Eriol groaned as he awoke. The prophecy that the old man spoke of, it was
one of the sacred Oracles from before time! Such prophecies were not to be
taken lightly, for all said always came true. By now, he could tell the
mistress had healed everyone. She was glowering at him. He gulped. He had
some explaining to do.
"Pardon my advances, star mistress." He bowed. "I was just curious as to why you have bombarded my castle." He didn't add that he was also curious about the prophecy. She didn't need to know that.
Sakura nodded in his direction. "What do you make of the prophecy? We have not been able to understand it at all." Her friends shot her a glare. "Well, we understand it a little." She amended.
"What parts do you understand? I believe, however, that you have come here because you believe that I am the prince of the night."
"Just as my mistress is the princess of the sun." Yue added, as well as glaring menacingly.
Eriol spluttered and held back a chuckle. "The gentle princess of the sun is Princess Sakura? How can that be? I just saw her blow.er.release her temper at me!" he amended.
Sakura glared. What an impertinent prince! And yet, Tomoyo loved him. Sakura smiled, he too must have some soft side. Besides he had lived all alone up here in the mountains for so long, he must be a little rude. (A truly Sakura moment, seeing good in everyone.)
"Anyhow, what do you make of the rest of the prophecy your highness?" Syaoran asked in a bitterly sweet voice. HE for one was pissed that Eriol had insulted his fiancée. Those who insulted her faced his wrath.
"Let's see then shall we?" Eriol whipped out his staff, and started chanting. A screen appeared, and everyone watched with great interest. Sakura was soon lured into the chanting. Even though she didn't even know the words, they came out, as if she knew them. Eriol felt a great power join him and he peaked through his lidded eyes.
'Figures,' he thought, 'it just had to be the princess. Indeed she is a powerful force.' Soon he was lulled back into the spell.
Touya stared. This was becoming very interesting. This 'prince of the night', Eriol, seemed to be very intelligent and skilled in the art of magic. The screen was flickering through many images, some too fast for them to follow. Only Yue seemed to have no trouble, he was staring impassively at the screen. The flickering became a blur, and then it just stopped. Both Eriol and Sakura snapped their eyes open at the same time, wide with fear. Yue glared at Eriol, mimicking Syaoran's posture for the past moments. Everyone else stared confusedly at the trio, for no one else understood what just happened.
When all remained silent, the other's cries became in unison. "Well? What happened?"
Yue continued to glare, Eriol slumped onto his throne, and Sakura attempted to sit on the floor, only to end up in a chair. (conjured by Syaoran.hey he's got to have powers!)
"Well," Tomoyo began, after being quiet through the whole affair. "Why don't we go retire to our rooms? Dinner should be ready in an hour." She said this all pointedly at Eriol. Everyone nodded. Both Syaoran and Tomoyo had similar ideas, to get their fiancés alone and then confront them.
Everyone nodded. Rest would serve them all well. Unbeknowest to them, a dark shadow hovered outside the window, eavesdropping on the group. It floated away when the group left, ready to report to its master.
~~~~In Sakura's Room~~~
"Sakura, honey, what's the matter?"
Sakura had been staring dazedly out the window since she got to her room. Her mind was locked on the message of the prophecy had simply been horrendous! Faintly she heard Syaoran gently prodding her, she snapped back to reality.
"Syaoran, I can't!"
Syaoran looked up in alarm. "Can't what? What has that bastard done to you? Why I outta."
"NO nothing, Eriol did nothing." Sakura sighed. She couldn't tell Syaoran. He would flip.
"I'm sorry. Tell me, what was the message you saw?"
"I can't tell you." Sakura turned away. She wouldn't be able to bear the anger in his eyes.
Syaoran saw her turn away, and understood. She needed time alone. Quietly, he walked out of the room. It was that bastard's entire fault!!!
As soon as he left, Yue appeared. Embracing his mistress, but all the while knowing that the choice could only be hers, and hers alone.
~~~Eriol's Room~~~
(the question's were pretty much answered the same way. Until."
"WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME! HOW CAN WE GET MARRIED AND NOT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE?" Tomoyo glanced at him, face still red from her explosion.
She could see she had struck a nerve. But with which words? What had bothered him?
"HOW.CAN.WE.GET.MARRI-" (the pauses are so that Tomoyo can find out where he was struck)
Tomoyo was now VERY curious. "Why can't we get married?"
Eriol stared into her dark violet eyes, stared into the depths of them. She was stunned, she saw hurt and regret.
She gathered him in her arms, only to be pushed away. "Eriol, baby, what did you see?" As the silence in the room intensified, she could only leave him be.
Eriol stared with longing at her retreating back, but could only teleport into Sakura's room.
~~~In the Gardens (pretty much frozen)~~~
Tomoyo swept into the garden. Now this garden didn't have blooming spring flowers. It was pretty much ice carvings of flowers that were placed there. But magic made it so that they grew like flowers. The place always made Tomoyo relax. Now if she could only figure out why Eriol was acting this way. That was when she crashed into a solid, warm figure.
"Oh, pardon me Syaoran."
"No problem Tomoyo." A hesitant pause was made before he continued. "Did Eriol happen to mention what he saw today?"
"No, I'm sorry. What about Sakura?" At his forlorn gaze, she took it as a 'no'. Was this situation so dire that their loved ones would not share? It seemed so. Tomoyo glanced up at Sakura's room. She could pick out the white hair, her guardian no doubt, brown hair, Sakura, and a patch of navy blue hair.ERIOL! But what was he doing in Sakura's room. Syaoran followed her gaze, landed on the same thing and came to the same conclusion. They were obviously discussing today's matters.
"Syaoran? Do you think you could."
"A step ahead of you, Tomoyo." Syaoran concentrated his powers on the room, hoping to be able to eavesdrop. No such luck.
"Damn! They placed a powerful spell around the room. Obviously they didn't want eavesdroppers." Syaoran mumbled. Tomoyo stood silently aside, thinking of another way to find out what the images said.
~~~Sakura's room~~~
Yue stood protectively at his mistress's side. "So, what did you see?"
"Obviously the same as what you saw." He replied. At their glances, he hurried to continue. "The prophecy. It showed me the devastation of the Kinomoto kingdom, a couple other kingdoms, then the two separate directions in which this world could fall upon. The two choices the wise man mentioned." He paused. This was the part he hated.
What part does Eriol hate? Find out in the next chapter! (Sry bout the cliffy.but I couldn't help it!)
**Strawberri-Kitten**
"Pardon my advances, star mistress." He bowed. "I was just curious as to why you have bombarded my castle." He didn't add that he was also curious about the prophecy. She didn't need to know that.
Sakura nodded in his direction. "What do you make of the prophecy? We have not been able to understand it at all." Her friends shot her a glare. "Well, we understand it a little." She amended.
"What parts do you understand? I believe, however, that you have come here because you believe that I am the prince of the night."
"Just as my mistress is the princess of the sun." Yue added, as well as glaring menacingly.
Eriol spluttered and held back a chuckle. "The gentle princess of the sun is Princess Sakura? How can that be? I just saw her blow.er.release her temper at me!" he amended.
Sakura glared. What an impertinent prince! And yet, Tomoyo loved him. Sakura smiled, he too must have some soft side. Besides he had lived all alone up here in the mountains for so long, he must be a little rude. (A truly Sakura moment, seeing good in everyone.)
"Anyhow, what do you make of the rest of the prophecy your highness?" Syaoran asked in a bitterly sweet voice. HE for one was pissed that Eriol had insulted his fiancée. Those who insulted her faced his wrath.
"Let's see then shall we?" Eriol whipped out his staff, and started chanting. A screen appeared, and everyone watched with great interest. Sakura was soon lured into the chanting. Even though she didn't even know the words, they came out, as if she knew them. Eriol felt a great power join him and he peaked through his lidded eyes.
'Figures,' he thought, 'it just had to be the princess. Indeed she is a powerful force.' Soon he was lulled back into the spell.
Touya stared. This was becoming very interesting. This 'prince of the night', Eriol, seemed to be very intelligent and skilled in the art of magic. The screen was flickering through many images, some too fast for them to follow. Only Yue seemed to have no trouble, he was staring impassively at the screen. The flickering became a blur, and then it just stopped. Both Eriol and Sakura snapped their eyes open at the same time, wide with fear. Yue glared at Eriol, mimicking Syaoran's posture for the past moments. Everyone else stared confusedly at the trio, for no one else understood what just happened.
When all remained silent, the other's cries became in unison. "Well? What happened?"
Yue continued to glare, Eriol slumped onto his throne, and Sakura attempted to sit on the floor, only to end up in a chair. (conjured by Syaoran.hey he's got to have powers!)
"Well," Tomoyo began, after being quiet through the whole affair. "Why don't we go retire to our rooms? Dinner should be ready in an hour." She said this all pointedly at Eriol. Everyone nodded. Both Syaoran and Tomoyo had similar ideas, to get their fiancés alone and then confront them.
Everyone nodded. Rest would serve them all well. Unbeknowest to them, a dark shadow hovered outside the window, eavesdropping on the group. It floated away when the group left, ready to report to its master.
~~~~In Sakura's Room~~~
"Sakura, honey, what's the matter?"
Sakura had been staring dazedly out the window since she got to her room. Her mind was locked on the message of the prophecy had simply been horrendous! Faintly she heard Syaoran gently prodding her, she snapped back to reality.
"Syaoran, I can't!"
Syaoran looked up in alarm. "Can't what? What has that bastard done to you? Why I outta."
"NO nothing, Eriol did nothing." Sakura sighed. She couldn't tell Syaoran. He would flip.
"I'm sorry. Tell me, what was the message you saw?"
"I can't tell you." Sakura turned away. She wouldn't be able to bear the anger in his eyes.
Syaoran saw her turn away, and understood. She needed time alone. Quietly, he walked out of the room. It was that bastard's entire fault!!!
As soon as he left, Yue appeared. Embracing his mistress, but all the while knowing that the choice could only be hers, and hers alone.
~~~Eriol's Room~~~
(the question's were pretty much answered the same way. Until."
"WHY CAN'T YOU TELL ME! HOW CAN WE GET MARRIED AND NOT BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE?" Tomoyo glanced at him, face still red from her explosion.
She could see she had struck a nerve. But with which words? What had bothered him?
"HOW.CAN.WE.GET.MARRI-" (the pauses are so that Tomoyo can find out where he was struck)
Tomoyo was now VERY curious. "Why can't we get married?"
Eriol stared into her dark violet eyes, stared into the depths of them. She was stunned, she saw hurt and regret.
She gathered him in her arms, only to be pushed away. "Eriol, baby, what did you see?" As the silence in the room intensified, she could only leave him be.
Eriol stared with longing at her retreating back, but could only teleport into Sakura's room.
~~~In the Gardens (pretty much frozen)~~~
Tomoyo swept into the garden. Now this garden didn't have blooming spring flowers. It was pretty much ice carvings of flowers that were placed there. But magic made it so that they grew like flowers. The place always made Tomoyo relax. Now if she could only figure out why Eriol was acting this way. That was when she crashed into a solid, warm figure.
"Oh, pardon me Syaoran."
"No problem Tomoyo." A hesitant pause was made before he continued. "Did Eriol happen to mention what he saw today?"
"No, I'm sorry. What about Sakura?" At his forlorn gaze, she took it as a 'no'. Was this situation so dire that their loved ones would not share? It seemed so. Tomoyo glanced up at Sakura's room. She could pick out the white hair, her guardian no doubt, brown hair, Sakura, and a patch of navy blue hair.ERIOL! But what was he doing in Sakura's room. Syaoran followed her gaze, landed on the same thing and came to the same conclusion. They were obviously discussing today's matters.
"Syaoran? Do you think you could."
"A step ahead of you, Tomoyo." Syaoran concentrated his powers on the room, hoping to be able to eavesdrop. No such luck.
"Damn! They placed a powerful spell around the room. Obviously they didn't want eavesdroppers." Syaoran mumbled. Tomoyo stood silently aside, thinking of another way to find out what the images said.
~~~Sakura's room~~~
Yue stood protectively at his mistress's side. "So, what did you see?"
"Obviously the same as what you saw." He replied. At their glances, he hurried to continue. "The prophecy. It showed me the devastation of the Kinomoto kingdom, a couple other kingdoms, then the two separate directions in which this world could fall upon. The two choices the wise man mentioned." He paused. This was the part he hated.
What part does Eriol hate? Find out in the next chapter! (Sry bout the cliffy.but I couldn't help it!)
**Strawberri-Kitten**