1.1 Why won't you let me?
Sakura and Syaoran walked in perfect silence down the street. Although the time was not clear it was getting late, they walked past the park. Sakura stopped for a minute and look into Syaorans eyes thoughtfully.
'What is it, Sakura-chan?' he asked, blushing slightly.
'Well…what would you say if I said that Meiling was behind all this?'
Syaoran looked shocked and stopped walking 'Are you crazy? What's Meiling got to do with this! She's not even in this country! '
Sakura looked straight at him 'Lets say she came to Japan and decided to prove that she could do something, to prove to you that she could do it and…!'
'Why are you accusing her? She doesn't have any magic!'
Sakura continued to glare at him
'She…She just isn't like that!' Syaoran stuttered
Sakura dropped a comment 'Would you say it's not in her nature to do something like that and that you can see it in her eyes?!'
'Yes, you could put it like that…' Syaoran agreed, still not completely understanding what was going on.
'Well, like you can tell with Meiling, I can see it with Eriol! He has kind eyes and he wouldn't lie about something like this!! So you two should be friends and be nice to each other! Somebody has already been hurt, if it were Eriol next would you really be so mean? Syaoran-kun, we all need to stick together on this!' Sakura yelled.
Syaoran nodded 'Ok Sakura, I'm sorry. I'll try not to argue with him'
Sakura looked up and gave Syaoran a big smile 'Thank you, Syaoran-kun!' she said hugging him. A red blush crossed his face…
…'Eriol?' Spinal asked,
'Master Eriol… What's wrong?'
'Nothing Spinal…' he just broke off
Spinal paused and looked wide-eyed at his master.
'It's nothing Spinal'
'I'm not just a pet, Eriol. I want to be your friend…why can't you let me?'
Eriol seemed to freeze at these words as if he hadn't expected then grimaced but covered it up 'I just felt dizzy for a second, please don't worry about it'
Spinal's expression didn't change 'You know I didn't mean that…'
Eriol turned to look into Spinals hard eyes but said nothing as if looking for the right words.
Spinal watched Eriol's face unblinkingly 'you are ten year old child with the memories of a great sorcerer…' Eriol looked away but still Spinal continued '…you were born for a purpose; you did what you had to do and did it with a smile. You had to leave your parents at an early age in order to fulfill what you had to do…'
'They weren't my parents'
Spinal watched Eriol from behind '…no?'
'No…they had a child but it wasn't their real child. The differences were obvious' he said
'…How so?' Spinal questioned his gaze fixed on Eriol
'Everybody felt that I was different, my brother…their son was reminding me of this on a daily basis. I didn't hate him for it. He had something I'll never have…not ever.'
Spinal stared, he wanted to ask but was careful not to.
His parents… They encouraged me in my strengths… I tried to do what normal children did…I tried things…I wanted to laugh and play games. I wanted to like doing things like this…however my mind was cursed on thinking just how impractical they were…Instead I'd sit at my window watching life happen…wishing I was as ignorant as normal people were. As for my schooling, they helped me…' he paused 'no, encouraged me….' Eriol gave a bitter and hollow laugh 'I never needed help but occasionally I'd pretended to need it and fail so that they could have the satisfaction of helping me do it again better…'
Spinal sighed, Eriol was so kind and he didn't know it…Suddenly…'Eriol, where are they now?'
Eriol head visibly fell 'I left…I erased all memory of my being there at all. It was time to meet with her…' he hesitated '…Sakura-chan. A few days later I went to see if the spell had worked on my parents…secretly I had hoped that it…' he broke off ' they didn't know me, I didn't have them think any differently. I knew it was for the best but…it was the right thing to do…' He stopped but the finality in his tone of voice told him it was over.
Spinal turned away from the blue eyes, he wasn't sure he had been ready to hear that… Eriol simply let his parents forget him, like that… He'd never known the full story… Spinal felt a surge of pity towards both Eriol and his family…
At that moment Spinal felt Eriol's arms wrap around him. 'I'm sorry, Spinal' he sobbed into Spinals fur 'I never thought I'd ever have a real family…and I never… I never realized…'
Spinal smiled to himself…
To be continued…
Sakura and Syaoran walked in perfect silence down the street. Although the time was not clear it was getting late, they walked past the park. Sakura stopped for a minute and look into Syaorans eyes thoughtfully.
'What is it, Sakura-chan?' he asked, blushing slightly.
'Well…what would you say if I said that Meiling was behind all this?'
Syaoran looked shocked and stopped walking 'Are you crazy? What's Meiling got to do with this! She's not even in this country! '
Sakura looked straight at him 'Lets say she came to Japan and decided to prove that she could do something, to prove to you that she could do it and…!'
'Why are you accusing her? She doesn't have any magic!'
Sakura continued to glare at him
'She…She just isn't like that!' Syaoran stuttered
Sakura dropped a comment 'Would you say it's not in her nature to do something like that and that you can see it in her eyes?!'
'Yes, you could put it like that…' Syaoran agreed, still not completely understanding what was going on.
'Well, like you can tell with Meiling, I can see it with Eriol! He has kind eyes and he wouldn't lie about something like this!! So you two should be friends and be nice to each other! Somebody has already been hurt, if it were Eriol next would you really be so mean? Syaoran-kun, we all need to stick together on this!' Sakura yelled.
Syaoran nodded 'Ok Sakura, I'm sorry. I'll try not to argue with him'
Sakura looked up and gave Syaoran a big smile 'Thank you, Syaoran-kun!' she said hugging him. A red blush crossed his face…
…'Eriol?' Spinal asked,
'Master Eriol… What's wrong?'
'Nothing Spinal…' he just broke off
Spinal paused and looked wide-eyed at his master.
'It's nothing Spinal'
'I'm not just a pet, Eriol. I want to be your friend…why can't you let me?'
Eriol seemed to freeze at these words as if he hadn't expected then grimaced but covered it up 'I just felt dizzy for a second, please don't worry about it'
Spinal's expression didn't change 'You know I didn't mean that…'
Eriol turned to look into Spinals hard eyes but said nothing as if looking for the right words.
Spinal watched Eriol's face unblinkingly 'you are ten year old child with the memories of a great sorcerer…' Eriol looked away but still Spinal continued '…you were born for a purpose; you did what you had to do and did it with a smile. You had to leave your parents at an early age in order to fulfill what you had to do…'
'They weren't my parents'
Spinal watched Eriol from behind '…no?'
'No…they had a child but it wasn't their real child. The differences were obvious' he said
'…How so?' Spinal questioned his gaze fixed on Eriol
'Everybody felt that I was different, my brother…their son was reminding me of this on a daily basis. I didn't hate him for it. He had something I'll never have…not ever.'
Spinal stared, he wanted to ask but was careful not to.
His parents… They encouraged me in my strengths… I tried to do what normal children did…I tried things…I wanted to laugh and play games. I wanted to like doing things like this…however my mind was cursed on thinking just how impractical they were…Instead I'd sit at my window watching life happen…wishing I was as ignorant as normal people were. As for my schooling, they helped me…' he paused 'no, encouraged me….' Eriol gave a bitter and hollow laugh 'I never needed help but occasionally I'd pretended to need it and fail so that they could have the satisfaction of helping me do it again better…'
Spinal sighed, Eriol was so kind and he didn't know it…Suddenly…'Eriol, where are they now?'
Eriol head visibly fell 'I left…I erased all memory of my being there at all. It was time to meet with her…' he hesitated '…Sakura-chan. A few days later I went to see if the spell had worked on my parents…secretly I had hoped that it…' he broke off ' they didn't know me, I didn't have them think any differently. I knew it was for the best but…it was the right thing to do…' He stopped but the finality in his tone of voice told him it was over.
Spinal turned away from the blue eyes, he wasn't sure he had been ready to hear that… Eriol simply let his parents forget him, like that… He'd never known the full story… Spinal felt a surge of pity towards both Eriol and his family…
At that moment Spinal felt Eriol's arms wrap around him. 'I'm sorry, Spinal' he sobbed into Spinals fur 'I never thought I'd ever have a real family…and I never… I never realized…'
Spinal smiled to himself…
To be continued…