Memoirs Of A Fallen Man
Chapter 4:
Escaping to the Sea
Night had fallen on the same day. Eriol was waiting for the wind to come and then he'd make his move and leave. Eriol looked at the rope that led to Tomoyo's room to tell me that he wasn't all right, He was going to use it to his advantange. Eriol felt the wind blow in threw the window and then he walked over to the counter and looked on the shelf looking for something shape. Eriol stopped seeing a needle and some rope on the other side that they used to tie him down. Eriol took the needle and the rope and walked over the pull and rang the bell.
Eriol grinned when he heard footsteps coming forward the door. Tomoyo opened the door with her blanket wrapped around her. "What?" She said out loud seeing the bed to empty. Eriol shut the door lightly and laughed. "Too easy." He said. Tomoyo turned around. "What are you doing out of bed?" Tomoyo asked concerned. Eriol sighed and walked over but Tomoyo spun around trying to kick Eriol.
Eriol caught her leg and at Tomoyo's bed sheet fall to the floor revealing Tomoyo in her underwear with a wrapped tube top that was tied in the bow in the back. Eriol smirked. "So, your not completely helpless." Eriol said letting go of her leg. Tomoyo frowned and tried to punch Eriol but he blocked it.
"A useless fighting style." Eriol said with a laugh as he twisted Tomoyo arm around to her back. "Ah!" She cried as Eriol pulled harder. "Now, listen well, I won't kill you if you follow me." Eriol whispered in Tomoyo ear letting go of Tomoyo arm an wrapping the rope around her arms slowly. Eriol pointed the needle to Tomoyo throat and opened the door revealing Clow standing at the door shocked seeing her Daughter in the has of the killer. "Let her go." Clow ordered firmly.
Eriol scoffed. "Give me my Key. NOW!"
Clow went into his robe pocket and took out Eriol's Key. Eriol looked relieved when he saw it. Eriol extened his hand. "Give it to me." He growled. "Let her go." Clow ordered again. "The Key now, or Miss Daidoji dies." Eriol threatened. Tomoyo whimpered as Eriol pressed the needle harder on Tomoyo skin. Clow looked to Tomoyo who was odvisouly scared and then sighed. Clow walked over and set The Key in Eriol's hand. Eriol laughed. "Thank you. Now stay were you are, if you move she dies." Eriol said back up and out of the front door.
Everything was dark and quiet. "Which way to the forest?" Eriol asked Tomoyo who was crying. Tomoyo pointed to her left and Eriol looked that way. "Good Girl." He said pushed her that way making Tomoy fall. "Get up." Eriol said as he summoned his staff.
He felt dead inside once more, his vow was broken to never use Magic again. Eriol sighed and rooted his staff in the ground. "Move or the next thing you'll see is your life flashing before you." Eriol said walking as Tomoyo got up and walked ahead of Eriol .
It was morning finally Eriol was back on his old trail that he was walking to. Eriol stopped making Tomoyo fall. "The ocean." He whispered looking to his right. "This way." Eriol ordered pushing Tomoyo. Tomoyo shivered from the cool ground. "I helped you, what are you doing this?" Tomoyo said walking. Eriol flipped his staff around and sighed. "I helped you!" Tomoyo shouted as Eriol stopped seeing the dirt tracking with sand.
Eriol walked over to Tomoyo and pushed her on to the trees untieing her arms and then tieing the rope around her and the tree. "Why are you doing this? Is this how you repay me?" Tomoyo shouted. Eriol looked at Tomoyo and punched her in the cheek. "Bitch! You distroyed my death, I wanted to die!" Eriol shouted. Tomoyo winced at her sting cheek and looked at Eriol who hair blew in the slient wind. "I wanted to die." He whispered touching Tomoyo cheek. "And you ruined it."
"Why?" Tomoyo asked looking into Eriol's eyes. "My payment to you is letting you live." Eriol said and chanted a word and he fell to his knees. Tomoyo asked seeing Eriol's legs merging together and developing scales of a fish. Eriol groaned as gulls began to form in his neck. "What of the Bandits? I can not stay here." Tomoyo said as Eriol crawled over. Eriol pulled himself up, his breathing was shallow. "He'll find you before your dead." He laughed. Tomoyo eyes widened. "Follow me and die." Eriol said in a hoarse voice.
Eriol picked up his key and put it on his neck and crawled toward Ocean. Tomoyo grunted trying to lossen the rope as she watcher Eriol roll onto the sand and out of site. "FATHER!" Tomoyo screamed. Tomoyo looked down at her feet and saw Clow. "Tomoyo." Clow breathing in relief.
"Where is he?" Clow said looking around at he untied his Daughter. "He used his black Magic and changed himself into a Mermaid." Tomoyo exclaimed as Clow wrapped his cloak about Tomoyo. "He didn't hurt you?" Clow said. Tomoyo shock her head. "It's nothing." She said.
"Mmm, we have to find him, he can't leave, his body is to weak, demons will take over." Clow said. Tomoyo nodded.
Eriol was about fifteen yards from shore. He could see and breath under the water. It was so cool and refreshing but the feeling the deadness was still inside of Eriol. Eriol swam fast as a collection of fish and riff's. Eriol sighed and then felt something swim past him. Eriol looked ahead seeing Tomoyo with her black fanning out in the water. Eriol growled and summoned his staff and turned his black fin into his legs. Eriol nearly swallowed water so he went to the surfuse with a gasp.
"I said not to follow me, and you don't listen, this time you die." Eriol said. Tomoyo flipped her hair back. "You don't understand you have to come with me." Tomoyo said. Eriol laughed and dived into the water pulling Tomoyo down and chocking her. Tomoyo placed her feet on Eriol's stomach and pushed off making Eriol spin off. Tomoyo swam at top speed and punched him. Her punch wasn't as hard because the water was slowing her down.
Eriol punched Tomoyo in the stomach making her go up for air. Tomoyo gasped and grunted trying to rid the pain in her stomach. Eriol came up with his hair covering his face nearly. Like a snake Eriol swam over slowly.
"You stupid Bitch. You can't beat me." Eriol said with a smile. Tomoyo was panting swimming back from Eriol. "You never know." Tomoyo said building up her courage. Eriol scoffed. "I'm sure you know all about me and my little . . . tales of terror, I know Clow told you my name." Eriol said. Tomoyo tried not to show her fear to him. "I can see everything about you, I can be what you want." Eriol said and his voice changed to Clow voice.
Tomoyo breathing became heavy and it was getting hard to stay up on the surface of the water. Eriol face changed and Tomoyo was looking at Clow. "What's the matter Daughter you don't like what you see." Eriol changed back into his body and jumped and attacked Tomoyo making her swallow that oceans water. Eriol felt her heart beating as his staff made a sword his old sword. The tip on it wasn't washed off from the last time he kills leaving the water in a orange-ish color.
Tomoyo kicked Eriol and swam back to the shore. Eriol smirk and swam after her. After a while Tomoyo ran on the shore still wet and out of breath. Eriol walked onto the shore with his long hand blowing intot he wind.
"Fight me!" Tomoyo said getting into her Japanese fighting style. Eriol jumped up high and came down upon Tomoyo making a small crater of sand.
Tomoyo jumped out of Eriol's swords way and flipped around. Clow suddenly appeared in front of Eriol and Clow's staff touched Eriol head. Eriol stopped and fell to his knees his skin paled as if he saw a ghost. "I'm sorry." He whispered. Tomoyo walked over seeing Eriol eyes were blank and he seemed to be looking to someone.
"Father, what did you do?" Tomoyo asked as Clow took off his robe and offered it to Tomoy. "I'm making him see his worst memory, I didn't want to do this." He said sadly. Tomoyo rubbed her fist and winced at it. Eriol's staff turned back into the Key and he fell to his knees repeating something over and over.
Clow looked to Eriol and then to his daughter. "He is very ill." Clow said. Tomoyo turned and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Take my hand." Clow said. Tomoyo walked over and took his Father hand. Clow bended down and touched Eriol shivering shoulder and useing his magic and suddenly appeared in the back room of Tomoyo's small shop.
Eriol was still shivering with grief and guilt. Clow looked to his daughter and nodded to her making her leave the room. Clow bended down to Eriol's level and looked at him. Clow lifted Eriol chin revealing his tear standed face. "What did you do?" Clow whispered. Eriol looked at the Key in his hand as if he were trying to think of a way to explain what he had done.
"I can't." Eriol breathed looking away.
"Then how did you become powerful enough to weald a magic staff?" Clow asked slowly. Eriol sighed and stopped his wimpering, "When of was ten years of age, I was to test the Card master. Her name was Sakura Kinomoto. I was to see if she was able of being the Card master. Of I tested her. After her final test she was the master of the Cards. During that time I was studied the Dark Magic, the subject interested me so." Eriol paused looking to Clow and then his key.
"Then what happened?" Clow asked not wanting to rush Eriol.
Eriol gripped his Key's chain and sighed. "My beloved cherry blossom had found a life mate. Syaoran Li, he was my relative, we shared the same blood line, he was my good friend, he never showed it but I know he excepted me. As there love for each other grew so interest in Dark Magic grew, I wanted to know more, and soon after then I wished the worst." Eriol paused.
Clow was slient waiting for Eriol to continue. He knew this was his first telling someone his life tale. Eriol looked to Clow and continued: "I was doing a spell of wishes and the spell mistoke what I meant to say and then I found my friends and family being killed by my spell, I never meant for it to happen but it did, I killed them, there blood stained my hands forever and from there everything has been rage and killing for the past ten years, I became swallowed by my lust for power and it only got worst." Eriol stopped not wanting to tell more. Clow nodded. "I am sorry for your losts." He said. Eriol scoffed. "You shouldn't say sorry to a killer."
"Do you seek forgiveness?"
"It's too late for that, I just wish my death. I've done many horrible things. I just want it all to stop."
Clow nodded. "And you, I've seen you before. Clow Reed. Your supposed to be my past life, why are you here?" Eriol said. Clow was shocked at how fast Eriol caught onto him. "Well, I would ask you the same thing that night my Tomoyo found you." Clow said smiling. "Am I to look like you?" Eriol asked as he studied Clow's face. "No, you will be somewhat different." Clow answered.
"So I'm telling my story to myself." Eriol said sitting up and smoothing back his damp hair. "That's strange."
Clow laughed as he stood up. "I'll have some tea brought to you." He said exiting to room. Eriol nodded feeling stange at how Clow Reed could just bring up memories like that with just his staff. Eriol sat on the wood floor looking to his key. "I have to cleanse you." Eriol said and released it and turned to the back door that led to the holy pond.
"It may be to late for forgiveness, but I won't let my magic control me." Eriol said out loud and opened the door revealing the beautiful garden of flowers and fruit trees and the Holy pond. It was like a dream he was in. Eriol stamped his staff in the ground and looked to the water. Eriol bowed and extened his hands and water began forming a ball Eriol closed his eyes and let the ball of water grow.
Tomoyo walked in the room frowning at Eriol. She wasn't going to let him beat her. Tomoyo slowly set the trap down and walked toward Eriol like a cat without sound. Eriol's staff lifted and slowly went into the water. Eriol sighed letting the Holy water cleanse the staff. Tomoyo jumped and was about to kick Eriol but he jump over the pond and flipped around. Tomoyo growled. She was wearing a red kimono. Tomoyo took off her sandals and walked over to Eriol.
"Your not going to beat me this time." She said getting into her fighting stance. "I'm not in the mood." Eriol said just standing as Tomoyo lept forward trying to punch Eriol who blocked it. Tomoyo jumped up and nearly kicked Eriol. Eriol fell down and frowned. "Fight me! Unless your scared." Tomoyo said with a smirk.
Eriol growled and flipped up and attacked Tomoyo with a Tigers speed that shocked her as she felt her stomach hit the grass and Eriol knees was on her back and had both of her arms behind her. Tomoyo cried out as Eriol pulled slowly. Clow chuclked looking at Tomoyo and Eriol. Eriol looked to Clow that walked over with a smile. "Father," Tomoyo grunted trying to get lose but Eriol pulled tighter.
"Well, Tomoyo you forget you are still learning and he has already learned." Clow said. Eriol stood up letting Tomoyo go. Tomoyo black hair fell in her face as she sat up. "So." She said flipping her hair back. "Try to be more lady-like around are new guest, he will be here a while so I expect nothing but good behavior." Clow said. Eriol gave Tomoyo a 'Ha-Ha' look making her angry. "I'm not a child, Father. I'm twenty years old." Tomoyo said standing up. Clow nodded. "Yes I know, now be on your way, you have the girls coming over soon for there lesson." Clow said.
Tomoyo looked back at Eriol who smirk. Tomoyo growled stormed off. "Tomoyo hates being beaten." Clow exclaimed looking to Eriol's staff that was spinning slowly in the water. "I can see." Eriol said walking over. Clow and Eriol heard a squeal of happiness and a group of girls chattering.
"They will be having lessons, I have to make them some sweets as a treat." Clow said walking off. "Stay out of there way." Clow said. Eriol jumped to the small part of the roof and saw Tomoyo smiling holding a purple fan as a large group of girls were trailing behind her. Eriol sat down and watched them.
"Now, now, everyone. Let us settle." Tomoyo shouted over the chattering. "Yes Miss Daidoji." They said in unison. Tomoyo smiled. "Were are going to continue are singing lesson from our last song, we have to be ready for the end of summer festival," Tomoyo said holding her fan. Then a little girl raised her hand. "Yes Piya?" Tomoyo asked. The little girl named Piya was blushing. "Yamazuki asked me to the festival." She said. All the girls erupted into screams and cheers of excitement. Eriol winced hearing how loud it was.
"Oh that's wonderful." Tomoyo said hugging Piya. "Okay, enough of that let's start with the first verse." Tomoyo said and slapped her fan in her hand twice and the girls got into a perfect triangle from the tallest to the short who were in the front. "And begin," Tomoyo said.
It was slient for a moment and the girl began there song Tomoyo fanned herself and listened at they started:
I'm a dreamer
hisomu PAWA-
watashi no sekai
yume to koi to fuan de dekite'ru
demo souzou wo shinai mono
kakurete'ru hazu
sora ni mukau kiki no you ni anata wo
massugu mitsumete'ru
Tomoyo stopped fanning herself and turned to the girl who stopped singing. "No, No, No." Tomoyo said slowly looking to a little girl. "When you get to Mitsumete'ru I want you to breath, always breath with your words don't sing in your throat or you'll get a bad note everytime." Tomoyo advised. "Yes Miss Daidoji." The little girl said shyly.
Tomoyo smilied and patted her head. "Now from the top, and this time sing as if your doing it on your own. I'll test each of you soon, so be ready." Tomoyo said. Tomoyo looked up to the roof seeing Eriol watching them as his staff came to him. Eriol bare chest and his wound stung from the hot wind blowing past. Eriol turned around and jumped up and over the roof.
Eriol continued down the roof with ease and saw Clow coming his way. Eriol jumped down and walked beside Clow who was holding a towel and come clothes. "These are for you." Clow said unsurpised. Eriol took the towel and cloth. "I invite you to dinner tonight, I believe you have much to share." Clow said with a grin. "What makes you think so?" Eriol asked as he opened the door to Tomoyo little shop. "Because, If I'm a mirror reflection of you, I'll know you best." Clow stated.
As the girls sung on Tomoyo turned her head seeing an old childhood friend sitting on the stone bench watching them. "Ladies, that will enough for today I need you to pratice, because I shall be testing each of you, we must be perfect for the festival." Tomoyo said closing her fan as her friend stood up and walked through the gruop of girls passing him. Tomoyo ran over and hugged Yama.
He was tall young man and one year older then Tomoyo, with dark brown eyes, tanned skin and short black hair that was in a small pony tail. He was a fighter, He and others like him, fought off the bandits if they decided to move into the village.
Yama had been close friends with Tomoyo for a very long time, and with that time he had fallen in love with her. Although he hadn't told he that he loves her, Tomoyo over heard as he was talking to another one of her friends, Kyo, who was also a fighter and highly skilled with a mystical power.
Tomoyo let of Yama and smiled. "I thought you weren't coming back until tomorrow from your mission." She said. Yama smiled. "I wanted to ask something of you." He said. Tomoyo nodded and lead him back to the bench.
Eriol was watching looking out the window from the small hospital, Clow came from behind him and smiled. "Lovely isn't it?" He said. Eriol turned his head and looked back to Tomoyo beaming at Yama. "So sweet two people can be."
"His in love with her." Eriol said plainly. Clow looked at Eriol surpised. "And you know of this how?" He asked. "His aura is screaming with pleasure at her touch and the mere sight of her, it's almost deafing, but she knows already." Eriol said. Clow nodded. "Why hasn't she said anything?" Eriol asked. "Because she wants Yama to tell her, she doesn't want to hurt him." He said. Eriol scoffed and walked away from the window.
"So Yama, what was it that you wanted to ask me?" Tomoyo said still beaming. Yama's smile and happy expression faded. Tomoyo looked suddenly worried. "What is it?" She asked almost distressed. "Kyo was hurt badly during a battle." Yama said. Tomoyo gasped and placed one hand over her mouth.
"Yama, is she alright?" Tomoyo asked with hope that what he was going to say wasn't what she wanted to hear. But it was, Yama nodded. Tomoyo looked down. "An arrow was shot at her, and I believe it was poison because she's sick and I need your help to make her well, you know healing herbs better then me, please help." Yama pleaded.
Tomoyo nodded. "I will." She said firmly. Yama nodded and stood along with Tomoyo holding both of her hands. "I'll meet you on the edge of the forest at midnight, bring everything you need, we have to bring her back here." He said. Tomoyo nodded once more with a tear that she didn't mean to fall steaming down her cheek. Yama whipped Tomoyo's tear away and caressed her cheek. "Don't worry, I'll protect you, Kyo will live." He said. Tomoyo nodded and Yama leaned in and kissed Tomoyo on the cheek and then ran off. Tomoyo sighed and watched her friend running into the forest.
Tomoyo turned and head back to the house trying to stay calm as possible.
Eriol sighed and heard the bunch of girls running in and to Clow."Good Afternoon, Mr. Reed." They said. "Good afternoon young ladies." He said smiling. "I had some tea for your special voices to calm down and later I made some hard candy." Clow said and the room erupted with cheers. Eriol rubbed his ears. All the girls looked at Eriol's bare chest and his rock hard abs and arms. "He's not wearing a shirt." Piya whispered to a girl next to her blushing. Eriol looked to the girls who were blushing.
Tomoyo came in humming the song and looked at the blushing girl and then to Eriol. "What?" He growled. "Tomoyo, please show our guest to the bath house." Clow said. Tomoyo was about to protest but she didn't want her student see her protect. "This way, Please." Tomoyo said. The girl's eyes followed Eriol out the room and when he left they squealed, laughed, and screamed at Eriol tone body.
Tomoyo walked around the Holy pond and into the garden and turned to the left and there was a little bath house. "Here's the bath house." Tomoyo said opening the door letting steam out. Eriol walked in the bath house without saying anything and shut and locked the door. Tomoyo sighed. "Your welcome." She said. Eriol smirked at Tomoyo remark and undressed and got in the hot tube with a sigh.
(Eriol's POV)
Clow Reed. A man of many mysterys. How could he now know that we are the same. At least nearly. I could tell how he approached me. Why? Why did I tell him of my past? And now I wish to tell him more because he know I'll do it. Should I escape? The soft voice of the little girls reached my ears.
A end of summer festival. Nothing I've heard of in such a long time. I hadn't been to Japan for ten years. Everything has changed so much but all the same the aura of Japan is still there. I looked down at my Key, it wasn't completly cleanse of it's dark power but it's was enouch. I can't help but feel Clow Reed is trying to show or tell me something but he's not speaking up. Is that he invited me to dinner. And Miss Daidoji, there something not right about her. She's hiding something as well. I should keep my guard up.
I finished my hot refreshing bath and dress in the black kimono shirt I was given along with some pant made of linen. I stepped out the bath house still hearing the singing voices of female as leaves blew past me. Something was uneasy about the air. And what really has me thinking, is why are there bandits in this part of the country side, these people are poor as chruch mice, what do they want?
(End of Eriol's POV)
Later Eriol finished his bath wearing a kimono style shirt and lose pants. Eriol walked down the path and head to the small house. Eriol opened the door seeing Tomoyo setting bowls on the table as Clow took a seat. Clow looked up and smiled to the young man. Eriol stepped in and walked to the table. "I hope you like Rice and Chicken stew." Tomoyo said setting Eriol bowl in front of him with the wonderful smelling food. Eriol hadn't replied. Tomoyo sat down and began to eat.
Eriol hesitated for a moment looking at the food. "You needn't be alarmed, I did not drug it." Tomoyo said noticing Eriol's reactions. Eriol looked up to Tomoyo cold and then back to his food and pick of his chop stick and tasted it. "Mmm, Father?" Tomoyo said slowly. Clow looked over to Tomoyo letting her know she had his attention. "May I go somewhere with Yama tonight?" Tomoyo asked. Clow slightly frowned. "Tomoyo, you know I don't like you out there at night with those bandits." Clow said. "But Father I'll be with Yama." Tomoyo protected.
Clow sighed. "Where are you going?"
"Just a walk." Tomoyo lied looking to her bowl. Eriol looked to Tomoyo chest seeing something shining. It was a pendant. It was square with two small marble like orbs on it. "Very well, Tomoyo." Clow said. "Thank you Father." Tomoyo said with a smile. "What is that?" Eriol asked pointing to Tomoyo chest. Tomoyo blushed.
"The Pendant." Eriol said. Tomoyo face cleared and she took the pendant off. "I'm not sure but I've had it ever since I can remember." Tomoyo said handing it to Eriol. Eriol opened his palm and looked at the pendant. It was something strange about the pendant making Eriol think it had been broken for reason. All the sudden Eriol winced dropping the pendant on the table. Tomoyo and Clow looked to Eriol alarmed.
"Are you all right?" Tomoyo said standing up. Eriol walked passed Tomoyo to a plant and put in index finger in the soil and when he took it out his finger glowed green. Eriol touched the burn mark on his hand and it healed. "There's some kind of old magic in that pendant." Eriol said as Tomoyo picked it up. It hadn't burned her. "I thought the same." Clow said. "I know a little magic but I see nothing powerful about this pendant." Tomoyo said sitting back down.
It was silent once more came over the three. Eriol sighed and he started to hear distant voices. Eriol frowned trying to figure out what they were saying. "Mr. Eriol, are you well?" Clow asked. Eriol turned to Clow and then he felt something grab his arm and pull him. Eriol fell out his chair. Eriol looked up and winced a little feeling his arm pang with a slight pain. "Oh my God." Tomoyo whispered silently getting up again. "I'm fine." Eriol said getting up and sitting back down. Tomoyo sat back down and looked to Eriol slightly confused.
"Quiet a fall you had there." Clow said. Eriol ignored him. "Oh, Tomoyo I nearly forgotten, Miss Gatsuso has fall ill and I don't believe she can do the dagger throwing act. "Clow said. Tomoyo sighed. "What a shame, the children love the dagger throws." Tomoyo said. "Make sure to send her something to help her recover." Clow said and Tomoyo nodded. Eriol finished his food and looked at the empty bowl for a moment. "But," Clow said slowly and mysteriously. Eriol looked to Clow having a feeling he was about to mention him.
"Why not you do it, Mr. Eriol." Clow said handing his bowl to Tomoyo for seconds. "Why should I wish to perform for simple-minded children?" Eriol said coldly. "Well, are you skilled in the art of the dagger?" Clow asked. "Yes, it is for killing, it's not a play thing." Eriol said. "But you can use it for such a thing, please, the festival would be nothing without the dagger throwing." Clow said back in a calm voice. Eriol looked to Clow and then to Tomoyo who caught his eye for a moment and then looked away. "Very well." Eriol sighed. Clow smiled. "Wonderful!" He said.
Tomoyo smiled secretly. "I only said yes because I knew you were going to bother me about this." Eriol said back. Tomoyo stood and cleared her bowl. "I'm taking a bath Father." Tomoyo said walking out the room and too the bath house. Clow sipping his tea and looked to Eriol.
Clow did not speak until Tomoyo was gone completely. "I need you to do me a favor." Clow said suddenly. Eriol looked to Clow listening. "I need you to protect Tomoyo for me." He said. Eriol was vexed at the favor or what came out of Clow's mouth. "Why should I?" Eriol asked. "I'll reward you." Clow said. "I know how assassin's love there rewards."
Eriol thought for a moment. What was it that this man possibly had of value to him? He cared not for gold or money for petty things, He liked magic and he was sure that Clow Reed wasn't going to give him that. "She may be different from a normal woman but she is a fragile as one, will you protect her?" Clow asked once more in a pleading voice. Eriol just nodded. "I will." Eriol said standing up.
Tomoyo sighed as she sat in the warm water with lavender pedals floating in the water. Tomoyo looked at her hand and lifted it streaming the water. Tomoyo was trying to calm her shocked nerves and hoped that she was ready for tonight. Tomoyo began making circle shapes with the water.
"So you do know some magic."
(Tomoyo's POV)
And there he was once more. Every where I went he was there, his haunting eyes and his chilling voice. I turned seeing him standing there looking down at me. I shivered and reached for my drying cloth. "You needn' t worry about that, I just came for one thing." He said to me pulling me up revealing my breast and my wet nude body. "This is what they want." He said pulling my pendent off my neck.
"How dare you." I gasped feeling dirty in his presence as he looked at my body and then grinned gripping my pendant. "Give it back or my Father will have you head!"
Then Mr. Eriol just simply scoffed at my threat and faded threw the door leaving me feeling dirty, cold, and wet.
(End Of Tomoyo's POV)
Moment's later Tomoyo finished her bath moment's later and walked to her room. Eriol was sitting of the window sealing holding the pendant by the chain letting it sway slightly. "Give that back." Tomoyo said firmly. Eriol looked to Tomoyo and stood up with no emotion in his face and put the pendent in a red velvet bag and put in his a hidden pocket. "You couldn't take it from me if you tried." Eriol said. Tomoyo reached to Eriol pocket but he disappeared before her eyes.
"Damn you." Tomoyo whispered and walked to her bed sitting down looking at her brush on her small vanity.
Midnight had finally fallen and Eriol was sitting outside in the garden. Yama wasn't far, he was waiting for Tomoyo. Tomoyo walked out the of house holding a brown skinned bag that had her herbs and cloths. Eriol's eyes watching Tomoyo creep slowly to the forest. "Would you like some advice?" Eriol asked darkly stepping out the shadows revealing himself. Eriol looked up to the full moon and smirked slightly.
"Why should I ask advice from a being such a yourself?" Tomoyo sneered gripping her pack. Eriol scoffed. "Stay in the moonlight." He said and walked away. Tomoyo was confused and taken aback from what Eriol had advised. Tomoyo turned and ran into the forest. Yama stood, "Have you what you need?" He asked panting. Tomoyo nodded. "Come with me, and quickly." He said and they began running.
Eriol jumped on the roof and looked to Clow who head was hanging mournfully. "She has left." Eriol said firmly walking over to Clow. He simply nodded and looked up to Eriol. "Do what you must." He said and walked away giving Eriol's shoulder a slight grip. Eriol turned his head slightly and then took off his glasses and looked up to the moon.
Tomoyo and Yama had been running for ten minutes when they came to the shivering body of her friend Kyo. Tomoyo panted and took out a cloth and whipped the blood away from the wound. The bandits arrow went right threw her left stopping midway. Tomoyo gasped seeing maggots from to infect the wound even more. Tomoyo brushed then away. Kyo moaned and shivered from the arrow. "I tried to brake it but she was in too much pain." Yama said. "We have to get this out, " Tomoyo said breathlessly grasping the arrow firmly and bending it to break.
"AHHHH!" Kyo screamed as Tomoyo continued to bend it.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Kyo screamed even louder as the arrow finally broke. Yama lift Kyo's leg and pulled the other half from her the back of her calf. Kyo grunted with pain while Tomoyo was putting the heal herds on her leg and wrapped it with a cloth. "I didn't bring all the herds and clothes I need, we have to get back to the village." Tomoyo grunted trying to lift Kyo.
Yama, with ease, lifted Kyo cradling her in his arms. "Look what we have here." Some a male voice in the shadows. Tomoyo gasped and turned around. Yama closed put Kyo on her foot but still holding most of her weight along with Tomoyo who was on the other side supporting her too. Yama drew his sword and looked to the bandits that were stepping out from the shadows. "Leave us be, or you'll die." Yama said coldly looking at the bandits. Tomoyo looked around and then saw a path of the moonlight shining about seven feet from her.
"Stay in the moonlight"
Eriol words echoed in Tomoyo's head. "Yama over there." Tomoyo whispered. Yama turned his head and began to back away and then the bandits began taking slow steps toward them drawing there weapons. Tomoyo's hair shined as the moonlight was under the three. Kyo whimpered in pain. "Well, looks like you haven't a place to go." Another bandit said. Tomoyo frowned and stepped back.
Meanwhile Eriol was looking up to the moon and his eyes changed to a pale white. He shiver feeling the power that was taking over him. "How many are there?" Clow asked standing far behind Eriol. "Ten or twelve to the least." Eriol answered with as slight shiver. "Do as you will, protect her." Clow said.
Tomoyo looked up to the moon and then back as a bandit walked into the circle of the moonlight, and without notice a black mist swayed passed in a blink on an eye and the man dropped to the ground. It was silent. Tomoyo looked down into the mans eyes seeing they were faded and curled upward. The Bandits looked down at there dead comrade and then backed away into the darkness and disappeared. Tomoyo panted with fear and then Yama put his sword away and picked Kyo put once more and then they rushed out of the forest.
Eriol gasped and looked down and slipped his glasses back on. "There coming back." He said in a whisper loud enough for Clow to hear. Clow nodded. "Thank you." He said and disappeared. Eriol blinked his eyes feeling the power slipping from him. Eriol looked at the forest then jumped off the roof.
Moments later Tomoyo and Yama were crashing in the door. Tomoyo ran to the bed and pulled the blankets off. "Put her here." Tomoyo panted. Eriol walked in and watched Yama placing Kyo on the bed as she shiver in pain. Tomoyo ran over to her counter and took out her herbs along with a bowl of water. Tomoyo wet a cloth and rang it out until it was damp. Yama took off the wrapping that were cover with blood.
"You have to cut that." Eriol said. Tomoyo looked to Eriol in shock and them back to Kyo places a cold cloth on her head. "Not I don't." Tomoyo panted. Eriol folded her arms. "Tomoyo, I can't stop the bleeding." Yama panted as Clow came in. "That's because you have to cut her leg off." Eriol said again. "SHUT UP, I DON'T NEED ANY MORE OF YOUR ADVICE!" Tomoyo shouted. Eriol ignored her. "It's too infected you have to cut it." He said once more as Clow began to help trying to cool Kyo's slight fever.
Tomoyo panted as she cleaned the wound trying to stop the bleeding and clean the infection. Tomoyo grunted with frustration and she took off her kimono revealing a wrap that went around her breast and short-short pants. Yama looked to Tomoyo and blushed at her body and then went back to cleaning the blood that was going down her leg.
"Cut it." Eriol said. "No." Tomoyo said putting another healing herb in the water. "Cut it, you have no chose." Eriol said. "No!" Tomoyo said a little louder putting a cloth in the herbal water and then to Kyo's wounds. "CUT IT, DAMNIT!" Eriol yelled. "NOOOOO!" Tomoyo screamed and then a glow came into the room. Eriol reached in his pocket and opened the velvet bag that held Tomoyo's pendant, it was reacting to Tomoyo's emotion.
Tomoyo's eyes went blank in a dream like state. The pendant floated out Eriol's hand and then back around Tomoyo's neck and then her hands began glowing. Tomoyo touched the wound and it began to heal. Eriol, Clow, and Yama were amazed and shocked. Eriol's expression faded and he smirked darkly.
The shine in the room faded and Tomoyo fell limp. "Tomoyo!" Yama said catching Tomoyo. "Tomoyo? Tomoyo?" Yama said shaking Tomoyo. "She's fine." Eriol said walking to Kyo's bedside. Kyo turned head with her long black hair sticking to her sweaty body. "Thank you." She breathed and fell into a deep sleep. Eriol nodded slightly and looked to Tomoyo. It was as he thought. She wasn't a normal voice of 21-years.
TO BE CONTINUED...
IMPORTANT AUTHOR NOTE:
Thanks to everyone who reviewed. And I'm so sorry it took so long to update, my computer disk that I saved my story on screwed everything over with some of my other story's. So I put this together like I think it was, sorry If I made some mistakes, I was trying to get this chapter out before you reviewer thought I wasn't writing this anymore. But I still am so keep the reviews coming. I'll update as soon as I can this time.
Also, I want to say, I've really worked hard on this story and I was nearly put down by a bad review but I'll finished the story for the people who like reading these kinds of storys, But if you don't like it please don't read on.
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