Keetra:: Kobanwa!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think this is a record for updating, ne,
Keelah?
Keelah:: yea, Keetra, you outdid yourself this time.
Keetra:: took me less than a week to write this chappie. I soooooo happy! And I know that Azure-chan is too. She been begging me for this chapter.
Keelah:: I just happy that that little stuck up brat didn't review last chapter.
Keetra:: -evil grin- I'd watch who you call a stuck up brat if I were you Keelah. You never know what Angel will do next review. Though, if anything does happen, I'll be on the side cheering for the winner. -whisper- too bad the winner won't be you.
Keelah:: what ya say?
Keetra:: -innocent smile- NOTHING! -turns to a pout face- only two reviewers last chapter! T.T I so sad! Well, arigatou to the two that did review:
Azure-chan:: -pleading face- I didn't mean to leave any kind of cliffy. It wasn't that bad of one was it? I really did try. I don't think the ending of this one is that bad either. At least, I hope not. You'll have to be the judge of that. And did you really think I would stop the story right there? Gomen, I just can't get over that thought. It is just so unlike me to do that. I may be cruel, but I am not that evil. I will always update, even if it took me a year, I would update it. Setai! I promise.
IceFire:: first I have to say, congratulations. You beat the ever- eager Azure-chan in reviewing the last chapter. That pretty hard to do, she usually jumps on it as soon as it is posted. So, yea, Congrats.
Keetra:: I do not own the ccs characters but I do own all of the K continuum and the S continuum. I have stolen none of the names form any other fic though I may have taken some ideas here and there. ^^;;
Keelah:: how truthful.
Keetra:: -misses the sarcasm- thanks. Oh, and a little warning for readers. MAJOR cussing in this chapter. I haven't cussed in this chapter in an age! You also figure out just how much of a bitch Klalah really is and how deep her hatred for humans goes. I had a little too much fun writing it. Thank you to Sakura Golden Wolf whose fic gave me the idea of bitch slapping. ^^;; Eeek! Spoiler! ON WITH THE CHAPTER!!!!!!
~*~*~ Chapter 9: Verdict ~*~*~
Keetra and Eriol are waiting in the visiting area of Klasanban. Keelah had informed Keetra that the humans wanted to see Eriol and so, now they are waiting for them.
The doors make a hissing sound, startling them out of their silent waiting. One of the guards walks in.
"Keetra, ma'am, there are three humans outside asking for entrance." Karl, the guard, informs her. Though he is the more polite of the guards, he, like most K's, says the word human with a slight distaste.
"Thanks, Karl. They have my permission to enter."
"Yes, ma'am."
Karl exits and stands to the side of the door as Tomoyo, Sakura and Syaoran enter. Eriol stands as Tomoyo runs to him and hugs him tightly. Sakura goes over as well and hugs them both. Syaoran just walks over to the table, where Keetra is still sitting, with a slightly jealous look on his face as he sits in one of the chairs. After a few seconds, during which many happy tears were shed by Tomoyo, the hugging trio breaks apart and they sit at the table as well. Eriol and Tomoyo sit together, holding hands.
Syaoran turns to Keetra.
"Do you think they will vote innocent?"
Keetra sighs.
"I won't lie to you and say yes for certain. The Counsel is highly unpredictable and many of them are too stubborn to put aside their preconceptions of humans and listen to reason. All I can say is . . . I hope so. Even though the chances are thin."
"What will happen to Eriol-kun?" Sakura asks, worried.
"If he is found innocent, he shall be released and put under close watch for a while. More than likely, he will be called back if they find another they feel is guilty. Either way, he would be watched to be certain that the verdict was true."
"And what if they say guilty?" Kero asks, popping out of Tomoyo's bag.
"If he is found guilty . . ." Keetra pauses, almost reluctant to continue. 'They need to know.' She argues with herself. She takes a deep breath.
"If found guilty, Eriol will lose all magical lineage that he has. Along with that, his memories shall manipulated so that he shall have no memory of ever using magic, or that magic even exists."
"Demo, that would mean. . . ." Tomoyo starts.
"He shall have no memory of his past life. Clow Reed cease to exist." Syaoran finishes for her.
"Iie." Sakura whispers silently. A dreadful thought occurs to her. "Demo, demo! Will Eriol-kun remember US? Will he remember who we are? Will he be our friend?"
"He shall remember moving here, his classes, his classmates, etc. He will remember that you are his friends, but not that you know magic or that he put you through challenges to transform the cards. Or even that his past life created the cards. He shall not remember his guardians at all. He shall not know that you are the Card Mistress, Sakura, or that Syaoran is his descendant. That shall be lost to him."
"Is there any way that you could reverse it? Can ANYONE reverse if he is later found innocent?!" Tomoyo practically screeches hopefully.
"Iie, not even the Counsel of K could reverse it if they wanted to. The memories would cease to exist as the dimension he is accused of destroying. The punishment shall fit the crime, but to not as harsh of an extent."
Keetra looks at Eriol, who is hugging Tomoyo with hardly an expression in his eyes. It's as if he had just heard it and buried it, holding onto any hope in a stubborn determination. Tomoyo keeps repeating something of the lines of "barbaric" over and over in his shirt, her tears making a huge spot on his shirt.
'They know what will happen.' Keetra thinks sadly to herself. 'All that is left to do now. . . . is wait.'
At that moment, the doors open and Karl comes back in.
"Sorry, Keetra, but visiting hours have ended."
"Alright, Karl. They'll be out in a minute."
Karl nods and exits.
Everyone at the table rises at the same time. Eriol speaks the first words since they entered.
"Daijobou. Remember your spell, Sakura-chan and always believe in it, no matter what."
Sakura nods.
"Hai. Setai daijobou."
Keetra leads the trio out the door then turns back when they leave.
"You don't seem worried, Eriol. I would like to know why." She asks.
"There are no coincidences in this world, Keetra-san. There is only the inevitable, what is sometimes referred to as 'fate'. There is always a reason why things are to be. There was a reason I was there, at that time, and a reason that I heard that voice. There is also a reason to why I am the one that has been accused. If I am found guilty, then I must accept that inevitability and hope that faith will bring forth the true criminal."
Keetra nods.
"I understand. Clow said the same thing to me once. It was true then. I hoe it is now as well."
"Believe, Keetra-san. Believe and it shall be."
~*~*~*~ Time Jump: Next Day ~*~*~*~
The courtroom is filled yet again. Only seven chairs are empty, not for long though. Keetra sighs, sitting next to Eriol, waiting for the Counsel to announce their verdict. It did not take an empath to read the feelings of the two human girls behind her. Looking at Eriol, she senses only calmness. Keetra smiles. He reminds her so much of Clow Reed. Clow had always been hard for her to read. Slow to anger or worry, but he had the biggest heart of any human she had ever known.
'And now. . . .' she thinks to herself, 'Clow is going to be gone for good. And it is all my fault.'
"* Giving up already? *" Keelah intercedes into her thoughts. "* That's not like you. *"
"* I'm just worried, Kinta. You know how unpredictable the Counsel can be. *"
"* Then allow me to put a lightener on things. The predictable thing would be for him to be found guilty. *"
Keetra sees where her friend is going and smiles.
"* Thanx, Kinta. *"
"* 'Twas nothing, really. Your depressing thoughts were annoying me. *" Keelah comments, backing out of the link.
Keetra gives and annoyed sigh then quickly looks up as the Counsel enters.
The seven members cross to their chairs and stand before them.
"The Counsel has reached their decision." Kris calls out. "Will the accused and his representative please stand for the verdict and sentence?"
Keetra and Eriol stand as the courtroom drops so silent that a pin dropping would be deafening to the ear.
"The Counsel of the K Continuum finds human Hiragizawa Eriol guilty of the crime accused of him. Sentence shall be memory alteration and shall be carried out in four hours time. This court is at end."
'GUILTY?!?'
The same thought goes through all minds, though in different ways. A look of eternal glee comes to Klalah's face which turns to a triumphant, yet evil sneer when she looks at Keetra and company. Tomoyo has, literally, jumped the wall dividing her from her love and is sobbing loudly on his chest. Sakura is hugging Syaoran tightly while Syaoran numbly hugs her back, not sure of what else to do. Keelah is staring at her friend, who is sitting dumbfounded. Totally oblivious to everything around her.
'Guilty. I failed. Oh Clow, gomen nasai. Gomen nasai.' She thinks repeatedly, tears streaming down her cheeks, as the Counsel exits the courtroom and people file out of the room, leaving only the seven people in the front.
Keetra barely looks up as Klalah crosses over to their table.
"Justice has been served. You got what you deserved, human!"
"He's innocent, Klalah." Keetra replies, coldly.
Klalah sneers deeper, an evil look in her eyes.
"Still defending the worthless trash even when he has been found guilty huh? You are such a klasanfool, Keetra that it is sick. Why can't you, for once in your life, look at that damned human you tried to represent and see him for what he and his kind truly are?! Low down pieces of SHIT left by the damned creators of old!"
noone sees her move, for it happens in the blink of an eye. All that is seen is Tomoyo suddenly appearing in front of Klalah, raising her hand and, before anyone could try to stop her (not that they would anyway), bitch slapping Klalah across the face.
"You damned BITCH! Don't you have any feeling at all? Don't you care about ANYTHING?!?" Tomoyo screams in her face.
"Yes, you low piece of white trash, there is one thing I care about. And that is bringing murderers like your sick little boyfriend over there what they deserve. Be glad he only got the memory alteration, you weeping dogs. If I had been up there, I would have sent him to DIE for murdering all those helpless people in that dimension!"
Keetra gets to her feet, her face an inch away from her enemy's.
"Get out of here, Klalah, before you make me do something drastic that I will have to beg the counsel for forgiveness for later. You know I am capable of doing more than just slapping your ugly face." Keetra's voice becomes overcome with Arcanemon's deep growling as their angers and rages merge into one.
Klalah senses this and turns to run very quickly out of the courtroom leaving five shocked faces staring at one very pissed K who is struggling to control her rage. Muttering something about a walk, Keetra angrily walks out of the room, leaving the rest of them behind in silent shock at all that had just happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End Chapter 9 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Keetra:: ooooooooooh, where could I have gone to? Maybe I went to pulverize the inner of that little b*tch. Man she deserved the little bitch slap that Tomoyo gave her. review and tell me what you think of the little cat fight! Oh, and I guess a couple of flames are expected since I made him found guilty, ne? Any sent shall be used. . . . -whisper- to burn Keelah to a crisp and see her scream in pain.
Keelah:: HEY!
Keetra:: tee hee hee. -looks at the sleeping Kero- anyone wanna raid the fridge and eat all the ice cream while he's asleep?
Keelah:: what kind?
Keetra:: Triple Chocolate, of course. What else?
Keelah:: -brightens up- COUNT ME IN!!!!!!!!!!
Keetra:: R+R people! We gonna be on a chocolate high on the next chapter, I guarantee it!
Keetra and Keelah:: JA NE!!!!!!! -sneak quietly out of the room leaving Kero fast asleep on a pillow-
Keelah:: yea, Keetra, you outdid yourself this time.
Keetra:: took me less than a week to write this chappie. I soooooo happy! And I know that Azure-chan is too. She been begging me for this chapter.
Keelah:: I just happy that that little stuck up brat didn't review last chapter.
Keetra:: -evil grin- I'd watch who you call a stuck up brat if I were you Keelah. You never know what Angel will do next review. Though, if anything does happen, I'll be on the side cheering for the winner. -whisper- too bad the winner won't be you.
Keelah:: what ya say?
Keetra:: -innocent smile- NOTHING! -turns to a pout face- only two reviewers last chapter! T.T I so sad! Well, arigatou to the two that did review:
Azure-chan:: -pleading face- I didn't mean to leave any kind of cliffy. It wasn't that bad of one was it? I really did try. I don't think the ending of this one is that bad either. At least, I hope not. You'll have to be the judge of that. And did you really think I would stop the story right there? Gomen, I just can't get over that thought. It is just so unlike me to do that. I may be cruel, but I am not that evil. I will always update, even if it took me a year, I would update it. Setai! I promise.
IceFire:: first I have to say, congratulations. You beat the ever- eager Azure-chan in reviewing the last chapter. That pretty hard to do, she usually jumps on it as soon as it is posted. So, yea, Congrats.
Keetra:: I do not own the ccs characters but I do own all of the K continuum and the S continuum. I have stolen none of the names form any other fic though I may have taken some ideas here and there. ^^;;
Keelah:: how truthful.
Keetra:: -misses the sarcasm- thanks. Oh, and a little warning for readers. MAJOR cussing in this chapter. I haven't cussed in this chapter in an age! You also figure out just how much of a bitch Klalah really is and how deep her hatred for humans goes. I had a little too much fun writing it. Thank you to Sakura Golden Wolf whose fic gave me the idea of bitch slapping. ^^;; Eeek! Spoiler! ON WITH THE CHAPTER!!!!!!
~*~*~ Chapter 9: Verdict ~*~*~
Keetra and Eriol are waiting in the visiting area of Klasanban. Keelah had informed Keetra that the humans wanted to see Eriol and so, now they are waiting for them.
The doors make a hissing sound, startling them out of their silent waiting. One of the guards walks in.
"Keetra, ma'am, there are three humans outside asking for entrance." Karl, the guard, informs her. Though he is the more polite of the guards, he, like most K's, says the word human with a slight distaste.
"Thanks, Karl. They have my permission to enter."
"Yes, ma'am."
Karl exits and stands to the side of the door as Tomoyo, Sakura and Syaoran enter. Eriol stands as Tomoyo runs to him and hugs him tightly. Sakura goes over as well and hugs them both. Syaoran just walks over to the table, where Keetra is still sitting, with a slightly jealous look on his face as he sits in one of the chairs. After a few seconds, during which many happy tears were shed by Tomoyo, the hugging trio breaks apart and they sit at the table as well. Eriol and Tomoyo sit together, holding hands.
Syaoran turns to Keetra.
"Do you think they will vote innocent?"
Keetra sighs.
"I won't lie to you and say yes for certain. The Counsel is highly unpredictable and many of them are too stubborn to put aside their preconceptions of humans and listen to reason. All I can say is . . . I hope so. Even though the chances are thin."
"What will happen to Eriol-kun?" Sakura asks, worried.
"If he is found innocent, he shall be released and put under close watch for a while. More than likely, he will be called back if they find another they feel is guilty. Either way, he would be watched to be certain that the verdict was true."
"And what if they say guilty?" Kero asks, popping out of Tomoyo's bag.
"If he is found guilty . . ." Keetra pauses, almost reluctant to continue. 'They need to know.' She argues with herself. She takes a deep breath.
"If found guilty, Eriol will lose all magical lineage that he has. Along with that, his memories shall manipulated so that he shall have no memory of ever using magic, or that magic even exists."
"Demo, that would mean. . . ." Tomoyo starts.
"He shall have no memory of his past life. Clow Reed cease to exist." Syaoran finishes for her.
"Iie." Sakura whispers silently. A dreadful thought occurs to her. "Demo, demo! Will Eriol-kun remember US? Will he remember who we are? Will he be our friend?"
"He shall remember moving here, his classes, his classmates, etc. He will remember that you are his friends, but not that you know magic or that he put you through challenges to transform the cards. Or even that his past life created the cards. He shall not remember his guardians at all. He shall not know that you are the Card Mistress, Sakura, or that Syaoran is his descendant. That shall be lost to him."
"Is there any way that you could reverse it? Can ANYONE reverse if he is later found innocent?!" Tomoyo practically screeches hopefully.
"Iie, not even the Counsel of K could reverse it if they wanted to. The memories would cease to exist as the dimension he is accused of destroying. The punishment shall fit the crime, but to not as harsh of an extent."
Keetra looks at Eriol, who is hugging Tomoyo with hardly an expression in his eyes. It's as if he had just heard it and buried it, holding onto any hope in a stubborn determination. Tomoyo keeps repeating something of the lines of "barbaric" over and over in his shirt, her tears making a huge spot on his shirt.
'They know what will happen.' Keetra thinks sadly to herself. 'All that is left to do now. . . . is wait.'
At that moment, the doors open and Karl comes back in.
"Sorry, Keetra, but visiting hours have ended."
"Alright, Karl. They'll be out in a minute."
Karl nods and exits.
Everyone at the table rises at the same time. Eriol speaks the first words since they entered.
"Daijobou. Remember your spell, Sakura-chan and always believe in it, no matter what."
Sakura nods.
"Hai. Setai daijobou."
Keetra leads the trio out the door then turns back when they leave.
"You don't seem worried, Eriol. I would like to know why." She asks.
"There are no coincidences in this world, Keetra-san. There is only the inevitable, what is sometimes referred to as 'fate'. There is always a reason why things are to be. There was a reason I was there, at that time, and a reason that I heard that voice. There is also a reason to why I am the one that has been accused. If I am found guilty, then I must accept that inevitability and hope that faith will bring forth the true criminal."
Keetra nods.
"I understand. Clow said the same thing to me once. It was true then. I hoe it is now as well."
"Believe, Keetra-san. Believe and it shall be."
~*~*~*~ Time Jump: Next Day ~*~*~*~
The courtroom is filled yet again. Only seven chairs are empty, not for long though. Keetra sighs, sitting next to Eriol, waiting for the Counsel to announce their verdict. It did not take an empath to read the feelings of the two human girls behind her. Looking at Eriol, she senses only calmness. Keetra smiles. He reminds her so much of Clow Reed. Clow had always been hard for her to read. Slow to anger or worry, but he had the biggest heart of any human she had ever known.
'And now. . . .' she thinks to herself, 'Clow is going to be gone for good. And it is all my fault.'
"* Giving up already? *" Keelah intercedes into her thoughts. "* That's not like you. *"
"* I'm just worried, Kinta. You know how unpredictable the Counsel can be. *"
"* Then allow me to put a lightener on things. The predictable thing would be for him to be found guilty. *"
Keetra sees where her friend is going and smiles.
"* Thanx, Kinta. *"
"* 'Twas nothing, really. Your depressing thoughts were annoying me. *" Keelah comments, backing out of the link.
Keetra gives and annoyed sigh then quickly looks up as the Counsel enters.
The seven members cross to their chairs and stand before them.
"The Counsel has reached their decision." Kris calls out. "Will the accused and his representative please stand for the verdict and sentence?"
Keetra and Eriol stand as the courtroom drops so silent that a pin dropping would be deafening to the ear.
"The Counsel of the K Continuum finds human Hiragizawa Eriol guilty of the crime accused of him. Sentence shall be memory alteration and shall be carried out in four hours time. This court is at end."
'GUILTY?!?'
The same thought goes through all minds, though in different ways. A look of eternal glee comes to Klalah's face which turns to a triumphant, yet evil sneer when she looks at Keetra and company. Tomoyo has, literally, jumped the wall dividing her from her love and is sobbing loudly on his chest. Sakura is hugging Syaoran tightly while Syaoran numbly hugs her back, not sure of what else to do. Keelah is staring at her friend, who is sitting dumbfounded. Totally oblivious to everything around her.
'Guilty. I failed. Oh Clow, gomen nasai. Gomen nasai.' She thinks repeatedly, tears streaming down her cheeks, as the Counsel exits the courtroom and people file out of the room, leaving only the seven people in the front.
Keetra barely looks up as Klalah crosses over to their table.
"Justice has been served. You got what you deserved, human!"
"He's innocent, Klalah." Keetra replies, coldly.
Klalah sneers deeper, an evil look in her eyes.
"Still defending the worthless trash even when he has been found guilty huh? You are such a klasanfool, Keetra that it is sick. Why can't you, for once in your life, look at that damned human you tried to represent and see him for what he and his kind truly are?! Low down pieces of SHIT left by the damned creators of old!"
noone sees her move, for it happens in the blink of an eye. All that is seen is Tomoyo suddenly appearing in front of Klalah, raising her hand and, before anyone could try to stop her (not that they would anyway), bitch slapping Klalah across the face.
"You damned BITCH! Don't you have any feeling at all? Don't you care about ANYTHING?!?" Tomoyo screams in her face.
"Yes, you low piece of white trash, there is one thing I care about. And that is bringing murderers like your sick little boyfriend over there what they deserve. Be glad he only got the memory alteration, you weeping dogs. If I had been up there, I would have sent him to DIE for murdering all those helpless people in that dimension!"
Keetra gets to her feet, her face an inch away from her enemy's.
"Get out of here, Klalah, before you make me do something drastic that I will have to beg the counsel for forgiveness for later. You know I am capable of doing more than just slapping your ugly face." Keetra's voice becomes overcome with Arcanemon's deep growling as their angers and rages merge into one.
Klalah senses this and turns to run very quickly out of the courtroom leaving five shocked faces staring at one very pissed K who is struggling to control her rage. Muttering something about a walk, Keetra angrily walks out of the room, leaving the rest of them behind in silent shock at all that had just happened.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~ End Chapter 9 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Keetra:: ooooooooooh, where could I have gone to? Maybe I went to pulverize the inner of that little b*tch. Man she deserved the little bitch slap that Tomoyo gave her. review and tell me what you think of the little cat fight! Oh, and I guess a couple of flames are expected since I made him found guilty, ne? Any sent shall be used. . . . -whisper- to burn Keelah to a crisp and see her scream in pain.
Keelah:: HEY!
Keetra:: tee hee hee. -looks at the sleeping Kero- anyone wanna raid the fridge and eat all the ice cream while he's asleep?
Keelah:: what kind?
Keetra:: Triple Chocolate, of course. What else?
Keelah:: -brightens up- COUNT ME IN!!!!!!!!!!
Keetra:: R+R people! We gonna be on a chocolate high on the next chapter, I guarantee it!
Keetra and Keelah:: JA NE!!!!!!! -sneak quietly out of the room leaving Kero fast asleep on a pillow-