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Well here's the new phase of my fic hope you'll enjoy it (smiles) and sorry for the late update (/sry)

Chapter 10:

A New Phase

A young lady with short reddish brown hair with bangs took off her round glasses and rubbed her eyes. She placed her glasses at the small pile of clothes that was neatly folded at the side of a mattress. She is Naoko Yanagisawa and in three days she is turning sixteen. A young boy with messy black hair went over at her side and sat. "Naoko-neechan," he said.

Naoko looked at Billy he was just eight years old. She smiled at him, "What is it Billy?" she asked.

Billy lowered his eyes a timidly. He looked at the other corner of the small room where little ones are gathered then he returned his gaze at her. "Can you tell us another story, Naoko-neechan?" he asked shyly. Naoko beamed at the little boy, "Of course!" she said. "Let me just finish my work for a while," she said showing Billy that she hasn't finished folding their clothes.

Billy nodded his head obediently, "Okay." He said and run off towards the other children to tell them about what she said. Naoko smiled as she watched their happy faces, then she frowned remembering how these children didn't even have the chance to really have a happy life for since they were captured by the Lottuse at such a young age. Some of them were just a baby back then.

She was about to go back in her work when the door of the small room opened and two Lottuse soldiers came in holding a young man with messy chocolate brown hair and pushed him inside. The children inside the room gasped in horror. They curled themselves up at the other side of the room.

"Ergh…." The young man winced as he hit the floor with a loud thud. Naoko stood up in surprised. "Ron-kun!" she exclaimed.

"You haven't learned your lesson yet huh? If you do something stupid again, I'll tell the 'Head' about you!" one of the soldiers spitted the words at him.

The young man whom Naoko called Ron glared at the soldiers, "I'm not scared of your 'Head'!" he snapped at them.

"Why you!" the other soldier shouted angrily and hit Ron with the tip of his gun at his back. "Argh!" Ron winced in pain. "One of these days I'm going to shred out that sharp tongue of yours!" the soldier added kicking him everywhere.

"Yamete!" Naoko exclaimed and run forward to stop the soldiers. The children inside the room were very frightened.

"Urusai!" the other soldier bellowed at her and pushed her back at the wall with a swift waved of his hand. "Aahh!" she exclaimed as she hit the wall.

"She has nothing to do with me so leave her alone!" Ron yelled at them. "Shut up!" the soldier snapped at him and kicked him hard on the stomach. "Urgh!" Ron spitted blood on the floor.

"Ron!" Naoko exclaimed and run towards him.

"I'm warning you, if you dare disobey us again. For sure, I'll go straight to the Head or else…. I'll kill you myself!" the soldier who has beaten Ron spitted at them and both of them left.

Ron coughed off blood onto the floor he tightened his gripped in his hand and hit the floor with great force. "Kusso!" he swore.

The children looked at him still frightened.

"That's enough Ron-kun! You shouldn't do this to yourself!" Naoko said. Ron lifted his head and glared at her, "Leave me alone!" he shouted and pushed her back.

"Hey!" Billy shouted at him. "Don't hurt Naoko-neechan!"

"Shut up!" he glared at Billy and stood up. He went to the far left side of the room and lay down on his own mattress. Naoko stared at him. She pitied him so much ever since they met. It was seven years ago, after the surprised attack of the Lottuse to the Li. 'He is in so much pain…. I wanted to help him but he doesn't let anyone close to him….' She thought sadly. She stood up and went into her corner and took out a medical kit under her mattress. She went at Ron and sat beside him. "Come on, let me see those wounds," she ushered him up.

"I said leave me alone!" he just snapped at her and didn't move in his place.

Naoko's eyebrows almost touched each other. "Stop being so hot tempered!" she shot at him and pulled him up. "Hey!" Ron exclaimed as she pulled him up. "Aahh!" he winced when he felt the pain at his front.

"See! That's what you get for having such short temper!" she snapped at him. Ron just shrugged his shoulders. "Come now and be a good boy," Naoko said and started to take off his shirt. "Oi!" Ron tried to stop her but Naoko hit him hard on the stomach where he got hit and he winced in pain.

When Naoko had taken his shirt off she started to treat his bruises from the soldier's attack. Silence fell inside the room as the other children just watched them.

"HOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" a loud screeched echoed the great hall of the Daidouji Castle.

At the Throne Room, Twenty years old Touya Kinomoto feebly stared at the ceiling as loud crashing noises followed the screeched. He sighed and shook his head.

A young man with gray hair with glasses chuckled as he looked at his best friend's reaction, "Same as always nee Touya?"

Touya looked at his best friend, "She never changed. She'll always be a kaijuu, Yuki."

Yukito Tsukishiro laughed, "You always say that but I know you." He just smiled meaningfully. Touya just shrugged. It has been already seven years when Touya met Yukito. It was when he and Sakura went back at the Daidouji after the confusion at the cliff side. They saw him on the trail going back to the castle, covered in dirt and unconscious. When he woke up the next day he had no memories of where he came from or what had happened to him. Strangely he just recalled his name and it is Yukito Tsukishiro. He became part of the family and he studied at the shrine. He is now the personal Priest assistant of Touya.

The door to the throne room suddenly burst opened and a beautiful young lady with short auburn hair which was set into cute pigtails came in. Her long pink dress with white laces untidily clothed into her. "Onii-chan—!" she bellowed but stopped abruptly upon seeing Yukito. She flushed and tried to stand properly, "Yu-Yukito-san…."

Yukito looked at her and smiled, "Ohayo Sakura-chan."

Fourteen years old Sakura Kinomoto flushed some more.

"What do you want, kaijuu?"

Sakura looked at her brother and glared at him, "I am not a kaijuu!"

"Just say what you want from me, kaijuu."

Sakura glared at him but asked, "Why didn't you tell me that I have to go to the Souma?"

Touya sat at his chair and rested his chin on his right hand. He looked at her feebly. "It's not me, Iain sent the invitation. He wants you to join him on his horseback riding."

"Hoe? But I thought you don't like him."

"I do. He's just unnerving. With such IQ and all, but Aunt Sonomi said—." He stopped when he saw the sudden sadness in Sakura and Yukito's eyes.

Seven years ago, Nadeshiko Kinomoto, Touya and Sakura's mother passed away after completing the Protection Seal Ritual. The protection seal ritual is a spell in which needs a person as the keeper. The Keeper then holds the seal and as long as the Keeper is alive, the Souma and the Daidouji Country will be saved from the assaults of the Lottuse. It was just unlucky that she didn't make it in time to save the Li Country. Nadeshiko had made another protection seal for Sakura so that even if danger comes in her way, she will always be protected. After that incident, the Lottuse couldn't break down the defense the Souma had built. It was also thanks to the brilliance of the Souma's heir, Iain who got an IQ above 200. Because of this incident, the Lottuse had stopped their attacks. It was also due to the reason that, King Ren had fallen ill. No one knows what happened to the so called 'Trump Card' of Lottuse. They hadn't heard anything from him since the surprised attack at the Li Country. Queen Sonomi on the other hand had been infected with an unknown illness. She is currently under surveillance at one of the Royal Hospitals at the Daidouji Country. This incident broke Tomoyo's heart but because of Sakura and the others support she is dealing with everything just fine. She had been more obsessed in making dresses for Sakura though. Touya was crowned as the King because of this.

Sakura suppressed a smile and looked at his brother, "I know. Aunt Sonomi told us to build a tight relationship with the other country."

"Yeah," Touya agreed.

The door opened for the second time and a beautiful and sophisticated young lady entered. She has long wavy black hair and pale but fair complexion. "Sakura-chan!" she exclaimed seeing how untidy the dress she wore.

"Hoe?" Sakura spun around and smiled at her bestfriend. "Tomoyo-chan, ohayo!" she greeted with a smile.

"Ara, Princess Tomoyo. Ohayo," Yukito also greeted.

Fifteen year old Tomoyo Daidouji rushed at Sakura's side and started to sort her dress. Sakura reddened."T-Tomoyo-chan…."

"What happened to you?" she asked softly while she tidy Sakura's dress. "Actually I was in a hurry to get dress," Sakura explained.

Tomoyo looked at her with a puzzled eye, "In a hurry?" she asked.

"King Iain invited her to join him with his horseback riding." Touya told her. 'That spoiled kid. He's using lame excuses to get close to my sister!' he thought through gritted teeth.

Because of the Daidouji's ability to read minds, Tomoyo chuckled. Sakura looked at her baffled, "Hoe?"

"Iko Sakura-chan. Do you really want to go to the Souma?" she asked. Sakura smiled at her shyly, "Actually…. I don't want to because—."

"Then it's all set! I'm going to call Iain and tell him that you can't come."

"Hoe?"

"Then after that, we'll have all day for you to try the new dresses I have made!"

Everyone sweat dropped.

"T-Tomoyo-chan…." Sakura said. Tomoyo just smiled at her and lean closer. "I know you want to stay here a little longer because of Yukito-san," she whispered. Sakura blushed. "Daijobu, leave it to me." Tomoyo left the room.

Touya shook his head and stood up. He took his sword placed beside his chair and looked at Yukito, "Let's go, Yuki."

Sakura looked back at Yukito and Touya, "Hoe?"

"Hai," Yukito answered.

"Where are you going onii-chan?" Sakura asked.

"Hunt," he answered bluntly and left the room. Yukito smiled at Sakura, "Ja ne, Sakura-chan." He said and followed Touya out the room.

Sakura watched Yukito's back before he closed the door. She blushed and heaved a sigh, 'Yukito-san's so kind.' She thought to herself. 'Oh well, I better get changed.' She went back to her room.

At Tomoyo's room later that day, Sakura was trying on some of her new dresses. While Tomoyo brushed Sakura's hair, she looked at her reflection in the mirror. Sakura always had that depressing thought every time she looked at the mirror.

Sensing this, Tomoyo looked at Sakura by the mirror. "What is it Sakura-chan?" she asked. Even with the Daidouji's abilities to read minds, she couldn't read what was inside Sakura's heart.

Sakura froze and looked at Tomoyo at the mirror. "I-It's nothing," she suppressed a smile at her bestfriend.

"You can tell me anything Sakura," Tomoyo told her.

Sakura stared at Tomoyo's reflection. There's something or someone that has been bothering her since the incident at the cliff side. It was about a boy named Li. She couldn't remember his whole name now but she still remembers every detail about him. His messy chocolate brown hair and alluring amber eyes, just thinking about him made her feel all peculiar inside. She never knew what she felt for him because they got separated and the next thing she knew she had a huge crush with Yukito. That boy still haunts her though, she can't ignore the sentiments she feels every time she remembers him.

"Li-kun?" Tomoyo suddenly spoke.

"Hoe?" Sakura stared at Tomoyo's reflection aghast.

Tomoyo looked back at her with such concerned eyes. "I'm sorry. I just can't help it. I tried to read what's on your mind but all I get is, Li-kun."

Sakura blushed and lowered her gaze. "N-Nani?" she asked innocently.

"You know you can tell anything, Sakura-chan."

Suppressing a smile, Sakura looked at Tomoyo. "I know. But don't worry about me Tomoyo-chan. I'll be just fine," she assured her.

Tomoyo know her too well. It's her nature to help others but when it's all about her, she'll just keep it to herself. But knowing her too, she knows that Sakura will ask for help if she really needed it. Tomoyo just nodded her head, "Okay. But if you think you can't take it anymore. I'm always here to help, Sakura-chan." She smiled at her.

Sakura nodded her head, "Hai." She smiled too. But she lowered her head again and started thinking about Li.

A group of Lottuse soldiers were chasing a little boy and a girl. They were trapped on a cliff. Below the cliff, they could hear the violent rushed of water. The little boy with messy chocolate brown hair glared at the soldiers who were sniggering at them.

'What am I going to do?' he asked himself. He only got two more amulets and there are a lot of them, other than that the cliff's at their back.

The little girl with auburn hair held at the boy's jacket tightly, she lowered her head and closed her eyes. "Okasan…. Otosan…. Onii-chan…. Tasuke de….. Onegai…."

The boy heard her but couldn't say a thing. He has his own thoughts in mind.

Just then a shimmering light appeared in a distance, everyone was surprised at this then….

"Aah!" the girl yelped when a light appeared beneath her and the boy. "What the—!" the boy realized the illustration at their feet. He had read that symbol from one of his mother's books. 'A protection seal!' he thought. 'Then the keeper is….' He looked at the girl and stopped.

The girl's eyes are transfixed. Slowly a light enveloped her whole body.

"Kinomoto!"

A blinding light spread at them. "Err…." He tried to block the light from his eyes. Because of this he saw the girl floated into the air still transfixed….

Ron who was really Li Syaoran sat up straight. He was breathing so hard, "Aahh…." He winced as he felt his bruises in his stomach. He looked around him and took a deep breath. 'A dream….' He thought and stared at his hands.

When he woke up after the cliff side incident and found himself caught by the Lottuse he knew he have to hide his identity. For one thing he can't let them know that he, the heir of the Li Clan is still alive. Second is that he couldn't face all his men that the Lottuse enslaved. So he introduced himself as Showron. And they started calling him Ron.

He swore that he will regain his country from the hands of Lottuse but right now he doesn't know how. His sword was missing and he doesn't have enough power to fight the Lottuse. He closed his eyes and opened them again. He roamed his eyes inside the dimly lit room.

Naoko and the other children had fallen asleep at the floor after she told them another story. The room is really small for a lot of people but Syaoran got used to it now.

He silently rummaged inside his pocket and looked at the Li Crest. He stared at it with somber eyes. 'What can I do? What must I do?' he asked himself and closed his eyes. He hid the crest inside his pockets again and recalled something about his dream.

The girl with short auburn hair, he has no idea what had happened to her. Since his captive he hadn't got any news of what's going on outside the fortress. He tightened his grip on his hands and gritted his teeth. 'This can't go on. I have to escape from here.' He kept on telling himself. 'But then what? What will I do?' he laid back on his mattress and stared at the ceiling. He remembered his dream and what he saw and heard after seeing the girl float in mid air.

A figure of a woman with long wavy gray hair dressed in all white and had wings came upon her saying, 'You are the Keeper of the Seal. And no harm shall get in your way. You will also be the next Card Mistress and you shall unleash the true powers of the Cards. Anyone who had witnessed and felt your Protection Seal shall have a rather hard time but soon you shall help them and take them away from their miseries….

With that Syaoran had fallen back to sleep.

At Touya's room late at night, he went into his drawer and took out a box. He opened the lid and stared at what's inside. It was an orb with threads designed attached at its end. When Touya found Sakura seven years ago, she was holding at the orb's thread designs. He took it and hid it knowing very well what it was. He knows too that who ever owns it will surely come back and take it. But until that day, he will keep it. He just couldn't help feeling that whoever that person is, well… she or he may be a very bad news.
(A/N) ok ok I know it's another cliffhanger and that many questions are not yet answered like what happened to Wei or to Eriol. Don't worry I shall explain it on the next chap so there…. (smiles)

Hope you liked the fresh start….

RR pls tell me what you think pls! (smiles) thank you minna!

Japanese translations:
Yamete – it's a feminine way in Japanese to say 'stop it'
Urusai – it has a lot of meaning like 'shut up' or 'you are annoying' but I used it as 'shut up' (smiles)
Kusso – it usually meant 'that was a lie' but I kind a used it as 'Darn' sorry if I didn't just write Darn there I guess I'm not really used to using English expressions
Iko – 'let's' go or 'come on'
Nee – 'right' or 'isn't that right'
Daijobu – 'don't worry' or 'it's okay'
Onegai – 'please'
Tasuke de – 'help me' or 'please help'
PS: I know a lot of it were simple and famous Japanese phrases already but I just typed it down just in case, hope I didn't offend any of you… peace (smiles)
RR pls! sorry I just had to type it again lol (smiles)