The 7th Warrior Trilogy
The Beginning
Chapter 5
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The next day, to everyone's relief, Sakura came to class. Her coma had magically, literally, disappeared and she was up and about. She was a bit wobbly, but she continued to smile. Syaoran felt his throat constrict. He couldn't look her in the eyes without feeling the guilt well up. Everytime he looked up, her eyes would be locked on him, giving him inquisitive glances. He would only turn away in bitter despair. Sakura, being the way she was, misinterpretted him. She bit her lip, wondering why he was mad at her. Marc grinned.
' Perfect. Those two can't even tell they're hurting each other. Time to help them along Enemy Lane.'
" Hey, Sakura."
" Oh, hey, Marc." Syaoran's ears perked up. He looked at Sakura and felt his blood boil.
" So, what's up with Syaoran there?"
" I don't know."
" You know, you'd think that after I'd spent the night watching over you, he'd be grateful you're alive."
" You really did that? What about Syaoran?"
" Him?" Marc smirked," He spent the night with Meilin. I could hear them talking all through the night."
" Why that little..." Sakura fumed. Then, she realized what she was saying and blushed.
" Yes, sir. That boy is trouble. My suggestion is to stay away from him."
" Why?"
" Who knows. Besides, I think he may have purposely screwed up the symbol search just to hurt you. I'd be careful."
" Really?" Sakura's mouth let out an inaudible gasp.
" But, hey, with me around no one will dare hurt you." Then before she could protest he kissed her, lipwise.
Syaoran felt like a furnace had just gone off. Suddenly, everything felt cold and blue. He quickly gathered himself, and left the room. Meanwhile, Marc grinned cockily at Sakura. SMACK! He was surprised to find a huge red mark where Sakura had smacked him.
" Don't you ever do that again!"
" Hey, babe, cool it. Just a joke."
" A very idiotic joke, thank you." She turned away from him.
" Look I'm sorry, babe. But, don't you think that your protector deserves a little reward?"
" Mr. Marc. Do we need to have our ears checked?" Mr. Terada turned in his direction with a frown.
" Uh, no sir."
" Alright, then hurry to class. I just rang the bell."
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" Yesterday, we seemed to have had a little problem, so today, we'll take more precautions. Now, Syaoran, I neglected to warn you about the pain yesterday, so I will today. You will experience a great wave of pain, as you already know, but I want you to try and focus it. Think of it as a room of light. You need to gather it, and focus it into a beam. When you have that under control, I want you to bring up the first picture that comes to mind when you think 'magic'. Got all that?"
" Yes, sir." Syaoran glared at Marc, who was making eyes at Sakura again.
He felt Mr. Terada's hand on his forehead. It was cold and clammy, and shaking slightly. Slowly, he felt the pain return. This time, he didn't ignore it. He reveled in it. Drank it in. A new scene appeared. He was in a room bathed with white light. Searching around, he found what he was looking for. An entire wall of the room was missing, that's where the light was coming form. Slowly, he began to reform the wall in his mind. The hole grew smaller, and the light grew brighter and thinner, until it nothing but a thin stream of light. Once Syaoran, had that done he conjured up the word magic. Immediately a picture came to mind.
" Syaoran, quick, look!"
Syaoran opened his eyes, and found to his amazement, a large face staring at him. He yelled in surprise and fell back. It was a fat bird. Orange to be exact. Apparently, once he'd started, everyone else went, and now an assortment of animals sat around the room: a white cat made of snow for Sakura, Syaoran's orange bird which was made of fire, a black cat for Marc, and a black bird for Meilin, a purple bird that was Tomoyo's, and an indigo blue bird which was Eriols. Syaoran was disappointed to see that there were only two cats in the room, Marc's and Sakura's. Marc on the other hand was smiling.
" Must mean that I'm going to be hers, huh?"
" I guess so." Syaoran said; disappointment badly covered.
" Alright, it looks like, Syaoran, you have fire, and it looks a bit like yours is starting to get into transmorphing, but hasn't quite started yet. Marc, you have Dark magic, but why yours is trying to pass off for a transmorpher I'll never know, Meilin you also have Dark Magic, and Tomoyo and Eriol you have psychic powers, looks like." Mr. Terada examined each of the 6 animals.
" Yes. Good..."
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I know it was short, and you probably want to strangle me for making Marc and Sakura partners, but I never said they were partners, and I never said they were soul mates.
