Author's notes:
Nelly: You all motivated us so much, that we decided
to post the chapter as quickly as we could!
Lenna: And well, someone requested it to be bigger.
Sorry, but we have to do it that size because if not, we take too long to write
them.
Nelly: But we'll try to enlarge the chapters as much
as we can!!
Kyra: And no, we don't own CCS.
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Hurt of love, reborn as an
Angel
Chapter two
"Soon, only eleven women and seven fairies were still
alive. Almost all of us very powerful sorcerers, and we had survived the cruel
attacks of the merciless males. Only three little girls were still too young to
be as strong, and that would be you two and Meilin. Even though she was
apparently dead after a battle where she insisted to fight by her mother's side, we were able to heal
her wounds. Even her mother not being as lucky, she was determined to get
revenge…
Our country had been devastated, destroyed under men's
wicked greed. We lived with our magic, it was too dangerous to even step out of
our houses. Men had demolished everything. Everything. Our hopes, our families,
our lives, our hearts.
During every fight, we lost friends. We always returned to
our shelters with a part of our soul gone. I myself believe that the only part
of my heart that was still alive, was the place where I kept both of you. I
didn't live for anyone anymore. I despised myself. I hated myself. I hated
myself so much, because I still couldn't keep one man out of my mind.
I believe that everyone was suffering. Every female in
Tiehlek cried during the nights, I knew. Almost every, that is. I didn't. I
told you, my heart was frozen.
I had once loved my motherland.
I had once loved my husband.
I had once loved my friends.
I had once loved my family.
I had once loved myself.
And everything was put to loss, when our country slowly
fell into disgrace. After every encounter, every meaningless fight, we arrived
home with a part of our hearts missing, as it gradually transformed into ice,
corrupting itself into a stone of pure hatred.
However, the worst and bloodiest battle was still to come.
During one night, I remember that Meiya burst through the
door, screaming for help. Tearstained face, bloodstained clothes. She seemed to
have limped to our refuge all the way along.
Men!! They are attacking!! She begged for help, yelling
with all her might. As quickly as I could, I rushed with her towards the
battlefield, you two in our arms.
What I saw there, I won't ever forget.
The most atrocious sight my eyes ever came across, was
this. The earth wasn't brown anymore. The grass wasn't lush anymore. Not even
the sky had its midnight blue color anymore, as if reflecting the horrendous
scene under it.
Everything was covered with blood. Everything was tinted
red. Bodies laid scattered on the ground. Dead women and men. I could
distinguish five of my friends laying lifeless among the dead bodies. Five out
of the eleven. They fought bravely, Meiya told me, but were stabbed in their
backs by coward men… She looked down. By her own boyfriend as well, she cried.
Amid the five, were two of my most precious still living friends. Itama and
Kaho.
I still can feel the horrible burning in my eyes, and the
tears yearning to come. But none came. My eyes were dried, my heart was cold.
Other than me, every woman was at the verge of tears.
Certainly, we fought harder than our enemy, even if we were
in very inferior number. Risking our own lives to protect our friends, we
didn't regret dieing for any girl. The males simply let their supposed
companions die, as if to say that they if were too weak to fight back, they
deserved death.
We thought differently. If we were able to unite our will,
our wish to destroy them, together we would be able to stand up after every
defeat."
Sakura: And we did. Until that battle. – Sakura nodded, as
a memory came to her mind. She could faintly remember something horrible
happening that night.
Tomoyo: What do you mean, Sakura – Tomoyo asked to Sakura,
with worried eyes. Sakura shook her head.
Nadeshiko: I didn't think that you would be able to guard
any memory of this… But yes, this was the final and most horrible battle… -
Nadeshiko looked up at the ceiling, once again placing a lock of silky hair
behind her ear.
"We fought. That night, we battled in a way I had
never seen ourselves fight. Not ever I had seen such hatred, odium,
detestation, anger, such pain. I could plainly see the fury in the eyes of
everyone of us. Whether with swords, arrows, magical spells or fists, we
attacked with all the pain we had been holding for the past years.
It was clear that this was going to be the final battle. It
was our last combat, until the winner was chosen.
Soon, also the seven remaining fairies joined us, even though
they were so helpless among the men. Their devotion to us was unimaginable.
They protected mainly you two, as you were still very little. Meilin, being
older, could handle some of the magical spells already, but you were still very
fragile.
One after the other, men were killed. Our clothes weren't
clean anymore. They were soaked with blood. Their blood? No. Our own.
Meiya had been attacked in her back from behind, by none
other than her boyfriend. I remember her cries. She wasn't crying because of the
pain. She was crying out of anger, out of hatred. She couldn't believe she had
trusted blindly this man who tried to kill her. She had believed in him.
Meilin had been hit by a powerful spell right in her face.
An ice spell, summoned by the son of the leader. I think I will always have in
my memory his eyes. How could a child have such venom filled eyes? Children are
meant to be pure. They are born innocent, and this shouldn't be modified. But
with a father like his, I guess anyone would change.
My clothes were red. Absolutely and merely red. Blood red.
I jumped in front of you two, as to protect you when one of the sorcerers sent
an attack aimed straightly at you.
And at last, it was time to use the most complicated and
complex spell we could manage. The death incantation. We would have first to
stop the flow of time, so that we were able to gather all the energy we needed.
Lorea was put in charge of that. I don't think you remember, but we five; I,
you two, Meilin and Meiya, summoned all of our powers to create the greatest
and also most cruel of all the magical spells."
Sakura: We helped? – Sakura asked, frowning. Nadeshiko
nodded, closing her eyes. She could still picture in her mind perfectly the
moment when the devastating attack they fired at their enemy destroyed also a
part of herself. A silent, and nevertheless bitter tear left her eye, as she
remembered the painful consequences of the powerful blast of magic.
Tomoyo: Mom…? – Tomoyo asked, wiping the tear away with a
gentle finger. Nadeshiko nodded, smiling weakly at her daughters.
"We formed a circle, hand in hand, and inside of it
the bright energy began to draw together, outlining a sphere. When we were
almost ready, Lorea fell on the ground, exhausted. As you know, stopping the
time is very hard, and needs a lot of magic. She was drained, and obviously an
easy target. So we hurried to finish the invocation, to cover up our friend.
Their leader, Wuen Fai Li, was the first to realize what we
were about to do. When he saw the one collapsing on the ground, and the others
in a circle, he instantly understood that their fate was set.
He yelled at his soldiers, and shot a flaming arrow at
Lorea. At that moment, we were ready. Everything went so incredibly fast, and
yet it seemed like a time without end. Meiya screamed for her friend, Meilin
shouted a battle cry, I tried to focus on Wuen Fai.
As if it happened in slow-motion, I still remember every
single detail.
The bright energy sphere shot up into the sky, clearing a
little further our surroundings. The horrendous sight had just gotten more
repulsively disgusting. With everyone's attention on this new terrifying
spectacle, I suddenly noticed that Wuen Fai was aiming one of his flaming
arrows right at me. I couldn't take that anymore.
With all the strength that I had left, I created a glowing
orb between my palms, that began to grow. I myself don't know where I still had
energy from, but I guess my hatred fed the little ball with enough powers to
kill him. After I fired the blast at him, I saw something that made my eyes
grow wide and my face pale. Right at his side, stood… Stood… T-Touya…"
Tomoyo: Mom? Mom, what's wrong? – Tomoyo caressed her
mother's face, who was now crying. Really crying. It wasn't just a lonely tear,
it were true rivers. Nadeshiko had never cried in front of the two girls like
that, and they felt helpless.
Sakura: Mother, what happened? Who is Touya? – Sakura
hugged her mother, not having any idea of what she cried about. Nadeshiko wiped
uselessly tears that kept coming, embracing her two daughters.
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Lenna: OK! OK!! Don't kill us please!!
Nelly: We're putting S+S in the next chapter, OK?!
Kyra: Well, at least they are going to meet.
Lenna: Oh, and another thing – Sakura's and
Nadeshiko's last name is Amamiya, because this is Nadeshiko's maiden name!