The Master's Stone
Chapter 5
Everyone gasped as Sifu Zheng took it out of the box. It floated between his hands. The stone was a transparent dark green. Although it was a dark green stone, it glowed a light green color. It was a perfect round sphere or ball shaped.
Sifu Zheng started the opening ceremony.
"I present to you a child who might be worthy of your special powers. Will you give this child a chance to show who she or he really is? I, Zheng Hung Yu, has trained and taught him everything I know. Maybe you could teach him all that I could not."
Sifu Zheng floated himself off the platform down to Syaoran. When he got down he finished the rest of the opening ceremony. Now he started the Sacred Incantation.
"Thy Great Force of Ancient Power, Keeper of the Ancient Secrets. Master of Magic, Stone of Power. Share your power once again."
As Sifu Zheng started the beginning incantation the Stone glowed brighter and brighter as it got nearer to Syaoran. Then everyone gasped. Except for Syaoran and Sifu Zheng. It spoke by itself.
"Your name my child?" it asked. The Stone's voice was surprisingly a deep one. It sounded old but wise at the same time.
"L…Li Syaoran," stuttered Syaoran
"I will give you a chance. Will you come with me?" It asked.
Syaoran took a quick glance at his Sifu and Ying, standing on the sidelines. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath and turned back to the Stone. "Yes, I will."
Suddenly Syaoran started to disappear into the stone.
"Do not worry Zheng Hung Yu. This is his test. He will have to face it himself. If he passes he will be my new master. We will be back in awhile."
Then the Stone itself disappeared. Sifu Zheng smiled. He knew Syaoran would pass.
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"Kero! Did you see what I saw?!" gasped out Sakura. The Look turned back into a card. "Of course I did Sakura. I'm right behind you!" said Kero. "No wonder Syaoran had to go back to train more," She wondered.
"Kero?" asked Sakura. "What exactly is the Master's Stone?"
"The Master's Stone is an ancient item. You have to fight for it, which is also called the test or something else. If it picks you as its new master, you would become stronger, faster, and all that other stuff. Your sword techniques become better and blah blah. It picks only a good swordsman. Which might be that brat."
"Since we can't see him anymore then I guess we'll just go home and tell Tomoyo then okay?"
Since her bag was still on the other side of the clearing Sakura called the Clow Book to her. The whole bag floated up and straight to her. Sakura took it and put her new card into the bag. Then Sakura and Kero left to go home.
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"So Syaoran has already started to try and get the Master's Stone eh?" said the figure in the tree. "I'd love to have seen the beginning ceremony. I think he is strong enough to get it. He should be…. He might not need my help after all. He should be powerful enough to take care of himself and his beautiful flower. What do you think Si Mun?" The figure said thoughtfully. Then the figure darted back into the shadows of the trees.
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Syaoran looked around him. It was all white. There was a door in front of him with the chinese number one. (which looks like a single horizontal line)
"So Li Syaoran." It was that same deep, old, and wise voice. "I have three tests for you, a test on your sword skill or techniques, your power, and lastly your soul, mind and heart. These are the three tests. Even if you pass the second but don't pass the third, you still should be happy that you made it that far. Your first test will be your skill. Walk through the first door."
Syaoran hesitantly walked to the first door and pushed it slightly open. He curiously put his head through first. It was a light blue color all around him. It seemed like there were no walls just the blue color around him. He walked in. He thought he was walking on air.
" SKILL." Said a booming deep voice.
A dark blue shadow seemed to jump out of nowhere right in from of Syaoran. Syaoran was so surprised he jumped back a little and into a fighting stance.
"In this test you'll have to show your skill. I'm Shadow Warrior. Try your best and show us what you've got." Warrior then stepped back and reached behind itself. He pulled out of the air a shimmering silver pole with a sharp double-edged short knife at the end.
Syaoran quickly pulled out his own sword.
Warrior made the first attack. It lunged the knife straight at Syaoran.
Syaoran used his sword to make it turn to the side so that it wouldn't hurt him.
"Very nice Syaoran." Said Warrior.
Warrior then flipped over Syaoran's head landing in a crouch and swiped at Syaoran's feet. Good thing Syaoran turned just in time to see it heading for his feet. He jumped up and attacked Warrior's head with a swipe from left to right. Warrior used his pole to hit Syaoran's sword and try to knock it out of his hand. Except it didn't make the sword fly. They hit each other's weapon and stayed like that. Each one putting more pressure by the second. Syaoran was standing and Warrior still crouching from the flip.
"You've got good physical strength besides skill. To bad I don't judge physical strength." Said Warrior.
"You have good physical strength, too," Syaoran replied.
Syaoran flicked his sword to behind his back so he wouldn't cut himself when he did a cartwheel and in the process also pushing Warrior's to the right making a clear path around Warrior's left side.
Then Syaoran did a no hands cartwheel, still holding the sword using one of his hands against his back, to Warrior's unprotected left side.
Syaoran landed on both feet and made a downward cut, from his back to the floor, aiming at the crouching shadow. Warrior then jumped high out of the way before it hit him. Then before Warrior touched the ground, Syaoran did a flying kick, which made Warrior hit an invisible wall on his back. The pole flew out of Warrior's hand and Syaoran caught it. He jumped in front of the shadow sitting at the corner and pointed it at him.
"Very, Very nice Syaoran. You show excellent skill. If you become Master of the Master's Stone, come back and you can train with me. Good luck on your next test." Then Warrior disappeared along with the shimmering silver pole.
A door flew open at the opposite end of the room.