Breathless: Episode 1: Revealing a rival
By,
LadyMia/StarLight78
*********** Faith ************
The sun was set high in the white clouds and a gentle breeze washed over the park of Sakura Avalon's school. Kids walked around waiting for the bell to ring to tell them it was time for class. Meiling was, as always, hanging all over Li. He seemed to be a bit worried as Sakura entered the pack with Madison. He noticed Kero in Sakura's backpack, he seemed to be looking right at him, that was until Sakura stuffed him into her backpack all the way and went into the school as the bell rang. "Come on Li!" Meiling whined as she tugged on his arm. Li nodded and they walked into the classroom. It had been two years since they had captured all the clow cards, they were now 12. They took their seats the sound of light chatter filled the atmosphere. Small talk and talk about summer was all Li could hear. Their teacher, Mrs. Rachel walked up to the front of the classroom and cleared her throat to get the classes attention.
"Good morning class, we'll be having a slight change of schedule tomorrow. We'll be going to the Water Park for swimming lessons." You could hear faint yes's and whines from some of the kids. "Please bring your bathing suite and a change of dry clothes just to be on the safe side." Everyone nodded and Li wrote a note of what she said. Meiling watched Li from the other side of the room, glaring at Sakura, who still sat in front of him. As class wore on Li couldn't help but think of the girl in front of him, but there was also Meiling. He loved them both, but something about them both just didn't click with him. Sakura was the sporty type and Meiling was the girly type. But he needed something more, something different then that. It had already been three years since he left his home town and his secret was still inside, no one knew about where he came from. Sure Meiling thought she knew and Sakura thought the same, but where he really was from was his to know and his alone, only one other soul knew, her. The girl he had known for so long, but when the clow cards had been set free he was forced to leave her. 'I miss you so much, I wish I could still be with you.' Li thought slowly letting his eyes drift closed as the teacher told them what to do.
*Li sat on a park bench, he was nine and he was dressed in his clow robe. His sword sat at his side on the bench as kids passed by. Cherry blossoms flew around him filling the air with their beautiful sent. His eyes drifted from his sword to the kids and parents around him. The park was always full of joy and laughter. Nothing was ever wrong in his world, the clow cards were seal away forever and everyone could live in peace. All the kids that had been training as card captors had stopped, all but one. His best friend, Sorceris (Sor-ca-ress). His eyes drifted over to a little girl and a older man about 40 training. The little girl had long jet black hair with bright blue eyes that were filled with determination. She had on a out fit just like Meiling's only it was, silver, turquoise and blue with a sharp edged star shape crystal on the front with a silver circle around it. (AN: The crystal looks like a pure heart crystal from SM) Her long jet black hair was pulled up into a high ponytail with a turquoise ribbon with two strands framing her face that had fallen out. She held a sword in her hand. It had a crystal handle with a sharp slightly wavy blade. The blade was about two feet long and had a engraving in it. The engraving was the crystal on her outfit with smaller ones around it and all down the blade. She fought against the man in combat as training. 'There she is, the only girl that can fight as good as me.' Li thought watching his best friend move swiftly around dodging every attack the elder man made. She swirled her sword around his and knocked it from his hand. It went spinning into the air and came falling down. Sorceris caught it in her hand and they both bowed to each other. She handed the man his sword back and glanced over at Li with a smile. Her eyes dancing with faith as the man neared him. They were the only ones that were still training and it was his turn to test his strength at sword skills. Li grabbed his sword and stood up. He walked over passing Sorceris on the way. "Good luck." She whispered to him and sat down in his spot. Li smiled at her and then bowed to the man. He swiftly moved around dodging or blocking his attacks. Then all at once his chance to stay as the strongest fighter. The man used his sword to strike his hand. Li's sword dropped to the floor along with him. His left hadn wrapped around his right hand in pain were deep red blood was dripping from. "Li!" Sorceris cried. Li looked up at the man as he towered over him.
"You've failed your test young man." He walked away as Sorceris ran up. She dropped to her knees and tore a piece of her robe off. She grabbed his hand and tied it around the wound.
"I failed!" Li cried close to tears.
"Li don't worry, it's only a practice test, I'm sure you'll ace the next one!" Sorceris said with a warm smile. Li couldn't help but smile. Every time a smile graced her lips it would make anyone smile. She was very beautiful but the problem was that when she wouldn't wear her clow robe she would wear baggy clothes. She was a tom boy big time.
"Yeah, maybe." Li whispered as she stood up. She took his left hand and pulled him to his feet. She gave him and older sister look. She was one year older, she was 10 and he was 9.
"Not maybe Li Shyro! Yes you will." Li laughed and she smiled. "Good, now come on, we'll get that cut clean up better." Li nodded and allowed his best friend to drag him into her house.

Li stood in front of the whole city of Hon Kong with fear written all over his face. Sorceris was sitting up in front with the great Card Captor, the man he had lost to and also Sorceris's father. Her father had a firm look on his face. He was called the king in the 35th century of Hon Kong, making Sorceris the princess. She looked at Li in fear. They had all taken their final test of strength, Li was the only one who didn't pass. "Li Shyro, you of all Card Captors, of all descendents of the Clow Reed has failed the final test of strength. Now that that has happened you will be sent away." Gasps came from everyone. Sorceris was held down by her aunt who was acting as her mother who had died while giving berth to her. "You will be sent back in time, and will be reborn still as a descendent of the clow reed, from there you will train. But you shawl never again set foot on the grounds of 35th century Hon Kong, never again shawl you see anyone here, we shawl always be your rivals. Now go and never come back." Tears sprung to Li's eyes as he turned and started to walk away.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! LIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!" Sorceris's scream rang through his ears as he tried hard to ignore her cries. He could tell servants were holding her back.
"Good bye Sorceris, I shawl never forget you." Li whispered.
"LIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!"*
"LIIIII!!!" Li's head shot up at the sound over Meiling's voice. Sleep was written all over his face. Meiling and the teacher were standing in front of his desk in an empty classroom.
"Class is over Mr. Shyro." Mrs. Rachel said coldly. "You fell asleep, I'll let you off this time." Li nodded and he and Meiling left.
********** Love ***********
A girl with honey white hair stood watching Li and Meiling walk down the street in the dusk day. She had on a long black dress that wen tot her ankles and had two slits up the side that went to mid thigh. She had on ankle boots that had a 4-inch heel. She had on dark red lipstick with black eye liner with red and white eye shadow. An evil smirk was playing across her lips as she watched the two as two other kids their age joined them, Sakura and Madison. Meiling started to fight with them and Li just sighed as they continued walking. "Well looks like our three little card captors are doing just fine, just wait to Li's rival shows up." The girl laughed and disappeared.
*********** Faith ************
Sakura was roller blading down the street trying to clear her mind. Kero had been acting weird lately, always asking about Li and Meiling. When she got home and took him out of her backpack the first thing he said was how did Li and Meiling act today. They act the same way every day! Well almost everyday, Li fell asleep in class today and he never did that. She was roller blading over to his house today to talk to him. She came up to the apartment where Meiling and Li lived. She say the door man there smiling. "Hello Sakura, long time no see." He said with a warm smile. Sakura smiled back.
"Yes it has been a long time, may I go in to see Li?" Sakura asked. She frowned when he frowned.
"He's not in right now, he said he was going to the woods to think I believe." He answered. "Would you like me to take a message?" Sakura was very worried, Li only went to the woods to train.
"No that's ok, I'll just go see him, there must be something wrong." Sakura said and turned around.
"Oh Sakura." She turned and looked back at him. "Just as a warning Meiling went after him as well." Sakura laughed and smiled.
"Thanks." She quickly skated away wanting to get to the woods as fast as she could. 'What's wrong Li?' Sakura said half in her mind and half out loud. She saw Madison waving to her at the entrance of the woods and worried look on her face. "Madison what's wrong?"
"It's Li! He's in there with Meiling! He got mad at her and me and then stormed off. Meiling followed him and then I heard a lound scream, I'm afraid to go in there alone." Madison said. Sakura nodded and took off her roller blades slipping on her sneakers her and Madison took off into the woods.
********** Love ***********
Li stood in front of Meiling protecting her from the mysterious girl. She had bright blue eyes that seemed to pierce Li's skin. She had on a black cloak and held a sword in her hand. It had a black crystal handle and a long slightly wavy blade that had an engraving on it. It was of a dragon and it was breathing fire. The cloak covered her mouth showing only her eyes. She held the sword out as a challenge. "Come on Card Captor, fight me." She hissed. Li looked into her eyes. They dared him to say yes. Li growled and grabbed his sword, he had worn his clow robe to the woods, lucky him. He lunged at the girl but she back flipped out of the way. She slashed at him. He jumped up and the blade completely missed him. He tired to swipe her legs out from under her but she was to fast. She jumped and landed in the came spot. She grabbed his leg and twisted it. Li flipped over and landed on his face. He pushed himself up quickly as she brought her sword down, but it missed him. He turned around and she brought her foot flying across his face. He felt a wound open up and he went flying.
"Li!!!" He looked up as Sakura and Madison came into the clearing. Sakura grabbed her sealing wand (AN: Does anyone know the right name for that?!?! If you do please tell me in you review! Hint hint) and spun it around. "Clow Card return to your power confined!"Li breathed a sigh of relief, for once he was happy that Sakura was there. But he gasped when the girl didn't disappear. "What?!" The girl smirked under the mouth piece.
"Give that to me, little girls shouldn't be playing with these kind of toys." The girl hissed. Sakura gasped as her wand was ripped out of her hand by magic and flew to the girl's out stretched hand. Kero came flying and tried to bite the girl's hand but she batted him away with the wand.
"Give that back to me!" Sakura screamed as it turned back into a necklace. With one tight and strong grip the small key shattered in the girls hand. Kero gasped and flew up next to Sakura. "Kero! What do I do?!" Sakura turned to him.
"FORCE, KNOW MY LIGHT, RELEASE THE LIGHT....LIGHTNING!" Everyone turned to see Li standing holding his sword. The white energy hit the girl head on. She let out a scream of horror and her sword dropped to the floor. It shattered and a dark cloud escaped from the girl. She fell to her hands and knees as the cloud took a form of a girl that looked just like her.
"Fools." It hissed. She turned to the other girl as she pushed herself up. Kero and the others watched as the two girls faced each other in silence.
"Who are you!" Li yelled to both of them.
"That Li Shyro is the Rival Card." The girl said. Her voice had changed, it now sounded younger like she was a teenager. Kero's face lit up with a smile.
"She's backkkkkkkkkkkkk." Kero said as if he was announcing a horror sequel to a horror movie.
"Who's back?" Meiling asked as she ran over to them. Kero didn't answer he just kept looking at her.
"Who are you?" Li asked the girl.
"She's you rival! Now turn and fight against each other!" The Rival Card hissed.
"I have no rivals, as my father once said, I am the best card captor, now... Die!" The girl whipped out a new sword and Li gasped as the two girls battled it out. He caught sight of the sword, it looked so familiar. He watched in awe as the girl kicked the cards butt.
"LIIII!!!" Li snapped back into reality as the power from the Rival card came surging at him.
"NO!" The girl lunged at Li knocking them both out of the way. She landed on top of him and he looked up into her bright blue eyes. She pushed herself up and spun her sword around. "No one hurts him." She hissed to herself to no one could hear. "Evil Spirits Disperse!"
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" The clow card screamed. The girl held up her sword and it started to glow white. It turned into a wand. It hand a long handle that flared out at the bottom with a crystal that had sharp edges that was shaped into a star. (AN: Yes it's the shape of a pure heart crystal.) A crystal circle went around it and five parts of the crystal went out of the circle and had small star shaped crystals that matched the middle one at the end of each one.
"Clow card return to your power confined!" She screamed and smashed the wand down on the card. It was sucked in and she took a hold of it. Meiling ran over to Li and helped him up with Sakura and Madison. The girl turned around and looked at him, he was looking strait back at her.
"Who are you?" Li asked. The girl grabbed her cloak and pulled it off. Li gasped when he saw Sorceris. "Sorceris?" She gave him a warm smile and he knew it was her. "Oh my gosh!" Li ran up to her and hugged her, which mad Meiling boiling mad!
"Li Shyro!" Meiling screamed and placed her hands on her hips. Li pulled back and stood beside Sorceris. "And what do you think you're doing?! Get over here! That girl tried to kill you!"
"Sorceris!" Kero cried and flew over to her. She laughed as he attached himself onto her arm.
"Hey, she's wearing the same outfit as me." Meiling said.
"But the picture on the front is different." Madison said. "Very fashionable."
"Kero, how am I suppose to capture cards now? My wand is gone thanks to her." Sakura said almost bitterly. Sorceris hung her head.
"I'm very sorry for any harm I've cause. What can I ever do to make it up?" Sorceris asked.
"Two things." Kero said. She looked down at him and nodded for him to continue. "One, why are you here?" Sorceris smiled.
"I came to warn you, the clow cards from our time have been set free again, no one knows by who though. Who ever set them free have come here with them, the Rival Card is one of the Clow Cards of our time. Father sent me here to warn you." Sorceris answered.
"My I ask a question?" Madison asked, the same question running through all three of the girl's heads. She nodded. "When you say our time, what do u mean?"
"I'm from the 35th century, and so is..." Sorceris trailed off knowing Li hadn't told them yet. "Kero, partly. He comes to my time, time to time that is."
"Oh, ok. For a second there I thought you were talking about my Li is from your time." Meiling said almost to sweetly.
"And two, you have to stay here with us to capture all the clow cards." Kero finished. Sorceris gasped.
"But Kero you know I can't, father would kill me and....you!" Sorceris said going to say Li but stopped herself.
"Please Sorceris, we need another card captor now that Sakura doesn't have her wand." Li said his eyes pleading her to say yes. One thing she could never say no to was those eyes of his. Sroceris gave a sigh of defeat.
"Alright, but only because you need to capture the cards." Sorceris said with a smile. 'I finally get to be with you again!' Both Li and Sorceris thought at the same time.
"Come on Li." Meiling said pulling him away. Sorceris gave the others a weird yet questioning look.
"Don't ask." Sakura said. They all laughed and walked home.