With the Crown Placed Upon my Head....
By: Sakura1301
Chapter 9 Prophecy Fulfilled
The doors slammed open. Li looked to the front of the room. "Beast! Im gonna make you pay for taking my Sakura away!" Li stood on all fours and growled. "She is not yours. She is nobodies possession. So keep your dirty hands off her." "My my. It seems you have mistaken. You are the one with dirty hands. Or should I say, paws?" Meeko picked up chair and threw it at Li. Li ducked and the chair went right over his head. "I challenge you to fight. Winner gets Sakura. Loser, death." "I will not bet Sakura. She has the right to choose." "Well, we all know, she wont pick you. Look at you. Your a wolf! An animal!" Meeko said laughing. That was it. Li couldn't take it anymore. He lunged at Meeko.
~Down stairs~
Eriol was having some troubles of his own. A large guy held a torch in his hands and started to wave it in his face. Eriol backed up more and more till he ran into a wall. He gulped. Just then, Tomoyo came to the rescue! "Oh mister?" The man turned around. She jumped up and started to paint all over his face. When she was done, he looked like a clown. She held a mirror to show him. He screeched and started to run around in circles. She winked at Eriol and he knew what to do. "He poked his sharp tip in the guys butt. The guy ran away screaming and holding his butt. Eriol and Tomoyo started to laugh.
~Sakura's room~
Sakura could hear screaming and crashing from down stairs. She shuddered. She could also hear laughing and yelling. It sounded awful and she couldn't do anything. She sat on her bed and leaned against the wall. She sighed. Just then, she got a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She got up and opened her door. She peeked out. Good. The coast was clear. She quietly stepped out and ventured down the hall. She stopped at the West wing doors. She thought she heard talking in there. She opened the door a small crack and peered in. There was Syaoran and Meeko going at it. She quietly watched.
~Down stairs~
Touya felt pain shoot through his side as the man started to rip out more and more pages. He couldn't take it anymore. He shut on the mans hands. The man screamed as the pain shot through his hand. Then Touya jumped down and landed on the mans foot. The mans face turned blue then he started yelling. Then Touya hopped up part of the stairs and jumped down on top of the mans head. His corner hit right, smack in the middle of his head. They guy fell over and rubbed head. Then Touya jumped and hit the guys butt with the corner of his bookish cover. The man decided that retreat would be best. So he ran off. Touya smirked to himself about his victory. Perfect.
~Inside the West Wing~
"Why don't you just hand over Sakura now and i'll make your death quick and less painful. How about it?" Li growled. "I won't give up that easily." They both circled eachother like alpha wolves fighting for the title. Meeko had a bow and arrow but only two arrows. He didn't plan on using them though. He broke off a leg from a nearby table. He swung it at Li. Li stood there not afraid of what he was planning. "So, the wolf isn't afraid. Huh? Well, you should be!" He said as he swung it at Li. Li dodged it easily. "You are not worth of being called a human." Li growled. "Oh. What about you? Do you think you should be called a human?" Li didn't answer. "So, the wolf is speechless. How about that." He took another swing at Li. Li jumped out of the way. "You know, if I can't hit you with this, why don't I try with my lucky bow and arrow?" He threw the table leg at Li but Li dodged it as if it was nothing. Meeko quickly pulled out his bow and arrow and aimed at Li. But before he could get it totally focused, Li had knocked it out of his hand. It flew across the room and landed on the balcony where the rain fell hard. Meeko growled as did Li.
~In the hall~
Sakura gasped as she saw Meeko pull out his bow and arrow and aim it straight at Li. But Li had knocked it straight out of his hand. Sakura released her breath. "Phew. That was a close one." She whispered to herself. Then she had heard cheering down stairs.
~Down stairs~
The battle against the villagers was won! The villagers had lost badly. It was quick but they all worked together. There weren't many villagers cause most of them chickened out on coming. So it was easily won. But some of them had battle scars though. Touya had torn pages, Yukito had a chiped edge, Eriol had a broken tip, Tomoyo had some brush hair pulled out and others, such as Kaho and some others didn't even get a scratch.
~The West Wing~
Meeko kept on switching his gaze from the balcony to Li. He mentally growled to himself. He couldn't take it anymore. He made a dash for the balcony to where his bow and arrow were thrown. But unknown to them, Sakura had made her way into the room. Li saw Meeko make a dash for his weapons on the balcony and raced after him. Just as Meeko was on the balcony, Li grabbed onto his arm. Meeko turned around with anger in his eyes and tossed Li off of his arm. Li smashed right into the side of the balcony. Li was dizzy and had a splitting headache. He sat up and shook his head trying to get things back into focus. Meeko on the other hand had got his bow and arrow. He aimed at Li, but just as he released the arrow, Sakura shouted, "NO MEEKO!" And stepped in the way on purpose. Everything happened in a flash. Li finally got his vision back to normal and just as he did, he saw Sakura get hit by the arrow. Then Meeko just stood there shocked. Sakura stood there for a moment. She then fell to her knees then back onto the hard, wet, floor. The arrow had hit her in the stomach. Li yelled, "NO! SAKURA!" It was too late though. What had happened couldn't be reversed. First time in years, Li Syaoran had started to cry. Not because of him not being able to turn back into a human, but because of Sakura. She had sacrificed her life for his. He tried to lift her up as best as he could. Sakura could barely keep her eyes open. She was shocked that Li was crying. Crying for her. But the pain in her stomach hurt the worst but she ignored it the best she could. She lifted her hand up to Li's muzzle and placed her hand there. She said, "Sorry, that I couldn't get your birthday present for you...." She said while blood started to drip out of her mouth. She was about to say something else before she finally passed out. Li started to shake her. "Don't leave yet...not yet...I didn't get to tell you...what I...wanted to say...to you...." He hugged her the best he could with his paws. Meeko just stood there. What had he just done!? He just killed...no...he didn't...of course he didn't...it couldn't be true...but it was. It was true. He had killed Sakura. Just then, the wind started to pick up and the LOVE card floated to Li and started to glow. Li didn't notice. Just then, he was wrapped in a funnel of wind. Feathers were mixed in with the wind as well as gold. Then suddenly, it vanished. Li didn't notice that he was now human. Meeko just stood there dumbfounded. The wolf had just turned into a human? How was that even possible? Li was hugging Sakura close to him. He then noticed something glowing off to the side. It was the LOVE card. It subsided but still floated where it was. Li looked down at his hands. He was now human. But nothing mattered. Not anymore. Sakura was gone, so what was the use of living? He stood up and faced Meeko. Li was dressed in a red uniform lined with gold and white black pants. With a quick flash of his hand, his sword appeared in his hand. Then the WINDY card appeared in his other hand. He tossed out the card and struck it. Suddenly, the wind wrapped around Meeko and he was lifted off of the ground. Li walked up to him and stared him straight in the eye. He growled, "You...you're the one who did this to Sakura!" He pulled out the EARTHY card. "And for that, im gonna kill you myself." "W-what are you!? The devil!?" "The closest thing to him..." Li growled. "EARTHY, I command you to open up the earth and swallow this pitiful being." The earth opened up below to where they stood and WINDY pulled Meeko over the edge and release him. Meeko fell and fell down into the crevasse of the earth. Then the earth closed up, swallowing him up. The Cards returned to their original form and floated to his hand. He dropped his sword and the two cards and ran over to Sakura's side. He kneeled down and took Sakura into his arms. He was just hoping that this was all a bad nightmare. But it wasn't. Sakura laid limp. Unmoving. Tears returned to his eyes as he held her tight. Then, the LOVE card started to glow again. Li looked up to it and just then, the same angel that had appeared infront of him seven years ago had appeared again. She smiled down at him. "Li Syaoran. The curse is broke, the prophecy fulfilled, and you, have learned to love. For this, I will grant you one wish." Li looked at her and without a second thought said, "I want Sakura to live again." She smiled. "You really have learned to love. I will grant this wish for you. But this is the only wish you will receive." He nodded. Then, the angel closed its eyes and spread its wings out and started to glow. Sakura started to glow and was also enveloped in a funnel of wind, feathers, and gold. Then it suddenly disappeared. The angel had disappeared and the LOVE card started to glow. Sakura opened her eyes. Emerald met amber. She smiled and put her hand to his face. "Li, is that you?" He smiled and nodded. "Call me Syaoran." Just then, the card known as LOVE flew to his hand. He looked at it. He held it up for Sakura to see and chuckled. "It seems I have my old blank card back again." She giggled. He suddenly stood up with Sakura in his arms. She yelped in suprise. He smiled down at her. "Here, let me carry you." "No. It's okay. I insist. Im much too heavy." "Actually, no. Not at all. Your as light as a feather." And he carried her out of the room.
~Down stairs~
All of the maids and servants were looking at themselves in suprise. They all had turn back into there normal, human selves once again and were wondering why that had happened. All except for Eriol. He smiled as he looked towards the stairs. Tomoyo looked in his direction and gasped. The others turned there attention that way also. Some of them gasped, others sighed, and others did nothing but smile.
Syaoran stood at the top of the stairs with Sakura in his arms. She had her arms wrapped around his neck and was smiling at him. "So, what did you REALLY want for your birthday besides becoming human again?" He looked at her shocked. "How did you know?" She smiled. "Oh, I have my ways." She grinned at him. He smirked. They had finally made it down the stairs and he said, "Well, do you really want to know?" She nodded. He set her down and kneeled down, pulling a ring out of no where. "Sakura, would you marry me?" She smiled down at him. Then suddenly jumped into his arms and said, "Of course I will!" All around them 'oohs' and 'ahhs' could be heard and one, 'KAWAII!' in the back by you know who. Kero flew down to them and sighed. Just then, he remembered his pudding Sakura promised him. "HEY! WHERES MY PUDDING!?" Sakura just ignored him as Li swung her around.
~The Wedding Day~
Everybody was crowded in the ball room including Fujitaka. They were all listening intently to the preacher. Fujitaka was still suprised that the 'big bad wolf' had actually turned out to be the nice young lad that was marring his daughter. Sakura.
"Now do you, Li Syaoran..." "Just get on with it!" Tomoyo shouted from the back. The preacher glared at her. Li just said, "I do." And Sakura followed with, "I do." The old man just looked at them and shrugged. "Okay...I pronounce you man and wife or King and Queen....whatever." He said. And Li bent Sakura over and kissed her. There was cheering in the whole room. Kero was satisfied now. He had a whole bowl of pudding to himself from Sakura and was pigging out in the back. Sakura and Li then made their way down the isle and was showered by flower petals and rice.
And so the spell was broken and a new love was found. But the story will be always go on to live on and on as it is written in history's books. (Not really.) "Shut-up! Don't make it sound like some stupid fairy tale!" Li shouts. "Yeah! Plus, we have a Honey Moon to attend to! So shoo! Shoo!" Sakura says.
THE END
