Thank you to those who had reviewed!! You know, I wrote that chapter BEFORE
I got the latest volume of X/99, and I found out that Sorata and Arashi
were not meant to be together in the end.....I had overlooked the fact that
Sorata had mentioned that he is going to die in Arashi's
hands......Dear...so now, I will try and speed up everything.....you see,
Subaru is suppose to become a Earth Dragon later, so is Arashi (that is my
guess).
Anyway, I think this chapter will be rather angst...cause I'm adding a lot of original stuffs from the manga and the original is very angst. And major warning to those who don't like SPOILERS!! I want to keep as close to the real story line as I can be.
And, I had quicken the timeline...so that I can end this story earlier!
Anyway, hope you guys like this chapter.
Disclaimer: CCS and X/99 does not, I repeat, does not belongs to me. The four great people of Clamp own them!
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Seven Dragons of Heaven and Earth By: XiaoBai
Chapter 4: The Holy Sword.
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Noises.
That was what Syaoran just hear. Noises.
The noises weren't very loud. In fact, they sounded like escalators or elevators moving. But even though the noises were soft, Syaoran can't go back to that deep slumber he had had. Blinking slowly, Syaoran opened his eyes and saw that he was moving. Judging from the fact that his legs weren't moving, and that he seemed to be hanging from something tall, Syaoran deduct that someone was carrying him.
/But...../ He thought to himself, /Where am I? / Blinking absently and still a little dazed from that sleep, Syaoran tilted his head a little, closed his eyes and frowned trying to remember.
He remembered hearing some noises from Eriol's room, and had decided to check it out, since Eriol was yelling somewhat painfully. Then, before he entered the room, he had noticed that the carpet on the floor were bummed by hundreds of cords-no wait, *wires* which were squeezing their way in under the door. He remembered himself feeling suspicious and had opened the door quickly. He saw Eriol suspended in the air with hundreds of cables and wires curled tightly around his body and arms. Eriol himself had struggled to grab his key, but the wires held him steady. When Syaoran had rushed in and had reached for his sword pendant, he realized that the pendant wasn't there. And then, before he knew, the wires got him and he was trapped in a mess of cables and wires winding all over him. He had heard the girls coming, rushing towards the room. Struggling, Syaoran he had yelled to the girls to stay away before feeling a hard pain at the back of his head. Then......everything seemed to go black.
Suddenly there was a big jerk and Syaoran was snapped out of his thoughts when he landed rather painfully on the hard floor.
Rubbing his bum and grumbling, Syaoran lifted his head in time to see a tall and large retreating figure near the door (or that slit in a wall).
" Hey!" Syaoran yelled. The figure stopped and turned. As the room was rather dark, Syaoran couldn't really see that person's face, so he yelled again, " Hello? Excuse me, but can you at least untie me? I can't do anything without my ofudas!"
The figure hesitated then started to walk towards Syaoran. When he bent down, Syaoran could see his face and thought to himself.
/This guy looks rather caring and kind to me..../ Syaoran lifted and eyebrow /But I assume we couldn't judge the book by the cover.../
The guy snapped off the thin wires around Syaoran's wrists and ankles, then bent lower on to the floor. That's when Syaoran noticed Eriol, whose glasses were lying next to him and was out cold. The guy snapped off the wires, stood up, and walked briskly towards the door again. Syaoran frowned a little, faltered and called out again, " Who are you?"
This time the guy did not stopped. He reached the door, said, "Kusanagi Shiyu" and slipped out. The door slit shut behind him.
Syaoran leaned back, rubbed his aching wrists and looked around.
/Where am I? /He thought to himself again. He narrowed his eyes and concentrated on all the auras around him. There was the fading dark indigo aura of Eriol. Syaoran turned his gaze to Eriol and frowned. /Battling a few cords and cables can't lower Eriol's aura. There is something wrong here. / Closing his eyes, Syaoran concentrated on the auras again. There wasn't much to feel actually. There was an aura smelling of grass after a rain around in the room. /Must be that Kusanagi's aura. /
Syaoran's aura enables him to see things which are within his aura range. It is a vital skill he learnt when he was only four. This skill requires a lot of energy and concentration therefore Syaoran seldom uses it except for necessary times. /Well, now is a necessary occasion.../
Lengthening his magical tendrils, Syaoran felt around that corridor outside of the room. The corridor was empty for the moment, but there was a powerful aura approaching the room. Frowning deeper, Syaoran concentrated on feeling out that aura and looked around the corridor. Footsteps sounded throughout the silent corridor as the person walked. Syaoran swallowed and his brow furrowed. A shadow around the corner-A person suddenly appeared and lifted his head to look at the magic tendrils Syaoran had sent. The person's mouth curled up into a smile and suddenly, he grabbed one of the tendrils.
Syaoran's eyes snapped open as he gasped and rubbed his throat. The door slit opened at the same time and the person stepped in and walked out of the shadows.
It was Kamui of the Earth Dragons.
It was Fuuma.
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A short white figure appeared to standing on the surface of the water. Her hair was very long pearly white and she looked like a child. She was gazing at her reflection, smirking in satisfactory as her reflection reached helpless for her and mouthing words.
Hinoto, the evil one had taken over her good twin and had total control over the body. Her eyes narrowed a little as she twist her body proudly.
/This body is rather useless. I am blind and deaf. / She turned her head and looked once again at her reflection. /But I can see, speak and hear through telepathy! / Smiling darkly, Hinoto touch the surface of the water and watch as her reflection thrust and struggle in the water.
/You are trap, my dear. You can no longer escape from there! / Hinoto raised one arm and smiled proudly /I'll kill all those Heaven Dragon. Then your prediction dream will not come true! And then, / Her eyes narrowed and her smile curled into a smirk /And then, I will not die. /
/ Be good and go to sleep, my darling. From now onwards, leave everything for me. Go to sleep, my dear, go to sleep..... /
Hinoto stared helplessly as her evil self smirk and proceed on with her plan. She has to stop her before any of the Heaven Dragon die. /But... / Hinoto gritted her teeth and made a grab for the surface. /But... I need to get out of here first.... /
" You do realize that she is still going to die in the end, Hinoto."
Hinoto's head snapped to her right and she saw a tall figure. It was one of the Earth Dragon, the Dream Watcher that could even cross her own dreams. He lifted his eyes and gazed sadly at Hinoto.
" Your dreams have been true so far." He said, his gaze not wavering. Hinoto closed her eyes painfully.
" He is going to suffer next........" He continued, lifting his arm slightly to form scene of a fallen bridge on the dark wall.
" He is going to meet his downfall at the Rainbow Bridge."
-- --
Amazingly enough (although it annoyed Syaoran slightly), Fuuma did not come into the room. He walked passed it, smirking a little as if he sensed that Syaoran was annoyed. As Syaoran grumbled, Eriol stirred from his sleep and he looked around the darkness groggily. He turned towards Syaoran and muttered, " Why is it so dark? Did you turn off the lights, Syaoran?"
Syaoran sighed and rubbed his wrists before standing up. " Come on, you pig. Get up now. We've got work to do."
-- --
It all happened too fast.
So many terrible things happening at one time.
First, Syaoran and Eriol were captured. Then, that happened.
Kamui stood, looking helplessly at Subaru as he hugged the dead body of his 'arch' enemy. He was crying quietly, tears falling from both his blind and working eyes and rocking to and fro. Then the last of the bridge remains creaked loudly and crashed down.
Kamui yelled, but Subaru was unharmed. Unharmed by physical means, yet strongly injured mentally.
That afternoon, after Kamui talked to him, Subaru went missing.
And it was that evening when Subaru officially became an Earth Dragon.
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The door was unlocked. Eriol had been suspicious at that, but Syaoran was ignorant of it. As long as he was out of that stupid dark room, he was fine with anything.
The carpeted corridor was quiet, save for the soft padding of the boys' footsteps. After walking for about fifteen minutes in that endless corridor, Syaoran began to feel impatient.
/What is this, a labyrinth? / Syaoran thought-spoke to Eriol.
Shrugging, Eriol replied /I had no idea where we are now. But we could always follow auras.../
/No we can't. They could sense us if we do that. / Syaoran thought back tersely.
/But, aren't one of the Earth Dragons a controller of computers? I mean, if he or she isn't, then how can we be capture by *wires*? / Eriol wondered.
/ Well, if this is their base, I assume we could go and check out that computer... There must be some big size computer he or she uses to get at us or people or buildings or kekkais and others..../ Syaoran presumed.
Nodding to each other, they fastened their pace and reached a dead end.
/ It's not exactly a dead end, you know. There are lines here and there on the wall. This means that I must be a door or something/ Eriol pointed out.
Then, without warning, the door opened.
Eriol and Syaoran jumped back and stared alertly as mist escaped the room. As the mist cleared, Syaoran squinted his eyes in the bright light and felt his mouth tipped open.
Eriol, who was clearing his glasses, heard Syaoran gasped and rammed the glasses back onto his face. His sapphire eyes widened as he saw what Syaoran had seen.
The Holy Sword.
The long sword was floating lightly in the middle of the brightly lit room. It seemed to be humming. Eriol winced a little as the humming became rather loud. His eyes widened even more as the humming make sense to him.
The sword wanted freedom. It was being sealed up. And it wants freedom.
Eriol gritted his teeth and regain his mind. The sword was trying to manipulate him into obeying its wishes.
" Difficult, isn't it, that sword?"
Syaoran whipped around tensed and alert. Eriol shifted his gaze from the sword to the person behind him.
It was, not surprisingly, Fuuma.
Fuuma was smiling slightly at the sword. /Smiling with affection.... / Eriol thought. /Then again, he is beginning to look like Tomoyo-chan.... /
" You looked like someone I knew....." He muttered. Fuuma smiled and then, without looking at him, he said softly, " That must be the person you cared for the most then."
Fuuma turned to look at Syaoran and said, " You don't look like you are mystified, therefore, I assume that I do not looked like the person you are fond of." Smiling amusingly at Syaoran's reddening face, Fuuma walked bristly into the room and said, " Come in if you want. I won't eat you just yet." He proceeded to the sword and kneed beside it, closing his eyes as if in a silent prayer and calming the humming sword.
Eriol eyes softened as he watched Fuuma. The young man looked really peaceful like that. It is funny how *peaceful* he can looked when he had already killed thousands of people. Eriol sighed and shook his head. There is more to this person that meets the eye.
Shifting his foot position, Eriol turned to walk away, grabbing Syaoran'a arm along. Syaoran glared a little at Fuuma and then trotted along beside Eriol. Syaoran had heard that brief conversation between Fuuma and Eriol and was rather surprise. He had long heard of Fuuma's ability to look like any person one likes and also the ability to know one's wishes, but he never expect Fuuma to say something like that to Eriol. Eriol is the last person on Earth to be confused.
Then, why did Fuuma looked like someone Eriol take as the most important person to him?
That was beyond Syaoran's knowledge.
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Two days later, Syaoran and Eriol manage to find their way home. The reason why the Earth dragon kidnapped them was still a mystery, but Sakura was fine with anything as long as Syaoran was safe.
The news about Subaru was told to Syaoran and Eriol. Although Syaoran show some indifference, he was inwardly suspicious. But he told himself to confirm his suspicions later as there are more important things now.
" Kamui, did you secure your Holy Sword tightly?" Syaoran asked. Kamui looked at him, surprised, but nodded and replied, " It is locked and sealed in the Clamp Campus. Why did you ask anyway?"
" The other Holy Sword is sealed too." Eriol said, pouring himself a cup of water, " It was somehow floating in the middle of this bright room."
" And it was totally trembling with suppress power." Syaoran added.
" A brightly lit room, huh?" Sorata muttered, " I should have known."
Sakura turned and looked at Sorata, surprised, " Know what?"
Sorata frowned a little, " Well, as you can see, in the Chinese dark and light standards, the Holy Sword is Yin. And to bring out a power fully, the object in question has to be of neutral power. Therefore....the Yin Holy Sword is being sealed in a brightly lit room. The lit room is Yang and the Sword is Yin. So, the power is neutral."
" So you mean, after the seal is broken, the Earth Dragon's Sword would be much stronger?" Tomoyo asked bringing in a tray of food.
Sorata nodded, " It is possible."
Kamui frowned and then sighed, " We better check out Karen and Seiichiro-- "
" You forgotten?" Sakura said, rubbing her own head, " The two of them went to find Hinoto already."
At this, Kamui frowned deeper and gave Sorata a meaningful look. Sorata returned the gaze and gulped silently.
There is more to Hinoto that meets the eye, Kamui knew it. But, they had yet confirmed their conclusions yet.
/We'll have to wait for Sorata's scout to return then...../
-- --
"It's 'Kamui'! He'll kill you! Quick, get off!"
He shook his head. " No, I won't."
" Why?!" She screamed
He looked at 'Kamui'. " Because you are not strong enough to fight against him. And also that he had promised to fulfilled my wish."
" Then let your most greatest wish come true!"
Blood.
Dark red crimson blood was flowing down a hole in his chest.
Karen's eyes widened and watered with tears as Nataku groaned in pain as the blood starts to ooze out faster.
Karen screamed.
Even at the last minutes of his life, Nataku was confused.
He did not know who this woman is, and yet, he was protecting her with his life. But he felt that maybe that woman resembles his mother.
As his own life was flowing out of him, Nataku felt that woman cradling him in her arms, hugging him tightly.
" T-Thank....y-you...." Nataku muttered and kissed her forehead. The woman's face was soon becoming bleary.
And then, Nataku slipped into a deep slumber. Forever.
The body was lifted from her. She stared after it as Nataku was being taken into the hands of Fuuma and reached slowly for it.
" Karen! No!" Seiichiro shouted, grabbing Karen as she launched herself at 'Kamui'.
" Why?!" She screamed glaring furiously at the Earth Dragon. 'Kamui's' expression became softer as he hugged Nataku.
" Because his wish is to die in the hands of the person he loved the most." Then he smiled, " But, he had another wish. 'To protect the person who is the most important to him.'"
" To him, the person he loved is his father and the most important person to him is his mother." He pointed at Karen, " To him, you are his mother. And I guess he treated me as his father." He closed his eyes and leaned against Nataku's body.
Karen's eyes narrowed in anger as she tried once again to attack Fuuma, " If," She said, her teeth gritted tightly together, " If you knew that *he* treats you as his father, then *why* did you *kill* him?!"
" Because this is his most greatest and strongest wish."
Karen stopped and stared at Fuuma, tears still flowing down her red eyes.
" You too have such a wish, don't you?" 'Kamui continued, looking deeply into Karen.
" Although this wish might hurt someone, yet you still wanted it to come true. The idea to die for someone is totally free-willed, but," Fuuma's eyes lowered and continued, " there are some other wishes."
Karen's eyes widened and narrowed again as she asked another question, " What do you mean by 'other wishes'?" Fuuma closed his eyes lightly and looked away, not answering Karen's question. Karen gritted her teeth and started again, " Even-Even if what you said is true, and what you had done is only fulfilling his wish--" Her eyes narrowed into slits, " Killing someone *is* unforgivable!"
'Kamui' gave a small smile and said softly, " If one can't kill, then why are they confuse towards more important things?"
Seiichiro, who was silently holding Karen and listening to the strange conversation, blinked and stared after Fuuma, who starts to stand up.
" Confuse over things?" Karen echoed. 'Kamui' smiled, " Maybe....you yourself is confuse too." At this, Karen's aura flared and orange red flames became wild as she aimed them at Fuuma. " You're right! Maybe I'm confused due to my anger! You know, I hate getting angry over other people, but--" She glared murderously, " You *really* got to *my* NERVE!"
The flames reached Fuuma, but were rebounded back. 'Kamui' gently laid Nataku's body down and smiled at them. " Well, since Nataku's other wish is to protect his most important person, let's forget about it."
As he started to walk away, Karen called after him, " You are going to leave him here?!" Fuuma turned his head back a little and his eyes smiled, " Well, he seemed to be happier around you."
Karen and Seiichiro watch as Fuuma jumped up onto a building and disappeared. Karen touched Seiichiro's arm and said, " It's all right, Seiichiro. I won't do anything." Seiichiro let go of Karen and watches as she kneed down and bring the amethyst-haired boy into her arms. Tears kept flowing down as Karen began whispering to him.
" Why are you so foolish? Getting killed over me? You think that will please me?" She muttered, smiling a bitter smile. She closed her eyes and hugged him closer.
" How can you have the desire to die for someone......" She buried her face and was silent for a few seconds before snapping up again as she remembered something.
" 'There are some other wishes'....." Her eyes widened as she recalled, " That 'Kamui's' wish is.....?"
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" Nataku is dead."
" Really..."
" How's that former blind eye of yours?"
" It's okay. I can see now, with both eyes."
" Hm."
He turned and looked at the twin of Kamui. " You don't have any other thing to say?"
" Well, you wouldn't bother to know, anyway. The feud between the previous Sakurazuka and the current Sakurazuka is between you and him."
Subaru's narrowed in pain and Fuuma continued, " Besides, I guess whenever you see me now, you wouldn't mistake me for *him*, right? Of course, the owner of *your* current right eye wouldn't mistaken too."
Subaru lifted his hand and looked at it sadly. Pulling off his glove, he said, " That person is not around anymore......That tracking star sign he puts on his every victim has vanished from my hands."
'Kamui' looked amusedly at him, " He is not around?" He raised his hand and pointed it at Subaru's right eye, " Why, he exist in here"
Subaru stared at the finger and closed his eyes. Fuuma put his hand back in his pocket and proceed to walk off. " If it pleases you, you need not fulfill the duties of a Earth Dragon, even though you are one now."
" There is nothing I wishes to do now." Subaru stated slowly.
Fuuma, still with his back turned to Subaru, said, " Do you wish to die?"
When he got no answer from Subaru, he continued, " If you die, that right eye will die with you. So you have no choice but to live on." Then he chuckled, " Such a stubborn guy, he is, that Sakurazuka."
Subaru turned and eyed Fuuma, puzzled. Fuuma raised his eyebrows and said, " You didn't know?" He smirked and looked away, " Hm. It is not surprising anyway. Nobody is supposed to know other people's wish."
Subaru eyed Fuuma carefully, " And yet, you knew those wishes. You seemed to know my wish very well. Even--" Fuuma turned and frowned as Subaru finished his sentence, " Even Kamui's wish."
" I know his wish, of course. And that is why he will never win me." He turned and faced Subaru again, " You seemed to be very concern about Kamui. No. Not me, the other one."
Subaru stared at Fuuma for a while before standing up.
" What is your wish?"
Fuuma stared as Subaru looked at him with indifference. His lips formed a slow smile and his eyes soften, " My wish, can only be granted by Kamui."
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It was a very dark place.
Sakura turned her head and looked around the surrounding.
" Where..." She muttered and she sat down.
" I guess you are a Dream Watcher too." Came a voice from behind her. Sakura turned her head and stared at a tall young man.
" Who are you?" She said slowly. The man smiled a little and walked to her side.
" You are siding the Heaven Dragon, I assume." He asked. Sakura nodded and the man continued, "Do you know what the final outcome of this battle?" Sakura considered the question for a moment before nodding slowly. The man smiled sadly and asked again, " What is it?"
" The Earth Dragon will win. Earth will perish." Sakura whispered. The man eyed Sakura hesitantly before taking out a feather made of glass.
Sakura looked and the feather and smiled softly, " Kotori-chan." The man was taken aback when Sakura said the name, but he continued, " You know the girl." It wasn't a question, but Sakura nodded.
" Kotori-chan came and visited me once. She asked me about Kamui-kun." She smiled happily, " Kotori-chan also tells me about what she does everyday."
The man looked puzzled. He knew that this girl was totally new to the people involved in the final battle, and yet here she is speaking of Kotori as if they were best friends since kindergarten. He was starting to wonder things when he noticed the glaze in Sakura's eyes.
/The girl is in a trance..../ He noted to himself. Storing this information for later use, he laid the feather in his palm and then a girl emerged from it.
' The future had yet been decided.....'
Sakura looked at the girl for a few moments, her eyes shining in sadness. Then she turned her head and pointed at something in front of her and said.
" Kamui-kun had not realized what Fuuma-san's wish is. Therefore--"
Her eyes closed into slits.
" Therefore, Kotori's dream will not come true....."
In front of Sakura was an image of Fuuma hugging a dead Kamui close.
There was blood everywhere.
The 'Firewalls' of Japan are almost destroyed. The Final Battle is about to begin. What will the ending be? What will you do? Where will you be? Think about it carefully as the countdown has began..
-Tsuzuka
Hiya everyone!
And it's the fourth chapter! Well, it's not much. Just translating of the latest 18th book.
And guys, I want announce something. This story will be put on a stop until the X series is finish. -_-'' I can't keep on changing the whole plot just because the original story can't go along with mine......
So guys, hope to see you guys to the end!
And in the meantime, while you guys wait, why don't you go read my newest story-The Tarot and Sakura Cards.
It's mostly about the children of Sakura and Syaoran, Ari and Shinru. Ari is appointed the next Sakura Cardcaptor while Shinru is the new Tarot Cardcaptor due to Yue's idea despite of Kero's protest. So, what awaits the new Cardcaptors? And will Ari and Shinru each get a rival? Well, you have to find it out yourself. I had drawn a picture of Ari and Shinru and I had also drawn six Tarot Cards already (The Wind, The Water, Ace of Wands, Ace of Crowns, The Chariot and the Magician). You have got to see them, guys. I spend two whole days thinking and drawing them!
Anyway, please review this story and go read my new one!!
Ciao!
Anyway, I think this chapter will be rather angst...cause I'm adding a lot of original stuffs from the manga and the original is very angst. And major warning to those who don't like SPOILERS!! I want to keep as close to the real story line as I can be.
And, I had quicken the timeline...so that I can end this story earlier!
Anyway, hope you guys like this chapter.
Disclaimer: CCS and X/99 does not, I repeat, does not belongs to me. The four great people of Clamp own them!
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Seven Dragons of Heaven and Earth By: XiaoBai
Chapter 4: The Holy Sword.
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Noises.
That was what Syaoran just hear. Noises.
The noises weren't very loud. In fact, they sounded like escalators or elevators moving. But even though the noises were soft, Syaoran can't go back to that deep slumber he had had. Blinking slowly, Syaoran opened his eyes and saw that he was moving. Judging from the fact that his legs weren't moving, and that he seemed to be hanging from something tall, Syaoran deduct that someone was carrying him.
/But...../ He thought to himself, /Where am I? / Blinking absently and still a little dazed from that sleep, Syaoran tilted his head a little, closed his eyes and frowned trying to remember.
He remembered hearing some noises from Eriol's room, and had decided to check it out, since Eriol was yelling somewhat painfully. Then, before he entered the room, he had noticed that the carpet on the floor were bummed by hundreds of cords-no wait, *wires* which were squeezing their way in under the door. He remembered himself feeling suspicious and had opened the door quickly. He saw Eriol suspended in the air with hundreds of cables and wires curled tightly around his body and arms. Eriol himself had struggled to grab his key, but the wires held him steady. When Syaoran had rushed in and had reached for his sword pendant, he realized that the pendant wasn't there. And then, before he knew, the wires got him and he was trapped in a mess of cables and wires winding all over him. He had heard the girls coming, rushing towards the room. Struggling, Syaoran he had yelled to the girls to stay away before feeling a hard pain at the back of his head. Then......everything seemed to go black.
Suddenly there was a big jerk and Syaoran was snapped out of his thoughts when he landed rather painfully on the hard floor.
Rubbing his bum and grumbling, Syaoran lifted his head in time to see a tall and large retreating figure near the door (or that slit in a wall).
" Hey!" Syaoran yelled. The figure stopped and turned. As the room was rather dark, Syaoran couldn't really see that person's face, so he yelled again, " Hello? Excuse me, but can you at least untie me? I can't do anything without my ofudas!"
The figure hesitated then started to walk towards Syaoran. When he bent down, Syaoran could see his face and thought to himself.
/This guy looks rather caring and kind to me..../ Syaoran lifted and eyebrow /But I assume we couldn't judge the book by the cover.../
The guy snapped off the thin wires around Syaoran's wrists and ankles, then bent lower on to the floor. That's when Syaoran noticed Eriol, whose glasses were lying next to him and was out cold. The guy snapped off the wires, stood up, and walked briskly towards the door again. Syaoran frowned a little, faltered and called out again, " Who are you?"
This time the guy did not stopped. He reached the door, said, "Kusanagi Shiyu" and slipped out. The door slit shut behind him.
Syaoran leaned back, rubbed his aching wrists and looked around.
/Where am I? /He thought to himself again. He narrowed his eyes and concentrated on all the auras around him. There was the fading dark indigo aura of Eriol. Syaoran turned his gaze to Eriol and frowned. /Battling a few cords and cables can't lower Eriol's aura. There is something wrong here. / Closing his eyes, Syaoran concentrated on the auras again. There wasn't much to feel actually. There was an aura smelling of grass after a rain around in the room. /Must be that Kusanagi's aura. /
Syaoran's aura enables him to see things which are within his aura range. It is a vital skill he learnt when he was only four. This skill requires a lot of energy and concentration therefore Syaoran seldom uses it except for necessary times. /Well, now is a necessary occasion.../
Lengthening his magical tendrils, Syaoran felt around that corridor outside of the room. The corridor was empty for the moment, but there was a powerful aura approaching the room. Frowning deeper, Syaoran concentrated on feeling out that aura and looked around the corridor. Footsteps sounded throughout the silent corridor as the person walked. Syaoran swallowed and his brow furrowed. A shadow around the corner-A person suddenly appeared and lifted his head to look at the magic tendrils Syaoran had sent. The person's mouth curled up into a smile and suddenly, he grabbed one of the tendrils.
Syaoran's eyes snapped open as he gasped and rubbed his throat. The door slit opened at the same time and the person stepped in and walked out of the shadows.
It was Kamui of the Earth Dragons.
It was Fuuma.
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A short white figure appeared to standing on the surface of the water. Her hair was very long pearly white and she looked like a child. She was gazing at her reflection, smirking in satisfactory as her reflection reached helpless for her and mouthing words.
Hinoto, the evil one had taken over her good twin and had total control over the body. Her eyes narrowed a little as she twist her body proudly.
/This body is rather useless. I am blind and deaf. / She turned her head and looked once again at her reflection. /But I can see, speak and hear through telepathy! / Smiling darkly, Hinoto touch the surface of the water and watch as her reflection thrust and struggle in the water.
/You are trap, my dear. You can no longer escape from there! / Hinoto raised one arm and smiled proudly /I'll kill all those Heaven Dragon. Then your prediction dream will not come true! And then, / Her eyes narrowed and her smile curled into a smirk /And then, I will not die. /
/ Be good and go to sleep, my darling. From now onwards, leave everything for me. Go to sleep, my dear, go to sleep..... /
Hinoto stared helplessly as her evil self smirk and proceed on with her plan. She has to stop her before any of the Heaven Dragon die. /But... / Hinoto gritted her teeth and made a grab for the surface. /But... I need to get out of here first.... /
" You do realize that she is still going to die in the end, Hinoto."
Hinoto's head snapped to her right and she saw a tall figure. It was one of the Earth Dragon, the Dream Watcher that could even cross her own dreams. He lifted his eyes and gazed sadly at Hinoto.
" Your dreams have been true so far." He said, his gaze not wavering. Hinoto closed her eyes painfully.
" He is going to suffer next........" He continued, lifting his arm slightly to form scene of a fallen bridge on the dark wall.
" He is going to meet his downfall at the Rainbow Bridge."
-- --
Amazingly enough (although it annoyed Syaoran slightly), Fuuma did not come into the room. He walked passed it, smirking a little as if he sensed that Syaoran was annoyed. As Syaoran grumbled, Eriol stirred from his sleep and he looked around the darkness groggily. He turned towards Syaoran and muttered, " Why is it so dark? Did you turn off the lights, Syaoran?"
Syaoran sighed and rubbed his wrists before standing up. " Come on, you pig. Get up now. We've got work to do."
-- --
It all happened too fast.
So many terrible things happening at one time.
First, Syaoran and Eriol were captured. Then, that happened.
Kamui stood, looking helplessly at Subaru as he hugged the dead body of his 'arch' enemy. He was crying quietly, tears falling from both his blind and working eyes and rocking to and fro. Then the last of the bridge remains creaked loudly and crashed down.
Kamui yelled, but Subaru was unharmed. Unharmed by physical means, yet strongly injured mentally.
That afternoon, after Kamui talked to him, Subaru went missing.
And it was that evening when Subaru officially became an Earth Dragon.
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The door was unlocked. Eriol had been suspicious at that, but Syaoran was ignorant of it. As long as he was out of that stupid dark room, he was fine with anything.
The carpeted corridor was quiet, save for the soft padding of the boys' footsteps. After walking for about fifteen minutes in that endless corridor, Syaoran began to feel impatient.
/What is this, a labyrinth? / Syaoran thought-spoke to Eriol.
Shrugging, Eriol replied /I had no idea where we are now. But we could always follow auras.../
/No we can't. They could sense us if we do that. / Syaoran thought back tersely.
/But, aren't one of the Earth Dragons a controller of computers? I mean, if he or she isn't, then how can we be capture by *wires*? / Eriol wondered.
/ Well, if this is their base, I assume we could go and check out that computer... There must be some big size computer he or she uses to get at us or people or buildings or kekkais and others..../ Syaoran presumed.
Nodding to each other, they fastened their pace and reached a dead end.
/ It's not exactly a dead end, you know. There are lines here and there on the wall. This means that I must be a door or something/ Eriol pointed out.
Then, without warning, the door opened.
Eriol and Syaoran jumped back and stared alertly as mist escaped the room. As the mist cleared, Syaoran squinted his eyes in the bright light and felt his mouth tipped open.
Eriol, who was clearing his glasses, heard Syaoran gasped and rammed the glasses back onto his face. His sapphire eyes widened as he saw what Syaoran had seen.
The Holy Sword.
The long sword was floating lightly in the middle of the brightly lit room. It seemed to be humming. Eriol winced a little as the humming became rather loud. His eyes widened even more as the humming make sense to him.
The sword wanted freedom. It was being sealed up. And it wants freedom.
Eriol gritted his teeth and regain his mind. The sword was trying to manipulate him into obeying its wishes.
" Difficult, isn't it, that sword?"
Syaoran whipped around tensed and alert. Eriol shifted his gaze from the sword to the person behind him.
It was, not surprisingly, Fuuma.
Fuuma was smiling slightly at the sword. /Smiling with affection.... / Eriol thought. /Then again, he is beginning to look like Tomoyo-chan.... /
" You looked like someone I knew....." He muttered. Fuuma smiled and then, without looking at him, he said softly, " That must be the person you cared for the most then."
Fuuma turned to look at Syaoran and said, " You don't look like you are mystified, therefore, I assume that I do not looked like the person you are fond of." Smiling amusingly at Syaoran's reddening face, Fuuma walked bristly into the room and said, " Come in if you want. I won't eat you just yet." He proceeded to the sword and kneed beside it, closing his eyes as if in a silent prayer and calming the humming sword.
Eriol eyes softened as he watched Fuuma. The young man looked really peaceful like that. It is funny how *peaceful* he can looked when he had already killed thousands of people. Eriol sighed and shook his head. There is more to this person that meets the eye.
Shifting his foot position, Eriol turned to walk away, grabbing Syaoran'a arm along. Syaoran glared a little at Fuuma and then trotted along beside Eriol. Syaoran had heard that brief conversation between Fuuma and Eriol and was rather surprise. He had long heard of Fuuma's ability to look like any person one likes and also the ability to know one's wishes, but he never expect Fuuma to say something like that to Eriol. Eriol is the last person on Earth to be confused.
Then, why did Fuuma looked like someone Eriol take as the most important person to him?
That was beyond Syaoran's knowledge.
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Two days later, Syaoran and Eriol manage to find their way home. The reason why the Earth dragon kidnapped them was still a mystery, but Sakura was fine with anything as long as Syaoran was safe.
The news about Subaru was told to Syaoran and Eriol. Although Syaoran show some indifference, he was inwardly suspicious. But he told himself to confirm his suspicions later as there are more important things now.
" Kamui, did you secure your Holy Sword tightly?" Syaoran asked. Kamui looked at him, surprised, but nodded and replied, " It is locked and sealed in the Clamp Campus. Why did you ask anyway?"
" The other Holy Sword is sealed too." Eriol said, pouring himself a cup of water, " It was somehow floating in the middle of this bright room."
" And it was totally trembling with suppress power." Syaoran added.
" A brightly lit room, huh?" Sorata muttered, " I should have known."
Sakura turned and looked at Sorata, surprised, " Know what?"
Sorata frowned a little, " Well, as you can see, in the Chinese dark and light standards, the Holy Sword is Yin. And to bring out a power fully, the object in question has to be of neutral power. Therefore....the Yin Holy Sword is being sealed in a brightly lit room. The lit room is Yang and the Sword is Yin. So, the power is neutral."
" So you mean, after the seal is broken, the Earth Dragon's Sword would be much stronger?" Tomoyo asked bringing in a tray of food.
Sorata nodded, " It is possible."
Kamui frowned and then sighed, " We better check out Karen and Seiichiro-- "
" You forgotten?" Sakura said, rubbing her own head, " The two of them went to find Hinoto already."
At this, Kamui frowned deeper and gave Sorata a meaningful look. Sorata returned the gaze and gulped silently.
There is more to Hinoto that meets the eye, Kamui knew it. But, they had yet confirmed their conclusions yet.
/We'll have to wait for Sorata's scout to return then...../
-- --
"It's 'Kamui'! He'll kill you! Quick, get off!"
He shook his head. " No, I won't."
" Why?!" She screamed
He looked at 'Kamui'. " Because you are not strong enough to fight against him. And also that he had promised to fulfilled my wish."
" Then let your most greatest wish come true!"
Blood.
Dark red crimson blood was flowing down a hole in his chest.
Karen's eyes widened and watered with tears as Nataku groaned in pain as the blood starts to ooze out faster.
Karen screamed.
Even at the last minutes of his life, Nataku was confused.
He did not know who this woman is, and yet, he was protecting her with his life. But he felt that maybe that woman resembles his mother.
As his own life was flowing out of him, Nataku felt that woman cradling him in her arms, hugging him tightly.
" T-Thank....y-you...." Nataku muttered and kissed her forehead. The woman's face was soon becoming bleary.
And then, Nataku slipped into a deep slumber. Forever.
The body was lifted from her. She stared after it as Nataku was being taken into the hands of Fuuma and reached slowly for it.
" Karen! No!" Seiichiro shouted, grabbing Karen as she launched herself at 'Kamui'.
" Why?!" She screamed glaring furiously at the Earth Dragon. 'Kamui's' expression became softer as he hugged Nataku.
" Because his wish is to die in the hands of the person he loved the most." Then he smiled, " But, he had another wish. 'To protect the person who is the most important to him.'"
" To him, the person he loved is his father and the most important person to him is his mother." He pointed at Karen, " To him, you are his mother. And I guess he treated me as his father." He closed his eyes and leaned against Nataku's body.
Karen's eyes narrowed in anger as she tried once again to attack Fuuma, " If," She said, her teeth gritted tightly together, " If you knew that *he* treats you as his father, then *why* did you *kill* him?!"
" Because this is his most greatest and strongest wish."
Karen stopped and stared at Fuuma, tears still flowing down her red eyes.
" You too have such a wish, don't you?" 'Kamui continued, looking deeply into Karen.
" Although this wish might hurt someone, yet you still wanted it to come true. The idea to die for someone is totally free-willed, but," Fuuma's eyes lowered and continued, " there are some other wishes."
Karen's eyes widened and narrowed again as she asked another question, " What do you mean by 'other wishes'?" Fuuma closed his eyes lightly and looked away, not answering Karen's question. Karen gritted her teeth and started again, " Even-Even if what you said is true, and what you had done is only fulfilling his wish--" Her eyes narrowed into slits, " Killing someone *is* unforgivable!"
'Kamui' gave a small smile and said softly, " If one can't kill, then why are they confuse towards more important things?"
Seiichiro, who was silently holding Karen and listening to the strange conversation, blinked and stared after Fuuma, who starts to stand up.
" Confuse over things?" Karen echoed. 'Kamui' smiled, " Maybe....you yourself is confuse too." At this, Karen's aura flared and orange red flames became wild as she aimed them at Fuuma. " You're right! Maybe I'm confused due to my anger! You know, I hate getting angry over other people, but--" She glared murderously, " You *really* got to *my* NERVE!"
The flames reached Fuuma, but were rebounded back. 'Kamui' gently laid Nataku's body down and smiled at them. " Well, since Nataku's other wish is to protect his most important person, let's forget about it."
As he started to walk away, Karen called after him, " You are going to leave him here?!" Fuuma turned his head back a little and his eyes smiled, " Well, he seemed to be happier around you."
Karen and Seiichiro watch as Fuuma jumped up onto a building and disappeared. Karen touched Seiichiro's arm and said, " It's all right, Seiichiro. I won't do anything." Seiichiro let go of Karen and watches as she kneed down and bring the amethyst-haired boy into her arms. Tears kept flowing down as Karen began whispering to him.
" Why are you so foolish? Getting killed over me? You think that will please me?" She muttered, smiling a bitter smile. She closed her eyes and hugged him closer.
" How can you have the desire to die for someone......" She buried her face and was silent for a few seconds before snapping up again as she remembered something.
" 'There are some other wishes'....." Her eyes widened as she recalled, " That 'Kamui's' wish is.....?"
--
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" Nataku is dead."
" Really..."
" How's that former blind eye of yours?"
" It's okay. I can see now, with both eyes."
" Hm."
He turned and looked at the twin of Kamui. " You don't have any other thing to say?"
" Well, you wouldn't bother to know, anyway. The feud between the previous Sakurazuka and the current Sakurazuka is between you and him."
Subaru's narrowed in pain and Fuuma continued, " Besides, I guess whenever you see me now, you wouldn't mistake me for *him*, right? Of course, the owner of *your* current right eye wouldn't mistaken too."
Subaru lifted his hand and looked at it sadly. Pulling off his glove, he said, " That person is not around anymore......That tracking star sign he puts on his every victim has vanished from my hands."
'Kamui' looked amusedly at him, " He is not around?" He raised his hand and pointed it at Subaru's right eye, " Why, he exist in here"
Subaru stared at the finger and closed his eyes. Fuuma put his hand back in his pocket and proceed to walk off. " If it pleases you, you need not fulfill the duties of a Earth Dragon, even though you are one now."
" There is nothing I wishes to do now." Subaru stated slowly.
Fuuma, still with his back turned to Subaru, said, " Do you wish to die?"
When he got no answer from Subaru, he continued, " If you die, that right eye will die with you. So you have no choice but to live on." Then he chuckled, " Such a stubborn guy, he is, that Sakurazuka."
Subaru turned and eyed Fuuma, puzzled. Fuuma raised his eyebrows and said, " You didn't know?" He smirked and looked away, " Hm. It is not surprising anyway. Nobody is supposed to know other people's wish."
Subaru eyed Fuuma carefully, " And yet, you knew those wishes. You seemed to know my wish very well. Even--" Fuuma turned and frowned as Subaru finished his sentence, " Even Kamui's wish."
" I know his wish, of course. And that is why he will never win me." He turned and faced Subaru again, " You seemed to be very concern about Kamui. No. Not me, the other one."
Subaru stared at Fuuma for a while before standing up.
" What is your wish?"
Fuuma stared as Subaru looked at him with indifference. His lips formed a slow smile and his eyes soften, " My wish, can only be granted by Kamui."
-- --
It was a very dark place.
Sakura turned her head and looked around the surrounding.
" Where..." She muttered and she sat down.
" I guess you are a Dream Watcher too." Came a voice from behind her. Sakura turned her head and stared at a tall young man.
" Who are you?" She said slowly. The man smiled a little and walked to her side.
" You are siding the Heaven Dragon, I assume." He asked. Sakura nodded and the man continued, "Do you know what the final outcome of this battle?" Sakura considered the question for a moment before nodding slowly. The man smiled sadly and asked again, " What is it?"
" The Earth Dragon will win. Earth will perish." Sakura whispered. The man eyed Sakura hesitantly before taking out a feather made of glass.
Sakura looked and the feather and smiled softly, " Kotori-chan." The man was taken aback when Sakura said the name, but he continued, " You know the girl." It wasn't a question, but Sakura nodded.
" Kotori-chan came and visited me once. She asked me about Kamui-kun." She smiled happily, " Kotori-chan also tells me about what she does everyday."
The man looked puzzled. He knew that this girl was totally new to the people involved in the final battle, and yet here she is speaking of Kotori as if they were best friends since kindergarten. He was starting to wonder things when he noticed the glaze in Sakura's eyes.
/The girl is in a trance..../ He noted to himself. Storing this information for later use, he laid the feather in his palm and then a girl emerged from it.
' The future had yet been decided.....'
Sakura looked at the girl for a few moments, her eyes shining in sadness. Then she turned her head and pointed at something in front of her and said.
" Kamui-kun had not realized what Fuuma-san's wish is. Therefore--"
Her eyes closed into slits.
" Therefore, Kotori's dream will not come true....."
In front of Sakura was an image of Fuuma hugging a dead Kamui close.
There was blood everywhere.
The 'Firewalls' of Japan are almost destroyed. The Final Battle is about to begin. What will the ending be? What will you do? Where will you be? Think about it carefully as the countdown has began..
-Tsuzuka
Hiya everyone!
And it's the fourth chapter! Well, it's not much. Just translating of the latest 18th book.
And guys, I want announce something. This story will be put on a stop until the X series is finish. -_-'' I can't keep on changing the whole plot just because the original story can't go along with mine......
So guys, hope to see you guys to the end!
And in the meantime, while you guys wait, why don't you go read my newest story-The Tarot and Sakura Cards.
It's mostly about the children of Sakura and Syaoran, Ari and Shinru. Ari is appointed the next Sakura Cardcaptor while Shinru is the new Tarot Cardcaptor due to Yue's idea despite of Kero's protest. So, what awaits the new Cardcaptors? And will Ari and Shinru each get a rival? Well, you have to find it out yourself. I had drawn a picture of Ari and Shinru and I had also drawn six Tarot Cards already (The Wind, The Water, Ace of Wands, Ace of Crowns, The Chariot and the Magician). You have got to see them, guys. I spend two whole days thinking and drawing them!
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