Dragons and Cherry Blossoms
Escape
Her eyes widened, pupils dilated. The brown-haired girl's hands swept to her chest, trying to control her insane heartbeat. "Sakura-chan." Cielo said in worry
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"He's here." She breathed, her eyes turning glassy as her small body shook. The darkness from all around her seemed to consume her, she looked scared. Too scared-
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"SAKURA!" Shouted a familiar voice, her head shot up as a body clashed through one of the many windows. A bloody brunette was racing to her, his tail swinging to his side as his horn glowed brightly. "S..syaoran..-kun?" She asked, her hard shaking stopped slightly when she reached to him. 'Take me away...' she thought as she felt a different pair of arms wrap around her small body.
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His skin made her flesh burn and tinge with painful energy, she froze completely as she she felt his hot breath on her cheek. "Sakura, such a pleasure to see you again." Odaka's smooth voice. 'No…' Syaoran felt a strange urge while she noticed her 'real' father hold her in such a manner, 'NO!' He thought as he noticed his one hand was holding her belly pushing her flat against his own body.
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'Cielo...' Sakura thought as she moved her eyes to the side of the wall.
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Cielo had a blade in her gut, and two or three arrows lodged in her shoulder. 'How?..' She thought in alarm as she looked to Syaoran, still running to her.
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Disgusted and filled with rage, he charged to them harder, his speed picking up. He was beginning to morph again, his skin lifting in small amounts of scales while his tail became longer. Blood spurted as he painfully morphed into a monstrous, beautiful black dragon.
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Odaka was bitten on the shoulder, he shouted in surprise as he released Sakura. Sakura blinked in shock as she noticed Odaka shove Syaoran off of him, 'you'll die if you fight him... he's strong...stronger than you.' Sakura thought as Syaoran turned to her and roared, "Stop saying those things! I'll defeat him! Your my mate not his!" He said aggressively making Sakura jump.
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Dragons are aggressive by nature, but... 'How did he hear me?...I wasn't talking.' She thought while she looked to both males fight. Odaka seemed angered even more when Li had told Sakura that she was his mate.
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Syaoran swung his tail over and bashed Odaka on the side of the head, Odaka angrily dragged his sword up aiming it so it would lodge itself right into Syaoran's heart. "NO!" Shouted Sakura, a few second before Odaka thought he would be able to kill him. A strange pink shield guarded the dragon in front of him. Warm, gentle energy that was spiked with anger radiated from the shield.
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Odaka then turned to his daughter seeing her holding a strange baton, tears in her eyes. "This doesn't concern you." Odaka spoke to her, energy made him tip back. "Like hell it doesn't, I WON'T let you have me!" Sakura shouted she looked at him, rage filled.
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Odaka smiled and turned to her, with great speed he was in front of her. His arms snaked around her small waist while he kissed her lips. Syaoran was rage filled; he then was tapped on the shoulder. It was...Sakura. "Hurry..." She spoke and climbed on his back, holding onto the wounded Cielo.
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'How...' He thought as he concentrated on the other Sakura that Odaka was kissing, "The Mirror." Sakura whispered making Syaoran stiffen, 'She thought of all that while we were…' He snapped out of his thoughts and started to run away.
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As Odaka released Sakura he noticed her body morph into another woman's, smiling coldly she turned into wind, along with the baton. "You'll never have her." The woman whispered into his ear, "We won't let you have our Mistress..."
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Sakura jumped off and headed to the throne room, "What are you DOING?" Li shouted his dragon voice deeper and morphed with his human one. "I need to get my father out of here!" She shouted to him while she rushed off, with an angered groan he followed her.
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She found him sitting on his throne, his head low while he saw Sakura run to him. "Father!" Sakura shouted, tears falling as she embraced him. "S-Sakura, what are you doing here still? You have to get out." Fujitaka spoke while Sakura tugged on him. "I'm not going anywhere without you."
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Touya's hand took hold of hers, "He'll be fine. He's going back to heaven soon." Touya said roughly hoisting his sword over his shoulder as she looked to her father. "o-oh." Sakura spoke as she heard a dragons roar outside the door, "He's here.." Fujitaka spoke turning to Sakura, "Get out through the back, all of you." Fujitaka spoke as Sakura hugged him tightly, Fujitaka's wings ruffled. "Go..." Fujitaka rushed her gently while slipping something in her pockets.
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"N-no.." She said while Touya lifted her up and ran out through the back, Li bursting in the doors charging away from Odaka, his shoulder wounded with some type of green goop, seeping out of it while he followed the others out of the back door.
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Both men stilled when they saw each other. "Brother." Odaka greeted, his face smiling smoothely, scarred and bloody compared to Fujitaka's clean one. "You've angered me by hiding her here, making my time a lot harder to get her." Odaka spoke.
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"You wont get her." Fujitaka spoke as he turned to Odaka, "You will not harm Naideshiko's child." He spoke making Odaka laugh, "Ah yes, The one you loved-" "Love." Fujitaka corrected.
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Odaka laughed as he walked passed him to the doors exit, "Yes, the angel I took from you," he paused and licked his earlobe, making the brother 'tsk' in disgust, "And made a woman." Anger flared in the angel as he quickly stabbed him making him scream, "You seem to forget who was stronger." Fujitaka spoke as he tilted his sword.
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Odaka smiled as blood spilled through his mouth, "But I'm not dying, dear brother." Odaka spoke as he laughed sourly. "She isn't in heaven you know.. I know you've looked. Tainted angels don't go to heaven... they go to hell." Odaka laughed at him seeing his angered face.
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"She isn't in either place." Fujitaka hissed, making Odaka stiffen. "Naideshiko is very much alive." Fujitaka spoke making Odaka gasp, a slight tinge in his eyes as he looked to his older brother. "Where is she..." He demanded charging to him as they fought. "Where is she?" He shouted.
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"Inside the Clow Cards."
They bursted out of the water, chocking out the salty liquid while they swam to short. The black dragon hissed as they noticed each others wounds. The black dragon stood up straight, "Where do we go now?" Sakura asked as she noticed a group of dragons glide to them. Sakura stiffened, "How?" 'How did they?... It takes hours to come here…'
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"I was worried." Meilin spoke as she rode on the dragons as she reached to Sakura, "Now hurry we have to get to the 11th Kingdom." She spoke as Sakura mounted the dragon. She gasped when the noticed Syaoran morph back into a human, his form weak. "What's wrong with him?" Meilin asked Sakura.
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"He protected me..." Sakura spoke weakly as she noticed Cielo be hoisted up. "Both of them did." she whispered while they flew away. Thankful that Meilin was waiting for them, she was going to go home... one that she hadn't seen for along time.
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Sakura noticed something green drip from his shoulder, putting her head close to the wound and sniffing it curiously, she gasped.
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"Blood?" Meilin asked seeing Sakura shake her head, "No… not blood." Sakura spoke and noticed the swelling, she gasped and began to suck and quickly spit, suck and spit. "We have to get out of here, Li-sama is poisoned." Sakura spoke her voice sounding worried.
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"On ho…"
"Damn you Odaka."
To Be Continued.