disclaimer: I do not own and will never own Card Captor Sakura (though I wish I did)
it is owned by CLAMP. This author is merely borrowing so please don't sue me!!!^_^;
n/a: thanks a lot for all your reviews!!! though I'd like to make replies to all of it,
I guess it'd just fill up a whole chapter of the story ^_^ but I do want to make replies
to others(I hope you all won't mind.. ^_^;)
*cherrywolf -- =D THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!! ^_^
*ice-cold -- I know Sakura seems weak still but you have to wait a little bit
longer for the Sakura - forbidding attitude to appear(I'm still fixing up
some tradegies and..... *oops! almost spilled it!*)
*Slice -- Shadowbane - "bane" means a person/thing that causes destruction
or misery(you know, like, the bane of evil and stuff) and since Shadowbane
is white, I thought that it would be fitting (you know, white=light and
light is the bane of shadow...gets ^_^; *I'm not good at this...*)
There! I hope I got you satisfied with my poor answers... *ha-ha* anyway, Thank You
to all Readers and Reviewers and I hope you'll continue reading!
Fated Circle: Four Sacred Treasures of Earth
~Part 5
Nadezha: Flight to Hope
Chapter 26
My stomach tumbled uneasily as Syaoran manuvered Shadowbane in a zig-zag
pattern. Shielding my eyes from the wind, I opened them and I only saw
blurs of clouds as they passed by. Then, I don't know what made me do it,
I looked down. I held my stomach as it threatened to give in.
"anything wrong Sakura?" I heard Syaoran's voice in my ear.
I closed my eyes once again and tried to take my mind off the dizzying
heights. "I feel sick" I replied.
"I'm going to land you then." he told me.
"land me?"
"yup. Drop you off somewhere. I'll just pick you up later."
"no!!! no no no no! I'll just take this and try to hold it in as much as
possible...its much better than leaving me somewhere I don't know." I told
him.
"whatever you say."
Just then, I felt Shadowbane suddenly jerk upwards and I instinctively
tightened my grip on Syaoran's lower arm. "wh-what happened??"
"a Wraith suddenly appeared in front of us. Two are chasing us now."
"two???"
"don't worry, Shadowbane and I won't lose to thos loosers. So relax."
*RELAX!!!!!!!* my mind shouted, *how could I possibly relax!!!* I took
a few calming breaths and thought of the old, beautiful Romealy when it
was still ruled by Princess Chiharu. Suddenly, I thought presented itself
in my head. *why is it that Syaoran hates the Dark Lord so much?* I thought,
*If he is really his father, then he must think that the Dark lord's point
of view is good....and he won't be against him....but, how come?*
Shadowbane went spiraling downwards and it snapped me out of my thoughts
and jolted my eyes open. My voice was stuck in my throat as I saw the
ground getting closer and closer..... the tress getting bigger.... still
falling..... I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. All my internal organs
seemed out of place and my heart beated so fast that I thought it might
beat itself right out of my chest. We were really closing in on the ground
at break-neck speed...and I was paralyzed in my seat. Then just at the
last moment, Shadowbane sharply turned upwards once again and all my internal
organs momentarily slipped back into place. Behind us, there was a loud
"thud" and a very audible cracking of bones. Then another loud "thud"
"w-what...w-wa-s t-t-that?" I asked shakily.
I heard Syaoran's soft chuckle as we slowed down and flew straight....at
last. "we lost both of the wraiths. They might be big and good for battle,
but they're not so good in doing stunts like that."
"an-d I-m n-n-not g-good at pulling t-those stunts either..."
"I could see that." he chuckled again.
I dropped the topic. "how do you manuver these Averins? I don't see you
holding reins or something....we even don't have a saddle!" I asked.
"Usually, Averins have reins and saddles. If you look at Thunderstorm
more closely, he has a saddle and a rein. But Shadowbane is so good, you
don't need those things. He won't let you fall, trust me, and he's very
obedient - and that makes him very easy to guide. He's the best!" he said,
as he patted Shadowbane. Shadowbane seemed to understand what he said and
gave - what seemed to be - a pleased answer.
"Don't you think we better go back?" I asked him again.
"yup. Eriol did tell me to just meet back at the mansion."
"Eriol told you?" I said skeptically.
"uhuh."
I looked at him with one raised eyebrow. "and how DID he tell you actually?"
*like this.* he replied, but to my surprise I heard it inside my head.
"what was that?"
*this is called a SENDING. You can do this too, with practice.* he told
me mentally, *people who ride Averins usually know how to do a sending
since its easier to talk this way, rather than shouting you voice out*
"don't you need some sort magic...or maybe even psychic?" I asked again.
*no. all you need is practice. Everyone is born with magic, you know, but
some loose it at birth or at childhood. The same is true with psychic powers*
"alright." I yawned, it was almost evening and the skies were starting to
color yellow and orange and violet. "let's go home... I...*yawn* I'm sleepy
and VERY tired."
"just....."
His words were all a blur as I started to drift off to sleep.
The next day, I woke up with a wet feeling beside me. I looked at it and...
....blood!!! The whole right side of the bed was soaking wet with blood.
*what happened?* I thought, *I don't seem wounded...* I rubbed my arms and
legs and checked my body.
Nothing.
*where did all this blood come from?*
I stepped off the bed and looked around the room. It wasn't my room, but it
was a room inside Tomoyo's mansion...it was familiar. I closed my eyes abd
thought hard and scanned my memories as to some clue to whose room was this.
Tomoyo? *no...her room is MUCH, MUCH larger than this one...* Eriol? *no...
I've never seen his room..*
Syaoran?
My eyes suddenly snapped back open. I scanned the room once again. To a
corner, where a chair was, there was a large, green hat. I went over to it
and studied it more carefully. It was green in color and it had an orange
lining on the egdes. To each side was a diamond-shaped ear flaps(?) with
the same orange lining and a large, dark-green orb embedded in it.
"Syaoran's hat..." I whispered.
This was Syaoran's room.
I hurriedly looked back at the bed and saw that there were blood trails
going out of the door. Following it, I went out of the room.
Silently and carefully, I followed the blood trail as it went through the
halls. The whole house was silent. My stomach flattened as the creepiness
of the place seeped through me. The blood trail went down the grand stairs
and out of the mansion. I carefully opened the door, carefull not to make
any noise, and looked out.
I gasped.
Before me were Tomoyo and Eriol's bodies, bathing in their own blood. Their
clothes were shredded and their bodies were bruised and filled with gaping
wounds. Blood oozed from their mouths and their lifeless eyes stared skywards
at nothing. And beyond them, was Syaoran. His back was facing me and he was
also bloody, bruised with his clothes torn apart. He was facing something...
and to my surprise...
It was himself.
It was another Syaoran, but with more darker features and evil, red glowing
eyes. An evil smile was on his face and he seemed really dark....something
without substance....like a shadow.
Syaoran slowly, and weakly faced me. He had wounds all over his face and
there was blood trails on the corners of his mouth.
"Syaoran!!!"
"r-run S-Sa-ku-ra...."
Suddenly, the shadow Syaoran's hand bursted through his chest and in his
palms was Syaoran's beating heart. My stomach threatened to give way and I
put both my hands on my mouth. I tried to close my eyes but I couldn't...
and I saw the shadow crush Syaoran's heart. My breath came in gasps as his
blood splattered all over me ....on my body...on my face...
"Sakura!!!" my eyes jerked open at the sound of Syaoran's voice. He was
holding me up by my shoulders and shaking me. I was gasping for air and
shaking like a leaf as I looked into his amber eyes that was filled with
worry. "are you okay? you were jerking and gasping so loudly that you woke
me up..."
I looked around the room and I knew at once that I was Syaoran's room.
He was kneeling beside me, on his bed and wearing only the lower part of
his pajamas. "S-syao-ran...." I started to say, but tears filled my eyes
and I just buried my face in his chest and cried openly. He embraced me
comfortingly. Once again, I felt secure. "I-I had a nightmare *sob* T-Tomoyo
and...E-Er-iol and..y-you..w-were..."
"shhh..." he said, breaking his embrace and putting a finger on my lips.
"forget that... you're safe now....let's sleep ok?" I nodded. "like you
said, we better rest for tomorrow's journey." slowly, he put his hand down
and we both laid down, with me all suggled in his arms, and we slept.
All fears faded away in the warmth of his embrace.
to be continued
it is owned by CLAMP. This author is merely borrowing so please don't sue me!!!^_^;
n/a: thanks a lot for all your reviews!!! though I'd like to make replies to all of it,
I guess it'd just fill up a whole chapter of the story ^_^ but I do want to make replies
to others(I hope you all won't mind.. ^_^;)
*cherrywolf -- =D THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!! ^_^
*ice-cold -- I know Sakura seems weak still but you have to wait a little bit
longer for the Sakura - forbidding attitude to appear(I'm still fixing up
some tradegies and..... *oops! almost spilled it!*)
*Slice -- Shadowbane - "bane" means a person/thing that causes destruction
or misery(you know, like, the bane of evil and stuff) and since Shadowbane
is white, I thought that it would be fitting (you know, white=light and
light is the bane of shadow...gets ^_^; *I'm not good at this...*)
There! I hope I got you satisfied with my poor answers... *ha-ha* anyway, Thank You
to all Readers and Reviewers and I hope you'll continue reading!
Fated Circle: Four Sacred Treasures of Earth
~Part 5
Nadezha: Flight to Hope
Chapter 26
My stomach tumbled uneasily as Syaoran manuvered Shadowbane in a zig-zag
pattern. Shielding my eyes from the wind, I opened them and I only saw
blurs of clouds as they passed by. Then, I don't know what made me do it,
I looked down. I held my stomach as it threatened to give in.
"anything wrong Sakura?" I heard Syaoran's voice in my ear.
I closed my eyes once again and tried to take my mind off the dizzying
heights. "I feel sick" I replied.
"I'm going to land you then." he told me.
"land me?"
"yup. Drop you off somewhere. I'll just pick you up later."
"no!!! no no no no! I'll just take this and try to hold it in as much as
possible...its much better than leaving me somewhere I don't know." I told
him.
"whatever you say."
Just then, I felt Shadowbane suddenly jerk upwards and I instinctively
tightened my grip on Syaoran's lower arm. "wh-what happened??"
"a Wraith suddenly appeared in front of us. Two are chasing us now."
"two???"
"don't worry, Shadowbane and I won't lose to thos loosers. So relax."
*RELAX!!!!!!!* my mind shouted, *how could I possibly relax!!!* I took
a few calming breaths and thought of the old, beautiful Romealy when it
was still ruled by Princess Chiharu. Suddenly, I thought presented itself
in my head. *why is it that Syaoran hates the Dark Lord so much?* I thought,
*If he is really his father, then he must think that the Dark lord's point
of view is good....and he won't be against him....but, how come?*
Shadowbane went spiraling downwards and it snapped me out of my thoughts
and jolted my eyes open. My voice was stuck in my throat as I saw the
ground getting closer and closer..... the tress getting bigger.... still
falling..... I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. All my internal organs
seemed out of place and my heart beated so fast that I thought it might
beat itself right out of my chest. We were really closing in on the ground
at break-neck speed...and I was paralyzed in my seat. Then just at the
last moment, Shadowbane sharply turned upwards once again and all my internal
organs momentarily slipped back into place. Behind us, there was a loud
"thud" and a very audible cracking of bones. Then another loud "thud"
"w-what...w-wa-s t-t-that?" I asked shakily.
I heard Syaoran's soft chuckle as we slowed down and flew straight....at
last. "we lost both of the wraiths. They might be big and good for battle,
but they're not so good in doing stunts like that."
"an-d I-m n-n-not g-good at pulling t-those stunts either..."
"I could see that." he chuckled again.
I dropped the topic. "how do you manuver these Averins? I don't see you
holding reins or something....we even don't have a saddle!" I asked.
"Usually, Averins have reins and saddles. If you look at Thunderstorm
more closely, he has a saddle and a rein. But Shadowbane is so good, you
don't need those things. He won't let you fall, trust me, and he's very
obedient - and that makes him very easy to guide. He's the best!" he said,
as he patted Shadowbane. Shadowbane seemed to understand what he said and
gave - what seemed to be - a pleased answer.
"Don't you think we better go back?" I asked him again.
"yup. Eriol did tell me to just meet back at the mansion."
"Eriol told you?" I said skeptically.
"uhuh."
I looked at him with one raised eyebrow. "and how DID he tell you actually?"
*like this.* he replied, but to my surprise I heard it inside my head.
"what was that?"
*this is called a SENDING. You can do this too, with practice.* he told
me mentally, *people who ride Averins usually know how to do a sending
since its easier to talk this way, rather than shouting you voice out*
"don't you need some sort magic...or maybe even psychic?" I asked again.
*no. all you need is practice. Everyone is born with magic, you know, but
some loose it at birth or at childhood. The same is true with psychic powers*
"alright." I yawned, it was almost evening and the skies were starting to
color yellow and orange and violet. "let's go home... I...*yawn* I'm sleepy
and VERY tired."
"just....."
His words were all a blur as I started to drift off to sleep.
The next day, I woke up with a wet feeling beside me. I looked at it and...
....blood!!! The whole right side of the bed was soaking wet with blood.
*what happened?* I thought, *I don't seem wounded...* I rubbed my arms and
legs and checked my body.
Nothing.
*where did all this blood come from?*
I stepped off the bed and looked around the room. It wasn't my room, but it
was a room inside Tomoyo's mansion...it was familiar. I closed my eyes abd
thought hard and scanned my memories as to some clue to whose room was this.
Tomoyo? *no...her room is MUCH, MUCH larger than this one...* Eriol? *no...
I've never seen his room..*
Syaoran?
My eyes suddenly snapped back open. I scanned the room once again. To a
corner, where a chair was, there was a large, green hat. I went over to it
and studied it more carefully. It was green in color and it had an orange
lining on the egdes. To each side was a diamond-shaped ear flaps(?) with
the same orange lining and a large, dark-green orb embedded in it.
"Syaoran's hat..." I whispered.
This was Syaoran's room.
I hurriedly looked back at the bed and saw that there were blood trails
going out of the door. Following it, I went out of the room.
Silently and carefully, I followed the blood trail as it went through the
halls. The whole house was silent. My stomach flattened as the creepiness
of the place seeped through me. The blood trail went down the grand stairs
and out of the mansion. I carefully opened the door, carefull not to make
any noise, and looked out.
I gasped.
Before me were Tomoyo and Eriol's bodies, bathing in their own blood. Their
clothes were shredded and their bodies were bruised and filled with gaping
wounds. Blood oozed from their mouths and their lifeless eyes stared skywards
at nothing. And beyond them, was Syaoran. His back was facing me and he was
also bloody, bruised with his clothes torn apart. He was facing something...
and to my surprise...
It was himself.
It was another Syaoran, but with more darker features and evil, red glowing
eyes. An evil smile was on his face and he seemed really dark....something
without substance....like a shadow.
Syaoran slowly, and weakly faced me. He had wounds all over his face and
there was blood trails on the corners of his mouth.
"Syaoran!!!"
"r-run S-Sa-ku-ra...."
Suddenly, the shadow Syaoran's hand bursted through his chest and in his
palms was Syaoran's beating heart. My stomach threatened to give way and I
put both my hands on my mouth. I tried to close my eyes but I couldn't...
and I saw the shadow crush Syaoran's heart. My breath came in gasps as his
blood splattered all over me ....on my body...on my face...
"Sakura!!!" my eyes jerked open at the sound of Syaoran's voice. He was
holding me up by my shoulders and shaking me. I was gasping for air and
shaking like a leaf as I looked into his amber eyes that was filled with
worry. "are you okay? you were jerking and gasping so loudly that you woke
me up..."
I looked around the room and I knew at once that I was Syaoran's room.
He was kneeling beside me, on his bed and wearing only the lower part of
his pajamas. "S-syao-ran...." I started to say, but tears filled my eyes
and I just buried my face in his chest and cried openly. He embraced me
comfortingly. Once again, I felt secure. "I-I had a nightmare *sob* T-Tomoyo
and...E-Er-iol and..y-you..w-were..."
"shhh..." he said, breaking his embrace and putting a finger on my lips.
"forget that... you're safe now....let's sleep ok?" I nodded. "like you
said, we better rest for tomorrow's journey." slowly, he put his hand down
and we both laid down, with me all suggled in his arms, and we slept.
All fears faded away in the warmth of his embrace.
to be continued