My Guardian Angel
By Momoko
. . .Chapter One. . .
When we meet the angels, and the super long flashback
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-- Up above in the Clouds; Shiko, City of Angels --
(This happens a while before the prologue, in case you were wondering)
A woman of thirties stood before a fountain. Her long, curly, and navy black hair dangled around her white poofy dress. She looked in the fountain of water and an image of Sakura appeared. Sakura was crying her heart out beside the swings; unfortunately, she knew why.
'Oh my poor Sakura-chan' she thought
"Yelan-san?"
A tall woman, also around the thirties walked in, wearing a white dress robe with red and black at the edges.
"Yes? Nadeshiko-sama" Yelan replied
Nadeshiko stood there, staring into the magical fountain, while Yelan stood there patiently for her command. Suddenly, Nadeshiko collapsed.
"Nadeshiko-sama!" Yelan rushed to her master's side, worried that she is hurt; but to find Nadeshiko sleeping. She sweat-dropped.
"Gomen nasai, Yelan-san. Can you please summon in Syaoran-kun?" Nadeshiko asked while Yelan helped her up.
"Ok, I will go get him" Yelan said and scurried out of the room after.
Yelan walked through many corridors, greeting people as they pass. She soon reached the front doors of the Great Palace and quickly opened it. Wings popped out and unfolded from her back. Quickly, she flapped her wings out into the open streets of the angel city, where a bunch of other angels are flying aroundheading towardstheir own destination.
Arriving at a small and delicate looking house, Yelan's wings folded back as she knocked on the door.
A young man answered the door. He had messy chestnut hair and bright brown eyes, he is actually quite tall. Wearing a robe as well, for it is a tradition for angels to wear robes, his robe was more gray than white. Another man came and stood by the chestnut-haired guy. He was about the same height, wearing a white robe with yellow edges. His navy eyes are underneath his almost invisible glasses, and his navy blue hair is neatly combed.
"Mom!" the chestnut haired exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"Syaoran-kun, you can't even give me a proper greeting?" Yelan sighed at her sixteen year old son's behavior. "Hello Eriol-kun"
"Ohayo Yelan-san" Eriol greeted then bowed.
"See Syaoran-kun, why can't you be polite like Eriol-kun here?" Yelan beamed her best smile towards Eriol. Syaoran scowled and merely stared angrily at his best friend for being a show-off.
"So Syaoran, aren't you going to invite me in?" Yelan said sternly
"R-right right" Syaoran said embarrassedly, Eriol snickered.
Yelan walked into the small house. Inside, it was tidy, few couches, table, a bookshelf--basically a normal living room, a small kitchen linked, and stairs, most likely leading to Syaoran's and Eriol's bedrooms and bathrooms; they rented the house together with the money they earned so they can move out of their old apartments. They all sat down.
"Syaoran-kun" Yelan said "The Empress has summoned you..."
"Empress Nadeshiko?" Syaoran sounds surprised. "Why does she need to summon me? Do you know why, mom?"
"No" Yelan sighed "I would've told you why by now if I knew"
"Hmm...why would Empress Nadeshiko summon Syaoran" Eriol pondered "Did you do something bad again Syaoran-kun?"
"Well since the last time I've been there, no!" Syaoran admitted.
Eriol was laughing inside as he remembers why the Empress summoned him three years ago.
Flashback
Syaoran and Eriol are at a party held at Great Palace. There were so many people that it's hard to get through if you're trying.
"This sucks" Syaoran sulked, "Just because my mom was invited to the Empress' party doesn't mean I have to be in this boring party" Syaoran sighed. He turned to his best friend and to find him trying to suppress a laugh.
"You think it's funny that we're stuck here? Some friend you are..." Syaoran said angrily.
"No, but Ido have something that will lighten the mood of the party" Eriol smirked.
Syaoran grinned "What do you have in mind?"
Eriol held out a match "Do you see where I'm going?"
Syaoran grinned wider, knowing what this prank is going to be "You areso smart Eriol-kun...but who...who shall be the target?"
Eriol started to look around, but Syaoran started to think 'Hmm...whoshould be the target? ((looks around andspots Yue)) what's our teacher Yue doing here? I thought he would be at home, creating more homework for our class to do...'
Syaoran then had an excellent idea "Eriol...follow me"
The two started to push through the adults, and when they saw Yue, Syaoran quickly dragged down Eriol to tell him the plan.
They sneaked underneath a table, which is behind Yue and took out the match. Syaoran quickly lit it and carefully placed it on a strand of Yue's hair. Slowly, Yue's hair started to light up from the bottom, but Yue still hasn't noticed. People started pointing and surrounding Yue. Yue, confused about the commotion, still didn't know what's going on and why they're pointing at him...at his hair!
Yelan came around and was surprised that Yue's hair had caught on fire! "Yue-san! Your hair's caught on fire!"
Yue, obviously startled by the news, turned, saw, panicked, and started jumping around.
"Someone! Get some water!" Yelan shouted through the commotion. Sadly, only two people went for water.
Then, Yelan heard laughter; she started looking around, to figure out who would find this sort of thing evenclose to funny!
She followed the sound and started to recognize whose it was. Realizing that she hasn't seen Syaoran at all, she knew it must've been him!
"Syaoran!" Yelan practically roared, Syaoran and Eriol gulped.
Yelan saw them underneath a table, and pretty much dragged them out and headed home. The next day, a carrier sent a note for Syaoran and Eriol that the Empress has summoned them.
They quickly arrived at the Great Palace, which is where the Empress currently is. They stood before a beautifully decorated door, a voice inside spoke "Please, come in" The voice was soft and sweet, but Syaoran knows not to judge a book by its cover.
"Go on, Syaoran-kun..." Yelan urged, she decided to tag along, just in case "You too, Eriol-kun" They both gulped and pushed open the door.
The room was not what they expected. What they thought would be dark and gloomy, was actually the complete opposite. It was light and cheerful; the room makes you feel so relieved of everything. At the very end of the room was the Empress; she herself was not what they expected too. She was young and pretty, not some old and ugly witch. They stood before her, kind of tense.
"Syaoran-kun and Eriol-kun are your names, correct?" Her voice was light and cheery "I've heard a lot about you..."
"I suppose they're mostly bad, Empress-sama?" Eriol asked curiously
"Not all Eriol-kun" she chuckled "...not all..."
"So I'm guessing you know why you're here" Nadeshiko said it more as a statement than a question "A proper punishment for your actions is needed...any ideas?"
Syaoran and Eriol were surprised she asked them ideas for a punishment, being polite, they didn't answer.
There was silence for awhile; the Empress' eyes were closed. 'Probably thinking' they both thought. But then, she jerked and gave out a small snore; they sweat-dropped.
"Umm...Empress-sama?" Syaoran asked silently.
Nadeshiko, suddenly jumped up and started to apologize for her behavior "I'm so sorry, I must've drifted off to sleep"
"It's alright Empress-sama" Eriol and Syaoran sweat-dropped "So about our punishment?"
"Oh right...that...I totally forgot!" Eriol and Syaoran fell, anime style
"I've got an idea!" Nadeshiko said happily "How about you two serve a year as Guardian Angels?", the boys pouted.
"Isn't that supposed to be voluntary?" Eriol asked
"Yes, but I don't suppose you would do it voluntary. You will guard a mortal for a year, which will be your punishment" Nadeshiko decided.
"What do we do as a Guardian Angel? Do we choose who we guard?" Syaoran asked
"All you have to do is make sure that person is alright. The only rule is youcannot fall in love with them" Nadeshiko stated with a twinkle in her eye. The boys fought the urge to laugh. "You know, it happens a lot, because they're supposed to be your soul mates" Nadeshiko added.
"Soul mates? Really?" The boys said together
"As a matter of fact, yes, but it's really complicated...I'm not really good at explaining..." Nadeshiko drifted off, they all sweat-dropped.
"How do we know which one to help?" Syaoran asked curiously
"I will set your partners" Nadeshiko said proudly, "Follow me"
They followed Nadeshiko to a magical fountain.
"This fountain can show a lot of things" Nadeshiko explained "It is very useful for me, especially nowadays" she smiled and poured in water inside the dried fountain.
"Eriol-kun, you will be set to Daidouji Tomoyo. She is suffering from her parents' divorce and her father's leaving, you should help her", Eriol simply nodded.
"Syaoran-kun...you will be set to...Li Meiling. She feels alone and ignored, help her anyway you can", Syaoran simply nodded too.
"You may have a week to prepare. You may stay at Shiko when not needed. That is all" Nadeshiko quickly concluded seriously, and then there was a silence. . .
"Was that good or what!" Nadeshiko exclaimed "Didn't I sound so professional?"
"Aren't you supposed to be?" Syaoran asked and Eriol sweat-dropped
Nadeshiko answered, "Well, yes...but..." she didn't know what to say "Ok, you're both dismissed!"
Flashback Ended
'The punishment ended up good. It wasn't even counted as a punishment I suppose. Empress-sama probably knew that it wasn't a punishment...Well, I'm glad, sincebecause of that, I've met Tomoyo and decided to continue being a Guardian Angel. Maybe because not so many people had decided to volunteer and she needed more people for the job.((chuckles)) I remember that Syaoran said Meiling was a pain. I'm sure she wasn'tthat bad...' Eriol thought and laughed.
"Syaoran-kun, imagine that the Empress wants you to be a Guardian Angel again..." Eriol laughed more "...of Meiling!"
Eriol's last word angered Syaoran "Shut up Eriol! I sure hope not!"
"Now now Syao-kun, we should leave now since we won't find out what she wants unless we go now" Yelan said
"Alright mom, I'll go" Syaoran said
"Good bye Eriol" Yelan said
"Bye Eriol" Syaoran said too, and they quickly spread their wings and flew towards the Great Palace.
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A/N: Hehe, what did you think? I'm sorry I didn't put why Sakura's crying but it'll DEFINITELY be in the next chapter. I thought this was a good place to stop
Anyway, I don't know if the author alert works if you're using it so if you need me to tell you when the story is updated, I have created a notify list! Visit my site (look in my profile to find the link) and there will be a link to where you can join
July 9, 2003
A/N: Changed something up there (at the very very start of the story) to make you know when this is happening
If you are still wondering, this chapter happens a little before the prologue, when Sakura just started crying in the park k?
Also, I didn't realize that the end of my author's not was screwed up so gomen!
July 15, 2003