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1 Chapter 2. The New Quest
Two hours have passed since the attack in the park, and I was as confused as I was two hours ago. Eriol has led us to his house and we were all in his living room, still waiting for him to come back from his library with an answer for us. But you know what the worst part was? Tomoyo decided that he needed some help, so she left me alone with Sakura, let me rephrase that, with a very scared Sakura. I swear, one of these days…
"Li, why is this happening to us" said Sakura.
"I don't know Kinomoto, but I'm sure that we'll find an answer for our questions" It pained me to see the look on her eyes, and I felt that there wasn't anything that I could do.
I started to look around nervously, trying to keep my mind away from her. I started to concentrate on Eriol's house, and I notice that there were some expensive things in here. 'I wonder how he got all his money' was my thought when a noise brought me back to reality. Eriol and Tomoyo were back and he didn't look very happy. He started to walk toward us and it kept his eyes on Sakura and me. You know what? I really hate when he looks at her like that. I was about to yell at him when he finally spoke.
"Calm down my cute little descendent. I assure you that you have the wrong idea" I blushed at that comment, especially when I heard Sakura's voice.
"What do you mean Eriol?"
"Oh, nothing important, I'm sure you'll know one day," said Eriol with that goofy smile of his, one that soon disappeared t be replaced by a worried one. "You are probably wondering what was that shadow that attacked you in the park. Well, I have done some research and I can tell you that we are in trouble"
"What do you mean Hiragizawa? We captured the cards, this should not be any trouble for us"
"That's were you are wrong Li"
'Oh my god, this must be serious. He called me by my name' I thought at that moment. Eriol didn't seem to notice my face at that and he continued with his speech.
"What you saw was something that Clow Reed wrote about in his journal. His descriptions are not very clear, but he always keeps referring to the, and I quote, "Demonic Shadows whose only will is to do the binding of their master, one whose power is beyond the cards" Now you can see why the cards didn't work on them. This beings can overcome the Sakura Cards and our powers"
"But you were able to defeat it Eriol" said Sakura
"Yes, but I was lucky. That shadow was one of the weaker ones"
Suddenly Eriol stopped when I punched the wall next to me. I was mad, there had to be some way to defeat them "Listen Hiragizawa, I wont sit around and wait for those things to come and attack us. I hope you are not trying to imply that"
"No, I am not," said Eriol to me. "I have found some references that mention some items of power that Clow Reed discover to power up our powers."
"Great, let's go get them" said Sakura.
"It's not that easy. Clow knew that the only way to stop these items from being acquired by the evil was to hide them. I'm not quite sure where, but my research is not over. I'm sure that by tomorrow I can find some indications of where to start, but I'll need help"
At that moment he turned and looked at me. I was sure that he was talking about me. Oh well, I guess I had no choice but to help him to…
"I'll need Kero's and Yue's help with the books"
My jaw almost hit the floor when he said that. I was shocked, was he thinking that the stuffed animal was better than me. I was mad, I could not think straight, so I said the first thing that came to my mind "Listen Hiragizawa, if you think that one stuffed animal can do a better job than me you are crazy"
"I see that you really want to help me, my cute little descendant. I'm sorry for making you sad, I'll let you help me" said Eriol while smiling to me. I could not believe it; I fell on his trap, again. Oh well, I guess I am doing research tonight. I started to follow Eriol towards the library trying very hard not to kill him.
"You better not wait for us girls. This is going to take a while. Tomoyo, please keep an eye on Li's favorite thing for him please"
'Must not kill evil magician, must not kill evil magician' I kept repeating on my mind. We still needed him. As I was crossing the door I swear I was sure I heard Sakura gasp. Must have been my imagination.
Well, some time later, and I'm talking hours after this incident I was still at the library with Eriol, looking for some book that could give us an explanation of everything. I was beginning to lose hope when I finally found it, the book. I was so happy. I found it and before Eriol did, I was smarter than him.
"Hey Hiragizawa, I found the book that we need, you can stop looking" I could imagine his reaction, but to my surprise he smiled an answered me back.
"Oh, you mean that book that I found two hours ago?"
My jaw must have hit the floor. I was shocked. "You what?! Are you telling me that I have been searching for a book that you already had just for fun? Why?!"
"It's because you looked very cute looking for a way to save your love"
Ok, I could feel my face red, but I wasn't sure if it was because of what he said or because I was ready to explode from anger. "Listen, one more word and I'm going to…"
"Li, you must stop this nonsense and face the facts" said Eriol in a very serious tone. I didn't know what to make of this, but he continued.
"You need to tell Sakura your feelings. You never know the future; you might not have a chance of doing it later. You might lose her"
Did I hear right? Was Eriol Hiragizawa worried about me? He sounded so serious; I didn't know what to say.
"Eriol, I…"
"Besides, if you don't do it I wont be able to be a half grandfather," said Eriol with that evil smiled of his. Now, that was the Eriol I knew.
"And by the way Li, thanks for calling me by my first name"
"Don't get used to that, Hiragizawa, it won't happened again," I said while glaring at him, but he just smiled and left the room towards the girls.
"Remember what I said Li, It's not fair for either you or Sakura not to admit your feelings" and Eriol finally left me alone with my thoughts. Could he be right about that? Should I tell Sakura about my feelings? No, that cannot be. I'm sure that if I do that I would not be able to keep going if she doesn't feel the same. I felt confused, that book that I found and this was too much for me. I tried to concentrate on something different besides Sakura, so I started to remember what I found out in that book that Eriol already had found.
According to that book Clow Reed indeed made three items of power that will boost our magic powers. To be safe he hid them in space and in time, so we needed to know the where and the when of the place where this items were located. My first thought was that if it happened in the past then they should all be here at this time. That's when I read the next paragraph. Clow Reed thought about that too, so he casted a spell that made the items to stay for a certain amount of time in its hiding place, and then after that time they will go back in time to the same place to the first day that the item was hidden. This meant that those items indeed only existed in a specific time, which meant that we needed a way to get there. According to that book there was a way, the three keys would open the way to each item, and the keys were Sakura's wand, Eriol's Staff and my sword. When all of them used together they will create a portal to that time and place.
I knew this would be dangerous, but I could not leave Sakura alone in this. I will never let anything happen to her, so I was going to get those items. Finally I reached the room with the girls and found out that Eriol was finishing the last details of the book with them.
"We understand Eriol, when are we leaving?" asked Sakura
"You, Li and me will leave tomorrow morning. We will need the rest," answered Eriol
"What do you mean only you three? I am going and that's final," said a very angry Tomoyo.
"But…"
"No buts Eriol. Somebody needs to be there to record all the adventures, and that would be me"
"Sigh, fine. But you will do exactly what we tell you to do"
"Oh I can't wait to be there. So many costumes to make. I better get started," said Tomoyo while she was leaving the room followed by a very confuse Eriol who was still trying to talk to her. That left only Sakura and me in the room.
'Great, Now what do I do?' I thought
"Uh, Li, do you think that we can do it? I mean, are we strong enough?" said Sakura
"Yes Kinomoto, I'm sure we can do it. Even that wizard can do it"
"Thanks Li, I feel a lot better," said Sakura while smiling. Man, that smile will be the death of mine. I could feel the heat coming to my face and I was trembling. I needed to get out of there so I said the only thing that came to my mind. "We better go to bed, we need to be ready" and I left her. You know, I really need to work on this little problem because the future leader of the Li clan should not be completely disarmed with just a girl, but of course the girl was Sakura. 'Sigh… I really need to clear my mind'
The next morning we were all together in the living room, including Yue and the stuffed animal, both of which came last night to help us. We were getting ready to use they keys to create a portal.
"I'm still not convinced about me staying here. Why the kid is not staying?" said Kero in a very angry tone.
"Because, my dear Keroberos, he is the holder of one of the keys that will open the portal. Besides, we have all agreed that somebody needs to stay behind to protect Tomoeda, and who better than the guardians?" said Eriol, while smiling. He seemed to know that he had won, and at least for once I was glad about that.
"He is right Keroberos," said Yue. "It's better that you and I stay here and protect the town. Our mistress and her friends will be ok"
"Fine, but I'm not supposed to like it!"
I was tired of all this nonsense, so I began to talk. "Ok, lets get started with this. The sooner we do it, the sooner we can be done with it. What do we do now Hiragizawa?"
"Well, my cute little descendant, that is very simple" I swear, one of this days…
"We just need to hold our keys together and concentrate on the portal," continued Eriol ignoring my scowl. All three of us did what he said, and we were not disappointed. A portal formed in front of us. For a last time we look at each other and we three, well, we four because Tomoyo is still coming, stepped through the portal and into our next destination, and I could swear that I heard that stuffed animal telling me to "take care of Sakura, or else"
1 Chapter 2. The New Quest
Two hours have passed since the attack in the park, and I was as confused as I was two hours ago. Eriol has led us to his house and we were all in his living room, still waiting for him to come back from his library with an answer for us. But you know what the worst part was? Tomoyo decided that he needed some help, so she left me alone with Sakura, let me rephrase that, with a very scared Sakura. I swear, one of these days…
"Li, why is this happening to us" said Sakura.
"I don't know Kinomoto, but I'm sure that we'll find an answer for our questions" It pained me to see the look on her eyes, and I felt that there wasn't anything that I could do.
I started to look around nervously, trying to keep my mind away from her. I started to concentrate on Eriol's house, and I notice that there were some expensive things in here. 'I wonder how he got all his money' was my thought when a noise brought me back to reality. Eriol and Tomoyo were back and he didn't look very happy. He started to walk toward us and it kept his eyes on Sakura and me. You know what? I really hate when he looks at her like that. I was about to yell at him when he finally spoke.
"Calm down my cute little descendent. I assure you that you have the wrong idea" I blushed at that comment, especially when I heard Sakura's voice.
"What do you mean Eriol?"
"Oh, nothing important, I'm sure you'll know one day," said Eriol with that goofy smile of his, one that soon disappeared t be replaced by a worried one. "You are probably wondering what was that shadow that attacked you in the park. Well, I have done some research and I can tell you that we are in trouble"
"What do you mean Hiragizawa? We captured the cards, this should not be any trouble for us"
"That's were you are wrong Li"
'Oh my god, this must be serious. He called me by my name' I thought at that moment. Eriol didn't seem to notice my face at that and he continued with his speech.
"What you saw was something that Clow Reed wrote about in his journal. His descriptions are not very clear, but he always keeps referring to the, and I quote, "Demonic Shadows whose only will is to do the binding of their master, one whose power is beyond the cards" Now you can see why the cards didn't work on them. This beings can overcome the Sakura Cards and our powers"
"But you were able to defeat it Eriol" said Sakura
"Yes, but I was lucky. That shadow was one of the weaker ones"
Suddenly Eriol stopped when I punched the wall next to me. I was mad, there had to be some way to defeat them "Listen Hiragizawa, I wont sit around and wait for those things to come and attack us. I hope you are not trying to imply that"
"No, I am not," said Eriol to me. "I have found some references that mention some items of power that Clow Reed discover to power up our powers."
"Great, let's go get them" said Sakura.
"It's not that easy. Clow knew that the only way to stop these items from being acquired by the evil was to hide them. I'm not quite sure where, but my research is not over. I'm sure that by tomorrow I can find some indications of where to start, but I'll need help"
At that moment he turned and looked at me. I was sure that he was talking about me. Oh well, I guess I had no choice but to help him to…
"I'll need Kero's and Yue's help with the books"
My jaw almost hit the floor when he said that. I was shocked, was he thinking that the stuffed animal was better than me. I was mad, I could not think straight, so I said the first thing that came to my mind "Listen Hiragizawa, if you think that one stuffed animal can do a better job than me you are crazy"
"I see that you really want to help me, my cute little descendant. I'm sorry for making you sad, I'll let you help me" said Eriol while smiling to me. I could not believe it; I fell on his trap, again. Oh well, I guess I am doing research tonight. I started to follow Eriol towards the library trying very hard not to kill him.
"You better not wait for us girls. This is going to take a while. Tomoyo, please keep an eye on Li's favorite thing for him please"
'Must not kill evil magician, must not kill evil magician' I kept repeating on my mind. We still needed him. As I was crossing the door I swear I was sure I heard Sakura gasp. Must have been my imagination.
Well, some time later, and I'm talking hours after this incident I was still at the library with Eriol, looking for some book that could give us an explanation of everything. I was beginning to lose hope when I finally found it, the book. I was so happy. I found it and before Eriol did, I was smarter than him.
"Hey Hiragizawa, I found the book that we need, you can stop looking" I could imagine his reaction, but to my surprise he smiled an answered me back.
"Oh, you mean that book that I found two hours ago?"
My jaw must have hit the floor. I was shocked. "You what?! Are you telling me that I have been searching for a book that you already had just for fun? Why?!"
"It's because you looked very cute looking for a way to save your love"
Ok, I could feel my face red, but I wasn't sure if it was because of what he said or because I was ready to explode from anger. "Listen, one more word and I'm going to…"
"Li, you must stop this nonsense and face the facts" said Eriol in a very serious tone. I didn't know what to make of this, but he continued.
"You need to tell Sakura your feelings. You never know the future; you might not have a chance of doing it later. You might lose her"
Did I hear right? Was Eriol Hiragizawa worried about me? He sounded so serious; I didn't know what to say.
"Eriol, I…"
"Besides, if you don't do it I wont be able to be a half grandfather," said Eriol with that evil smiled of his. Now, that was the Eriol I knew.
"And by the way Li, thanks for calling me by my first name"
"Don't get used to that, Hiragizawa, it won't happened again," I said while glaring at him, but he just smiled and left the room towards the girls.
"Remember what I said Li, It's not fair for either you or Sakura not to admit your feelings" and Eriol finally left me alone with my thoughts. Could he be right about that? Should I tell Sakura about my feelings? No, that cannot be. I'm sure that if I do that I would not be able to keep going if she doesn't feel the same. I felt confused, that book that I found and this was too much for me. I tried to concentrate on something different besides Sakura, so I started to remember what I found out in that book that Eriol already had found.
According to that book Clow Reed indeed made three items of power that will boost our magic powers. To be safe he hid them in space and in time, so we needed to know the where and the when of the place where this items were located. My first thought was that if it happened in the past then they should all be here at this time. That's when I read the next paragraph. Clow Reed thought about that too, so he casted a spell that made the items to stay for a certain amount of time in its hiding place, and then after that time they will go back in time to the same place to the first day that the item was hidden. This meant that those items indeed only existed in a specific time, which meant that we needed a way to get there. According to that book there was a way, the three keys would open the way to each item, and the keys were Sakura's wand, Eriol's Staff and my sword. When all of them used together they will create a portal to that time and place.
I knew this would be dangerous, but I could not leave Sakura alone in this. I will never let anything happen to her, so I was going to get those items. Finally I reached the room with the girls and found out that Eriol was finishing the last details of the book with them.
"We understand Eriol, when are we leaving?" asked Sakura
"You, Li and me will leave tomorrow morning. We will need the rest," answered Eriol
"What do you mean only you three? I am going and that's final," said a very angry Tomoyo.
"But…"
"No buts Eriol. Somebody needs to be there to record all the adventures, and that would be me"
"Sigh, fine. But you will do exactly what we tell you to do"
"Oh I can't wait to be there. So many costumes to make. I better get started," said Tomoyo while she was leaving the room followed by a very confuse Eriol who was still trying to talk to her. That left only Sakura and me in the room.
'Great, Now what do I do?' I thought
"Uh, Li, do you think that we can do it? I mean, are we strong enough?" said Sakura
"Yes Kinomoto, I'm sure we can do it. Even that wizard can do it"
"Thanks Li, I feel a lot better," said Sakura while smiling. Man, that smile will be the death of mine. I could feel the heat coming to my face and I was trembling. I needed to get out of there so I said the only thing that came to my mind. "We better go to bed, we need to be ready" and I left her. You know, I really need to work on this little problem because the future leader of the Li clan should not be completely disarmed with just a girl, but of course the girl was Sakura. 'Sigh… I really need to clear my mind'
The next morning we were all together in the living room, including Yue and the stuffed animal, both of which came last night to help us. We were getting ready to use they keys to create a portal.
"I'm still not convinced about me staying here. Why the kid is not staying?" said Kero in a very angry tone.
"Because, my dear Keroberos, he is the holder of one of the keys that will open the portal. Besides, we have all agreed that somebody needs to stay behind to protect Tomoeda, and who better than the guardians?" said Eriol, while smiling. He seemed to know that he had won, and at least for once I was glad about that.
"He is right Keroberos," said Yue. "It's better that you and I stay here and protect the town. Our mistress and her friends will be ok"
"Fine, but I'm not supposed to like it!"
I was tired of all this nonsense, so I began to talk. "Ok, lets get started with this. The sooner we do it, the sooner we can be done with it. What do we do now Hiragizawa?"
"Well, my cute little descendant, that is very simple" I swear, one of this days…
"We just need to hold our keys together and concentrate on the portal," continued Eriol ignoring my scowl. All three of us did what he said, and we were not disappointed. A portal formed in front of us. For a last time we look at each other and we three, well, we four because Tomoyo is still coming, stepped through the portal and into our next destination, and I could swear that I heard that stuffed animal telling me to "take care of Sakura, or else"