Chapter Six: Friends Forever
Sakura eyed the dark living room with suspicious eyes as Kero hovered above her right shoulder tensely.
"I don't sense anything, Sakura," Kero muttered. "Are you sure you feel anything down here?"
"It's still moving," Sakura hissed clutching her staff tighter. "But I don't know where it is…"
Sakura pulled a second card out of the air and flung it before herself. It suspended carefully before her as Sakura lifted her staff and thrust the point into its spinning form.
"Light! Chase away the darkness that conceals this room!" Sakura bellowed.
A bright spirit with the sun and clouds grasped in her clutches spurted from the sleeping contains that had been contained it. Its form resembled that of a beautiful princess with a huge crown placed on top of her locks of wavy golden grain hair. A sun was imprinted on her breast plate and around it was the fabric of tight mid-evil gown. The chi unwrapped it's arms from about it's self and hugged the room with it's essence. Instantly the room was wrapped in light from no known source except for the card.
Sakura let out an irritated sigh as she caught the card that had finished its purpose. She clutched the warm piece between her fingertips and glared about the room.
"It's worse then before," Sakura snapped. "Now I don't sense anything."
A creak alerted both Kero and Sakura jotting their hearts into there throats. A cold shiver shot down Sakura's spine joining an unexplainable pain that just wouldn't fade.
Mustering all her courage she could cart, Sakura spun about, her loose hair rubbing against her cheeks as she turned. Kero instinctively turned at the same time as his current master. Both of them found themselves face to face with Li who was staring at them with a vacant expression of one who had just awoken from a long sleep.
"Oh… It's just you," Sakura sighed.
"Syaoran! You just scared the dickens out of me and Sakura! Next time you cross that line, even Sakura's magic won't hold me back from kicking your-"
"Kero. Down," Sakura hissed.
Kero obeyed rather grumpily scoffing about as he paced the air above their heads. Sakura rolled her jade eyes and cast one last glance at Li.
"How did you grow back to your original size?" But before Li could answer she continued. "Oh well. Never mind that now. I'll need your help. We have to figure out what's going on here…"
Sakura turned her back to Li for a second just to gather herself from that scare. But a second was all Li needed. His eyes flashed an eerie color as an awful smirk slipped across his lips.
Kero glanced down at Li uncertainly watching as the boy unsheathed his long sword emitting a hiss as its container and the blade scarped against the other. He cocked an eyebrow and then suddenly caught sight of Li's eyes.
"SAKURA BEHIND YOU!" Kero shrieked.
Sakura had barely lifted her head when the hilt on the sword was rammed straight into her back. Sakura collapsed onto her side crying out in pain.
Kero dive bombed onto Li's head but Li swatted him away like he was an annoying fly. He pulled out one of his element cards and pressed it against the flat end of his sword as he hissed, "Wind, come to my aid."
Wind spilled out from the strange card circling about Kero and lifting him high to the ceiling and out of the way. Kero's cussing still flowed down to them as he tried to transform in to his other form.
Sakura clutched her wounded side as she got back up to her weak feet. They wobbled beneath barely able to support her weight.
"What was that for, Li?" Sakura cried clutching the kitchen counter for support, "What's gotten into you?"
"A demon," Li smirked evilly as his cold eyes fell upon Sakura's trembling form.
Li drew his sword in front of him and then carried it over his head. Sakura let out a cry as Li brought the sword down at her slicing the air threateningly. Sakura brought up her own staff to block the blow knocking her off her feet. Li withdrew his blade smirking and started down the hall as if he had merely come for a cup of tea.
"LET LI GO!" Sakura cried bringing out a card with a winged lock on it.
Li turned swiftly and tapped another card to his blade.
"Lighting, come to my aid."
A stream of electricity wrapped about Sakura's ankles and arms keeping her from chasing after him. The chains of electricity held her from the ceiling to the floor making sure she could not escape.
"Come after me if you ever want to see Li again, Clow Mistress," Li hissed. "Cause if you don't, I will make sure that what is left of pretty boy, won't be very pretty to your fair eyes."
Sakura cringed, fighting and screaming against the bonds as Li exited the house and locked the door behind him.
Sakura wobbled about in the air until the card she wanted fell lightly upon the counter top. It appeared to be of a elf creature with spiky hair. An orange streak highlighted down the center of the sleeping card's hair. Sakura clutched the staff hard with her one hand careful not to drop it. She prodded the card with the tip of her staff and shouted it's name,
"Shot card!"
The small creature awoken off his cover and shot like a bullet though the electric chains with ease. Sakura fell to her knees as the card fell down beside her, its job completed. She tucked the card in her pocket and brought out a different one, "Windy! Get Kero!"
The beautiful angel like spirit sprang out form its imprisonment and wrapped it arms about the tiny teddy bear like animal carefully lowering it out of the wind shield.
"Thanks Sakura," Kero snapped, "Now we have to go after him. Before he- I mean she, does something to the kid."
"Is that compassion in your voice, Kero?" Sakura joshed darkly.
"No. I just don't want another person who knows our old ways killed. There are not that many left, mind you," Kero snapped.
Sakura waved her hand as time reentered its current pace.
"First things first," Sakura hissed. "We need to get Julian and Eli. This might be dangerous."
"Correction, this is dangerous. And we don't need Yue. We have Kerobiros on our side," Kero snapped.
"I am not letting her kill Li, okay! We need all the help we can get. I want everyone to help me get Li back," Sakura said a little louder then necessary. "He's in trouble and its my fault!"
And then the doorbell rang…
To Be Continued…
Please Read and Review!
This story has be discontinued.
I'm sorry for anyone I disappoint. But it's been far too long and my writing style has changed since then. It wouldn't be the same story, if I continued. The original intent has been lost. Thanks to all who reviewed thus far, and were so encouraging. I appreciate it.
