"Wait Sakura I have an out fit that I want you to wear." Tomoyo ran after
her.
When they were outside they were greeted by slurries of snow that hadn't been there earlier. As they stepped into the snow everything turned white.
Okay to whomever my anonymous reviewer was.
I appreciate your honest review. I'm sorry that the way the story was written drives you crazy. I hope you don't mind interpreting what you said in Japanese to English for me. I'm only learning to write in Japanese now. Oh and could you teach me how to write in Japanese? The surprise comes on chapter 2. In the first chapter I had to get them all in the same place.
Chapter 2
They stepped into the slurries of snow not knowing what was about to happen.
Sakura and Syaoron woke to find themselves amidst nothing but sand. "Where are we?" Sakura muttered while spitting sand out of her mouth.
"I don't know." Syaoron answered. He tried wiping sand off of his face not succeeding very well.
Sakura stood and looked at the area around her. All she could see was sand. It was really hot out here. She didn't remember it being that hot when she stepped outside. Sakura spotted something in the distance. "Look over there. Maybe we can find something from that group of people one the camels."
Syaoron led the way to the caravan of people. "Excuse me sir I was wondering if you could help me?" He asked in Japanese.
The man seemed as if he couldn't understand what was said.
Sakura repeated the question in Chinese. The man seemed to understand a little better. Li looked at her grateful that they could find a language in common with these people. "Could you tell us where we are at? We seem to be lost."
The man answered them back. "Your caravan lost you? Why would they leave you behind?"
"That was our fault. We forgot the time." Li looked at one of the men that were giving Sakura a look that he didn't like. "My wife and I can get a little distracted at times." He put meaning behind the word wife.
The man that had been looking at Sakura now looked elsewhere. "You can travel with us." A kind looking man nodded. "It's not safe to travel out here without a group of people with you; it might take you a little out of your way but.."
He didn't have to finish what he was saying. Syaoron and Sakura understood that it was dangerous to travel alone. Syaoron looked at Sakura hoping for a nod of affirmation before he spoke for the both of them. "Thank you. We would appreciate that very much."
-Eriol and Tomoyo-
Eriol shook his head. He couldn't see because there was something all over his glasses. Eriol took off his glasses and tried to clean them still finding some kind of gritty substance that felt like sand. "Let me see them Eriol." Tomoyo requested.
"Are you alright Tomoyo?" He questioned.
"I'm fine. It's a good thing that I carry wipes in my purse." She commented as she handed back his glasses.
Eriol finally being able to see looked all around them. They were in a town filled with little houses. Luckily they were in an alley way where they couldn't be seen at the moment because they looked really out of place here. Eriol glanced at Tomoyo, "Follow my lead. I think that if we don't get some clothes that actually fit in this time period then we will be in a lot of trouble."
Eriol led the way out of the alley to one of the clothing stands. "Excuse me," he tried in Japanese. The person just looked at him strangely. He tried again in Chinese and then Arabic.
The man understood the Arabic. Eriol then explained that he and Tomoyo had traveled from a distant country and that they had forgotten to get the proper currency. After the long discussion he was handed a lavender tunic looking thing for Tomoyo and a blue one for him.
"What did you say to him?" Tomoyo asked.
"I told him that we were distant travelers and that we had lost all our currency when we were mugged." Eriol handed the lavender tunic to her.
"We'll go over to this house and see if they will allow us to change." He pointed to a house where a thirteen year old girl sat playing her mandolin.
Tomoyo was allowed to enter the house first to change while Eriol waited out front for her. He watched as the girl played her mandolin quietly.
Tomoyo came out allowing Eriol to change. They thanked the young girl or at least she seemed to be a young girl. They didn't seem to think that she was anything but.
An angel appeared to the young girl. "Greetings you who are highly favoured. The Lord is with you."
The young woman looked really confused at the sight of the angel. The angel looked at her and saw the confusion on her face. "Do not be afraid Mary. You have found favor with God. You are to be with child and bare a son. You shall call him Jesus. He will be great and be called the son of the most high. The Lord will give him the throne of his father David and he will reign in the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
Mary looked at the angel in awe. "But how can this be? I have not known a man."
The angel responded. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most high will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born of you shall be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is with child in her old age and she who is said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." The angel bowed his head to her.
Mary was on her knees in awe of the angel. "I am the Lord's servant. Let it be as you said." The angel then disappeared before her.
"Eriol what happened?" Tomoyo asked.
"I think that she just had a divine visitor." Eriol gave the angel the honor that it deserved with those few words.
-Later that night-
Syaoron laid with Sakura under a cloak that was loaned to them. "Syao- kun; why did you tell them that I was your wife?" Sakura asked cuddling to her 'husband.'
"I didn't like the way some of the men were looking at you. If they thought that we were already married then they would keep their hands off." He answered as he held closer.
As they were talking the two felt something different in the air. "Magic." They whispered at the same time. They also decided simultaneously that it wasn't.
An angel appeared to at the time with a chorus of angels singing a chorus of unheard music. Everyone that was around was afraid. The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will bring joy to the whole world. Today in the city of David a Savior has been born unto you as a sign to all. You will find the baby wrapped in swaddling cloths.
The angels behind the speaking one were saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men who favor rests."
The angels disappeared into the night just as suddenly as the showed up.
- - -
Okay guys this is the last of this chapter. I used the references from the NIV bible in Luke 1:26-38 for the first scene and the second scene was Luke 2:8-16. The story has been told many times, by many people and different ways. In the end we find that this is what Christmas is really about. God gave us the ultimate gift for our life.
When they were outside they were greeted by slurries of snow that hadn't been there earlier. As they stepped into the snow everything turned white.
Okay to whomever my anonymous reviewer was.
I appreciate your honest review. I'm sorry that the way the story was written drives you crazy. I hope you don't mind interpreting what you said in Japanese to English for me. I'm only learning to write in Japanese now. Oh and could you teach me how to write in Japanese? The surprise comes on chapter 2. In the first chapter I had to get them all in the same place.
Chapter 2
They stepped into the slurries of snow not knowing what was about to happen.
Sakura and Syaoron woke to find themselves amidst nothing but sand. "Where are we?" Sakura muttered while spitting sand out of her mouth.
"I don't know." Syaoron answered. He tried wiping sand off of his face not succeeding very well.
Sakura stood and looked at the area around her. All she could see was sand. It was really hot out here. She didn't remember it being that hot when she stepped outside. Sakura spotted something in the distance. "Look over there. Maybe we can find something from that group of people one the camels."
Syaoron led the way to the caravan of people. "Excuse me sir I was wondering if you could help me?" He asked in Japanese.
The man seemed as if he couldn't understand what was said.
Sakura repeated the question in Chinese. The man seemed to understand a little better. Li looked at her grateful that they could find a language in common with these people. "Could you tell us where we are at? We seem to be lost."
The man answered them back. "Your caravan lost you? Why would they leave you behind?"
"That was our fault. We forgot the time." Li looked at one of the men that were giving Sakura a look that he didn't like. "My wife and I can get a little distracted at times." He put meaning behind the word wife.
The man that had been looking at Sakura now looked elsewhere. "You can travel with us." A kind looking man nodded. "It's not safe to travel out here without a group of people with you; it might take you a little out of your way but.."
He didn't have to finish what he was saying. Syaoron and Sakura understood that it was dangerous to travel alone. Syaoron looked at Sakura hoping for a nod of affirmation before he spoke for the both of them. "Thank you. We would appreciate that very much."
-Eriol and Tomoyo-
Eriol shook his head. He couldn't see because there was something all over his glasses. Eriol took off his glasses and tried to clean them still finding some kind of gritty substance that felt like sand. "Let me see them Eriol." Tomoyo requested.
"Are you alright Tomoyo?" He questioned.
"I'm fine. It's a good thing that I carry wipes in my purse." She commented as she handed back his glasses.
Eriol finally being able to see looked all around them. They were in a town filled with little houses. Luckily they were in an alley way where they couldn't be seen at the moment because they looked really out of place here. Eriol glanced at Tomoyo, "Follow my lead. I think that if we don't get some clothes that actually fit in this time period then we will be in a lot of trouble."
Eriol led the way out of the alley to one of the clothing stands. "Excuse me," he tried in Japanese. The person just looked at him strangely. He tried again in Chinese and then Arabic.
The man understood the Arabic. Eriol then explained that he and Tomoyo had traveled from a distant country and that they had forgotten to get the proper currency. After the long discussion he was handed a lavender tunic looking thing for Tomoyo and a blue one for him.
"What did you say to him?" Tomoyo asked.
"I told him that we were distant travelers and that we had lost all our currency when we were mugged." Eriol handed the lavender tunic to her.
"We'll go over to this house and see if they will allow us to change." He pointed to a house where a thirteen year old girl sat playing her mandolin.
Tomoyo was allowed to enter the house first to change while Eriol waited out front for her. He watched as the girl played her mandolin quietly.
Tomoyo came out allowing Eriol to change. They thanked the young girl or at least she seemed to be a young girl. They didn't seem to think that she was anything but.
An angel appeared to the young girl. "Greetings you who are highly favoured. The Lord is with you."
The young woman looked really confused at the sight of the angel. The angel looked at her and saw the confusion on her face. "Do not be afraid Mary. You have found favor with God. You are to be with child and bare a son. You shall call him Jesus. He will be great and be called the son of the most high. The Lord will give him the throne of his father David and he will reign in the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
Mary looked at the angel in awe. "But how can this be? I have not known a man."
The angel responded. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most high will overshadow you. So the Holy One to be born of you shall be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is with child in her old age and she who is said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God." The angel bowed his head to her.
Mary was on her knees in awe of the angel. "I am the Lord's servant. Let it be as you said." The angel then disappeared before her.
"Eriol what happened?" Tomoyo asked.
"I think that she just had a divine visitor." Eriol gave the angel the honor that it deserved with those few words.
-Later that night-
Syaoron laid with Sakura under a cloak that was loaned to them. "Syao- kun; why did you tell them that I was your wife?" Sakura asked cuddling to her 'husband.'
"I didn't like the way some of the men were looking at you. If they thought that we were already married then they would keep their hands off." He answered as he held closer.
As they were talking the two felt something different in the air. "Magic." They whispered at the same time. They also decided simultaneously that it wasn't.
An angel appeared to at the time with a chorus of angels singing a chorus of unheard music. Everyone that was around was afraid. The angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will bring joy to the whole world. Today in the city of David a Savior has been born unto you as a sign to all. You will find the baby wrapped in swaddling cloths.
The angels behind the speaking one were saying, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men who favor rests."
The angels disappeared into the night just as suddenly as the showed up.
- - -
Okay guys this is the last of this chapter. I used the references from the NIV bible in Luke 1:26-38 for the first scene and the second scene was Luke 2:8-16. The story has been told many times, by many people and different ways. In the end we find that this is what Christmas is really about. God gave us the ultimate gift for our life.