AN: Hi, I hope you liked my first chapter. This chapter was supposed to be
up on Friday, but since the site was down for two day, I couldn't upload
it. So sorry to keep you waiting so long. You guys will have wait a lot
longer than two days from now on with schoolwork in the way. There will be
one chapter upload every week, please don't be mad at me, you have to
understand that it is hard to keep writing with all the homework and plus I
have double math this year, I am a lot busier than normal.
CCS characters and the story line do not belong to me, they belong to Clamp. I am just writing a fanfic, and I am very poor girl, so you won't get money from me. Please review and go read "Thieves" by Strawberry. And Hurima family members and Kinoshita family members belong to me as well as the characters that didn't appear in the CCS, so don't steal them, they BELONG to Shortcake! And if some names that happen to be in your story, I am sorry, but I made those names up! Don't Steal! One last thing to remind the reader, PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
Key:
"." talking '.' thinking ~*~*~ scene change ~ flash back ~
Chapter One: Beginning
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Autumn here in Japan was a beautiful scene; trees started to turn color as well as it symbol the end of the summer vacation. With today as the last week of the summer vacation, most of the people could enjoy this week as much as they could, but at the Tokyo University there were a lot incoming students at the lobby of dorms to get their room numbers and settle in before classes started.
The lobby was packed with people, one of the people that was in charge of the dorm spoke up, "Please, incoming freshmen make two lines in front of the counter at the right side of the lobby, and those that are not, make two lines in front of the counter on the left side. For those who didn't register in June please make a line in front of me, give me you name and phone number so I can call you if there any space left thank you!"
Sakura moved to get in the line with Tomoyo, "There are a lot people here today.don't you think so, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked as she tried to move through people with Sakura.
Before Sakura could answer, a girl about Sakura's age bumped into her and knocked her into Tomoyo. Lucky they didn't lose their balance and fall on the floor (it hurts I tell ya), "I am sorry, are you ok?" She asked.
Sakura looked up and started into a pair gray blue eye, and a flash back of fire everywhere surrounded a lady with a pair sad gray blue eye, much like the girl in front of Sakura except this par were not sad but a little bit cold.
"Hey, are you ok?" The girl asked again when Sakura didn't answer. Her silky voice woke Sakura up from her daydream; she shook her head and answered clumsily "Yeah, I am fine." Sakura turned to her best friend, "Are you ok, Tomoyo-chan?"
"Yeah I am ok."
"I am really sorry about that. My name is Yuri Kinoshita, incoming freshman from New York. Call me Yuri."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Sakura Kinomoto and this is my best friend Tomoyo Daidouji. You can just call us Sakura and Tomoyo, we are incoming freshmen also." They started talking as they move along with the line.
'Hmm.Tomoyo doesn't have magic, but Sakura has strong magic. It doesn't feel evil; it gives out a warm, comfortable feeling. I wonder who she is?' Yuri though, "Is the winter of Japan really cold? Because I can't take the cold of New York even thought I was born there."
"If you were born in New York, Yuri-san, how come you had a Japanese name?" Sakura asked, pretty confused about her name.
"My father was Japanese, that could had explain my last name. My mother was just fancy with Japanese names, so my whole name was in Japanese. Sometime people thought I am Japanese, but then again I do look like one except my eye color."
"The first thing I noticed was your eyes, they had a very beautiful color, like someone we know. Don't you think so, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked, as a picture of Eriol Hiragizawa (I think that is how you spell his last name ^^') flashed by in her mind.
"Hmm.yeah, except Eriol-kun's are darker but I think both are pretty."
"But I bet you like amber better." Tomoyo smile evilly as she teased Sakura.
"Tomoyo-chan! That's not true, I like your eyes too." Sakura pouted and blushed.
"Huh?" Yuri was confused by the display between the two friends, but it was clear that the guy Sakura likes has amber eyes, "You have a boyfriend, Sakura-san?"
"NO!" Sakura yelled, everyone turned their heads toward them; caused Sakura got redder more then she already was.
"Okay, Sakura-san. You don't have to yell, but who has amber eyes?"
Before Sakura or Tomoyo answer, they reached the counter the person in charge ask for their name to look up the room number they were going to stay in. It turned out Sakura got roomed with Tomoyo on the fifth floor room 526, and Yuri got the room right crossed the room from them, room 527. They decided to go to the mall for lunch to talk more and get to know each other.
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After hanging at the mall with her new friends Sakura and Tomoyo, Yuri went back to the hotel. She was about to open the door to her room, a voice stopped her, "Where were you? I called your cell phone but not one answer. Don't act like this, Yuri. If the elders know, it will be bad. After all you are the future leader."
Yuri turned around to face her cousin Maya and glared at her, "I don't need you to remind me, Maya. And remember your place, cousin. I have the power to disown you from the family." Yuri turned 180 degree from the friendly girl that had fun with her new friends at the mall to a cold, emotionless person in a blink of eyes.
Maya gritted her teeth in anger, "Auntie Kouena asked me to tell you to come over to her house tonight at seven. She is going to introduce Li Clan's future leader to you." Maya turned around to go, she turned around after two steps, "Aren't you happy.being the leader of the Kinoshita household and the lady of Li Clan? After all you always the best in everyone's eye."
Yuri smirked at Maya coldly as she leaned against the door of her room; Maya glared at her and stormed off but stopped by Yuri's speech, "You just jealous you are not the promising future leader, jealous that you are not the center of attention. What a spoil brat, you should mature my dear cousin, no one like to marry to a spoil immature brat. And for you information the meeting between the two families is not about marriage, fool. I still don't know why the elders haven't kick you out after all you have not use to the family, for that you don't have any magical power to seal or even to heal a little cut."
Yuri got off the door and went in, leaving a pale girl outside of her door shaking with anger. Yuri took off her coat and jump on the bed to rest for the meeting and the hunting, even thought her guardian Kouena Kinoshita had warn her to lay low for the time being before they got familiar with the topography of Tokyo.
But then again she never listen to any warning, she always took the challenge, a chance of being in danger and felt the excitement from it. She had always been a tomboy and a wild girl, cause problem for her guardian; in the family no one had punish her or hit her, they all afraid of her power even the elders, thought they never punish her they scolded her with long boring lectures. The only one that wasn't afraid to correct and punish her was her father's sister, Kouena Kinoshita.
Yuri matured at a very young age, she had always understood things better than any one her age, and she was the pride of her parents. But fate took away her parents.her parents die when she was just little girl, classmates started to make fun of her since a lot of them were jealous of her grade and how all the teachers favor her. She had tried to keep herself busy with schoolwork and clubs to keep herself for thinking, she thought she could ignore them but she was wrong. One day she just snapped.Yuri closed her eyes and thought back to the day she discover her power in a very unpleasant way.
~Flash Back~
Eleven years ago.
"Oh look who miss perfect had come in the classroom bless me." Said a girl when a seventh year-old Yuri entered the classroom.
"No one is perfect in this world there was always some false in everyone." Yuri replied at her comment. She sat down without looking at the speaker; she had got use to this kind treatment from the girls in her classes.
"I had heard from my father that your father's business going down hill that is why he killed himself and his wife, but didn't take you with them. They must hate and don't want to see you."
"Whatever your father said wasn't true, because the doctor said my parents died in a car crush." Yuri replied coolly, on the outside she put up a calm face but inside she was trying to control her anger.
"Really I heard your mother was a slut, maybe your are not your dad's girl."
"Shut up!" Yuri stood up, shook with anger and blind by tears. She angrily yelled at the girls, "Shut up! Shut up!" Voices ringed in her head; she put her hands to her ears try to block out the voices as a pool power ran through her veins. So powerful, it almost painfully but all her focus was on the voices telling her it was her fault that her parents died. When she noticed the pain became unbearable she screamed out loud as the power burst out, blew everyone in the classroom against the wall unconscious, and those that were out at the hall dropped down to the floor, blinded by the light.
It seems like hours but it was only a few minutes, the pain finally passed and the light disappeared with the pain. Yuri dropped on the floor and went unconscious, none of her classmates was hurt even thought they hit the way by the power, the odd thing was that none of them could remember what happen to them, one minutes there was the light then they were unconscious. But Yuri knew someone from her family had erased their mind when they were still unconscious in the hospital.
When Yuri got her senses back, she felt that she was being carry, she was so tired and it felt good to be in the arms that were carrying her, but she wanted to know who was carrying her, so she forced her eyes to open and stared right in a pair of gray eyes mixed with light orange, made them looked like gold, before she became unconscious again.
~End of Flash Back~
When she woke up, the elders had pointed her the future leader of the Kinoshita household, and all her cousins were forbidden to go near her by their parents, but that was okay for her since she had never got close to any of her cousins. And later she had found out that the one who carried her home was her father's elder sister, Kouena Kinoshita; after she had gained back her strength, her aunt became her guardian and trainer, but to her.she was the only one that could understand Yuri and the only one that Yuri could trust in the family.
A knock from the door pull Yuri away from the memories of past, it was then she noticed tears had streamed down from her eyes. She wiped away the tears with her hands before she got off the bed to open the door.
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When the door opened, with one look at Yuri, Kouena knew she had thought back to the past and the tears floated unconsciously. Kouena had never saw the child cry after her training with her started, but she had always knew she had cry when she was alone and sure no one know she had cry. She had always put up a mask, a mask only she could see through, and in those eleven years she had been her guardian and mother. But she knew Yuri had bottle up all her negative feels in her heart, one day it will burst like eleven years ago, she wished there was someone to undone the hate, sadness in her heart and bring her happiness.
"Auntie Kouena what are you doing here at this hours, I thought." Yuri blinked at her and asked. Without letting her finish her question, Kouena pulled the girl in her arms and hung her tightly, "Past is past, don't think back. Child, you should look forward not look back."
"I know, but I can't help it.I just can't." Tears fell silently from Yuri's eyes, "What should I do? Auntie Kouena tell me what should I do to stop the voices and the nightmare."
Kouena knew the nightmare of seeing her parents died hunt her, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't just erase her memories like she did to her classmates eleven years ago. She needed to get over the past by herself, when she did she will be truly be ready to take on the responsibility of being the leader of the family. Now all she could do was hung her and tried her best to comfort her from pain.
"Get dress, child. We are leaving in thirty minutes." Kouena pulled back and wiped her tears away, "I know you want to rest, but this meeting is important. Are you up to it?"
"Yes."
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After the meeting with the future leader of Kinoshita family, Syaoran Li went back the dorm of Tokyo University wanting to get away from his overjoyed 'finally come back to Japan' cousin. At the very same day he got his dorm number, Syaoran had all his belongings moved in the dorm room, unpack and leave half of the space for his roommate which he doubt he was going to have, after all not many people lived at the sixth floor, the last level of the building.
His lazy cousin, Meilin Li hadn't moved her stuffs yet to her room she won't be coming up to his room to bother him. Meilin was once his fiancé but when she found out he was in love with another girl, she had broken the engagement off and supported him and gave him courage to tell the girl he loves her. She was a great and understanding cousin but sometimes she could be spoil and childish, still Syaoran had felt guilt for breaking her heart but know led her on will be far worse, he had hope someday she could found her prince charming.
Syaoran lied on the bed stared up the ceiling blankly, he turned side way to look at the stuffed animal on his nightstand. A girl with golden brown hair and emerald eyes flashed in his mind caused him to blush, after so long he still kept on blushing when ever he thought of her. All those years back at Hong Kong, he had busy with training, schoolwork and soccer trying to forget her, but somehow little things always remember him of the one he loves so much, "Sakura." Syaoran muttered.
This time he had come back to Japan with Meilin followed along as always, first was just to finish college here with the rest of the gang after all he had finished all his training, all he had to do was to wait until he finish college to become the leader of Li Clan. But a few months early a power was detected, a strong power full of evil. He had only sensed it for a second and it was gone before he could blink, but he was sure something bad was going to happen in Japan. He had immediately inform the elders and his mother, but all the elders and his mother didn't even felt the present at all, which puzzled him.
One month later, they got a letter from Kouena Kinoshita from the Kinoshita family. Kinoshita family and Li Clan had always befriend along with Hurima family and Reed family, the four family in the past were the most powerful families in the world each family lived in one of the direction: Li, East. Reed, West. Hurima, South. Kinoshita, North. Even thought Hurima and Kinoshita were rival, they respected each other deep inside. Now two of the four's family line end, Reed ended at Clow Reed, after all Clow Reed never marry, and the Hurima family just disappear from Earth.
The letter was about the evil aura a month ago, which was the one I had felt. They had decided to hold a meeting between two future leaders, at first Syaoran had thought her mother and the elders were planning to make him marry the Kinoshita leader, but it seems they were very worry about the evil aura, want two leader with the Card Mistress to stop the destruction.
'They seems know what we are up against, then why are they not telling what we are up against? This is confusing.' "Don't you think so, Ying Fa?" Syaoran asked the Sakura bear on his nightstand. 'Sakura hasn't give me an answer yet."
~Flash Back~
At bus station.
Eleventh year-old Sakura hand the hand-made bear to Syaoran, "I will wait until we meet again."
Syaoran took the bear from Sakura, "Until we meet again." He smiled at her before he got into the bus; Sakura watched the bus drove away toward the airport. In the bus, Syaoran looked at the bear and smiled sadly, "Sakura." He whispered.
~End of Flash Back~
Syaoran sighed tiredly and continued stared at the bear as he thought back all the things they went through together.slowly the sleep claimed Syaoran, he slept through the night without dreams to wake him up after all he was really exhausted.
As always Syaoran woke up at the first ray of sunlight, he got up to refresh himself up in the bathroom. When he got out and changed out yesterday's clothes, he was about to pick the 'Sakura Bear' up from the bed and put it on the nightstand, a knock reached his ear, "Coming!"
'Who could coming this early in the morning? Might be Meilin.' Syaoran open the door and greeted by Eriol Hiragizawa's face. Syaoran immediately closed the door and put his forehead against the door, laugh can be heard outside the door. Syaoran groaned tiredly wishing all this was a dream, he did not just saw the evil, mischief Eriol Hiragizawa, the one that caused so much trouble to them back at elementary school.
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Eriol Hiragizawa watched the door opened and came to face with a surprise young man; he immediately closed the door before Eriol could say anything, caused Eriol laughed out loud. It is very amused to see him act like that, but Eriol knew he acted like that was because the trouble him had caused Sakura, after all Eriol understood he was very protective over Sakura and care very much about her.
The door opened again, Eriol could see that he hadn't get over the fact he was standing in front of his door. Eriol laughed inwardly, it was very fun to make the Clan leader panic and made his life a little difficult. He knew it was not nice, but he couldn't help tease the Clan leader.
"What are you doing here?!!!!!" Asked the shock future Clan leader, Syaoran Li.
"What? You are not glad to see me, my cute little descendant?" Eriol smiled at the slowly getting anger Syaoran, "Don't call me that! What are you doing here in Tokyo University? You are not planning something are you?"
Eriol sighed pretended to be hurt, "Do you always think I bring trouble?" Syaoran immediately nodded, "Do I have to name them?" Syaoran asked with a glare.
Eriol waved his hand and chuckled, "I come to finish College with the gang, since England is getting bored without the gang. I love to talk more but I want to get settle first, so could you mind move away from the door and let me in?" Eriol pointed toward the boxes behind him.
"Please don't tell me you are my roommate?" Syaoran groaned, and hit his head against the door lightly, 'why me?'
Eriol chuckled as he walked in with the boxes floated behind him (Syaoran woke up at six, doubt there will be anyone wake up that early to see the boxes float on the air and into the room), when Syaoran moved away from the door and let him in, the door closed behind him once the boxes were inside. "Have you see Sakura and the others yet?" Eriol asked and the stuffed unpack itself (magic, duh!).
"No, but I am planning to." Syaoran stared hard at Eriol, "How come you didn't go back to your old house?"
Eriol wanted to say something like: 'simple! To make your life difficult.' But decided against it, "The house just too far, Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon is going to live there. They are going to visit once a while." Eriol sat down on his bed.
"Then I guess Mizuki Kaho also came back with you." Syaoran poured a glass of water and sat down on his bed facing Eriol.
"No, Kaho is pregnant. She can't travel long distance, so she is still at England." Eriol replied calmly as Syaoran almost choked to dead by his answer, "What?! Then why are you here, shouldn't you be with her?"
"Her husband is taking good care of her, she will be fine." Eriol looked at Syaoran calmly for any reaction. Syaoran blinked, "That mean.you are not.aren't you."
"No, we broke up after realized we are not for each other, and it is time to let go. She got married four years ago and she already has one child. As for me.I am happy for her that is enough for me, don't you think so, Syaoran?"
~ To Be Continued ~
AN: hehe, I know you think I talk too much, but I am not Strawberry talk more than I am. But strangely she doesn't talk much on the author's note, which is kind weird. Anyway I know you are a little bit confuse, don't be. My cousin and I open one account together, so this story wrote by me, which is not finish. And the "Thieves" wrote by my cousin, the story is pretty good.
The story is about: there is no violence among countries, but crime organizations flourish. The countries of the world form an alliance: the World Alliance. The WA also used thieves to fight back thieves. What will happen when best friends are caught in the middle. Will their relationship grow into love?
~ Preview of Next Chapter ~
"I assume you are going to continue to interrupt her."
"No, but I am going to watch her."
"And guide her? I don't mind you do that, she is very important to both of us, but it is not the time to let her see you."
"I understand, don't worry. I will make sure she will never know who I am until the time is right."
Without turning around, Eriol knew he had gone from this place. "It had began.she had came back for Mira.my dear sister." Eriol whispered as the shadow made him look tired and sad.
CCS characters and the story line do not belong to me, they belong to Clamp. I am just writing a fanfic, and I am very poor girl, so you won't get money from me. Please review and go read "Thieves" by Strawberry. And Hurima family members and Kinoshita family members belong to me as well as the characters that didn't appear in the CCS, so don't steal them, they BELONG to Shortcake! And if some names that happen to be in your story, I am sorry, but I made those names up! Don't Steal! One last thing to remind the reader, PLEASE REVIEW!!!!
Key:
"." talking '.' thinking ~*~*~ scene change ~ flash back ~
Chapter One: Beginning
~*~*~
Autumn here in Japan was a beautiful scene; trees started to turn color as well as it symbol the end of the summer vacation. With today as the last week of the summer vacation, most of the people could enjoy this week as much as they could, but at the Tokyo University there were a lot incoming students at the lobby of dorms to get their room numbers and settle in before classes started.
The lobby was packed with people, one of the people that was in charge of the dorm spoke up, "Please, incoming freshmen make two lines in front of the counter at the right side of the lobby, and those that are not, make two lines in front of the counter on the left side. For those who didn't register in June please make a line in front of me, give me you name and phone number so I can call you if there any space left thank you!"
Sakura moved to get in the line with Tomoyo, "There are a lot people here today.don't you think so, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked as she tried to move through people with Sakura.
Before Sakura could answer, a girl about Sakura's age bumped into her and knocked her into Tomoyo. Lucky they didn't lose their balance and fall on the floor (it hurts I tell ya), "I am sorry, are you ok?" She asked.
Sakura looked up and started into a pair gray blue eye, and a flash back of fire everywhere surrounded a lady with a pair sad gray blue eye, much like the girl in front of Sakura except this par were not sad but a little bit cold.
"Hey, are you ok?" The girl asked again when Sakura didn't answer. Her silky voice woke Sakura up from her daydream; she shook her head and answered clumsily "Yeah, I am fine." Sakura turned to her best friend, "Are you ok, Tomoyo-chan?"
"Yeah I am ok."
"I am really sorry about that. My name is Yuri Kinoshita, incoming freshman from New York. Call me Yuri."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Sakura Kinomoto and this is my best friend Tomoyo Daidouji. You can just call us Sakura and Tomoyo, we are incoming freshmen also." They started talking as they move along with the line.
'Hmm.Tomoyo doesn't have magic, but Sakura has strong magic. It doesn't feel evil; it gives out a warm, comfortable feeling. I wonder who she is?' Yuri though, "Is the winter of Japan really cold? Because I can't take the cold of New York even thought I was born there."
"If you were born in New York, Yuri-san, how come you had a Japanese name?" Sakura asked, pretty confused about her name.
"My father was Japanese, that could had explain my last name. My mother was just fancy with Japanese names, so my whole name was in Japanese. Sometime people thought I am Japanese, but then again I do look like one except my eye color."
"The first thing I noticed was your eyes, they had a very beautiful color, like someone we know. Don't you think so, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked, as a picture of Eriol Hiragizawa (I think that is how you spell his last name ^^') flashed by in her mind.
"Hmm.yeah, except Eriol-kun's are darker but I think both are pretty."
"But I bet you like amber better." Tomoyo smile evilly as she teased Sakura.
"Tomoyo-chan! That's not true, I like your eyes too." Sakura pouted and blushed.
"Huh?" Yuri was confused by the display between the two friends, but it was clear that the guy Sakura likes has amber eyes, "You have a boyfriend, Sakura-san?"
"NO!" Sakura yelled, everyone turned their heads toward them; caused Sakura got redder more then she already was.
"Okay, Sakura-san. You don't have to yell, but who has amber eyes?"
Before Sakura or Tomoyo answer, they reached the counter the person in charge ask for their name to look up the room number they were going to stay in. It turned out Sakura got roomed with Tomoyo on the fifth floor room 526, and Yuri got the room right crossed the room from them, room 527. They decided to go to the mall for lunch to talk more and get to know each other.
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After hanging at the mall with her new friends Sakura and Tomoyo, Yuri went back to the hotel. She was about to open the door to her room, a voice stopped her, "Where were you? I called your cell phone but not one answer. Don't act like this, Yuri. If the elders know, it will be bad. After all you are the future leader."
Yuri turned around to face her cousin Maya and glared at her, "I don't need you to remind me, Maya. And remember your place, cousin. I have the power to disown you from the family." Yuri turned 180 degree from the friendly girl that had fun with her new friends at the mall to a cold, emotionless person in a blink of eyes.
Maya gritted her teeth in anger, "Auntie Kouena asked me to tell you to come over to her house tonight at seven. She is going to introduce Li Clan's future leader to you." Maya turned around to go, she turned around after two steps, "Aren't you happy.being the leader of the Kinoshita household and the lady of Li Clan? After all you always the best in everyone's eye."
Yuri smirked at Maya coldly as she leaned against the door of her room; Maya glared at her and stormed off but stopped by Yuri's speech, "You just jealous you are not the promising future leader, jealous that you are not the center of attention. What a spoil brat, you should mature my dear cousin, no one like to marry to a spoil immature brat. And for you information the meeting between the two families is not about marriage, fool. I still don't know why the elders haven't kick you out after all you have not use to the family, for that you don't have any magical power to seal or even to heal a little cut."
Yuri got off the door and went in, leaving a pale girl outside of her door shaking with anger. Yuri took off her coat and jump on the bed to rest for the meeting and the hunting, even thought her guardian Kouena Kinoshita had warn her to lay low for the time being before they got familiar with the topography of Tokyo.
But then again she never listen to any warning, she always took the challenge, a chance of being in danger and felt the excitement from it. She had always been a tomboy and a wild girl, cause problem for her guardian; in the family no one had punish her or hit her, they all afraid of her power even the elders, thought they never punish her they scolded her with long boring lectures. The only one that wasn't afraid to correct and punish her was her father's sister, Kouena Kinoshita.
Yuri matured at a very young age, she had always understood things better than any one her age, and she was the pride of her parents. But fate took away her parents.her parents die when she was just little girl, classmates started to make fun of her since a lot of them were jealous of her grade and how all the teachers favor her. She had tried to keep herself busy with schoolwork and clubs to keep herself for thinking, she thought she could ignore them but she was wrong. One day she just snapped.Yuri closed her eyes and thought back to the day she discover her power in a very unpleasant way.
~Flash Back~
Eleven years ago.
"Oh look who miss perfect had come in the classroom bless me." Said a girl when a seventh year-old Yuri entered the classroom.
"No one is perfect in this world there was always some false in everyone." Yuri replied at her comment. She sat down without looking at the speaker; she had got use to this kind treatment from the girls in her classes.
"I had heard from my father that your father's business going down hill that is why he killed himself and his wife, but didn't take you with them. They must hate and don't want to see you."
"Whatever your father said wasn't true, because the doctor said my parents died in a car crush." Yuri replied coolly, on the outside she put up a calm face but inside she was trying to control her anger.
"Really I heard your mother was a slut, maybe your are not your dad's girl."
"Shut up!" Yuri stood up, shook with anger and blind by tears. She angrily yelled at the girls, "Shut up! Shut up!" Voices ringed in her head; she put her hands to her ears try to block out the voices as a pool power ran through her veins. So powerful, it almost painfully but all her focus was on the voices telling her it was her fault that her parents died. When she noticed the pain became unbearable she screamed out loud as the power burst out, blew everyone in the classroom against the wall unconscious, and those that were out at the hall dropped down to the floor, blinded by the light.
It seems like hours but it was only a few minutes, the pain finally passed and the light disappeared with the pain. Yuri dropped on the floor and went unconscious, none of her classmates was hurt even thought they hit the way by the power, the odd thing was that none of them could remember what happen to them, one minutes there was the light then they were unconscious. But Yuri knew someone from her family had erased their mind when they were still unconscious in the hospital.
When Yuri got her senses back, she felt that she was being carry, she was so tired and it felt good to be in the arms that were carrying her, but she wanted to know who was carrying her, so she forced her eyes to open and stared right in a pair of gray eyes mixed with light orange, made them looked like gold, before she became unconscious again.
~End of Flash Back~
When she woke up, the elders had pointed her the future leader of the Kinoshita household, and all her cousins were forbidden to go near her by their parents, but that was okay for her since she had never got close to any of her cousins. And later she had found out that the one who carried her home was her father's elder sister, Kouena Kinoshita; after she had gained back her strength, her aunt became her guardian and trainer, but to her.she was the only one that could understand Yuri and the only one that Yuri could trust in the family.
A knock from the door pull Yuri away from the memories of past, it was then she noticed tears had streamed down from her eyes. She wiped away the tears with her hands before she got off the bed to open the door.
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When the door opened, with one look at Yuri, Kouena knew she had thought back to the past and the tears floated unconsciously. Kouena had never saw the child cry after her training with her started, but she had always knew she had cry when she was alone and sure no one know she had cry. She had always put up a mask, a mask only she could see through, and in those eleven years she had been her guardian and mother. But she knew Yuri had bottle up all her negative feels in her heart, one day it will burst like eleven years ago, she wished there was someone to undone the hate, sadness in her heart and bring her happiness.
"Auntie Kouena what are you doing here at this hours, I thought." Yuri blinked at her and asked. Without letting her finish her question, Kouena pulled the girl in her arms and hung her tightly, "Past is past, don't think back. Child, you should look forward not look back."
"I know, but I can't help it.I just can't." Tears fell silently from Yuri's eyes, "What should I do? Auntie Kouena tell me what should I do to stop the voices and the nightmare."
Kouena knew the nightmare of seeing her parents died hunt her, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't just erase her memories like she did to her classmates eleven years ago. She needed to get over the past by herself, when she did she will be truly be ready to take on the responsibility of being the leader of the family. Now all she could do was hung her and tried her best to comfort her from pain.
"Get dress, child. We are leaving in thirty minutes." Kouena pulled back and wiped her tears away, "I know you want to rest, but this meeting is important. Are you up to it?"
"Yes."
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After the meeting with the future leader of Kinoshita family, Syaoran Li went back the dorm of Tokyo University wanting to get away from his overjoyed 'finally come back to Japan' cousin. At the very same day he got his dorm number, Syaoran had all his belongings moved in the dorm room, unpack and leave half of the space for his roommate which he doubt he was going to have, after all not many people lived at the sixth floor, the last level of the building.
His lazy cousin, Meilin Li hadn't moved her stuffs yet to her room she won't be coming up to his room to bother him. Meilin was once his fiancé but when she found out he was in love with another girl, she had broken the engagement off and supported him and gave him courage to tell the girl he loves her. She was a great and understanding cousin but sometimes she could be spoil and childish, still Syaoran had felt guilt for breaking her heart but know led her on will be far worse, he had hope someday she could found her prince charming.
Syaoran lied on the bed stared up the ceiling blankly, he turned side way to look at the stuffed animal on his nightstand. A girl with golden brown hair and emerald eyes flashed in his mind caused him to blush, after so long he still kept on blushing when ever he thought of her. All those years back at Hong Kong, he had busy with training, schoolwork and soccer trying to forget her, but somehow little things always remember him of the one he loves so much, "Sakura." Syaoran muttered.
This time he had come back to Japan with Meilin followed along as always, first was just to finish college here with the rest of the gang after all he had finished all his training, all he had to do was to wait until he finish college to become the leader of Li Clan. But a few months early a power was detected, a strong power full of evil. He had only sensed it for a second and it was gone before he could blink, but he was sure something bad was going to happen in Japan. He had immediately inform the elders and his mother, but all the elders and his mother didn't even felt the present at all, which puzzled him.
One month later, they got a letter from Kouena Kinoshita from the Kinoshita family. Kinoshita family and Li Clan had always befriend along with Hurima family and Reed family, the four family in the past were the most powerful families in the world each family lived in one of the direction: Li, East. Reed, West. Hurima, South. Kinoshita, North. Even thought Hurima and Kinoshita were rival, they respected each other deep inside. Now two of the four's family line end, Reed ended at Clow Reed, after all Clow Reed never marry, and the Hurima family just disappear from Earth.
The letter was about the evil aura a month ago, which was the one I had felt. They had decided to hold a meeting between two future leaders, at first Syaoran had thought her mother and the elders were planning to make him marry the Kinoshita leader, but it seems they were very worry about the evil aura, want two leader with the Card Mistress to stop the destruction.
'They seems know what we are up against, then why are they not telling what we are up against? This is confusing.' "Don't you think so, Ying Fa?" Syaoran asked the Sakura bear on his nightstand. 'Sakura hasn't give me an answer yet."
~Flash Back~
At bus station.
Eleventh year-old Sakura hand the hand-made bear to Syaoran, "I will wait until we meet again."
Syaoran took the bear from Sakura, "Until we meet again." He smiled at her before he got into the bus; Sakura watched the bus drove away toward the airport. In the bus, Syaoran looked at the bear and smiled sadly, "Sakura." He whispered.
~End of Flash Back~
Syaoran sighed tiredly and continued stared at the bear as he thought back all the things they went through together.slowly the sleep claimed Syaoran, he slept through the night without dreams to wake him up after all he was really exhausted.
As always Syaoran woke up at the first ray of sunlight, he got up to refresh himself up in the bathroom. When he got out and changed out yesterday's clothes, he was about to pick the 'Sakura Bear' up from the bed and put it on the nightstand, a knock reached his ear, "Coming!"
'Who could coming this early in the morning? Might be Meilin.' Syaoran open the door and greeted by Eriol Hiragizawa's face. Syaoran immediately closed the door and put his forehead against the door, laugh can be heard outside the door. Syaoran groaned tiredly wishing all this was a dream, he did not just saw the evil, mischief Eriol Hiragizawa, the one that caused so much trouble to them back at elementary school.
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Eriol Hiragizawa watched the door opened and came to face with a surprise young man; he immediately closed the door before Eriol could say anything, caused Eriol laughed out loud. It is very amused to see him act like that, but Eriol knew he acted like that was because the trouble him had caused Sakura, after all Eriol understood he was very protective over Sakura and care very much about her.
The door opened again, Eriol could see that he hadn't get over the fact he was standing in front of his door. Eriol laughed inwardly, it was very fun to make the Clan leader panic and made his life a little difficult. He knew it was not nice, but he couldn't help tease the Clan leader.
"What are you doing here?!!!!!" Asked the shock future Clan leader, Syaoran Li.
"What? You are not glad to see me, my cute little descendant?" Eriol smiled at the slowly getting anger Syaoran, "Don't call me that! What are you doing here in Tokyo University? You are not planning something are you?"
Eriol sighed pretended to be hurt, "Do you always think I bring trouble?" Syaoran immediately nodded, "Do I have to name them?" Syaoran asked with a glare.
Eriol waved his hand and chuckled, "I come to finish College with the gang, since England is getting bored without the gang. I love to talk more but I want to get settle first, so could you mind move away from the door and let me in?" Eriol pointed toward the boxes behind him.
"Please don't tell me you are my roommate?" Syaoran groaned, and hit his head against the door lightly, 'why me?'
Eriol chuckled as he walked in with the boxes floated behind him (Syaoran woke up at six, doubt there will be anyone wake up that early to see the boxes float on the air and into the room), when Syaoran moved away from the door and let him in, the door closed behind him once the boxes were inside. "Have you see Sakura and the others yet?" Eriol asked and the stuffed unpack itself (magic, duh!).
"No, but I am planning to." Syaoran stared hard at Eriol, "How come you didn't go back to your old house?"
Eriol wanted to say something like: 'simple! To make your life difficult.' But decided against it, "The house just too far, Spinel Sun and Ruby Moon is going to live there. They are going to visit once a while." Eriol sat down on his bed.
"Then I guess Mizuki Kaho also came back with you." Syaoran poured a glass of water and sat down on his bed facing Eriol.
"No, Kaho is pregnant. She can't travel long distance, so she is still at England." Eriol replied calmly as Syaoran almost choked to dead by his answer, "What?! Then why are you here, shouldn't you be with her?"
"Her husband is taking good care of her, she will be fine." Eriol looked at Syaoran calmly for any reaction. Syaoran blinked, "That mean.you are not.aren't you."
"No, we broke up after realized we are not for each other, and it is time to let go. She got married four years ago and she already has one child. As for me.I am happy for her that is enough for me, don't you think so, Syaoran?"
~ To Be Continued ~
AN: hehe, I know you think I talk too much, but I am not Strawberry talk more than I am. But strangely she doesn't talk much on the author's note, which is kind weird. Anyway I know you are a little bit confuse, don't be. My cousin and I open one account together, so this story wrote by me, which is not finish. And the "Thieves" wrote by my cousin, the story is pretty good.
The story is about: there is no violence among countries, but crime organizations flourish. The countries of the world form an alliance: the World Alliance. The WA also used thieves to fight back thieves. What will happen when best friends are caught in the middle. Will their relationship grow into love?
~ Preview of Next Chapter ~
"I assume you are going to continue to interrupt her."
"No, but I am going to watch her."
"And guide her? I don't mind you do that, she is very important to both of us, but it is not the time to let her see you."
"I understand, don't worry. I will make sure she will never know who I am until the time is right."
Without turning around, Eriol knew he had gone from this place. "It had began.she had came back for Mira.my dear sister." Eriol whispered as the shadow made him look tired and sad.