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AN, Sorry this took so long, but I have a big writers block on my hands right now. I may redo this chapter if it ends any time soon.
No Longer A Child
The Battle Begins
by BlahBlahBlah136
On the way out all of Syoaran's sisters gave Sakura and Syoaran huge hugs. "Take care of the little Cherry Blossom, little brother. I would love it if she were my sister-in-law," Li Sheifa whispered into the young warrior's ear as she gave him a suffocating hug. Syoaran blushed beet red and picked up Sakura's bag. The magical duo walked to the small white limousine parked in the driveway.
"Wait, Wait, Wait," Kero's raspy voice called from the door as Sakura was about to shut the car door. "Can't we just leave him here in China?" Syoaran grumbled. "Oh Syoaran," Sakura sighed and let the small guardian in the car. 'This is sure a nice limousine you got here, gaki," Kero commented," AAAAAHHHH, MINI-'FRIDGE" Kero dove for the little black door. Kero opened the door and looked at the small selection of food. "Pudding!" he screamed in delight and jumped into the fridge. Syoaran closed the door on the small refrigerator with his foot.
"Hey, Gaki! Let me out!!! No, wait! Don't let me out! There is chocolate cake in here!!!!"
Sakura sweatdropped, "Syoaran, did you plan that?" "That was one of three plans to get to spend time with you on the way home. Plan A was to leave him here. Plan B was have cake and pudding in the mini-fridge. Plan C is to drop him out of the plane, or flush him down the airplane toilet," Syoaran said gruffly. Sakura giggled, "Don't do that!" and poked him in the stomach. "All right," Syoaran smiled evily," Now your in for it! No one pokes a Li and gets away with it." Syoaran started to tickle Sakura mercilessly. After a few minutes of laughing uncontrollably Sakura was able to yell, "I give up! You win! White flag!"
Just as Syoaran stopped the limousine came to a stop at the airport. Syoaran open the fridge and saw a very stuffed looking stuffed animal with chocolate all around it's mouth. "Kero! How much did you eat!" Sakura gasped. Kero moaned, "Well, there was a chocolate cake, five packs of pre-made pudding, and seven 5-packs of Twinkies. Oooohhh, Twinkies. I never want to eat again," Kero's head shot up suddenly and he added, "Unless they have those little salted peanuts on the flight." Everyone but Kero sweatdropped at this.
Sakura picked up her carry-on bags and Syoaran grabbed all the rest of the bags in one hand and held Sakura's waist with the other. Sakura stuffed Kero in her pink handbag and they walked toward the entrance.
There was a big flash when Sakura walked through the door. Nearly every type of media from all over the world was there. Most it was newspapers from china. Sakura did spot People magazine and YM. Everyone was yelling something like, "Why are you going back to Japan, Li-sama?" "A comment for the Hong Kong times," "Who is the lovely lady with you?" It was giving Sakura a headache. Syoaran could see her discomfort, so he grabbed her hand and started to run through the airport, using the excuse, "we're late for our flight" to the media or anyone who was against to them running.
"I see one reason why you were so aloof at first. That was enough to make anyone sour," Sakura held her forehead when they got to their seats. "You get used to it," Syoaran said and shrugged his shoulders, "And you learn to bring Advil. He handed her two small pills. (Do I put too many pain killers in this story?) "Thanks" she uttered gratefully.
The medicine put Sakura out like a light. Within fifteen minutes she was sleeping peacefully on Syoaran's shoulder. Kero ate at least fifteen packets of peanuts during the flight. On the sixteenth bag, the stewardess gave Syoaran an odd look. She was obviously thinking that Syoaran was eating them all and something like, 'I've never seen a guy eat so many airline peanuts!' Much to Syoaran's protests, Kero also ate Sakura's lunch.
The plane landed and Sakura woke up. Her stomach let out a very loud growled and she turned equally red. "Hoe, I guess I missed lunch," she said meekly. "You didn't miss it, Kero ate it." Syoaran growled. "Oh well, I just want to get home and see my dad and Touya. I want to tell Tomoyo all about China too!" Sakura cheered up and grabbed her bag off the baggage claim.
(Kinomoto residence, 2:35 PM)
"Hello!? Is anyone home?" Sakura yelled up the stairs. There was no answer. She turned around to face Syoaran and asked, "Where could they be?"
"They could be at the store, at work, at the park, at school, at the museum, at the movies, at the..."
"OK, OK, OK, I get the picture," Sakura cut him off, "Maybe I'll call Tomoyo. On the phone she said Eriol was coming back sometime. She didn't know when though." Sakura picked up the phone on the table in the hallway and dialed her best friend's number. Tomoyo's mother picked up immediately and answered, "Tomoyo," a little to quickly for Sakura to feel everything was all right. "No, this is Sakura. I'm guessing Tomoyo isn't there," Sakura said solemnly. "No, I haven't seen her in 32 hours! She's just gone missing! Do you know where she is?" Tomoyo's mom was panicking. "It will all turn out right. I'll go look for her now," Sakura said, failing miserably to hide the fear in her voice. She hung up the phone and turned to Syoaran, "Tomoyo is missing too!"
"There is probably some logical explanation to all of this. Maybe she is with Eriol. Do you have Eriol's number?" Deep down Syoaran would be jealous if she did have his number. "No, I don't. I'll just leave a note for Touya and dad and we can go look for her," Sakura went into the kitchen to look for a piece of paper and pen.
Syoaran looked at the pictures on the wall. There were pictures of Touya, Fujitaka, and Sakura everywhere. His eyes caught sight of a picture that was slightly different from the others. There was a beautiful woman holding a baby, with a little boy tugging on her skirt. Syoaran recognized the man standing behind the woman. It was Sakura's dad. The baby had to be Sakura, with her emerald green eyes, and the little boy would have to be Touya. They looked so happy in the picture. 'I hope I have a family like this when I grow up,' Syoaran thought peacefully.
There was a huge crash from the kitchen that brought Syoaran running in. Sakura was on the floor crying. There was broken glass on the floor too. "Sakura! What happen!? What's wrong!?" He shouted and bent down to pick her up. Syoaran lifted her up into a nearby chair. As he started to clean up the glass she explained, "I came in ...*sniffle*...to get a piece...*sniffle*... of paper. ...*sniffle*...I was kind of thirsty ...*sniffle*...so I got a glass ...*sniffle*...for water. *sniffle*...That's when I ..*sniffle*... saw that," She pointed to a piece of paper and a rose on the counter, " My leg ...*sniffle*...went out because ..*sniffle*...it's still not ..*sniffle*...what it used to ..*sniffle* be." Syoaran picked the paper up and read it.
My Dear Cherry Blossom
I told you your family and friends could get hurt if I didn't get what I wanted. I'm willing to make a trade. I'll trade you for the people I've kidnapped. I've taken Tomoyo, Touya, and your father. Meet me in penguin park at midnight. I won't matter if you come alone. I'll destroy anyone who comes with you. Don't try to fight. You WILL lose. Don't worry. All I want is you and your powers. That's not much to ask for, is it? I do think I am getting the better end of the deal.
Your Enemy, Your demise, and Your not so Secret Admirer
Harrison Yunshing
Syoaran picked up the rose. "My tiny rose was better. It was at least creative. This is just a lame excuse for a romantic gift. It's not even that great of a rose!" He commented sarcastically. "That was you?" Sakura wiped her red, puffy eyes. "Of course. Who else could love you like I do? And those were expressions of my feelings for you. You didn't technically wait for me, but in your heart you did. That's enough for me," he said and gave her a peck on the lips.
Sakura winced. "What's wrong?" Sakura opened one eye, "Jet-lag. I'm so tired." Syoaran replied, "Then you best get some sleep! I'll strategies while you take a nap." Sakura stood up. "You will not go with me! I won't see you get hurt. You can't go!" she defied just before her leg gave out again. Syoaran caught her and swept her off her feet. "You're not going alone with that leg. I'm going, you are going to sleep, and there is nothing you can say to change that, Sakura-chan," Syoaran said knowingly as he started to carry Sakura up to her room. '-chan?' Sakura thought and smiled, '-chan is nice'
Syoaran put Sakura into her bed, pulled the sheets up, and kissed her forehead. "Sleep," he commanded and left.
(Penguin Slide, 11:56 PM)
"I can't believe you slept until 11:48! How much sleep can one person possibly need?" Syoaran critiqued on Sakura's behavior. "What!? I had jet-lag, and we woke up at 3:oo to finish packing, and the sleep I got on the plane was just due to the Advil," Sakura complained childishly.
"You're early," a voice came from behind them. Syoaran didn't look up from his feet, but said, "What did you expect?" "I was talking to Sakura," Harrison scowled and walked up behind the her. "W-where is m-my f-family?" Sakura stuttered nervously. Harrison smirked, "behind me. Are you coming peacefully, or is there going to be a fight?" A bubble with Tomoyo, Touya, and Mr.Kinomoto floated down from the black night sky. "She may not fight you, but you can bet I will!" Syoaran drew his sword and rushed at Harrison.
There was a loud clang and a spark from metal scraping on metal. Harrison had also drawn a sword. His sword was long and black that blended with the darkness. Sakura took a few steps back. That battle had begun.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stupid writers block. I can't even write more than four pages without running out of words! PLEASE, good reviews might be able to break this stupid block! If you give me a good flame I might redo this chapter. I think the hot weather here has turned my brain to noodles! HELP, REVIEW!
~BlahBlahBlah136
AN, Sorry this took so long, but I have a big writers block on my hands right now. I may redo this chapter if it ends any time soon.
No Longer A Child
The Battle Begins
by BlahBlahBlah136
On the way out all of Syoaran's sisters gave Sakura and Syoaran huge hugs. "Take care of the little Cherry Blossom, little brother. I would love it if she were my sister-in-law," Li Sheifa whispered into the young warrior's ear as she gave him a suffocating hug. Syoaran blushed beet red and picked up Sakura's bag. The magical duo walked to the small white limousine parked in the driveway.
"Wait, Wait, Wait," Kero's raspy voice called from the door as Sakura was about to shut the car door. "Can't we just leave him here in China?" Syoaran grumbled. "Oh Syoaran," Sakura sighed and let the small guardian in the car. 'This is sure a nice limousine you got here, gaki," Kero commented," AAAAAHHHH, MINI-'FRIDGE" Kero dove for the little black door. Kero opened the door and looked at the small selection of food. "Pudding!" he screamed in delight and jumped into the fridge. Syoaran closed the door on the small refrigerator with his foot.
"Hey, Gaki! Let me out!!! No, wait! Don't let me out! There is chocolate cake in here!!!!"
Sakura sweatdropped, "Syoaran, did you plan that?" "That was one of three plans to get to spend time with you on the way home. Plan A was to leave him here. Plan B was have cake and pudding in the mini-fridge. Plan C is to drop him out of the plane, or flush him down the airplane toilet," Syoaran said gruffly. Sakura giggled, "Don't do that!" and poked him in the stomach. "All right," Syoaran smiled evily," Now your in for it! No one pokes a Li and gets away with it." Syoaran started to tickle Sakura mercilessly. After a few minutes of laughing uncontrollably Sakura was able to yell, "I give up! You win! White flag!"
Just as Syoaran stopped the limousine came to a stop at the airport. Syoaran open the fridge and saw a very stuffed looking stuffed animal with chocolate all around it's mouth. "Kero! How much did you eat!" Sakura gasped. Kero moaned, "Well, there was a chocolate cake, five packs of pre-made pudding, and seven 5-packs of Twinkies. Oooohhh, Twinkies. I never want to eat again," Kero's head shot up suddenly and he added, "Unless they have those little salted peanuts on the flight." Everyone but Kero sweatdropped at this.
Sakura picked up her carry-on bags and Syoaran grabbed all the rest of the bags in one hand and held Sakura's waist with the other. Sakura stuffed Kero in her pink handbag and they walked toward the entrance.
There was a big flash when Sakura walked through the door. Nearly every type of media from all over the world was there. Most it was newspapers from china. Sakura did spot People magazine and YM. Everyone was yelling something like, "Why are you going back to Japan, Li-sama?" "A comment for the Hong Kong times," "Who is the lovely lady with you?" It was giving Sakura a headache. Syoaran could see her discomfort, so he grabbed her hand and started to run through the airport, using the excuse, "we're late for our flight" to the media or anyone who was against to them running.
"I see one reason why you were so aloof at first. That was enough to make anyone sour," Sakura held her forehead when they got to their seats. "You get used to it," Syoaran said and shrugged his shoulders, "And you learn to bring Advil. He handed her two small pills. (Do I put too many pain killers in this story?) "Thanks" she uttered gratefully.
The medicine put Sakura out like a light. Within fifteen minutes she was sleeping peacefully on Syoaran's shoulder. Kero ate at least fifteen packets of peanuts during the flight. On the sixteenth bag, the stewardess gave Syoaran an odd look. She was obviously thinking that Syoaran was eating them all and something like, 'I've never seen a guy eat so many airline peanuts!' Much to Syoaran's protests, Kero also ate Sakura's lunch.
The plane landed and Sakura woke up. Her stomach let out a very loud growled and she turned equally red. "Hoe, I guess I missed lunch," she said meekly. "You didn't miss it, Kero ate it." Syoaran growled. "Oh well, I just want to get home and see my dad and Touya. I want to tell Tomoyo all about China too!" Sakura cheered up and grabbed her bag off the baggage claim.
(Kinomoto residence, 2:35 PM)
"Hello!? Is anyone home?" Sakura yelled up the stairs. There was no answer. She turned around to face Syoaran and asked, "Where could they be?"
"They could be at the store, at work, at the park, at school, at the museum, at the movies, at the..."
"OK, OK, OK, I get the picture," Sakura cut him off, "Maybe I'll call Tomoyo. On the phone she said Eriol was coming back sometime. She didn't know when though." Sakura picked up the phone on the table in the hallway and dialed her best friend's number. Tomoyo's mother picked up immediately and answered, "Tomoyo," a little to quickly for Sakura to feel everything was all right. "No, this is Sakura. I'm guessing Tomoyo isn't there," Sakura said solemnly. "No, I haven't seen her in 32 hours! She's just gone missing! Do you know where she is?" Tomoyo's mom was panicking. "It will all turn out right. I'll go look for her now," Sakura said, failing miserably to hide the fear in her voice. She hung up the phone and turned to Syoaran, "Tomoyo is missing too!"
"There is probably some logical explanation to all of this. Maybe she is with Eriol. Do you have Eriol's number?" Deep down Syoaran would be jealous if she did have his number. "No, I don't. I'll just leave a note for Touya and dad and we can go look for her," Sakura went into the kitchen to look for a piece of paper and pen.
Syoaran looked at the pictures on the wall. There were pictures of Touya, Fujitaka, and Sakura everywhere. His eyes caught sight of a picture that was slightly different from the others. There was a beautiful woman holding a baby, with a little boy tugging on her skirt. Syoaran recognized the man standing behind the woman. It was Sakura's dad. The baby had to be Sakura, with her emerald green eyes, and the little boy would have to be Touya. They looked so happy in the picture. 'I hope I have a family like this when I grow up,' Syoaran thought peacefully.
There was a huge crash from the kitchen that brought Syoaran running in. Sakura was on the floor crying. There was broken glass on the floor too. "Sakura! What happen!? What's wrong!?" He shouted and bent down to pick her up. Syoaran lifted her up into a nearby chair. As he started to clean up the glass she explained, "I came in ...*sniffle*...to get a piece...*sniffle*... of paper. ...*sniffle*...I was kind of thirsty ...*sniffle*...so I got a glass ...*sniffle*...for water. *sniffle*...That's when I ..*sniffle*... saw that," She pointed to a piece of paper and a rose on the counter, " My leg ...*sniffle*...went out because ..*sniffle*...it's still not ..*sniffle*...what it used to ..*sniffle* be." Syoaran picked the paper up and read it.
My Dear Cherry Blossom
I told you your family and friends could get hurt if I didn't get what I wanted. I'm willing to make a trade. I'll trade you for the people I've kidnapped. I've taken Tomoyo, Touya, and your father. Meet me in penguin park at midnight. I won't matter if you come alone. I'll destroy anyone who comes with you. Don't try to fight. You WILL lose. Don't worry. All I want is you and your powers. That's not much to ask for, is it? I do think I am getting the better end of the deal.
Your Enemy, Your demise, and Your not so Secret Admirer
Harrison Yunshing
Syoaran picked up the rose. "My tiny rose was better. It was at least creative. This is just a lame excuse for a romantic gift. It's not even that great of a rose!" He commented sarcastically. "That was you?" Sakura wiped her red, puffy eyes. "Of course. Who else could love you like I do? And those were expressions of my feelings for you. You didn't technically wait for me, but in your heart you did. That's enough for me," he said and gave her a peck on the lips.
Sakura winced. "What's wrong?" Sakura opened one eye, "Jet-lag. I'm so tired." Syoaran replied, "Then you best get some sleep! I'll strategies while you take a nap." Sakura stood up. "You will not go with me! I won't see you get hurt. You can't go!" she defied just before her leg gave out again. Syoaran caught her and swept her off her feet. "You're not going alone with that leg. I'm going, you are going to sleep, and there is nothing you can say to change that, Sakura-chan," Syoaran said knowingly as he started to carry Sakura up to her room. '-chan?' Sakura thought and smiled, '-chan is nice'
Syoaran put Sakura into her bed, pulled the sheets up, and kissed her forehead. "Sleep," he commanded and left.
(Penguin Slide, 11:56 PM)
"I can't believe you slept until 11:48! How much sleep can one person possibly need?" Syoaran critiqued on Sakura's behavior. "What!? I had jet-lag, and we woke up at 3:oo to finish packing, and the sleep I got on the plane was just due to the Advil," Sakura complained childishly.
"You're early," a voice came from behind them. Syoaran didn't look up from his feet, but said, "What did you expect?" "I was talking to Sakura," Harrison scowled and walked up behind the her. "W-where is m-my f-family?" Sakura stuttered nervously. Harrison smirked, "behind me. Are you coming peacefully, or is there going to be a fight?" A bubble with Tomoyo, Touya, and Mr.Kinomoto floated down from the black night sky. "She may not fight you, but you can bet I will!" Syoaran drew his sword and rushed at Harrison.
There was a loud clang and a spark from metal scraping on metal. Harrison had also drawn a sword. His sword was long and black that blended with the darkness. Sakura took a few steps back. That battle had begun.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stupid writers block. I can't even write more than four pages without running out of words! PLEASE, good reviews might be able to break this stupid block! If you give me a good flame I might redo this chapter. I think the hot weather here has turned my brain to noodles! HELP, REVIEW!
~BlahBlahBlah136