Heaven and Hell

By: PeonyQT1004

DISCLAMER:As disclaimers apply


Screams rung out in the nights silence, shattering the peace. Smoke rose from the city of Nadeshiko. A satisfied boy of 14 stood at the top of a cliff over looking the city of Nadeshiko. The tall handosome boy with a lean muscule figure and tawny orange locks spotted his officer with his crystal blue eyes which was cold with greed and evil and hateful delightment. "My Lord......" the officer said fearfully. "Yes?" the boy asked. "L-or-d-d Kemet..... I h-have brought you slaves for y-your l-li-like-ing." Kemet eyed his officer. "Let me see." two soldiers in their royal uniform dragged out in front a tall young woman with bright blue eyes and sandy blonde hair, she was fighting down frightened sobs when she was faced by the boy lord. Slowly surveying the lady, Kemet found her to his liking. "Keep her." He barked. As the sobbing yound woman was being dragged away, they brought forth a older man around the forties. Kemet shook his head, "Too old to become a soldier or my gladiator, kill him." The man fell to his knees, "Mercy! Mercy my lord!" The man implored. But he was being roughly taken away into the forest. All the prisoner gasped as they heard the man screaming "NO!", then the sickening thud of the axe coming down and the cut off gurgle. "Next." Kemet said, not effected by the terrible act he had done. The soldiers brought forth a small girl who was struggling ferouciously. The taller soldier, grabbed the girls face and smacked her. She fell silent, breathing hard. As the girl lifted her head and straightened her body, Kemets eyes went wide with astonishment and greed. The girl was a slender girl, no older than 10 years, her short tawny adburn-gold locks sculpturing her face into a impressive angle, her figure was curvy and desirable, and the most becoming feature of all was her eyes. Her eyes were large and angelitic, most of all, green. They were framed by thick dark sooty lashes. Kemet surveyed her up and down. "Baka...." The girl let out between her pants. Then the girl spat into the older boys face. Wiping it off, he sneered at her lustily. "Keep her, how I will enjoy taming you wildcat......" The girl looked up, then a great flashing light made the soldiers let her go. Running, she stumbled on a bush, a hand grabbed her arm, she quickly turned and faced the tall boy. "Not so fast my dear...." He said with a sneer. Before she could react, he rammed her on the head hard with the hilt of his sword.

A tall regel queen, followed by a small tall but handsome prince made their way toward Kemets estate. The yound prince slouched and twitched in the seat of the saddle. "Mother!" He said in a irritated voice, his scowl deepening as his mother glared at him. "Stop fidgeting in the saddle like you are some little 6 year old! You are 10 for god sakes Syaoran! Now stop scowling and straighten your back!" Li Yelen yelled at her son. Syaoran slouched some more and his scowl deepened. Behind him, his sisters giggled. 'I never liked that Kemet guy anyways. He has a bad reputation and i dont understand why we are allying with him! He even raids his allys!' As if reading his thoughts, Li Yelen sighed, "We need alliances Li, can't you see? Kemet is a strong ally and he would help us greatly if we had war, ever since your father died......" she drifted off sadly. Syaoran felt a pang of guilt. "Gomen." He said scowling as his mother ruffled his head.

Syaoran was not tricked by the elaborate decorations and the bright and colorful music. He scowled at every other lords and won in every staring/glaring contest there was. "Dear brother." One of his sisters said, "If you keep on scowling like that then you'll get wrinkles when you're at an early age!" Several people chuckled at this joke which syaoran found no humor in. He started to critize Lord Kemet. 'He's only 14 years old and he has a reputation, and with that, he makes a powerful and deadly enemy.' He sighed as Lord Kemet clapped his hands. "Atenttion my guests! I have destroyed the city of Nadeshiko!" There were mummers spreading throughout the banquet room. Syaoran gasped, "But that was one of his alliances! He destroyed his own allys city!" Yelen shushed his son. "I have brought treasures and shall share them with you! You shall see my beautiful servant ladies I have captured along with the city!" The music changed from the bright music to a strange mysterious one as a dozen of ladies dressed in silken kimonos stepped into the room from the golden entrance of the door. Syaoran was disgusted, his amber eyes turning dark with disgust. Yelen made a sound of disapproval in her throat. A girl approched them, not dancing or skipping like a entertainers, but truging along toward them. Her face was downcast, but it was clear, through the slender light pink kimono, that her figure was divine and perfectted in every angle. Syaoran couldn't keep his amber eyes off the girl approaching, all he saw was the golden crown of her adburn head, and was anticipating in looking at her face. The girl slowly went down on her knees while raising her arms, holding the gold plate filled with gold and jewels. Syaoran couldnt help but notice her slender wrists and fingers, he winced inwardly as he saw the sign of a slave seared into her sunkissed skin. The golden chains hanging down from her wrists made him be moved with pity. He watched as his mother gently move forth and lift the girls small face up with one slender finger, the girl trembled, her large green eyes luminous. "What is yor name?"Yelen asked, her amber eyes searching. The girl wetted her pink lips, "I am Sakura."She replied in a soft lilting voice. The girl looked away, her delicate face showing pain. But Yelens firm fingers grab hold of her face. "How old are you?" Yelen asked as she made the girl face her. "10 moons old m'am." The girl replid. Yelen let go and made a face of disgust, "I can't accept this gold! Its blood money!" She thrust the gold away from her." She face Sakura, who was huddled in a corner. "Was Kemer suppose to be your countrys ally?" She asked quietly. Sakura was shivering, her eyes tearful. "AHEM!" Yelen whirled and faced Kemet. "Were you just.......talking about me ma'm?" He asked in a quiet dangerous tone. "No." Yelen replied. "In all due respect Lord Kemet, I wanted to know the girls name." A flash of fear went through Kemets eyes, then anger. "Mrs Yelen." He said in a curt manner, the kind of voice a spoiled kid always uses, "That is only MY bussiness and thats that ma'm." He turned. "Sakura!" He barked, something looking like lust shining from his eyes made Syaoran shiver. But Kemet said something diffrent from what Syaraon thought he would have said. "I've heard your voice was the sweetest from all around." Kemet said with a strange whisper. Sakura flinched, turning pale. "Sing." Kemet commanded, his voice harsh. Sakura didn't know what to do. "Up to the stage honey." Kemet said, pointing at the front of the room. Syaoran noticed that all the lords, rajas and rulers were looking their way with bewilderment written on their faces. Sakura looked pleadingly at Syaoran, but Syaoran shook his head, knowing he could do nothing to help. Sakura trudged up toward the stage, chains clanking. She loooked up at everyone, her eyes frightened, and strangely, looked angery. She sighed quietly as she got ready to sing.

*******Sakuras pov*****

She was frozen stiff with terror, none of these rulers would help her, not even the young boy with amber hair who was about her age. She gave into the fact that she had to act as an entertainer, a lowly and dishonorable job. She couldnt rebel, or she would get whipped. Then a song came to her mind, she remebered the slow and hauntingly sad yet cheerful melody she had learned at home...... in Nadeshiko city. Closing her eyes. She started to sing the beautiful melody.......

" Soar high my little sparrow,
gain wisdom like the a'l mighty sun,
Travel far,
My little river,
Because the answers never far.....
My blossom,
grow with serenity,
My child,
always be strong,
I know these may be hard,
But the answers always there."

Sakura knew no more of that song, so she stopped. She looked around, everyone was awed by the mere sound of her voice. Her eyes met the amber ones of the young boy she saw with the tall regel lady. They held their gaze for a few seconds, and sakura broke it, her heart thumping in her chest. Kemet looked pleased as he walked up beside her. Sakura bowed and quickly dismissed herself. Leaving the stage, she ran into the hallway and ran down the corriders. "I can finally escape now this event is now ending." She thought with relief.
She gathered her little bit of magic she had left from the drain yesterday and summoned it up. She grabbed her star shaped key, hidden in the fold of her kimono. She poured a minimal amount of magic into the key, It glowed pink and turned into a large staff, with razor sharp end on the star shaped on of the staff. She hid behind the door. She mummered her chant to herself, an image of the fake her flickered in front of her, until it became a solid looking fake "her". She sighed as she made it walk down the hall, then, shoving her magic on it, the fake her looked as if it was escaping the palace grounds. She heard the gaurds yell and follw the fake her. She hurried out to the porch and dropped downonto the grassy floor. She tiptoed her way to the vines as she heard the incoming footsteps, she ducked behind a bush. "She is running around the gardens looking for a way out sir." A low gravely voice said to someone she could not see. "Get her." a cold voice barked. 'Of course, its Kemet." She thought with disgust. As the footsteps faded, she clambered up the vines, someone tugged on her kimono. She yelped and fell down, but was caught by someone. She looked up. Amber eyes met green ones. "This way." The boy whispered. "You're that--." "SHH!"The boy said urgently as he led her down through a small crevice in the wall."Where am I?" Sakura asked with a quiver in her voice. Sakura saw a dim flicker of green light. Her eyes adjusted to the dark and she found herself in a tunnel. "Go straight and then, when you come to the place where the moon strikes the small mirror at all angles, turn right and You can find you're way out." She turned to look at her benefactor. Her first thought was, 'Hes so handsome!' But then she caught the sign of loyalty on the boys silken shirt. "Oh!" She said in a suprised yelp. Bowing, she smiled at him. "Thank you, I don't even know your name!" The boy swept back his hair with a hand and smiled a boyish smile in the green dim light. "I'm Syaoran Li." Sakura smiled. "Forgive me, My name is Sakura Kinomoto." With that, Sakura bounded out toward her destination.

(After the banquet)

Syaoran told his mother of the events. His mother let out a gasp. "No wonder Sakura seemed so familiar!" Syaoran gave his mother a quizzical look. "Shes not a slave girl..... she was the princess of the almighty Lord Kinomoto!" Syaoran let out something like a squeak and a snort, "But ma-ma! Kemet was allied with the Kinomotos!" Yelen's eyes started to dilate, "Syaoran, Loutus City is Sakuras home city, but Nadeshiko is another city owned by Kinomoto, If Kemet attacks his own allies..... we don't know what could happen to us.." Yelen's eyes was fully dilated in shock and in terror. "We might be next." As soon as the words escaped her mouth, a soldier rushed into the room. "Queen Yelen!" the soldier said with a note of frantic desperation, "Kemets army has attacked us! They are coming-." A arrow shot through the soldiers heart. The soldier layed in a heap on the floor, staining the white persian carpet a deep crimson hue. Kemet entered followed by three soldiers. "I knew you were up to no good Yelen." He said with a twinge of agitation, "You could have kept out of the Kinmotos problems and saved yourself a WHOLE lot of trouble, but now...." He drew out a sword. "Your city and family must pay for your incompetence." Syaoran reached for the sword slung on his back, but was hit on the chest by a hard fist. He doubled over. Kemet looked at him cooly. "You...." He siad, hitting Syaoran on his back, "Should have left that li'l girl alone......... I know you let her go..... But 20 riders are already searching for her.... so she will be found and will be in my posssesion again... and you..... can be my gladiator." Yelen let out a shrill scream and thrust a big bit of her magic at kemet, but kemet was sheilded by one of his mage soldiers. "Bad girl." He said to the queen, thwo soldiers came up at Yelens back and stabbed her deeply with a sword. Syaoran let out a strangled scream and feel over, unconcious as he felt something ram him on his head.

To be continued.....

Sux right?
I was in a rush to put this up so its like that, at least you get the point, right? OK. The second chapter will be a WHOLE lot more organzied than this one so return soon! (= Please reveiw! ^_^ Don't flame me too much though, Meilin and Tomyo, and Eriol and yada yada will come out soon so no problemo! (= Hope ya liked it!