A/N: Ha! Thought I've abandoned dis story did ya~? Hehe actually I almost forgot about it too~ ^_^;; well I'm a lil fussy about all the village names and stuff~ so there mite b some mistakes~ correct me if im wrong

The Little Angel

Chapter 2

Beginning of a Tragedy By Violet Karuto

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"Where HAVE you been, Tenshi 249? Do you know that it is illegal for unregistered visits to Eden? You could've been seen! You could've been captured by who knows what!!"

Tomoyo shrunk away towards a corner while her handler lectured her endlessly. True, it was very dangerous for any tenshi, especially untrained ones like her, to go down without supervising.

But still, it's just for a bath, for the replenishing water of Eden that is very rare up here where they are.

As weird as it sounds, the waters down in Eden are actually better than the so called, 'divine' waters of heaven, for they hold the holy power to replenish the energy of angels.

Tomoyo looked up, curious to the sudden silence when she found her instructor looking sternly at her, folding her arms. Tomoyo sighed and played with the violet ribbon in her hair.

"But I was just.observing the people of Eden..." Heck! She's 'observed' more than she wanted!, "If I'm ever going to past the oral, I need to observe with my own eyes, not read it off some tablets!"

If she wasn't so nervous under the gaze of the woman in front of her, she would've congratulated herself for thinking up one of the best lies yet!

"Very good...", Tomoyo released a breath of relief, "lie you have there...", she tensed up again, "Actually, the best I've heard of so far" The instructor looked at her skeptically,

"Tell you what, since I'm the only one that knows of this offense, I'll lower your punishment to the minimum."

Tomoyo's eyes brightened instantly at the sound of the 'minimum' and awaited her results.

"Your punishment for today will be..." the woman looked out of a enormous golden mirror with a vivid colored surface, "To clear the skies of this village I see below. Kami-sama ordered fortunate events to befall this village for the time being due to their faithfulness to Kami-sama."

"Demo, clearing skies isn't one of my chores or specialties, they're for the novices" Tomoyo complained, no way in heaven is she going to spend the duration of today flying across the skies waving a gigantic fan around.

"No excuses, I-" She got cut off when one of the other trainees flew up to where they are, panting and flapping her wings with much difficulties.

"Mikiru-sensei, Kami-sama has asked for your presence immediately"

"Ah, thank you, Tenshi 298" with a sigh, Tomoyo's handler spread her silvery wings until it occupied the whole surroundings.

"Go do what I told you to do, and if I find one dark cloud before I come back, you bet yourself that you'll be clearing skies for the rest of this week"

With one strong flap of her wing, she shot upwards, leaving a silvery trail behind, and into the clouds higher above.

The young trainee, sweat and feather-covered, landed in front of Tomoyo and flicked her fingers. Immediately a comforter of fluffy clouds materialized behind her and she collapsed onto it.

"Note to myself, NEVER wonder around the busy headquarters again! Can you believe how far it is from there to HERE? I can! Can't they call or page or something?"

Tomoyo smiled at her young friend before grabbing a portion of cloud from nearby and shaped into something in her hands. "This might cool you down a little"

In her hands, an ice-cream sundae sat neatly in her palms with a spoon, waiting to be eaten. As if struck by a miracle, the tenshi's eyes lit up like stars in the sky. Grabbing the spoon and ice-cream, she licked happily away while swinging her feet back and forth.

"You've got to teach me how to do that sometimes, last time I did it, only the spoon came out", she looked up, "Ne, what was Mikiru-sensei talking to you about when I came? It sounded serious"

Tomoyo sighed and motioned to the golden mirror and beckoned it forward. As the mirror slid towards her, she held it in front of her.

"I was busted for going down to Eden and I was punished to clear the sky upon this city", Tomoyo looked into the glossy surface, "I don't even know where it is!"

"Here, let me see," and the tenshi waddled over to the mirror, "I know where that is! I had to flood that town once! Long ago, mind you" she took another bite out of her sundae, "This is village of Leno, a rural city of Ruren, I'll take you there if you want me to"

Tomoyo jumped happily onto the unsuspecting angel, causing her to drop the ice-cream sundae. As it hit the soft cloud, it returned to its original state. The angel looked accusingly at Tomoyo while she nodded apologetically.

"No problem! Tomoyo-chan will make you a dozen more after we've come back! Arigatou Kimika-chan!"

"No problem" Kimika spread her wings and Tomoyo did the same, "Just make sure you keep that promise"

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Soaring through the sky are two angels on a mission. Unlike normal angels you hear in myths, with white feathery wings, the real wings of angels are actually invisible.

It blends in with the oxygen and its surroundings, though at a certain angel, you could see the ripples of the feathers among the atmosphere.

"Here we are" Kimika flapped to a stop, "Well better get back and wait for you ice-cream, ne?" Just as she turned around, a feather from her wing came off and become visible as it left its host.

"Oops, oh well, I wonder which lucky person would get my feather," she winked and shot upwards to the sky and into a portal.

"Thank you Kimi-chan!" Tomoyo yelled at the air where her friend use to be, "alright, time to get to work", she looked around her surrounding.

'Hmmm, I think I've been here before. oh wait! I did! I was bathing not far from here yesterday!' Tomoyo looked towards the mountains to her right. And sure enough, she could see the reflection of the glimmering lake.

'Wait, Leno...Leno... I think I've heard of that too'

*~*~*~*~*~*FlashBack*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Hi, my name is Eriol Hiiragizawa, I'm from the village Leno. Where are you from?"

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'Ah, so this is where he lives.' As the deep azure eyes and the soft midnight hair appeared in her mind's eye, Tomoyo went into a daze, but was snapped back to reality by the dark clouds in the sky, 'Work now, think later'

Raising her arms above her, she pulled something out of the clouds, a fan. As she pulled the gigantic fan out, one can see the intricate designing on the sides and glimmering tinsels at the ends of each corner.

"Alright" With complete determination, Tomoyo spread her paper thin wings as far as it can reach, and stood, poised, for the right moment.

Throwing the fan in the air, Tomoyo raised one hand high above her head, and brought it down it down with all her might.

In a second, the fan let out a huge gust of wind as the dark clouds slowly drifted away.

Following the rain clouds, Tomoyo continued her pursue by repeating the same technique until the clouds were well away into the mountains. Stuffing the fan back into the nearby clouds, she wiped her forehead.

'Well, that's that. Now, some spare time to myself.' As she looked on, she could see the little village of Leno. Flying towards it, she could see the miniature people moving around, doing their daily chores.

Soaring closely atop the village, she was especially looking for those with blue eyes and hair. When she was about to give up, she reached a giant oak and noticed a group of 5-10 year old kids gathered around.

Curious, she flew over.

Right in the midst is the same guy Tomoyo saw at the night before. A girl on his lap, the group laughed and talked while they listened intently to the young storyteller.

"Finding her magical silk, the tenshi wore it and returned to the heavens, leaving her child and husband behind, vowing to never return to earth again, to the family that she had."

Eriol sighed and looked up into the skies.

"Till this day, it is said that whenever it rains, it represents the tears of the tenshi in heaven, crying for the lost of her child and the love she once had with her husband."

Clapping can be heard as the children yelled with glee and some with watery eyes for the tragic ending to the story. Tomoyo, watched, thinking about the myth, and flew towards the group.

As she neared, she could see Eriol suddenly averted his attention to his pocket. Baffled, he reached in and produced a feather, glowing ever so brightly.

Gasps can be heard as the children marveled at the magical feather. Panic filled Tomoyo as she recognized the feather as one of hers. Looking frantically around, she turned and shot through the air, away from the group, and into the forest nearby.

Instantly the light died down as the children whined for it to do it again. Smiling apologetically, he ushered the kids home to their parents. As they went one by one, Eriol got up and brushed himself off.

"Excuse me..."

Eriol turned at the sound of the voice and found him staring at the same girl from yesterday. A blush suddenly crept up his face as he forced himself to calm down but to no avail.

"Yes? Aren't you the one from the lake yesterday...?"

Tomoyo nodded repeatedly and played with her ribbon in her hair, "Ummm, if you don't mind, can I see the feather that you were holding?"

Nodding quizzically, he reached into his pocket and was amazed that it glowed more brighter before, more like a small fireball. Looking at the slender girl in front of her, he asked, "Are you sure? This doesn't look too safe for a little girl"

'Little girl...' Tomoyo repeated that in her mind and clenched her fist from snapping back at him.

With controlled expression, she reached out her hand, "It's ok, I've seen feathers like these back in. my 'village'" Tomoyo caught herself before saying 'heaven'. Besides, how many times do you see someone from heaven in a day?

"Oh, ok then" he handed to her and she grasped it gently in front of her. Covering it with both of her hands, she mumbled something and opened it again. The light had died down and it seems like a normal feather now.

"There, that should do it", Tomoyo led out a breath of relief and was about to walk away into the forest again when Eriol stopped her.

"Wait, what did you just do? How come it doesn't shine anymore?" Weird girl he met, she just appeared out of nowhere and is about to do the same while leaving.

"Ah, I've. seen you with that glowing feather and thought that I should dim down it a little so it wouldn't bother you. Well, gotta go, my... guardian is waiting for me back in... uh... my village" Ah, she was the best tricksters among heaven, but why can't she talk properly with this guy?

"Oh, wait," Eriol held out his hand and caught hers, "Do you mind telling me where your village is? Maybe I can walk you back for the sky is beginning to darken"

"Oh, uh... no, its ok. I'm sure I'll make it back safely" Laughing nervously, she shrugged off his hand and ran blindly into the forest, not noticing a kid running by. Too late, Tomoyo swerved around and hit her head against a tree.

"Oh, my..." Touching the side of her head, she felt a little bump before pitching into darkness.

Eriol, watching the girl collapsed in front of him, ran to catch her as she fell. Holding her limp body against his, he could see her being unconscious.

"Uh..." So, what should he do now? Leave her here? Bring her to the village healer? But if he do that, rumors are going to start in the village and it'll pass down to the next village and...

"Hmph" Eriol stood up, holding the girl in his arms, and started back towards the village.

"Guess there's only one place left to go" Eriol murmured under his breath as he started the road back to his home.

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A/N: WoW~ Finally finished this chapter~! I actually forgot about dis story..and I found it half written in my comp today so thought that I should finish it~ so mayb you'll notice the change of plot~~ ^_^ well hope u enjoyed it!