Disclaimer: Please refer to Chapter 1, thank you.
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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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"Mou, Eriol-sama, when can we go to the Winter Soliloquy again? I miss Yukito-kun..." Nakuru pouted as she came into the Quintessence's royal garden.
"We can't walk right into their palace as though we live there, Ruby Moon. Besides, I miss Tomoyo-san more than you miss Tsukishiro- san but I have yet to finish with the palace matters, so please try to be understanding and wait patiently until I finish my work so we can once again slip into Winter Soliloquy," Eriol mumbled absently as he brought a particular wildflower to his nose to take in the sweet, floral scent. Had anyone not know better, they would think that he is an idiot who have an obsession with flowers.
"Eriol-sama, I think you have gone crazy after the last meeting with Tomoyo-chan, now you're acting weird," Nakuru chortled.
"His palace matters would consist of moping around in the garden, trying to think of a way to let the Winter Soliloquy queen consent the relationship between Daidouji-san and himself," Spinel float over to where Eriol stood, carrying a book with him.
"My, Suppi, you are so mean to your own master, I must say I'm wounded. Anyway, did you find what I have ask you to find?" Eriol never called Spinel 'Suppi', like Nakuru had said, he is a bit off today so he's actually doing this to annoy Spinel and boy, is he annoyed.
"Yes I have find what you are looking for and do not call me Suppi as it is not my name," Spinel sniffed disdainfully that his master is using what that crazy cross-dresser had used to address him.
"Oh, I would care less if anyone has call me anything at all," Eriol smirked as he held out his hand so that Spinel could hand the book over to him, which Spinel did and flew off to take a nap somewhere on the tree branches so that the moon guardian would not be able to disturb him if she decided that he needs some sugar treatment.
Eriol settle down under a sakura tree and began to read...
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**Clow's Journal**
'I do not know what had taken over the King but I know that something is not quite right...I had a dream yesterday night. For the first time in this lifetime, my dream had appeared vague and blurred. I have a sense of foreboding that something is going to happen to Arashi-hime, for she appeared in my dream as well, along with the King and someone, who is shroud in the shadows. Something...is going to occur, not just in Quintessence but in Winter Soliloquy as well. And for the first time in my life, I feel helpless in this situation...I had cast a scrying spell to search for that particular someone in my dream but it seems that he knows what I will do as I felt a barrier then...he is not to be underestimated or taken lightly. Even from my dream, I could feel his dark, malevolent aura. I saw a pair of blazing, yellow orbs and behind those windows, it was filled with strong hatred and he, I presumed the person was a male, looked at me...'
**Eriol**
'What could it possibly mean? Yellow eyes? Where had I seen them before...If Clow-san's memories serve me right, there is only one person with yellow eyes during his time...' Eriol's brows creased slightly into a frown, trying hard to concentrate on Clow's memories.
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"Eriol-sama looks so troubled...I wonder what had happen..."Nakuru murmured to the tiny black cat who had not been able to nap well and had flew to where Nakuru was, sitting on one of the benches in the garden which was a few feet away from where Eriol was.
"He wants to know what had happened in the past that make the relationship between our two lands so sour now, so the only clue we have is from what Clow-sama wrote in his journal since Eriol-sama is the only one with the connection to Clow-sama,besides Kinomoto-sama, and Clow-sama's memories seems to bother him..." [actually, I think Clow-san was the only one who kept a journal in the whole kingdom,you should get what I mean]
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After reading through his former life's journal [skipping the contents since it's almost the same as Arashi's entry, only it was in his POV], he was so exhausted from the many hours of reading [without resting I might add] that he dozed off under the sakura tree.
~Dream Sequence~
Clow stood, hidden in the shadows of a large plum blossom tree, which was currently just bare branches saved for a few, budding leaves, and waited. Soon, minutes later, he sense a familiar aura walking towards his direction, the aura was basically filled with sadness and self- contempt. He stepped out of the shadows and came face-to-face with his beloved - Arashi-hime.
She seems to be surprised, for she gasped with a tinge of fear intermixed with astonishment as someone stepped out from her favourite plum blossom tree to reveal Clow Read.
"Cl...Clow-san, what are you doing here?" She asked meekly, her voice had sound almost fearful.
"I heard about the Queen's wrath and what she had done to you..."
Arashi turned her head away in shame, she could not bear to look at him right in the eyes. Clow reached towards her and pulled her to face him gently with his fingers.
"Look at me Hime," when he got her attention, he looked into those sad, knowing lavender-blue orbs and caressed her cheeks.
"Aishiteru, Arashi-hime...no matter what has happened or become of you, I will never leave you in the lurch for I have fallen too deeply in love with you to care less about you..." He breathed softly, bending close to her so that his lips was just a few inches from hers. Arashi, however, was struggling without success to get away from him.
"Iie, Clow-sama, my body is already tainted. I am not worthy of your love..." Her words were soon cut off as Clow pressed his lips gently against her own, leaving her helpless in this compromising situation.
~Change of Dream Scene~
"Yes, my King. You are smitten with Princess Arashi of Winter Soliloquy and you must have her before Clow gets to her. Yes, Clow is very much in love with her as well, if your majesty does not act now, she will become his," A deep, smooth hypnotic voice whispered from behind the Quintessence King.
"I will...make her mine..." The King shruddered and repeated what that voice had said to him, seemingly to be in a trance.
"If the Queen should find out about your affairs, you should push all blame to the Princess for seducing you," That voice continued. When the King had taken in his instruction, he let out a train of sadistical laughter.
"I shall see your self-destruction in just a days time when your beloved commit suicide over the guilt that ride heavily on her shoulders!"
~Change of Dream Scene~
A shadow flitted behind the raven hair angel, hidden in the bush, watching her. A low, menacing laughter escaped his throat as he spoke to himself.
"I will get you Clow...and when I did, I will make you wish you never incarnate...Looks like this pretty little thing in my line of vision resembles the Princess who kills herself over a century ago. She should be useful..." The voice purred dangerously...
~End Dream Sequence~
Eriol awakens from his dream, his forehead breaking out in beads of cold perspiration.
"Tomoyo!..."
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~PLum BLoSsOm~ : Well, what do you think? in the next few chapters, you'll probably get to know who this person with the hypnotic voice is...
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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)
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Mou, Eriol-sama, when can we go to the Winter Soliloquy again? I miss Yukito-kun..." Nakuru pouted as she came into the Quintessence's royal garden.
"We can't walk right into their palace as though we live there, Ruby Moon. Besides, I miss Tomoyo-san more than you miss Tsukishiro- san but I have yet to finish with the palace matters, so please try to be understanding and wait patiently until I finish my work so we can once again slip into Winter Soliloquy," Eriol mumbled absently as he brought a particular wildflower to his nose to take in the sweet, floral scent. Had anyone not know better, they would think that he is an idiot who have an obsession with flowers.
"Eriol-sama, I think you have gone crazy after the last meeting with Tomoyo-chan, now you're acting weird," Nakuru chortled.
"His palace matters would consist of moping around in the garden, trying to think of a way to let the Winter Soliloquy queen consent the relationship between Daidouji-san and himself," Spinel float over to where Eriol stood, carrying a book with him.
"My, Suppi, you are so mean to your own master, I must say I'm wounded. Anyway, did you find what I have ask you to find?" Eriol never called Spinel 'Suppi', like Nakuru had said, he is a bit off today so he's actually doing this to annoy Spinel and boy, is he annoyed.
"Yes I have find what you are looking for and do not call me Suppi as it is not my name," Spinel sniffed disdainfully that his master is using what that crazy cross-dresser had used to address him.
"Oh, I would care less if anyone has call me anything at all," Eriol smirked as he held out his hand so that Spinel could hand the book over to him, which Spinel did and flew off to take a nap somewhere on the tree branches so that the moon guardian would not be able to disturb him if she decided that he needs some sugar treatment.
Eriol settle down under a sakura tree and began to read...
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**Clow's Journal**
'I do not know what had taken over the King but I know that something is not quite right...I had a dream yesterday night. For the first time in this lifetime, my dream had appeared vague and blurred. I have a sense of foreboding that something is going to happen to Arashi-hime, for she appeared in my dream as well, along with the King and someone, who is shroud in the shadows. Something...is going to occur, not just in Quintessence but in Winter Soliloquy as well. And for the first time in my life, I feel helpless in this situation...I had cast a scrying spell to search for that particular someone in my dream but it seems that he knows what I will do as I felt a barrier then...he is not to be underestimated or taken lightly. Even from my dream, I could feel his dark, malevolent aura. I saw a pair of blazing, yellow orbs and behind those windows, it was filled with strong hatred and he, I presumed the person was a male, looked at me...'
**Eriol**
'What could it possibly mean? Yellow eyes? Where had I seen them before...If Clow-san's memories serve me right, there is only one person with yellow eyes during his time...' Eriol's brows creased slightly into a frown, trying hard to concentrate on Clow's memories.
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"Eriol-sama looks so troubled...I wonder what had happen..."Nakuru murmured to the tiny black cat who had not been able to nap well and had flew to where Nakuru was, sitting on one of the benches in the garden which was a few feet away from where Eriol was.
"He wants to know what had happened in the past that make the relationship between our two lands so sour now, so the only clue we have is from what Clow-sama wrote in his journal since Eriol-sama is the only one with the connection to Clow-sama,besides Kinomoto-sama, and Clow-sama's memories seems to bother him..." [actually, I think Clow-san was the only one who kept a journal in the whole kingdom,you should get what I mean]
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After reading through his former life's journal [skipping the contents since it's almost the same as Arashi's entry, only it was in his POV], he was so exhausted from the many hours of reading [without resting I might add] that he dozed off under the sakura tree.
~Dream Sequence~
Clow stood, hidden in the shadows of a large plum blossom tree, which was currently just bare branches saved for a few, budding leaves, and waited. Soon, minutes later, he sense a familiar aura walking towards his direction, the aura was basically filled with sadness and self- contempt. He stepped out of the shadows and came face-to-face with his beloved - Arashi-hime.
She seems to be surprised, for she gasped with a tinge of fear intermixed with astonishment as someone stepped out from her favourite plum blossom tree to reveal Clow Read.
"Cl...Clow-san, what are you doing here?" She asked meekly, her voice had sound almost fearful.
"I heard about the Queen's wrath and what she had done to you..."
Arashi turned her head away in shame, she could not bear to look at him right in the eyes. Clow reached towards her and pulled her to face him gently with his fingers.
"Look at me Hime," when he got her attention, he looked into those sad, knowing lavender-blue orbs and caressed her cheeks.
"Aishiteru, Arashi-hime...no matter what has happened or become of you, I will never leave you in the lurch for I have fallen too deeply in love with you to care less about you..." He breathed softly, bending close to her so that his lips was just a few inches from hers. Arashi, however, was struggling without success to get away from him.
"Iie, Clow-sama, my body is already tainted. I am not worthy of your love..." Her words were soon cut off as Clow pressed his lips gently against her own, leaving her helpless in this compromising situation.
~Change of Dream Scene~
"Yes, my King. You are smitten with Princess Arashi of Winter Soliloquy and you must have her before Clow gets to her. Yes, Clow is very much in love with her as well, if your majesty does not act now, she will become his," A deep, smooth hypnotic voice whispered from behind the Quintessence King.
"I will...make her mine..." The King shruddered and repeated what that voice had said to him, seemingly to be in a trance.
"If the Queen should find out about your affairs, you should push all blame to the Princess for seducing you," That voice continued. When the King had taken in his instruction, he let out a train of sadistical laughter.
"I shall see your self-destruction in just a days time when your beloved commit suicide over the guilt that ride heavily on her shoulders!"
~Change of Dream Scene~
A shadow flitted behind the raven hair angel, hidden in the bush, watching her. A low, menacing laughter escaped his throat as he spoke to himself.
"I will get you Clow...and when I did, I will make you wish you never incarnate...Looks like this pretty little thing in my line of vision resembles the Princess who kills herself over a century ago. She should be useful..." The voice purred dangerously...
~End Dream Sequence~
Eriol awakens from his dream, his forehead breaking out in beads of cold perspiration.
"Tomoyo!..."
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~PLum BLoSsOm~ : Well, what do you think? in the next few chapters, you'll probably get to know who this person with the hypnotic voice is...