Episode #2: Sakura and Syaoran Past


Sakura sat down with a blanket around her body and hot warm tea close to her mouth. The steam went up to her face and made her feel very warm. Suddenly, Mei Ling came in the room with a cold cloth in her hand. Sakura upon seeing her shot up from her seat. "Is Syaoran ok?" Sakura asked, Mei Ling looked at her with worried eyes, "Mei Ling-chan, answer me, is he alright?"

"Oh sorry Sakura-chan..." Mei Ling apologized, "...he will be fine. But Sakura-san, was that really Lung Da?" Sakura looked confused not knowing who or what Mei Ling was talking about, but was also knew whom she was talking about at the same time. "I think so," Sakura said, "Was that the boy with the braided hair?" Mei Ling nodded, "Mei Ling-chan, who is this boy, why did he try to hurt Syaoran?" Mei Ling took the towel away from Sakura's body, seeing as how she was finished with it.

"I cannot explain it well Sakura," Mei Ling looked off, "But this is all I know, of my experience in remembering that terrible time, I try to forget it, but it seems that its hard to forget the past." Mei Ling sat down next to Sakura and began to explain.

"Back then, when Syaoran and I were about seven years old, Wei made two great friends. One friend was from his old martial arts school in China, and the other friend was his tour guide from when he visited England. His two friends had children, so Wei agreed to take care of his Chinese friend's child, and his English friend's child. They moved in with us as martial arts students. The English student was a beautiful British girl, ten years of age, her name was Vung Emily and the other...was Lung Da, the Chinese ten year old."

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"Wae, ni hao ma? (Hi, how are you?)" Syaoran said to the Chinese boy who was unpacking his stuff in the place he would now call home. But the Chinese boy didn't answer back; he just gave Syaoran a puzzled look. "I don't speak Mandarin," the boy answered. "Really?" Syaoran said, "How bout Cantonese?" The boy looked at Syaoran "We're speaking in it now aren't we?" Syaoran nodded, "Cool ponytail, it looks real Chinese," Syaoran looked at the sad boy, "What's wrong?" The boy looked back at Syaoran, "Nothing, my father gave me this ponytail, we have strong ties to the old Chinese past, by the way, my name is Lung, Lung Da. May I ask of yours?" Syaoran smiled as he felt them getting along now.

In another room, Mei Ling was having a hard time speaking to the blonde girl. Her hair was in large strands tied together and she had a blue dress on her with frills on her. Her hair was shining from the fancy rich shampoo and hairspray she used. She wore a hair band on her head too. Her beautiful blue eyes shimmered when she looked at Mei Ling. "Well you see, kung-fu doesn't hurt you, it just makes you sore." Mei Ling said trying to scare the girl. "Just so you know Chinese girl, I came to learn kung-fu not to be scared by poor Chinese girls like you." Mei Ling had a vein pop out of her head, "WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Mei Ling demanded.

"What's wrong," Syaoran said coming into the room. Mei Ling hugged him the minute he came in, "Mei Ling, I heard you yell, what's wrong?" The girl said to the crying Mei Ling "Geez, don't take me seriously, I'm Vung, Vung Emily, don't let me get to you. But hey Mei Ling, you started it!" Suddenly, Lung came into the room and the first thing he saw was Vung. "Who's the girl Syaoran?" Lung asked blushing. "Oh," Syaoran hesitated, "Lung, this is Vung Emily; Vung, this is Lung Da, you both have something in common, you both just transferred here. "Nice to meet you!" Vung said. "Same here!" Lung managed to say while blushing. "EVERYBODY, IT'S TIME TO LEARN TODAY'S LESSON!!!" Wei shouted. Everyone got up and went to go for today's kung-fu lesson.

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"We would all take kung-fu lessons together. Lung and Vung made great progress, even at a faster rate that when were learning. They would even take kung-fu lessons after the lessons were over so that they could all get better. Vung always had trouble executing moves and stuff, so she took those lessons to get better. But Lung Da was already better, better than Syaoran and I put together, yet he still practiced after lessons. So after being better than me and Syaoran, Vung and Lung were the two top students in that class. That's when all of the sudden, Lung's parents had to call for him."

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"Lung Da!" Wei called, "Yes see-foo?" Lung asked, "Your father called for you!" All of the sudden, Lung's face turned into a sad face. "Why!? What's wrong with father?" Wei saw him sad, "Nothing, your father wants you to return to Hong Kong, he believes that you should return now." Lung looked at his shaking fist. "Very well! I'll go pack now see-foo..." Lung turned around and was about to walk out of the door, "It was nice to meet you and your family Wei." Lung left and went back to his room.
Lung was not walking straight; he was stepping into the walls and bumping into many obstacles, Vung was walking in the same hallway at the same time with a nightshirt on and a glass of water in her hand. "Hey Lung!" she shouted, but Lung closed the door on her. All of the sudden, Vung began to worry.

"I can't go home, I don't want to go home, my friends, I can't leave them, my first friends." Lung covered his eyes trying to hide his sadness. Then, Syaoran popped into the room, "Hey buddy!!!" Syaoran yelled for joy, "What's up!? Huh!?" Syaoran noticed his hands across his face. "Syaoran, my friend, my father has called for me!" Syaoran sat down next to him with a worried face. "You have to go back then, right?" Lung nodded, "I have to, but I don't want to! Syaoran, all of you are my first friends, I have never had friends before," Lung uncovered his dark face, "Father never introduced me to any friends." Syaoran and him were sad together.
"I hate this Syaoran, when I finally get friends, I'm called back!" Lung was about to bend his head down, but Syaoran said to him to relieve him, "Don't worry," Lung turned his sad face to his best friend, "Even though we will be in different parts of the world, we will be best friends forever!" Lung smiled and they shook hands. "Wanna help me pack?" Lung smiled and Syaoran nodded, "Let's go!" "Wait!" a high-pitched voice shouted, "We're helping too." Vung came in her nightshirt with Mei Ling by her side. "I like to help you, after all, we did transfer here at the same time, and you did help me with my kung-fu lessons, and I did happen to kick your ass once too." The last statement she said smiling. "Ok then, let's get packing..."

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"Wait," Sakura interrupted the story, "If you all were so nice to Lung Da, and you all are friends, then why does Lung want to kill Syaoran, and why are you all so cautious of that?" Sakura waited, biting her lip. "I was getting to that," Mei Ling answered, "It all started after Lung left, we didn't hear from him 'till 2 months, then he came back...for a funeral!"

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The sad funeral music played while Mei Ling, Syaoran, Vung, and Wei all looked down at an open hole to a coffin. Lung was next to the coffin crying, and his tears clumped together with the rain. He didn't care if his nice tuxedo was all wet and muddy, his father just died.

"Papa...moe joe ah! Guo mn dak gee mo nay yah! (Father...doesn't leave me! I can't live with you gone!)" Lung felt the polished coffin and then collapsed on his butt. Wei put a comforting hand on his should and he looked back to see Wei. "I'm sorry Lung!" Syaoran apologized, "I never had a father, so I don't know how it feels like...but as your best friend I-" "SHUT UP SYAORAN LI!!!" Lung yelled at his friend. "You don't know how it feels, you don't even know how it is as of yet!"

Lung got really pissed off and ran off into the trees. "I'll go follow him Syaoran Li," Vung said, "I'll go talk to him!" Vung ran off and Syaoran, Mei Ling, and Wei were under an umbrella. "Wei, how much of a friend was he to you?" Syaoran asked. "A good one" Wei replied. Suddenly, Syaoran and Mei Ling saw Lung shoot out of the trees and run far far away. Syaoran and Mei Ling ran into the trees trying to find Vung, and Vung was staring in outer space and feeling on the outer edges of her lips.

"What happened!?" Syaoran asked, "Where is he going!?" Vung was blushing and told Syaoran, "Don't worry, he'll promise to be back one of these days, he just needs to be on his own to think."

A few months later...

Vung was praying above her bed. She was wishing and praying for the usual things: wealth, health, and a great life. Suddenly, Wei came to check on her, "Aren't you supposed to be asleep!?" "Yes see-foo!" Vung said with a pretty smile on her face. She went in her bed and covered herself up. "Vung, was today's kung-fu lesson hard for you?" Wei asked sitting next to her bed. "No see-foo", she replied, "It was a little hard, but I got it!" Wei smiled and turned out her light and turned on her night-light. "I expect the best from my best student so far, well, good night Vung, have sweet dreams!" Wei closed the door and Vung was alone and had her eyes closed. But suddenly, a shadow flew across her sleeping eyes. She popped open her eyes and thought she saw something, but just suspected it was nothing.

Wei was in his office until he heard a clatter outside. He came out to check on it, wearing his sleeping robe. He looked out the door and saw nothing, and then he came out the door and still saw nothing. When he was about to go back inside, he had someone clinging on his back. He quickly shook off the person clinging on his back and looked at the shadowy figure.
"WHO ARE YOU!?" he asked, but the shadow did not answer, "BEEN GWO!? (WHO ARE YOU!?)" Instead of the shadow telling his name, the shadow stepped into the light and Wei saw who it was.

"Lung!!!" he gaped, "Why are you here, what do you want?" In disbelief Wei stepped back, scared of Lung's reappearance. Lung was in a great trance, he opened up his eyes and glared at Wei, and then he took a fighting stance. "What are you doing?" Wei asked in disbelief. "I will fight you, and kill you, see-foo!" Lung wasted no time and ran to grab Wei's arm. Once Lung had his arm, he snapped it and popped it out of his socket. Wei fell to the ground and Lung just kept on kicking his ribs and his back. Then to end it, he lifted up a dagger and was about to stab it down. The dagger inched closer and closer to Wei.

"NO STOP!" Vung yelled, jumping in front of Wei. Then the dagger stabbed Vung in her stomach, the sheer pain in her made blood gush out and she screamed in agony. Syaoran was looking at this and yelled, "LUNG DA!!! NOOOOOOOO!!!" Lung Da just stood over his old friend Vung as she bled over Wei. He jumped away in the trees just as Syaoran was going to grab him.
Syaoran carried Wei and Vung in each arm, and then Mei Ling came out and screamed at the two bodies. "Call for help Mei Ling, I'll go follow him!" Syaoran said, grabbing his bell, transforming it into a sword, and following Lung Da.

Mei Ling called for help and waited for the ambulance to come and help the two injured people. Mei Ling stood next to them while she anxiously waited for the ambulance and Li Syaoran to return.

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"So after the ambulance came to pick up Wei and Vung, Syaoran came back, with the end tip of his sword bloody, I asked him what had happened, he just told me Lung got away with a broken blood vessel. Vung was not dead, she lived, and then she went back to England. Wei healed, and then after that, we made sure to forget what happened that night." Sakura sat down amazed and saddened by the story. "Mei Ling-chan, are you okay?" Sakura asked worried. "I am," she replied, "But Syaoran isn't, Syaoran cannot forgive Lung for what he did, and Lung can not forgive Syaoran for something he did to him." Sakura looked away from Mei Ling for a moment, "I guess, I guess I understand." Sakura looked back at Mei Ling, "It must be hurtful when your own best friend does something terrible like that. I just hope Tomoyo-chan never does that to hurt me."

"She won't," Syaoran said clutching his stomach, "But Lung Da will, don't ever let him intimidate you, we have to fight him!" Syaoran bravely stood up bearing the pain. Sakura watched Syaoran silently, "Li-kun..."

Next Fanfic Preview: Ouch! Lung Da is hurting Li-kun and me. What do I do, Li-kun is hurt and I can't fight, what will happen now, is he going to kill me? CARD CAPTOR SAKURA: Sakura and the Fight with Lung Da. Next time release along with Sakura.