Angelic Destiny

Sixteen


Eriol did not go back to his home. Instead, her went to the Sakura trees that caught his attention. They were very beautiful and it seemed to be a good place where he could nurse his sorrows. He slumped down under one of the trees and stared aimlessly at the surroundings around him. He did not hear nor sense Sakura and Syaoran when they arrived, so absorbed was he in thinking about Tomoyo.

"Eriol why must you be so dejected? Tomoyo will never marry him, now that we know that he was not working under Him at all but the evil one!" Sakura said as she went towards him, Eriol looking somewhere else as Sakura sat down beside him, looking at Syaoran.

"What Sakura said is true, Eriol. We have heard it and you do know that Tomoyo never lies, right? If I were you, I would go back home and wait for Tomoyo to explain herself."

"How would I know that this is true? Why should I believe you? Are you telling lies to me or what? I am very…very…just leave me alone, will you? I would like to think things out, and don't you dare tell Tomoyo where I am now." Eriol stared at his surroundings again, not looking at either Sakura or Syaoran. His mind was in turmoil and he did not know if what the two of them said was true. What if they were not? Would he be disappointed once more?

Sakura and Syaoran shook their heads before leaving Eriol to his thinking while they went to His residence again, hoping that they would know what had happened. However, to their consternation, Tomoyo was not there and only Him was at his throne, thinking about things, most probably what had happened before.

"Father, what has happened? Where is Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked as he looked at his father.

"Tomoyo…no, I do not know where she is. If you can find her, you can, perhaps ask her what has happened. I, unfortunately, do not know how to explain what has happened."

"Any idea where she is, Father?"

"Really, I have no idea."

"All right then, I will not disturb you. Sakura and I will leave now." Syaoran and Sakura said good byes to Him and went off to where they thought Tomoyo would be.

They had searched for Tomoyo at the many places where she had usually gone but she was nowhere to be found. Finally, having no other choices, they went to Eriol's place, which they thought she would not go when she found out that Eriol was not in. However, they were wrong, for she was at Eriol's place.

"Where is Eriol, Sakura, Syaoran?" Tomoyo stood up from the steps of Eriol's home the moment she saw them arrive. She did not want to wait in his home for fear that Eriol would know that she was there when he heard the message from his servants. That way, she could keep a lookout for him and he could not escape from her.

"Sorry, Tomoyo, but we cannot find him. Has he come back yet?" Syaoran asked as he looked at Tomoyo anxiously. But upon seeing her crestfallen face, he stammered, "Well, I'm sure he will come to his senses when he thinks through what he has heard today. He needs time."

Tomoyo nodded her head, but she was not convinced with what Syaoran told her. She noticed that he was avoiding her gaze at him and so was Sakura when she looked at him. It was then she realized that they were lying to her, or perhaps it was partly a lie.

"You are telling me lies, right? Or is it partly true? Come on, it is very important! Please, I'm begging you, tell me where Eriol is!" Tomoyo stared at them, tears welling in her eyes once more. Oh, she so wanted to see him and tell him that what he had heard was, yes, true, but He had allowed them to marry in the future, if they wanted to.

Sakura could not stand seeing Tomoyo looking so sad and she did not want to see such a sad angel living her days waiting to see her beloved. What will happen then if she could not find him? What about her duties as an angel, her special duties that she was the only one capable of doing?

"All right, all right. Sorry, Tomoyo, but we were telling you lies because…" Sakura started but was interrupted by Tomoyo, looking very anxious as she asked, "Please, can you just get straight to the point?"

"All right, Eriol is at the Sakura trees there, thinking about things. I am not sure if he wants to see you but if you want to, I suggest that you be careful…"

"Thank you, Sakura!" Tomoyo said as she flew towards where Sakura said Eriol was.

"Sakura, why must you tell her where Eriol is? Eriol will murder us if he knows that we told her." Syaoran stared at Sakura.

"But, can you bear Tomoyo and Eriol looking so tortured when they love each other and that this is just a misunderstanding?"

"You are right. Come on, let's go and have some food, it is late and I am a bit hungry after all…"

"Fine! You glutton!" Sakura teased him as they went off in search of food…

By the time Tomoyo reached the place where Sakura said Eriol was, it was very late and she was hungry, but she was more worried about Eriol. She wanted to make things clear to him and she really did not want him to think that she was still engaged to Arthur. However, to her horror…someone was already there, talking to Eriol…who can that be? Who was that person who was impersonating her?

Tomoyo hid behind a Sakura tree and looked on…


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Well, this is the end of chapter sixteen! I hope that you readers out there will enjoy it! Please review! Arigato to those who reviewed! Ja! Gotta go and type another chapter!