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--*Disappearence*--
Syaoran sighed and decided to go back to his apartment. He felt so relieved that Sakura was alive, but he felt like crap when he thought about how hurt Sakura most be feeling.
"Xiaolang...did you...." Meiling started, but sighed in relief when Syaoran shook his head.
"I couldn't kill her, or take the cards. I am just going to not do the task," Syaoran stated.
Meiling's eyes watered. "But...but the punishment! All your years of training...everything!"
"...I don't care...as long as Sakura's alive."
"Master Li...are you sure?" Wei appeared, holding a plate of cookies and placing them on the coffee table. "Mrs. Yelan will not be pleased..."
"Mother...mother wno't be pleased...but what can she do? The worst is to kill her own son," Syaoran muttered.
"Xiaolang..." Meiling said softly.
"I'm...I'm going to call her now," Syaoran walked towards the phone that hung on the wall.
He picked it up, and started pressing in the numbers to his house with shaky hands. I
It started to ring.
And he waited.
"Wei (hello)? Wo shi Fuutie (I am Fuutie)!" Came a happy tone.
"...Jei jei...(sister)"
There was pause and then a squeal. "XIAOLANG!!! I missed you so much! You didn't even call once since you left!"
"Sorry...but I want to speak to mother..."
"Did you finish the task?! Great!!"
"But..I..."
"Hold on! Il'l get mother!" Fuutie interupted.
Syaoran sighed into the phone just as his mother picked up the phone.
"Xiaolang? How nice to hear from you again dear!"
"Mu qin (mother)...dui bu qi...(sorry)..." Syaoran's voice shook slightly.
There was a long pause, then Yelan spoke up.
"Sorry? Sorry about what?"
"I....I can't do the task..."
There was a startled cry.
"Why dear?! That's just not acceptable!"
"I don't care mother! I love the girl and I won't kill her! The cards also rightfully belong to her in the present...I mean they rightfully belong to her!" Syaoran growled.
There was a gasp. "You fell in love with her?! But I sent Meiling over so you wouldn't get a chance to be near other girls!"
Meiling stood up from the couch when she heard her name being screamed over the line. She looked at Syaoran confused, but he just shot her a 'none of your business' look. Meiling frowned and sat down again.
"Well, Meiling couldn't stop me. In fact, she seems to support me with my desicion." Syaoran muttered. "I don't want to be the leader of the Li-clan, someone else can! I just want to be with Sakura..."
"So...the girl's name is Sakura?"
"Y..Yes..."
There was a long sigh. "Is this your final choice?"
"Yes." Syaoran said quickly.
"Then you most under go the punishment. If you survive through it, your magical abilities will be kept with you, if you fail, the elders will take away your magical abilities."
Syaoran flinched slightly at how cold his mother was speaking to him. "Fine, I will be coming over to Hong Kong right away."
"No...come tomorrow..."
And then there was a click sound. Syaoran sighed heavily and hung up.
"I'm going back to Hong Kong tomorrow. I don't know why tomorrow, but I'm going back, for the punishment...." Syaoran slumped onto the couch and rubbed his eyes.
Meiling frowned sadly at her cousin. "But...but what if you don't survive?!"
"...I...I will...for Sakura..."
"And me," Meiling added.
"Yeah...and my favorite cousin..."
Meiling smiled brightly. "And for everyone, like Tomoyo-chan and your sisters, and everyone!"
Syaoran nodded and stood up. "I might as well train a bit before this."
"I'll...I'll go tell Sakura..."
Syaoran stopped to think about it,
but nodded. It would be hard for himself to tell her anyways.
Meiling walked up the steps to the Kinomoto house. She hestitated before ringing the doorbell. She waited for someone to open the door, and waited, and waited.
"Hello?! Anyone home???!!!" Meiling cried, hoping someone inside could hear. *Odd...shoudn't at least Sakura's dad be home or something?*
Meiling walked around to the back of the house. Oddly, all the blinds were closed even on such a sunny day. *Odd....* Meiling looked up and saw fresh laundry hanging on the line. *Someone should have been here...at least to hang up the laundry...the stuff animal has to be home to!*
She walked back to the front of the house. "If you're not going to open the door, I'm going to have to kick down your door!" She yelled.
Still no one answered.
Meiling shrugged. *Fine, I'll have to kick open the door!* Meiling raised her foot and kicked hard, knocking the door flat down.
She stepped into the house, it was dark. "Hello? Sakura? Mr. Kinomoto? Er...Touya? If that's your name..." Meiling flicked on the lights. "Stuffed animal?"
No reply.
Meiling walked into the kitchen and gasped. She ran over to Touya who was on the ground.
"He's out cold..." Meiling mumbled and went into the study where Fujitaka was sitting in his chair. "Hello...Mr. Kinomoto..." His back was to her and she decided to walk in front of him.
She gasped. He was out cold to. Meiling quickly ran upstairs and barged into Sakura's room. No one seemed to be in the room, except..
"STUFF ANIMAL!!!!" Meiling ran over to the bed and shook Kero wildly. "What hapened?!"
Kero seemed to waken a bit, but his eyes were swirls.
"Sakura........" He said in a daze.
"What? Sakura? What about her?" Meiling asked.
"Gone? No...she..."
Meiling frowned, "Sakura's gone? Where?!"
"People..black...figure...fly...gone!" Kero yelled the 'gone' one loudly that Meiling winced.
Meiling went into the washroom and took a cup of cold water. She walked back into Sakura's room and splashed the water onto Kero's face. He immediatly jumped off the bed and smacked the ceiling.
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT LITTLE GIRL?!" Kero screamed while falling back down.
"Where's Sakura?!" Meiling asked urgently.
Kero's eyes watered as he remembered. "Oh no! She's not here...?!"
"No..." Meiling sweatdropped. "So much for a guardian beast..."
"Hey!" Kero had a stress mark on his forehead.
Meiling sighed, "Where's Sakura? I mean, what happened?"
Kero frowned and slowly floated onto the bed. "She was doing her homework, and I was playing video games...suddenly, these people in black cloaks broke through the window..." Kero pointed to the shattered window. "I transformed into my true form...but before I could completely, everything went black..."
Meiling clenched her fists tightly. "Those people took Sakura away?!"
Kero nodded solemly. "It's all my fault..."
"Like now you relize?!" Meiling snapped. "Do you remember anything about those black cloaked people?"
"..." Kero put his paw under his chin in thought and suddenly jumped up when something hit him. "There clothes! I remember that the back of their cloaks...they had that ying yang symbol!!! Like on that chinese gaki's battle costume...and your's!"
Meiling's eyes widened and quickly ran out of the room.
"Where are you going?!" Kero called after her.
"TO TELL SYAORAN!!!!" Meiling screamed
back while running out of the house.
Meiling nearly knocked Wei over as he opened the door to the apartment.
"WHERE'S XIAOLANG ~Pant~?!" Meiling gasped and panted at the same time.
"The roof training Miss Meiling...but are you sure you're alright...?"
Meiling ignored the question and ran up the flights of stairs leading to the roof. She could hear the swishing and swooshing sounds of Syaoran's blade cutting the air.
"XIAOLANG!!!!" Meiling's voice came out house hoarse as she fell onto her knees on the roof.
Syaoran gasped and quickly ran to her side. "What's wrong Meiling?!"
"It's...~pant~...Sakura...~pant~" Meiling stood up weakly with the help of Syaoran's arm.
Syaoran paled. "WHAT HAPPENED?!"
"I think...~pant~...the Li-clan...~pant~...took...~pant~ her..." Meiling managed to say.
"WHAT?!" Syaoran dropped his sword. "How?! Why?! How did they know where Sakura lived?! And how did they get here so fast?! And why did they take her?!"
"Wo...wo bu zi dao... (I don't know)..." Meiling said softly.
Syaoran picked up his sword and gripped
the handle tightly. "I'M GOING TO HONG KONG NOW!"
AN: =^.^= Cliff hanger =^.^= Why
did the Li-clan take Sakura to Hong Kong?! What is happening over there
was we speak?! Will Syaoran rescue Sakura in time from whatever the Li-clan
is planning?! Stay tooned to find out!!!
