Once I know Syaoran is a good few feet away from the door I walk out and jump into the nearest tree I find. Kurogane is going to be pissed as hell, but I need time to think about the meaning of the dream.
"Ashura," The name is foreign to my tongue and ears. I furrow my brow in confusion. The gold color from my first dream could be related to Fai's golden eyes in my second dream. The man from my second dream, the one with the long fingernails, what does he have to do with Fai and Kurogane? I lean my head back against base of the tree. My thoughts wander to the man who held me captive in my first dream, I've never seen him before, but I know that he holds a significant part of my future in his hand. He held an air of arrogance and extreme determination that struck fear into my heart just thinking about it. Shaking my head furiously that man left my thoughts, only for it to be taken up by Ashura again. "Ashura," escapes my lips another time. Confusion clouds my mind as I mutter the name continuously until sleep over comes me.
/3rd POV/
Fei Wang Reed drums his fingers on the armrest absently as he watches Hikari fall asleep.
"She is going to become a problem. This girl wasn't part of my original plan. I might even have to dispose of her sooner than I planned,"
/Back to Hikari POV/
I wake up because of one thought: Damn I'm hungry. Shrugging I hop out of the tree and stride over to the house, where I smell breakfast cooking. I lick my lips hungrily; slipping into the house was an easy task especially when everyone is already beginning to chow down. I slide in between my brother and Fai and snap up the chopsticks. I deftly pick up the food and pop it into my mouth. Out of the corner of my eye I notice Syaoran cringe. Blood red eyes narrowing I give Syaoran a glare.
"I thought I told you to take it easy. That hand still needs rest," I say pointedly.
"That fall hurt you?" Sakura asks in her sweet way.
"Eh, it's no big deal. Besides Hikari fixed it up, it's almost good as new," Syaoran explains.
"Knocking you down is no easy task Syaoran. This Lord Tambal's power must be significant indeed," Fai smiles.
"Yeah, and it's the only reason he's still in power," Cyunyan says bitterly, "We'd never let him rule us if we had a choice!"
"It's just the man and his son, right? I mean, you've got the whole town full of people. You could easily over throw him," My brother says casually. I can't help but face palm and shake my head.
"We've already tried. Six months ago we had a mob gathered at the fortress steps, armed with every weapon we could find, but Tambal's hijutsu, is too strong. His magic kept us from even getting through the doors,"
"Magic barriers?" Fai and I ask at the same time. I have a smirk plastered onto my face.
"That must be what Mokona's been talking about," Fai continues, "This mysterious energy around the town,"
"Mokona can't find anything here. Too many waves. It's really confusing," Mokona sounds dejected.
"Well if we can't get inside the fortress, we'll just have to wait 'til he comes out then attack him," I nod in agreement, the idea is sound, but the practice of it…might not be.
"But Tambal never sets foot outside of those walls,"
"His son does," Fai points out, "We could take him hostage," Fai leans in close to Cyunyan, "Then torture him until Daddy relents," Syaoran and I have the same reaction.
"Hold on, torture?" Only I keep going, "I'm fine with kidnapping the bastard, but torture is a little too far for me,"
"Well, well, Fai sounds like you have some experience," I shift closer to Kuro and mutter, "Remind me never to get on your bad side," I don't exactly think I want to know what Fai has in mind.
"That wouldn't work either," Cyunyan buts in, "He watches us, he's not gonna let his son walk into a trap,"
"Those winds," I murmur, "You're right, he could disrupt any kidnapping attempt," My smirk is identical to Kuro's.
"Then we only have one choice," Kuro starts.
"Attack," I finish the thought.
"We take the fight directly to him!" We start going back and forth.
"Every fortress has a weakness in it somewhere!"
"We just need a strong leader to guide you,"
"The town doesn't have warriors," Cyunyan says resentfully, "And the Meteshu haven't shown. We have no leader,"
"Sure you do," I say jabbing a thumb at my brother and myself.
"Right here," Kuro says. Cyunyan looks up in surprise.
"Then you'll fight for our cause?" Cyunyan asks hopefully.
"Why not?" My brother says.
"That's my line," Fai says, and I about DIE! "You're supposed to say 'Not my business,' Why the change? Getting tired of patching roofs?"
"Got that right, hammer and nails all you want. I'm swinging a sword,"
"Don't forget me! Besides, this should be fun. It's been a while since we've overthrown a lord," I say excitedly.
"If I'm gonna be stuck in this world, I might as well have some fun. First things first, we're gonna need a few soldiers," I stare at my brother in admiration, I'm a few years younger than him, but it seems like he has carried on Dad's spirit. I gaze at my brother with sad eyes. I remember that night oh so long ago, I just hope that Kuro doesn't leave me all alone in this world…like he did that night. NO! I shake my head furiously and clear that thought from my mind.
"I know exactly where to recruit!" Good looks like I didn't miss much of the conversation.
….
I sit with my brother looking over a map of the fortress.
"Magic barriers hm? I might be able to make a gap for about ten seconds possibly more for a team to assemble on the other side of the barrier. The teams would have to be 3-5 people, people who are spry and quick on their feet," I say running through how fast some townspeople would be compared to others.
"You'd exhaust yourself, it would be better if we knocked down the doors with whatever ram we could make,"
"The magic might not be coming from the open doors, it might come from the walls, that's also highly possible," I point out. My brother nods and puzzles over the map some more. A lazy tap sounds through the house, then a few seconds later another, then another. I close my eyes, I find the sound relaxing unlike my brother who yells at Fai to stop. Eyes opening to reveal red orbs sparkling in amusement I smirk. Kuro yells at Fai for a few more seconds before Mokona comes in, flying? I shrug after the first world basically nothing weird/magical throws me off anymore.
"Help! Help! Help! Syaoran and Sakura are gone!"
"Wait don't tell me- did they elope?" I stare at Fai, before a snickers escape me, which turns into full blown laughter. I laugh so hard tears stream down my face, and I'm clutching my side.
"OH GOD! I can't breathe!" I gasp sitting up from my sprawled position.
"Done yet?" Kuro rolls his eyes at me.
"One more minute," I say holding up a finger. I let loose one more string of hysterical laughter before I stand up sniggering.
"Was it really that funny?" Fai asks curiously.
"Have you seen the way those two interact? No way in hell would they elope, and yes it was seriously that funny," I say shaking my head. (A/N. I found that part hysterical, so don't judge me if you didn't and only found it slightly humorous.)
…
Fai, Kuro, Cyunyan, Mokona, and I were standing outside the gates.
"So the gate opened and they walked right in?" My brother asks skeptically.
"We should have known," I dead-pan shoulders hunched over, "While we're drawing plans the kid goes and shows us up," I sigh in defeat.
"I doubt there's much to be jealous about. If this lord's magic is as strong as they say, and they entered through an open gate? Well, I'm sure you've heard of a baited trap," Fai says. My eyes widen and my palm flies up to my forehead.
"Damn," I mutter.
"Hold on. Trap?! Then those two!" Kuro starts. I sigh and walk up to the gate.
"I hope to god that this works," I say.
"Hey! Hikari! Don't go in there! At least not yet!" my brother yells. I look over my shoulder and give him a closed eye smile.
"Hey~ that's my look Hika-chan~" Fai whines. I open my eyes and give them both a soft wave before placing my palms on the door. A shock runs through my body and I jerk my hands away gasping in pain. I turn over my palms and they aren't too badly burnt.
"Hrm, looks like you need an invitation," I say slowly.
"Looks like all we can do is wait," I walk back to the group. I bite my lip before spinning on my heel about a few feet from my brother. I can feel the questioning stares, but only one realizes to late what I'm going to do. Screaming I charge headfirst towards the barrier and channel raw magic through my necklace. Placing my hands so that I can wedge the magic in I pull, and pull and pull. I ignore the pain pulsing in my hands. I manage the door open a crack, before an energy surrounds me and I stop in pure bewilderment of what was going on. A gong-ish sort of thing rung loud and clear in my head, and the energy threw me about a yard away from the door. The ringing kept me from hearing anything. I stood up shakily and healed my hands as best I could in my shocked state right now. I yawn over and over again to get the ringing out, which it did when my brother slapped me over the head to get my attention.
"HEY!" I yell rounding on my brother.
"Why did you do that?!"
"I thought I could break through the barrier! Duh!" I shout back. Our screaming continues, and our usual battle of glares commences as well. Fai stepped in our way, and we both rounded on him.
"Now, now you two. There is a child present," I snap my nouth shut, but continue to glare at my brother.
…..
I sat twirling a piece of my long hair on the ground while Fai holds Kurogane back. I keep out of the conversation for the most part except for the occasional death glare from someone who gets too close to me. I only perk up when I see Syaoran and Sakura coming from a portal type thing. I jump up and glomp the two.
"Don't ever do that again kay? I can't lose any member of my family!" I say. I pull away and notice the gears in Fai's head working overtime. Shit I hope I didn't plant an idea in his head. Cyunyan hugs Sakura when I release them both.
…..
"I didn't get to storm anything, so I still say it was a waste of time," I shrug and lean against my brother admiring the sunset.
"Perhaps, but at least the wind has changed its course. Now these people have a reason to hope," Fai says looking over at Syaoran and Sakura.
"I hope that everything turns out for the better, cause I'm whooped I don't think my hands could handle a burn like that again," I say looking at my now scarred palms.
"It's your own fault," Kuro says.
"My choice, my suffering, heh, my fucking screwed up life,"
"Our fucking screwed up life," my brother corrects. I nod and smile. I sit up and shift over a few feet and slide off the roof.
"Whee!" I say as I push off and do a front flip and stick the landing a few feet in front of the front door. I stretch and yawn.
"I'm turning in early peoples, don't wait up!" I say skipping in.
