And War
Chapter 11:
The Storm
The thunder roared outside the castle walls as King walked back and fore in the royal bedroom as his son roamed the county side searching for his lost sister. The servants of the castle looked high and low for her and not one clue had come up. He one of his worst fears had come to life and he didn't know what he'd do if she wasn't found safety. The doors opened as the king's adviser came in. He walked up to the king and bowed.
"Sir, I have some dreadful news. It seems that some witness had spoken to me and told me that the saw the royal Prince of the Li kingdom here before the Princess was reported missing. I believe he had taken her, sire." The adviser spoke.
But as the adviser spoke, something keep whispering in his ears" Do no trust him, he lies." The whispers were becoming clearer and clear as the adviser spoke. He didn't know whom to trust but his heart to him to trust the voice. The voice was gentle and angelic and for some reason he thought of his beloved wife who he had lost so long ago.
"How do they know it is the young prince, if no one is seen him. I don't want to start a war if I am not certain," the king spoke.
"Sire, they are your enemies since birth, he knows this might had been part of their plan all along," the adviser told him.
"I don't know, I just don't know," the king turned around to look at his window. He did not notice as the adviser step closer to him or the candleholder he held in his hand. Turn quickly, look out, the voice said. But it was to late the adviser had struck him over the over causing him to fall unconscious.
"Kill you, would arose suspensions, but don't worry for death will come soon," the adviser said as he walked to the door and bolted to door. He quickly crossed the room to the wall beside the bed and pressed his hand in a certain brick stone causing the wall to move. He walked through and enters and exited to another corridor. A young girl was about to knock on the king's bedroom door when he stopped her.
"Please child, leave the king at peace. He is not feeling well, and wishes not to be disturbed. If it is important tell, me and I will tell him." He told her.
"No sir, I came to ask if he needed anything," he told him meekly.
"Child, inform the rest of the servant not to disturb the king," the adviser stated. The young girl bowed and walked off.
At that same moment Prince Touya stopped. He sensed his father's danger.
"Guard, turn back. If my sister has been taken then my father may be in danger, go back," he told one of the guards that had come with him. The guard nodded and went back.
"Spilt up, we cover more ground that way, reveal the sign if you find her," he told the rest of the guards. The agreed with him and rode off in different directions. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the faint magic aura he recognized as his sister's. There were other auras of magic near here. They were faint, very weak but he knew whose they belong to, it was Xiaolang and Yukito's.
"Kero, do you sense their auras as well," Touya asked he looked down to the bag he had with him.
"Yes, they are very weak. They could have been attacked. But I know Yue and Xiaolang didn't take Sakura," Kero told him. The little guardian was certain of that much.
"Where were you when she was taken?" Touya asked Kero.
"I was on my way to her room. I have been at the Li Castle, I was talking to Eriol about his past life," Kero told him.
"When I was talking to Eriol I remember certain things," Kero said as he looked down.
"What Kero? What did you remember?" Touya ask him as he continued to ride to the directions of the auras.
"When I first found Sakura I didn't know why, but I knew that she was the one I was suppose to look after. When I left the Li Kingdom searching something told me to come here. But this much I did know I had seem her before but I didn't know from where," Kero stated.
"And?" Touya asked.
"I felt the same feeling when I meet you, your father and Xiaolang. When I was talking to Eriol it came back to me. Everything." Kero stated.
The thunder rolled above them. The dark clouds cover the moon and stars above.
"Well what is it," Touya asked.
"Xiaolang is the reincarnation of Clow Reeds son. Yue was always ever attached to him. Back them he was know as Little Wolf. Figures, Xiaolang means little wolf. And Sakura she was the Princess of the Avalon Kingdom, which is the Kinomoto Kingdom now. It funny her name was Cherry Blossom, which is what Sakura means. They were going to be married. Their marriage would have united the two kingdoms. They loved each other, but on the day of their wedding they were found murdered, all three of them, Little Wolf, Cherry Blossom, and Clow Reed. Yue and I found them." Kero finished.
"So fate brought them together," Touya whispered.
"But what does that have to do with anything?" Touya asked.
"Well, I remember Yue telling me that Little Wolf informed him the day he died that he and his Clow Reed had a meeting with the Lin family," Kero told him.
"So it was them who killed them, why didn't you guys tell anyone?" Touya asked Kero.
"We had no proof, just our words, and back then, we were nothing but magician's creatures who talked, special servants, a believe someone called us once," Kero stated," they wouldn't listen to us."
"So we just need to find the descendants, but that doesn't mean that they did it," Touya stated rather frustrated.
"Let's just follow their auras it the best shot," Kero stated.
Touya nodded and rode, as quickly as could be to a place they did not know.
Lighting lit up the sky above them, and then it started to pour, soaking the ground below making it soft and muddy. The mud made the horse slow down to a point where it seemed to be walking. Thunder wailed and was echoed in the caves near by. The horse rode until it could no longer. It collapsed causing Touya to jump off before he would be crushed by it weight.
Touya landed on his feet but the impact on the ground cause pain to surge through his right leg. He fell on his side causing Kero to fly out and search around for something anything. Touya turned his head and looked at his trusted steed looking tired. He pulled himself over to his steed and was what he hadn't before. In the valley near where he had fallen was a manor, and old and wore of if no one had lived in it for ages. But at the top in a small tower was a light. There in that building was Sakura, Xiaolang and Yukito.
Author's Notes: I know it doesn't really have Sakura and Xiaolang romance in it, and not a lot of detail but I hope you like it.
