The Desease that Killed Love

Chapter 3-Eriol

I probably shouldn't have went, since it wasn't directly connected with me, but Syaoran was my descendant.

Alright. Maybe not my descendant. Close enough. I just don't like saying ' the descendant of the preincarnation of me'. It would be truly bothersome. Li didn't really mind what I use-he doesn't like any of it.

It really didn't matter. I wasn't going to call him that. When I followed Touya out, something stirred in my heart and I felt dread. I did not need Yelan to tell me that Syaoran was in peril. Mortal and immortal blood don't mix, as Syaoran had said, and those two will fight until they destroy his whole system. It wasn't just magic now. It was his own body. His own blood, flesh, bones. Which was probably why his blood was pink-Yue's was white as milk.

So I followed Kinomoto-san. We stopped at the edge of the garden, where the forest began, and Touya muttered something under his breath. I knew that Syaoran was in grave danger at this point. This explains everything he went through. Why he was so cold. If he wasn't, well, thump, he'll be gone.

But there was no time. I had to find him. Touya and I had to find him.

But where is he?
" There, I sense his aura from over there, but it's awfully weak." I told him, and then I blinked. Touya had never spoken anything about never heard of magic. He never saw Yue before. So how come he didn't say anything?

But he was running. Running like the good runner that he was, running as fast as he ever went. It was no longer a competition now. He knew that we are in need of haste as much as I do. This outburst of emotion alone could kill him. If he wastes his energy in running, Syaoran will not have much chances.
" Syaoran!" Touya's voice interrupted my thoughts. Up ahead, the figure of that boy, leaning against the trunk of a huge tree, pink with his blood. Foam formed at his mouth, a horrible sight. He was slipping down to his knees, his eyes flashing brilliantly but alarmingly.
" Syaoran!" Touya called again. We ran with all speed to him and Touya slowed as we neared. The tall boy knelt down and felt the child's forehead, supporting it with his other hand. Syaoran's eyes looked glassy and he looked at Touya as if dazed. He groaned.
" What happened to him?" Touya asked, having no clear idea what to do.
" I honestly don't know. This thing works different ways on different people, or so they say. You don't usually have immortals and mortals blending like this." I said, hardly believing the words that I'm saying.

Syaoran woke at the sound of my voice and gazed at us in panic. I suddenly remembered that Touya and he didn't work along very well, and even if he tolerates me I wasn't the one he would like most to be with.
" It's okay." Touya told him. " We're here to help. Do you think you can keep awake?"

Syaoran did not answer. Touya cupped his head in his hand, and rolling it to his arm he lifted the Li child up.
" How far are we?" He asked. " I can't run like before. The adrenaline is going."
" Pretty far." I said mournfully. " But I can get us there quick." He nodded and waited. I sighed and tried to concentrate. Teleportation. Teleportation. Right. That's the spell.



The spell wasn't as fast as I would have liked. But nonetheless it was faster than Touya would have ran. We reached the mansion after a quarter of an hour, and there, we met Meiling.

I didn't see her the other night, so I had been wondering where she was. But I was preoccupied with worrying over Syaoran, that I didn't think of her much. The Li mansion was a two story mansion, but it covered a huge area and has an irregular shape. Each set of families was divided into one piece-Syaoran and his mother and sisters divided to the middle, Meiling and her family at the back, and a good deal of boys and girls at all sides with their families. Servants and gardeners are at another set of houses. It was a big family, which was why they were called the clan.
" What happened?" I heard Meiling ask.
" I have no idea." I told her, and it was partly true. " Just tell us, where from this side is Syaoran's room? We entered from the front, not the back."
" Come." Meiling knew she shouldn't ask questions. Smart girl. We didn't need any.

We followed Li Meiling through a good deal of the mansion before we reached the middle section, which was probably a little more to the right, since there was no middle in actuality. Touya went up the stairs and set Syaoran on his bed. He turned around.
" Where's Li-san? What's her name? Yelin?"
" Yelan Li? Aunt?" Meiling blinked. " Never saw her."
" Urgh!" I growled. " I'll go find her and Yue-he better not be up after this it will waste his energy. Where's Sakura?" I ran out of the room.



To my relief, somehow the group had managed to get Yue to transform to Yukito and get some rest. Or maybe he just shrunk back because he was afraid to face the truth again. Either way it was good, for him. Yue, like Syaoran needs to keep his feelings in check. He could easily blow up the entire earth if he wants to and he knows it. But in this case, Yukito is in no shape. So I was no longer worried about him. Now, for Syaoran.

I had to find Yelan. But I didn't know where she is. I didn't know where Sakura was either; she was not in her room. So I called. I called and called, getting more desperate, because every passing second Syaoran's aura flared and died. Yelan appeared by herself, and followed me.

She had prepared the ' bitter draught', as Syaoran called it, and before, Syaoran had taken it like a good boy. This time, he shrieked, thrashing wildly, and it took all of Touya's and Nakuru's strength to keep him down. He wouldn't swallow the thing, and I had to cover his mouth to keep him from spitting it out. It was no longer any fault of his. He wasn't angry. The auras were making him delirious.

I don't remember that day very well after that. The medicine had an act of sleep in them, so soon after Li finished them all he fell asleep. I was feeling sick to the stomache, I remember, seeing him like that, tears staining his face. He was still sobbing as he slept, and Touya offered to stay with him and comfort him the best he could.

I had to explain all that happened to Meiling, since Yelan wouldn't talk. After that there wasn't much else. We waited till the next morning to see if Syaoran was alright.

Of course, as expected, he wasn't. Touya stayed with him all night, instead of Yelan. You cannot blame her-she could not face her son. Tomoyo was angry at Yue for not doing anything, but you can't expect him to either. But not withstanding, Syaoran cried the whole night, asking why he was so weak, why Yue of all people had to be his father, why couldn't he live normally, why is he a failure, and so on. It was heartbreaking.

And we didn't know what to do.

I didn't know what to do.