Disclaimer: CCS is not mine and never will. So don't sue me!
A/N: Wooohoooo!!! It's chapter 3 already! I can't believe I've gone this far! Thanks for all the reviewers! And please keep read and reviewing!!!
I realize a few mistakes I made in the previous chapters. I will try to fix it and if you find some mistakes in this fanfic, please let me know. And if you have some suggestion for me to how this story will be going, just tell me! I'm running out of idea, you know!! And once again, please R&R!!!
Special for my reviewer, cherry_blossom_angel: Thank you so much for the critics!!! I realize that I made so many mistakes in chapter 3! And you help me recognize it!!! If you didn't told me, I don't know what I would be!! Ohohoho… anyway, I'm not good in describing situation, though. About the poison thing, ehehehe… stupid me! I don't know much about that, for the fact that I don't learn about it and I hate biology, etc. I guess I should pay more attention to the teacher. And you know, I actualize your critics in this story! I will try to make it clear why the girl sucked the poison and how she did it without getting contaminated too!! (I'm a stupid girl trying to make a good fanfic here, thank you so much for the reviews *crying with tears streaming down to the floor*)
The song I use in this chapter is sung by The Groove. It's actually a foreign song, but I decided to translate it and put it in this story because the lyrics fit so perfectly to the story! For those who recognize the song, please tell me if I mistranslated it!
Oh yeah, does any of you know what is the Chinese for star? If you know, then let me know, plea~~~se!
Oh, just one more thing, the Priestess had been asleep for 40 or more years. But don't worry, she is not getting old. Being asleep for 45 years don't aged her. And I can assure you that it's S+S!
Italic words: song
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"…": dialogue
'…': thought
The Heir and the Priestess
Compass Star
Chapter 3 – Meeting New Friend
Syaoran woke up from his dreamland. His head was still throbbing from the effect of the poison and his left shoulder was bandaged. However, he still managed to sat up. He looked at his surrounding. He was in a room. There was a chair at the corner of the room. Then a cabinet close to the door. The room was simple but comfortable at the same time. He didn't know where he was. The last thing he knew was someone carrying him and placed him in a bed…
The sound of the door opening interrupted his thought. He looked at the door and saw a girl around his age was standing gracefully there. She was wearing a white dress with a long sleeve that expanded at the lower part. Her eyes were glimmering in the dimness of the room.
"Ara? I see you have awakened," she said.
"Who are you?"
"I'm the one that brought you here. Are you feeling better?"
"Yes I am. By the way thank you for your help. If you didn't come that time, I would probably be died now. I owe you my life."
She chuckled, "It's nothing. You don't owe me anything. That's my job anyway."
"Your job? Are you a doctor?"
"I guess you can say it that way," she replied, grinning.
Then he remembered the way she sucked the poison from his body. He gasped, "Then, you're the one who sucked the poison out of my body?" he asked. "You could get poisoned too, you know!"
She just stood there, smiling. "I guess you can say that I got lucky that I didn't got poisoned!!" she replied again animatedly. "You still felt dizzy, right? You can stay here for a while if you want. Just make yourself at home. Oh, I almost forgot. Do you want some food? You had been sleeping for almost three days and I'm sure it will make you hungry!"
As if on cue, his stomach growled loudly. He looked down and blushed heavily. It made the girl giggled cutely.
"I take that as a yes, then. Just wait a minute, okay?"
After a few minutes, the girl came back with a bowl of porridge. He frowned slightly as she showed it to him. The girl laughed and told him that a sick people must eat porridge. He raised an eyebrow in amusement but decided to eat the porridge. She just sat there on the edge of the bed and watched him eating.
When he finished eating, he gave the bowl to her, "It's great. Thank you."
"Do you want to change your clothes?" she asked. "I just cleaned it yesterday. I left the clothes there at the chair so you can change whenever you want to. And your belongings are in the cabinet over there. Call me if you need anything, all right?"
He nodded, "Of course, thank you once again."
She just smiled sweetly and left the room.
Syaoran changed onto his outfit and went outside the room to look for the girl. When he reached outside, he realized that he was in a small house. There were only two bedrooms and a dining room. He reached the backyard and found the girl was sitting on the floor, humming a song and gazed at the dark sky before her.
I am alone this night
Only the stars accompany me
You come when darkness fall
And you were gone when the sun rise
Why did you go?
At day, I miss your glimmer
I wait for night to come so I can embrace you
He watched the girl sang the song. Her wavy hair was loose and blown by the wind. Her voice is soft and soothing. Somehow, he felt comfortable just looking at her. He felt as if the throbbing pain in his head slowly ceased away.
Accompany me with your glimmer
Let my night be as beautiful as you
Maybe tomorrow I won't be alone again
He will come back to me
Why did you go?
At day, I miss your glimmer
I wait for night to come so I can embrace you
Stay with me tonight, my star…
Don't let me be alone anymore
Stay with me…
He clapped when she finished the song. She abruptly turned around and blushed heavily, though he couldn't see it. She smiled shyly and walked to him.
"Are you feeling better? You know you can't walk too much when you're still hurt."
"I'm all right now. I think I better go now. It's not good for me to stay too long at one place, anyway."
"You're already going to go?" she asked, suddenly saddened by his words. "But you just gotten better! Your body might not be able to take it. And it's already night. Isn't it dangerous for you to walk just by yourself?"
"It's okay. I'm good. I already delayed my journey. I couldn't waste my time."
"You're on a journey? Where are you going?" she asked. "Maybe I could accompany you to your destination."
"I'm going to Zhong City. Is it far from here? Where is this, anyway?"
"This is the Hoshi Village, Mister…"
"Li Syaoran," he finished it. "Just call me Li."
"Oh, okay," she giggled nervously. "This is the Hoshi Village and if you're going to go to the Zhong City, I will accompany you there. It's not very far from here. It's about two miles away."
"Is it all right with you? I mean, it's already night and all…"
"Of course it is! I happen to have some business there, too. So I can get company to get there, right?" she said. "So, do you want to go now?"
"Uh, okay then."
The girl led him the way and walked to the Zhong City. It was a clear night. The moon is reaching its fullness. He realized that he had not gone too far from the spot he left when he collapsed several days before. The village is just about 15 miles from the last city he left.
When they reached the gate of the city, the girl asked, "What direction are you going? I will go to meet some of my relatives. It's over there," she pointed to the opposite of his way. It was a dark alley and he couldn't see anything from his standing place.
"Err, I'm going to go there," he pointed to the opposite direction of her way, the center of the city.
"I guess I must leave now," she said. "My father is an archeologist. He works for the government and I haven't met him for over a week. I think he will be delighted to see me here. It's nice meeting you. See you later, Li Syaoran!" And with that, she ran at the direction she pointed and disappeared slowly into the darkness.
But a second she left, he remembered that he haven't asked her name yet and dashed after her. He met a turning point. He turned left and expected to see the girl walking in the alley. But she was already gone.
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He was sitting in a bar drinking a saké. He had chosen to stay for a day or two in an inn near that bar. This was the second night he stayed in the inn and he still hadn't got anything to continue his journey. He could not sleep so he decided to take a walk and ended up in that bar. He was thinking about the girl who saved him when an old man came sitting across him.
"Hey there, lad? Whatcha doin'? Thinkin' of something? Or rather… someone?" he laughed out loud after he said that.
Syaoran chuckled slightly, "No, I wasn't thinking of someone. Just stuffs at home and all."
"So, where's ya home, anyway?" the old man asked.
"I come from the Wang City. Did you happen to know any archeologist here?"
"Archeologist? Oo, don' be ridiculous, boy! There's no such thin' in this city!" the old man laughed at his question.
"Nani? But it's impossible. I just met a person who said she was going to meet her relative who works as an archeologist for the government!"
"Nah, ya must imaginin' things!" he laughed. Then his eyes twinkled in amusement. "She?? You said 'she', rite? Sooo it's true yer thinkin' bout someone!!"
Syaoran blushed heavily, "N-no! She helped me but I haven't thanked her yet. When I looked for her, she just disappeared!" He explained with stutter.
The old man narrowed his eyes, "Disappear?" he asked suspiciously. "Yer no joking, aren't ya?"
"No, of course not. Why would I be?" he frowned. There's something wrong with this. "Why do you acting like somehow… suspicious?"
He leaned forward and signaling him to come closer. "I heard that there's a strange woman wandering around at night. Then she came to a certain house everyday. It is said that she was representing a soul to the owner of the house. Oh, and one more thing. She often sneaks a look to the citizen's house as if to search for something. You must be careful. Regularly, her victim is a travelers and new-comers."
Syaoran nodded understandingly. "Thank you, Ojii-san. I think I should get going now." He said. "But before that, exactly where is the owner's house that you told me about?"
"The owner who the witch came to? It's at the Kuro Street. The house is the only residence there" The old man replied. "Why do you want to know that? Do you want to go there? I suggest you take a second thought on that. The street is very creepy. And there's a rumor that the street is haunted."
"Really? Then I must take a try, then." And with that, he left without a word after dumping some money to the table, leaving the bewildered old man.
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He reached the entrance of the street. And he could feel a couple of auras coming from the street, and it looks like searching for something. He entered the street and continued walking until he found a very large house, almost like a mansion. All the aura he felt was coming from this house.
'So this house is the one who makes this street felt creepy. Because of the immense aura that coming from there. But the auras are not dark. It's just, mysterious and intriguing.' He thought. 'I better check it out. Maybe I can find something about the priestess…and hopefully that girl, too.'
He entered the gate of the house and walk in its front yard until he reached the door. Suddenly, the door opened by itself. As if it could feel him and welcoming him to enter. He hesitated at first but finally gave in an entered it. But as soon as he was in the house the door closed itself, making a loud banging sound in the area.
"We have waited for you, Little Wolf," an angelic voice suddenly spoke.
He abruptly turned to where the voice was coming from. From the darkness, he could hear footsteps coming towards him. It slowly revealed a girl around his age with long, wavy dark hair. She was wearing dark velvet robe and black shoes. Her eyes were amethyst and twinkling animatedly in the dark. She was smiling while walking towards him. When she was about five feet from him, she stopped and curtsied.
"Finally, you have come. It's been a long time since we heard from your clan, Chosen One," she said.
"What? Dare da, omae? How do you know my name? What do you want?" he said cautiously, preparing himself just in case she was going to attack him.
She giggled slightly, "Don't worry, I won't hurt you. As I told you, we've been waiting a long time for you. We're here to help you."
"Help me? For what? Why did you wait me for?" he asked. "And who are you?"
"I am the assistant of the owner of this house. I think it would be nice if you just follow me and I will introduce myself there with the others." She gracefully gestured him to follow her.
She led her to a dark corridor. On the wall at each side of the corridor stood statues of various kind of people. Some are happy, sad, mourning, laughing, etc. And then they reached the end of the corridor. The girl knocked at the door and it opened itself. She motioned him to came in and he entered. In the room, there was a fireplace and a big chair behind a desk at the end of the room. The chair's back was towards him, so he couldn't see if there was someone who sat there or not. But all of a sudden, there was a woman standing at the exact opposite of the desk, staring right at him. She was wearing a black outfit. Her hair was scarlet, her eyes were ruby, and it had mischief glint in it.
"He has come, Master." The girl with scarlet hair said.
Suddenly the chair was turned around, revealing a young man with glasses, around his age too. He wore a dark blue robe, and he was smiling mysteriously at him. And on his shoulder sat a black creature like a stuffed animal with a yellow eyes glaring at him.
"Welcome to the Hiiragizawa Residence, formerly known as the Reed Residence. Li Syaoran, I presume?" the young man said.
Syaoran just stood there, bewildered. How could they knew his name? Are they the disciple of the Shadow Master too? Compared to the boy he met earlier in his journey, they surely fit for the role.
However, seeing Syaoran's absence, he continued, "I am Hiiragizawa Eriol, the owner of this Residence. The girl who brought you here beside you, is Daidouji Tomoyo. She is my assistant, as well as my fiancée. The lady at the corner, is Ruby Moon, but you can call her Akizuki Nakuru. And the one who sit on my shoulder here, is Spinel Sun. We are the one who will assist you in your journey."
Finally recovering his senses and got back his voice, Syaoran said, "Why do you want to help me? What do you really want?" he asked, a little forcefully.
"Why don't you sit here for the moment? We're going to explain things to you," said Tomoyo, pulling a chair and gestured him to sit down. Syaoran reluctantly followed and sat down as Eriol began his history lesson.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*Meanwhile at the Li Residence~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Have you located his position, yet?" said one of the Elders.
"Yes, sir. And I can assure you that he already met the Reincarnation," a feminine voice asked."He met a little trouble in the way but a woman, with an unknown identity, helped him and healed him. He can continue his duty in your best interest right now."
"Good. But find out who the woman who helped him. Find out her name and her background. We can't risk anything in this mission. Continue tracing him and keep us posted."
"Of course, Elder," a hooded girl who reported to the Elder said. She was kneeling before the Elders with her face thrown downcast.
"And make sure he is in a sensible condition. He is your brother, Fei Mei. So make sure he does the duty rightfully. Send him a warning immediately if he does something out of place."
"Yes, Elder."
"You may be excused, now. Continue your duty and do the best that you can."
"Thank you, Elder." And with that she left the Chamber.
Once outside, Fei Mei whispered, "Oh Little Brother, please be careful." And a drop of tear fell down to the floor.
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Eriol stood at the edge of the window. He was looking outside at the street when Tomoyo came in.
"You haven't asleep yet?" she asked.
Eriol turned to look at her and smiled, "No, I haven't felt sleepy yet."
Tomoyo stared at him before asking, "Do you think it's all right if we left him that way?"
"Him? You mean the Chosen One?" he chuckled. "He will be all right. As long as I know, he's tough. However, I still don't think he has trusted us yet."
Tomoyo giggled, "I'm sure he will, eventually. We just need to give him some kind of approval."
"But what?" Eriol asked. "Give him some cookie so he will love us, like we did to Spinel?"
They both laughed. Tomoyo walked up to him and squeezed his shoulder, giving him a sign of assurance. Eriol took her hand and kissed it, and then put her hand on his heart. Then he hugged her.
"H-hey, what's going on with you?" she asked, bewildered. "You're not usually did this…"
"Shh… just be quite, Tomoyo." He kissed her head. He fell silent for a moment and asked, "Are you scared?"
"Huh? Scared of what?" she asked, still didn't get to his unusual behavior.
"Are you scared of what are going to happen after the Priestess has awoken?"
Her eyes saddened for a moment, but she shrugged it off, "I don't have to say it, do I? You always know what I'm thinking."
She hugged him back, "I'm sure everything is going to turn out to be all right. They can do it. I'm sure. You must have faith in them, Eriol."
"But you know once the Priestess is awoken, the Shadow Master will rise and get to the fullest strength, right? The seal will be broken and his power will reach its fullest."
"But even if we don't awakening the Priestess, he will try to find a way to break the spell. Then, sooner or later, the world will be corrupted and destruction will occurred. You wouldn't want that to happen, would you?" she replied, soothing him.
Eriol looked down at her with a sad smile, "Do you really want to do this?" he asked. "I know I dragged these things to you. And if you're scared, you don't have to do this."
"No, I'm not scared." she smiled softly at him. "Why would I be? Being with you is all I need, anyway. If you're beside me, I will be perfectly all right."
He smiled and softly kissed her, which she returned blissfully. They smiled at each other when they parted.
"Shouldn't we go to bed? It's already late," Tomoyo asked.
"No it's not. You usually sleep later," Eriol commented, which she returned with raised eyebrows. "You frequently gone outside to spy on the villagers and you often observe the Clan's intelligence to the whereabouts of the Tsuki Stone before we found it. Now, I often found your aura searching for the Dark Ones. You shouldn't push yourself too much, Tomoyo."
She giggled, "But I'm perfectly healthy, right? So, what do you want to do rather than sleeping?"
His eyes twinkled with mischief and whispered huskily in her ear, "Oh, come on, you always know what I want, right?" He hugged her seductively.
She giggled and whispered in the same tone, "Of course I know, love…"
"Coffee with cream, right?" she then asked. He nodded and she left to make the coffee.
(A/N: Wahahahahahahaha!!! I bet you already thought about bad things, right?!? *grin like crazy*)
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The next morning, Syaoran woke up by the sunlight creeping from the window. Last night he had reluctantly said yes when they asked him to stay. He had been very tired from walking around the day before so he just obeyed them. He hadn't expect the girls to be so persistent. He had thought that the girls to be so enigmatic and calm. But what he experienced told him that what he thought was one hundred percent wrong. He sweat dropped when he thought about this.
He changed to his outfit and outside the room. He decided to take a walk around the resident. When he reached a corridor, he found paintings on the wall of the corridor. The first painting is a girl around sixteen carrying a bottle of saké. She was pouring it to a grave bellow her. Her expression is mingling. She was smiling but she shed tears down her cheek. The second, it was a little girl around seven who played hide and seek with a boy older than her. Her expression is joyful. The third, it was once again a girl holding hand with an older boy. In that painting, the girl was around thirteen or fourteen years old and she had an expression of anguish, as if she was going to part from the boy and never come back. The fourth painting, it was the same girl from the painting before, although in this painting, the girl looked older and more mature than the third. In this painting, she was wearing a soldier's outfit and holding a sword. She was fighting with some kind of demon. Her golden auburn hair was loosed and her emerald eyes held expression of determination and courage in it. The last painting, it was the same girl from the paintings before. She was tied in tangles of thorn. She was wearing white sleeveless long dress that torn in various places. Her eyes were closed and she was shedding tears. Her expression is like a person who was tortured endlessly. Somehow, he felt that the painting was connected to one another. It's like a chain of story. And he was aware that the girl was in some way familiar to him. He stroked the last painting slightly. It was as if the painting was calling out to him, telling him to help the girl.
"Ahem." He glimpsed at the voice. It was the girl that brought him to the owner's room. "You like the painting?" she asked kindly to him.
"Kinda. I'm just taking a look at it. Who made this?" he replied and asked. Shred torn
"I did. It was a story of a girl. You must have already noticed it, right?"
"I have. Wow, I must admit that your paintings are good. Where did you get the idea?" he asked once again, feeling curious about it. He never really interested in arts, but this one is different. It was special. And where did he get the idea was unheard of him.
"Sore wa hontou no hanashi yo. Do you know where I got the inspiration if making these paintings?" she rhetorically asked. "I got it from the lifeline of the Priestess, who was known also as the Mistress of the Cards."
He gaped. "H-how can you know that? The Priestess had been asleep for more than forty years and no man has known the Cardmistress' history."
She chuckled lightly, "You can do that if you are an oracle, a mind-reader, and a Pre-seer."
"Look, I don't know who you are, and what purpose are you holding me here for. But I just want to tell you that I don't trust you," he said heatedly. "And whoever are you telling me who you are; I don't believe a word of it."
She just smiled, "Good, you are obliged to do that by the Clan, right? Do not trust people. Especially strangers like us."
"And what connection do you have with the Clan?" he narrowed his eyes.
"You can ask them yourself. I am not authorized to tell you that," she replied. "Why don't you join us for breakfast? Unless you want to starve to death for the rest of the journey today."
"Journey? Where are you taking me?"
"We are here to help you in finding the Priestess, right?" she said. "Moreover, if we are not here, you can't continue your journey because you have no idea where the Shrine is."
"Hey, are you telling me that you know the whereabouts of the Priestess? Why don't you just tell me where the place is? I can just get there by myself!"
"By yourself? Don't ever think this voyage will be as simple as that, Chosen One. You will have many obstacles going in your way. And if you're going by yourself, you will be as good as dead when you reach the Shrine. The Dark Power's are increasing. In addition, we don't know when the Shadow Master's power will reach its fullest. We just have to hope for the best."
The girl walked off and Syaoran just reluctantly followed her. She brought him to a huge dining room. There sat Eriol with his guardians sitting across him. They turned to look at him when he entered the room with Tomoyo.
"Good morning, Xiao Lang," Eriol greeted.
He didn't reply and just sat down across him beside Nakuru. Tomoyo went to the kitchen and returned with a tray of foods and drinks for breakfast. Then she put it in the table and sat beside Eriol. They started eating in silence.
When they finished, Nakuru and Spinel exited the dining room to prepare for the journey. Eriol and Tomoyo chatted about few things that were needed to bring along. And they told him that they were going to accompany him.
"Is it all right if we came with you?" Eriol asked.
"It's not like I have a choice, though," Syaoran mumbled.
Eriol chuckled lightly, "Don't worry, we won't hurt you. Moreover, we are not going to be with you all the time. Our task is just to escort you to the Hoshi Gate, and after that, it's all yours."
"Hoshi Gate?"
"It's the realm of the Priestess. You must get the Star Symbol there. Once you get a hold of it, it can tell where the Priestess is. But before that, we must awaken the Guardian of the Seal first."
"Guardian of the Seal? The one who guard the Clow Cards? Why do we have to get to him first?"
"Before we can get to the realm of the Priestess, we must first collect two other symbols. They are the Sun and the Moon. It's like the key to show that you are the Chosen One. You know that only the Chosen One who can awaken her, right?"
He nodded and stood up after a minute of silence, ready to leave.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm going to the inn I'm staying. I let my stuffs there and I want to get them before I go."
"Don't worry, all your stuff has already been moved to your room. You can check if there is any missing content in your bag."
Syaoran just glanced back at Eriol and Tomoyo and walked away from the dining room. Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other and smiled.
"Looks like our plan is not going to be that easy at all…" said Eriol, shaking his head.
Tomoyo just giggled and continued eating her breakfast.
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OMG!!! At last this chapter has done!!! There are a few Japanese language I used in here that some of you might want to know what does it mean :
Ara : it means "Oh!" and used by women only
Dare da, omae? : "Who are you?" only used by men
Sore wa hontou no hanashi yo : "That is a true story, you know."
Compass_sTar : And who is this mysterious woman who helped Syaoran?
Sakura : It's me!! It's me!! Awww! *Syaoran whacked her on the head* What was that for?!!
Syaoran : Don't you dare spoil the plot!!!!!
Sakura: Hoee~e it's already three chapter done and I haven't showed up yet!!
Compass_StaR: All right you two, don't start! *sweat-dropped* Anyway, stay tune for the next chapter!!
Sakura: It's not fair!! I'm not going to show up for another three chapter!!!!!! *tears streaming down her cheek*
Syaoran: Okay, okay, just get over it! You will appear more than me in later chapter!!! *Syaoran put a sink under her chin to hold the tears that flowing down*
In this chapter, I wrote that Tomoyo is a Pre-seer, is it the right word? If you don't get what I mean, Tomoyo is a person who can see something in the past. Can you tell me the right word?
Finally, that is all I can give to you and I'm sorry if there is any mistakes I made here, please report to me if there is one, okay!!
Please review!!!!!!!!