Angelic Destiny

Fourteen


"So there you are, Tomoyo! I thought that you had died already! It seems that I was wrong after all!" someone cried out as Tomoyo made her way towards Eriol's home.

"You!" she gasped.

"Yes, me. So how are you? It has been a long time since I have last seen you! You seem to have grown fatter than when you were alive!"

"Er…Sakura, who is that person? I seem to have forgotten his name." Tomoyo whispered to Sakura, who was standing next to her, looking at the angel before them.

Pulling Tomoyo away, Sakura whispered into her ear, "He is one of the ministers. But I think that he is the one who has just become a minister. I do not know what God sees in him, but I think that he is very ambitious."

"Yes, I agree. Even though I have only met him twice in my life with my mother, I know that he is very ambitious. If I do not remember wrongly, my mother wanted me to marry him as her company was going to be bankrupted, but when she realized that it would not, she tried to break off the engagement for me, but it was to no avail. By the way, do not let Eriol know that my mother engaged me to him when we first met. It seems as if he has known me all along. I do not know how, but he knows everything about me. Perhaps he has already wanted to get mother's company from the moment I was born and has planted a servant in my old home. I always felt that someone was watching me…"

Sakura nodded gravely and walked into Eriol's house, not looking at the minister near the door. Tomoyo tried to follow, but that minister pulled her aside from the door. She pulled her hand from him and walked into the door quickly, the minister following her hot on her heels.

Sakura led her into Eriol's room, whose owner was sitting on a chair with Syaoran standing and talking very quickly about what had just happened. However, when Syaoran saw Tomoyo, he stopped talking and looked at her. Silence reigned for a long time before the angel Tomoyo was engaged to before her death cleared his throat and said, "My name is Arthur."

Tomoyo narrowed her eyes. Everyone knew who Arthur was. There was no need in announcing that. She suspected that something was going to happen. Arthur did not bow nor greet any of the important people in the room, but ignored them, as if he was talking to air.

"As you should know by now, Tomoyo was engaged to me before she died, and of course, when I received the news that she was dead, I was distraught, for she was love at first sight to me. A very beautiful person, or should I say, angel, and I planned to marry her when she was of age. Yes, that was what I had planned to do before she died."

Tomoyo coughed once. She did not like the sound of it. Arthur ignored her and continued, "Now that I have left the world of humans and is now in Heaven with Tomoyo, I wish to marry her immediately, and I do hope that her boyfriend, that is Eriol, could lay his hands off her from now onwards."

"What do you intend to do with me? I am just a normal angel, nothing more. Unless you wish to take over my mother's company when she died, and what would you do with it? I doubt you would have any time to look after the company! If you just want me because of my looks, I suggest that you forget it!" Tomoyo said as she glared at Arthur.

"This is preposterous! You will be my wife soon, you cannot run away from it!"

"How come? I can break off the engagement myself! I do NOT wish to marry you! Now, can you please leave this place? I have matters of importance to discuss with my friends!"

"Care to let me know?" Arthur asked as he reached a hand out to grab Tomoyo's necklace. Tomoyo flew out of his reach with her wings, at the same time glaring at the man whom she was engaged to angrily. Eriol stood up from his chair, looking immensely tall as he walked over in front of the angel and said, "Would you please, sir, leave my home so that my friends and I can talk about matters of importance that would be of no interest to you? Come on, I'll see you out."

Arthur's face turned red as he went out of the room escorted by Eriol to the front door, his hands clenched together as if he was about to hit someone. When Arthur left, the tension in the room decreased. By the time Eriol returned to his friends, everyone was already talking in quiet tones about Tomoyo's situation, and Tomoyo listened quietly what she was supposed to do.

"Well, Tomoyo, I suggest that you ask my father to break off the engagement as soon as possible. It may be difficult, but I think that you can do so without much problem, if you have the right points to argue about." Syaoran said as he looked at the door, from where Eriol entered the room.

"But what can I argue? It is not as if it will be easy, he has already stated that I will be his wife someday…" Tomoyo trailed off.

"However, you can argue that you was persuaded to marry him when you were alive by your mother, and that it was to save your mother's company. I am sure He will understand. You are being filial to your parents and the only problem is that you have to try to presuage Him that even though you have to break the fulfillment of marriage to another angel, it is not as important once a person has died. I am sure that you have come across it in some book somewhere when you were learning about heaven." Sakura told Tomoyo, he eyes concerned as she looked at her distraught student and friend.

"Whatever we can help, we will help, even though it may not be much. However, you can be assured that we will do our best!" Eriol, who had been listening quietly, interrupted.

"Thanks you all so much…" Tomoyo said as she finally dissolved in tears…


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I really hoped that you have enjoyed this chapter! I know that it has been a while since I have updated this fanfic, and I am really sorry to keep you waiting for it to be updated. Gomen!