Wooo thank you very much for all the reviews!! ^_^ I really hope you like this part of the chapter... hint: Li isn't as dense as he may seem.... k maybe he really isn't dense but... nevermind just read it. Be sure to review too and NO I do NOT own CCS or CC so leave me alone about that, now read!
By: Ying-Fa
A Second Chance
Chapter 4-Return to the Past
A Second Chance
Chapter 4-Return to the Past
Sakura was now sitting up in her bed trying to clean up her cuts she had on her right arm.
"Thanks Kero." Sakura said as she cleaned up her wound.
Kero flew in front of her, "No problem! As long as your not dead, I really have no problem tying to help you." Kero said sacrasticlly.
"Ha ha, very funny Kero." Sakura hinted a bit of sacrasm.
"Well, who was that? You know who beated you up." Kero asked.
Sakura put her damp cloth next to her bed and stated, "Well, that was Shirou. He said that he wanted my Sakura Cards, but I refused. When I refused... he threw me across the pool continuesly." Sakura looked up at Kero for a response.
Kero had a stunned look on his face, "H-he threw you across the pool.. and you live to tell the tale? How could you survive that?!?"
Sakura sighed and smiled, "Well, a long time ago...." And she begun to tell her story. "When I was little, I was whipped by the former leader of this clan. Not only that, I was tortured and on the vege of dieing...." She paused for a moment when Kero started a question.
"What about you family, what happened to them?" Sakura bit her bottom lip, not wanting to remeber how they died... but she had to tell him.
She looked to her right, "They.. died. They died in front of my eyes. The Li Clan soldiers had been ordered to kill the Kinomoto family, because of a dispute between the family. I really didn't know what the dispute was about, but we all had to pay the price. I was the only Kinomoto that didn't die.... and because of that, I've been a servent here for all of my life." Kero had pittyness for Sakura written all over his face.
Sakura noticed and smiled, "See? My life was and still is miserable."
Kero face turned from pityness to a smile, "Don't worry Sakura, one day you'll be happy!"
"Ya, I guess your right..." She paused for a moment and sighed, "But when?"
Kero patted her on her back, "Some day Sakura, some day." Sakua smiled in recognition, and Kero smiled back. "By the way Sakura how did you ever get out of the whipping mess? I mean you would at least have some scars on your back, but you don't." This made Sakura's smile grow bigger. Kero noticed and eyed her questionaly.
Sakura noticing Kero reaction replied, "Well, a boy.. I really don't know who it was, saved me. He was around my age, brown hair and eyes. I've been searching for him for years, but I've just been too busy with my life.. not to mention my job, to find him." She smiled at Kero, and Kero sat on her shoulder happy that his mistress was alive and smiling. Little did they know that they where being watched.
A Month Later
Sakura was sleeping peacefully on her bed with Kero in a deep slumber. Sakura was suddenly grabbed. A cold hand was placed over her mouth keeping her from screaming.
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Sakura yelled out in pain as the whip lashed her back.
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Kero woke up next morning with a yawn and instictivly looked to where Sakura was sleeping.
He saw nothing but didn't want to worry about it, "She's probably off doing her hair or something." He got up and flew to the bathroom, "Hey Sakura, I'm hungry!" No response came from the other side of the door. Kero frowned and slowly opened the door. Nobody was in there. He looked at her alarm clock and read 6:53 a.m. "Sakura wouldn't wake up this early, she doesn't work till 9." He paused for a moment. "Even if she did have to work early... she would've at least set her alarm clock at that time. Something's wrong."
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"Now, give me the cards!!" Shirou yelled. Sakrua refused once more and once more Shirou whipped her back. Her skin tore at the whip of the lash and Sakura could feel the blood seaping on her cloths. She winced in pain. Even though she had been whipped when she was a little kid, she really didn't feel the pain becuase she was upset that the old leader of the clan had ordered to kill the Kinomoto family. She now got over that and she couldn't be as so much as upset as she was 8 years ago.
She was trapped in some sort of dungeon. She could only guess that this place was the dungeon of the Li Clan. It had a distictive odor and not to mention the same horrid surroundings. The place probably had some sort of magical sheild around it because no matter how high she screamed or yelled, no one came. She concluded as she awaited for the next lash.
"You want more suffering or what?" Shirou asked as he held his whip. Sakura was whipped all over her back. Blood gushed from practically every lash. Shirou looked at his watch. It was already 9 a.m. and she was tortured through out the night.
"No." she whispered loud enough for Shirou to hear. "Fine, but I'll be back." Sakura expecting no more lashings, relaxed herself ready to be freed from this torture chamber. Shirou on the other hand noticed her relaction and smiled evilly. The last thing that could be heard from Sakura was the crack of the whip and her screaming at the last lashing Shirou gave her before trasnporting her.
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Syaoran was frowned a bit. "Where's Sakura, she hasn't even called in yet." Syaoran decided to go to Sakura's room asking why she's late.
As he cautiously opened the door, there he saw it all. The painful memories of his childhood nighmares flooded back to his head.
Sakura suddenly appeared in her room in pain and weakness, standing.
Kero not caring how she got her started to yell at Sakura, "Where were you? I was worried and hungry and.." he paused for a moment when he notice something was different about Sakura. Her hair was messed up and it looked like she had no sleep whatsover. She had a bit of blood coming out from the right side of her mouth. "Sakura, are you alright?" He asked as his voice came to almost a whisper.
The only sentece that came out of her mouth was hoarse and small, "It hurts Kero." And she fainted nearly slamming onto the floor if it wasn't for Kero and Li. Li had instictivly ran over to help Sakura up not caring wheather Kero was there or not. Kero felt the same, it was too late to act like a stuffed animal in front of Syaoran's eyes but he didn't care. All he cared about was Sakura's well being. Syaoran got a hold of Sakura and slowly laid her down only to see what he saw 8 years ago. Her back was covered with blood and her shirt was teared. Kero could only guess whip lashes caused such great pain for Sakura. Thought there was one lashing that stood out the most. It was very deep and blood gushed out of it more. Bruises surrounded it.
"Sakura." was all Kero could say. Li stared at her wounds in disbalief. It was like he was back in the past, he didn't like it.
"Well, are you gonna help her or not?" Kero asked as he still stared at Sakura's back.
"Um.. yeah. I'll be back." While Syaoran was in Sakura's bathroom getting a damp towel and some iodine, Kero was working his magic. The little animal grew a golden auroa around himself and Sakura. The wounds slowly began to close not even leaving a mark behind.
Syaoran came out of the bathroom and kneeled next to Kero and Sakura thinking, 'Why did the stuffed animal even ask for my help when he can heal her himself.'
Even though Kero healed all of her wounds there was only one that he coudn't heal. It was the deepest cut on Sakura's back that he couldn't seem to heal. He healed the bruises around it but he couldn't seem to heal the wound itself. Li and Kero looked at it ackwardly. Li made his move. He slowly cleaned off the wound and soon the bleeding stopped.
He placed a some sort of bandage over her cut then, he turned to Kero, "You can't tell her I know about her being the Clow Mistress and you being her guardian. Alright?"
Kero was shocked quite a bit. 'Since when does he know about all of these stuff?' And as if on cue Syaoran aswered his question. He slowly picked Sakura up and place her on her bed and tucked her in as if she was the most fragile thing he ever held. Kero noticed and frowned.
"I was suppose to protect her... and make sure she lived to see the next day. I figured she was suppose to be the Clow Mistress since The Clow Book was gone from my library and the only one in there was Sakura." He took his eyes off of Sakura, and placed them on Kero. "Look, you can't tell her I know about her secret life."
"Why?" Kero asked as he flew in front of Syaoran.
Syaoran lifted a brow and folded his arms, "Like how you can't tell anyone that you can actually move and eat 100 pounds of food. No wonder half of the refigerator food is gone the next day." Syaoran remarked sarcasticlly
"Hey!" Kero said as he tried to bit his finger. His attempt failed miserably.
Sooo?? You like or what?? Hehehe I wanted to put in a little scene of Kero and Syaoran... you know how much Syaoran hates Kero! ^_^ Anyways please review! Next chapter coming soon! I'm also sorry if this took me a long time to get this chapter up... I'm typing ch 5 right now and I'm done with 1/4 of the chapter. (Is that so bad? At least I'm typing up the next chatper with school and everything in the way!) Hehehe be sure to review or no new chapter in a long time!
"Thanks Kero." Sakura said as she cleaned up her wound.
Kero flew in front of her, "No problem! As long as your not dead, I really have no problem tying to help you." Kero said sacrasticlly.
"Ha ha, very funny Kero." Sakura hinted a bit of sacrasm.
"Well, who was that? You know who beated you up." Kero asked.
Sakura put her damp cloth next to her bed and stated, "Well, that was Shirou. He said that he wanted my Sakura Cards, but I refused. When I refused... he threw me across the pool continuesly." Sakura looked up at Kero for a response.
Kero had a stunned look on his face, "H-he threw you across the pool.. and you live to tell the tale? How could you survive that?!?"
Sakura sighed and smiled, "Well, a long time ago...." And she begun to tell her story. "When I was little, I was whipped by the former leader of this clan. Not only that, I was tortured and on the vege of dieing...." She paused for a moment when Kero started a question.
"What about you family, what happened to them?" Sakura bit her bottom lip, not wanting to remeber how they died... but she had to tell him.
She looked to her right, "They.. died. They died in front of my eyes. The Li Clan soldiers had been ordered to kill the Kinomoto family, because of a dispute between the family. I really didn't know what the dispute was about, but we all had to pay the price. I was the only Kinomoto that didn't die.... and because of that, I've been a servent here for all of my life." Kero had pittyness for Sakura written all over his face.
Sakura noticed and smiled, "See? My life was and still is miserable."
Kero face turned from pityness to a smile, "Don't worry Sakura, one day you'll be happy!"
"Ya, I guess your right..." She paused for a moment and sighed, "But when?"
Kero patted her on her back, "Some day Sakura, some day." Sakua smiled in recognition, and Kero smiled back. "By the way Sakura how did you ever get out of the whipping mess? I mean you would at least have some scars on your back, but you don't." This made Sakura's smile grow bigger. Kero noticed and eyed her questionaly.
Sakura noticing Kero reaction replied, "Well, a boy.. I really don't know who it was, saved me. He was around my age, brown hair and eyes. I've been searching for him for years, but I've just been too busy with my life.. not to mention my job, to find him." She smiled at Kero, and Kero sat on her shoulder happy that his mistress was alive and smiling. Little did they know that they where being watched.
A Month Later
Sakura was sleeping peacefully on her bed with Kero in a deep slumber. Sakura was suddenly grabbed. A cold hand was placed over her mouth keeping her from screaming.
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Sakura yelled out in pain as the whip lashed her back.
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Kero woke up next morning with a yawn and instictivly looked to where Sakura was sleeping.
He saw nothing but didn't want to worry about it, "She's probably off doing her hair or something." He got up and flew to the bathroom, "Hey Sakura, I'm hungry!" No response came from the other side of the door. Kero frowned and slowly opened the door. Nobody was in there. He looked at her alarm clock and read 6:53 a.m. "Sakura wouldn't wake up this early, she doesn't work till 9." He paused for a moment. "Even if she did have to work early... she would've at least set her alarm clock at that time. Something's wrong."
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"Now, give me the cards!!" Shirou yelled. Sakrua refused once more and once more Shirou whipped her back. Her skin tore at the whip of the lash and Sakura could feel the blood seaping on her cloths. She winced in pain. Even though she had been whipped when she was a little kid, she really didn't feel the pain becuase she was upset that the old leader of the clan had ordered to kill the Kinomoto family. She now got over that and she couldn't be as so much as upset as she was 8 years ago.
She was trapped in some sort of dungeon. She could only guess that this place was the dungeon of the Li Clan. It had a distictive odor and not to mention the same horrid surroundings. The place probably had some sort of magical sheild around it because no matter how high she screamed or yelled, no one came. She concluded as she awaited for the next lash.
"You want more suffering or what?" Shirou asked as he held his whip. Sakura was whipped all over her back. Blood gushed from practically every lash. Shirou looked at his watch. It was already 9 a.m. and she was tortured through out the night.
"No." she whispered loud enough for Shirou to hear. "Fine, but I'll be back." Sakura expecting no more lashings, relaxed herself ready to be freed from this torture chamber. Shirou on the other hand noticed her relaction and smiled evilly. The last thing that could be heard from Sakura was the crack of the whip and her screaming at the last lashing Shirou gave her before trasnporting her.
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Syaoran was frowned a bit. "Where's Sakura, she hasn't even called in yet." Syaoran decided to go to Sakura's room asking why she's late.
As he cautiously opened the door, there he saw it all. The painful memories of his childhood nighmares flooded back to his head.
Sakura suddenly appeared in her room in pain and weakness, standing.
Kero not caring how she got her started to yell at Sakura, "Where were you? I was worried and hungry and.." he paused for a moment when he notice something was different about Sakura. Her hair was messed up and it looked like she had no sleep whatsover. She had a bit of blood coming out from the right side of her mouth. "Sakura, are you alright?" He asked as his voice came to almost a whisper.
The only sentece that came out of her mouth was hoarse and small, "It hurts Kero." And she fainted nearly slamming onto the floor if it wasn't for Kero and Li. Li had instictivly ran over to help Sakura up not caring wheather Kero was there or not. Kero felt the same, it was too late to act like a stuffed animal in front of Syaoran's eyes but he didn't care. All he cared about was Sakura's well being. Syaoran got a hold of Sakura and slowly laid her down only to see what he saw 8 years ago. Her back was covered with blood and her shirt was teared. Kero could only guess whip lashes caused such great pain for Sakura. Thought there was one lashing that stood out the most. It was very deep and blood gushed out of it more. Bruises surrounded it.
"Sakura." was all Kero could say. Li stared at her wounds in disbalief. It was like he was back in the past, he didn't like it.
"Well, are you gonna help her or not?" Kero asked as he still stared at Sakura's back.
"Um.. yeah. I'll be back." While Syaoran was in Sakura's bathroom getting a damp towel and some iodine, Kero was working his magic. The little animal grew a golden auroa around himself and Sakura. The wounds slowly began to close not even leaving a mark behind.
Syaoran came out of the bathroom and kneeled next to Kero and Sakura thinking, 'Why did the stuffed animal even ask for my help when he can heal her himself.'
Even though Kero healed all of her wounds there was only one that he coudn't heal. It was the deepest cut on Sakura's back that he couldn't seem to heal. He healed the bruises around it but he couldn't seem to heal the wound itself. Li and Kero looked at it ackwardly. Li made his move. He slowly cleaned off the wound and soon the bleeding stopped.
He placed a some sort of bandage over her cut then, he turned to Kero, "You can't tell her I know about her being the Clow Mistress and you being her guardian. Alright?"
Kero was shocked quite a bit. 'Since when does he know about all of these stuff?' And as if on cue Syaoran aswered his question. He slowly picked Sakura up and place her on her bed and tucked her in as if she was the most fragile thing he ever held. Kero noticed and frowned.
"I was suppose to protect her... and make sure she lived to see the next day. I figured she was suppose to be the Clow Mistress since The Clow Book was gone from my library and the only one in there was Sakura." He took his eyes off of Sakura, and placed them on Kero. "Look, you can't tell her I know about her secret life."
"Why?" Kero asked as he flew in front of Syaoran.
Syaoran lifted a brow and folded his arms, "Like how you can't tell anyone that you can actually move and eat 100 pounds of food. No wonder half of the refigerator food is gone the next day." Syaoran remarked sarcasticlly
"Hey!" Kero said as he tried to bit his finger. His attempt failed miserably.
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