Shinigami Clara: Hello people I'm back!^^ sorry about the delay, (I'm
usually able to update a chapter a day if have lots of ideas) but it's exam
time, so I'm fairly busy. If I took a long time, then I sincerely
apologize. *bows to readers*
Sakura: erm....sorry, Syaoran is somewhere again...I can't find him where ever he is....... Wait, is that him? *Drags Syaoran out from behind the curtains* You come out here this instant, don't you know it's rude to hide behind curtains?
Shinigami Clara: Is it? Oh well, never mind. Sakura! Stop scolding Syaoran, and Syaoran, stop hiding behind curtains! (they're not listening) *sweatdrops* well then, I guess it's: ON WITH THE STORY!^^
Disclaimer: You know the drill. Oh, by the way, the song that you'll later 'read', I made that up, so, NO COPYING. Whatever, but it's sang to the tune of "Open up your mind" by Mirai. (I think that's her name).
Chapter 5 Plans and an unexpected surprise
As they were walking back to the mansion Eriol pulled Tomoyo aside, whispering to her "um... Tomoyo, I have a little problem that I need to solve, and I think you can help me with it" there was a wicked gleam in his eyes, and Tomoyo looked at him suspiciously.
"That depends, what is it that you want me to 'help' with" she answered, emphasizing the word help, she was sure that Eriol doesn't need help, not really help, he would go on with it, whatever 'it' is, with or without her help.
"Well" he began, "It's like this: my little descendant, Syaoran, seems to like Cherry (remember, it's Cherry, not Sakura at the moment), a lot I would say. But he's not showing it, and by the looks of it, Cherry seems to like him as well, but from what I can see though, is that they are both trying to deny this." His grin was now evident in his face "I was wondering, if you would like to help me in, you know, pulling them together."
Tomoyo looked at her friend, Syaoran and Sakura were walking very close together and they still didn't realize that Tomoyo and Eriol were not behind them, Sakura laughed at something Syaoran said, then Tomoyo turned back to Eriol. "What's your plan then?" Tomoyo looked at Eriol closely thinking 'this might just be a good idea for Sakura to start again, then again, this might be good for me as well... what am I thinking? I'm here only to help Sakura! It has nothing to do with him, especially not him!'
Eriol looked closely at Tomoyo, he liked her, from what he could gather from her so far, and she was a cheerful sort of girl, not liking to be praised and also very smart. She was a bit different from the girls he's known so far, there was something different, but he just can't place it. Eriol mentally smacked himself, he'd been drifting off to space, something he rarely allowed himself to do and turned back to Tomoyo "I'll tell you the plan as soon as I can think of one."
Tomoyo nodded and they walked back behind Syaoran and Sakura just when Sakura turned around and said to Tomoyo "Tomoyo, I haven't heard you sing for a long time, can you please, pretty please sing a song for us?" Sakura - no, it's Cherry Tomoyo corrected herself, she can't think of her as Sakura anymore, or else she might let it slip and that would cause trouble to them both. Tomoyo sighed; she can't resist anything when 'Cherry' looked at her with puppy eyes. "Alright, I'll sing one song, though I haven't sang for quite a while."
// Can you hear the sorrow behind
The words of defeat
The spell of distress
The protest and fear
I cannot do it
I wanna give
Those are the spells that hold you //
Eriol and Syaoran looked at Tomoyo in shock, they had never heard a voice this sweet before, Sakura smiled knowing how the felt, she herself was shocked by Tomoyo's singing when she first heard it, it was like the voice of the angels. Tomoyo continued to sing, not noticing the stares she got from Syaoran and Eriol. (by the way, this is not the full song, It's only, like part of it, if you heard the original tune, you would've realized that the song is 5 min long. If you want the lyrics, just e-mail me.^^ my e-mail is: Shinigami_death@hotmail.com if anyone wants to know.)
// Turn the spells to charms
You can free my curse
And Cure my pain
My only hope is you
Those spells no longer hold me
You can break the spell
That kept me prisoner //
// Believe that you can
Break the spell that holds me
Show me the way to the light of Heaven
Give me your hand and extend my view
With the songs of bravery
You can Break the Spell.
Will you let the light shine down into your soul? //
Tomoyo finished the song and looked at her companions, Sakura was smiling openly, Syaoran and Eriol still had their mouths open, Tomoyo blushed when she saw them, she haven't sang in a long time, and she was sure there were parts where she sounded a bit weird.
Cherry, (from now on, I'm calling her Cherry because it's going to get very confusing with two names, the only times when I'll sue her real name is probably when Sakura and Kero are talking privately or, when Sakura and Tomoyo are talking privately) laughed when she saw that Syaoran and Eriol was still looking shocked "come on, you guys, pick your mouths up from the ground, or else you won't be able to close them again."
When they still would not stop their staring Cherry sighed and looked at Tomoyo, "I think they're gonna be at it for a time, I know I was shocked for quite a while after I heard you sing for the first time. You know what? I think we could just leave them to their staring and go back to the mansion ourselves, considering that they will be at it for quite some time."
Tomoyo laughed at that remark, "I'm not that good, I'm sure there are people that are better than me somewhere."
"But so far I haven't heard one as good as you when it comes to singing."
"Well, sure we can find one somewhere," Tomoyo said, getting uncomfortable, she doesn't like being praised much.
Eriol was the first one to come back to his senses; he blinked a few times then looked at Tomoyo, who is now shifting awkwardly from foot to foot. "Wow! You sound really good."
"Is that all you can say?" taunted Cherry, "If I were you I think I'd beg her to sing again, since Tomoyo don't like to sing in the public, I've never heard her sing for the first two years I met her. The first time was when she was washing the clothes thinking that she is alone."
Eriol raised an eyebrow, "is that so? Then by all means we must hear you sing again sometime, but not now," looking at Syaoran he added "I think our friend here needs to come back to our world, he has been in dream land for quite a time."
"Shut-up" said Syaoran, shocking everyone "I was 'back in this world' as you so kindly put it, before you were."
Laughing Cherry pushed them on saying, "We had better get a move on, I think we'll be fairly late when we get back, it's almost 5 now (I'm sorry if the time is a bit messed up).
They walked back to the mansion together. But halfway through, Cherry felt a presence lurking not far behind, she pretended not to notice it, looking about her, she knew that her newfound friends had not noticed it. 'That was strange', she thought, 'no matter how good the person id, he would defiantly not be able to hide from Eriol and Syaoran, they were too good to let this slip their guard'. Then looking at them again, she realized that the person has been watching them for some time, and so know how to avoid them, even though they were guarded, they still had openings, and she was the only one that could feel this person was because he or she wanted her to. Cherry kept quiet throughout the walk to the mansion, not wanting to get her friends into trouble she didn't say anything to them, not to mention that this stranger might be looking for the 'witch' that murdered innocent people in her village, she could not blow her cover.
When they were almost there Cherry made an excuse hastily, "Erm... sorry, but I just remembered that I left something back at the clearing, I have to go back and get it, so you could go back first, I can catch up with you later, I'll be back in a jiffy."
They all turned to look at her, "Cherry," Tomoyo said concerned, she has known Sakura for a long time, and knew that she rarely acted like this, she was acting nervous, though normal people can't tell it, Tomoyo did. "Are you alright?" she asked her long time friend, concern clearly etched in her face.
"I'm fine Tomoyo," Cherry tried not to show it, but she was afraid that her 'stalker' might notice that she found out about him or her or whatever, "I just left something, I swear, I need to go back and find it, I'll be back in a flash!" Then she dashed away before any of them could answer, Syaoran shrugged and looked at his two companions and said, "I don't think we have to worry, Cherry can take care of herself, she has the Cards anyways." They agreed and started walking away again. Not far off in the trees a figure moved away from them and started in the direction where Cherry, or rather, Sakura had gone.
Sakura stopped somewhere in the middle of the path, not far away from the clearing and spoke loudly, enough for whoever it was that was following her to hear, "Alright, no need to act invisible now, I know you're here, so show yourself!" A soft chuckle could be heard from the trees above as a figure descended from the top most branches, to land on the ground below.
"Sssso, you knew I wassss there after all," the person was defiantly a male, now Sakura could see, he did not wear any masks of any sort, only black shirt and trousers to keep from sight in the dark and the shadows of the trees. His voice was soft when he spoke, but had a small slither in it, like a snake, making the s sounds longer, it made Sakura feel uneasy, "And here I thought that my messssage did not come acrosssss to you."
"Oh, it came across loud and clear," Sakura said trying to act braver than she thought, she had never met a witch-hunter before, save her brother (in a way) and Yukito or Yue, whichever he was at that time, and this person, clearly was one of the best there was, Sakura held little hope of escaping, the only chance was to beat him and make a run for it.
The man gave a dry chuckle "and so, the little rat finally decides to come out from the hole and meet the cat."
Sakura glared at him, "More like a snake I'd say, you are sly, I bet, and you win by cheating, and from what I can see, you are afraid to fight more than one person at the same time, because then, you wouldn't have been able to use your dirty tricks!"
The man looked mad, then he calmed down again and said coolly to Sakura, "How do you know that I'm going to cheat, and how do you know I cannot fight more than one person at the same time? I'm really good, you know? I can take on three of you at the same time and still be able to win."
"Talking big are we?" Taunted Sakura, she was actually using this time to think of a plan to get away from this slithery man, "Then why didn't you get me from the beginning? If I'm right, then you have been following us for a few days not, once you've gotten the measure of me, you would attack. But then, there were too many of us, me, Syaoran, Eriol, we all know magic, and you are afraid to take us all on at the same time, knowing you would loose!" Sakura was thinking fast now, then, an idea suddenly pops out of her head, she knew exactly what to do next, and if this works, then the man wouldn't bother her for the rest of her 'stay'. She quietly and gently took her necklace and made it expand to get her wand, the man was getting angrier as her words inked in, she had little time left, there was only one chance, and she had to do this right.
He charged at her with a roar, Sakura side stepped quickly and took out Woody, before he recovered enough to use magic she tied him up using woods and then took out Little and shrunk him, then used Create to make a plane like thing and flew him off to God knows where. Sakura looked at the plane disappear from sight before whistling softly, went back to the mansion.
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Shinigami Clara: I know the chapter is crappy, but hay, there had to be some actions.... Even though it's really crappy.... Anyways.....I have a major writers block right now, because my brain is crammed with exam revision stuff, so if any of you have any ideas for the coming chapter please tell me!!!!
Sakura: It's your own fault, really Shinigami Clara, if you didn't stay up late reading books and mangas, you wouldn't have to study like a possessed woman before the exam now would you?
Shinigami Clara: *Glares at Sakura and sulks in a corner.* Fine! Be that way! You are all going against me...... I'll leave you in a very sticky situation sometime soon! Believe me I will!
Sakura & Syaoran: *Sweatdrops* What a baby......
Syaoran: Don't worry, she won't leave you with a cliffhanger, just throw tomatoes at her and she'll behave. ^^
Sakura: Uh.... Syaoran, I don't think that's very nice..... Anyways, never mind, please review, we would be very gratified if you let us know what you think of this story so far. It would help immensely. Thank you.
*Sakura & Syaoran bows and Shinigami Clara is still sulking in the background*
*Curtain Closes*
Sakura: erm....sorry, Syaoran is somewhere again...I can't find him where ever he is....... Wait, is that him? *Drags Syaoran out from behind the curtains* You come out here this instant, don't you know it's rude to hide behind curtains?
Shinigami Clara: Is it? Oh well, never mind. Sakura! Stop scolding Syaoran, and Syaoran, stop hiding behind curtains! (they're not listening) *sweatdrops* well then, I guess it's: ON WITH THE STORY!^^
Disclaimer: You know the drill. Oh, by the way, the song that you'll later 'read', I made that up, so, NO COPYING. Whatever, but it's sang to the tune of "Open up your mind" by Mirai. (I think that's her name).
Chapter 5 Plans and an unexpected surprise
As they were walking back to the mansion Eriol pulled Tomoyo aside, whispering to her "um... Tomoyo, I have a little problem that I need to solve, and I think you can help me with it" there was a wicked gleam in his eyes, and Tomoyo looked at him suspiciously.
"That depends, what is it that you want me to 'help' with" she answered, emphasizing the word help, she was sure that Eriol doesn't need help, not really help, he would go on with it, whatever 'it' is, with or without her help.
"Well" he began, "It's like this: my little descendant, Syaoran, seems to like Cherry (remember, it's Cherry, not Sakura at the moment), a lot I would say. But he's not showing it, and by the looks of it, Cherry seems to like him as well, but from what I can see though, is that they are both trying to deny this." His grin was now evident in his face "I was wondering, if you would like to help me in, you know, pulling them together."
Tomoyo looked at her friend, Syaoran and Sakura were walking very close together and they still didn't realize that Tomoyo and Eriol were not behind them, Sakura laughed at something Syaoran said, then Tomoyo turned back to Eriol. "What's your plan then?" Tomoyo looked at Eriol closely thinking 'this might just be a good idea for Sakura to start again, then again, this might be good for me as well... what am I thinking? I'm here only to help Sakura! It has nothing to do with him, especially not him!'
Eriol looked closely at Tomoyo, he liked her, from what he could gather from her so far, and she was a cheerful sort of girl, not liking to be praised and also very smart. She was a bit different from the girls he's known so far, there was something different, but he just can't place it. Eriol mentally smacked himself, he'd been drifting off to space, something he rarely allowed himself to do and turned back to Tomoyo "I'll tell you the plan as soon as I can think of one."
Tomoyo nodded and they walked back behind Syaoran and Sakura just when Sakura turned around and said to Tomoyo "Tomoyo, I haven't heard you sing for a long time, can you please, pretty please sing a song for us?" Sakura - no, it's Cherry Tomoyo corrected herself, she can't think of her as Sakura anymore, or else she might let it slip and that would cause trouble to them both. Tomoyo sighed; she can't resist anything when 'Cherry' looked at her with puppy eyes. "Alright, I'll sing one song, though I haven't sang for quite a while."
// Can you hear the sorrow behind
The words of defeat
The spell of distress
The protest and fear
I cannot do it
I wanna give
Those are the spells that hold you //
Eriol and Syaoran looked at Tomoyo in shock, they had never heard a voice this sweet before, Sakura smiled knowing how the felt, she herself was shocked by Tomoyo's singing when she first heard it, it was like the voice of the angels. Tomoyo continued to sing, not noticing the stares she got from Syaoran and Eriol. (by the way, this is not the full song, It's only, like part of it, if you heard the original tune, you would've realized that the song is 5 min long. If you want the lyrics, just e-mail me.^^ my e-mail is: Shinigami_death@hotmail.com if anyone wants to know.)
// Turn the spells to charms
You can free my curse
And Cure my pain
My only hope is you
Those spells no longer hold me
You can break the spell
That kept me prisoner //
// Believe that you can
Break the spell that holds me
Show me the way to the light of Heaven
Give me your hand and extend my view
With the songs of bravery
You can Break the Spell.
Will you let the light shine down into your soul? //
Tomoyo finished the song and looked at her companions, Sakura was smiling openly, Syaoran and Eriol still had their mouths open, Tomoyo blushed when she saw them, she haven't sang in a long time, and she was sure there were parts where she sounded a bit weird.
Cherry, (from now on, I'm calling her Cherry because it's going to get very confusing with two names, the only times when I'll sue her real name is probably when Sakura and Kero are talking privately or, when Sakura and Tomoyo are talking privately) laughed when she saw that Syaoran and Eriol was still looking shocked "come on, you guys, pick your mouths up from the ground, or else you won't be able to close them again."
When they still would not stop their staring Cherry sighed and looked at Tomoyo, "I think they're gonna be at it for a time, I know I was shocked for quite a while after I heard you sing for the first time. You know what? I think we could just leave them to their staring and go back to the mansion ourselves, considering that they will be at it for quite some time."
Tomoyo laughed at that remark, "I'm not that good, I'm sure there are people that are better than me somewhere."
"But so far I haven't heard one as good as you when it comes to singing."
"Well, sure we can find one somewhere," Tomoyo said, getting uncomfortable, she doesn't like being praised much.
Eriol was the first one to come back to his senses; he blinked a few times then looked at Tomoyo, who is now shifting awkwardly from foot to foot. "Wow! You sound really good."
"Is that all you can say?" taunted Cherry, "If I were you I think I'd beg her to sing again, since Tomoyo don't like to sing in the public, I've never heard her sing for the first two years I met her. The first time was when she was washing the clothes thinking that she is alone."
Eriol raised an eyebrow, "is that so? Then by all means we must hear you sing again sometime, but not now," looking at Syaoran he added "I think our friend here needs to come back to our world, he has been in dream land for quite a time."
"Shut-up" said Syaoran, shocking everyone "I was 'back in this world' as you so kindly put it, before you were."
Laughing Cherry pushed them on saying, "We had better get a move on, I think we'll be fairly late when we get back, it's almost 5 now (I'm sorry if the time is a bit messed up).
They walked back to the mansion together. But halfway through, Cherry felt a presence lurking not far behind, she pretended not to notice it, looking about her, she knew that her newfound friends had not noticed it. 'That was strange', she thought, 'no matter how good the person id, he would defiantly not be able to hide from Eriol and Syaoran, they were too good to let this slip their guard'. Then looking at them again, she realized that the person has been watching them for some time, and so know how to avoid them, even though they were guarded, they still had openings, and she was the only one that could feel this person was because he or she wanted her to. Cherry kept quiet throughout the walk to the mansion, not wanting to get her friends into trouble she didn't say anything to them, not to mention that this stranger might be looking for the 'witch' that murdered innocent people in her village, she could not blow her cover.
When they were almost there Cherry made an excuse hastily, "Erm... sorry, but I just remembered that I left something back at the clearing, I have to go back and get it, so you could go back first, I can catch up with you later, I'll be back in a jiffy."
They all turned to look at her, "Cherry," Tomoyo said concerned, she has known Sakura for a long time, and knew that she rarely acted like this, she was acting nervous, though normal people can't tell it, Tomoyo did. "Are you alright?" she asked her long time friend, concern clearly etched in her face.
"I'm fine Tomoyo," Cherry tried not to show it, but she was afraid that her 'stalker' might notice that she found out about him or her or whatever, "I just left something, I swear, I need to go back and find it, I'll be back in a flash!" Then she dashed away before any of them could answer, Syaoran shrugged and looked at his two companions and said, "I don't think we have to worry, Cherry can take care of herself, she has the Cards anyways." They agreed and started walking away again. Not far off in the trees a figure moved away from them and started in the direction where Cherry, or rather, Sakura had gone.
Sakura stopped somewhere in the middle of the path, not far away from the clearing and spoke loudly, enough for whoever it was that was following her to hear, "Alright, no need to act invisible now, I know you're here, so show yourself!" A soft chuckle could be heard from the trees above as a figure descended from the top most branches, to land on the ground below.
"Sssso, you knew I wassss there after all," the person was defiantly a male, now Sakura could see, he did not wear any masks of any sort, only black shirt and trousers to keep from sight in the dark and the shadows of the trees. His voice was soft when he spoke, but had a small slither in it, like a snake, making the s sounds longer, it made Sakura feel uneasy, "And here I thought that my messssage did not come acrosssss to you."
"Oh, it came across loud and clear," Sakura said trying to act braver than she thought, she had never met a witch-hunter before, save her brother (in a way) and Yukito or Yue, whichever he was at that time, and this person, clearly was one of the best there was, Sakura held little hope of escaping, the only chance was to beat him and make a run for it.
The man gave a dry chuckle "and so, the little rat finally decides to come out from the hole and meet the cat."
Sakura glared at him, "More like a snake I'd say, you are sly, I bet, and you win by cheating, and from what I can see, you are afraid to fight more than one person at the same time, because then, you wouldn't have been able to use your dirty tricks!"
The man looked mad, then he calmed down again and said coolly to Sakura, "How do you know that I'm going to cheat, and how do you know I cannot fight more than one person at the same time? I'm really good, you know? I can take on three of you at the same time and still be able to win."
"Talking big are we?" Taunted Sakura, she was actually using this time to think of a plan to get away from this slithery man, "Then why didn't you get me from the beginning? If I'm right, then you have been following us for a few days not, once you've gotten the measure of me, you would attack. But then, there were too many of us, me, Syaoran, Eriol, we all know magic, and you are afraid to take us all on at the same time, knowing you would loose!" Sakura was thinking fast now, then, an idea suddenly pops out of her head, she knew exactly what to do next, and if this works, then the man wouldn't bother her for the rest of her 'stay'. She quietly and gently took her necklace and made it expand to get her wand, the man was getting angrier as her words inked in, she had little time left, there was only one chance, and she had to do this right.
He charged at her with a roar, Sakura side stepped quickly and took out Woody, before he recovered enough to use magic she tied him up using woods and then took out Little and shrunk him, then used Create to make a plane like thing and flew him off to God knows where. Sakura looked at the plane disappear from sight before whistling softly, went back to the mansion.
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Shinigami Clara: I know the chapter is crappy, but hay, there had to be some actions.... Even though it's really crappy.... Anyways.....I have a major writers block right now, because my brain is crammed with exam revision stuff, so if any of you have any ideas for the coming chapter please tell me!!!!
Sakura: It's your own fault, really Shinigami Clara, if you didn't stay up late reading books and mangas, you wouldn't have to study like a possessed woman before the exam now would you?
Shinigami Clara: *Glares at Sakura and sulks in a corner.* Fine! Be that way! You are all going against me...... I'll leave you in a very sticky situation sometime soon! Believe me I will!
Sakura & Syaoran: *Sweatdrops* What a baby......
Syaoran: Don't worry, she won't leave you with a cliffhanger, just throw tomatoes at her and she'll behave. ^^
Sakura: Uh.... Syaoran, I don't think that's very nice..... Anyways, never mind, please review, we would be very gratified if you let us know what you think of this story so far. It would help immensely. Thank you.
*Sakura & Syaoran bows and Shinigami Clara is still sulking in the background*
*Curtain Closes*