A.N: Now.... Hmmm what chapter am I up to.... Oh yes, chapter four.
Okies, on to the story
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Tears of the Phoenix:
Chapter Four:
Eriol put the finishing touches to his sketch, the phoenix drawn practically wanting to jump from the paper, or at least he thought so.
He heard a polite voice from behind the thin door.
"Sumimasen, Hiiragizawa-sama..... Is there anything you request??"
"Aa, Ohairi kudasai......"
The maid came in, carrying a serving tray and looking at the ground, "Hai, Hiiragizawa-sama??"
"Ano...... Could I see Tomoyo this evening??"
"Hai, I'll just be a moment....."
"Aa, arigatou.."
Eriol sat in on the tatami quietly, patiently awaiting his guest.
Suddenly the door slid open and Tomoyo stood there, dressed in a white kimono, her hair piled upon her head, a floral headpiece holding it together.
"You requested my presence, Hiiragizawa-sama?"
"Hai, I'd like to sketch you....."
Tomoyo stood there, surprised, "Nan desu ka?? I didn't here you properly....." [What did you say - polite]
"I'd like to draw you, you know on the piece of paper, a picture. If you could just sit down, it'll only take a minute."
"I'm sure you'd like a prettier model, I'll ask my maid to get the kitchen girl, she's very lovely."
"Iie, I want to draw you."
"Doushite?!" Tomoyo said losing patience.
"Tomoyo-san!! Such disrespect to a guest!!" Eriol teased.
Tomoyo's eyes hardened but she bowed, "Gomen Nasai, I'll pose for your.... sketch"
"Don't bow, Tomoyo-san, it was only a joke."
"I will pose, but I have other activities on my agenda, so could we hurry it up," she said kneeling down on the tatami.
Eriol watched her as she sat in front of him straight faced, "Ano..... Tomoyo-san, could you maybe smile??"
"I have no reason to...."
"Tomoyo, what I said the other day in the courtyard......."
"That is the past, Hiiragizawa-sama......"
"Well, what can I do to change it?? Or at least get you to stop calling me Hiiragizawa-sama, it's much to formal."
"You can't change the past, but to stop me from treating you with respect you have to prove to me you are worthy of my friendship....."
"How do I do that?" Eriol asked, hope flooding from his voice.
"Find out." She said gruffly, leaving the conversation there.
"I'm done," Eriol said looking down at the blank paper.
Tomoyo stood, "Oyasumi," she said to him before leaving.
Eriol looked down at the blank paper, why couldn't he draw her? Why couldn't he even put one line onto the paper??
Eriol sat in the huge garden just outside of the house, looking at the flowers below.
Everyday since he arrived he had sat out here for hours on end wondering how he could deal with the problems he faced at home.
There was no way he could go back in the state he was in at the moment. There was no way he could marry Kaho, but...... he couldn't bear to break her heart.
Sure he had loved her at one time, but not any more, not now, not when he had met her. The temptress who had stolen his heart, yet she didn't want it and shoved it back in his face.
He could see her at the bottom of the hill, laughing and giggling, mucking around with a boy, apparently her best friends brother. Her uncle planned for the two to be wed in a years time. Every time he saw her with him he could feel the jealousy and envy, yet to see her happy just seemed to make him smile.
He looked down at the sketch in his notebook, her soft, happy face imprinted on the paper.
Funny how he could draw her when she smiled.
Eriol got up, brushing his pants from grass before making his way down the hill where he could here the shouts of Tomoyo and her male friend.
Tomoyo stopped running the moment she saw Eriol reach the bottom of the hill.
Slightly disheveled, Yukata a mess, she straightened herself up.
"I don't really mean to disturb.. but I was just wondering whether the two of you could maybe show me some sights??"
"Sights??" Tomoyo asked confused.
"Yes, you know, beautiful places, breathtaking... just like...."
"No problem," Tomoyo quickly answered, interrupting his sentence.
The young boy looked at Tomoyo confused, "Ano ne, Hiiragizawa Eriol, this is Kinomoto Touya, a friend of mine. Eriol is a diplomat representing his country."
Touya looked back and forth between Tomoyo and Eriol before his glare set upon Eriol.
Slightly intimidated, Eriol stood his ground giving Touya a smile.
"Well, shall we go??" Eriol smiled again.
"Hai," Tomoyo answered, trudging back up to the house towards the carriages.
Eriol looked around the marketplace, eyes bright with excitement.
"Wahhh, sugoi ne," he said to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo smiled sweetly, "This is the marketplace, nothing that special."
"I've never seen anything like it!!" he exclaimed opening a notebook and quickly taking down notes, "Sugoi!!" he kept on repeating over and over again.
"He's like a little kid who's never seen a market before." Touya commented to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo smiled at Eriol who was ahead of them, scribbling furiously, "I guess he is in a way, this is the first time he's been to one of our markets, thing must be different here than from where he comes from."
"You seem to have a lot of respect for him....." Touya added.
"I respect the way he thinks, his opinions...... he's a lot like someone I used to know."
"Hontou?? Dare??"
"No one, it's not important."
Eriol looked at the spinning tops, going around and around over and over again, the several different colours merging, as if they were smudged together.
"Do you like it??" came a voice beside him.
Eriol nodded blankly, turning to his left to find it was Tomoyo, "Tenshi- chan!!" he cried out in shock causing the people within a 10-metre radius to look at him.
Tomoyo blushed deep red, "Baka......" she murmured, his ears not picking up her words.
"Ne," Tomoyo said, holding out her hand, producing the spinning top.
"What's this for??"
Tomoyo smiled softly, "No reason, just give it to someone if you don't want it," she said before walking away leaving him staring after her wordless.
Tomoyo sighed to herself. She had promised herself that she wouldn't get involved with that baka, and there she was buying him a gift.
She shook her head, how could she have done this?? What had come over her to do such a thing??
She looked at the merchandise of the stall in front of her, how long had it actually been since she'd been to this market? Much too long she was sure. The last time she actually remembered being here was with her parents.
Flashback:
"`kaasama, `kaasama, mi te ne." [mummy, mummy, look]
"Nani, Tomoyo-chan??"
"Tori, 'kaasama," she said sweetly pointing to the bird carved out of crystal. [Bird, mummy]
"Ahh...." Sonomi smiled, "That's the phoenix....."
"What's a phoenix??" she asked innocently.
"You are a phoenix," she said kneeling down to Tomoyo's eye level.
"Watashi??"
"Hai," Sonomi smiled tenderly.
Tomoyo's eyes lit up, before she raced through the crowd in desperation to find her father.
She could still remember the words she had been calling, "`touchan!! `touchan!! Watashi wa phoenix desu!!!! `touchan!!!"
End of Flashback:
"Tomoyo-san??" Eriol's voice asked politely beside her breaking her trail of thoughts.
Her head shot up, as if just being woken up, "Nani?? Nan desu ka??"
"Iie... Tomoyo-san, suki desu ka??" he asked referring to the phoenix carved from crystal.
"I used to have one myself......" she said softly.
"Hontou??"
"Aa, my father gave it to me, I remember I whined about it the whole day, and when we left the market I cried. I remember he went all the way back and bought it for me." She said softly, a faraway look in her eyes as she remembered.
"What happened to the old one??"
"I still have it, among all the other belongings my parents gave me."
"Gomen ne, I didn't mean to bring it up."
"Daijoubu da yo." She said before moving onto look at the next stores merchandise.
Eriol looked at the little bird carved from crystal as Tomoyo showed it to him, holding it so gently as if it were something she treasured very much.
She wouldn't even let him touch the little bird's smooth surface, for fear that he would break it.
It was now that he looked at her and he no longer saw the raging girl he had met two months ago, but someone so fragile, much like her little figurine. Someone who seemed to be crying out for someone to help her, someone to look her way.
"Tomoyo-san....."
"Nani??"
"Ano ne.... I was wondering....."
"Oi, Tomoyo-san, your Uncle, something's wrong with him," Touya called sliding open the door.
"Hai, matte." She said putting the bird gently back in its place.
"Your uncle is usually sick??" Eriol asked following her out of the room.
"Well not really, just around this time."
"Do you know why??"
"No body really knows, some say it's the weather, some say it's the phoenix, believe it or not, the things they come up with these days," she smiled.
"You don't seem worried,"
"Aa, I know, it seems a little cold, but he'll recover in a couple days tops, it only lasts for a day or so."
"Sou ka."
Tomoyo entered the room, kneeling beside her uncle taking a wet cloth and gently dabbing his forehead.
"So you uncle has looked after you for a while huh??"
"Hai, about four years or five years now......"
"So he started looking after you since you were??......"
"About fifteen"
"Sou ka??"
"I guess you feel you owe him a lot then....."
"Yeah, I do feel like that in a way, but I can't just leave here altogether"
"Why not??"
"This place needs me, my friends are here. This is where I belong....."
"What if I left and asked you to follow, would you go then??" Eriol asked, turning her chin so that he faced her.
Tomoyo looked at him in disbelief, not knowing what to say, "I.....I...." she stuttered trying to make the words come out, not even knowing what she was going to say.
"Do I mean that much to you??"
"Eriol-kun, wa....watashi.....anata wa......"
End of chappie!!!!!!!
Mwuahahahahahas!!!!!!!!! Silly Billies..... do u want to know what she says???
Well if you do want to know....... I'll let you in on something.....
*ahem* I know something you don't know, I know something you don't know!!!!!!!
* falls on the floor twitching and laughing insanely *
Wellz, * regains composure * I'll get started on the next one so you guys don't have to wait.....
I'm sorry I babbled on and on incoherently on this one, don't worry the next one will involve more of the plot.....and......... SEIKA RYOSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think...... I mean I hope so......
If there's Seika Ryoshi there must be fighting, lashes out with a gun, "Omae wo korosu"
Baiz,
Snow Flower
Okies, on to the story
Read and Review!!
Tears of the Phoenix:
Chapter Four:
Eriol put the finishing touches to his sketch, the phoenix drawn practically wanting to jump from the paper, or at least he thought so.
He heard a polite voice from behind the thin door.
"Sumimasen, Hiiragizawa-sama..... Is there anything you request??"
"Aa, Ohairi kudasai......"
The maid came in, carrying a serving tray and looking at the ground, "Hai, Hiiragizawa-sama??"
"Ano...... Could I see Tomoyo this evening??"
"Hai, I'll just be a moment....."
"Aa, arigatou.."
Eriol sat in on the tatami quietly, patiently awaiting his guest.
Suddenly the door slid open and Tomoyo stood there, dressed in a white kimono, her hair piled upon her head, a floral headpiece holding it together.
"You requested my presence, Hiiragizawa-sama?"
"Hai, I'd like to sketch you....."
Tomoyo stood there, surprised, "Nan desu ka?? I didn't here you properly....." [What did you say - polite]
"I'd like to draw you, you know on the piece of paper, a picture. If you could just sit down, it'll only take a minute."
"I'm sure you'd like a prettier model, I'll ask my maid to get the kitchen girl, she's very lovely."
"Iie, I want to draw you."
"Doushite?!" Tomoyo said losing patience.
"Tomoyo-san!! Such disrespect to a guest!!" Eriol teased.
Tomoyo's eyes hardened but she bowed, "Gomen Nasai, I'll pose for your.... sketch"
"Don't bow, Tomoyo-san, it was only a joke."
"I will pose, but I have other activities on my agenda, so could we hurry it up," she said kneeling down on the tatami.
Eriol watched her as she sat in front of him straight faced, "Ano..... Tomoyo-san, could you maybe smile??"
"I have no reason to...."
"Tomoyo, what I said the other day in the courtyard......."
"That is the past, Hiiragizawa-sama......"
"Well, what can I do to change it?? Or at least get you to stop calling me Hiiragizawa-sama, it's much to formal."
"You can't change the past, but to stop me from treating you with respect you have to prove to me you are worthy of my friendship....."
"How do I do that?" Eriol asked, hope flooding from his voice.
"Find out." She said gruffly, leaving the conversation there.
"I'm done," Eriol said looking down at the blank paper.
Tomoyo stood, "Oyasumi," she said to him before leaving.
Eriol looked down at the blank paper, why couldn't he draw her? Why couldn't he even put one line onto the paper??
Eriol sat in the huge garden just outside of the house, looking at the flowers below.
Everyday since he arrived he had sat out here for hours on end wondering how he could deal with the problems he faced at home.
There was no way he could go back in the state he was in at the moment. There was no way he could marry Kaho, but...... he couldn't bear to break her heart.
Sure he had loved her at one time, but not any more, not now, not when he had met her. The temptress who had stolen his heart, yet she didn't want it and shoved it back in his face.
He could see her at the bottom of the hill, laughing and giggling, mucking around with a boy, apparently her best friends brother. Her uncle planned for the two to be wed in a years time. Every time he saw her with him he could feel the jealousy and envy, yet to see her happy just seemed to make him smile.
He looked down at the sketch in his notebook, her soft, happy face imprinted on the paper.
Funny how he could draw her when she smiled.
Eriol got up, brushing his pants from grass before making his way down the hill where he could here the shouts of Tomoyo and her male friend.
Tomoyo stopped running the moment she saw Eriol reach the bottom of the hill.
Slightly disheveled, Yukata a mess, she straightened herself up.
"I don't really mean to disturb.. but I was just wondering whether the two of you could maybe show me some sights??"
"Sights??" Tomoyo asked confused.
"Yes, you know, beautiful places, breathtaking... just like...."
"No problem," Tomoyo quickly answered, interrupting his sentence.
The young boy looked at Tomoyo confused, "Ano ne, Hiiragizawa Eriol, this is Kinomoto Touya, a friend of mine. Eriol is a diplomat representing his country."
Touya looked back and forth between Tomoyo and Eriol before his glare set upon Eriol.
Slightly intimidated, Eriol stood his ground giving Touya a smile.
"Well, shall we go??" Eriol smiled again.
"Hai," Tomoyo answered, trudging back up to the house towards the carriages.
Eriol looked around the marketplace, eyes bright with excitement.
"Wahhh, sugoi ne," he said to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo smiled sweetly, "This is the marketplace, nothing that special."
"I've never seen anything like it!!" he exclaimed opening a notebook and quickly taking down notes, "Sugoi!!" he kept on repeating over and over again.
"He's like a little kid who's never seen a market before." Touya commented to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo smiled at Eriol who was ahead of them, scribbling furiously, "I guess he is in a way, this is the first time he's been to one of our markets, thing must be different here than from where he comes from."
"You seem to have a lot of respect for him....." Touya added.
"I respect the way he thinks, his opinions...... he's a lot like someone I used to know."
"Hontou?? Dare??"
"No one, it's not important."
Eriol looked at the spinning tops, going around and around over and over again, the several different colours merging, as if they were smudged together.
"Do you like it??" came a voice beside him.
Eriol nodded blankly, turning to his left to find it was Tomoyo, "Tenshi- chan!!" he cried out in shock causing the people within a 10-metre radius to look at him.
Tomoyo blushed deep red, "Baka......" she murmured, his ears not picking up her words.
"Ne," Tomoyo said, holding out her hand, producing the spinning top.
"What's this for??"
Tomoyo smiled softly, "No reason, just give it to someone if you don't want it," she said before walking away leaving him staring after her wordless.
Tomoyo sighed to herself. She had promised herself that she wouldn't get involved with that baka, and there she was buying him a gift.
She shook her head, how could she have done this?? What had come over her to do such a thing??
She looked at the merchandise of the stall in front of her, how long had it actually been since she'd been to this market? Much too long she was sure. The last time she actually remembered being here was with her parents.
Flashback:
"`kaasama, `kaasama, mi te ne." [mummy, mummy, look]
"Nani, Tomoyo-chan??"
"Tori, 'kaasama," she said sweetly pointing to the bird carved out of crystal. [Bird, mummy]
"Ahh...." Sonomi smiled, "That's the phoenix....."
"What's a phoenix??" she asked innocently.
"You are a phoenix," she said kneeling down to Tomoyo's eye level.
"Watashi??"
"Hai," Sonomi smiled tenderly.
Tomoyo's eyes lit up, before she raced through the crowd in desperation to find her father.
She could still remember the words she had been calling, "`touchan!! `touchan!! Watashi wa phoenix desu!!!! `touchan!!!"
End of Flashback:
"Tomoyo-san??" Eriol's voice asked politely beside her breaking her trail of thoughts.
Her head shot up, as if just being woken up, "Nani?? Nan desu ka??"
"Iie... Tomoyo-san, suki desu ka??" he asked referring to the phoenix carved from crystal.
"I used to have one myself......" she said softly.
"Hontou??"
"Aa, my father gave it to me, I remember I whined about it the whole day, and when we left the market I cried. I remember he went all the way back and bought it for me." She said softly, a faraway look in her eyes as she remembered.
"What happened to the old one??"
"I still have it, among all the other belongings my parents gave me."
"Gomen ne, I didn't mean to bring it up."
"Daijoubu da yo." She said before moving onto look at the next stores merchandise.
Eriol looked at the little bird carved from crystal as Tomoyo showed it to him, holding it so gently as if it were something she treasured very much.
She wouldn't even let him touch the little bird's smooth surface, for fear that he would break it.
It was now that he looked at her and he no longer saw the raging girl he had met two months ago, but someone so fragile, much like her little figurine. Someone who seemed to be crying out for someone to help her, someone to look her way.
"Tomoyo-san....."
"Nani??"
"Ano ne.... I was wondering....."
"Oi, Tomoyo-san, your Uncle, something's wrong with him," Touya called sliding open the door.
"Hai, matte." She said putting the bird gently back in its place.
"Your uncle is usually sick??" Eriol asked following her out of the room.
"Well not really, just around this time."
"Do you know why??"
"No body really knows, some say it's the weather, some say it's the phoenix, believe it or not, the things they come up with these days," she smiled.
"You don't seem worried,"
"Aa, I know, it seems a little cold, but he'll recover in a couple days tops, it only lasts for a day or so."
"Sou ka."
Tomoyo entered the room, kneeling beside her uncle taking a wet cloth and gently dabbing his forehead.
"So you uncle has looked after you for a while huh??"
"Hai, about four years or five years now......"
"So he started looking after you since you were??......"
"About fifteen"
"Sou ka??"
"I guess you feel you owe him a lot then....."
"Yeah, I do feel like that in a way, but I can't just leave here altogether"
"Why not??"
"This place needs me, my friends are here. This is where I belong....."
"What if I left and asked you to follow, would you go then??" Eriol asked, turning her chin so that he faced her.
Tomoyo looked at him in disbelief, not knowing what to say, "I.....I...." she stuttered trying to make the words come out, not even knowing what she was going to say.
"Do I mean that much to you??"
"Eriol-kun, wa....watashi.....anata wa......"
End of chappie!!!!!!!
Mwuahahahahahas!!!!!!!!! Silly Billies..... do u want to know what she says???
Well if you do want to know....... I'll let you in on something.....
*ahem* I know something you don't know, I know something you don't know!!!!!!!
* falls on the floor twitching and laughing insanely *
Wellz, * regains composure * I'll get started on the next one so you guys don't have to wait.....
I'm sorry I babbled on and on incoherently on this one, don't worry the next one will involve more of the plot.....and......... SEIKA RYOSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think...... I mean I hope so......
If there's Seika Ryoshi there must be fighting, lashes out with a gun, "Omae wo korosu"
Baiz,
Snow Flower