Legend

Bold faced letters mean the name of the speaker.
Italicized letters mean what the speaker thinks in mind.
Indentless sentence means the stage description.


Sakura and Kero in Osaka

Chapter 7

Authored by MiROiR
Translated by Yuki Neco


NoelWhere am I?
Noel was standing in front of a tower that she had never visited before. Not a soul could she feel around there.
NoelNobody's here.
With a better look, she found someone standing on top of the tower—in a black cloak—but she couldn't see who it was.
Noel Who is she...?
The black figure on the tower raised the right hand and swung it down.
Noel Awww!!
Noel was stuck by a shock as if a black sheet covered her all of a sudden.
Noel It's dark... I can't see...
She heard the person on the tower saying something, but the voice was too blur for her to get exactly what was being told.
Noel What should I do?
Voice Noel... Noel...
Noel ...
Muryo Noel...
Noel Muryo...?
Noel woke up and found that she was in bed on the second floor of Muryo's house.
Muryo Noel, are you all right?
Noel Yeah, no prob- Aww...
Muryo Hey, Noel, you stay calm.
Noel You're right.
Muryo ...
After a while of silence, Noel started to speak.
Noel I had a strange dream.
Muryo What?
At this time, the doorbell rang. Muryo walked downstairs to answer the door, and she found it was Sakura and Syaoran.
Muryo Hi, Sakura, welcome back. So just come in.
Sakura and Syaoran asked for a room in which to be alone. There they sit at the table.
Syaoran Are you ready, Sakura?
Sakura Yes.
Sakura shuffled the Cards and put them on the table before chanting. She picked up a Card.
Sakura Dark?
Sakura&Syaoran Dark? Does it mean that darkness befall the world... Omnitenebria?
Sakura picked up the second Card.
Sakura Illusion?
Not knowing what the Card meant though, she remembered hearing “Everything in the world is inevitable not accidental,” spoken by Kaho once before.
Sakura I wonder what that meant.
Not getting the answer, she picked up the third and the fourth Cards.
Sakura Twin and Wave.
Syaoran ...
Sakura ...
She went on and picked up the fifth, sixth, and seventh.
Sakura Song, Dream, and Sweet.
Which one is the clue? Or should be the next one?
She picked up the eighth, nineth, and tenth Cards.
Sakura Glow, Power, and Hope...
I know. I can make it.
Getting a clue, she organized the Cards and dashed out of the room. Startled Syaoran ran after her.
Syaoran Hey, Sakura. You know something?
Sakura Yeah, I have a good idea!
Syaoran Not so fast! Feel the presence, and stay calm.
Sakura stoped and tried to feel the presence.
Sakura ...
Sakura and Syaoran decided to be back in the room.

Meanwhile, Muryo and Noel were on the second floor. When Noel was sleeping Muryo was beginning something on her desk. Noel woke up and saw her friend holding a writing brush at the desk on which an inkstone and a piece of paper are placed.
Muryo Uh, Noel's birthday is December... 22.
Mumbling, Muryo wrote something.
Muryo Pak Noel... Say, Noel?
Noel Yeah?
Muryo What is your favorite color?
Noel Purple.
Muryo wrote something again.
Muryo Favorite flower?
Muryo asked several questions like that. Written on the paper was Noel's birthday on the top, and the current date on the bottom. The middle of the paper was filled with 10 rows by 10 columns, namely 100 in total, of Hanguls. It was the fortune telling that one of Muryo's friend, Yu Seon Seong told her about the other day; asking array of indifinite questions until the answer comes up to 100 letters, so the fortune should be told by the letter from the position determined by the birthday and the current date. But that fortune telling was not so easy because every procedure was just a matter of intuition. To make the things more difficult, she had to write Hunguls even though their conversation was spoken in English. As a matter of fact, Muryo didn't always speak Korean, so she had to remember her knowledge, for the reason that the fortune telling best works in Korean language.
Muryo Well, on this row... here.
Muryo pointed the 96th letter.
Muryo ...!
Muryo found the answer.
Muryo We gotta go, Noel! We don't have much time!
She grabbed Noel by the hand and ran out of the room.

Sakura Kero, do you know anything about Omnitenebria?
Kero Umm, I remember Clow said something about it... But it was all the story before I was created, so I don't know it well.
Syaoran You mean, Clow Reed was involved with Onmitenebria?
Kero To tell you the truth, Clow didn't tell me much about the Onmitenebria thing.
Sakura Too bad...
Kero But we gotta find that out.

Muryo and Noel ran. When they got off the train at Namba subway station, they ran into Tomoyo, Meiling, and Fujitaka at the platform of Sennichimae Line.
Muryo Oh, hi, Tomoyo.
Tomoyo Glad you are here. We're just going back to your house.
Muryo Yeah, welcome back to my place. Sakura is there, too. By the way, Noel.
Noel Huh?
Muryo Do you know what line to take?
Noel Uh... Yotsubashi Line, isn't it?
Muryo No, Midousuji Line! That's the way to the place where Omnitenebria will perhaps appear.
Fujitaka Omnitenebria, I remember the name I read on an ancient manuscripts.
Muryo You know something?
Fujitaka reacts to the name “Omnitenebria.”
Fujitaka I saw it in a material in Greek... no, in Latin. That's for sure.
Fujitaka recalled it. The archeologist told about what he remembers about it word by word.
Fujitaka “Omnitenebria is the great King of Evil that falls once a millenium, when the world shall be ruled by the darkness.
Noel ...
Meiling ...
Fujitaka “On the advent of Omnitenebria, there will appear a Savior. The Savior seal the Evil, then become a God in a human form.”
Muryo ...
Tomoyo ...
Fujitaka “However, a number of sacrifices shall be unavoidable. People will be bewildered but never be able to flee. Although they will fight against it, they'll see an immeasurable difference in powers.”
Meiling ...
Muryo ...
Fujitaka This kind of legend should have been handed down in ancient Rome, or Europe, but...
Muryo But what?
Fujitaka Provided that ancient Rome had this legend, it's highly possible that it was handed down to Han Dynasty... ancient China, I mean.
Meiling So you mean...
Fujitaka Yes, there is no wonder even if the legend was handed down in Japan and Korea.
Tomoyo ...
Fujitaka I once estimated roughly the date of the next advent of Omnitenebria, based on the ancient manuscripts.
Muryo When is it?
Fujitaka Today is the fateful day.
Meiling What?!
Noel ...
Fujitaka But don't worry. I'm sure the Savior will appear to seal the Evil, just as the manuscripts said.
At this time...
P.A. System This train is bound for...
Fujitaka Here comes our train. We gotta be going, so hang in there.
Tomoyo's gang got on their train.


To be continued...

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