A/N: well this part will be a little weird so please bare with me. Also this chapter has hints of Eriol and Kaho couple, but don't worry all you E+T fans they will hook up somewhere in this story. Also for all you S+S fans, their moment is coming soon. Okay on with the show.
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS.
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"Please go away! Just leave me alone I beg of you." Meiling pleaded with the cruel voices.
"You can't escape us worthless child." One sneered.
"Some decadent of Clow Reed you are, you don't even have magical powers." Another laughed.
"You're weak, and useless. You are lucky we haven't exterminated your pathetic life, but don't worry that baby inside you will prove to be punishment enough." The final voice frightened her more then the other two; it was a voice she knew all to well.
All the radical she had endured came back with a new fear attached. Her child would grow to be a monster, a demon disguise as an innocent baby. This was more then she could take, why won't the voices just leave her in peace, why do they keep taunting me. Haven't I suffered enough?
"Meiling." A soft and gentle voice broke through the haunting memories. "Meiling." The voice called again.
"Who are you?" Meiling whimpered.
"Don't be frighten child, I am not here to harm you. I want to help you." The voice replied with the same gentle tone.
"Help me?" Meiling asked confused. She was no longer frighten the voice was so soothing that she felt an extreme sense of comfort in it's presents.
"I know what troubles you, you are afraid that the child you bare will grow into evil just as the elders of your clan said it would, but do not be frighten by their words. They are the ones who are truly afraid. The time of the Li Clan is drawing to an end. The child you carry will be a strong key in the end of dark magic." The voice explained.
"Who are you?" Meiling asked again while stepping close to the sound of the voice.
Suddenly a figure stepped out of the shadows and all the darkness surrounding them was lit up by thousands of beautiful stars.
"Huh…Clow Reed!" Meiling gasped. She didn't understand how she knew it was him, she just knew.
Clow smiled at Meiling kindly. "You have grown to be very strong young one but you still have much growing to do. I have come to you to tell you not to fear your child. He will have strong magical powers, they will be pure and will give strength to the two chosen ones."
"I don't understand." Meiling confessed. "What do you mean my child will have strong magic? How is that possible when I have no magic? And what did you mean by the Li Clan's time is drawing to an end?" Meiling sounded like a little child-asking question after question, wishing to understand a world she knew so little about.
Clow did not seem to mind Meiling's question; he merely smiled and then prepared to answer. "There is no other way to explain it. You shall have a son and he will be a powerful magician. His power will be given to the two chosen to put an end to the last practitioner of dark magic, my descendants the LI Clan." Clow stated as he began to fade away.
"But wait I still don't understand!" Meiling called after him.
"Don't worry child you will understand when the time comes." Meiling heard Clow's voice answer before the stars faded and everything went black once again.
"What a weird dream." Meiling said to herself as she sat up in her bed. She looked over at her small digital clock, the numbers read seven thirteen p.m. Syrian should be getting off work soon, his boss promised to let him leave early so he could spend some of his weekend on homework.
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The wind blew lightly through trees rustling there leafs and branches. The air was cooling as the sun began to set; the remaining rays of light painted the usually dry sky with beautiful pinks, oranges, and purples.
Li smiled as he gazed upon the sky and the retreating sun. No matter how much pain there was in the world nature still knew how to cast beauty upon it. One thing that always gave Li joy was the sunset, all the colors and mysteries behind the great orange orb.
Li's thoughts returned to the task of walking when he hit a misplaced stone and stumbled a few feet nearly dropping the grocery bags he held in both hands. He shook his hand in disbelieve, 'Even after all these years I still hadn't grown out of my clumsiness. I still seemed to always have my head in the clouds.' He sighed in frustration. 'I Need to learn to be more focused. I have a lot more responsibilities now, I can't keep spacing out like this.'
Li immediately snapped to attention when he heard a sound near by that seemed to be a cross from a scream and a whimper. He continued to walk further into Penguin Park while looking around to see who could have made the sound. His eyes widened when he saw a teen-aged boy with indigo hair sitting beside the small water fountain with his face buried in his hands.
Li was unsure if he should approach the boy or just keep walking. Why should he care about Eriol, after all it's not like they were really friends, the only reason they really associated with each other was because of their connection with Clow magic.
Eriol sighed as he lifted his head up and began to star at the ground in front of him. Li knew that Eriol had sensed his presents, after all he was the reincarnation of the most powerful magician to ever life, he probably sensed Li approaching before he ever entered the park. After a moment Li decided to speak with the distressed sorcerer.
"Eriol is everything all right?" he asked as he walked over to the slumped form by the fountain.
Eriol didn't look up or even acknowledge Li's presents.
Li steeped a few feet closer to him and tried again. "Eriol?"
This time Eriol responded with by shaking his head then he spoke. "No everything is not all right, but I suppose it doesn't matter. Heart ache is just a part of life, wouldn't you agree." Eriol voice sounded so empty, the only emotion that seemed to lie it was malice. "You should continue home, or your groceries will begging to spoil." Eriol stated still not looking at the brown hair boy.
Li shook his head in confusion, why was Eriol acting so strange? He never struck Li as the type to get so depressed and angry. Li set down his bag of groceries on the sidewalk then he moved over to where Eriol was sitting and sat down next to him. He didn't speak he just sat there staring at the ground just like the other teen.
Eriol had to admit he wasn't expecting this kind of reaction from his young decadent. He wanted to ask what Li was doing, but he decided to remain silent for a few moments longer. He didn't want to ruin a moment, he never had a moment where Li was there just to listen to him, and it felt nice to hold the boy's interest. Out of all his descendants Li was the only one that he ever had a desire to know, he was an enigma, his aura was so warm and welcoming, yet he tried to act of cold and distant. "Li you should go it is getting late." Eriol said sadly, as he hated to send the boy away.
"You don't own the park Eriol, I can sit here as long as I want, and besides it's not that late." Li argued.
Eriol chuckled slightly at Li's remark. "You're right." He said simply as he returned his eyes to the cement.
The two sat in silence for a few minutes before Li broke it in a quiet voice. "I don't know why you're sad Eriol, but I am sorry for whatever the reason is."
Eriol turned his head sharply to where Li sat staring at the night sky. Out of all the things for Li to say this was not something Eriol had expected. Li turned his gaze to meet Eriol's. Concern and sympathy singed brightly in his auburn eyes.
Eriol could no long hold his gaze upon the young teen. "Sad…" He whispered as he turned to look at the sky. The crescent moon glowed in rays of silver and the stars twinkled like diamonds in a stream of deep blues. "Sad, I'm not so sure if that is the right word. There is so much going on, so many changes, I guess I just wasn't ready for this one." He stated heavily.
Li looked confused, but he still listened closely. Eriol could sense his confusion and so he decided to explain, he wasn't sure why he was telling Li this. It wasn't any of his business, maybe it was just that he needed to tell someone and for some reason he knew he could trust Li to keep it to himself.
"Kaho wrote to my and told me that it is time to put our relationship to an end. She said we have gone in such separate directions that we should just break it off before one of us gets hurt." Eriol stood up and paced a few steppes. Li also stood but he merrily watched the other boy, and did not move from where he stood. "Could she not realize that I am hurt. She was my first love and now I have none." His last words were shaky and full of despair.
Li looked shocked by the honesty of the other teen, but he quickly regained his composure, then he walked over to the other boy and laid a hand on his shoulder offering his support. "I can't say that you will ever find someone you that you can feel the same way for as you did Kaho, after all there is no one like your first love. But it doesn't mean you are alone, you have your guardians, and Sakura and Tomoyo, and you have me."
Li's last words circled around Eriol's head as he tried to register them. Li consider hi his friend, he wasn't alone he did have the others. Li interrupted Eriol's thoughts as he took his hand from his shoulder and walk back over to the groceries he had been carrying. "It is getting late, we should both beheading home." Li stated with a smile. "I will see you in class tomorrow." He said as he headed to the exit of the park.
Eriol smiled he watched the young teen's retreating form, yes Li was an enigma.
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Well that part kind had EriolXSyaraon, but that wasn't my intention. I needed a way to get ride of Kaho (so the E+T fans can have their way) and I wanted Syaraon and Eriol to become better friends so it just kind of work out this way. Okay E+T will not show up till later sorry, however S+S will be either in the next chapter or the one after. Now for the time you have all been waiting for, REVIEW. I need major objective criticism, tell me what is good and bad, so I know how to improve and make the next part better.