Eriol's POV
Chapter 7: The Dark
The streets were filled with light. A bunch of children were chasing each other, having a good time under this festive season. A parade marched around the streets, holding up giant lighted-up statues. The beautiful lanterns, sold at little booths, reflected the silver moonlight. It seems like everyone in the village came out of his or her cozy little homes to join the festival.
"Guess who?" A pair of hands covered my eyes.
Aww, it's sweet Tomoyo. I didn't say anything to her, and continued to walk down the busy streets. Of course, since I didn't call her name out, Tomoyo followed closely behind me with her hands still blindfolding me.
"Come on Eriol, guess who I am, so I can take my hands off of your disgusting face!" Tomoyo shouted.
I smiled, grabbing her wrist, flinging her entire body on top of my shoulders. She kicked me and jumped off.
"Hey, what did you do that for?"
I chuckled. "Nothing, I just wanted to get your hands off of my face without having to 'guess who'." I glanced at the tailor. Wow, she looks amazing tonight! Usually, she just wears a gray and dull suit and ties all her hair in a pigtail, but tonight, she wore all her hair down with golden pins attached to her hair, and she decided to wear a blue dress robe with fancy flowers sewn on.
I walked in front of a booth, and paid for a pink colored lantern. I handed it to Tomoyo. "A lovely gift, for a lovely lady, don't you think?"
"Thank you. Oh, there's something written on the lantern: "I love you?" Eriol, you bought the wrong kind of lantern. This one is for couples." Tomoyo blushed.
"Well, if you become my date tonight, and we become a couple, I won't have to return the lantern."
"Okay, but I'm only going out with you tonight because I like this lantern very much, and I don't want to give it back to the booth." She grabbed my hand, as we went exploring the streets together.
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"Look Eriol, that performer guy just magically pulled that long sword out of his mouth! Ain't it cool?" Tomoyo pointed as we were watching the parade go by.
I clapped along with the crowd, wrapping one arm around Tomoyo. I stared at the sky, and the magnificent full moon. Life doesn't get any better than this; wouldn't it be nice if I could always hold Tomoyo like she is mine to own?
Suddenly, every one of the lights lit on the streets went out. Darkness covered my sight, and everything turned pitch black.
Hmm, maybe there was a strong gust of wind, blowing out all the firelight, but I didn't feel the wind at all. And wait, the moon has disappeared too! This is no ordinary blackout; this is the work of magic!
Tomoyo? Oh my god, where did she go? One minute I was holding her in my arms, but now I can't see, touch, feel, or hear her!
"HELLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!"
Tomoyo! She's in trouble! Arrgh, I'm gonna kill that person who set this dumb spell if Tomoyo is harmed in any way! I tapped into my night vision magic again, scanning through the streets for Tomoyo.
The town seemed dead. The people selling lanterns leaned on their booths, fast asleep. The parading people, lying on the middle of the streets, also went to dreamland. I don't know how many sleeping bodies I had to turn over, but none of them had Tomoyo's sleeping face.
I stared at the streets. Oh no, it's getting worse, the town began to separate apart, few moments later, I felt like I had double vision. I could see two palaces behind the two stone gates. There were two parades sleeping on top of two streets. Everyone had a twin in this town except for me.
I laughed, for I figured out who was the one who used magic to control this town. It's quite obvious, the Dark Card started the blackout, the Sleep Card made all mortals go to sleep, and the Twin Card made doubles of everything to confuse me. Tomoyo did this!
I couldn't help but grin. I raised my head up high, facing the mighty night sky, and shouted with joy to no one in particular. "Tomoyo is the Clow Mistress! Tomoyo is the Clow Mistress!"
SSSPPPLLLAAASSSHHH!!!
The Watery Card poured itself over my head, and I was soaked from head to toe. A rumbling noise took over the silent village. I turned around and saw a big wave coming my way. Yikes, Tomoyo called out the Wave Card too!
I started to run the other direction, but come on; did you seriously think I could outrun that thing? The massive amount of water covered over me, as I desperately tried to swim in it.
Tomoyo's goal must be to force me to show her my magic. Alright then, she's going to find out sooner or later I'm the greatest sorcerer in this city anyway. I'll satisfy her, and show her my magic right now!
I took out my sun staff, jumped out of the water, and landed on top of a building. Then, I pointed my staff at the big crashing wave, and sucked it all into my staff.
That didn't stop Tomoyo. The ground started to tremble and shake. The building I'm standing on feels like it's about to fall over any second now. The Earthy! She wants to form an earthquake.
I yawned as I waved my staff once more, and froze the Earthy's movements.
Firey was next. It created a circular fire ring on the middle of the streets, as if daring me to enter it, and fight what it has in store for me. I jumped down, landing in the center of the ring, and that's when Tomoyo finally decided to show herself.
She dashed into the middle of the circle, scowling at me. She stuck a sword up my throat, trapping me. "Tell me who you really are and where did you get all this power Hiiragizawa!" She ordered dangerously.
I eyed the sword. "Who am I? An idiot in love with you. Where did I get all this power? From missing you, wanting you, yearning for you, and longing for you; you were the one who gave me this 'power' of love."
"I meant magic!"
"So did I. You are the most magical thing that ever happened to me." I said honestly, but at the same time, I'm avoiding her question with twisted answers.
I don't feel comfortable telling Tomoyo that I'm the most powerful sorcerer in the entire country. I just wanted to be treated like an equal human being, without people fearing my powers.
" Did you know I invented this stupid festival just for you? You really won't tell me anything I want to know?" Tomoyo looked at me like she had just failed an experiment.
"I told you one thing though."
"And what's that?"
"That I love you." I didn't wait for her response or a sign of any kind before I crashed my lips on to hers. At first, she struggled to release herself from the kiss, and even bit my mouth, but soon she surrendered to the kiss, and me, and at this moment, I felt like I finally owned Tomoyo.
I lost track of time, and lost my ability to think about anything but Tomoyo, as I held her in my arms in the middle of the blazing fire surrounding us. (A/N: Remember, they never left the fire ring. Neat sight to visualize eh?)
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"Eriol, your grin is making me sick." Syaoran waved a hand in front of me, but I continued to grin dumbly, with that flashback still of Tomoyo and me kissing still in my head.
"Eriol, are you alright?" Sakura touched my head, checking for a fever.
"Poor guy, the lanterns last night must've burned dead all of his brainpower. Pity since he wasn't even blessed with much brainpower to begin with." Syaoran joked as Sakura playfully punched him.
Meiling rushed into the room. "Empress Yelan is coming!" She panted.
I jerked awake from my daydream, and glanced at Syaoran. He ran away to hide.
"Sakura, please please please..........." Meiling and I warned.
"I know, I know, I'll act obedient, so the queen doesn't whip me anymore. Jeez, don't you two know think I already know that? Hey, where's Syaoran?"
"Probably off to make the queen some tea or deserts." Meiling answered quickly to not get Sakura suspicious.
Empress Yelan stepped inside. Meiling kicked Sakura to kneel.
I was the first to speak. "So, what brings Queen Yelan here today?" I asked politely.
She glared at me. "You again. Hmm, I wonder why ever since Kinomoto entered the palace, you are just always with her. I'll get to the bottom of this."
Uh oh. I hope the empress doesn't get the impression that I like Sakura or anything.
"You three don't have to panic, I'm not here to beat Kinomoto, I'm here because I can't find Xiao Lang, have anyone seen him?"
Meiling and I exchanged looks, both thinking of lies as fast as we could.
Sakura must be so confused on why the queen wants to see Syaoran. I hope she doesn't step up and say something stupid like asking why the queen needs Syaoran.
"Uh, your majesty, Syaoran had just left a few moments ago, he might be going back to his own chamber." Said Meiling, but covered her mouth after saying "his own chamber" in front of Sakura. Servants aren't supposed to have their own palaces to sleep. They usually just sleep on the floor of their master's chambers.
The queen sighed. "Where is that child running off to these days? Oh well, the next time you see him, tell him I have some things to discuss with him,"
The queen left.
I glanced at Sakura, who had the word "confusion" written all over her face. How is Syaoran going to fool her and pretend that he is a fellow servant now?
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Lanturn: Sorry the chappy was so short; I'm still thinking of a way to build the plot and make it better.
Oh yes, and thanks to all who reviewed, they were all very pleasant to read!
Chapter 7: The Dark
The streets were filled with light. A bunch of children were chasing each other, having a good time under this festive season. A parade marched around the streets, holding up giant lighted-up statues. The beautiful lanterns, sold at little booths, reflected the silver moonlight. It seems like everyone in the village came out of his or her cozy little homes to join the festival.
"Guess who?" A pair of hands covered my eyes.
Aww, it's sweet Tomoyo. I didn't say anything to her, and continued to walk down the busy streets. Of course, since I didn't call her name out, Tomoyo followed closely behind me with her hands still blindfolding me.
"Come on Eriol, guess who I am, so I can take my hands off of your disgusting face!" Tomoyo shouted.
I smiled, grabbing her wrist, flinging her entire body on top of my shoulders. She kicked me and jumped off.
"Hey, what did you do that for?"
I chuckled. "Nothing, I just wanted to get your hands off of my face without having to 'guess who'." I glanced at the tailor. Wow, she looks amazing tonight! Usually, she just wears a gray and dull suit and ties all her hair in a pigtail, but tonight, she wore all her hair down with golden pins attached to her hair, and she decided to wear a blue dress robe with fancy flowers sewn on.
I walked in front of a booth, and paid for a pink colored lantern. I handed it to Tomoyo. "A lovely gift, for a lovely lady, don't you think?"
"Thank you. Oh, there's something written on the lantern: "I love you?" Eriol, you bought the wrong kind of lantern. This one is for couples." Tomoyo blushed.
"Well, if you become my date tonight, and we become a couple, I won't have to return the lantern."
"Okay, but I'm only going out with you tonight because I like this lantern very much, and I don't want to give it back to the booth." She grabbed my hand, as we went exploring the streets together.
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"Look Eriol, that performer guy just magically pulled that long sword out of his mouth! Ain't it cool?" Tomoyo pointed as we were watching the parade go by.
I clapped along with the crowd, wrapping one arm around Tomoyo. I stared at the sky, and the magnificent full moon. Life doesn't get any better than this; wouldn't it be nice if I could always hold Tomoyo like she is mine to own?
Suddenly, every one of the lights lit on the streets went out. Darkness covered my sight, and everything turned pitch black.
Hmm, maybe there was a strong gust of wind, blowing out all the firelight, but I didn't feel the wind at all. And wait, the moon has disappeared too! This is no ordinary blackout; this is the work of magic!
Tomoyo? Oh my god, where did she go? One minute I was holding her in my arms, but now I can't see, touch, feel, or hear her!
"HELLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!!"
Tomoyo! She's in trouble! Arrgh, I'm gonna kill that person who set this dumb spell if Tomoyo is harmed in any way! I tapped into my night vision magic again, scanning through the streets for Tomoyo.
The town seemed dead. The people selling lanterns leaned on their booths, fast asleep. The parading people, lying on the middle of the streets, also went to dreamland. I don't know how many sleeping bodies I had to turn over, but none of them had Tomoyo's sleeping face.
I stared at the streets. Oh no, it's getting worse, the town began to separate apart, few moments later, I felt like I had double vision. I could see two palaces behind the two stone gates. There were two parades sleeping on top of two streets. Everyone had a twin in this town except for me.
I laughed, for I figured out who was the one who used magic to control this town. It's quite obvious, the Dark Card started the blackout, the Sleep Card made all mortals go to sleep, and the Twin Card made doubles of everything to confuse me. Tomoyo did this!
I couldn't help but grin. I raised my head up high, facing the mighty night sky, and shouted with joy to no one in particular. "Tomoyo is the Clow Mistress! Tomoyo is the Clow Mistress!"
SSSPPPLLLAAASSSHHH!!!
The Watery Card poured itself over my head, and I was soaked from head to toe. A rumbling noise took over the silent village. I turned around and saw a big wave coming my way. Yikes, Tomoyo called out the Wave Card too!
I started to run the other direction, but come on; did you seriously think I could outrun that thing? The massive amount of water covered over me, as I desperately tried to swim in it.
Tomoyo's goal must be to force me to show her my magic. Alright then, she's going to find out sooner or later I'm the greatest sorcerer in this city anyway. I'll satisfy her, and show her my magic right now!
I took out my sun staff, jumped out of the water, and landed on top of a building. Then, I pointed my staff at the big crashing wave, and sucked it all into my staff.
That didn't stop Tomoyo. The ground started to tremble and shake. The building I'm standing on feels like it's about to fall over any second now. The Earthy! She wants to form an earthquake.
I yawned as I waved my staff once more, and froze the Earthy's movements.
Firey was next. It created a circular fire ring on the middle of the streets, as if daring me to enter it, and fight what it has in store for me. I jumped down, landing in the center of the ring, and that's when Tomoyo finally decided to show herself.
She dashed into the middle of the circle, scowling at me. She stuck a sword up my throat, trapping me. "Tell me who you really are and where did you get all this power Hiiragizawa!" She ordered dangerously.
I eyed the sword. "Who am I? An idiot in love with you. Where did I get all this power? From missing you, wanting you, yearning for you, and longing for you; you were the one who gave me this 'power' of love."
"I meant magic!"
"So did I. You are the most magical thing that ever happened to me." I said honestly, but at the same time, I'm avoiding her question with twisted answers.
I don't feel comfortable telling Tomoyo that I'm the most powerful sorcerer in the entire country. I just wanted to be treated like an equal human being, without people fearing my powers.
" Did you know I invented this stupid festival just for you? You really won't tell me anything I want to know?" Tomoyo looked at me like she had just failed an experiment.
"I told you one thing though."
"And what's that?"
"That I love you." I didn't wait for her response or a sign of any kind before I crashed my lips on to hers. At first, she struggled to release herself from the kiss, and even bit my mouth, but soon she surrendered to the kiss, and me, and at this moment, I felt like I finally owned Tomoyo.
I lost track of time, and lost my ability to think about anything but Tomoyo, as I held her in my arms in the middle of the blazing fire surrounding us. (A/N: Remember, they never left the fire ring. Neat sight to visualize eh?)
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"Eriol, your grin is making me sick." Syaoran waved a hand in front of me, but I continued to grin dumbly, with that flashback still of Tomoyo and me kissing still in my head.
"Eriol, are you alright?" Sakura touched my head, checking for a fever.
"Poor guy, the lanterns last night must've burned dead all of his brainpower. Pity since he wasn't even blessed with much brainpower to begin with." Syaoran joked as Sakura playfully punched him.
Meiling rushed into the room. "Empress Yelan is coming!" She panted.
I jerked awake from my daydream, and glanced at Syaoran. He ran away to hide.
"Sakura, please please please..........." Meiling and I warned.
"I know, I know, I'll act obedient, so the queen doesn't whip me anymore. Jeez, don't you two know think I already know that? Hey, where's Syaoran?"
"Probably off to make the queen some tea or deserts." Meiling answered quickly to not get Sakura suspicious.
Empress Yelan stepped inside. Meiling kicked Sakura to kneel.
I was the first to speak. "So, what brings Queen Yelan here today?" I asked politely.
She glared at me. "You again. Hmm, I wonder why ever since Kinomoto entered the palace, you are just always with her. I'll get to the bottom of this."
Uh oh. I hope the empress doesn't get the impression that I like Sakura or anything.
"You three don't have to panic, I'm not here to beat Kinomoto, I'm here because I can't find Xiao Lang, have anyone seen him?"
Meiling and I exchanged looks, both thinking of lies as fast as we could.
Sakura must be so confused on why the queen wants to see Syaoran. I hope she doesn't step up and say something stupid like asking why the queen needs Syaoran.
"Uh, your majesty, Syaoran had just left a few moments ago, he might be going back to his own chamber." Said Meiling, but covered her mouth after saying "his own chamber" in front of Sakura. Servants aren't supposed to have their own palaces to sleep. They usually just sleep on the floor of their master's chambers.
The queen sighed. "Where is that child running off to these days? Oh well, the next time you see him, tell him I have some things to discuss with him,"
The queen left.
I glanced at Sakura, who had the word "confusion" written all over her face. How is Syaoran going to fool her and pretend that he is a fellow servant now?
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Lanturn: Sorry the chappy was so short; I'm still thinking of a way to build the plot and make it better.
Oh yes, and thanks to all who reviewed, they were all very pleasant to read!