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Author's Notes: Hey Hey Hey kiddies! It's me Sakura1301! You know what REALLY gets me? All of those great authors from before, they just seemed to disappear! But, there are still many good writers out there still! Well, i'll tell you what this stories based on! How many of you people out there like CCS and Fanfics, but are getting sick and tired of the goody too-shoe Sakura? Well, I am! But, I still like S+S and romance! So, you basically get my message, I hope. Well, keep on reading to see what happens!
Love for Darkness
By: Sakura1301
Chapter 1 Golden Star
The city burned with Hell's fire. Ashes rose from the fire's burning rage. The flames unstoppable and deadly. Fumes drifted into the night sky as clouds formed ahead. The city stained with blood. All incapable for a mere human being. All, but one.
There she stood with the most pleasurable grin plastered on her face. She held her staff steady and tight in her right fist. She looked around at the city from one, isolated building from the fire. She turned around so that her back was facing the burning city. She stepped down from the ledge of the building onto the gravel on the roof. She paused for a moment, then as if all of her magic had drained away, she fell forward...
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Syaoran woke with a jolt. He slowly sat up and looked out the window. The sun was up already. He looked towards the clock. 2:00 P.M. Suddenly, the sleep in his eyes disappeared as he murmured to himself, "Im Late... IM LATE!" He jumped out of bed and dashed around his room for his school uniform.
Meet Syaoran Li. A 17 year old boy, heir to the Li clan, and also an expert in magic. Had perfect grades, and the perfect looks. Tall and masculine, not to mention a good tan. He was also known for his coldness and rudeness towards other people, other than his family. He was also known as the girl hater. He lives with his mother, 4 sisters, and personal servant, Wei. Syaoran Li was known in the clan for his exquisite sword techniques and control over the elements by using magical Ofuda's. This was no ordinary kid.
Syaoran dashed into the living room while hopping on one foot while trying to put his socks on.
"Why didn't anyone wake me up!? My stupid alarm didn't go off this morning!" "Quiet!" His mother said in a rather rough tone. He stopped hopping up and down and set his foot down. He walked over to his mother to see what she was watching on TV. He gasped as he saw what it was. Images of a burning city flashed through his mind. Right in front of him on the TV screen was Tokyo, Japan, on fire. "As I speak, Firemen are working around the clock to put the flames out. The bad news is that no one could survive such a disaster such as this. The good news is that only a small portion of Tokyo has been sent into flames. Now, the question is, how could such a thing as this happen within a mere few minutes? Right now, we have no answer to that. The death count is estimated about 5000 people. Here's a footage of the burning city last night. The woman on the screen disappeared and was replaced by a footage tooken by a reporter in a helicopter.
"Im here at the edge of Tokyo right now. It seems that the flames keep growing as every minute passes. It looks like all of the water that is being pumped into the city is sea water, but it looks as if it's just fanning the flames...
"Of course it's just fanning the fire! You can't put out a magical fire!" He said angrily to himself and the TV as if the TV was listening. "Xiao Lang? Do you know anything of this?" His mother asked as she raised her eyebrow. He straightened his back from the fighting stance he had unconsciously took when he started yelling at the TV as if he was in an argument with it. "I had a dream last night. It was about this." He said as he pointed to the TV. "A sorcerer of some sort had caused it. I think it was a girl." Silence filled the room. "Did this mysterious sorcerer have any special or unusual tool with her?" Syaoran stopped to think. "I remember a staff." Yelan's eyes widened a little. "Can you describe it?" "Yeah. It was black and at the top of the staff was a golden star with a black ring around it and two black wings on the sides..." He didn't have to describe any more of it. Yelan already knew who it was. "My son, you must leave for Japan at once." She said in a stressed voice. This was the final task of his training. "Xiao Lang, it was prophesied that on the 17th birthday of the card mistress, evil will strike the earth once more, engulfing cities with darkness. And the first city to feel the evil magic was Tokyo. Yesterday must have been her 17th birthday." She quickly gathered the tea cups on the table together and set them neatly on the tray with the small tea pot.
"It said that the dark one will hold a staff of black and will collect power from the stars to do his/her bidding. And the chosen one would know when this evil will arise." She lifted the tray and hurried towards the kitchen with Syaoran trailing her.
"Chosen one? That can't be me, right?" He asked with uncertainty in his voice. She set the tray on the kitchen counter and turned to her son. She smiled at him and set both of her hands on his shoulders. "You, are the chosen one. Only you can bring light back to the world. And all of us are depending on you, Xiao Lang." He stepped back.
"There has to be some misunderstanding here! I can't be the chosen one! Im only 17!" She continued to smile at him. "Do you doubt your abilities so? If Clow had decided for you to be the chosen one, then only you are capable of something that no one else is." He was speechless. "And don't worry. There wasn't any school today. So, go get packed and i'll send Wei to get our private jet ready for you." "B-But..." "Go." She said firmly. He sighed and nodded.
As soon as he had left, Yelan's smile faded. "My son, may you find the card mistress quickly, for you'll need her help. And may the gods be with you...."
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"Ne, Kero-chan? What's wrong?" Sakura asked with concern written all over her face. Kero crouched lower in the corner as Sakura walked nearer. He was shivering with fright. 'This was not suppose to happen. Not to Sakura. Why Sakura of all people? She's too kind for this...' "Sakura, don't come any closer..." He said as he continued to shudder. She stopped. "Why? Is something wrong?" He stopped shivering. 'Maybe it was just a quick phase...' He thought. He slowly and cautiously flew towards her. "Sorry. I... I didn't mean to be so rude. It's just that, i've been jumpy since what happened in Tokyo yesterday." "Is there something that you know that I don't? Or is it something that I shouldn't know?" She asked innocently. 'She doesn't remember...' Kero thought with shock. "You, you don't remember anything? Anything at all?" She lifted an eyebrow. "What are you talking about Kero-chan? Is your stomach messing with your mind again?" He sighed in relief. "No, nothing at all, I... I was thinking of something totally bizarre." She shrugged and sat on the edge of her bed as her fingers went to her neck where her star staff was hanging. Her fingers fumbled with the small pink ring around the golden star with white wings. She sighed. Some how, she felt guilty for something. But not guilt at the same time. "Ne, Kero-chan? I feel as if I could of prevented that fire in Tokyo." Kero stiffened. 'I will not say a word to her about this issue. It would just break her heart and then I know exactly what she would do to prevent the darkness from coming out.' He gulped as he watched his distressed mistress. 'I wish I could comfort her.' He thought with a longingly feeling.
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Sakura sat in class with her head leaning on her hand while her gaze drifted outside of the window. Her mind was blank and all the sounds around her were blocked out.
"Today we have a new student joining us. Please treat him as you would like to be treated. Please welcome Li Syaoran of Hong Kong." The classroom was filled with whispering as Li stepped in.
As Li turned his attention to the class the teacher was trying to find a seat for him.
Syaoran noticed as most of the girls were batting their eyes at him and some of them giggling. It was sickening. He shot every single person in the room a glare. "Okay, why don't you sit behind Kinomoto-san over there." The teacher pointed to the only available seat in the class. Without thanking him or even nodding, he headed towards his seat for the semester. As soon as he laid eyes on Sakura, his feeling towards her were of pure hatred. He hated all people that had an aura or knew magic that was not of his clan. He wasn't sure if she knew magic, but he did pick up an aura from her. It was faint, but he could definitely feel it. Strange, she was the only person he came across so far that had an aura. He narrowed his eyes at her as he took his seat. He would just have to till Lunch to find out more...
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Finally, the 5th bell rang and lunch had came. So far, he had been in just about all of her classes, except for math during 3rd hour. He had an advanced class.
He stood on the school grounds, searching for the girl with the aura. His eyes must have scanned over 100 people already till he finally spotted her. She was heading a cherry blossom tree not too far from him. He started to head towards the tree also. He made sure he hid his aura.
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Sakura sat down and leaned against the cherry blossom tree. Her stomach rumbled. "I wish I didn't over sleep this morning. I forgot my lunch." She placed a hand on her stomach. "I wish Tomoyo-chan was here. She usually shares if I forget my lunch... I'm gonna die!" She fell over onto the lush grass with her eyes closed. She laid there for a few seconds before a dark shadow over cast her. She cracked open her eyelids to see who was blocking the sun from her face. Her eyes met a handsome boy with chocolate brown eyes and messy brown hair.
Syaoran looked down at the girl below him. Well, if he was to get any information out of her, now was the time. Time to put on the old charm that made girls swoon over him. That was how he usually did to a girl to get something from them. Usually it was information.
He gave her a fake smile as he extended his hand out to her. She blinked innocently up at him. Then she smiled. She reached up and took his hand and he pulled her up to a sitting position. He walked to her other side and sat down beside her. "Heard you forgot your lunch." She nodded at him. "I wouldn't mind sharing mine with you." He said as he started to untie a green scarf holding his lunch. "Wow! Really!? Thank you!" He handed her a pair of chopsticks. She was about to dig in but stopped. "What's the catch?" She asked. "Catch?" She nodded. "If you're wanting a date, im sorry, I can't. You're the 15th one this week." She said as she was about to hand the chopsticks back to him. "Im not asking for a date." He said trying to calm his anger. He pushed the chopsticks back towards her. She sat there confused. "Really? Well, what a relief. Sorry for the misunderstanding." She said as she beamed at him. His anger died down. Both started to eat.
"Im eating lunch with a really nice person that I don't even know the name of. What's your name?" She asked. "Weren't you listening in class?" He asked a little annoyed. "Not really. I guess I just drifted into the twilight zone for a moment. I do that every once in a while." He nodded. "My names Syaoran Li. Im new here. I just transferred from Hong Kong." "Wow! You're from Hong Kong?! I always wanted to visit China. China's such a large country." He nodded again as he swallowed some noodles. "I didn't catch your name." "Oh, how rude of me. My name is Sakura Kinomoto." He nodded again and set his noodles down. He leaned against the tree. "Do you believe in magic?" He asked casually. She stopped eating. She didn't know how to answer, but she couldn't lie. She never lied once in her life. Except for the time she ate Touya's jello.
She gently set down the lunch box and placed the chopsticks gracefully on top of it.
Syaoran noticed her change of attitude. He must have struck a cord. "Well to be honest," She started off. "I do. I do believe in magic. Even though it might sound crazy." He slightly narrowed his eyes towards her. They sat in silence for about five minutes.
Syaoran broke the silence. "So, what were you daydreaming about? Or is it personal stuff?" She lifted her head as she looked across the school grounds. "I sometimes don't think of anything. My mind just goes blank. But, what I usually daydream about is the perfect....." She trailed off. "You wouldn't be interested." She said as she sighed. He shook his head. "No, I am. Go on." He knew he was lying. He had no interest in anything she had to say. But information. And the only way to get information was to soften her up.
A corner of her mouth slightly turned upward. "Well, i've never met one person in my life that's like me." "How so?" He said as an after statement. "Well, what I usually daydream about is finding a person like myself and someday, maybe settling down with him. But, I know that wont ever happen. I'll probably die an old maid." She said as she chuckled to herself. "An old maid?" He said as he looked at her. "It's just a term." She said as her smile faded. "Tell me, do you ever dream or daydream of things like... you know. THAT." She said referring to her daydreams. He sat there for a few moments in silence. "No." "Oh." She said as she lowered her head slightly.
By now, all of the students had left except for a very few that were finishing their lunches. Syaoran glanced at his watch. "We have six minutes left till break is over." He sat up and started to gather the lunchboxes together. While he was doing that, he glanced at her and seemed to notice her necklace. He stopped and set the boxes down. "What's that?" He asked as he pointed to her necklace. She gulped. "Oh, uh, this? This is nothing. Nothing at all. Just, uh, just an old piece of junk i've had since I was 11." She said as she tried to avoid the question. She looked away as she fumbled with it, trying to tuck it under her shirt. She stopped as she felt his hand grab her wrist and stop her. He grabbed it and was staring at it. "I know i've seen this symbol somewhere..." She gulped. What if he found out?!
Finally, after a minute, he dropped it. "I just can't put my finger on it. I'll figure it out sooner or later. Tell me, I wont tell, what is it?" He asked. "I-I can't tell you." She said as sweat started to drip down her face. He was still staring at it when she suddenly got up and ran. 'I wish I could tell you, but... you wouldn't understand...'
Syaoran watched her form disappear. Something wasn't right about that girl. And he didn't seem to get hardly any info out of her. He looked down at his lunch boxes. "Hmm. She sure didn't eat alot."
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Sakura sat on a bench in the park. Onni-chan and Tou-san wasn't home and weren't going to be for several hours. Tomoyo-chan was sick and who knows what Kero-chan's doing. The breeze played with her hairs as they gently brushed against her cheek. She felt lonely. Her fingers unconsciously played with her star key. She wanted to be a normal girl, with a normal life. Magic was the only thing that separated her from all of her friends. Magic. That word rang in her ears everyday. She didn't hate magic. But at times, it did become a nuisance.
She let her arms drop to her side and she let her head roll back and sighed. Her life was miserable. She slowly lifted her head and smiled. It was nice to talk to someone other than Tomoyo-chan though. Li-kun did seem like a very friendly person. She stood up and grabbed her bag. "Oh no. I forgot to thank Li-kun for lunch today! I guess i'll thank him tomorrow. Yeah. I'll do that. Hmm.. I should repay him some way. Um... I know! I'll make him a gift!" She smiled. Tomorrow, she would give him the gift.
To be continued....
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Was that a cliff hanger? I couldn't tell. Don't worry, this is S+S... later. hehe... Sorry if there some mistakes in there. I tried not to make mistakes I usually don't have time to go over the story because im usually too busy. So grammer might be screwed up a bit. Well, R+R! And those waiting for Emotionless Love, i'll get the next 3 or 4 chapters out tomorrow or today. And, for those of you that like my old CCS site, Colored Wings, I have it back up but at Geocities instead of Homestead. So, check it out! The URL is: Http://www.geocities.com/Spinal_suppi/
Well, ja!
