AN: I am very sorry it had taken so long to get this up - it should have been up last Monday, but work was a pain and kept pulling me in. So I am really sorry about this - and I will try to update more often, as I am pretty much determined to have this finished by Christmas!
Enjoy!
The Prophecy
Chapter Fourteen - A Child's Love
Everyone stood there in shock. Everybody but Sakura that is. She was furious, but also confused, infact very confused.
Why did he try and save her?
Why did he want to be her friend?
Why was he here after all this time?
Why couldn't he just leave her alone when things where slowly going back to normal?
Why did he order the killing of he brother and Yue?
Why did he leave her with a big hole in her life?
A thousand why's raced through her head, forcing her to shut her eyes and try to block them out. She didn't want to think about all this right now, it was like a bad dream. But one that had come real, the stuff made of nightmares.
Right then, right there, Sakura would have given anything to be one of the sleeping innocent people in Tomoeda. Just so she could avoid everything that was assaulting her senses all at once, and worst at all bombarding her emotions with feelings of hate anger and loss.
Syaoran watched her from the corner of his eye, strangely worried by her reaction to Kenjii. They all knew he was back on the scene - but it still didn't help them prepare in anyway.
"A bridge that was once forged by evil himself"
Everything clicked into Syaoran's mind as soon as that line played itself through his head. And as it did a sudden anger coursed through his body. This man - if he was even worthy of being called a man, had taken away the woman he loved, destroyed their friendship.
He had nearly killed him - and all along it was nothing more than a simple plan forged millennia ago, when the light was superheated from the dark. Black from white. Good from evil.
Syaoran felt his rage take over him. The blood that raced around his body was on fire. His fists felt tingling through anticipation. Just one punch, one blow, and he would feel better.
Through his blind rage he felt the soft touch of a cherry blossom. Sakura, not entirely understanding why he was so angry, had laid her hand against her cheek. She knew that threw his blind rage, he could not see her, but he would feel her presence.
Sakura's touch cooled Syaoran down almost instantly, like cold water-cools a fever. Kenjii watched the whole scenario fold out before his eyes, and he himself was fighting to keep his cool. How had they got so close? He knew he did not have time to argue with himself, if they realised the depth of their friendship it would all be over before it had even started.
Sakura turned to face Kenjii, and he could see the burning anger in her eyes. He knew just how much she hated him - he had taken away what little family she had left.
"Why" Sakura started stumbling over her words, "hwy did you save me when you could have just let me die?"
That was the million-dollar question on everybody's mind.
Kenjii looked at her, almost in admiration. Here she was, facing her possible doom, and yet she had to have a reason.
"Curiosity killed the cat" he smirked.
"And satisfaction brought it back" retorted Sakura.
Kenjii nodded at this.
"If you must know - I had no choice. I wasn't at my full power. And besides the small bit of goodness that still resides in me - would not let me. And in the same way that goodness asked you to be his friend, in the hopes that it would make him strong enough to fight me back into the darkest recesses of the mind."
The four took this in for a moment - before Tomoyo asked a question.
"He still loves her doesn't he?"
Kenjii looked at her, and nodded.
"It is true, he only destroyed her because of me, and because of the circumstances under which they where in. He knew his part and he played it. Make the innocent girl fall in love with him, split her and her prophesised partner apart. That's it, job done." He said all this in a monotone voice - avoiding any signs of emotion or hatred.
Sakura was glaring straight at Kenjii. This time she lost it.
"HOW DARE YOU" she screamed, "you played around with my emotions like toys, you killed my brother like he was a fly in your way. You took away some of the most important things in the world. But do you want to know why I am still standing. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I'M BETTER THAN YOU. Because I have friends - real friends, not those who just follow me because of my power. You will never be a man, never. You can take my family away - but I will just keep coming back."
By now Syaoran was restraining from Sakura from flying full pelt towards Kenjii. Never in a million years had he ever seen Sakura this angry, even when that anger was directed towards him.
He pulled her back and wrapped his arms around her, mainly to restrain her more than anything else. But at the same time he could still feel this unfamiliar tingle in the bottom of his stomach.
"Sakura, please calm down" he said gently.
Sakura just turned to look at him, and noticed the pain and sorrow in his eyes. She felt herself weaken slightly. Maybe Kenjii had affected them in more ways than she had thought.
"Please, Sakura, don't get so angry. That's what he wants, the angrier you are, the more likely you are to make a mistake. So for every ones sake calm down" he continued, feeling her efforts to get away weaken.
Tomoyo watched on with a knowing eye. She knew why Sakura was so angry; she knew why Syaoran was so angry. And all along it had been Kenjii's fault.
"Where is my mother" Tomoyo demanded.
"Ahh sweet Tomoyo, I always did have a thing for you in high school. Shame really that you hooked up with the geek - but then again I knew it was going to happen." He said trying to re-ignite the rage.
Tomoyo ignored what he said.
"Cut the bullshit Kenjii, where is my mother" she demanded coldly.
"Oh you mean her," he said, clicking his fingers.
Tomoyo watched in shock as her mother was dragged forward by two of Kenjii's powerless leeches. He mother was tied and gagged. She looked at Tomoyo, sorrow and worry hanging in her eyes. Her baby girl was here.
Her baby girl was fighting for her life, and there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it.
"Well" gloated Kenjii, "now you know she is alive, lets put her out of the way, and away from the destruction I will cause this planet."
Tomoyo watched as Her mother was dragged away and tied to a tree.
Kenjii walked over to Sonomi, and stroked her cheek, causing both mother and daughter to flinch at his touch/
"So" he started, "I wonder what it will be like to watch your own daughter killed before your very eyes. Knowing that you will shortly follow her."
Sonomi just looked at him, her anger predominant though her stare.
Tomoyo finally felt the love for her mother unleash like a river bursting through a damn. This was her family Kenjii was playing with, and come Hell or high water - she was going to kick his ass till she had her family back with her.
Tomoyo felt herself slowly going into a trance. Her limbs felt as if they where being disjointed. But at the same time she knew they where there. She could hear her heart beat, ringing clearly in her ears, and this feeling of warmth spread from her tingling toes, to her throbbing head.
This was a child's love for her mother, and it was such a powerful force that every one was taken aback by the fierce wind that stung their faces, and blew them off their feet.
Eriol glanced up at his loved one, and felt his heart deaden with fear. She was surrounded by a purple glow, and her feet were suspended off the ground. She looked angry but peaceful at the same time, and all around him he could feel her burning love and desire to kill this man.
Sakura looked at her friend in shock, she had never known that Tomoyo had held such love and hope inside of her the whole time, even when her father had disappeared, Sakura had thought it had never bothered her that much.
But the love tat radiated from her now showed how wrong she was.
Kenjii himself looked on in complete horror. He himself had not thought of his plan back firing like this. With Tomoyo so strong and powerful he realised the fatal flaw in his plan.
A child's love for her mother.
And if the other three could unlock this power - he was doomed.
Kenjii composed himself, even in the onslaught of his possible destruction. He would not let them know he was scared.
Whilst looking at his love, Eriol felt something erupt inside of him. It was like the love he felt for Tomoyo and his friends, but so much stronger. He closed his eyes and felt everything around him, the life force that surrounded everything. He felt warm and safe as the world around him held him aloft and safe.
The eyes of the healer opened and he knew what to do.
~*~
The night above them glistened, and the town of Tomoeda was in an enchanted sleep, as the battle to save their world started.
~*~ End chapter fourteen ~*~
AN: Please review - it will make me very happy.
Only four chapters left.
Ja
demi-kaijuu
-x-
Enjoy!
Chapter Fourteen - A Child's Love
Everyone stood there in shock. Everybody but Sakura that is. She was furious, but also confused, infact very confused.
Why did he try and save her?
Why did he want to be her friend?
Why was he here after all this time?
Why couldn't he just leave her alone when things where slowly going back to normal?
Why did he order the killing of he brother and Yue?
Why did he leave her with a big hole in her life?
A thousand why's raced through her head, forcing her to shut her eyes and try to block them out. She didn't want to think about all this right now, it was like a bad dream. But one that had come real, the stuff made of nightmares.
Right then, right there, Sakura would have given anything to be one of the sleeping innocent people in Tomoeda. Just so she could avoid everything that was assaulting her senses all at once, and worst at all bombarding her emotions with feelings of hate anger and loss.
Syaoran watched her from the corner of his eye, strangely worried by her reaction to Kenjii. They all knew he was back on the scene - but it still didn't help them prepare in anyway.
"A bridge that was once forged by evil himself"
Everything clicked into Syaoran's mind as soon as that line played itself through his head. And as it did a sudden anger coursed through his body. This man - if he was even worthy of being called a man, had taken away the woman he loved, destroyed their friendship.
He had nearly killed him - and all along it was nothing more than a simple plan forged millennia ago, when the light was superheated from the dark. Black from white. Good from evil.
Syaoran felt his rage take over him. The blood that raced around his body was on fire. His fists felt tingling through anticipation. Just one punch, one blow, and he would feel better.
Through his blind rage he felt the soft touch of a cherry blossom. Sakura, not entirely understanding why he was so angry, had laid her hand against her cheek. She knew that threw his blind rage, he could not see her, but he would feel her presence.
Sakura's touch cooled Syaoran down almost instantly, like cold water-cools a fever. Kenjii watched the whole scenario fold out before his eyes, and he himself was fighting to keep his cool. How had they got so close? He knew he did not have time to argue with himself, if they realised the depth of their friendship it would all be over before it had even started.
Sakura turned to face Kenjii, and he could see the burning anger in her eyes. He knew just how much she hated him - he had taken away what little family she had left.
"Why" Sakura started stumbling over her words, "hwy did you save me when you could have just let me die?"
That was the million-dollar question on everybody's mind.
Kenjii looked at her, almost in admiration. Here she was, facing her possible doom, and yet she had to have a reason.
"Curiosity killed the cat" he smirked.
"And satisfaction brought it back" retorted Sakura.
Kenjii nodded at this.
"If you must know - I had no choice. I wasn't at my full power. And besides the small bit of goodness that still resides in me - would not let me. And in the same way that goodness asked you to be his friend, in the hopes that it would make him strong enough to fight me back into the darkest recesses of the mind."
The four took this in for a moment - before Tomoyo asked a question.
"He still loves her doesn't he?"
Kenjii looked at her, and nodded.
"It is true, he only destroyed her because of me, and because of the circumstances under which they where in. He knew his part and he played it. Make the innocent girl fall in love with him, split her and her prophesised partner apart. That's it, job done." He said all this in a monotone voice - avoiding any signs of emotion or hatred.
Sakura was glaring straight at Kenjii. This time she lost it.
"HOW DARE YOU" she screamed, "you played around with my emotions like toys, you killed my brother like he was a fly in your way. You took away some of the most important things in the world. But do you want to know why I am still standing. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY I'M BETTER THAN YOU. Because I have friends - real friends, not those who just follow me because of my power. You will never be a man, never. You can take my family away - but I will just keep coming back."
By now Syaoran was restraining from Sakura from flying full pelt towards Kenjii. Never in a million years had he ever seen Sakura this angry, even when that anger was directed towards him.
He pulled her back and wrapped his arms around her, mainly to restrain her more than anything else. But at the same time he could still feel this unfamiliar tingle in the bottom of his stomach.
"Sakura, please calm down" he said gently.
Sakura just turned to look at him, and noticed the pain and sorrow in his eyes. She felt herself weaken slightly. Maybe Kenjii had affected them in more ways than she had thought.
"Please, Sakura, don't get so angry. That's what he wants, the angrier you are, the more likely you are to make a mistake. So for every ones sake calm down" he continued, feeling her efforts to get away weaken.
Tomoyo watched on with a knowing eye. She knew why Sakura was so angry; she knew why Syaoran was so angry. And all along it had been Kenjii's fault.
"Where is my mother" Tomoyo demanded.
"Ahh sweet Tomoyo, I always did have a thing for you in high school. Shame really that you hooked up with the geek - but then again I knew it was going to happen." He said trying to re-ignite the rage.
Tomoyo ignored what he said.
"Cut the bullshit Kenjii, where is my mother" she demanded coldly.
"Oh you mean her," he said, clicking his fingers.
Tomoyo watched in shock as her mother was dragged forward by two of Kenjii's powerless leeches. He mother was tied and gagged. She looked at Tomoyo, sorrow and worry hanging in her eyes. Her baby girl was here.
Her baby girl was fighting for her life, and there wasn't a damn thing she could do about it.
"Well" gloated Kenjii, "now you know she is alive, lets put her out of the way, and away from the destruction I will cause this planet."
Tomoyo watched as Her mother was dragged away and tied to a tree.
Kenjii walked over to Sonomi, and stroked her cheek, causing both mother and daughter to flinch at his touch/
"So" he started, "I wonder what it will be like to watch your own daughter killed before your very eyes. Knowing that you will shortly follow her."
Sonomi just looked at him, her anger predominant though her stare.
Tomoyo finally felt the love for her mother unleash like a river bursting through a damn. This was her family Kenjii was playing with, and come Hell or high water - she was going to kick his ass till she had her family back with her.
Tomoyo felt herself slowly going into a trance. Her limbs felt as if they where being disjointed. But at the same time she knew they where there. She could hear her heart beat, ringing clearly in her ears, and this feeling of warmth spread from her tingling toes, to her throbbing head.
This was a child's love for her mother, and it was such a powerful force that every one was taken aback by the fierce wind that stung their faces, and blew them off their feet.
Eriol glanced up at his loved one, and felt his heart deaden with fear. She was surrounded by a purple glow, and her feet were suspended off the ground. She looked angry but peaceful at the same time, and all around him he could feel her burning love and desire to kill this man.
Sakura looked at her friend in shock, she had never known that Tomoyo had held such love and hope inside of her the whole time, even when her father had disappeared, Sakura had thought it had never bothered her that much.
But the love tat radiated from her now showed how wrong she was.
Kenjii himself looked on in complete horror. He himself had not thought of his plan back firing like this. With Tomoyo so strong and powerful he realised the fatal flaw in his plan.
A child's love for her mother.
And if the other three could unlock this power - he was doomed.
Kenjii composed himself, even in the onslaught of his possible destruction. He would not let them know he was scared.
Whilst looking at his love, Eriol felt something erupt inside of him. It was like the love he felt for Tomoyo and his friends, but so much stronger. He closed his eyes and felt everything around him, the life force that surrounded everything. He felt warm and safe as the world around him held him aloft and safe.
The eyes of the healer opened and he knew what to do.
~*~
The night above them glistened, and the town of Tomoeda was in an enchanted sleep, as the battle to save their world started.
~*~ End chapter fourteen ~*~
AN: Please review - it will make me very happy.
Only four chapters left.
Ja
demi-kaijuu
-x-
