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Chapter Four: Oniichan to Ying Fa chan Author: Ying Fa (once again, this is not a self insertion fic.)
"You don't know anything?" Sakura asked.
"Nope." Kero replied as as he licked the cap of his pudding.
Sakura sighed. "Who would know, though? Please, Kero chan, help me out here!"
"Yue might know," Kero said simply as he began to gobble down his pudding.
w a l k i n g
Sakura stared at the sidewalk as she walked along a residential street in Tomoeda. She thought about how Ying Fa might not have any magical powers at all. But who is Ying Fa chan? She asked herself. "Hooeeeeee!!" Sakura cried as she stumbled over someone and nearly hit the ground. A hand grabbed her arm and pulled her back up.
"You should watch where you're going, Sakura chan."
"Yukito san!" Sakura exclaimed as she looked up into the face of her brother's friend. "I kind of want to talk to. uh. Yue san."
"Why don't we go to my house first?" Yukito suggested with a smile. "I was just on my way back from buying groceries."
"Un!" Sakura agreed. She looked to her right and realized that Yukito's house was just right there. "I guess I walked here without knowing it," she mumbled.
i n s i d e
"Go ahead and sit down over there," Yukito motioned towards a table.
Sakura sat and watched Yukito put the groceries away in the kitchen cupboards. When he was done, he walked out of the kitchen and stood by the table. He morphed into Yue and drew his wings in. "What was it you wanted to ask me about?" he asked as he sat down at the table.
"Ano. There's a new girl at school, Cheung Ying Fa chan, and she has a strange kind of presence, but I can't find any information on her as a sorceress. Kero chan didn't know anything, but he suggested I ask you." Sakura explained. "Li Yelan san didn't even know anything about her."
Yue thought for a moment before saying, "I've never heard of her, but I know Yukito has."
"Hoe?" Sakura asked.
Yue nodded. "Toya told him about her."
"That's right!" Sakura remembered. "Oniichan knows something about Ying Fa chan but he won't tell me."
"Toya thought that there was something strange about Ying Fa at first. Something special. But then he said that he realized there was nothing special about her." Yue continued. "This happened maybe two years ago. Ying Fa was only in Tomoeda for three weeks, though."
"Demo. Oniichan must have had a really bad experience with her if he still goes white whenever I mention her name." Sakura said. "Can you tell me what happened between Oniichan and Ying Fa chan?"
"I don't think I'm the one who should be telling you that," Yue said.
"Demo!" Sakura said in an irritated voice. "I need to know! Oniichan won't tell me, and he could know something really important."
"I still can't do that," Yue said stubbornly. "Demo, Yukito will ask him to tell you."
"Arigatou, Yue san."
n e x t d a y : : s c h o o l
"So what if Toya san doesn't know anything about Ying Fa chan?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't know who I would ask, then," Sakura whispered.
"I have an idea," Tomoyo stated. "If Toya san doesn't know anything useful about Ying Fa chan's links as a sorceress, then I know one more person who might."
"Who?" Sakura asked excitedly.
"Eriol kun!" Tomoyo replied.
"Of course!" Sakura cried.
"Of course what?" Ying Fa asked as she sat down in her seat behind Tomoyo.
"Oh. we're just." Sakura trailed off.
"Planning another outfit for Sakura chan!" Tomoyo said with stars in her eyes. "Of course! There would be a ribbon here, and here, and some lace around the edge here, and.."
"Heh heh," Sakura giggled. "Tomoyo chan loves to make outfits for me," she explained to Ying Fa,
Ying Fa took off her hat and ran a finger through her long, black hair. "So how's Toya?" she suddenly asked.
Tomoyo and Sakura both stared at her. "N-nani?" Sakura asked quietly.
"I asked you how your brother Toya is doing." Ying Fa repeated.
"H-how do you know him?" Sakura asked,
"We met when I was in Tomoeda before," Ying Fa told her. "I saw him this morning, though. He's changed."
"Well." Sakura began. She was interrupted by the sound of the classroom door being opened. Syaoran and Yamazaki walked in.
Syaoran looked like he had just been released from a night of sleepless torture and Yamazaki looked. well, like Yamazaki. "Syaoran kun! What's wrong?" Sakura cried.
"I stayed at Yamazaki's over night." He explained sleepily. "Did you hear the one about the guy who never slept?" he asked. "Well I did! Eleven times!"
"Ah, yes. That's an interesting story. Did you know that." Yamazaki started.
"All right, let's go!" Chiharu said as she popped up behind Yamazaki and began dragging him away.
"Ugh, I was wishing for her all night!" Syaoran exclaimed as sat down and rubbed his face.
"Syaoran kun!" Sakura said angrily.
He groaned. "No, not like that."
"He was wishing for you all night like that, Sakura chan," Tomoyo teased.
"Tomoyo chan!" Sakura blushed a crimson red.
Ying Fa smirked. "Syaoran, hopefully you were thinking of her dead body."
Syaoran glanced at her. He noticed that she looked extremely familiar, like someone he knew. One of his sisters? His mother, maybe? But no. She wasn't quite like any of them. She looked like someone else.
"What's the matter, Syaoran kun?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran looked at Sakura. "Umm. I-I." He stammered. "I thought she said something."
Sakura nodded understandingly. "I see."
"We'll talk about it later," he whispered to her so Ying Fa wouldn't hear.
l u n c h
"She said she hoped I was thinking of your dead body," Syaoran told Sakura as they sat down next to Tomoyo in the grass. "How can she say things to me that no one else hears? It's frustrating."
"Hoe!" Sakura cried. "I must be in danger. Ying Fa chan doesn't like me much, ne? But I can't imagine she would do something to physically harm me. Perhaps it's something else?"
"No, because she told me to kill you, but she said if I don't do it, then she will. So she does want to harm you." Syaoran said. "Sakura, I'm really worried about you. What if she's more powerful than we think?"
"I think you're right," Sakura agreed. "How else could I not be able to find anything out about her even with incantations? She must have put some sort of magic barrier that even I can't break."
"Syaoran kun!"
Sakura, Tomoyo, and Syaoran sighed in unison. "What do you want, Cheung?" Syaoran asked.
"I just want to have lunch with you," Ying Fa replied happily.
"Can't you take a hint?" Syaoran asked. "I don't like you. I want you to leave me and Sakura and Daidouji alone." He studied Ying Fa for a moment. She really did look like someone he knew. If he didn't hate her so much, he would say she was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. Probably number two next to Sakura. He hated to admit it, though.
"Sakura chan, don't you live very close to school?" Ying Fa asked. "In a lovely little yellow house, ne?"
"Ee, I do," Sakura replied.
"I love that house. I think I saw your mother once when I passed it," Ying Fa said. "She's a beautiful lady. I wish I could have wavy hair like hers."
Sakura glanced at Syaoran, then Tomoyo. "You must be mistaken," she told Ying Fa. "My mother died when I was three."
Ying Fa turned white briefly, but then turned back to her normal color. "I suppose I am mistaken," she said, trying not to sound uncomfortable. "Excuse me."
After Ying Fa had left, Sakura said, "How could she know that my mother had wavy hair?"
"She must have seen a different lady with wavy hair," Tomoyo responded. "At a different yellow house."
"It doesn't seem very likely though. She. my mother." Sakura stuttered.
"If she does have powers, then she could probably see spirits. But couldn't she tell the difference between a spirit and a living person?" Syaoran asked.
"Maybe she just got a glance," Tomoyo suggested.
"Please, can we stop talking about my mother?" Sakura asked quietly.
"O-of course, Sakura chan," Tomoyo responded. "We didn't mean to hurt your feelings. We're just trying to find out what Ying Fa chan is up to."
"I know. Demo."
"It's okay, Sakura." Syaoran interrupted. "We'll just find out a different way."
Tomoyo said, "You can call Eriol kun tonight, okay?"
"Hai!" Sakura said, smiling.
a f t e r s c h o o l
"Oniichan! I'm back from school!" Sakura shouted.
Toya emerged from the kitchen with Yukito behind him. "Hey, kaijuu."
"Oniichan!" Sakura glared. "Oh, hi, Yukito san."
"I have to go to work now," Toya stated as he grabbed his coat and pulled it on. "See you later," he called as he opened the front door.
After the door had been shut, Yukito said, "Sakura chan, Toya has given me permission to tell you about him and Ying Fa, since it seems to important to you."
"Ano." Sakura murmured. "Let's go sit at the table in the kitchen," she suggested.
After they sat down, Sakura asked, "so, what happened between Oniichan and Ying Fa chan?"
"Well, it happened about three years ago. Toya had a job at little cake shop downtown. The owner of the store had a niece visiting from Hong Kong." Yukito explained. "The girl would hang around the store quite a lot. She was about your age, but she seemed to be interested in Toya. It was summer time, so business was pretty slow. People don't usually like cake in the summertime. Anyway, the girl kept Toya company while he was working. I remember Toya saying that she looked so much like someone he knew, but he wasn't sure who. But on thing he knew was that she was extremely beautiful. After only a few days, Toya asked her out on a date."
"Hoe! But this girl was my age!" Sakura cried.
"I know, but Toya really liked her." Yukito said. "Well, their first date went okay. So Toya asked her out again. And pretty soon they were going somewhere together everyday. Toya talked about her all the time. He told me how great she was, how beautiful she was, how much they had in common, and all sorts of things. He was completely in love with her." Yukito shook his head. "But then, a few days before she was scheduled to go back to Hong Kong, Ying Fa started acting strangely. Toya had invited her over to the house after work because you and Kinomoto san weren't going to be around. Everything was going fine. Toya wanted to kiss her once before she left, because he hadn't yet. So that was what he was planning to do, and Ying Fa was expecting it. They were sitting on the couch and Toya looked at her, but something was wrong."
f l a s h b a c k
"Nani? What's the matter, Ying Fa?" Toya asked worriedly. "You seem different. Is something wrong? Are you sick?"
"Not at all," Ying Fa replied. She smiled, but it was different from her usual smile. "I feel great."
Toya tried to ignore her strange behavior. He assumed she must have been upset because she was going back to Hong Kong. "Okay," he said as he ran his hand through her hair. "I was just worried about you."
"Toya," Ying Fa murmured as she scooted closer to him. "There's something I want you to do for me." She brushed her hand against his cheek and brought her lips close to his.
"Nani?" he mumbled.
Their lips brushed together right as the front door slammed open. "Oniichan won't be home yet, I don't think!" Sakura said in a loud voice.
Toya pulled away from Ying Fa, suddenly feeling weak. Strange scenes flashed through his head. Horrible scenes. They were of Sakura. Sakura being slashed, Sakura being shot, Sakura with a hole in her head, Sakura lying in a pool of her own blood. There was one particular scene in which he was drawn into.
Toya stood in the doorway of Sakura's room. She was still asleep, under the covers of her bed. He lightly stepped over to her and pulled the covers back. His eyes widened. The sheets were soaked with blood and there was a huge gash in her stomach. He felt sick, for he was sure that some of he saw were her organs.
"Wh-who did this to you?" he asked softly, trying to hold back tears.
Sakura turned her head towards him, slowly. "Oniichan did it to me," she said quietly. "It hurts," she whispered. "It hurts so much."
He turned to see Ying Fa standing in Sakura's room. She was smiling. "I want you to kill Sakura, Toya." She told him.
Toya closed his eyes, then opened them again. Instead of seeing the horrible scene of the dieing Sakura, he saw an alive and well Sakura standing in front of him.
"Oniichan? O-NI-I-CHA-N."
"Y-yeah, Sakura?" He stuttered. It was only a weird dream, he thought. I really must have been tired to fall asleep like that.
"I was just wondering why you're home so early," she said.
Toya glanced around, looking for Ying Fa. "Hey, did you see a black haired girl in here?" he asked.
"No," Sakura answered. "I only saw you here when I came in."
e n d o f f l a s h b a c k
"Hoeeeeeee!!" Sakura cried. "That's what that was about!"
"So now you see why Toya didn't want to talk to you about it." Yukito said.
"I understand," Sakura nodded. "Hooeee!! I know what Ying Fa chan wanted from Oniichan!" She exclaimed. "The same thing Nakuru san wanted!" she continued.
"No way," Yukito disagreed. "Ying Fa can't have magic. She's." He trailed off. "Wait, I think you're on to something. Toya went to ask the shop's owner about his niece, but said he didn't have a niece from Hong Kong, and none of the ones he did have came to visit him in the past few weeks. He didn't even remember a Chinese girl being in the shop."
"Ying Fa chan must have done something to him so he wouldn't remember her!" Sakura cried. "Hooeee! Arigatou, Yukito san, but I have to go make a phone call now."
d a i d o u j i r e s i d e n c e
"Hai, moshi moshi," Tomoyo said as she picked up the ringing telephone.
"Hello, Tomoyo san," an all too familiar voice said.
"Eriol kun!" Tomoyo cried as she sat down on her bed. "How nice of you to call. I was just thinking about you."
"I wanted to tell you, Tomoyo san, that I'm leaving England." Eriol interrupted. "I'm coming back to Tomoeda. I'm leaving for the airport in just a half hour."
"Nani?" Tomoyo asked. "Demo. what about Mizuki san? Will she come too? Is something wrong between you and her?"
Eriol sighed. "No, she won't be. I.I thought I would be able to just go off to England and live happily ever after with Kaho. But then I realized that I couldn't do that. I couldn't just leave my friends in Tomoeda. As much as I love Kaho, she still doesn't even compare to." Eriol hesitated. "My friends."
"I understand," Tomoyo said. "I'm very happy that you are coming back to Tomoeda. I look forward to seeing you again."
"Tomoyo, you're always so understanding." Eriol said. "Thank you for that."
Tomoyo was quiet for a moment. "Did you just call me. 'Tomoyo' with no 'san'? You've never done that before."
"Oh!" Eriol said. He was glad Tomoyo couldn't see him because she was sure she would have laughed at his red face. "G-gomen ne! I didn't mean to."
"I just said that you'd never done that before. I didn't say that I didn't like it," Tomoyo said.
"Oh," Eriol said, a little surprised. "Well, I suppose I should be going now."
"Goodbye, Eriol kun."
"Goodbye. Tomoyo." Eriol said softly.
k i n o m o t o r e s i d e n c e
Sakura listened to the ringing on the other end of the phone line, waiting impatiently for someone to answer.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Hai, Eriol kun," Sakura said. "I have a few questions for you about a specific sorceress. or at least I think she's a sorceress."
"Daijoubu, tell me."
Sakura explained about Ying Fa coming to Tomoeda and all the strange things she had done. After that, she asked, "So I was wondering if you know anything about a sorceress named 'Cheung Ying Fa'."
"Hmm." Eriol thought. "No, I'm sorry, Sakura san."
"You must know something. I have no one else to ask after this. She's blocked my information gathering spells, so I can't do anything." Sakura begged.
"No," Eriol whispered. "She couldn't be that strong. Not unless she's. but no. She couldn't be."
"She couldn't be what?" Sakura demanded. "It could be a possibility."
Eriol sighed. "I don't think so, but. Sakura san, I'll be coming back to Tomoeda soon, I'll just see her then."
"No, tell me now. She could be dangerous. Please, tell me." Sakura pleaded. "Matte. You're coming back to Tomoeda? Wai!"
"Yes, I leave in less than half an hour for the airport." Eriol replied.
"Wai!" Sakura cheered. "But I still need to know about Ying Fa chan."
"Okay, I'll tell you," Eriol murmured. "There was a sorceress, a long time ago, named Ying Fa. She was extremely powerful. perhaps more powerful than Clow Reed. But she chose to use her magic for terrible things. She was an assassin. She was hired to assassinate powerful sorcerers. She did it for the money, of course. Assassins are highly paid. But this all happened a long time ago. No one really knows what happened to her. Some people say that she used her magic to stay alive, but I think she died."
"Was her family name Cheung?" Sakura asked.
"No," Eriol replied. "It was Clow."
Weehoo! Another chapter! Yay! I think this one's my favorite. Didn't I say ExT? Yep. I don't want to be flamed by TxY fans, though, for that Ying Fa and Toya thing. I'm gonna have more TxY stuffs. Yeah. So what did ya think of this one? I still need reviews. I'm writing another CCS story people might want to check out. It should be posted soon. Like. Tomorrow. Or today. Okay, bai bai!
~Next~ (POV of Sakura) Hoe! Could Ying Fa chan really be that Clow san's sister?! Wai! Eriol kun is back! Things would be great, except that there's still the Ying Fa chan dilemma. Who is she?! I'm getting closer to finding out! Join me next time on Cardcaptor Sakura: Post-Manga Chapters!
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Chapter Four: Oniichan to Ying Fa chan Author: Ying Fa (once again, this is not a self insertion fic.)
"You don't know anything?" Sakura asked.
"Nope." Kero replied as as he licked the cap of his pudding.
Sakura sighed. "Who would know, though? Please, Kero chan, help me out here!"
"Yue might know," Kero said simply as he began to gobble down his pudding.
w a l k i n g
Sakura stared at the sidewalk as she walked along a residential street in Tomoeda. She thought about how Ying Fa might not have any magical powers at all. But who is Ying Fa chan? She asked herself. "Hooeeeeee!!" Sakura cried as she stumbled over someone and nearly hit the ground. A hand grabbed her arm and pulled her back up.
"You should watch where you're going, Sakura chan."
"Yukito san!" Sakura exclaimed as she looked up into the face of her brother's friend. "I kind of want to talk to. uh. Yue san."
"Why don't we go to my house first?" Yukito suggested with a smile. "I was just on my way back from buying groceries."
"Un!" Sakura agreed. She looked to her right and realized that Yukito's house was just right there. "I guess I walked here without knowing it," she mumbled.
i n s i d e
"Go ahead and sit down over there," Yukito motioned towards a table.
Sakura sat and watched Yukito put the groceries away in the kitchen cupboards. When he was done, he walked out of the kitchen and stood by the table. He morphed into Yue and drew his wings in. "What was it you wanted to ask me about?" he asked as he sat down at the table.
"Ano. There's a new girl at school, Cheung Ying Fa chan, and she has a strange kind of presence, but I can't find any information on her as a sorceress. Kero chan didn't know anything, but he suggested I ask you." Sakura explained. "Li Yelan san didn't even know anything about her."
Yue thought for a moment before saying, "I've never heard of her, but I know Yukito has."
"Hoe?" Sakura asked.
Yue nodded. "Toya told him about her."
"That's right!" Sakura remembered. "Oniichan knows something about Ying Fa chan but he won't tell me."
"Toya thought that there was something strange about Ying Fa at first. Something special. But then he said that he realized there was nothing special about her." Yue continued. "This happened maybe two years ago. Ying Fa was only in Tomoeda for three weeks, though."
"Demo. Oniichan must have had a really bad experience with her if he still goes white whenever I mention her name." Sakura said. "Can you tell me what happened between Oniichan and Ying Fa chan?"
"I don't think I'm the one who should be telling you that," Yue said.
"Demo!" Sakura said in an irritated voice. "I need to know! Oniichan won't tell me, and he could know something really important."
"I still can't do that," Yue said stubbornly. "Demo, Yukito will ask him to tell you."
"Arigatou, Yue san."
n e x t d a y : : s c h o o l
"So what if Toya san doesn't know anything about Ying Fa chan?" Tomoyo asked.
"I don't know who I would ask, then," Sakura whispered.
"I have an idea," Tomoyo stated. "If Toya san doesn't know anything useful about Ying Fa chan's links as a sorceress, then I know one more person who might."
"Who?" Sakura asked excitedly.
"Eriol kun!" Tomoyo replied.
"Of course!" Sakura cried.
"Of course what?" Ying Fa asked as she sat down in her seat behind Tomoyo.
"Oh. we're just." Sakura trailed off.
"Planning another outfit for Sakura chan!" Tomoyo said with stars in her eyes. "Of course! There would be a ribbon here, and here, and some lace around the edge here, and.."
"Heh heh," Sakura giggled. "Tomoyo chan loves to make outfits for me," she explained to Ying Fa,
Ying Fa took off her hat and ran a finger through her long, black hair. "So how's Toya?" she suddenly asked.
Tomoyo and Sakura both stared at her. "N-nani?" Sakura asked quietly.
"I asked you how your brother Toya is doing." Ying Fa repeated.
"H-how do you know him?" Sakura asked,
"We met when I was in Tomoeda before," Ying Fa told her. "I saw him this morning, though. He's changed."
"Well." Sakura began. She was interrupted by the sound of the classroom door being opened. Syaoran and Yamazaki walked in.
Syaoran looked like he had just been released from a night of sleepless torture and Yamazaki looked. well, like Yamazaki. "Syaoran kun! What's wrong?" Sakura cried.
"I stayed at Yamazaki's over night." He explained sleepily. "Did you hear the one about the guy who never slept?" he asked. "Well I did! Eleven times!"
"Ah, yes. That's an interesting story. Did you know that." Yamazaki started.
"All right, let's go!" Chiharu said as she popped up behind Yamazaki and began dragging him away.
"Ugh, I was wishing for her all night!" Syaoran exclaimed as sat down and rubbed his face.
"Syaoran kun!" Sakura said angrily.
He groaned. "No, not like that."
"He was wishing for you all night like that, Sakura chan," Tomoyo teased.
"Tomoyo chan!" Sakura blushed a crimson red.
Ying Fa smirked. "Syaoran, hopefully you were thinking of her dead body."
Syaoran glanced at her. He noticed that she looked extremely familiar, like someone he knew. One of his sisters? His mother, maybe? But no. She wasn't quite like any of them. She looked like someone else.
"What's the matter, Syaoran kun?" Sakura asked.
Syaoran looked at Sakura. "Umm. I-I." He stammered. "I thought she said something."
Sakura nodded understandingly. "I see."
"We'll talk about it later," he whispered to her so Ying Fa wouldn't hear.
l u n c h
"She said she hoped I was thinking of your dead body," Syaoran told Sakura as they sat down next to Tomoyo in the grass. "How can she say things to me that no one else hears? It's frustrating."
"Hoe!" Sakura cried. "I must be in danger. Ying Fa chan doesn't like me much, ne? But I can't imagine she would do something to physically harm me. Perhaps it's something else?"
"No, because she told me to kill you, but she said if I don't do it, then she will. So she does want to harm you." Syaoran said. "Sakura, I'm really worried about you. What if she's more powerful than we think?"
"I think you're right," Sakura agreed. "How else could I not be able to find anything out about her even with incantations? She must have put some sort of magic barrier that even I can't break."
"Syaoran kun!"
Sakura, Tomoyo, and Syaoran sighed in unison. "What do you want, Cheung?" Syaoran asked.
"I just want to have lunch with you," Ying Fa replied happily.
"Can't you take a hint?" Syaoran asked. "I don't like you. I want you to leave me and Sakura and Daidouji alone." He studied Ying Fa for a moment. She really did look like someone he knew. If he didn't hate her so much, he would say she was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. Probably number two next to Sakura. He hated to admit it, though.
"Sakura chan, don't you live very close to school?" Ying Fa asked. "In a lovely little yellow house, ne?"
"Ee, I do," Sakura replied.
"I love that house. I think I saw your mother once when I passed it," Ying Fa said. "She's a beautiful lady. I wish I could have wavy hair like hers."
Sakura glanced at Syaoran, then Tomoyo. "You must be mistaken," she told Ying Fa. "My mother died when I was three."
Ying Fa turned white briefly, but then turned back to her normal color. "I suppose I am mistaken," she said, trying not to sound uncomfortable. "Excuse me."
After Ying Fa had left, Sakura said, "How could she know that my mother had wavy hair?"
"She must have seen a different lady with wavy hair," Tomoyo responded. "At a different yellow house."
"It doesn't seem very likely though. She. my mother." Sakura stuttered.
"If she does have powers, then she could probably see spirits. But couldn't she tell the difference between a spirit and a living person?" Syaoran asked.
"Maybe she just got a glance," Tomoyo suggested.
"Please, can we stop talking about my mother?" Sakura asked quietly.
"O-of course, Sakura chan," Tomoyo responded. "We didn't mean to hurt your feelings. We're just trying to find out what Ying Fa chan is up to."
"I know. Demo."
"It's okay, Sakura." Syaoran interrupted. "We'll just find out a different way."
Tomoyo said, "You can call Eriol kun tonight, okay?"
"Hai!" Sakura said, smiling.
a f t e r s c h o o l
"Oniichan! I'm back from school!" Sakura shouted.
Toya emerged from the kitchen with Yukito behind him. "Hey, kaijuu."
"Oniichan!" Sakura glared. "Oh, hi, Yukito san."
"I have to go to work now," Toya stated as he grabbed his coat and pulled it on. "See you later," he called as he opened the front door.
After the door had been shut, Yukito said, "Sakura chan, Toya has given me permission to tell you about him and Ying Fa, since it seems to important to you."
"Ano." Sakura murmured. "Let's go sit at the table in the kitchen," she suggested.
After they sat down, Sakura asked, "so, what happened between Oniichan and Ying Fa chan?"
"Well, it happened about three years ago. Toya had a job at little cake shop downtown. The owner of the store had a niece visiting from Hong Kong." Yukito explained. "The girl would hang around the store quite a lot. She was about your age, but she seemed to be interested in Toya. It was summer time, so business was pretty slow. People don't usually like cake in the summertime. Anyway, the girl kept Toya company while he was working. I remember Toya saying that she looked so much like someone he knew, but he wasn't sure who. But on thing he knew was that she was extremely beautiful. After only a few days, Toya asked her out on a date."
"Hoe! But this girl was my age!" Sakura cried.
"I know, but Toya really liked her." Yukito said. "Well, their first date went okay. So Toya asked her out again. And pretty soon they were going somewhere together everyday. Toya talked about her all the time. He told me how great she was, how beautiful she was, how much they had in common, and all sorts of things. He was completely in love with her." Yukito shook his head. "But then, a few days before she was scheduled to go back to Hong Kong, Ying Fa started acting strangely. Toya had invited her over to the house after work because you and Kinomoto san weren't going to be around. Everything was going fine. Toya wanted to kiss her once before she left, because he hadn't yet. So that was what he was planning to do, and Ying Fa was expecting it. They were sitting on the couch and Toya looked at her, but something was wrong."
f l a s h b a c k
"Nani? What's the matter, Ying Fa?" Toya asked worriedly. "You seem different. Is something wrong? Are you sick?"
"Not at all," Ying Fa replied. She smiled, but it was different from her usual smile. "I feel great."
Toya tried to ignore her strange behavior. He assumed she must have been upset because she was going back to Hong Kong. "Okay," he said as he ran his hand through her hair. "I was just worried about you."
"Toya," Ying Fa murmured as she scooted closer to him. "There's something I want you to do for me." She brushed her hand against his cheek and brought her lips close to his.
"Nani?" he mumbled.
Their lips brushed together right as the front door slammed open. "Oniichan won't be home yet, I don't think!" Sakura said in a loud voice.
Toya pulled away from Ying Fa, suddenly feeling weak. Strange scenes flashed through his head. Horrible scenes. They were of Sakura. Sakura being slashed, Sakura being shot, Sakura with a hole in her head, Sakura lying in a pool of her own blood. There was one particular scene in which he was drawn into.
Toya stood in the doorway of Sakura's room. She was still asleep, under the covers of her bed. He lightly stepped over to her and pulled the covers back. His eyes widened. The sheets were soaked with blood and there was a huge gash in her stomach. He felt sick, for he was sure that some of he saw were her organs.
"Wh-who did this to you?" he asked softly, trying to hold back tears.
Sakura turned her head towards him, slowly. "Oniichan did it to me," she said quietly. "It hurts," she whispered. "It hurts so much."
He turned to see Ying Fa standing in Sakura's room. She was smiling. "I want you to kill Sakura, Toya." She told him.
Toya closed his eyes, then opened them again. Instead of seeing the horrible scene of the dieing Sakura, he saw an alive and well Sakura standing in front of him.
"Oniichan? O-NI-I-CHA-N."
"Y-yeah, Sakura?" He stuttered. It was only a weird dream, he thought. I really must have been tired to fall asleep like that.
"I was just wondering why you're home so early," she said.
Toya glanced around, looking for Ying Fa. "Hey, did you see a black haired girl in here?" he asked.
"No," Sakura answered. "I only saw you here when I came in."
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"Hoeeeeeee!!" Sakura cried. "That's what that was about!"
"So now you see why Toya didn't want to talk to you about it." Yukito said.
"I understand," Sakura nodded. "Hooeee!! I know what Ying Fa chan wanted from Oniichan!" She exclaimed. "The same thing Nakuru san wanted!" she continued.
"No way," Yukito disagreed. "Ying Fa can't have magic. She's." He trailed off. "Wait, I think you're on to something. Toya went to ask the shop's owner about his niece, but said he didn't have a niece from Hong Kong, and none of the ones he did have came to visit him in the past few weeks. He didn't even remember a Chinese girl being in the shop."
"Ying Fa chan must have done something to him so he wouldn't remember her!" Sakura cried. "Hooeee! Arigatou, Yukito san, but I have to go make a phone call now."
d a i d o u j i r e s i d e n c e
"Hai, moshi moshi," Tomoyo said as she picked up the ringing telephone.
"Hello, Tomoyo san," an all too familiar voice said.
"Eriol kun!" Tomoyo cried as she sat down on her bed. "How nice of you to call. I was just thinking about you."
"I wanted to tell you, Tomoyo san, that I'm leaving England." Eriol interrupted. "I'm coming back to Tomoeda. I'm leaving for the airport in just a half hour."
"Nani?" Tomoyo asked. "Demo. what about Mizuki san? Will she come too? Is something wrong between you and her?"
Eriol sighed. "No, she won't be. I.I thought I would be able to just go off to England and live happily ever after with Kaho. But then I realized that I couldn't do that. I couldn't just leave my friends in Tomoeda. As much as I love Kaho, she still doesn't even compare to." Eriol hesitated. "My friends."
"I understand," Tomoyo said. "I'm very happy that you are coming back to Tomoeda. I look forward to seeing you again."
"Tomoyo, you're always so understanding." Eriol said. "Thank you for that."
Tomoyo was quiet for a moment. "Did you just call me. 'Tomoyo' with no 'san'? You've never done that before."
"Oh!" Eriol said. He was glad Tomoyo couldn't see him because she was sure she would have laughed at his red face. "G-gomen ne! I didn't mean to."
"I just said that you'd never done that before. I didn't say that I didn't like it," Tomoyo said.
"Oh," Eriol said, a little surprised. "Well, I suppose I should be going now."
"Goodbye, Eriol kun."
"Goodbye. Tomoyo." Eriol said softly.
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Sakura listened to the ringing on the other end of the phone line, waiting impatiently for someone to answer.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Hai, Eriol kun," Sakura said. "I have a few questions for you about a specific sorceress. or at least I think she's a sorceress."
"Daijoubu, tell me."
Sakura explained about Ying Fa coming to Tomoeda and all the strange things she had done. After that, she asked, "So I was wondering if you know anything about a sorceress named 'Cheung Ying Fa'."
"Hmm." Eriol thought. "No, I'm sorry, Sakura san."
"You must know something. I have no one else to ask after this. She's blocked my information gathering spells, so I can't do anything." Sakura begged.
"No," Eriol whispered. "She couldn't be that strong. Not unless she's. but no. She couldn't be."
"She couldn't be what?" Sakura demanded. "It could be a possibility."
Eriol sighed. "I don't think so, but. Sakura san, I'll be coming back to Tomoeda soon, I'll just see her then."
"No, tell me now. She could be dangerous. Please, tell me." Sakura pleaded. "Matte. You're coming back to Tomoeda? Wai!"
"Yes, I leave in less than half an hour for the airport." Eriol replied.
"Wai!" Sakura cheered. "But I still need to know about Ying Fa chan."
"Okay, I'll tell you," Eriol murmured. "There was a sorceress, a long time ago, named Ying Fa. She was extremely powerful. perhaps more powerful than Clow Reed. But she chose to use her magic for terrible things. She was an assassin. She was hired to assassinate powerful sorcerers. She did it for the money, of course. Assassins are highly paid. But this all happened a long time ago. No one really knows what happened to her. Some people say that she used her magic to stay alive, but I think she died."
"Was her family name Cheung?" Sakura asked.
"No," Eriol replied. "It was Clow."
Weehoo! Another chapter! Yay! I think this one's my favorite. Didn't I say ExT? Yep. I don't want to be flamed by TxY fans, though, for that Ying Fa and Toya thing. I'm gonna have more TxY stuffs. Yeah. So what did ya think of this one? I still need reviews. I'm writing another CCS story people might want to check out. It should be posted soon. Like. Tomorrow. Or today. Okay, bai bai!
~Next~ (POV of Sakura) Hoe! Could Ying Fa chan really be that Clow san's sister?! Wai! Eriol kun is back! Things would be great, except that there's still the Ying Fa chan dilemma. Who is she?! I'm getting closer to finding out! Join me next time on Cardcaptor Sakura: Post-Manga Chapters!