After half an hour of walking the exhausted crew finally arrived at the
palace's front gates. Sakura found herself in awe as did Touya and Li. Kero
and Yue simply stood with a stoic expression as Ryu played tour guide,
leading them all inside the Kingdom.
"The bath and beds are on the third floor. I am sorry to inform you that you all will share one room, but is rather large and you do have your own beds. The kitchen is open day or night...." Ryu rambled on. Kero's eyes sparked at the mention of an open kitchen. Yue simply shook his head and sighed as he watched his Mistress listening to the fool.
' I would rather watch her salivate over Li than this unworthy fool, ' he pondered bitterly. Kero glanced up at Yue and gave him a rather concerned expression as he watched his gentle face turn to stone. ' Why am I being so protective of her anyway...' he mentally cursed.
"If you'll follow me please I'll show you to your rooms..." Ryu said as he flashed a warm smile to Sakura. Yue felt his hand clamp tightly into a fist, as did Touya's. Li had looked away just in time to miss it. "That playboy..." Touya whispered to Yue. The snow haired man simply nodded. How he yearned to do battle with him. "Excuse me Mr. Ryu...will you be participating in the tournament?" A small smile crossed Ryu's lips as he turned and faced Yue. "Why yes, I will be....and I do believe that we are to meet upon the battle field early on..." He replied as he twitched his tails lightly, allowing it to lightly brush against Sakura's arm. A small blush flashed across her pale cheeks sending Touya, Yue and Li into a fit of rage.
Slowly, Yue marched up to Ryu and stared him down with his hazel eyes. Gradually, he brought his lips near his ear he whispered, "If you touch my Mistress, or make any inappropriate gestures to her once more I shall have to take action..." He then stepped away silently, falling to the back of the bunch. Sakura and the others couldn't help but wonder what Yue had said to Ryu, but he certainly kept his distance from the Mistress of the Cards from then on.
Ryu handed the key to Sakura as he gestured to a double doored room. " This shall be your sleeping quarters Card Mistress, may your stay be pleasant." As he spoke, he shifted his gaze from Sakura over to Touya and Yue, giving them a frigid glare. A fake smile slowly blossomed upon his lips as he forced cheerfulness into his voice. "I wish you all the best of luck upon the battle field."
( Yes...hints of Yue and Sakura...get over it....breathe.... your ok now it wasn't so bad now then we're moving on)
Sakura slowly unlocked the double doored room and gently pushed it open to reveal an enormous bedroom. The room was decorated in the ornately decorated in lush plums and vivid golds, the floor marble swirled with gold and silver. A large french door opened out to a beautiful balcony, which overlooked the city. Each bed had a mattress filled with down feathers as well as their pillows. Their sheets were made of the finest silk while their bedspreads made with velvet. "Wow Sakura gasped as she ran into the room and threw herself face down into one of the beds. Her brother silently followed sitting upon the bed next to hers and sighed.
"IT'S SO COMFY!" She squealed as she rolled over and stared at the ceiling. "I don't think I have ever slept upon a bed this soft!" A small smile crossed everyone's lips, all relieved to see Sakura was taking the situation rather well, and after all she was battling for the safety of all of Earth.
"I'm glad you find it to your liking Mistress because you will be needing all the rest you can get so you will be prepared for the battle tomorrow..." Touya glared at Yue who simply shrugged. "I am just stating the obvious, you all can pretend this is some vacation but don't lose sight of the true objective here. If we don't handle this matter seriously we could very easily lose, and the fate of our world would be in the hands of another..."
"Well thank you for ruining the party...Kero snarled as he sat upon a vacant bed and reverted back to his borrowed form. "You always have a tendency to do that Yue, bringing worry and seriousness....do you think Sakura doesn't know that she is facing some big challenges ahead? You should be supporting her and trying to ease her troubles, but instead you bring them up! What's the matter with you?!" Sakura growled as she looked to the two guardians bicker. "Stop!" The Sun and the Moon both turned to look at their Mistress. "I will not tolerate any members of this team fighting while we are here, we have enough problems to deal with, lets not drag personal ones into the picture as well. Now then, you two better make up right now...." She said coldly. The two guardians quickly apologized to one another with much reluctance.
"Let's go eat..." Touya said softly as he rose from the bed and assisted his sister from the cushy mattress. Li quietly followed the two, leaving Kero and Yue to trail behind. "Are you ill Kero, you didn't bolt at the mention of food...oh and you probably should convert back to your true form." Kero nodded as he evolved into a lion.
Dinner came and went peacefully leaving them stuffed and fatigued. They all journeyed to the public bath house and washed up before heading to bed, resting for the chaotic day which was to follow.
"Sakura wake up...." Touya yelled as he shook his sister violently. She only rolled over. "I said wake up squirt!" He shouted as he picked her up off of the bed and dropped her back onto it, waking her with a start. "What did you do that for !" Her brother simply chuckled at her rage while Yue shook his head. "Don't be so mean to Sakura!" Li shouted. Touya's devious smile only blossomed further. "Oh your next kid...." He said darkly. Li simply gulped.
"Hey we've got mail...." Kero said as he looked at an envelope, which had been slipped beneath their door. Yue slowly opened it and read it out loud. "We are to battle at 11 am, at the Sunset Coliseum. "This shall be a tag team battle so choose your members wisely. Only one substitution shall be allowed or one healix spell." Sakura quirked a brow. "That's all? It doesn't even tell us about the opponent?" Yue shook his head. "We'd better get going you guys..." Li said as he looked at his watch. "It's 10 am right now....and I bet it will take a little while to get there and register....if we have to register that is." Sakura nodded as she and the others headed out of their room and away from the castle, to the Coliseum, which was positioned near the outskirts of town.
To Be Continued...
Jade: Ah.....I hear the sound of battle in the next chapter...but there was fighting in this chapter.
"The bath and beds are on the third floor. I am sorry to inform you that you all will share one room, but is rather large and you do have your own beds. The kitchen is open day or night...." Ryu rambled on. Kero's eyes sparked at the mention of an open kitchen. Yue simply shook his head and sighed as he watched his Mistress listening to the fool.
' I would rather watch her salivate over Li than this unworthy fool, ' he pondered bitterly. Kero glanced up at Yue and gave him a rather concerned expression as he watched his gentle face turn to stone. ' Why am I being so protective of her anyway...' he mentally cursed.
"If you'll follow me please I'll show you to your rooms..." Ryu said as he flashed a warm smile to Sakura. Yue felt his hand clamp tightly into a fist, as did Touya's. Li had looked away just in time to miss it. "That playboy..." Touya whispered to Yue. The snow haired man simply nodded. How he yearned to do battle with him. "Excuse me Mr. Ryu...will you be participating in the tournament?" A small smile crossed Ryu's lips as he turned and faced Yue. "Why yes, I will be....and I do believe that we are to meet upon the battle field early on..." He replied as he twitched his tails lightly, allowing it to lightly brush against Sakura's arm. A small blush flashed across her pale cheeks sending Touya, Yue and Li into a fit of rage.
Slowly, Yue marched up to Ryu and stared him down with his hazel eyes. Gradually, he brought his lips near his ear he whispered, "If you touch my Mistress, or make any inappropriate gestures to her once more I shall have to take action..." He then stepped away silently, falling to the back of the bunch. Sakura and the others couldn't help but wonder what Yue had said to Ryu, but he certainly kept his distance from the Mistress of the Cards from then on.
Ryu handed the key to Sakura as he gestured to a double doored room. " This shall be your sleeping quarters Card Mistress, may your stay be pleasant." As he spoke, he shifted his gaze from Sakura over to Touya and Yue, giving them a frigid glare. A fake smile slowly blossomed upon his lips as he forced cheerfulness into his voice. "I wish you all the best of luck upon the battle field."
( Yes...hints of Yue and Sakura...get over it....breathe.... your ok now it wasn't so bad now then we're moving on)
Sakura slowly unlocked the double doored room and gently pushed it open to reveal an enormous bedroom. The room was decorated in the ornately decorated in lush plums and vivid golds, the floor marble swirled with gold and silver. A large french door opened out to a beautiful balcony, which overlooked the city. Each bed had a mattress filled with down feathers as well as their pillows. Their sheets were made of the finest silk while their bedspreads made with velvet. "Wow Sakura gasped as she ran into the room and threw herself face down into one of the beds. Her brother silently followed sitting upon the bed next to hers and sighed.
"IT'S SO COMFY!" She squealed as she rolled over and stared at the ceiling. "I don't think I have ever slept upon a bed this soft!" A small smile crossed everyone's lips, all relieved to see Sakura was taking the situation rather well, and after all she was battling for the safety of all of Earth.
"I'm glad you find it to your liking Mistress because you will be needing all the rest you can get so you will be prepared for the battle tomorrow..." Touya glared at Yue who simply shrugged. "I am just stating the obvious, you all can pretend this is some vacation but don't lose sight of the true objective here. If we don't handle this matter seriously we could very easily lose, and the fate of our world would be in the hands of another..."
"Well thank you for ruining the party...Kero snarled as he sat upon a vacant bed and reverted back to his borrowed form. "You always have a tendency to do that Yue, bringing worry and seriousness....do you think Sakura doesn't know that she is facing some big challenges ahead? You should be supporting her and trying to ease her troubles, but instead you bring them up! What's the matter with you?!" Sakura growled as she looked to the two guardians bicker. "Stop!" The Sun and the Moon both turned to look at their Mistress. "I will not tolerate any members of this team fighting while we are here, we have enough problems to deal with, lets not drag personal ones into the picture as well. Now then, you two better make up right now...." She said coldly. The two guardians quickly apologized to one another with much reluctance.
"Let's go eat..." Touya said softly as he rose from the bed and assisted his sister from the cushy mattress. Li quietly followed the two, leaving Kero and Yue to trail behind. "Are you ill Kero, you didn't bolt at the mention of food...oh and you probably should convert back to your true form." Kero nodded as he evolved into a lion.
Dinner came and went peacefully leaving them stuffed and fatigued. They all journeyed to the public bath house and washed up before heading to bed, resting for the chaotic day which was to follow.
"Sakura wake up...." Touya yelled as he shook his sister violently. She only rolled over. "I said wake up squirt!" He shouted as he picked her up off of the bed and dropped her back onto it, waking her with a start. "What did you do that for !" Her brother simply chuckled at her rage while Yue shook his head. "Don't be so mean to Sakura!" Li shouted. Touya's devious smile only blossomed further. "Oh your next kid...." He said darkly. Li simply gulped.
"Hey we've got mail...." Kero said as he looked at an envelope, which had been slipped beneath their door. Yue slowly opened it and read it out loud. "We are to battle at 11 am, at the Sunset Coliseum. "This shall be a tag team battle so choose your members wisely. Only one substitution shall be allowed or one healix spell." Sakura quirked a brow. "That's all? It doesn't even tell us about the opponent?" Yue shook his head. "We'd better get going you guys..." Li said as he looked at his watch. "It's 10 am right now....and I bet it will take a little while to get there and register....if we have to register that is." Sakura nodded as she and the others headed out of their room and away from the castle, to the Coliseum, which was positioned near the outskirts of town.
To Be Continued...
Jade: Ah.....I hear the sound of battle in the next chapter...but there was fighting in this chapter.