Sakura's Past Returns

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Chapter 15: Confessions

*~*~*~* Ispep's POV:

"Are they dead yet?" I questioned my fairy as soon as she entered.

"Nope!!" She sounded happy.

"Why?" I was trying to keep my temper.

"Because they are too strong! If you though that they couldn't defeat the things," I knew she didn't like the creatures, "then you are STUPID!!!" She began to laugh harder then ever. (She knows she can get away with literally anything. That is why she's willing to laugh at him. ^-^)

*~*~*~* Syaoran's POV:

After Acata finally surrendered, the wall that he had erected around us crumbled and fell to the ground. Once it was gone, Sakura and I saw Tomoyo and Eriol sitting there happily, Atca securely trapped.

"What took you two so long? We've been sitting here waiting for at least an hour!" Eriol laughed.

Tomoyo rolled her eyes and corrected, "We've been sitting here waiting for no more then a minute!"

We started questioning the wood elf and the earth elemental as to why they attacked us. They both said that they were told to kill us and take our powers.

"And Acta was to kill me and do the same thing, but to take Sage back to Ispep." Diov rode up with Sage and the fire spirit.

"And actually, by what the fire demon has said, you were not supposed to be killed, Sakura. You were supposed to be taken prisoner."

"You damn little fire spirit!!!" The elemental snarled, "How dare you tell everything! I knew we shouldn't have let you get her yourself!"

"So, you admit what Sage said is true?" Sakura slowly turned back towards the two prisoners, "What else have you lied about?" A small grin spread across her beautiful face.

"Nothing!!!!" Atca and Acata screeched together, "We swear!!!"

"Good." Her grin turned into a smile, "You have answered to satisfaction. You are free now. Windy, let him go. Tomoyo, Eriol? Will you be kind enough to let Atca go?" Everyone just looked at her, mouth's hanging open. "Well?" She insisted. The elf and elemental were freed.

"Hey!" Acta fought his prison, "What about me?!?"

*~*~*~* Diov's POV:

"You will answer all our questions." Sakura rested her green eyes on the fire creature.

"I'll answer the ones I choose to answer." He stuck his nose up in the air.

In response, Sage tightened her grip, squeezing him. As she did so, I noticed a slight sway from her. There wasn't any reason, because she was still sitting on her horse.

"Fine! I'll answer all your questions!" He whimpered.

"First, I was wondering why we were to be killed when we are on our way to Ispep at this very moment? Second, what the hell was last night for?!"

"They were to be killed now, so that he didn't have to worry about them later. And last night was two things. One, a test to see how easy it would be to take over Sage's body. Second, to try and get you all to hate her." He answered fully after Sage almost squished the life out of him. (She can destroy his fire body, killing him. ^-^)

"Why?" Sakura was shocked beyond belief.

"He wants Sage to follow him. That was what the test was for. He wanted her to be an outcast in the group because then he would feed off the anger you guys held towards her to gain her allegiance easier. Since she has powers of destruction, I was sent to do it." He confessed, almost in tears.

"How…dare…you…!" Sage's eyes were frightfully full of anger. She was visibly shaking from anger now, "Why did you want Sakura as a prisoner?" She suddenly became very calm.

"Ispep wanted to use you to kill your family. He has the rest captive at his place and wanted Sakura to complete the set. He was then going to have you kill them all." He squeaked.

"Tell Ispep he has another thing coming if he goes back on our original deal again." Sage dropped Acta and he sped away.

After she let go of the fire demon, Sage looked as if she were about to fall from her horse. But she continued on, "Let's go! We have some work to do!" Everyone nodded and got back on their horses.

That evening, we arrived at a house of nobility. The elaborate gardens reached out across several acres. Fountains were dotting the yard, here and there, with a bench or two under the giant trees. There were trees of all different types and most of them stood at least twenty feet tall. The gardens were surrounded by a fence made for show then anything else.

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