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The snow from the heavens covers the world with a blanket of peaceful bliss, bringing people closer to one another and letting new relationships sprout out beneath the frigid cold of life. It shall now take its rest from its endless task of innocence and let's the silver rays of the moon take its place.
- Hoshino Yukino -
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~ * ~ Welcome to one of Hoshino Yukino's special fics ~ * ~
~ * ~ Controlled by Hoshino Yukino's alter ego "silver moonlight" ~ * ~
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The moon shines so bright and covers the whole world with soft rays of light. It comes and goes along with the romances that make our world go round. The silver rays of the moon shall bring forth new relationships and new friendships that would only be realized through the nights that pass by. This is the reality of silver moonlight!
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Author's Notes: I do not own CCS or any of the characters in it, I am just using them for my Xmas fic and some other fics in the future, I hope. Another thing, this story is totally out of the original story line of CCS or if you want to insert it somewhere it would be somewhere after the 2nd movie. This is my first story for a long time now and I hope that this would be able to bring joy and happiness to people in this time of joy amidst the problems of the world… The first chapter will not be happy one and so will the second but the third and maybe fourth would be happy.…
Please review… Flames are accepted but please don't make them too harsh...
Pairings: I won't tell you until you read the whole thing…
(CLUE: It would follow traditional pairings "most" of the time in this story)
Rating: PG-13 for mild profanity, violence, etc
Genre: Romance/Action/Adventure
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- Ice Prince -
~ First Chapter ~
By silver moonlight
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Snow covers the world in a layer of white
Coming from the heavens and the stars so bright
Bringing us such peaceful bitter bliss
And love which can never be missed…
The snow, so cold and yet so mild
The greatest irony which seems so wild
And through its frigidness, we shall find…
New feelings that would flood our minds…
In this season of joy, thanks and giving,
True love will blossom and so will our living
Forget all your worries and all of your sorrow
And just remember that there will be tomorrow
Let love be the key to bind you together
Let no one break the bind you have for one another
Enjoy your stay with each other
And let it be that way forever…
~ sml ~
-- 10:00 AM December 16, 2001: Li Ancestral House --
"Shaoran, be careful… No one from the Li Clan has been able to conquer the Ice Spirit for a long time now and I don't want you to get hurt…" whispered Meiling, watching Shaoran enter the dark cave where the Ice Kami1 resides.
"Don't worry about me… I'll make it out alive… I've already inherited2 the power of the Gods of lightning (Ryujin?), fire (Reijin?) and wind (Fujin?), didn't I?" replied Shaoran, flashing a smile at Meiling, which is something he didn't ordinarily do.
He then fully entered the dark cavern placed at the Western part of the Li Clan's ancestral house, hoping that Meiling would not worry about him too much and decide to follow him inside.
"I hope…" continued Shaoran when he was already an earshot away from Meiling who was standing out in the light, waiting patiently for his return.
He had only walked a few meters into the dark cavern when he saw his first obstacle which was a large crystal-like object blocking the path to go deeper into the cave. Shaoran tried to break the crystal using his blade but all his attempts were futile, his sword barely even scratched the crystal's surface.
"What the hell?!" shouted a flustered Shaoran, wondering what else he could do.
After numerous tries of using his blade, he finally decided to use one of the God's powers, the God of Fire's power to be exact.
"Reijin!" shouted Shaoran, as flames began to fire out from his sword firing at the crystal monument at a steady rate.
The firing continued until Shaoran noticed that there was some kind of inscriptions written on the walls and that there were torches lined upon the sides of the cavern.
He stopped his assault and was amazed to see that the crystal monument stood still and was not even cracked after the onslaught of fireballs that he unleashed upon it.
"Reijin!" summoned Shaoran once more, lighting up the torches that lined the cavern walls and soon that portion of the cavern was illuminated with bright light.
"Nani?" asked a bewildered Shaoran, moving to where the inscriptions were written.
"An obstacle in life cannot be broken, burnt or damaged but can only be moved by the power of dreams. I am but the crystal formed by the power of one's dreams and I can only be unsealed when one takes my power into his own…" read Shaoran, trying to comprehend what the inscription was telling him.
'It seems to be a riddle… That must be why so many have failed to conquer the Ice Kami's power…' thought Shaoran, rereading the riddle again and again.
"I've gotten it!" shouted Shaoran, happy that he was able to understand the inscription.
"I beseech you crystal of will, unlock your seal and give me the power of WILL!" shouted Shaoran, remembering the 3rd Sakura Card, Sakura was able to make, the Will Card3, which was created by the power of dreams.
The crystal began to shine an inauspicious glow and shot a beam of light at Shaoran's sword, which changed in form slightly, before finally disappearing into the shadows of the dark cavern.
"It seems that my sword is improving as I defeat each one of the obstacles…" said Shaoran, looking at his sword's new form, before heading even deeper into the cave, lighting the torches as he passed them.
Deeper and deeper, Shaoran went into the cave, fighting off the cavern's guardians one by one. Each of the cavern's guardians shot a beam of light at Shaoran's sword, as they were defeated, improving it as he continued in his quest to inherit the power of the Ice Kami. His once wide blade becoming thinner and thinner, yet was sharpening each time it grew thinner. It was beginning to look like a samurai's sword now…
After fending of 5 of the cavern's guardians and solving 2 riddles along the way, Shaoran found himself in the middle of the cave, which had a small lake that surrounded it. A bridge was set upon the shore linking the shore to an island in the middle of the lake.
"This reminds me of the day when Sakura got the Erase card… we were sort of enemies back then, weren't we?" laughed Shaoran, remembering that day when Sakura was so scared and when he was almost erased with the rest of the people.
Shaoran then crossed the bridge and found himself on the Middle Island which had a small shrine covered with sealing paper around it.
"This must be it…" whispered Shaoran, taking a deep breath.
"Ice Kami, I, a member of the Li clan, beseech you, unseal from the seal of the elders and let me inherit your power…" chanted Shaoran, cutting off all the sealing charms surrounding the shrine.
The lake then started to freeze and snow began to fall from the darkest parts of the cavern top. The snow slowly fell unto the ground covering the whole cavern in a light layer of white powdery snow. Suddenly, the snow began to become ferocious and fell swiftly, forming a small tornado where the shrine was.
"I am the Ice Kami, member of the Li clan, it has been so long since one of your kin has been able to unseal me…" narrated a voice inside the snow tornado, which was slowly dissipating as the voice grew louder and louder.
The tornado subsided revealing a large feline creature with gray, frosty fur that resembled a large Siberian tiger. It had long, sharp whiskers made out of frost and ice and eyes that were cold and piercing and yet had this sense of warmth that made it look kind. On its forehead, it had a small blue crystal that shone in true brilliance as it moved. It had claws that were as large as a full-grown man and fur as hard as steel.
"You have proved yourself worthy of my power, member of the Li clan, and now, I impart onto you the power of ice…" continued the large tiger, known as the Ice Kami.
A ray of blue light appeared from the crystal upon its head and shone into Shaoran, covering him in a light blue aura. At first, Shaoran felt cold, shivering, as if he was submerged into the water of the freezing pond, but as time passed, he felt no cold anymore, the power has been passed on to him finally!
"It's not over as you think, my foolish friend…" announced the large tiger-like being , grinning at Shaoran's eagerness to have this ritual over.
Shaoran blushed with embarrassment, lowering his head slightly in shame.
"Offer me your sword..." requested the Ice Kami.
"Hai…" he replied to the Ice Kami's request.
Shaoran offered his sword, not really knowing what the Ice Kami wanted to do.
Once more a blue ray of light appeared from the crystal and shone upon the sword, changing its form for the final time. The sword's hilt retained its original color but this not go the same for the blade, the blade now had an even sharper edge than before, glowing with a light frosty blue glow whenever the light shone upon it. Its hilt had some sort of orb with some form of ancient Chinese writing that glows from within it, the word "lang" or wolf to be exact, replacing the old black orb in the middle of the hilt. There were also four emerald crystals that surrounded this semi-large orb. The sword then shrunk back to its condensed form and instead of returning to its old form, the sword shrunk into some sort of green pendant that was shaped to the shape of a wolf.
"Take this, young one and use my power wisely… This sword would still be able to call upon the rest of the other gods' power as it used to do before. In actuality, all I did to your sword was rearrange the ki points to bring out the true potential of your power, Shaoran, of the Li clan…" narrated the Ice Kami.
"Domo arigato gosaimasta… Demo… How did you know my name?" asked Shaoran, placing the pendant around his neck.
"I am the Ice Kami, I know all things…" replied the Ice Kami before fading away into the shrine once more, the sealing papers once more covering the shrine.
The snow disappeared and the lake was restored to its original watery form. Shaoran then turned back and trekked back to where Meiling was waiting for him.
'I have finally conquered the Ice Kami and the three other Gods and have inherited their power… That leaves me with no more duties to the Li clan for I have fulfilled them…' thought Shaoran, happy to know that he has finished all his rites of passage.
"The exit should be somewhere near here already…" said Shaoran, wondering where the exit could be.
A gust of cool wind came from inside the cavern, blowing the torches out…
-- 9:00 PM December 15, 2001: Eriol's Residence, England --
"Something's wrong…" whispered Eriol suddenly stopping from his reading, "Do you feel it, Kaho?"
"Hai… Eriol-kun… There seems to be an imbalance in the flow of energy between the two other card captors… Do you think we should call Sakura?" asked Kaho, worried about what is happening.
"I don't think a simple phone call would suffice for this particular situation, I think I need to go there personally and find out the source of this imbalance…" replied Eriol.
"Shall we accompany you, Eriol?" asked Supinel and Ruby Moon.
"I find no need for any of you to accompany me for now but it is safer for you to come with me too. Kaho, please stay and guard this place for awhile while I'm gone. I shall book a flight for the next day early in the morning tomorrow and should be there by December 18…" narrated Eriol.
"Then, I shall call your koibito, Tomoyo, shall I?" questioned Kaho.
"Sure… Please tell her that I want to invite her to dinner on the 25th after this problem is over better yet I'll tell her myself… Just tell her that I'll be going to Japan and that she shouldn't worry about a place to stay, I'll probably stay in the temple where you used to work in…" narrated Eriol.
"I agree…" replied Kaho.
-- 6:29 PM, December 17, 2001: Kinomoto Residence --
The door suddenly creaked loudly, the snow falling outside heard clearly as the door was opened. Sakura's eyes fluttered open and she found herself on the couch from some strange reason. She stood up slowly, rubbing her eyes gently and trying to remember what was she doing on the couch.
"Had a rough day cleaning the house, Sakura-chan?" asked her father kindly, walking towards her little princess.
'So that was what I was doing on the couch! I must have fallen asleep after cleaning the house' remembered Sakura, mentally hitting herself on the head.
"Iie, it wasn't that hard, just tiring, I guess, especially with oni-chan away for the day… What time will he be back anyway?" replied Sakura softly, her voice still sounding groggy.
"He called me awhile ago and said that he would be staying in Yukito's house tonight since the snow storm doesn't seem to lightening up…" replied her father, walking towards the dining room.
"Oh I see…" replied Sakura softly, wondering if Cereberus was able to fly up to her room while she slept.
"Sakura, dinner will be ready in a few minutes, okay?" asked her father from the kitchen, quickly whipping up something for their dinner.
"Oto-chan…" asked Sakura softly.
"Nani?" replied her father lovingly, "What do you want?"
"Can I have a Christmas party here at our house a week from today?" asked Sakura solemnly, her feet toying with the carpet in living room.
'I hope oto-chan agrees so that I can spend more time with my little Shaoran-kun…' thought Sakura, her head lightening up with thoughts of her being with Shaoran since he's coming to visit her for the holdiays.
"No…" replied her father; "You can't not have a party here…"
"Demo…" complained Sakura before realizing what her father actually said.
"Nani?" questioned Sakura, not really sure of what her father is saying.
"I meant that you can have a party at our house next week…" reinstated her father, "But…"
Sakura sweatdropped for a moment upon hearing her father's words before sighingly asked, "But what?"
"Nothing really, I just really wanted to say 'but'…" laughingly replied her father.
"Sheesh…" sighed Sakura, once more sweatdropping after hearing her father's remark.
'My dad can be so nutty at Christmas time…' thought Sakura, recalling the way her father acted least year's Christmas when they visited her grandparents on the father side.
"Dinner's ready…" announced Sakura's father, beckoning for Sakura to come into the dining room already.
"Coming…" replied Sakura.
-- 4:29 PM December 20, 2001: Li Residence, Hong Kong --
"What's wrong with you Shaoran? You've been silent lately…" asked Meiling, watching Shaoran sit all alone in his room, staring at the wall.
"Leave me alone…" replied Shaoran coldly, not even bothering to look at Meiling.
"Did I do anything wrong?" asked a worried Meiling, thinking that is was her fault the Shaoran was acting that way.
"Just leave me alone!" shouted Shaoran coldly.
Meiling ran out of the room, tears falling from her eyes, leaving Shaoran alone in the room. The door suddenly closed by a gust of cool wind and a small dark aura immediately enveloped the whole of Shaoran.
"It seems that you're friends are fools as to not see, what is real and what is a façade, eh, Shaoran? The time for reckoning has come and I'll do it with the hands of a member of the Li Clan, the clan that sealed me. In my own hands, I will kill the incarnate of Clow and then the keeper of the cards. As for you, I'll keep your soul and leave you in unending sorrow…" taunted Shaoran, his voice somewhat different as if he was not entirely himself…
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Meiling ran towards her room and collided with Wang, sending her flying to the ground.
"Gomen, Meiling…" apologized Wang before noticing that Meiling's crying, "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?"
Shaking her head Meiling replied in between sobs, "Shaoran's angry at me…"
"That's impossible, young master would never be angry at you… He's just sad… I know, why don't we ask his mom if both of you can go back to Japan for the holidays and visit your old friends? What do you think?" asked Wang, slowly wiping the tears of Meiling's eyes.
Meiling nodded, wiping the rest of her tears from her eyes before setting off with Wang to the room of Shaoran's mom…
-- 10:00 AM December 21, 2001: Airport, Japan --
"Shaoran, we're in Japan already! We can visit Sakura and the others now and join them in the holidays…" remarked Meiling, her voice high and happy.
"…We didn't tell them we're coming…" replied Shaoran, his voice having no emotion at all.
"Don't worry about that… Wang already called Sakura yesterday before we left…" replied Meiling.
"I don't care if you called or not, I didn't even want to come…" said Shaoran coldly, walking away from them and heading towards the exit.
"Young master does seem strange…" replied Wang, taking Meiling's hand and accompanying her to the exit of the airport.
"Wang… Call us a taxi… NOW!" shouted Shaoran coldly, acting like a spoiled brat.
"Yes, young master…" replied Wang, signaling for a taxi.
-- 11:00 am December 20, 2001: Kinomoto Residence --
"Shaoran should have arrived by now… It's been so long since I last saw him and I really want to hug him right now…" whispered Sakura, anxious for Shaoran to arrive at her house before going to Tomoyo's house where they're staying in for the remainder of their trip.
"Maybe I should wear something nice or maybe I should cook some cookies or maybe…" mumbled Sakura, walking back and forth inside the living room, her body tense with anticipation.
"Ding dong!" rang the doorbell twice.
'It must be them…' thought Sakura, happily running to the door.
"I'll get it!" shouted Sakura happily.
"Ohayo Meiling-chan, Shaoran-kun…" smiled Sakura as she opened the door to reveal Meiling and Wang with Shaoran standing behind them, his back facing the door.
"Ohayo Sakura-chan" replied Meiling.
"Ohayo Kinomoto-san" replied Wang.
"Ohayo" replied Shaoran coldly, not even bothering to face them.
"Come in…" said Sakura, smiling at the fact that her koi is back with her in Japan.
"So how was your trip?" asked Sakura, leading the three of them to the couch.
"Fine…" replied Shaoran coldly, taking a seat on the one-seater couch.
"Oh I see…" replied Sakura slightly disappointed that Shaoran was acting so differently than before.
'Doesn't he like me anymore? Why is he acting so strange and cold towards me? It's not that he doesn't like being alone, it's just that he has never acted so coldly to me anymore after he realized that he liked me…' thought Sakura as she watched Shaoran's blank expression in his eyes.
"Sakura, can I talk to you alone?" asked Meiling, dragging Sakura into another room.
Sakura nodded and followed Meiling to the kitchen, leaving Shaoran and Wang inside the living room alone.
"Sakura, there's something wrong with Shaoran and I think you're the only one who can shake him out of it… He's been acting this way for some time now especially after he trained in the one of the shrines of the elemental powers, the ice spirit shrine I think…" narrated Meiling, her voice sounding very desperate.
"Okay… I'll try…" replied Sakura, wondering why Shaoran could have been acting so strangely.
"I'll leave the two of you alone, okay? I'll just take Wang to Tomoyo's house directly and as for Shaoran, he should be able to stay here, can't he?" asked Meiling.
"Sure, Shaoran can stay here… And I guess, you can go to Tomoyo's house directly since Wang's going with you anyway… But does Tomoyo know this?" asked Sakura.
"I told her already just before we boarded the plane, I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier but Shaoran could have overheard me and wouldn't come here at all…" replied Meiling.
"Shaoran didn't want to come and visit me?" asked Sakura surprised at this revelation.
Meiling nodded slowly, "We had to make his mother force him to come and visit you…"
"Oh I see…" announced Sakura, very shocked about this.
"So, will you do it?" repeated the very desperate Meiling.
Sakura nodded in agreement and walked into the living room with Meiling in front of her. Immediately as Meiling was able to whisper something to Wang, she and Wang left quickly as they could, leaving Shaoran puzzled and alone with Sakura.
"So what do you want to do?" asked Sakura, sitting on the seat closest to Shaoran.
"Where are they going?" asked Shaoran coldly once more, wanting to leave himself.
"They're going to Tomoyo's house directly already and you, my little Shaoran-chan, will be staying here with me? Aren't you happy that we'll be able to have some private time together?" said Sakura happily, going to where Shaoran sat and hugged him in a friendly manner.
"Let go…" whispered Shaoran hoarsely, his voice sounding and feeling as cold as ice.
Sakura broke the hug and quietly went back to her seat, disappointed but determined to crack Shaoran's cold heart, not noticing that a black aura was surrounding Shaoran once more.
-- 12:00 nn December 21, 2001: Daigouji Residence --
"Ding Dong!" rang the doorbell of the Daigouji residence.
"Who is it?" asked a loud voice from the speakerphones in front of its gates.
"Tomoyo, it's I, Meiling, and Wang…" replied Meiling into the speakerphones.
The gates suddenly creaked open and Meiling directed Wang into the house and came face to face with Tomoyo who stood outside the front door waiting for them.
"Konnichiwa, Tomoyo-chan…" greeted Meiling, noticing a hand on Tomoyo's left shoulder as she said her last syllable.
"Konnchiwa, Meiling…" greeted Tomoyo, accompanied by some strange boyish voice that she has never heard of before.
"Huh?" asked a very puzzled Meiling when a boy about their age stepped up in front of Tomoyo and shook her hand.
"Watashi wa Hiirigisawa Eriol… Tomoyo-chan's koibito…" announced the debonair Eriol calmly.
Meiling jawdropped as she watched Tomoyo blushed at that public display of affection Eriol was giving her.
"Wang, would you please accompany me to where you and Meiling will be staying for your stay?" requested Tomoyo, winking at Eriol before leaving with Wang.
"Meiling, I have something to tell you…" uttered Eriol, his voice now sounding very serious from his once very happy and joyous tone.
"I think Shaoran is in trouble… I can't sense his ki…" continued Eriol, watching Meiling's eyes look dumbfounded and puzzled.
"But he's in the Kinomoto residence… How come you can't feel his ki?" asked a very bewildered Meiling.
"That's it… I know he's here but I can't feel him… I just can't…" replied Eriol solemnly, lowering his head a bit.
"Demo…" whimpered Meiling before interjecting, "Wait a minute, how can you feel Shaoran's ki if he has more ki than you do, huh? And how do you know Shaoran-kun?"
"It's a long story and if you come in I'll tell you all about it but promise me that you will not tell Tomoyo why I really came back to Japan for, okay? She thinks that I came back to vacation here, not to save Shaoran…" narrated Eriol, his eyes filled with passion, filled with intense emotion and concern.
-- 1:00 PM December 21, 2001: Kinomoto Residence --
"How was the meal?" asked Sakura determined to bring Shaoran back to his old caring self, the person who she grew in love with.
"Fine…" replied Shaoran coldly, his eyes blank, emotionless unlike his old auburn eyes which were full of passion, emotion and concern for Sakura and the people he loved. Suddenly, a light aura enveloped Shaoran, which disputed with the dark one and eventually winning, bringing passion back into his eyes.
"Want to go somewhere? Walk around or something?" asked Sakura, clearing the plates from the table, when a hand grabbed her arm and pulled her towards it.
'I must save Sakura and in order to do that I would have to take my own…' thought Shaoran, thinking of the only possible mean that he could do to save Sakura.
"Shaoran, what is it that you want?" asked Sakura irritated the stress of Shaoran's acting cold finally reaching the limit.
"Sakura… this might be the first and last time I would be able to do this…" whispered Shaoran in his old tone of voice, bringing Sakura to eye-level.
Sakura stared into Shaoran's auburn eyes and noticed that the passion, emotion and concern has finally returned and was only able to whisper the word, "Shaoran…", hoarsely before Shaoran did something unexpected. Shaoran placed his now warm lips on hers, causing her to feel all warm and tingly inside. The kiss lasted for a few seconds before Shaoran's lips began to become cold and he removed himself from the kiss, his eyes becoming blank once more.
"Shaoran…" whispered a shocked Sakura, savoring the sweet taste of Shaoran's lips one hers.
"Sakura… you are in danger… call Eriol, ask him… about the… the… the Kage Clan… Tell him… that I'll take care of… one… but there are… more…" choked Shaoran in his old tone of voice, straining and pausing to have the all words out.
"What are you talking about?" asked a bewildered Sakura.
"The Kage Clan…" choked Shaoran before his eyes were once more overwhelmed with blackness.
"Hn!" grumbled Shaoran, his black aura growing stronger again, "I'll be waiting for you in the living room, Kinomoto!"
"Kinomoto?" whisperingly grumbled Sakura, "What's wrong with him, he acts so romantic for a second and then turns psychotic and then drops me like a hot potato… I just can't understand guys…"
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"That was close, she almost saw through me… He's getting stronger by the day, that bastard, I better kill the one who holds the cards soon, as well as the incarnate of the one who sealed me up before he gets enough strength to fight against my power. I have to kill the girl tonight…" whispered Shaoran hoarsely to himself, his voice changing once more and his dark aura growing even larger than before.
Shaoran's eyes became blank again but a small tear falls from his right eye and lands on the living room table…
~ owari for now ~
Author's Notes:
(1) kami - God; Ice Kami - I'm not so sure what ice is in Japanese so this is the closest thing I can think of… I'm also not sure of the Reijin, Ryujin and the Fujin.
(2) In this story and all the chapters that follows, Shaoran has already inherited the power of the Gods which means he doesn't use the papers in order to do an attack, all he needs is his sword since the power comes from his sword…
(3) This 3rd Sakura card is of my own creation… It is not part of the original story plot…
I know the story is quite weird and very confusing but I hope that you, readers get the plot since I really worked hard to think of a plot that would suit my "trademark" which is to incorporate snow into every story…
So, how did you like it? I hope I was able to build enough momentum to make you want to read the next part… And as for those people who are looking for Romance, don't worry there is going to be more romance in this fic in the later chapters, hopefully by chapter 3, I just hope that you like the story so far. I just couldn't resist making Shaoran and Sakura the main pair in this fic… Anyway, I hope you like this story, which will serve as my Christmas fic… By the way, the story is not fully done yet, there would be some sappiness and fluff in the later chapters and even some more adventure. Please read and review. Please, I beg of you... Pweese... Pwetty Pweese... Heh heh... Please R & R!!!!!! If you have time and like Digimon please also read my other stories…
~ Ja Matte ~
~ * ~ silver moonlight ~ * ~