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.Prologue:
A seventeen-year-old young woman was taking a walk in the park, hoping to shake of the thoughts of doubt in her mind. 'I will stay here...there is no reason for me to leave...right?' She looked to the sky for answers. The stars only twinkled innocently in response, Sakura Kinomoto sighed heavily as she slowly continued walking through the park, finding a bench, she sat down to collect her thoughts. 'What reason Do I have to stay here? Dad doesn't need me and certainly onichan doesn't need me either. Tomoyo has Eriol so she doesn't need me....' Sakura closed her eyes as the feelings of rejection and loneliness began to overwhelm her. Soon her eyes were beginning to water and the tears she had so desperately tried to hide began to pour, Sakura made no attempt to stop them. She hugged herself as the breeze began to pick up, her long auburn hair which was blowing around her now was up to the middle of her back, since she hadn't bothered to cut it since her card capturing days, her green eyes, now wet with tears were bigger and more lustrous then before, her face was unblemished and her skin was the color of pale cream. She was beautiful. She didn't feel beautiful though she felt ugly, rejected and lonely. Sakura did her best to hide it though and it seemed that nobody suspected that Sakura was feeling the way she was. If only they knew....
Awaiting Destiny
By: Lady of Silence
Chapter one: Flying Again
"Sakura!!! Its past eight! GET UP!!" the shrill voice of the former Guardian of the Clow cards awoke Sakura from another long night of dreamless sleep. "What?" Sakura asked groggily as she rubbed her eyes and reached blindly for the clock that was supposedly resting on the table next to her bed. "Oh-No!" Sakura said staring at the broken clock lying on the floor "I must've knocked it down while I was sleeping..." Sakura said dispiritedly as she got up and slowly started to get her school uniform. " Sakura? Are you feeling alright?" her guardian asked worriedly "Yes...I'm alright" Sakura said "Now go and hide Kero, before anyone sees you, I'll bring you some pudding"
"YAAY!!" Kero yelled joyfully as he zoomed around the room.
"Kero. Hide!" Sakura begged quietly as she heard footsteps making their way to her room.
"KAIJUU!! Are you up yet!?!" Sakura's elder brother, Toya shouted from behind her door, seconds before he actually opened it.
Sakura, who was ready with a pillow hurled it at her brother's head, hitting him square in the face. "Does that answer your question?" Sakura said in her sweetest possible voice, blinking innocently as her brother glared at her. She watched him as his gaze shifted to her 'stuffed animal'. Toya squinted at Kero causing him to start sweatdroping nervously. "Okay, Okay! I'm awake oniichan, you can LEAVE now!" Sakura stated. Toya grumbled, softly saying 'kaijuu' one more time before closing the door, and the minute the door was closed, a second pillow followed, smashing into the door before sliding down to the floor.
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"Geez I really should get a lock..." Sakura muttered under her breath as she slowly skated towards the school, still thinking about her brother. As she walked into the class room she felt a strong power surge through her body. She swayed unsteadily. Kero said this would happen, she was getting stronger everyday , magic wise and physically too, although being the powerful sorceress she was, her new power was also affecting the Sakura Cards too, they would be getting stronger and evolve into nearly unstoppable forces that only their mistress can control. 'There will be other cards mistress...' an echoing voice sounded inside her head. 'These cards will be stronger and help you greatly as well as help others at your command...Be ready....' the voice whispered as it faded. ".....omoto, Miss Kinomto! pay attention!" the teacher looked at her. Sakura instantly went back to the lesson. "Sorry..." she mumbled
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Sakura was walking home, watching the cherry blossoms fall. 'What did they mean..?' Sakura wondered, thinking about the voice she'd heard in class '...Be ready....for what? New cards?' Sakura's mind started to wander on what the voice was trying to tell her. Walking around in the park, she felt a tingle trough her magical senses, she rushed into the forest, intent on finding the source of the power she sensed. There sitting on a rock in the thicket was a woman, the magical aura around her was pulsing like the rhythm of a drum being beaten, she glanced up to see the young Clow Mistress watching her intently, her aquamarine eyes sparkled as she smiled at the cardcaptor. 'Hello' her mind-voice said 'I was hoping you'd come. I've heard a lot about you Mistress.....and I have a gift...for you, if you'll except it...' she held out her hand and Sakura's summoning wand appeared in her palm 'I shall change your wand so it will have more power...' Sakura only nodded numbly as the Card went to work, reforming Sakura's wand into a sword. 'From now on you will not need the wand to summon the cards...your call will be enough to summon them...only use the sword in dire matters...you will also learn spells...not having to do with cardcaptoring, it is based in your own power, this power won't depend on the cards....to have this power...you must fight me...' she said as the sword floated out of her hands and into Sakura's. Sakura inspected her new weapon. A dragon was twined on the hilt of the sword, with glowing ruby eyes it looked very menacing, it also had a crystal ball in it's hands, the dragon's body was circled around the hilt of the sword, stopping just before the blade started, on the blade was an ancient Chinese spell written vertically. The sword was very impressive that was for sure. As a ball of light gathered around the sword and as the sword turned into it's false form, which was a magnificent dragon pendent, the card attacked the young, unsuspecting Card Mistress, sending balls of energy flying towards her. Sakura instinctively thought of the jump card, causing it to appear on her feet and save her seconds before being blown to a million tiny fragments. "Fly!" Sakura yelled, huge feathered angel wings appeared on her back 'Huh? Angel wings?' Sakura thought, but she had no time to ponder about it anymore at the moment because another energy ball came hurling her way, her wings took her higher and faster than it had ever taken her. The card smiled as she came following after her, slamming Sakura with a strong energy blast, sending her hurling backwards "Firey!' Sakura shouted forming a large fireball in her hands as she threw it at the card, slamming it onto the ground "Return to the Form you were Destined to be, Clow card!" She yelled, hurling one last fireball at the card turning into her card form. 'Well done Mistress...' the card said. Sakura stood there for a few minutes still trying to figure out what happened, slowly she made her way to the card and picked it up. The Heal, it read. Sakura smiled 'At least I'll have something to do over the weekends...'
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Sakura made her way home, considerably more cheerful than she would if she had not run into the Heal Card. "I'm home!" Sakura yelled, "Hello Sakura" Fujitaka greeted cheerfully from the kitchen "Hey dad!" Sakura said as she made her way into her room, as she walked in she saw a certain furry creature sitting in front of the television, tapping viciously on the remote control, while shouting vehemently at his opponent . "DIE!!! VERMIN!" Kero shouted as he tapped the remote harder than ever. Sakura chuckled softly, amused "Kero, I have something to tell you" Sakura said, startling the Guardian of the Clow cards. "What is it Sakura?" Kero asked as he paused the game. "Well...." Sakura started as she showed him the captured card.
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"...and then she turned back into her card form....but Kero what I don't understand why The Fly Card's power is different...I mean I don't really recognize the card's power signature anymore...it's...different..." said Sakura. "Well... Sakura didn't I say this would happen? I just didn't think it would happen so quickly...your powers must be growing faster than I anticipated it would. Apparently the fly Card gathered enough energy for it's powers to evolve...and as a result it turned out to look like those angel wings" Kero said floating up to take a look at the newly evolved fly card. "I'll call Tomoyo and tell her about this..." Sakura said, her gaze shifted to a picture on her desk where all her friends were posing. A certain Golden-brown-eyed teen caught her eye. 'Syaoran ..' Sakura thought 'No! he's not here he's in Hong Kong he doesn't exist to you anymore!' Sakura said to herself. But no matter what her brain said her heart just wouldn't listen.
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Li Syaoran, was watching the cherry blossoms fall gracefully into the water fountain as his mother was discussing plans for his future wedding ceremony, with his cousin and fiancée Li Meiling. He sighed, still wondering what would have happened if he had stayed in Japan , he closed his eyes hoping to forget that emerald-eyed beauty he left back there, he never told her how he had felt, afraid of being laughed at.
Laughed at? no...more afraid of being rejected by the one person he'd come to care about, the person who's sunny personality lit up the room. Kinomoto Sakura. The one girl who made him feel as if he could take on the world and win, the only person who's smile could reduce him into the lovesick person that he was .....and the person he'd left behind...in Japan.
Syoaran smiled faintly, recalling her voice, seeing her face in his mind. Over the years he had become the warrior that his mother had always wanted him to be, he'd also grown into quite the catch, not one man could rival his looks, fighting ability, his magic ability, and his incredible physique. Coming from the most powerful and rich clan in Hong Kong didn't help either. Reporters were usually at their gates hoping to get an interview with one of the members of the elusive Li clan. It was all getting rather annoying, being hounded by all these reporters, trying to get a scoop on the latest happenings of the Li clan. 'Why can't they bother someone else?' Syaoran thought irritably. "This is going to be the best wedding Syaoran!" Meiling squealed "We're going to be so happy together!"
Syaoran didn't respond, he just sat there continuing to stare at the cherry blossoms, ignoring Meiling as if she had never spoken in the first place. "Xiaolang? What's the matter?" Li Yelan, the Clan's Matriarch, and Syaoran's mother asked, from her seat beside her niece. "Nothing." Syaoran said, not even looking at his mother. "Nothing..." Syaoran repeated, telling them exactly what he felt in his heart and what emotion this struck him as. Completely Nothing. No pain. No Happiness. Nothing.
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Sakura sat in her room talking to Tomoyo, who was sitting across from her on the bed. "New Cards? New powers?" Tomoyo asked. "Uh-huh. New cards. New powers." Sakura confirmed with a nod. "KAWAII!" Tomoyo said, whipping out her camera. "You have to tell me how you captured the Heal!" Tomoyo said "And to think...I wasn't there to tape it..." Tomoyo sighed in disappointment
"Why don't you let kero-" Sakura abruptly stopped, feeling her senses flare with energy. Another power surge. Sakura closed her eyes hoping the dizziness would go away, when it was finally beginning to fade, she felt something else.... "A Card!" Sakura said standing up quickly, fingering her Dragon pendent. "Lets go Kero," Sakura said as she dashed outside, following the energy.
After a bit of running on Sakura's part, she finally came to Penguin Park. There, sitting atop the gigantic tree branch near the penguin slide was another woman. Her hair was tied into a ponytail, leaving two strands of it billowing in her face. Her clothes were a jacket and shorts that ended to about the length of a mini skirt to let her move freely. She had a sword in one hand and her other hand was resting on the tree. Her Black eyes flicked with blue and green, looked very pleased at the appearance of the Clow Mistress. 'You've got guts. I'll give you that much. And you may have stood strong against Heal. But can you survive against me...?' The Card asked, eyes flashing wickedly. "Well... there's only one way to find out" Sakura said, not taking her eyes off the card.
The card's face broke out into an amused smile 'That...we shall see soon enough...'
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The clash of swords could be heard echoing through the Li household. That sound could only signify one thing. Syaoran was training again, he trained relentlessly never needing rest, never having enough training.
It was the only thing of comfort for Syaoran. Training day in. Training day out. Never needing the comfort of his own bed, never needing a good meal. Training. It was the same everyday for Syaoran. It was only thing that could make him forget that he was getting married, not for himself, but for his clan, make him forget the painful twist of his heart whenever he thought of that certain auburn- haired girl that he could never call his own, and make him forget the possibility that she found someone else to care about, someone else she gave her heart to.
He gave that up....for what? This? This wasn't the kind of life he wanted. He didn't need all the fame, all the fortune, all the power.... He needed Sakura. And he couldn't have her, because of this stupid engagement of his. Not only that, the fact that she couldn't possibly care for him in return also burnt him. Could he blame her? No, he couldn't. After the way he treated her, ignoring her, shunning her at the end of the Final Judgment, he would hate himself too... if he were in her shoes. What reason did she have to care about him? None. She shouldn't have a reason to.
"Xiaolang, something is wrong I can sense it" Yelan said from the doorway. "You've been distracted ever since this morning..."
"Its nothing mother. I just have a lot on my mind, that's all" Syaoran said still continuing to train. "In any case, I don't want you to be so cold towards Meiling, she is you future wife you know" Yelan said softly.
Syaoran laughed coldly. "My future wife? No, Mother, she is not my future wife, she is the clan's Future Mistress. I'm only doing this for the sake of the Clan, not for me, I'm doing this because you want me to" Syaoran looked at his Mother. "I need to train mother. Please excuse me." Syaoran said before he walked out the door. Yelan stood there, still not believing her son's words. Had she been that hard on him? To drive him to the point of training himself to death? He saw no trace of a smile ever since he got back seven years ago. The smile that was rarely there, but was still present when he was happy. It was gone now. All gone.
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"Sakura! Be careful! That's the Warrior Card! It's very strong. your not powerful enough to stand up against it" kero said.
Sakura wasn't listening, she was already locked in a battle with the opposing card. "Watery!" Sakura yelled, the water card came out, dousing the card. The card just smiled and said. "If that's all you've got, than this is just a waste of my time!" The Card slammed Sakura with a powerful energy blast sending her sprawling away bruised, battered, bleeding, and unconscious. "Sakura!!" Tomoyo shrilled in horror, seeing her friend lying motionless on the ground, she rushed over to check if there was any serious injuries. Unfortunately, for a distraught Tomoyo there were, Sakura's head was bleeding continually, her arm was bend in an abnormal angle, signaling that her arm was broken. Sakura had bruises forming on her thigh, neck, arm and cheek. Hand shaking, Tomoyo quickly called the hospital.
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The phone rang in the kitchen of the Kinomoto household, Fugitaka answered it. "Hello?" Fugitaka said cheerfully, into the earpiece. Toya, in the other room studying with Yuki was listening to his father's conversation. "Oh! Tomoyo! Hello, Yes?...Accident?" Toya heard his father choke out. "Sakura?! I-Is she alright?.....hurt? how badly?....but...How?! Yes.. alright I'll be right there." Toya heard the phone click, and he saw his father walking out of the kitchen, looking very pale. "What is it dad?" Toya asked, afraid of what he might hear. "S-Sakura...she's been in an accident.. she's been hurt, badly" Fugitaka answered, tonelessly. Toya bounded off the seat and sprinted towards the hospital.
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"Syaoran? I have an errand for you to run." Yelan said to her son the following morning after their little talk the night before. "Yes mother." Syaoran said. 'No questions? No disagreements?' Syaoran's mother thought "Good..... take Meiling and head to Japan. You will find your cousin, Fa Ling in the hospital...she has a disease...its incurable, I want you to bring her back to Hong Kong for some treatment." Yelan said, looking for some sort of emotion to show on Syaoran's face. "Yes mother." Syaoran said again as he got up, bowed to his mother and walked out of the room. Once he was gone, Yelan collapsed in a chair. The elders had wanted him to become a warrior, cold and heartless, one who wouldn't let his emotions get the better of him, and now he was that kind of person, Yelan closed her eyes, Was this the right thing? To train him like this from the time he could hold a sword, until he became old and Grey? To take his childhood away as soon as he was able to walk and dump a load of unfair responsibilities on him, such as retrieving the clow Cards? Yelan sighed, if she had the chance to turn back time, would she do things differently?
She would never know.
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Syaoran sat on a bench, staring into the cherry blossom trees. Japan.....he was going back.... Would he she her again? Would she remember him? Would he recognize her? He probably would. And why was Meiling coming? She had no business with his cousin. Syaoran sighed helplessly, all he wanted to do was see her again and tell her how he felt about her, hoping that she would feel the same way. He hadn't meant to be so cold to his mother, it was just that he was frustrated at not having the chance to choose his own life. He would find her, he would see her again, and then everything would be okay again, it was always like that when he was in Japan, whenever something was wrong , he would take one look at Sakura and everything wouldn't seem all that bad. He just hoped that it would still be like that. Sighing once more, he rose slowly from where he was sitting and made his way back to the house to start his packing, it would be an exceedingly long trip if Meiling was coming.
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"Ms. Kinomoto will be just fine, she has already started to heal, which is amazing, since she was just brought in a few minutes ago...anyway I see no worries for Ms. Kinomoto, although I highly suggest that she stay in the hospital for a month of two." the doctor said cheerfully as he made his way out of the room. "A few...months?" Sakura said, losing the little color she had left on her face. "B-but I'll miss school!" 'And what if another Card shows up?' Sakura thought grimly. "Sakura listen to the doctor, if it gets you better than you miss school." Fugitaka said kindly. "Don't worry Sakura, I'll bring you your homework and I'll keep an eye out for you, okay?" Tomoyo said smiling. "Thanks Tomoyo..." Sakura said as she drifted off to sleep.
That night, Sakura heard some soft singing echoing down the halls, "What is it Sakura?" Kero asked worried, "You need your rest."
"Kero, do you hear that?" Sakura asked, listening to the voice of a small child singing softly
"No...wait, yes!" Kero replied, as he rose into the air and followed his mistress as she got out of bed and began to follow the voice. The voice lead them into the room of a child about the age of five, she was sitting up in bed looking out the window, singing quietly. "Hello..." the child said smiling at them as she got up to greet Sakura. "Um...Hello" Sakura said offering her own small smile. "I'm sorry if I woke you up, my name is Fa Ling" The small child announced "I'm Sakura" Sakura said, charmed by the sparkle in the little girl's eyes "Why were you singing?" Sakura asked.
"Oh! um...
I was singing...to lead my guardian Angel to me... but she still hasn't come yet." Fa Ling answered
"Lead your guardian angel...?" Sakura said
"uh-huh, You see I...have a disease that can't be cured by modern medicine...so I'm hoping my Guardian angel will come to cure me."
"You really think she will come?"
"Yes, she told me so, in my dreams, I dream of her every night, she always says the same thing 'If you wait for me I will come to help you' She will come, I know it, so...I'll wait" Fa Ling said as she started her singing again. Sakura watched her sing for awhile, seeing the look of hope in her eyes as she kept singing. Sakura felt tears began to swell in her eyes, her mind drifting to Syaoran, She once had hope that he would come back, but he never did, and eventually she gave up hoping, praying that he would come back, seeing this little girl, with such hope in her eyes, made all those memories come back. Sakura knew what it was like to have hopes like that, hope that the person you want to come will come, and how it felt like to have those hopes shattered when you realize that they won't come. And knowing that this little girl will die if her hopes weren't answered, made Sakura want to do something to help her. And then it hit her. She smiled at the singing girl and said "Tell me when she does visit you, I want to know what happened, okay?" Fa Ling smiled and nodded, still singing. Sakura walked out of the room, she had a lot of things to do to get her plan ready, she would have to call Eriol and Tomoyo, and tell them what she was planning and have them help her with some of the other little details.
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Li Syaoran stepped out of the airplane and was immediately swarmed by reporters, "Master Li! Is it true that you and your fiancée will finally be tying the knot?" One reporter asked. Syaoran felt the overwhelming urge to punch the reporter for asking such a question, Marry Meiling? They had to be joking, There was absolutely no way in life or death would he do such a thing. Syaoran didn't answer the reporter and instead motioned for the body guards around him to push all these reporters back, When they failed to do so, he used one of his spell cards, 'Wind! Come to my aid' Syaoran thought, the wind picked up and Syaoran made a dash to the limo. "Syaoran! Why did you leave me out there!?!?" Meiling demanded, sounding like she was whining. Syaoran chuckled, amused "Don't tell me that you couldn't handle a few reporters Meiling." Syaoran said mockingly.. Meiling blushed, "W-well of course I could!"
"Then what's the whining for?" Syaoran asked
"I-I could, I was just surprised when you left me, that's all" Meiling stammered
" Really? Is that all?" Syaoran drawled "In any case, we have to get to that hospital"
"Right." Meiling mumbled
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"We're here Sakura!" Tomoyo said joyously.
"What did you want to see us about?" Eriol asked smiling. "I need a favor to ask you" Sakura said. "Well there's this little girl that keeps saying that she dreams about an angel and she says will come and...maybe it's better if you see her for yourself" Sakura whispered as she walked over to Fa Ling's room
"Sakura! You're back!" Fa Ling squealed as she rushed over and threw her arms around Sakura's middle. "Hello Ling" Sakura said, using her nickname for Fa Ling. "She will come tonight I know it....she has to...I'm leaving tomorrow morning." Fa Ling said fighting tears. Sakura's eyes widened, "What? b-but you can't, at least...not yet" "Ahem....Excuse me for interrupting but, Sakura, we needed to talk right?" Eriol asked. "Oh yes, um Ling...we'll be back to say goodbye to you tomorrow, okay?" Sakura asked ,Fa Ling nodded and wiped her eyes with her sleeve. "Bye-bye Sakura" Fa Ling said sadly as Sakura made her way to her room.
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"Well you see, my plan is to use The Heal card to heal myself and then go heal Fa Ling as her Guardian Angel. But the problem is that I have nothing to wear, I'll need to use the Fly card, and I don't know how to get into Fa Ling's room, I mean I just can't walk in, she'll be expecting her angel to make a more...dramatic entrance. So I'll need someone to help me with that part too. Kero will be coming too, of course." Sakura explained "No problems on your costume Sakura! I'll handle that.... This will be so KAWAII!" Tomoyo said eyes shining at the idea of filming Sakura. Eriol chuckled "And I'll help you with your 'dramatic appearance' it well have to be tonight right? Since Miss Fa Ling is leaving tomorrow morning" Sakura nodded "Yes it has to be tonight, and I want it to go as smoothly as possible"
"Okay... so...have you caught the Transport card yet?" Eriol asked
"No! Eriol, I'm here to help Fa Ling and not worry about the Cards!" Sakura said
" No, I mean you could use the Transport card to help you with your appearance" Eriol said patiently "Hey, maybe if we....." Tomoyo started talking, but Sakura wasn't listening, she was thinking about the Cards.
Sakura sighed, she hadn't had the chance to get out of the hospital, even at night, it was guarded with the most advanced security, and her powers had been getting too overwhelming , that every time another energy surge came, she would feel weaker than a newborn kitten. Kero had said it would take some time for her body to adjust to all the power it was receiving. "....What do you think Sakura?" Tomoyo was saying. "What? Oh, sorry Tomoyo, I wasn't paying attention....my mind was wandering...sorry" Sakura said, snapping her attention back to the raven-haired girl. "I was just saying, how we could use the Sleep Card to put all the nurses, doctors and other patients, spare Fa Ling, then there's no way we'll get caught." Tomoyo said smiling. "Good Idea! Why didn't I think of it?" Sakura asked, grinning "Lets get to work then!"
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Syaoran walked into the hospital, wearing sunglasses, a black T-shirt over a white open one, that defined his finely chiseled muscles and blue jeans, he was oblivious to the admiring stares of the women, nurses, doctors and patients alike. His mission was to take Fa Ling home with him tomorrow, for the finest treatment available for her disease. He walked up to the front desk and asked a gawking nurse where Fa Ling was, She blushed a deep shade of red as he took off his sunglasses to stare at her with his golden-brown eyes "Y-yes! um ...M-Miss Fa Ling's room is room 713 on the second floor" the nurse stammered. Syaoran smiled faintly "Thank you." visibly making the flustered nurse melt. Syaoran turned and briskly made his way to the second floor. "Syaoran! Wait!" Meiling called as she dashed inside the building and ran to catch up with him. "What are you doing here?" Syaoran asked irritated "I thought I told you to stay with Wei" Syaoran added coldly. Meiling pouted "Syaoran I thought you needed my help" She said "In what? annoying me? you're doing a great job of that" Syaoran said and turned around to find Fa Ling's room without so much as a backwards glance at Meiling.
"Syaoran!" Fa Ling cried joyfully as she rushed into her cousin's waiting arms. Syaoran chuckled and buried his face in the crook of her neck. "How are you doing Fa Ling?" He asked "I'm fine! My guardian angel will make sure of that." Fa Ling smiled. Syaoran watched his cousin and smiled weakly, Fa Ling was only four and here she was putting on a brave face saying that she would be alright. He was powerless to help her. He hated feeling powerless to help someone he cared about, pain tore at his chest as he watched the trusting hope in Fa Ling's eyes. "She said my angel will come tonight" Fa Ling said looking up at him with those light brown eyes of hers. "She?" Syaoran asked. "uh-huh, she is another patient in this hospital, she was torn up pretty badly when she came here, broken arm, fractured wrist, bruises and internal bleeding...But she's okay now...well, almost, her arm and wrist still need to heal and-" Fa Ling was cut off by someone knocking at her door. "Come in!" Fa Ling called. The door opened and a boy with glasses, deep blue eyes and an annoyingly cheerful smirk on his face walked in. "Eriol! Hi!" Fa Ling said smiling. "Miss Fa Ling its nice to see you again, Tomoyo and I were just wondering......" Eriol trailed off as he spotted Syaoran. "You!" Syaoran said through gritted teeth. "Well hello, descendent, what a surprise seeing you here."
"What are you doing here?" Syaoran said staring at him.
"Its okay Syaoran, he and Miss Tomoyo are friends of that girl I was just talking about." Fa Ling said
trying to soothe her cousin's tense mood, and only made it worse, by mentioning Tomoyo's name. "And what would the name of that girl be?" Syaoran asked, half hoping, half dreading at what the answer might be. "Sakura Kinomoto" Fa Ling and Eriol said in unison. Syaoran stiffened, 'Sakura here? But Why?' "S-Sakura? What happened to her?" Syaoran asked shakily, as horrible images of Sakura battered and bruised entered his mind. "We'll talk about that later." Tomoyo said as she walked into the room, "Now Fa Ling, will you tell me how your guardian angel is supposed to look like? Sakura told me that you were waiting for her, and I'd like to know how she looks like, so that if I see her, I'll tell her you're waiting for her." Tomoyo said smiling. "Okay!" Fa Ling said as she took Tomoyo's hand and led her to the corner of the room.
"Now descendent, I'd like to know what you are doing here" Eriol asked as he and Syaoran made their way to the cafeteria. "I came here to take Fa Ling back to Hong Kong for some treatment" Syaoran said simply.
"That's not necessary, she can stay here." Eriol said quietly. "She will be fine by tomorrow morning"
Syaoran was just about to answer when he felt his magical senses scream to life, he felt an extremely strong wave of magical energy, it was pulsing with innocence and felt very.....pink. Syaoran looked up, across the hall was a very beautiful woman, her hair was the color of the purest auburn reaching up to her waist, her eyes shinier than the finest cut emeralds, her skin looked very soft, colored pale cream, her right arm was in a sling and she had a couple of fading bruises still visible, but even through all that, she was human perfection. Syaoran was scarcely aware that he had stopped breathing until a gasp of air exploded from his chest, "Wow..." Syaoran breathed. Never before had he seen a woman as beautiful as she, Syaoran could have sworn that he was looking upon a living goddess, what else would she be? Beside him he heard Eriol chuckle, "Well, well, well, Sakura, you're awake, how was your nap?" Eriol asked innocently, but to one who looked closely, they would see the unmistakable gleam of mischief in his eyes. Sakura frowned at him, indicating that her nap didn't go very well, "Well it was....okay" Sakura lied. Sakura didn't recognize the incredibly handsome man standing next to her best friend's boyfriend. He reminded her of someone vaguely familiar, although she couldn't remember who.
Syaoran watched Sakura stare at him with a slight frown on her lovely face. He guessed that it was the fact that he probably couldn't find his energy signal. Years of restless training had taught him how to hide his power so that no one, not even the legendary Mistress of the Clow Cards would be able to detect that he was there, magic wise at least. It was a useful little technique that helped in keeping away unwanted attention to the magically gifted, unfortunately it only worked with those kind of people, keeping away an unwanted Cousin/fiancée was another story. Sakura watched him attentively, tilting her head to one side as if she wanted to get another angle of him, hoping that might help her figure out just who he was. "Do I know you?" She finally said. Syaoran felt as though he was stabbed in the gut with a very sharp knife, she didn't remember him.... Sakura didn't remember him....Could he blame her? After the way he had treated her, why would she even want to remember him? "Well it was nice meeting you...." Sakura said as she walked away without even asking for his name. Syaoran stood there rooted to the spot, she was gone. He couldn't help wondering what had happened to her arm and what caused the bruises on her flawless skin. "What happened?" He asked Eriol. Eriol took his time in answering, he paused, looking for the right words to say so that he didn't get his descendent worried in any way, realizing there were no words that would prevent Syaoran from worrying, and that there was no other alternative, and that Syaoran wouldn't give up until he found the answers he was looking for, Eriol sighed and said in slow careful words, "It was a Clow Card." Syaoran felt his heart stop. A Clow card? but they captured them all! Sakura had to face these new cards all by herself? "Well actually, there not Clow cards, and they're not Sakura Cards either, they're The Miracle Cards, they are very powerful." Eriol said "I'm not really sure that Sakura will survive catching all the cards.... she almost died after battling the Warrior Card, it could have killed her, but I guess it wants to see if Sakura will get stronger, for a much tougher battle, that's the thing Warrior likes, challenges, so I guess that the only reason it didn't kill Sakura was that it could get a better rematch....these cards aren't afraid to kill, Syaoran, they will if they feel that they must." Eriol added quietly. "And you needn't worry about Fa Ling, she will be fine by tomorrow morning, Sakura will see to that."
Syaoran was still thinking about what Eriol had said, even though that had been hours ago. 'Sakura is fighting another set of cards? Eriol said that these cards are even stronger then the last ones...' Syaoran was so deep in thought that he was completely toning out Meiling's mindless chatter. "....and then I found myself lost, so I thought 'Oh my gosh! I'll never go see my Syaoran again! I can't let that happen! So I...." Meiling babbled endlessly. 'I wish you did get lost and never ever find me' Syaoran thought sullenly "Meiling, can you be quiet for five minutes? I'm trying to think" Syaoran stated as he once again began to tone out his annoying cousin. 'I have to do something... I have to find out some more information about these Miracle Cards..' Syaoran looked up to see Tomoyo watching him intently from the other side of the cafeteria, No it wasn't him she was watching, she was watching someone behind him. Syaoran turned around quickly and found his little cousin, Fa Ling talking in a rapid, excited voice, to a radiant woman with a sunny smile on her face, the beauty of it could only belong to one person and that person was Sakura, suddenly the Sakura laughed at something Fa Ling said, then shook her head. Looking back at Tomoyo, he found that she had whipped out her camera and was recording the entire scene, with Fa Ling, she was grinning widely, as if she knew what they were talking about. She looked at Sakura, then to Fa Ling, and back, still grinning, she took out a pencil and began to draw on the sketch pad on the table before her, occasionally looking at Sakura. A few minutes of this and she looked up from her sketch pad, there were stars in her eyes, and she had that oh so famous dreamy eyed look in her eyes. Looking back at his annoying fiancée he scowled, Why did she talk so much? Couldn't she just shut up for a few minutes? Syaoran sighed helplessly and shook his head, he needed some fresh air. Slowly he stood up and began making his way outside.
Sakura looked back at that strange and yet familiar boy, why did he look as if she'd met him before? He was staring right at her, or was he looking at Fa Ling? She couldn't really be sure, and why did she really care so much at what or who he was looking at? Sakura shook her head, the room suddenly felt suffocating, she needed air. She took one more glance at the boy, finding him looking at the woman sitting across the table from him, he looked very irritated at her constant babbling, he looked ready to just walk away and leave her sitting there chatting with just the thin air to keep her company. Sakura couldn't stop the small smirk tugging at her lips. Eriol was watching Syaoran with an even more devious smirk than Tomoyo, which was saying much because her smirk was not easy to match. It would be a lot of fun to meddle in his decedent's life again.
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End of Chapter one! Very long chapter that's for sure. Please Review I'd love to hear from you. Suggestions are all welcome. AND stay tuned for the next Chapter!!!!!!!!! DUM DUM DUUUUM!