Emerald: Yay! I'm back with another chapter again… mixed-up and weird as usual! Here's Nakuru to help (yeah right!)…
Nakuru: Gooood moooorrrnnninnng! *cheerful smile*
Emerald: Um… yeah! Well, tell us about yourself, Nakuru!
Nakuru: I'm Akizuuukkkii Nakuruuuuu! My true form is the beee-yooo-tiii-fuuulll Ruby Moon! My blood type is AB and I love the colour red because ruby is red! I'm born on October 23rd! And I lovvvve Maths! My favourite flower is the Queen of the Night. I'm a transfer student at Touya's class! *starry eyes* Ah! Touya! *dreamy look*
Emerald: Heheh… There's the "Touya Glomper" for you! Will you help me with my thank you list, Nakuru?
Nakuru: *singsong voice* No problemo!
Emerald Pearl's Thank You List
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Emerald Pearls
Emerald: I love all of you!
Nakuru: Me too!
Emerald: That's right! The disclaimer is: I don't own CardCaptor Sakura, Tomoyo owns the costumes, Yukito owns the cookies, Touya owns Sakura, Meiling owns *cough* Syaoran, Kero owns the pudding, Eriol owns his Throne of Eeeee-villll, Chiharu owns her ribbon, Sonomi owns Nadeshiko, Fujitaka owns whatever he owns, Sapphire thinks she owns the world (she also thinks she owns a pile of cow manure), Suppy does not (I repeat DOES NOT) own Nakuru or Kero and…
Nakuru: Touya is all mine! *Hearts in eyes* Touya, dear! Yooohooo! Where are you?
Emerald: Right… Well, here's Chapter 11!
Diamond Souls, Crystal Hearts
By: Emerald Pearls
Chapter 11: Split Personalities
From a window of a grand castle…
"Hmm… So the reincarnation of Clow is helping you, isn't he, dear girl?" the dark figure leant against the window.
"Well, I guess, since the wolf he sent was not meant to kill you, I'll send you my own to destroy you…"
And with a maniacal cackle, he left the window.
A dark ball of energy crashed out of the window.
Destination: Daidouji Kingdom
Target: Kinomoto Sakura
~*~
Eriol's POV
I grinned at my dear descendant.
He frowned at me and flopped onto his bed, arms folded.
"So, why did Kinomoto turn back to Kinomoto for me only? Why couldn't the rest of you see her as her?"
My smile grew even wider.
"Soul mates!"
"Gah???? What?"
My dear descendant started sputtering in shock. He sat up and glared at me.
"WHAT?"
"Soul mates!" I replied simply.
My work was going to be much easier if they were destined for each other.
"The spell I used was an ancient one, and according to some of Clow's entries in his diary, the true love of a person would be able to see the person's true form, no matter what," I smirked.
"What?"
Dear descendant… Only in his teens and he's deaf…
"You heard me!"
I watched him blink.
And blink.
And blink.
Then he turned to me and slapped my back, "You know what, four eyes? That must have been the best joke you've tried! I almost believed you!"
Now it was my turn to blink.
I turned to him in horror, "You mean, you don't believe me?"
This was MORTIFYING!
"Why should I?"
And with that my dear descendant shrugged and turned over in bed.
I stood there watching him. I was extremely horrified!
He didn't believe me?
Why not?
I mean, I've always been sweet, gentle, kind me… Why would he have any reason to not believe me?
I almost let out a guffaw when I spotted my face in the mirror.
Face frozen in a mortified expression.
Nose scrunched up.
Eyes wide.
Spectacles slipping off my nose.
With a "Hmmph", I turned away from the mirror and marched pompously to bed.
"Turn of the light, gramps," came my descendant's sleepy grunt.
I frowned and switched the lights off.
Then with another "Hmmph" I flopped onto my bed.
Really…
Youngsters these days…
~*~
The next day…
~*~
Tomoyo's POV
"HIIRAGIZAWA-SAN!!!!!"
I poked my head out of the door and waited.
Soon enough, footsteps screeched to a top outside the door of the bedroom Sakura-chan and I shared.
I regarded Hiiragizawa-san and Li-san with a deadly glare, then broke down.
"Something's wrong with Sakura-chan!"
And I dragged them into my room.
Sakura-chan still had Meiling's form.
She was sitting cross-legged on the bed with a grumpy frown.
As we entered, she suddenly turned.
Her ruby eyes landed on Li-san and immediately they turned into red hearts.
"SYAAAAOOOORAAAAANNN!"
~*~
Syaoran's POV
I blinked as Kinomoto jumped at me.
She almost smothered me as she pulled me in for a tight hug.
I choked out.
"Kinomoto what are you doing?!"
Kinomoto pulled away and regarded me with an angry glare.
"You're my fiancé, remember?"
I almost fainted.
That was when I noticed that Kinomoto no longer was Kinomoto.
Instead she had Meiling's form.
But I could see the pink aura, flaring, then dying down.
It was confused and was struggling against its false form.
"Right… We're engaged…"
"That's right, SYYYAAAORAAAANNN!"
She pulled me into a hug again.
"Help me…"
I choked and turned blue as she held me in a death grip.
Daidouji and Hiiragizawa tried to pry her off.
She stopped strangling me and turned to Daidouji.
"You, whoever you are, did you try anything on my Syaoran? He's not seducible, you know…"
Daidouji blinked and merely shook her head, speechless.
I could see the pink aura getting weaker.
Hiiragizawa! What is happening?
Oh no… It seems that the spell I used was a little stronger than expected… and dear Sakura-chan seems to have taken Meiling's personality as well as her form.
I almost fainted. Two Meilings?
Then do something!
I can't! Not now! The only way to stop her is to change her back to her usual form and Kinomoto-san will surely know!
Then, Hiiragizawa turned to Kinomoto.
He told her in a voice people normally use to talk to babies, "Sakura-chan… Daidouji-san, my descendant and I have to have a little chat… I'm afraid you have to leave us alone for a while."
"Nooo! She'll" Kinomoto pointed at a crying Daidouji, "make a move on my Syaoran! I know it!"
She clung to my hand.
"No, she won't. She doesn't go for people like your Syaoran. Isn't that right, Daidouji-san?"
Daidouji lifted her head.
Tears were streaming down her cheeks as she shook her head.
"My kawaii Sakura-chan is not my kawaii Sakura-chan anymore!"
Kinomoto glanced suspiciously at her.
"Don't worry, Meiling… um… I'll make sure she doesn't … um… "Make a move on me"."
Kinomoto turned to me, eyes shining, "Really?"
"Um… yeah?"
What else could I say to the parasite anyway?
"Aw! You're so sweet!"
And with that she floated out of the room.
The pink aura kept struggling and I watched in silence as it died down a little.
Then, I shut the door.
"Tell me exactly what happened Hiiragizawa! This had better not be done on purpose or I swear I'll personally slay you!"
~*~
Sakura's POV
I don't know what's happening.
One minute I feel like myself, all cheerful and bubbly and the next second I'm feeling evil and I feel something choking my aura.
Then I spotted onii-chan, sitting silently on the veranda, watching the scenery.
As I came closer, I saw that he had a sketchbook in front of him and was lazily sketching the scenery, yawning.
"Good morning, Kinomoto-san," I greeted.
It felt weird to hear a different voice come out from my throat.
Onii-chan glanced at me.
"Morning."
I climbed up to the veranda and eyed his sketch.
It was beautiful.
So realistic!
I didn't know my baka brother could draw!
"Wow! That's beautiful!" I gasped.
"Thanks…"
And I felt it…
Something was coming over me… and I felt different.
"But of course I can draw much better than you can."
I gasped inwardly when I heard those words from my mouth.
Oh-oh!
"Oh… you can, can't you?"
Onii-chan rolled his eyes.
I wanted to shout no and shake my head, but I couldn't control my body any more. I felt like a puppet.
"Of course!"
Urrghh… Can't believe I said that!
"Well, you seem to be very confident of yourself, Lady Meiling," onii-chan turned to me, a half-smirk on his face.
"Care to try your hand at drawing the scenery… I'll be the judge on how beautiful it is…"
"No problem… Don't be too amazed when you see my masterpiece!"
I snatched the pencil out of his hand and turned to a fresh new page.
My hand deftly sketched the scenery, adding a few pencil strokes here and there artistically.
In a matter of time it was finished…
I signed my name with a flourish, but the name that came out instead was Li Meiling.
I leant back to admire my sketch.
And did I mention art wasn't really my strong point.
Onii-chan picked the sketchbook up and stared at it.
"What a masterpiece," his tone was sarcastic.
"Thank you! Told you I could do it!"
He stared at me now.
"You seriously have a huge ego!"
I smiled back at him.
"You were expecting?"
He opened his mouth to answer, but was interrupted by a growl.
We turned slowly.
Oh no!
Not another one!
It was a wolf, more disgusting than the one Eriol-kun sent.
It was black and huge.
Its tongue was brown and lumpy and sticky drool rained down from its open mouth.
It howled as though challenging me.
I growled and prepared to charge down and tear it to pieces.
But a hand held me back.
Onii-chan…
I looked up at him.
And he smiled.
That was the first time he smiled at a girl, other than me!
"You stay here! You don't wanna get hurt, do you?"
Before I could reply, he charged down. He leapt to the ground and pulled out his sword from its sheath hanging by his waist.
I rushed to the railings to watch.
Onii-chan, please don't get hurt!
They circled each other, the wolf with its teeth bared and onii-chan with his sword aimed.
And they lunged at each other.
There was a deafening clang of metal as onii-chan's sword clashed with the wolf's fangs.
The wolf leapt towards onii-chan and managed to scratch him on his arm, leaving a deep wound.
"Onii- I mean Kinomoto-san!"
I got ready to rush off the veranda, but he held his hand out.
"Stay!" he ordered, gritting his teeth.
And the two resumed their duel.
They matched each other, cut after cut, bite after bite.
The wolf was bleeding profusely now.
Onii-chan was limping.
His leg had been bitten, his arm scratched, and his chest too.
The wolf howled loudly.
Its red eyes glowed black and a ball of dark energy formed in its mouth.
Onii-chan's eyes widened.
He tried to limp away as the wolf released it, but in vain.
The black ball of energy hit him, full force.
Black light erupted and electricity crackled.
There was a deep crater in the ground.
My ruby eyes clouded over with tears.
Onii-chan!
Just then, Tomoyo-chan, Li-kun and Eriol-kun came rushing down.
"Urrghh… We're late again!" Li-kun swore.
I resisted the crazy urge to hug Li-kun.
"Kinomoto-san… he…" I pointed to the crater.
The wolf stood proudly, howling.
Onii-chan…
My tears started to fall.
"Onii-chan!"
I started running down the steps, trying to throw myself into the crater, when suddenly, a hand appeared.
I blinked as my friends rushed to my side.
The hand reached out of the crater, digging into the soil, then a body appeared.
Onii-chan! He was climbing out!
He stood shakily, sword in one hand.
Then he turned to face the wolf.
He swore and lunged for the wolf.
The creature tried in vain to run away, but onii-chan brought down the sword with a sharp slice.
I winced and turned away as the wolf fell into two halves.
Blood spurted out.
Black light engulfed the two halves and they disappeared.
Onii-chan turned back to us.
He smiled at me.
"So, you do know how to listen to instructions, Lady Meiling."
And he slumped over to the ground, unconscious.
"Oniiii-chhaaaannn!"
I rushed over to him.
My tears fell again, raining on his dirty face.
He opened his eyes slowly and smiled.
"For a moment there I though it was the kaijuu… but instead it's an angel."
And his brown eyes closed. His head fell into my lap.
I blinked.
What angel?
Tomoyo-chan had her hand on her cheek.
"Oh dear…"
Eriol-kun blinked and sweatdropped.
"I didn't plan on that happening!"
Li-kun came stomping up to me.
He grabbed my hand and pulled me up.
I let out a small "Hoeee?" before I felt that weird sensation again.
And I leapt onto Li-kun.
"Syaoooorannn!"
He dodged and I landed on the ground.
My hand felt something cool and metallic. I grabbed it.
Glaring at Li-kun, I got up and brushed the dirt from my dress.
I unclenched my fist and studied the metal object.
My friends gathered behind me.
It was an emblem I think.
There was the Earth being held by a giant fist.
And I knew that emblem very well.
The Earth Kingdom…
~*~
Emerald: That was one of the longest chapters plus one of the weirdest!
Nakuru: TOOUUUYYYAAAA! *Waves as Touya rushes away* He loves me!
Emerald: Yes I'm sure! Well, here are some great stories again. *Hands Nakuru a list*
Nakuru: Ooh… Changes in My Life By ChetteTeng
Emerald: Another one of my faves! In fact, I love all Chette-sama's fics! This one's real nice, and sad too. It's not completed yet! I hope Chette-sama completes it because it's one of the best fics! My rating for it is 9/10!
Nakuru: Another one! Buddies in Love by kotsch!
Emerald: Ah! It's soooo good! I love all her fics too! This fic is funny and full of cliffhangers… and she's left it hanging there still! She hasn't updated yet! Arrghh! I just can't wait! My rating for it: 9/10!
Nakuru: The last one is Don't Be Scared by (the great) Cutie Blossom!
Emerald: I love it! I love it soooo much! It's so nice and fluffy too! Just the type I like! Plus it's completed! The ending is just sooo kawaii! Great job Cutie Blossom! My rating for it is 9/10!
Nakuru: Oh! There's Touya again! TOUYYYYAAA! *runs after poor Touya*
Emerald: Well that's all I guess. Hope you like this chapter! Please review. By the way, I have another fic called "Just Breathe" and it's not getting such a good response… *sigh* if you have time, review it too. Onegai! Okay, I'm extremely sleeepy! Bubbai!
