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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 29~
Ellone arrived just in time to see Squall summoning Eden.
"Squall!" she shouted, waving at hand at him. Squall turned around
and stopped summoning. When Ellone finally arrived gasping, she stook
a few deep breaths and asked, "what are you doing?"
"Saehri told me to summon Eden." he replied.
Ellone looked at the Silver Dragon and immediately noticed Rinoa.
She looked as Squall questioningly.
"she told us to do just that to make her fall." he said.
Ellone looked at Rinoa again. "Maybe I can help."
Squall looked at her, surprised. "What will you do? I don't think
that sending Rinoa to the past will help."
Ellone smiled at her little brother. *Still quite narrow-minded.*
she thought. "Trust me." and before Squall could make any further
comments, Ellone sent Rinoa AND the Silver Dragon to their respective
pasts, causing them both to loose consciousness.
"Hurry Squall! I can only hold them there for so long!" she shouted.
Wu turned around as her Dragon suddenly fell down. "What..."
"Come on, Wu, let's battle." Saehri said.
All at once, knotted muscles springed into action and the two
mistresses of magic unsheathed their swords and started an amazing
sword play. Every thrust, slash and parry were delivered with grace
and agility. It wasn't long before they were airborne, jumping from
column to column and blasting the other with their own powerful magic.
"Yuki!!" Wu shouted, sending a blizzard towards Saehri.
"Hi no Namida!" Saehri yelled, sending tear-shaped fire towards Wu's
blizzard and creating an explosion once the opposide forces met.
Unknowingly, Ellone had accidentally sent Rinoa and Zell's consciousness
into Sakura's past, at the time of the Magic Wars that was started by
Wu.
Zell and Rinoa unknowingly floated side by side through the sea of
memories inside Sakura's mind. They were painful and Sakura's feelings
tore through them. They experienced everything from Fujitaka Kinomoto's
death to Syaoran Li's. They swam through her thoughts until they reached
a small place where they saw Sakura crying and bounded by chains.
"What..." Rinoa said for the first time in this place. And that was when
Zell noticed that she was there too.
"Rinoa, what are you doing here?" Zell asked.
Rinoa looked at him and shrugged. "What about you?"
"Dunno. I don't even know how I got here y'know." He replied.
The two just shrugged the topic off and approached Sakura. They both
figured out that she couldn't hear them since with all the speaking that
they made, she didn't even looked at them.
"I wonder what's wrong?" Rinoa asked to no one in particular.
Zell just approached her and tried to touch her but his hand passed
through her, like she was a ghost. His heart ached to see her like this,
suffering.
...It's all my fault...
A voice, very soft and faint that it sounded like a breeze, echoed in
the place.
"Sakura?" Rinoa said.
...I'm the person to blame...
"What's happening?" Zell turned around to figure out where the voice
was coming from.
...my fault...
Then, Zell felt Rinoa nagging at his sleeve. "Look." she said, pointing
toward the chained Sakura.
He then noticed that chains started to appear, slowly but surely, around
Sakura, even bounding her more.
...nobody would be suffering if it wasn't for me...
Another chain appeared around her upper arm. And they realized that if
they didn't do anything, Sakura would be soon covered in chains.
"What do we do? She can't hear, see or feel us?" Rinoa asked, worry in
her voice as clear as the sun in the sky.
"I-I don't know!!!!" Zell shouted.
Just then a brown-haired boy with amber eyes, just the age of Sakura,
came out of nowhere, walking towards her. He was wearing weird mint-green
hat and matching shirt with blooming pants.
"Who's that?" Rinoa asked.
Zell shrugged.
The boy then looked at Zell smiled and said, "Thank you for calling me
here."
Zell just looked at him, puzzled.
The boy then kneeled in front of Sakura and held her hand in his. "Love,"
he called her, "wake up, stop chaining yourself."
"S-Syaoran?" Sakura said. It was faint but it was her. She lifted her face
a little, causing some of the chains to clank.
"Am here."
At once, some of her chains started to disappear and she lifted her hands
to touch his face. The chains clanked some more. "Don't leave me okay?"
she said like a small child.
"Never did."
Sakura looked up at him suddenly, looking strait into his amber eyes.
Her tear-streaked face was still overflowing with tears and she looked
like she hadn't been sleeping for days.
"Sakura, live." he finally said before disappearing.
Sakura's eyes became glassy and lifeless. And all at once, she disappeared.
Saehri was down, blood was streaking down her face from a wound to the
upper-left of her left eye. There were wounds all over her body and her
dress was stained in blood. Wu didn't look any better. To say the least,
they were both wounded.
"What's with you?" Wu asked, "you're weaker than the last time we met.
It's no fun."
Saehri managed to stand up with the help of her sword. "What's wrong?
can't stand it?"
Wu frowned. "I'm going to like killing you." She then smiled and attacked.
She jumped up and brought her sword down suddenly...
"Ultra Whirlwind Slash!!!"
A strong gush of wind blew Wu off who was caught off-guard.
"Hey don't leave us out of the party!" Shun shouted, followed by Ruriko,
who had her bow locked and loaded; and then Yukino.
"What!" Wu shouted angrily. Saehri only smiled.
Before Wu could recover completely, Ruriko tensed her bow and released
her arrow. The arrow struck true but unfortunately, was blocked by Wu's
protective magic.
Ellone fell on the floor, exhausted. The dragon's yellow eye opened and
Rinoa staggered from the ropes that bound her. The dragon was actually
bounded as well, petrified and Eden standing atop it. Both were blind,
mute and confused due to the spells that Selphie, Irvine and Squall casted
altogeher while the two were unconscious.
"I hope Eden can hold it off until Saehri can tell us what do next.."
Irvine said, wiping his brow.
In one corner, a completely forgotten girl opened her emerald green
eyes and on her hand a pink wand, with a circlet-enclosed star and little
wings to the side attached to it, appeared.
"Thank you... Zell, Rinoa...Syaoran."
Life filled her eyes and a smile returned to her face. On her other hand,
she held a pink card with a design of a long-haired, winged being holding
a heart.
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to be continued...
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A MAGICIAN'S CURSE
by Yumemi
~Chapter 29~
Ellone arrived just in time to see Squall summoning Eden.
"Squall!" she shouted, waving at hand at him. Squall turned around
and stopped summoning. When Ellone finally arrived gasping, she stook
a few deep breaths and asked, "what are you doing?"
"Saehri told me to summon Eden." he replied.
Ellone looked at the Silver Dragon and immediately noticed Rinoa.
She looked as Squall questioningly.
"she told us to do just that to make her fall." he said.
Ellone looked at Rinoa again. "Maybe I can help."
Squall looked at her, surprised. "What will you do? I don't think
that sending Rinoa to the past will help."
Ellone smiled at her little brother. *Still quite narrow-minded.*
she thought. "Trust me." and before Squall could make any further
comments, Ellone sent Rinoa AND the Silver Dragon to their respective
pasts, causing them both to loose consciousness.
"Hurry Squall! I can only hold them there for so long!" she shouted.
Wu turned around as her Dragon suddenly fell down. "What..."
"Come on, Wu, let's battle." Saehri said.
All at once, knotted muscles springed into action and the two
mistresses of magic unsheathed their swords and started an amazing
sword play. Every thrust, slash and parry were delivered with grace
and agility. It wasn't long before they were airborne, jumping from
column to column and blasting the other with their own powerful magic.
"Yuki!!" Wu shouted, sending a blizzard towards Saehri.
"Hi no Namida!" Saehri yelled, sending tear-shaped fire towards Wu's
blizzard and creating an explosion once the opposide forces met.
Unknowingly, Ellone had accidentally sent Rinoa and Zell's consciousness
into Sakura's past, at the time of the Magic Wars that was started by
Wu.
Zell and Rinoa unknowingly floated side by side through the sea of
memories inside Sakura's mind. They were painful and Sakura's feelings
tore through them. They experienced everything from Fujitaka Kinomoto's
death to Syaoran Li's. They swam through her thoughts until they reached
a small place where they saw Sakura crying and bounded by chains.
"What..." Rinoa said for the first time in this place. And that was when
Zell noticed that she was there too.
"Rinoa, what are you doing here?" Zell asked.
Rinoa looked at him and shrugged. "What about you?"
"Dunno. I don't even know how I got here y'know." He replied.
The two just shrugged the topic off and approached Sakura. They both
figured out that she couldn't hear them since with all the speaking that
they made, she didn't even looked at them.
"I wonder what's wrong?" Rinoa asked to no one in particular.
Zell just approached her and tried to touch her but his hand passed
through her, like she was a ghost. His heart ached to see her like this,
suffering.
...It's all my fault...
A voice, very soft and faint that it sounded like a breeze, echoed in
the place.
"Sakura?" Rinoa said.
...I'm the person to blame...
"What's happening?" Zell turned around to figure out where the voice
was coming from.
...my fault...
Then, Zell felt Rinoa nagging at his sleeve. "Look." she said, pointing
toward the chained Sakura.
He then noticed that chains started to appear, slowly but surely, around
Sakura, even bounding her more.
...nobody would be suffering if it wasn't for me...
Another chain appeared around her upper arm. And they realized that if
they didn't do anything, Sakura would be soon covered in chains.
"What do we do? She can't hear, see or feel us?" Rinoa asked, worry in
her voice as clear as the sun in the sky.
"I-I don't know!!!!" Zell shouted.
Just then a brown-haired boy with amber eyes, just the age of Sakura,
came out of nowhere, walking towards her. He was wearing weird mint-green
hat and matching shirt with blooming pants.
"Who's that?" Rinoa asked.
Zell shrugged.
The boy then looked at Zell smiled and said, "Thank you for calling me
here."
Zell just looked at him, puzzled.
The boy then kneeled in front of Sakura and held her hand in his. "Love,"
he called her, "wake up, stop chaining yourself."
"S-Syaoran?" Sakura said. It was faint but it was her. She lifted her face
a little, causing some of the chains to clank.
"Am here."
At once, some of her chains started to disappear and she lifted her hands
to touch his face. The chains clanked some more. "Don't leave me okay?"
she said like a small child.
"Never did."
Sakura looked up at him suddenly, looking strait into his amber eyes.
Her tear-streaked face was still overflowing with tears and she looked
like she hadn't been sleeping for days.
"Sakura, live." he finally said before disappearing.
Sakura's eyes became glassy and lifeless. And all at once, she disappeared.
Saehri was down, blood was streaking down her face from a wound to the
upper-left of her left eye. There were wounds all over her body and her
dress was stained in blood. Wu didn't look any better. To say the least,
they were both wounded.
"What's with you?" Wu asked, "you're weaker than the last time we met.
It's no fun."
Saehri managed to stand up with the help of her sword. "What's wrong?
can't stand it?"
Wu frowned. "I'm going to like killing you." She then smiled and attacked.
She jumped up and brought her sword down suddenly...
"Ultra Whirlwind Slash!!!"
A strong gush of wind blew Wu off who was caught off-guard.
"Hey don't leave us out of the party!" Shun shouted, followed by Ruriko,
who had her bow locked and loaded; and then Yukino.
"What!" Wu shouted angrily. Saehri only smiled.
Before Wu could recover completely, Ruriko tensed her bow and released
her arrow. The arrow struck true but unfortunately, was blocked by Wu's
protective magic.
Ellone fell on the floor, exhausted. The dragon's yellow eye opened and
Rinoa staggered from the ropes that bound her. The dragon was actually
bounded as well, petrified and Eden standing atop it. Both were blind,
mute and confused due to the spells that Selphie, Irvine and Squall casted
altogeher while the two were unconscious.
"I hope Eden can hold it off until Saehri can tell us what do next.."
Irvine said, wiping his brow.
In one corner, a completely forgotten girl opened her emerald green
eyes and on her hand a pink wand, with a circlet-enclosed star and little
wings to the side attached to it, appeared.
"Thank you... Zell, Rinoa...Syaoran."
Life filled her eyes and a smile returned to her face. On her other hand,
she held a pink card with a design of a long-haired, winged being holding
a heart.
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to be continued...
