Li walked around his home bored out of his mind. He had just got finished with his training and didn't know what to do. "I'll just go watch TV." He muttered under his breath.
When he walked into the livingroom he noticed all of his sisters glued to the TV. They were watching some modeling shows. He sighed and went to sit down on an empty chair. He heard them talking about hoe they wanted some of those outfits and that they wanted to do some modeling. He shook his head at their girlishness and watched in boredom how it went through the different outfits.
"And now for our bathingsuit addition." Li sighed at the announcement not really interested in any of the girls on TV. "And next up we have a new comer who will be wearing our newest bathingsuit addition, Sakura Kinomoto." At the next announcement Li snapped up his head and watched as a girl with long auburn hair and sparkling green eyes walked down the isle in a skimpy bathingsuit. He felt his heart pump a little faster than usual at the sight of the girl that had been missing for 7 years. Her hair was longer now it came down to her lower back instead of her chin. Her body was that of a 17 years olds now too. He gaped in open mouthed amazement at the once was little girl. The sight of her brought back the haunting memory that he had been trying to forget. The day she disappeared and how it happened was a nightmare to his mind and a sore to his heart. He thought that he would never see her again. The cards hadn't shown up once since her disappearance and he was called back home to Hong Kong.
"Looks like Li found an interest in a girl on TV! How cute!" his sister's comment snapped him back to reality and he glared at her. The other 2 giggled at his face and went back to watching the models and their outfits. He got up out of his chair and was going to go do some more training when he heard the doorbell ring. He ignored it making one of his sisters go get it. When he neared the back door he heard one of his sisters squeal out "Oh! You're the girl who was just modeling on TV!! The one our brother was drooling all over!" he turned around in disbelief to see a blushing beautiful Sakura in the doorway.
Sakura looked at the girl who answered the door and blushed at her words having no ready reply for that accusation. When she was about to say something she noticed a gorgeous tall male with brown shaggy hair and deeper brown eyes push the girl out of the way.
"Sakura…" He whispered her name with what sounded like a little disbelief.
"Li…" they just stood there transfixed on each other until Madison cleared her throat from behind breaking the trance.
"Where have you been?" He asked it with a little regret in his voice for the time that they had been apart.
"Well, not in this world for 7 years. I think I was out asleep for 7 years in that void then brought out when it came time." He looked at her weirdly. "You remember that blue light that surrounded me at our picnic? It was caused by a guy who wanted the clow cards and me to be out of the way. He sent me to a void of nothingness so that I would stay there till future time when he gathered all of the clow cards. He has been going from world to world collecting their power sources." Li's face went grim at the news. He knew that something was wrong with the clow cards he just didn't know that someone had stolen them from the world. He felt the need to get them back gather up inside him.
"We need to find a way to go get the cards back away from him! If that guy uses them against our world or others it will be just as bad as leaving the cards uncaptured and letting them roam the world!"
"Who are you and what are you doing talking to my Li!?" Sakura looked over and saw a girl with long black hair in pigtails grab Li's arm and glare at her. Li sighed and shook his head at the person who never changed.
"Meiling! You don't look very different after 7." Sakura said pointing a finger at the girl who was glaring at her. Her face went from a glare to a look of surprise when she realized whom it was.
"Sakura! But you disappeared! Where did you take the clow cards?!" Sakura sighed at the accusation while Li groaned a little.
"She didn't put them anywhere." The three girls and boy looked over to see who spoke. Li's mother stood there with an impassive face. She looked directly at Sakura and smiled almost unnoticeable smile. "Do you know where to look for this creature whom stole the cards?" Sakura nodded a little at the question.
"I think he might be in the void."
"Good. Do you know how to get there?" Sakura shook her head with a sad look on her face. How could you get to a place like that? It was like trying to get to the farthest galaxy in space. Li's mother smiled fully and turned around to walk away. After one step forward she turned to look at the 4 17-year-olds still standing in the doorway. "Well are you coming or not?" They slowly followed her to her backyard to where there was a small gazebo. In the middle of the gazebo was a hole that showed the bare ground underneath. They all sat on benches around the hole while Li's mother stood before it with her arms stretched out. She whispered some words that caught on the wind and swept around them. Sakura felt her neck prickle at the feel of magic in the air. She watched as the sight of the dirt ground changed into a white mist just like the kind in the void. Li's mother finished her chanting and turned to face Sakura. "This is the way into the void Sakura. I have opened the portal and will keep it open till you and Li return."
"What about us?" Madison asked pointing at herself and Meiling.
"I don't trust her alone with my Li!" Meiling cried in outrage.
"You both don't have magic power so cant go. Only Li and Sakura can go to this battle. I would go myself if I could, but I must hold open the portal for them. Sakura, trust in your instincts and they will guide you through this challenge. That is all I may say, now go!"
Sakura grabbed Li's hand and they both jumped into the misty hole. She felt something like her stomach dropping 3 feet. When the sensation stopped she opened her eyes to gaze at her surroundings. The void was the same as she remembered it. Its white mists swirled around her and Li in thick masses. She felt a prickly foreboding feeling as she gazed at the nothingness around her. When she looked down at her feet she saw that she was floating in midair. Li turned to look at her with disbelief written all over his face.
"What is this place?" he asked in awe. Sakura shrugged.
"I just call it a void since there is no other words for it. Now where is that creep?" she looked around for any signs of the guy she had seen and found nothing but Li and a whole that went through back to her world. She dared not go much farther from that portal in case they got lost and were never able to return. She turned to face Li who was already facing her. He saw the fear in her eyes and smiled reassuringly at her.
"Sakura, I missed you when you were gone. It hurt me deeply when I saw you disappear from sight in that blue globe. I thought that I had lost you. I will make that guy pay for the years I had to go through without you!" Sakura smiled warmly at him thinking that he was mad at the lost of having lost a friend and nothing more. She didn't realize that his feelings ran deeper than friendship.
"It wasn't much fun for me to wake up one morning to find out that 7 years of my life was gone either. You are such a good friend Li. I hope we live through this to be able to live lour lives near one another again." He took a step closer to her, looking deeply into her eyes.
"Sakura, I lov…"
"Oh, so you returned here did you little mistress of the clow? Bringing a friend too I see." Li swirled around to see who had interrupted him to see a pale man with long black hair and black clothing standing before him and Sakura. The man's voice was eerie and cold, but also smooth and deep. At the corner of his eye Li watched Sakura flinch at the sight of him. He saw her shake in what he thought was fear.
When Sakura looked at the man she shook with rage at the thought of what he did to her life. Because of him she wouldn't graduate high school until she was in her late 20's. He looked the same to her. Same handsome mocking face and same black trenchcoat. Power still swirled around him making her tingle all over. "Ugh! Don't you ever change clothes? Even after 7 years?"
The man looked over at her disgusted looking face and smiled. "For me, time has stayed the same. For others, such as you, it has passed. You have grown to be quite the beauty. Maybe I will keep you for myself. Your friend however must be going." The man turned to Li and started whispering words of magic under his breath. Just before a white searing flash of energy could hit him Sakura threw herself at Li pushing him out of the way. She wasn't to get fully out of the way though and her right thigh got seared. She screamed out in pain and glared at the evil man. Li looked into Sakura's face whom was on top of him at the moment. She was searing with rage.
The man started whispering more words under his breath as Sakura and Li recovered from the attack. They jumped out of the way of another flash and then another. They kept at this pace for quite a while trying not to get hit.
"It's the thunder card!!" Sakura exclaimed when she looked closely at the next flash she evaded.
"Very good! I will kill your friend by your own powers, fun isn't it?" The man smirked at the startled Sakura and called out another power. Soon Li was dogging out of the way of a fire attack. Sakura growled at the man and rammed into him before he could let loose another attack. He swept her out of the way easily laughing at her while doing so. She fell on her butt from his strong push and glared at him some more. She felt her heart skip a beat when she heard Li cry out in pain. She looked over at him to find that he was holding his shoulder and trying to evade another attack. She felt her anger raise to its peak and grabbed at a necklace she was wearing. She looked down to find her key. She smiled as she stood up and called on its power and turned it into a wand.
She looked into herself looking for a solution and found her inner power. A power that no one else possessed, the power that only the clow mistress could have. She grasped the power and called using it as her connection to the cards. She called the cards to her mentally. When she opened her eyes she saw a pocket in the man's trenchcoat glow then rip open to reveal the cards. They swept away from him and came to land in her hands. He turned to look at her in amazement and anger.
"You ripped my coat!! You, little girl, will pay!" he gathered his power about him readying it to throw at her.
While he readied his power, Sakura threw all the cards in the air and hit them with her wand. "Cards of the clow, combined your powers to one and defeat this man!!" The cards released all their powers and swirled them together in a big bright blue ball of light. They massed and grew in strength at each passing moment. When the man released a searing white ball of light the cards power flew to intercept it. They collided in a mass of fireworks, pieces of light flying from the encounter. The balls of light grinded together for a long period of time, both seeming to be the same in strength. Sakura felt that she couldn't win this fight unless she was able to give for strength to her attack. She followed her instincts and drew power from herself to add to that of the cards. As she gathered it she felt a heavy wind blow about her causing her braid of auburn hair to whip into her face leaving a red mark on her cheek. When she was about to release her power she felt someone grab her hands. She looked up to find Li holding onto her smiling reassurance. She smiled back and felt him gather his own power and add to hers. When they released the power they gathered together it went into the blue and white of the clow cards and mans power in a pink and blue light. When it hit the powers the white of the man's disintegrated into nothing and went forward to hit the man. He screamed out in agony when it hit him. Sakura and Li watched in amazement as he disintegrated into nothing but a small pile of ash.
Sakura returned the cards power and put them away. She turned to Li and smiled at him. He blushed slightly at the warm feeling he got when those emerald eyes gazed at him. He felt like they pierced his soul. When he staggered a little she put her arm around him and helped him walk to the portal.
"Sakura wait. Before we go through I want to tell you something" She looked over at him with a questioning look on her face. He smiled and gathered his courage to tell her his feelings. "I love you Sakura." Her face turned to a look of statement and he felt that she didn't feel the same way. When he turned to walk through the portal he felt her grab him and kiss him full on the lips. He staggered backwards in surprise, taking them both through the portal. White light flashed around the kissing couple as they went through, back to their world.
Sakura opened her eyes when she heard Meiling yelling at her. She found herself kissing chibi Li and realized that she was back to her ten year old body. She drew back from him and scratched the back of her head and laughed hesitantly. She winced when her hand came in contact with the bump on her head from the collision earlier that day. Li looked a bit startled and confused.
"How dare you kiss my Li!" Meiling cried at her, but she ignored her. Li stopped looking startled and started to blush crimson. Sakura stood there wondering if it was a dream or reality that had happened. She went with the dream and apologized to Li for kissing him, Though she personally wanted to kiss him again. Well, perhaps that will happen in the future. Right now she just wanted to enjoy being 10. her eyes sparkled as she picked up the volleyball and passed it to Madison. She would enjoy as much of her childhood as possible.
There you guys go. That was the longest fanfic I have ever wrote and my butt hurts from sitting in front of the computer typing all day. I hope you enjoyed it. Oh, forgive me if I made some mistakes, I m too tired to edit it right now and I would probably be too lazy to do it later. Ja!
