Memoirs Of A Fallen Man
Chapter 12:
The Fall man's secret's revealed
Two weeks later...
Eriol walked down the Haven beach. He was long past the boat he created. As he wandered more and more down the beach the beach was turning into grass. Eriol now walking across a wild flower country side. Eriol still held Tomoyo Desert Rose. It hadn't dried or wilted it was perfect from the night it appear in his hand. Eriol's thoughts were still on Tomoyo for some reason, his heart ached to see her once more.
To see her face, her smile. Touch her. Everything. But he continued to walk and walk. Each night Eriol would think of Tomoyo he could almost hear her voice in his dreams but he pushed it away. I couldn't get rid of these feeling. It was early morning and the sun was still raising. The cool air was refreshing and the warmth of the sun touched Eriol face every now and then. Eriol sighed and stopped hearing the wild flowers cry. Eriol drew his sword and looked around. He was being followed for weeks. He waited to see who.
And with a second Eriol was being attacked by Shadow Warriors, It was about thirty of them and maybe more. Eriol jumped over one and cut him in half and kicked another coming behind him. Another tried to attack Eriol but he jumped up and waved his sword killing ten of them at once. More and More came darkening the wildflower's. Eriol stabbed another and another. He fought like he would if he were in a war. One of the Warriors cut Eriol's arm.
Eriol looked at his ripped shirt sleeve and stabbed and killed the Warrior that gave him the wound. All the Warrior circled Eriol and fired fireballs. Each time Eriol blocked one another hit him not burning him but stabbing him with white hot pain. Eriol doubled over and touched his stomach. It burned. Eriol winced at the slight pain and before he could continue his fighting he was grabbed by the roots of his hair. Eriol's sword disappeared and moaned feeling his attackers nails.
"You have some unfinished business." The Warrior growled and thrust his black sword into Eriol. "Ahhhhhhhhhh!" Eriol screamed.
Tomoyo gasped waking up in a cold sweat. Tomoyo looked at the rough diamond that was sitting on her night stand. "Eriol." She whispered and got out of her bed. "Father! Father!" Tomoyo shouted running down the stairs. Clow Reed was feeling much better but was still in the bed. He had to gather his strength. "Father, Eriol's in trouble!" Tomoyo shouted. Clow rubbed and ears and smiled. "My dear, not so loud." He said. Tomoyo sighed and nodded and then continued: "Father, Eriol's in trouble. I had a dream or a vision he was being over ran by the Shadow Warrior that are at the palace."
Clow nodded. Tomoyo walked past her Father and opened a dresser getting her things. "Tomoyo where are you going?" Clow asked. "I have to help him, he might be hurt." Tomoyo said seriously getting her pack and putting some things in it.
"Tomoyo you needn't go, it's too dangerous." Clow said. "But Father I want to save him, this time I'll protect him." Tomoyo said proudly.
"Tomoyo, you maybe a better fighter then of the other ladies in the village but you can not go there, It's too dangerous." Clow said taking Tomoyo's hand. "I know you love him, I can see it in your eyes, but don't go there, you'll regret it." Clow whispered. "Why would you think I love him, he protected me and now I want to return the favor." Tomoyo said pushing the thought of love out of her mind.
"Tomoyo what are you doing?" Yama asked walking in. Tomoyo turned and looked to her friend. "Eriol's in danger I have to help him." She said walking past him. Yama looked to Clow who nodded. "Tomoyo, are you mad? You can't save him, what he did was what he was supposed too, now forget him." Yama said. "I can not. His planted in my mind like a plant that will continue to grow. I can't stop thinking about him. I want to help him." Tomoyo said. Yama sighed. "Then at least let me help you get there." He said.
"I have to go to the palace." Tomoyo said hugging Yama. "Be ready for anything." Tomoyo said and ran off into the forest to Haven.
(Tomoyo's POV)
Something told me I would see him agin. Every night I saw his face fill with concern and worry. I thought every time it was a trick, a cruel trick to make me hate him more. But I don't know what I feel for him. My heart ached as I saw him walk away from me and out of my life knowing I would never see him agin. But I knew with a sureness I couldn't say that I wanted to be by his side.
To protect him. Just that was all. To protect him. I was glad that Yama was coming with me. I might not have been able to make it along and I will admit that. Yama ran by my side with his sword and bow and arrow with a pack. I smiled to my friend thanking God that I had met him.
Damn how are we to cross." I cursed looked at the sea water. "The ship, it has a small escaping boat, I'll untie it." Yama suggested as he ran down the sandy beach. I looked ahead of me seeing a dark cloud forming about the palace far away. A storm was coming. I had a horrible feeling about it.
In no time, Yama and I were rowing the boat to the Island and it began to rain lightly. My favorite dark purple kimono was getting wet. I put my hear in a pony tail and continued rowing as fast as I could. Yama smiled and looked ahead. "I see the Island, were almost there Tomoyo." He panted rowing even faster.
It was high afternoon when we reached the Island. Everything was quiet as we made our way threw the jungle. My Pendent pulsed for a moment, it had done this once when I was reaching the castle. I looked up seeing the window to the Hall of Song.
How are we to get in, the walls are too strong and tall to climb." Yama whispered to me as we squatted down looked to the palace wall. There were no guards strangely. Were they expecting us? "You needn't worry about that, I know a way." I said and ran to the wall with Yama behind me. I touched the wall and then my hand with threw. "This way." I said taking Yama's hand and guiding him threw.
We were in the supply closet. It was quiet big. "Where are we?" Yama asked.
(End Tomoyo's POV)
"Where in the supple closet on the second floor." Tomoyo exclaimed letting go of Yama's hand looking out the door for a moment. Tomoyo gasped seeing Eriol tied and was being pushing by the Shadow warriors. Tomoyo shut the door.
Eriol looked down the hall thinking himself mad, had he really felt Tomoyo's purple aura or what is that he couldn't stop thinking of her? Eriol was pushed down the stairs to the throne room.
"I just saw Eriol, we must hurry." Tomoyo said. Yama simply nodded and Tomoyo opened the door once more and crept out the room with Yama close behind. "HEY YOU!" A Shadow Warrior shouted making Tomoyo and Yama stop in there tracks. Yama with skill took a arrow and shot it to the Warriors throat. Tomoyo looked away and Yama took her hand and they was behind a stone figure.
"You didn't have to kill him." Tomoyo said looking to Yama who took out another arrow. "If not we'd be dead or worst." Yama said seriously. "I think there heading to the Throne room, I know a secret way there." Tomoyo said. Yama nodded. "Then let us make hast." He said. Tomoyo motioned him to follow her and he did so.
Eriol was pushed to the cold marble floor of the throne room as the Mistress and Master sat in there thrones. "Mr. Eriol Hiiragizawa, so nice to see you once more." The Master said cooly. Eriol sneered at the Master and spat at his feet. "I knew you didn't belong here you bastard." Eriol said sharply. The Mistress snapped her fingers and a Warrior appearing holding a sliver snake. "Hiiragizawa, I'd like you to meet Shuyahi, my pet." The Mistress said taking the large silver snake caressed it with her hands.
Eriol looked to the snake who hissed at him. "Oh, Shu, be polite to our guest." The Mistress purred. "I picked her as a pet because her bit stills the body that way she can slowly eat her prey . . . alive." The Mistress said squatting down to Eriol who tried to force the rope off his hand. But it was a magical rope that stopped him from using his magic.
"Oh don't be afraid my love, she likes people." The Mistress said letting the snake go to his leg and then to his neck. "Give him a kiss." The Mistress said and the snake bit his neck. "Ah!" Eriol moaned feeling the snakes fangs going threw his neck. Eriol panted and fell to the floor and the snake too with it's fang coming out slowly from Eriol's neck and then it began circling him. "Ah, the beauty of it all." The Mistress said. Eriol moaned feeling the pain his body was heavy like a mountain, he could barley breath.
"Yes, my dear." The Master guided over to Eriol and smirked. "And to think I would have let you live, Ha. Oh and looked at this." The Master waved his hand and revealed a image of Yama and Tomoyo running down a black hall. Eriol's eye widened as his glasses slipped off his face blurring his vision slightly. Tomoyo. He knew he felt her aura. He knew it. Now she was going to die and it was all his fault.
"Leave her be, your fight is with me." Eriol said sharply trying to moved his lips as the poison was moving faster through his body. "Ha, that's where your wrong, she is apart of this, she's in your head, Eriol. And you know it." The Mistress hissed. Eriol grunted trying to lift himself.
"Get her. And the one with her. Don't kill them." The Master ordered his Shadow Warriors. "Stop!" Eriol shouted with a grunted trying his best to fight the paralyzing poison running through his body. "Damn you, you took this upon yourself, let the woman you love be there to hear your sinful ways." The Mistress spat kicking Eriol in the stomach making her snake hiss at her for touching her prey.
Yama and Tomoyo were in the middle of a battle with the Shadow Warriors that showed up out of now where. Tomoyo kicked and blocked with skill even with her kimono. "Tomoyo, we have to get out of here!" Yama shouted. Tomoyo broke a Warriors arm and nodded. Yama and Tomoyo began running to the throne room. "Wait, this way to the throne room." Tomoyo called as he nearly went to another staircase. Yama ran back seeing a crowd of Warriors coming for them. "Quickly!" He called as they ran down the hall heading to the throne room that was a head.
Eriol and the Mistress and Master watched them and when the Image faded Tomoyo and Yama bursted threw the doors. "Eriol." Tomoyo screamed and ran to him dropping her things. Tomoyo stopped seeing a snake lying on Eriol waiting for a poison to be completely in his system which was only three more minutes. Eriol's blood tracked the floor from where he was stabbed in the side. Just like her dream.
The Sliver snake hissed at Tomoyo. Tomoyo took out her small dagger and stabbed it in the head. Tomoyo kicked the snake away as it twitched in pain. Tomoyo went to her knees and lifted Eriol's hand. His glasses were off his face but Eriol could see Tomoyo clearly. "Eriol, are you alright?" Tomoyo asked looking to his grazed side.
Eriol looked as if he wanted to speak but he could move his body. He wasn't breathing. Tomoyo looked up and looked to the hooded Mistress and Master that stood like dark demon figures waiting for there prey. "What have you done to him?" Tomoyo said with anger. "Nothing." The Master answered. "Why can't he not speak nor breath?" Tomoyo shouted. Yama ran over to Tomoyo but was taking into a red transparent bubble when the Mistress waved her hand. Tomoyo looked back and stood. "Yama!" She called and then looked back to the dark figures with rage.
The Master grinned under his hood and waved his hand. Eriol gasped as air came back to his lungs. "Eriol." Tomoyo said softly taking his hand. "Well aren't you going to tell her, Eriol." The Mistress said. Eriol picked up his glasses and placed them on his face. "What are you talking about?" Eriol gasped trying to catch his breath.
"Bastard, I always thought you tried to be better then me." The Master said. "What?" Eriol said with a confused looked. Tomoyo was just as confused as he was. "What you don't remember me?" The Master said extending his hands and a sword appeared with red strings and jewels. Eriol's eyes widened and his skin paled he back up in fear. Tomoyo looked to Eriol with fear. Who was this person. "RELEASE!" The Mistress shouted and the star staff appeared in her hand. "N-n-no." Eriol said shaking his head.
"Eriol?" Tomoyo said distressed.
The so-called Master and Mistress revealed themselves. Syaoran Xiao Lang Li and Sakura Kinomoto: The Sakura card Mistress. Tomoyo looked at there faces seeing. "Syaoran? Sakura?" Tomoyo said puzzled and walking to her friends. Sakura and Syaoran skin was pale there hair was black but they looked as they would at twenty and twenty-one.
Tomoyo walked over to them and touched Sakura hand feeling it's coldness. "Tomoyo, you should be a shame. Eriol Hiiragizawa is really Eli Moon." Sakura said walking to him. She wore a black velvet dress while Syaoran was wearing his Chinese robes but they were black and gold. "Your Eli Moon?" Tomoyo said looking to Eriol.
"You can't be alive, your dead, I saw it." Eriol said in disbelief. "Oh yes, we are very much alive thanks to your sickening lust." Syaoran spat. Eriol growled and curled his fist. "Eriol, what are that talking about?" Tomoyo said. "Go. Tell her you killed your family and friends, tell her you kill countless people for sport, tell her everything, you sold your soul for limitless power!" Sakura shouted.
Tomoyo looked to Eriol sadly. Eriol looked back to her with the expression that she couldn't read. It killed her inside. "You can't be living." Eriol said once more coldly now. "Eriol, what are you? Tell me the truth." Tomoyo said with her face spilling with mixed emotion of rage, concern, worry, sadness, etc.
Eriol sighed. "I hadn't met to tell you." He began. "You seemed like glass to me."
"Tell her everything!" Syaoran voice boomed. Eriol looked to Syaoran and Sakura and then to Tomoyo.
"My name is Eriol Hiiragizawa, I was born in London, England. I had the power to use magic. I'm a reincarnated version of Clow Reed, someone you know as your Father. I met Sakura and Syaoran when I was six years old. I was running from a man who wanted my power. He wanted money and power. I was afraid and so I ran and took up the name Eli Moon. I lived with Sakura and Syaoran most of my childhood and had a strange lust for knowledge. As I turned eight, I learned to use the Clow cards. Sakura was a card mistress of the Sakura cards. In during that time I was being tracked down by a man named Joho Fumaka, I had heard he was the son of the man that was looking for me as I was younger. So one night I had decided to try a spell. It was so that death wouldn't befall my family and friends. I valued them too much. But my spell went wrong, and I had to watch as my family and friends souls being completely ripped for there bodies and leaving them laying cold and dead and bloodied.
I was scared being only ten at the time and I ran away. I later heard there bodies where found and buried, I hadn't the heart to think of such a think. I couldn't take the emotion. The realization of my killing people I loved. So Joho found me and took me. We trained me to be a killer, a monster, I learned the dark magic's on my own time, and I ended up slaying Joho Fumaka and his Father and everything he knew and from there I couldn't stop. I felt like I couldn't see enough blood. I had to kill. And so I did, I killed countless men, woman, and children with cold blood. I traveled the world being the nightmare to every human. I liked the fear there aura produced at just the thought of me. I travel from Persia to the American waste land, over the sea everywhere. I gained powers I couldn't control and another form that could produce the power I endured.
But when I arrived at China, I was stopped by a woman who said I had someone to protect and a mission to fulfill, so I wandered and wished my death so badly I came across your bandits they had me as near death. I could feel my life slipping away, but then Tomoyo Daidoji saved me. I hated you for it. I then met Clow Reed my mirror image. And so I protected her. In the back of my mind I was beginning to feel and see things other then death, but I was wrong I see nothing but death.
Syaoran, Sakura you shouldn't be here, no kind of magic in the world came bring back the dead. None." Eriol finished his life story. Syaoran and Sakura smirked. "Ha, your wrong then." Syaoran said with a smirk. Tomoyo looked to her friends. Tomoyo was so confused she looked to Sakura who's cards were black and floating everywhere. "Why?" Tomoyo whispered walking toward Eriol. Eriol summoned his staff and readied himself for the worse.
"I hadn't meant for us to meet, I hadn't meant for any of this." Eriol whispered to Tomoyo.
Syaoran jumped clean over Tomoyo and attacked Eriol. Eriol blocked Syaoran furious attacks and battled with him. Sakura grabbed Tomoyo and looked to her. "See, Tomoyo-sama. See, don't you see the monster in him? don't you see it?" Sakura said darkly. Tomoyo turned her head to Eriol seeing him be thrown to the marble wall. "You don't love him, he is a monster." Sakura said.
"How can this have happened?" Tomoyo said trying to take in all the emotions that were killing her. Syaoran cut Eriol's arm as did Eriol to Syaoran's arm. "You can't defeat me like that." Syaoran laughed evilly. Eriol growled and jumped on Syaoran and punched him. Syaoran kicked Eriol off him. Eriol flipped back and landed gracefully.
Sakura released her sword card and joined in the attack with a smirk. "Sakura no!" Tomoyo shouted but she was magically chained up. Eriol released the sword card and battled with Syaoran and Sakura. Eriol's skills helped him get on his feet as Sakura attacked as furiously as Syaoran did. Tomoyo grunted trying to get lose of her chains.
Eriol jumped over Sakura kicking her in the back and spinning around kicking Syaoran in the head knocking him down. Syaoran shook his head and rubbed it. "Come now Eriol, you didn't kill those people with this beautiful body." Sakura purred and then attacked Eriol once more.
Syaoran lifted himself and touched the back of his head. Blood appeared on his and he growled and looked with Eriol. "Enough of this game." Syaoran whispered and stood. "Lighting dragon!" Syaoran shouted raising his sword and his sword produced yellow strings of lighting zapping Eriol. "Ahhhhh!" Eriol cried and fell to his hands and knees. Sakura flipped back to Syaoran smirking. Eriol grunted and forced his body to stand up.
"Come on, Eriol. I want to fight you at your true power, are you afraid that Tomoyo will think you a monster?" Syaoran teased. Eriol sneered at him. "Come now, don't be more of a coward that you really are." Sakura taunted. "Very well." Eriol said and his voice seemed to be two at once. Eriol closed his eyes and turned his staff around and put it into the ground. The black scentless smoke began to form before Tomoyo eyes.
Eriol groaned and his shirt began to rip at his power form took it's shape. Black wing sprouted from his back. Eriol's hands got bigger with claws and fangs formed in his mouth. Eriol growled like a beast. Tomoyo shuddered with fear, but Syaoran and Sakura shivered with excitement. Eriol's took off his glasses slowly and threw them to the floor. He could see everything there auras, there hearts, and there faces.
Eriol skin stayed as it was but paled a little and the Celtic designs that Tomoyo saw appeared before her, from Eriol's waist up to his neck where it ended. Eriol roared with the sound of a horrible beast. "Happy?" Eriol said his beastly voice booming in the Throne room. Tomoyo looked at horror to the man that she thought wasn't a monster. But he was right, she would soon regret that. Everything she thought she knew about him was fading away rapidly. Everything she knew.
What was she to do to rid him of his monstrous form. As Tomoyo thought she remember the pendent. The pendent had to be complete so she could use the power she needed. Tomoyo looked at her wrist that were chained. "Please help me." Tomoyo whispered the small plea to her pendent and it began to glow and with a Instant the spell broke along with Yama's spell. Yama's was unconscious. Tomoyo looked to the throne. Sakura noticed in the corner of her eyes Tomoyo ran to the throne and looked on the seat. The other half of the pendent. Sakura was totally stupid.
"No!" Sakura cried racing over to her. Eriol grabbed Sakura by the neck and gripped it.
Sakura's legs kicked and she scratched at Eriol's monstrous hands as he laughed. Eriol threw Sakura to the marble wall bending it. Syaoran ran to Tomoyo but it was too late. Tomoyo combined the pendent piece together and a pure white light glowed in the room blinding everyone. The Shadow Warriors disappeared and Tomoyo's body rose as the light swallowed her.
"No!" Sakura shouted agin.
Tomoyo turned around in a sparkling white gown with a diamond crown on her head. Eriol looked to Tomoyo seeing her pure white aura. Tomoyo opened her month and began singing:
Win dain a lotica
En vai tu ri
Si lo ta
Fin dein a loluca
En dragu a sei lain
Vi fa-ru les shutai am
En riga-lint
And there it was once more. Eriol's monstrous form changed back into his human form as he heard the song. The song enchanted him and left him in a daze. It was like a spell to him.
Win chent a lotica
En vai tu ri
Si lo ta
Fin dein a loluca
Si katigura neuver
Floreria for chesti
Si entina
Sakura and Syaoran's spirit escaped the bodies that they were in and floated toward Tomoyo gracefully.
La la la la la la la la la...
Fontina blu cent
De cravi esca letisimo
La la la la la la la la la...
De quantian
La finde reve
Win dain a lotica
En vai tu ri
Si lo ta
Fin dein a loluca
En dragu a sei lain
Vi fa-ru les shutai am
En riga-lint
Tomoyo stopped her song and looked to her friends Sakura and Syaoran. "Tomoyo, Thank you." Sakura said taking Tomoyo hand and smiling as she did when she met Tomoyo. "Our souls are free at last, we were being controlled by the demon that was released from Eriol's body." Sakura said.
"It took some of his dark magic along the way to our graves." Syaoran said. Tomoyo smiled and nodded. "I'm happy that I finally get to see you one last time." Tomoyo said with a joyful tear running down her cheek. Syaoran and Sakura smiled. "I was just wondering, did you ever tell Sakura you were in love with her?" Tomoyo asked smiling. Both Sakura and Syaoran blushed and bid there friend farewell.
The light slowly faded. Eriol ran over to Tomoyo seeing that she changed back into her kimono and fainted. Eriol caught Tomoyo in his arms. It was nothing like he had ever felt. He held Tomoyo in his arms once more satisfying the aching to hold her, to touch her. Tomoyo slowly opened her eyes looking into Eriol's eyes. Tomoyo smiled lightly seeing the man she first saw. The serious emotionless expression on his face.
"I'm so glad your all right." Tomoyo whispered. Eriol didn't say anything he just held her, he kept her from falling. "I knew you were in trouble, I saw it in a dream. I wanted to protect you as you did me." Tomoyo exclaimed. "Why? I was better off dead." Eriol finally spoke.
Tomoyo chuckled. "You still think less of yourself."
Eriol didn't say anything yet agin, Tomoyo and Eriol were silence for a moment. "I wish I could say I'm not confused, sadden, hurt, and worried but I am." Tomoyo said finally after a moment. Eriol let go of Tomoyo and stood. Yama had finally awaken and ran over to Tomoyo helping her to her feet. "What happened?" Yama asked putting his sword back in the sheath. Tomoyo shook her head. "I'll tell you once we get off this Island, come we must go back." Tomoyo said looking to the dark sky. It was night and almost morning. Eriol looked to the pendent around Tomoyo's neck and then to the dark sky.
First of all I would like to thank everyone who reviewed, thanks so much they really mean alot to me and what did you think about this chapter a little longer then before, which I hope it's a good thing. Also I must sadly report that I'm ending the story soon. I know sad but there is not going to be sequel if that's what some of you are thinking, but I'll be posting a new E+T story for you fans, it's coming soon and it's really 2006-ish and It's full with Drama and all that stuff so watch out for that one and Also I'm going to be a while updating because I'm still working on the late little bit of Skating Figures but I promise that I'll finish this story on a good note, but anyway, Thanks agin and remember to review.
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