Sorry to be late... Too busy and very pre-occupied this past few weeks.
I'll tried to be more faster next time.
Again I want to thank first who review my fic.
Dyaoka- Hihihihi... save your rituals. I'll continue it!
Jurei- Thanks alot to your wonderful review! It's very heart warming!
Arcticflames- okay you already know this one since you beta read it... Thank you thank you thank you very much!!!!
Cutie Blossom- It's a secret! ^O^ you'll know it later!
Behj- Maraming Salamat! Ako rin ^____________^!
Natalie- Arigatou!
A. Lee - We will get in there don't worry ^_^
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Discalimer:
Blah blah blah blah! not own CCS (Card Captor Sakura) only borrowing it...
blah blah blah blah blah!
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The Sword of Reed
Chapter 2: The Flight
The next day.
The cold morning breeze and the gentle rays of the sun woke up the small town Tomoeda
The sakura trees that grew along the road bloomed as slowly each one fell down on the road one at a time. The sun had finally released its golden rays as it touched the roofs of the houses. Drop by drop the dew from the leaves fell down as the misty fog slowly disappeared.
The fragrance of hot chocolate in a mug filled the gentle breeze in Syaoran's apartment
The radio was turned on delivering the news. Syaoran wasn't a news spectator but he couldn't help it; he just felt that he needed something that would occupy his mind.
"Last night here in Japan the Al Qaeuda," the brown hair lad tuned into to another station.
"In recent events, the Al Qaueda," small buzzing could be heard. He decided to switch it to FM and tuned to his favorite station. The DJ was busy announcing some advertisements on the air.
"Arctic-chan's candy so sweet you'll feel the rush!" the DJ kept babbling about the advertisement. The Chinese lad gave up the search so he turned the radio off and sat down on the chair.
Syaoran was having his favorite drink at the breakfast nook.
He prepared some French toasts, eggs, and bacons on the table, but he was not that very hungry and was just twirling the fork in his fingers. His hair was a mess (well much more mess than you think) and he was just staring the food in front of him.
He opened his mouth muttering the name of the girl in his dream "Sakura..."
As the memories of his dream last night [haunted] hunt him at his very own soul and heart, a quick capture of images appeared in his mind, like a cut scene in cinema previews.
He stared blankly into the air and reached for his hot mug of cocca
=Flash=
More scenes from his dream appeared. *scenes*
==Flash===
His grip on the mug was slowly slipping from his hands unconsciously
====Flash===
"SAKURA..." his mind was shouting.
*Syaoran saw Sakura sinking fast in the oblivion*
====Flash=======
Syaoran's palm started start sweating hard, his heartbeat started to beat faster.
An image out of the oblivion appeared. A bleeding dragon was burning in front and a sword was struck right in front of the dragon's side.
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No!. Why can't I move...
The burning dragon went in total convulsion and then he notice that the dragon was holding something, a sword then the light called upon him and took away him from his dream.
"AUGHHHHHHH??!!!!!!!! " Syaoran exclaim. The confusion he was experiencing echoed him still.
Blagh!
There was a spill of hot cocca on the floor. The spill kept spreading like what was happening to the young troubled Chinese lad.
The hot cocca splattered on the floor flowing by the unconscious lad.
Sakura's home
The sound of a sucking vacuum could be heard in the empty hallways. There were piles of dirty laundries in the laundry basket at the corridor near the bathroom.
The empty hallway from the main door [could] can be seen up to the living room area where some newspapers lying around on the carpet and unarranged cushion pillows on the sofa.
Then the telephone rang'
Ring! Ring! Ring!
An auburn haired young girl approached the phone in a hurry wearing a red shirt and shorts "Coming!"
Ring! Ring! Ring!
"Coming!" Sakura curtly said as she finally reached for the phone.
The sucking sound of the vacuum stopped. "Moshi, moshi?"
As she finally turned off the vacuum machine and gently placed it on the carpet, Sakura grabbed the phone.
"Hai, Sakura Kinomoto speaking," Sakura stood in front of the window and she wiped some sweat at her forehead.
Her soft skin and light complexion reflected the gentle streaks of the golden sun.
"Nani?" Sakura shrieked into the receiver dropping her towel.
"Hai, no problem at all. Arigatou!" Sakura put the handset back on the receiver. She looked around the small garden and smiled.
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In the summit of a mountain
The foggy mist enveloped the whole area where two people were standing facing each other.
Firos was looking at the scenery below, "Are you sure?"
"Yes! Master, his flight will be today!" the ninja bowed down before him
"And it will be flight 745?" the ninja nodded and a marking of a dragon with the sun and moon in the head and its tail respectively appeared.
"Okay, you can leave me now. I almost forgot, do THEY know about our
plan?"
Firos was wearing a red ninja suit, his well-built body could be seen from his suit.
"No, sire my clan don't know about this matter" the traitor black ninja responded with a great fear.
The black ninja left in haste as he jumped down from the mountain.
Tyriel appeared from his side wearing a gray ninja suit; Firos whispered something into Tyriel's ears.
"So soon?" Tyriel's expression was in total surprise.
Firos kept silent from that moment on, his flaming eyes burst into more flames when he placed his hand at his side.
Tyriel knew what Firos meant at the moment, revenge was the word that came out in his mind as Firos held his immortal wound.
"I understand," Tyriel bowed down and disappeared.
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Syaoran packed his clothes in his travel bag. The schedule of Sakura and his flight was earlier than expected. He thought of why the sudden changed when he received the news from Sakura. He neatly put his clothes and other belonging in his bags. His sullen feeling this morning was suddenly lifted when Sakura called him on the phone.
"Moshi moshi, Syaoran-kun, I just want to tell you that our flight is tonight
around 8:00, the committee called me. Ummm...so Syaoran-kun what shall we do when we get there?"
Syaoran face turned to a deep pinkish color, "I don't know...umm.. how about you, Sakura?"
"I think I want to go to the beach after I see the excavation site of my father. Oh yeah I forgot to tell you, my father is leaving with us tonight also." Sakura squealed in an excited tone.'
"Umm.. Sakura...last night about..." Syaoran carefully opened the topic again to Sakura.
"About Kero-chan?? I know it's kinda lonely when he's not around but
I feel that his presence is still with me." Sakura answered, as she
curled the cord of her phone.
Sakura ended the call quickly so she could pack her things. Syaoran agreed with her, he thought to himself that maybe this was not the right time.
Syaoran was almost through as he carefully packed one of his things in his luggage. One of those was the bear he made; the gray colored one with two dotted eyes as he carefully put it into his hand carrying bag with his magical armlet (that turned to a sword), Syaoran's cards, money and other important stuff that should fit for a month.
Before stashing the bear in his bag, he took a look at it for awhile smiling at the lifeless toy as he saw Sakura's face in the teddy bear.
Syaoran's face head turned to light pink.
The time was 6:00 pm, an hour earlier to meet with Sakura. Syaoran decided to have a little practice with his sword before going to Sakura's house. It was a habit of Syaoran to practice his sword skill to ease his feelings and mind. His mind focused more on every swing, every thrust, and every footwork that he moved. After several swings he rested for awhile and took a better look of his sword as the moon shone brightly on it.
The luster of the metal shone like still water. He remembered the day when he received it from the elders. The elders commented that Clow Reed has a sword too but it was an old rumor, they reasoned out that the sword didn't exist and one clan during those days of Clow Reed swore an oath to keep a close watch on with the sword. The elders kept laughing about the other clan that kept claiming that Clow Reed gave it them a duty. The Li Clan was the most powerful, famous clan and only believed only it had a direct connection with Clow Reed.
One of his teachers, a magic philosopher, believed that the sword was the strongest tool of Clow Reed and his cards were just second to it. The only problem was to prove its existence.
He looked at his watch and reads 6:40, he was sweating hard so he took
a shower before heading on to Sakura's place.
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Kinomoto Residence..
Touya's father was packing his things also. As he packed his thing, he was also puzzled of a sudden change of schedule in the flight. He called out to his son.
Touya was helping his father packing his books although it would take two months of excavating the newly found site.
He felt more worried of why the sudden change also.
"Father, I think," Touya said, as he zipped the bag.
"Nani? Touya?" Fujitaka smiled back at his only son.
"I mean good luck to your trip!" Touya forced a smile.
Sakura was packing her clothes also, she neatly fold one of the clothes
she got from Tomoyo.
"Sakura-chan, I wish I can join you in your trip but mother was very sick lately," Tomoyo's eyes were in tears.
"But I want you to have this!" She grabbed some dresses from her bag back and showed them to Sakura. Sakura sweat-dropped when she saw Tomoyo's extensive line of clothing selection she brought.
"Ohohohohohohoho... " Tomoyo's eyes turned to shining stars as she imagined her best friend wearing all those clothes "Sakura-chan, you're so
kawaii! Oh how I wish I could come with you to catch you in my video
cam!!!"
Finally, Sakura placed her clothes (Tomoyo's made clothes) and necessary things to the trip into her travel bag.
She put the Sakura book in her hand-carrying bag. When she was about to leave the room, she took a one good look at Kero who was sitting motionless on her bed.
"Kero, take care." Sakura turned off the lights and shut the door. Kero
was still looking at the floor motionless. Sakura carried her bags
downstairs where Syaoran and her father were waiting for her.
Touya got his jacket while looking at his little sister "Kaiju, what kind of junk you are bringing now?" Touya teasing his little sister's pile of luggage.
"And heavy too!" Touya complained even more when he started to pick Sakura's luggage.
Sakura just remained silent and didn't mind her onii-chan's clamour.
Touya noticed his sister is not very touchy in his teasing. He just took the luggage in the car and ataring at her sister's luggage.
Syaoran also noticed it. He just stared at her but Sakura felt his glance
She turned to Syaoran and smiled, trying to give him the impression that there was nothing to worry, "I'm fine."
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Airport.
Touya drove them to the airport. The trip was somewhat strange; Sakura and Syaoran sat in the backseat while Mr. Fujitaka sitting in the front. Touya always kept an eye on Sakura through the rear mirror and the Chinese gaki.
Syaoran was silent because he knew Touya was watching him. Sakura was
reading the farewell cards from her friends that when her father Mr. Fujitaka gave her before they left the house.
She read the one from Naoko,
"Sakura, take care on your journey. I heard rumors that there are ghost
and monsters in Capiz Island, say my regards to Syaoran and have
fun!!!"
Sakura shrieked mentally in horror for what Naoko wrote and made a mental note about the island.
Yamazaki wrote:
"Happy vacation to the two of you! Did you know that islands in the
Philippines were actually cookies fell down from heaven when god tried to create brownies. When the other countries saw and smelled the fresh aroma of the cookies they swam the China Sea onward to the cookies and they started eating it. Sooner or on later god saw the people eating the cookies; he turned them to islands. So that's why people in the Philippines have colors of brown cookies!"
Sakura smiled at what she read then she switched switch it to another card.
Chiharu card:
"Happy summer vacation to the two of you!!! Oh, by the way what Yamazaki wrote about what he knows are all lies."
Sakura sweat-dropped as she discovered that the cookies that turned to islands were not true.
And lastly Tomoyo's card:
"I hope you and Syaoran have a great vacation, I'm sorry I can't come with you guys because my mom became very sick. Oh! Don't forget to wear the dresses I made for you! Also have it photograph so i can see how kawaii Sakura-chan is. Have a great time guys... Say my regards to Syaoran."
They arrived at the airport at 7:45 pm; some men in black were waiting for them at the departure area. Sakura, Syaoran and Mr. Kinomoto dismounted in the vehicle and they received warm welcomes from the men. Some of the men took their belongings and put them on the carts. Mr. Kinomoto also received the same treatment as they exchanged words cheerfully.
One of the men walked towards to Sakura and Syaoran who were happened remained silent at the whole time, "Ah, we didn't expect that one of the winners is your daughter, Sensei."
Fujitaka smiled and was surprised that the same group of men invited him and her daughter. Syaoran leaned on the wall using his hands as a cushion for his head silently observed the whole discussion.
The man looked at his wristwatch. "I think, Mr. Kinomoto, you should probably check in now," The man gestured them to the check-in counter and after several exchange of words. They, Sakura, Syaoran, and Fujitaka went towards the plane entrance but they were stopped. One of the men who happened to be a Chinese hindered their way.
"Gomen to all of you, but we will not take a commercial plane" The man grinned and moved his hand toward the other door.
"We have two private planes waiting for the winners and for you as well, sensei," He added as they walked toward the entrance to hangar where two private jet planes awaited them.
Syaoran and Sakura were surprised and honored for such awesome beauty in front of them'
One white and black private jet plane awaits them. "Sensei, you will take the black one and the two winners will take the white one."
"Why can't we take the same plane?" Fujitaka asked.
The man reasoned out that they didn't know they were related and it was part of the prize and accommodation.
They boarded on their respective planes, Fujitaka in the black while Sakura and Syaoran at the white plane. Sakura sat first on the left side near the window excitedly while Syaoran sat on the opposite side of the plane.
Sakura looked at Syaoran from the other side. Evidently they were sitting in the same row.
Sakura felt uneasy but she managed to keep anyone unnoticed no one noticing it.
She just held onto a faithful hope that she would be able to find her Kero.
On the other side of Sakura, Syaoran twitches his eyebrows, still haunted by his nightmare last night.
He didn't know if he would be happy or afraid.
He bit his lower lip deciding whether he should be happy to spend time alone with Sakura or be afraid of his nightmare becoming a reality.
He had never dreamed of anything like this nightmare before.
Syaoran looked to Sakura.
Sakura was slowly fastening her seatbelt. When Sakura finally noticed that Syaoran was staring at her, she asked him what was wrong and gave him a weak smile.
"Sakura, you don't have to hide it..." Syaoran stood up from his seat and walked toward Sakura's seat.
"Nani?" Sakura was surprised from Syaoran sudden revelation, looking away from Syaoran. "I'm fine, really."
Syaoran slowly took the seat beside Sakura cocking his head and trying to hide his redness and figuring out the right words to say."Don't worry Sakura, I'll be here for you." Syaoran looke at Sakura seriously that make Sakura "Hoe?"
The flight attendant appeared suddenly in front of them and Syaoran froze and panicked.
"Ohh...a couple, am I right?" The flight attendant winked her left eye while the two lovebirds turned to deep red and Syaoran more stiffer than ice. "Well I just want to tell the two of you that we will be leaving now and please fasten your seatbelts." The stewardess smiled.
Syaoran stood up but he was stopped by the stewardess, "Where do you think you're going, young man?"
Syaoran pointed to the opposite side of the plane, to a vacant seat. "That's where my seat is" he grimed.
"Oh no you don't, Mister. We're about to fly now, and in our country, we encourage young lads to join seats with their partners," the stewardess whispered as she slowly pushed pushing Syaoran back next to Sakura.
Syaoran couldn't do anything about his current situation so he gave up his attempt and finally sat back down and fastened his seatbelt next to Sakura. The stewardess was very happy that she managed to make our Chinese lover boy sat next to Sakura.
"So what will you like to have?" the stewardess asked as she popped her handy notebook to take the couple's order.
"I just want to have an orange juice, please," Sakura beamed.
The stewardess asked Syaoran what he would like, but he didn't say anything, he just stared coldly at the stewardess after what she made him to do.
The stewardess gave him one of those teasing smiles, "Okay I take that you want an orange juice, too." The stewardess wrote two glases of orange juice in her little notebook. "By the way, you two are so kawaii!" she whispered into Syaoran's ear that made our Syaoran turned into deep red.
As the stewardess left our couple, Sakura giggled.
"What's so funny?" Syaoran asked his seatmate furiously
"Nothing," Sakura giggled even more, "it's just that I think she likes you." Sakura added as her giggling turned into laughter.
Syaoran sweat-dropped and released a quick sigh, thanking fate that Sakura was still clueless.
(A/N: How very clueless of our Sakura *sweatdrop*)
And then as the two planes left the airport, Fujitaka's plane left first. The people in the control tower were confused why did the Fujitaka's plane left first instead of Sakura and Syaoran's. But they didn't mind it since the flights of the two private planes were only seconds apart and had the same common destination.
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=Somewhere in the South China Sea=
Tyriel and Agaz were waiting for something in the middle of the South China Sea.
"So we will just rip off the plane that will pass by here?" Agaz asked Tyriel with a clueless expression.
Tyriel gave his partner a cold nod.
"How can you be sure that the half re-incarnation of Clow Reed will be in that plane?" Agaz speculated.
Tyriel didn't answer Agaz.
Agaz raise his hand and makes a puppet out of it and talked to it sarcastically mocking Tyriel, "Yeah, nice talking to you."
Tyriel didn't mind his partner's sudden outburst but he intended to focus more on his job.
"The moment of truth has come," Tyriel looked to the north where he felt a very familiar presence coming near them, "...Clow Reed." He added as he stretched out his arms and commanded the winds. Agaz broke out of his trance and realized that it had come; He dived down below the sea and when he was about to touch the water, his eyes turned to blue and the sea became wild. The sea rose from the place it dwelled up to the sky! The wind wraps itself to the whirling mass of water rising from the sea heading toward the familiar presence.
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=In Fujitaka's plane=
"Sir!" The co-pilot silently whispered to his senior pilot.
"Yes, what's wrong? Call of nature?" whispered back by the senior pilot.
"No sir," showed a little man smiled to the 56-year-old senior pilot's joke.
"Then what is it?" The senior pilot asked his co-pilot.
The co-pilot pointed his finger towards his control panel in front of him. The senior pilot nodded as a sign of confirmation and radioed the other plane about their status, "To flight 746, do you copy to flight 746? This is Flight 745"
"Yes we copy," responded by the Syaoran and Sakura's pilot.
"We will land in Formosa for awhile, our fuel is getting low. It seems they forgot to fill this up. So go ahead of us, do you copy?" The 56-year-old pilot answered back.
"We copy, over and out!" after that, the Fujitaka's plane changed its direction.
Fujitaka was asleep at the change of course, tired from his last minute arrangement to the trip.
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Meanwhile...
"Umm... that's wonderful!" Sakura excitedly commented as she put her empty glass of juice down on the small table in front of her.
They were flying for about 25 minutes and Syaoran was very jumpy in his current situation. Because for the last 20 minutes, the stewardess played a sweet tune of a romantic tune from the speaker to the sweet couple while she served their drinks and meals. She also pinned a stem of red rose on Syaoran's jacket when Sakura went to the ladies' room. The stewardess intentionally served Syaoran with a semi-permissible cup. So when Sakura return back, the stewardess poured them another glass of juice and she handed the semi-permissible cup to Syaoran. Syaoran held the semi-permissible plastic cup without knowing their oh-so-friendly flight attendant's devilish plan and when the stewardess poured a vast amount of juice quickly into the cup, Syaoran yelped when he found out that the cup was slowly losing its hold to the juice. Some droplets of juice spilled onto Syaoran's shirt. Syaoran reached for his jacket to get his handkerchief but a rose fell down on Sakura's lap. Sakura noticed the red rose and picked it up.
The stewardess timely shrieked directly to Syaoran, "Oh...isn't that sweet of you?"
Syaoran was puzzled but he froze upon seeing Sakura holding a red rose and smiling at him.
Syaoran turned bright red when he finally heard Sakura's thank you accompanied with one of her big smiles. The stewardess was indeed the master of pairing couples and making Syaoran vigilant to the stewardess next trick.
"Nani?" Sakura asked Syaoran who was keeping an eye to the stewardess room.
"Nothing...it is just I have this feeling that she is up to something now," Syaoran looked worried about what would be the stewardess's next action.
"Who's she?" Sakura looked puzzle, still had no idea of who Syaoran was talking about.
Then suddenly a wild violent turbulence shook the plane.
"EEEEP!!" Sakura jumped out in her seat and hugged Syaoran tightly, making Syaoran blushed.
Syaoran groaned,(Oh no... She's very good indeed! She can even make the plane rattle!)
But the shaking didn't stopped and the plane's interior started to break apart.
"What the...?!" Syaoran exclaimed still believing that it was the part of the stewardess' scheme.
"All.. pers..nel.. brace for the turbule...n..t..." a distorted voice was heard over speaker. The stewardess quickly got out of her room and gave Syaoran and Sakura emergency kits containing parachutes and life vests.
"This is no drill," the stewardess told them.
Quickly, Syaoran and Sakura wore the vest and the parachute.
"What's happening?" Sakura asked and Syaoran gave a worried look to the stewardess.
"Please fasten your seatbelt," The stewardess added.
But when Sakura was about to fasten her seatbelt, the tail part of the plane brakes away. A wild wind entered the plane; the pilot couldn't handle the extreme pressure and announced to abandon the plane. It was too late. A wild turbulent added more power that made the three people in the passengers' area grabbed something that they could hold onto.
"Sakura, hold on to my hand!" Syaoran shouted as he attempted to hold Sakura's hand.
Sakura reached for Syaoran's hand but her seat broke from the plane's floor. The stewardess was sucked out from the plane (A/N: Okay to those who liked the stewardess I'm terribly sorry... But she's safe), but she was able to pull out her parachute. It was a very strong sea storm with a big tornado sucking the sea. It was a very horrible calamity. The wild currents of the tornado and dark sky willed heavy rainfall ran amok. The rain entered the plane and everything was all wet.
"EEEEEEKKKK!!!!!" Sakura yelped but Syaoran was able to caught Sakura's hand.
"Hold on!" Syaoran reached for his bag where his magical necklace that turned to sword was kept.
Sakura also reached for her star key at her neck. But when she was about to cite the words, a very strong gush of wind and rain pulled her and making Syaoran's grip loosen due to the water making their hands slippery. Syaoran lost his grip to Sakura.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Syaoran!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura panicked as she was slowly being pulled away from Syaoran.
Syaoran tried to catch Sakura's hand, but instead of her hand he caught her star key instead. Sakura was sucked into the tornado of wind and water.
"Sakura!!!" Syaoran shouted as he lost the sight of Sakura in the storm just like in his dream.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Syaoran yelled at the top of his lungs.
The plane's remaining parts finally gave in and Syaoran was thrown out into the ravishing tornado.
On the shore as Tyriel and Agaz commanded the havoc, they watched carefully as the plane was about to break apart.
"Hmmm... Firos will be pleased," Agaz smirked as the last piece that connecting the plane finally gave in.
"No, not yet," Tyriel commanded the clouds to strike the plane with a very furious lightning. A wild rapid lighting came upon the sky and hit the crumbling plane. The plane exploded and the remnants were all burning as they dove into the sea.
"Ouch!" Agaz commented on what Tyriel had just done.
But a strong beam of light shone deep into the sea and Tyriel and Agaz were caught off guard. A mysterious object came diving out from the moon into the clouds. The dark clouds diminished as the mysterious object came down as it was trying to catch something inside the twister. And then in just one winked of an eye... everything turned out white. (A/N: Hey even me can't see it ^O^)
Then blinding white fades away and all that could only be seen in the scene was Tyriel and Agaz still dumbfounded.
"It can't be..." Tyriel whispered to himself.
"IT CAN"T BE!!!!" Tyriel shouted in top of his voice.
Agaz was confused on what happened and what Tyriel is shouting about.
Firos sensed Tyriel voice and the power that had just been released even he is far away from the incident.
"Damn him..." Firos opened his eyes into the rising sun between the mountain scenery.
"Damn you!" Firos's eyes turned flahing red upon looking the sun.
"I told you not to interfere!" he added as he fired several fireballs into the sun.
tbc...
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So what ya think? IS it good or bad? pls tell me!
As always... English is not my first language!
Chapter 3 is the one I prepared for months...
I've done my research in Chapter 3 I'll bring you to the .......
I hope you really like my fic
Okay! I hope I didn't waste your time for nothing
And again Thanks for reading it!
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Nanashi1
I'll tried to be more faster next time.
Again I want to thank first who review my fic.
Dyaoka- Hihihihi... save your rituals. I'll continue it!
Jurei- Thanks alot to your wonderful review! It's very heart warming!
Arcticflames- okay you already know this one since you beta read it... Thank you thank you thank you very much!!!!
Cutie Blossom- It's a secret! ^O^ you'll know it later!
Behj- Maraming Salamat! Ako rin ^____________^!
Natalie- Arigatou!
A. Lee - We will get in there don't worry ^_^
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Discalimer:
Blah blah blah blah! not own CCS (Card Captor Sakura) only borrowing it...
blah blah blah blah blah!
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The Sword of Reed
Chapter 2: The Flight
The next day.
The cold morning breeze and the gentle rays of the sun woke up the small town Tomoeda
The sakura trees that grew along the road bloomed as slowly each one fell down on the road one at a time. The sun had finally released its golden rays as it touched the roofs of the houses. Drop by drop the dew from the leaves fell down as the misty fog slowly disappeared.
The fragrance of hot chocolate in a mug filled the gentle breeze in Syaoran's apartment
The radio was turned on delivering the news. Syaoran wasn't a news spectator but he couldn't help it; he just felt that he needed something that would occupy his mind.
"Last night here in Japan the Al Qaeuda," the brown hair lad tuned into to another station.
"In recent events, the Al Qaueda," small buzzing could be heard. He decided to switch it to FM and tuned to his favorite station. The DJ was busy announcing some advertisements on the air.
"Arctic-chan's candy so sweet you'll feel the rush!" the DJ kept babbling about the advertisement. The Chinese lad gave up the search so he turned the radio off and sat down on the chair.
Syaoran was having his favorite drink at the breakfast nook.
He prepared some French toasts, eggs, and bacons on the table, but he was not that very hungry and was just twirling the fork in his fingers. His hair was a mess (well much more mess than you think) and he was just staring the food in front of him.
He opened his mouth muttering the name of the girl in his dream "Sakura..."
As the memories of his dream last night [haunted] hunt him at his very own soul and heart, a quick capture of images appeared in his mind, like a cut scene in cinema previews.
He stared blankly into the air and reached for his hot mug of cocca
=Flash=
More scenes from his dream appeared. *scenes*
==Flash===
His grip on the mug was slowly slipping from his hands unconsciously
====Flash===
"SAKURA..." his mind was shouting.
*Syaoran saw Sakura sinking fast in the oblivion*
====Flash=======
Syaoran's palm started start sweating hard, his heartbeat started to beat faster.
An image out of the oblivion appeared. A bleeding dragon was burning in front and a sword was struck right in front of the dragon's side.
=======Flash======
No!. Why can't I move...
The burning dragon went in total convulsion and then he notice that the dragon was holding something, a sword then the light called upon him and took away him from his dream.
"AUGHHHHHHH??!!!!!!!! " Syaoran exclaim. The confusion he was experiencing echoed him still.
Blagh!
There was a spill of hot cocca on the floor. The spill kept spreading like what was happening to the young troubled Chinese lad.
The hot cocca splattered on the floor flowing by the unconscious lad.
Sakura's home
The sound of a sucking vacuum could be heard in the empty hallways. There were piles of dirty laundries in the laundry basket at the corridor near the bathroom.
The empty hallway from the main door [could] can be seen up to the living room area where some newspapers lying around on the carpet and unarranged cushion pillows on the sofa.
Then the telephone rang'
Ring! Ring! Ring!
An auburn haired young girl approached the phone in a hurry wearing a red shirt and shorts "Coming!"
Ring! Ring! Ring!
"Coming!" Sakura curtly said as she finally reached for the phone.
The sucking sound of the vacuum stopped. "Moshi, moshi?"
As she finally turned off the vacuum machine and gently placed it on the carpet, Sakura grabbed the phone.
"Hai, Sakura Kinomoto speaking," Sakura stood in front of the window and she wiped some sweat at her forehead.
Her soft skin and light complexion reflected the gentle streaks of the golden sun.
"Nani?" Sakura shrieked into the receiver dropping her towel.
"Hai, no problem at all. Arigatou!" Sakura put the handset back on the receiver. She looked around the small garden and smiled.
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In the summit of a mountain
The foggy mist enveloped the whole area where two people were standing facing each other.
Firos was looking at the scenery below, "Are you sure?"
"Yes! Master, his flight will be today!" the ninja bowed down before him
"And it will be flight 745?" the ninja nodded and a marking of a dragon with the sun and moon in the head and its tail respectively appeared.
"Okay, you can leave me now. I almost forgot, do THEY know about our
plan?"
Firos was wearing a red ninja suit, his well-built body could be seen from his suit.
"No, sire my clan don't know about this matter" the traitor black ninja responded with a great fear.
The black ninja left in haste as he jumped down from the mountain.
Tyriel appeared from his side wearing a gray ninja suit; Firos whispered something into Tyriel's ears.
"So soon?" Tyriel's expression was in total surprise.
Firos kept silent from that moment on, his flaming eyes burst into more flames when he placed his hand at his side.
Tyriel knew what Firos meant at the moment, revenge was the word that came out in his mind as Firos held his immortal wound.
"I understand," Tyriel bowed down and disappeared.
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Syaoran packed his clothes in his travel bag. The schedule of Sakura and his flight was earlier than expected. He thought of why the sudden changed when he received the news from Sakura. He neatly put his clothes and other belonging in his bags. His sullen feeling this morning was suddenly lifted when Sakura called him on the phone.
"Moshi moshi, Syaoran-kun, I just want to tell you that our flight is tonight
around 8:00, the committee called me. Ummm...so Syaoran-kun what shall we do when we get there?"
Syaoran face turned to a deep pinkish color, "I don't know...umm.. how about you, Sakura?"
"I think I want to go to the beach after I see the excavation site of my father. Oh yeah I forgot to tell you, my father is leaving with us tonight also." Sakura squealed in an excited tone.'
"Umm.. Sakura...last night about..." Syaoran carefully opened the topic again to Sakura.
"About Kero-chan?? I know it's kinda lonely when he's not around but
I feel that his presence is still with me." Sakura answered, as she
curled the cord of her phone.
Sakura ended the call quickly so she could pack her things. Syaoran agreed with her, he thought to himself that maybe this was not the right time.
Syaoran was almost through as he carefully packed one of his things in his luggage. One of those was the bear he made; the gray colored one with two dotted eyes as he carefully put it into his hand carrying bag with his magical armlet (that turned to a sword), Syaoran's cards, money and other important stuff that should fit for a month.
Before stashing the bear in his bag, he took a look at it for awhile smiling at the lifeless toy as he saw Sakura's face in the teddy bear.
Syaoran's face head turned to light pink.
The time was 6:00 pm, an hour earlier to meet with Sakura. Syaoran decided to have a little practice with his sword before going to Sakura's house. It was a habit of Syaoran to practice his sword skill to ease his feelings and mind. His mind focused more on every swing, every thrust, and every footwork that he moved. After several swings he rested for awhile and took a better look of his sword as the moon shone brightly on it.
The luster of the metal shone like still water. He remembered the day when he received it from the elders. The elders commented that Clow Reed has a sword too but it was an old rumor, they reasoned out that the sword didn't exist and one clan during those days of Clow Reed swore an oath to keep a close watch on with the sword. The elders kept laughing about the other clan that kept claiming that Clow Reed gave it them a duty. The Li Clan was the most powerful, famous clan and only believed only it had a direct connection with Clow Reed.
One of his teachers, a magic philosopher, believed that the sword was the strongest tool of Clow Reed and his cards were just second to it. The only problem was to prove its existence.
He looked at his watch and reads 6:40, he was sweating hard so he took
a shower before heading on to Sakura's place.
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Kinomoto Residence..
Touya's father was packing his things also. As he packed his thing, he was also puzzled of a sudden change of schedule in the flight. He called out to his son.
Touya was helping his father packing his books although it would take two months of excavating the newly found site.
He felt more worried of why the sudden change also.
"Father, I think," Touya said, as he zipped the bag.
"Nani? Touya?" Fujitaka smiled back at his only son.
"I mean good luck to your trip!" Touya forced a smile.
Sakura was packing her clothes also, she neatly fold one of the clothes
she got from Tomoyo.
"Sakura-chan, I wish I can join you in your trip but mother was very sick lately," Tomoyo's eyes were in tears.
"But I want you to have this!" She grabbed some dresses from her bag back and showed them to Sakura. Sakura sweat-dropped when she saw Tomoyo's extensive line of clothing selection she brought.
"Ohohohohohohoho... " Tomoyo's eyes turned to shining stars as she imagined her best friend wearing all those clothes "Sakura-chan, you're so
kawaii! Oh how I wish I could come with you to catch you in my video
cam!!!"
Finally, Sakura placed her clothes (Tomoyo's made clothes) and necessary things to the trip into her travel bag.
She put the Sakura book in her hand-carrying bag. When she was about to leave the room, she took a one good look at Kero who was sitting motionless on her bed.
"Kero, take care." Sakura turned off the lights and shut the door. Kero
was still looking at the floor motionless. Sakura carried her bags
downstairs where Syaoran and her father were waiting for her.
Touya got his jacket while looking at his little sister "Kaiju, what kind of junk you are bringing now?" Touya teasing his little sister's pile of luggage.
"And heavy too!" Touya complained even more when he started to pick Sakura's luggage.
Sakura just remained silent and didn't mind her onii-chan's clamour.
Touya noticed his sister is not very touchy in his teasing. He just took the luggage in the car and ataring at her sister's luggage.
Syaoran also noticed it. He just stared at her but Sakura felt his glance
She turned to Syaoran and smiled, trying to give him the impression that there was nothing to worry, "I'm fine."
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Airport.
Touya drove them to the airport. The trip was somewhat strange; Sakura and Syaoran sat in the backseat while Mr. Fujitaka sitting in the front. Touya always kept an eye on Sakura through the rear mirror and the Chinese gaki.
Syaoran was silent because he knew Touya was watching him. Sakura was
reading the farewell cards from her friends that when her father Mr. Fujitaka gave her before they left the house.
She read the one from Naoko,
"Sakura, take care on your journey. I heard rumors that there are ghost
and monsters in Capiz Island, say my regards to Syaoran and have
fun!!!"
Sakura shrieked mentally in horror for what Naoko wrote and made a mental note about the island.
Yamazaki wrote:
"Happy vacation to the two of you! Did you know that islands in the
Philippines were actually cookies fell down from heaven when god tried to create brownies. When the other countries saw and smelled the fresh aroma of the cookies they swam the China Sea onward to the cookies and they started eating it. Sooner or on later god saw the people eating the cookies; he turned them to islands. So that's why people in the Philippines have colors of brown cookies!"
Sakura smiled at what she read then she switched switch it to another card.
Chiharu card:
"Happy summer vacation to the two of you!!! Oh, by the way what Yamazaki wrote about what he knows are all lies."
Sakura sweat-dropped as she discovered that the cookies that turned to islands were not true.
And lastly Tomoyo's card:
"I hope you and Syaoran have a great vacation, I'm sorry I can't come with you guys because my mom became very sick. Oh! Don't forget to wear the dresses I made for you! Also have it photograph so i can see how kawaii Sakura-chan is. Have a great time guys... Say my regards to Syaoran."
They arrived at the airport at 7:45 pm; some men in black were waiting for them at the departure area. Sakura, Syaoran and Mr. Kinomoto dismounted in the vehicle and they received warm welcomes from the men. Some of the men took their belongings and put them on the carts. Mr. Kinomoto also received the same treatment as they exchanged words cheerfully.
One of the men walked towards to Sakura and Syaoran who were happened remained silent at the whole time, "Ah, we didn't expect that one of the winners is your daughter, Sensei."
Fujitaka smiled and was surprised that the same group of men invited him and her daughter. Syaoran leaned on the wall using his hands as a cushion for his head silently observed the whole discussion.
The man looked at his wristwatch. "I think, Mr. Kinomoto, you should probably check in now," The man gestured them to the check-in counter and after several exchange of words. They, Sakura, Syaoran, and Fujitaka went towards the plane entrance but they were stopped. One of the men who happened to be a Chinese hindered their way.
"Gomen to all of you, but we will not take a commercial plane" The man grinned and moved his hand toward the other door.
"We have two private planes waiting for the winners and for you as well, sensei," He added as they walked toward the entrance to hangar where two private jet planes awaited them.
Syaoran and Sakura were surprised and honored for such awesome beauty in front of them'
One white and black private jet plane awaits them. "Sensei, you will take the black one and the two winners will take the white one."
"Why can't we take the same plane?" Fujitaka asked.
The man reasoned out that they didn't know they were related and it was part of the prize and accommodation.
They boarded on their respective planes, Fujitaka in the black while Sakura and Syaoran at the white plane. Sakura sat first on the left side near the window excitedly while Syaoran sat on the opposite side of the plane.
Sakura looked at Syaoran from the other side. Evidently they were sitting in the same row.
Sakura felt uneasy but she managed to keep anyone unnoticed no one noticing it.
She just held onto a faithful hope that she would be able to find her Kero.
On the other side of Sakura, Syaoran twitches his eyebrows, still haunted by his nightmare last night.
He didn't know if he would be happy or afraid.
He bit his lower lip deciding whether he should be happy to spend time alone with Sakura or be afraid of his nightmare becoming a reality.
He had never dreamed of anything like this nightmare before.
Syaoran looked to Sakura.
Sakura was slowly fastening her seatbelt. When Sakura finally noticed that Syaoran was staring at her, she asked him what was wrong and gave him a weak smile.
"Sakura, you don't have to hide it..." Syaoran stood up from his seat and walked toward Sakura's seat.
"Nani?" Sakura was surprised from Syaoran sudden revelation, looking away from Syaoran. "I'm fine, really."
Syaoran slowly took the seat beside Sakura cocking his head and trying to hide his redness and figuring out the right words to say."Don't worry Sakura, I'll be here for you." Syaoran looke at Sakura seriously that make Sakura "Hoe?"
The flight attendant appeared suddenly in front of them and Syaoran froze and panicked.
"Ohh...a couple, am I right?" The flight attendant winked her left eye while the two lovebirds turned to deep red and Syaoran more stiffer than ice. "Well I just want to tell the two of you that we will be leaving now and please fasten your seatbelts." The stewardess smiled.
Syaoran stood up but he was stopped by the stewardess, "Where do you think you're going, young man?"
Syaoran pointed to the opposite side of the plane, to a vacant seat. "That's where my seat is" he grimed.
"Oh no you don't, Mister. We're about to fly now, and in our country, we encourage young lads to join seats with their partners," the stewardess whispered as she slowly pushed pushing Syaoran back next to Sakura.
Syaoran couldn't do anything about his current situation so he gave up his attempt and finally sat back down and fastened his seatbelt next to Sakura. The stewardess was very happy that she managed to make our Chinese lover boy sat next to Sakura.
"So what will you like to have?" the stewardess asked as she popped her handy notebook to take the couple's order.
"I just want to have an orange juice, please," Sakura beamed.
The stewardess asked Syaoran what he would like, but he didn't say anything, he just stared coldly at the stewardess after what she made him to do.
The stewardess gave him one of those teasing smiles, "Okay I take that you want an orange juice, too." The stewardess wrote two glases of orange juice in her little notebook. "By the way, you two are so kawaii!" she whispered into Syaoran's ear that made our Syaoran turned into deep red.
As the stewardess left our couple, Sakura giggled.
"What's so funny?" Syaoran asked his seatmate furiously
"Nothing," Sakura giggled even more, "it's just that I think she likes you." Sakura added as her giggling turned into laughter.
Syaoran sweat-dropped and released a quick sigh, thanking fate that Sakura was still clueless.
(A/N: How very clueless of our Sakura *sweatdrop*)
And then as the two planes left the airport, Fujitaka's plane left first. The people in the control tower were confused why did the Fujitaka's plane left first instead of Sakura and Syaoran's. But they didn't mind it since the flights of the two private planes were only seconds apart and had the same common destination.
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=Somewhere in the South China Sea=
Tyriel and Agaz were waiting for something in the middle of the South China Sea.
"So we will just rip off the plane that will pass by here?" Agaz asked Tyriel with a clueless expression.
Tyriel gave his partner a cold nod.
"How can you be sure that the half re-incarnation of Clow Reed will be in that plane?" Agaz speculated.
Tyriel didn't answer Agaz.
Agaz raise his hand and makes a puppet out of it and talked to it sarcastically mocking Tyriel, "Yeah, nice talking to you."
Tyriel didn't mind his partner's sudden outburst but he intended to focus more on his job.
"The moment of truth has come," Tyriel looked to the north where he felt a very familiar presence coming near them, "...Clow Reed." He added as he stretched out his arms and commanded the winds. Agaz broke out of his trance and realized that it had come; He dived down below the sea and when he was about to touch the water, his eyes turned to blue and the sea became wild. The sea rose from the place it dwelled up to the sky! The wind wraps itself to the whirling mass of water rising from the sea heading toward the familiar presence.
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=In Fujitaka's plane=
"Sir!" The co-pilot silently whispered to his senior pilot.
"Yes, what's wrong? Call of nature?" whispered back by the senior pilot.
"No sir," showed a little man smiled to the 56-year-old senior pilot's joke.
"Then what is it?" The senior pilot asked his co-pilot.
The co-pilot pointed his finger towards his control panel in front of him. The senior pilot nodded as a sign of confirmation and radioed the other plane about their status, "To flight 746, do you copy to flight 746? This is Flight 745"
"Yes we copy," responded by the Syaoran and Sakura's pilot.
"We will land in Formosa for awhile, our fuel is getting low. It seems they forgot to fill this up. So go ahead of us, do you copy?" The 56-year-old pilot answered back.
"We copy, over and out!" after that, the Fujitaka's plane changed its direction.
Fujitaka was asleep at the change of course, tired from his last minute arrangement to the trip.
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Meanwhile...
"Umm... that's wonderful!" Sakura excitedly commented as she put her empty glass of juice down on the small table in front of her.
They were flying for about 25 minutes and Syaoran was very jumpy in his current situation. Because for the last 20 minutes, the stewardess played a sweet tune of a romantic tune from the speaker to the sweet couple while she served their drinks and meals. She also pinned a stem of red rose on Syaoran's jacket when Sakura went to the ladies' room. The stewardess intentionally served Syaoran with a semi-permissible cup. So when Sakura return back, the stewardess poured them another glass of juice and she handed the semi-permissible cup to Syaoran. Syaoran held the semi-permissible plastic cup without knowing their oh-so-friendly flight attendant's devilish plan and when the stewardess poured a vast amount of juice quickly into the cup, Syaoran yelped when he found out that the cup was slowly losing its hold to the juice. Some droplets of juice spilled onto Syaoran's shirt. Syaoran reached for his jacket to get his handkerchief but a rose fell down on Sakura's lap. Sakura noticed the red rose and picked it up.
The stewardess timely shrieked directly to Syaoran, "Oh...isn't that sweet of you?"
Syaoran was puzzled but he froze upon seeing Sakura holding a red rose and smiling at him.
Syaoran turned bright red when he finally heard Sakura's thank you accompanied with one of her big smiles. The stewardess was indeed the master of pairing couples and making Syaoran vigilant to the stewardess next trick.
"Nani?" Sakura asked Syaoran who was keeping an eye to the stewardess room.
"Nothing...it is just I have this feeling that she is up to something now," Syaoran looked worried about what would be the stewardess's next action.
"Who's she?" Sakura looked puzzle, still had no idea of who Syaoran was talking about.
Then suddenly a wild violent turbulence shook the plane.
"EEEEP!!" Sakura jumped out in her seat and hugged Syaoran tightly, making Syaoran blushed.
Syaoran groaned,(Oh no... She's very good indeed! She can even make the plane rattle!)
But the shaking didn't stopped and the plane's interior started to break apart.
"What the...?!" Syaoran exclaimed still believing that it was the part of the stewardess' scheme.
"All.. pers..nel.. brace for the turbule...n..t..." a distorted voice was heard over speaker. The stewardess quickly got out of her room and gave Syaoran and Sakura emergency kits containing parachutes and life vests.
"This is no drill," the stewardess told them.
Quickly, Syaoran and Sakura wore the vest and the parachute.
"What's happening?" Sakura asked and Syaoran gave a worried look to the stewardess.
"Please fasten your seatbelt," The stewardess added.
But when Sakura was about to fasten her seatbelt, the tail part of the plane brakes away. A wild wind entered the plane; the pilot couldn't handle the extreme pressure and announced to abandon the plane. It was too late. A wild turbulent added more power that made the three people in the passengers' area grabbed something that they could hold onto.
"Sakura, hold on to my hand!" Syaoran shouted as he attempted to hold Sakura's hand.
Sakura reached for Syaoran's hand but her seat broke from the plane's floor. The stewardess was sucked out from the plane (A/N: Okay to those who liked the stewardess I'm terribly sorry... But she's safe), but she was able to pull out her parachute. It was a very strong sea storm with a big tornado sucking the sea. It was a very horrible calamity. The wild currents of the tornado and dark sky willed heavy rainfall ran amok. The rain entered the plane and everything was all wet.
"EEEEEEKKKK!!!!!" Sakura yelped but Syaoran was able to caught Sakura's hand.
"Hold on!" Syaoran reached for his bag where his magical necklace that turned to sword was kept.
Sakura also reached for her star key at her neck. But when she was about to cite the words, a very strong gush of wind and rain pulled her and making Syaoran's grip loosen due to the water making their hands slippery. Syaoran lost his grip to Sakura.
"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Syaoran!!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura panicked as she was slowly being pulled away from Syaoran.
Syaoran tried to catch Sakura's hand, but instead of her hand he caught her star key instead. Sakura was sucked into the tornado of wind and water.
"Sakura!!!" Syaoran shouted as he lost the sight of Sakura in the storm just like in his dream.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Syaoran yelled at the top of his lungs.
The plane's remaining parts finally gave in and Syaoran was thrown out into the ravishing tornado.
On the shore as Tyriel and Agaz commanded the havoc, they watched carefully as the plane was about to break apart.
"Hmmm... Firos will be pleased," Agaz smirked as the last piece that connecting the plane finally gave in.
"No, not yet," Tyriel commanded the clouds to strike the plane with a very furious lightning. A wild rapid lighting came upon the sky and hit the crumbling plane. The plane exploded and the remnants were all burning as they dove into the sea.
"Ouch!" Agaz commented on what Tyriel had just done.
But a strong beam of light shone deep into the sea and Tyriel and Agaz were caught off guard. A mysterious object came diving out from the moon into the clouds. The dark clouds diminished as the mysterious object came down as it was trying to catch something inside the twister. And then in just one winked of an eye... everything turned out white. (A/N: Hey even me can't see it ^O^)
Then blinding white fades away and all that could only be seen in the scene was Tyriel and Agaz still dumbfounded.
"It can't be..." Tyriel whispered to himself.
"IT CAN"T BE!!!!" Tyriel shouted in top of his voice.
Agaz was confused on what happened and what Tyriel is shouting about.
Firos sensed Tyriel voice and the power that had just been released even he is far away from the incident.
"Damn him..." Firos opened his eyes into the rising sun between the mountain scenery.
"Damn you!" Firos's eyes turned flahing red upon looking the sun.
"I told you not to interfere!" he added as he fired several fireballs into the sun.
tbc...
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So what ya think? IS it good or bad? pls tell me!
As always... English is not my first language!
Chapter 3 is the one I prepared for months...
I've done my research in Chapter 3 I'll bring you to the .......
I hope you really like my fic
Okay! I hope I didn't waste your time for nothing
And again Thanks for reading it!
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