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Chapter XI: Revelation

"So this is the temple of Isis." Remus looked around.

"The question is, where's the orb?" Syaoran pointed out.

"It's upstairs." Tua answered. "Follow me." Tua pushed a panel which revealed a stairway. "This way!"

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"Aaah!" A rain of hailstones were falling on Meiling and Tomoyo.

Cerberus quickly shielded the two and sent a huge energy beam on the hailstones.

"Kero-chan! Are you alright?" Tomoyo asked him.

"Yes." Cerberus answered. "Go!"

Tomoyo nodded. She and Meiling ran to Kaho who was creating a barrier.

Fujitaka and Touya rushed out of the barrier to take the two girls into the protective barrier.

Cerberus and Yue both flew towards Crease, Cerberus hurling beams ands Yue shooting arrows.

"You can't stop me with that!" Crease laughed, creating a shield to protect her,but then a strong force knocked her mid air.

"We know that your kind are immune to Elemental abilities." Elle said from behind her. "But my magic is based on Energy, you can't protect yourself from it!"

"Yes, but you can't against mine!" Crease touched the ground and icy thorns started sprouting from the ground, heading to Elle.

Yue quickly pulled Elle to safety.

"Thank you." Elle told him.

"It's nothing." Yue answered with his usual unemotional self.

"They're too much!" Eriol was riding on Spinel Sun. "Do you have any ideas on how to stop them, Elle?"

"Aaah!" Nakuru was hit by Shadow. Cerberus flew and caught her.

"They need contact to work their magic, as well as movement." Elle observed. "I believe we have a chance if we can bind them."

"Very well. I have an idea!" Eriol jumped down, as the four guardians and Elle kept the two members of Dark Veil busy. "Tomoyo, grab a rope!"

"Hai (Yes)!" Tomoyo ran and took some rope from a bag and threw it to Eriol.

"Teamwork, ha?" Meiling slyly looked at Tomoyo who was blushing.

Eriol caught the rope before he hit the ground. "Transform them, Elle!"

Elle jumped away from Crease's ice attacks and transformed the rope into, well, a rope of energy.

Eriol landed on the ground and closed his eyes. He muttered a few words and the rope became alive, binding the two members.

"Success!" Tomoyo cheered.

Kaho smiled, but there was a bit of uneasiness in her face.

Shadow and Crease struggled to get free but to no avail.

"We were just caught unaware last time." Eriol told Shadow. "We can't be fooled twice."

"It's not over yet. I have a few tricks up my sleeve." Crease smiled, her eyes glowing.

"What's happening?" Elle looked uneasily at the ground. "Aaah!"

Insects of various sizes emerged from the ground, covering them. They were outnumbered by the insects, which eventually toppled Eriol, Elle and the guardians.

"These is Crease's real ability!" Shadow laughed. "The power to control creatures!"

"Go away!" Meiling screamed as the insects neared her "Don't go near me!" She kicked the nearest bag at the insects.

The bag flew open, and sweets from inside flew into the opposite direction.

"My snacks!" Cerberus roared, as the insects left him and the others, and started chasing the sweets.

"Come back here!' Crease commanded, but the insects ignored.

Eriol stood up after the insects left him. "You can't control creatures against their nature, Crease."

"Those are mine!" Cerberus flew to the insects. "MINE!!!" He sent out a huge ball of fire, burning all the insects and melting all the candies. "NOOOO!!!"

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"This is the chamber where the orb is kept." Tua announced as they reached the top.

"Then, that must be it." Remus walked towards a intricately carved box in the center of the room.

"Not so fast!"

Sakura looked behind her. "Kaining-san!"

Syaoran clenched his fists. "What are you doing here?!"

"To get the orb, of course." Kaining answered, without looking at Sakura. "But first thing's first. You're no longer needed!" He pointed his staff at Tua, and sent a blast of energy at her.

Before Tua could react to the sudden attack, somebody pushed her from behind.

"Fei!"

Fei fell to the ground, his hand trying to stop the bleeding at his waist.

"We won't let you harm anyone here!" Remus sent a huge ball of flame at Kaining. "Although, Jing is an exception." He thought.

"Haven't you learned your lesson yet?" Kaining smirked. "Elemental attacks don't work on us!"

Remus slapped his head. "How could I be so stupid?!"

"You…always…were." Fei muttered through clenching teeth.

"Why you…!" Remus looked angrily at Fei.

"Shut up!" Kaining yelled. He sent an energy beam at Remus but Sakura used her Freeze card to create a barrier between Remus and Kaning.

"Why are you doing this, Kaining-san?! Why are you in the evil side?! Why are you trying to kill us?!" Sakura asked him.

"Miss Sakura-." Kaining started but Syaoran hit him from behind.

"There's no use reasoning with him, Sakura." Syaoran said. "He's beyond that."

Kaining sent a blast at Syaoran but he dodged it.

"Elemental magic doesn't affect him, but we can use its powers to manipulate the surroundings!" Syaoran told his companions.

Sakura and Remus nodded.

Remus touched the ground a caused the building to shake.

"Shoot!" Sakura used her cards to hit Kaining with the falling debris.

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Tua knelt beside Fei. "You're deeply wounded." Tua tried to touch the wounds but Fei just gave one of his rare smiles.

"I promised that I would protect Rhea. Even if I have to give up my own life for it, at least I kept it."

Tears fell from Tua's eyes, again, the moonstone necklace glowed, and her body grew shorter, her skin paler.

"Rhea." Fei whispered.

Rhea nodded. "Thank you, Xin." She placed her hand on the wound, and was completely healed.

Behind her, unseen, Tua's spirit was silently watching.

"I'm not in her body anymore." Tua whispered. "What has happened?"

"Our job is done."

Tua looked beside her and saw Neferte smiling. "We have come here to witness, and learn about the mistakes we have done in the past. Now, our help is no longer needed."

"But what about the orb?"

"It's time for us to trust our descendants. But, Tua, that is not why you were destined to be born with Rhea."

Tua nodded. "I see now. Janees is not as he used to be anymore. Rhea will never suffer what I have."

"We might have been born with them, but their minds were never ours. They now know are mistakes, and it's time for us to trust them with the future." Neferte smiled at Sakura who kept on fighting, and then disappeared.

Unknown to Rhea, Tua knelt beside her.

"I didn't abandon you completely." Said a voice behind her.

Tua turned. "Janees."

A spirit in who looks like Fei in ancient Egyptian clothes was standing behind her. "I ran after you, but it was too late."

Tua kissed Rhea's forehead and looked into the eyes of the man she so loved. "I never gave you a chance, when I learned the true you. But this girl knew about a future that might come, but she kept believing."

Tua held Janees' hand, and they both disappeared, their spirits were finally at peace.

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"Rhea-chan!" Sakura hugged Rhea, the moment she realized her friend has returned.

"Rhea!" Remus was actually crying a lot more than Sakura did. He hugged his sister tightly.

Rhea just smiled, and hugged back.

Syaoran smiled from the background, with an unconscious Kaining behind him. "Where's Tua?"

"She has finally rest in peace." Rhea, slowly broke away from her brother and opened the chest.

Sakura's eyes opened up, waiting to see the orb, but Rhea only held up a intricately carved knife.

"Where's the orb?!" Remus ran to the chest and peered inside. "There's nothing here but that knife!"

"Then, the orb's not here!" Sakura exclaimed.

"No." They all looked at Rhea. "This knife is the only weapon to destroy the orb."

"But where is it?" Syaoran looked around.

Fei looked intently at Rhea, the knife, then at Rhea. "Rhea- that's a blood knife! Then…the orb…No!" Fei tried to grab the knife but Rhea moved far away from him, tears were streaming from her eyes.

"What are you doing, Jing?!" Remus tried to suppress Fei who kept on trying to grab the knife.

"Don't you get it?!" Fei replied desperately to Remus. "That sort of knife is known as a blood knife. It is used for sacrificial rites!"

"What are you talking about?" Sakura asked in horror, hoping that the answer was not what she was thinking. Unfortunately, her hunch was correct.

"The Celestial Orb is not an Orb!" Fei answered, yelling. "It's Rhea herself!"

Author's notes: Wow, finally the climax! Unfortunately, though, I am going to be busy for the next few weeks since exams are coming up. I don't know when I will be able to update but I really hope I could soon, since I'm very excited about the story's pace.

Thank you very much Avelyn Lauren for your review, I hope you also like this chapter.

To starfiresakura, thank you very much too. It's very nice to know how many people appreciate Egyptian history, and about these myths and legends, I just read a lot.

Thank you very much for the reviews!