In the previous chapter:
Eriol, Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoron have been transported to the time of the Bible when baby Jesus is born. Syaoron and Sakura find themselves in the middle of a desert alone when a caravan of people shows up. I should have mentioned that they were the wise men as they were called but I seem to have forgotten to place that information in the story.
Eriol and Tomoyo found themselves in an alley way in a town. They manage to get clothes and go to a young girl's house. The two changed finding an angel talking to the girl called Mary. She was informed that she was to bear a child and he was to be called Immanuel.
Disclaimer: I don't own them! I only write about them. I believe that clamp owns Cardcaptor Sakura.
Chapter 3
Tomoyo and Mary were riding on the mules that Eriol and Joseph had bartered for befor4e they left town. Joseph was leading there way seeing that he was the only one that knew where they were going.
Ceasar had given the order that all men were required to go to their hometown for a consensus.
"Mary-chan," Tomoyo asked, "how does it feel to carry such an important child?"
"It's an honor Tomoyo. It's just scary because I will be taking care of God's child. What if I do something wrong?" Mary wondered out loud.
The two women fell silent after a while. "What about you Joseph-kun? I know it can't be easy to find out that you're fiancée is pregnant and it not be your child." Eriol questioned.
"When she told me that she was pregnant with God's child I was going to divorce her. I thought that she had known a man." Joseph stopped for just a moment, "An angel appeared tome in my dream that night and told that it was alright that Mary had not been unfaithful to me."
"How can you divorce her if you haven't married her? How can she not know a man? She knows who you are." Tomoyo looked at the couple in front of them couple in front of them.
Mary looked at the couple behind them strangely. "You have known a man and yet you're riding on a jackass with your husband taking you with us?"
"I don't think that is what she meant." Eriol countered before things got out of hand. "Where we come from you can't divorce people that you are not married to. Also where we come from we all know men and women just I don't think it is on terms that you are thinking of."
"Oh." Mary understood. "In this land an engagement is just like a marriage. It is just as binding as a marriage. When we 'know a man' that is when a husband and a wife become united as one."
"Of course they would be unified as..." Tomoyo had turned beet red when it finally fully donned on her what it meant. "Oh."
Eriol laughed, "You look pretty like that." Eriol told her in Japanese making her turn even redder.
Mary and Joseph had stopped to watch the couple interact in a foreign tongue that she didn't know. Mary tried to look away and not laugh at the tomato-red Tomoyo that was before them. Joseph was laughing at them as well also as the travelers passed by them. The road wasn't as busy as it had been.
"How far do we have left to go?" Mary inquired.
"Just a couple of hours." Joseph looked at his wife.
"Mary-chan we'll be there soon." Tomoyo encouraged. She had seen the look of pain cross her face.
By the time they arrived in town Mary was in the middle of contractions. Mary was having to hold on to Joseph for support. "Mary do you have to squeeze so hard?"
"Do you want to have this baby?" Mary asked between clenched teeth.
Joseph cringed at the glare that she gave her with her usually placid face. "No dear."
Eriol laughed. "Did you expect her to have an easy birth?"
"She's having God's son. Yes I did." Joseph retorted.
Tomoyo rolled her eyes. Eriol was the only one that had seen it though.
"Mary I'm going to find us a place to stay." Joseph left her side looking rather worried about doing so.
Eriol took his place with little prodding from Tomoyo. "Mary-chan you're going to make it." He encouraged.
"Men! They are always making things that they don't understand a lot simpler than they are." Mary stated as she went into another contraction.
Joseph returned an hour later. He looked a little less than encouraged. "They didn't have anything. All the rooms in town are occupied."
"Did you find anything at all Joseph-kun?" Tomoyo asked quietly.
"There was one man that offered us the stable to sleep in." Joseph replied a little hopefully.
"Well at least it's a start." Eriol moved so that Joseph could take his place beside his wife.
"I know. She's ready to have this baby." Tomoyo agreed.
-Syaoron and Sakura-
The camel they sat on swayed back and forth as it walked through the ht and very sandy desert. Syaoron sat behind Sakura in the seat placed on the camels back. The rest if the camels were being used to carry the supplies and such that these men needed.
"This must be a very important birth for angels to be singing in the sky." Sakura spoke as she leaned against Syaoron trying to keep her balance on the beast.
"I'll say. How did we get here in the first place?" Syaoron wondered a=out loud. They were whispering to each other now so as to have no one hear them. These people didn't need to know that the couple wasn't married or the fact that they came from another place altogether. Sakura and Syaoron weren't sure but they were beginning to think that it was a different time.
"I don't know all I remember is that we were getting ready to go out and do something. We stepped into that blizzard. I don't remember seeing a report for snow anywhere on that day." Sakura answered. She could feel his breath on her neck as he held on to the reigns.
Syaoron placed an arm around her and held her closer than he had been that morning. She was getting used to having Syaoron holding her. He didn't have time to respond to her before one of the men that had been watching them came up to the couple. "We should eat now. It'll be evening soon."
"Tell us about the birth f this child and why it is so important." Syaoron requested after there were helped off the camel.
"This child is born to be the Messiah. He will save us all from ourselves. He is to be born of a virgin. He will give is his life for us in the end. It is a common belief that he will overthrow the tyrannous government. To be honest though we don't what to expect." The man informed them while they ate.
"How long before we arrive there?" Sakura wondered out loud.
"Not long now. There is something different in the air." The man noted out loud.
"There is isn't there." The couple whispered acknowledging that they already knew.
"You are to be careful. There is something about you two that can get you in a lot of trouble if you're not careful." The man warned before he left he added. "Your wife as you call her is unique keep her safe."
"I will."
"We'll arrive in the morning." The man informed them before he left there said.
"Let's get some sleep! I can't wait to see this child." Sakura whispered under her breath.
-Tomoyo and Eriol-
Tomoyo had helped to set up the trough to bed a baby that was about to be born. The donkeys, cows and sheep had been moved around the sides of the building. Mary was crowning as they spoke. "This baby is coming Mary." Joseph was delivering the child while Eriol encouraged her in the pushing. Tomoyo was on the other side as Mary pushed. After a few minutes the baby Jesus had come out and gave the cry of healthy boy.
"Mary," Joseph wiped the brow of his sweating wife. "Jesus has arrived."
"Let me hold Him." She requested holding out her arms to hold the long awaited Savior.
Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other and then at the couple that were new parents. This was one happy night for all of them. Mary soon fell asleep with her new baby by her side.
The following morning there was a group of people that came through asking about the birth of a newborn child. They were led to the stable where all of them had slept. Syaoron and Sakura out of respect for what was going on only bowed to the couple that they had been wondering about.
The men came forward and presented as gifts gold, frankincense and myrrh. The gifts were accepted with honor by the new parents as they worshipped who would one day save the entire world.
-Later that day-
"Mary-chan it was a great honor to travel with you. Thank you for the opportunity." Tomoyo bowed before the mother of Jesus.
"Thank you Tomoyo for your support in all that happened. Most people wouldn't have believed what we saw even with their own eyes."
Eriol also bowed. "Joseph-kun, Mary-chan you must never doubt what happened here. You take good care of this blessed baby." Eriol kissed the baby's forehead as did everyone else before they took their leave.
Out of the town they finally asked the question that had been buried in their minds since this whole incredible journey had begun. "How do we get home?"
There was no need to worry about that. A few miles into the desert there was a whirling vortex of wind and sand gong round and round. "That's how we get home." Sakura announced out loud.
-At home-
The four found themselves lying on the cold ground in front of Sakura's door. Sakura couldn't resist teasing Syaoron. "So how's my husband?"
Syaoron whispered back to her just as low, "He's just fine and pulled her into a tight embrace.
Eriol and Tomoyo watched the whole scene with amusement. "Ah aren't they so kawaii?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yeah they are." Eriol responded.
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I have been so busy that I have been working on this chapter for two days. I can't wait to see if somebody actually reviews this story. I know that I'm not doing this particular story for reviews though. I never do any of them for reviews. I just look forward to reading them though. I did this because I wanted to get the true Christmas story out there for those people who don't know what Christmas actually means. I will be doing one more chapter for this story but it will tell the whole story from the Bible. I rushed this a little bit and I know that there are some facts that are just as important to understand if you don't know your history. I know that before I was saved that I didn't understand what this season is really about. I want everybody to know that it is not just about presents.
Eriol, Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoron have been transported to the time of the Bible when baby Jesus is born. Syaoron and Sakura find themselves in the middle of a desert alone when a caravan of people shows up. I should have mentioned that they were the wise men as they were called but I seem to have forgotten to place that information in the story.
Eriol and Tomoyo found themselves in an alley way in a town. They manage to get clothes and go to a young girl's house. The two changed finding an angel talking to the girl called Mary. She was informed that she was to bear a child and he was to be called Immanuel.
Disclaimer: I don't own them! I only write about them. I believe that clamp owns Cardcaptor Sakura.
Chapter 3
Tomoyo and Mary were riding on the mules that Eriol and Joseph had bartered for befor4e they left town. Joseph was leading there way seeing that he was the only one that knew where they were going.
Ceasar had given the order that all men were required to go to their hometown for a consensus.
"Mary-chan," Tomoyo asked, "how does it feel to carry such an important child?"
"It's an honor Tomoyo. It's just scary because I will be taking care of God's child. What if I do something wrong?" Mary wondered out loud.
The two women fell silent after a while. "What about you Joseph-kun? I know it can't be easy to find out that you're fiancée is pregnant and it not be your child." Eriol questioned.
"When she told me that she was pregnant with God's child I was going to divorce her. I thought that she had known a man." Joseph stopped for just a moment, "An angel appeared tome in my dream that night and told that it was alright that Mary had not been unfaithful to me."
"How can you divorce her if you haven't married her? How can she not know a man? She knows who you are." Tomoyo looked at the couple in front of them couple in front of them.
Mary looked at the couple behind them strangely. "You have known a man and yet you're riding on a jackass with your husband taking you with us?"
"I don't think that is what she meant." Eriol countered before things got out of hand. "Where we come from you can't divorce people that you are not married to. Also where we come from we all know men and women just I don't think it is on terms that you are thinking of."
"Oh." Mary understood. "In this land an engagement is just like a marriage. It is just as binding as a marriage. When we 'know a man' that is when a husband and a wife become united as one."
"Of course they would be unified as..." Tomoyo had turned beet red when it finally fully donned on her what it meant. "Oh."
Eriol laughed, "You look pretty like that." Eriol told her in Japanese making her turn even redder.
Mary and Joseph had stopped to watch the couple interact in a foreign tongue that she didn't know. Mary tried to look away and not laugh at the tomato-red Tomoyo that was before them. Joseph was laughing at them as well also as the travelers passed by them. The road wasn't as busy as it had been.
"How far do we have left to go?" Mary inquired.
"Just a couple of hours." Joseph looked at his wife.
"Mary-chan we'll be there soon." Tomoyo encouraged. She had seen the look of pain cross her face.
By the time they arrived in town Mary was in the middle of contractions. Mary was having to hold on to Joseph for support. "Mary do you have to squeeze so hard?"
"Do you want to have this baby?" Mary asked between clenched teeth.
Joseph cringed at the glare that she gave her with her usually placid face. "No dear."
Eriol laughed. "Did you expect her to have an easy birth?"
"She's having God's son. Yes I did." Joseph retorted.
Tomoyo rolled her eyes. Eriol was the only one that had seen it though.
"Mary I'm going to find us a place to stay." Joseph left her side looking rather worried about doing so.
Eriol took his place with little prodding from Tomoyo. "Mary-chan you're going to make it." He encouraged.
"Men! They are always making things that they don't understand a lot simpler than they are." Mary stated as she went into another contraction.
Joseph returned an hour later. He looked a little less than encouraged. "They didn't have anything. All the rooms in town are occupied."
"Did you find anything at all Joseph-kun?" Tomoyo asked quietly.
"There was one man that offered us the stable to sleep in." Joseph replied a little hopefully.
"Well at least it's a start." Eriol moved so that Joseph could take his place beside his wife.
"I know. She's ready to have this baby." Tomoyo agreed.
-Syaoron and Sakura-
The camel they sat on swayed back and forth as it walked through the ht and very sandy desert. Syaoron sat behind Sakura in the seat placed on the camels back. The rest if the camels were being used to carry the supplies and such that these men needed.
"This must be a very important birth for angels to be singing in the sky." Sakura spoke as she leaned against Syaoron trying to keep her balance on the beast.
"I'll say. How did we get here in the first place?" Syaoron wondered a=out loud. They were whispering to each other now so as to have no one hear them. These people didn't need to know that the couple wasn't married or the fact that they came from another place altogether. Sakura and Syaoron weren't sure but they were beginning to think that it was a different time.
"I don't know all I remember is that we were getting ready to go out and do something. We stepped into that blizzard. I don't remember seeing a report for snow anywhere on that day." Sakura answered. She could feel his breath on her neck as he held on to the reigns.
Syaoron placed an arm around her and held her closer than he had been that morning. She was getting used to having Syaoron holding her. He didn't have time to respond to her before one of the men that had been watching them came up to the couple. "We should eat now. It'll be evening soon."
"Tell us about the birth f this child and why it is so important." Syaoron requested after there were helped off the camel.
"This child is born to be the Messiah. He will save us all from ourselves. He is to be born of a virgin. He will give is his life for us in the end. It is a common belief that he will overthrow the tyrannous government. To be honest though we don't what to expect." The man informed them while they ate.
"How long before we arrive there?" Sakura wondered out loud.
"Not long now. There is something different in the air." The man noted out loud.
"There is isn't there." The couple whispered acknowledging that they already knew.
"You are to be careful. There is something about you two that can get you in a lot of trouble if you're not careful." The man warned before he left he added. "Your wife as you call her is unique keep her safe."
"I will."
"We'll arrive in the morning." The man informed them before he left there said.
"Let's get some sleep! I can't wait to see this child." Sakura whispered under her breath.
-Tomoyo and Eriol-
Tomoyo had helped to set up the trough to bed a baby that was about to be born. The donkeys, cows and sheep had been moved around the sides of the building. Mary was crowning as they spoke. "This baby is coming Mary." Joseph was delivering the child while Eriol encouraged her in the pushing. Tomoyo was on the other side as Mary pushed. After a few minutes the baby Jesus had come out and gave the cry of healthy boy.
"Mary," Joseph wiped the brow of his sweating wife. "Jesus has arrived."
"Let me hold Him." She requested holding out her arms to hold the long awaited Savior.
Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other and then at the couple that were new parents. This was one happy night for all of them. Mary soon fell asleep with her new baby by her side.
The following morning there was a group of people that came through asking about the birth of a newborn child. They were led to the stable where all of them had slept. Syaoron and Sakura out of respect for what was going on only bowed to the couple that they had been wondering about.
The men came forward and presented as gifts gold, frankincense and myrrh. The gifts were accepted with honor by the new parents as they worshipped who would one day save the entire world.
-Later that day-
"Mary-chan it was a great honor to travel with you. Thank you for the opportunity." Tomoyo bowed before the mother of Jesus.
"Thank you Tomoyo for your support in all that happened. Most people wouldn't have believed what we saw even with their own eyes."
Eriol also bowed. "Joseph-kun, Mary-chan you must never doubt what happened here. You take good care of this blessed baby." Eriol kissed the baby's forehead as did everyone else before they took their leave.
Out of the town they finally asked the question that had been buried in their minds since this whole incredible journey had begun. "How do we get home?"
There was no need to worry about that. A few miles into the desert there was a whirling vortex of wind and sand gong round and round. "That's how we get home." Sakura announced out loud.
-At home-
The four found themselves lying on the cold ground in front of Sakura's door. Sakura couldn't resist teasing Syaoron. "So how's my husband?"
Syaoron whispered back to her just as low, "He's just fine and pulled her into a tight embrace.
Eriol and Tomoyo watched the whole scene with amusement. "Ah aren't they so kawaii?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yeah they are." Eriol responded.
- - - -
I have been so busy that I have been working on this chapter for two days. I can't wait to see if somebody actually reviews this story. I know that I'm not doing this particular story for reviews though. I never do any of them for reviews. I just look forward to reading them though. I did this because I wanted to get the true Christmas story out there for those people who don't know what Christmas actually means. I will be doing one more chapter for this story but it will tell the whole story from the Bible. I rushed this a little bit and I know that there are some facts that are just as important to understand if you don't know your history. I know that before I was saved that I didn't understand what this season is really about. I want everybody to know that it is not just about presents.