Chapter 3

Chapter 3

"Li-kun! Pay attention!" The sensei's voise brought Syaoran back to reality. He had gone back to class after lunch, but he couldn't stop thinking about Sakura, who was still asleep in the nurse's office. This was his last class, and until it finished, he couldn't see her. It also happened to be math class. The class he loved, except for the fact that he sat beside Kimi, who was always flirting with him.

"Syaoran-kun...If you want, I'll help you catch up!" She smiled a big smile and batted her eyes.

"Don't call me Syaoran. You can only call me Li." He grunted then looked back to the board.

"But Sakura calls you Syaoran." Kimi complained.

He only grunted again.

"Damn you, Sakura Kinomoto." She hissed, knowing it was no use to flirt with him, because the only girl he would ever want was Sakura. She had seen how close they were to each other during their last fight. "I'll beat you yet..." She envisioned Sakura dying painfully. She smiled grimly.

Syaoran had heard what she had hissed, but pretended not to listen. Truthfully, inside, he was furious. 'She's not going to talk to 'MY' Sakura like that. We'll show her.' He kept repeating to himself in his mind.

At last the bell rang. "Alright! Put your chairs up and you may leave!" The sensei called out.

Everyone rushed to their lockers, Tomoyo, Syaoran and Eriol included. Syaoran quickly grabbed what he needed and stuffed it in his bag. "Tomoyo, get Sakura's stuff. I'll go help her out." He told Tomoyo.

"Hai." She went through Sakura's things and grabbed some books then, holding Eriol's hand, ran towards the door.

"Phew...." A voice said inside Sakura's bag. A furry little lion with wings popped his head out of the bag.

"Get back in!" Syaoran heard Tomoyo whisper loudly at Kero as she stuffed him back into the bag. He held back a laugh as they strruggled while Eriol pulled them outside. After all, it won't do for the famous scowling Syaoran to laugh.

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"Syaoran!" Sakura almost jumped out of bed into his arms when he walked in.

"Well, I'm glad you're feeling better." He said as she hugged him hard. "Oi, Sakura.....itai!" He gasped out the words as she strangled him in a giant bear hug.

"Opps....gomen, Syaoran." She let go of him.

He smiled at her. "Come on. Tomoyo and Eriol are waiting for us. Kero's there too." He told her as he helped her out of the school. "Hai."

They walked over to Tomoyo and Eriol. "Oi! Sakura-chan! Daijobou desu ka?" Tomoyo asked.

"Daijobou, Tomoyo-chan." Sakura replied. "Um...eeto...what are Eriol-kun and Kero-chan doing?" She asked, pointing at the two guys, who are sitting, their legs crossed, and glaring at each other.

"They were arguing." Tomoyo shrugged her shoulders.

"Ah..." Sakura trailed off. "And I thought Syaoran and Kero argued more..." She giggled. The sound of Sakura's giggle seemed to affect Eriol and Kero's anger.

"Sakura!" Kero flew over to Sakura and perched on her shoulder. "Daijobou desu ka? Tomoyo-chan told me about what happened in class. Are you alright?"

"Hai, Kero-chan. I'm fine!" Sakura smiled her genki smile. Kero nodded. "That's great."

Then Syaoran stepped in. "We need to come up with a plan." He said as the girls sat down on the soft grass. It was covered with cherry blossoms, making the place just like a place out of a story.

"I plan?" Sakura asked, confused. She looked at her friends and they nodded. "What for?"

Syaoran tilted her head so that she looked him straight in the eye. "I don't want you to get hurt anymore." He said and Sakura nodded. 'What is this feeling?'She asked herself. Her heart had started to beat when Syaoran looked at her. 'Is it because.....?'

They all sat down under the blooming petals of the sakura tree. Sakura reached out to catch one as she listened to everyone trade ideas. Something made her close her eyes, and she felt like she was drifting off into another world.

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'Great. I'm here again.' She thought as she saw the old creaky house on the haunted-like hill just like in her last dream. It was again surrounded by thick black fog. 'Maybe I'll get some answers...' She took out her fly card and released it. Wings grew out of her back and she poured power into them, lifting her up high towards one of the top windows.

She looked inside. It was Fura's lab. The one that she had seen in her very first dream. She carefully stepped inside and looked around. She spotted the crystal ball in one small corner and peered inside.

"Who are you?" A girl asked. She looked exactly like what Fura looked like now. She had the same two reddish brown pigtails, smouldering dark eyes and a sharp chin. "What are you doing here?" She asked almost fearfully.

"I'm Sakura Kinomoto. I....came in a dream." Salkura didn't have time to explain. She hoped the girl understood.

The girl nodded and smiled slightly. "I'm the REAL Kimi Hirakawa. Fura took over my body one day when I was at the park, and sealed me in the crystal." She tapped at the crystal ball and frowned.

"I know. I'm here to get you out. How would I do that?" Sakura asked. She had forgotten that she didn't have any clue about how she could do that.

"The only way for me to return to my body, is to defeat Fura. Only when she is out, then I can be released. Or else, I will be a spirit in the world, with no body." Kimi explained about what she had to do. Then, both girls felt a chill down their spine. It was Fura. She was coming, closer...and closer...

"Quick! She's using a voodoo doll. The only way to stop her is to get the voodoo doll and conduct a spell over it. Then it cannot harm you any longer." Kimi said as fast as she could.

"Where do I find the spell?" Sakura asked.

"Li Sy....." Sakura could see Kimi's mouth moving, but she could not hear the words.

'Li Sy? Syaoran?' Sakura thought. 'So that's why....' She was interrupted by a chilling voice.

"Well, well. What do we have here?" It said. Sakura turned and saw Fura standing at the doorway. Her black and red robes clung to her thin body and her hair was let out loose, tiny wisps flying around as if electricuted.

"You!" Sakura snarled. She was startled by her own voice, but didn't show it. She continued. "You caused all this to happen! You'll never get Syaoran!!" She flung herself onto Fura, pulling her to the ground.

Then she caught a glisp of golden-brown hair from Fura's robe. She smirked then reached for it and stashed it in her pocket. Then she reached for the shield card and shielded herself from the attacks Fura fired up. The shield held and didn't break against the pressure.

She reached for her fly card and released it. Wings grew from her back once more, then she called the shield card back. "Not so easy, is it?" She taunted, then flung herself out the window and into the night, leaving an infuriated Fura behind. "Later!" She sang out.

She flew up into the sky towards a blinding light.

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"Sakura! Sakura! Wake up!" It was Tomoyo. Someone was shaking her shoulders. Sakura opened her eyes and found herself at the park. The guys were standing by, watching her.

"Oi!" She smiled gently at them. Then she felt something odd. She look at her back and realized that she forgot to call the fly card. She still had wings on her back and everyone in the park was staring at her.

"Opps...." She took out the Time card and froze everyone in sight. Then she sealed the fly card and then unfroze time.

"Sakura! Are you alright?" Syaoran knelt down beside her, looking at her concerned. The people looked at her, then finding nothing weird, walked on, to their business.

"Hai! I'm fine." She said happily. Her friends looked at her sceptically.

'Why is she so happy?' Syaoran asked himself.

As if answering his question, Sakura pulled out a tiny doll. "Look!" It was the sakura doll that Fura used to hurt Sakura! They looked at her, each of them had one eyebrow raised. "How?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura's smile flipped. "I stole it from her." She said softly. It wasn't something that she was proud of. It had been the first she stole and she felt like a criminal.

Tomoyo gasped softly. Sakura looked at her best friend. "I know, Tomoyo." She said. "I couldn't believe it myself..." She burst into tears. "I feel like a baka!"

Kero, who was silent, flew to his mistress. "Don't worry, Sakura. I'm sure this doesn't count. We're trying to stop Fura from hurting other people." He cuddled up under her chin.

"Namely you..." Syaoran said, holding her hand. "Everything will be alright." He smiled and hugged her.

Sakura nodded and sniffed. "Hai....It will..." She said.

"What else happened?" Eriol wanted to know. He knew that she wasn't telling them everything yet.

Sakura explained about what the REAL Kimi had said.

"So....the answers at my house?" Syaoran asked, for the 5th time.

"Hai! Let's go!" Tomoyo dragged Eriol and Sakura dragged Syaoran to his apartment. Syaoran was still shocked when he opened the door. He led them to his collection of rare and magical books.

"Wow.....that's a lot..." Tomoyo looked at the shelf.

"Well...let's get started!" Eriol said, a little bit too enthusiastic.

"Hai..." They all groaned.

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"Hoee! It's not in any of them!" Sakura whined as she shut the last book of her pile. They had taken the books out, with the help of some cards, and put them into equal piles. So far, none of them had any luck.

Sakura turned to see Tomoyo sleeping on Eriol's chest. She felt so tempted to videotape them.

"Nope. Not in ours." Eriol said quietly, afriad of disturbing Tomoyo.

They turned to Syaoran as he shut his last book not very quietly. He sighed then turned to them. "Iie..." He told Sakura. He saw her frown and moved to her. He could tell that all the stress was making her agitated. He began to message her shoulders.

She moaned. "Kero?" She turned to Kero. He was sitting crosslegged in the air with his tiny eyes closed, deep in concentration. At the sound of her voice, he opened his eyes and floated towards her.

"It's in chinese. All these," he pointed to the stacks of books, "are in japanese."

"What? How?" Eriol asked. "I guess my other half has those memories..." He mumbled to himself, answering his own question. (Clow Reed was divided into two people. Eriol and Fujitak, Sakura's father. They both share the memories, although Fujitak hasn't remembered his yet.)

Sakura tilted her head towards Kero. "I asked Yue to look into it." Kero explained to them.

"Wait...." Syaoran jumped up and ran to his room. 'Meilin bought me a present......where is it?'

Sakura ran after him, wanting to see what was so important. "Um...Syaoran? What are we looking for?" She asked when she was about to help him search.

"Oh...Meiling bought me a book of spells...for my birthday. I didn't open it yet. I think that might be it." He said, reaching of the bottom of his bed, but only getting cobwebs.

"Ah..." Sakura thought. She looked on his desk. There were many pictures of her. Smiling, giggling, even thinking. She blushed. 'I didn't think Syaoran had so many pictures of me....Tomoyo must have taken them for him. Why did he keep them thought? I know that I'm one of his best friends...but still......' Then she spotted a gift-wrapped box. The wrapping paper was filled with tiny red and pink hearts.

'Definitely Meilin....' She thought.

"This?" She held it up for him to see.

He didn't answer, but grabbed the present and ripped the wrapping paper off. "HAI!" He was so happy that he grabbe Sakura from around the waist, twirled her around and kissed her hard. Then he ran to the living room to show Eriol and the others.

'Wow!' Sakura thought as she followed him. 'Does he? Nah...he could never like me....I wish.....'

When she reached the living room, Tomoyo had already woken up. Everyone was crowded around Eriol, who was doing a spell of some sort.

'Translation spell...' She sighed as she noticed the words flying from the book. She tried to see over the guys' shoulders, but they blocked the view. Finally giving up, she sat down on the couch and waited. She didn't have to wait long, because soon Eriol yelled out, "I got it!" Then he grabbed Tomoyo, spun her around happily. Syaoran flipped through the pages.

"It requires a potion..." He sighed.

Sakura sat still on the couch, looking outside. She could feel the dark energy rising. She watched as dark cloud and covered the moon. Suddenly, she saw a flash of light. "Fura..." She hissed quietly. She looked towards her friends. They were all busy running around, grabbing items, to notice her.

She opened Syaoran's window and slipped out. Stepping off the ledge, she called on fly and wings sprouted from her back, making her glide gracefully onto the ground.

"It's time to end this!" She yelled, landing a few metres away.

"Fine!" Fura growled. She raised her arms forming darks clouds to reign the sky.

Thus began the fight til death between Fura and Sakura.

To be continued....

zennie: (Yeah! finally the interesting part begins! What will happen now? I'm not telling!!!)

Japanese translations:

Oi: hey

Hai: yes/okay

Baka: idiot/stupid/etc...

Hoe: Sakura's favourite word.

Sensei: teacher

Itai: ow/ouch

Daijobou desu ka: Are you alright/Are you okay

Daijobou: I'm fine

Gomen: sorry