Hey Guys! Another new chapter is up! I'm really sorry that I posted so late! But school suddenly got crazy hard and I had to focus all my energy in it. I hope you guys enjoy it! In this chapter, it might get confusing as I will change between 3rd person and 1st person for Tomoyo and Syaoran. Tell me what you think. Also, I didn't say it before, but I got like 1,000 views for this story! I want to thank the people who liked and followed this story and for giving reviews. Thanks again! also, there are some things I want to discuss with you, but I'll leave that for later.
Disclaimer: I do not own Magi or CCS. I only own my OCs. Any OCs the readers make are theirs.
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"Syaoran. I don't think you banging your head on the bars will help the situation. In fact, you're just making me and the guards irritated." Tomoyo exasperated as Syaoran slammed his head on the metal bars for the umpteen times in a row. Right after trying to escape the blue haired woman, the two ran right to an imperial troop that was training. Soon, they were thrown in jail for infiltrating the Imperial palace of the Kou Empire. Having no idea what the Kou Empire meant, both Syaoran and Tomoyo could only assume that it was where they were. Sighing, Syaoran rubbed his now bruising forehead as he glared at the guards.
"Well, I'm irritated as well! In fact, livid!" Syaoran hissed out. After being jailed, they two were told by the soldiers that they council and emperor was deciding their punishment. However, many hours had past and they still did not receive one word about their fate. It was around that time that Syaoran started hitting his head against the metal cage. Tomoyo sighed and looked out the small window in the cell. The sun had just set, creating beautiful hues of red, orange, and dark blue in the sky. Suddenly, the two heard clinking. Turning around, Tomoyo and Syaoran saw a guard sliding their dinner through a small latch. On the tray were two bowls of fresh white rice, still steaming warm. Accompanying them were dishes of grilled pieces of chicken with Teriyaki sauce on them, two small bowls of egg drop soup, and sauteed carrots and broccoli. Each grabbing a bowl, the duo began to dig in. Whiling eating, Syaoran felt the dishes to feel familiar to him, but ignored it, thinking because that it was due to the similarities of regular Chinese dishes. After finishing, both put their dishes back on the tray just as a guard came in with a blanket.
"Here, it's for you boy." The man said as he tossed the sheet in. Grabbing it, Syaoran noticed how warm and thick it was. Tomoyo frowned slightly.
"Is there not one for me?" The soldier shrugged.
"This was all I got. The Empress told me to make sure the boy got it." With that, he took the tray away and left the room, leaving the two alone with some guards watching them. Tomoyo sighed.
"I don't know what's going on, but it's getting pretty chilly..." Immediately after she said that, Syaoran scooted closer to Tomoyo and wrapped the blanket around the girl, surprising her.
"Here. This blanket's sorta big. I think it'll fit the two of us if we tried." Syaoran explained. The black haired girl smiled at him.
"...Thank you Syaoran. You know, I always thought you were just mean. But I see you're just a tsundere with a hard time of showing his feelings." Syaoran blushed.
"Sh...Shut up..." He murmured out. Still blushing, he turned the other way and prepared for bed, with Tomoyo soon following his lead.
Syaoran's POV
"Where am...Oh not this again!" I thought to myself. Here I was again, in the pitch, black, endless void. Groaning in frustration, I looked around to find something to bang my head on despite that I know there is nothing here. However, much to my surprise, I was not alone. In front of me was a young woman with magenta hair that stood out like cat ears on top. Wearing a short, white mini-dress greatly decorated, I noticed her large pink eyes wanted to tell something. Instead of speaking, the woman merely gestured me to follow her and ran away. Confused yet intrigued, I followed the woman to a large oak door. Pointing to the door, the woman gave a sad smile before disappearing. Coming from inside, I could hear someone crying. Seeing as there was nothing else, I entered the door into the room, and was surprised.
Tomoyo's POV
"This again..." I thought. "What is it now?" Before I reunited with Sakura, Kero, and Syaoran, there would be days where I would be here in the black void and forced to watch the death of that woman over and over again. If Alibaba had not been there...I'm not sure what would have happened. Which was why I was to attached to him. Underneath his shady, babyish behavior was a kind and amazing man, one who would go to great lengths for someone if he wanted to. Reminiscing about him, I had nearly missed a young boy who was waving at me. Examining him, I realized that he looked strikingly similar to Syaoran. From his tousled brown hair to his signature grin, the boy was nearly similar if not identical to the tsundere. The only differences I noticed was a strange round and red mark on his forehead and his chestnut colored eyes had flakes of gold in it. Suddenly, the child stopped smiling and almost sorrowful. Pointing to a door that had just magically appeared, I could hear soft sobs coming from the door. Then, in an instant, he vanished, leaving me alone with the door. After thorough thinking and hearing the constant cries from the door, I decided to open it. Once I did, I was utterly shocked.
No One's POV:
Tomoyo stared at Syaoran as boy did the same. After a pregnant pause, Syaoran spoke up.
"Tomoyo...? What are you doing here?!" He questioned. The black haired girl shook her head.
"I don't know...I found myself in this dark void...then, I saw a boy who looked a lot like you pointing to this door. That's how I got here." Suddenly, the cries that drew the both of them here got louder. Looking around, the duo realized that doors lead them to a small room. The room looked like a tornado had hit it. Clothes were strewn all over the place, along with crumbled up pieces of paper. In one corner was a clothes stand, but it was toppled over. Opposite of it was a small table with a lit candle, creating a pool of melted wax around itself. The light, though not very bright, illuminated a woman who was sobbing on a bed, clutching the messy sheets laid on it. The woman's appearance was messy to say the least. Her brown hair was in two long ponytails, but strands of it loose. She wore a two piece outfit-a black top and black pants. The woman began to speak between her cries.
"Wh...Why...? Why did he go...? Oh my baby! Even if you say that...Wah!" Lifting her head up to wipes her tears away, the woman exposed her face to Tomoyo and Syaoran and both of them gasped.
"No, it can't be..." Tomoyo cried out. Syaoran said nothing and merely stared. Suddenly, a knock came from the door.
"Arba...? May I come in?" The woman known as Arba sniffled before speaking.
"Y...Yes..." Opening the door and walking in was a woman with long brown hair and emerald green eyes. Her face was covered with a light pink silk scarf that matched with her pink dress. Inspecting around, the woman walked to Arba before gently putting her hand on the woman's shoulder.
"Arba...Makhi loved and cared about all of us, especially you. You need to understand why he left..." Arba cried even harder.
"That's exactly what I don't understand! Why did he leave?! Even if his beliefs were different...it's just a stage, right? With a little more time, he be back to normal! So why...?!"
The woman shook her head at Arba.
"You and I both know that this isn't some sort of phase he's going through. Makhi doesn't believe in Il Illah, or any god for that matter. We can only encourage him and treat him no differently." Suddenly, the woman looked down. "But, or course, change will always come, good or bad. Makhi just couldn't stand the insults and prejudice that was thrown at him. He didn't want his family and friends to go down with him for his beliefs...Makhi stilled cared for us." She whispered out. Arba looked stared at her in surprise before falling onto her legs, clutching them while she cried.
"Wah! Makhi! I would have protected you...! Even if you didn't believe...I still love you!" Unable to look at the scene any longer, Syaoran turned away with Tomoyo doing the same as well. Suddenly, the two were shifted to a hallway. Looking around, Tomoyo noticed a gorgeous flower, a cherry blossom, painted on the wall near her. As she went to look however, she was stopped by Syaoran.
"Wait...I see some people over there." He whispered while pointing. In front of them were a woman and an adolescent boy, arguing with each other. Syaoran and Tomoyo realized that they were the same people they saw before coming here. However, the boy was younger and had shorter hair. The boy hissed at the woman.
"Sheba, let me through! There's nothing for me here! Everyone gives me the evil eye, and my own mother doesn't even look at me the same anymore! All because I don't believe in god..." Sheba, was holding out her arms in an attempt to block him, shook her head.
"Makhi, that's not true! We all love and care about you! Your mother...Tess...Me...What about Aini? Hasn't she been defending you along with the rest of us? It's true that you don't believe in god...but that changes nothing!" Makhi gave a hollow laugh.
"Really? Everyone still cares about me and nothing has changed? Is that why people glare at me whenever they get the chance to? Is that why my friends have been avoiding me? Is that why Falan and Wahid won't let me play with Tess anymore? IS THAT WHY MY OWN MOTHER HATES ME?!" He yelled. Sheba flinched at the last comment.
"Makhi please...Arba loves you. I can't say why she's acting like this...but she really does care about you." Makhi shook his head.
"No...I'm done. I can't do this anymore." The boy said bitterly as he pushed Sheba out of the way.
"Makhi!" Without turning his head to look back, Makhi kept walking.
"This is goodbye Sheba. Know that you and Aini were my true friends...and tell my mom that even though she doesn't love or care about me, I still do..." back to Syaoran and Tomoyo, the two looked at the scene in shock. Feeling something wet on his cheeks, Syaoran wiped it and realized that he was crying. Tomoyo was not crying, but a sorrowful look was on her face.
"Syaoran...are you alrlight? The boy shook his head.
"Yeah, I'm OK..." Suddenly, the painted flower behind the two began to glow. Closing their eyes, the duo were enveloped in the shining light, and disappeared, the flower still glowing softly.
Tomoyo's POV
When I reopened my eyes, I saw that Syaoran wasn't there anymore. Frantically looking around, I noticed that I was in a white void this time. Confused, I suddenly heard rustling behind me. Turning around, I saw that it was the crying woman from before, Arba. Immediately, i had my guard. Though she looked pitiful, I knew from my dreams that she was a cruel and manipulative woman. But somehow, to my shock, I sensed no dark aura or evil intentions from her. Instead, Arba looked regretful and sad. "I'm sorry...for all that I have done. For what I did to you, to Solomon, to Aini..." I growled at her, my anger rising for some unknown reason.
"After all you've done...betraying and killing everyone...you think you can get away with just an apology? After you MURDERED ME?!" I screamed out. I don't know what happened. All this anger, sadness, and betrayal within me came out onto someone who I didn't even know personally, only from a dream. And yet, I do somehow know her...why? Tears fell down Arba's face as she looked at me.
"I...don't expect you to forgive me. What I did...was unforgivable. I only want you to know...when I became mad...I tried to stop myself. But she just became too strong...My apology is for being to weak to stop me..." She whispered out as a tear fell to a ground. Immediately, all my negative emotions were gone, replaced with sorrow and guilt.
"Arba..." I said. The woman wiped her tears away, the sorrowful look was replaced with determination.
"Even though I have no physical body...I can still fight. Please, let me dwell in your body as a spirit and help with your battle against the organization." Although my whole body was screaming no, I felt I could trust her. Nodding, I put my hands towards her. Smiling, Arba took my hands, glwoing as she did.
"I promise you that this won't be a mistake." Soon she began to disappear, but not before whispering something to me.
"Thank you...Sheba, my dear friend..." Then, everything became black.
Syaoran's POV
I stared at Tomoyo with worry as she laid there still asleep. When I had woken up, Tomoyo was still unconscious. Despite my best effort to wake her up, she wouldn't budge. It's been at least half an hour from my last attempt. Suddenly, Tomoyo began to groan and she opened her eyes.
"Mmmm...Syaoran? What time is it?" I sighed in relief.
"It's morning now. I was worried. You wouldn't wake up no matter how hard I tried!" Yawning, Tomoyo patted my shoulders.
"Sorry...I'm sometimes a really heavy sleeper." Immediately after she said that, I heard someone come in. Turning my head, I saw two guards come in, one with a key and the other holding two metal hand cuffs.
"Get ready." The guard with the key said as he unlocked our cell door. "The Emperor wants to see you." Tomoyo and I looked at each other with worried expressions.
As identities are revealed, more mysteries emerged. What connection does Tomoyo and Syaoran have with "Arba"? Why does she appear in front of Tomoyo? Who are Sheba and Makhi really? and what will happen to Tomoyo and Syaoran as they face the Emperor? Until Next Time...
Me: So yeah, I want to apologize again for the late upload, but there is something I want to discuss. Originally, because there was a tie between Sinbad and Syaoran with Sakura, I had put a poll up to decide the winner. If you go see there now, you can see that I removed. I realized that when I put the poll up, I forgot about the children. Basically, if SyaoranxSakura won, the Morgiana would be alone as either a single mother or she wouldn't have kids. I already promised that I would do the children, so I finally decided to remove the poll. For those of you who saw and voted, I am very sorry. I hope this doesn't change how you view my story and I apologize again.
tomoyo0000001: Yes, as promised, there will be children. Unfortunately, the poll was terminated due to that reason.
Guest(12345678920): I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Guest(12345678910): Yes, Yue will appear in this story, but he won't be here for the majority of the story as he will be in another story I'm writing called the Two Amnesiacs.
Pairings: Ok, I'm changing some things with the pairings. I'm adding two more to Tomoyo and one more for Sakura. The people that I'm adding, who I won't say yet, are essential to the plot and I'm planning to have them have kids as well, but I'm not sure. There will still be SyaoranxSakuraxSinbad and JafarxTomoyoxHakuryuu, but I'm just adding more people.
Until Next Time! R&R!