Hey everyone! I haven't been getting many reviews after the eighth chapter. Should I stop? It doesn't seem like people are reviewing…. I haven't gotten more than three reviews… I think. I'm not quite sure what should happen in the next chapter. I didn't really think of a plot for this story. Please give me some ideas for the next chapter! I will, of course, write first thing at the beginning of the chapter, thanks to whoever sent the idea and that the chapter was their idea. Okie?
Also, I'm so sorry that my chapters are so short. I don't really have soooo much time to write really loooong chapters although I do try and I would like to write longer chapters. I have been doing Mcas testing this week (5/14/2001) and I will still be for the following week. Sorry about it. My teachers loaded me with last minute hw for the Mcas.
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The Master's Stone
Chapter 9
Si Mun was invisible now. She stood out of the way in a far corner of the room.
The lock clicked and then the doorknob turned. Si Mun was tense. Who wanted to come here?
Then in came a person. The person was dressed all in black, like a ninja, with a sword on their back. The person radiated evil from their body.
The person stealthily walked in. It looked around and walked over to the bed. The person crouched and their hand went under the bed. The person pulled out the velvet case.
Si Mun quietly walked to the person's back. Still invisible, she pointed her sword at the person's back and spoke.
"What do you want from me?" Si Mun said.
The person, surprised, dropped the case. The case itself was heavy. Si Mun knew that he had thought that the sword was in the case. The person swiveled around looking for whoever spoke. When its back was turned to her, she poked the person lightly with the sword to tell the person that she was armed.
"You better not move. Answer my question." Si Mun said forcefully.
"Why should I?" the person replied.
"If you don't tell me than I don't think you would like to know what happens to you." Si Mun responded.
The person looked deep in thought with eyes sweeping the room. Si Mun was right behind the person. The person's eyes narrowed. He was positive the voice was coming from behind him.
In a blink of an eye the person pulled out their sword behind their back and swiped behind him. She wasn't expecting it and the force from the swipe hit her sword. She flew sideways, very hard, into the wall. The sword struck the wall and a dent mark appeared.
The person snorted. "Never sneak up on my back. That's a lesson for you. I'll be back soon." The person turned to run to the balcony. Then jumped off the rail into the dark night.
Si Mun rubbed her right wrist in pain. Her wrist was bent backwards when the person hit her sword. She knew she could've blocked it but she wasn't ready. She ended the invisible spell and stood up.
Si Mun went over to her spell book. She turned to the page she was looking for. She put her unhurt left hand over the wrist. She muttered the spell and she could immediately feel the pain leave.
She knew the person must have been after the Twilight orb. The Twilight orb was in the handle of her sword. She held up the sword. Si Mun looked down at it.
It was long and slender. The handle was made out of a special midnight blue stone with fancy carvings and intricate designs. There was a single red string coming from the end of the handle, which had a small blue stone at the end of the red string. The same stone as what the handle was made out of. Out of this stone was a tassel (Like Syaoran's sword) of more red strings.
The handle was special. In the middle was a small orb. If you looked closely, you could see the midnight blue glitterish stuff inside the stone swirl gently. It was her orb, Twilight. Jing's orb was Dawn. She held the sword up in front of her and called it back. What was left in her hand was a red string and the small orb which looked like a pendent.
"I'll be ready next time." She said out into the dark night.
There was a knock at her door. "Miss Li?" said a female voice.
"Come in." Si Mun replied. She put the string around her neck and tucked the pendent under her shirt.
"Dinner is about to start." The maid poked her head into the room. "Do you need help dressing?"
"I'll be fine." Si Mun took her gown and headed to her bathroom to change. After she came out, she looked exactly as she did before at the ball. Except she had her pendent on. Before, she had left the sword in its case. She called it into its pendent form so she could keep it with her just incase the person came back looking for it.
She headed downstairs into the dining room. Li Tai Tai saw her come in. She pointed to a seat that was next to Syaoran. Li Tai Tai was sitting on the other side of Syaoran.
Si Mun went to her seat and sat down.
*~*~*~*~* In Japan *~*~*~*~*
Jing looked through Sakura's window. She was invisible, like Si Mun. She had to watch over Sakura. It was her job. She had been in the tree, next to Sakura's window, mentally talking to Si Mun.
One more check on Sakura and she would go back to her new apartment. Sakura went downstairs to eat dinner with her family. Jing watched until she knew Sakura would be all right.
Jing decided to go home. It was getting late. Jing would have to wake up early to watch over Sakura. She had already found out Sakura gets up late in the mornings. She found out the boring way.
Jing leaped like a cat onto the neighbor's house. Swift and soundless. She turned back to look through Sakura's window. Kero was playing Zylon warriors. Jing sighed and turned to leap to the next house. After jumping onto the roofs for a few minutes, she came to the park.
She leaped from tree branch to tree branch. Coming close to the edge of the park she spotted her apartment. A tree stood next to her window. She had left the bedroom window open. 'oh well. Its easier to get in then.' She leaped up the tree and then through her window.
Jing got ready for bed and had a light snack.
She finished eating and then went to her bedroom. She yawned twice before slipping between the covers. Right after she relaxed, she drifted off into dreamland.
*~*~*~*~* The next morning *~*~*~*~*
It was just getting light out when Jing woke. 'Dawn. How beautiful.' She looked at the sun coming up from the horizon casting morning shadows. The sky had a mix of many colors.
Jing pushed the blankets away from her and got up. She headed for the bathroom. She came back out wearing training clothes.
She took her sword from its heavy golden-colored velvet case and went out to the large balcony to start her morning training. She started the routine.
Her movements were graceful and precise but altogether deadly. It was the result from her many years of training.
Her Dawn orb and sword was almost the exact replica of Si Mun's Twilight orb and sword. The difference was where ever Si Mun's had midnight blue, Jing's had a golden color, like the sun at sunrise.
After she finished she headed for the shower and came back out with regular everyday wear. She called the sword back to its pendent form. If she was seen running around the area with a sword in her hands then people would be suspicious and scared.
She went deep into the park and stopped at a secluded area. It was a beautiful place. This place was undisturbed by humans. The only person she knew who came here was Sakura.
After a few minutes Jing headed to Sakura's house.