Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Night's Heart ❯ The Accusation and A Mysterious New Friend ( Chapter 10 )

ForeverDestiny: Hi all! ^^ Sorry about faking you out with the alternating chapter thing with TSF(CKN) *shameless self promoting sticker*. I just want to write this first but I will got back to TSF(CKN) *self promoting sticker*. That's enough of that. Also, once again, we have my English teacher, Ms. Asbury, with us! Hi Ms. Asbury! Let's see, what was the last chapter that Ms. Asbury read? CHAPTER 5?!?!?! Wow, Ms. Asbury missed a lot! Well, to fill her in, and any of you who forgot *poke poke*, here is a brief summery of the past five chapters:

Syaoran has recovered from all the attacks on him and the King has discovered that he is Orithi. At first, we think that the King is slowly accepting it, but he pulls a trick on us when he shows that he has gone INSANE! We found out the King's past with the Orithi and it isn't pretty. He had Syaoran thrown in jail and the engagement called off. He then betrothed Prince Touya to Princess Kyoko of the Otonashi Kingdom, who is really Kaori, who is the daughter of Kiyoko, who is the person behind this whole evil plot! She and her bodyguard, Yusaku `Chris' Godai, arrived last chapter and killed Sir Yukito, but disguised it as a wolf attack. At the tail end of the last chapter, a mysterious stranger was sent to the Kinomoto Kingdom.

I think that's about it. Wow, that's a lot in five chapters. Now, onto the next chapter!

Disclaimer: Naoko doesn't own CCS. It is owned by CLAMP the kind. ^^

Night's Heart

Chapter 10

The Accusation and A Mysterious New Friend

"Li Syaoran, you know why you are here."

"Excuse me, Sire, but I do not."

The King's face contorted with rage. Sakura and Tomoyo watched, sobbing, remembering Sir Yukito and worrying for Syaoran. There was no way he would have killed Sir Yuki. Eriol grimly watched, wondering what the King would think of his friend, although knowing his prejudice would affect his decision. Touya sat next to the King, not paying attention, his face showing only pain. Kyoko and Chris were not present.

"You know very well what I'm talking about!"

"I'm afraid I do not. By the way, why isn't Sir Yukito present?"

His face showed clear puzzlement. Unfortunately, the King didn't notice.

"How DARE you mock! HOW DARE YOU! You know very well that Sir Yuki is dead! By YOUR hand or should I say, paw?"

Syaoran was stunned, silent. It was very obvious to everyone but the King that there was no way this clueless Prince knew about the death of the knight and was not guilty. Unfortunately, the King, blinded by hate and sadness for the boy who was like a son, was not paying attention.

"For the death of the Knight, Sir Yukito of Kinomoto, I hereby sentence you to death by hanging on this coming Friday, at sunset."

Syaoran, still stunned, nodded silently and let himself be removed by the guards. Sakura screamed and ran from the room, sobbing, tailed by Tomoyo, also crying. Eriol shook his head and walked slowly from the room. The King just sat and smiled insanely.

~***~

A knock on the giant oak doors alerted the King to a visitor's presence.

"What is it?" He called drolly.

The doors opened slowly and a man he did not recognize walked into the throne room. He had short black hair and intense gray eyes. He walked up to the King and gave a amusingly large bow, which the King smiled at and laughed. `Just as I thought,' the man thought. `He's lost it.'

"O Sire, I have come from the Takahashi Kingdom to offer my services which I believe have been requested. As you may know, the old women's servant's uniforms are just so out of style, nowadays. You need to look ahead! I'm here to design you some new uniforms. What do you say? You don't want to be out of style, do you?"

"No! I would never want to be out of style! Style is something you stay in! Of course, start today! My servants must be wearing the latest, or your payment will be considerably less than your charge."

"O my King, I would never dream of making bad designs. That goes against my morals! Start today, you say? Well, just gather the women servants to a room, and I will take measurements!"

The King smiled.

"Excellent! I will. Your room will be on the top floor of the castle, next to the ballroom."

"Yes, my King. I go to prepare."

As the man turned away, the King called out to him.

"Sir, I never got your name!"

The man turned and grinned.

"Just call me Tatsumi."

~***~

The man called Tatsumi walked down the corridor, leading to his room. As he walked, he passed by a blue-haired man. After passing, they both stopped and walked back a bit. After getting a good look at each other, they smiled and gave each other a giant hug.

"Eriol!"

"J!"

Tatsumi stepped back a bit.

"Here I am Tatsumi, Eriol-kun."

Eriol nodded.

"Of course, Tatsumi-kun." Eriol winked. "But what brings you here?"

"The war brewing, of course, Eriol-kun."

Eriol's face grew wide.

"Have you found?"

"No," Tatsumi cut him off, "but that was what I was in the process of doing when I saw you. I have narrowed the possibilities down to a servant in the Kinomoto Kingdom. I should find them sometime today." His face broke out into a grin. "I'm very excited!"

Eriol smiled. "As you should be."

"But what of the Prince? Has he found his yet?"

Eriol's face grew grim.

"Yes, he has but he has been charged with a crime he did not commit and is sentenced to death by hanging on Friday at sunset."

"This cannot be!"

"Unfortunately, we have no proof that he is innocent."

"But he found his-"

"She cannot help now."

Tatsumi sighed.

"Then we just have to find a way to prove him innocent. Until then, would you like to help me get measurements of the women servants for a new servant's uniform?"

Eriol smiled.

"You do realize you are taking Tomoyo-chan's job, right?"

"Who's Tomoyo?"

To Be Continued….

FD: Well, do you hate me now? I sentenced Syaoran to death! Ack! I still can't believe I did it! Don't worry though. He can take care of himself, I think. ^^0 You'll find out Tatsumi's real name next chapter, I think. A big thank you to Ms. Asbury! Hope you liked it! R+R minna! Until next time, this is your authoress, ForeverDestiny, saying `Goodbye and have a pleasant tomorrow!' Ja ne!