Oooookay. We have now come to the last chapter of this story, guys! Am very
happy....one story down.....uh..(Counts the amount of stories left to
finish) Um...5 more to go.....(Smacks head really hard) 5 more...oh
dear....-_-' Anyways, just hope you'll enjoy this story..... I had added a
LITTLE dose of insanity here.....well......just one small drop. Had just
read a few crazy Harry Potter fics.....
Ah yes. Before I forgot, the Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THEM!!!!!!! CLAMP OWNS THEM!!! CLAMP OWNS THEM!!!! Besides, I don't really want to own them anyways.....except for Eriol..but he belongs to Tomoyo... Ahahahahahaaaaa (Nods knowingly at Tomoyo and Eriol)
Tomoyo: *Blushes *
Eriol: *Coughs *
Normal "Speaking" [[Thinking]] 'Letter contents' ** Brief jump in time *Emphasize *
Riiight..... Enough of my crap. Let the chapter begin......
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Li Syaoran was very disturbed. He looked around his room hopelessly and sighed.
" Sakura...." He murmured.
It had been two days, four hours, twenty minutes and thirty-seven seconds since he found out about Kinomoto Sakura and her evil double, well not so evil. And about one hour before that specific time, he was informed that his beloved Sakura had been taken by her own double, and was currently residing in her own mind.
" I'm going insane....This is a dream, Syaoran. A dream, a dream, a dream!" He told himself futilely, hitting his forehead hard with his palms, trying to escape reality.
Suddenly, there was a tap on the window, and when Syaoran looked up, he almost tumble onto the ground.
There, by the window, was the Guardian Beast of the Sakura, Keroberos, although he was in his plushy state right now.
Syaoran reached up and let the little guardian in.
Kero floated into the dark room and commented.
" Gaki, why not switch on the lights, eh?"
Syaoran did not glared at Kero. He was too tired to scowl at anyone now. Instead, he shot back, " Anyone can see you if I switch on the light, plush toy."
Kero scowled, but let it rest. Then he settle down on Syaoran's table and said formally.
" I'm not here to fight with you, gaki. I'm here to give you something."
Then he opened the little sack he had been carrying and took out a small letter.
Syaoran lifted an eyebrow and asked, taking the letter, " What is this for?"
Kero crossed his front paws and replied as-a-matter-of-factly, " A challenge letter of course. From Sakura's double."
Syaoran's head jerked up at this. He stared at Kero and said slowly, " You are.... working for her?"
Kero sighed sadly, much to Syaoran's amazement. Then he looked at Syaoran and said, " I'm only working for her because......because of something....." He sighed again and said urgently this time, " Oei, Syaoran, you better win this, man. Else, you'll really regret it...." He looked sincerely at Syaoran, who stared back with a surprised expression.
" Win wha-"
" You'll know it after you read the letter, Syaoran." Kero interrupted him. Then he started to float up to the opened window.
" Wait, I have asked you a lot of things yet!" Syaoran called after him. Kero turned around and stood on the windowsill.
"Like I had said, Syaoran, you'll know it soon.....well, actually, tomorrow." Then to Syaoran's surprise, Kero smiled at Syaoran and said, " Wish you good luck tomorrow, Master. At least that is what I hope you will finally become......."
With that, he vanished.
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I'm Back Again
By: XiaoBai
Chapter 5: The Finale, Her Real Idea.
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" Master? What does he mean by 'Master'?" Syaoran muttered, as he opened the small letter.
Finally, he managed to tear opened the envelope and unfold the piece of paper found inside. Remembering Kero's speech, he read anxiously and his eyes widened.
'To Syaoran Dearest.'
[[This is written in Sakura's handwriting!]] Syaoran thought, as his eyes began traveling down the letter.
'I assume that Kero-chan had told you about the battle on tomorrow. Well, it is not true. What I mean isn't actually a battle. It is just a meeting that you may choose to attend or not.
Before you throw this into a ball of fire, let me inform you about this particular meeting.
It is about whether you'll get back Sakura-chan, or not.'
Syaoran's eyes narrowed and he gripped harder on the letter. Gritting his teeth, he continued reading.
'Yes, yes. I think you might be grabbing very hard on this poor piece of letter now. Spare the paper, Syaoran-kun. If you want something to vent your anger, go get a punching sack.
Ah yes, back to business. I'll bring Sakura-chan with me at the meeting. But I'll not tell you the location of the meeting place yet, Syaoran dearest.
You'll have to satisfy this one condition first, before the location is revealed.
And this condition is that you'll have to cancel that wedding of yours with that Song Ling. Yep, if you fail to do this by tomorrow noon........Well let's just say that you'll never see Sakura-chan again then.
Hope you will be able to come, ne?
Well, now I had said what I WANT to say, you can do what ever you want on this paper. Oh, and did I mention that if the condition is fulfilled, the location of the meeting shall be reveal on this piece of paper? I didn't, did I? Let us hope you had never tore this paper apart.
Ja ne, Syaoran-kun! See you soon!
From:
You Know Who (I just love to write this down)'
" Damn it......" Syaoran growled as he glared at the accursed paper. He narrowed his eyes and then flopped back onto his bed. Shielding the light from the street lamp with his right arm, Syaoran stared up onto the ceiling.
He was actually intending to cancel the wedding anyway, even before Sakura came to Hong Kong. But the Elders had threatened him with Sakura's life, saying that if he did not agree in marrying Song Ling, they will make sure that he'll never see her again.
Syaoran laughed a little at how Sakura's double and the Elders had been rather similar someway. Both had threatened him with Sakura just to fulfill their motive. The Elders had wanted Syaoran to marry Song Ling because her parents had promised the clan a good property that the Elders had their eyes on. As for Sakura's double's motive, Syaoran had not idea.
But then again, if he had to do this by tomorrow noon, he might as well do it early morning.....At breakfast.....it had to be earlier...
" I'll tell them now." Syaoran said to himself determinedly as he hurled himself out of them bed.
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" Li Xiao Lang! Do you know what you are doing, young man?" Li Yelan's voice filled the main meeting hall early in the morning at about 7am, waking every other sleeping people in the Li Mansion.
Syaoran had waked the whole group of Elders (And his mother) and had announced to them about his decision.
Syaoran stared determined at the oldest of the Elders. The fragile looking old man looked thoughtfully into Syaoran's face for a moment or two, before asking a question even Yelan had not thought of.
" Why?"
Syaoran finally blinked. " Sorry?"
The old man patiently repeated his question.
" Why do you want to cancel the wedding?"
Syaoran was hesitant for a moment, before opening his mouth again and telling the Elders and his mother all about Sakura, how she came to Hong Kong, how she disguised herself, how her other self rose to take over Sakura's body and how he was told to cancel that wedding with Song Ling.
" If you do not believe me, here is the letter the Keroberos, the Guardian of the Clow-I mean, the Sakura Cards gave me." Syaoran continued, digging into his pockets and retrieving the letter. His mother took the letter and read it out loud.
**
Syaoran looked rather blankly at his mother after she read finish the letter. The members of the Elders council had fallen silent and Syaoran, thinking that this meeting will not work, was cracking his brains to form a plan B.
After checking that his plan is 'flawless', he stared right into the oldest Elder's eyes and said.
" Well?"
The Elders considered for a moment, gathered together and started conversing in a low murmur. Syaoran rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath, " About time too." but fall silent at the look his mother gave him. He stood there looking around and at the Elders, humming very softly and trying to perfect that dangerous plan B he had. He knew that whether plan B succeed or not, the consequence will be negative to him, and maybe, Sakura. Just then, the youngest Elder cleared his throat and stared at Syaoran again.
" Before I continue, Xiao Lang, can you tell me about your alternate plan?"
Syaoran's head jerked back as his shocked expression took over his thoughtful one.
" What?!"
The Elder looked a little impatiently at him and said, " I will not repeat the question, Xiao Lang."
Syaoran frowned a little and gulped. Then, taking a rather deep breath, he began.
" Um....I was thinking, actually, that if the Elders do not agree with me, I will tell Song Ling *myself * that I'm divorcing her *right * after the meeting..."
" What makes you think that she will agree to it?" Another Elder asked. Syaoran smiled a little an added, " I know that Song Ling agreed to marry me due to the fact that she will become the wife of the Clan leader. But if it tell her that I'm no longer the Clan leader......" Syaoran trailed off, sawing the look his mother gave him, and shut his mouth up.
The oldest Elder raised and eyebrow and asked the question Syaoran had expect either one of them to ask.
" What will happen if she does not agree to it?"
Syaoran smiled a little sadly and shrugged, " She will probably lock me up or something due to the fact that she had heard about this meeting....."
Syaoran sighed and continued, " In either ways, I knew it will have a negative consequence.....if she had agreed to it, I will be expelled from the Li clan by the time I rescued Sakura. And if she didn't agreed to it, I will be lock up, chain up, whatsoever, without my magic, and I will never have to see Sakura again. Her double will take over her body until Sakura recovers...which might be about a few years....maybe forever..."
" Well, if this plan is so terrible, why did you think of it? You didn't need it......" The youngest Elder trailed off, a small smile on his lips.
Syaoran sighed again and was about to answer when he caught the last four words.
Silence.
Then-
" WHAT?!"
The Elders and Yelan were looking rather..hmm..shall we say, amused as Syaoran stared at them, his eyes shinning and his face was somewhat beaming.
"Yes, yes. Now get going. Or else you won't be in time, ne?" Yelan said, smiling, as she gave Syaoran back the letter who almost snatched it from her hands and tore out from the room.
As Syaoran ran from the room, the Elders and his mother called after him, wishing him the best of luck.
" SYAORAN!"
Syaoran turned around and saw Meiling standing behind him, still in her PJs. At first, Syaoran thought that she was going to scold him or something. But then, Meiling smiled at him and hugged him, making him very surprised.
" Good Luck, my dumb little cousin!"
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" Now WHY the HELL doesn't it SHOWS?!" Syaoran yelled into poor Eriol's face, which was smiling amusingly.
Eriol cast a sidelong glance at the letter lying on his left and said slowly, " Well.....Maybe Sakura's other self-"
Tomoyo cut Eriol off as she suddenly said, " Can't we just give Sakura's double a name? You know, it is rather...confusing when we say something like 'Sakura's double had kidnapped Sakura.'"
Syaoran and Eriol paused for a moment before nodding and agreeing.
" Okay. Any ideas?" Syaoran asked, raising an eyebrow.
" Fleur Cerise then. It is the 'Cherry Blossom' in French......." Tomoyo suggested, her finger touching her chin in a thoughtful position.
Eriol shrugged and nodded, " Well.....with that done, let's get back to the original problem." He pointed to the wrinkled piece of letter as it laid innocently on the coffee table.
The three of them stared at it, expecting something to happen.
**
Half and hour had gone by and still nothing. Syaoran was starting to get a bit edgy while Eriol and thinking deeply. Tomoyo had gone into the kitchen with Nakuru to help her prepare some 'un-sweet' desserts for dear Suppi- chan.
" I'm NOT Suppi!"
**
Yet another half an hour had gone. Spinel was now zooming around in the room, bouncing off at any wall that is available and making a 'ping, pong!' sound every time he hit something, which, in Syaoran's view, was very disturbing.
Just when Eriol was about to put down the piece of letter to fix little Suppi-chan up, Syaoran saw very clearly that some words were beginning to form on the letter and he eagerly pounced on it.
Which, you see, is not a very good idea. This is due to the fact that our dear not-so-little blue-haired magician was still holding on to it when Syaoran had jumped.
And of course, the two boys ended tangled up on the carpet in a very, VERY uncomfortable position. Tomoyo was trying very unsuccessfully to suppress her giggles, unlike Nakuru, who did not thought of hiding her hysterical laughter. Eriol glared at both Nakuru and Tomoyo through his crooked glasses, before turning his glare from the two girls to Syaoran, whose right arm was stuck underneath Eriol and was struggling to read the letter with his left hand and with Eriol trying to push him off.
There was one new sentence added to the pathetically wrinkled letter.
'I am in one of the Li Clan Holdings warehouse now.'
Syaoran yelled in triumph and scrambled on the struggling and groaning Eriol as he tried to stand up.
" Syaoran! I know you like me very much, but can you stop digging into my ribs?! It hur-ow! Stop it! No, don't you dare step on my stomach-ouchie!"
After a few minutes of complete disorder in Eriol's Hong Kong bungalow, everyone (except maybe Nakuru or Spinel) had finally calmed down. Syaoran was still receiving dead glares from Eriol, who was rubbing his chest painfully as he muttered some colourful curses in every language he learnt from his past life and his present life. Tomoyo was still giggling a little, but Nakuru was still completely insane. Spinel had sobered up and was resting on the armrest of Eriol's big red couch while casting dark glances at the laughing Nakuru and hiccupping every few moments.
" Okay......let's get down to business." Syaoran said, trying to ignore those terrifying glares Eriol was giving him. Mind you, that devil can smile like a Cheshire cat, but he can glare as well as Syaoran could. Maybe even better than Syaoran.....But let's get back to the topic. Syaoran sighed and began again, " As I was saying.....we got the location and time. It is at one of the warehouses at home and Fleur Cerise is there now. Um....do you know that it is kinda weird saying that name?"
Tomoyo shrugged and said, " You have any other suggestions?"
Syaoran looked a little surprised, " Well, we could just cut it down into Fleur....."
Tomoyo nodded, " Okay. Well, since we know where is Sakura-chan, let's go now!"
Eriol was still glaring.
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" Are you sure they'll find us?" Kero asked Fleur, raising an amused eyebrow as he looked at the chaotic scene in the Hiragizawa Resident.
Fleur said mildly, " They will be coming here soon. We'll just have to wait."
Kero was silent for a moment before he started again, " So......you planning to fight them?"
Fleur smiled and said, " Well.....a little. But mostly to see how that Chinese boy is going to retrieve his little cherry blossom. I predicted that it should be very interesting......"
"Hmm." Kero commented and say no more. He then floated over to a curtain like wall, patted it with his little paws and asked once more, " What if.........they lose? And the Gaki didn't get Sakura? What will you do?"
Fleur smiled smugly, " Nothing. Because I won't let that happen."
Kero raised another eyebrow. There might be some good in this plan of hers.
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" Oh. Crap."
" How many warehouses do you exactly have in here?!"
" About twenty something.......I remembering counting them when Father brought me to work when I was five......Hmm"
" You can count twenty when you were five?!"
" Well, yeah. Why? Are you jealous, Oh Great Ole Eriol?"
" Actually, no. Just mildly amazed. I could argue with my dad and mum over some news at breakfast when I was four."
" Show off."
" Oh SHUT up, guys! We have to get Sakura-chan OUT of here!"
" Tomoyo-chan is right. Suppi, want some sugar?"
" No. And don't you look at me with those eyes, Nakuru."
" Okay. Back to business. How do we find that damned warehouse?"
" By checking out the aura, baka."
" Hey! No one calls me baka!"
" Well, I do, my cute little descendant."
" Shut Up! Just close you eyes, concentrate and GO!"
" Okay, okay, Tomoyo!"
" ........"
"........"
" I'm getting on something......it felt like Sakura's aura. Oh no."
" What?"
" Her aura is very weak, Tomoyo. And Eriol? Did you feel that?"
" Yep. Seems to be Fleur's aura. Damn. She got stronger after all these years."
" So....what are we going to do now?"
" We get to the warehouse. It is the second warehouse to our left."
" Let's go then."
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" The door won't budge, Eriol-sama." Spinel Sun reported, after trying to blast it apart with his red laser beam.
Eriol looked thoughtful. The magic aura inside was getting stronger and stronger. It was as if Fleur was warming her magic up to its highest level. Eriol frowned and took out his wand.
Then, Syaoran interrupted him, " I think magic doesn't work with these doors. The Li Clan must have made them magic proof or something. Maybe there are some enemies of the Li Clan that want our stuffs."
Tomoyo consider this thoughtful and then said mildly, " I think Fleur will open the door for us."
Eriol and Syaoran turned and looked at her, surprised. " Why?"
" Well," Tomoyo said, holding her left arm up to her chin in a thoughtful posture, " Maybe she will let us in when she is ready. I mean, if you are going to do a sport, you will probably warm up your muscles first, right. Well, that is what she is doing. Warming up to get ready for you guys."
Eriol nodded and his wand shrank back into a key. Syaoran took out his sword and tensed up in a get-ready position. He narrowed his eyes as the magical aura stopped rising.
" She is ready." He said, as the door of the warehouse gave a big 'Ching!' and opened. Slowly.
The group stared suspiciously into the dark warehouse as the door swung opened.
" Come in."
It was Sakura's voice. [[No]] Syaoran told himself [[It is Fleur]]. Syaoran shook his head slightly narrowed his eyes and burst into the dark warehouse.
Suddenly, a single light switched on and the group saw Fleur standing there, like a singer on a stage. Then, slowly, the lights in the warehouse switched on. But even with the lights, the warehouse was still quite dim.
Fleur was standing in the middle of the warehouse with a big piece of red velvet cloth hung from the ceiling to the floor behind her. She looked up and smiled. Syaoran tried not to blush. It really felt like Sakura was smiling at him. He shook his head and narrowed his eyes. Wearing yet another lace and leather dress with complex designs, Fleur looked very attractive.
Fleur's smile became wider.
" Welcome to my little hide-out, minna-san." She said sweetly. Kero was on her shoulder.
Syaoran narrowed his eyes and growled, " I had followed you instructions to cancel the wedding. Where is Sakura?!"
Fleur's smile turn into a little smirk.
" She is right behind me." Fleur said, smirking smugly and lifted her glove- covered arm to pull the red velvet cloth from the ceiling.
As the cloth fell, Tomoyo, Nakuru and Spinel Sun gasped while Eriol and Syaoran's eyes widened.
There right behind Fleur and tied to a pole with thousands and thousands strands of crimson ribbon was an unconscious Sakura.
" Don't worry," Fleur said, seeing the shocked faces of the little group, " Sakura-chan is just asleep."
Syaoran dropped his sword and run towards Sakura.
" SAKURA!" He yelled running as fast as he could towards the pole. Suddenly, Syaoran came into contact with something and was thrown back.
Fleur laughed coldly as Eriol pull Syaoran up and hand him back his sword.
" This is a kekkai, my dear little Syaoran-kun. A shield! You can and will never get past it!"
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Eriol narrowed his eyes and whispered softly but clearly to Syaoran, whose eyes never left Sakura.
" Syaoran. There is a way to break the shield. You see that necklace Fleur is wearing?"
Syaoran wrenched his gaze from Sakura and stared at Fleur's neck. There, lying on Fleur's chest was a small red glowing star pendant. Fleur seemed to notice his gaze and smiled a little.
" We'll have to destroy it. I'll try and destroy it, then you can get Sakura-san down." Eriol muttered, aware of Fleur's smile.
Syaoran shook his head and said, " No. We are doing this together."
Eriol nodded and took out his key. Soon, a long staff topped with a sun with extending spikes spun into existence and resume into his battle stance. Fleur smirked and spread her right arm to the side, her hands opened as if waiting to grab hold of something.
" Well, well, well. We are going to fight, aren't we? Do you think you can win me, Eriol-san?" Fleur said, as Sakura's long staff appeared, not the usual short baton. She fingered her star pendant with her left hand and said softly, " If you can break this, Sakura-chan will be yours, and I'll be gone. If not......." She smiled and trailed off.
Syaoran gritted his teeth and charged forward towards her, his sword posed, ready to strike. Fleur smirked and dodged to her left. But just then, Syaoran suddenly increased his speed and shifted his position. Before Fleur could gasp, Syaoran was behind her, his sword ready in his hand and slice the necklace off her. But before Syaoran could grab it, Fleur had spun around and seized the necklace. She then jumped high and landed at the other end of the warehouse, close to the door.
" Quite good, Syaoran-kun," Fleur said, smirking as she touched the back of her neck. There was a small cut there. [[Syaoran's sword is very sharp.]] She thought as she licked the blood off her fingers.
As she stared at Syaoran, she started to find something that is very wrong. She frowned and looked around. Everything was normal. Syaoran was still standing there.
[[Wait. Where is Eri--!!]] Fleur gasped and rolled swiftly to her left as Eriol came piercing down with the sharp tip of his staff. Fleur gritted her teeth and swept Eriol off his feet with her own staff. Then using the Jump Card, she jumped on to the ceiling and hung off the lights. Then, Syaoran came flying up and Fleur jumped off before he strikes hard at the light. As Fleur somersaulted off, she used the Sword Card and block Eriol's staff, which came striking up. Biting her lower lip, she strikes at Eriol, who dodged it awkwardly, and Fleur managed to cut his right arm. But Eriol also did cut her in the waist.
She landed opposite to Eriol and Syaoran. The necklace was still in her hands. She narrowed her eyes slightly and decided to wear the necklace on her arm. [[This is not going to be easy....they are tough.]] Fleur thought, as she started to raise her magic level.
Spinel Sun was quite optimistic. From what he had witness so far, Eriol and Syaoran was doing well, and that Fleur won't be holding much longer. He nodded his head slightly. This battle shall end soon.
" Don't underestimate her, Suppi."
Spinel Sun turned his head to the source of the voice. It was Keroberos and he wasn't looking very happy about this whole thing.
" Keroberos. Hm. And I was wondering where were you the whole time. I mean, after Fleur bring Nakuru back, you disappeared with the cards." Spinel Sun said, turning his gaze back to the battle.
Keroberos sighed. " She offered a very good proposal, Suppi."
Spinel Sun then snorted, " What. Give you hundreds kilogram of pudding if you help her?"
Keroberos smiled a little and shook his golden head. " No. It is about Sakura. She promised me that Sakura would recover after this."
Spinel Sun looked thoughtfully at Fleur, who was now dodging fireballs coming from Eriol and wind spells from Syaoran and was about to use the Shield card. " And.....you believed her?"
Keroberos shrugged and returned to his false form. " So far the plan is going on well."
Spinel Sun returned to his false form too and looked curiously at Kero, " What is her plan?"
Kero make an action by using his paw to zip up his mouth.
" My lips are sealed. Besides, you'll find out sooner. Fleur says that she will not win the battle."
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They were now panting, exhausted. Eriol looked sideways towards Tomoyo and was relieved that she was still safe and standing beside Ruby Moon. He moved his gaze from Tomoyo to Spinel and found him taking to Kero. Then, Fleur started.
" You guys are good. Now let's just end this for all." Fleur said, smiling rather grimly. Syaoran nodded and resume to his battle stance. Eriol did the same.
[[This time, I'll have to be harsh. Sorry Fleur. Sorry.]] Eriol thought grimly and ran towards her. Fleur narrowed her eyes and the shield appeared. But Syaoran, who had anticipated this, break the shield before it could took form and pulled Fleur down onto the floor. Fleur's eyes widened before closing tightly with pain as she hit the floor hard. Then Eriol grabbed the necklace from her wrist and crushed it.
" Syaoran!" Eriol yelled, but Syaoran was already on his way to Sakura, running at full speed. But, before he could reach Sakura, he was rebounded once more from her as the kekkai, or shield shimmered again.
" Damn." Syaoran cursed under his breath as he climbed up again and race towards the shield, which had disappeared again.
" Syaoran! Try and break it using your sword!" Eriol yelled as Fleur started to stand up.
" You can break the shield unless it appears totally." Kero called quietly to Syaoran, who nodded and put his sword on the floor. He ran full speed again at the invisible wall but was thrown back again. Syaoran stood up again, wipe his forehead and ran again.
It was very depressing, seeing Syaoran ran forward, then thrown back, then running forward again, only to be hit by the kekkai. Eriol frowned and was trying to think of another solution when Fleur chuckled a little. Eriol glared at her and she smiled back.
" What is so funny?" Eriol asked, still glaring at her.
" The way Syaoran-kun running up and thrown away again is rather funny. I never predicted that he is going to do this." Then she added thoughtfully, " He really loves her."
Eriol was surprised at what Fleur had said. But before he could answer, Syaoran called him.
" Eriol! Will you use your wand to break the shield when it appears?"
Eriol ran up next to Syaoran who was now standing right in front of the wall, which was still invisible.
" How are you going to make it appear?" Eriol asked, rather confused him.
Syaoran then lifted his right arm and punched the wall. Tomoyo, Nakuru, Spinel and Kero gasped. They weren't expecting him to do this. Fleur's eyebrows were lifted and her eyes were widened. She wasn't expecting this either.
" Stop it, Syaoran! You will destroy your arm!" Eriol yelled, but Syaoran jut gritted his teeth tightly.
" Just.....J-Just break it when you see the shield" Syaoran reply shortly. Blood was beginning to appear on his hand.
There was a shimmer for a second, then another shimmer. The wall was appearing. Syaoran squeeze his eyes shut. The pain was unbearable, but he could withstand it thanks to his training. But still, the pain was unbearable.
" S-Saw it?" Syaoran gasped.
Eriol frowned and said, " Just a little more."
Then, the shield gave a last shimmer and appeared. It covered from the floor to the ceiling and was transparent red. Eriol raised his staff and thrust it right into the shield. It broke apart into tiny wisp of silver magic. Syaoran stumbled and Eriol hold him stable.
" You should rest, Syaoran." Eriol said. But Syaoran pushed him away and stumbled slowly towards the pole. Sakura was still unconscious, but the ribbons became loose and she began to fall. Syaoran rushed forward and caught her in his arms before she hit the floor.
" Got you...." Syaoran muttered before crumbling onto the floor.
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When Syaoran woke up, he saw Sakura's worried face staring into his. Syaoran blinked once, and twice before beaming happily and hugged Sakura.
" I'm so glad you are all right, Sakura." He murmured into her ears and smelt her hair. Hm. The scent of cherry blossom.
Sakura smiled and pulled away, " We were very worried, you know. Sakura-san was afraid you would fall into a coma or something."
" Sakura-san?" Syaoran asked, puzzled.
Sakura nodded, " It is my other self."
" Oh, you mean Fleur. We call her Fleur, maybe you should call her that."
Sakura smiled, " I asked her, but she said she doesn't really like it. So I called her Sakura-san."
Syaoran laughed a little and then his face turned serious again. " Sakura, I'm sorry that I didn't went to Japan to visit you. I wasn't allowed. The Elders got me engaged to that Song Ling." He sighed, " I had been trying to get out of the wedding since, but I couldn't. So I was thinking that after I married her, I'll fly to Japan and met you, then divorce her."
Sakura looked shocked, " You can't do that! What if you broke her heart?"
" Nah. She doesn't like me at all. She only agrees to marrying me because I am going to be the future clan leader."
Sakura looked thoughtfully at this, then said, " Well......actually, Sakura- san didn't meant me harm. She said at the start that she would help me get you back......"
" So, where is she? I wanna thank her." Syaoran said, rolling his eyes.
Sakura smiled and smacked him playfully. " She is in her," And she point to her heart and her head.
" She has two homes, one in my heart and one in my mind." Sakura said. " Oh did it tell you that she could come out anytime?"
Before Syaoran could answer, Sakura suddenly smirked, " Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Li Syaoran without a T-shirt? Tsk, tsk. You look quite nice anyway."
Syaoran smacked his forehead, " What else can you do?"
Fleur/Sakura looked amused, " Well, we can split bodies."
Then suddenly there were two Sakura, one sweet and one evil. Syaoran rolled his eyes.
" Great, now I had no privacy." He muttered.
" Well, Syaoran-kun, although you had no privacy," Sakura trailed off and smirked suddenly, " You have the two of us!"
And Sakura and Fleur jumped onto Syaoran, who yelped.
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Tomoyo looked up from her work as she heard some suggesting sounds from Sakura's room. When Syaoran had past out, Eriol put Syaoran in Sakura's room along with Sakura. Hm. Was she imagining it, or did she heard moans of pleasure? Eriol came in then and Tomoyo asked.
" What are they doing?"
Eriol looked up the stairs and shrugged.
" He is probably just messing out with Sakura and Fleur."
Tomoyo lifted an eyebrow.
" How?"
Eriol shrugged again and seat next to Tomoyo, " Well, due to the fact that Fleur and Sakura were the same person, it means that they are in love with Syaoran. And besides that, Sakura and Fleur can split bodies......so this means that they could......ahem.....well, you know what, they could......um......do * that* together......."
Tomoyo sweatdropped and sighed and continue on her work.
Nakuru, Spinel and Kero were looking thoughtfully at Eriol, who was reading the newspaper. Then they looked at each other and Nakuru said.
"When do you think it is going to happen?"
Spinel frowned and replied, " Well, to be honest, maybe in about a week or so. By then we'll be back from Hong Kong and in Japan. This way, everything will be much easier."
Kero raised and eyebrow, " Hm. I don't really get it. Why will he appear? I mean, one's other side appears not because they have magic, but mostly because they are there to help with the love problem. And from what I had observed, Eriol had no love problem?"
" Oh, yes. He has a love problem." Nakuru said smugly.
" What is it?" Kero asked, now very interested.
" He likes Tomoyo-chan." Spinel replied.
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The End
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FINALLY.
Ah well, there will be a sequel soon! But not that early. I still have about 5 stories to deal with and I got a feeling that they will be tough to finish, especially Can't Escape My Love. Besides, I was thinking of another story...... -_-' Anyway, hope you guys like the ending. As I was saying, there will DEFINETLY be a sequel, about Eriol's other self-appearing to help him with his love problem. But that will probably cause more trouble, I think ^_^'' Ah well. Please review. I had SLAVED over this chapter. -_-'' Am VERY tired and exhausted. That battle scene wasn't easy, man.
As this is the last chapter. I'll like to thank all those people who reviewed, and those people who bothered to read this. Your reviews kept me going and going and going until this last chapter. Thank you so much! I hope you guys will support my other stories and also the coming sequel to this.
And EmeraldRose? Ah well, you'll be getting your picture soon. Just have to fix it up a little. *Nods*. I think it won't be in colour.....no time to colour.....*Nods* anyway, I have to scan it in and then fix it up first. So you gotta wait for about a few days then. Sorry anyways! And thank you for your support! Thank you too Azn!! Thank you to those anonymous reviewers!! And thank you Li Syaoran Is So KaWAII. Thank you too, Ruler of the Stars! I'll send you the picture soon too!! Thank you Kan-chan! I loved you review!!
A little like the Oscar Awards ceremony....with all the 'Thank you's and stuff.....
Anyways, Thank You once more and hope you guys like it!
Please, once again, PLEASE review!! Okay?
Ah yes. Before I forgot, the Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN THEM!!!!!!! CLAMP OWNS THEM!!! CLAMP OWNS THEM!!!! Besides, I don't really want to own them anyways.....except for Eriol..but he belongs to Tomoyo... Ahahahahahaaaaa (Nods knowingly at Tomoyo and Eriol)
Tomoyo: *Blushes *
Eriol: *Coughs *
Normal "Speaking" [[Thinking]] 'Letter contents' ** Brief jump in time *Emphasize *
Riiight..... Enough of my crap. Let the chapter begin......
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Li Syaoran was very disturbed. He looked around his room hopelessly and sighed.
" Sakura...." He murmured.
It had been two days, four hours, twenty minutes and thirty-seven seconds since he found out about Kinomoto Sakura and her evil double, well not so evil. And about one hour before that specific time, he was informed that his beloved Sakura had been taken by her own double, and was currently residing in her own mind.
" I'm going insane....This is a dream, Syaoran. A dream, a dream, a dream!" He told himself futilely, hitting his forehead hard with his palms, trying to escape reality.
Suddenly, there was a tap on the window, and when Syaoran looked up, he almost tumble onto the ground.
There, by the window, was the Guardian Beast of the Sakura, Keroberos, although he was in his plushy state right now.
Syaoran reached up and let the little guardian in.
Kero floated into the dark room and commented.
" Gaki, why not switch on the lights, eh?"
Syaoran did not glared at Kero. He was too tired to scowl at anyone now. Instead, he shot back, " Anyone can see you if I switch on the light, plush toy."
Kero scowled, but let it rest. Then he settle down on Syaoran's table and said formally.
" I'm not here to fight with you, gaki. I'm here to give you something."
Then he opened the little sack he had been carrying and took out a small letter.
Syaoran lifted an eyebrow and asked, taking the letter, " What is this for?"
Kero crossed his front paws and replied as-a-matter-of-factly, " A challenge letter of course. From Sakura's double."
Syaoran's head jerked up at this. He stared at Kero and said slowly, " You are.... working for her?"
Kero sighed sadly, much to Syaoran's amazement. Then he looked at Syaoran and said, " I'm only working for her because......because of something....." He sighed again and said urgently this time, " Oei, Syaoran, you better win this, man. Else, you'll really regret it...." He looked sincerely at Syaoran, who stared back with a surprised expression.
" Win wha-"
" You'll know it after you read the letter, Syaoran." Kero interrupted him. Then he started to float up to the opened window.
" Wait, I have asked you a lot of things yet!" Syaoran called after him. Kero turned around and stood on the windowsill.
"Like I had said, Syaoran, you'll know it soon.....well, actually, tomorrow." Then to Syaoran's surprise, Kero smiled at Syaoran and said, " Wish you good luck tomorrow, Master. At least that is what I hope you will finally become......."
With that, he vanished.
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I'm Back Again
By: XiaoBai
Chapter 5: The Finale, Her Real Idea.
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" Master? What does he mean by 'Master'?" Syaoran muttered, as he opened the small letter.
Finally, he managed to tear opened the envelope and unfold the piece of paper found inside. Remembering Kero's speech, he read anxiously and his eyes widened.
'To Syaoran Dearest.'
[[This is written in Sakura's handwriting!]] Syaoran thought, as his eyes began traveling down the letter.
'I assume that Kero-chan had told you about the battle on tomorrow. Well, it is not true. What I mean isn't actually a battle. It is just a meeting that you may choose to attend or not.
Before you throw this into a ball of fire, let me inform you about this particular meeting.
It is about whether you'll get back Sakura-chan, or not.'
Syaoran's eyes narrowed and he gripped harder on the letter. Gritting his teeth, he continued reading.
'Yes, yes. I think you might be grabbing very hard on this poor piece of letter now. Spare the paper, Syaoran-kun. If you want something to vent your anger, go get a punching sack.
Ah yes, back to business. I'll bring Sakura-chan with me at the meeting. But I'll not tell you the location of the meeting place yet, Syaoran dearest.
You'll have to satisfy this one condition first, before the location is revealed.
And this condition is that you'll have to cancel that wedding of yours with that Song Ling. Yep, if you fail to do this by tomorrow noon........Well let's just say that you'll never see Sakura-chan again then.
Hope you will be able to come, ne?
Well, now I had said what I WANT to say, you can do what ever you want on this paper. Oh, and did I mention that if the condition is fulfilled, the location of the meeting shall be reveal on this piece of paper? I didn't, did I? Let us hope you had never tore this paper apart.
Ja ne, Syaoran-kun! See you soon!
From:
You Know Who (I just love to write this down)'
" Damn it......" Syaoran growled as he glared at the accursed paper. He narrowed his eyes and then flopped back onto his bed. Shielding the light from the street lamp with his right arm, Syaoran stared up onto the ceiling.
He was actually intending to cancel the wedding anyway, even before Sakura came to Hong Kong. But the Elders had threatened him with Sakura's life, saying that if he did not agree in marrying Song Ling, they will make sure that he'll never see her again.
Syaoran laughed a little at how Sakura's double and the Elders had been rather similar someway. Both had threatened him with Sakura just to fulfill their motive. The Elders had wanted Syaoran to marry Song Ling because her parents had promised the clan a good property that the Elders had their eyes on. As for Sakura's double's motive, Syaoran had not idea.
But then again, if he had to do this by tomorrow noon, he might as well do it early morning.....At breakfast.....it had to be earlier...
" I'll tell them now." Syaoran said to himself determinedly as he hurled himself out of them bed.
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" Li Xiao Lang! Do you know what you are doing, young man?" Li Yelan's voice filled the main meeting hall early in the morning at about 7am, waking every other sleeping people in the Li Mansion.
Syaoran had waked the whole group of Elders (And his mother) and had announced to them about his decision.
Syaoran stared determined at the oldest of the Elders. The fragile looking old man looked thoughtfully into Syaoran's face for a moment or two, before asking a question even Yelan had not thought of.
" Why?"
Syaoran finally blinked. " Sorry?"
The old man patiently repeated his question.
" Why do you want to cancel the wedding?"
Syaoran was hesitant for a moment, before opening his mouth again and telling the Elders and his mother all about Sakura, how she came to Hong Kong, how she disguised herself, how her other self rose to take over Sakura's body and how he was told to cancel that wedding with Song Ling.
" If you do not believe me, here is the letter the Keroberos, the Guardian of the Clow-I mean, the Sakura Cards gave me." Syaoran continued, digging into his pockets and retrieving the letter. His mother took the letter and read it out loud.
**
Syaoran looked rather blankly at his mother after she read finish the letter. The members of the Elders council had fallen silent and Syaoran, thinking that this meeting will not work, was cracking his brains to form a plan B.
After checking that his plan is 'flawless', he stared right into the oldest Elder's eyes and said.
" Well?"
The Elders considered for a moment, gathered together and started conversing in a low murmur. Syaoran rolled his eyes and muttered under his breath, " About time too." but fall silent at the look his mother gave him. He stood there looking around and at the Elders, humming very softly and trying to perfect that dangerous plan B he had. He knew that whether plan B succeed or not, the consequence will be negative to him, and maybe, Sakura. Just then, the youngest Elder cleared his throat and stared at Syaoran again.
" Before I continue, Xiao Lang, can you tell me about your alternate plan?"
Syaoran's head jerked back as his shocked expression took over his thoughtful one.
" What?!"
The Elder looked a little impatiently at him and said, " I will not repeat the question, Xiao Lang."
Syaoran frowned a little and gulped. Then, taking a rather deep breath, he began.
" Um....I was thinking, actually, that if the Elders do not agree with me, I will tell Song Ling *myself * that I'm divorcing her *right * after the meeting..."
" What makes you think that she will agree to it?" Another Elder asked. Syaoran smiled a little an added, " I know that Song Ling agreed to marry me due to the fact that she will become the wife of the Clan leader. But if it tell her that I'm no longer the Clan leader......" Syaoran trailed off, sawing the look his mother gave him, and shut his mouth up.
The oldest Elder raised and eyebrow and asked the question Syaoran had expect either one of them to ask.
" What will happen if she does not agree to it?"
Syaoran smiled a little sadly and shrugged, " She will probably lock me up or something due to the fact that she had heard about this meeting....."
Syaoran sighed and continued, " In either ways, I knew it will have a negative consequence.....if she had agreed to it, I will be expelled from the Li clan by the time I rescued Sakura. And if she didn't agreed to it, I will be lock up, chain up, whatsoever, without my magic, and I will never have to see Sakura again. Her double will take over her body until Sakura recovers...which might be about a few years....maybe forever..."
" Well, if this plan is so terrible, why did you think of it? You didn't need it......" The youngest Elder trailed off, a small smile on his lips.
Syaoran sighed again and was about to answer when he caught the last four words.
Silence.
Then-
" WHAT?!"
The Elders and Yelan were looking rather..hmm..shall we say, amused as Syaoran stared at them, his eyes shinning and his face was somewhat beaming.
"Yes, yes. Now get going. Or else you won't be in time, ne?" Yelan said, smiling, as she gave Syaoran back the letter who almost snatched it from her hands and tore out from the room.
As Syaoran ran from the room, the Elders and his mother called after him, wishing him the best of luck.
" SYAORAN!"
Syaoran turned around and saw Meiling standing behind him, still in her PJs. At first, Syaoran thought that she was going to scold him or something. But then, Meiling smiled at him and hugged him, making him very surprised.
" Good Luck, my dumb little cousin!"
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" Now WHY the HELL doesn't it SHOWS?!" Syaoran yelled into poor Eriol's face, which was smiling amusingly.
Eriol cast a sidelong glance at the letter lying on his left and said slowly, " Well.....Maybe Sakura's other self-"
Tomoyo cut Eriol off as she suddenly said, " Can't we just give Sakura's double a name? You know, it is rather...confusing when we say something like 'Sakura's double had kidnapped Sakura.'"
Syaoran and Eriol paused for a moment before nodding and agreeing.
" Okay. Any ideas?" Syaoran asked, raising an eyebrow.
" Fleur Cerise then. It is the 'Cherry Blossom' in French......." Tomoyo suggested, her finger touching her chin in a thoughtful position.
Eriol shrugged and nodded, " Well.....with that done, let's get back to the original problem." He pointed to the wrinkled piece of letter as it laid innocently on the coffee table.
The three of them stared at it, expecting something to happen.
**
Half and hour had gone by and still nothing. Syaoran was starting to get a bit edgy while Eriol and thinking deeply. Tomoyo had gone into the kitchen with Nakuru to help her prepare some 'un-sweet' desserts for dear Suppi- chan.
" I'm NOT Suppi!"
**
Yet another half an hour had gone. Spinel was now zooming around in the room, bouncing off at any wall that is available and making a 'ping, pong!' sound every time he hit something, which, in Syaoran's view, was very disturbing.
Just when Eriol was about to put down the piece of letter to fix little Suppi-chan up, Syaoran saw very clearly that some words were beginning to form on the letter and he eagerly pounced on it.
Which, you see, is not a very good idea. This is due to the fact that our dear not-so-little blue-haired magician was still holding on to it when Syaoran had jumped.
And of course, the two boys ended tangled up on the carpet in a very, VERY uncomfortable position. Tomoyo was trying very unsuccessfully to suppress her giggles, unlike Nakuru, who did not thought of hiding her hysterical laughter. Eriol glared at both Nakuru and Tomoyo through his crooked glasses, before turning his glare from the two girls to Syaoran, whose right arm was stuck underneath Eriol and was struggling to read the letter with his left hand and with Eriol trying to push him off.
There was one new sentence added to the pathetically wrinkled letter.
'I am in one of the Li Clan Holdings warehouse now.'
Syaoran yelled in triumph and scrambled on the struggling and groaning Eriol as he tried to stand up.
" Syaoran! I know you like me very much, but can you stop digging into my ribs?! It hur-ow! Stop it! No, don't you dare step on my stomach-ouchie!"
After a few minutes of complete disorder in Eriol's Hong Kong bungalow, everyone (except maybe Nakuru or Spinel) had finally calmed down. Syaoran was still receiving dead glares from Eriol, who was rubbing his chest painfully as he muttered some colourful curses in every language he learnt from his past life and his present life. Tomoyo was still giggling a little, but Nakuru was still completely insane. Spinel had sobered up and was resting on the armrest of Eriol's big red couch while casting dark glances at the laughing Nakuru and hiccupping every few moments.
" Okay......let's get down to business." Syaoran said, trying to ignore those terrifying glares Eriol was giving him. Mind you, that devil can smile like a Cheshire cat, but he can glare as well as Syaoran could. Maybe even better than Syaoran.....But let's get back to the topic. Syaoran sighed and began again, " As I was saying.....we got the location and time. It is at one of the warehouses at home and Fleur Cerise is there now. Um....do you know that it is kinda weird saying that name?"
Tomoyo shrugged and said, " You have any other suggestions?"
Syaoran looked a little surprised, " Well, we could just cut it down into Fleur....."
Tomoyo nodded, " Okay. Well, since we know where is Sakura-chan, let's go now!"
Eriol was still glaring.
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" Are you sure they'll find us?" Kero asked Fleur, raising an amused eyebrow as he looked at the chaotic scene in the Hiragizawa Resident.
Fleur said mildly, " They will be coming here soon. We'll just have to wait."
Kero was silent for a moment before he started again, " So......you planning to fight them?"
Fleur smiled and said, " Well.....a little. But mostly to see how that Chinese boy is going to retrieve his little cherry blossom. I predicted that it should be very interesting......"
"Hmm." Kero commented and say no more. He then floated over to a curtain like wall, patted it with his little paws and asked once more, " What if.........they lose? And the Gaki didn't get Sakura? What will you do?"
Fleur smiled smugly, " Nothing. Because I won't let that happen."
Kero raised another eyebrow. There might be some good in this plan of hers.
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" Oh. Crap."
" How many warehouses do you exactly have in here?!"
" About twenty something.......I remembering counting them when Father brought me to work when I was five......Hmm"
" You can count twenty when you were five?!"
" Well, yeah. Why? Are you jealous, Oh Great Ole Eriol?"
" Actually, no. Just mildly amazed. I could argue with my dad and mum over some news at breakfast when I was four."
" Show off."
" Oh SHUT up, guys! We have to get Sakura-chan OUT of here!"
" Tomoyo-chan is right. Suppi, want some sugar?"
" No. And don't you look at me with those eyes, Nakuru."
" Okay. Back to business. How do we find that damned warehouse?"
" By checking out the aura, baka."
" Hey! No one calls me baka!"
" Well, I do, my cute little descendant."
" Shut Up! Just close you eyes, concentrate and GO!"
" Okay, okay, Tomoyo!"
" ........"
"........"
" I'm getting on something......it felt like Sakura's aura. Oh no."
" What?"
" Her aura is very weak, Tomoyo. And Eriol? Did you feel that?"
" Yep. Seems to be Fleur's aura. Damn. She got stronger after all these years."
" So....what are we going to do now?"
" We get to the warehouse. It is the second warehouse to our left."
" Let's go then."
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" The door won't budge, Eriol-sama." Spinel Sun reported, after trying to blast it apart with his red laser beam.
Eriol looked thoughtful. The magic aura inside was getting stronger and stronger. It was as if Fleur was warming her magic up to its highest level. Eriol frowned and took out his wand.
Then, Syaoran interrupted him, " I think magic doesn't work with these doors. The Li Clan must have made them magic proof or something. Maybe there are some enemies of the Li Clan that want our stuffs."
Tomoyo consider this thoughtful and then said mildly, " I think Fleur will open the door for us."
Eriol and Syaoran turned and looked at her, surprised. " Why?"
" Well," Tomoyo said, holding her left arm up to her chin in a thoughtful posture, " Maybe she will let us in when she is ready. I mean, if you are going to do a sport, you will probably warm up your muscles first, right. Well, that is what she is doing. Warming up to get ready for you guys."
Eriol nodded and his wand shrank back into a key. Syaoran took out his sword and tensed up in a get-ready position. He narrowed his eyes as the magical aura stopped rising.
" She is ready." He said, as the door of the warehouse gave a big 'Ching!' and opened. Slowly.
The group stared suspiciously into the dark warehouse as the door swung opened.
" Come in."
It was Sakura's voice. [[No]] Syaoran told himself [[It is Fleur]]. Syaoran shook his head slightly narrowed his eyes and burst into the dark warehouse.
Suddenly, a single light switched on and the group saw Fleur standing there, like a singer on a stage. Then, slowly, the lights in the warehouse switched on. But even with the lights, the warehouse was still quite dim.
Fleur was standing in the middle of the warehouse with a big piece of red velvet cloth hung from the ceiling to the floor behind her. She looked up and smiled. Syaoran tried not to blush. It really felt like Sakura was smiling at him. He shook his head and narrowed his eyes. Wearing yet another lace and leather dress with complex designs, Fleur looked very attractive.
Fleur's smile became wider.
" Welcome to my little hide-out, minna-san." She said sweetly. Kero was on her shoulder.
Syaoran narrowed his eyes and growled, " I had followed you instructions to cancel the wedding. Where is Sakura?!"
Fleur's smile turn into a little smirk.
" She is right behind me." Fleur said, smirking smugly and lifted her glove- covered arm to pull the red velvet cloth from the ceiling.
As the cloth fell, Tomoyo, Nakuru and Spinel Sun gasped while Eriol and Syaoran's eyes widened.
There right behind Fleur and tied to a pole with thousands and thousands strands of crimson ribbon was an unconscious Sakura.
" Don't worry," Fleur said, seeing the shocked faces of the little group, " Sakura-chan is just asleep."
Syaoran dropped his sword and run towards Sakura.
" SAKURA!" He yelled running as fast as he could towards the pole. Suddenly, Syaoran came into contact with something and was thrown back.
Fleur laughed coldly as Eriol pull Syaoran up and hand him back his sword.
" This is a kekkai, my dear little Syaoran-kun. A shield! You can and will never get past it!"
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Eriol narrowed his eyes and whispered softly but clearly to Syaoran, whose eyes never left Sakura.
" Syaoran. There is a way to break the shield. You see that necklace Fleur is wearing?"
Syaoran wrenched his gaze from Sakura and stared at Fleur's neck. There, lying on Fleur's chest was a small red glowing star pendant. Fleur seemed to notice his gaze and smiled a little.
" We'll have to destroy it. I'll try and destroy it, then you can get Sakura-san down." Eriol muttered, aware of Fleur's smile.
Syaoran shook his head and said, " No. We are doing this together."
Eriol nodded and took out his key. Soon, a long staff topped with a sun with extending spikes spun into existence and resume into his battle stance. Fleur smirked and spread her right arm to the side, her hands opened as if waiting to grab hold of something.
" Well, well, well. We are going to fight, aren't we? Do you think you can win me, Eriol-san?" Fleur said, as Sakura's long staff appeared, not the usual short baton. She fingered her star pendant with her left hand and said softly, " If you can break this, Sakura-chan will be yours, and I'll be gone. If not......." She smiled and trailed off.
Syaoran gritted his teeth and charged forward towards her, his sword posed, ready to strike. Fleur smirked and dodged to her left. But just then, Syaoran suddenly increased his speed and shifted his position. Before Fleur could gasp, Syaoran was behind her, his sword ready in his hand and slice the necklace off her. But before Syaoran could grab it, Fleur had spun around and seized the necklace. She then jumped high and landed at the other end of the warehouse, close to the door.
" Quite good, Syaoran-kun," Fleur said, smirking as she touched the back of her neck. There was a small cut there. [[Syaoran's sword is very sharp.]] She thought as she licked the blood off her fingers.
As she stared at Syaoran, she started to find something that is very wrong. She frowned and looked around. Everything was normal. Syaoran was still standing there.
[[Wait. Where is Eri--!!]] Fleur gasped and rolled swiftly to her left as Eriol came piercing down with the sharp tip of his staff. Fleur gritted her teeth and swept Eriol off his feet with her own staff. Then using the Jump Card, she jumped on to the ceiling and hung off the lights. Then, Syaoran came flying up and Fleur jumped off before he strikes hard at the light. As Fleur somersaulted off, she used the Sword Card and block Eriol's staff, which came striking up. Biting her lower lip, she strikes at Eriol, who dodged it awkwardly, and Fleur managed to cut his right arm. But Eriol also did cut her in the waist.
She landed opposite to Eriol and Syaoran. The necklace was still in her hands. She narrowed her eyes slightly and decided to wear the necklace on her arm. [[This is not going to be easy....they are tough.]] Fleur thought, as she started to raise her magic level.
Spinel Sun was quite optimistic. From what he had witness so far, Eriol and Syaoran was doing well, and that Fleur won't be holding much longer. He nodded his head slightly. This battle shall end soon.
" Don't underestimate her, Suppi."
Spinel Sun turned his head to the source of the voice. It was Keroberos and he wasn't looking very happy about this whole thing.
" Keroberos. Hm. And I was wondering where were you the whole time. I mean, after Fleur bring Nakuru back, you disappeared with the cards." Spinel Sun said, turning his gaze back to the battle.
Keroberos sighed. " She offered a very good proposal, Suppi."
Spinel Sun then snorted, " What. Give you hundreds kilogram of pudding if you help her?"
Keroberos smiled a little and shook his golden head. " No. It is about Sakura. She promised me that Sakura would recover after this."
Spinel Sun looked thoughtfully at Fleur, who was now dodging fireballs coming from Eriol and wind spells from Syaoran and was about to use the Shield card. " And.....you believed her?"
Keroberos shrugged and returned to his false form. " So far the plan is going on well."
Spinel Sun returned to his false form too and looked curiously at Kero, " What is her plan?"
Kero make an action by using his paw to zip up his mouth.
" My lips are sealed. Besides, you'll find out sooner. Fleur says that she will not win the battle."
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They were now panting, exhausted. Eriol looked sideways towards Tomoyo and was relieved that she was still safe and standing beside Ruby Moon. He moved his gaze from Tomoyo to Spinel and found him taking to Kero. Then, Fleur started.
" You guys are good. Now let's just end this for all." Fleur said, smiling rather grimly. Syaoran nodded and resume to his battle stance. Eriol did the same.
[[This time, I'll have to be harsh. Sorry Fleur. Sorry.]] Eriol thought grimly and ran towards her. Fleur narrowed her eyes and the shield appeared. But Syaoran, who had anticipated this, break the shield before it could took form and pulled Fleur down onto the floor. Fleur's eyes widened before closing tightly with pain as she hit the floor hard. Then Eriol grabbed the necklace from her wrist and crushed it.
" Syaoran!" Eriol yelled, but Syaoran was already on his way to Sakura, running at full speed. But, before he could reach Sakura, he was rebounded once more from her as the kekkai, or shield shimmered again.
" Damn." Syaoran cursed under his breath as he climbed up again and race towards the shield, which had disappeared again.
" Syaoran! Try and break it using your sword!" Eriol yelled as Fleur started to stand up.
" You can break the shield unless it appears totally." Kero called quietly to Syaoran, who nodded and put his sword on the floor. He ran full speed again at the invisible wall but was thrown back again. Syaoran stood up again, wipe his forehead and ran again.
It was very depressing, seeing Syaoran ran forward, then thrown back, then running forward again, only to be hit by the kekkai. Eriol frowned and was trying to think of another solution when Fleur chuckled a little. Eriol glared at her and she smiled back.
" What is so funny?" Eriol asked, still glaring at her.
" The way Syaoran-kun running up and thrown away again is rather funny. I never predicted that he is going to do this." Then she added thoughtfully, " He really loves her."
Eriol was surprised at what Fleur had said. But before he could answer, Syaoran called him.
" Eriol! Will you use your wand to break the shield when it appears?"
Eriol ran up next to Syaoran who was now standing right in front of the wall, which was still invisible.
" How are you going to make it appear?" Eriol asked, rather confused him.
Syaoran then lifted his right arm and punched the wall. Tomoyo, Nakuru, Spinel and Kero gasped. They weren't expecting him to do this. Fleur's eyebrows were lifted and her eyes were widened. She wasn't expecting this either.
" Stop it, Syaoran! You will destroy your arm!" Eriol yelled, but Syaoran jut gritted his teeth tightly.
" Just.....J-Just break it when you see the shield" Syaoran reply shortly. Blood was beginning to appear on his hand.
There was a shimmer for a second, then another shimmer. The wall was appearing. Syaoran squeeze his eyes shut. The pain was unbearable, but he could withstand it thanks to his training. But still, the pain was unbearable.
" S-Saw it?" Syaoran gasped.
Eriol frowned and said, " Just a little more."
Then, the shield gave a last shimmer and appeared. It covered from the floor to the ceiling and was transparent red. Eriol raised his staff and thrust it right into the shield. It broke apart into tiny wisp of silver magic. Syaoran stumbled and Eriol hold him stable.
" You should rest, Syaoran." Eriol said. But Syaoran pushed him away and stumbled slowly towards the pole. Sakura was still unconscious, but the ribbons became loose and she began to fall. Syaoran rushed forward and caught her in his arms before she hit the floor.
" Got you...." Syaoran muttered before crumbling onto the floor.
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When Syaoran woke up, he saw Sakura's worried face staring into his. Syaoran blinked once, and twice before beaming happily and hugged Sakura.
" I'm so glad you are all right, Sakura." He murmured into her ears and smelt her hair. Hm. The scent of cherry blossom.
Sakura smiled and pulled away, " We were very worried, you know. Sakura-san was afraid you would fall into a coma or something."
" Sakura-san?" Syaoran asked, puzzled.
Sakura nodded, " It is my other self."
" Oh, you mean Fleur. We call her Fleur, maybe you should call her that."
Sakura smiled, " I asked her, but she said she doesn't really like it. So I called her Sakura-san."
Syaoran laughed a little and then his face turned serious again. " Sakura, I'm sorry that I didn't went to Japan to visit you. I wasn't allowed. The Elders got me engaged to that Song Ling." He sighed, " I had been trying to get out of the wedding since, but I couldn't. So I was thinking that after I married her, I'll fly to Japan and met you, then divorce her."
Sakura looked shocked, " You can't do that! What if you broke her heart?"
" Nah. She doesn't like me at all. She only agrees to marrying me because I am going to be the future clan leader."
Sakura looked thoughtfully at this, then said, " Well......actually, Sakura- san didn't meant me harm. She said at the start that she would help me get you back......"
" So, where is she? I wanna thank her." Syaoran said, rolling his eyes.
Sakura smiled and smacked him playfully. " She is in her," And she point to her heart and her head.
" She has two homes, one in my heart and one in my mind." Sakura said. " Oh did it tell you that she could come out anytime?"
Before Syaoran could answer, Sakura suddenly smirked, " Well, well, well. Look what we have here. Li Syaoran without a T-shirt? Tsk, tsk. You look quite nice anyway."
Syaoran smacked his forehead, " What else can you do?"
Fleur/Sakura looked amused, " Well, we can split bodies."
Then suddenly there were two Sakura, one sweet and one evil. Syaoran rolled his eyes.
" Great, now I had no privacy." He muttered.
" Well, Syaoran-kun, although you had no privacy," Sakura trailed off and smirked suddenly, " You have the two of us!"
And Sakura and Fleur jumped onto Syaoran, who yelped.
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Tomoyo looked up from her work as she heard some suggesting sounds from Sakura's room. When Syaoran had past out, Eriol put Syaoran in Sakura's room along with Sakura. Hm. Was she imagining it, or did she heard moans of pleasure? Eriol came in then and Tomoyo asked.
" What are they doing?"
Eriol looked up the stairs and shrugged.
" He is probably just messing out with Sakura and Fleur."
Tomoyo lifted an eyebrow.
" How?"
Eriol shrugged again and seat next to Tomoyo, " Well, due to the fact that Fleur and Sakura were the same person, it means that they are in love with Syaoran. And besides that, Sakura and Fleur can split bodies......so this means that they could......ahem.....well, you know what, they could......um......do * that* together......."
Tomoyo sweatdropped and sighed and continue on her work.
Nakuru, Spinel and Kero were looking thoughtfully at Eriol, who was reading the newspaper. Then they looked at each other and Nakuru said.
"When do you think it is going to happen?"
Spinel frowned and replied, " Well, to be honest, maybe in about a week or so. By then we'll be back from Hong Kong and in Japan. This way, everything will be much easier."
Kero raised and eyebrow, " Hm. I don't really get it. Why will he appear? I mean, one's other side appears not because they have magic, but mostly because they are there to help with the love problem. And from what I had observed, Eriol had no love problem?"
" Oh, yes. He has a love problem." Nakuru said smugly.
" What is it?" Kero asked, now very interested.
" He likes Tomoyo-chan." Spinel replied.
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The End
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FINALLY.
Ah well, there will be a sequel soon! But not that early. I still have about 5 stories to deal with and I got a feeling that they will be tough to finish, especially Can't Escape My Love. Besides, I was thinking of another story...... -_-' Anyway, hope you guys like the ending. As I was saying, there will DEFINETLY be a sequel, about Eriol's other self-appearing to help him with his love problem. But that will probably cause more trouble, I think ^_^'' Ah well. Please review. I had SLAVED over this chapter. -_-'' Am VERY tired and exhausted. That battle scene wasn't easy, man.
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A little like the Oscar Awards ceremony....with all the 'Thank you's and stuff.....
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