Love can be Magical By Chibi Maylan
A/N: Thanks to those who've read so far! I strongly love this fanfic's story and hope I'll beat my laziness and edit more often.
Chapter Nine
Syaoran awoke with cold sweat, his hands were shaking and his breathing was uneven. He calmed down eventually, and riffled his hands through his auburn hair. 'Just a dream. A horrible one at that.' He told himself. But after what he had over heard last night from the girls' room wasn't helping him:
Flashback "I know, this is quite dangerous that the rose isn't around us. And we only have days to go.." Sakura sighed.
"We'll have to find it. When Eriol & Syaoran are out. Agreed?" Sakura nodded in agreement. "Good. I'm sure if it is with those people we saw, it'll be a disaster. The rose d'or always lures those with evil hearts and punishes them, too" Tomoyo murmured, eyes narrowed.
"Yes. When Clow had transported us and our crystal vases to the cavern, I'm sure that he wanted all his artefacts to be protected by us." Sakura stated flatly.
End of Flash
He didn't like the idea of the girl's being at home alone after that. He had a feeling that they would summon courage and try and take back what was once theirs. His alarm clock started to beep and he could hear clattering noises of breakfast being made.
Syaoran had properly changed into clothes, then descended down towards the kitchen. He smelt coffee in the room. Eriol was sitting down on the table, he was reading the news telegraph.
"Good morning sunshine." Eriol teased at Syaoran. "It's way past 12 o'clock, and we need to work y'know? Chiharu will be waiting for us." He added.
Syaoran nodded, he was about to sit when he paused. "12 o'clock already! What are we waiting for?!" Syaoran raced up to the front door and grabbed his shoes. "Girls, we're leaving." Syaoran called out. They heard a faint reply from upstairs as they headed out.
Negashima HQ.
"Nakahito, I have another assignment for you." Mr. Negashima told his only son.
"and that is, to find your damn knife under this mess! Pronto!" Mr. N groaned. Turning his back to his sons messy bedroom.
"Sorry, father.." Nakahito said nervously. Nakahito had used the lame excuse that he had left the knife in his room somewhere carelessly; and could not find it. But, Nakahito knew where the knife was; the Li and Hiragiizawa estate where the Rose D'or was taken. Nakahito punched himself lightly on his stomach for being a complete idiot; so much for trying to look all sleek infront of Mika.
Mika hadn't been around his office lately, she had temporary leave and went to see her parents for a few days. Nakahito had liked her from the beginning she stepped into the room for her interview. Ofcourse, he knew her from before as an acquaintance, but after working around her he grew to like her presence. She was a hard worker, and from a mere secretary she now was working in the triangle – Herself, Nakahito and his father to deal and steal illegal items.
The latest steal wasn't the greatest – being hung up onto the ceiling tightly although he recalled his arm was touching near her chest when she had tried to cut them loose. It was worth the day to steal that statue afterall, Nakahito thought.
His father had kept the Rose in their home estate under lock and key. In his father's museum room of his precious stolen goods, which his mother never entered. But Nakahito felt that his dad had a new side to him – a more annoyed and frustrated side that he barely had. A few days back, Nakahito and Maki decided that they wouldn't dare return back to the scene of the Eriol estate.
But, Nakahito had recently felt a strange feeling – a desire to walk down the white halls of the estate and down towards the room where the Rose dwelled. He would just stare at it after closing the security system, and watch it gleam every night he would just take a seat, and gaze at the statue in awe. And, every hour, try to peel his eyesight away from it and turn to leave. But the words carved on the statue taunted him, the words of:
"But know'st this warning,
That the time will come,
As soon as the Rose loses it's petals...
Beware the Rose..."
The words spilled through his mind repeatively. What did this mean? Was it true, that something will happen to his family or Mika. How was it possible for gold statues of roses to lose their petals, unless it broke off?
His thoughts were interrupted by a phone call. Mika. She seemed cheery and asked for him to pick her up from the airport. Off he went.
Eriol watched as people came and went in the Tomoeda Markets stalls. Syaoran was talking with an elderly woman that owned the nearest stall of fruit.
He then thought of what the girls were up to, what Tomoyo would be doing right then and now. He smiled, he admitted to himself that he officially had a bit of a crush on her these days. And, he could tell that Sakura had one on Syaoran. Maybe, after their completed wishes, they'll stay with the boys. Eriol frowned. What if they're forced by magic to return back to the cavern? Would they be there for another decade or will another party of people find them.
"Eriol!! Nice to see you, my friend." Came the greeting of Yamazaki, the que to end his shift. Eriol greeted back, though his mind was still wondering about the girls' future to come.
"Chiharu is coming later this evening, so I am taking control! She finally lets me take control of the stalls his father owns, I feel very much trustworthy." Yamazaki babbled. Eriol nodded curtly, then excused himself to take a chance to leave.
Syaoran and Eriol hopped into the sport car Syaoran had first wished for. Eriol then reminded himself – only one wish to go! While, Syaoran had two. Hopefully he wont encounter a painful scenario to wish for like Eriol did with his shark bite. They drove back towards their home, without delay to see their goddesses.
Mika was waiting by the entrance as Nakahito drove to a halt. She came inside his car and they turned out to leave. Mika smiled and told him about her parents and what she had did. She was relaxed and calm; unlike when she is on her mission.
"I also got this for you. Here" She handed him a present when the red light glowed.
"Thanks." Nakahito smiled, he looked at her eyes deeply and wished he had the courage to ask her out, maybe he would try tomorrow. He quickly opened the package before the light turned green; it was a glass figurine.
"Cute isn't it? I got one too, a pink penguin – you've got blue! We match. My hometown in Hokkaido is famous for their glass factory." She beamed.
"Lovely, if I was a girl." He replied. She pouted.
"Come on! It is so cute! Ok, maybe not the greatest boyish thing but.." she stopped, her cheeks suddenly turned pink. "I thought that.. these two looked.. just plain.. cute." She murmured and looked away.
Turning into the driveway he came to a halt. "See you later, Nakahito." She smiled, exiting his car. He mentally pictured himself hitting his head on the wheel.
Sakura and Tomoyo heard the boys unlock the door and they quickly hid what they were doing with their magic. Maps, books and pens dissolved and transported themselves to their rooms.
"Welcome back." They called out in unison.
The guys smiled as they stared to see food settled on the table, steaming away. The four soon ate, happily making conversation until Sakura brought up the Rose.
"So, since you guys eavesdropped last night. You got any ideas about retrieving the Rose D'or?" Sakura asked. The guys glanced at the girls – they were up to something.
"No... we haven't thought about it. Have you two?" Eriol asked.
The girls nodded slowly, the two really couldn't bare to lie. The table was cleared, and the maps that were once there had reappeared.
"Woah!" Eriol exclaimed. "The Negashima Building blueprints!"
The girls smiled triumphantly. Their masters were amazed that they, single handedly sneaked into the Negashima office building unaware by the heavy security.
"We've got an idea. It's gotta be there right? We've found out his office is on the highest level." Sakura said. She flicked her hand in front of the map, it hovered over towards Syaoran.
"This is the blueprints of the back fire exits. Tomoyo and I have figured a plan."
Eriol clapped his hands together and rubbed then excitedly. "So when are we going?" the girl's smiles turned to frowns, they both shook their heads, their long hair swaying into motion.
"No. We have to go alone, you cannot believe what awaits us... The rose has a curse, and when the petals do fall... someone will lift the curse upon them if we do not get it back into time." They frowned, Syaoran looked up, his eyes focused onto Sakura.
"Besides, you could get injured yet again Eriol. We wish for you two to be safe here, we on the other hand are not easy to be ridden of." Sakura shivered, Syaoran saw that she had tears glinting on the corner of her eye.
Syaoran became annoyed. "We can help you!" he snapped. "We're butt-kicking guys. So what if we don't have the magic. We're coming." Syaoran stated. Sakura looked up at him, her tears were now spilling onto her cheeks. Tomoyo bit her lower lip and glanced at Sakura, how in return nodded secretly.
"No. We cannot allow it." She stated, she twirled her hand and the maps dissolved once more out of Eriol's hands. Then, walking up the stairs with Sakura, they placed arms around each other as they stepped up the stairs, murmuring.
Eriol sighed and rubbed his forehead. Syaoran sat down and ruffled his hair in annoyance. They liked the girls' company; but it had it's twists.
A/N: Thanks to those who've read so far! I strongly love this fanfic's story and hope I'll beat my laziness and edit more often.
Chapter Nine
Syaoran awoke with cold sweat, his hands were shaking and his breathing was uneven. He calmed down eventually, and riffled his hands through his auburn hair. 'Just a dream. A horrible one at that.' He told himself. But after what he had over heard last night from the girls' room wasn't helping him:
Flashback "I know, this is quite dangerous that the rose isn't around us. And we only have days to go.." Sakura sighed.
"We'll have to find it. When Eriol & Syaoran are out. Agreed?" Sakura nodded in agreement. "Good. I'm sure if it is with those people we saw, it'll be a disaster. The rose d'or always lures those with evil hearts and punishes them, too" Tomoyo murmured, eyes narrowed.
"Yes. When Clow had transported us and our crystal vases to the cavern, I'm sure that he wanted all his artefacts to be protected by us." Sakura stated flatly.
End of Flash
He didn't like the idea of the girl's being at home alone after that. He had a feeling that they would summon courage and try and take back what was once theirs. His alarm clock started to beep and he could hear clattering noises of breakfast being made.
Syaoran had properly changed into clothes, then descended down towards the kitchen. He smelt coffee in the room. Eriol was sitting down on the table, he was reading the news telegraph.
"Good morning sunshine." Eriol teased at Syaoran. "It's way past 12 o'clock, and we need to work y'know? Chiharu will be waiting for us." He added.
Syaoran nodded, he was about to sit when he paused. "12 o'clock already! What are we waiting for?!" Syaoran raced up to the front door and grabbed his shoes. "Girls, we're leaving." Syaoran called out. They heard a faint reply from upstairs as they headed out.
Negashima HQ.
"Nakahito, I have another assignment for you." Mr. Negashima told his only son.
"and that is, to find your damn knife under this mess! Pronto!" Mr. N groaned. Turning his back to his sons messy bedroom.
"Sorry, father.." Nakahito said nervously. Nakahito had used the lame excuse that he had left the knife in his room somewhere carelessly; and could not find it. But, Nakahito knew where the knife was; the Li and Hiragiizawa estate where the Rose D'or was taken. Nakahito punched himself lightly on his stomach for being a complete idiot; so much for trying to look all sleek infront of Mika.
Mika hadn't been around his office lately, she had temporary leave and went to see her parents for a few days. Nakahito had liked her from the beginning she stepped into the room for her interview. Ofcourse, he knew her from before as an acquaintance, but after working around her he grew to like her presence. She was a hard worker, and from a mere secretary she now was working in the triangle – Herself, Nakahito and his father to deal and steal illegal items.
The latest steal wasn't the greatest – being hung up onto the ceiling tightly although he recalled his arm was touching near her chest when she had tried to cut them loose. It was worth the day to steal that statue afterall, Nakahito thought.
His father had kept the Rose in their home estate under lock and key. In his father's museum room of his precious stolen goods, which his mother never entered. But Nakahito felt that his dad had a new side to him – a more annoyed and frustrated side that he barely had. A few days back, Nakahito and Maki decided that they wouldn't dare return back to the scene of the Eriol estate.
But, Nakahito had recently felt a strange feeling – a desire to walk down the white halls of the estate and down towards the room where the Rose dwelled. He would just stare at it after closing the security system, and watch it gleam every night he would just take a seat, and gaze at the statue in awe. And, every hour, try to peel his eyesight away from it and turn to leave. But the words carved on the statue taunted him, the words of:
"But know'st this warning,
That the time will come,
As soon as the Rose loses it's petals...
Beware the Rose..."
The words spilled through his mind repeatively. What did this mean? Was it true, that something will happen to his family or Mika. How was it possible for gold statues of roses to lose their petals, unless it broke off?
His thoughts were interrupted by a phone call. Mika. She seemed cheery and asked for him to pick her up from the airport. Off he went.
Eriol watched as people came and went in the Tomoeda Markets stalls. Syaoran was talking with an elderly woman that owned the nearest stall of fruit.
He then thought of what the girls were up to, what Tomoyo would be doing right then and now. He smiled, he admitted to himself that he officially had a bit of a crush on her these days. And, he could tell that Sakura had one on Syaoran. Maybe, after their completed wishes, they'll stay with the boys. Eriol frowned. What if they're forced by magic to return back to the cavern? Would they be there for another decade or will another party of people find them.
"Eriol!! Nice to see you, my friend." Came the greeting of Yamazaki, the que to end his shift. Eriol greeted back, though his mind was still wondering about the girls' future to come.
"Chiharu is coming later this evening, so I am taking control! She finally lets me take control of the stalls his father owns, I feel very much trustworthy." Yamazaki babbled. Eriol nodded curtly, then excused himself to take a chance to leave.
Syaoran and Eriol hopped into the sport car Syaoran had first wished for. Eriol then reminded himself – only one wish to go! While, Syaoran had two. Hopefully he wont encounter a painful scenario to wish for like Eriol did with his shark bite. They drove back towards their home, without delay to see their goddesses.
Mika was waiting by the entrance as Nakahito drove to a halt. She came inside his car and they turned out to leave. Mika smiled and told him about her parents and what she had did. She was relaxed and calm; unlike when she is on her mission.
"I also got this for you. Here" She handed him a present when the red light glowed.
"Thanks." Nakahito smiled, he looked at her eyes deeply and wished he had the courage to ask her out, maybe he would try tomorrow. He quickly opened the package before the light turned green; it was a glass figurine.
"Cute isn't it? I got one too, a pink penguin – you've got blue! We match. My hometown in Hokkaido is famous for their glass factory." She beamed.
"Lovely, if I was a girl." He replied. She pouted.
"Come on! It is so cute! Ok, maybe not the greatest boyish thing but.." she stopped, her cheeks suddenly turned pink. "I thought that.. these two looked.. just plain.. cute." She murmured and looked away.
Turning into the driveway he came to a halt. "See you later, Nakahito." She smiled, exiting his car. He mentally pictured himself hitting his head on the wheel.
Sakura and Tomoyo heard the boys unlock the door and they quickly hid what they were doing with their magic. Maps, books and pens dissolved and transported themselves to their rooms.
"Welcome back." They called out in unison.
The guys smiled as they stared to see food settled on the table, steaming away. The four soon ate, happily making conversation until Sakura brought up the Rose.
"So, since you guys eavesdropped last night. You got any ideas about retrieving the Rose D'or?" Sakura asked. The guys glanced at the girls – they were up to something.
"No... we haven't thought about it. Have you two?" Eriol asked.
The girls nodded slowly, the two really couldn't bare to lie. The table was cleared, and the maps that were once there had reappeared.
"Woah!" Eriol exclaimed. "The Negashima Building blueprints!"
The girls smiled triumphantly. Their masters were amazed that they, single handedly sneaked into the Negashima office building unaware by the heavy security.
"We've got an idea. It's gotta be there right? We've found out his office is on the highest level." Sakura said. She flicked her hand in front of the map, it hovered over towards Syaoran.
"This is the blueprints of the back fire exits. Tomoyo and I have figured a plan."
Eriol clapped his hands together and rubbed then excitedly. "So when are we going?" the girl's smiles turned to frowns, they both shook their heads, their long hair swaying into motion.
"No. We have to go alone, you cannot believe what awaits us... The rose has a curse, and when the petals do fall... someone will lift the curse upon them if we do not get it back into time." They frowned, Syaoran looked up, his eyes focused onto Sakura.
"Besides, you could get injured yet again Eriol. We wish for you two to be safe here, we on the other hand are not easy to be ridden of." Sakura shivered, Syaoran saw that she had tears glinting on the corner of her eye.
Syaoran became annoyed. "We can help you!" he snapped. "We're butt-kicking guys. So what if we don't have the magic. We're coming." Syaoran stated. Sakura looked up at him, her tears were now spilling onto her cheeks. Tomoyo bit her lower lip and glanced at Sakura, how in return nodded secretly.
"No. We cannot allow it." She stated, she twirled her hand and the maps dissolved once more out of Eriol's hands. Then, walking up the stairs with Sakura, they placed arms around each other as they stepped up the stairs, murmuring.
Eriol sighed and rubbed his forehead. Syaoran sat down and ruffled his hair in annoyance. They liked the girls' company; but it had it's twists.
