The Hidden Door
DarkMaiden
Chapter 11
Last time:
Later on that night, they were all sitting in a circle, and Eriol brought up a very interesting topic.
"So, what are you all going to wish for at the head priestess' castle?"
Now:
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked. "We get a wish?"
Eriol nodded his head. "That's correct. Any party that presents one of their members to be tested gets one wish per person."
Sakura sat there and thought. "Can it be anything?" she asked.
"As long as its in Nadeshiko's power." Tomoyo replied.
"In her power?"
"Sakura," Syaoran said. "The head priestess doesn't have all the power in the world. Her powers have a limit. She can't grant anyone authority to rule the world, or the power to kill with one glare."
Sakura rested her head in her hands. "What if I asked her why I was locked away my entire life?"
"She could probably do that." Eriol told her.
Sakura looked over at Syaoran and saw his whole body stiffen up. He also had a look of fear in his eyes, and he was clenching his fists very tightly.
"Syaoran?" Sakura asked. "Are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh, yah, sorry."
Sakura turned to Tomoyo. "So, Tomoyo, what are you going to wish for?" Sakura asked her.
Tomoyo clasped her hands together and got stars in her eyes. "A knight in shinning armor!"
Eriol cleared his throat. "Excuse me?"
"You are my knight, but you lack the shinning armor!" Tomoyo told him.
"Very funny." He replied.
"Aww. is Eri-kun jealous of what I said?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol blushed. "Don't call me that!"
Syaoran laughed. "Little Eri-kun is blushing!"
Sakura growled. "You better be quiet Syao-kun!"
It was Eriol's turn to laugh. "Looks like you've got a pet name now too, Syao-kun!"
"Great going, little Saku-chan!" Syaoran yelled at Sakura.
"What?!" Sakura yelled. "Since when did I say you could give me a nickname?"
"You never asked me!" Syaoran told her.
Eriol smiled. "I like that idea, Tomo-chan!"
Sakura sighed. "Looks like we all have nicknames now. So we are even."
They all sat quiet for a while until Sakura thought of a question for Syaoran. "Syao-kun, what are you going to wish for?"
Syaoran looked away. "I guess, maybe happiness."
Tomoyo and Sakura bought it, but Eriol wasn't convinced at all. Something around Syaoran was getting pretty fishy. Eriol new that Syaoran would never wish for happiness over what he really wanted.
"Eri-kun, that leaves you." Tomoyo said.
Eriol straightened up his glasses. "I wish for armor, so that I may please Tomo-chan."
Tomoyo smiled. " I feel so loved."
"You better hope so, because I can always change my wish before we get there." Eriol said.
Tomoyo glared at him. "You wouldn't dare!"
Sakura looked around. "Where's Meg-chan?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran pointed behind him. "She went to get a bath."
"How much you wanna bet?!" Eriol yelled.
"Who said I was going to bet?!" Tomoyo yelled back.
"You sure sounded like it!" Eriol replied.
Sakura stood up. "I'm going to leave the two love birds alone. Do you care to join me Syao-kun?"
Syaoran stood up. "I guess so."
Sakura and Syaoran got up and left the fighters do their business. Syaoran took hold of Sakura's arm and dragged her to a place where no one could here them.
"Well, do you want the truth?" Syaoran asked Sakura.
Sakura looked at him with an odd face. "What do you mean truth?"
"Back there I was lying, I don't really care for happiness."
"Then what do you want?" Sakura asked.
"I want to wish for Kaede to be alive."
At that moment, Sakura's heart crumbled into a million pieces.
"Is that all you wanted to tell me?" Sakura asked in a very cold tone.
"Yes," Syaoran said in an equally cold voice.
Sakura stood up and walked away. She headed to the hot springs Syaoran had mentioned earlier before. Sakura took her clothes off and got into the spring.
"I was a fool." Sakura said to herself. "Too ever think he loved me."
"My, my, my... You don't seem to happy." A voice said from behind Sakura.
She turned around and saw a figure before her. Luckily, it was a girl. "What do you want?!"
"I'm here to collect your soul for Mistress Nakiga. All you have to do is shut your eyes, and it won't hurt a bit!"
Sakura stood there in shock not really knowing what to do. The girl held her palm a foot away from Sakura's chest. A bright light emitted from her hand and shot through Sakura's chest. Her eyes went blank has her soul was sucked from her body and was now floating in front of her.
"I-I'm a ghost!" The ghostly Sakura yelled.
"What?!" The other girl yelled. "How is it possible that your body is unconscious yet your soul still remains conscious?! This is not supposed to happen!"
'Shira, implant a crystal star into her forehead and then return her soul to her body, with this kind of power, she could do us some good.' The girl heard Nakiga say in her head.
A little star appeared to be floating in Shira's hand. Shira picked I up with her other hand and placed it on Sakura's forehead. It disappeared, and then her ghostly for lost consciousness. Shira picked her soul and set it back into her body. Shira used her powers to make herself look like Clair. (Megumi's sister)
Sakura awoke with a start. "C-Clair?! What are you doing here?"
'Clair' smiled. "I used my goddess powers to transport myself here. I wanted to check up on you guys, the bindings were tighter than normal."
"Bindings? What are those?" Sakura asked.
"Bindings keep Adryysiu and Heaven and combined. When the bindings are loose, things are calm and everything is okay, but when there tight, something is wrong." Clair said. Clair put her hand on Sakura's back. "Lets go!"
"Where to?" Sakura asked.
"Just come on!"
Sakura and Clair started to walk. Little did Sakura know, Clair had a knife and it was aimed right for her heart.
TBC!
I am so sorry I haven't updated, major major writers block! Its not 9000 words because I can't think of anything else to write! Gomen!
DarkMaiden
Chapter 11
Last time:
Later on that night, they were all sitting in a circle, and Eriol brought up a very interesting topic.
"So, what are you all going to wish for at the head priestess' castle?"
Now:
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked. "We get a wish?"
Eriol nodded his head. "That's correct. Any party that presents one of their members to be tested gets one wish per person."
Sakura sat there and thought. "Can it be anything?" she asked.
"As long as its in Nadeshiko's power." Tomoyo replied.
"In her power?"
"Sakura," Syaoran said. "The head priestess doesn't have all the power in the world. Her powers have a limit. She can't grant anyone authority to rule the world, or the power to kill with one glare."
Sakura rested her head in her hands. "What if I asked her why I was locked away my entire life?"
"She could probably do that." Eriol told her.
Sakura looked over at Syaoran and saw his whole body stiffen up. He also had a look of fear in his eyes, and he was clenching his fists very tightly.
"Syaoran?" Sakura asked. "Are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh, yah, sorry."
Sakura turned to Tomoyo. "So, Tomoyo, what are you going to wish for?" Sakura asked her.
Tomoyo clasped her hands together and got stars in her eyes. "A knight in shinning armor!"
Eriol cleared his throat. "Excuse me?"
"You are my knight, but you lack the shinning armor!" Tomoyo told him.
"Very funny." He replied.
"Aww. is Eri-kun jealous of what I said?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol blushed. "Don't call me that!"
Syaoran laughed. "Little Eri-kun is blushing!"
Sakura growled. "You better be quiet Syao-kun!"
It was Eriol's turn to laugh. "Looks like you've got a pet name now too, Syao-kun!"
"Great going, little Saku-chan!" Syaoran yelled at Sakura.
"What?!" Sakura yelled. "Since when did I say you could give me a nickname?"
"You never asked me!" Syaoran told her.
Eriol smiled. "I like that idea, Tomo-chan!"
Sakura sighed. "Looks like we all have nicknames now. So we are even."
They all sat quiet for a while until Sakura thought of a question for Syaoran. "Syao-kun, what are you going to wish for?"
Syaoran looked away. "I guess, maybe happiness."
Tomoyo and Sakura bought it, but Eriol wasn't convinced at all. Something around Syaoran was getting pretty fishy. Eriol new that Syaoran would never wish for happiness over what he really wanted.
"Eri-kun, that leaves you." Tomoyo said.
Eriol straightened up his glasses. "I wish for armor, so that I may please Tomo-chan."
Tomoyo smiled. " I feel so loved."
"You better hope so, because I can always change my wish before we get there." Eriol said.
Tomoyo glared at him. "You wouldn't dare!"
Sakura looked around. "Where's Meg-chan?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran pointed behind him. "She went to get a bath."
"How much you wanna bet?!" Eriol yelled.
"Who said I was going to bet?!" Tomoyo yelled back.
"You sure sounded like it!" Eriol replied.
Sakura stood up. "I'm going to leave the two love birds alone. Do you care to join me Syao-kun?"
Syaoran stood up. "I guess so."
Sakura and Syaoran got up and left the fighters do their business. Syaoran took hold of Sakura's arm and dragged her to a place where no one could here them.
"Well, do you want the truth?" Syaoran asked Sakura.
Sakura looked at him with an odd face. "What do you mean truth?"
"Back there I was lying, I don't really care for happiness."
"Then what do you want?" Sakura asked.
"I want to wish for Kaede to be alive."
At that moment, Sakura's heart crumbled into a million pieces.
"Is that all you wanted to tell me?" Sakura asked in a very cold tone.
"Yes," Syaoran said in an equally cold voice.
Sakura stood up and walked away. She headed to the hot springs Syaoran had mentioned earlier before. Sakura took her clothes off and got into the spring.
"I was a fool." Sakura said to herself. "Too ever think he loved me."
"My, my, my... You don't seem to happy." A voice said from behind Sakura.
She turned around and saw a figure before her. Luckily, it was a girl. "What do you want?!"
"I'm here to collect your soul for Mistress Nakiga. All you have to do is shut your eyes, and it won't hurt a bit!"
Sakura stood there in shock not really knowing what to do. The girl held her palm a foot away from Sakura's chest. A bright light emitted from her hand and shot through Sakura's chest. Her eyes went blank has her soul was sucked from her body and was now floating in front of her.
"I-I'm a ghost!" The ghostly Sakura yelled.
"What?!" The other girl yelled. "How is it possible that your body is unconscious yet your soul still remains conscious?! This is not supposed to happen!"
'Shira, implant a crystal star into her forehead and then return her soul to her body, with this kind of power, she could do us some good.' The girl heard Nakiga say in her head.
A little star appeared to be floating in Shira's hand. Shira picked I up with her other hand and placed it on Sakura's forehead. It disappeared, and then her ghostly for lost consciousness. Shira picked her soul and set it back into her body. Shira used her powers to make herself look like Clair. (Megumi's sister)
Sakura awoke with a start. "C-Clair?! What are you doing here?"
'Clair' smiled. "I used my goddess powers to transport myself here. I wanted to check up on you guys, the bindings were tighter than normal."
"Bindings? What are those?" Sakura asked.
"Bindings keep Adryysiu and Heaven and combined. When the bindings are loose, things are calm and everything is okay, but when there tight, something is wrong." Clair said. Clair put her hand on Sakura's back. "Lets go!"
"Where to?" Sakura asked.
"Just come on!"
Sakura and Clair started to walk. Little did Sakura know, Clair had a knife and it was aimed right for her heart.
TBC!
I am so sorry I haven't updated, major major writers block! Its not 9000 words because I can't think of anything else to write! Gomen!