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Chapter 8

Recap:

The women were wearing green tunics with pointy ears and long hair in shades from dark to light. But the one who stood out the most was the one who stood in front of the women, aiming the arrow at Eriol. She had darker hair then Sakura, perfectly straight that was falling down one shoulder, and she looked angry. Anger that was aimed at Eriol.

"What brings you here Eriol? I thought I told you that the next time you came here I would kill you?" She told him calmly, her voice harsh but very smooth.

Eriol's eyes widened in shock and he raised his hands in front of his face.

"There's an explanation for this. I didn't come back here to hurt you…Tomoyo…" He answered calmly.

Sakura, Touya and Syaoran's eyes widened. Aunt Nethara got off her horse and waited silently.

Sakura and Syaoran had the same thought going through their heads. So this…is Tomoyo. What did Eriol do that made her soo mad at him?

The Elvish woman who seemed to be called Tomoyo stared at Eriol darkly.

"And why should I believe you?" She asked acidly, looking him dead in the eye. The other young elvish women around her remained calm while aiming their weapons at the intruders, knowing that a small gesture would be all they needed, before they could kill them.

Sakura tried to escape the hold that 2 of the elves had on her, with no luck.

"Stop that." One of them, one of them whispered darkly to her from her side. Sakura turned her head a little, to find her eyes locked on a young woman's fiery red ones. The woman had jet black hair tied back in 2 buns on the side of her head, and she didn't look happy.

Sakura turned her head nervously back to the obvious leader of the elves and Eriol.

Syaoran was standing next to Touya, tension straining his handsome features. He flicked his eyes away from Eriol and Tomoyo, before they rested on Sakura's shaking frame. He grimaced and slowly looked over at Touya. Touya gave him a small smile before they turned back to the scene, both slowly reaching for their swords at their waists.

Syaoran suddenly pulled it out quickly and raced toward the women who were holding Sakura.

"Let her go!" He shouted, Touya not far behind him.

Touya heard the cry from Aunt Nethara behind him, but she was far from his problems at the moment. His sister was in trouble and he had to help her.

Syaoran raised his sword and Tomoyo looked at him quickly and shouted curses under her breath. She raised her hand in the air, preparing to tell the elves to fire their weapons.

Sakura closed her eyes. "NO!" She shouted.

"That will be all." A soft voice called from behind the elves, and everyone, including the elves that were holding Sakura, turned around in alarm.

There before them stood a middle aged woman. Her features were striking, her hair was as dark as Tomoyo's but wrapped in an elegant hairstyle down her back, with locks of hair falling over her pleasant looking face. She was wearing a dark red dress that had long sleeves and fell down to her feet. Designs of flowers were all over it, and Sakura looked at her in aww.

"I'm sorry about this Great One." She said apolegically to Aunt Nethara.

Aunt Nethara bowed her head and smiled politely at the woman.

"It's quite alright dear Malina, my little cubs aren't exactly innocent either." She laughed jokingly, and gave Touya and Syaoran a disapproving look. They looked curiously at her, but decided on a guilty look instead, and put their swords away.

The elves let go of Sakura quickly and walked quickly back to where Malina was standing. Tomoyo was the last one standing there, looking back and forth between Eriol and Malina, before deciding to follow the other elves, but not before giving Eriol a warning glare.

Eriol gulped and sighed.

"I'm sorry mother…intruders, you know?" she whispered nervously, looking into the disapproving look of her mother's eyes.

Her mother shook her head and brushed some of her daughters hair away from her face.

"Just take them back to the kingdom, Princess." She replied, pointing the other elves towards the way she had come from.

Tomoyo nodded and walked in front of the other elves, pulling the woman with the jet black hair and fiery red eyes, to where she was walking, before whispering urgently in her ear, a look of worry on her face. (AN…it seems that Tomoyo's mum doesn't know about Eriol neh? He he he….DAMN! I just gave something away! I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT…YES…I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID THAT… quote from Hagrid in Harry Potter! )

Sakura took a deep breath and rushed over to Touya, hugging him tightly.

"You ok Sakura?" he asked worriedly, looking at her face, checking for injuries.

"Just a bit shaken, that's all." She whispered softly, suddenly nervous when Syaoran came up to them, expression full of worry for her as well.

"Ok?" he asked quickly, remembering the awkwardness that was going on between them from earlier.

"Fine." She smiled quickly so her brother wouldn't get suspicious (AN…already is though…lol…) , before running up to Eriol to follow the elves.

"You'll tell me about her later won't you Eriol?" Sakura asked him, holding on to his arm in concern.

He looked at her and smiled nervously.

"It's a long story…but I will. Are you alright from before? Did they hurt you?" he asked.

Sakura shook her head and smiled at him, before a thought occurred to her.

"What did that woman call Aunt Nethara again?" She asked curiously, looking back to see Aunt Nethara walking slowly back with Malina.

"Great One…or something like that…" he said, shifting his eyes nervously to the retreating figure of Tomoyo and the elves in front of him.

"So Aunt Nethara is a mysterious person! That makes this adventure even more cool then before!" She whispered excitedly. "Oh…and getting the sword back as well…he he" she laughed nervously.

Eriol rolled his eyes and shook his head in horror. "You nearly forgot about the sword!...Dear god's help this crazy girl!" He grinned and kept walking, his eyes not leaving Tomoyo's back.

Sakura stopped grinning and watched how he looked so worried whenever he looked at her. There was something between them that obviously other people didn't know. That was for sure, but what? Tomoyo looked nice enough…if she hadn't been trying to kill them! Ah well…she'd find out sooner or later. Sakura trudged on behind Eriol, not noticing a red Syaoran mumbling words behind them, scowling at Sakura all the way. (AN…tad bit jealous ey?...lol)

Sakura looked around when the kingdom came to view, absolutely speechless. The Elvish Kingdom was everything a young girl ever dreamed of.

A crooked trail that led to the kingdom was in clear site, and there were hills and tall mountains around them. Pine trees and forest trees were gathered around them, and leaves littered the floor on which they stood. Flowers of every colour were growing from the bushes, and little bugs like butterflies and bees, as well as animal life, were around them. Sakura rubbed her eyes with her hands and looked around her again. Yes, this wasn't a dream…this was real. This place was a magical land and she hoped it would always stay like this.

A young deer silently came up to Sakura and nudged her from behind. She gasped and quickly turned around to stare into the doe like eyes of the magnificent creature. Aunt Nethara, Malina, Syaoran and Touya were laughing at her, and Eriol turned around to shake his head before laughing as well.

Sakura growled and looked back into the deer's eyes, before rubbing it softly behind the ears. It's ears twitched eagerly and it licked Sakura's hand, happy that it had found a new person to befriend.

Sakura laughed and continued to pat it.

"Aw…you like that do you?" She said playfully, giving it her little baby talk.

"Gosh Sakura! Everyone would think that the little animal is your own kid or something!" Eriol teased, walking back to where Sakura was crouching on the ground.

Sakura raised her eyebrows at him and sniggered.

"Bet you couldn't do it, Eriol – 'Oh Great Holly Dude who can pat animals better then me'…" She said challengingly, getting up to let Eriol get a better look at the young deer in front of him.

"Bite me!" he retorted, and shoved his hand down a little too harshly for the little deer. The deer looked up in shock and quickly bit Eriol's hand and trotted off quickly, turning back only once to give Eriol a nasty glare.

Sakura burst out laughing and started mimicking 'Bite me' to her brother and Syaoran. Syaoran and Touya laughed and wiped away tears that were starting to merge.

"You'd almost think that smart animal was acting on what you said!" he roared at his friend, before patting him on the back, clearly happy to be able to rubbish him.

Eriol growled. "Bite me!" He said again.

"I'd watch how you say that, Eriol." Touya warned grinning. "You don't want any other animals biting you. That's enough for one day don't you think? Or not…it's totally up to you!" He said cheerfully.

Sakura grinned and they watched as Eriol sniffed and trudged ahead of them again, determined to remain in control with his embarrassment, but failing miserably.

Tomoyo flickered her eyes up to Eriol again, and their eyes met, before both quickly looked away. They had been doing this for a while now, and Syaoran and Sakura silently hoped that they would get over this 'problem' that they were having.

"We heard that you were coming." Malina said loudly to Aunt Nethara. Everyone quieted down from their own conversations to listen to this main one.

Sakura was sitting next to Syaoran and she held her breath.

"But…the underworld isn't safe…I can tell you that much. You do realise that you may not all survive this battle do you?" She said gravely, looking at each of the small group in turn, before her eyes rested on Tomoyo.

"I must ask, that for me, you will consider taking me daughter with you Netharina?" She asked.

Aunt Nethara looked at the suddenly nervous Tomoyo who was no longer glaring at Eriol and smiled slightly.

"If you wish, Malina. But do know that things may happen on this adventure that you may not like…but you will learn to accept." She said mysteriously.

Tomoyo's eyes widened in horror, realising what was happening.

"No! I can't go mother!" She shouted, looking at her mother urgently.

Her friend with the jet black hair looked at Malina gravely.

"If it is for the prophecy then she will go…" Everyone paused in silence, waiting for what this mysterious girl would say next. "But I will go with her."

Malina's eyes widened and she looked at Aunt Nethara for agreement and she nodded.

Tomoyo looked at her friend in alarm and shook her head quickly, paling as she looked at Eriol, who was looking at her from the other side of the table, sadness showing all over his face.

"If you wish Meilin. It is up to you if you want to go offcourse, but if you wish to go then I cannot stop you." She said.

Meiling nodded and smiled at Tomoyo encouragingly. Tomoyo smiled nervously and nodded, a silent agreement taking place. Sakura looked at them suspiciously but said nothing.

(AN…just so you know that this tiny part is set in chairs in the main hall in the kingdom. They haven't really settled in yet! Te he he)

Sakura looked inside her room in wonder. It was beautiful. BUT…before she had any other thoughts she needed to talk to Eriol, and now!

She looked outside her door and saw Eriol carrying his luggage to a room next to hers. She quickly jumped out of her door and dragged him into her room. He looked at her questioningly but said nothing until she closed her bedroom door behind her.

"Something you want, Princess." He asked innocently.

"Tell me about Princess Tomoyo! I need to know now, please." She answered urgently, gesturing him to sit in a seat opposite her.

Eriol sighed and looked at her wearily before sitting down.

"If you wish Sakura. But I don't think you can even help me." He said glumly.

Sakura nodded and waited for him to continue.

"Tomoyo and I were close…a few years back…if that's what you'd like to call it…"

CLIFFIE! HA HA HA! I thought that maybe if I left it on more cliffies…I might get some more love from all of you! Te he he….make me proud people!

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