Skywatcher
Chapter 10: Only God shall judge me!
The next morning Eriol and Syaoran were waiting for Lakiko and Shi. They felt them passing the area seven times that morning, feeling they're uneasy auras. Syaoran and Eriol hadn't slept that night, for this wasn't on their minds, But Sakura and Tomoyo were. Syaoran stood up hearing someone coming.
"Leave us."
Shi walked down the stone stairs followed by Lakiko. Eriol didn't move, Syaoran looked to them firmly not offended with this sudden visit, but surprised that they had nerve enough to see them in their state.
"So, Syaoran, what have you to say for yourself?" Shi said walking to the barred cellar. Syaoran sat back down not answering his question. "Nothing, I see." He said. "Do you know how Tomoyo and Sakura Feel?" Shi said.
"Yes." Eriol answered.
"Ah, so you answer at the sound of your Lovers names, but not answer to your names, pity, I thought you more of a man then that." Shi said coldly looking down on Syaoran and Eriol.
"Do not insult us." Eriol said looking to Shi who just smirked at Eriol's remark. Shi walked closer to the cell as Lakiko was behind him quietly. "What are you going to do? Murder me, as you did Tatsuki?" Shi said. Syaoran leapt up and grabbed Shi by his neck chocking him. Lakiko jerked suddenly on guard. "Let him go." He ordered. Syaoran held a firm grip around Shi's neck making his eyes suddenly go blank. "Syaoran." Eriol said to Syaoran calmly. Syaoran growled and let go of Shi who began gasping for air.
"You should have never come here, you think us crazy and mad don't you? You should be ashamed of yourselves, we are here risking our very life for you and your people and this is the payment we get, both Eriol and I could be in Spain by now, we are protecting your future! Your life! Your queen! Your kingdom! And you repay us with insults! You are very lucky it is too late for us to turn back." Syaoran said with anger flowing freely into ever word.
"I know, I know everything and everything that must come to past." Lakiko said helping Shi up as he finally caught his breath. "Then you must understand what we are being ask to do." Eriol said firmly.
"Yes, and I think that you are making a mistake, Princess Sakura and Tomoyo don't wish for your death, your love for each other is stronger then anything, don't take their love for you away, I don't want to see them this way, I would think, no, imagine the pain too great for them to bear." Lakiko said.
Eriol began to laugh. Syaoran looked to him and sighed. Eriol stopped and looked to Shi and Lakiko. "You think them weak, I believe Tomoyo and Sakura are strong enough, believe in them and your future."
Syaoran looked away from Eriol. "The guards will come for you for your hearings." Shi said finally. "I thank you for being the first to love them as you do and forever will"
Eriol just nodded. "We leave you, and wish for your true peace."
As Lakiko and Shi walked out the cellar, Syaoran fell to his knees feeling tearing escaping from his eyes for the first time in his life. "Why do you cry?" Eriol asked looking to Syaoran who hit the ground. "I wish everything was different, I wish Sakura wouldn't have to be in this pain, I love her so much Eriol. I can't let her go." Syaoran sodded resting his head on the ground.
"If you love her, then you will do what is best."
"We aren't doing anything, We are being told to do this mission!" Syaoran yelled who his head still to the ground. "I wish love wasn't real, it's only a path you take to pain."
"Syaoran, wishing now isn't going to change what we are, what they are. If you love Sakura then you well learn to let her go as she will do in time."
Syaoran tears stopped, he sat up with the tips of his feet supporting him. "This armor is heavy." Syaoran said. Eriol was already taking off this arm armor and his magic defenses. Syaoran felt light once he took out his shin guards and arm guards. "I wonder if we can last with these emotion." Syaoran said with a small smirk playing on his lips. "We will. Now relax." Eriol advised closing his eyes and listening to everything and anything that moved.
Tomoyo was taking a milk bath feeling empty inside. All she could think about was Eriol, every time she closed her eyes she could feel him, taste him, want him, see him. Her whole body ached for him so badly. Tomoyo leaned on the Tub edge and looking up to the ceiling. "God, please. Don't take him away from me." She prayed in a whisper. Sakura came in holding a tray. "Tomoyo?" She said.
Tomoyo turned her head to Sakura who was wearing a black kimono. "I brought you your kimono and some relaxing tea." Sakura said setting Tomoyo's kimono on the small table that was next to her along with the tea. "Thank you." Tomoyo whispered rubbed her arm with a sponge softly. "Are you all right?" Sakura asked hoping she wasn't thinking of Eriol too strongly.
Tomoyo didn't answer. She just looked ahead blankly. "Tomoyo, are you still thinking out Eriol?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo hugged her knees still not answering Sakura.
"If you like, I could get Father to bring him here." Sakura suggested. "You cannot, he is to be heard today, have you forgotten?" Tomoyo spoke finally. "No, we are supposed to be there." Sakura said. "I can't be there, Sakura. I don't think I can bear this. I want him in my arms again." Tomoyo said beginning to feel tear escape her eyes.
Sakura nodded forcing back her tears. "I know how your feeling Tomoyo." Sakura said wiping a tear from her cheek. "But it is our duty."
"Are duties . . . we were the ones who started this, we are the ones who fell in love, why aren't we in that cellar with them as betrayers?" Tomoyo asked firmly. "No one knows about our love for them except for Shi and Lakiko." Sakura exclaimed.
"I guess Tatsuki didn't tell Uncle the whole story, I guess he wants us innocent for breeding purposes." Tomoyo said with anger. "Tomoyo, I've known you all my life, when your Mother died, you stood strong, now that you are in love you must do the same . . . stay strong. I know that you think me a fool for saying so but I believe that this is all for the better." Sakura said sadly.
Tomoyo sighed and nodded. "I'll be strong Sakura. I'll be strong for him, for my people, for you and myself." Tomoyo wiping her own coming tears. "Now, dry off. It is almost time." Sakura said handing Tomoyo a towel.
The morning was over and Afternoon came, the guards tied Syaoran and Eriol's hand tightly pushing them to a huge room with large window and red satin curtains with seats everywhere. Syaoran and Eriol turned seeing Tomoyo and Sakura in the high seats with body guards beside them.
The room was filled with people murmuring, exchanging looks and waiting. "SILENCE!" Said the judge of this private court shouted and all the voices died out making the room eerily silent. "We have come her today, because the laws have been broken and a murder has been planed and performed." Said Judge Juatsuko. "Now we will begin." He said. Eriol and Syaoran were pushed to their knees.
"Eriol, of the Daidoji clan and former Prince Syaoran Li, of the Li clan, how terribly you have betrayed your royal family for such a manner."
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at each other not knowing of Syaoran and Eriol's royal blood. "You call yourselves Skywatcher, Yes?"
"You answered the question already." Eriol said coldly. "Mmm, yes I suppose I did, well you both are being changed for second degree murder, escaping and killing off two search party members, and killing the royal King's second hand, what is your plea?" The Judge asked.
It was a moment of silence. Sakura and Tomoyo looked down on Eriol and Syaoran with heavy hearts. "Guilty." Syaoran and Eriol said in unison. The room was filled with gasps and bursted into argument able voices. "Order!" The judge shouted and silence resumed. "On what charges?" He asked.
Without a pause Eriol and Syaoran answered in unison: "All of them."
Tomoyo and Sakura looked down feeling lost hope. "Care to explain why you murdered Tatsuki?"
"He was a killer," Eriol began. Everyone started talking in confused whispers. "I can tell you, the true spirit of death came to us and told us to kill him, Tatsuki wanted to kill Prince Touya and put the blood on the strongest clan gaining power and everything that went with it, this war would have been terrible, all the blood, the pain and suffering he would have caused and to stop his war, Tatsuki was to be killed." Eriol finished in a loud voice.
"So the spirit of death came and told you to kill him?"
"Yes."
"Do you know you both are being judged?"
"Only God shall judge us, you are just here to listen to are stories." Syaoran said. "Do you swear everything word you uttered is the truth?" King Kinomoto said. "I swear it, we did so to protect you, the Princesses, and your future. If you don't believe me then when the next servant dies in three days you can't call us liars." Eriol said looking to Tomoyo and Sakura then to the King. The room bursted into outrage and began shouting.
"ORDER!"
"When you were servants of this kingdom, why did you run away?"
"There was something out there calling are names and being in this kingdom was blocking are freedom, escaping was the only chose since you haven't gave a servant freedom since the death of the Queen." Syaoran said. Everything was out of order once again until the judge shouted for silence.
"And becoming an assassin was part of your plan?"
"Yes, my Father was Clow, a assassin of the Daidoji clan until the day it was under siege, I was born and by the time I was seven years, my Father was brutally killed, my mother raped and killed and I was left to be beaten until I was found by Syaoran and then became a servant." Eriol said truthfully.
"I have been a servant since my clan was under attack and I was snatched doing the time of my clans killing." Syaoran said.
"As I hear, Mmm. But you still are being trailed for murder, do you not feel pity?"
"No." Syaoran and Eriol said firmly.
"We did what was right, we cursed are names from are royal family to protect this kingdom, do what you may, but with Tatsuki's death will come forever peace in this land and threw out other lands." Syaoran said.
"I have heard enough."
The guards grabbed Syaoran and Eriol and took them out of the room back to the dungeon. "I think they should be spared." Said a Monk beside the King. "Why? They are truly mad, the Death spirit? Ha!" The Judge mocked. "Juatsuko, I ask you to spare them." Tomoyo suddenly said standing up.
"You don't know the laws Princess, you are only-"
Tomoyo interrupted. "You should know you place, Judge, Don't for forget I am the Princess of my clan and I have more power over you then you think, so I advise you to watch what you say." Tomoyo said firmly. "Excuse me, Princess."
Tomoyo raised her eyebrow and sat back down. "I think they should be beheaded." A woman said coldly. "They should be spared, it is only right they killed Tatsuki." The Monk said again. "Killing is unacceptable." The woman shouted. "They could be lying, trying to escape again."
"Assassins aren't taught to lie, I since a great energy from them, and protecting this kingdom is a good bid even for a trailed killer, he should be spared. King Kinomoto, what do you think?" The Monk said wisely.
King Kinomoto sighed rubbing his temple. "I can't sentence these young men to death, it's not in my nature, they did do a good-natured thing in protecting my family and kingdom. I wish for them to be spared."
"Kinomoto, you are very weak, if my brother hadn't died he would have calmed the throne!" The woman named Kya said with fury burning off ever word. "I'm the King and I say they are to be spared." Kinomoto shouted back standing up. Tomoyo and Sakura took their leave and went to there chambers feeling lost hope and the growing emptiness.
"I'm the Judge and I say what happens to these boys." The Judge shouted breaking Kya's on going shouts. "No, I want a brief moment, and I will call when I have made my decision."
King Kinomoto and the other people in the private court left the room with whispered and murmurs filling the room.
Prince Touya stopped his Father mid-way to the doors. "Father, you can't let this happen, do you what it is to do to Sakura and Tomoyo?" He said firmly. "I wish I could do more but I can't, even being the king of this kingdom, I have limits and this law will be changed, I promise you." Kinomoto said softly placing his hand on his only sons' shoulder. "Damn the law, Father. If he saved the Kingdom then let them free!" Touya said pushing his Father's hand away.
"I know you wish your sister and cousin's happiness but I can't do anything more." He exclaimed. Touya pushed away from his Father and stormed up to Sakura and Tomoyo's chambers. Everything was quiet. It was so new to Touya, it was like being in a grave-less grave yard, hearing the voices of the dead whispering in his ear.
Touya stopped at the Princesses chambers and knocked on the door softly. "Come in." He heard Sakura said softly. Touya opened the door seeing Tomoyo looking out the window while Sakura was sitting on Tomoyo's bed. "Are you all right?" Touya asked seriously shutting the door to behind him softly.
"Yes, why do you ask such a thing?" Sakura said trying to cover her feelings that where forcing to show. "You needn't Lie Sakura, I know about him." Touya said firmly sitting next to her. Sakura scoffed and looked to Touya. "I thought you would, how long have you known?" His sister asked. "Years." He answered. "What are they going to do to them?" Tomoyo asked turning toward Touya and Sakura. "I suggest not to think the best, Father isn't doing a damn thing about it. I think they might sentence them to death." Touya said softly.
Sakura felt ever part of her body ache hearing with Touya said. Sakura rest her head on her brother's chest and cried violently. Touya embraced Sakura comforting her. Tomoyo hand curled into a fist as she picked up a glass vase and threw it to the door. Sakura jumped at Tomoyo action. "No!" Tomoyo yelled pushing the books off the neat shelf and then falling to her knees sodding uncontrollably. Sakura whipped her tears and went to Tomoyo along with Touya who's heart went out to them.
"He can't leave me." Tomoyo whispered burying face in her hands sobbing. "He's supposed to be here. . . for me."
Sakura felt her tears escaping here emeralds. Suddenly Tomoyo stopped crying and fell into a deep slumber. Touya picked Tomoyo up and led her softly on her bed. Sakura and Tomoyo's face was flushed from crying. "She needs to sleep. I'll get a servant to bring you some food." Touya said walking out the room with the glass from the broken vase crunching under his shoes. Sakura just nodded and held Tomoyo hand. "Sakura?" Touya said before shutting the door. "Yes?" Sakura answered back trying to gather herself.
"Don't cry, stay strong for Mother." He said.
Sakura simply nodded turning back to Tomoyo who faced looked troubled.
Syaoran sat down next to Eriol on the wall and sighed. "I feel this is the end." He said. Eriol simply nodded. "I suppose."
Sakura123, here. I know it's a little sad just thinking about it. That's what I'm trying to do, well not really but I think you know what I mean. I'm not much for trying to get people to cry reading my fics, but hey! I try. Hope you like this chapter. I'm not trying to make this a just Sakura and Syaoran fic, I want it to be revolved around everyone in the story. I'll be a little longer for the next chapter so forgive me for that but I'm going to make it a little longer then this. Remember to Review, and thanks for reading.
and for those of you who couldn't understand. Syaoran and Eriol and doing this for the Kinomoto king so there won't be a war, with him living there was still a strong chance that it would be one, so there doing this for peace and love.
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