swiftly followed and the two girls ran ahead. 'She's looking in at one of the windows…' Acknowledged Tomoyo. Yukito called out 'Hello! Akizuki-san!'… Touya said nothing, but watched…He felt something strange in the air. Yukito stopped and squinted 'Where did Akizuki-san go? … She was here a minute ago'
Sakura looked about as bewildered as Yukito, 'Hmm…She just vanished!'
Kero, who had watched from Sakura's bag watched and thought to himself 'people don't just disappear, I have to know more…'
The emptiness … one way was flooded eerie white light flooded into… it the other was darker than a bitter midnight. It had seemingly one inhabitant. This one of which was Eriol wearing his blue robes, he stepped forward into the dark, as he did so the air grew icy in the space of a second. He didn't grimace he only searched into the black. The blackness was deep and harsh and the ground covered in grey and brown grass with matted weeds. It felt stuffy and suffocating. Eriol was cold but it wasn't a coldness that could be warmed with heat… only magic…
Eriol continued to walk into the black; it was the kind of cold that you could get close to when walking in a graveyard…Eriol stopped. There was nothing there…or was there? He looked into the darkness, which seemed to illuminate something, a figure. Nakuru stood there, still, the wind blowing her long hair. 'Akizuki-san!' Eriol gasped.
Nakuru looked down at Eriol, she smiled 'Come to rescue me?'
Eriol noticed how her mouth barely moved when she spoke, and her voice was faint and far off sounding.
Eriol answered 'I'm going to take you back home…'
Nakuru continued to look at him with large eyes… 'I don't have a home, Eriol-kun. I was created by you for a purpose and I did it…' she paused 'You know what's happening…?'
Eriol shut his eyes apologetically 'Yes' then he added 'I'm sorry…'
Nakuru took a step back further into the dark, her mouth still smiling 'Don't be…'
Eriol took a shaky step towards her. It was painful to move, the blackness was slicing into his side like a knife. He felt weak; the ground felt like it was dragging him back, it was hard to move forward. Eriol felt like he would fall to his knees at any minute. He looked up 'Wait! Don't go into the dark…'
Nakuru's eyes had a child-like innocence again 'You know I can't help it…'
As Eriol made a move to go forward, it was like he was trying to push down an iron gate with just his hands. 'Akizuki-san…' he whispered 'Hold on…'
She was in the dark, soon she'd move back again. He made another attempt at a step, but his whole body was shaky and he shut his eyes and gritted his teeth to the ripple of pain that ran though him…
Suddenly…
The cold seemed to vanish instantly…Even the pain seemed to subside. He felt the sweat on his forehead.
'Hm? Suppi-chan …Are you sure he's asleep?' asked a familiar voice 'He doesn't look all right, he's looks tense and pale.
'Who cares' said another voice; it sounded spiteful but with noticeable concern.
Eriol felt dizzy, he overcame it and slowly opened his eyes…
'Eriol-kun…hope you don't mind us in here. Suppi-chan let us in'
Eriol paused and shot Suppi a look, but then quickly turned to Sakura, he smiled 'Don't worry Sakura-chan, it's quite alright!'
Syaoran glared across at Eriol. 'We came to find out what you did to that girl!'
Sakura sweat-dropped 'Syaoran-kun, that's not right…we are here to find out what happened to Akizuki-san!'
Eriol said 'I'm busy today so I won't be of much use if you come back tomorrow we could do it together. However you are very welcome to do it by yourself today…' He smiled apologetically.
Syaoran nodded 'I'm fine with tha…!'
Sakura interrupted 'Sorry to be a bother, we'll see you tomorrow then, Eriol-kun'. She turned and dragged Syaoran out of the room.
'Thank you, Sakura-san' Eriol stood up to see them out but then a pain tore though him, forcing him to sit down again.
Sakura turned around after hearing the sound of his fall 'Eriol-kun, what made that thud?'
Eriol smiled from his chair 'I didn't hear anything…'