Shinigami Clara: And so, I start the seventh chapter to my story, anon good
readers, things shall start to get complicated for our beloved Heroine.
Life itself is a complicated path to walk, the path thou hast chosen is yet
far from it's goal, and shalt thou reach it? It is none of my concern
though, for my path is set out strait, I live in the world of thy reviews,
so, dear readers, do not hesitate to post thou views, for I shalt be most
gratified if ye gave words to thy thoughts.
Eriol: O-Kay.......... Translation please! ....... I think she is trying to sound mysterious.... Though I don't think it worked very well, she sounded like some maniac.
Tomoyo: Eriol! That's rude! Anyways, I bet you are wondering why it is Eriol and I here today instead of Sakura and Syaoran, well....it's because they went on a short vacation (Shinigami Clara: nah.... I sent them away with a mission, hehehehehe.....actually; they had to go to an important appointment today).
Eriol: never mind them, this chapter will have lots of stuff about me n' Tomoyo, well there is Sakura and Syaoran as well, but I would rather not think about that.^^
Shinigami Clara: Now people, stop talking and enjoy the show, I think the readers are trying very hard to NOT throw tomatoes at us, and if we don't hurry we won't be so lucky.
Chapter 7 Suspicion
Syaoran looked over at the closed door leading to Cherry's room, he remembered her large emerald eyes, shining in the dark, and her long honey brown hair, the image of her, standing in the forest under the moon, she looked like a goddess, radiating, the moonlight only added to her unearthly beauty. He sighed and looked towards her room again thinking, 'What is happening to me!?'
Little did he know that Sakura is thinking the same thing, 'What is happening to me? First I live in a place where the family of the house is FAMOUS for being Witch-Hunters, they are bound to be looking for me, not to mention the fact that I just KISSED the head to-be of the Li-Clan!' Confusion enveloped Sakura, she sat on the lone chair in the room, her hands on her head, she was having a headache.
Kero flew over to his mistress, his eyes shone with worry for Sakura. Knowing no way to comfort her, he just hovered by until his mistress got all her feelings under control. Finally he said, "Mistress, there is no use in you concerning over this, it's just going to give you a bad headache, not to mention the fact that things are going to unravel whether you want it to or not. But before that, I think you had better tell this Li Syaoran, him and Eriol Hiragizawa will be able to help you, they are both very powerful, though as much as I hate to admit it, it is true." Sakura laughed at that last comment, trust Kero to end everything in a humorous way.
"I suppose you are right," Sakura sighed, suddenly feeling very tired, "I want to go to sleep now, else I won't have the energy to deal with tomorrow, which is guaranteed to be a LONG day." (A/N: ......Oh you have no idea.....*evil smile*)
Kero smiled, knowing full well that his mistress will at least sleep till noon tomorrow, 'even with all those powers, she is still the same,' Kero feared that Sakura will change once - like so many before her - once she has power, but she never did, she was always the Cherry Blossom that Kero loved (A/N: Not THAT kind of love! Respect and friendship type!). "Goodnight, Sakura, and sweet dreams." (The irony.....*evil* you'll know soon enough.)
@_@ Tomoyo (Asleep?) @_@
It is a dream, she is sure of it now, because this place is defiantly no place on earth. It was full moon, the moon was low and large, you can only see a semicircle of it, it brightened her surroundings, but there was no need, the place itself gave off a soft glow. Tomoyo looked about her, she was standing at the opening of the forest, and there was a large lake in front of her, the surface was calm and silent, trees surrounded the lake, and there are fireflies flying around it's glow was reflected off the surface if the lake.
Tomoyo walked up to the very edge of the lake and looked across, she saw a table and two chairs in the middle, floating slightly above the waters. She wondered why she didn't see it before now, but pushed the thought aside. If this was a dream, than she HAD no need to worry about things appearing out of nowhere, but then again, why was she in full consciousness? This is almost as clear as real life, she looked around her once more to see if anything else was out of place.
"Tomoyo........." a soft voice called out to her, she knew this voice, soft, mysterious and slightly husky, it was Eriol.
Her mind registered the fact immediately and her head snapped towards the direction of the voice, standing in the middle of the lake, by the table was Eriol, his foot slightly touching the surface of the lake, sending ripples on the surface. Then he smiled, a soft warm smile that played across his features. Tomoyo was paying no heed to that, though the smile made her heart pound harder, but the only thought that came across her mind was, 'What is he doing in MY dreams!?'
Than Eriol said gently, breaking her thoughts, "Come over here Tomoyo," is was very quiet, yet she herd it as clearly a if he was whispering in her ear, Tomoyo shivered, nervous, for what though? She had no idea why she was nervous. This was her dream wasn't it? So why the HELL is he in her dream? "I know you are wondering why I'm here. I'll tell you........if you come over here." Said Eriol, smiling mysteriously.
She was left without a choice, Tomoyo slowly walked across to where he was standing, then, halfway across, she realized that she was standing on top of water, her steps sending small ripples across the lake. Mentally she shrugged, 'this is a dream, what can I say?' and she was across the lake and standing in front of Eriol.
He looked down at her and smiled, "Well, first off, you should be wearing something more special in a situation like this." Then he snapped his fingers and her night gown turned in to a dark purple silk dress, the sleeves were a see through material that ended at her elbow with a fare, the neckline was low and had jewels around the collar, there was a jeweled belt that hung low around her waist, the dark purple dress ended with a slash from her knees to the floor, revealing another layer of silk, a lighter colour than the one above. It was a beautiful dress, really, but Tomoyo wanted to change it slightly, and before she knew it, the sleeves disappeared and the straps disappeared and turned into spaghetti strap instead of the thick one before. (A/N:I donno how to say it, but I think you understand^^)
"Very nice," Eriol said, admiring the dress, "I like this better."
Tomoyo blushed pleasantly; she loved making clothes, especially for Sakura.
"All you need is something to go with the dress," then he produced a sapphire necklaces and walking behind Tomoyo, he tied the necklaces around her neck, turning her around he touched the pendant and smiled into her eyes saying, "You look truly enchanting."
Tomoyo shivered at the sound, Eriol was so close, and she could feel heat radiating from his body. It made Tomoyo's stomach flutter; she had never had this sensation before, like being with him makes her whole, and she is not even in his arms, though as much as she wanted to, she would not let it happen, her pride was in the way. Tomoyo looked at him again and said, "Now, enough of avoiding my questions, answer me, why are you in my dream?"
Eriol smiled again, smirked more likely, but then again it didn't matter, as long as he answered the question, "Well, you see, the fabric of dream is a very interesting thing, you can disrupt it's order, and someone like me can easily do it, then you can easily enter someone else's dream, but of course there are other drawbacks to disrupting the dreams. For example, people with lesser magic can easily have passed into people's minds when the fabric is disrupted, but not very often does it happen, and it is not easy to find the disruption, unless you are looking for it specifically."
Tomoyo gave Eriol a look that said clearly that she did not like people meddling in her dreams, and if looks could kill Eriol would be dead and rotting right now. But then again, it couldn't, and since he is in her dreams already, there was no point, so she let Eriol steer her into one of the chairs by the table. When he sat himself, the dished began to appear, even in her dream state, Tomoyo could taste the food, and until she started eating she did not know how hungry she was. They started off with polite conversation, fashion, food, the places they have been to - because Tomoyo had never been to any place outside her village she listened mostly about Eriol's travels, sometimes as a Witch-Hunter but most times, as a traveler - Tomoyo was delighted by the stories.
In the middle of the meal the fireflies disappeared and the surroundings dimmed, startled Tomoyo looked about her, "Don't worry" said Eriol, with a secret smile, "There is something I want to show you, wait."
Then the pond started glowing, and Tomoyo could see the fishes in the lake glow different colours, then the fishes started to swim around their table under the water they looked like a whirlwind of colours. Then the fishes started jumping up, out of the water in liquid grace, and when the entered the water again, they made a melodic sound, the sounds of fishes jumping up and down the rippling surface of the water formed a melody, a song. It was an old tune, one that little human remembered, it was the song of the fairies, and as if on cue, fairies started appearing, small, with delicate wings like a butterfly or translucent, like the dragonflies. They started dancing to the tune and soon the pond and its surroundings are like the ballroom of the fairy court, if there was ever such a thing.
Tomoyo stared, transfixed at the beauty in front of her until she felt Eriol raise out of his seat and stand beside her, she looked up into his blue eyes and forgot everything. Eriol extended his hand and asked, "Great lady, would you care to dance? For it would be an honour to have such a beautiful lady to dance with me." Blushing, Tomoyo took the offered hand, "Kind sir, you flatter me, of course I will dance." She said, playing along with him.
Together the walked onto the surface of the pond, the table and chairs disappeared, and the fairies made room for the pair to dance. Eriol wrapped one arm around Tomoyo, while the other took her hand and they started revolving to the music, Eriol held Tomoyo's body real close to his, and Tomoyo rested her head on his shoulder. She felt safe, in his arms, nothing in the world could hurt her. She was in Heaven.
Eriol looked down at the girl in his arms, he had never had this feeling before, it is all new to him, yet it feels right. It was like the sun rising, there was sureness in this, like it was only natural to have her by his side. 'Gods above, she was beautiful' and his body acted on shear impulse, he lifted her face with two fingers and looked into her eyes, he felt himself drowning in the purple depths and he went willingly.
Slowly, almost painfully he drew a shuddering breath and looked down at her again, this time he lowered his gaze to her lips and ran a finger across her lower lip drawing a shudder from Tomoyo. Then his lips brushed against hers, softly at first, then more demanding, and Tomoyo let out a small sigh and opened her mouth, a submission, she let him explore, then started kissing him back. Eriol was slightly taken aback by this, but then he mentally smiled, triumphantly, might I add, and let himself enjoy the kiss.
They drew apart gasping, not knowing which of them was affected more, Eriol held onto Tomoyo tighter and kissed her again, there was not a space between them, you could almost see their shadows meld together.
Eriol was too preoccupied to know that someone DID indeed sneak into the fabric of dreams, and their purpose was to take Sakura Kinomoto, dead of alive, and since they had a chance to get her in her own dreams and take over, this was one chance they could not miss. But the problem is, to travel in the webs of dream was a very hard thing for them, because they don't have sufficient enough energy to do so. So, they pulled Sakura - not very gently- into someone else's dream, to save them energy, but little did they know, they pulled her right into the dreams of one, particular Mr. Syaoran Li.
@_@ Sakura's dream (not pleasant, might I add) @_@
'Oh, great, what is happening now!?' Sakura thought as she walked around in the green forest, 'I'm sure that I fell asleep in my room, so why am I here? Right, this must be a dream. But it's too real to be a dream, there is no way I could be in dream state, right?' Then she pinched herself HARD, "OWCH! Nope, it's real" (A/N: In Sakura's state, when she is in full control and full consciousness, she can feel pain even in dreams^^)
"Hello, Sakura Kinomoto, I have been longing to see you, Card Mistress." A voice drawled from behind her, Sakura spun around and came face to face with two people, they were standing in the shadow, so she couldn't see them properly, "We are here to take YOU into custody."
"Whoa! Wait one second, so, I'm in this unknown place and two unknown people want to take me into custody!?"
"Right you are," said the other man, "My name is Jiro, but since you are going down anyways, you should at least know who took you! Oh, and my companion here is Akira."
"This is getting complicated, so where are we at the moment? And how did we, or more specifically, I get here?"
Akira answered the question; "I pulled you into someone else's dream, that's all that mattered."
'So this IS a dream after all.' Alright, then, since they are so keen on arresting me, "Well then, lets play it the HARD way, if you can beat me, you can do whatever you want, though I doubt you can do any REAL damage."
@_@ Syaoran's POV @_@
Syaoran found himself walking in a forest, with amazingly tall trees, then he heard the sound of fighting, not knowing what to make of it he walked towards the direction. To his amazement, he found Cherry fighting with two other people he has never seen before, 'Wait, I HAVE seen them before they are Witch-Hunters. I've seen them in the Hunters lists, they are very good Hunters at that, so why are they attacking Cherry?'
He ran to where Cherry was locked in battle with one of them when he realized that the other men wanted to attack her from behind, quickly he did a cartwheel to land in front of him and kneed him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him.
Syaoran turned around and found Cherry staring at him, "What are you doing here?" she asked in a bewildered voice.
@_@ Back to normal POV @_@
As soon as she asked the question, Sakura knew the answer, 'They have pulled me in to Syaoran's dream' she thought with dread, 'now he is going to know that I'm a wanted criminal.'
Sakura's thoughts were in jumbles, but Syaoran's voice jolted her back into reality (yah, whatever, you're in dreamland here, how real is THAT!?) "What is happening here? Cherry, why are there two Witch-Hunters attacking you?"
Trying to calm herself down she explained to Li, "Well, you see, I was pulled, quite unceremoniously might I add, into your dreams. These guys here, wants to catch me....." the last remark flew out of her mouth without her realizing it, she quickly covered her mouth, but it was too late.
Syaoran narrowed his eyes, "Why in the name of all the Gods above do they want to catch you for?"
"Erm.... Did I say they wanted to catch me? You must got it wrong, I said that they wanted to..... to... erm.... Challenge me, yah that's it, they wanted to challenge me because I'm the Card Mistress, that's what I said."
Syaoran did not look very convinced, and her stuttering gave her away even more than what she said before, 'She is hiding something,' he thought to himself, truth to tell, he knew she was hiding something the day he found her unconscious at the clearing, and this just proves his point, that she was indeed hiding something. "Alright, I don't care what happens, and how it happened right now, what I want now is for you to get out of my dream and never come back again."
Akira looked at Syaoran with some distaste, "I'm not getting out of here until I beat her, and I might get you too, then I will have the title of the best Witch-Hunter in the century." (A/N: Did I not say anything about Syaoran having the title of the best Witch-Hunter in the Century? Sorry, but now, I said it, so there. NOOOOOO~~ don't throw cabbages at me!)
With that the attacks started anew, Akira went strait for Syaoran and Jiro attacked Sakura, both were evenly matched, 'Akira and Jiro weren't Witch- Hunters for nothing,' Sakura thought grimly, they were good, but not THAT good, she could still handle them easily. Quickly, Sakura took out her key and turned it into a staff.
"Take me a flight, to a new born height! FLY!" and with that her back grew a pair of large white wings, Sakura flew up to the top most branch of the tree, while Jiro followed suite, he didn't have wings but he was just as efficient getting up as Sakura was.
Then to Sakura's surprise, a sword appeared by his hands, he smiled wickedly and said, "This is a dream, what do you think? Of course we can make things appear."
Brows drawn in frustration Sakura called again to her cards, "SWORD!" A sword appeared in the place of Sakura's staff. They parried each other's moves easily, and not before long Sakura was sweating with the effort, even though she had wings Jiro's movement was fast, but after a while she realized that Jiro was not even a bit tired, why was that? Then she remembered, this was a dream, so if she didn't want to be tired, she can make it happen, after all there is nothing impossible in a dream. She thought of herself with lots of energy and before long, she was able to move with agility again, it was as if she had just woke up from a nap and is bursting with energy.
Jiro dove in for an overhead swipe with the sword, which Sakura blocked easily, doing a back flip in the air she managed to kick Jiro in the process, he stumbled back a bit in the air and rushed again to attack her. Sword at a defending position, she blocked attack after attack easily, but Sakura knew that she is going to let slip sooner or later, and she will be done for. 'If only I was in a place that is more to my advantage, then I can beat this guy easily,' just as the thought crossed her mind the surrounding changed into a pitch-black place. There were stars hanging above her head, but it was still dark, this fight was going to be like hide and seek. Because the surroundings can be changed only once in 30 min, Sakura could use this as an advantage (Well, there has to be limits to this whole dream thing you know? So people, work with me here^^).
Sakura smiles, this was a dream after all, "LIGHT!" "FIGHT!" and she began to glow, this was going to be hide and seek, she turned a corner and found that Jiro was looking around the place in confusion. Smiling grimly, she stepped behind him, she twisted his arms behind his back and her sword went to his neck. "You give up yet?" he nodded reluctantly, "I'm letting you go, but if you try anything, anything at all, you will wish you were never born. Now go back to where you came and don't bother me again."
Slowly, she width drew her sword from his neck, and let his arms fall back to his side, she was ready when he spun and kicked her in the thigh. She swiped his legs from under him and he went down with a thump, then she knelt on top of him to keep him from attacking again, swiftly she broke his nose and knocked the wind out of him again. "It wasn't very wise of you to do that, you should have realized the moment I had my sword at your throat that there was no way you can beat me." Sakura smiled, wolfishly, and said, "So, what shall I do with you? I can't have you going around trying to kill me now can I?"
Then she let him go again, saying, "I want you to leave right now, and never show your face to me, make sure that you go, NOW! I don't even know why I'm letting you go, but hay it's my nature. Don't you dare try anything again, else I'll do more than bloody your nose a bit." This time Jiro left as quickly as possible, and with a snap he was gone from Syaoran's dreams.
Sakura found Syaoran standing in the middle of what looked like a big star shaped dome, when she walked over, she saw that Akira was down on the ground, his face was a bloody mess and from the looks of it, he won't be going anywhere soon. When she arrived she heard Syaoran say in a cold voice that made even her shiver, only a mad man would have ignored the warnings, "You leave right now, never let me catch you sneaking into places where you are not wanted." Akira could only splutter and then, he was gone.
Sakura and Syaoran was snapped back into the real world, it was like being stretched, then squished, it seems like Akira wanted to have at least the satisfaction of a small revenge before he left. Syaoran fell out of bed with a thump and he stood up rubbing his sore head, it seems that all the fighting you did in your dreams do add up when you wake up.
He was worried about Cherry and he wanted to ask her many things, so he left his room and walked over to Cherry's chambers, before he knocked the door though, he heard Kero say to Cherry, "So are you going to tell him the truth then?"
@_@ Sakura's POV @_@
She woke up in be sweating and breathing hard, "Man, they had to do this to me didn't they? Ow..... My head hurts."
Kero was by her side in a instant, "What is it Sakura? I woke up and found that you were thrashing in be, and you look like you were having a fight with something, or someone. Whatever it was, it was not pleasant, I can tell that."
"No, you're right, it wasn't pleasant, two Witch-Hunters found their way into our dreams, we had to fight to get rid of them." Sakura stood up and went to the window, and opened the shutters to let the night air in.
Kero quickly checked Sakura for injuries, to his relief he found none, "You mentioned 'we' when you said there were people in your dreams, why is that?"
Sakura sighed; this was going to be hard to explain to Syaoran, "Well, you see...... they didn't exactly go to my dream in particular, they pulled ME into someone else's dream, and that particular someone is Syaoran Li."
Kero closed his eyes for a second, letting the information go into his head, then he said, "So what are you going to do, how are you going to explain this?"
"I suppose there is no way around it."
"So are you going to tell him the truth then?"
Before Sakura could answer, a deep, dangerous voice behind them said, "Tell me what truth?"
Both Sakura and Kero turned around, stunned, standing by the door was Syaoran, arms folded across his chest and leaning against the frame of the door, his aura was now dark green, almost black, the very image of a wolf that just found his pry.
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Shinigami Clara: SORRY~~~~~~ don't throw tomatoes at me! Please!!!!! I had to stop there, and I made this story extra long..... I tried really!!!! And double sorry, because I have my exams coming up next week, so I might not be able to update very soon, I'll try, but I do have to study....... Not to mention I have English Literature right after my Art Exam. So that means I'll probably not be able to update until Jun 13, that's my last exam. Gomen-nasai, I's really sorry.....
Eriol: DUCK! I THINK I SEE A TOMATO COMING OUR WAY!!!
Tomoyo: Why did we chose to take Sakura ad Syaoran's place at this time!!???? We must be out of our minds!!!!
Shinigami Clara: Quickly, to the back stage, RUN!!!!
*Curtain closes in total confusion*
Please review.... anything, Flame, Comments, Ideas, anything^^
Eriol: O-Kay.......... Translation please! ....... I think she is trying to sound mysterious.... Though I don't think it worked very well, she sounded like some maniac.
Tomoyo: Eriol! That's rude! Anyways, I bet you are wondering why it is Eriol and I here today instead of Sakura and Syaoran, well....it's because they went on a short vacation (Shinigami Clara: nah.... I sent them away with a mission, hehehehehe.....actually; they had to go to an important appointment today).
Eriol: never mind them, this chapter will have lots of stuff about me n' Tomoyo, well there is Sakura and Syaoran as well, but I would rather not think about that.^^
Shinigami Clara: Now people, stop talking and enjoy the show, I think the readers are trying very hard to NOT throw tomatoes at us, and if we don't hurry we won't be so lucky.
Chapter 7 Suspicion
Syaoran looked over at the closed door leading to Cherry's room, he remembered her large emerald eyes, shining in the dark, and her long honey brown hair, the image of her, standing in the forest under the moon, she looked like a goddess, radiating, the moonlight only added to her unearthly beauty. He sighed and looked towards her room again thinking, 'What is happening to me!?'
Little did he know that Sakura is thinking the same thing, 'What is happening to me? First I live in a place where the family of the house is FAMOUS for being Witch-Hunters, they are bound to be looking for me, not to mention the fact that I just KISSED the head to-be of the Li-Clan!' Confusion enveloped Sakura, she sat on the lone chair in the room, her hands on her head, she was having a headache.
Kero flew over to his mistress, his eyes shone with worry for Sakura. Knowing no way to comfort her, he just hovered by until his mistress got all her feelings under control. Finally he said, "Mistress, there is no use in you concerning over this, it's just going to give you a bad headache, not to mention the fact that things are going to unravel whether you want it to or not. But before that, I think you had better tell this Li Syaoran, him and Eriol Hiragizawa will be able to help you, they are both very powerful, though as much as I hate to admit it, it is true." Sakura laughed at that last comment, trust Kero to end everything in a humorous way.
"I suppose you are right," Sakura sighed, suddenly feeling very tired, "I want to go to sleep now, else I won't have the energy to deal with tomorrow, which is guaranteed to be a LONG day." (A/N: ......Oh you have no idea.....*evil smile*)
Kero smiled, knowing full well that his mistress will at least sleep till noon tomorrow, 'even with all those powers, she is still the same,' Kero feared that Sakura will change once - like so many before her - once she has power, but she never did, she was always the Cherry Blossom that Kero loved (A/N: Not THAT kind of love! Respect and friendship type!). "Goodnight, Sakura, and sweet dreams." (The irony.....*evil* you'll know soon enough.)
@_@ Tomoyo (Asleep?) @_@
It is a dream, she is sure of it now, because this place is defiantly no place on earth. It was full moon, the moon was low and large, you can only see a semicircle of it, it brightened her surroundings, but there was no need, the place itself gave off a soft glow. Tomoyo looked about her, she was standing at the opening of the forest, and there was a large lake in front of her, the surface was calm and silent, trees surrounded the lake, and there are fireflies flying around it's glow was reflected off the surface if the lake.
Tomoyo walked up to the very edge of the lake and looked across, she saw a table and two chairs in the middle, floating slightly above the waters. She wondered why she didn't see it before now, but pushed the thought aside. If this was a dream, than she HAD no need to worry about things appearing out of nowhere, but then again, why was she in full consciousness? This is almost as clear as real life, she looked around her once more to see if anything else was out of place.
"Tomoyo........." a soft voice called out to her, she knew this voice, soft, mysterious and slightly husky, it was Eriol.
Her mind registered the fact immediately and her head snapped towards the direction of the voice, standing in the middle of the lake, by the table was Eriol, his foot slightly touching the surface of the lake, sending ripples on the surface. Then he smiled, a soft warm smile that played across his features. Tomoyo was paying no heed to that, though the smile made her heart pound harder, but the only thought that came across her mind was, 'What is he doing in MY dreams!?'
Than Eriol said gently, breaking her thoughts, "Come over here Tomoyo," is was very quiet, yet she herd it as clearly a if he was whispering in her ear, Tomoyo shivered, nervous, for what though? She had no idea why she was nervous. This was her dream wasn't it? So why the HELL is he in her dream? "I know you are wondering why I'm here. I'll tell you........if you come over here." Said Eriol, smiling mysteriously.
She was left without a choice, Tomoyo slowly walked across to where he was standing, then, halfway across, she realized that she was standing on top of water, her steps sending small ripples across the lake. Mentally she shrugged, 'this is a dream, what can I say?' and she was across the lake and standing in front of Eriol.
He looked down at her and smiled, "Well, first off, you should be wearing something more special in a situation like this." Then he snapped his fingers and her night gown turned in to a dark purple silk dress, the sleeves were a see through material that ended at her elbow with a fare, the neckline was low and had jewels around the collar, there was a jeweled belt that hung low around her waist, the dark purple dress ended with a slash from her knees to the floor, revealing another layer of silk, a lighter colour than the one above. It was a beautiful dress, really, but Tomoyo wanted to change it slightly, and before she knew it, the sleeves disappeared and the straps disappeared and turned into spaghetti strap instead of the thick one before. (A/N:I donno how to say it, but I think you understand^^)
"Very nice," Eriol said, admiring the dress, "I like this better."
Tomoyo blushed pleasantly; she loved making clothes, especially for Sakura.
"All you need is something to go with the dress," then he produced a sapphire necklaces and walking behind Tomoyo, he tied the necklaces around her neck, turning her around he touched the pendant and smiled into her eyes saying, "You look truly enchanting."
Tomoyo shivered at the sound, Eriol was so close, and she could feel heat radiating from his body. It made Tomoyo's stomach flutter; she had never had this sensation before, like being with him makes her whole, and she is not even in his arms, though as much as she wanted to, she would not let it happen, her pride was in the way. Tomoyo looked at him again and said, "Now, enough of avoiding my questions, answer me, why are you in my dream?"
Eriol smiled again, smirked more likely, but then again it didn't matter, as long as he answered the question, "Well, you see, the fabric of dream is a very interesting thing, you can disrupt it's order, and someone like me can easily do it, then you can easily enter someone else's dream, but of course there are other drawbacks to disrupting the dreams. For example, people with lesser magic can easily have passed into people's minds when the fabric is disrupted, but not very often does it happen, and it is not easy to find the disruption, unless you are looking for it specifically."
Tomoyo gave Eriol a look that said clearly that she did not like people meddling in her dreams, and if looks could kill Eriol would be dead and rotting right now. But then again, it couldn't, and since he is in her dreams already, there was no point, so she let Eriol steer her into one of the chairs by the table. When he sat himself, the dished began to appear, even in her dream state, Tomoyo could taste the food, and until she started eating she did not know how hungry she was. They started off with polite conversation, fashion, food, the places they have been to - because Tomoyo had never been to any place outside her village she listened mostly about Eriol's travels, sometimes as a Witch-Hunter but most times, as a traveler - Tomoyo was delighted by the stories.
In the middle of the meal the fireflies disappeared and the surroundings dimmed, startled Tomoyo looked about her, "Don't worry" said Eriol, with a secret smile, "There is something I want to show you, wait."
Then the pond started glowing, and Tomoyo could see the fishes in the lake glow different colours, then the fishes started to swim around their table under the water they looked like a whirlwind of colours. Then the fishes started jumping up, out of the water in liquid grace, and when the entered the water again, they made a melodic sound, the sounds of fishes jumping up and down the rippling surface of the water formed a melody, a song. It was an old tune, one that little human remembered, it was the song of the fairies, and as if on cue, fairies started appearing, small, with delicate wings like a butterfly or translucent, like the dragonflies. They started dancing to the tune and soon the pond and its surroundings are like the ballroom of the fairy court, if there was ever such a thing.
Tomoyo stared, transfixed at the beauty in front of her until she felt Eriol raise out of his seat and stand beside her, she looked up into his blue eyes and forgot everything. Eriol extended his hand and asked, "Great lady, would you care to dance? For it would be an honour to have such a beautiful lady to dance with me." Blushing, Tomoyo took the offered hand, "Kind sir, you flatter me, of course I will dance." She said, playing along with him.
Together the walked onto the surface of the pond, the table and chairs disappeared, and the fairies made room for the pair to dance. Eriol wrapped one arm around Tomoyo, while the other took her hand and they started revolving to the music, Eriol held Tomoyo's body real close to his, and Tomoyo rested her head on his shoulder. She felt safe, in his arms, nothing in the world could hurt her. She was in Heaven.
Eriol looked down at the girl in his arms, he had never had this feeling before, it is all new to him, yet it feels right. It was like the sun rising, there was sureness in this, like it was only natural to have her by his side. 'Gods above, she was beautiful' and his body acted on shear impulse, he lifted her face with two fingers and looked into her eyes, he felt himself drowning in the purple depths and he went willingly.
Slowly, almost painfully he drew a shuddering breath and looked down at her again, this time he lowered his gaze to her lips and ran a finger across her lower lip drawing a shudder from Tomoyo. Then his lips brushed against hers, softly at first, then more demanding, and Tomoyo let out a small sigh and opened her mouth, a submission, she let him explore, then started kissing him back. Eriol was slightly taken aback by this, but then he mentally smiled, triumphantly, might I add, and let himself enjoy the kiss.
They drew apart gasping, not knowing which of them was affected more, Eriol held onto Tomoyo tighter and kissed her again, there was not a space between them, you could almost see their shadows meld together.
Eriol was too preoccupied to know that someone DID indeed sneak into the fabric of dreams, and their purpose was to take Sakura Kinomoto, dead of alive, and since they had a chance to get her in her own dreams and take over, this was one chance they could not miss. But the problem is, to travel in the webs of dream was a very hard thing for them, because they don't have sufficient enough energy to do so. So, they pulled Sakura - not very gently- into someone else's dream, to save them energy, but little did they know, they pulled her right into the dreams of one, particular Mr. Syaoran Li.
@_@ Sakura's dream (not pleasant, might I add) @_@
'Oh, great, what is happening now!?' Sakura thought as she walked around in the green forest, 'I'm sure that I fell asleep in my room, so why am I here? Right, this must be a dream. But it's too real to be a dream, there is no way I could be in dream state, right?' Then she pinched herself HARD, "OWCH! Nope, it's real" (A/N: In Sakura's state, when she is in full control and full consciousness, she can feel pain even in dreams^^)
"Hello, Sakura Kinomoto, I have been longing to see you, Card Mistress." A voice drawled from behind her, Sakura spun around and came face to face with two people, they were standing in the shadow, so she couldn't see them properly, "We are here to take YOU into custody."
"Whoa! Wait one second, so, I'm in this unknown place and two unknown people want to take me into custody!?"
"Right you are," said the other man, "My name is Jiro, but since you are going down anyways, you should at least know who took you! Oh, and my companion here is Akira."
"This is getting complicated, so where are we at the moment? And how did we, or more specifically, I get here?"
Akira answered the question; "I pulled you into someone else's dream, that's all that mattered."
'So this IS a dream after all.' Alright, then, since they are so keen on arresting me, "Well then, lets play it the HARD way, if you can beat me, you can do whatever you want, though I doubt you can do any REAL damage."
@_@ Syaoran's POV @_@
Syaoran found himself walking in a forest, with amazingly tall trees, then he heard the sound of fighting, not knowing what to make of it he walked towards the direction. To his amazement, he found Cherry fighting with two other people he has never seen before, 'Wait, I HAVE seen them before they are Witch-Hunters. I've seen them in the Hunters lists, they are very good Hunters at that, so why are they attacking Cherry?'
He ran to where Cherry was locked in battle with one of them when he realized that the other men wanted to attack her from behind, quickly he did a cartwheel to land in front of him and kneed him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him.
Syaoran turned around and found Cherry staring at him, "What are you doing here?" she asked in a bewildered voice.
@_@ Back to normal POV @_@
As soon as she asked the question, Sakura knew the answer, 'They have pulled me in to Syaoran's dream' she thought with dread, 'now he is going to know that I'm a wanted criminal.'
Sakura's thoughts were in jumbles, but Syaoran's voice jolted her back into reality (yah, whatever, you're in dreamland here, how real is THAT!?) "What is happening here? Cherry, why are there two Witch-Hunters attacking you?"
Trying to calm herself down she explained to Li, "Well, you see, I was pulled, quite unceremoniously might I add, into your dreams. These guys here, wants to catch me....." the last remark flew out of her mouth without her realizing it, she quickly covered her mouth, but it was too late.
Syaoran narrowed his eyes, "Why in the name of all the Gods above do they want to catch you for?"
"Erm.... Did I say they wanted to catch me? You must got it wrong, I said that they wanted to..... to... erm.... Challenge me, yah that's it, they wanted to challenge me because I'm the Card Mistress, that's what I said."
Syaoran did not look very convinced, and her stuttering gave her away even more than what she said before, 'She is hiding something,' he thought to himself, truth to tell, he knew she was hiding something the day he found her unconscious at the clearing, and this just proves his point, that she was indeed hiding something. "Alright, I don't care what happens, and how it happened right now, what I want now is for you to get out of my dream and never come back again."
Akira looked at Syaoran with some distaste, "I'm not getting out of here until I beat her, and I might get you too, then I will have the title of the best Witch-Hunter in the century." (A/N: Did I not say anything about Syaoran having the title of the best Witch-Hunter in the Century? Sorry, but now, I said it, so there. NOOOOOO~~ don't throw cabbages at me!)
With that the attacks started anew, Akira went strait for Syaoran and Jiro attacked Sakura, both were evenly matched, 'Akira and Jiro weren't Witch- Hunters for nothing,' Sakura thought grimly, they were good, but not THAT good, she could still handle them easily. Quickly, Sakura took out her key and turned it into a staff.
"Take me a flight, to a new born height! FLY!" and with that her back grew a pair of large white wings, Sakura flew up to the top most branch of the tree, while Jiro followed suite, he didn't have wings but he was just as efficient getting up as Sakura was.
Then to Sakura's surprise, a sword appeared by his hands, he smiled wickedly and said, "This is a dream, what do you think? Of course we can make things appear."
Brows drawn in frustration Sakura called again to her cards, "SWORD!" A sword appeared in the place of Sakura's staff. They parried each other's moves easily, and not before long Sakura was sweating with the effort, even though she had wings Jiro's movement was fast, but after a while she realized that Jiro was not even a bit tired, why was that? Then she remembered, this was a dream, so if she didn't want to be tired, she can make it happen, after all there is nothing impossible in a dream. She thought of herself with lots of energy and before long, she was able to move with agility again, it was as if she had just woke up from a nap and is bursting with energy.
Jiro dove in for an overhead swipe with the sword, which Sakura blocked easily, doing a back flip in the air she managed to kick Jiro in the process, he stumbled back a bit in the air and rushed again to attack her. Sword at a defending position, she blocked attack after attack easily, but Sakura knew that she is going to let slip sooner or later, and she will be done for. 'If only I was in a place that is more to my advantage, then I can beat this guy easily,' just as the thought crossed her mind the surrounding changed into a pitch-black place. There were stars hanging above her head, but it was still dark, this fight was going to be like hide and seek. Because the surroundings can be changed only once in 30 min, Sakura could use this as an advantage (Well, there has to be limits to this whole dream thing you know? So people, work with me here^^).
Sakura smiles, this was a dream after all, "LIGHT!" "FIGHT!" and she began to glow, this was going to be hide and seek, she turned a corner and found that Jiro was looking around the place in confusion. Smiling grimly, she stepped behind him, she twisted his arms behind his back and her sword went to his neck. "You give up yet?" he nodded reluctantly, "I'm letting you go, but if you try anything, anything at all, you will wish you were never born. Now go back to where you came and don't bother me again."
Slowly, she width drew her sword from his neck, and let his arms fall back to his side, she was ready when he spun and kicked her in the thigh. She swiped his legs from under him and he went down with a thump, then she knelt on top of him to keep him from attacking again, swiftly she broke his nose and knocked the wind out of him again. "It wasn't very wise of you to do that, you should have realized the moment I had my sword at your throat that there was no way you can beat me." Sakura smiled, wolfishly, and said, "So, what shall I do with you? I can't have you going around trying to kill me now can I?"
Then she let him go again, saying, "I want you to leave right now, and never show your face to me, make sure that you go, NOW! I don't even know why I'm letting you go, but hay it's my nature. Don't you dare try anything again, else I'll do more than bloody your nose a bit." This time Jiro left as quickly as possible, and with a snap he was gone from Syaoran's dreams.
Sakura found Syaoran standing in the middle of what looked like a big star shaped dome, when she walked over, she saw that Akira was down on the ground, his face was a bloody mess and from the looks of it, he won't be going anywhere soon. When she arrived she heard Syaoran say in a cold voice that made even her shiver, only a mad man would have ignored the warnings, "You leave right now, never let me catch you sneaking into places where you are not wanted." Akira could only splutter and then, he was gone.
Sakura and Syaoran was snapped back into the real world, it was like being stretched, then squished, it seems like Akira wanted to have at least the satisfaction of a small revenge before he left. Syaoran fell out of bed with a thump and he stood up rubbing his sore head, it seems that all the fighting you did in your dreams do add up when you wake up.
He was worried about Cherry and he wanted to ask her many things, so he left his room and walked over to Cherry's chambers, before he knocked the door though, he heard Kero say to Cherry, "So are you going to tell him the truth then?"
@_@ Sakura's POV @_@
She woke up in be sweating and breathing hard, "Man, they had to do this to me didn't they? Ow..... My head hurts."
Kero was by her side in a instant, "What is it Sakura? I woke up and found that you were thrashing in be, and you look like you were having a fight with something, or someone. Whatever it was, it was not pleasant, I can tell that."
"No, you're right, it wasn't pleasant, two Witch-Hunters found their way into our dreams, we had to fight to get rid of them." Sakura stood up and went to the window, and opened the shutters to let the night air in.
Kero quickly checked Sakura for injuries, to his relief he found none, "You mentioned 'we' when you said there were people in your dreams, why is that?"
Sakura sighed; this was going to be hard to explain to Syaoran, "Well, you see...... they didn't exactly go to my dream in particular, they pulled ME into someone else's dream, and that particular someone is Syaoran Li."
Kero closed his eyes for a second, letting the information go into his head, then he said, "So what are you going to do, how are you going to explain this?"
"I suppose there is no way around it."
"So are you going to tell him the truth then?"
Before Sakura could answer, a deep, dangerous voice behind them said, "Tell me what truth?"
Both Sakura and Kero turned around, stunned, standing by the door was Syaoran, arms folded across his chest and leaning against the frame of the door, his aura was now dark green, almost black, the very image of a wolf that just found his pry.
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Shinigami Clara: SORRY~~~~~~ don't throw tomatoes at me! Please!!!!! I had to stop there, and I made this story extra long..... I tried really!!!! And double sorry, because I have my exams coming up next week, so I might not be able to update very soon, I'll try, but I do have to study....... Not to mention I have English Literature right after my Art Exam. So that means I'll probably not be able to update until Jun 13, that's my last exam. Gomen-nasai, I's really sorry.....
Eriol: DUCK! I THINK I SEE A TOMATO COMING OUR WAY!!!
Tomoyo: Why did we chose to take Sakura ad Syaoran's place at this time!!???? We must be out of our minds!!!!
Shinigami Clara: Quickly, to the back stage, RUN!!!!
*Curtain closes in total confusion*
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