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DISCLAIMER: Card Captor Sakura does not belong to me but to CLAMP. I am just merely borrowing it for entertainment purposes.
CHAPTER VI Old secrets are revealed
"I still don't see what all of this has to do with us" Tsonomi Daidoubji finally broke the silence in desperation "Would you please calm down Madame, were trying to figure out something in here" Touya said in the coldest tone "Everything due its own time mother" "Tomoyo-chan is right" Eriol continued calmly "Everything will be revealed to you at its due time." "Hey little mister, who gave you permission to talk to my daughter like that??!!" the oldest woman said trying to slap Eriol who easily stop the impact with some magic instead of receiving it fully, leaving the woman in total surprise. This was not a young man who you would like to mess with. "Back to our problem" he started again while cleaning his glasses "we will need your cooperation Madame if that is possible" the brown-haired woman just nodded "very well. where do you come from?" "Japan" she answered in an annoyed tone, who did this guy think he was?, she was loosing precious time at the company and she had to meet with some American clients in less than two hours "And. did you have any female relatives besides Nadesiko?"
Silence overcame the room as mimicking a sad, old picture that was finally broken by the sound of a tear crashing into the elder woman's lap.
"I am sorry" she excused herself "Nadesiko and I were very close, she was the closest to the sister I never had. Back to your question, the answer is yes. There was another line of our family that came from some place else. I was never quite sure from where." "I see. and. do you remember who were the former members of that line of your family?" "Not really. It was a woman but her existence was hidden to our family. I was told her name once, but for some reason I just can't remember it." "Cast spell" Touya whispered to Yue "Impossible" Kero interrupted "that's western magic and we all know that no one but Clow had the heritage and power of both eastern and western magic" "So finally" Eriol said in a cold but yet concerned tone "revenge time has come, right Yue?" "I remember it vividly master" the winged guardian said "I just never thought that it would be this way" "Anyway Madame" he continued the interrogatory "do you remember the name ShinJin Ni?" "Actually, I do now that you mention it "she said in surprise to herself "that's the name of the girl that I was talking you about. When my grandmother was very young, she met our grandfather, they fell in love, got married and had Nadesiko's mother and mine. But the joy didn't last much because my grandmother died very soon. My grandfather was so sad, he had loved her too much; so much that he wouldn't bear looking at his own children because they would remind him of her. So he ran away for a couple of months and then was when he met her" "Her?" Syaoran made his first intervention in the conversation "Who do you mean by her?" "ShinJin Ni's mother" she lowered her voice "My grandfather was so broken hearted and she had been the only person who had felt some kind of compassion for him; slowly his heart healed and fell in love with her just the way she did for him. A year later our grandfather came back keeping two secrets until the day of his death: that he had fallen in love with a magician, and that he had became a father once again"
Everyone seemed surprise at this brand new revelation. Tomoyo almost fainted at her mother's words and Sakura couldn't help loosing her balance, luckily Syaoran reached to catch her, which earned him an annoying look from Touya and a slight grin from the card guardian. "So all the pieces are finally together" Eriol exclaimed attracting everyone's attention back to him "the lotus flower, owner of the magic of east and west, will seek her revenge in every sense. That will mean a great danger for anyone in her blood line, and by that I mean you Madame and Tomoyo, as well as Touya and Sakura; and of course, her final revenge will be against everyone related to Clow, either by blood line" he pointed at Syaoran "or by magic" he pointed at Sakura and the winged silhouettes. "And you all knew about it right?" Syaoran said annoyed "You knew about it and you didn't tell us anything? We're in danger for God's sake! But of course you don't care about it Hiiragizawa because it will be the Card Captor who will be fighting for you! You know what Hiiragizawa?: You're a coward: you make other people fight your battles!" "Please Syaoran-kun, calm down" Sakura held his wrist before he could attack Eriol with his magic "right now the important thing is to know what we're facing. Please Eriol-kun, tell us about it" "I'd rather do it myself" Yue interrupted when the incarnation of his previous master was about to speak "After all, I was there" "Be my guest" "It all happened when Clow was still alive. As you know, there are two kinds of magicians: the ones who use western magic and the ones who use the eastern one; according to the legend the ones who had the power of controlling both kinds of magic would be the key to a better world or its destruction depending on how they used their powers. Anyway, nature is wise, and it is always in a continuous search for balance so according to this there would be two great sorcerers in order to find equilibrium: a day and a night, a sun and a moon, a man and a woman: Clow and ShinJin." "Each one for each clan. Clow for the Li; and ShinJin for the Ni" Syaoran interfered in low tone while holding in his hands a medallion hidden underneath his shirt. "That is right. So one day, a spirit came out provoking disturbs in the Ni clan, the spirit was really strong, consequently the only way to capture it was with a great quantity of magic, an amount so great that only the convergence of both, eastern and western magic could make. So the sorcerer was called. She was a woman so her powers were stronger when ruled by the moon therefore, made a great storm appear in order to capture the powerful spirit and lock it up in a card. Her magic was strong, yes, sometimes I wonder if it had been stronger than Clow's, but unfortunately her body wasn't: she couldn't take that much effort. She was finally able to lock the spirit up but she couldn't bare all the physical exhaustion and she died, leaving the storm out of control. "That must have been horrible" Tomoyo said hiding her face behind her hands "Yes, it was" the judge continued "after that, seen as their only hope, Clow was called to help these people since he was the only magician with both powers left. I was commanded to accompany Clow while Kerberos stayed just in case something happened to us, luckily, nothing did. I remember how impressed I was when I saw that young lady lying on the floor: her eyes where closed as if sleeping but her skin was so pallid, whiter than the whitest china; her brown hair pooled around her: a portrait of a restless death. But there was no time to lose, the storm had to be stopped. Clow used the wind to pacify the storm, though it required a lot of effort and magic. "I don't see what's wrong with Clow helping the people of the Ni clan" Sakura spoke aloud "Patience, kaiju. patience" her brother ceased her "After that, Clow and I wanted to leave but the people of the Ni Clan wanted us to stay for a little longer, just to 'thank us properly', they would said. They prepared one of the biggest parties I had ever seen in all the time that I have been existing to celebrate the vanquish of the spirit and after 3 days and 3 nights of great celebration they decided to consecrate the fourth day for the burial of the sorcerer. "But didn't you realize that the fourth day means. death?!" Tomoyo was in shock "Exactly Daidoubji-san" Syaoran said in the most serious tone "when a leader dies and a new one is meant to take his place, there are three days of party to celebrate the new leader and the fourth day is meant to bury the death one so the meaning of the four will remain" "And they weren't aware of that??!!" Tsonomi interrupted after having stood speechless for a considerable period of time "What kind of magician and guardian were they? I swear that if they were alive I would kick them for putting in danger my dear Tomoyo-chan because of their stupidity!"
A small tear rolled by Eriol's face, how could it be that the Clow Reed was crying?. and for such an improbable reason. for a woman!!! For God's sake. for a woman!! He looked away "You are looking at the magician, Madame" he interrupted and sighed "I never meant to hurt you Tomoyo-chan but remember I have told you that destiny is so cruel that it shall not let me be happy, whatever it takes" he approached his hand to her cheek removing the small, silvered tear that intended to flow down her face "but now that you know" he ran his fingers through her black hair which imitated an ebony curtain down to her waist "will you ever be able to forgive me Daidoubji Tomoyo?" he reached to caress her lips with his and whispered to her ear "will you, Tomoyo-chan?" "Of course" she held him tightly "I will always forgive you Eriol-kun" "Tomoyo!" her mother protested "Sit down and stay properly still!" "Yes mother" the blue-eyed girl obeyed and sat down still holding her beloved's hand "Is anyone going to let Yukito, I mean YUE, finish?" Touya interrupted sick of the romanticism emanating from the young couple "Thank you Touya" Yue stated content that he wouldn't have to listen to those 'mortal silly issues' as he would put it "so anyway, we did not realize what the Ni Clan had done until it was too late." "And still did nothing about it?" Syaoran interrupted again "I told you it was too late. Clow and I returned that very day and thought that by walking away from them we would solve at least part of the problem, maybe they would not remember us and we would be eventually forgotten. But that didn't happen. People of the Ni Clan would follow us whenever they needed something related to magic like breaking courses and instructing the latest generations and all those kinds of things" ".The kind of things that the leader of the Clan would do" Syaoran interrupted for the third time in the judge's explanation "Precisely" Yue sighed "the kind of things the leader would do. Eventually ShinJin was forgotten by her own Clan until the point that her magic was entirely forgotten as well as her existence which became a story passed by generations turning into a legend and, finally into a myth." "That's terrible" Tomoyo said silently "after having given everything for them. after having died for them. to be forgotten. I wouldn't bear that" "Neither would she" Eriol looked at her straight at the eyes ". and that unreliability is what puts YOU in danger" "But we didn't belong to the Ni Clan." "Don't you get it Tomoyo-chan?" "Watch it kid!!" Tomoyo's mother pointed at her daughter's.boyfriend? "I mean. do you not understand Daidoubji-dono? It is all about blood in here! If ShinJin Ni is mad it is because she did not get any support from anywhere: From her mother's side she had the ungrateful Clan that forgot all about her; and from her father's side she had nothing, he wouldn't even recognize her as his daughter. Remember magic is not something you just get by hazard, it has to come to you by either way of your family and only some people are designated to have it." "And. am I one of them?" Tomoyo asked in disbelief "Am I some of those people who are designated to have it or am I just in danger because of someone else's mistake? "I am afraid that shall not matter" "You're just afraid of saying the truth" "Afraid you say?" "Yes, afraid indeed. You're afraid because you know that people like you, who have always had magic, may be guilty of causing problems to other people who also deserved to have it!" she finally broke down "You're afraid to tell me that you too know that it's not fair that some of us have to suffer the consequences without having had anything to do with the origin of the problem!" "Tomoyo-chan, please calm down" he tried to soothe her in vain "No!" she shouted in greater desperation "I don't want to calm down, and I won't calm down!"
Eriol's heart felt like being broken in that very moment. He would have never wanted to see her like that, to see her crying. So mature, it was so unlike her to loose control like that but to many things had come together and it was just too much to bear for a 17 year-old. A girl like her shouldn't have to go through this pain. It was almost unbelievable that she had been smiling minutes ago.
"It aint my fault all right!! Why do I have to go through this?!, I didn't ask for this!! It just isn't my fault!!" "Listen.I. I didn't mean to." Tomoyo's hands tapping hardly on his chest cut his words "Frustration" he thought. He took her by her wrists and forced her to look at him then, with the sweetest look he tried to comfort her. He drew his right arm around her waist and used the left one to force her to nestle her face on his shoulder "I am sorry, so sorry" his words were like a lullaby to her uneasy heart which found comfort in his arms "It will be all right... Yakusoku da yo (It is a promise)"
"Is anyone as tired as me of watching this two making up?" Touya cut annoyed. "It's pretty much all they've been doing for almost one hour! One cries and the other comforts him, and then the other one starts crying so it's the other one's turn to comfort the weeping one and so on..." he said while mimicking them with both hands "If you feel so needy why don't you guys go get a room where you can freely exchange saliva all that you want!!!!" That was it! He had had enough of those two youngsters and he surely wasn't known because of his outrageous patience and that had been all that he could take. "You watch your words young man!" Tsonomi scolded him "and you Tomoyo, stop fooling around with this. kid.as if you were some kind of hooker or something" "Why should I watch my words? It aint me who's giving up spectacles" Touya answered in return "Your daughter is acting like a whore in this room and I should watch MY words?! Don't make me laugh!" "Oniichan(brother) don't be so rude!! You know they look so cute together. Besides, you just wouldn't like it if someone called ME a whore, right?" "Everybody just stop!!!!" Yue practically shut them up in exasperation ".just stop. We are not here to fight but to figure something out all right? And if you cannot bear it, well then you should leave"
Everyone in the room stood silent for a moment. It had been surely a hard day and all this tension had just made it worse but they were all stuck in there, whether they liked it or not. After a moment of quietness it was Eriol who first spoke aloud again.
"Shall we have some tea?" "I think it's a wonderful idea" Sakura agreed "Maybe like that we will be able to calm down and make up our minds in order to actually think of something" Syaoran joined while everyone else followed the English youngster into the garden where the tea had been already served.
They all sat down softly around the large table in the dinning room. It was a wonder that such a big mansion was designated for one young man to live in. It wasn't like where Syaoran had lived alone years ago which had merely been a small apartment. He surely felt very lonely.
"So this ShinJin Ni is a very powerful sorcerer who can also manage any kind of magic, right?" Touya, who hadn't drunk any of his tea, asked "then how are you planing to beat her?" "I never said it would be easy" Eriol stated "That is not what I asked" "Well" the blue eyed boy continued "we might not be able to attack her as simply as that. We will have to wait until she does, just the way we would with a Card" "So there's no way that we can get any advantage in this?" "Actually there is one. As I told you, Shin Jin's best skills were those belonging to the moon, as Clow's would be those of the sun. As I am the Clow's Reed, my powers, as Li's, will be stronger when ruled by his element, which would be the opposite of hers. And Sakura, for being a woman and handling a kind of magic different from that of Clow would be ruled by the moon, exactly as our opponent." "And what about Kero and the others?" Tomoyo inquired "The guardians shall be ruled each by one of them: Kerberos" he pointed at Kero "shall be by the sun, and Yue" he pointed at the angel-shaped creature "shall be by the moon." "But I thought my powers were ruled by my own star" Sakura wondered "just the way it is said when I cast my spell." "Of course" Eriol answered in a matter-of-factly tone "everyone has the powers of their own star, either way, there would not be magic at all because our powers would all belong to the previous generation and we wouldn't be able to make new spells or create new cards. just the way YOU did. Remember the Love Card?"
Sakura blushed strongly and looked away, she hadn't had the chance to tell anything to Syaoran about that particular matter. She just nodded weakly and let out a soft sigh. Then she gave little Kero, who was biting worriedly a piece of cake, a look, which suggested to keep silent either way things would turn pretty ugly at home. The yellow teddy bear just smiled nervously.
"The Love Card?!" Syaoran exclaimed puzzled "I was never aware of the existence of a Love Card" "I'll tell you later" Sakura silenced him "But I wanna know!!" "And you will, but not right now, okay?" "Okay"
Sakura had been able to quiet him for the moment but she knew that sooner or later she would have to tell him the truth, like it or not. Was it such a bad idea to tell him everything about that card? She shook her head at that very thought, true she had wished to do it so many times in the past but the fear of his reaction remained despite the events that had taken place hours away inside the house, when they had been alone.
"Well, if this is all you have to say, I, unlike you, have important matters to take care of at the company" Tsonomi's voice interrupted Sakura's busy thoughts "So excuse me but I must leave now" And by the time she said those words she had already stood up for the chair she had been sitting down on moments ago. She gave a slight look to her watch, gave a short sigh and gesticulated a few words about a deal with some American executives, which couldn't be heard by the rest of the people around the tea table. Then she quickly typed a phone number in the keyboard of her cell-phone and left the house
"Well then" Touya stood up by the time those cold words had already abandoned his mouth and gave Yue a slight look "I believe we must go as well."
Yue nodded. His wings slowly wrapped his body letting out a glowing shine and a few moments later, a calmly sleeping Yukito that was caught by Touya when he was about to fall straight down to the floor.
"I believe I'll have to take you home again Yuki."
So everybody left leaving the two couples alone together in the same room. The girls looking puzzled at each other, then at their respective couples and then at each other again. Their looks became sheepish and their smiles nervous. The boys simply gave daring death glares to each other. Sakura doubted for a second before becoming the first one to speak. That uncomfortable silence was driving her crazy. Besides there was something really important that she needed to discuss with them and that had remained unsaid in the whole conversation.
"Do you really have all of it on tape??!!"
Everyone's head literally fell to the floor as they assimilated the fact that they had grown up to be such cartoon-like adolescents. The kind of things that made their friendship so close and remaining were so... well. so stupid. But the thing is, they loved making fun of each other as much as they liked hanging around at the Penguin Park.
"Yes, we do. yes, we do"
End of Chapter 6
Author's notes: Well, what do you think about it? Again, I am really sorry for not updating in a long time but I promise I will try to update sooner next time. Don't worry, there are only a few chappies left! Don't forget to send me your reviews and tell me what you think. Comments are, as always, welcome too at willie_chan_himura@yahoo.com.mx
DISCLAIMER: Card Captor Sakura does not belong to me but to CLAMP. I am just merely borrowing it for entertainment purposes.
CHAPTER VI Old secrets are revealed
"I still don't see what all of this has to do with us" Tsonomi Daidoubji finally broke the silence in desperation "Would you please calm down Madame, were trying to figure out something in here" Touya said in the coldest tone "Everything due its own time mother" "Tomoyo-chan is right" Eriol continued calmly "Everything will be revealed to you at its due time." "Hey little mister, who gave you permission to talk to my daughter like that??!!" the oldest woman said trying to slap Eriol who easily stop the impact with some magic instead of receiving it fully, leaving the woman in total surprise. This was not a young man who you would like to mess with. "Back to our problem" he started again while cleaning his glasses "we will need your cooperation Madame if that is possible" the brown-haired woman just nodded "very well. where do you come from?" "Japan" she answered in an annoyed tone, who did this guy think he was?, she was loosing precious time at the company and she had to meet with some American clients in less than two hours "And. did you have any female relatives besides Nadesiko?"
Silence overcame the room as mimicking a sad, old picture that was finally broken by the sound of a tear crashing into the elder woman's lap.
"I am sorry" she excused herself "Nadesiko and I were very close, she was the closest to the sister I never had. Back to your question, the answer is yes. There was another line of our family that came from some place else. I was never quite sure from where." "I see. and. do you remember who were the former members of that line of your family?" "Not really. It was a woman but her existence was hidden to our family. I was told her name once, but for some reason I just can't remember it." "Cast spell" Touya whispered to Yue "Impossible" Kero interrupted "that's western magic and we all know that no one but Clow had the heritage and power of both eastern and western magic" "So finally" Eriol said in a cold but yet concerned tone "revenge time has come, right Yue?" "I remember it vividly master" the winged guardian said "I just never thought that it would be this way" "Anyway Madame" he continued the interrogatory "do you remember the name ShinJin Ni?" "Actually, I do now that you mention it "she said in surprise to herself "that's the name of the girl that I was talking you about. When my grandmother was very young, she met our grandfather, they fell in love, got married and had Nadesiko's mother and mine. But the joy didn't last much because my grandmother died very soon. My grandfather was so sad, he had loved her too much; so much that he wouldn't bear looking at his own children because they would remind him of her. So he ran away for a couple of months and then was when he met her" "Her?" Syaoran made his first intervention in the conversation "Who do you mean by her?" "ShinJin Ni's mother" she lowered her voice "My grandfather was so broken hearted and she had been the only person who had felt some kind of compassion for him; slowly his heart healed and fell in love with her just the way she did for him. A year later our grandfather came back keeping two secrets until the day of his death: that he had fallen in love with a magician, and that he had became a father once again"
Everyone seemed surprise at this brand new revelation. Tomoyo almost fainted at her mother's words and Sakura couldn't help loosing her balance, luckily Syaoran reached to catch her, which earned him an annoying look from Touya and a slight grin from the card guardian. "So all the pieces are finally together" Eriol exclaimed attracting everyone's attention back to him "the lotus flower, owner of the magic of east and west, will seek her revenge in every sense. That will mean a great danger for anyone in her blood line, and by that I mean you Madame and Tomoyo, as well as Touya and Sakura; and of course, her final revenge will be against everyone related to Clow, either by blood line" he pointed at Syaoran "or by magic" he pointed at Sakura and the winged silhouettes. "And you all knew about it right?" Syaoran said annoyed "You knew about it and you didn't tell us anything? We're in danger for God's sake! But of course you don't care about it Hiiragizawa because it will be the Card Captor who will be fighting for you! You know what Hiiragizawa?: You're a coward: you make other people fight your battles!" "Please Syaoran-kun, calm down" Sakura held his wrist before he could attack Eriol with his magic "right now the important thing is to know what we're facing. Please Eriol-kun, tell us about it" "I'd rather do it myself" Yue interrupted when the incarnation of his previous master was about to speak "After all, I was there" "Be my guest" "It all happened when Clow was still alive. As you know, there are two kinds of magicians: the ones who use western magic and the ones who use the eastern one; according to the legend the ones who had the power of controlling both kinds of magic would be the key to a better world or its destruction depending on how they used their powers. Anyway, nature is wise, and it is always in a continuous search for balance so according to this there would be two great sorcerers in order to find equilibrium: a day and a night, a sun and a moon, a man and a woman: Clow and ShinJin." "Each one for each clan. Clow for the Li; and ShinJin for the Ni" Syaoran interfered in low tone while holding in his hands a medallion hidden underneath his shirt. "That is right. So one day, a spirit came out provoking disturbs in the Ni clan, the spirit was really strong, consequently the only way to capture it was with a great quantity of magic, an amount so great that only the convergence of both, eastern and western magic could make. So the sorcerer was called. She was a woman so her powers were stronger when ruled by the moon therefore, made a great storm appear in order to capture the powerful spirit and lock it up in a card. Her magic was strong, yes, sometimes I wonder if it had been stronger than Clow's, but unfortunately her body wasn't: she couldn't take that much effort. She was finally able to lock the spirit up but she couldn't bare all the physical exhaustion and she died, leaving the storm out of control. "That must have been horrible" Tomoyo said hiding her face behind her hands "Yes, it was" the judge continued "after that, seen as their only hope, Clow was called to help these people since he was the only magician with both powers left. I was commanded to accompany Clow while Kerberos stayed just in case something happened to us, luckily, nothing did. I remember how impressed I was when I saw that young lady lying on the floor: her eyes where closed as if sleeping but her skin was so pallid, whiter than the whitest china; her brown hair pooled around her: a portrait of a restless death. But there was no time to lose, the storm had to be stopped. Clow used the wind to pacify the storm, though it required a lot of effort and magic. "I don't see what's wrong with Clow helping the people of the Ni clan" Sakura spoke aloud "Patience, kaiju. patience" her brother ceased her "After that, Clow and I wanted to leave but the people of the Ni Clan wanted us to stay for a little longer, just to 'thank us properly', they would said. They prepared one of the biggest parties I had ever seen in all the time that I have been existing to celebrate the vanquish of the spirit and after 3 days and 3 nights of great celebration they decided to consecrate the fourth day for the burial of the sorcerer. "But didn't you realize that the fourth day means. death?!" Tomoyo was in shock "Exactly Daidoubji-san" Syaoran said in the most serious tone "when a leader dies and a new one is meant to take his place, there are three days of party to celebrate the new leader and the fourth day is meant to bury the death one so the meaning of the four will remain" "And they weren't aware of that??!!" Tsonomi interrupted after having stood speechless for a considerable period of time "What kind of magician and guardian were they? I swear that if they were alive I would kick them for putting in danger my dear Tomoyo-chan because of their stupidity!"
A small tear rolled by Eriol's face, how could it be that the Clow Reed was crying?. and for such an improbable reason. for a woman!!! For God's sake. for a woman!! He looked away "You are looking at the magician, Madame" he interrupted and sighed "I never meant to hurt you Tomoyo-chan but remember I have told you that destiny is so cruel that it shall not let me be happy, whatever it takes" he approached his hand to her cheek removing the small, silvered tear that intended to flow down her face "but now that you know" he ran his fingers through her black hair which imitated an ebony curtain down to her waist "will you ever be able to forgive me Daidoubji Tomoyo?" he reached to caress her lips with his and whispered to her ear "will you, Tomoyo-chan?" "Of course" she held him tightly "I will always forgive you Eriol-kun" "Tomoyo!" her mother protested "Sit down and stay properly still!" "Yes mother" the blue-eyed girl obeyed and sat down still holding her beloved's hand "Is anyone going to let Yukito, I mean YUE, finish?" Touya interrupted sick of the romanticism emanating from the young couple "Thank you Touya" Yue stated content that he wouldn't have to listen to those 'mortal silly issues' as he would put it "so anyway, we did not realize what the Ni Clan had done until it was too late." "And still did nothing about it?" Syaoran interrupted again "I told you it was too late. Clow and I returned that very day and thought that by walking away from them we would solve at least part of the problem, maybe they would not remember us and we would be eventually forgotten. But that didn't happen. People of the Ni Clan would follow us whenever they needed something related to magic like breaking courses and instructing the latest generations and all those kinds of things" ".The kind of things that the leader of the Clan would do" Syaoran interrupted for the third time in the judge's explanation "Precisely" Yue sighed "the kind of things the leader would do. Eventually ShinJin was forgotten by her own Clan until the point that her magic was entirely forgotten as well as her existence which became a story passed by generations turning into a legend and, finally into a myth." "That's terrible" Tomoyo said silently "after having given everything for them. after having died for them. to be forgotten. I wouldn't bear that" "Neither would she" Eriol looked at her straight at the eyes ". and that unreliability is what puts YOU in danger" "But we didn't belong to the Ni Clan." "Don't you get it Tomoyo-chan?" "Watch it kid!!" Tomoyo's mother pointed at her daughter's.boyfriend? "I mean. do you not understand Daidoubji-dono? It is all about blood in here! If ShinJin Ni is mad it is because she did not get any support from anywhere: From her mother's side she had the ungrateful Clan that forgot all about her; and from her father's side she had nothing, he wouldn't even recognize her as his daughter. Remember magic is not something you just get by hazard, it has to come to you by either way of your family and only some people are designated to have it." "And. am I one of them?" Tomoyo asked in disbelief "Am I some of those people who are designated to have it or am I just in danger because of someone else's mistake? "I am afraid that shall not matter" "You're just afraid of saying the truth" "Afraid you say?" "Yes, afraid indeed. You're afraid because you know that people like you, who have always had magic, may be guilty of causing problems to other people who also deserved to have it!" she finally broke down "You're afraid to tell me that you too know that it's not fair that some of us have to suffer the consequences without having had anything to do with the origin of the problem!" "Tomoyo-chan, please calm down" he tried to soothe her in vain "No!" she shouted in greater desperation "I don't want to calm down, and I won't calm down!"
Eriol's heart felt like being broken in that very moment. He would have never wanted to see her like that, to see her crying. So mature, it was so unlike her to loose control like that but to many things had come together and it was just too much to bear for a 17 year-old. A girl like her shouldn't have to go through this pain. It was almost unbelievable that she had been smiling minutes ago.
"It aint my fault all right!! Why do I have to go through this?!, I didn't ask for this!! It just isn't my fault!!" "Listen.I. I didn't mean to." Tomoyo's hands tapping hardly on his chest cut his words "Frustration" he thought. He took her by her wrists and forced her to look at him then, with the sweetest look he tried to comfort her. He drew his right arm around her waist and used the left one to force her to nestle her face on his shoulder "I am sorry, so sorry" his words were like a lullaby to her uneasy heart which found comfort in his arms "It will be all right... Yakusoku da yo (It is a promise)"
"Is anyone as tired as me of watching this two making up?" Touya cut annoyed. "It's pretty much all they've been doing for almost one hour! One cries and the other comforts him, and then the other one starts crying so it's the other one's turn to comfort the weeping one and so on..." he said while mimicking them with both hands "If you feel so needy why don't you guys go get a room where you can freely exchange saliva all that you want!!!!" That was it! He had had enough of those two youngsters and he surely wasn't known because of his outrageous patience and that had been all that he could take. "You watch your words young man!" Tsonomi scolded him "and you Tomoyo, stop fooling around with this. kid.as if you were some kind of hooker or something" "Why should I watch my words? It aint me who's giving up spectacles" Touya answered in return "Your daughter is acting like a whore in this room and I should watch MY words?! Don't make me laugh!" "Oniichan(brother) don't be so rude!! You know they look so cute together. Besides, you just wouldn't like it if someone called ME a whore, right?" "Everybody just stop!!!!" Yue practically shut them up in exasperation ".just stop. We are not here to fight but to figure something out all right? And if you cannot bear it, well then you should leave"
Everyone in the room stood silent for a moment. It had been surely a hard day and all this tension had just made it worse but they were all stuck in there, whether they liked it or not. After a moment of quietness it was Eriol who first spoke aloud again.
"Shall we have some tea?" "I think it's a wonderful idea" Sakura agreed "Maybe like that we will be able to calm down and make up our minds in order to actually think of something" Syaoran joined while everyone else followed the English youngster into the garden where the tea had been already served.
They all sat down softly around the large table in the dinning room. It was a wonder that such a big mansion was designated for one young man to live in. It wasn't like where Syaoran had lived alone years ago which had merely been a small apartment. He surely felt very lonely.
"So this ShinJin Ni is a very powerful sorcerer who can also manage any kind of magic, right?" Touya, who hadn't drunk any of his tea, asked "then how are you planing to beat her?" "I never said it would be easy" Eriol stated "That is not what I asked" "Well" the blue eyed boy continued "we might not be able to attack her as simply as that. We will have to wait until she does, just the way we would with a Card" "So there's no way that we can get any advantage in this?" "Actually there is one. As I told you, Shin Jin's best skills were those belonging to the moon, as Clow's would be those of the sun. As I am the Clow's Reed, my powers, as Li's, will be stronger when ruled by his element, which would be the opposite of hers. And Sakura, for being a woman and handling a kind of magic different from that of Clow would be ruled by the moon, exactly as our opponent." "And what about Kero and the others?" Tomoyo inquired "The guardians shall be ruled each by one of them: Kerberos" he pointed at Kero "shall be by the sun, and Yue" he pointed at the angel-shaped creature "shall be by the moon." "But I thought my powers were ruled by my own star" Sakura wondered "just the way it is said when I cast my spell." "Of course" Eriol answered in a matter-of-factly tone "everyone has the powers of their own star, either way, there would not be magic at all because our powers would all belong to the previous generation and we wouldn't be able to make new spells or create new cards. just the way YOU did. Remember the Love Card?"
Sakura blushed strongly and looked away, she hadn't had the chance to tell anything to Syaoran about that particular matter. She just nodded weakly and let out a soft sigh. Then she gave little Kero, who was biting worriedly a piece of cake, a look, which suggested to keep silent either way things would turn pretty ugly at home. The yellow teddy bear just smiled nervously.
"The Love Card?!" Syaoran exclaimed puzzled "I was never aware of the existence of a Love Card" "I'll tell you later" Sakura silenced him "But I wanna know!!" "And you will, but not right now, okay?" "Okay"
Sakura had been able to quiet him for the moment but she knew that sooner or later she would have to tell him the truth, like it or not. Was it such a bad idea to tell him everything about that card? She shook her head at that very thought, true she had wished to do it so many times in the past but the fear of his reaction remained despite the events that had taken place hours away inside the house, when they had been alone.
"Well, if this is all you have to say, I, unlike you, have important matters to take care of at the company" Tsonomi's voice interrupted Sakura's busy thoughts "So excuse me but I must leave now" And by the time she said those words she had already stood up for the chair she had been sitting down on moments ago. She gave a slight look to her watch, gave a short sigh and gesticulated a few words about a deal with some American executives, which couldn't be heard by the rest of the people around the tea table. Then she quickly typed a phone number in the keyboard of her cell-phone and left the house
"Well then" Touya stood up by the time those cold words had already abandoned his mouth and gave Yue a slight look "I believe we must go as well."
Yue nodded. His wings slowly wrapped his body letting out a glowing shine and a few moments later, a calmly sleeping Yukito that was caught by Touya when he was about to fall straight down to the floor.
"I believe I'll have to take you home again Yuki."
So everybody left leaving the two couples alone together in the same room. The girls looking puzzled at each other, then at their respective couples and then at each other again. Their looks became sheepish and their smiles nervous. The boys simply gave daring death glares to each other. Sakura doubted for a second before becoming the first one to speak. That uncomfortable silence was driving her crazy. Besides there was something really important that she needed to discuss with them and that had remained unsaid in the whole conversation.
"Do you really have all of it on tape??!!"
Everyone's head literally fell to the floor as they assimilated the fact that they had grown up to be such cartoon-like adolescents. The kind of things that made their friendship so close and remaining were so... well. so stupid. But the thing is, they loved making fun of each other as much as they liked hanging around at the Penguin Park.
"Yes, we do. yes, we do"
End of Chapter 6
Author's notes: Well, what do you think about it? Again, I am really sorry for not updating in a long time but I promise I will try to update sooner next time. Don't worry, there are only a few chappies left! Don't forget to send me your reviews and tell me what you think. Comments are, as always, welcome too at willie_chan_himura@yahoo.com.mx