Seven Deadly Jewels
Chapter 54
As the sun peaked over the grassy the hills, the orange red light illuminated the once dark dusty road, giving the travelers the light they needed to travel. The area began to come to life as the bulbs of flowers slowly started to open, and squirrels ran across the road for whatever they could eat. Birds flew through the air, filling the air with their quiet songs of the morning.
Sakura only wished she could hear them.
Usually Sakura loved this part of the morning. The cool air against her skin, watching the sun slowly brighten the sky, and listing to the animals begin the day with their individual songs. But she couldn't fully appreciate these mornings like she used to, the main reason….
"Shut up you damn bath sponge!"
"What was that you brat?!"
"What are you deaf too!"
"It's better than being a loudmouth spoiled brat!"
"Now, now Kero-chan, Meilin-chan."
"What have I told you about that 'chan' crap!!!!"
Whack!
"Your kicks keep getting stronger every day my dear Meilin-chan."
"Would you guys shut up!!!!!!"
Meilin, Eriol, and Kero. Well, it was mostly Meilin and Kero. Sakura began to see just why Li left without saying anything to his friends that he's known since childhood, they each had a quirk that seemed to annoy the hell out of him.
Meilin was loud. Those three words were enough to get a shutter out of the usual stoic, and expressionless Li. Meilin was also extremely possessive. She could spend hours of the day latched onto Li's arm, virtually talking his ear off about their hypothetical wedding. Li yelling, and hitting on the head, seemed to have no effect on making her stop. Probably because she was so used to it, Sakura figured.
Eriol was hard to describe, but the best way to put it was, a kind of mysterious cunning that seemed to annoy Li even more than Meilin. To Sakura, Eriol was friendly, and very charming. But just his presence seemed to anger Li to no ends.
Meilin and Eriol's odd little quirks didn't end there though. Meilin was also extremely competitive the girl couldn't even stand losing at rock-paper-scissors. When she lost, she would scream at the top of her lungs and demand a do over. Plus, she had a very nasty habit of constantly glaring at Sakura with intense killing intent even time she so much as whispered to Li. With that in mind, Sakura could safely put extreme jealousy under Meilin's list of quirks.
Eriol was a smooth-talker. Not so much so a playboy, or a pervert, but he did love to charm women. The amazing thing was Eriol didn't need flattering words, or cheesy and overused lines, all he did was smile and women all but willingly fell into his arms. Sakura could tell Li's hate for smooth talkers obviously came from Eriol. But his smooth talking ways wasn't the quirk that angered Li the most, it was,
"And then I convinced Li-kun that the green berries were the best and sweetest in the bush, and he ate about 15 of them. He had such a terrible case of diarrhea next day."
"SHUT UP YOU DAMN BASTARD!!!!!!!!"
It was the embarrassing stories he told about their childhood.
"Ohohoho," Tomoyo giggled. "That reminds me of a time Sakura-chan drank some month old milk." Sakura instantly reddened like a tomato.
"Tomoyo-chan!!!!!!!" she screamed. "You promised you wouldn't bring that up anymore!"
"Really?" Eriol said, completely interested. "Do tell."
"Well the entire incident happened just last year really," Tomoyo started, clearly ignoring the loud protests of her best friend. Meilin scoffed.
"It happened just last year? You are hopeless Kinomoto."
"It could happen to anyone!" Sakura defended and walked to the front to save herself from further embarrassment. As Sakura heard Tomoyo retell one of her most embarrassing moments, Sakura couldn't help but notice how easily and quickly Eriol and Tomoyo hit it off. It was most likely because of how similar they were. But one thing was for sure, with those two together it meant a lifetime worth of embarrassment for the rest of them.
OOOOO
It was midday when the group came upon a town. It was a fair sized town with mostly shops and restaurants as its prime buildings. It was clear that this town was used to travelers coming here and spending more than just a day. The buildings were fairly wide and many had two or three levels to them. The rooftops of the town was a sea of blue tiles and signs advertising lower prices than the one next to them. The town had a large abundance of people of all sizes and shapes, but what Li couldn't help but notice was that a lot of the people were men of great physical build. There was an even larger number of them with fierce looks on their faces.
"Not exactly the most friendly bunch are they?" Eriol stated as he observed the large burly men walking down the street towards the town center.
"What's the attraction over there I wonder?" Tomoyo asked as she noticed the large bunch forming in the town's center.
"Shall we go take a look?" Eriol asked Li, who just scoffed.
"Fine, but one peak and that's it! We're just passing through here you got that!" he exclaimed. "I don't want anyone one of you getting involved in anything that makes us stay any longer that we have to! You got that!"
"Yes sir!" Eriol saluted.
"Shut up."
In the center of the town was a large round white tiled ring, completely surrounded by spectators cheering on the current fighters. The match was against a young black belt and a master, who was clearly in control of the match.
The black belt rushed in with a fast set of punches, but the master blocked them all with ease with one arm, and counter attacked with a simple push with the same arm that slid back the young man. The black belt let out a low growl before attacking with a kick. The master effortlessly sidestepped the blow and once again pushed the young man back. Clearly frustrated the black belt thrust himself into a fury of wild punches and kicks that seemed fast to him, but from the way the master was moving, they were going in slow motion. In one fast motion the master pulled on the young man's wrist and slammed his palm into the black belt's chest, making him fly out of the ring and crash into a cabbage cart.
"My cabbages!!!" the old cart vendor exclaimed.
"Next," the master said simply. The Master had jet-black hair tied in a low braided ponytail with small black eyes that seemed to take backseat for his thick black eyebrows. His moustache covered the top part of his lips making it seem as if his moustache was his mouth. He wore a black gi with white cuffs at the sleeves and had a red robe draped with the symbol for his school on the chest. But the most striking feature of the master was the confident, and arrogant smirk plastered on his lips. It clearly sent the message "I am far superior than any of you!"
"Are there any more challenges for Master Taijo?" the official asked the rowdy crowd. There was a loud yell of conferment as the challengers wrestled to get to the ring.
"What is this?" Sakura wondered.
"A martial arts challenge duh," Meilin replied as if it was common knowledge. "A gathering of fighters representing their regions and styles, testing their skills against the best of the best!"
"You know a lot," Sakura replied, but Meilin ignored her. The ruby-eyed girl's attention was completely locked onto the ring. She watched with unweaving concentration at the master who defeated all his opponents with a mere touch of his hand. A fire started to brew within her. With every defeated opponent the fire spread inside of her until it felt like her entire body was boiling. She started to shake with anticipation, and adrenaline until a smirk similar to the one the master had on his face crossed her lips, except it wasn't one of arrogance, but excitement.
"Next," the master called simply after another easy victory. Before she or any of the others knew it, Meilin flipped into the ring.
"Listen up you bastard!" Meilin yelled. "My name is Meilin! Remember it because I'm going to be the one who beats you!!!!!" Everything was silent for a long instant as the spectators processed what just happened. An odd girl flipped from the crowd into the ring, and declared herself the one who defeated the reigning champion of the region? It was the master who first got over the initial scoff, with a scoff.
"A girl like you defeat me? Taijo? The champion of this region? Don't make laugh girl." The master known as Taijo turned his back on his latest opponent and started to walk off the ring, instantly angering Meilin.
"Hey! Where you going? Get back here and fight me!" she yelled.
"I only fight those who are worthy. And some spontaneous girl is hardly worth my time," Taijo said. A vein popped on the girl's head.
"What was that!"
"A girl like you should be learning to cook for her husband and learning how to properly set a table." The vein enlarged.
"Yeah! Get that girl out of the ring!" a voice from the crowd yelled.
"Yeah! What is this a joke!" another voice agreed.
"What the hell does she think she's doing? Challenging the master like that!"
"How much do you want to bet she starts crying once she gets hit!" By now Meilin's bangs covered her eyes, and her hands curled into tight fists.
"Meilin!" Li whispered harshly as approached the ring. "What the hell are you doing! I told you not to get involved in anything! Now get out of that ring!" Taijo picked up on this and turned to Meilin.
"You should listen to him," he said. "Now get out of my ring you disrespectful brat!" Meilin gritted her teeth as more words were yelled from the audience.
"What a shameful daughter!"
"Where's her father? I'd love to see his reaction!"
"What a brat!""She has to be some illegitimate child screaming for attention!"
"She must have some defect in her or something!"
"They certainly are giving Meilin-san a hard time," Sakura said as she listened to the insults and comments directed at her.
"Well a girl learning martial arts is a rare occurrence," Tomoyo replied.
"Meilin!" Li called again. "Let's go!" Meilin lowered her head as she unclenched her fists.
"Sorry Syaoran," she whispered. Li raised an eyebrow at her. Meilin never apologized for anything she did. Taijo smirked at her submission.
"What? What did you say?" Li asked.
"I said I'm sorry," she said a bit louder. "Sorry I have to….. KICK THIS BASTARD'S WORTHLESS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" With that Meilin dashed towards the master and attacked with a fast kick, that he quickly dodged.
"So this is your choice," he said with his hands behind his back. "Fine, so be it. But don't blame me if you get seriously injured." Meilin just smirked and shifted into an attack stance.
"I should be saying the same thing to you, you old bastard." Taijo turned to the official and motioned for him to come into the ring.
"You there! Announce the match!"
"Are you sure master? It doesn't seem right, you fighting a girl. Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure fool! It's willing on both sides, so announce it already!"
"Y-Yes master!" The official turned to the crowd and made the announcement. "After a series of interesting comments and declarations, this match is on! Meilin: The Girl Martial Artist vs. Reigning Champion Taijo! Let this match…..Begin!!!"
That's all Meilin needed. With the drop of a hat, the girl rushed in and attacked with a fast kick to the chest. Taijo dodged with ease, but Meilin pivoted on her base foot, turning her sidekick into a round kick. Taijo leapt into the air, and collided his foot his Meilin's chin, making her fly back and slide against the ring.
"That's it," he scoffed. "How boring." The girl wiped the blood from her chin, and growled.
"I'm just getting started!" Meilin dashed towards her opponent and leapt into a mid-air round kick. Taijo quickly ducked under the attack like it was nothing. The second Meilin touched the floor, she thrust out her back leg, but the master dodged that attack as well.
"Is that all? You are all talk after all little girl," the smirk on the master's face was growing, and so was Meilin's frustration. The ruby-eyed girl rushed towards Taijo again, but this time she somersaulted into a handstand and attempted to slam her heel onto the older man's skull, but to no avail. Taijo saw the attack coming and easily blocked with an overhead block.
"Damn it!" she growled, and tried again with other foot, only to have it caught. The smirk on Taijo's face grew as he kicked Meilin in the stomach, making her fly back towards the end of the ring.
"Damn it Meilin!" Li yelled. "Would you just give it up already! What are you going to gain from this?"
"Shut up!" she yelled back as she stood up. "This guy insulted me, and now he has to pay the price!" Taijo's smirk widened more as Meilin approached him.
"You want more I see," he chuckled.
"You're damn right I do!" Meilin shot back. "But this time it's going to be you on the ground!
"That girl…!" Li growled as he slapped his forehead. Meilin attacked with another roundhouse kick that Taijo easily ducked under. The master kicked out Meilin's support leg out from under her, making the young girl drop to the floor. The second Meilin felt herself fall, she thrust out her hands under her for support and slammed her left foot into Taijo's forehead. The master reeled back in pain, and slid towards the edge.
Seeing her chance, Meilin pushed off against the floor and wrapped her legs around the master's head so that her thighs prevented him from raising his arms to defend himself. With a smirk to match his, Meilin started to pound hard punches onto the defenseless master's head. Taijo ran around the ring like a chicken with its head cut off trying to get the enraged girl off of him, or least try to block her blows.
"Does that girl know the meaning of overkill?" Kero asked as he witness it.
"Apparently not," Tomoyo said in awe.
"She's amazing," Sakura commented.
"It looks like she's having fun eh Syaoran?" Eriol chuckled. Li just slapped his forehead.
"That girl…!" he muttered again.
"That's no fair!" cried one of the audience. "She's cheating! The master can't even defend himself!"
"Who on Earth taught her that!"
"She's so cool!" exclaimed one of the little girls.
"Mommy! I want to learn that!" exclaimed another girl. The mothers looked at their daughters as if they were crazy.
By now, Meilin had landed countless blows on the master, and was nowhere tired yet, but she could tell she couldn't keep this up forever. She was proven right when somehow Taijo managed to bring up his right arm and thrust it out in a palm strike. Meilin quickly bent back her upper body into a handstand, but kept her leg grip on the master's head.
"Take this!" she yelled. With that, Meilin shot her legs forward, and hurled Taijo onto the floor. The master rolled towards the edge, but stopped himself just before he fell out.
"You little brat!" he exclaimed. His face was covered with bruises, his left eye was swollen shut, and his lips were inflated with swelling. His golden tan skinned face had become dark with intense black and blue bruises. Taijo wiped blood from his mouth and got his feet, his smirk completely gone.
"HA!" Meilin laughed. "That's what you get you bastard! I should make you pay double for making me use my hands!" Taijo raised his eyebrows at this.
"How do you expect to be a martial artist without using your hands? It is impossible for you to rely solely on your kicks!" Meilin just scoffed.
"Says you! I can't afford to damage my hands in battle!"
"Why is that Eriol-kun?" Sakura asked the doctor, who just shushed her.
"She'll say in….3-2-1…." As if on cue, Meilin exclaimed,
"My hands are destined to cook, clean, and take care of Syaoran! It's impossible for me to do that if they're damaged in fights! A wife's hands should be soft, gentle, and filled with love!"
"Oh…" Sakura said simply.
"I should have guessed," Tomoyo giggled.
"You the know sad thing is, she doesn't know that her hands have to be the roughest I've ever felt," Li muttered.
"You're damn right about that!" Kero agreed. "Their like sandpaper! Or rocks!" At moment, a rock shot out from the ring, and collided with Kero's forehead.
"Shut up bath sponge!" the ruby-eyed girl yelled.
"What was that brat!" The two exchanged fierce glares at each other before Taijo reclaimed Meilin's attention.
"Sorry to interrupt, but you and I are in a middle of a fight right now." Meilin snapped her head back to the master and went back into a stance. "I'm going to pay you back ten fold for all those punches you landed." The ruby-eyed girl just scoffed.
"You just try it old man."
"Gladly. I'm going to be serious this time." Taijo opened and closed his hands before flexing them like a tiger's claws. The crowd instantly erupted in cheers.
"It's the master's deadly Tiger's Claw!"
"That girl is finished!"
"Yeah! This'll teach her!"
Li narrowed his eyes when he felt the power coming from Taijo's hands. He could tell the master was serious this time. He looked over to Eriol who seemed to sense it as well.
"Meilin! Watch out!" Li warned. "His hands are probably five times more powerful!"
"Shut up! I got it!" she yelled back. When she turned her head back to her opponent, she was met with a yellow blur heading straight towards her. On instinct, the girl jumped back, the blur just grazing her stomach. When she looked down a look of surprise crossed her face. The stomach area of her clothes had a deep gash where the blur barely touched her. "Eh? What the hell?!" Taijo let out a cocky laugh as he shifted into a stance.
"That is the power of my Tiger Claw! By using my own ki to empower it, only a slight touch is enough to cut down my enemy!" Meilin gritted her teeth before letting out a cocky laugh herself.
"Oh yeah? Well good luck getting close! With my long legs, it'll be impossible for you get in arm's reach of me!" Taijo just smirked.
"Oh, about that…." At that moment, he suddenly appeared in front of Meilin within seconds and attacked with a just as fast slash. Purely on instinct again Meilin back flipped away, but Taijo was nose to nose with her within seconds and attacked again. The ruby-eyed girl cartwheeled to the right and slammed her left foot into the older man's head as she went. Taijo planted his foot in the ground to keep himself from sliding, and slashed Meilin's attacking leg, making it a deep wound.
"Damn it!" she hissed as she took a knee. When she looked up, she saw the same blur again, this time aimed towards her face. Meilin quickly rolled away, and stood up on the other side of the ring. Just when she thought she was safe, Taijo came in again with another slash. The kung-fu girl quickly bent her upper body back, and threw up her right leg to counter. Taijo easily sidestepped the blow, and elbowed the young girl in her stomach. The master stood over the girl with the same smirk on his face as when the fight started.
"Do you know your place now little girl?" he asked with a chuckle. "Your kicks might be powerful, and your legs long, but the second I get close like this, they're all worthless. The long legs you're so proud of will be the cause of your own defeat."
"Shut up!" Meilin attacked with fast straightforward kick, but Taijo easily dodged, and went thrust his palm out, knocking Meilin off her feet.
"It's pointless girl. Not only do I get the Tiger's strength, but its agility and gracefulness as well. I can get in close to you before you can even think about raising your leg."
"I'm not through yet!" she exclaimed and attacked Taijo's leg with a sweep, but the master easily avoided it. Meilin's leg came back around towards Taijo's head, but the attack was once again avoided, and the master knocked Meilin to the ground with thrust of his palm.
"It's useless. Give up." Meilin growled as she struggled to get up.
"Li, shouldn't you go in there and help her?" Sakura asked.
"What are you nuts?" Li shot back. "There's no way in hell Meilin would accept help from any of us."
"But at this rate she'll get seriously hurt!" Sakura said.
"It's alright," Eriol piped up. "Meilin might not have magical powers or supernatural senses, but she does have great fighting instincts. Probably better than any of ours. I'm sure she'll figure something out."
"But…"
"That's it Taijo!" Kero yelled. "Show that brat her place! I'm rooting for you!"
"Kero-chan!" Sakura exclaimed. "You're cheering for her opponent!"
"You expect me to cheer for that brat who calls me "bath sponge" all the time!"
"Probably because you do look like one," Li muttered.
"What that kid!"
"Look," Tomoyo pointed out. "I think Meilin-san is about to make her comeback." The group turned their attention back to the fight, and saw said martial arts girl, on her feet with a smirk on her face. Eriol smiled when he saw that smirk, Li let out a relived grunt.
"I think she's figured something out," the doctor said.
"Still have some fight in you I see," Taijo chuckled. "Fine. It'll make this all the more fun." Meilin returned the smirk as she shifted into a stance.
"Come at me anytime your ready old man," she stated.
"Fine with me!" With that the master zoomed in towards Meilin and was nose to nose with her in seconds. "This fight is over!" The yellow blur shot at Meilin, but the ruby-eyed girl dropped her body into a one handed handstand to avoid.
"Your right it is!" she declared.
"Even if you dodge, your legs are still too long to hit me at this range!" The master was proved dead wrong when Meilin's knee collided with his head, dropping him to the floor. The girl pushed herself back to her feet with a smirk.
"You were saying?" she asked. Taijo quickly got to his feet and attacked again with a palm thrust. Meilin instantly leaned to the side, and slammed her knee in the master's chest, making him stumble back. Seeing her chance for a win, she slammed a straightforward kick into his stomach, then a round kick into his left ribs, and a another round kick to his right. Meilin grabbed his shoulders and pulled him into a series of knee strikes to his chest and, then pushed him, and collided another sidekick in his stomach, knocking him down.
"You brat!" he yelled as he got to his feet, which were barely keeping him up. Meilin ran towards Taijo for the finishing blow. "I will not lose!" The master thrust out his hand, but Meilin ducked under the attack and whirled around, gaining power and momentum for the finishing blow.
"Dragon….Shot!!!!" The girl's powerful leg slammed into Taijo's chest, sending him flying through five buildings and crashing into the old man's cabbage chart nearly twenty yards away.
"My cabbages!!!!!!!!!" the old man cried. All was silent for a long while. The audience stood there with their jaws hanging open, and their bodies completely frozen in shock. They couldn't believe that Taijo, the undefeated champion, had been defeated by some no name. But not just any no name, a female no name! Meilin looked at the crowd, and gave them a smug smirk before turning heel and walking to the end of the ring.
"I….I…..I…..I…. don't…..believe it folks…….." the official stuttered. "M-M-M-M-Master Taijo has been……defeated……by……by……by……."
"LI MEILIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Meilin screamed. The official couldn't take anymore and fainted in shock. The audience continued to be silent, and it seemed at any minute they would rush the ring to fight Meilin. But a young girl broke the tension.
"Thank you!!!!" she cried, which caught Meilin's attention instantly. A girl with long brown hair and brown eyes in a white robe and apron rushed to the stage and vigorously shook Meilin's hand. "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!"
"Huh?"
"You defeated my father! What's your name? Where are you from? Who taught your style? Where did you learn it? How vigorous is the training?"
"Hey slow down! First tell me what the hell's going on!" The girl let out an embarrassed chuckle.
"Oh yeah. Sorry. My name is Yuki Taijo. The master's daughter. I've wanted him to lose for so long now, but no one's been able to do it." Meilin raised her eyebrow.
"Why's that?"
"Because he's become a cocky bastard!" Yuki exclaimed. "Ever since he won his first tournament, that's all he's ever thought about. Challenge after challenge! Fighter after fighter until he completely forgot about my mother and I!"
"Oh," Meilin replied simply.
"I wanted to beat him, but since girls can't learn martial arts, I depended on the incoming challengers. But they were all talk! I started to think no one could beat him, but then you showed up, and totally kicked his ass!!!! He'll come home for sure! Thank you! Thank you!" Yuki went on to give the still dumbfounded Meilin a tight hug while jumping up and down.
The crowd looked on the fight with a set of eyes as they listened to Yuki's story. At first there was no reaction, but a light clap from someone erupted into the entire audience clapping and cheering.
"Damn good fight!"
"Mommy!" cried one girl. "I want to learn that!"
"Me too!" exclaimed her brother.
"You can't learn that! You're a boy!" the girl said.
"No! I can learn what I want!"
"It's about time he lost! He should go home to his family!" said one man.
"Yeah. But wonder how his reputation will look once word get out he was defeated by some no named girl!"
"So that's how it was," Eriol said. "Well then I guess this little detour was for the better then."
"Says you," Li scoffed.
"I agree with Eriol-kun," Tomoyo said. "Meilin-san was able to make some else's life happier."
"Like that was her intent," the swordsman snorted.
"No!!!!!" Kero yelled. "Damn brat!!!!! I lost 1000 gold!"
"You what!!!!!!!!!!" Li yelled.
"Oops."
"You damn gambling plush toy!"
"Now, now you guys," Sakura stepped in trying to break them up.
"Fools!" Taijo's voice erupted from the crowd. The former champ was virtually in shambles. His cloak was completely torn, bruises covered his body entirely, and he was all but limping towards the ring. "I haven't…..lost…..yet…..! Come girl…..let's finish….!" At that moment a loud WHACK echoed through the air and Taijo collapsed to the ground.
"Get your damn ass back home!" a voice exclaimed from behind him. It was a woman, holding a wooden sword in her hands, clearly Taijo's wife. "Yuki! Grab his arms and I'll take his legs!"
"Yes mother!" Yuki replied. "Thank you again. We'll take it from here." That said, the girl helped her mother drag the former champ away. The crow erupted into cheers again at their new champion, who basked in the applause.
"HA!" Kero scoffed. "She just got lucky." A rock collided with the beast's forehead again.
"What was that bath sponge!"
"You heard me brat!" Meilin jumped down from the ring and grabbed the beast.
"Call me a brat again and see what happens!"
"Brat! Brat! Brat!"
"Why you little….!"
"Now guys don't fight…." Sakura attempted, but was ignored.
"Can we just go!" Li yelled. "We've wasted enough time as it is!"
"You have no sense of fun Syaoran!" Eriol pouted.
"You call wasting time here fun?!"
"Yes."
"You are an idiot then!"
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at their group, and sighed. They all weren't even together a week yet, and already they were fighting with each other. The girls knew one thing was for certain, this was going to be an interesting journey.
AN: AHHHH!!!! Finally done!!!!!! You have no idea the amount of trouble I went through for this chapter! First there was the problem of ordering the sequences. At first, I wanted Yuki's story to be at the beginning, and then the fight taking up the middle and the end. I threw that out because I didn't think Meilin was the type to go out of her way for someone else. Then I figured I would dive straight into the fight. I had Meilin fight the other challengers, and fight Taijo at the end. That didn't work either because describing the fighters, and their techniques was taking up too many pages. By the time I got to where Meilin fought Taijo I realized I would need to make this a two-chapter arc to finish. I wanted to keep this a one-chapter event so I threw that one out. Then when I finally got something working, my mom accidentally deleted the entire document, so I had to start all over! (Sigh) I hope you guys like this chapter, even if you aren't a big fan of Meilin. This chapter was mainly for her to show off more of her moves, and why she focused mainly on kicks. Oh and don't worry, Sakura will not be taking a backseat at all. She's still the main heroine, and there is no way I'm going to let her sit there on the sidelines. It's just with Meilin and Eriol getting into the picture I wanted to spend a few chapters getting used to writing them, and how they fight. Also I wanted to show you guys their personalties and the kind of relationship they have with Li, and the others. I call this set of chapters my "show off arc" because it revolves around Meilin and Eriol pretty much showing off what they can do. This might go on for three or four more chapters before I dive back into the main storyline and Sakura. Oh and I put in a small reference/joke to Avatar: The Last Airbender. See if you can find it. Anyway enough of my ranting here the preview for the next chapter.
Sakura: Next time, Li and Eriol-kun get captured. What a minute, they get captured? How?
Tomoyo: Apparently it's all a part of a strange plan Eriol-kun has to free a mother's son.
Li: Why involve me then?
Eriol: Because your just so fun to be around Syaoran-kun!
Li: Shut up!
Sakura: So join us next time for "The Sympathetic Doctor" See ya soon!
