Disclaimer: Me: Mwahahahaha! CCS is MINE!!!
Guy in Black: Excuse me, miss, but I must place you under arrest
for an illegal claim of CCS.
Me: No! I was just kidding! I'm innocent! CCS belongs to CLAMP!
Don't sue me! Please! *sobs*
Guy in Black: Well, while our host has a mental breakdown, may I
introduce Chapter 2 of 'The Crystal of
Destiny'!
Me: So close... So close...
A/N: This fic takes place in the Middle Ages (you know, the medieval era). Sakura and Syaoran haven't met, and all the cards have been changed to Sakura Cards. All of the original cast are 18 years old. Other pieces of information are in the story, you'll find out when you read!
Sakura kept on walking in silence as she left
the shop, thinking of what she had just learned about her future. Was it
true? Yes, it had to be. The mystic knew about her being a princess and
the card mistress. What was it that she was missing? What was it she was
going to find? Or maybe even who would it be? Sakura sighed as she kept
on walking on the dirt road through the small village, unaware of her whereabouts
or where she was headed. After wandering around for a while, she bumped
into someone accidentally.
"Sorry," she murmured without looking up to see who it was.
Suddenly she felt a cold hand grasp her shoulder.
She tried to scream but a hand clamped over her mouth.
"No apologies necessary. But that won't stop me from taking your valuables,
especially that nice bracelet you have on your wrist." the guy said.
Sakura struggled out of the thief's grasp, but he
was too strong for her. Taking desperate measures, she stomped on his foot
hard (experience from her brother) then hit him in the groin as he loosened
his grip on her. He yelped in pain as she ran as quickly as she good while
trying to escape him.
"Get back here!" he yelled while recovering, and ran after her.
Sakura desperately began to look around while running
for any open shops. Since it was so late at night, all the places around
were closed for the time being. Having nowhere to go for shelter and not
being able to double back, she turned onto a side street in hopes of shaking
off her pursuer. While running, she tried to sense if anyone was nearby.
Feeling a strong and obviously magical aura, she ran towards it hoping
to get some aid as she knew she could not overpower the robber and there
was no time for her to call upon her wand to use the Clow cards that were
now Sakura cards.
Sakura began to get tired as she kept on running
towards the aura. She was getting close, she could sense it nearby. A greenish
and powerful aura that would surely be able to help her. But then, just
as she thought she would reach her destination, the Clow mistress tripped
and fell in the darkness, falling back against a wall. She had reached
a dead end, and the robber was still hot on her trail. She was done for,
for as she turned around, she felt a sharp pain on her left shoulder. She
gasped in pain as she noticed that she received a deep cut from the thief's
dagger.
"You won't escape me this time, sweetie. You have nowhere to run. And
anyways, you're just a helpless, defenceless, and pathetic little girl.
You'll now pay for causing me the pain of a chase." he growled while bringing
up his dagger once more to hurt Sakura even more.
The princess tried to defend herself, but her left
arm was useless and she was leaning on her right arm wile sprawled on the
floor. She cringed as the knife cut through her flesh once more, giving
her a long, deep wound on her stomach. Sakura began to lose blood quickly,
and began to feel herself drift into unconsciousness. Suddenly, as her
attacker was bringing in his dagger for the final blow that would kill
her, she noticed through her now blurry eyesight that someone had jumped
down from above and kicked him unconscious with one powerful blow to the
head.
Sakura blinked unsuccessfully while trying to get a focus on her saviour.
"Thank you..." she gasped out through her immense pain.
Finally, she blacked out as she saw the blur in
front of her slowly approach her, subconsciously noticing that that person
had the same greenish aura as the person she was running to in order to
get help.
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Sakura moaned painfully as she tried to get up and open her eyes. Soon she felt a cool cloth placed on her forehead, helping her relax from the immense heat that she felt. She then fell asleep once more.
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Sakura vaguely remembered drifting in and out of
consciousness for the past few hours. This time, when she woke up, though,
she felt strong enough to get up. Painfully, she sat up and opened her
eyes, blinking a bit to get used to the light.
"Where am I?" she asked quietly, to no one in particular.
Her surroundings were unfamiliar. Looking around,
she noticed someone about her age sitting on a chair in the room with his
eyes closed. He had messy chestnut hair and a scowl on his face.
"Excuse me?" she asked politely.
His eyes snapped open immediately. Quickly, she
noticed that he had beautiful, deep, amber eyes. He looked at her for a
moment, his eyes set in a glare. For a split second, his expression changed,
almost as if he had smiled, but then it returned to his usual scowl.
"Oh, so you're finally awake," the boy said coldly to her.
Sakura wondered about his change of expression, but once she heard
is icy voice, she quickly forgot about it, and said, "You're the one that
saved me, weren't you?" she said, noticing the familiar aura.
"Yes," he replied coldly.
"Arigato," she said politely.
"I wouldn't of, though. You shouldn't of been outside at night without
some sort of protection. You could've really been killed. I only saved
you because of my mission. I could really care less."
Sakura looked hurt, but he turned his gaze away from her for some unknown
reason. "Well, if I'm only a bother, I guess I'll just leave," she said,
as she tried to get up, but fell back in bed.
"As you can see," the man said with an emotionless tone, "you're too
injured too leave. And anyways, as I said, you're a part of my mission,
so I can't let you leave."
Sakura groaned slightly as she settled back in bed.
He had a point. She couldn't leave in this state, and she was too weak
to use her magic. Suddenly, she heard a knock on the door.
"You have to hide," the amber eyed teen said, while scooping her up
effortlessly in his arms and bringing her to a hidden room where she was
placed on the bed there. Both of them blushed by their closeness, and didn't
look at each other.
'He's being so rude to me,' Sakura thought, 'yet he's helping me all
the same, even if it is for his mission. But, I wonder, why was he blushing?'
'Kami-sama, why must I blush now of all times?' the boy thought to
himself, 'I'm an emotionless warrior, here on an important mission. But
she's so pretty... Like an angel... Hey? Why am I thinking about her? What's
wrong with me?'
He then left the room and closed the hidden doorway.
Sakura heard him open the door to the outside through the thin walls as
he answered the knocks.
"We are here on royal orders," said one of three guards at the doorway,
"the princess is missing, and we are required to search all homes."
Sakura then heard the soldiers looking through the
small house she was in, and half wanted to get up and tell them she was
here, but something inside her told her not to.
'Why won't I get up and reach the guards? I can go home, and get out
of this stranger's grasp! But... even though I can, I won't! I don't know
why... Those soldiers are looking for me! I must've been gone from the
palace for quite a while to be noticed missing.' Sakura thought, while
remaining still and quiet.
A few minutes later, she heard the guards depart
as the door closed behind them. Soon, footsteps approached the secret door
leading to her hideout.
"They're gone now," said the mysterious teen. Noticing her frightened
face, an idea dawned upon him, "You're the princess that they're looking
for, aren't you?" Sakura nodded, to shocked to lie, as he continued to
speak, this time to himself, "I wonder why the elders want you?"
Breaking the silence that soon spread upon them, she asked, "Since
its obvious I won't be leaving for some time, I would like to know your
name."
"Li," he answered curtly.
"What's your first name?" Sakura questioned.
"Syaoran," he answered while blushing.
'Why did I tell her that? She had no right to know.' he thought to
himself.
"I'm Kinomoto, Sakura," she said, "Nice to meet you, Syaoran."
Both teens blushed. Syaoran because she had called
him by his first name, which only close relatives do, and Sakura because
he had smiled at her for some unknown reason, and to her, it only made
him look cuter. Subconsciously, they began to enjoy each other's presence.
They would be going through a lot more together, they knew it. And immediately,
Sakura realized that he was the one the mystic was telling her about. He
was the one that would enter her life, and change it forever.
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A/N: The end of chapter 2! As you noticed, I was hinting towards
a bit of S+S that will come in the future! Yay! Me and my crappy cliff-hangers,
but at least I finished the chapter. Hope you like it! Chapter 3 will come
out soon, hopefully, but parts of my ten other fanfics will most likely
come out first. Hope you like them! And please, R+R! Domo arigato!
