Seven Deadly Jewels
Chapter 10
"I have news from our spies," the blue haired figured reported to the leader.
"Well don't leave us in suspense, what did they say?" the spiky haired figure asked.
"They say that those nuisances now hold two of the jewels, and that they recently killed the Thunder Warriors." The thin figure just scoffed, and said,
"More like that Li kid killed them."
"So how long are we just going to sit here and let those brats find all the jewels?" the spiky haired one asked.
"As long as it takes I guess, until he decides to make a real move!" the blue haired figure said, and motioned to the white haired leader.
"Why don't we just wait until they find the rest, then attack them full force?" the thin one suggested. The white haired leader just stood up with a smirk.
"There's no fun in that," he said.
"Fun doesn't matter as long as we get what we want!" the thin figure protested.
"By the time they find the rest, they most likely would be too far away for an all out attack. Besides, just waiting gets boring."
"So what do you suggest we do?" the spiky haired one asked.
"Not we, more like me," the leader replied.
"You? What in the hell are you talking about?" the blue haired one asked.
"Simple, I'm just going to let myself be known by those kids. Especially Li," he said with a smirk. "Do you have their location?"
"Yes sir," all three replied.
"Good," the white haired one said as he got up. "This is a lot better than sitting on my ass waiting for you fools."
"Good luck sir," all three said at once as he walked past.
'I hope you'll remember,' he thought.
"Li can we stop in the next town, I'm starving," Sakura wined. Li just rolled his eyes.
"I thought you were past the wining shit," Li replied.
"Come we haven't had anything decent for three days! Besides, we're out of ramen!" Sakura complained.
"Then eat some berries or something," Li replied.
"We don't know if wild berries around here are poisonous, it's dangerous," Tomoyo protested.
"Yeah you want to kill us?" Kero shouted.
"Maybe," Li said simply. Sakura sighed and looked around. They were in a small plain with a bright sunny day shining down on them. The grass was about as tall as their ankles with occasional rocks around. The breeze was calm and cool. Along the side of the road were flowers, many different colored flowers.
'It's such a beautiful day,' Sakura thought with a sigh. Her chain of thought was suddenly broken when Tomoyo squealed in delight.
"What is it?" Kero asked.
"A town! That means shopping!" she said excitedly.
"There's no way in hell we're stopping just to shop for your shit," Li replied.
"Please Li," the girls begged, but the young man stayed strong.
"No."
"Please!!" they begged again.
"No." Sakura and Tomoyo sighed, and looked each other.
"Man he's tougher than Touya," Sakura whispered.
"Give him the face Sakura," Tomoyo told her. Sakura nodded, and looked Li.
"What now?" he asked. Her eyes suddenly grew bigger, and started water. She looked like she was going to cry any second.
"Please can we go," she whispered. Li looked into her eyes, and then answered.
"No." he said coldly. "Now fix your face so we can get going." Sakura and Tomoyo groaned.
"Can't believe the face didn't work on him," Sakura groaned.
"Well I'm not surprised, he doesn't seem like the type who breaks that easily," Tomoyo replied.
"Let's at least stop for some grub, I'm starving over here!" Kero chirped in. Li rolled his eyes, and groaned know they wouldn't shut up unless they got something to eat.
"Fine, but we're only stopping for food, none of that shopping shit," Li said with a scowl.
"Well at least it's something," Tomoyo whispered to Sakura as they walked to the town.
Unlike the last town they were in, this was filled with large houses, and larger stores. Markets were almost everywhere, and there were more people. Tomoyo and Sakura were just in awe as they saw the many stores selling silk gowns, and dresses. The jewelry they saw looked as though it used to belong to former kings. They stopped at a small restaurant on the corner.
"What should we have?" Sakura asked.
"Anything but ramen. I don't know about you but I wouldn't want anything I've eating for the past three weeks," Tomoyo replied.
"Whatever the hell you're ordering, it better not be past 16 gold," Li said coldly. Sakura pouted, but Kero growled.
"You cheap bum! All the good stuff is at least 19!!!!" Li just scoffed, and said,
"Too bad." Kero growled, a vein was nearly popping out of his head.
"Just what the hell is with the tight budget you cheapskate!"
"We need the money buy things we actually need, like water, or spare food," Li said simply.
"Don't worry Li I'll pay for our meal," Tomoyo said cheerfully as she pulled out a small pouch. "I have at least 200 gold in here." Kero's eyes widened.
"Tomoyo, why didn't you tell us you had so much money?" Sakura asked.
"And just how the hell did you get that much!!!!!" Kero said in shock.
"Her mom is the richest woman back home, and that's just Tomoyo's weekly allowance, you should see her monthly." Li rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Whatever it is you idiots are doing just be sure you're back here by sun down, that's when we're moving."
"I thought you said we were only stopping to eat," Sakura said, but Tomoyo poked her.
"Don't remind him!" she whispered.
"Whatever, just make sure you back here by sun down," he said and walked out.
"What's up with him?" Kero wondered.
'There's some kind of dark force in this town. I can feel it,' Li thought as he walked around. He quickly spun around when he thought he saw something. A shadowy figure quickly jumped deeper into the shadows. 'Just as I thought, Ninja-Youkai!'
Meanwhile in a dark alley the white haired figure was sitting on a box with his sword on his shoulder. His blue eyes looked at the Ninja-Youkai who was just returning.
"My lord, we have located the boy. He was with three others. Two girls, and a small yellow beast with wings."
"Cerberus," the figure said with a smirk.
"Should we attack him directly?" the Ninja asked.
"No let's make him come to us," the figure said as he stood up.
"How?"
"A little persuasion in order."
The two girls laughed as they walked through town. They had just bought new clothes, and jewelry. They were now heading for new shoes since their current ones were worn out.
"A girl should not walk around with shoes with the heel missing," Tomoyo said in disgust as she looked at her current shoes.
"I know, with all the running around we've been doing, I'm surprised our shoes don't have holes in them," Sakura said with a giggle. Kero on the other hand had a stern look on his face, and was looking around.
"Kero is something wrong?" Tomoyo asked the small beast.
"There's some kind of dark aura around here. Do sense it Sakura?" Kero asked. Sakura shook her head.
"I haven't felt anything all day," she replied.
"What's going on you two?" Tomoyo wondered. Suddenly a man walked towards them. His hands were in the pockets of his long black coat. On his black pants was a katana, and a small knife on the other side. His steps with his dark shoes were silent as he made his way towards them.
"You girls wouldn't happen to a young man named Li would you?" he asked in a low deep voice. Sakura nodded.
"Yes we know him. Are you a friend of his?" she wondered.
"Cerberus, you certainty have changed since I last saw you," he said ignoring Sakura's question. Kero's small eyes widened.
"You know me?" he said in shock.
"I don't get it what's going on!" Tomoyo wondered. The man turned around, and snapped his fingers.
"All shall be reveled soon," he said as started walking away. Suddenly Ninja-Youkai swooped down from the roofs, and grabbed them.
"Let me go, Help!!!!" Sakura screamed.
"Don't even bother. I've put spell on the town's people here. They can't hear you or see you," the man said. Sakura struggled to get her hands free. She managed to get her left hand free. Without wasting time, she blew away the ninjas holding Tomoyo and Kero. This caught the man's attention.
"Tomoyo, Kero get help! Get Li!" Sakura shouted, as she struggled against her own ninja.
"Tell him to meet me at that church!" he shouted to them, and pointed to a church at the outskirts of town.
"Just who are you anyway?" Sakura asked him. The man smirked, and said
"Viga." Sakura looked up and saw dark, and gloomy clouds rolling in.
Tomoyo, and Kero ran (or in Kero's case, flew) back to restaurant, and found Li waiting for them.
"Li, Li!!" Tomoyo called.
"Where have you been?!" Li scowled. "Where's the other one?"
"That's the thing, she's been kidnapped by a man named Viga!" Tomoyo said. Li's eyes widened.
'It can't be!' he thought in shock. He lowered his head, and his bangs covered his eyes. "Where is he?" he asked impatiently, and with anger in his voice.
"He said at the church on the outskirts of town," Tomoyo answered, surprised he said he, and not she.
"Stay here, you two better not follow me," Li said as he started to walk away.
"Why? I mean if you're going to rescue Sakura from this guy you're going to need all the help you can get," Kero chirped in.
"I'm not going to rescue her," Li replied not turning around.
"What? But if you aren't why are you going?" Tomoyo asked in a surprised tone.
"That's none of your business," Li growled, and walked away. Thunder suddenly boomed, and the rain started to fall.
(Insert Cowboy Bebop theme "In the Rain" here.)
Li walked as the rain fell. He didn't even feel the rain drops hit him as he walked. The name, Viga echoed through his ears over, and over again. His foot splashed in a puddle as he past a small shrine. His hands were in his pockets, and his eyes were distant, and emotionless as the church came in view. Old memories flashed in his head. He kept seeing a girl with blue hair, and bright green eyes. Her smile looked as though it could brighten the whole world. Against his will he kept on seeing the same girl, with the same smile. The girl's voice started to echo in his mind as well. The high, and cheerful voice started giggle as he saw the church's doors in view.
Sakura looked out the window with a Ninja behind her. Her hands were tied behind her back. A small smile crossed her face when she saw Li walking towards the church. She knew she would most likely get out of here soon. The ninja suddenly grabbed her, and started to lead her downstairs. She tried to struggle, but to no avail. She gasped when she saw other Ninja-Youkai set up all around the church ready to strike at any moment's notice.
Viga on the other hand was sitting on a box with his katana on his shoulder waiting. A small light shined through the stain glass window, and he looked like a fallen angel. He was seeing the same blue haired girl Li was seeing. He kept hearing the voice, kept on seeing the same smile. He smirked when he heard the doors open. He stood up and faced Li, who still had the emotionless stare in on his face. The two walked towards each other slowly. Their eyes met, and everything to them seemed to freeze.
(Theme ends)
"It's been a long time Viga, I would say it's good to see you, but I would be lying," Li said after a while. Viga smirked, and said
"You haven't changed one bit, Syaoran." Li's eyes widened a little, but he didn't say anything.
"That's not my name anymore, it's Li now," he said after a while.
"Li," Viga scoffed. "Does she haunt you Syaoran?"
"What?"
"It's a simple question, does she haunt you?"
"That's none of your damn business."
"Of course she does," Viga answered for him. "Why else would you change your name to something so simple?"
"What about you? You've changed a lot. I'm not even sure if I should call you a human."
"I am neither human nor demon."
"Then just what the hell are you?"
"I am a memory," Viga answered. "Are you here for the girl?"
"I could care-less about a pain in the ass like her."
"So then why are you here?"
"For you," Li answered simply. A ninja suddenly walked out of the shadows, with Sakura in his arms, and a sword to her head. In a flash Li had his sword out, and pointed to the Ninja-Youkai.
"Drop your sword, or the girl dies," the ninja said coldly. Li didn't move, he just stared at the ninja with the same emotionless stare. "I'm warning you!" The ninja put the sword closer to Sakura's temple. The girl tried to get free, but the ninja was too strong.
"Element Lighting!" Li suddenly shouted, and a blast of lighting hit the ninja in his head, killing him. Sakura was in awe, she had never seen Li move that fast before. The others suddenly dropped down from their positions and charged Li. Viga stepped back, and headed to the second floor. The young man slashed down every ninja that came his way as he followed Viga's movements. He quickly evaded a thrust from one, and in a flash his head rolled off his shoulders. Li without looking stabbed the ninja coming behind him, and kicked him away.
"Sakura!" a voice called from the doors. It was Tomoyo and Kero. Sakura smiled brightly when she saw them.
"What are you guys doing here?"
"Well we figured if that moron didn't save you, we would," Kero said. Li growled as he stabbed another ninja through his chest. He really didn't care if they were here, just as long as they didn't get in his way. Li reached the stairs, but an arrow whizzed the through the air, and hit his leg. He looked up, and saw three Ninja Youkai firing arrows at him. Another arrow hit him in his ribs, and the other in his left shoulder. As they reloaded, Li suddenly threw his sword at one of them. The young man ran with such speed he was in front the ninja in a second. He quickly pulled the sword from his head, and slashed the one next to him. The third ninja drew his sword. In a flash his head was rolling down the stairs. When he turned the corner on the second level, Viga kicked his sword out of his hands.
"Come now Syaoran, do you really need a sword to beat me?" he asked with a smirk. Li growled, and got into a strong stance. "Yes, I'd like to see how you've improved."
"Well then try this!" Li shouted, and threw a one-two punch combo. Viga easily dodged Li's punches, and countered with a head butt. Li stepped back, but he quickly pivoted on his front foot, to throw a strong sidekick to Viga's chest. In a flash though, Viga was in front of him, and knocked him to the ground with a strong elbow.
"Your attacks are pitiful Syaoran," Viga said as Li slowly got up. The young man quickly swung his fist for a back fist attack, but the white haired fighter easily dodged. When Li was fully turned around he felt his neck being squeezed. Viga had his hand wrapped around his neck, and his other hand holding his fists.
"I'm not through yet," Li growled, and threw a fast front kick, Viga let go of his fist to block. The young man smirked and used a quick jab to his face to wiggle free. When the white haired man stepped back Li charged and pounded his face with rapid hooks. Viga was on his back when Li knocked him down with a strong side kick. The chestnut haired boy growled, and grabbed him by his coat. In a flash Li gasped, and spat out blood. When he looked down he saw that Viga and dug his nails into his stomach. He gasped even louder when the white haired fighter twisted his hand.
"That all you got?" he asked calmly as Li stepped back. The young man turned around and grabbed his sword. Viga smirked when he saw the sliver flash of the sword. Li gasped when he saw that Viga caught his sword. The dark man raised his blood filled hand, and licked his blood.
"You always were a weird one," Li said weakly. Viga suddenly grabbed him by his neck and dragged him to the window,
"You always were stubborn," he whispered, and threw Li out the window. Everything seemed to slow down as Li fell. He could see the colored glass fall with him. When he looked at one he saw the same girl that he saw as he was walking to the church. He then saw a young version of himself talking to her. Images of them talking, and laughing flashed in his mind. It all ended when a flash of light covered everything. When Li saw the ground coming closer, he whispered the name of the girl both he and Viga kept seeing.
"Shu Ling."
When Li opened his eyes he was in a room it looked like a girl's room. He looked to the side and saw the girl.
"You certainly took quite the fall," she giggled.
"It's not funny, it hurts like hell!" Li groaned, but kept on laughing.
"I'm sorry I can't help it."
When he really opened his eyes he was in a hospital room, three doctors were looking over him.
"Oh praise the heavens you're alive," the first doctor said.
"You've been in a coma for three days, it looked you weren't going to make it," a female doctor told him. The young man looked around him, and saw Sakura on a chair sleeping, Tomoyo was in a chair next to her sleep as well. The small yellow beast Kero was in Sakura's lap snoring his head off.
"We'll leave you to get some rest," the third doctor said, and they left the room. Li turned over, and dozed off too.
"Shu Ling," he whispered as a sole tear rolled down his cheek.
AN: I know this chapter was Cowboy Bebop-ish, but it is where I got the idea for this chapter. Plus I had the theme song download so I wanted to use it for something. Anyway, do Li and Viga have some sort of connection to one and another? Is Li his real name or is it Syaoran? Why did he change his name in the first place? Who is this Shu Ling girl both guys were seeing? You'll just have read the next chapter of Seven Deadly Jewels. See ya!