by: Mattel
Disclaimers: The characters used in this story are owned by CLAMP. Although, there's some few exceptions since I've added some new characters.
Author's Notes: You are *not* daydreaming, this fic's for real. I know this is very delayed.. but bear with me, I'm having serious writer's block for this CCS fanseries.
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Hongkong
shi ni - Part Six
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Syaoran and Rian both took their fighting stance. The stance that was only used by the elite members of their clan. The stance that was just taught to the smartest or their clan.
"Show me what you've got, Xiaolang!," Rian challenged his cousin, "I suppose that you must've been better after all these years.. better yet, just show me how much you've improved,"
Syaoran merely grunted in response. He didn't like how cocky his cousin's being, right now. Rian smirked at him, knowing that his attitude pisses him off.
"C'mon.. I know you're better than that," Rian said as Syaoran attacked him with his sword, darting and swinging it until it gained much force to slice a human body in half, but unfortunately Rian just dodged his attack with his own sword.
Syaoran then stopped attacking and started to think of a way on how to defeat his cousin, using magics and spells are out of the question, since they've agreed not to use it, just sword to sword combat's the only agreed thing.
Rian chuckled, noticing the way Syaoran's forehead crease.
"My.. my.. dear cousin, you've gone too slow for me," he regarded cockily, while raising one of his eyebrows to him.
This enraged Syaoran a lot more. Kissing Sakura was one thing, and now, he had to wound his pride. He wouldn't let this get to him, he swore under his breath. He began to use his speed and agility, as he placed his sword directly parallel to his arms on his side, the tip pointing to Rian.
Rian shook his head, "I already saw that move cousin... years ago, the move you made in order to defeat me, but now, I must inform you that I have learned a way to make it cause less damage," he said as he himself took a fighting position very different to Syaoran. His knees were bent sharply with his left hand poised in front of him and the other hand, holding the sword, in a one o' clock position towards Syaoran's.
Syaoran was the first one to attack, first, he ran towards him using average speed until he was approximately 10 feet from him when he used the whole of his speed. He pumped his legs and jumped high enough to make a maneuver above Rian, who was presently observing his moves, Syaoran then swung his sword toward Rian....
Both metals clashed to each other, creating a high-pitched tone. Syaoran gritted his teeth as he pushed with all his might. Rian on the other hand, turned his own sword so Syaoran's sword's slicing part would be in contact with the flat part of Rian's sword. After doing so, he backed up a little and released all his strength and threw Syaoran's sword which landed on the hard ground with a soft thud. Its point buried onto the ground, the fighter who looses his own hold on his sword would be the one who loses. Therefore, Syaoran lost.
Rian smirked and walked over to Syaoran's sword, taking it from the ground and handing it back to his cousin, "You were not bad, but now you have to put up with our deal. You have to come with me," he informed him before leaving Syaoran on his knees, own thoughts were on turmoil.
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"Hoeeeeeee~! I've slept late~!," Sakura said as she quickly got up from the bed. As soon as she gained full consciousness, she noticed that she wasn't on her own room. She eyed her surroundings until she remembered the events before..
Syaoran kissed me.. Sakura remembered as she put a finger on her lips, as if feeling his lips on hers once more. She reddened, I've gotta find them.. oh no~! the fight! At that, she darted out from his bedroom to her room next to his, putting on some decent clothes, after all, she couldn't get out there, wearing creased and crumpled tee-shirts and skirts.. right?
She quickly turned to her vanity mirror and began to comb her hair. She uttered some soft 'oh's and 'ouch's as the comb encountered some tangles. When she straigthened herself, she quickly darted out of her bedroom, then out of the hotel. Running on top speed towards the 'sparring place'.
I've got to get there.. fast.
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Rian was walking towards his house when a very familiar soft-pitched sounding voice called out to him, he slowly turned around, expecting his bestfriend. The girl he'd known all his life.. a friend of their family too.
"Hey Lian! wait up!," the girl shouted, her own black tresses came tumbling down as her hair clip retired from holding her stubborn hair. She quickly gathered her long hair and lifted them up, twisting them all the way clipping it with another reserved hair clip from her pocket.
"Sorry, it happens all the time," she muttered.
Rian smiled, although, not the kind of smile he used to smile at Sakura, "Hey Che-rin, what're you doing here?," he asked.
Che-rin smiled, revealing her perfectly white teeth and accentuating her pinkish thin lips, "Just hanging around.. you know," she said, "Hey, who was that girl I saw on the balcony with you on the other day?," she asked nonchalantly.
Rian's hearing senses began kicking in, "Huh? what girl?,"
"You know.. the beautiful foreign girl you've been so badly picking up?.. which is pretty ironic though," she said, hints of jealousy marked her words, but Rian hadn't taken notice of them. Instead, he continued to rant about Sakura.
"Oh, the beautiful girl you say?.. that was Sakura, she's from Japan..," he continued, trailing off as Che-rin stared incredulously at him, she took one look at his love-sick face and muttered, "insensitive," before leaving him on the streets ranting by himself looking like a complete idiot.
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Sakura found Syaoran sitting on a deserted place with his own sword sitting on his lap. She scooted towards him and smiled.
Syaoran looked up and saw her smile, which made him feel more miserable than ever, "I lost, Sakura, I *lost*," he told her, emphasizing the word *lost*.
Trying to cheer him up, Sakura smiled again, she rubbed his back, "Hey, don't fret.. it's not the end of the world.. you've just.. lost.. that's all," she said soothingly.
Lifting up his face, Syaoran turned to look at Sakura, his amber eyes filled with sadness and confusion, "It is the end, Sakura, we'll never see each other again," Syaoran said, his voice biting.
Sakura froze upon hearing that statement.
Syaoran continued, unable to take his sadness and the pain he's feeling, "We wouldn't be with each other anymore, Sakura, I must stay here and you must go back to Japan, that's the way it would be from now on," he said as he turned his face away from her, unable to watch her expression break into several pieces, revealing only sadness and refusal to back down.
"I won't leave you here, I won't. I'll find a way. I swear to all gods. I will find a way," she said before running away from him. Leaving him all alone, battered and sad, but on his face, he now wore a faint smile.
I know we will find a way.. I will find the way. Syaoran thought as he stood up from the bench and began walking towards the hotel.
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to be continued
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Author's
Notes: I know it's short, but bear with me, anyway, I promise the next
chapter wouldn't take this long.. I know this chapter's delayed, and not
just delayed but very very delayed. I'm sorry. Oh well.. I hope Che-rin
liked this chapter.. I've already introduced her here, and I think you'll
have a hint on what role she'll be playing on this story.. right?