Sakura was gone swiftly using the Fly card but was just rather tempted to use her Sakura Cards to help Syaroan but..they were gone. HOE?!?! Where is Syaroan-kun and the other 'thing'?! As for that, the midnight figure had hustled off into the public park having Syaroan follow the figure with his sword. The figure is no more then a blur ahead of him now, as the knifelike leaves and thin branches cut at his lightly tanned skin soon the form came to halt in a secluded area only with the bright moon illuminating above them. Syaroan was now clearly able to define who this 'aggressor' was.
"Junko-kun..." he muttered in fighting stance, blade aimed directly towards the standing form.
"Humph, ignorant brat" arms crossed, Junko's form appeared a little different, a dark shadowy mantle splayed over his back which when it would oscillate it would reflect back nothing you could barely see the lines that outlined the form as the mantle covered the tall configuration almost blending him into the background of the trees.
"What do you want? Sakura-chan has already chosen the one she wants to be with, and if you really care for her you should let her be since she is happy."
"A little vain of you to say such...aren't you the one that left with no news and suddenly came back to just take her back as if she has no business?"
"I had my reasons, you do not deserve her although.."
"How would you know?"
"Because I can feel it."
"Fight me then." pronounced Junko.
Syaroan growled under his breath his arms outstretched with the powerful blade enveloped at his fingertips awaiting Junko to make the first move, they slowly began to encircle each other eyes set upon each other, Syaroan's teeth clenched tightly with his dark cinnamon narrow eyes. Junko leapt high into the air flipping backwards to fall behind Syaroan quickly squatting to the ground and swiping his leg across Syaroan's standing form knocking him over and releasing his sword. His blade flew off from his grasp only a few short meters although but he wouldn't have enough time to grab hold of it before Junko were to strike again. Syaroan flipped back onto his feet resuming his pose, racing forth towards Junko it looked like he was going to leap and attack from above making the dark-haired other to block his upper half, wrong! Syaroan briskly headed downwards his fists flinging towards the abdomen sending Junko towards a tree giving him enough time to retrieve back his sword. (A/N: gimme a break I dunno how to describe a fight really well..) Blade is set back onto its rightful place and aimed directly towards Junko who already stood recovered from the blow.
"Come on...give me your best shot..I don't know what it will prove anyways.." sighed Junko shaking his head with one hand resting in one of his side pockets.
"What do mean?" questioned Syaroan, still with a firm grip on his blade.
"Even if you do get to me what have you proven?" grunted Junko with a light snicker.
"..."
"Speechless? Less talk and more physical action? You've always been like that, not much talk more of pleasing the others and putting mostly the others over yourself and pushing others away...took you a while to finally tell Sakura-chan."
"?!"
"Surprised? Shouldn't be..if someone from the infamous Li clan can't sense me."
"Wakarimasen..." Syaroan shook his head, remembering to have sensed something but it was just to faint..probably he must have blocked his concentration or because of Sakura's strong aura..
Junko lifted his hand out from his pocket a gold locket laid upon his pale palm, "See this? Was for my dear Sakura-chan.."
"Don't change the subject, how do you know about me?"
"About you? Easy..let's say I got friends in high places. Now look at this locket.." hand extended towards Syaroan, whom drops his blade to his side and approaches closer to look at the locket. The locket looked a lot like a Sakura blossom finely decorated with thin lines of white gold and petite crystalline jewels which outlined perfectly the letter 'S'.
"Okay..I looked at it..what about it?"
"Nothing..just wanted to show it to you a little memory for your afterlife.." muttered Junko swiping away Syaroan's sword and using it to plunge it deep into his stomach..but he's blocked because one's sword will not contradict his own master and instead disperses itself before cutting deep into Syaroan's abdomen. Syaroan began to step backwards his hands pressing against the gash to stop the blood flow. His eyes glared back at Junko's own going back into battling position..
"SYAROAN-KUN!!!" screamed a femine voice close by.
"S-S-S-Sakura-chan?" whispered Syaroan in between deep breaths.
"Syaroan-kun!!! Gomen gomen I couldn't wait for you to come back!! I felt something..." began the desperate Sakura, hugging him tightly, her head leaned right next to his followed with a soft sob..Something is not right.. That was it. The moment she found out Syaroan was hurt..and by Junko..she could feel his pain as the blood slowly trickled onto her satiny skin. "Junko-san!!! Doushite...?"
"..." Junko just stood there watching Sakura hugging Syaroan...the vision of Sakura running over to Syaroan a little painful.. (Boy..now someone sure feels he's in Meilin's shoes..LOL)
"Doushite?!" demanded Sakura, holding the quickly paling Syaroan.
"I...I..." he stammered his mantle now enveloping him like dark flames dissolving himself into 2 parts..one taking a form of a Clow Card..and the other of a lost soul..
"HOE?!?!?!" blinked Sakura once. Twice. And yet she couldn't believe it..Syaroan himself looked as puzzled watching the two different forms..the Lost Soul began to speak first with a grief voice..
"I-I-I'm sorry...I never meant for it to come to such extremes...but please understand I had no idea of what consequences I would cause for you two...you see back when I still a mortal and not a vagrant soul destined to survive in this forest, I had a beloved one like yours Syaroan Li, but you see she was stolen away from me by another which caused me too much of pain to live upon thing is..I never confessed to her about my love until I killed myself..as a vagrant soul I came upon another being who knew what pain was like..." sighed the Lost Soul, leaving the other figure to continue.
"I am a Clow Card, long since lost and banished from the sacred Book by Clow Reed himself..The Pain..I crossed paths with this Lost Soul and with him we combined ourselves to form Junko..and being a Clow Card I do possess powers to sense the Card Captors..we've lurked ever since Sakura-chan has become the Card Mistress and so we came forth..I couldn't let the Card Mistress to sense me so this Lost Soul covered up my powers..forgive me..and please? Do me a favor? Lock me as one of your Sakura Cards?"
Sakura nodded and stepped forth and released her Star Key and chanted "Return to thy humble form, Pain Card!" The Card began to dissipate and change back into a now Sakura Card. At the same time the Lost Soul waved and picked up the locket, placing it gently onto her hands –Forgive me...- the soul began to glow lightly and fade away into the heavens.
"The Pain..." mumbled Sakura holding the card in one hand while with the other she held the locket.
"SAKURA-CHAN!!" squeaked another voice, Kero.
"Sakura-chan..are you alright?" asked Yue plainly.
"Hai..arigatou.." smiled Sakura weakly. "Yue..can you heal Syaroan? For me?"
"I'll try...it was mostly his sword that did the damage, all that I can be able to do it just keep him from getting worse he'll have to heal back on his own.."
"Arigato Yue.." sniffed Sakura now beside Syaroan's side.
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Ok sorta confusing chapter..but I hope you all liked it...next time...dum te dum!! AWAIT ME!!!