Title: War Beat
Author: Peonyqt1004
Title of Chapter 4: Tomoyo Meets Eriol; The Dream
A/N: I'd like to thank those who have reveiwed me! ^_^ I'll post ur names up in the next chapter~ ^^ I'm so happy! This story has better success then my other one, "Look for Me By Moonlight." I see nothing wrong with it... :'$ Maybe its the title or the plot. O well. ^^ Read and Reveiw! pUH-WEEZY~3
*~*Tomoyo Meets Eriol-The Dream*~*
Syaoran gulped. "Um, I can explain..." Sakura surveyed their camp grounds and noted the scattered belongings and strange footprints in the
mud. "No, this scene already tells me everything I need to know." Sakura's voice sounded cold, her eyes were distant. From what Syaoran could see, she
was still smarting from whatever Tomoyo had said. "What's the matter Kinomoto?" Syaoran asked, his voice sounding a bit more curt then usual. "Why
were you so angry over whatever Tomoyo said? If it wasn't for you running off, then we might've been able to keep Tomoyo safe--" Sakura turned
around with an angry squeal, her cheeks were flushed crimson. "Thanks a lot Mr. Arrogant-know-it-all!" She cried out angrily. "Thanks for making me feel
twice as bad as I did before!" Sakura moved away from Syaoran quickly, her face crimson and burning from anger. "Fine, since this is *MY* fault! I'll go
and find Tomoyo, how about that? Does that make you feel better Mr. Princely Ruler of Letington?" Syaoran felt irked by her sudden rage. "Yes, its your
fault, but you don't have to be immature about it and cry about it! You know if you do this by yourself you'll get hurt!" Sakura's veins around her forehead
throbbed uncontrollably. Her eyes were livid with rage. "You know what? I'm doing this whole entire saving the kingdoms from Nubis thing on my own!"
She hefted the bag of supplies onto her back. Syaoran harrumphed and haughtily turned the other direction, looking down at her. "Well, Ms. I'm-so-manly,
lets see you survive." Sakura turned pale with livid anger, much more furious then she had been before. "Manly?" She asked, irked by his cruel use of
words.
Tomoyo screamed and tore at her captors, but they did not let go. She broke into a frenzied sob as they carried her towards
who-knows-where. 'I don't want to die this way!' Tomoyo cried out to herself. She struggled violently against the strange wolf like creatures. "SAKURA!
HELLLPP!" She screamed.
Eriol scowled as he took a walk towards the Black forest, he knew that were wolves lived here, but he didn't care, he wanted to be away
from that yellow runt. Kereobous-whats-his-face. Eriol took longer strides toward the forest, his navy blue hair getting into his eyes, he flipped them back
and removed his specs for a minute, and put them back on. He looked up as he heard a scream. "LET ME GO! LET ME GO! PLEASE!" Eriol frowned,
whatever was going on, he didn't want to be part of it. He quickly strode past whoever it was and stopped as he caught sight of two large hulking
beasts holding a small dainty looking girl betweens their claws. Her face was pale and her eyes were filled with tears, making her eyes gleam purple. Her
small form thrashed about. Eriol saw something on the girls head which he recognized.
Nubis traced his steps toward the high and dangerous path towards the Kingdom of the Starrs. "This is a really dangerous path, do you know if
their city has any sorcerers?" Optius looked down at hid fiddling fingers. "Hmmm... I heard that Julian Starr, son of Dean and Heather Starr has magic,
great magic some people say..." Nubis brooded over this. "Is he a danger to us?" Optius bit his lips, he was old, a great deal wiser then the young
Nubis... but he knew that even he couldn't be the strongest wizard in this planet, he never experienced Starrs power himself, but he felt certain he could
over come such a young sorcerer like Julian. "No, I'll keep him at bay." Nubis nodded and smiled. "Soon, the legendary stone of powers will be mine."
Optius smiled to himself, of course, since he was a great deal stronger then Nubis with magic, he could overcome this youngster and take the legendary
stone to himself. Then he could be the great powerful ruler. This pawn would be gone when he was through with using him.
Sakura slowly walked toward Syaoran, her eyes gleaming a furious color of green. "Manly? I have enough of this sexist talk." Sakura said
passionately. "I know I'll never find a guy to like me as who I am." Sakura said with much emotion coloring her voice. "I know even the guy I love the
most won't ever like me because of who I am." Her voice cracked with sadness, she blinked the moisture away from her eye. "But please..." Her voice
cracked as her voice became sad and pleading. "Stop telling me that...that...fact. Everyone tells me that all the time. If you say anything else... I'll...I'll... I
might hurt you." Sakuras voice ended in a slight whisper. "Don't tempt me." She said between clenched teeth. "Come on, lets find Tomoyo." Syaoran,
shocked from Sakura's passionate talk, recovered. "Don't tempt me Syaoran." He mimicked. "I'm not scared of you Kinomoto, you're only a girl, I know
all the holes in your fighting skills." Sakura clenched her hands, her back stiff. "Syaoran." Her voice had a warning tone. Syaoran sighed, his voice became
icy. "Ok Kinomoto, this time I'm letting this argument go, but even I don't have a patience of the saints." Sakura snorted.
Tomoyo cried herself hoarse. The werewolf stared down at her. "This tyke makes a lot of racket." "Shut up or we'll make you be quite." Tomoyo's
lips trembled but she bunched up all her confidence and stared the wolf down. "Let me go immediately! I have friends who will kill you if you touch a
hair on my head." The werewolves snorted. The one with the more silvery fur turned to Tomoyo. "Listen, ever since Nubis came into this land, food has
been scarce, we usually never touch human, but our kind are dwindling, we need to eat you. Our young needs tender meat." Tomoyo gritted her teeth,
why, why couldn't she have been more fit and muscular like Sakura? "I warn you... let me go!" The one with the dull fur grunted. "Look, our kits are
hungry, we can't put down this opportunity if food comes to us so willingly." Tomoyo tried to yank away. "Let me go!" A flash of silver surprised the wolf
with the silver fur. It howled, clutching its bleeding stump, where its hands had been. Tomoyo breathed a sigh of relief. Somebody clutched her about
the waist and hurled her onto his/her back. Tomoyo started struggling, this might be an enemy for all she knew. "LET GO OF ME!" She was thrown onto a
horse and somebody grunted heavily as they got on as well and started galloping off.
Sakura sighed, she had been too touchy on the subject. She turned to Syaoran, he looked distant, cold. He wouldn't listen, he was an
arrogant royalty. Sakura kicked a rock and winced as pain shot up her side. She had failed Tomoyo, she was gone, and dead for all she knew. Cursing,
she kicked at another rock and cried out when it bounced off a tree and hit her squarely in the middle of her forehead. "HOE!" Surprised, Sakura tripped
over a root and landed, sprawled out on the floor of the forest. She looked up, blowing a leaf off her nose and met a pair of somber brown eyes, which
were now twinkling with laughter. "Nice fall." He commented. Sakura snorted like a horse and haughtily got up. "I know, I'm famous for that back at
home." Sakura's words faltered. Syaoran winced, seeing her hurt expression. "Come on." He said, helping her up. "Its almost daylight, we didn't get an
ounce of sleep, we should camp." Sakura sighed, feeling like a failure she obliged when he brought her to a small clearing. Syaoran sat on a rotting log
and looked up at Sakura, who was shivering and clutching her cloak to herself. "Cold?" Sakura glared at him. "No!" Her teeth chattered noticeably.
Syaoran looked at her vaguely amused. Sakura sat next to him and stared at him from the corner of her eye. "Can't you make a fire?" Syaoran grinned
lopsidedly. "We shouldn't make a fire, it'll attract the werewolves." Sakura let out an exasperated sigh. "What about Nubis?" She asked after a period of
silence. "I thought we were going to follow him." Syaoran blew his bangs away from his eyes absent mindedly. "We are to weak to actually go and kill
them, so we should train a bit and gather a small force before we go and challenge Nubis." Sakura looked up sharply. "But... the Starr kingdom!"
Syaoran glanced at her. "Why are you so concerned about their welfare?" Sakura blanched, then turned a strange shade of pink. "Um..." Sakura sighed.
"Nothing..." Her gaze looked up towards the mountains.
Tomoyo blew the hair away from her eyes. She couldn't see anything, and her stomach was sore. Wincing she tried to get off the now still
horse. The horse snorted and bucked her off. She fell hard on her back. She coughed and groaned. A pair of hands lifted her up. Navy eyes met purple.
Tomoyo was startled as she looked into the face of one of the most... handsomest guy she had ever seen, aside from Syaoran. "You ok Princess
Daiijabou?" Tomoyo stared at the man. "How did you know my name?" He smiled an all knowing grin, which made her slightly angry. "You tiara, it has
the symbol of your kingdom." Tomoyo nearly fell flat on her face. Of course, she should've known. "Well, thank you." She said curtly. "I should be off on my
way, my friends are looking for me." Briskly, she patted the dirt away from her clothed and walked towards the forest, her head held high. A hand
grabbed her arm. "You simpleton!" Was the harsh rebuke. "If you go back in, imagine what other creatures may be in there, wanting to gobble your
tender meat?" Tomoyo swallowed hard. "My friends..." She wailed. "I can't leave them! They'll think I'm dead!" "Who are your friends?" He asked, his
voiced irritated. Tomoyo gave him an evil eye. "Sakura Kinomoto and the Prince of Letington, Syaoran Li." The man froze, his eyes wide. "Syaoran Li?" Are
you sure?" he asked slowly. She nodded, "He survived the attack made by Nubis and Optius, he needs my help." The man slowly faced Tomoyo, his eyes
mirroring his disbelief. "It can't be true, Prince Li is dead! I saw it with my own two eyes!"
Sakura saw herself running towards the kingdom of the Starrs. The rocky and dangerous road was familiar to her, of course, she used to go
there all the time. She opened the gates eagerly and walked in. Her eyes widened with horror and shock. The beautiful city was in ruins. The smell of
death lingered there. It reeked of burning skin and hair. Holding back tears, she stepped forward, and started running swiftly towards the castle. 'Please
let him be alright...' She prayed, her eyes wide and luminous. Thunder cackled in the background and it started to rain. Sakura stopped, the castle was
gone, there was only a burnt area of where the castle once had been. Sakura held back a sob and stepped forward. The pond at the corner of the
Starr's garden caught her eye. Stepping towards it she looked down and her eyes widened in fright. A dead Koi, turned upside down, its belly white with
death, floated there. Slowly she turned around, the bodies of the Starr family laid there, stark white and dead.
An anguished cry escaped her lips. She saw Julian's pale face, eyes wide with terror, dull with no life. His throat had been cut, and ten arrows
had struck him in his vital areas, crimsons blood leaked from his wounds, his mother and father lying beside him, the same blank look of terror on their
faces. The rain washed away the blood, leaving clear droplets of water on Julian's pale face. Sakura started to whimper, holding her tears at bay. She
stepped forward, promising herself she wouldn't cry. She touched his ice cold face and a burst of hysterical sobbing escaped her. "JULIAN!" Sakura
screamed at the thundering sky. "SAKURA!' Sakura whirled around, she saw Tomoyo's face, plea and her eyes wide with shock. "Please... Sakura! HELP
ME!" Tomoyo was being pulled into the darkness by unseen eyes.
"TOMOYO!" Sakura screamed, stumbling as she tried to reach her friend. "DON'T LEAVE ME! I'M SORRY!" Sakura's eyes widened yet again as the
darkness spat Tomoyo back out. Like a ragged doll, Tomoyo landed with a thump on the floor. Her eyes were blank with fear, and tiny rivulets of blood
darkened her hair and dripped down her pale face. "Tomoyo, don't leave me too." Sakura whispered, pleading. There was a evil laughter. Sakura turned
around slowly and saw Nubis and Optius, with their amorphous army standing in front of her. Nubis smirked, holding something which glowed a faint
silver under his fingers. "Now its time for this prince to die." Nubis turned his cold purple eyes to Syaoran, who stood there, looking ready, with his sword,
yet Sakura knew the same fate was there for him. She had failed them. " TOMOYO! SYAORAN! JULIAN!" The words Julian was most passionate, filled with
anguish immeasurable. "I'm sorry! I failed you! I failed you!" Thunder rumbled again and the wet water slid down her face as Nubis brought his hand up to
strike down Syaoran. "I'm sorry mother, father..." She saw their disappointed faces.
'We were counting on you...'
'You disrespect out family...'
Sakura started to sob, Nubis chanted a spell which she could not hear. A white bolt of power cackled and hit Syaoran, the ground shook
uncontrollably. Sakura braced herself. Crying, "NOOOOOOO! SYAOOORRANNN! MOTHER! FATHER!"
"WAKE UP!" Sakura blinked, someone's amber eyes looked down at her strangely. "Oh... its you." Sakura said with relief. "It was only a dream..."
She calmed her quickly beating heart to its normal pace and looked around. Syaoran smirked strangely. "Why were you crying out my name Sakura? Is
there something you have for me?" He fluttered his eyelashes in the most absurd fashion, drawing laughter from Sakuras lips. She quickly ended it and
glared at him. "No." She said curtly as she stood up. "What was it then?" Sakura bit her lips. "A bad omen, just hope it isn't true." With that, she flipped her
shoulder cut hair over her shoulder and quickly headed back towards Nubis's encampment. Syaoran blinked. "ARE YOU CRAZY!" He roared as he trotted
quickly after her. "Where are you going? Are you not going to save Tomoyo?" Sakura bit her lips. "But Syaoran!" She whirled to face him, her eyes filled
with hidden meaning. "This dream, it was much too vivid." She took in a deep breathe. "The Starr kingdom was destroyed." She said quietly. "There is
someone there I love, and I will risk it all to save him." Looking at Syaorans bewildered face she smiled sadly. "You can go on your own Syaoran." Syaoran
blinked. "Wait, are you crazy? I'm going with you." Syaoran gave her a meaningful glare. "If you are so sure Nubis's is going there, then he must've found
out the secret that the royal family has been keeping silent for a while now." Sakura glanced at him. "Hoe?" Syaoran looked at her, his eyes dark and
strangely cold. "The legendary key... to open the path and seal to the legendary stone of power." Sakura cocked her head quizzically. Syaoran noticed
how cute she looked when she did that.
"The stone of power... it came from the world outside from ours... its purely magic, magic from the moon, star, and sun."
Sakura nodded. "Go on."
"There is one key to open the seal, once the seal is open, the passageway to the stone will be opened too."
"Oh no..." Sakura breathed.
"But, there are two guardians blocking the route, there is one, at least people say this, guarding the key, but no one knows who it is."
Sakura nodded.
"There is one protecting the seal, he is quite unknown too, he is called, the guardian with the golden eyes."
Sakura sighed, "But wait... so... what does this stone do?" Syaoran looked dead serious. "It may only be a legend, but it is said to bring
complete and absolute power to the one who gets a hold of it. But the power will destroy the person who possesses it... slowly. Only one can tame the
powers within the stone." Sakura curiously looked up. "This one legendary figure is unknown too. The stone itself... it has a dark past. It can also destroy
the one who tames it, if the person has not the pure intentions. But this stone was made to be destroyed." Syaoran fingered his sword thoughtfully. "The
one who tames it will destroy it, returning peace to the land. Legend says there will be four hero's who'll destroy it. One who tames it and goes through
the rigorous magic training, another, through fighting... another, through loyalty, and the last one, through logic. I can't understand any of it." Syaoran
paused. "I believe you don't either." Sakura looked at him blankly and shook her head. Syaoran nodded. "We go to the Starr Kingdom, I assume you know
the way." Sakura nodded. "Follow me, I think I can outrun them. I've gone through this way many times."
"Dead? No. I swear he is alive." Tomoyo responded. "Just who do you think you are? Assuming he's dead and all, not believing royalty."
"Because I am royalty." The man replied, his brows furrowed in a frown. " I am Eriol Hiro, cousin of Syaoran Li." Tomoyo's mouth fell open. A simple, "Oh"
left her mouth.
Nubis could only think of that beautiful creature... Sakura... He smiled as he remembered her. She was unlike many women he knew. She was
tall, thin and shapely, yet power defined every part of her body. Her fighting was more like a dance of death then slaying... and her face, it looked like
one of a fallen angel. Her large vivid green eyes, twinkling like emeralds, her perfect almost flawless face... He suppressed a strange shiver. He wanted
her. He blinked as Optius entered. The old gnarled man looked up at Nubis with furrowed eyebrows. "Nubis, we need to stop for some supplies, it is very
cold up near the mountain." Nubis blinked again, "Of course." He sighed, rubbing his temple. "Thinking about the girl sir?" Optius asked, amused. "No, of
course not." Was the curt reply. Optius smirked, he wasn't blind, he knew infatuation when he saw it. "As you say sir." The wizard bowed and left. Nubis
gritted hi teeth and clenched his fist. Why did he have such a strange feeling that Optius knew more then he said he knew?
The girl couldn't believe what she was seeing, and hearing.
"TAKE ME BACK TO THE ORCHAD!" The little stuffed animal looking creature demanded. Eriol only rubbed his head and shrugged. "I can't, I don't want to."
The little creature growled. "You better change your mind pretty quick kid... or I'll bite you again." Eriol winced, not wanting to look like an idiot in front
of the Daiijabou princess. "You better not." He said tightly. Kero harrumphed. "C'mon kid, I'll make you scream in that high squeal of yours!" Eriol clenched
his teeth harder and a strange pulse beated at the bottom of his hair line. "Zachary." He said quietly, turning a faint shade of red. "Please show this
creature the way to the orchard." Tomoyo stared, this little yellow mouse... talking? Tomoyo hid laughter behind a small curved hand as she saw Eriol's embaressed face.
Sakura panted, climbing up the steep hill was hard, but she knew this was the fastest way, the only way. She yelped as a bramble cut into her
wound and tore at her bandages. Cursing the mountain god, she continued upwards. She heard a yelp. Sakura looked down and saw Syaoran pale
face. "You ok down there Prince?" "Yeah." His voice was higher then usual. Sakura smirked, he was scared. "I hope you're doing good down there, that
hill is a bit steep." Sakura reached for the next stone and pulled herself upwards. Sakura nearly lost her footing but regained it with gritted teeth. She
finally reached the ledge. Sighing and wincing at her reopened wound, she waited for Syaoran. He made it, but barely. He was perspiring and huffing
when he finally reached the ledge. He got up and sat down heavily next to Sakura. Sakura giggled, although it was a bit unusual for her to giggle
nowadays. "You scared of heights?" "Hell no." Sayoran said angrily, yet his face was still the same pasty color as it was before. "Oops!" Sakura pretended to
push him towards the edge. He squalled and latched himself onto the ledge. Sakura sweat dropped. "You ok there?" Syaoran sat up, his eyes glaring and
haughty. "In the kings own..." He puffed, "You never climbed up steep hills." Sakura stuck out her tongue at him. "Well, this is life. I climbed this hill many of
times so I could see--." Sakura was suddenly silent, her teasing aura faded as she grinded her teeth together. Syaoran looked at her questioningly. "What?
Who?" Sakura sighed. "Nothing." Sakura looked around. "There should be a small tunnel to crawl through here." Syaoran was curious, he was irked at
how much she was dodging his questions. Sakura stopped looking around and held her side. Wincing a bit, she attempted to retie her bindings.
Syaoran watched Sakura fumble with her bindings and sighed, "Here, let me do it." Sakura gave him a little glare but silently agreed. He
grabbed the bandages away from Sakura and tore them to four pieces. He wrapped the bandages snugly around her small ribs and knotted them
tightly, getting a small cry from Sakura. He fond himself blushing at their contact. He jerked away, as if burned. "There." He muttered. "Thank you." Sakura
said quietly. Sakura ducked quickly under a bush. "Hoe! Here it is!" Sakura excitedly pulled the leafy branches away from a small hole. "Syaoran... hold
onto the back of my shirt and don't lose me... wait... I know." Sakura uncoiled her magic. "Julian told me how to do this, do you know how to tie
magical ropes?" Syaoran nodded. "Yeah, I see where your going at." Sakura nodded. "Good, follow me and be careful." She twirled her magic expertly
with her hands, a pink glowing rope extended from her heart and out, Syaoran did the same. "Do you know the spell to bind them?" Syaoran nodded.
"No problem, don't you know how?" Sakura shook her head. "I only did this once, with Julian." Sakura blushed. Syaoran wanted to ignore the strange
gnawing feeling at the pit of his stomach. He chanted a strange rhyme and the ropes started to intertwine. Their magic, unlike most peoples, melded
easily together and ties into a knot. The magic faded as Syaoran finished the chant, and the magic was invisible once again. Sakura nodded and
crawled into the snug hole. Syaoran followed, using his flow of magic to follow Sakura's every step.
Tomoyo sighed sadly, she looked out the window. "They're out there." Tomoyo moaned, she was dressed in a clean shirt and pants. Her dirty
hair was cleaned and pulled back into a thick braid. Sighing, she twirled a purple lock aimlessly. "If only I was a warrior..." "A princess is a warrior too."
Tomoyo startled, her large ameryst eyes met a pair of dark blue, almost purple ones. "Eriol?" He smiled a charming smile, sliding down in a seat next to
her. "Its true." Tomoyo shook her head, tears forming at the corner of her eyes. "No, they fought for me, I was only a burden." Eriol pitied the girl. "Being a
princess is just as hard as fighting... I mean, face it. You have to curtsey a certain way, you have to laugh delicately, you have to get betrothed to
someone you don't love." Tomoyo giggled. "That's true." Tomoyo teased. Eriol grinned slightly, he got up quickly and made a formal bow. "Milady?"
Tomoyo giggled, a graceful hand over her lips. "Hello Eriol Hiro." She curtsied. Eriol grinned, this girl was indeed beautiful. Her face was delicate and
pale... her lovely locks were a strange dark shade of purple he found so appealing. He had a sudden urge to run his hands through those silky locks.
"Milady, do you care for a dance?" Tomoyo smiled prettily and turned a light shade of pink. "My pleasure." Eriol gripped Tomoyo's hand lightly and they
started to move to music which wasn't there. Eriol twirled Tomoyo around and dipped her back. Tomoyo smiled brightly. "Why can't woman take the
lead?" She twirled Eriol and dipped him and she stuck out his tongue. "Oh, so you're a feminist." Tomoyo grinned. "Betcha that." Eriol grinned and flipped
backwards in a neat flip and bowed again to Tomoyo. "So long, I hear my men calling me, I must warm them up with a few sword exercises." Formally
clicking his heels together, he bowed once again and left. Tomoyo was left in the room, breathless, and breathing fast. 'What's happening to me?' She
held her hand to her heart and smiled slightly, which quickly turned into a frown when she remembered the friends she left behind.
Sakura blinked as they made it out of the tunnel, she could see that the gates were not that far off. "Syaoran!" She tugged viciously at the link
and Syaoran came flying out of the tunnel. "Ow!" He held his head and glared at Sakura. "Why did you do that?" Sakura turned her dreamy green eyes to
the gates. "Look." She said dreamily. "Its Starr City."
Syaoran shivered, this girl was crazy, he was practically freezing his butt off and she was just staring at the city... not even noticing the cold
drop of temperature. Sakura shivered a bit but she turned to Syaoran, her eyes bright. "Oh Syaoran! We're here! Its beautiful!" She hugged Syaoran briefly.
Syaoran felt his face become hot, 'What the heck is wrong with me?! She's just a body guard... a GIRL body guard, she is not in the least attractive to
me at all, no she isn't... But her green eyes and her-- No. I must remain strong to my purpose.' He yanked himself away from Sakura. But in her rapture,
Sakura didn't notice. She ran towards the gate. Syaoran saw the attack before it happened. "SAKURA! WATCH OUT!" A strange whistling noise filled the
air as thousands of arrows made their way towards Sakura. Syaoran's eyes dilated in fear. The sky was dark with arrows. What was he to do?!
~*~*~*~To be continued...~*~*~*~
Kero: I'M IN THE STORY! OMIGOD! *Happy heart and smilie faces swirl around him*
Peony: ^^;; Yea... *AHEM* Anywayz, I have to go, remeber to reveiw!
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Um, the Plot so far for this story is as follows, this won't ruin anything.
- S and S, but I'm not going to make their get together too easy, that takes the fun out of everything.
-E and T! ^_^
- Nubis gains the kingship of what rightfully belongs to Syaoran by killing his family, thought dead at first, Nubis happily continues on, destroying anyone daring to oppose his power, or anyone who is still loyal to the Li's family. Syaoran comes back for vengence, hoping to kill Nubis. Sakura is seeking vengence for her family and academy... Tomoyo is seeking vengence at the death of her mother and the people who are suffering. Eriol seeks vengence for such sensless violence... Sakura is haunted by a torturingly sad past, a a very hard desicion. Sakura must keep her family's honor going. Her small tattoe of her "Clan" or family reminds her of this, and the reputation of the Kintomoto's and the Kintomoto's family being great body guards, loyal and well trained, to the two royal familes, Li and Daiijabou. These Four people will be the largest impact to how this war turns out. And the battle between the hearts, honor, and of magic/power.-
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Author: Peonyqt1004
Title of Chapter 4: Tomoyo Meets Eriol; The Dream
A/N: I'd like to thank those who have reveiwed me! ^_^ I'll post ur names up in the next chapter~ ^^ I'm so happy! This story has better success then my other one, "Look for Me By Moonlight." I see nothing wrong with it... :'$ Maybe its the title or the plot. O well. ^^ Read and Reveiw! pUH-WEEZY~3
*~*Tomoyo Meets Eriol-The Dream*~*
Syaoran gulped. "Um, I can explain..." Sakura surveyed their camp grounds and noted the scattered belongings and strange footprints in the
mud. "No, this scene already tells me everything I need to know." Sakura's voice sounded cold, her eyes were distant. From what Syaoran could see, she
was still smarting from whatever Tomoyo had said. "What's the matter Kinomoto?" Syaoran asked, his voice sounding a bit more curt then usual. "Why
were you so angry over whatever Tomoyo said? If it wasn't for you running off, then we might've been able to keep Tomoyo safe--" Sakura turned
around with an angry squeal, her cheeks were flushed crimson. "Thanks a lot Mr. Arrogant-know-it-all!" She cried out angrily. "Thanks for making me feel
twice as bad as I did before!" Sakura moved away from Syaoran quickly, her face crimson and burning from anger. "Fine, since this is *MY* fault! I'll go
and find Tomoyo, how about that? Does that make you feel better Mr. Princely Ruler of Letington?" Syaoran felt irked by her sudden rage. "Yes, its your
fault, but you don't have to be immature about it and cry about it! You know if you do this by yourself you'll get hurt!" Sakura's veins around her forehead
throbbed uncontrollably. Her eyes were livid with rage. "You know what? I'm doing this whole entire saving the kingdoms from Nubis thing on my own!"
She hefted the bag of supplies onto her back. Syaoran harrumphed and haughtily turned the other direction, looking down at her. "Well, Ms. I'm-so-manly,
lets see you survive." Sakura turned pale with livid anger, much more furious then she had been before. "Manly?" She asked, irked by his cruel use of
words.
Tomoyo screamed and tore at her captors, but they did not let go. She broke into a frenzied sob as they carried her towards
who-knows-where. 'I don't want to die this way!' Tomoyo cried out to herself. She struggled violently against the strange wolf like creatures. "SAKURA!
HELLLPP!" She screamed.
Eriol scowled as he took a walk towards the Black forest, he knew that were wolves lived here, but he didn't care, he wanted to be away
from that yellow runt. Kereobous-whats-his-face. Eriol took longer strides toward the forest, his navy blue hair getting into his eyes, he flipped them back
and removed his specs for a minute, and put them back on. He looked up as he heard a scream. "LET ME GO! LET ME GO! PLEASE!" Eriol frowned,
whatever was going on, he didn't want to be part of it. He quickly strode past whoever it was and stopped as he caught sight of two large hulking
beasts holding a small dainty looking girl betweens their claws. Her face was pale and her eyes were filled with tears, making her eyes gleam purple. Her
small form thrashed about. Eriol saw something on the girls head which he recognized.
Nubis traced his steps toward the high and dangerous path towards the Kingdom of the Starrs. "This is a really dangerous path, do you know if
their city has any sorcerers?" Optius looked down at hid fiddling fingers. "Hmmm... I heard that Julian Starr, son of Dean and Heather Starr has magic,
great magic some people say..." Nubis brooded over this. "Is he a danger to us?" Optius bit his lips, he was old, a great deal wiser then the young
Nubis... but he knew that even he couldn't be the strongest wizard in this planet, he never experienced Starrs power himself, but he felt certain he could
over come such a young sorcerer like Julian. "No, I'll keep him at bay." Nubis nodded and smiled. "Soon, the legendary stone of powers will be mine."
Optius smiled to himself, of course, since he was a great deal stronger then Nubis with magic, he could overcome this youngster and take the legendary
stone to himself. Then he could be the great powerful ruler. This pawn would be gone when he was through with using him.
Sakura slowly walked toward Syaoran, her eyes gleaming a furious color of green. "Manly? I have enough of this sexist talk." Sakura said
passionately. "I know I'll never find a guy to like me as who I am." Sakura said with much emotion coloring her voice. "I know even the guy I love the
most won't ever like me because of who I am." Her voice cracked with sadness, she blinked the moisture away from her eye. "But please..." Her voice
cracked as her voice became sad and pleading. "Stop telling me that...that...fact. Everyone tells me that all the time. If you say anything else... I'll...I'll... I
might hurt you." Sakuras voice ended in a slight whisper. "Don't tempt me." She said between clenched teeth. "Come on, lets find Tomoyo." Syaoran,
shocked from Sakura's passionate talk, recovered. "Don't tempt me Syaoran." He mimicked. "I'm not scared of you Kinomoto, you're only a girl, I know
all the holes in your fighting skills." Sakura clenched her hands, her back stiff. "Syaoran." Her voice had a warning tone. Syaoran sighed, his voice became
icy. "Ok Kinomoto, this time I'm letting this argument go, but even I don't have a patience of the saints." Sakura snorted.
Tomoyo cried herself hoarse. The werewolf stared down at her. "This tyke makes a lot of racket." "Shut up or we'll make you be quite." Tomoyo's
lips trembled but she bunched up all her confidence and stared the wolf down. "Let me go immediately! I have friends who will kill you if you touch a
hair on my head." The werewolves snorted. The one with the more silvery fur turned to Tomoyo. "Listen, ever since Nubis came into this land, food has
been scarce, we usually never touch human, but our kind are dwindling, we need to eat you. Our young needs tender meat." Tomoyo gritted her teeth,
why, why couldn't she have been more fit and muscular like Sakura? "I warn you... let me go!" The one with the dull fur grunted. "Look, our kits are
hungry, we can't put down this opportunity if food comes to us so willingly." Tomoyo tried to yank away. "Let me go!" A flash of silver surprised the wolf
with the silver fur. It howled, clutching its bleeding stump, where its hands had been. Tomoyo breathed a sigh of relief. Somebody clutched her about
the waist and hurled her onto his/her back. Tomoyo started struggling, this might be an enemy for all she knew. "LET GO OF ME!" She was thrown onto a
horse and somebody grunted heavily as they got on as well and started galloping off.
Sakura sighed, she had been too touchy on the subject. She turned to Syaoran, he looked distant, cold. He wouldn't listen, he was an
arrogant royalty. Sakura kicked a rock and winced as pain shot up her side. She had failed Tomoyo, she was gone, and dead for all she knew. Cursing,
she kicked at another rock and cried out when it bounced off a tree and hit her squarely in the middle of her forehead. "HOE!" Surprised, Sakura tripped
over a root and landed, sprawled out on the floor of the forest. She looked up, blowing a leaf off her nose and met a pair of somber brown eyes, which
were now twinkling with laughter. "Nice fall." He commented. Sakura snorted like a horse and haughtily got up. "I know, I'm famous for that back at
home." Sakura's words faltered. Syaoran winced, seeing her hurt expression. "Come on." He said, helping her up. "Its almost daylight, we didn't get an
ounce of sleep, we should camp." Sakura sighed, feeling like a failure she obliged when he brought her to a small clearing. Syaoran sat on a rotting log
and looked up at Sakura, who was shivering and clutching her cloak to herself. "Cold?" Sakura glared at him. "No!" Her teeth chattered noticeably.
Syaoran looked at her vaguely amused. Sakura sat next to him and stared at him from the corner of her eye. "Can't you make a fire?" Syaoran grinned
lopsidedly. "We shouldn't make a fire, it'll attract the werewolves." Sakura let out an exasperated sigh. "What about Nubis?" She asked after a period of
silence. "I thought we were going to follow him." Syaoran blew his bangs away from his eyes absent mindedly. "We are to weak to actually go and kill
them, so we should train a bit and gather a small force before we go and challenge Nubis." Sakura looked up sharply. "But... the Starr kingdom!"
Syaoran glanced at her. "Why are you so concerned about their welfare?" Sakura blanched, then turned a strange shade of pink. "Um..." Sakura sighed.
"Nothing..." Her gaze looked up towards the mountains.
Tomoyo blew the hair away from her eyes. She couldn't see anything, and her stomach was sore. Wincing she tried to get off the now still
horse. The horse snorted and bucked her off. She fell hard on her back. She coughed and groaned. A pair of hands lifted her up. Navy eyes met purple.
Tomoyo was startled as she looked into the face of one of the most... handsomest guy she had ever seen, aside from Syaoran. "You ok Princess
Daiijabou?" Tomoyo stared at the man. "How did you know my name?" He smiled an all knowing grin, which made her slightly angry. "You tiara, it has
the symbol of your kingdom." Tomoyo nearly fell flat on her face. Of course, she should've known. "Well, thank you." She said curtly. "I should be off on my
way, my friends are looking for me." Briskly, she patted the dirt away from her clothed and walked towards the forest, her head held high. A hand
grabbed her arm. "You simpleton!" Was the harsh rebuke. "If you go back in, imagine what other creatures may be in there, wanting to gobble your
tender meat?" Tomoyo swallowed hard. "My friends..." She wailed. "I can't leave them! They'll think I'm dead!" "Who are your friends?" He asked, his
voiced irritated. Tomoyo gave him an evil eye. "Sakura Kinomoto and the Prince of Letington, Syaoran Li." The man froze, his eyes wide. "Syaoran Li?" Are
you sure?" he asked slowly. She nodded, "He survived the attack made by Nubis and Optius, he needs my help." The man slowly faced Tomoyo, his eyes
mirroring his disbelief. "It can't be true, Prince Li is dead! I saw it with my own two eyes!"
Sakura saw herself running towards the kingdom of the Starrs. The rocky and dangerous road was familiar to her, of course, she used to go
there all the time. She opened the gates eagerly and walked in. Her eyes widened with horror and shock. The beautiful city was in ruins. The smell of
death lingered there. It reeked of burning skin and hair. Holding back tears, she stepped forward, and started running swiftly towards the castle. 'Please
let him be alright...' She prayed, her eyes wide and luminous. Thunder cackled in the background and it started to rain. Sakura stopped, the castle was
gone, there was only a burnt area of where the castle once had been. Sakura held back a sob and stepped forward. The pond at the corner of the
Starr's garden caught her eye. Stepping towards it she looked down and her eyes widened in fright. A dead Koi, turned upside down, its belly white with
death, floated there. Slowly she turned around, the bodies of the Starr family laid there, stark white and dead.
An anguished cry escaped her lips. She saw Julian's pale face, eyes wide with terror, dull with no life. His throat had been cut, and ten arrows
had struck him in his vital areas, crimsons blood leaked from his wounds, his mother and father lying beside him, the same blank look of terror on their
faces. The rain washed away the blood, leaving clear droplets of water on Julian's pale face. Sakura started to whimper, holding her tears at bay. She
stepped forward, promising herself she wouldn't cry. She touched his ice cold face and a burst of hysterical sobbing escaped her. "JULIAN!" Sakura
screamed at the thundering sky. "SAKURA!' Sakura whirled around, she saw Tomoyo's face, plea and her eyes wide with shock. "Please... Sakura! HELP
ME!" Tomoyo was being pulled into the darkness by unseen eyes.
"TOMOYO!" Sakura screamed, stumbling as she tried to reach her friend. "DON'T LEAVE ME! I'M SORRY!" Sakura's eyes widened yet again as the
darkness spat Tomoyo back out. Like a ragged doll, Tomoyo landed with a thump on the floor. Her eyes were blank with fear, and tiny rivulets of blood
darkened her hair and dripped down her pale face. "Tomoyo, don't leave me too." Sakura whispered, pleading. There was a evil laughter. Sakura turned
around slowly and saw Nubis and Optius, with their amorphous army standing in front of her. Nubis smirked, holding something which glowed a faint
silver under his fingers. "Now its time for this prince to die." Nubis turned his cold purple eyes to Syaoran, who stood there, looking ready, with his sword,
yet Sakura knew the same fate was there for him. She had failed them. " TOMOYO! SYAORAN! JULIAN!" The words Julian was most passionate, filled with
anguish immeasurable. "I'm sorry! I failed you! I failed you!" Thunder rumbled again and the wet water slid down her face as Nubis brought his hand up to
strike down Syaoran. "I'm sorry mother, father..." She saw their disappointed faces.
'We were counting on you...'
'You disrespect out family...'
Sakura started to sob, Nubis chanted a spell which she could not hear. A white bolt of power cackled and hit Syaoran, the ground shook
uncontrollably. Sakura braced herself. Crying, "NOOOOOOO! SYAOOORRANNN! MOTHER! FATHER!"
"WAKE UP!" Sakura blinked, someone's amber eyes looked down at her strangely. "Oh... its you." Sakura said with relief. "It was only a dream..."
She calmed her quickly beating heart to its normal pace and looked around. Syaoran smirked strangely. "Why were you crying out my name Sakura? Is
there something you have for me?" He fluttered his eyelashes in the most absurd fashion, drawing laughter from Sakuras lips. She quickly ended it and
glared at him. "No." She said curtly as she stood up. "What was it then?" Sakura bit her lips. "A bad omen, just hope it isn't true." With that, she flipped her
shoulder cut hair over her shoulder and quickly headed back towards Nubis's encampment. Syaoran blinked. "ARE YOU CRAZY!" He roared as he trotted
quickly after her. "Where are you going? Are you not going to save Tomoyo?" Sakura bit her lips. "But Syaoran!" She whirled to face him, her eyes filled
with hidden meaning. "This dream, it was much too vivid." She took in a deep breathe. "The Starr kingdom was destroyed." She said quietly. "There is
someone there I love, and I will risk it all to save him." Looking at Syaorans bewildered face she smiled sadly. "You can go on your own Syaoran." Syaoran
blinked. "Wait, are you crazy? I'm going with you." Syaoran gave her a meaningful glare. "If you are so sure Nubis's is going there, then he must've found
out the secret that the royal family has been keeping silent for a while now." Sakura glanced at him. "Hoe?" Syaoran looked at her, his eyes dark and
strangely cold. "The legendary key... to open the path and seal to the legendary stone of power." Sakura cocked her head quizzically. Syaoran noticed
how cute she looked when she did that.
"The stone of power... it came from the world outside from ours... its purely magic, magic from the moon, star, and sun."
Sakura nodded. "Go on."
"There is one key to open the seal, once the seal is open, the passageway to the stone will be opened too."
"Oh no..." Sakura breathed.
"But, there are two guardians blocking the route, there is one, at least people say this, guarding the key, but no one knows who it is."
Sakura nodded.
"There is one protecting the seal, he is quite unknown too, he is called, the guardian with the golden eyes."
Sakura sighed, "But wait... so... what does this stone do?" Syaoran looked dead serious. "It may only be a legend, but it is said to bring
complete and absolute power to the one who gets a hold of it. But the power will destroy the person who possesses it... slowly. Only one can tame the
powers within the stone." Sakura curiously looked up. "This one legendary figure is unknown too. The stone itself... it has a dark past. It can also destroy
the one who tames it, if the person has not the pure intentions. But this stone was made to be destroyed." Syaoran fingered his sword thoughtfully. "The
one who tames it will destroy it, returning peace to the land. Legend says there will be four hero's who'll destroy it. One who tames it and goes through
the rigorous magic training, another, through fighting... another, through loyalty, and the last one, through logic. I can't understand any of it." Syaoran
paused. "I believe you don't either." Sakura looked at him blankly and shook her head. Syaoran nodded. "We go to the Starr Kingdom, I assume you know
the way." Sakura nodded. "Follow me, I think I can outrun them. I've gone through this way many times."
"Dead? No. I swear he is alive." Tomoyo responded. "Just who do you think you are? Assuming he's dead and all, not believing royalty."
"Because I am royalty." The man replied, his brows furrowed in a frown. " I am Eriol Hiro, cousin of Syaoran Li." Tomoyo's mouth fell open. A simple, "Oh"
left her mouth.
Nubis could only think of that beautiful creature... Sakura... He smiled as he remembered her. She was unlike many women he knew. She was
tall, thin and shapely, yet power defined every part of her body. Her fighting was more like a dance of death then slaying... and her face, it looked like
one of a fallen angel. Her large vivid green eyes, twinkling like emeralds, her perfect almost flawless face... He suppressed a strange shiver. He wanted
her. He blinked as Optius entered. The old gnarled man looked up at Nubis with furrowed eyebrows. "Nubis, we need to stop for some supplies, it is very
cold up near the mountain." Nubis blinked again, "Of course." He sighed, rubbing his temple. "Thinking about the girl sir?" Optius asked, amused. "No, of
course not." Was the curt reply. Optius smirked, he wasn't blind, he knew infatuation when he saw it. "As you say sir." The wizard bowed and left. Nubis
gritted hi teeth and clenched his fist. Why did he have such a strange feeling that Optius knew more then he said he knew?
The girl couldn't believe what she was seeing, and hearing.
"TAKE ME BACK TO THE ORCHAD!" The little stuffed animal looking creature demanded. Eriol only rubbed his head and shrugged. "I can't, I don't want to."
The little creature growled. "You better change your mind pretty quick kid... or I'll bite you again." Eriol winced, not wanting to look like an idiot in front
of the Daiijabou princess. "You better not." He said tightly. Kero harrumphed. "C'mon kid, I'll make you scream in that high squeal of yours!" Eriol clenched
his teeth harder and a strange pulse beated at the bottom of his hair line. "Zachary." He said quietly, turning a faint shade of red. "Please show this
creature the way to the orchard." Tomoyo stared, this little yellow mouse... talking? Tomoyo hid laughter behind a small curved hand as she saw Eriol's embaressed face.
Sakura panted, climbing up the steep hill was hard, but she knew this was the fastest way, the only way. She yelped as a bramble cut into her
wound and tore at her bandages. Cursing the mountain god, she continued upwards. She heard a yelp. Sakura looked down and saw Syaoran pale
face. "You ok down there Prince?" "Yeah." His voice was higher then usual. Sakura smirked, he was scared. "I hope you're doing good down there, that
hill is a bit steep." Sakura reached for the next stone and pulled herself upwards. Sakura nearly lost her footing but regained it with gritted teeth. She
finally reached the ledge. Sighing and wincing at her reopened wound, she waited for Syaoran. He made it, but barely. He was perspiring and huffing
when he finally reached the ledge. He got up and sat down heavily next to Sakura. Sakura giggled, although it was a bit unusual for her to giggle
nowadays. "You scared of heights?" "Hell no." Sayoran said angrily, yet his face was still the same pasty color as it was before. "Oops!" Sakura pretended to
push him towards the edge. He squalled and latched himself onto the ledge. Sakura sweat dropped. "You ok there?" Syaoran sat up, his eyes glaring and
haughty. "In the kings own..." He puffed, "You never climbed up steep hills." Sakura stuck out her tongue at him. "Well, this is life. I climbed this hill many of
times so I could see--." Sakura was suddenly silent, her teasing aura faded as she grinded her teeth together. Syaoran looked at her questioningly. "What?
Who?" Sakura sighed. "Nothing." Sakura looked around. "There should be a small tunnel to crawl through here." Syaoran was curious, he was irked at
how much she was dodging his questions. Sakura stopped looking around and held her side. Wincing a bit, she attempted to retie her bindings.
Syaoran watched Sakura fumble with her bindings and sighed, "Here, let me do it." Sakura gave him a little glare but silently agreed. He
grabbed the bandages away from Sakura and tore them to four pieces. He wrapped the bandages snugly around her small ribs and knotted them
tightly, getting a small cry from Sakura. He fond himself blushing at their contact. He jerked away, as if burned. "There." He muttered. "Thank you." Sakura
said quietly. Sakura ducked quickly under a bush. "Hoe! Here it is!" Sakura excitedly pulled the leafy branches away from a small hole. "Syaoran... hold
onto the back of my shirt and don't lose me... wait... I know." Sakura uncoiled her magic. "Julian told me how to do this, do you know how to tie
magical ropes?" Syaoran nodded. "Yeah, I see where your going at." Sakura nodded. "Good, follow me and be careful." She twirled her magic expertly
with her hands, a pink glowing rope extended from her heart and out, Syaoran did the same. "Do you know the spell to bind them?" Syaoran nodded.
"No problem, don't you know how?" Sakura shook her head. "I only did this once, with Julian." Sakura blushed. Syaoran wanted to ignore the strange
gnawing feeling at the pit of his stomach. He chanted a strange rhyme and the ropes started to intertwine. Their magic, unlike most peoples, melded
easily together and ties into a knot. The magic faded as Syaoran finished the chant, and the magic was invisible once again. Sakura nodded and
crawled into the snug hole. Syaoran followed, using his flow of magic to follow Sakura's every step.
Tomoyo sighed sadly, she looked out the window. "They're out there." Tomoyo moaned, she was dressed in a clean shirt and pants. Her dirty
hair was cleaned and pulled back into a thick braid. Sighing, she twirled a purple lock aimlessly. "If only I was a warrior..." "A princess is a warrior too."
Tomoyo startled, her large ameryst eyes met a pair of dark blue, almost purple ones. "Eriol?" He smiled a charming smile, sliding down in a seat next to
her. "Its true." Tomoyo shook her head, tears forming at the corner of her eyes. "No, they fought for me, I was only a burden." Eriol pitied the girl. "Being a
princess is just as hard as fighting... I mean, face it. You have to curtsey a certain way, you have to laugh delicately, you have to get betrothed to
someone you don't love." Tomoyo giggled. "That's true." Tomoyo teased. Eriol grinned slightly, he got up quickly and made a formal bow. "Milady?"
Tomoyo giggled, a graceful hand over her lips. "Hello Eriol Hiro." She curtsied. Eriol grinned, this girl was indeed beautiful. Her face was delicate and
pale... her lovely locks were a strange dark shade of purple he found so appealing. He had a sudden urge to run his hands through those silky locks.
"Milady, do you care for a dance?" Tomoyo smiled prettily and turned a light shade of pink. "My pleasure." Eriol gripped Tomoyo's hand lightly and they
started to move to music which wasn't there. Eriol twirled Tomoyo around and dipped her back. Tomoyo smiled brightly. "Why can't woman take the
lead?" She twirled Eriol and dipped him and she stuck out his tongue. "Oh, so you're a feminist." Tomoyo grinned. "Betcha that." Eriol grinned and flipped
backwards in a neat flip and bowed again to Tomoyo. "So long, I hear my men calling me, I must warm them up with a few sword exercises." Formally
clicking his heels together, he bowed once again and left. Tomoyo was left in the room, breathless, and breathing fast. 'What's happening to me?' She
held her hand to her heart and smiled slightly, which quickly turned into a frown when she remembered the friends she left behind.
Sakura blinked as they made it out of the tunnel, she could see that the gates were not that far off. "Syaoran!" She tugged viciously at the link
and Syaoran came flying out of the tunnel. "Ow!" He held his head and glared at Sakura. "Why did you do that?" Sakura turned her dreamy green eyes to
the gates. "Look." She said dreamily. "Its Starr City."
Syaoran shivered, this girl was crazy, he was practically freezing his butt off and she was just staring at the city... not even noticing the cold
drop of temperature. Sakura shivered a bit but she turned to Syaoran, her eyes bright. "Oh Syaoran! We're here! Its beautiful!" She hugged Syaoran briefly.
Syaoran felt his face become hot, 'What the heck is wrong with me?! She's just a body guard... a GIRL body guard, she is not in the least attractive to
me at all, no she isn't... But her green eyes and her-- No. I must remain strong to my purpose.' He yanked himself away from Sakura. But in her rapture,
Sakura didn't notice. She ran towards the gate. Syaoran saw the attack before it happened. "SAKURA! WATCH OUT!" A strange whistling noise filled the
air as thousands of arrows made their way towards Sakura. Syaoran's eyes dilated in fear. The sky was dark with arrows. What was he to do?!
~*~*~*~To be continued...~*~*~*~
Kero: I'M IN THE STORY! OMIGOD! *Happy heart and smilie faces swirl around him*
Peony: ^^;; Yea... *AHEM* Anywayz, I have to go, remeber to reveiw!
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Um, the Plot so far for this story is as follows, this won't ruin anything.
- S and S, but I'm not going to make their get together too easy, that takes the fun out of everything.
-E and T! ^_^
- Nubis gains the kingship of what rightfully belongs to Syaoran by killing his family, thought dead at first, Nubis happily continues on, destroying anyone daring to oppose his power, or anyone who is still loyal to the Li's family. Syaoran comes back for vengence, hoping to kill Nubis. Sakura is seeking vengence for her family and academy... Tomoyo is seeking vengence at the death of her mother and the people who are suffering. Eriol seeks vengence for such sensless violence... Sakura is haunted by a torturingly sad past, a a very hard desicion. Sakura must keep her family's honor going. Her small tattoe of her "Clan" or family reminds her of this, and the reputation of the Kintomoto's and the Kintomoto's family being great body guards, loyal and well trained, to the two royal familes, Li and Daiijabou. These Four people will be the largest impact to how this war turns out. And the battle between the hearts, honor, and of magic/power.-
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