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n/a: WOW! at last! After FF.net's misfortunes, I was struck with a bit of
misfortune myself. Our computer broke...but now, as you can see, the next TWO
(yes, unfortunately I made only two) chapters! I hope you like 'em!
Fated Circle: Four Sacred Treasures of Earth
~Part 6
Shadow Realms
Chapter 29
"I-I d-didn't know…" I stammered.
"Nobody knew except for the three of them." He replied smiling, pointing to
the others. "But aren't you glad now? Now you know."
I smiled. "I am…I never even imagined being you a king. Whatever were you
doing in the princess' court?"
He leaned in close to me and whispered, "It's a secret" and then moved away
with a wink.
I only giggled in reply.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but…" Syaoran suddenly said, "We're all really tired.
I don't mean to be rude, it's just that…"
Touya smiled at him and put a hand on his shoulder. "I completely understand.
I should be the one saying sorry for keeping you here!"
Oddly, when I looked at Syaoran, he didn't seem to like Touya at all. And
surprisingly, so did the others. I never said a word though, because I was
afraid of what would happen if I did so.
"But I'm afraid there's a problem…" Touya added. He then faced us and the
surroundings turned black. I stepped back but Touya grabbed my wrist and
pulled me close. "You're not going anywhere!" he said in a hoarse voice.
"T-Touya!!"
"Sakura! You let her go demon!!" Syaoran shouted.
I was surprised by what he called Touya. I knew something was wrong but I
definitely didn't think that Touya was a demon. Then, I looked at him to see
his reaction and I was totally surprised. His face was dark, almost shadowlike.
His eyes were glowing red…and his silhouette…was like….
"Syaoran's Shadow!!!!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Well met." He greeted, "I see that you know me very well. I figured that
it was about time to see who truly rules your body…" he smirked.
Syaoran stepped forward with a defiant glare. "Let's battle then!"
Shadow Syaoran smiled darkly. "Why not indeed? Don't you know what would
happen if you lost?"
"What do you mean?" Eriol
"He'd get everything, Eriol. Everything." Syaoran replied, "Your life,
Tomoyo's life, the whole world….Sakura…"
I gasped.
"That's the price??" Tomoyo said, and turning to the shadow, replied,
"You're really a devil!"
The shadow smirked and laughed. "What do you think? I wouldn't be called a
shadow for nothing." Then, he faced me. "You're really quite a catch…"
"Let go of me!" I shouted at him though I knew that struggling would be
useless
"Now, now…you know I wouldn't do that…" he said, looking maliciously at me.
Then, he leaned in closer to kiss me on the neck. I naturally tried to push
him away and threw a couple of punches on his chest. He stopped in midpoint.
"Ahh… yes, the feisty one."
"Don't even dare!!" Syaoran shouted.
"Why? What would you do to me?" the shadow asked.
Syaoran kept silent. We all knew very well that my life was at stake.
The shadow laughed. "Really, don't be foolish. You all know that you're all
under me. I have a hostage." Then, he hastily threw me aside. "Join the old
men." He said, and bars surrounded me, trapping me in a cage and a large
cage at that.
"What do you mean 'join the old men?'?" Tomoyo asked.
The shadow looked at Syaoran. "You didn't tell them?" he smirked. "Of
course, why would you? Well…if you don't know… when the Dark Lord when to
Nadezha to try and capture it, little Syaoran captured a famous magician…TWO
famous magicians…" the devil then snapped a finger and beside me appeared
two people.
They were both old men, and both were wearing glasses. The man to my right
had silvery, long hair tied behind him and brown eyes. He was quite old but
he still had vigor in his eyes. He was wearing long loose pants and a long,
turtleneck shirt in which only the upper part was buttoned. It was only
colored white with no design whatsoever.
The other man, to my left, had a short gray-chestnut hair. He was wearing
the usual wizard's robe that was dark green in color with matching pointed
hat. He looked more old and weak and awfully familiar…
I immediately approached him as he seemed to faint. "Are you okay?" I
asked.
"He's fine. Don't worry." The other man replied, "He's just not used to
popping up every now and then. And don't try asking. He's lost his voice a
long time ago."
"Oh…" I looked at the old man. "I'm sorry."
He just nodded, smiling.
"He says he's okay. By the way, I'm Clow Reed and he's Fujitaka Kinomoto."
"Hello. I'm Sakura…I wish we could have met in a better situation." I
replied.
"I can't believe it…Clow Reed and Fujitaka Kinomoto!" Eriol exclaimed.
"Syaoran did you…?" Tomoyo asked.
Syaoran took a deep breath and nodded. Both Eriol and Tomoyo looked at him
in a way I couldn't understand….like he was a monster.
"Don't blame him." Mr. Clow said.
*yes, his shadow was controlling him.* another voice said suddenly. And by
the way everyone reacted, everybody heard it.
"That was Fujitaka. He's using sending to relay what he wants to say. But
only if it is important, since it uses magic." Mr. Clow explained.
"Shut up old man!" the shadow said. "It's quite useless to talk right now.
Besides, these people will have to think over about the rules of the game."
"Rules of the game?" Tomoyo asked.
The shadow nodded. "You know that I'm still gonna fight you. So, now, I'll
let you make up the rules of the game."
"How about we always win?" Eriol asked.
The shadow smirked. "Very funny. I might kill you for that but, you're
already a puny group so I'll let you live 'till later."
"Very well then." Syaoran finally said, "Let's get this rolling."
"Rules?" the shadow asked.
"None."
"WHAT?" both Eriol and Tomoyo shouted at him?
"Do you know how dangerous that is?" Tomoyo asked.
"I know."
"Then why did you say that?" Eriol asked, clutching Syaoran by the collar
and shaking him.
"He's my shadow." Syaoran calmly said, "I know him better than any of you.
Rules will only restrain us, not him. He'll find a way to cheat us and break
the rules without us knowing it. Rules are useless."
There was a moment of silence and a Syaoran looked oddly at Mr. Kinomoto.
Syaoran nodded his head and calmly removed Eriol's hand.
The shadow Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Is the 'no rules' rule final?" he
smirked.
"No." Syaoran replied, which drew a few relieved sighs from Tomoyo and
Eriol, "I will make one rule."
"Only one?" Tomoyo said in surprise. Syaoran raised up a silencing arm.
Eriol's already deadly look on Syaoran got even deadlier.
"Only one. That is, there will be no use of shadow magic or, for that
matter, ANY magic coming from you." Syaoran said firmly.
The shadow gave Mr. Fujitaka a silent look of disappointment and raw hate.
"Very well then," the shadow smirked, "no…"
Syaoran drew his sword and in one quick movement, removed all distance
between him and his shadow and told him at sword's point, "repeat after me."
His shadow smirked once again. "Ever cautious?"
Syaoran only pressed his sword further and drew out a small trickle of dark
red blood. "There will be no use…"
"There will be no use…" the shadow repeated, looking at him with poison.
"Of shadow magic…"
"Of shadow magic…"
"Or any magic coming from you."
"Or any magic..." Syaoran pressed the sword's point further "…coming from
me."
"Rules shall be imposed." Mr. Clow Reed said, and a symbol appeared on the
shadow Syaoran's palms and forehead. It was a seed with a young sapling
growing from it, with the sun shining on the right and the crescent moon on
the left. Above it, were three stars and all of the symbols were enclosed by
a circle. I knew it to be the goddess of life's symbol. Zoë's symbol.
"You'll pay for this, old men." The shadow said. Syaoran had already moved
away by then, cleaning his blade. "Let's begin…"
"WAIT!" I shouted, questions were plaguing my mind and I wanted them
answered.
The shadow moved towards me and lifted my chin with his left hand. "What is
it my little flower?"
"I-I wanted to know why did you do this only now, what happened to the Sea
Elves and if Touya really is their king." I said. Looking at Syaoran's evil
double was no easy task.
"I did this now because I wanted to, my dear. As for the Sea Elves, they're
all fine. I already altered the portal you entered into so that you'll arrive
here." He paused, "it was a very good impression of the Sea Elves' home wasn't
it Syaoran?" Syaoran made no reply. "As for Touya…he is the King of the Sea
Elves. He has been re-captured along with the others back at Romealy."
"t-that c-can't be!" I said, "…no…"
"I'm afraid it is." The shadow smirked, "Syaoran witnessed his capture. Too
bad I teleported him to Migi Archipelago after he heard that Touya was going
to be executed…"
"NO!!" I shouted. Tears filled my eyes and overflowed. Touya was a bother
that I never was able to have. And now…
*you lie, shadow!* Mr. Kinomoto's words echoed all around us, filled with
anger and despair.
The shadow let go of me and walked away. "Believe what you want. For now,
my only concern is the battle. Are you all ready?" he asked Tomoyo, Eriol
and Syaoran.
"More ready than you'll ever be." Syaoran replied.
"Let's get it on!" the shadow shouted, going into his battle stance.
to be continued
n/a: WOW! at last! After FF.net's misfortunes, I was struck with a bit of
misfortune myself. Our computer broke...but now, as you can see, the next TWO
(yes, unfortunately I made only two) chapters! I hope you like 'em!
Fated Circle: Four Sacred Treasures of Earth
~Part 6
Shadow Realms
Chapter 29
"I-I d-didn't know…" I stammered.
"Nobody knew except for the three of them." He replied smiling, pointing to
the others. "But aren't you glad now? Now you know."
I smiled. "I am…I never even imagined being you a king. Whatever were you
doing in the princess' court?"
He leaned in close to me and whispered, "It's a secret" and then moved away
with a wink.
I only giggled in reply.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but…" Syaoran suddenly said, "We're all really tired.
I don't mean to be rude, it's just that…"
Touya smiled at him and put a hand on his shoulder. "I completely understand.
I should be the one saying sorry for keeping you here!"
Oddly, when I looked at Syaoran, he didn't seem to like Touya at all. And
surprisingly, so did the others. I never said a word though, because I was
afraid of what would happen if I did so.
"But I'm afraid there's a problem…" Touya added. He then faced us and the
surroundings turned black. I stepped back but Touya grabbed my wrist and
pulled me close. "You're not going anywhere!" he said in a hoarse voice.
"T-Touya!!"
"Sakura! You let her go demon!!" Syaoran shouted.
I was surprised by what he called Touya. I knew something was wrong but I
definitely didn't think that Touya was a demon. Then, I looked at him to see
his reaction and I was totally surprised. His face was dark, almost shadowlike.
His eyes were glowing red…and his silhouette…was like….
"Syaoran's Shadow!!!!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Well met." He greeted, "I see that you know me very well. I figured that
it was about time to see who truly rules your body…" he smirked.
Syaoran stepped forward with a defiant glare. "Let's battle then!"
Shadow Syaoran smiled darkly. "Why not indeed? Don't you know what would
happen if you lost?"
"What do you mean?" Eriol
"He'd get everything, Eriol. Everything." Syaoran replied, "Your life,
Tomoyo's life, the whole world….Sakura…"
I gasped.
"That's the price??" Tomoyo said, and turning to the shadow, replied,
"You're really a devil!"
The shadow smirked and laughed. "What do you think? I wouldn't be called a
shadow for nothing." Then, he faced me. "You're really quite a catch…"
"Let go of me!" I shouted at him though I knew that struggling would be
useless
"Now, now…you know I wouldn't do that…" he said, looking maliciously at me.
Then, he leaned in closer to kiss me on the neck. I naturally tried to push
him away and threw a couple of punches on his chest. He stopped in midpoint.
"Ahh… yes, the feisty one."
"Don't even dare!!" Syaoran shouted.
"Why? What would you do to me?" the shadow asked.
Syaoran kept silent. We all knew very well that my life was at stake.
The shadow laughed. "Really, don't be foolish. You all know that you're all
under me. I have a hostage." Then, he hastily threw me aside. "Join the old
men." He said, and bars surrounded me, trapping me in a cage and a large
cage at that.
"What do you mean 'join the old men?'?" Tomoyo asked.
The shadow looked at Syaoran. "You didn't tell them?" he smirked. "Of
course, why would you? Well…if you don't know… when the Dark Lord when to
Nadezha to try and capture it, little Syaoran captured a famous magician…TWO
famous magicians…" the devil then snapped a finger and beside me appeared
two people.
They were both old men, and both were wearing glasses. The man to my right
had silvery, long hair tied behind him and brown eyes. He was quite old but
he still had vigor in his eyes. He was wearing long loose pants and a long,
turtleneck shirt in which only the upper part was buttoned. It was only
colored white with no design whatsoever.
The other man, to my left, had a short gray-chestnut hair. He was wearing
the usual wizard's robe that was dark green in color with matching pointed
hat. He looked more old and weak and awfully familiar…
I immediately approached him as he seemed to faint. "Are you okay?" I
asked.
"He's fine. Don't worry." The other man replied, "He's just not used to
popping up every now and then. And don't try asking. He's lost his voice a
long time ago."
"Oh…" I looked at the old man. "I'm sorry."
He just nodded, smiling.
"He says he's okay. By the way, I'm Clow Reed and he's Fujitaka Kinomoto."
"Hello. I'm Sakura…I wish we could have met in a better situation." I
replied.
"I can't believe it…Clow Reed and Fujitaka Kinomoto!" Eriol exclaimed.
"Syaoran did you…?" Tomoyo asked.
Syaoran took a deep breath and nodded. Both Eriol and Tomoyo looked at him
in a way I couldn't understand….like he was a monster.
"Don't blame him." Mr. Clow said.
*yes, his shadow was controlling him.* another voice said suddenly. And by
the way everyone reacted, everybody heard it.
"That was Fujitaka. He's using sending to relay what he wants to say. But
only if it is important, since it uses magic." Mr. Clow explained.
"Shut up old man!" the shadow said. "It's quite useless to talk right now.
Besides, these people will have to think over about the rules of the game."
"Rules of the game?" Tomoyo asked.
The shadow nodded. "You know that I'm still gonna fight you. So, now, I'll
let you make up the rules of the game."
"How about we always win?" Eriol asked.
The shadow smirked. "Very funny. I might kill you for that but, you're
already a puny group so I'll let you live 'till later."
"Very well then." Syaoran finally said, "Let's get this rolling."
"Rules?" the shadow asked.
"None."
"WHAT?" both Eriol and Tomoyo shouted at him?
"Do you know how dangerous that is?" Tomoyo asked.
"I know."
"Then why did you say that?" Eriol asked, clutching Syaoran by the collar
and shaking him.
"He's my shadow." Syaoran calmly said, "I know him better than any of you.
Rules will only restrain us, not him. He'll find a way to cheat us and break
the rules without us knowing it. Rules are useless."
There was a moment of silence and a Syaoran looked oddly at Mr. Kinomoto.
Syaoran nodded his head and calmly removed Eriol's hand.
The shadow Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Is the 'no rules' rule final?" he
smirked.
"No." Syaoran replied, which drew a few relieved sighs from Tomoyo and
Eriol, "I will make one rule."
"Only one?" Tomoyo said in surprise. Syaoran raised up a silencing arm.
Eriol's already deadly look on Syaoran got even deadlier.
"Only one. That is, there will be no use of shadow magic or, for that
matter, ANY magic coming from you." Syaoran said firmly.
The shadow gave Mr. Fujitaka a silent look of disappointment and raw hate.
"Very well then," the shadow smirked, "no…"
Syaoran drew his sword and in one quick movement, removed all distance
between him and his shadow and told him at sword's point, "repeat after me."
His shadow smirked once again. "Ever cautious?"
Syaoran only pressed his sword further and drew out a small trickle of dark
red blood. "There will be no use…"
"There will be no use…" the shadow repeated, looking at him with poison.
"Of shadow magic…"
"Of shadow magic…"
"Or any magic coming from you."
"Or any magic..." Syaoran pressed the sword's point further "…coming from
me."
"Rules shall be imposed." Mr. Clow Reed said, and a symbol appeared on the
shadow Syaoran's palms and forehead. It was a seed with a young sapling
growing from it, with the sun shining on the right and the crescent moon on
the left. Above it, were three stars and all of the symbols were enclosed by
a circle. I knew it to be the goddess of life's symbol. Zoë's symbol.
"You'll pay for this, old men." The shadow said. Syaoran had already moved
away by then, cleaning his blade. "Let's begin…"
"WAIT!" I shouted, questions were plaguing my mind and I wanted them
answered.
The shadow moved towards me and lifted my chin with his left hand. "What is
it my little flower?"
"I-I wanted to know why did you do this only now, what happened to the Sea
Elves and if Touya really is their king." I said. Looking at Syaoran's evil
double was no easy task.
"I did this now because I wanted to, my dear. As for the Sea Elves, they're
all fine. I already altered the portal you entered into so that you'll arrive
here." He paused, "it was a very good impression of the Sea Elves' home wasn't
it Syaoran?" Syaoran made no reply. "As for Touya…he is the King of the Sea
Elves. He has been re-captured along with the others back at Romealy."
"t-that c-can't be!" I said, "…no…"
"I'm afraid it is." The shadow smirked, "Syaoran witnessed his capture. Too
bad I teleported him to Migi Archipelago after he heard that Touya was going
to be executed…"
"NO!!" I shouted. Tears filled my eyes and overflowed. Touya was a bother
that I never was able to have. And now…
*you lie, shadow!* Mr. Kinomoto's words echoed all around us, filled with
anger and despair.
The shadow let go of me and walked away. "Believe what you want. For now,
my only concern is the battle. Are you all ready?" he asked Tomoyo, Eriol
and Syaoran.
"More ready than you'll ever be." Syaoran replied.
"Let's get it on!" the shadow shouted, going into his battle stance.
to be continued