Two in one!!! Like I promised, here's the second part!! Less talk, more
reading!! Don't forget to R+R!!!
DISCLAIMER
Don't own it, leave me alone!!
What I Wouldn't Give
By: Trulie Hope
Chapter Nine: Capturing Betrayal.
Cham-si was watching the sense with amusement. "As you can see, I have him in my possession. It would be a very smart thing for you to hand over the Clow Cards now."
Syaoran shook his head fiercely.
She gazed sadly and shook her head as well, "No."
With a shrug of his shoulders and a yawn, Cham-si paced towards Syaoran. "Is that your final answer?"
Sakura nodded.
"We'll see if you don't change your mind."
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He made an elaborate gesture and Syaoran flew feet back and winced in pain. "Changed your mind?"
She was speechless. The event that had just occurred hadn't even registered in her mind. Cham-si took her silence as defiance.
"Very well." Again, he flew backwards, landing with a large thump on the hard ground.
Still no reaction from Sakura.
"The one thing I don't like about magic," Cham-si started as he strode towards where Syaoran was struggling to his feet. "Is how clean it is. No blood or anything of that sort." He stopped in front of him, said something under his breath, and a sword appeared in his outstretched. "Perhaps you need to see the damage."
Sakura snapped back into reality. "No! Don't hurt him, please!"
He smirked, "Then tell me where the cards are."
"I don't know!" She exclaimed.
Cham-si shrugged, "If that's the way you feel." With one quick swipe, he opened a bloody gash on the side of Syaoran's right arm. Syaoran's arm instinctively went to his injury and his face scrunched in pain, but he didn't yell.
"Stop. please!" She begged, "Please!"
"If you tell me where the cards are."
"I. Don't. Know!"
Slash! An identical gash appeared in his other arm.
Tears began to gather in Sakura's eyes, "I don't know where they are! They should have been in my room!!"
Slash! Slash! Slash! Wounds appeared on his chest, neck, and face.
"Stop." She sobbed.
Surprisingly, he obeyed. Cham-si stopped, his sword poised over his shoulder, and looked curiously at Sakura.
"I think," He said slowly, lowering the sword, "That you are telling the truth." He stepped away from Syaoran and Sakura ran to him.
"Syaoran! Say something!" She pleaded, cradling his head in her lap and looking down at his closed eyes. He was bleeding a lot, she noticed, especially from one particularly large wound on his chest. "Syaoran, please!!"
His eyes fluttered open and he squinted, "S. Sakura?"
She nodded furiously, "Hang on, all right?"
"You act like I'm dying." He commented weakly, giving her one of his brilliant smiles. He lowered his tone to a whisper, "Hiiragizawa came back, he wanted me to give these to you." From a pocket, he pulled two slim, red pieces of thick paper.
Sakura took them from him and examined them carefully. "The last two cards?"
Syaoran nodded, "Um hm, and don't worry about the cards; they're safe."
A triumphant laugh informed the pair that they were being watched. "So little wolf has the cards?" Wondered Cham-si in a menacing tone, "I should have guessed."
"I don't have them." He responded as he struggled to sit up.
"But you know where they are."
"No."
"Don't lie to me." Cham-si replied, "It gets tiring after a while. I know for a fact that I won't get the information from you alone, but possibly a certain someone could aid in getting the facts from you."
He glared and struggled to move in front of Sakura, "Don't touch her."
The action merited a laugh from Cham-si, "Protective of her, are you? We'll see what we can learn from this." He raised his right hand and Sakura went up with it. Syaoran attempted to grab her, but it was no use.
Up, up, up she went until she was dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. "A fall from this height would probably kill her." Cham-si speculated, "We wouldn't and that, would we?"
Seconds passed; Syaoran looked desperately from Sakura to Cham-si. He let out a defeated sigh and looked down at the ground with a shamed look on his face. "I'll tell you." He whispered, "Bring her down first."
A triumphant grin on his face, he brought Sakura back to the ground and set her a few feet away. "Where are they?"
Whatever the response to that had been, he didn't hear. "What did you say."
Again, Syaoran tried to speak but nothing came out. Cham-si walked closer until he was face to face with him. "Where are the cards?"
A grin spread over Syaoran's face and his sword was out. With the last of his remaining strength, he drove the sword into Cham-si's stomach. "Use the card, Sakura!!"
She looked in bewilderment at the cards she held in her hand. Which one was it? What if she used the wrong one? I have to concentrate. She reminded herself, You can't capture a card with a sword. The opposite of Cham-si. is. Her hand hovered above loyalty, The opposite of loyalty is betrayal. Cham-si betrayed his partner and Clow Reed. That's the card.
Sakura looked up, ready to use her chosen card. She saw Syaoran fall lifelessly to the ground and watched Cham-si tower over him threateningly.
Syaoran. It looked like he was dead. but he couldn't be. A rare sensation flooded her brain, anger. She used the heat rushing through her veins to fuel her action.
"I, Sakura, Mistress of the Cards, command you, Loyalty, release!!" (AN: I know that's not what she really says. This is mine. Its supposed to be different.) She yelled, tossing the card in front of her. In a flash of light, the card disappeared and a woman appeared, dressed in armor and carrying a sword. She bowed to Sakura and looked to her for instructions. "Loyalty, weaken Cham-si so I can capture him!"
Loyalty complied and in seconds, Cham-si was lying on the ground, gasping for breath. The card returned to its previous form and hovered in front of Sakura before falling the ground. "Betrayal, return to your form! I, Sakura, command you!!" With an earsplitting cry, Cham-si withered and twisted before disappearing entirely. The last card appeared in front of Sakura; Cham-si's smirking face on the front.
Sakura smiled grimily, took an urgent step towards the fallen Syaoran, and dropped to the ground unconscious. On thing the card mistress did notice before she blanked out entirely was the fact that there was now grass below her, not stone.
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One chapter left!! Will Syaoran survive? Find out in the LAST Chapter!!! Coming soon!! Sorry its sooo short!!! Please, please, please, R+R. But just note, this chapter was done in a rush; I wanted ta give you guys this one w/ #8 so I wouldn't get flamed for the cliff hanger. pikogio@yahoo.com
Later ~ Trulie H.
DISCLAIMER
Don't own it, leave me alone!!
What I Wouldn't Give
By: Trulie Hope
Chapter Nine: Capturing Betrayal.
Cham-si was watching the sense with amusement. "As you can see, I have him in my possession. It would be a very smart thing for you to hand over the Clow Cards now."
Syaoran shook his head fiercely.
She gazed sadly and shook her head as well, "No."
With a shrug of his shoulders and a yawn, Cham-si paced towards Syaoran. "Is that your final answer?"
Sakura nodded.
"We'll see if you don't change your mind."
*********
He made an elaborate gesture and Syaoran flew feet back and winced in pain. "Changed your mind?"
She was speechless. The event that had just occurred hadn't even registered in her mind. Cham-si took her silence as defiance.
"Very well." Again, he flew backwards, landing with a large thump on the hard ground.
Still no reaction from Sakura.
"The one thing I don't like about magic," Cham-si started as he strode towards where Syaoran was struggling to his feet. "Is how clean it is. No blood or anything of that sort." He stopped in front of him, said something under his breath, and a sword appeared in his outstretched. "Perhaps you need to see the damage."
Sakura snapped back into reality. "No! Don't hurt him, please!"
He smirked, "Then tell me where the cards are."
"I don't know!" She exclaimed.
Cham-si shrugged, "If that's the way you feel." With one quick swipe, he opened a bloody gash on the side of Syaoran's right arm. Syaoran's arm instinctively went to his injury and his face scrunched in pain, but he didn't yell.
"Stop. please!" She begged, "Please!"
"If you tell me where the cards are."
"I. Don't. Know!"
Slash! An identical gash appeared in his other arm.
Tears began to gather in Sakura's eyes, "I don't know where they are! They should have been in my room!!"
Slash! Slash! Slash! Wounds appeared on his chest, neck, and face.
"Stop." She sobbed.
Surprisingly, he obeyed. Cham-si stopped, his sword poised over his shoulder, and looked curiously at Sakura.
"I think," He said slowly, lowering the sword, "That you are telling the truth." He stepped away from Syaoran and Sakura ran to him.
"Syaoran! Say something!" She pleaded, cradling his head in her lap and looking down at his closed eyes. He was bleeding a lot, she noticed, especially from one particularly large wound on his chest. "Syaoran, please!!"
His eyes fluttered open and he squinted, "S. Sakura?"
She nodded furiously, "Hang on, all right?"
"You act like I'm dying." He commented weakly, giving her one of his brilliant smiles. He lowered his tone to a whisper, "Hiiragizawa came back, he wanted me to give these to you." From a pocket, he pulled two slim, red pieces of thick paper.
Sakura took them from him and examined them carefully. "The last two cards?"
Syaoran nodded, "Um hm, and don't worry about the cards; they're safe."
A triumphant laugh informed the pair that they were being watched. "So little wolf has the cards?" Wondered Cham-si in a menacing tone, "I should have guessed."
"I don't have them." He responded as he struggled to sit up.
"But you know where they are."
"No."
"Don't lie to me." Cham-si replied, "It gets tiring after a while. I know for a fact that I won't get the information from you alone, but possibly a certain someone could aid in getting the facts from you."
He glared and struggled to move in front of Sakura, "Don't touch her."
The action merited a laugh from Cham-si, "Protective of her, are you? We'll see what we can learn from this." He raised his right hand and Sakura went up with it. Syaoran attempted to grab her, but it was no use.
Up, up, up she went until she was dangling hundreds of feet above the ground. "A fall from this height would probably kill her." Cham-si speculated, "We wouldn't and that, would we?"
Seconds passed; Syaoran looked desperately from Sakura to Cham-si. He let out a defeated sigh and looked down at the ground with a shamed look on his face. "I'll tell you." He whispered, "Bring her down first."
A triumphant grin on his face, he brought Sakura back to the ground and set her a few feet away. "Where are they?"
Whatever the response to that had been, he didn't hear. "What did you say."
Again, Syaoran tried to speak but nothing came out. Cham-si walked closer until he was face to face with him. "Where are the cards?"
A grin spread over Syaoran's face and his sword was out. With the last of his remaining strength, he drove the sword into Cham-si's stomach. "Use the card, Sakura!!"
She looked in bewilderment at the cards she held in her hand. Which one was it? What if she used the wrong one? I have to concentrate. She reminded herself, You can't capture a card with a sword. The opposite of Cham-si. is. Her hand hovered above loyalty, The opposite of loyalty is betrayal. Cham-si betrayed his partner and Clow Reed. That's the card.
Sakura looked up, ready to use her chosen card. She saw Syaoran fall lifelessly to the ground and watched Cham-si tower over him threateningly.
Syaoran. It looked like he was dead. but he couldn't be. A rare sensation flooded her brain, anger. She used the heat rushing through her veins to fuel her action.
"I, Sakura, Mistress of the Cards, command you, Loyalty, release!!" (AN: I know that's not what she really says. This is mine. Its supposed to be different.) She yelled, tossing the card in front of her. In a flash of light, the card disappeared and a woman appeared, dressed in armor and carrying a sword. She bowed to Sakura and looked to her for instructions. "Loyalty, weaken Cham-si so I can capture him!"
Loyalty complied and in seconds, Cham-si was lying on the ground, gasping for breath. The card returned to its previous form and hovered in front of Sakura before falling the ground. "Betrayal, return to your form! I, Sakura, command you!!" With an earsplitting cry, Cham-si withered and twisted before disappearing entirely. The last card appeared in front of Sakura; Cham-si's smirking face on the front.
Sakura smiled grimily, took an urgent step towards the fallen Syaoran, and dropped to the ground unconscious. On thing the card mistress did notice before she blanked out entirely was the fact that there was now grass below her, not stone.
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One chapter left!! Will Syaoran survive? Find out in the LAST Chapter!!! Coming soon!! Sorry its sooo short!!! Please, please, please, R+R. But just note, this chapter was done in a rush; I wanted ta give you guys this one w/ #8 so I wouldn't get flamed for the cliff hanger. pikogio@yahoo.com
Later ~ Trulie H.
