Angel
An ordinary girl found an ancient book and was transported into another world, where she was given the task of searching for the lost gems. These gems will cause great disaster if landed in the hands of the evil. Will she be able to complete her task and return to her old life?
Chapter 1
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Kinomoto Sakura, age 18, rushed out of her house. As usual, she was late for her lessons in her high school. She broke out in cold sweat as she thought of the possible consequences for being late for school again for the fifth time in the week. Trembling slightly, she hastened her steps, not wanting to mess up her long hair, which she took a long time to tie up.
She looked at her watch and was dismayed by the speed at which the seconds ticked by. She chided herself that she should turn in to bed earlier the day before instead of watching television programmes. She heard a cry for help and tried to ignore it but her conscious nagged at her and she turned to help the old lady, who had cried for help because a burgly man robbed her. Sakura gave chase and the more she ran, the angrier she got, as the wind would surely mess up her hair. Her cousin, Daijouji Tomoyo, would not like it and would scream her head off in disapproval.
Sakura was catching up with the robber and closed up the distance between them in a few seconds. She leapt into the air and knocked the man down and managed to stop him from running, pinning him onto the ground and started hitting him.
"Didn't your mother teach you not to steal other people's properties? You could have been sent to jail and I am sure you do not like that. Hand over the old lady's bag and I will let you go once you promise me not to steal again," Sakura demanded and when he did not reply, she pushed him further into the ground and a groan escaped his mouth.
"What do you actually want from me?" the man demanded and continued. "The bag or my life?"
"Why do I want your life for when I already have my own, silly," Sakura said and released him. He stood up to his full height and towered over Sakura.
He sighed and returned the bag, muttering, "What a rotten luck I have today to have met you."
"Don't let me catch you again next time. I won't be as forgiving," Sakura warned and rushed back to the old lady, who was already in distress. "Here you go. Please make sure you look after your things."
"Thank you so much, young girl!" The old lady exclaimed and hugged Sakura, who was feeling awkward at the moment.
"You are welcome. If you would excuse me, I have to go," Sakura explained and trued to walk away but was held back by the robber. Sakura turned back and asked, "May I ask what is it you want from me now?"
"Please come with us," the robber and the old lady said in unison.
"Hoe?" Sakura exclaimed. "You both are in this together?"
"We have to make sure that you are the right person," the robber explained, "We could not afford to bring someone who would harm our world."
"Your world?" Sakura repeated, totally clueless. "What world?"
The old lady chuckled light and told Sakura, "I am sure you still remember the ancient book that your father gave it to you. Did you read the contents? If so, you would have cane across the word Emerenia."
"Emerenia? You mean that it is a non-fictional book?" Sakura asked.
The robber smiled, "You can say that. Now, please follow us."
"To where?" Sakura asked, feeling afraid out of a sudden and actually started retaliating. "I am going nowhere with you!"
A portal opened right in front of the trio and Sakura's eyes almost bulged out in shock. The robber took hold of Sakura's hand and dragged her in, despite her violent protests and struggles. Sakura squeezed her eyes shut as she was dragged along through the open portal. She realized then that the whole procedure was not as frightening as she had first thought. A second later, the group reached an opening and stepped out. Sakura was mesmerized by what she saw.
"Is this a castle?" Sakura asked and followed wherever they were taking her to.
"Yes, you are within the castle of Emerenia. How did you know that?" The robber answered. "And my name is Jin." [A/n: Did you think that he is Syaoran? Ohhohohohohoh.]
Sakura continued to stare up as she spoke, "the ceilings are very high and the interior design of the structure is marvelous. This must definitely be a castle!"
"I just told you it was a minute ago," Jin retorted.
"Did you?" Sakura smiled sheepishly. "Maybe I have forgotten."
"You sure are a forgetful lady," the old lady remarked. "Please excuse me, I should be going on my way now."
Sakura was brought into a majestic room, with windows made of painted glass with pictures of angels. She looked at them in awe until she felt someone tag at her arm. "What am I supposed to do?"
Kin looked uneasy and held Sakura back, "I need to tell you something before you enter the room. In this world, you are going to take up the job as the assistant of our High-ranking sorcerer, the only one. Among all the people in your world, we have selected you. However, this job isn't easy."
"Can you go into details? Just speak your point," Sakura requested, a confused frown on her forehead.
"One thing is that the sorcerer isn't a person one can easily speak to as he don't take much. He's rather a silent man. Second, you can only return to your world permanently, once your job is completed. Thirdly, your life would be at a risk since you don't really know what kind of people you are dealing with, Lastly, there are sacrifices for this job, as told by the sorcerer himself. You'll have to exchange your most important feeling at this time for the upcoming ritual," Jin explained and sighed. "I have looked for some other people from this world but none was willing to take up this job."
"What exactly does the sorcerer do?" Sakura asked.
"In the castle of Emerenia there used to be a big fire gem. This gem has been protecting our people for centuries. However, an explosion happened and blasted the gem into pieces and scattered it throughout the whole of the castle and we lost track of it. Without it, our Kingdom is in the danger of being overthrown and our world will thrown into chaos. It must not happen!"
Sakura's eyes softened and she spoke softly, "You really do care about your Kingdom. Since you are so sincere, I shall help you."
"Buy."
Before Jin could continue, Sakura took a step into the room and the only door to the room slammed shut behind her automatically before Jin could react. Sakura's eyes widened as a strong gust of wind rose up within the room.
Sakura gasped when she was blown into the air by the wind but she was not blown about the room like she thought she would. Instead, she merely floated in the mid-air as a soft glow emerged from the ground directly under her. She stared at the symbol on the ground below her, knowing that she saw it somewhere before. "The ancient book!" She mumbled a second before her heavy eyelids closed down on her.
The winds died down ands Sakura subconsciously clasped her hands in front of her chest in a silent prayer and then a soft glow enveloped her. A second later, the door to the room flung open and Jin, who was trying to break open the door, fell into the room.
"Are you all right?" Jin stood up, brushing dust off him and not looking at Sakura but when he did look up, he quickly bowed to her and not straightening up until acknowledgement was given. "Hime-sama!"
The melodic voice he used to hear floated into his ears, "Please rise."
Jin straightened up and stared at Sakura and thought, "The transformation was complete! It's so perfect!"
"By the way Jin?"
"Yes, hime-sama?"
"Call me Sakura will do," Sakura told him and stumbled. "I am feeling a little dizzy."
Jin looked at Sakura, who was in the princess's form and he had to admit that Sakura and the princess looked very much alike. She was now dressed in a fighting suit similar to that of the sorcerer's only that it was pale pink in colour and her hair was tied up into two.
"What is happening to me?" Sakura murmured.
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The next thing she saw was ceiling again. This time, however, the ceiling was white in colour instead of pale yellow she saw the moment she exited the portal. The portal! Sakura suddenly remembered that she was in Emerenia.
A faced loomed over her and she almost screamed out in fright but she recognized the face, "Otou-san!"
The King smiled tenderly and patted Sakura's head, "Good to have you back Sakura, to fight with us. I am King Kinomoto Fujitaka."
"I don't understand."
"Li," the King commanded.
A young man came forward and bowed to the two of them. "My greetings, Princess Kinomoto, you've come from the future and back to the past. What I meant was that you have returned to your past life. Warning, hime, this is no dream. A mistake form you may cost your life."
"You mean. I have royal blood in me?"
"Certainly, hime. Or you won't be here at all," Li answered.
"Then, where is the past Sakura?"
At the mention of this, the room became silent, too silent until the King answered, "She died in the battle."
"Gomen! I didn't mean to."
"It's all right, daughter. You'll be fine this time round," King Fujitaka assured. "I'll assign someone to protect you in your world."
"Hoe?"
"Li will take care of you over there."
Sakura looked over at Li, who walked out of the room without a word. Sakura suddenly had a feeling that this idea was bad..
TBC.
An ordinary girl found an ancient book and was transported into another world, where she was given the task of searching for the lost gems. These gems will cause great disaster if landed in the hands of the evil. Will she be able to complete her task and return to her old life?
Chapter 1
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Kinomoto Sakura, age 18, rushed out of her house. As usual, she was late for her lessons in her high school. She broke out in cold sweat as she thought of the possible consequences for being late for school again for the fifth time in the week. Trembling slightly, she hastened her steps, not wanting to mess up her long hair, which she took a long time to tie up.
She looked at her watch and was dismayed by the speed at which the seconds ticked by. She chided herself that she should turn in to bed earlier the day before instead of watching television programmes. She heard a cry for help and tried to ignore it but her conscious nagged at her and she turned to help the old lady, who had cried for help because a burgly man robbed her. Sakura gave chase and the more she ran, the angrier she got, as the wind would surely mess up her hair. Her cousin, Daijouji Tomoyo, would not like it and would scream her head off in disapproval.
Sakura was catching up with the robber and closed up the distance between them in a few seconds. She leapt into the air and knocked the man down and managed to stop him from running, pinning him onto the ground and started hitting him.
"Didn't your mother teach you not to steal other people's properties? You could have been sent to jail and I am sure you do not like that. Hand over the old lady's bag and I will let you go once you promise me not to steal again," Sakura demanded and when he did not reply, she pushed him further into the ground and a groan escaped his mouth.
"What do you actually want from me?" the man demanded and continued. "The bag or my life?"
"Why do I want your life for when I already have my own, silly," Sakura said and released him. He stood up to his full height and towered over Sakura.
He sighed and returned the bag, muttering, "What a rotten luck I have today to have met you."
"Don't let me catch you again next time. I won't be as forgiving," Sakura warned and rushed back to the old lady, who was already in distress. "Here you go. Please make sure you look after your things."
"Thank you so much, young girl!" The old lady exclaimed and hugged Sakura, who was feeling awkward at the moment.
"You are welcome. If you would excuse me, I have to go," Sakura explained and trued to walk away but was held back by the robber. Sakura turned back and asked, "May I ask what is it you want from me now?"
"Please come with us," the robber and the old lady said in unison.
"Hoe?" Sakura exclaimed. "You both are in this together?"
"We have to make sure that you are the right person," the robber explained, "We could not afford to bring someone who would harm our world."
"Your world?" Sakura repeated, totally clueless. "What world?"
The old lady chuckled light and told Sakura, "I am sure you still remember the ancient book that your father gave it to you. Did you read the contents? If so, you would have cane across the word Emerenia."
"Emerenia? You mean that it is a non-fictional book?" Sakura asked.
The robber smiled, "You can say that. Now, please follow us."
"To where?" Sakura asked, feeling afraid out of a sudden and actually started retaliating. "I am going nowhere with you!"
A portal opened right in front of the trio and Sakura's eyes almost bulged out in shock. The robber took hold of Sakura's hand and dragged her in, despite her violent protests and struggles. Sakura squeezed her eyes shut as she was dragged along through the open portal. She realized then that the whole procedure was not as frightening as she had first thought. A second later, the group reached an opening and stepped out. Sakura was mesmerized by what she saw.
"Is this a castle?" Sakura asked and followed wherever they were taking her to.
"Yes, you are within the castle of Emerenia. How did you know that?" The robber answered. "And my name is Jin." [A/n: Did you think that he is Syaoran? Ohhohohohohoh.]
Sakura continued to stare up as she spoke, "the ceilings are very high and the interior design of the structure is marvelous. This must definitely be a castle!"
"I just told you it was a minute ago," Jin retorted.
"Did you?" Sakura smiled sheepishly. "Maybe I have forgotten."
"You sure are a forgetful lady," the old lady remarked. "Please excuse me, I should be going on my way now."
Sakura was brought into a majestic room, with windows made of painted glass with pictures of angels. She looked at them in awe until she felt someone tag at her arm. "What am I supposed to do?"
Kin looked uneasy and held Sakura back, "I need to tell you something before you enter the room. In this world, you are going to take up the job as the assistant of our High-ranking sorcerer, the only one. Among all the people in your world, we have selected you. However, this job isn't easy."
"Can you go into details? Just speak your point," Sakura requested, a confused frown on her forehead.
"One thing is that the sorcerer isn't a person one can easily speak to as he don't take much. He's rather a silent man. Second, you can only return to your world permanently, once your job is completed. Thirdly, your life would be at a risk since you don't really know what kind of people you are dealing with, Lastly, there are sacrifices for this job, as told by the sorcerer himself. You'll have to exchange your most important feeling at this time for the upcoming ritual," Jin explained and sighed. "I have looked for some other people from this world but none was willing to take up this job."
"What exactly does the sorcerer do?" Sakura asked.
"In the castle of Emerenia there used to be a big fire gem. This gem has been protecting our people for centuries. However, an explosion happened and blasted the gem into pieces and scattered it throughout the whole of the castle and we lost track of it. Without it, our Kingdom is in the danger of being overthrown and our world will thrown into chaos. It must not happen!"
Sakura's eyes softened and she spoke softly, "You really do care about your Kingdom. Since you are so sincere, I shall help you."
"Buy."
Before Jin could continue, Sakura took a step into the room and the only door to the room slammed shut behind her automatically before Jin could react. Sakura's eyes widened as a strong gust of wind rose up within the room.
Sakura gasped when she was blown into the air by the wind but she was not blown about the room like she thought she would. Instead, she merely floated in the mid-air as a soft glow emerged from the ground directly under her. She stared at the symbol on the ground below her, knowing that she saw it somewhere before. "The ancient book!" She mumbled a second before her heavy eyelids closed down on her.
The winds died down ands Sakura subconsciously clasped her hands in front of her chest in a silent prayer and then a soft glow enveloped her. A second later, the door to the room flung open and Jin, who was trying to break open the door, fell into the room.
"Are you all right?" Jin stood up, brushing dust off him and not looking at Sakura but when he did look up, he quickly bowed to her and not straightening up until acknowledgement was given. "Hime-sama!"
The melodic voice he used to hear floated into his ears, "Please rise."
Jin straightened up and stared at Sakura and thought, "The transformation was complete! It's so perfect!"
"By the way Jin?"
"Yes, hime-sama?"
"Call me Sakura will do," Sakura told him and stumbled. "I am feeling a little dizzy."
Jin looked at Sakura, who was in the princess's form and he had to admit that Sakura and the princess looked very much alike. She was now dressed in a fighting suit similar to that of the sorcerer's only that it was pale pink in colour and her hair was tied up into two.
"What is happening to me?" Sakura murmured.
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The next thing she saw was ceiling again. This time, however, the ceiling was white in colour instead of pale yellow she saw the moment she exited the portal. The portal! Sakura suddenly remembered that she was in Emerenia.
A faced loomed over her and she almost screamed out in fright but she recognized the face, "Otou-san!"
The King smiled tenderly and patted Sakura's head, "Good to have you back Sakura, to fight with us. I am King Kinomoto Fujitaka."
"I don't understand."
"Li," the King commanded.
A young man came forward and bowed to the two of them. "My greetings, Princess Kinomoto, you've come from the future and back to the past. What I meant was that you have returned to your past life. Warning, hime, this is no dream. A mistake form you may cost your life."
"You mean. I have royal blood in me?"
"Certainly, hime. Or you won't be here at all," Li answered.
"Then, where is the past Sakura?"
At the mention of this, the room became silent, too silent until the King answered, "She died in the battle."
"Gomen! I didn't mean to."
"It's all right, daughter. You'll be fine this time round," King Fujitaka assured. "I'll assign someone to protect you in your world."
"Hoe?"
"Li will take care of you over there."
Sakura looked over at Li, who walked out of the room without a word. Sakura suddenly had a feeling that this idea was bad..
TBC.