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Chapter IX: Panels

"What are these?" Syaoran gasped as they descended into the basement which was full of Egyptian artifacts.

"I couldn't find anything on Mom's books at the study yesterday." Remus explained. "So I thought we might find some here."

"Yes, maybe there are clues to where the Celestial Orb is!" Sakura skipped happily downwards to a panel.

"Hey! Sakura! Wait!" Kero flew behind her.

"Where did you get these stuff?" Syaoran asked him.

"Mom had these for as long as I could remember. I believe there are clues here, the only problem is, they haven't be- Hey!"

"Oh, I'm very sorry Master Remus" Meiling apologized sarcastically after she 'accidentally' bumped on him. She quickly ran down where Tomoyo was standing, busily filming the panels.

"What's wrong with her?" Remus asked Syaoran but he only shrugged.

"Hey." Meiling stood behind Tomoyo. "Everything alright?"

"Yes." Tomoyo placed down her camera. "Yes. Don't worry, Meiling-chan."

"Master Remus is such a jerk! I can't believe we liked him!" Meiling pouted.

"Meiling-chan, we can't blame him. He didn't know about our feelings, and I guess he's much too used living at his own world that he's oblivious to many things, even those who care for him. I think he should be pitied (Meiling snorted with discontent). At least he found someone who he cares for, and from what I saw, cared for him too."

"You're too nice, Tomoyo."

"Eriol-kun helped me understand Remus-san."

"Eriol-kun? Hiiragizawa?"

Tomoyo nodded.

"When were you in first name terms with him?"

Tomoyo blushed. "We…we talked last night. He made me see who Remus is and he made me realize that what I really wanted was for someone to deeply care about me." Tomoyo looked down. "What attracted me to Remus-san was how he deeply cares for the people he loves, like Rhea-chan."

"Ookaay." Meiling rolled her eyes. "So, what else did Hirragizawa tell you?"

"Oh look!" Tomoyo pointed to a very intricately carved statue. "Isn't that very interesting!" Tomoyo ran and started filming the statue.

"Very interesting." Meiling smiled.

"Hey! Everyone!" Syaoran called them. "These panels have not been deciphered yet, so we should start working!"

"You mean to say we have to translate these?" Meiling yelled back. "But there are probably a hundred panels here!"

"A hundred and two!" Remus specified.

"How do you expect us to translate 102 panels in one day?!"

"Kinomoto has a dictionary from his father!"

"Oh great! That's useful!" Meiling crossed her arms and looked behind her.

Sakura and Kero were busy looking at the panels.

"Kero-chan." Tomoyo approached them. " We are supposed to help translating."

"Yes but-" Kero pointed at Sakura.

Sakura was touching a symbol.

"What's wrong, Kinomoto-san?" Meiling asked her.

"These…these symbols."

"Hey! What are you people standing still there for?!" Remus shouted.

"Shut up! Kinomoto-san's on to something!" Meiling yelled back.

Remus looked completely taken aback. "Did she just tell me to shut up?" he asked Syaoran.

Syaoran ignored him and ran to them.

"Hey, wait!" Remus followed him.

"These are spells." Sakura said. "Ancient Egyptian spells." She knelt down and took a large broken piece on the ground."

"If all of these are spells, then there's nothing here about the Celestial Orb." Remus muttered.

"How did you know they were spells, Sakura?" Kero asked her.

Tomoyo whispered Kero to be quiet. "Look!"

Sakura wiped the dust of the broken piece. As she touched the symbols, words were slowly uncovering in her mind.

"Thus, Neferte the Priestess of Isis said, 'Beneath the veins of life shall flow, the holiest weapon in Egypt. Beneath the sacred waters, the temple shall await the time of the awakening.

"The light of the Evening star shall be the key to open the door at the holy hour of crossings. But bear this warning as the time comes, as no one lives in its use, none-.'"

"That's it?" Meiling asked.

Sakura nodded, weakly.

"I didn't know you read hieroglyphics." Syaoran told her.

"I don't. Okay, I always wondered why I could understand Dad's work. I used to think that Hieroglyphics was close to Japanese!"

"But still, even if you knew how to read Hieroglyphics, this is a very ancient form, it's very hard to decipher these!" Remus said.

"At least we found the clue we were looking for." Tomoyo smiled at Sakura..

"But what does it mean? And what do you think were her last words are."

"Doesn't matter, we have the location." Remus took the broken piece. "Let's go ask Hiiragizawa."

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"It's very simple, really." Eriol said after Sakura told him what she read. "The Celestial Orb is somewhere near the River Nile, after all the Nile is often described as the life of Egypt. It seems to be a temple and only Sakura, being the owner of the power of the Evening Star can open it at midnight."

"Midnight? Why midnight?" Sakura asked nervously. She was almost killed at midnight almost two months ago. It was part of a ritual to steal her powers.

"It is called the hour of crossings, the hour that separates two days, or two worlds. Many forms of magic are amplified at this time."

"Do you think the Orb is still in the Tower of Isis?" Sakura asked Tua.

Tua nodded. "It is very probable. The Tower is near the Nile"

"Tower of Isis? What is that?" Kaho asked her.

"It's the place where the Celestial Orb was originally kept." Sakura explained. "Tua-san told me."

"I don't think there is a place like that." Fei said. "I have not read anything about that in my studies."

"Then you should read this." Touya just entered, carrying a letter. "This just came from Dad."

"What is it?" Sakura asked her brother.

"He said he and his students found something interesting, a building situated under water."

"It could be the temple of Isis!" Remus smiled.

"There's something else." Touya stared at Sakura. "None of their divers could touch the building. Every time they try, a amazing force of light bolts them out of the water."

"Then how could we go there?" Syaoran asked but Touya just glared at him.

"There's more." He continued. "Dad wrote here that the light has a symbol. The Symbol resembles the Symbol of the Sakura Cards."

Author's notes:

I'm very very sorry, I just discovered that some of the lines I used to break the conversations and scenes have disappeared, so I decided to change the breakers into the repeating letter 'l', in all of the stories I have submitted, including the first Sorceress Sakura story. I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.

I want to thank everyone for their reviews, and I also want to apologize for my late updates.

The story is heating up, I hope you continue reading my story.