Hi everybody! Sorry for the late updates…please forgive me. Hope you like this chapter of Land of Hestia. The story is finally starting to take its toll. YAY! I cant wait for the next couple of chapters their really exciting. Anyway hope you like it. !Happy Thanksgiving!
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So here it goes chapter 11 enjoy!
Blood, it was everywhere, on the bushes, clothes, and on humans. Syaoran was on the grass with no scratches at all. Sakura was next to the enemy with a mix of emotions in her eyes. As for the enemy, well let's just say it had plenty of bruises and scratches.
"Well that was fun huh?" The girl with black ponytails said as she smiles sheepishly at Sakura who was healing her.
"Sheifa, I can't believe how reckless you are." Sakura said scolding the girl, not at all happy with her. Shiefa just smiled and then looked at her older brother.
"Hi Syaoran. Welcome Home." Sheifa said laughing the whole time.
"Yea, thanks." That was the response out of Syaoran's mouth as he looked at his younger sister while shaking his head, hiding a little smile.
"Sheifa next time say something, just don't keep on fighting." Sakura said as she rapped one of her many wounds.
"Well I thought you guys were my enemies. I mean, you attack me when I wasn't really near you, I was like 3 miles away." Sheifa exclaimed glaring at her older brother.
"Sorry about that Sheifa, I thought you could handle my attacks." Syaoran said standing up and walking up to his younger sister.
"Don't worry about it; I'm just glad you're home safe and I got to be the first one who got to fight you, boy am I lucky." Shiefa said smiling the whole time, happiness shining in her brown eyes.
"Well I tell you one thing you're never going to fight against him again." Sakura said smiling, acting like a mother pulling a bandage tighter around her arm then it needed to beto show Sheifa how upset she was.
"Why I had him running." Sheifa said as she winced and pulled away from Sakura and stood up and went to hug her older brother.
"Yea right I took it easy as soon as I knew who you were." Syaoran said pulling away smirking.
"Hey," Sheifa yelled. Sakura smiled with happiness glowing in her eyes as she looks up at Syaoran, and Syaoran just grinned ear to ear. After a few minutes of laughter, and Sheifa trying to convince them of how she had her older brother on the run, silence issued through the group.
"Why are you two out here?" Sheifa asked
"What- what do you mean?" Sakura demanded with a surprised look in her emerald eyes and voice.
"Well, why are you two hanging out and why are you here with Syaoran and not back home greeting us." Sheifa said getting upset.
"You wouldn't understand." Was the grunting response she got from Syaoran.
"What do you mean I won't understand?" Sheifa shouted standing up. "I'm your sister and you let Sakura know that you got home first then me!" Her voice volume lowered as she finished her sentence.
"Why?" A sad, confused, and angered Sheifa demanded.
"Because, like I said before, you wouldn't understand." Syaoran said in a monotone voice.
"The elders-" Sakura started to say, as she looked between the siblings.
"Sheifa doesn't need to know" Syaoran said cutting into Sakura sentence while looking right at Sakura, Sakura stopped as soon as she saw his amber eyes glow.
"Of course I need to know!" Sheifa yelled looking between her brother and Sakura. The only thing you could hear were the crickets singing, the water moving, and the trees dancing. Sakura eyes were sad as she looked at her shaking hands, Syaoran just sat there with no emotions what so ever, and Shiefa was more than just hurt.
"Fine, don't tell me. I hate you both." Sheifa said with fury written on her face. Sakura looked up quickly with shock written on her face, and Syaoran just stood there.
"I hate you both." Sheifa yelled again this time running away from them. Her shadow was getting smaller and smaller into the forest. Sakura could only watch and then stood up ready to go after her when her senses kicked in, but Syaoran grabbed her wrist and shook his head.
"But Syaoran." Sakura voice was full of concern as she glared at him and then looking at Sheifa retracting form.
"Sakura don't, she can't know, she shouldn't even have seen me." Syaoran said as he saw the look in Sakura eyes, and saw all the sadness and hurt.
"I'll go and talk to her tonight about this and tomorrow she will be fine, trust me." Was all Syaoran said as he stood up and started to walk away, knowing that would make Sakura feel better.
"Let me walk you back." Syaoran said as he stops from walking and waited for Sakura to catch up. Sakura just nods her head numbly, and walks up to Syaoran as they started to walk back to the cave.
The sun came up like always, the birds singing, and everyone got ready for a new day. Sakura saw Shiefa at breakfast, she was depressed you could see that, and so she didn't say anything to Sakura or anyone else for that matter. Sakura figured Syaoran must have said something to make his younger sister like that. Sakura was determined to figure out what the conversation was about, and she knew what to do.
"Sheifa," Came Sakura's lovely voice as she walks up to her while she was training. The sun was about 2:00 in the sky. Shiefa turn around to see Sakura walking up to her with a basket in her hands. Sheifa just turn her head and walked in the opposite direction of where Sakura was coming from.
"Hey Shiefa wait up!" Sakura yelled as she started to run after Sheifa. After a second of running, Shiefa suddenly just stops and as for Sakura, she collided into her back and fell down on her butt, dropping the basket.
Sheifa just looked down at Sakura with so much hurt, anger, sadness, and what surprised Sakura the most, was that her eyes showed concern as well. Sakura was on her butt rubbing it with her right hand, with her eyes closed in pain now, but feeling Sheifa presence she looked up with her emerald eyes holding the pain and her mouth a smile.
"Sheifa, I was hoping that we could talk?" Sakura asked as she looks up at the sad girl.
"I don't want to." Sheifa said as her brown eyes turned into slits.
"Please Sheifa, please talk to me." Sakura begged. Sheifa just looked at her and shook her head while walking away.
"Hey Sheifa. Stop!" Sakura yelled seeing the girl walk away from her again, as she gets up from the ground. Sheifa just kept on walking, into the forest that was by the cave, and Sakura ran up to catch her. The chase was on, Sheifa was in the lead and trying with all her might for Sakura not to catch her. But Sakura was too fast and did catch up, jumping on the poor girls back. You could only hear a sob in the quiet forest, with the older one trying to comfort the younger one.
"Hey Sheifa, hey Sakura." Fuutie yelled though the hallway, seeing her two best friends walking her way. Sakura's head was up giving her a smile and a wave while her sister head was up but her eyes were down.
"Hey, why so gloomy?" Fuutie said tilting her head to the side as she stops in front of them. Sheifa eyes looked up, and then back down and then looked to Sakura for help.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it. So how was your day?" Sakura said, the three of them started to talk away and a little bit later Sheifa was feeling better and started to act like herself. Things were looking up for Sakura somewhat. Syaoran was back, she still had her family, her title of being a ninja/healer, and nothing could go wrong. The smiles on her friend's faces, and the people she cared about. She knew something will happen cause the world has its ups and downs but if she kept her head up and let the smiles of others help her she could do it, for herself and everyone around her.
A week went by now, and Sakura and Shiefa were always together talking and laughing, of course Fuutie was with them but at night that's when they would go together to meet Syaoran at the lake. It was awkward at first but it got better. The elders did change; you could tell they were getting nervous over something; Sacha, and Yelan were acting peculiar but nothing too bad. There was a meeting tonight with all the family members, and residents in the Academy. Everyone was excited and also curious on what's going on, there's never a meeting like this and if there are they usually weren't good. So now here they are all together in this huge conference room. (The same meeting room were younger ninjas got their assignments.) Fuutie was sitting in the middle of it with her daughter May and her husband, Fanran was in the second seat with her fiancé, while Sakura, Sheifa, and Fuutie were up front, looking right at the elders, Sacha, and Yelan. Tai was all the way in the back with his buddy's of course making a lot of noise, and Meiling was with her groups of friends. The room was full with assassins of all different levels, all the way to class one and no one knew who they where, only the elders, Sacha, Yelan and if your in that level, and all the way to class five. Everyone was talking away about why they were all here, and some were saying they had better things to do.
"Silence!" a powerful voice of the oldest elder there shouted. The room grew quiet, eerie quiet you could even hear a bug buzz by your head.
"This meeting is very important. This is where we will finally see and decide on our new leader." The elder said looking around, seeing surprise in the faces of everyone.
"This organization has always had a leader. It was always the first son born into the Li family, for they once were the great Kings of Crocus." The elder stopped for a minute to see everyone's reaction, and then started again with a smirk on his face.
"The Li's had a son, Syaoran, who will take over after his father resigns…But," and with that everyone was holding their breath even Yelan and Sacha were, and you could see they weren't happy with this speech.
"But he has to prove himself to be the next leader…and he did." The elder was smiling, liking the way he was making people feel. The next thing that came shocked everyone, a man but not any man but the next leader of the Crocus, Syaoran Li.
Silence, it seemed time had stopped, no one moved, no one breathed, all were wide eyed, mouth open even Yelan and Sacha. Syaoran just stood in front of everyone, with no emotion on his face or fiery amber eyes, the elders' faces were in shock except the one who made the speech and he only smirked.
"I'm pleased to welcome back Syaoran Li." The elder said bowing and then facing up to everyone. And as soon as he said that everyone that knew and loved Syoaran came running towards him, some in tears, and some smiling proudly at their new leader. The ones that didn't run towards him where the elders and Tai, who were not pleased this moment.
It was a party; everyone was happy to see him and everyone was running around trying to get food, and hang out. It was a huge party and to think it was thrown together in minutes. It lasted all night and a little in the morning but everyone was happy and poor Syaoran couldn't get away from Meiling, she was attached to his arm most of the night. Everyone laughed, joked around, and played games, it was like it was planned, almost. All the elders left as soon as everyone started to run around and Tai and his best buddies stayed for awhile but soon left since they weren't too happy that Syaoran was back. Of course, Syoaran sisters were all around him asking questions and saying how much he changed, and also showing him his new family members. Syaoran was happy with his little niece but wasn't too happy about the men, and lets just say they were both very uncomfortable. The party ended as soon as it began, it started early and lasted almost till the sun came up.
Everyone was excited that Syaoran was back. Like before only the elders, and Tai weren't happy about it. It's been a week since the announcement and everyone was getting used to Syaoran's presence, some were just to happy, like Syaoran's sisters and Meiling. Sakura was over joyed but kept that to herself, she lets him know every night and Tai well, he was annoyed on the fact that all the girls were drooling on Syaoran rather than on himself. A lot has changed to Syaoran but he was prepared for it, (thanks to Ping who did some spying for him.) but Tai did try to start a fight again and lets just say it backfired.
"Hey Syaoran, guess what?" Came a bubbly Sheifa, skipping up to her older brother in the bedroom hall. Syaoran turned around and saw his younger sister smiling with her eyes full of delight.
"What's got you so happy?" Syaoran said raising an eyebrow at her.
"Well if you really want to know then you should go ask Sakura." Was the response he got from Fuutie as she walks away with a huge smile.
."Why?" Syaoran asked trying not to sound curious.
"Well I can't tell maybe Sakura can or maybe the elders." Fuutie said crossing her arms over her chest still smiling. With that said, Syaoran abruptly walked away from his two younger sisters heading to Sakura's door. The two younger siblings looked at each other and smirked.
"You think it was mean that we suggested those two to go on the mission together?" Sheifa said as she walks away with her sister putting her hands behind her head.
"Na… trust me, Sakura won't mind at all and I don't think Syaoran would either, all we have to do is make sure Meiling doesn't get in the way." Fuutie said smiling, loving the way her plan was working out.
"For once I'm glad I'm a Li" Fuutie said as she and Shiefa walked out of the corridor and into a different hallway so they could train.
A knocking noise was all you could hear after the girls left the corridor. After a couple more knocks you could hear a humming of the door opening and then a soft murmur of voices and then the soft slam of the door.
"So Sakura," Syaoran said with unease. (Author's note: I'm going to make Syoaran a little uncomfortable here, remember he's really good at hiding his feeling.)
"I guess you heard about us going on a mission together. Huh." Sakura said while her face turned a little red.
"They said it today at the meeting." Sakura kept on rambling trying to cover up her nerves. (Author's note: Meiling wasn't there she was on a mission, and when she finds out she's not going to be too happy.)
"Yes, they did, so when are we supposed to leave for it?" Syaoran asked wondering what the mission could be since he wasn't allowed to attend the meetings.
"Some time tomorrow." Sakura said looking for the scroll with her eyes trying not to stare at Syaoran.
"Alright I'll meet you tomorrow at sunrise." Syaoran said walking out of the room. Sakura just watched him leave her room but something hit her.
"Hey Syaoran don't you want to know what we're supposed to do?" Sakura asked walking out the door after Syaoran.
"Nah, I trust you." Was Syaoran's response as he gives her a grin and a wink while he walked away. Sakura just stood there and turned a shade of red with a huge smile on her face. She walked into her room to get ready for her first mission with Syaoran.
Night came quick for Sakura and Syaoran since they had to get this mission done quickly. The nighttime was when ninjas were known for. They live in their shadows and their surroundings and the night was perfect for stealing or killing. No one can see you, hear you, and no one is alert. Night is a time to rest from the day, so most people are asleep in their beds. Only few were up, and they were usually the police guarding the cities and its people. But in this case that wasn't all true, for Sakura and Syaoran were up, they were walking softly and sneakily into the city were the mayor was at. Their mission was to kill the mayor and get a scroll. (Author's note: Guess I should add that people hire the Li Clan to kill, but for good reasons only but if you like to think differently than go ahead.)
Ok so how was it? You like it. Please tell me what you think. Oh and I want to thank my editor who is really great Thank You!!!! and I want to thank everyone for reviewing and reading my story it means a lot to me. The next couple of chapters are finish but I'm going to try to make them better they have a lot of action and emotion to them and well I hope I got it right. If anyone has any hits or ideas or just wants to give me a few pointer I'm willing to listen. Thanks again for reading and I hope you enjoy. See you next chapter and Happy Thanksgiving!
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