Disclaimer: Please refer to Chapter 1, Thank you.
~PLum BLoSsOm~ : I will not talk much, enjoy the story & take a minute to review it please...cuz I want to get your opinion of how I've done in writing this story so that I can improve on it...thanks
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In case you are wondering:
~*~ : change of scene / change of POV
' ' : Characters' thought
" " : Characters speaking
[ ] : That would be me talking (or typing, for that matter)
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Chapter 2:
A young sorcerer was in his favourite garden but was disturbed when his overly energetic moon guardian came bouncing into the garden. He was the most powerful sorcerer of all time, well his past life anyway. He is the reincarnation of Clow Reed and right now, even though his body is doing what most people would see, tending the flowers that is, his mind is thinking of a certain raven-haired lady with the most mesmerising ameythst eyes he had ever seen...
"Eriol-sama, have you seen Suppi-chan anywhere? I have just finished baking a batch of muffins and I want him to test-taste it," The young woman has long straight light-brown hair and eyes with a tall, slim built. However, looks can be deceptive, for 'she' is not really a 'she' or a 'he' at all, it is a creation of Hiiragizawa Eriol, but we shall refer to the moon guardian as a 'she' anyway.
Eriol chuckled, "Spinel, hmm...I think he might be in the house somewhere, reading." "OK...I will leave some muffins for you if u like." Ruby Moon, or Akizuki Nakuru as her borrowed form is named, wasn't really that good at baking but has improved much with a little guidance from her master/creator.
After she went back into the house, a quiet voice spoke from up above the tree branches,"Arigatou Eriol-sama for shielding me from that crazy crossdresser."
"You are very much welcome, Spinel. After all I don't want you to go around blasting the house and damaging my garden," Eriol replied back calmly, looking up to the Sakura tree, watching as the petals rain down on him when a light breeze caress it's branches.
"Prince Eriol, there you are. I've been looking all over the palace for you,"A heavily accented english voice spoke up. Eriol sighed, "Advisor Lucas, whatever is the matter that you have to look high and low in the palace grounds for me? You do know that I'm always in this part of the palace and please don't address me with that formality, I'm hardly a prince..."
"The King requested your presence, my prince. Though you're not a child of the King, he has loved you very much to treat you like one,"The kind elderly man who was the King's trusty Advisor spoke up in a wise,wizened voice to the 19 yr old sorcerer. He nodded, telling the Advisor that he'll be up in a moment to see the King.
"Your majesty, you requested my presence?" Eriol asked as he bowed down in greetings to the king.
"Yes, well, I've received word from one of the kingdoms that Queen Daidouji is holding a ball for her daughter...it seems to me that Princess Daidouji requested a masked ball when the Queen wanted her to choose a suitable man to be her husband at the party," The king announced happily. Eriol winced inwardly," And your majesty wants me to attend the masked ball to win the Princess's heart. I..." Before he could finish, the King cut him off.
"I notice that you are already smitten with this certain mysterious young lady, but attending this ball will do you no harm. For all you know, you might meet that enigmatic woman of your dreams there, but wait, we need the invitations..." The king noted as Eriol sweat-dropped.
"Your majesty, there's a great golden winged lion that talks. He say he wanted to see 'Clow-sama' " A royal guard came into the throne room and kneel before the King. Eriol's eyebrows raised slightly. 'Keroberos?'
"Show him in then," the King ordered. A few minutes later, a golden lion with angel's wings came in. His golden eyes strayed to where Eriol was standing.
"I finally found you, Clow-sama," The lion spoke up in a deep voice.
"Sakura-chan send me here to give you a word. Her best friend and cousin is holding a masked ball this coming Saturaday. She hopes that you will spare a little of your time to attend the ball."
"Tell Sakura-san that I'll be attending the ball. Afterall, I haven't met my 'cute descendant' for a long time," Eriol smirked.
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"I wonder what will become of me if the blue-haired man I met at the masked ball did not turn up for my ball..."Tomoyo mused as she helped Sakura choose a gown for that evening.
"Worry not, tomodachi, Kero-chan had a hand in sending the invitations. I have made sure that HE will receive the invitation," Sakura assured, picking out a pale, lilac, shimmering material from Tomoyo's huge walk-in wardrobe. [A/N:do they have walk-in wardrobes in the past?]
"Tomoyo-chan, look at this. I think I just pick the perfect costume for you!" The auburn-hair, emerald-eyed girl gushed softly. "Me too!" Tomoyo gushed as well, holding up a soft, silvery-pink material. "Let's try them on..." And for that past half an hour, the room is quiet with the girls putting on their respective dress that each has chosen for the other.
"Tomoyo-sama, Sakura-sama, come sit down. I will do both of your hair and make-up," Yuki chirped, breezing into Tomoyo's room, holding a brush in one of her hands.
"Make it simple please, Yuki-chan..." "Rest assured, Hime- sama..."Yuki replied to the two princesses.
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"Prince Touya, Prince Syaoran, it is a pleasure to see both of you again. You too, Baron," Duke of Ylang said pleasantly.[A/N:Yukito is a Baron by the way]
"I can't believe Daidouji-sama asked him to stay over yesterday just so that he can get prepared and escort Daidouji to the ball,"Syaoran scowl softy to both Touya and Yukito, but luckily the Duke of Ylang did not noticed for Yukito, the ever friendly gentleman he was, smiled back at him to distract his attention, "I reckoned you slept well last night?" "Yes, I did. Thanks for the concern Baron Tsukishiro." While the Baron and the Duke were conversing, Touya spoke to Syaoran in low tones.
"Gaki, I'm calling a truce with you for tonight for the sake of Tomoyo- chan. We shall work together to keep that Duke away from her," Touya noted seriously. "Excuse us, Duke, the three of us have some important matters to attend to,you wouldn't mind if we leave you here by yourself?" Touya continued smirking.
"Erm...Okay, I shall see your highness at the ball then..." The Duke bowed to excuse himself. "Shall we, gentlemen?" Touya looked at Yukito and Syaoran with his usual piercing gaze and at the same time, gesturing towards the middle of the garden, where the labrinyth stood.
Once they have gotten to the middle of the Labrinyth of the tall garden mazes, there were garden benches and tables set up there with a set of swinging benches set to the side. [A/N: Let's just say that the CCS people frequently went to the middle of the maze to have afternoon tea/private chats...Tomoyo and Sakura especially love the swinging benches where they could sit facing each other and talk...^_^ ] They sat themselves on the bench.
"Yukito-san, we have discuss this while you were helping us in distracting the Duke and we have come up with a simple plan," Syaoran said as Yukito sweat-dropped. 'They can come up with a plan in less than a few minutes, incredible...' Yukito thought as Touya continued from where Syaoran left off, "All you have to do is, arrive outside Tomoyo-chan's door way before the Duke does and be her escort."
"And how will that help? The main lead here is the mystery man from the previous masked ball that Tomoyo-san attended and if he does not turn up, what will be the use even if I were to be her escort for tonight?" a much colder voice had entered the conversation. Both Touya and Syaoran looked up to see a pair of baleful purplish-silver slitted eyes staring back. It was Yue, the moon guardian of the Clow cards. He looks like an angelic being, with sweeping long white hair tied loosely to the back with a purple sash and traditional-looking clothes in a combination of white and purple. Currently he has his wings folded up and hidden away.
"You have state the possibilities of what if, but Eriol-kun will turn up for Tomoyo-chan's masked ball,"a voice from high above the sky responded. Everyone looked up to see Sakura with angelic-wings attached to her back descending in the midst of the three men and trailing along behind her was a huge golden lion with the same wings attached to his back as well.
"But I'm surprise that Tomoyo-chan doesn't recognised Eriol-kun, even though he's in a mask at that time," Sakura pondered over the question aloud. "And you never bothered to tell her that, my Cherry Blossoms. Or we wouldn't really have to bother with organising a ball at all," Syaoran sighed.
"Well, I can't tell her that owing to the situation...Tomoyo-chan might get even more devastated after Eriol-kun revealed his mask at the end of tonight's ball..."Sakura said, already feeling miserable on her best friend behalf.
"Do not be sad, mistress. We shall let nature takes its course, everything will be alright..." Yue trailed off, comforting his mistress in his usual expressionless face.
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~PLum BLoSsOm~ : Well, how was it? was I too long-winded, anyway, review it please...Eriol will most probably make his entrance into the party on the next chapter so bear with me...
~PLum BLoSsOm~ : I will not talk much, enjoy the story & take a minute to review it please...cuz I want to get your opinion of how I've done in writing this story so that I can improve on it...thanks
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
In case you are wondering:
~*~ : change of scene / change of POV
' ' : Characters' thought
" " : Characters speaking
[ ] : That would be me talking (or typing, for that matter)
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Chapter 2:
A young sorcerer was in his favourite garden but was disturbed when his overly energetic moon guardian came bouncing into the garden. He was the most powerful sorcerer of all time, well his past life anyway. He is the reincarnation of Clow Reed and right now, even though his body is doing what most people would see, tending the flowers that is, his mind is thinking of a certain raven-haired lady with the most mesmerising ameythst eyes he had ever seen...
"Eriol-sama, have you seen Suppi-chan anywhere? I have just finished baking a batch of muffins and I want him to test-taste it," The young woman has long straight light-brown hair and eyes with a tall, slim built. However, looks can be deceptive, for 'she' is not really a 'she' or a 'he' at all, it is a creation of Hiiragizawa Eriol, but we shall refer to the moon guardian as a 'she' anyway.
Eriol chuckled, "Spinel, hmm...I think he might be in the house somewhere, reading." "OK...I will leave some muffins for you if u like." Ruby Moon, or Akizuki Nakuru as her borrowed form is named, wasn't really that good at baking but has improved much with a little guidance from her master/creator.
After she went back into the house, a quiet voice spoke from up above the tree branches,"Arigatou Eriol-sama for shielding me from that crazy crossdresser."
"You are very much welcome, Spinel. After all I don't want you to go around blasting the house and damaging my garden," Eriol replied back calmly, looking up to the Sakura tree, watching as the petals rain down on him when a light breeze caress it's branches.
"Prince Eriol, there you are. I've been looking all over the palace for you,"A heavily accented english voice spoke up. Eriol sighed, "Advisor Lucas, whatever is the matter that you have to look high and low in the palace grounds for me? You do know that I'm always in this part of the palace and please don't address me with that formality, I'm hardly a prince..."
"The King requested your presence, my prince. Though you're not a child of the King, he has loved you very much to treat you like one,"The kind elderly man who was the King's trusty Advisor spoke up in a wise,wizened voice to the 19 yr old sorcerer. He nodded, telling the Advisor that he'll be up in a moment to see the King.
"Your majesty, you requested my presence?" Eriol asked as he bowed down in greetings to the king.
"Yes, well, I've received word from one of the kingdoms that Queen Daidouji is holding a ball for her daughter...it seems to me that Princess Daidouji requested a masked ball when the Queen wanted her to choose a suitable man to be her husband at the party," The king announced happily. Eriol winced inwardly," And your majesty wants me to attend the masked ball to win the Princess's heart. I..." Before he could finish, the King cut him off.
"I notice that you are already smitten with this certain mysterious young lady, but attending this ball will do you no harm. For all you know, you might meet that enigmatic woman of your dreams there, but wait, we need the invitations..." The king noted as Eriol sweat-dropped.
"Your majesty, there's a great golden winged lion that talks. He say he wanted to see 'Clow-sama' " A royal guard came into the throne room and kneel before the King. Eriol's eyebrows raised slightly. 'Keroberos?'
"Show him in then," the King ordered. A few minutes later, a golden lion with angel's wings came in. His golden eyes strayed to where Eriol was standing.
"I finally found you, Clow-sama," The lion spoke up in a deep voice.
"Sakura-chan send me here to give you a word. Her best friend and cousin is holding a masked ball this coming Saturaday. She hopes that you will spare a little of your time to attend the ball."
"Tell Sakura-san that I'll be attending the ball. Afterall, I haven't met my 'cute descendant' for a long time," Eriol smirked.
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"I wonder what will become of me if the blue-haired man I met at the masked ball did not turn up for my ball..."Tomoyo mused as she helped Sakura choose a gown for that evening.
"Worry not, tomodachi, Kero-chan had a hand in sending the invitations. I have made sure that HE will receive the invitation," Sakura assured, picking out a pale, lilac, shimmering material from Tomoyo's huge walk-in wardrobe. [A/N:do they have walk-in wardrobes in the past?]
"Tomoyo-chan, look at this. I think I just pick the perfect costume for you!" The auburn-hair, emerald-eyed girl gushed softly. "Me too!" Tomoyo gushed as well, holding up a soft, silvery-pink material. "Let's try them on..." And for that past half an hour, the room is quiet with the girls putting on their respective dress that each has chosen for the other.
"Tomoyo-sama, Sakura-sama, come sit down. I will do both of your hair and make-up," Yuki chirped, breezing into Tomoyo's room, holding a brush in one of her hands.
"Make it simple please, Yuki-chan..." "Rest assured, Hime- sama..."Yuki replied to the two princesses.
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"Prince Touya, Prince Syaoran, it is a pleasure to see both of you again. You too, Baron," Duke of Ylang said pleasantly.[A/N:Yukito is a Baron by the way]
"I can't believe Daidouji-sama asked him to stay over yesterday just so that he can get prepared and escort Daidouji to the ball,"Syaoran scowl softy to both Touya and Yukito, but luckily the Duke of Ylang did not noticed for Yukito, the ever friendly gentleman he was, smiled back at him to distract his attention, "I reckoned you slept well last night?" "Yes, I did. Thanks for the concern Baron Tsukishiro." While the Baron and the Duke were conversing, Touya spoke to Syaoran in low tones.
"Gaki, I'm calling a truce with you for tonight for the sake of Tomoyo- chan. We shall work together to keep that Duke away from her," Touya noted seriously. "Excuse us, Duke, the three of us have some important matters to attend to,you wouldn't mind if we leave you here by yourself?" Touya continued smirking.
"Erm...Okay, I shall see your highness at the ball then..." The Duke bowed to excuse himself. "Shall we, gentlemen?" Touya looked at Yukito and Syaoran with his usual piercing gaze and at the same time, gesturing towards the middle of the garden, where the labrinyth stood.
Once they have gotten to the middle of the Labrinyth of the tall garden mazes, there were garden benches and tables set up there with a set of swinging benches set to the side. [A/N: Let's just say that the CCS people frequently went to the middle of the maze to have afternoon tea/private chats...Tomoyo and Sakura especially love the swinging benches where they could sit facing each other and talk...^_^ ] They sat themselves on the bench.
"Yukito-san, we have discuss this while you were helping us in distracting the Duke and we have come up with a simple plan," Syaoran said as Yukito sweat-dropped. 'They can come up with a plan in less than a few minutes, incredible...' Yukito thought as Touya continued from where Syaoran left off, "All you have to do is, arrive outside Tomoyo-chan's door way before the Duke does and be her escort."
"And how will that help? The main lead here is the mystery man from the previous masked ball that Tomoyo-san attended and if he does not turn up, what will be the use even if I were to be her escort for tonight?" a much colder voice had entered the conversation. Both Touya and Syaoran looked up to see a pair of baleful purplish-silver slitted eyes staring back. It was Yue, the moon guardian of the Clow cards. He looks like an angelic being, with sweeping long white hair tied loosely to the back with a purple sash and traditional-looking clothes in a combination of white and purple. Currently he has his wings folded up and hidden away.
"You have state the possibilities of what if, but Eriol-kun will turn up for Tomoyo-chan's masked ball,"a voice from high above the sky responded. Everyone looked up to see Sakura with angelic-wings attached to her back descending in the midst of the three men and trailing along behind her was a huge golden lion with the same wings attached to his back as well.
"But I'm surprise that Tomoyo-chan doesn't recognised Eriol-kun, even though he's in a mask at that time," Sakura pondered over the question aloud. "And you never bothered to tell her that, my Cherry Blossoms. Or we wouldn't really have to bother with organising a ball at all," Syaoran sighed.
"Well, I can't tell her that owing to the situation...Tomoyo-chan might get even more devastated after Eriol-kun revealed his mask at the end of tonight's ball..."Sakura said, already feeling miserable on her best friend behalf.
"Do not be sad, mistress. We shall let nature takes its course, everything will be alright..." Yue trailed off, comforting his mistress in his usual expressionless face.
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~PLum BLoSsOm~ : Well, how was it? was I too long-winded, anyway, review it please...Eriol will most probably make his entrance into the party on the next chapter so bear with me...