Memoirs Of A Fallen Man
Chapter 8:
Mistress of Darkness
Tomoyo fell to her knees looking at her burned and ruined village. The small houses werestill burning and collasped. Eriol stopped behind Tomoyo as she started to pray rapidly. Eriol looked down at her and then to the once cheerfully village. Eriol looked and saw something move so he loaded his gun with skill and walked slowly to the sport where he saw the moment. Tomoyo lifted her head and saw someone walking toward them. Tomoyo gasped knowing who it was.
"YAMA!" She cried running past Eriol. Yama run up to Tomoyo and caught her in a tight embrace. Eriol put his gun away. "Oh My God." Yama whispered smoothing Tomoyo hair. "I thought you were dead." Yama said looking to Tomoyo flushed face. "I couldn't find you."
Tomoyo smiled and hugged Yama even tighter. "I too thought you were dead, I so happy you all right." Tomoyo said crying. Yama let go of Tomoyo and looked to Eriol. Tomoyo backed away and went behind Eriol. "What did you do to her?" Yama asked drawing his sword. Eriol looked at it and scoffed. "Nothing." He said.
"If you did nothing then why is she trimbling?"
"I suggest you put away your sword little man, you haven't enough skill to take me on." Eriol said cooly. Yama growled. "You know nothing of true skill, you bastard." Yama spat. Eriol chuckle. "We hide and then all of the sudden he was trying to kill me." Tomoyo said quickly.
The wind blew and Eriol looked up to the sky. Eriol released his staff and looked to Yama who took a step back protecting Tomoyo. "Turn you sword to the right." Eriol said to Yama. "What?" He said confused. "Turn to the right." Eriol waved his staff and Yama (with out controling himself) stabbed a demon that was beside him. Tomoyo gasped and backed away.
Eriol walked over with his cloak flying out from the wind. "He smells of rot." Eriol said taking a bottle out of the fishy looking demons hand. Yama looked at the glowing bottle. "What is that?" He asked. "It's a sleeping poison. Look." Eriol pointed to the sky is was turning black. And for some reason Eriol remember it from somewhere once more. Familiar things kept popping up and riol was beginning to wonder why. Tomoyo's pendent sparkled and then went dull.
Yama took Tomoyo hand and looked to Eriol putting his sword away. "Start from the beginning." He said. "I was being controled, she ran off and here we are." Eriol said quickly. Yama tried to make sence of it and continued.
"What of my Father?" Tomoyo asked looking to Yama. Yama sighed and didn't answer. "Yama?" Tomoyo pleaded. "Your Father isn't doing very will, the wound is serious. Kyo is doing everything she can to help him, but he were caught at Haven. Some woman was looking for Mr. Eriol." Yama looked to Eriol who wasn't surpised but puzzled. Who would be looking for him
"She is pure evil she took Your Father and everyone as her prisoners. I escaped and looked for you hoping I'd find you, Tomoyo. And something else was strange she had a pendent that was just like yours." He said. Eriol looked to Tomoyo pendent. Eriol rooted his staff and the ground. "Dance of the Dead." He said and the ground beneath his broke a little and a dead human came out from the ground and bowed.
"Show me." Eriol said touching the bones head. Eriol looked into the it's past life and what he had felt from the past few days. Eriol took his staff out the ground and the skeleton disappeared. "We have to move, more bandits are coming." Eriol said to Yama. "Why?" He asked. Eriol turned around and changed his staff back into a Key. "Because the amount of Bandits coming will kill you." He said darkly.
"Yama, we should go. I'll be with you and everything will be all right. I have to get to Father before it's too late." Tomoyo said taking Yama's hand. Yama nodded and followed Eriol who was walking toward Haven.
Day turned into night and Yama, Tomoyo, and Eriol were near Haven Eriol stopped and took out his magic cards. Yama looked at them as Tomoyo sat down trying to catch her breath. "They look like Clow cards." Yama said. "They are." Eriol said walking onto the sand and looking a head. "Eye of the Eagle." Eriol chanted and his eyes spliced like a cat and looked ahead.
"There's a Island from here." He told Yama. "The Island of secret, no one can make it there and live to tell about it." Yama stated. "Ha." Eriol scoffed. "This island is far from there." He said. Tomoyo walked past Eriol with her pendent setting off a glow. Yama looked to Tomoyo. She looked a like a dream like state. Yama was about to touch her but Eriol stopped him.
"Let her see it." Eriol said. "See what?" Yama asked looking to Tomoyo still. "The Pendent is looking for the other half." Eriol exclaimed. "What, you mean the other piece is apart of it?" Yama asked. "From the Witch?"
"If you say they look the same then what else is there?"
"How are we to get across the ocean?"
"Swim." Tomoyo suggested. Eriol and Yama looked at Tomoyo who blink her intence lavender eyes. "Humans don't breath under water." Yama stated. "I know, My Father made me breath under water when I went after Hiirigizawa, and I'm sure you can do that." Tomoyo said.
Yama looked to Eriol. "Yes, I understand. With your magic you can help us breath under the water."
"Not without turning you half into a fish." Eriol said. "A Mermaid?" Yama said shocked. Eriol nodded. "Fine, at least we'll get ot the Island without being seen." Tomoyo said. "It's not that simply, you can handle the pain of transforming your bone structure." Eriol said.
Yama and Tomoyo broke out in a argeement with Eriol there voices over lapping each other about they can handle it and they had to get there people before there dead. Eriol rasied his hand and sighed. Tomoyo and Yama stopped and looked at Eriol who staff appereared. "So be it." He said and waved his staff and Yama fell on the sand groaning. Tomoyo's breathing was heavy. Eriol walked to the water and waved his staff turning it into a Key agin and getting in the water as his gills began to take shape.
Eriol looked to Tomoyo who's kimono was ripping from the fins that were forming. Yama shouted out in pain and crawled to the water. Eriol felt his legs turn into one and fins formed. Eriol went under water feeling like he was breathing in fresh air. Yama got into the water and gasped looking at Eriol seeing everything clearly. "Where's Daidoji?" Eriol asked talking under the water. Yama was shocked so he tried to answer back.
"S-s-s-still on the shore." He answered trying to get use to the water flowing through him. Eriol kicked up to the surface seeing Tomoyo trying to my her way to the water but she couldn't breath. Eriol waved his hand and with his magic lifted Tomoyo and brought her to the water. Tomoyo gasped feeling the water go through her gills she opened her eyes seeing that her kinomo was gone the only thing covering her breast was a black tied cloth. Eriol swam ahead and with Yama behind him. Tomoyo blinked and went after them.
Yama and Tomoyo were like kids, They 'ohh'ed and 'aww'ed at the sighted of the fish and coral and plant life under the water. Eriol couldn't care he just wanted out. As the sun began to set the water became cooler and darker but they could still see everything. Eriol slowly swam to the surface. Yama and Tomoyo followed. Eriol looked up to the sky. It was like holding in breath with the oxygen hit his gills. Eriol hair was slicked back. Eriol went back under feeling refreshed. "Were almost there." He said with air bubbles slowly coming out his month as he went faster. Yama took Tomoyo's hand making sure the kept up with them.
(Eriol's POV)
Amazing. How can mere human's survive that pain of the tranformation from humans to sea creatures. As I neared the Islands cave that was ahead. I could feel a strange aura, It was like cherry blossoms. Just like my Sakura. But she couldn't have come to life. No Magic can do such a thing. And still my head swim with unanswered questions. Who? Who is this being trying to control me? Why am I doing this? Why do I have this feeling that Daidoji isn't what she seems. Yama seems to know something I don't. His making sure she is here. Why? If he knew this Island is a secret then why is he coming along? Is he part of the bandits guild? I looked back seeing Daidoji and Yama smiling at the sights of night life in the ocean.
Tomoyo Daidoji, It sound like I should know that name, but I can not remember. I wonder it something that I haven't quiet figured out myself. I looked to Daidoji's face once more. It couldn't have been real. This type of beauty is only dreamt about. I could see why Yama took after her. Foolishness. Love, Ha. A wasted human emotions. And yet. Something inside me longs to know what it is once more. I had forgotten it. My Lust for knowledge is out of control. Power, of the thing I can feel.
I stopped and looked at the wall of Earth that was from the Island. The cave had a small entrance. Big enough to fit into. But I was becoming weak. My Magic couldn't hold Three people for long. Damn. I wish for more. More magic. More Power. Daidoji and Yama stopped and slipped into the small entrance, I went in last making sure nothing was behind us.
The water pushed us up to the surface and that's when my magic gave way. I swam to the rocky under ground shore with my legs. Yama and Daidoji followed shivering from the cold water since the gills once on there legs disappeared.
(End Eriol's POV)
(Tomoyo's POV)
I felt like I was going to die when I finally got to the shore. I was wearing nothing but my chest wrap and my linen short pants. Yama was still full clothed but Eriol's chest was bare. I was hoping to see the black marks I thought I saw. Or was it a illusion? I wasn't sure. Eriol's hair touch his strong shoulder. He didn't seem tired but I could tell he was.
Yama lifted me to my bare feet and we followed Eriol down the blue lite cave. "Do you know where were going?" I asked. He didn't seem to want to talk. He seemed deep in thought. Yama looked to me and took my hand. "We'll follow him anyway." Yama whispered to me adjustion his sword on his waist. I nodded and continue to follow Eriol.
There was something strange. How come he had said Sakura's name. Sakura Kinomoto. Syaoran Li. Mr. Fujitaka. Touya Kinomoto. Meling Li. My friends. I haven't heard from them in so long I think the worst has happened. But, Eriol seems to be hiding something. I want to ask him, but will it only offend him?
Or was it another Sakura. Was she his beloved. Eriol may seem cold but it's just something keeping him from being free. Eriol opened a passage way and into a jungle. I had only seem a picture of something so free. It was truely a Virgin Island, but how in Japan. Nothing was touched or moved. Except at the top of a hill it was a palace. It looked so beautiful. I felt like I had been there before.
Eriol stopped and turned his head and looked to Yama who let go of my hand and went to Eriol. "What is this place?" Eriol asked. Yama shrugged. "I never knew there was a palace here." Yama said. Eriol releasesd his Key once more and summoned a image of the palace. It was very big. I wasn't too much surpised. Eriol sighed looked confused or more or less as if he were planing something.
Show me Clow Reed." Eriol said. I was shocked, I ran up to Eriol and saw him look ahead to a light. "They're this way, that palace is-" Eriol stopped and summoned his sword. Yama drew his sword also. "I saw something move." Eriol whispered. "Fire!" Eriol cried and what looked like a Clow Card was released and went after the bandits that were in hiding. They attacked and went to me. I ran as fast as I could. I turned seeing Eriol kill the bandits with ease and without a second to spare. Yama was taken away.
Yama!" I cried running to him but he disappeared with the bandits. Eriol took his sword out of the not lifeless body of a bandit and looked to me. Almost worried. I couldn't take it. All the pain. I wanted this to stop. My family and friends were gone. My Village in ruin. And I was lost.
(End Tomoyo's POV)
Eriol ran to Tomoyo's side. "Shadow warriors, not bandits." He said helping Tomoyo too her feet. "We have to move. These warriors know were here. It won't be too soon when word reachs there master. We need to get to the palace." Eriol exclaimed. Tomoyo looked up to Eriol strong yet soft face. How could he be a murderer? He looked so sweet and warm. It hurt her so.
"Daidoji?" Eriol said in almost a whisper. The stars sparkled in Eriol's eyes. The night was his element. Where he was strongest. "Promise you'll take me to my Father, My people. I must do this. I can not with out you. I won't let Yama die. I won't let any of them die." Tomoyo said with tearing falling from her eyes.
"I will." He said. "Come. We must hide someplace until morning. They use the night's cover to make there moves."
Tomoyo nodded and ran with Eriol. It was hard keeping his fast pace but she did her best.
The Palace. It's beauty spoke for itself. The red carpet that ran threw the palace. The wonderous rooms. It was like a fairy tale. The shadow warriors brought Yama to the throne room. "My Mistress." One of the warriors said. The Mistress turned her head toward them. "They have come to the Island with the Eriol Hiiragizawa-sama. And She is with them."
"Good." The Mistress purred. "Put this one with the others. Let them come."
It had been a hour. Tomoyo and Eriol were sitting under a low tree near a small waterfall. Eriol was meditating while Tomoyo thought of Clow Reed. Praying that everyone was all right.
"Who is she?" Tomoyo suddenly asked making Eriol open his Intense midnight blue eyes. "This Sakura. Who is she?" Tomoyo asked agin. Tomoyo was on the other side of the small tree. "No one." Eriol answered darkly.
"She must be somone. Was she you lover?"
"No."
"Was she your sister?"
"No."
Tomoyo stopped asking her question and looked to the sky. "I knew a Sakura once. She was my best friend ever since I could remember. My Father took me to England as I said before. He lived there at the time when we met. I remembered what she looked like. She was so full of energy. Like a child ready to learn. I thought she was pretty. Her name was Sakura Kinomoto." Tomoyo paused and smiled at the thought.
And to Eriol demise. He knew her. He killed her. His friend. He remembered now. He heard the name, Tomoyo Dadoji, when he was going out once and over heard it from Sakura. Tomoyo Daidoji. Eriol felt like he was dying agin. Everything crashing in front of his like his terrible memories.
"She had honey colored hair. Emerald eyes. And a smile that could make anyone love her. I wish I was there to see her with Syaoran Li. He was one of My father desendents, he was handsome with his dark drown hair his strong, sweet, proud face. He was in love with Sakura. She didn't know. I told him to tell her soon. I suppose she did. Since she would be twenty years old by now. She might be married with chrildren. I use to write to her but then I stopped getting her letters.
I began to think she didn't want someone like me for a friend. I felt dismissed. But still I sent letter but they were sent back and so I stopped. I intended on going back to England. I wanted to meet her frined. His name was Eli Moon. "
Eriol sighed. That was the name he chose since he didn't want anyone knowing his real name. "She said he was mature and quiet the gentleman." Tomoyo chuckled. "I wanted to meet him so badly, I thought about him all the time trying to figure out what he looked like. Sakura told me story's about him. He also had magic and he was powerful and loved knowledge so much."
"And so you never met him." Eriol said finally finding his voice. Tomoyo got up and walked slowly and gracfully to Eriol. Tomoyo sat in front of him. "No. I never met him. I don't think I will. But, it's fate." She said.
"Do you think it's fate that everything is the way it is?" Eriol asked. Tomoyo nodded. "I wish it wasn't. But I'm sorry for how I have acted. I'm not use to being this emtional." Tomoyo exclaimed.
"There someone here, who wants to control me." Eriol said. Tomoyo looked into Eriol eyes pass his glasses. Eriol looked to the hill. "And I feel like I know this aura. Like something in my past." He said. Tomoyo nodded and took both of Eriol's hand making him shiver at her magical touch. "Why do you seem like your always in pain?" Tomoyo asked.
"What does pain have to do with anyting. I'm a murderer and I supposed to be joyful?" Eriol said. "Why haven't you killed me?" Tomoyo said. Eriol didn't answer. "Will you not answer?" She said. "Why? I haven't an answer." Eriol said beginning to feel dazed and vexed at her touch. Tomoyo looked down at Eriol's hand. She had expected them to be rough and hard but they were oddly soft and cold. "Your hands aren't of a warriors." Tomoyo said looking up to him.
"What were you expecting?" He said.
"The rough hands of a killer."
"I just the hands of a killer."
"Then why haven't you killed me yet? I hear you don't know mercy. Is this mercy toward a female, Or you don't wish to kill me because I am beautiful? A Desert Rose, as you call it."
Eriol looked into Tomoyo purple eyes. She was a Desert Rose but he didn't concider her beautiful to her face just yet. Tomoyo gripped Eriol hands hoping he was grip his also. But he did not. "I'm not killing you because there something strange about you. If I did kill you, you would stay dead in the back of my mind as another victem to my thousands of victem that I had slan. Beauty, as you call it, has nothing to do with it, and Clow Reed wanted me to protect you. If he told me then there must be a reason." Eriol said back. Tomoyo let go of Eriol hand feeling her hands so cold. Eriol took off his cloak and wrapped it around Tomoyo's shoulder.
Tomoyo looked up to Eriol once more. His hair was damp making it appear to be shimmering threads. "When we were at the pub, I saw these black markings forming on your chest. But when I looked at them they disappered. What were they?"
Eriol sighed taking out a small dagger from his boot. "You were dreaming." He said. Tomoyo just nodded not wanted to urge the matter. Eriol gathered up his hair and with one slice his hair was short. Just like it was when he was a boy. It hung in his almost covering in dark fasical features.
Eriol chanted a word and his hair disappeared. "Your magical cards remind me of my Father." She said pulling the cloak tightly around her. "We share the elements of the Sun and the Moon." Eriol said standing up. "Rest. I shall return in a moment." Eriol said walking pass Tomoyo who watched him.
"What of the shadow warriors?" She asked worried. "Think nothing of them. I know there secrets of power. Now, rest." Eriol said waving his hand and Tomoyo suddenly felt sleep over take her. Eriol watched Tomyoo slowly go to the ground and he walked into the jungle and looked up to the castle.
Tomoyo awoke the following morning and opened her eyes seeing some fruit in front of her. She was beginning to wonder where Eriol who. She was scared of being along. Afraid that the Shadow Warriors would take her away. Tomoyo looked around to Eriol in a panic. Tomoyo stood with the cloak falling to the ground. She turned and looked at far as she could she.
He left her.
She was doomed. Eriol walked up behind making her fall back with fear when she saw his dark form. "Hiiragizawa, you scared me." Tomoyo said standing up and gasping seeing the wounds on him. His cheat she cut and bleeding. But he walked toward Tomoyo. "I didn't leave you, if that's what really scared you." He said in a hoarse voice. Tomoyo jogged over and touched his chest where a wound was placed.
"What happened to you?" Tomoyo asked looking up to him. "Nothing." He said. But he was actually attacked my the Shadow Warriors that were near Tomoyo trying to take her. "You must rest, I'll get something to help you." Tomoyo said as Eriol sat and she almost ran off but Eriol grabbed her hand.
Tomoyo looked down at her hand and then to Eriol was panted a little at his quick movement. "Stay, if you are along they will overwhelm you." Eriol said. Eriol dug his whole hand into the earth and took it's healing power and touched each of his wounds that began to heal. Eriol moaned and sighed feeling the subsidsion of the pain eating at him. Tomoyo looked to Eriol still worried. "Well, well, well, what do we have here?"
Eriol stood up and looked ahead of her. He took Tomoyo's hand and held it tight making sure she wasn't taken from him. "You can run from me, Eriol Hiiragizawa, give us the girl and I won't kill you." The Shadow Warrior that spoke was a man with flaming red hair. "Try as you might but I don't die as easily as you may think." Eriol said with his sword appearing in his hand. "What no magic?" A another Shadow Warrior said.
Eriol growled. "Lago, you know we can't kill him." Said another warrior. "Yes, the Mistress would be furious."
And before Tomoyo and Eriol knew it they were surrounded. Tomoyo slowly picked up Eriol cloak and put it on. Eriol sighed sencing a great magic and power from all of them. "Now hand over the girl."
"What'll happen if I do?" Eriol asked catching the warriors off guard and cutting seven of them in half. Tomoyo screamed and closed her eyes. But after the seven Eriol had killed the number of the warriors event into ten. Soon Eriol was in a all out battle. Eriol ran and attacked picking the off one by one with Tomoyo running with him. Eriol jumped almost losing his grip on Tomoyo making her scream.
"Hold onto me!" Eriol shouted pulling Tomoyo up as he jumped from branch to branch. "DIE!" The warrior with flaming red air said throwing a fire ball to Eriol. "Ah!" Eriol shouted and went down with Tomoyo almost braking his fall. Tomoyo's head pounded and she whimpered with fear Eriol groaned and his eyes blurred a little from the white hot pain. "Keep . . . Moving." Eriol said getting up and taking Tomoyo hand as they ran.
Tomoyo looked to Eriol back seeing the blood streaming down. Tomoyo looked back seeing black shadows appearing and disappearing. Tomoyo ran faster along Eriol and then another fire ball hit Eriol on his right arm. Eriol ignored the white hot pain and continued running up the hill.
And then a fire ball hit Eriol's back once more and he fall over. Tomoyo went down with him. "Eriol, Eriol, get up!" She shouted panting trying to pull him. Eriol looked up but he couldn't move. "Eriol, Please. There coming." She pleaded. Eriol looked to Tomoyo lifting his shaking body not noticing Tomoyo was calling him by his first name. Tomoyo pulled Eriol's left arm helping him up the hill, but before Eriol could take a step everything went black.
Tomoyo gasped feeling the warriors jumped into the air casting a shadow over them and then falling down sweeping the two up.
(Eriol's POV)
It's dark and warm. I'd expect this much. But why am I not dead. I was lying on my stomach and I smelled the scent of Nag champa, Lavender, and Vanilla. The Warriors spared my life. I could feel my heart beating rapidly. My mind raced with questions of why wasn't I killed? Why didn't Daidoji listen to me?
I opened my eyes stilling seeing nothing. Was I blind. I grunted trying to move my hands but I was tired down on what felt like silk sheets. Either I was in a elegent prison hold or I was in a room. And then I noticed my Key was gone. They must think me weak without it. Foolish bastards.
Are you awake yet?" A sweet voice sound. It almost echoed. It was Daidoji, had they binded her with ropes also? "Why can I not see?" I asked hoping the voice would answer back and reveal itself. "Because I wanted to warn you of something, Eriol.
Warn me? This voice was all to familiar. "Daidoji, where am I?" I asked sharply. My chest was still bare. I could a cold breeze touch me. "Please listen. We were taken to the Castle of Light, this is the Island of my people.
Her people? What was the meaning of what she was saying. Was she spellbound? "Un-bind me." I commanded. I felt Tomoyo's soft warm hands pass my face as she untied the blindfold and I opened my eyes as she put on my glasses. I was almost startled at her face so close to mine. She was dressed in a black dress that hugged her every curve tightly and her hair was curled into spirials at the ends of her raven black hair and her lips were red as the rose.
She reached and helped me sit up. It was painful. I felt the white hot pain on my back. My hands were still tied behind me. I looked to Daidoji still, it was as if she mesmerized me with a spell. "What do you mean by, your people?" I asked. She didn't answer me. "I'll explain later. I took the libery of concealing you Magical Key." She walked to the bed I was sitting on and put my Key back around my neck.
"The Castle of Light, where are the others?" I asked. Tomoyo shock her head and placed her finger on my lips. "Don't speak of that here. I have a feeling the Mistress here is hiding something." She said and then untied my hands. "Stay still." She said and got in the bed and went around me. Her pendent shimmered and then glew with a light that I had seem when she healed her find of her village.
I have discovered my pendent has another half, it belongs to the Mistress of the Caslte. I hide it from her, there something not right about her, she obessed with finding it." Daidoji said quickly. I felt my back fully healing but her hand did not move from my back. "I have to figure out what's going on, when I walked into this caslte I was expecting some one. My Mother. And then I remember everything." She spoke in riddles I didn't understand but I let her continue. "Eriol, I am asking you not to kill anyone, I have to find out something.
I simply nodded. "How long have I been like this?" I asked. Daidoji suddenly hugged my waist. I felt a warm rush shock my body. No woman had even held me this way. "I was worried, I thought you were dead." She whispered. She let go as I turned around and looked to her sad expression.
(End Eriol's POV)
Tomoyo looked up to Eriol and sighed. "Why were you worried about me?" Eriol asked puzzled. "I was just worried." Tomoyo said trying not to speak what she was really thinking. "And your questions will be answered in only a few hours." Tomoyo said looking to that dark night sky. "I had been walking around since, making my way around." Tomoyo exclaimed. Eriol ran his hands threw his hair and sighed. "What am I to do?" He asked serisouly. "So as I say and don't try to protect me, Your just my traveling companion." Tomoyo said. Eriol nodded. "Have you seen her face, the Mistress of the Castle?" Eriol asked.
"No. She has it hidden under a large black hood." Tomoyo said. "Whenever your ready to make your move." Eriol said. Tomoyo nodded. "I'll explain everything to you in due time."
Whoa what's going to happen. And why is Tomoyo using Eriol first name. And who is this mistress? Don't worry I'll update soon. Remember to Review. Sorry for any grammer error's and Spelling, I'm working on that.
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