Sakura-san: Okies more things to talk about and say. Ecila, in answer to a uestion on your reveiw to Shades of Grey, yes I wanted to ruin the mood. I did that on purpose...just to lighten things up ^^. Lets see...also to Ecila, the whole gender switching thing...I am not too sure exactly where that one came from...I just have a strange mind. I suppose it is inspired by various things in anime...with the whole gender bending. I am sorry if that offeneded you. It freaked me out too, and I wrote it *sweatdrop* I just thought it would be funny. Umm and your welcome about the me reviewing your stories. Ecila, I LOVE your stories!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Disease That Killed Love, is my fav! Anyways...onwards to the fic.
Disclaimer: I do not own the song that I used a few lyrics from in this fic. (in italics with * before and after them). Those are from the song "Sky Fits Heaven", and is owned by Madonna (yes I listen to some of her music). Copyright 1998 by Warner Brothers Records inc.
~Chapter 9: A Sacrafice~
"Syaoran...come to me Syaoran..." the female voice continued to call. Syaoran walked out onto the water of the lake.
Fujitaka and even Touya gasped in amazement.
In the middle of the lake, a portal opened, black and menacing.
Yue hissed between his teeth as that portal appeared. "Damn it, it's the Darks. I recognize Daichi's work."
Hinode nodded thoughfuly. "They cannot have him. We cannot allow the Darks to have that much power. Especially with the little light mixed in. Syaoran is too important for them to have."
"Then we have to stop this now, before that kid walks into that hole," Kero remarked.
"You were warned Loup. You may be one of us in the mortal realms, but you cannot interfear with us!"
"VENIS ET COMBATTS MOI!!!!!!! TU SALAUD!!!!" Loup bellowed, startling everyone, except Syaoran, who was still in a trance, because of the sudden shout. (trans: Come and fight me!!!!!!! You bastard!!!!!!)
"Loup? Who are you talking to?" Fujitaka asked.
Sakura had begun running to Syaoran.
"IDIOT!" Loup shouted, and sent out his magic to grab her, and drag her back.
"Loup!" Sakura shouted angrily back.
"You we warned, Loup. We warned you not to interfear, yet still you do...We will have this boy. For his power. And so, he must die..."
This time, everyone heard that.
Syaoran continued walking, in a trance, his aura begining to get dimer with each step.
"Syaoran..." Sakura cried.
"Not again...I will not let this happen again..." Loup chanted under his breath.
Yue, Hinode and Kero flew back down to the ground in front of the family.
"Who are you?" Sakura, Touya and Fujitaka asked.
Loup looked up at them. "Yue, Hinode, Kero. Find a way to stop this!"
Yue regarded him with a cold stare. "We've been trying."
Syaoran was almost to the hole.
"There is one way, Loup...you can save him, by sacraficing yourself..."
Sakura saw the look on Loup's face and understood, for everyone had heard it.
"You'd be just at home among us...you'r power would be just as welcome as the Syaoran boy. The balance is tipping. We want it to tip towards us, for power...we can have balance. Just a crooked balance. Sacrifice yourself to save him...we'll even break the connection..."
"He won't feel a thing?" Loup asked.
"He won't."
"Loup! You can't! You cannot go to them!" Hinode and Sakura shouted.
"C'est la vie! Tu ne peux pas toujours obtenir quel tu vuex! Ansi commencer avec on!" Loup snapped. (trans: That's life! You can't always get what you want! So deal with it!)
Sakura and the Lights understood what he said.
Loup walked to the lake, and passed through the barrier.
*Sky fits heaven so fly it...that's what the wise man said to me...*
He touched Syaoran's shoulder, bringing him out of the weird trance. The woman's voice had stopped calling.
"Loup? What are you going to do?!" Syaoran shouted.
Loup smiled sadly at his 'twin.' "Adieu...mon ami. Sayonara, my aibou."
"NON! LOUP! NO!!!"
Loup eyes were sad. "Syaoran, if I don't go, they'll continue to come after you. Besides, being what I am, I'll be right at home..."
*...Traveling down this road, watching the signs as I go. I think I'll follow the sun. Isn't everyone just, traveling down their own road? Watching the signs as they go?*
"Syaoran, I am following my heart," Loup said tenderly. He huged Syaoran tightly. "Now...goodbye, aibou."
An energy feild closed around Loup, keeping Syaoran out.
He felt their link snap.
He felt Loup's mind vanish altogether from his own.
"Loup...." Sakura and Syaoran murmured at the same time.
Loup looked back into the faces of everyone there. His eyes were sad, but he smiled slightly. Then he vanished into a black mass, then that vanished too.
Everything was put back to normal.
"Kuso!" Kero cursed. "We were powerless against them!"
Hinode, had a pained look on her face.
Yue was as impassive as always.
Sakura ran out into the water, to Syaoran, who had fell to his knees in the icey water.
"Syaoran!" She cried out with pity.
Syaoran had tears running down his face, silently. He looked pale. And not just because of the cold water.
"Sakura..." Syaoran answered with pain.
"He sacraficed himself. Somewhat noble, but also very stupid."
Syaoran's head whiped up. He turned a glare to Yue.
"Tu salaud. Tais-tois!" Syaoran shouted, and he bounded out of the water. Seventeen-years old, a little over six feet tall, and infuriated. He jumped right infront of Yue. "Tu salaud bete!" (trans1: You bastard. Shut up. trans2: You stupid bastard) Syaoran was still speaking French.
"You are the stupid one. He just gave them himself, which upsets everything. It is his power that is important. Not himself."
Syaoran reverted back to Japanese. "What are you talking about?! He was important! To me-"
"And to me," Sakura added forcefully.
"-and it feels like I have lost a part of myself! Like I have lost part of my soul!" Syaoran shouted, with emotion.
"You would think that someone as old as you are, nearly grown up, would have more control of his emotions," Yue remarked.
"Yue...that is taking it a bit far, don't you think?" Kero asked. He was ignored.
Syaoran snapped. "BASTARD!!!!" He screamed.
Sakura sensed his aura flare up, and strike out. At Yue.
"You use moon based magic, as do I. Child," Yue hissed. He doged the fire that had been shot at him. He also retaliated.
Sakura knew that Syaoran couldn't dodge what had been shot at him. "STOP!!!!!!!!!" She screamed. This time, it was her aura that flared. Bright and strong. The attack froze an inch from Syaoran's face, and then fell apart.
"You two will not do that! We are on the same side aren't we?"
"We have no side when it comes to you. We only keep the balance, which has been thrown out of perspective, because of Syaoran. You are only making things worse," Hinode stated, almost as cold as Yue. "We will come back again, soon. Yue revert to your human form. Kero come with me." With that, Hinode flew off with Kero.
"Human form?" Sakura repeated.
Fujitaka and Touya were confused about everything that was happening.
Yue turned back into Yukito.
"Yukito-san?!"
"Yuki?!"
"Tsukishiro-kun?!"
Later...
Syaoran and Sakura were alone in the room together. Sakura insisted on not leaving his side. She was also worried, he looked so pale, and his aura was weaker than before.
"Syaoran...what's happening?"
He looked into her eyes. "Remember when we first met, and when I died in that battle against well...Loup?"
Sakura nodded.
"Loup and I had tried to become one, but instead ended up as two different people, only connected, by our life energies, our minds, just about everything, other than being physically attatched. That had happened to keep us alive. That is the only reason why I came back to life...Sakura I feel like my soul has been torn in half...I feel like I lost a part of myself..."
Sakura's eyes filled with worry. Of course! That is how Syaoran had lived, after dying like that! And why Loup was there! "Without him being connected to you," Sakura said outloud.
"I will die, Sakura. I am losing myself allready. I feel my aura getting weaker by the minuet. Without him here, connected with me, I'll die, therefor I'll lose you too."
Sakura's eyes filled with pain and determination. "Syaoran! I will not let you die!!"
Syaoran smiled, before fainting suddenly. He was paler than before.
"What's happening to him?"Touya asked as he walked in and saw Syaoran slumped on the floor.
"He's dying, Touya."
"So he made the sacrafice. Interesting decision," Foudre remarked to Feu and Daichi as they told her about what happened after she had stopped calling ot Syaoran. Feu and Daichi were playing chess again.
Feu nodded. "Yes, all to save Syaoran. When he forgot about the fact that he'll die anyways, without Loup's support."
"All's fair in love and war," Daichi murmured.
"Well, at least we'll get a nice power boost. The balance has become a problem, but one in our favor," Feu said offhandedly.
Daichi smirked. "Check."
Feu studied the board.
"So what are we to do with Loup, after we convert him? Since he is dead now..." Foudre inquired.
It was Feu's turn to smirk. "Checkmate."
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Sakura-san: As promised, I have the meaning to "aibou." (I had to go re-look it up so I could give the correct meaning) Aibou: companion. That is the meaning I use for it in this fic. Other meanings (not the way I am using it) are: partner, pal, accomplice. There we go! ^^ Chapter 10 coming soon. Things are getting pretty dark now....at least in my opinion! Ja ne! ~ Sakura-san
"Your heart is not open, so I must go. The spell has been broken, I loved you so. Freedom comes when you learn to let go, creation comes when you learn to say no." - Madonna from "The Power of Goodbye" (see top for copyright and disclaimer, even though this is a different song.)