YESS!!! I am alive! And free to type this out for by dear devoted readers! ^-^ I just luv ya guys… gals. Well, hugs!^-^ The long awaited chapter 7, I hope you all like it because I want it worth the wait, probably every chapter will be like this until I have a vacation or something…
This chapter is dedicated to:
Kawaiitenshisakura and Meinien: my two most dedicated reviewers! ^-^ hugs, hugs, and more hugs!
Ms. Raye Sinic: thank you for putting me on your favorites authors list! Hugs for you too! ^-^
A LiL CherrY 4 A BravE WolF and Kawaii-Sakura-Hime: thank you too for putting this story on your favorites list! Hugs for the two of you… *sweat drop* okay, I'll stop hugging now…
and to my friend bluehiglighters or 0o0sugarcubes0o0 or gir0rox0my0sox or whatever your screen name is *this* time… :p
So far we've met a telepathic Cho who has a brother who looks like Harry and happens to know more than any other character in this story. We meet Eriol Hiiragizawa, the Defense against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts for Harry's fifth year. It's not so much about Harry, who knows Japanese (and so does Hermione and Ginny too). We had Jade, who unfortunately is still sleeping but something happens to her in this chapter, and we had a glimpse of Eli, Cho's brother. Inthis chapter something happens to Cho and we meet three special phoenixes…
Telepathic Cho, Japanese-literate Hermione, un-protagonist Harry, Xiaolang/Ginny coupling, and anything else in this story: My ideas. Cho, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Eriol, Sakura, and other characters: either belong to Clamp or J.K. Rowling. Getting the picture here? Nada mine.
//Overview of the last chapter: Destined Lovers
Xiaolang Li and Virginia Weasley: were together during the summer and their love still lasts, but Xiaolang gave Ginny a premonition of a battle to come…
Zachary and Chelsea Yamazaki Tereda: summer newlyweds who Harry dreamed about had met their maker shortly after meeting the Dark Lord…
Arthur and Molly Weasley: Molly had learned the difference between infatuation and true love, and is still happy with the results…
Arabella Figg, James Potter, and Lily Evans: a Hogwarts love triangle that let Bella experience love but destiny still had to work its path for Lily and James…
Syaoran and Sakura Kinomoto Li: apparently they are still alive…
Celestial the phoenix: a phoenix with green eyes, daughter of Fawkes, otherwise known as Celes, and we last saw her putting sleeping dust on Professor Eriol…
Star the phoenix: a phoenix with green eyes and a white star on her slender neck, seen by Hermione giving the sleeping powder pouch to Celes, her last feat was taking Jade's jade star necklace, can anyone guess who she really is…?//
Chapter 7: Meet Marvel, Star, and Celes
A phoenix song floated across the corridors and reached all the way to the Headmaster's office. A phoenix rose from his sleep, hearing this song. This song…it has to be her. Fawkes glanced out of the window and saw the Forbidden Forest with new animals. More importantly, he saw another phoenix with a necklace in her beak fly across the sky.
Flapping his wings, Fawkes flew out of his master's room and soon met with the singer. "It must be time, then, Celestial, if you have appeared so suddenly."
The daughter bird smiled. "I just couldn't stay so long away from my daddy," she teased back.
"So, what has happened?"
Celes smiled. "Well, Hiiragizawa-san unfortunately felt the dire need for sleep. It's all set now. Star has gotten the necklace. Let's hope that her plan will work."
"Star, you mean the one with the star-mark? Yes, let's do hope that good will come out of this. Other animals have felt her call for help, and they gather here to answer it…however…"
Celes nodded also as they flew out of a window. "I understand. But let's look at the things at hand. Hmm…we need an audience for witnesses."
~
"What the…?" Cho felt an aura flare for a moment and she stood up. Overlooking the Forbidden Forest, she saw that that there were more new occupants. Cho felt Ginny trying to reach her. She opened her connection.
//Ginny, did you know that more animals are in the Forbidden Forest?//
/Yes, I did know Cho, but that isn't why I called. A phoenix with green eyes flew in and stole Jade's necklace./
//…Wait, did you say a phoenix with green eyes?//
/Yeah, and there is something else. Jade-/
Cho broke her telepathic connection. Why do I have the feeling something big is going to happen? First Jade, then Celes.
"What's going on?" Ron said as he and Harry stood up also.
"Something happened," Cho said vaguely. "Grab your broom."
~
/Yeah, and there is something else. Jade-/ Ginny was surprised when she was cut off. Ginny turned back to Jade and saw Hermione just as worried as her. Jade was still glowing pink and green, but it was so light that you couldn't tell that they were even colors. "Your aura tells everything about you," Ginny recalled Eli telling her that. So does that mean Jade's in trouble because her aura is not its regular brightness?!
Jade started to glow a trifle brighter, but the place where it was the brightest was her forehead, where the light gathered together into a five-pointed star. What's happening?! Ginny frantically thought.
"What the…?" three voices chorused behind her.
Ginny looked and saw the Quidditch Trio riding on their brooms and peering into the hospital window. They noticed the faint glow also. Ginny nodded slightly, noticing that Cho was back to normal…well, almost. Her protective side of Jade was more apparent now.
"Why didn't you tell me she was glowing?" Cho demanded.
"You cut me off before I could say anything," Ginny defended as Cho jumped off her broom and into the room -an easy feat for such an athletic girl like Cho.
"Her aura's not supposed to be like this," Cho muttered worriedly. She grabbed Jade's hand and let loose her aura…if a certain sorcerer was awake he would have noticed it…Cho used her own magic, using whatever she knew to get Jade's aura the way it was supposed to be. Her frown deepened when her attempts proved to be useless.
"Save your magic for more important needs, young Ying Fa."
Everyone looked for the source of the majestic male voice, but the only thing they noticed different was that there were two phoenixes perched on Cho's empty broom, which was still midair with Harry and Ron.
"Celes!" Cho exclaimed, letting go of her cousin's hand and walking to the window. "What are you doing here? I thought you were still in America. And what is more important than Jade right now?"
The four Gryffindors gaped at the Ravenclaw, who acted like talking birds were an everyday thing for her.
"If you want to help young Jade, then retrieve her necklace, Cho. For a short time it will be there." This time a female voice had spoken. Everyone noticed that the green-eyed one had fanned her wing out in the direction of the Forbidden Forest.
Cho looked back to Jade to answer her decision, then looked at the Gryffindor girls. "Watch her for me," she said before slipping out of the window and onto her broom. To the boys she said, "We're going to the Forbidden Forest."
The birds had already had a head start. "How do you know them?" Ron asked Cho.
"One of them is Fawkes," Harry offered. Cho nodded.
"The other is Celestial, or Celes, his daughter," she said. "And also… she's the Potters' phoenix."
"What?" Harry said, but she didn't say anything more. The already reached the forest. Cho just zoomed right in, without a care that there was a reason it was forbidden. A second later Harry, and finally the hesitant Ron.
The three stopped at a clearing of the forest. Before them was a lake, which the winter sun was reflected even brighter. Loads of animals surrounded the lake. Birds were singing their melodious tunes, while every unicorn dipped their horn into the lake, turning it clear. The animals were contributing a part of themselves to the lake; the birds their song, the unicorns their magic, spiders their webs, centaurs their hair…someone contributed a dragon fang. Even Hedwing and Pig contributed their feathers.
Some refrained from contributing though. Even if Fawkes gave his tears, Celes made no move to give anything. In fact, the animals that didn't give anything seemed like they were…waiting. Like their time to present their gift was later.
Harry felt that something big was happening, something that compelled him to just stay and watch. Soon it became apparent that eleven animals were waiting for something…their heads raised toward the sky, searching for something.
First there were three cats, one yellow, one ginger, and one dark gray. Then there were two wolves, but one had ocher eyes. There was peacock with brightly colored feathers spread out {Just to let you know, this pretty peacock is FEMALE. I don't care if that's impossible-this is a CCS world, for goodness sake} next to a pretty brown and white-speckled doe…who was standing rather close to one of the wolves. Then there was a splendid white unicorn, a somewhat small dragon, and a cute looking turtle. The eleventh one, of course, was Celes, the green-eyed phoenix who disappeared the day the Potters died and Cho found her during a trip to the United States.
"Look…" Cho softly murmured, not to disturb the quiet peace. Her head was pointed to the sky. The other males gazed at the sky and saw a… they saw a shooting star heading in their direction.
~*~*
He was utterly bored. His parents left him alone. How careless of them, even if he was fourteen years old; they knew he was old enough to make sure to stay out of trouble. He thought for a minute and a playful smirk flashed across his face.
They left before handing out the punishment for contacting his girlfriend. So he was free to do whatever he wished…like watching how his parents and Cho were doing. It wasn't like they were going to put a stop on his magic, anyway.
He placed his hand over the large bowl of water, then stopped and got another bowl. He let a little of his magic flow into the clear water, and then different images appeared in each bowl. One was the love of his life; the other was his matchmaker.
This should be interesting…after all they used a different technique to 'disappear'…he thought, as his smirk grew wider.
~*~*
Hermione stared out of the window. Nothing was really happening; nothing different anyway. She looked harder. If she could tell that bird had a star on its neck from her distance, there must be some magic behind it. It was unsettling how she could things far away and not be able to see the things right in front of her face the same time.
Then she noticed that a comet was heading toward the forest. She blinked. It wasn't a star at all. It was a bird, the same bird that stole Jade's necklace, flying at such a speed from the heavens that it gave the impression of a shooting star. Wait…the necklace in her beak was glowing. So it really is a falling star…Hermione chewed her lip. No way could she have seen something like that, at that speed, and at her distance.
Then the shooting star disappeared in the depths of the Forbidden Forest and minutes later, Jade resumed her original auras: Rosy pink and emerald green.
But then again, there was somebody, or some *thing* new.
~
"It's a shooting star *and* a phoenix!" Cho gasped as it came nearer and nearer. Ron just mutely nodded his head. Harry however…
"At this rate, it will-"
Star the phoenix dived into the pool, and as soon as water touched starlight, it became bright silver.
"-crash into the lake." Harry finished.
Celes stepped up to the lake. The other ten animals were positioned around the lake also. They stepped forward…and walked over the silver water. With each step, they donated a part of themselves. Fur, song, feathers, nearly anything they had on themselves. Each thing was laced with a colored glow. Silver, blue, orange, red, yellow, green, gold…
The phoenix burst from the water, but without the star. Above the lake, Star dried her feathers and plucked a single feather from her. It glowed a bright pink. Then she flew down back to the lake, where the others had met each other in a circle. The red feather glowing pink softly floated down and landed in the middle of their circle.
Nothing happened.
All eleven looked worriedly at the star phoenix, which seemed to be their leader, as if to say, Now what?
The leader phoenix slowly nodded, and then all twelve let their auras flow freely, using every drop of their magic. The pond glowed brighter and brighter, but the brightest color was gold. Then slowly the glow receded, but the middle of the circle was still bright. There was movement in the light. Then, as the light slowly disappeared, a small phoenix stood in its place. A cute baby phoenix with green eyes and blue tips on its scarlet feathers and a star on the forehead.
As the baby phoenix dried itself, Celes handed Star the leather pouch that still had some sleeping powder in it. Using the pouch, Star scooped some of the magical water into it, and then gave it to the young phoenix. The wolf with tawny eyes dived into the magic pool and retrieved Jade's necklace, which was not glowing anymore. The baby phoenix was given the jade necklace and blinked cutely before flying away in the direction of the school.
When the trio looked back at the pool, it had already resumed its original state and there were no animals to be seen, except for the two phoenixes, Fawkes and Celes.
~*~*~
Xiaolang watched the watery image as it showed the twelve animals give up their magic as they contributed to the pool where Jade's new guardian was to be born.
I see…the only way to save Jade is if she creates another guardian. But her magical energy is very low, she can't handle it herself. But because Jade created a guardian beast, only animals can give their magic to save her. But regular animals won't be enough sustain the new guardian.
Xiaolang chuckled. Those who were of the twelve were not "regular animals". The only *real* animals are the three cats, the yellow, ginger, and gray ones. Only seven of the twelve will stay as animals until the next obscure. The last two are people disguised as animals. My parents.
Then Xiaolang watched with surprise as the head phoenix nodded and they used all their magic to create the new guardian. Why would Ka-san say yes? I'm sure she knows that she won't be able to reappear back here if her magic is gone. And using his magic will sure to revert Tou-san back to his human form, and then they won't be any help to Onee-san!
Then Xiaolang's concentration was broken as he received a premonition -luckily it wasn't as intense and gruesome as the one he let Ginny see. His brow furrowed in annoyance. Ka-san knew about this! Mom knew that all her magic had to be used in order to create the last guardian. She knew that I'd be watching to see what happens. That's why she let me off the hook. That's why she didn't give me any punishment. That's why…argh!
Xiaolang grumbled as he went to his room as he fetched the Li clan sword that he had gotten from his father. Why do I have to do everything myself? Chanting the words to cast the spell, Xiaolang used his magic to bring everyone back to where they belonged, like for example that dragon back to Bulgaria, the yellow and the gray cat back to the States, *and* the last eight to the area where their hideout was. I'll get Celes later after her business.
Frowning at the smug look that his parents had, he glared at them with an "My punishment has already been served, and you better be thinking about rewarding me" and closed the door to his room behind him. He still had business, now that he received another premonition.
~*~*~
"Come," Fawkes motioned, as he and Celes took off for flight. Cho and the boys followed them on their brooms. After several seconds, Cho decided now was a good time to find some answers.
"What just happened in the Forbidden Forest?"
"It soon shall be time for Jade to awaken. You don't need to help her anymore; for now she has created her guardian beast for protection. But eluding someone who wants you and your powers can be exhausting, and young Jade's magic had run low that she needed help to complete her beast." Celes spoke.
Cho nodded, while Harry and Ron intently listened. "So any magical animal came to help her, in order to complete her guardian. But those twelve, and you too, Celes, what did you have that any other common animal couldn't give?"
"They are special, Ying Fa, to your dear cousin," Fawkes replied. "They proved themselves worthy to help the little one. Remember them well, Ying Fa, because they will be important in the near future."
Cho frowned, processing the information. "Tell me more about Jade's guardian."
"This guardian beast is just like any other, Cho. It is genderless and holds power of her star." Celes said.
"Then what makes it so different than the others?"
"This guardian, however, does not hold only the power of the sun or the moon. It wields both. This guardian will act as Jade's power indicator. It has three different forms for each of her aura -one for the pink, another for the green, and the last will be when she has both auras balanced; her inner potential."
"The first form is Marvel, the phoenix, when her aura is mostly pink. Since your cousin's personality matches her mother's, the phoenix shall be the form seen the most. The second form for the green aura will be a great dragon named Treasure. The last and third form, Starlight the unicorn, will be seen when both her auras are balanced and Jade reaches her strongest magic."
Cho was silent, while Harry noticed that they had traveled quite the distance from the Forbidden Forest. The already crossed the lake that surrounded the school grounds and the birds had landed on nearest land. Ron spoke the most obvious question.
"Now what are we doing here?"
~*~
"What am I supposed to do?" Ginny said in a bored tone to the baby phoenix. The little phoenix had flew in the open window, which Hermione decided to close right after, a little while ago. It gave Hermione the leather pouch and returned the jade necklace to its proper place around Jade's neck
"I mean, Jade seems fine, and Hermione fell asleep, and the others haven't returned back yet. I even checked on Professor Eriol, and he was sleeping on his desk! I moved him to a bed though. That was strange. If people feel tired, then why don't they go to their beds? I even found 'Mione sleeping on the floor. I brought her to the next room." Since Ginny was all alone, she was reduced talking to the bird. The little phoenix only revealed that its name was Marvel.
What Ginny didn't know was that Eriol was forced to fall asleep when Celes threw sleeping powder over him. What Ginny didn't know was what happened in the Forbidden Forest. What she didn't know was that Marvel was born there. What she didn't know was that Marvel was Jade's guardian. What she didn't know was that Hermione dumped the water out of the pouch into a cup. What she didn't know was that Hermione felt like she should drink that silver colored water with sleeping powder in it. What she didn't know was that Hermione fell asleep when she drank it.
Ginny didn't know a lot of things at the moment. But she knew a couple things Eriol and Harry didn't know. Or at least didn't remember. But at the moment, she had a feeling that things were going to get a bit more complicated.
~
"We have a problem here," Fawkes said seriously. When the three didn't understand what he meant he ordered Cho to use her magic to see. Cho was a little hesitant, but then she concentrated for a moment and then looked to see if anything was different. She gasped, staring at the sky.
Celes perched herself on Harry, and Fawkes did the same with Ron. They felt a tingling sensation as they were covered with an aura, and they blinked. They saw that there was a forest green and bright pink colored dome that covered the whole Hogwarts area. Cho was glowing her dark blue aura. The problem with the colored dome was that it looked like a cracked mirror.
Broken, cracked, and fragile as glass.
"The Hogwarts barrier!" Cho cried. She turned to see Celes with a pained and crazed expression. "Tell me the truth. Is she really dead? Is Sakura really dead?"
Celes looked at Cho with a grave face. "That's not important now, Cho. For your sake and the sake of others, please use your magic to strengthen this barrier."
Cho frowned, but she knew it was something she would have to do, whether she liked it or not. She made her hands sparkle with blue, and touched the barrier. Her blue aura spread from her fingers in million directions like wildfire. Along the crooked lines of the barrier the blue ran upon, repairing it at the same time.
"Not enough…" Cho gasped. The sparks glowed brighter and Cho practically forced her magic onto the wall. Then Cho watched in horror as she realized that she lost control over her magic. The golden part of her aura was more apparent now and it was too much.
Harry noticed a look pass Cho's face and immediately felt that something was wrong. But how could he tell? He didn't know much about what was happening recently anyway. There was Cho and Ginny who acted like they shared a secret. And like Ron, he noticed that Hermione was well…drifting from them. Of course, she needed some 'girl time' but it seemed more than that. And then there was Jade and that weird occurrence in the Forbidden Forest. Now they were on the outskirts of Hogwarts. Were they even allowed to be there? Maybe. Fawkes, and he's the headmaster's phoenix, was there so maybe there was reason for being there.
Ron just watched in amazement as he watched Cho glow gold. The gold fanned out along the magical barrier. It kept reaching and reaching to go farther, but things only go so far. The gold rebounded and headed back to the source. Cho.
Celestial the phoenix closed her emerald eyes as there was a blinding explosion without the sound. It is inevitable. It would have happened sooner or later, she scolded herself.
Cho closed her eyes, and could just imagine her brother scolding her for releasing magic she knew she couldn't handle. Then she imagined glass breaking. She felt dread fill her stomach. * No……! Eli! * she thought before she fell into darkness.
~
"Professor Dumbledore! What happened…Cho!" that was the greeting Ginny gave them. Professor Dumbledore set the fainted Cho on a hospital bed. "How…when…?" was all Ginny could stutter.
"Well, in the Forbidden Forest some animals did some magic…" Ron started.
"Then this a small phoenix with green eyes appeared-" Harry added.
"Like that one over there-" Ron pointed to Marvel perched Jade's bed.
"Then Marvel flew away and we flew across the lake-"
"Fawkes and Celes told us some stuff about a third guardian-"
"After Cho did magic on some kind of shield around Hogwarts-"
"Then she fainted, and Harry caught her-"
"Dumbledore appeared, and said we should go back to the school…"
The boys glanced at each other. They didn't have anything more to say. Awkwardly, Harry finished, "And that's about it, really…the birds flew away."
Smiling, Dumbledore said, "I've returned from visiting the Kaho Mansion…or what is left of it," he said at Ginny's raised eyebrow. "Ms. Mizuki has asked your mother to watch over it. She visits regularly."
Glancing at her brother's confused face, Ginny whispered, "Mum knew the people in the Mansion a little bit."
"Cho's just exhausted from using her magic," Dumbledore spoke. "Let her sleep for now…and Ms. Granger also."
"Hermione's sleeping?" Ron exclaimed. Ginny nodded and pointed to the room next to Cho's where Hermione was sleeping. Ron made a move for it while Dumbledore also got ready to leave.
"Just…" the three Gryffindors turned to their headmaster. "Just be careful when they wake up. Especially Ms. Chang." he added in a low undertone for just Harry to hear as he headed out.
~^-^~
"Are you sure she's alright?"
"Of course she is, Eli, don't bother Tomoyo like that," Meiling said, irate. They were in the Li Mansion, which resides in China, a long distance from England.
"I'm worried," Eli said. "If it's Madison, then something must have happened to Jade."
"Then why didn't you go and check up on her?" Meiling said, exasperated.
"Yes, I'm sure we -I mean Jade," Yelan interjected quickly, "would have liked it."
"You should have visited the little kaiiju while you had the chance," Touya frowned. "The same thing to Madison happened to Yue. And that was when the bigger kaiiju was running low on power."
"But Jade must fine, seeing that Madison is back," Yelan said.
"But why was Tomoyo affected?" Touya asked.
Meiling answered. "Madison and Tomoyo are really close, as nearly close as Ruby and Nakuru can get. Madison was created to help Tomoyo. Their togetherness has blended their body, mind, and even their souls. Of course Tomoyo would at least be a bit of affected."
"But if they're close like that, would could you still separate them? It was almost impossible to keep Yuki and Yue separated," Touya added.
"Of course!" Meiling said in a voice not like hers. "Jade made sure of that they can be separated. Tomoyo is not Madison's temporary form, and we would like to keep it that way."
"Where is Eli?" a soft voice said.
"Oh, Tomoyo!" Meiling said, returning to her original state. "We were just talking about you. Are you okay? Do you want something to eat?"
"I don't know," Touya said at the same time. "That little devil's incarnate was still here when we were talking."
Then there was a flash and Eli reappeared before them. He was clutching his chest and he was obviously in pain.
"Eli!" Tomoyo gasped. "What happened? Where did you go?"
He was pale and out of breath as Tomoyo struggled to hold him up, who only got out of bed herself a few minutes ago. "Cho, she called for me," he rasped. "She sounded scared…I went for her…but the Hogwarts barrier wouldn't let me in. Took almost all of my magic…" he fainted.
~^-^~
"Are they ready?" Xiaolang asked a face in the mist over his shoulder, getting something from a shelf.
Kaho smiled from the mist. "They have learned to deal with the death of her parents. They are…well, learning to deal with it together."
Xiaolang smirked as he returned to the mist with a box and a small suitcase. He tossed it into the mist. "He will need this," he said, after he threw the box, and "These are some of Jade's things," he said after the suitcase. "After hearing Cho's call, Eli won't rest until he gets there. How will you get him?"
On the other side, Kaho caught the items. "Minnie will take care of it."
Xiaolang stared at the older woman's brown eyes. "Tell me. You know. Will Cho be alright?"
Kaho Mizuki smiled gently before saying, "You'll just have to find out the hard way," and swept her hand through the mist, breaking the connection. Kaho's smile faded as she stared sadly at the place where the mist originally was. "But in the long run, Xiaolang, I can't see farther than that, and I'm supposed to be the best," Kaho said softly. She stepped out of her room and closed the door. "Where is your professor?" she asked the passing boy.
Instead of a rude comment that Kaho had expected from Draco Malfoy as usual, he just turned to her with a thoughtful, confused expression. "I don't know," he said. "Probably behind me."
Kaho shook her head with a knowing smile. "It's nice to know you've finally settled in," she called to him as he turned a corner to his room. Then she heard voices coming closer.
"So I showed Malfoy things that Cho herself should tell him. It doesn't matter how he finds out, Minerva. It'll make things easier for Cho."
"I thought we all agreed to let Cho tell everyone herself, power or no power. Everyone else thought it was a good idea," Minerva McGonagal argued back.
"Draco already knew a bit of it! It really was no harm done! It would save time when we head back. Why bother arguing with me? I will not and would not go back and undo what I did! And if it hadn't been because of you, I would have never done it in the first place!" Arabella Figg nearly screamed.
Frowning lightly, Kaho thought, Ouch, that must have hurt Minnie.
Minerva stood there gaping for a second before snapping it back shut and an angry glare at Arabella. "Fine. Blame everything on me once again. Is that what I've been trying to teach you for all these years?!" she said in a cold, clipped voice before turning her heel and walking off.
That instantly deflates Bella, Kaho thought with a sigh. "Bella…"
With a sigh, Arabella calmed herself down. "Yeah, I know, I know. But I can't help it you know, Kaho? It's completely-"
"We are equally at fault," Kaho calmly interrupted. "You should realize that also. So together, we all have to put things right."
"Okay, I get it," Bella resigned. "I guess I'll go check on the mansion. And use my powers for good use." After a pause, she added, "And could you-"
"Yes, I will," Kaho once again interrupted. "I'll straighten Draco out. He'll be fine by the time you return. Now hurry and get ready. Minerva and I have enough to squeeze in, with Draco and the Teredas."
"O-kay! I'm going, I'm going!" Bella laughed, running out of Kaho's way.
~*~
A flushed face, streaked with tears, tossing and turning, living a possible nightmare. This was Cho. A deep contrast to the other two sleeping girls. Jade and Hermione were peacefully sleeping, and wore small smiles. They hadn't shed any possible tears. They also had kept still. They never moved much, compared to Cho. She looked like she was struggling with herself. Hermione and Jade looked like they were in a coma. Cho looked like she was trying to wake up but she couldn't. The next day she broke through and got to wake up. But she was still caught in her delusion.
`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`
Dun dun dun… review and you'll find out about Cho… ~-^
`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`*`
The Guardian's Cor--
Kero: We might at well call this the Guardian's Grave, Aimee, you won't include us except for the battle! What kind of story is it without me, the mighty Cerberus, guardian beast of the Sakura Cards! *stands proud*
Yue: I agree with Cerberus. To make us feel wanted you give us busywork.
Aimee: *ignoring the complaining guardians* Now as I was saying, I present you *adds a great flourish* The Guardian's Corner!
Kero: You stole my corner from me, didn't you? Ah, those days with Kero-chan's Corner, that was the best part… *smiles* but now we're stuck with answering your reviews *sulks* Even Nelvana is a hell a lot better than you
Aimee: *counts down from ten, but screams out loud anyway*
Yukito: (they're separated for the time being) *winces* Yue, Kero, don't you thinks it's nice of Aimee to give us something to do while we wait?
Ruby Moon: *disdainfully* At least, Rabbit, you got mentioned. It's even up there, the one with the smiles for transitions; three parts before us.
Suppi: You counted, Ruby Moon?
Nakuru: (she's separated too) And my Touya only talked about the Rabbit! What happened to sweet, cute, and beautiful to boot, Nakuru-chan? *twirls*
Suppi: *muttering* who would even think you were any of those?
Aimee: *takes a deep breath to calm down* All you have to do is read my answers to those who reviewed. That's all. You should be happy I even let you HAVE YOUR OWN STINKIN' CORNER, YOU UNGRATEFUL (*&^ % $^%# -
Yue: *waves hand* Profanity should not be used at your age, Aimee.
Suppi: I'll do the first one, then. This is to *mimics Aimee's girlish voice* Angel Raverz: Thank you! Hmmm, Cho related to Harry... it's a thought. Do you mean by blood or by any other means? Are you confused because I wrote Cho calls Harry's mom Aunt Lily? Well, you'll find out how Cho knows her... I know I wrote some where that Cho calls her mother's friends Aunt, for example she'll call Chiharu Aunt Chiharu even though she's not really her aunt. Keep reading and reviewing and you'll know about Cho soon enough. *returns to normal voice* That was as much fun as having to eat sweets.
Ruby Moon and Nakuru: *exchange wicked glances* What, you want to eat candy, Suppi?
Aimee: *tries to talk, but can't because of Yue, so scribbles on chalkboard and holds it up* If you just read the reviews I'll give any guardian candy.
Kero: Just candy?
Aimee: *scribbles more* And all the pudding too!
Kero, Ruby Moon, and Nakuru: Okay!
Kero: This is to Kawaii-Sakura-Hime: I just love your reviews! Thank you for letting me be on you favorites list! Chapter 7, if you figure it out, you can find out who the Star Phoenix is... just read and find out!
Ruby Moon: For Meinien: School is just evil, isn't it? Well, I am trying to update as fast as I can, (without failing all my subjects or else I'll be kicked off the comp too) and thank you for reviewing all the time! *blinks, then looks up* It says: "::hugs::" Do I have to do that too?
Nakuru: I'll do it! *runs into another room*
Aimee: *erases chalkboard, dust all over her, but scribbles again* I'll also treat any guardian to an all-you-can-eat buffet. *lets Yuki read it*
Yukito: *eyes light up and reads* KawaiiLiLCherryWolf: The S+S wedding was sweet, wasn't it, and that scene with Eriol and Tomoyo… *sighs blissfully, then snaps out of it* What do you mean Sakura and Syaoran?! Ano, I wrote Blossom, Julian, and Madison... I guess you figured it out... *sighs unhappily* Well, the weeding was sweet, and thanks for your review! And I'll keep it up if you review!
Nakuru: *comes back, dragging a life-size picture of Touya* I don't know where Meinien is, so this *puts "Touya" in front* is Meinien. Hugs! *glomps Touya's picture*
Everyone except Nakuru: *sweat drop* -_-"
Ruby Moon: Here's another one To Meinien again: sorry! Time was running out and I didn't have time to make a name for Xiaolang jr! Oh, shoot, shoot, shoot! Well, what's done is done... if you still want a special name for Xialang, I can always make that Ginny's special name for him... or I'll just leave it... *sigh*
Nakuru: I didn't read one yet! kawaiitenshisakura: I love it when you always give me reviews! ::hugs, hugs, and more hugs!:: Thank you, thank you, thank you! But what exactly are you confused about? Give me a question on what you're confused about and I'll answer it the best I can! Please! I want to know how I can fix these confusing parts!
Suppi: How come I don't get anything? I went first without any bribes?
Aimee: *holds up board, with words written already, and makes sure that Nakuru, Ruby Moon, and Kero don't read it* Suppi, just for you, you get a whole library full of new books, you get to have your peace and quiet, and that'll be your hiding place when I give the others the candy they want to stuff down your throat.
Suppi: *suspicious glances at the wicked three* Murasaki: Sakura has a small part, but she'll come in anyway. It's mostly the past that she'll be present, but Tomoyo and Meiling will be there more than her, since technically she's supposed to be dead (I swear, I will never kill Sakura that way, never!). She'll most likely be at the end, though.
Yue: You may talk now, Aimee. *waves hand again*
Aimee: *hopefully* Does that mean you will read my reply to my reviews then?
Yue: I will not answer them for you.
Nakuru: You will answer them!
Yue: I will not answer.
Kero: You will answer!
Yue: I will not.
Ruby Moon: You will!
Yue: Will not.
Aimee: *talking to audience* Okay… while we wait for an answer I'll say some comments… yes, I did read the Fifth book of HP, no this will not be like that, yes I think Jade will probably wake up in like the tenth chapter, first I need Cho to grasp reality, for Harry to meet his twin (Cho's brother), and Eriol to realize that if he wants to see Tomoyo again he must call her from Hogwarts. And- *turns around, sees all five guardians looking at her angrily* Uh… yes?
Kero: Why don't you rewind and see what we guardians were just talking about.
Aimee: O-kay… *presses rewind, goes back to the Yue conversation*
//Yue: Will not.
Yukito: Just read a review, Yue!
Yue: No.
Yukito: *sighs* why not?
Yue: Because we all should know by now that Aimee doesn't have enough money to go through all these bribes.
Rest of the guardians: *realization and exchange glances*
Kero: No pudding?!
Nakuru: No candy?!
Ruby Moon: No evil plan?!
Yukito: No buffet?!
Suppi: No new books?!
Yue: No. Aimee tricked you.\\
Aimee: Uh-oh.
Nakuru: Alright, cough it up!
Aimee: Uh… I don't own anything… it's in all my disclaimers…
Ruby Moon: *ice crystal in hand* You do know that you're up against five guardians made from the all-powerful Clow Reed, right?
Suppi: You know what you do when we find out you tricked us? *transforms to Spinel Sun*
Aimee: Uh… I know! You five just sit down and get others to review my story!
Kero: *transforms to Cerberus* Wrong. Aimee, you run. Now.
Aimee: Uh… can I plead Lord Voldermort possessing me?
Yue: No. I know for a fact that he's not here.
Yukito: Nice try, Aimee. Last chance…
Aimee: *points* Look! It's Daniel Radcliffe!
Yue, Yukito, Ruby Moon, Nakuru, Spinel Sun, and Cerberus: *look at the direction she pointed at*
Cerberus: That's not Daniel, that's someone riding a broomstick!
Yue: That's Aimee flying away!
Ruby Moon: GET HER!
Aimee: don't forget to review, you guys!