A sudden wind blew inside the tower. The windows burst open. A young girl came flying in. She was about Tomo's age at the most, with short blonde silky hair that came to her shoulders. Her eyes were charcoal black, a sure sign that she too, was a vampire.
Tomo stared at her in disbelief. This just couldn't be…no, Yang told me she…she…she…died in the explosion… he thought.
"Oh, but Tomo, this is the same girl." Yang-chan said. "Shinta, come here." She obeyed, and walked by Tomo, as if he wasn't there. He had already completely forgotten about Meiling, lying limbless on the floor. Xing and Ice watched as she crossed the room, as if in a trance.
"Tomo, I'd like you to meet Shinta. I'm sure you two have already met." she said with a mischievous smile.
Shinta looked back at Yang-chan quickly. "I've never seen him in my life. I don't know where you could've gotten the fact that we met before."
Tomo felt his whole world collapse. The girl that he loved, or once loved, didn't even remember him. Although vague, he could still remember every time he had shared with her. "Mistress…what did you do to her?!" Tomo said shaking with anger.
"All I did was take a few memories away from her…" she said casually. "What's the matter with that? It's not like you loved her or anything." She looked at him with a wondering look, wanting to know his reaction. She was loving every moment of this torture.
He couldn't say anything to her. That was true. He had finally fallen out of love with her. But, yet, somewhere, he knew it wasn't true. She was his life, his whole world. At one point she was my whole world, but now, it seems Meiling is…What do I do?!
"Yes Tomo, tell us, what are you going to do?"
Xing watched perplexed. This was her plan all along, only, she had wanted him human. But why? What are you trying to do? he thought.
Yang-Chan's full attention now went to Xing and Ice. "Stop trying to analyze everything Xing. Now, leave the tower." she ordered. Ice started to get Meiling from the floor but Yang-chan stopped her abruptly. "Leave her here, now go!"
Xing and Ice did as they were told. Ice went down the steps, but Xing went out the window.
"And where do you think you're going?" Yang-chan asked, eyeing him suspiciously.
"I'm in the mood for some fresh blood." he said, and headed out into the dead of the night. Yang-chan watched him before continuing on with torturing Tomo.
- - -
"So how are we going to find her?" Syaoran asked, almost shouting. He didn't want her hurt, or worse, like them. A vampire.
"Syaoran, your not the only one who cares about her." Sakura said. She looked at him with a concerned look. Syaoran just looked at her. Did she really even care that much for Meiling? She did try to befriend her at one point, but that was only because Meiling was leaving and Sakura didn't want Meiling to go with horrible memories. And even when they did start talking, their friendship wasn't the best.
"Yeah Li-kun. You really need to calm down. We'll find her. I promise." Tomoyo said. Her camera lay turned off on her lap as she was sitting on the ground elegantly next to Eriol. Syaoran looked at the girl who loved Sakura, making movies, and making costumes. She was also the person Meiling went to when she didn't want to talk to anyone else. Tomoyo was perhaps, the only true friend Meiling had, and this relaxed Syaoran when he heard her say that. After all, when he and Sakura started dating, Tomoyo and Meiling, lost their whole worlds. But, she did make a quick recovery after her and Eriol started dating. Meiling, never recovered, until recently, and was also in danger with the guy who helped ease her pain.
"The only thing is, how are we going to find her?" Syaoran said, laying back on Sakura's bed. They all looked at each other. They didn't know what to say to him. Syaoran noticed the pregnant silence, and sat back up. "What?"
"It's just that-" Sakura started, but was interrupted by a knock on her window. Eriol, who was the closest to the window, looked out.
"It's a vampire." Eriol said calmly.
"Let him in." Syaoran said.
"But, what if it's a trap?" Sakura asked warily.
"Sakura, he may have information on Meiling's whereabouts, right Syaoran?" Tomoyo asked. Syaoran nodded solemnly. "It's just a chance we have to take." she said, while Eriol unlocked the window and opened it.
"I'm sorry, it's a bit too bright in there, could you turn off the lights and just turn that lamp on?" he asked.
"Of course." Tomoyo said as she clicked the lights off. Syaoran turned on the lamp and the vampire flew in.
"My name is Xing. I have information on Meiling for you."
"You do?!" Syaoran looked at him with pleading eyes. "You have to tell me, please."
"She's at Yang-Chan's house, unconscious at the moment, but she's fine. Except for the fact that she's a vampire now. Yang-chan ordered Tomo to get Meiling close to him so it'd be easier to get her over to our house when her magic awakens. Yang-chan needed Meiling's blood so she could become human with the immortality of a vampire. Her original plan was to have Tomo turn Meiling into vampire so Tomo could turn human. But he didn't turn human, and instead stayed as a vampire because he fell in love with her. She never told us why she wanted him to be human, but then Shinta came."
Syaoran was glad to hear Meiling was fine, even though she was a vampire. To hear that someone else was in love with her, was well, rivalry. "Who's this Shinta person?" Eriol asked.
"Shinta was Tomo's girlfriend. About a century ago, Yang-Chan was looking for a perfect person to be a day-walker and help her obtain the one who would be born with no magic in Clow Reed's family. She started noticing Tomo a month after we moved into a small city outside of Hong Kong. He was happy and content and would do anything for Shinta. She said he'd be perfect, but she had to get rid of her, in order for him to be depressed, lost, easily manipulated. As Tomo was walking to her house one day, there was an explosion. He looked everywhere for her, but wasn't able to find anything, not even her bones. That was the chance Yang-chan was waiting for and she took it. He was told she was dead, and in order to win his freedom back, he had to do this mission. But somehow, Shinta didn't die. Yang-chan knew it too, but I don't know…Yang-chan wiped out all of her memories."
"So this Shinta girl is Tomo's girlfriend. And you're done with Meiling, so just give her back and return her to normal." Syaoran said.
"It's not that simple. I don't know. There seems to be more than that, but that's all I found out before coming here to tell you. I know that this is going to cost a lot of bloodshed." Xing said seriously. "Are you up to it?"
Syaoran nodded, determined to get Meiling back, no matter what the cost. Sakura and the others were a bit hesitant, but nodded in agreement. They all knew if it was the other way around, Meiling would do the same thing, no matter how badly they had treated her in the past.
- - -
"You really want to know how I did it?" Yang-chan asked him. She stared at him sinisterly.
"Did what? Make her forget?!" Tomo yelled. He was mad, he knew it. But she was crazy. He didn't even remember how she got him to agree on this stupid mission.
"It was rather easy, after kidnapping her at night. All I had to do was plan the explosion at the right time in the morning. Which went fairly well. Anyways, I then made her take a simple drink…" she turned around to grab a cup, filled to the brim with a drink. It smelled like honey and alcohol all at the same time, but looked like blood. He didn't know where she had hid that, it must've been behind the box she was standing in front of or something.
"What are you going to do with that?!" he asked her, watching her closely. She approached Meiling now, starting to stir from the place she lay. Tomo's eyes opened wide, knowing what she was planning to do.
"Drink this Meiling. It'll make your headache go away." Meiling nodded and grabbed the cup. The intoxicating smell, hypnotizing her.
"DON'T DO IT MEILING!" Tomo shouted and as he tried to snatch it away from her, something blocked him. A barrier. Yang-chan smiled at him innocently.
"Like it? See what I can do with my new powers?" She watched in joy as Meiling slowly drank the liquid from the cup and Tomo's pleading and useless banging to get through the barrier. Shinta stood by, like a zombie, or a puppet. As the last drop of the liquid went into Meiling's mouth, the cup fell from her hands.
"What's your name?" Yang-chan asked her.
"I…don't know."
"Who do you serve?"
"You."
Tomo watched, horrified. That's how she did it. That's how Shinta couldn't remember anything, just stood there as a zombie, awaiting her orders. Tears coming to his eyes, he fell against the barrier and started to cry uncontrollably.
A/N: Sorry for the long awaited debut of this chapter! I had exams to study for and my friends were bugging me to show them my original fic: Zincian Legend. So, I was working on putting that up to post and finished the sixth chapter just recently. Thanks so much to everybody that reviewed! Remember, every review means a lot to me. I learn to write better that way. Sorry if it's a bit confusing at the moment, but I hope this chapter helped clear things up a bit. If it didn't, well then, just wait. Everything will be cleared up by the end of this fic! I promise! As for that Hiei and Meilin fic…I haven't given it a title yet, but am working on the plot and the first chapter. But when I do have a title, I'll be sure to update everyone on that. That's all for now, please review!
