Author's Notes: Hello once again, people. I have to apologize for not
updating all my fanfics sooner. There's so much to do IRL: school, work,
family. I've been ridden with too many problems so, I'm sorry. I also
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Sigh...anyway, on with the long-awaited chapter 7. Hope you enjoy this one.
Response to reviews will be on the next chappie, okay?
PILLAR 7:
"I cannot do this anymore..." she whispered in the wind. Her open window was her only form of solace. Only in it can she tell her innermost thoughts and secrets, about her worries of defeating Hina and about her growing admiration for a certain wizard.
Arisa sighed and closed her eyes, letting the cold night wind brush against her long tresses. Hina was getting much stronger. She could feel the evil woman's presence almost everyday. Clow was not getting any better. If this keeps up, even she: a pure priestess, cannot save the wizard from being a true vampire. Her feeling of warmth every time Clow touches her were not helping, too. Wherever she looked, it's obvious she's falling for him...hard.
"Dear Lord, why did I have to become a priestess?" she murmured before burying her face among the lace curtains.
-
Tomoyo bit her lip and stared at her blurred reflection in the mirror. "Is this going to be alright?" she asked Eriol. They were standing in her room, Tomoyo trying out her uniform: a long-sleeved blouse and a slightly longer skirt, reaching almost over her knees. Her eyes were now black, her purple ones hidden under contact lenses. An umbrella was also in her hand, to be used when she goes out later.
Eriol stood as far from her as possible, leaning on an oak mantelpiece and studying her closely. "Yes, so far. It's too sunny outside, and I do not know how it will affect you."
"Why?" Tomoyo asked. "You go out into the sunlight everyday."
The young man nodded and replied. "Yes, that I do. However, I grew up being used to having extra warmth from the sun, slight burns, and other things like that. You on the other hand..." He looked at Tomoyo and their eyes met. Quickly, he looked away. "Have you applied sunblock on you?"
"Yes." Tomoyo walked towards him and rested her hand on the back of an armchair near Eriol. "Nee, I've been noticing this since morning. Are you alright? You look, kind of...jumpy."
Eriol assured her that he was alright, but she wouldn't listen. Finally, drawn to a tight spot by her persuasion, he confessed what happened last night at full moon. After narrating what happened, he could feel his ears growing red.
The young woman, however, was shocked. "I kissed you?" Eriol nodded. She let her mouth hang open. "I raped you?"
"No, it's not like that," Eriol answered as he picked up the white coat Tomoyo was supposed to be wearing at school. "I mean...you must have...subconsciously...attended to my pain." He shook his head. "I should be thankful to you, too. But I guess it's a shock for both of us."
Tomoyo heaved a deep sigh. "Well, if we were to be practical, I hated saying this but, we should really get used to it, right? After all, Li-kun told us about it...and...well, there's nothing much we can do." She opened the door to leave. "If only I wasn't stupid enough to open that portal on the wrong side..."
Eriol spent the rest of their way to school arguing with Tomoyo regarding whose fault this thing has happened.
-
Sakura crossed her arms over her chest, her usual happy disposition seemingly absent. She looked from Eriol to Tomoyo and then back again. After a long moment of just staring, she sighed and turned to the bespectacled boy. "I guess you lost one of her endless bets and you have to see her to school everyday for two weeks?"
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo was blushing. Eriol raised a brow.
"Kidding!" Sakura's smile came back instantly. "But anybody, not even your best friend, would be surprised at this kind of arrangement." She raised her palms up and shrugged. "We all know you and Eriol weren't getting along pretty well, and now, you're going to school together? For all I care, they might be already spreading rumors about how you are going out." She looked at the bewildered couple. "And what's with the contacts, Tomoyo-chan?" she asked. "You don't like baby blues anymore?"
Eriol stifled a laugh while his companion rolled her eyes. "Stop pretending to be so serious Sakura-chan, it isn't like you. And no, I still like my purple – not blue- babies. I'll explain everything to you later, alright? Meet us in the music room at three."
Just then, their teacher entered the classroom. The students immediately stood up but he bade them back to their seats. "Class, we again have an exchange student joining us for the rest of the semester..."
Sakura turned to Tomoyo. "Don't you think it's strange? Seijyo doesn't usually accept students in the middle of the sem."
The purple-eyed girl shrugged and pointed to Eriol, who sat behind her. "Ask the expert. They must have hypnotized the principal." Both of the girls giggled until they noticed the class became quiet. Craning their necks, they turned to look at the new student.
Tomoyo's eyes widened. The new student was Li Syaoran.
"It's the perverted guy from sometime ago," Sakura muttered under her breath.
"No, he is not a pervert, you," Tomoyo laughed. "He's Eriol's friend."
"Oh?"
Li Syaoran turned red upon hearing the comment and glared at Sakura, who glared back.
"Matta ku. I guess explaining things to Sakura-chan will take a while," Tomoyo whispered to Eriol, who chuckled.
-
Later that day, inside the music room, four people were assembled. One girl was standing and making weird gestures here and there while the other girl listened, wide-eyed. The two males stood on either side of a wide window encompassing two-thirds of the length of the wall. The setting sun was visible on tops of the trees by the window, but no one was in favor of going home still.
"So, that's all of it," Tomoyo finally said, looking doubtfully at Sakura. She didn't want to break it out to her friend like this, but there was no other choice. She leaned against the piano and waited for her friend's comment. Eriol and Syaoran were leaning against the window, waiting for Sakura to speak.
The girl's brown eyes drifted towards each of them until they finally rested on Eriol. "So...Eriol...is a vampire..."
Tomoyo nodded. "Not legally a vampire. He just have attacks every now and then."
Sakura blinked, seemingly understanding the situation more. "And...he accidentally bit you, turned you into another potential vampire, and now you have to work together to lift both curses."
"Yes," Tomoyo answered. She left out the part about how she was to help Eriol. Sakura doesn't need any more shocks, no matter how small they are.
"And then," the brown-haired girl continued. "Some stray dog..."
"A wolf, not a stray dog," Syaoran cut in annoyingly.
"I know that!" Sakura turned to Li, who was narrowing his eyes at her. "So this wolf entered the scene and kind of... offered help." She slowly laid her hands on her lap. "So you told me in order to keep me safe from whatever unexpected things that could happen."
"Yes," the three chorused.
"Well, I appreciate the concern, especially of Tomoyo-chan." The two girls smiled at each other. "Although, I wanted to help, too. Is there any way both of your curses could be lifted?"
The three students looked at each other. Tomoyo spoke up. "Initially, we just have to follow the legend and open a portal to invoke the Fenris wolf who can seal inside himself the cursed blood of Clow. But now, since Li has reincarnated, there's no point in doing that."
"Fenris wolf, that's kinda stupid a name..." Sakura observed. Li's gaze narrowed once more. "No, I didn't mean you are the stupid," she replied hastily. "I mean, I like your name now, that that Fenris thing. It sounds more like you, Li Syaoran."
Li's brows met of a moment, and, understanding Sakura's point, turned light red. "Well, don't go speculating I could just swallow Eriol's blood here, since I can't do that anymore."
"Now that was a good idea ruined," Sakura replied carelessly, making the three others roll their eyes. "Kidding! Okay?" she replied, smiling. "Well, what are your plans for now?"
"Currently, we are trying to find a new way in order to seal my blood," Eriol answered, moving away from the window and sitting down near Tomoyo. "About Tomoyo's current status, it will disappear about two days from now." He looked at the others with remorse. "But it seems any other way is not possible."
Li Syaoran was thinking. Tugging at his collar, he spoke up. "Fifty years ago. We have to know what happened fifty years ago. Hiiragizawa, can't we go talk to your family?"
"I don't know. They are currently in Europe. An uncle of mine was the cursed vampire fifty years ago, but we were never close...and he died before I was born." Eriol shook his head. "I doubt it if my family knows anything about what happened to him. They rarely reach out to help the cursed."
"What a cruel family," Tomoyo whispered. As tactless as she thought her words were, it was the truth. "By the way," she added to change the subject. She ran her hand on the piano. "I have been having visions...visions of the past. Sakura-chan, you know about that, didn't you?" Hr friend nodded, and she continued. "My latest dream was about Lady Arisa, and she was thinking of a way to stop Lady Hina. Other than that...there's were no information revealed."
The four became quiet. The sun had already set, and Eriol and Tomoyo took off their coats. Syaoran pressed two fingers on his forehead, while the others thought deeply.
"Anou...if I may ask," Sakura finally said. The others raised their heads, awaiting what she's going to say. "About this Lady Hina...she has descendants, right?"
Syaoran nodded. "Yes, as much as Arisa and Clow had descendants."
"Then, we're on track, Chinese Wolf!" Sakura exclaimed.
"It's Li Syaoran! Not Chinese Wolf!"
Tomoyo and Eriol were confused. "What do you mean, Sakura-san?"
Sakura held up a finger. "The curse might be persisting on Hiiragizawa- kun's line, but the feud between Hina's and Clow's families...I think it should have stopped by now, ne?"
"Yes, but...it would be natural for Eriol-kun's family to hate Hina's descendants," Tomoyo answered. "Of course, their ancestor was actually the reason why we're having problems here." She turned to Eriol, who was contemplating.
"Now that I think about it," Eriol said, cradling his chin on his fingers. He looked out of the window, watching the moon make its rise. "We...our family never came to talk to Lady Hina's descendants. We just accepted the curse. We never thought of seeking revenge because Hina was defeated a long time ago and her sin is only hers, not on her family line."
The brown-haired girl smiled. "Well, whatever the relationships of your families now, I'm sure Hina's family had discussed the curse one time or another. It's part of their history. Now, if we talk to them, they might accommodate us. I mean it's their ancestor's fault, not Hiiragizawa-kun's. They might even want to help us lift the curse."
The three people looked at each other. "Where did Hina live in her younger years," Tomoyo wanted to know. "There may be some clues in her former house if we go there."
Li nodded. "Her former residence is quite near here. She lived on where the Tsukimine Shrine stands now."
"Tsukimine Shrine," Eriol repeated. "Who is living there now?"
Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other. "I know," Sakura softly replied. "The one living there..."
The purple-eyed girl fidgeted with anxiety. "Is one of our teachers...Mizuki Kaho..."
TBC...
Author's Notes: It was pretty short. I intend to leave Kaho's appearance for the next chappie. I hope you all don't mind. I'll try posting quickly now. Hontou ni gomen nasai TT
nikki
PILLAR 7:
"I cannot do this anymore..." she whispered in the wind. Her open window was her only form of solace. Only in it can she tell her innermost thoughts and secrets, about her worries of defeating Hina and about her growing admiration for a certain wizard.
Arisa sighed and closed her eyes, letting the cold night wind brush against her long tresses. Hina was getting much stronger. She could feel the evil woman's presence almost everyday. Clow was not getting any better. If this keeps up, even she: a pure priestess, cannot save the wizard from being a true vampire. Her feeling of warmth every time Clow touches her were not helping, too. Wherever she looked, it's obvious she's falling for him...hard.
"Dear Lord, why did I have to become a priestess?" she murmured before burying her face among the lace curtains.
-
Tomoyo bit her lip and stared at her blurred reflection in the mirror. "Is this going to be alright?" she asked Eriol. They were standing in her room, Tomoyo trying out her uniform: a long-sleeved blouse and a slightly longer skirt, reaching almost over her knees. Her eyes were now black, her purple ones hidden under contact lenses. An umbrella was also in her hand, to be used when she goes out later.
Eriol stood as far from her as possible, leaning on an oak mantelpiece and studying her closely. "Yes, so far. It's too sunny outside, and I do not know how it will affect you."
"Why?" Tomoyo asked. "You go out into the sunlight everyday."
The young man nodded and replied. "Yes, that I do. However, I grew up being used to having extra warmth from the sun, slight burns, and other things like that. You on the other hand..." He looked at Tomoyo and their eyes met. Quickly, he looked away. "Have you applied sunblock on you?"
"Yes." Tomoyo walked towards him and rested her hand on the back of an armchair near Eriol. "Nee, I've been noticing this since morning. Are you alright? You look, kind of...jumpy."
Eriol assured her that he was alright, but she wouldn't listen. Finally, drawn to a tight spot by her persuasion, he confessed what happened last night at full moon. After narrating what happened, he could feel his ears growing red.
The young woman, however, was shocked. "I kissed you?" Eriol nodded. She let her mouth hang open. "I raped you?"
"No, it's not like that," Eriol answered as he picked up the white coat Tomoyo was supposed to be wearing at school. "I mean...you must have...subconsciously...attended to my pain." He shook his head. "I should be thankful to you, too. But I guess it's a shock for both of us."
Tomoyo heaved a deep sigh. "Well, if we were to be practical, I hated saying this but, we should really get used to it, right? After all, Li-kun told us about it...and...well, there's nothing much we can do." She opened the door to leave. "If only I wasn't stupid enough to open that portal on the wrong side..."
Eriol spent the rest of their way to school arguing with Tomoyo regarding whose fault this thing has happened.
-
Sakura crossed her arms over her chest, her usual happy disposition seemingly absent. She looked from Eriol to Tomoyo and then back again. After a long moment of just staring, she sighed and turned to the bespectacled boy. "I guess you lost one of her endless bets and you have to see her to school everyday for two weeks?"
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo was blushing. Eriol raised a brow.
"Kidding!" Sakura's smile came back instantly. "But anybody, not even your best friend, would be surprised at this kind of arrangement." She raised her palms up and shrugged. "We all know you and Eriol weren't getting along pretty well, and now, you're going to school together? For all I care, they might be already spreading rumors about how you are going out." She looked at the bewildered couple. "And what's with the contacts, Tomoyo-chan?" she asked. "You don't like baby blues anymore?"
Eriol stifled a laugh while his companion rolled her eyes. "Stop pretending to be so serious Sakura-chan, it isn't like you. And no, I still like my purple – not blue- babies. I'll explain everything to you later, alright? Meet us in the music room at three."
Just then, their teacher entered the classroom. The students immediately stood up but he bade them back to their seats. "Class, we again have an exchange student joining us for the rest of the semester..."
Sakura turned to Tomoyo. "Don't you think it's strange? Seijyo doesn't usually accept students in the middle of the sem."
The purple-eyed girl shrugged and pointed to Eriol, who sat behind her. "Ask the expert. They must have hypnotized the principal." Both of the girls giggled until they noticed the class became quiet. Craning their necks, they turned to look at the new student.
Tomoyo's eyes widened. The new student was Li Syaoran.
"It's the perverted guy from sometime ago," Sakura muttered under her breath.
"No, he is not a pervert, you," Tomoyo laughed. "He's Eriol's friend."
"Oh?"
Li Syaoran turned red upon hearing the comment and glared at Sakura, who glared back.
"Matta ku. I guess explaining things to Sakura-chan will take a while," Tomoyo whispered to Eriol, who chuckled.
-
Later that day, inside the music room, four people were assembled. One girl was standing and making weird gestures here and there while the other girl listened, wide-eyed. The two males stood on either side of a wide window encompassing two-thirds of the length of the wall. The setting sun was visible on tops of the trees by the window, but no one was in favor of going home still.
"So, that's all of it," Tomoyo finally said, looking doubtfully at Sakura. She didn't want to break it out to her friend like this, but there was no other choice. She leaned against the piano and waited for her friend's comment. Eriol and Syaoran were leaning against the window, waiting for Sakura to speak.
The girl's brown eyes drifted towards each of them until they finally rested on Eriol. "So...Eriol...is a vampire..."
Tomoyo nodded. "Not legally a vampire. He just have attacks every now and then."
Sakura blinked, seemingly understanding the situation more. "And...he accidentally bit you, turned you into another potential vampire, and now you have to work together to lift both curses."
"Yes," Tomoyo answered. She left out the part about how she was to help Eriol. Sakura doesn't need any more shocks, no matter how small they are.
"And then," the brown-haired girl continued. "Some stray dog..."
"A wolf, not a stray dog," Syaoran cut in annoyingly.
"I know that!" Sakura turned to Li, who was narrowing his eyes at her. "So this wolf entered the scene and kind of... offered help." She slowly laid her hands on her lap. "So you told me in order to keep me safe from whatever unexpected things that could happen."
"Yes," the three chorused.
"Well, I appreciate the concern, especially of Tomoyo-chan." The two girls smiled at each other. "Although, I wanted to help, too. Is there any way both of your curses could be lifted?"
The three students looked at each other. Tomoyo spoke up. "Initially, we just have to follow the legend and open a portal to invoke the Fenris wolf who can seal inside himself the cursed blood of Clow. But now, since Li has reincarnated, there's no point in doing that."
"Fenris wolf, that's kinda stupid a name..." Sakura observed. Li's gaze narrowed once more. "No, I didn't mean you are the stupid," she replied hastily. "I mean, I like your name now, that that Fenris thing. It sounds more like you, Li Syaoran."
Li's brows met of a moment, and, understanding Sakura's point, turned light red. "Well, don't go speculating I could just swallow Eriol's blood here, since I can't do that anymore."
"Now that was a good idea ruined," Sakura replied carelessly, making the three others roll their eyes. "Kidding! Okay?" she replied, smiling. "Well, what are your plans for now?"
"Currently, we are trying to find a new way in order to seal my blood," Eriol answered, moving away from the window and sitting down near Tomoyo. "About Tomoyo's current status, it will disappear about two days from now." He looked at the others with remorse. "But it seems any other way is not possible."
Li Syaoran was thinking. Tugging at his collar, he spoke up. "Fifty years ago. We have to know what happened fifty years ago. Hiiragizawa, can't we go talk to your family?"
"I don't know. They are currently in Europe. An uncle of mine was the cursed vampire fifty years ago, but we were never close...and he died before I was born." Eriol shook his head. "I doubt it if my family knows anything about what happened to him. They rarely reach out to help the cursed."
"What a cruel family," Tomoyo whispered. As tactless as she thought her words were, it was the truth. "By the way," she added to change the subject. She ran her hand on the piano. "I have been having visions...visions of the past. Sakura-chan, you know about that, didn't you?" Hr friend nodded, and she continued. "My latest dream was about Lady Arisa, and she was thinking of a way to stop Lady Hina. Other than that...there's were no information revealed."
The four became quiet. The sun had already set, and Eriol and Tomoyo took off their coats. Syaoran pressed two fingers on his forehead, while the others thought deeply.
"Anou...if I may ask," Sakura finally said. The others raised their heads, awaiting what she's going to say. "About this Lady Hina...she has descendants, right?"
Syaoran nodded. "Yes, as much as Arisa and Clow had descendants."
"Then, we're on track, Chinese Wolf!" Sakura exclaimed.
"It's Li Syaoran! Not Chinese Wolf!"
Tomoyo and Eriol were confused. "What do you mean, Sakura-san?"
Sakura held up a finger. "The curse might be persisting on Hiiragizawa- kun's line, but the feud between Hina's and Clow's families...I think it should have stopped by now, ne?"
"Yes, but...it would be natural for Eriol-kun's family to hate Hina's descendants," Tomoyo answered. "Of course, their ancestor was actually the reason why we're having problems here." She turned to Eriol, who was contemplating.
"Now that I think about it," Eriol said, cradling his chin on his fingers. He looked out of the window, watching the moon make its rise. "We...our family never came to talk to Lady Hina's descendants. We just accepted the curse. We never thought of seeking revenge because Hina was defeated a long time ago and her sin is only hers, not on her family line."
The brown-haired girl smiled. "Well, whatever the relationships of your families now, I'm sure Hina's family had discussed the curse one time or another. It's part of their history. Now, if we talk to them, they might accommodate us. I mean it's their ancestor's fault, not Hiiragizawa-kun's. They might even want to help us lift the curse."
The three people looked at each other. "Where did Hina live in her younger years," Tomoyo wanted to know. "There may be some clues in her former house if we go there."
Li nodded. "Her former residence is quite near here. She lived on where the Tsukimine Shrine stands now."
"Tsukimine Shrine," Eriol repeated. "Who is living there now?"
Tomoyo and Sakura looked at each other. "I know," Sakura softly replied. "The one living there..."
The purple-eyed girl fidgeted with anxiety. "Is one of our teachers...Mizuki Kaho..."
TBC...
Author's Notes: It was pretty short. I intend to leave Kaho's appearance for the next chappie. I hope you all don't mind. I'll try posting quickly now. Hontou ni gomen nasai TT
nikki