Chapter 8-Eriol
" Sure." I said. " I know this song."
" This is a song?" Yue asked.
We were in the cave. Yue had called and asked if I could come with them. Syaoran didn't want to go, of course. But he was forced to. It was the will of the dead. And the will of the dead must be obeyed.
We had arrived in the evening, somewhere around seven. The cave had appeared, as always, quite old. This time, the door did not close behind us as we walked in. And there was an ancient inscription on the wall, far ahead of us. And that was what Yue was talking about.
" This is an ancient chant, sort of." I answered. " It goes something like this."
And I began to sing softly, for the cave was quiet.
" In the end,
Come to cherish in the sun and
Wake in the morn so now
Be brave,
For the night is not yet come to pass,
The moon has not risen and the sun not set
Whence the wind comes?
Blowing softly never falter
Listen closely to its words..
A ma ne, je ni ke dou
Sei na ye, lehuinei,
Ya sufa, gona misha
Shala teya fei tu ka?
A ma sei sa lai tu mei fou douke re ma la tu ka,
Tuk in mila fa, fa su pei..."
There was some quality in the chant that had soothed Syaoran into calmness. Or rather, I think, into a trance. I studied him as I continued to chant, and realized he began to slump, Yue supporting him.
" Ke nei,
Shi mei ya fu kuang,
Shi mei ya, lei tu rang,
Ze da nong ku ren lei mei,
Su lei shang de yang...
Listen,
Blowing wind knows of you pain,
Let it calm you down,
Silken cloth doth brush your hair
Let yourself begone...
Si lei ha fa ni bu li,
Suo na lei shen ti wei ni,
Clo shik na de hen duo xin,
Jing lan ka pian di rong yi,
So mi de,
De mi ne...
Hear the words of the wind who knows,
Let all evil cleanse away,
Face the light and close your eyes,
Join with the radiance come by,
Be the light,
Light within..."
" Syaoran, daijoubu?" Yue asked, worried.
" Hai..." Syaoran looked so tired. I wondered if it was the ancient song.
" Maybe you should sit down a little." I suggested.
" Sit down?" He blinked. " Oh, ugh..."
" So what is going to happen?"
I was wondering myself. Syaoran sat at the base of the tree. It was nighttime. We were out of the cave, in quite a hurry actually.
Syaoran had perked up, completely alert, and we heard a low growl sound. A dim light had flashed in the deeper parts of the cave. There was a small wind, coming from inside the cave, and we didn't tell ourselves twice to get out of there.
And Yue had an expression on his face that was never on his. Never.
He looked so tired, so confused, so lost, cuddling his child to him, staring at me, simply begging me to do something. But what is there to be done? We definetely tried our best. But there was something in that cave now. Something dangerous.
And the dead are silent.
" Come on," I grumbled with gritted teeth. " Don't abandon us now."
" They haven't." Yue perked up his head, blinking.
" What do they say?" I asked.
But Yue didn't answer.
Author's Notes: Okay, this is short, but oh well. Next up, Sakura-chan! But I can't
help mentioning that I had recently been able to watch YuGiOh, and I seriously
think that it is quite good, except for the sorry fact that the ' creator of Duel
Monsters' is hooked on comic books. I mean, HELLO!!! A well educated man
reading comic books. That's like, so sad, and so seriously wrong, I mean, I
understand Japan is all over comic books but I thought that educated people are
supposed to ' like things far more sophisticated than childish whims'. Still, I think
that thing with Pegasus is so sad... Does anyone besides me think Kaiba looks
somewhat like Touya? Or actually, his hair does, never mind. And Joey looks like
the taller and more dullwitted version of first season's Yamato from Digimon-wait,
Yamato wasn't dullwitted and neither was Joey. He's just immature. And does
anyone besides me think that something's seriously wrong with Yugi's hair? I mean,
his hair is naturally multicolored. That must be one sorry life he has. Don't get me
wrong, I think YuGiOh is pretty good. It's a lot darker than Card Captor Sakura-but
what the heck! I'm not able to watch that show anymore anyway.