Eriol: Good or Bad? (con't)
Keetra:: konnichiwa!!!!!!!! Yet another fast posting! Woo hoo!!!!! Little bit of a plot twist coming up. And a little action to go with it. I been keeping away from that for too long and Alice was nice enough to remind me of that little fact. Arigatou, Alice!
Keelah:: yea, yea, go ahead and thank the rest of them while your at it.
Keetra:: -glares at her party-pooper Kinta- I think I will. I had 6 reviews this chapter! Alright!
Mitski:: ok, I forgive ya. And, yea, you may want to check more often cuz these last chapters are gonna be coming out faster. -turns to angel- Did I say I wanted to hit Keelah over the head with a mallet? 'cuz I seriously recall no such claim. YOU can hit her with a mallet all you like -giggles about the 1 ton mallet- but leave me out. -whisper- I prefer a metal pickaxe myself. Much sharper. Next time we need to use those. -back to regular voice- yea, remember what I said. ^_~ -turns back to Mitski- writer's block u say? Well, if you need any help with ideas just get online and talk to me on IM or drop me an email. I have a bad habit of trying to continue other people's fics so I might be able to help. Of course, ^^;; I may need to reread your fic. I kinda forgot what happened. And the reason Eriol is innocent is cuz the k are too much of stuck up, stubborn asses that they can't get over their preconceptions of humans and think for one second that he might actually be innocent. Yea. Arigatou for reviewing!
Alexandra-chan:: wait no longer girl cuz here it is, in the.. paper? I can't say in the flesh. Hmmm, must do research on that. -walks off muttering- how would u coin that phrase?
IceFire:: LOL! Hai, and Congrats again. No, u did not review first this time. Azure-chan kinda beat u too it again along with TimeLord. Try again on this chapter. U never know. I think azure-chan has some kind of internal radar that lets her know when I update. Sometimes she even online when I update, so, ^^;; yea. Good luck! Ganbatte!! (means 'go for it!' or 'good luck!')
TimeLord:: -jumping up and down in excitement- YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA! -looks closer at site- iie! It not finished! -stares hard at Alice- we HAVE to get together again and FINISH IT!!!!!!!!!!!! But it looks really, really nice. I love it a lot. except, why are there these squares and @ sign on the main page? I not think they supposed to be there. I thought it might be my comp so I had someone else look at it on their comp and it show the same thing. I think we need to fix that. I know this aint as action packed as the original, but that because you not helping with this one! ^^ It getting there, but yea, I didn't plan this one to be as exciting as the first. There only one major battle scene and that coming up soon. I wanna make more stories with my characters but I not have any ideas, I wanna make more action stuff. If you have any ideas, ONEGAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TELL ME!!!!!!!!! arigatou for reviewing, by the way. And thanks for sending me the site!!!!! U da best, Alice!
And, last but not least,
Azure-chan:: ^^;; poor Syaoran. And now I feel bad cuz my fic caused him to suffer. -smiles- ok, I over it! And what's up with the symbols? Jeez, I the only one who reads these reviews so cuss, dammit! I don't give a care! -sigh- I feel like the only one who brave enough to cuss here. -deep breath- ok. I fine now. But, yea, Klalah is one huge. wow, not I know why you just put symbols. There aint no cuss words harsh enough to describe her. actually, I can think of a phrase. My B/F once sent me a foreign language cussing dictionary and there was a Japanese phrase in there which is the ultimate of curses. It a phrase that literally means 'Die Shitting." Yea. I dedicate that to her. every word of it.
Kero:: aint you sweet, Keetra.
Keetra:: who you calling sweet?
Kero:: -runs in fear-
Keetra:: Ahem, I do not own the ccs characters, so don't sue me. as if CLAMP really cares, but yea. Gonna say that anyway.
Keelah:: get to the fic already.
Keetra:: ok, ok, jeez. Here it is already.
~*~*~*~ Chapter 10 Gone! ~*~*~*~
Keetra is sitting at a desk in her klat, staring at something a thousand miles away. She is lost in her own thoughts again. If she had gone to a doctor, he/she would've been able to give a nice, long, technical name for it and maybe provide medication, but she doesn't care. She doesn't need or want to hear their mumbo jumbo. She had closed the Kinta link when she had entered her klat. She knows Keelah is worried about her, but she just wants to be alone for a while.
Despite her attempt to seclude herself from the world, a feeling in the back of her mind brings her back to reality. She senses a presence, a dark presence. And it is in the room with her. Keetra stands quickly and looks around the room she's in. she can't se a thing.
'But he's here, somewhere' her mind whispers within her.
"Who's there?"
Only silence answers her question.
"I know there's someone here! Show yourself!"
Again, only silence answers her challenge. A slight glimmer in the corner of her eye causes her to turn quickly. Her feet get caught in the chair legs and she lands hard on her shoulder. In her anger, she kicks the chair hard, sending the object flying across the room. An evil snicker permeates the air.
Keetra jumps to her feet, nearly snarling in her fury.
"Enough games, coward! Show your face and let your business be done so that I can destroy you!"
"* Hisss, Hisss, Hisss. You amussse me, Keetra. *"
Keetra straightens up very straight. (::something the real me cannot physically do because of back problems. T.T sometimes I envy myself::) The voice is all around her. the presence is taken over by a different feeling. Keetra tries to move her arm, but fails. Panicking, she runs for the door. Halfway there, she loses control of her legs and falls, yet again, to the floor, hard.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?!"
"* I am doing what you wanted Keetra. I am here to avenge my massster. *"
Keetra struggle as, little by little, she loses control of the rest of her body. Hearing pained yelps in her mind, she knows something is happening to her other form as well.
Her last thought before blacking out was being thankful of closing the Kinta link. If she hadn't Keelah might've been in danger as well.
~*~*~*~ Meanwhile ~*~*~*~ CCS klat ~*~*~*~
"Daijobou denaimo! (If spelled right, means 'it's not okay!')".
Keelah sighs as she watches the sad scene before her.
"How can you still say 'It's going to be alright' when he has been found guilty?" Sakura accuses the brown-haired boy in front of her.
"I'm just trying to help, Sakura. Don't get mad." Syaoran defends himself.
"Eriol-kun is going to forget everything and you say 'Daijobou'!?!"
"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo speaks up, "please calm down. arguing isn't gonna help either."
The anger disappears from Sakura's face and Syaoran lets out a relieved sigh.
"Gomen ne, Tomoyo-chan, Syaoran-kun. It's just that. . . ."
"It's alright, Sakura. We ALL feel bad about what is happening. Demo, just because things seem bad doesn't mean that we can give up hope that something will happen." Syaoran says while standing to hug her.
"Hai, Keetra-san won't let them do that to Eriol-kun." Tomoyo points out.
'Keetra'
That word hits Keelah like a dart, bringing back a wave of worry in her mind. Keetra had blocked her from her mind a while ago. She hates it when Keetra does that. It reminds her of what it is like to be alone. Their link had been broken once, and there is no words to describe the loneliness, despair and depression that had both gone through. (::trust me. I spent two days thinking before deciding to put that::) Just the thought of that time sends shivers up and down Keelah's spine.
Keelah straightens up as a piercing scream echoes within her mind.
"Keetra." She whispers in shock.
Jumping out of the chair, she runs to the main door of the klat; drawing the attention of all in the room; and almost running face-first into the door, that didn't open fast enough. She gets halfway down the hall before hearing the others yell behind her.
"Matte, Keelah-san!" Sakura shouts.
"What's wrong?" Syaoran asks.
"Keetra." Keelah replies. "Something's wrong with Keetra."
They run the rest of the way, fast and silent.
~*~*~*~ In front of Keetra's klat ~*~*~*~
Keelah stops before the door, panting for breath. Using her psychic abilities, she probes the inside of the klat for danger.
"No." she whispers, sensing nothing from within.
She presses the doorbell button several times in frustration, hoping that, for just instance, her mind is playing tricks on her and her friend is not in danger, or worse. Getting no reply to doorbell, she hits the emergency unlock button and types in her personal code. After several mistakes in typing, she gets the code right and the doors swish open immediately.
"Keetra!!" Keelah shouts, running into the klat.
Seeing noone in the main room, she runs all around the room, opening every door to bedroom, closets, etc.
"Nothing. Nothing." Keelah whispers in disbelief.
A note with shiny green lettering on one of the tables catches her eye. Running over to it, she grabs the paper and reads it. Her face pales visibly and, unable to keep her on her feet any longer, she drops to her knees, closing her eyes hard.
Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo, who had been unable to keep up with Keelah's fast pace, come running through the still open door.
"Keetra-chan!!" Sakura shouts, though she is out of breath like the rest of them.
Seeing Keelah crying on the floor, she walks over to the girl and kneels beside her as Tomoyo and Syaoran check the rooms like Keelah had done just a few minutes ago.
"She's not here." Syaoran states after checking the last room.
"No." Keelah sobs. "She isn't."
Noticing the note in Keelah's hand, Sakura tilts it so that she can read what is written and pales as Keelah had done.
"Syaoran-kun, Tomoyo-chan, look." She whispers, unable to fins any more of her voice.
Syaoran and Tomoyo give each other a quizzical look then go to kneels beside the other two. Unable to read the note, since the hand Sakura had tilted it with is shaking so hard, Syaoran pries the paper from both of their hands so that he and Tomoyo can read:
'If you want her, come and claim her! I'll be waiting for the Card Mistress and the Kinta ONLY. They shall transport to the coordinates below. If they do not arrive in the time span of 5 earthen minutes after the first person reads this letter, the one you came for shall be gone forever.'
The letter is unsigned.
Syaoran glares at the note.
"If he think you're going anywhere without me, he's wrong!"
"Demo, Syaoran-kun, the note said. . . ." Sakura starts.
"I know what the note said and I don't give a damn! I going with you whether he likes it or not!" Syaoran responds in a don't-argue-with-me tone in his voice.
Sakura, who is not so dense that she does not sense this, gives in, feeling a little glad that he wanted to go as well. Having Syaoran with her always seems to give her a kind of feeling, as if nothing was impossible.
"Keelah-san," she says, turning back to the K, "can Syaoran-kun come?"
Keelah, however, does not hear the question asked to her. She is lost within her own mind, more precisely in her link with Keetra.
"* Keetra! Keetra, can you hear me? Please! Answer me! Keetra! *" she calls desperately to her friend.
"* Hisss hisss hisss. You won't find her thisss way. Niccce try, fool. But I am ahead of you. *" a taunting voice responds.
"* Get out of her mind, you bastard! *"
"* Sssuch language, it ssshall not be left unpunished. *"
"* What do you mean? *"
"* What a interesssting link you have between you. Do you know what it remindsss me of? A thread. A very thin thread. Thread can be very ssstrong. But, if the thread isss pressssed in a cccertain way . . . *"
A kind of click is heard within her mind as the sentence is dropped suddenly. A very familiar click. One that Keelah had hoped to never hear nor feel ever again. The click of a link being severed. The feeling of loneliness hits her first, followed by wave after wave of feelings, each more harsh and depressing than the last.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Keelah screams, making everyone in the room cover their ears from the piercing sound.
"Keelah-san, what is it? What's wrong?" Sakura shouts, trying to be heard over the scream.
"The link, he broke our Kinta link! Damned bastard is in her mind!!!!" Keelah answers, still screaming.
"Keelah-san, onegai, stop screaming, it is not gonna help." Tomoyo says, trying to calm her.
Keelah calms slightly, at least, to the point where she is not screaming their eardrums off.
"Thank you, Tomoyo. You're right. I can't do anything sitting here. I need to help her." she looks at Sakura. "We need to help her."
"Hai." Sakura responds.
They all stand up, and follow Keelah urgently out of the room. The note had said five minutes. And three of them had been spent already. That did not leave a lot of time.
~*~*~*~ End Chapter 10 ~*~*~*~
Keetra:: yea, I no, really bad ending. I couldn't think of anything else and so I just put stuff that came to mind. Congrats to azure-chan! She guessed who the real guilty one is! I really curious as to who the rest of you people think he is. I've heard some. . . interesting guesses. He is going to be revealed in the next chapter, so this is the last time I can hear them. T.T R+R please! I need reviews. ^^
Keetra:: konnichiwa!!!!!!!! Yet another fast posting! Woo hoo!!!!! Little bit of a plot twist coming up. And a little action to go with it. I been keeping away from that for too long and Alice was nice enough to remind me of that little fact. Arigatou, Alice!
Keelah:: yea, yea, go ahead and thank the rest of them while your at it.
Keetra:: -glares at her party-pooper Kinta- I think I will. I had 6 reviews this chapter! Alright!
Mitski:: ok, I forgive ya. And, yea, you may want to check more often cuz these last chapters are gonna be coming out faster. -turns to angel- Did I say I wanted to hit Keelah over the head with a mallet? 'cuz I seriously recall no such claim. YOU can hit her with a mallet all you like -giggles about the 1 ton mallet- but leave me out. -whisper- I prefer a metal pickaxe myself. Much sharper. Next time we need to use those. -back to regular voice- yea, remember what I said. ^_~ -turns back to Mitski- writer's block u say? Well, if you need any help with ideas just get online and talk to me on IM or drop me an email. I have a bad habit of trying to continue other people's fics so I might be able to help. Of course, ^^;; I may need to reread your fic. I kinda forgot what happened. And the reason Eriol is innocent is cuz the k are too much of stuck up, stubborn asses that they can't get over their preconceptions of humans and think for one second that he might actually be innocent. Yea. Arigatou for reviewing!
Alexandra-chan:: wait no longer girl cuz here it is, in the.. paper? I can't say in the flesh. Hmmm, must do research on that. -walks off muttering- how would u coin that phrase?
IceFire:: LOL! Hai, and Congrats again. No, u did not review first this time. Azure-chan kinda beat u too it again along with TimeLord. Try again on this chapter. U never know. I think azure-chan has some kind of internal radar that lets her know when I update. Sometimes she even online when I update, so, ^^;; yea. Good luck! Ganbatte!! (means 'go for it!' or 'good luck!')
TimeLord:: -jumping up and down in excitement- YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA YATTA! -looks closer at site- iie! It not finished! -stares hard at Alice- we HAVE to get together again and FINISH IT!!!!!!!!!!!! But it looks really, really nice. I love it a lot. except, why are there these squares and @ sign on the main page? I not think they supposed to be there. I thought it might be my comp so I had someone else look at it on their comp and it show the same thing. I think we need to fix that. I know this aint as action packed as the original, but that because you not helping with this one! ^^ It getting there, but yea, I didn't plan this one to be as exciting as the first. There only one major battle scene and that coming up soon. I wanna make more stories with my characters but I not have any ideas, I wanna make more action stuff. If you have any ideas, ONEGAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TELL ME!!!!!!!!! arigatou for reviewing, by the way. And thanks for sending me the site!!!!! U da best, Alice!
And, last but not least,
Azure-chan:: ^^;; poor Syaoran. And now I feel bad cuz my fic caused him to suffer. -smiles- ok, I over it! And what's up with the symbols? Jeez, I the only one who reads these reviews so cuss, dammit! I don't give a care! -sigh- I feel like the only one who brave enough to cuss here. -deep breath- ok. I fine now. But, yea, Klalah is one huge. wow, not I know why you just put symbols. There aint no cuss words harsh enough to describe her. actually, I can think of a phrase. My B/F once sent me a foreign language cussing dictionary and there was a Japanese phrase in there which is the ultimate of curses. It a phrase that literally means 'Die Shitting." Yea. I dedicate that to her. every word of it.
Kero:: aint you sweet, Keetra.
Keetra:: who you calling sweet?
Kero:: -runs in fear-
Keetra:: Ahem, I do not own the ccs characters, so don't sue me. as if CLAMP really cares, but yea. Gonna say that anyway.
Keelah:: get to the fic already.
Keetra:: ok, ok, jeez. Here it is already.
~*~*~*~ Chapter 10 Gone! ~*~*~*~
Keetra is sitting at a desk in her klat, staring at something a thousand miles away. She is lost in her own thoughts again. If she had gone to a doctor, he/she would've been able to give a nice, long, technical name for it and maybe provide medication, but she doesn't care. She doesn't need or want to hear their mumbo jumbo. She had closed the Kinta link when she had entered her klat. She knows Keelah is worried about her, but she just wants to be alone for a while.
Despite her attempt to seclude herself from the world, a feeling in the back of her mind brings her back to reality. She senses a presence, a dark presence. And it is in the room with her. Keetra stands quickly and looks around the room she's in. she can't se a thing.
'But he's here, somewhere' her mind whispers within her.
"Who's there?"
Only silence answers her question.
"I know there's someone here! Show yourself!"
Again, only silence answers her challenge. A slight glimmer in the corner of her eye causes her to turn quickly. Her feet get caught in the chair legs and she lands hard on her shoulder. In her anger, she kicks the chair hard, sending the object flying across the room. An evil snicker permeates the air.
Keetra jumps to her feet, nearly snarling in her fury.
"Enough games, coward! Show your face and let your business be done so that I can destroy you!"
"* Hisss, Hisss, Hisss. You amussse me, Keetra. *"
Keetra straightens up very straight. (::something the real me cannot physically do because of back problems. T.T sometimes I envy myself::) The voice is all around her. the presence is taken over by a different feeling. Keetra tries to move her arm, but fails. Panicking, she runs for the door. Halfway there, she loses control of her legs and falls, yet again, to the floor, hard.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?!"
"* I am doing what you wanted Keetra. I am here to avenge my massster. *"
Keetra struggle as, little by little, she loses control of the rest of her body. Hearing pained yelps in her mind, she knows something is happening to her other form as well.
Her last thought before blacking out was being thankful of closing the Kinta link. If she hadn't Keelah might've been in danger as well.
~*~*~*~ Meanwhile ~*~*~*~ CCS klat ~*~*~*~
"Daijobou denaimo! (If spelled right, means 'it's not okay!')".
Keelah sighs as she watches the sad scene before her.
"How can you still say 'It's going to be alright' when he has been found guilty?" Sakura accuses the brown-haired boy in front of her.
"I'm just trying to help, Sakura. Don't get mad." Syaoran defends himself.
"Eriol-kun is going to forget everything and you say 'Daijobou'!?!"
"Sakura-chan," Tomoyo speaks up, "please calm down. arguing isn't gonna help either."
The anger disappears from Sakura's face and Syaoran lets out a relieved sigh.
"Gomen ne, Tomoyo-chan, Syaoran-kun. It's just that. . . ."
"It's alright, Sakura. We ALL feel bad about what is happening. Demo, just because things seem bad doesn't mean that we can give up hope that something will happen." Syaoran says while standing to hug her.
"Hai, Keetra-san won't let them do that to Eriol-kun." Tomoyo points out.
'Keetra'
That word hits Keelah like a dart, bringing back a wave of worry in her mind. Keetra had blocked her from her mind a while ago. She hates it when Keetra does that. It reminds her of what it is like to be alone. Their link had been broken once, and there is no words to describe the loneliness, despair and depression that had both gone through. (::trust me. I spent two days thinking before deciding to put that::) Just the thought of that time sends shivers up and down Keelah's spine.
Keelah straightens up as a piercing scream echoes within her mind.
"Keetra." She whispers in shock.
Jumping out of the chair, she runs to the main door of the klat; drawing the attention of all in the room; and almost running face-first into the door, that didn't open fast enough. She gets halfway down the hall before hearing the others yell behind her.
"Matte, Keelah-san!" Sakura shouts.
"What's wrong?" Syaoran asks.
"Keetra." Keelah replies. "Something's wrong with Keetra."
They run the rest of the way, fast and silent.
~*~*~*~ In front of Keetra's klat ~*~*~*~
Keelah stops before the door, panting for breath. Using her psychic abilities, she probes the inside of the klat for danger.
"No." she whispers, sensing nothing from within.
She presses the doorbell button several times in frustration, hoping that, for just instance, her mind is playing tricks on her and her friend is not in danger, or worse. Getting no reply to doorbell, she hits the emergency unlock button and types in her personal code. After several mistakes in typing, she gets the code right and the doors swish open immediately.
"Keetra!!" Keelah shouts, running into the klat.
Seeing noone in the main room, she runs all around the room, opening every door to bedroom, closets, etc.
"Nothing. Nothing." Keelah whispers in disbelief.
A note with shiny green lettering on one of the tables catches her eye. Running over to it, she grabs the paper and reads it. Her face pales visibly and, unable to keep her on her feet any longer, she drops to her knees, closing her eyes hard.
Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo, who had been unable to keep up with Keelah's fast pace, come running through the still open door.
"Keetra-chan!!" Sakura shouts, though she is out of breath like the rest of them.
Seeing Keelah crying on the floor, she walks over to the girl and kneels beside her as Tomoyo and Syaoran check the rooms like Keelah had done just a few minutes ago.
"She's not here." Syaoran states after checking the last room.
"No." Keelah sobs. "She isn't."
Noticing the note in Keelah's hand, Sakura tilts it so that she can read what is written and pales as Keelah had done.
"Syaoran-kun, Tomoyo-chan, look." She whispers, unable to fins any more of her voice.
Syaoran and Tomoyo give each other a quizzical look then go to kneels beside the other two. Unable to read the note, since the hand Sakura had tilted it with is shaking so hard, Syaoran pries the paper from both of their hands so that he and Tomoyo can read:
'If you want her, come and claim her! I'll be waiting for the Card Mistress and the Kinta ONLY. They shall transport to the coordinates below. If they do not arrive in the time span of 5 earthen minutes after the first person reads this letter, the one you came for shall be gone forever.'
The letter is unsigned.
Syaoran glares at the note.
"If he think you're going anywhere without me, he's wrong!"
"Demo, Syaoran-kun, the note said. . . ." Sakura starts.
"I know what the note said and I don't give a damn! I going with you whether he likes it or not!" Syaoran responds in a don't-argue-with-me tone in his voice.
Sakura, who is not so dense that she does not sense this, gives in, feeling a little glad that he wanted to go as well. Having Syaoran with her always seems to give her a kind of feeling, as if nothing was impossible.
"Keelah-san," she says, turning back to the K, "can Syaoran-kun come?"
Keelah, however, does not hear the question asked to her. She is lost within her own mind, more precisely in her link with Keetra.
"* Keetra! Keetra, can you hear me? Please! Answer me! Keetra! *" she calls desperately to her friend.
"* Hisss hisss hisss. You won't find her thisss way. Niccce try, fool. But I am ahead of you. *" a taunting voice responds.
"* Get out of her mind, you bastard! *"
"* Sssuch language, it ssshall not be left unpunished. *"
"* What do you mean? *"
"* What a interesssting link you have between you. Do you know what it remindsss me of? A thread. A very thin thread. Thread can be very ssstrong. But, if the thread isss pressssed in a cccertain way . . . *"
A kind of click is heard within her mind as the sentence is dropped suddenly. A very familiar click. One that Keelah had hoped to never hear nor feel ever again. The click of a link being severed. The feeling of loneliness hits her first, followed by wave after wave of feelings, each more harsh and depressing than the last.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" Keelah screams, making everyone in the room cover their ears from the piercing sound.
"Keelah-san, what is it? What's wrong?" Sakura shouts, trying to be heard over the scream.
"The link, he broke our Kinta link! Damned bastard is in her mind!!!!" Keelah answers, still screaming.
"Keelah-san, onegai, stop screaming, it is not gonna help." Tomoyo says, trying to calm her.
Keelah calms slightly, at least, to the point where she is not screaming their eardrums off.
"Thank you, Tomoyo. You're right. I can't do anything sitting here. I need to help her." she looks at Sakura. "We need to help her."
"Hai." Sakura responds.
They all stand up, and follow Keelah urgently out of the room. The note had said five minutes. And three of them had been spent already. That did not leave a lot of time.
~*~*~*~ End Chapter 10 ~*~*~*~
Keetra:: yea, I no, really bad ending. I couldn't think of anything else and so I just put stuff that came to mind. Congrats to azure-chan! She guessed who the real guilty one is! I really curious as to who the rest of you people think he is. I've heard some. . . interesting guesses. He is going to be revealed in the next chapter, so this is the last time I can hear them. T.T R+R please! I need reviews. ^^