Angelic Destiny

Fifteen


When Tomoyo's sobs subsided, she wiped her eyes with her hands and said, "I will go to Him now and try to break off the engagement with Arthur."

"I will come with you…" Eriol started before Syaoran interrupted him. "No, all of us should go together. That way, we can explain matters together and what we had heard and also what we had seen. Besides, Sakura and I do not like him anyway. He is too ambitious. Perhaps he has his own interests and not Heaven's interest in mind. Maybe we can persuade Father to drop his ranks for a while before putting him back as a minister."

"Well, if that is the case…thank you." Tomoyo said. Sakura shook her head. "You should not thank us. We are your friends, and even if you do not say anything about it, we will do our best. Now let's set off for His residence."

Everyone nodded their heads and went out of Eriol's home, flying towards His residence. However, they were a bit too late, for Arthur was already talking about his and Tomoyo's marriage with Him.

Nevertheless, they barged into the room and Tomoyo cried out, "Stop all these nonsense, Arthur! I am NOT an item that you can get just by asking Him for permission! I am of a free person and I will not marry such a person like you!"

"Is it?" God asked her.

"Yes! I am not going to be manipulated by men like you all. Women aren't not items nor accessories, we also have our own ways. We have life!"

"Since that is the case, I order you to marry Arthur, Tomoyo." Upon hearing this, Tomoyo and Eriol felt their hearts harden. It was a very big blow to them. Arthur smiled.

"At last, Tomoyo is mine!" Arthur thought. He started to walk over to Tomoyo, who said, "Even if you have my body, you will never have my soul." With that, she closed her eyes, and stood still. Arthur thought that she could not bear to look at him and thus continued to walk over to her.

As for Eriol, he had nothing more to say. He flew out of the room dejectedly and out of His residence. He did not hear what Tomoyo said later on, which was, "Arthur, you do not work under Him, do you? I know that you work for someone else, the evil one, the one who is set on destroying Heaven. I am sure you know too, God. I'm sorry, Arthur, but I have no other choice but to destroy you. If not…"

Tomoyo took hold of her amethyst. And under the astonished stares of Sakura and Syaoran (they had not believed that Tomoyo could even sense something that was hidden from another person's self, and also the fact that they themselves did not sense that Arthur was harboring something evil in his self.), her bow and arrow appeared in her hands. However, they recovered very quickly and went after Eriol, hoping that calm him down and let him know what had happened.

"I'm so sorry, Arthur, but I do hope that you have not gone so far into evil that you will not be able to be reborn as a human in the future. Well, good bye then." Tomoyo said as she opened her eyes and looked at Arthur.

"How did you know that? I thought that you would not know! I thought that anyone would not know that I work for someone else, not Him! Why is it that you think He is benevolent? My master is better! Master gives everyone consolation when they die and also comfort. Everyone who works for Master or live there are better off than here! This place! Talk all about righteous and sacrifice, but would want to do that? Everyone cherishes their lives!"

"That's where you are wrong, Arthur. I am willing to sacrifice myself if I have to, and not for money or anything, but for the sake of everyone!"

"Even under the extent that someone grieves for you when you die?"

"Yes, because one can overcome one's mourning when it is time for one to do so. People and angels alike will heal, even if there are scars left over. And…I will grieve for you, even if you are my enemy, because I have to kill people like you to maintain peace and order in Heaven. This is my fate, and I still grieve for those whom I have killed. Good bye, Arthur." Tomoyo released the arrow she had been holding.

"Please forgive me, Tomoyo! I will be a better person in the future…" Arthur cried out as the arrow struck him. Tomoyo closed her eyes and looked away as tears fell. When the light faded, she opened her eyes again and looked at God.

"Sir, is this right? Do I have to kill angels or people who are so deep into evil? Yes, even if those who are evil are cleansed, but what about the others? Are they really killed? If so, I really grieve for them, not for the fact that I know them but for the fact that they have fallen prey into evil's trap. Is it really right?"

God looked at Tomoyo, who was trying hard to stop herself from crying. "There is no right or wrong in the world, Tomoyo," God answered her question finally. "It is the choice one chooses. If one chooses the wrong choice, we can only help them cleanse their souls and if there is really no choice, we will have to kill them…now, don't think about this anymore. I'll not stop your marriage to Eriol in the future but still, try not to be with him all the time for the time being, until the matter cools down. However, do go and comfort him now, all right? Also, get a rest yourself. I fear that the final battle may be here soon, sooner than you may think, once the evil one finds out that his best pawn has died under your hand…"

"All right. I will go and look for Eriol then. Please do get a rest yourself, Sir." Tomoyo answered as she went out of the room and towards Eriol's home once again…


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