Hey guys, sorry that I haven't posted for a while

Hey guys, sorry that I haven't posted for a while. I didn't have anytime and I caught a very common disease…writer's block…^_^

I managed to get rid of that and get this next chapter out for you guys. Well here's the next part. Have fun!

Finding Him- Part 12

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Syaoran turned around. What he saw caused him to stare in horror and fright.

Sakura was wrapped up in periwinkle-blue ribbons that came out of the ceremonial pool. The ribbons held her above the pool of water while she struggled to free herself.

Everyone in the room watched in horror as Syaoran rushed up to save Sakura, closely followed by Kero and Yue.

Sakura pulled out her wand and tossed a card in the air but before she could, she was pulled into the water and a bright flash of light appeared, momentarily blinding everyone in the room.

The light slowly receded. Syaoran dashed up to the pool only to find Sakura had disappeared with the light. All that remained of her was the Clow wand and the card she was about to use…Arrow.

"Sakura…" Syaoran whispered as he hung his head and slammed his fist down on the tile that lined the side of the pool. Pain and grief wrenched at his heart as he then cried out agonizing, "SAKURA!!!!"

Anguish washed over Syaoran as he watched slow ripples move across the water and his reflection stare back at him: taunting him, blaming him for not rescuing his beloved; mocking him…

A comforting hand reaches out to rest on his shoulder. Meiling stands behind Syaoran in the reflections and tries to smile and give him a comforting look.

Kero and Yue rush up to pool.

"Sakura!" Kero cries out while Yue searches for his mistress but there is no sign of her.

Syaoran stared into the waters where Sakura had disappeared. How could she just disappear? There was no logical explanation.

A glitter caught his eyes. He reached deep into the water and pulled out a small hairpin. A cherry blossom lay in Syaoran's hand, its elegance surrounded by a golden tan.

Syaoran folded his hand around the small hairpin and brings his hands close to his heart as if he could feel Sakura in the pendent and somehow that will lead him to her. He closed his eyes to keep tears from dripping out of them but they flew open as realization hit. He quickly turned and narrowed his eyes.

"What did you do to her!?" Syaoran yelled at the elders. "Where did you take her? Could you not bear the fact that she was more powerful than all of you and that beast of yours so you decided to take her away? Where is she!"

The elders stared as Syaoran spoke with such passion that proved he truly cared for the Clow Card Mistress. One of the elders that was one of Syaoran favorite great-uncles stood and address his furious great-nephew.

"Syaoran, we do not know where the Clow Card Mistress has disappeared to but we assure you that it was not us who took her from you. We feel for your lose and allow you to search for her but before you do so, we ask if you will return to your house and think clearly about what you are about to do."

Syaoran stared at his elders. They had never lied to him before so they had to be telling the truth and he believed them. Kero, on the other hand, did not.

"What do you mean you didn't do anything? Sakura disappeared in this building. Are you sure you don't have some creature at the bottom of that well? How do we know that you're not lying you us?"

The elder stared at Kero before answering him. "We do not have a creature at the bottom of our ceremonial well. We have allowed Syaoran to search for the girl but we will not aid in his search. He must find her by his own to prove his loyalty to the girl. I give you the same suggestion I gave my great-nephew. Think about what you want to do and make sure you are totally devoted to that cause. If you truly wish to find your mistress, you will find her. The same thing goes for you Yue."

Kero growled and began to dart to yell in the elder's face but Meiling grabbed his tail and pulled him back. She then hissed to him and Syaoran, "Do as they say. They are being generous by letting you search for Sakura. Go back home, think of a plan, and then we'll go and look for her." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Syaoran paced about the room while Meiling, Kero, and Yukito watched him. His pacing causes Kero to become extremely dizzy and he falls to the ground with spinning eyes.

When Meiling and Yukito were about to follow Kero and fall to the ground, Syaoran whirls to face the two and asks, "Well, what are we going to do? While the elders decide whether to let Sakura into the clan, we're stuck here doing nothing. Oh yeah, not to mention, Sakura's missing! And we don't even know who has her or what!"

Meiling watched him as he continued to pace and yell. Quietly she stood up and put her hand on his shoulder. "Calm down Syaoran. She's fine and all we have to do is figure out who wants Sakura."

Syaoran fought to control his anger and clenched his fist. Slowly, his shoulders began to relax and he calmed down.

Silence fell as they all tried to find a clue to where Sakura was. Then something fell and erupted.

Everyone turned and looked. In the corner of the room was a faucet and water slowly dripped off the faucet head and fell to splatter in the small sink.

"Its just the sink," Meiling said. "We use it to clean the cups that we use when we host guest in this room," she explained as she gestured to the mini bar attached to the faucet. "It must be leaking. We can have a plumber come and stop the water."

"Water…" Kero murmured. "Wait that's it! It all fits. Remember the last time we were in Hong Kong. That creepy water fortune-teller lady must have taken Sakura!"

It all began to make sense now except for one thing.

"But I thought she died. Isn't that what Sakura said. After her battle with Sakura, the lady began to disintegrate or at least that's what Sakura told us. Remember?"

Kero nodded. "She must have found another way to come back. Come on, we know who has Sakura, let's go get her!"

"Hold it stuffed animal," Syaoran said. "Aren't you forgetting something?"

"What's that?"

"We don't know where she is!"

"Oh yeah…" Kero said.

They all sighed and sunk back on the ground. They need to find out where Sakura could be. They knew who had her but without knowing where she was, there was no way they could save her.

"Hey gaki," Kero said, "is that well still there?"

"Well?" Syaoran asked. "What well?"

"You know, that well. The one where we first met in Hong Kong when we were her ten years ago."

"Oh that well! I thought it got blown up when that lady destroyed it."

"It did," Meiling said, "but the person who owned the land rebuilt it. It's been up for a while. Didn't you notice?"

Syaoran shook his head. "I haven't been in that part of town for a while."

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go find Sakura!"

They all cheered and stood up when some banging stopped them.

"Huh?" they all thought as someone rushed into the room.

"Where's my sister?!" Touya Kinomoto asked. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Dum-dum-dum… Uh-oh! Over protective brother here! Hehe

Well, I try and get the next chapter out soon but no guarantees! Midterms are coming up soon -_- yucky! F.Y.I. This story is soon coming to an end. Hopefully it will have a happy ending!

Till next time

~pinkanglesakura

Preview for Chapter 13- Touya is here and Sakura is missing! Will Syaoran be able to avoid an over-protective brother and still find his beloved? Or will Touya do something drastic?