Messiah of the Century Legend
A CCS Fanfiction
Part VII
Episode VII – The sword of emotions… Madoushi…
It’s a part of life that problems/challenges/tests come to people, testing their will and their strength to endure. After all, what is life without problems? Though this doesn’t apply to all, some people don’t want to have problems at all. Maybe it’s the fact that they want to live happily, or is it that they have suffered so much, that living is a forgettable experience?
“Is this the end of my life?”
Kaede is floating somewhere, there’s no light, no living or non living objects, no sound… nothing at all. Is this the feeling of what happens if your life ends?
“I must get out of here…”
He floats around, trying to find an exit to this desolation, but to no avail.
“This is hopeless…”
He thinks about what happened.
“I would have won and saved my friends… but… that sword… why?”
He felt pain in his chest.
“This must be the wound I got, it’s so deep…”
His wound created a hole into his body. Any other person got that, they would have easily died.
"It’s over… for me…”
--== Meanwhile ==--
“Of all the things should happen, why this is the test the sword must give to him?” A woman frantically asks the question.
“It is unfortunate… but to the sword, it must have been the most fitting test to the savior.” A man said.
“But, if he dies… the world will be forever doomed!”
“That’s why we must believe in him. He must pass it or all life will be forever gone… It’s a sad burden to those who try to be the Messiah…”
“Many have failed… he’s the last one… he must prevail…”
--== At the Hospital ==--
“Can he make it?” Eriol asked.
“He must… he has to…” Tomoyo replied.
Kaede is rushed to the hospital, doctors successfully stabilized his condition, but the sword is still in his chest… but a strange thing happened, there is no longer blood flowing out. They are thinking if they will perform surgery to remove the sword.
Sakura, Eriol and Tomoyo waited at the Waiting Room, while Li called the Kinomoto and Daidouji Family, along with their friends.
“This is happening again…” Sakura said.
“What do you mean?” Tomoyo asked.
“It happened to Syaoran… now it’s happening to Kaede-kun… is life cruel to us?” Sakura cried.
“Calm down… maybe there’s a reason that we’re experiencing this… I hope that’s the case…” Eriol calmed her down.
“But… will the events happen again? I mean we have to suffer again?” Tomoyo said.
“I hope not… I definitely hope not…”
Sakura looked at the emergency room. “Please don’t let this happen again… Kaede-kun…”
--== Return to Kaede ==--
“My life is over…”
“Wrong… your life has just started…” A voice is heard.
“What? Wait… it’s that voice again…”
“Syaoran… you have done well in your first battle, now can rest assured that the world will be safe…”
“Huh? Why did you call me by that name? It’s not my name right?”
“The time will come for you to learn the truth… but now is not the time… you must prevail on this test to prove yourself…”
“But… I’m dead now… a sword killed me… now I’m waiting for me to end my existence…”
“But that sword will be the key to your power…”
“What?” Kaede is shocked.
“Come… let me take you to the test… you will understand on what I am saying to you.”
A hand appeared.
“This is the way out?”
“Yes… now hold into it… it will show you to your destiny…”
Kaede held the hand. “I feel… strange… it’s like warmth to my body…”
“Let’s go… Syaoran…”
Kaede disappeared to the darkness…
--== At Penguin Park ==--
The residents are shocked at what they saw… some of the parts of the park are destroyed. Police traced it, and said that something happened at the site, like a fight or a shootout. The strange thing is, most of the cars are destroyed, but the houses aren’t. It’s a strange discovery as they try to find out what truly happened.
A man looks around the site. Looking at the damage done… he is smiling…
“So… this is where Master fought the savior… I feel that it was a rough battle… looks like Master had a tough time fighting the chosen…”
Then he walked away, with a grin on his face. “My client really got a bounty in my hands now… I can’t wait to do battle with him… Ha Ha!”
--== At the Hospital ==--
“Sakura-san… are you alright?” Fujitake asked.
All of them are here. Waiting for the results the doctors will give.
“Hey, what just happened?” Touya asked.
“Kaede got into a battle we fought earlier… and he got stabbed by a sword we don’t know were it came from.” Eriol answered.
“Oh my…” Sonomi said.
Sakura tears started to fall. “Yes… it’s our fault…”
Yukito held her. “No… it’s not your fault… I feel it that it’s a sad fate to happen…”
“But… he’s dying!”
“We must believe in the doctors… I know they will do everything to save Kaede…”
Kero whispered to Yukito, “Let’s have a talk… lots of things happened. I’ll tell you on what happened…”
“Okay…”
Yukito left along with Kero.
“Where are they going?” Li asked.
“They’re going to have a discussion on their other forms…” Eriol replied.
“Mother… I hope he’s all right…” Tomoyo said.
“Yes… he will be… let’s just wait…” Sonomi hugged her.
Touya looked at Sakura’s state and said, “I hate this… we can’t do anything…”
“I know… but we need to have faith. Kaede needs our hope…” Fujitake said.
“Kaede…” Sakura cried to Li.
“He can make it… I’m sure of that…” Li said.
-= Outside =-
“And that’s what happened.”
“Hmm… is that so?”
Kero and Yukito changed forms to Keroberos and Yue.
“So… the man has incredible power.” Yue said.
“Yes… we barely scratched him…” Keroberos said.
“But… I’m so intrigued with Kaede… I don’t feel any magic at him… yet he pulled powerful attacks.”
“That’s very strange too. I wonder who he truly is. I feel something at him, like I know him already…”
“Really?” Yue wondered.
“Is this another of Clow Reed’s messages?” Keroberos said.
“If it is… what will be the message?”
“I’m not sure…”
“But Keroberos… if Clow is here… what he would think on this situation we’re into now?”
“Yeah… I wonder…”
--== At the Mysterious Site ==--
“We’re here…”
“What do you mean? Where are we?” Kaede looked around. “What the! Is this true?”
“Yes… it may be true or not…”
Kaede found himself floating at a platform, with the world in view. It seems that there’s nothing wrong in it. Does it?
“Wait… this is Tokyo right?” Kaede looked around.
“Yes… this is Tokyo.” He person appeared.
It was Clow, whom the voice Kaede heard earlier.
“Oh… it’s you. You’re the one in my dream right?”
“Yes… so, what do you think of this place?” Clow asked.
Kaede can’t believe on what he saw. “No way… is this… Tokyo? What happened?”
Tokyo… a beautiful city that is loved by all. All that is left of it are rubble, destroyed buildings, stone fragments of people that are dead long ago. Why? Does this event really happen?
Kaede is furious at what he sees. “Tell me! Is this true?”
Clow can only look at the destruction that is shown. “This is the future, not only in Tokyo, but the whole world… what a bitter end of life…”
Kaede dropped to the ground. “So… we will just wait for the world to end? Is this even right?”
“No… that is why you’re here…”
“Huh?”
The scenery changes, something has appeared.
“Huh? I know this…”
There rests a sword, the one that stabbed Kaede.
“That’s the reason why I’m here!”
“Yes… the sword has been summoned for one thing… it has been waiting for you for a long time…”
“?” Kaede is stunned.
--== Back at the Hospital ==--
The results of the operation are in. Kaede is stable, but the sword that stabbed him cannot be removed. The doctors tried to remove it, but there is something that is preventing them to remove it.
“At that is it. I’m sorry that we can’t do much…” The doctors said. "At least Kaede is stable, and that’s all that matters."
“Now what?” Li asked.
“We got to do something! Kaede can’t stay unconscious, and his vital signs are getting weaker and weaker.” Eriol said.
“We must do something! We must find a way!” Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked at the window, there lays Kaede, fighting for his life.
Touya Fujitake comforted her.
“At times like this we must have faith. I’m sure Kaede-san is trying his best to live.”
“But Oto-san… what if… what if…” Sakura started crying.
Touya taps her head and said, “Come on… Kaede doesn’t want you to be like this! He wants you to be happy… so have faith and believe!”
“Thank you…” Sakura wiped her tears. “Strange though… I never expected to get good advice from you…”
“Er… this is an exception…”
“Oh my… where’s my son?” A woman along with a young girl is frantically searching for something.
“I wonder what their problems…are” Sonomi said.
Tomoyo noticed them. “It’s Kaede-kun’s mom!”
“Huh?” Sakura looked at them. “Oh my! We better help them.”
Sakura and Tomoyo went to meet up with Kasumi and Saemi.
“You’re Kaede-kun’s mom right?” Sakura asked.
“You must be Sakura-chan… yes, where’s Kaede being tended to?” Kasumi asked.
“Come with me…”
Sakura showed Kasumi about Kaede’s condition.
She just couldn’t believe that Kaede is fighting for his life. “No way! My son is dying!” Kasumi bursts into tears.
Fujitake comforted her.
“I’m sorry that your son is suffering right now, but he needs our prayer to keep fighting. We must believe that he can past this ordeal.”
“Mom… will Oni-chan be alright?” Saemi asked.
“He will be alright… he just needs our help.”
“Kaede-kun… please live… everyone is praying for your recovery…” Sakura said.
--== Back at the Mysterious Site ==--
“What do you mean it has been waiting for me?” Kaede asked.
“This sword is created to every savior that accepted their fate. It doesn’t have a name… nor it doesn’t have a shape… the user will be the one to form the sword. There it will wait for the user to pass the test that has laid to them.” Clow said.
“So… I created this sword even I was being born?”
“Yes… now that you’re here… it is time to put you to the test…”
Kaede thought about this. “If this is the way to help my friends… I accept…”
The scene rapidly changes.
“Hey! What’s going on?”
“It has started…”
A pedestal appeared. A wave of energy comes near Kaede, making him go near it.
“Just go… it’s calling you.”
“Okay… here it goes…”
Kaede goes near the pedestal. But the sword he saw earlier wasn’t there. “Huh? Where is the sword?”
Clow fears the worst. “Is this the test the sword wants to him? No way…”
There a light suddenly shines in front of Kaede.
“This must be it!”
“Ah… you have come to accept the power of emotions… you have done well in your first battle… now, this test will make it sure that you are the Messiah we have been waiting for…” A voice said.
“Wait… there are others like me?”
“Yes… so many people have tried to save the world… many have failed. You what you did is incredible. Now… its time for you to take the tested to see if you’re really the one…”
"I am ready…”
The sword gives off a bright light.
“Pick it up…”
Kaede picks up the sword. And…
He disappeared…
“This is it… Syaoran… you must win…” Clow said.
Kaede appeared, but there is something wrong about the place. “What is this place?”
“This is the Shrine of the Li family… As you can see, something happened here…”
Kaede looked around. “Yeah… the place is a mess…”
“You will know why this happened… The test has come…”
A man appeared. It seems that he’s wearing a Chinese costume.
“So… he is the one I should fight…”
“Let’s go…” The man said.
Kaede used the sword.
“I wonder… that guy is so familiar…”
The man attacked.
Raitei Shourai!
Powerful electricity comes out.
“Hmm… quite easy huh…”
Kaede tries to shield himself, but the attack just hits him.
“What’s going on? Alastor!”
“Master… I’m sorry… I'm not allowed to help you at this battle…”
“That’s ok. I think this is a test if I can win without you.”
“You’re right. The Sacred Spirit cannot help you, it is the only way to determine if you can win…”
“It’s fine with me.”
Kaede slashed the man with the sword.
“You are good… but what if I do this?”
The will of the enders shall strike will destroy all! The world will meet to its end!
Zero!
The ground started to shake.
“Oh no! This must be what happened to the world!”
“Yes…it’s one of the things that may happen, but it can be averted… If you can stop him…”
“Stop who?”
“Yourself…”
The world is slowly being destroyed.
“I must stop this!”
Kaede rushed towards him, but he was caught in an energy cage. “What is this?”
“You will be trapped here while I destroy everything…” the man said.
“NOOOOO!!!”
Many buildings are destroyed. People are fleeing.
Kaede tries to get up, but the magic is too much to bear.
“I can’t, I can’t let this to end so easily…” He started to lose consciousness.
“Ha ha! You have failed, just like everyone else! Now, the Fate will win the world!So… the power of the Fate cannot be matched…”
Kaede fell.
“No! Syaoran!” Clow said.
Kaede lost… it must be Fate that the world will end…
Or was it?
“Syaoran…”
“Syaoran…”
A voice wakes Kaede up.
“Huh?”
Suddenly, Kaede was thrown in a time warp. He appeared in Tomoeda Elementary School.
“Oh… where am I…”
“Syaoran-kun…”
“!”
What is this? A strange event has taken place.
“Oh… Sakura… what are you doing here?” Syaoran said.
“Well, I’m just waiting for you…”
“Eh?”
“It’s because… I want to go home with you!” Sakura said.
Syaoran thinks about it and says his decision. “Well… alright…”
“Yay! I love you so much!” Sakura hugged Syaoran.
“What the? Is this that who I may be?”
“Come on! Let’s go home…”
“Together…”
Suddenly, Kaede is awake. “I will never allow this! I swore that I will protect the ones I love most!”
The energy cage was shattered. The man can’t believe what he saw.
“No! This must be the power of the true savior!”
Kaede’s sword is shining. Someone is being called.
“Clow Reed…”
“Huh?” Clow looked around.
It was a female spirit, wearing a long robe.
“I will be waiting for you… Along with Master Kaede…”
“I know her… hmm… yes… I will be coming soon…” Clow smiled.
Kaede noticed a spirit behind him. And it entered the sword.
“What’s going on?”
The sword flows out with great power.
“I won’t let you win!” The man attacked.
“Hmm… I’m sorry… but it’s too late… I already posses the will to change everything!” Kaede smiled.
Kaede lets out a howl! Raienjin!
The energy of the electricity was too great for the man to take. He slowly disintegrates. “This is only the beginning! Remember that!”
The man is gone. Kaede won.
“You are the one… Thank you… I can rest in peace now… remember… the fate of the world lies in your hands now…”
Kaede smiled. “I will… I don’t want any Fate to run peoples lives…”
Clow disappeared, saying his words of enlightenment to him. “Syaoran… now go, your friends and family awaits you…”
“Why do you still call me by that name?” Kaede asked.
“I will only say this… you are the name Syaoran…”
“I will find out who I truly am…” Kaede said.
“Yes… but before I leave… What will you name the sword?”
Kaede thought about it for a moment, and said…
“I will name it…”
Madoushi…
Clow leaves Kaede, now happy.
“Master! You won! I knew that you are the one! Now… let’s go home…” Alastor said.
“Yeah… let’s go home…” Kaede said.
The two disappeared.
--== Back at the Hospital ==--
“I’m afraid I have some bad news…”
Sakura and others are stunned.
“What… what is it?” Kasumi asked.
“The patient’s heart stopped. We tried to revive him but… it was too late…”
The group stopped for a moment. Their efforts are for nothing?
“NOOOO!!!” Sakura cried.
“Sakura-chan!” Tomoyo said.
“No… Oni-chan…” Saemi also cried.
“We gotten a long way here and this is the only thing happened?” Eriol said.
“This is insane! Damn it all!” Li shouted.
“No… my son… no…” Kasumi simply cried.
It was a grim moment…
But…
Something is happening at the operating room.
“What is that?” Kero said.
“A flash of light…” Touya said.
People started to faint, except for Sakura’s group.
“What is going on?” Sonomi asked.
They saw Kaede. He lies with the sword still stabbed at him. But he started getting up.
“Kaede-kun!” Sakura cried.
“I’m coming back… I am back…”
He rises up; removing the sword and the flash creates a soothing breeze. “HA!”
Powerful energy echoes outside the hospital.
Sakura tries to see, but there is smoke… “Kaede-kun…”
The smoke clears and…
Kaede is alive, with the sword in his hand.
“Sorry for making you worry…”
“Kaede-kun… KAEDE-KUN! WAAAH!” Sakura rushes toward him.
“Looks like it all okay now…” Li smiled.
“Sakura! I’m sorry…”
“It’s alright…” Sakura cries as she hugs him.
Everyone rushed and greeted him.
“My son!” Kasumi hugs him.
“Oka-san… I’m sorry, but all is well now.”
“Oni-chan!” Saemi also hugs him.
“Did I scare you? Don’t worry… I won’t do that again.”
Fujitake shakes his hand to Kaede. “It’s weird to have an introduction like this… anyway I’m Fujitake Kinomoto, Sakura’s father.”
“And I’m Touya, a monster… er… Sakura’s older brother.”
Everyone laughs.
“I got my revenge!” Sakura smiled.
Sonomi steps forward. “And I’m Sonomi Daidouji, Tomoyo’s mother. I hope you be good friends with Tomoyo and Sakura-chan…”
“Okay! I will!”
Kasumi and Saemi introduced themselves too.
“So… things turn out right…” Yukito said.
“Yeah… I hope it stays this way…” Kero said.
Kaede looks outside, Sakura went near and said, “You know… I was so scared… I thought that…”
“Sakura… did you know that…”
“About what?”
“I heard your voice while I was struggling…”
“!” Sakura is puzzled.
“Maybe it’s just a coincidence…” Kaede said.
“I think not…” Sakura touches him.
“You think so?”
“Yeah…”
Kaede’s sword, Madoushi is shining, like the sun shining the land.
And so, Kaede succeeded in overcoming what many people tried and failed. Now, the real battle for the world has begun. With Sacred Spirit Alastor and Sword of Emotions, Madoushi in his possession, the future that may end in disaster has brought new hope to all.
The Messiah of the Century has returned, to save all…
End of Episode 7
Well… the real battle begins now!
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