Returning Home 6
By Sera Terasaki
^*^ = means a dream sequence
~*~ = means later on.
*** = spotlight's gonna change to somewhere else.
~~~ = beginning or ending of the story.
"Speaking"
::thoughts::
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The engineer sighed and changed the speed a little.
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Sakura blinked. And looked around confused. She was in a dark room. Syaoran, Eriol, and Tomoyo
were nearby. Her hands were up and a beam had just been sent- from Sakura's hand to two women.
One woman screamed, half in rage- half in pain. "I won't *pant* go down alone." Sakura held
her hands steady; she would finish it. The woman stood and with the last of her strength aimed her
powers at the Card Mistress's most beloved thing.
No one saw it coming. Least of all Syaoran. In slow motion it seemed it seemed the energy
hit him hard; killing him before he hit the ground... and Sakura's heart died with him. "NNOO!!" She
wanted to stop, to run to her itooshii, anything but what she was doing. Niyama saw it to.
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"Sakura! Wake up!" Sakura woke with a start.
Syaoran was standing over her looking worried.
He shook her again. Sakura looked up, threw her arms around his neck, and burst into tears. "Sakura,
daijoubu desa ka?" Sakura just stayed there. Syaoran put his arms around her. What ever she had seen
in her dream it had scared her. He cursed Clow for given the power to foresee the future to the 'Chosen
Card Captor', like so many times before. He hated seeing her like this.
"Sakura," He started when her sobs started to subside. "What did you see?" He asked and
immediately regretted it. Sakura mumbled something into his shirt.
"What?"
"I saw a horrible woman kill you. I don't want you to leave me again." She whispered.
Syaoran blinked. Several thoughts colliding in his head. She was this upset over his death? 'Horrible
woman'? Could she have seen Niyama? If she did, did she really see him die? And most of all, she
didn't want him to leave?
Syaoran pushed her back. "Sakura, look at me." She looked up rather reluctantly. "I'll never let that
happen, ok? Never. I'll never leave you. Do you hear me?" Sakura seemed to process this then smiled.
She hugged him again and Syaoran's insides turned to jello. (A/n: Yes, some S+S peeps ^-^) "Now go
back to sleep." Syaoran said after several moments. Sakura nodded and laid back down, soon sound
asleep.
Syaoran looked at her a few moments more before go back to bed himself. ::I'll never leave
your side again Sakura. As long as God allows me, I'll be by your side.::
~*~*~
"Talk about long rides." Sharon muttered. He picked up a map of the state. "We have at least
two more days till we get to the West coast, from there we can--" Syaoran interrupted Sharon. "Why
don't we just go by plane?" Sharon sighed. "Sakura didn't tell you did she?" He looked at Sakura- who
shook her head, wide eyed. "We don't have enough money." He said. "If we _did_ we would be on a
plane yesterday..." he sighed again. He looked at Sakura again, then started walking toward the next
mode-of-transportation.
Syaoran was about to say something when someone bumped into him- hard. At the same
time felt something- literally- fall in his pocket. He made a face, then grabbed what had been bestowed
upon him. It was a *lot* of green bills. ::American money...? But who...?:: He looked to where the
person had gone.
Sharon looked back realizing Syaoran wasn't following, turned he noticed what Syaoran was
holding. His eyes widened. "Syaoran! Where on Earth did you get that??" He was radiating disbelief.
"...anou..." Was all Syaoran managed. Sharon started to make his way back to him, when-- "Police!
That boy stole my purse!!" Syaoran looked at her, then at the money, and suddenly realized what was
going on. Down at his feet was the stolen purse.
Sharon and Sakura's eyes widened. Sharon was staring at him hard. Sakura could only stare
at him; a hurt expression on her face. "No! This isn't what it looks like! I didn't-- Some guy bumped
into me and left this here!" He tried to explain. Sakura seemed to lighten up a bit... until a policeman
grabbed Syaoran. "Your under arrest for theft, boy. You'll have to come with me."
He looked up at Sakura and Sharon. "Do you know this boy?" Sakura winced as she saw the
policeman pull Syaoran's hands behind his back and cuff them. "Yes," Sharon said. Sakura nodded.
"You'll have to come to, then." He beckoned the other two over to his car.
~*~*~
Syaoran glared at the guy in front of him.
"So a man dropped the money in your pocket and the purse on the ground. That's what happened, huh?
Or is there another story?"
"..."
"Mr. Li, I can't help you if you don't tell me the truth; now can I?"
"I told you the truth." Syaoran said for the fifteenth time.
"Yes so you say, but people saw you with the purse. Mr. Doe (Sharon) said that you weren't with them
when the money was stolen. They turned around and saw _you_ with it. They never saw the man." The
man leaned back in the chair looking pleased with himself.
Syaoran's cheeks turned red in rage. "How many times do I have to tell you?! I. Didn't. Take. The.
Money!!"
"Mr. Li, please control yourself."
Syaoran snorted. Easy for him to say, he wasn't the one handcuffed to a chair being interrogated. The
man stood. "I'll talk with you again tomorrow. If you wish to tell me what _really_ happened. I might be
able to get you off easier." Before Syaoran could protest , the man had left.
Syaoran pulled on the cuffs cuffed from his left arm to the chair. He'd been in here for three
hours trying to endure the interrogation. The cuffs held him trapped to the chair.
The knob turning alerted to someone entering, he looked up expecting to see another guy to
harry him, and was surprised to a policeman with Sakura and Sharon behind him. He watched curiously
as the P.m. unlocked the handcuffs, freeing him. "You're free to go Mr. Li." Was all he said. Syaoran
blinked.
Once outside, Syaoran couldn't keep the question silent anymore. "How did you get me out
of there?" he looked at them questionally. Sakura looked to Sharon. "Sharon bailed you out." She
explained. "With the rest of his money. Li stared. "N-nani??" Sharon watched this with an unreadable
look. Suddenly he started walking off. Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other then followed after
Sharon.
When he finally stopped he had lead them to a park. "Sharon what's going on?" Sakura
asked. Sharon turned and said: "Can that card you used to fly take us to Japan?" Sharon asked. Sakura
shook her head. "I don't think it can hold three people..." She sighed. "Gomen nasai." She mumbled.
Sharon shook his head. "No don't be sorry. We'll find another way." "How?" Syaoran asked. "You
spent all your money didn't you?" Sharon looked at him. Then his eyes widened.
"Sakura let me see that card, the one that let you fly one the baton. Sakura looked confused
but gave him the card. Sharon walked a little ways a way from the other two. He held the card before
him, and closed his eyes.
"Earth, wind, fire, water.
Release the spirit within
Release!"
At first nothing happened, then the card started to glow. Suddenly a gust of wind started to blow in an
upwards spiral around Sharon. Then with a flash a huge bird appeared. Syaoran gasped. "The spirit of
The Fly! But how-?" "There's no time! Come on, lets go!" Sharon cried from the back of the bird.
Sakura's eyes widened and she nodded. She looked at Syaoran and smiled. He nodded.
Getting on Fly was a LOT easier now that it was on Sakura's side. The moment everyone
was firmly on, the huge bird-spirit took off.
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Niyama was hot with rage. "Where on Earth can that boy BE?! Did he just disappear??" She
stopped. "Nah, I made sure no one can get in OR out." She had been looking for Eriol for the past hour
and a half now, and was starting to get frustrated.
She walked a few more paces then stopped. She slowly smiled. "Raiel, of course. You
*would* try to hid him..." She turned into the first hall she could find with a staircase.
***
Eriol could feel himself being carried down a bunch of stairs. It was, in a way, unnerving. He
heard a door opening, just before he was dropped unceremoniously on the floor; followed a door
closing and a bolt locking. He decided now would be a good time to figure out where he was.
The moment he poked his head out of the bag his eyes were assaulted by colors of red, blue,
and purple. The room was a bedroom, an expensive and old one at that. The carpet was a velvetish, a
mixture of blue and purple. The bed had drapes across three sides of the it. There was a normal sized
table[1] to one side, food included. (A/n: There were other furniture, but I'm not in the mood to go into
that.)
For the first time his stomach let him know it had been a while since he had eaten. Eriol
sweatdroped at it. ::Might as well...:: The table was full of different food ranging from turkey to bread
and butter. He ended up eating a turkey sandwich. Just as he finished the bolt lock sounded. He looked
up, then scrambled out of his chair. It was Niyama! She was pushing a boy in front of her. The boy's
eye's were glazed.
"Stupid boy." She pulled out a long knife and made to get rid of the boy... but Eriol had
stepped in front of him. "Don't." Was all he said. Niyama's eyes flared then she waved her hand. The
boy collapsed. Eriol's eyes widened and knelt by him, checking his pulse. His pulse was strong, Niyama
must have put him under a simple sleeping spell.
Eriol turned around, meaning to say something to her, but the moment he turned around all he
saw was a hand before being flung across the room. He hit the wall hard, fortunately it wasn't hard
enough to knock him out. He winced as Niyama put her hand under his chin and forced him to look up.
"I'm tired of your ignorance. It's time I did something."
Niyama caught Eriol's eyes and held them. He couldn't move, no matter how hard he tried. "I
name you 'Magician' and bind you. Give me no resistance, it will do you no good." Eriol's eyes turned
blank, his will vanishing. "Come, Magician, sit here." He got up slowly and sat in the chair she indicated.
"Good. I won't have anymore trouble from yo--" She stopped; her eyes widening. "No, not
yet! It's to early!" She cried. Niyama suddenly rushed from the room, for the moment forgetting her still
bound captive.
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Sakura looked back at Sharon. "What do we do now?" She called over the wind. "Just fly into Japan,
the moment we get there you get out of here." he replied. Syaoran looked at him sharply.
"What about you?"
"We'll see soon enough!"
Two seconds later, the four- three people and one bird-spirit- were covered in a blinding light.
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Tomoyo had just been working on the sleeve of a new outfit when Sakura stirred. Tomoyo's
eyes widened as Syaoran also stirred. "Meilin! Kero! Nakuya! Their waking up!!" The other three were
instantly in the room. Sakura was the first to wake up.
"Hoe...?" She instantly sat up. "Where's Sharon?" Everyone looked at her weird. Syaoran sat up to.
"He's not here..." Everyone else ('Cept Sakura) looked at each other. "...?" Suddenly heard a groan
from behind the couch. Everyone looked over the couch... to see a glazed over amber eyed Sharon. He
blinked focusing on them. "Sakura?" He mumbled. Sakura gasped in joy and hugged him. "You made
it!" She said in joy. Sharon blinked, then blushed at Sakura. Syaoran looked ready to commit murder
against Sharon right then and there.
Nakuya cried in joy herself... until Sharon looked her and took on a look of hatred and fear.
"Who are you?" He asked not unkindly- just carefully. Sakura realized him (maybe wisely by the way
Syaoron was looking at Sharon...) She pointed at Kero. "There is Cerberus, that's Li Meilin, next to her
is Tomoyo Daidouji, and..." She stopped at Nakuya, who smiled. "My name's Nakuya, you might have
know me as Numasi... Though that's not how I wish it to be..."
Sharon just nodded. Sakura suddenly stood up. "Eriol-kun! I almost forgot about him!"
Judging by the various reactions, mostly everyone had to. Syaoran and Sharon stood up as well. "We
have to find him!" Everyone looked at each other. "Right!"
***
Niyama had been watching over all this with a snarl. "Yes bring me my other half and Sharon..." She
grinned. "I'll be waiting with a little surprise for them, won't we, Magician?" She turned to Eriol standing
beside her. His gaze was still blank. "Yes, M' lady."
TBC...
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Yes this is the end of this chapter. I had pictures on this one!!But I couldn't get them to show up on
'text'!!!! ::Grins:: I've already got the ending planed out...
[1] A normal table to me is a table that can hold up to five, six people in all...
Disclaimer: Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer... OF COURSE I DON'T OWN THEM!!!!
THEY BELONG TO CLAMP!! I only own Nakuya, Sharon, Raiel, Niyama, and the police peeps.
Ja ne!!
