**usual disclaimers apply**
legend:
(...) thoughts
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 16~
Zell was about to make the decicion that would change his life:
Let himself live or let Sakura die.
"So, what will it be now?" the woman said, "you or Sakura?"
'her life is more important than yours!' a voice in his mind
shouted out.
''are you sure? she's just a stranger that you've fallen for''
another voice said.
"what will it be?"
Meanwhile... Ruriko, Shun, Yukino and Squall were walking along
the corridors when Yukino suddenly stopped.
"what's the matter Yukino?" Ruriko asked.
Yukino was looking at the entrance to the Quad and was really
concentrated into doing this and seemed to not have heard her.
The little girl just kept on being silent and suddenly waled towards
the entrance.
Shun and Squall stared at each other.
"what's up with her?" Squall asked.
Shun turned away and continued walking. "she's like that all the
time, you know, acting weird."
Ruriko shushed him. "She doesn't act THAT weird!" she told him,
"I think she's on to something!" and Ruriko went after her Yukino.
Squall looked at Shun, who just shrugged, and the two of them went
after Ruriko and Yukino.
Zell criss-crossed along the pavement deciding. (such a hard choice!)
he thought. Choosing between his life and hers wasn't as easy as it
would seem. Whenever Sakura was around, or even if she wasn't, he felt
a certain nugging in his chest telling him to protect her. It was like
they had met before, in a different lifetime. But now, deep inside him,
something told him that Sakura would be in more danger if he'd die.
"faster fool!" she urged him.
"hey! its not easy! .... you know about her disappearance and you just
pop from who-knows-where telling me that she'd be safe if you kill me
..... now how can I be sure about that??" he asked, eyebrow raised.
The woman sighed in frustration. "then, you have a contract" she said,
bringing out a parchment, "I'll sign it. Look. now, do you agree?"
"I...."
Snow started to rain.
"what the-?" Zell said.
The woman's fair face became bent in anger. "you're slow to speak, fool!"
"beware, the unweary, the smile from a shady face; for something vile runs
beneath." a soft, wise voice said from behind Zell.
Zell looked behind him and to his surprise, saw..."yukino?"
"we shall meet again, dear prince. But your hindrance will cause her pain."
the woman said before she left.
After she left, the snow immediately halted.
"who was that, Zell?" Ruriko asked, arriving just before the woman left.
Zell looked at her with a disappointed look. "I don't know..." then looked
at Yukino, "yukino, how did you know I was here?... we were so silent....
I mean, we were not that noisy. But,you seem to know what had been going on."
Yukino kept silent and instead, pointed away towards a corner.
Someone was standing there.
"oi, blondie..."
Shun and Squall just kept silent, knowing nothing of what had happened and
had not seen the woman, staring questionably at everybody.
Zell's eyes widened. "Selune...."
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END
legend:
(...) thoughts
*....* specific action while speaking
=== another place, dimension, time, group of people...etc.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 16~
Zell was about to make the decicion that would change his life:
Let himself live or let Sakura die.
"So, what will it be now?" the woman said, "you or Sakura?"
'her life is more important than yours!' a voice in his mind
shouted out.
''are you sure? she's just a stranger that you've fallen for''
another voice said.
"what will it be?"
Meanwhile... Ruriko, Shun, Yukino and Squall were walking along
the corridors when Yukino suddenly stopped.
"what's the matter Yukino?" Ruriko asked.
Yukino was looking at the entrance to the Quad and was really
concentrated into doing this and seemed to not have heard her.
The little girl just kept on being silent and suddenly waled towards
the entrance.
Shun and Squall stared at each other.
"what's up with her?" Squall asked.
Shun turned away and continued walking. "she's like that all the
time, you know, acting weird."
Ruriko shushed him. "She doesn't act THAT weird!" she told him,
"I think she's on to something!" and Ruriko went after her Yukino.
Squall looked at Shun, who just shrugged, and the two of them went
after Ruriko and Yukino.
Zell criss-crossed along the pavement deciding. (such a hard choice!)
he thought. Choosing between his life and hers wasn't as easy as it
would seem. Whenever Sakura was around, or even if she wasn't, he felt
a certain nugging in his chest telling him to protect her. It was like
they had met before, in a different lifetime. But now, deep inside him,
something told him that Sakura would be in more danger if he'd die.
"faster fool!" she urged him.
"hey! its not easy! .... you know about her disappearance and you just
pop from who-knows-where telling me that she'd be safe if you kill me
..... now how can I be sure about that??" he asked, eyebrow raised.
The woman sighed in frustration. "then, you have a contract" she said,
bringing out a parchment, "I'll sign it. Look. now, do you agree?"
"I...."
Snow started to rain.
"what the-?" Zell said.
The woman's fair face became bent in anger. "you're slow to speak, fool!"
"beware, the unweary, the smile from a shady face; for something vile runs
beneath." a soft, wise voice said from behind Zell.
Zell looked behind him and to his surprise, saw..."yukino?"
"we shall meet again, dear prince. But your hindrance will cause her pain."
the woman said before she left.
After she left, the snow immediately halted.
"who was that, Zell?" Ruriko asked, arriving just before the woman left.
Zell looked at her with a disappointed look. "I don't know..." then looked
at Yukino, "yukino, how did you know I was here?... we were so silent....
I mean, we were not that noisy. But,you seem to know what had been going on."
Yukino kept silent and instead, pointed away towards a corner.
Someone was standing there.
"oi, blondie..."
Shun and Squall just kept silent, knowing nothing of what had happened and
had not seen the woman, staring questionably at everybody.
Zell's eyes widened. "Selune...."
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END
