A.N: Eh.......it's been so long.... Gomen ne......I wasn't really feeling
up to it, and I couldn't leave u with some..... under-average chappie could
I???
Well, here it is.....it's been so long, I don't remember where I left
off.... Oh yes.....
Sorry bout all the spelling mistakes, I'll check better this time....
Tears of the Phoenix
Chapter two:
"She's a descendant of the first phoenix??" Eriol asked, shocked
"Aa......poor thing though. Last of the line left, her mother and father died a few years back...."
"Honto ni??"
He nodded, "Same time as well, she was totally heartbroken....that's when she got all angry about all those subtle things in life, she used to be so full of energy and happiness as well......."
"I thought she said she had sisters, that the other foreigners took them away....."
"Sisters?? Oh well, she thinks of the other maidens who used to live here as her sisters, I guess with them being taken away, and all our people coming back empty handed, she got angry at the kojin (foreigners) as well.......then the anger of her parents death added to it....."
"Sou ka?? Please, excuse me....." he said as he got up and walked in the direction that Tomoyo had gone.
"Wai!! It's no use trying to change her mind about kojin, it's no use, d'you hear me??"
Eriol could hear the lord's shouts as he walked further and further into the denser area of the huge garden.
In the distance he could hear flowing water, the rush of the waterfall.
He walked from the trees and saw her standing there. She had taken her hair out, leaving it cascading down her back, framing her face. The mist from the waterfall wetting her kimono.
Yet, she was already drenched, tendrils of hair, plastered to her face, She turned to him, amethyst eyes flashing with hatred.
"What are you doing here??" she scowled.
"I'm a guest aren't I? May I not go where I please??"
"This is my property!!" she screamed, eyes alighting with anger.
"But your uncle is in control......"
"He is under my control....."
"I think not.....you see I believe that your uncle could take this land from you anytime, you much too weak to rule it on our own," he smiled slyly.
Tomoyo stormed up to him, slapping his face, "BAKAYAROU!!!!!!!!" She screamed, " You don't understand, do you??!! You are not welcome here, our people need not your country's wealth, or anything they have to offer. And you, you ungrateful Baka, may pack your bags and leave, for if you do not, I will have the guards bring me your head on a silver platter..." she said, voice filled with poison.
Quickly she walked off, leaving him standing there, a smile on his face.
He walked over to the ground where she was standing before and picked up her ribbons,
"Quite fiery, aren't you??" he smiled.
She stopped just before she reached the tall trees enclosing the waterfall.
"Nani?!" she asked, her voice treading on unfamiliar ground.
"It's obvious, isn't it??"
"What is?" she asked turning her head slightly in his direction.
"Oh, so now you give me the time of day, tenshi-chan??"
Tomoyo gritted her teeth, "You may stay...... ignorant Baka, but stay out of my way....."
Eriol observed as she walked away, anger in her steps. He had no idea what words had come from his mouth or what exactly he had been getting at, but it had obviously worked.
He smiled to himself and sighed, how clever he was sometimes to get himself out of so many, many close shaves.
Tomoyo stared out of her window, how much did the Kojin actually know? If he even did know, would he hand over her identity, something she had tried so hard to keep hidden for so many years.
Eriol sat just outside his room window, admiring the deep sky, scattered with sparkling stars. What had he said to her, he knew for sure that he had hit something, just what was it.
She definitely was something though. Her fiery spirit, soft dark tresses and her eyes, her eyes were what had first caught his eye. So deep and mesmerizing, the windows to her emotions.
He could see the anger and resentment she held towards him, and yet there was something there, something she had been hiding that she seemed to want him to know.
A soft sweet song, which lingered on his senses filled the silence of the night sky. At first he had thought it was the nightingale, so many journeymen had talked about but he dismissed that thought when he heard words being sung.
He peered around the corner and saw her, soft voice echoing through the dark night.
Never could he have imagined that such an arrogant girl could have such a beautiful voice, so soothingly sweet, so calming.
He remembered what her Uncle had told him about how she had been before, maybe her singing was a way to drown away her sorrows, live her happiness if only for a few moments.
Suddenly she stopped and turned to him, brow furrowed into a glare.
"Go away from here, these are my quarters......." she said crossly
"Why wont you even consider that I'm different from the other Kojin......"
"Because you are all the same, nothing can change the way you all think."
"Haven't you heard that each and every person is unique and different, For example, you're like no other girl I've ever met."
"That rule doesn't count for you kojin....."
"Won't you even hear me out, Tenshi-chan."
"No......."
"C'mon, what I have to say isn't that bad."
"The words which will come out of your mouth will be lies, full of empty promises, just like the rest of the Diplomats."
"I'm different......"
She looked at him a smirk on her face, "Very well, Hiiragizawa-sama, you have my undivided attention, prove that what you say isn't a lie....."
Eriol sat in silence for a while surprised and shocked, she was actually listening.
"Hmph," Tomoyo smiled, "Nothing to defend yourself, as I thought, you're the same as the other diplomats."
"No, wait," he interrupted, "I do have something to say........."
"Well??" Tomoyo looked at him expectantly
"I came to Japan mainly because I was ordered to, to keep the peace between these two countries. Now I know Japan has been isolated and will be for the years to come, that's why I was hesitant about coming here, you see I don't want to change the cultures and traditions that Japan has developed over time, but I guess I'll have to accept that one day, Japan will be open to the world."
"Yourself, not this country," Tomoyo reminded him
"Yes......well I guess I came here in search for answers, something that I just couldn't seem to work out at home. There were so many questions inside of me that I wanted to ask, but I had no idea what these questions were. I guess I also came here to escape and forget about her....."
"Her? A girl??"
"Aa," Eriol nodded, "A girl, she broke my heart, but I just couldn't get her off my mind, that's when all the questions started....."
"Sounds like she'd the cause of these questions deep down inside. But how will staying here for a while cause these questions to come??"
"I'm not sure......"
"You think that bringing back a wife form the east will make her jealous??"
"Why does the conversation always come back to taking your people away??"
"`Cause that's what all the kojin did.........They were all the same. They took all of my friends, caused great distress........and I guess, left me alone."
"Would jealousy have anything to do with it?"
"Jealousy??"
"Yeah, you know, like they picked them over you........."
"No.......At least I don't think so, I couldn't leave this place anyway....."
"Hey, d'you know what??"
"Nani??"
"You're actually talking to me, as if I were a real person........"
"Mmmmm......." Tomoyo said thought elsewhere.
"What is it??"
"Oh the umm..... Seika Ryoshi, they're hunting the phoenix tonight, it'll probably go well into the morning.........."
"How do you know??"
"I'm not sure, always seemed to know when they were out and when they weren't......"
"Honto ni??"
"Aa........I had better go, don't want people to know that I'm actually getting along with the Kojin..."
"Now that wouldn't do, would it??" he teased.
Tomoyo shook her head and smiled brightly, "No, it wouldn't."
Eriol lay back on the futon thinking about what Tomoyo had said,
//"`Cause that's what all the kojin did.........They were all the same. They took all of my friends, caused great distress........and I guess, left me alone."//
She was lonely, so terribly lonely. All of her friends had left her alone and one by one the community around her were leaving because of the broken promises of the other diplomats. Then there were her parents, who had seemed to leave her alone to fend for herself.
Outside, Eriol could hear the crickets chirping then suddenly he heard a long, mournful cry of a bird.
He sat up, 'The Phoenix' were his first thoughts.
Quickly he raced outside just in time to see a blazing red light fly across the sky ever so gracefully.
He sighed, "Kami-sama, it was beautiful........."
In the distance he could see the flames of torches as the Seika Ryoshi rode after the blazing light at great speeds, hoping to capture it for themselves.
"Godspeed, dear legend," He whispered into the darkened sky, the Phoenix's cries disturbing the silence of the night.
Okies, five pages and a bit......
*Sigh* still got to update untouchable.....have no idea where to begin.
Newayz, hope you liked this installment, stay tuned for more, I'll try to update as soon as possible........
Tears of the Phoenix
Chapter two:
"She's a descendant of the first phoenix??" Eriol asked, shocked
"Aa......poor thing though. Last of the line left, her mother and father died a few years back...."
"Honto ni??"
He nodded, "Same time as well, she was totally heartbroken....that's when she got all angry about all those subtle things in life, she used to be so full of energy and happiness as well......."
"I thought she said she had sisters, that the other foreigners took them away....."
"Sisters?? Oh well, she thinks of the other maidens who used to live here as her sisters, I guess with them being taken away, and all our people coming back empty handed, she got angry at the kojin (foreigners) as well.......then the anger of her parents death added to it....."
"Sou ka?? Please, excuse me....." he said as he got up and walked in the direction that Tomoyo had gone.
"Wai!! It's no use trying to change her mind about kojin, it's no use, d'you hear me??"
Eriol could hear the lord's shouts as he walked further and further into the denser area of the huge garden.
In the distance he could hear flowing water, the rush of the waterfall.
He walked from the trees and saw her standing there. She had taken her hair out, leaving it cascading down her back, framing her face. The mist from the waterfall wetting her kimono.
Yet, she was already drenched, tendrils of hair, plastered to her face, She turned to him, amethyst eyes flashing with hatred.
"What are you doing here??" she scowled.
"I'm a guest aren't I? May I not go where I please??"
"This is my property!!" she screamed, eyes alighting with anger.
"But your uncle is in control......"
"He is under my control....."
"I think not.....you see I believe that your uncle could take this land from you anytime, you much too weak to rule it on our own," he smiled slyly.
Tomoyo stormed up to him, slapping his face, "BAKAYAROU!!!!!!!!" She screamed, " You don't understand, do you??!! You are not welcome here, our people need not your country's wealth, or anything they have to offer. And you, you ungrateful Baka, may pack your bags and leave, for if you do not, I will have the guards bring me your head on a silver platter..." she said, voice filled with poison.
Quickly she walked off, leaving him standing there, a smile on his face.
He walked over to the ground where she was standing before and picked up her ribbons,
"Quite fiery, aren't you??" he smiled.
She stopped just before she reached the tall trees enclosing the waterfall.
"Nani?!" she asked, her voice treading on unfamiliar ground.
"It's obvious, isn't it??"
"What is?" she asked turning her head slightly in his direction.
"Oh, so now you give me the time of day, tenshi-chan??"
Tomoyo gritted her teeth, "You may stay...... ignorant Baka, but stay out of my way....."
Eriol observed as she walked away, anger in her steps. He had no idea what words had come from his mouth or what exactly he had been getting at, but it had obviously worked.
He smiled to himself and sighed, how clever he was sometimes to get himself out of so many, many close shaves.
Tomoyo stared out of her window, how much did the Kojin actually know? If he even did know, would he hand over her identity, something she had tried so hard to keep hidden for so many years.
Eriol sat just outside his room window, admiring the deep sky, scattered with sparkling stars. What had he said to her, he knew for sure that he had hit something, just what was it.
She definitely was something though. Her fiery spirit, soft dark tresses and her eyes, her eyes were what had first caught his eye. So deep and mesmerizing, the windows to her emotions.
He could see the anger and resentment she held towards him, and yet there was something there, something she had been hiding that she seemed to want him to know.
A soft sweet song, which lingered on his senses filled the silence of the night sky. At first he had thought it was the nightingale, so many journeymen had talked about but he dismissed that thought when he heard words being sung.
He peered around the corner and saw her, soft voice echoing through the dark night.
Never could he have imagined that such an arrogant girl could have such a beautiful voice, so soothingly sweet, so calming.
He remembered what her Uncle had told him about how she had been before, maybe her singing was a way to drown away her sorrows, live her happiness if only for a few moments.
Suddenly she stopped and turned to him, brow furrowed into a glare.
"Go away from here, these are my quarters......." she said crossly
"Why wont you even consider that I'm different from the other Kojin......"
"Because you are all the same, nothing can change the way you all think."
"Haven't you heard that each and every person is unique and different, For example, you're like no other girl I've ever met."
"That rule doesn't count for you kojin....."
"Won't you even hear me out, Tenshi-chan."
"No......."
"C'mon, what I have to say isn't that bad."
"The words which will come out of your mouth will be lies, full of empty promises, just like the rest of the Diplomats."
"I'm different......"
She looked at him a smirk on her face, "Very well, Hiiragizawa-sama, you have my undivided attention, prove that what you say isn't a lie....."
Eriol sat in silence for a while surprised and shocked, she was actually listening.
"Hmph," Tomoyo smiled, "Nothing to defend yourself, as I thought, you're the same as the other diplomats."
"No, wait," he interrupted, "I do have something to say........."
"Well??" Tomoyo looked at him expectantly
"I came to Japan mainly because I was ordered to, to keep the peace between these two countries. Now I know Japan has been isolated and will be for the years to come, that's why I was hesitant about coming here, you see I don't want to change the cultures and traditions that Japan has developed over time, but I guess I'll have to accept that one day, Japan will be open to the world."
"Yourself, not this country," Tomoyo reminded him
"Yes......well I guess I came here in search for answers, something that I just couldn't seem to work out at home. There were so many questions inside of me that I wanted to ask, but I had no idea what these questions were. I guess I also came here to escape and forget about her....."
"Her? A girl??"
"Aa," Eriol nodded, "A girl, she broke my heart, but I just couldn't get her off my mind, that's when all the questions started....."
"Sounds like she'd the cause of these questions deep down inside. But how will staying here for a while cause these questions to come??"
"I'm not sure......"
"You think that bringing back a wife form the east will make her jealous??"
"Why does the conversation always come back to taking your people away??"
"`Cause that's what all the kojin did.........They were all the same. They took all of my friends, caused great distress........and I guess, left me alone."
"Would jealousy have anything to do with it?"
"Jealousy??"
"Yeah, you know, like they picked them over you........."
"No.......At least I don't think so, I couldn't leave this place anyway....."
"Hey, d'you know what??"
"Nani??"
"You're actually talking to me, as if I were a real person........"
"Mmmmm......." Tomoyo said thought elsewhere.
"What is it??"
"Oh the umm..... Seika Ryoshi, they're hunting the phoenix tonight, it'll probably go well into the morning.........."
"How do you know??"
"I'm not sure, always seemed to know when they were out and when they weren't......"
"Honto ni??"
"Aa........I had better go, don't want people to know that I'm actually getting along with the Kojin..."
"Now that wouldn't do, would it??" he teased.
Tomoyo shook her head and smiled brightly, "No, it wouldn't."
Eriol lay back on the futon thinking about what Tomoyo had said,
//"`Cause that's what all the kojin did.........They were all the same. They took all of my friends, caused great distress........and I guess, left me alone."//
She was lonely, so terribly lonely. All of her friends had left her alone and one by one the community around her were leaving because of the broken promises of the other diplomats. Then there were her parents, who had seemed to leave her alone to fend for herself.
Outside, Eriol could hear the crickets chirping then suddenly he heard a long, mournful cry of a bird.
He sat up, 'The Phoenix' were his first thoughts.
Quickly he raced outside just in time to see a blazing red light fly across the sky ever so gracefully.
He sighed, "Kami-sama, it was beautiful........."
In the distance he could see the flames of torches as the Seika Ryoshi rode after the blazing light at great speeds, hoping to capture it for themselves.
"Godspeed, dear legend," He whispered into the darkened sky, the Phoenix's cries disturbing the silence of the night.
Okies, five pages and a bit......
*Sigh* still got to update untouchable.....have no idea where to begin.
Newayz, hope you liked this installment, stay tuned for more, I'll try to update as soon as possible........