Angelic Destiny
Six
Sakura and Tomoyo wheeled around while the man scurried away, fear written on his face.
"Why thank you, Eriol. If you were not here, he would never leave me alone! Thanks again!" Sakura spoke to Eriol.
"Nah! It's nothing! Besides, I hate his guts...he is, after all, a nuisance to everyone whose ranks are higher than his, which is green. I think that he hopes that in the future, when his rank is blue, or higher, he would want to marry you..."
"Yes, I agree. But, let's not talk about him, shall we? We still have dinner to eat!"
All three of them walked towards a gigantic table that was already filled with people and angels. There were only three remaining seats which were not filled. Of course, they were meant for Tomoyo, Sakura and Eriol. Tomoyo looked at who were at the main table and saw that there were God, Syaoran, and more than ten angels. All of them were in either robes of pink or blue. She also noticed that most of them were male, apart from four other angels. Upon closer inspection, Tomoyo realized that they had to be Syaoran's sisters, for they looked very alike.
"Good evening, sirs and madams." Tomoyo and Sakura curtsied.
"Dispense with formalities." God waved his hand and Tomoyo followed Sakura to the two empty seats. Eriol went to the single empty seat, where the moment he was seated, he talked to another angel with the same shade of hair as his.
"Sakura, who is the angel who is speaking to Eriol? Is he Eriol's father?"
"Why, yes. Now, don't be worried by all the angels dressed in robes that are in rank higher than you." Sakura said, seeing Tomoyo's hands gripping hard on her dress. "They are the angels in charge of the country."
"Why am I seated here?" Tomoyo whispered in fright.
"You should know why. Your rank is already different from other people."
"What are you two whispering about? Care to let us know?" God asked.
"Godfather, it's nothing. I am just telling Tomoyo something."
"Oh. Now, let us have dinner."
The angels on duty poured in from the side doors and served everyone. Everyone enjoyed their food and each other's company. It was an enjoyable evening.
The next day, Sakura brought Tomoyo to the cherry blossom tree where she taught Tomoyo everything there was to know about Heaven. It was very interesting to Tomoyo, where everything was new. She also found out that most of the things she had read about angels were wrong- they were made up and those that were true, they were usually written by angels but not all were really true, and only part of it were. For who would want people to know that angels really exist? That would cause a lot of problems for them.
Day passed by quickly and Tomoyo learnt many new things. They would always go to the cherry blossom tree for it was quiet there and no people ever visited the tree, save for those who were to bring souls to Heaven, like Sakura. Sakura and Tomoyo now rarely met Syaoran, Eriol, Chiharu, and the others, for they were too busy to do so. However, one day, when Sakura got tired of teaching Tomoyo, she said: "Let's visit Syaoran and the others, shall we? I am very bored today- not that I am bored of teaching you but I am bored due to the fact that we had not had any fun lately. It is time to enjoy ourselves for a bit!"
"If you say so, though I would like to know more. However, it is too good a day to waste studying." Tomoyo answered Sakura. "I guess they would be at the hill soon, right? If that is the case, we better go now, or we would be late."
Tomoyo gathered the books Sakura used to teach her things and went to the hill with Sakura. She had thought that she would finish those books while the others were talking. She figured that there would not be anything interesting happening for she had not heard any new things.
She was right. The others were already there, sitting under the tree chatting when the two of them arrived.
"So, what have I missed?" Sakura asked as she plopped herself down next to Syaoran.
"Nothing much. Just thinking why the two of you are have not been meeting us for so long." Syaoran answered.
"Well, you have to ask godfather, all right? It is His law that all new angels have to be educated as quickly as possible so that everyone can contribute their services to Heaven. Unless you have forgotten about it?"
Syaoran slapped his forehead. "Oops. I had forgotten about that. So how is Tomoyo's education going?"
"Fine."
Meanwhile, Tomoyo settled herself down another tree further away from them and opened one of the books. She had wanted to finish the books so that she would waste less of Sakura's time. That way, she would be able to explore Heaven on her own and not just Sakura introducing her what that building was and what was their purpose.
"She sure seems hardworking. Most angels would not want to study that hard, for the lessons were that hard already." Syaoran looked at Tomoyo.
"Well, from what I know of Tomoyo, she is one who is very hardworking and she would always get straight A's during tests and exams. She is brainy. But people do not call her a nerd. She has quite a few friends too. Whenever something happens, or whenever they encounter something which they do not know. They would always ask Tomoyo for advice. She is that popular in school." Eriol added.
"Wow! I never thought that Tomoyo is that hardworking...I just thought that she would be like other angels, always complaining about this and that. I guess this is a new change. I just wish that all angels are like that...Heaven would prosper much faster this way..." Sakura smiled.
The others chatted on, while Tomoyo read on. It was clearly evident that she was not to be disturbed, or she would definitely get angry. She was so concentrated that she started when she sensed something...she could not place it...evil. It felt different from what she was accustomed to. Heaven always felt as if you would enjoy yourself but why was there such a feeling?
She looked up from her book and looked at the others. They seemed not to have noticed anything at all. She flew into the sky, leaving her books unattended. "I will get them back later." Tomoyo thought. Just at that moment, she felt something heavy on her neck. Surprised, she looked at it and say that it was a piece of amethyst, cut into the shape of a flower. The thing was, amethysts do not glow and this one was glowing. Tomoyo touched it and immediately, she felt a weird sensation that something was flying towards her at a great speed...
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura, only the plot.
Yeah! Chapter Six done! Have you read Feather of Love yet? I hope you did. :D Please review!
