the 3rd chap... ahh... let's see how long this one'll take... ^_^ hehe
Chapter 3 - A Queen's Wrath
[Inside the Palace - Syaoran's POV]
What an idiot. Trying to kill me with cats and mocking me. Stupid Eriol. I'm gonna get him someday. I'm gonn- Whoa! This place is huge!!
[Normal POV]
Eriol looked behind him to see how his apprentice was taking it. He saw the shocked look along with amazement mixed in Syaoran's eyes. He grinned because he figured that that's how he would take it. Then suddenly, there was an elegantly dressed person coming.
He greeted them drawling, "Hello. I am the head butler of the palace. (^_^) I assume you're here for an important reason?"
Eriol nodded. "We're here about a dragon..." The butler looked at him, then his apprentice bug-eyed. "Right this way, good sirs!" Eriol and Syaoran looked at each other, puzzled by the man's changed behavior, but followed him.
[Going... Going... Going... (gone ^_- just kidding)]
Each room they entered, grew more and more glamorous, even the hallways. (heehee ^_^) They finally came to a stop. They looked at the two closed doors. Even that was elaborate. And tall. They looked up and up, straining their eyes to see the top, which they couldn't seem to see very easily. The butler knocked on the door and went in.
Eriol and Syaoran stood outside wondering what was happening. Finally, after what seemed like eternity, the butler came back out. "The dragon slayer... may enter." he said importantly. Eriol went in. Syaoran was going to follow him in, but the butler stopped him. "Are you the dragon slayer?" He smirked. "No? Then you must wait outside. This is for Her Highness and the dragon slayer ONLY." Then the butler closed the door and left, leaving Syaoran to just stay around. He looked around, wondering what to do before he went back from the hallway.
[Conference Room]
Eriol gasped in awe at the huge room around him. 'This palace is bigger than I would have expected', he thought as his mind began to swirl at the elaborately adorned room. At the center of the room was a long table with many chairs around it. It had no sitters except one. She was dressed elaborately, almost complementing the room. She had a silver tiara on along with a fur robe, resembling much like one of the animal's head on the wall that he couldn't identify. Actually, there were many animals along the walls that he had never seen before. He assured himself that that was just because he specialized in dragons and it had nothing to do with him not knowing what they were.
"Come, sit, dragon slayer," she invited. He sat down on the other side. He could barely manage to see that she was a woman, and the fact that her voice was high helped a lot. She had short, brown hair, making it a little bit harder to identify her. She introduced herself.
"I am Queen Daidouji Sonomi of the Tomoeda Kingdom. And you are?"
"Master Dragon Slayer Eriol Hiiragizawa of Gelion at your service." he bowed his head. Then he looked around. "Is there no king in this kingdom?"
"No, he has passed away years ago."
"Oh."
There was silence between them before Queen Sonomi continued, "I'm sure you have heard about our predicament." (er, is that the right word? hehe i should probably look it up...)
He bowed his head. "Yes, and I am sorry such a destiny should befall on this kingdom."
The queen continued. "Yes, well, it is almost that time of year again. The dragon will require another maiden. We are losing them fast." She shook her head, but Eriol couldn't see her expression.
"Er, how many years... has this gone by?"
"Many... too many to count."
"No one has been able to stop the dragon?"
"No. So we became... almost content..."
"What do you mean?"
"There is a name drawing of every maiden, 16 years or older."
"Why did-" he couldn't speak. 'Name drawing? A game of being eaten by a dragon. They didn't even try to stop it?'
He gulped before trying again. "Why did... why did you call me then?"
She replied, amazingly calm, "To know whether we can get the dragon to be satisfied without a maiden EVERY year... we are losing workers in the fields and shops... maybe 2 or 3 years... 5 would be good..."
The queen kept on talking like that. Then Eriol couldn't take it anymore. He exploded. "You are a bitch! What kind of queen are you? To not try and protect your city! You should be-" he was stopped by a bell ringing. He was still shaking from anger, but it was being diluted with curiosity at where the sound was coming from. In about ten seconds, a couple of guards came in. "Take him AWAY." she told him, emphasizing the word 'away'. Eriol froze, not believing his ears. The guards then, easily picked him up and carried him out the door and to a prison where, along the way, they ran into his apprentice, who was looking outside, very bored. "Syaoran!" he cried out. Syaoran spun his head around in surprise, and saw his teacher being dragged away by guards. "Help me out sometime, yeah?!" Eriol managed to yell loud enough before he couldn't see Syaoran anymore.
[Syaoran's POV]
What the hell is going on? Eriol looks like he's going to an asylum or something. I would've gone after him, even though the two guards looked way strong, but something brushed against my leg, and I had this urge to sneeze very badly. I looked down and saw the nightmare from the streets. "Cat!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaahhh!!!!!!" I guess I must've looked like a crazy idiot because the bastard that we saw earlier(the butler lol) looked at me, motioning for me to leave. I looked at him for a second, put up a finger and ran out still screaming like a madman. Stupid cat is still following me.
My throat was hurting finally, so I stopped screaming. I was out of breath too. I didn't see the cat anywhere now. I sighed in relief and just to make sure the damn cat wasn't near me, I went toward a garden courtyard. I couldn't exactly tell what it was because I went inside this bush that was a bit too prickly and sharp against my skin. I bit my lip to make sure I didn't make a sound, when I heard someone talking. The cat? No... someone's talking... to someone else... I heard a woman's voice talk to an older man's voice. I was kind of bored but I couldn't leave now, in case they saw me, or the cat saw me, so I eavesdropped a bit on their conversation. I heard the word 'Your Highness'. The queen's out there? I tried to look through the thick spikes to see the bitch that wouldn't let me in the conference room and to maybe defend Eriol, but I couldn't see her. A fur robe was covering the two people talking. I cursed silently so that no one would hear me. I listened more intently. Oh my god... what... a... bitch... I fought the urge to just run out and punch her down. After all, she's the fucking queen. I sneered, but I waited as patiently as I could until the two figures finished talking and went away, before I went out of the bushes myself. I totally forgot about the cat; I have to tell someone about this. Unless everyone knows. I was seething by the time I came back into the palace. I had to AT LEAST see Eriol. I had to look for the prison first. Grr, stupid me. Why didn't I follow the guards so I would know where he was?? I cursed at myself for being such an idiot.
[Normal POV]
The boy(lol i know i'm calling him a boy now... hehe ^_^) went the direction he had seen the guards go half an hour ago. He was looking down just at the wrong time. A young maiden, was heading the opposite way, also turned away from straight ahead of her. They both crashed into each other. The woman(lol i know i know... ^_-) rubbed her forehead as the man stood back up, in a fighting stance. Then he noticed the girl on the floor. He put out his hand to help her up. When she noticed his hand, she took it and stood up, using her other hand to hold up her very long dress, to make sure she didn't trip over them.
When she was up, she let go of his hand, and lifted her head as she smiled at the one who helped her up. When he saw her face, his heart stopped beating for a second before it started beating faster and faster. He thought she was the most beautiful girl he ever saw. He felt his face grow hot as his eyes met hers and locked on. The girl, when she looked at him, thought that he looked cute when he was blushing. She hastily let go of his hand, noticing that they were still holding on. She smiled thankfully, sending butterflies in a rush in the boy's stomach. "Hi... uh, thanks for helping me up." She wanted to know who the boy was though. "Er, uh you're w-welcome." The boy mentally cursed to himself for sounding so stupid. The girl giggled, making the boy blush even more.
"So what are you doing here, sir?"
"Oh... er, I just wanted to see my friend... I think he's... in prison... " he looked away.
The girl showed a touch of concern. "Oh, why is he in there?"
"Meow?" (same cat ^_^)
"Aaahh!!!!" Syaoran instinctively jumped behind whoever was closest to him, in this case, the girl he just met. He blushed. He hoped the girl wouldn't think he's scared or anything.
He sneezed and the girl giggled. The cat rubbed her face against his leg and purred, then hissed at the girl. She giggled again.
"I see you met my cat."
"Huh?"
"She's my cat. Isn't she so cute? I think so. I named her Sakura. That's a cute name too. I didn't know she liked anybody. She usually stays away from strangers." She smiled and babbled on until the cat left.
They restarted the conversation.
"So... why is your friend in prison?"
"I have no idea, but the bitch who sent him there is-" Syaoran stopped and blushed again. Somehow he couldn't tell this girl... she looked so sweet and innocent... what would he say?
She spoke again, her voice sending shivers up his spine. "So who is this 'bitch' you're talking about?" she asked curiously.
"Er... I'm not sure exactly... " He didn't want to say who it was but she motioned for him to continue. "Er... she's uh- wearing a fur robe... and she uh- has ... short, brown hair... " he stopped because the girl's eyes grew wide. Uh-oh, I hope I didn't do anything wrong.
"Did the queen do something wrong?"
Oh shit. She knows who I'm talking about. But he said, as calmly as he can, "No, the only thing wrong is... my friend being in prison... and ... and... " he whispered quietly to the girl what else he thought the queen did wrong.
Apparently the girl thought the same way. Her eyes grew wide too and she paled.
"Thank you, sir." she said, very stiffly. She brushed past him to leave, but Syaoran couldn't just leave. "U-uh... wha-who are- what's your name?" he asked, stammering, very desperate.
She looked back and smiled briefly before replying, "Tomoyo Daidouji. Nice to meet you." She left.
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hey do you guys get how it's a one sided S+S fic? heehee i just felt like doing it for some reason. and syaoran's only allergic to cats, he's not scared of them. ^_^
heehee did you know that he was talking to tomoyo? well probably (i'm usually very predictable lol) but if you didn't know then yay! that'll be a first for me... hahaha... well review ^_^
Chapter 3 - A Queen's Wrath
[Inside the Palace - Syaoran's POV]
What an idiot. Trying to kill me with cats and mocking me. Stupid Eriol. I'm gonna get him someday. I'm gonn- Whoa! This place is huge!!
[Normal POV]
Eriol looked behind him to see how his apprentice was taking it. He saw the shocked look along with amazement mixed in Syaoran's eyes. He grinned because he figured that that's how he would take it. Then suddenly, there was an elegantly dressed person coming.
He greeted them drawling, "Hello. I am the head butler of the palace. (^_^) I assume you're here for an important reason?"
Eriol nodded. "We're here about a dragon..." The butler looked at him, then his apprentice bug-eyed. "Right this way, good sirs!" Eriol and Syaoran looked at each other, puzzled by the man's changed behavior, but followed him.
[Going... Going... Going... (gone ^_- just kidding)]
Each room they entered, grew more and more glamorous, even the hallways. (heehee ^_^) They finally came to a stop. They looked at the two closed doors. Even that was elaborate. And tall. They looked up and up, straining their eyes to see the top, which they couldn't seem to see very easily. The butler knocked on the door and went in.
Eriol and Syaoran stood outside wondering what was happening. Finally, after what seemed like eternity, the butler came back out. "The dragon slayer... may enter." he said importantly. Eriol went in. Syaoran was going to follow him in, but the butler stopped him. "Are you the dragon slayer?" He smirked. "No? Then you must wait outside. This is for Her Highness and the dragon slayer ONLY." Then the butler closed the door and left, leaving Syaoran to just stay around. He looked around, wondering what to do before he went back from the hallway.
[Conference Room]
Eriol gasped in awe at the huge room around him. 'This palace is bigger than I would have expected', he thought as his mind began to swirl at the elaborately adorned room. At the center of the room was a long table with many chairs around it. It had no sitters except one. She was dressed elaborately, almost complementing the room. She had a silver tiara on along with a fur robe, resembling much like one of the animal's head on the wall that he couldn't identify. Actually, there were many animals along the walls that he had never seen before. He assured himself that that was just because he specialized in dragons and it had nothing to do with him not knowing what they were.
"Come, sit, dragon slayer," she invited. He sat down on the other side. He could barely manage to see that she was a woman, and the fact that her voice was high helped a lot. She had short, brown hair, making it a little bit harder to identify her. She introduced herself.
"I am Queen Daidouji Sonomi of the Tomoeda Kingdom. And you are?"
"Master Dragon Slayer Eriol Hiiragizawa of Gelion at your service." he bowed his head. Then he looked around. "Is there no king in this kingdom?"
"No, he has passed away years ago."
"Oh."
There was silence between them before Queen Sonomi continued, "I'm sure you have heard about our predicament." (er, is that the right word? hehe i should probably look it up...)
He bowed his head. "Yes, and I am sorry such a destiny should befall on this kingdom."
The queen continued. "Yes, well, it is almost that time of year again. The dragon will require another maiden. We are losing them fast." She shook her head, but Eriol couldn't see her expression.
"Er, how many years... has this gone by?"
"Many... too many to count."
"No one has been able to stop the dragon?"
"No. So we became... almost content..."
"What do you mean?"
"There is a name drawing of every maiden, 16 years or older."
"Why did-" he couldn't speak. 'Name drawing? A game of being eaten by a dragon. They didn't even try to stop it?'
He gulped before trying again. "Why did... why did you call me then?"
She replied, amazingly calm, "To know whether we can get the dragon to be satisfied without a maiden EVERY year... we are losing workers in the fields and shops... maybe 2 or 3 years... 5 would be good..."
The queen kept on talking like that. Then Eriol couldn't take it anymore. He exploded. "You are a bitch! What kind of queen are you? To not try and protect your city! You should be-" he was stopped by a bell ringing. He was still shaking from anger, but it was being diluted with curiosity at where the sound was coming from. In about ten seconds, a couple of guards came in. "Take him AWAY." she told him, emphasizing the word 'away'. Eriol froze, not believing his ears. The guards then, easily picked him up and carried him out the door and to a prison where, along the way, they ran into his apprentice, who was looking outside, very bored. "Syaoran!" he cried out. Syaoran spun his head around in surprise, and saw his teacher being dragged away by guards. "Help me out sometime, yeah?!" Eriol managed to yell loud enough before he couldn't see Syaoran anymore.
[Syaoran's POV]
What the hell is going on? Eriol looks like he's going to an asylum or something. I would've gone after him, even though the two guards looked way strong, but something brushed against my leg, and I had this urge to sneeze very badly. I looked down and saw the nightmare from the streets. "Cat!!!!!!! Aaaaaaaaahhh!!!!!!" I guess I must've looked like a crazy idiot because the bastard that we saw earlier(the butler lol) looked at me, motioning for me to leave. I looked at him for a second, put up a finger and ran out still screaming like a madman. Stupid cat is still following me.
My throat was hurting finally, so I stopped screaming. I was out of breath too. I didn't see the cat anywhere now. I sighed in relief and just to make sure the damn cat wasn't near me, I went toward a garden courtyard. I couldn't exactly tell what it was because I went inside this bush that was a bit too prickly and sharp against my skin. I bit my lip to make sure I didn't make a sound, when I heard someone talking. The cat? No... someone's talking... to someone else... I heard a woman's voice talk to an older man's voice. I was kind of bored but I couldn't leave now, in case they saw me, or the cat saw me, so I eavesdropped a bit on their conversation. I heard the word 'Your Highness'. The queen's out there? I tried to look through the thick spikes to see the bitch that wouldn't let me in the conference room and to maybe defend Eriol, but I couldn't see her. A fur robe was covering the two people talking. I cursed silently so that no one would hear me. I listened more intently. Oh my god... what... a... bitch... I fought the urge to just run out and punch her down. After all, she's the fucking queen. I sneered, but I waited as patiently as I could until the two figures finished talking and went away, before I went out of the bushes myself. I totally forgot about the cat; I have to tell someone about this. Unless everyone knows. I was seething by the time I came back into the palace. I had to AT LEAST see Eriol. I had to look for the prison first. Grr, stupid me. Why didn't I follow the guards so I would know where he was?? I cursed at myself for being such an idiot.
[Normal POV]
The boy(lol i know i'm calling him a boy now... hehe ^_^) went the direction he had seen the guards go half an hour ago. He was looking down just at the wrong time. A young maiden, was heading the opposite way, also turned away from straight ahead of her. They both crashed into each other. The woman(lol i know i know... ^_-) rubbed her forehead as the man stood back up, in a fighting stance. Then he noticed the girl on the floor. He put out his hand to help her up. When she noticed his hand, she took it and stood up, using her other hand to hold up her very long dress, to make sure she didn't trip over them.
When she was up, she let go of his hand, and lifted her head as she smiled at the one who helped her up. When he saw her face, his heart stopped beating for a second before it started beating faster and faster. He thought she was the most beautiful girl he ever saw. He felt his face grow hot as his eyes met hers and locked on. The girl, when she looked at him, thought that he looked cute when he was blushing. She hastily let go of his hand, noticing that they were still holding on. She smiled thankfully, sending butterflies in a rush in the boy's stomach. "Hi... uh, thanks for helping me up." She wanted to know who the boy was though. "Er, uh you're w-welcome." The boy mentally cursed to himself for sounding so stupid. The girl giggled, making the boy blush even more.
"So what are you doing here, sir?"
"Oh... er, I just wanted to see my friend... I think he's... in prison... " he looked away.
The girl showed a touch of concern. "Oh, why is he in there?"
"Meow?" (same cat ^_^)
"Aaahh!!!!" Syaoran instinctively jumped behind whoever was closest to him, in this case, the girl he just met. He blushed. He hoped the girl wouldn't think he's scared or anything.
He sneezed and the girl giggled. The cat rubbed her face against his leg and purred, then hissed at the girl. She giggled again.
"I see you met my cat."
"Huh?"
"She's my cat. Isn't she so cute? I think so. I named her Sakura. That's a cute name too. I didn't know she liked anybody. She usually stays away from strangers." She smiled and babbled on until the cat left.
They restarted the conversation.
"So... why is your friend in prison?"
"I have no idea, but the bitch who sent him there is-" Syaoran stopped and blushed again. Somehow he couldn't tell this girl... she looked so sweet and innocent... what would he say?
She spoke again, her voice sending shivers up his spine. "So who is this 'bitch' you're talking about?" she asked curiously.
"Er... I'm not sure exactly... " He didn't want to say who it was but she motioned for him to continue. "Er... she's uh- wearing a fur robe... and she uh- has ... short, brown hair... " he stopped because the girl's eyes grew wide. Uh-oh, I hope I didn't do anything wrong.
"Did the queen do something wrong?"
Oh shit. She knows who I'm talking about. But he said, as calmly as he can, "No, the only thing wrong is... my friend being in prison... and ... and... " he whispered quietly to the girl what else he thought the queen did wrong.
Apparently the girl thought the same way. Her eyes grew wide too and she paled.
"Thank you, sir." she said, very stiffly. She brushed past him to leave, but Syaoran couldn't just leave. "U-uh... wha-who are- what's your name?" he asked, stammering, very desperate.
She looked back and smiled briefly before replying, "Tomoyo Daidouji. Nice to meet you." She left.
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hey do you guys get how it's a one sided S+S fic? heehee i just felt like doing it for some reason. and syaoran's only allergic to cats, he's not scared of them. ^_^
heehee did you know that he was talking to tomoyo? well probably (i'm usually very predictable lol) but if you didn't know then yay! that'll be a first for me... hahaha... well review ^_^