I Just Wanted a Normal Life
By: Pnaixr0se8
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Lilyflower: hehe you used that phrase again! ^___^ don't worry I WILL NOT MAKE SYAORAN DIE!!!! I PROMISE!!!!
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Pink Cherry Blossom: I'm really glad you like the chapter…I thought it was pretty sad myself…anywho, thanks for reviewing!
sweetlilacblossom: oh don't cry!!! Oh and I didn't think of Katana being Kaji in disguise…(hehe me dumdum) I just wanted to make Meiling have a nice boyfriend cuz I think she's cool…wow you have good ideas! ^___^
Maria: Awwww….I'm not that good! I'm flattered! Hehe but I love your review!!! I love long reviews…and don't worry I won't make ANYONE die…especially Syaoran cuz I think he's kawaii….lol…^___^
ARCHANGEMON: Yup I'm 12! (I turned 12 on the 28 of Oct.) hehe…you watch Simpsons? I love watching that…its funny…I bet when you were 11 and if you wrote fanfics, yours would be better…^___^ oh and for the question you asked (why didn't Syaoran defend himself) umm….let's just say that he was really shocked to find Katana there in his house…(I know I would be scared to see a weird guy that people say killed people and sucked their magic, standing in my kitchen) and he didn't know that Katana knew where he kept his knives…and Katana surprised him when he flung the knife at him and it was really fast…
ForeverDestiny: lol…I don't think I'm a prodigy…hehe…I suck at school work and stuff like that…lol…but I think your life is better than mine! In mine, all I really do is play video games (I'm playing the awesome new game Kingdom Hearts for PS2…it's really good) read books, and write fanfics…see? My life is boring…^__^
Jared: Thanks!!!! I was just typing up that chapter and I was like, "Hey why don't I put this and that in…" (but I was thinking it I wasn't talking to myself…^___^) I didn't knoe that people wud like it cuz I just wrote it from the top of my head…thanks for liking my story!!!!! And thanks for reviewing so many times…!
BluLightning: wow…thanks for your review!!! I'm sorry if this chapter was late cuz my birthday just past and my mom and dad insisted that we go out for dinner…and we went out every night that whole week just to go for dinner! lol…but anyway, I'll try to get the others chapter sup soon!
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Disclaimer: I do not own CCS
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Chapter 15
"No…Eriol, please tell me nothing has happened to him!" cried Sakura as she ran the rest of the way down the stairs. She pleaded Eriol with her emerald eyes which tears threatened to spill from. But, she already knew the answer…everybody did.
Eriol looked at the ground. He couldn't repeat what he had experienced on the phone. And he couldn't face Sakura who was about to cry.
Sakura saw that he was not going to respond. That's when her tears started spilling. She sank to the floor pitifully.
"No…Syaoran…you can't…" she whimpered.
Fujitaka kneeled down next to her and put his arm around his daughter's shoulder.
"Sakura-san…don't cry. He…he will be alright."
"How do you know!" Sakura said.
Tomoyo and Meiling stepped down from the stairs.
"Eriol, how did you find out?" Tomoyo said softly.
He sighed heavily.
"It's a long story…but I'll tell it tomorrow. It's late and you guys need your sleep."
"No Eriol, we want to know what happened NOW!" Touya said.
He couldn't stand to see his only sister like that. And he just couldn't imagine how that gaki could just be gone when he made his sister so happy.
"That's right Eriol, we want to know now!" Meiling said sternly. Her cousin which was also one of her best friends was gone…just like that…and she wanted to know what happened.
Eriol looked at Syaoran's family. The Li family was all pale. They all were silently crying with tears that rapidly fell from their eyes. Not even one of his sisters was hyper. They were thinking of the one and only little brother they had. The one they always used to tease. The one they always used to get mad at. The one that was always quiet and listened to their conversations. He was…somewhere out there with that evil man.
Yelan was also shocked and appalled. Her only son was out there with Katana! Who knows what will happen…
Eriol sighed and nodded. He knew that everybody wanted to hear what had happened. Besides, if he kept it his own secret, it will just start building up inside him and he will always think that it was his fault. Eriol motioned them to sit on the couches.
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"…and that's what happened…" Eriol finished. Sakura was crying a little louder now.
"So he's hurt AND kidnapped?!"
Eriol nodded his head.
"Wait, you said Katana didn't kill him…why was that…?" Meiling asked softly.
Eriol held his breath. He purposely didn't tell about tell why before and hoped nobody would notice.
"Eriol?" Tomoyo asked.
"Katana…said on the phone…that in order for Syaoran's return…the cardmistress has to give him the Cards…in two days…in Tuskimine Shrine."
"………I'm going!……." Sakura announced immediately.
"But, you can't just give the Cards away!" Eriol exclaimed, "What kind of cardmistress would you be then?"
"I'm not giving the Cards either…"
"Then what are you going to do?"
"….I'll…..think of something…."
"You're not going," said a stern voice.
Sakura stared at her brother in disbelief. "What?!?!"
Touya just went on being stern. "I said you're not going!!! After all those years of all the dangers you've been through, capturing cards, transforming them, I'm not allowing you to go and risk your life just for some…gaki!"
Sakura got angry. "That gaki you're talking about is one of my best friends! I'm not just going to let him die! You know what else? I LOVE HIM!!! So you can't just keep me prisoner here in my own house!"
Touya just gave a stern, angry look. Sakura did the same.
Touya turned to face his father who was sitting on the couch thinking. "What do you think, otou-san?"
Fujitaka was silent, not knowing what to do.
Suddenly the door flew open and there stood Yue.
"What's going on? I don't feel Li Syaoran's aura…and why are all of you here?"
Eriol once again had to tell the horrible tale. He hated repeating it.
Yue stood there in shock.
Then Sakura and Touya continued their little argument.
"I'm going after him," Sakura said.
"No you're not!" Touya answered.
"YES I
AM!!!"
"NO YOU'RE NOT!!!"
"YES I—"
"But…" Yue interrupted, "even if you do rescue him. Katana will try to get the Cards from you sooner or later. And Li will have to die anyway."
They were all silent for a minute. But then Yelan stood up.
"Can we please continue this tomorrow? This is all very hard to take in all one night," she said with sorrow in her voice while she was trying to hold back more tears. If Syaoran could've seen her then, he would be shocked. His confident, proud, beautiful mother was crying. Her pale face, which she put powder on, was streaked with her dried tears. Her hair, always neat and not a hair out of place, was messy from all the stress. Her eyes, once beautiful because of all her pride for her children, were foggy and tired.
Everyone nodded in agreement. They were all tired.
Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo went back to Sakura's room to sleep. Touya and Yukito (he had changed from Yue) went to his room to sleep. Fujitaka let Syaoran's family sleep in his room since it was big, while he slept in his study (basement). The rest of them (Eriol, Spinel Sun, Nakuru) slept on the couches on the living room. Nobody wanted to go back to their own houses. They were too tired to go all the way back. They didn't want to go back to their houses also because they felt stronger when they were all together. Katana wouldn't dream of attacking them now that they were all in the same house…………right? Surely he couldn't be that strong.
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"AHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"Have you had enough?" Katana's harsh voice said.
In front of him was Syaoran, his hands behind his back all tied up. He couldn't stand up so he pitifully just sat on the dirty ground. Katana had sucked up most of his magic and his sword lay on a rock not too far but far enough for Syaoran not to reach. He felt weak and tired. Katana had tortured Syaoran to making him tell where Sakura lived.
Syaoran looked around. He had not seen the way here but he knew it was in some kind of cave because it had lots of rocks.
"Why…don't you… just go look…for her…yourself…?" Syaoran said.
"Because she has the Cards! The Cards cover her aura from me! So tell me where she is!!"
"I thought…you …were just…going to use…me for bait…"
"I am! But do you think she will really come without a proper invitation?" Katana said slyly.
"W-What?"
"Let's just say…that if you show up in her dreams asking pitifully for her to help you…she won't be able to resist."
"N-No…you can't…do that…I don't …want her …to come here…"
He could just picture it now, if she has a dream with a fake Syaoran in it asking for help, he knew that she wouldn't resist that, her heart was too big.
"Too bad," Katana said mockingly, "Now where is she!!!!!!!"
"I'll…never tell…you…"
"Wrong answer!!!!"
Katana put his hand out in front of himself with the palm facing Syaoran. Black magic covered his hand. Suddenly a sudden force made Syaoran fly backwards ramming into the stone wall.
Syaoran shouted with pain. Not only did his shoulder hurt now from Katana's first attack before, now his back hurt. He had heard a slight crack from his bones when he had hit the wall. But he would never ever tell.
"I WON'T TELL!!!!!!!!" he shouted.
He knew that Katana could not kill him…yet. First Katana would see if Sakura would come within two days to give him the Cards. After that Syaoran knew that Katana would kill him. So it didn't really matter if Sakura came or not, but, Syaoran hurt so much. He just wanted to have his cherry blossom back into his arms. But, that was going to take a miracle. He still had to sacrifice himself for Katana to go back into the dimension. Syaoran had to survive Katana's beating…then, he would just have to kill himself.
Syaoran felt his body getting weaker, while Katana's magic stronger. He had taken more of his magic. He couldn't move at all now and he could hardly breathe. His breath was deep and slow. Even his breath was giving up now.
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Sakura couldn't sleep that night. Neither could anyone else but they didn't show it. Meiling and Tomoyo could hear Sakura softly crying. They felt like crying too.
Sakura needed Syaoran. He always understood what she was going through. She knew that he needed her too. He needed her so that he wouldn't feel lonely anymore. But most of all they needed each other to love and to be loved. They needed each other. Oh how much Sakura wanted to kiss him right now. To feel his warm lips kissing back. To feel his strong arms around her, protecting her. To see his sweet, kawaii face when he randomly smiled. To ruffle his hair which was already messy. To look at his sweet, sincere, compassionate, amber eyes. She just needed him so badly.
"Syaoran, I love you…" Sakura whispered.
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Syaoran screamed. He had just taken another of Katana's beatings. He couldn't take it any more. He needed Sakura to smile sweetly up at him. He needed to kiss her soft warm lips. He needed her to act dense and loving as she always does. He needed to hug her more than ever now. He just needed her.
"Sakura…I love you…" Syaoran whispered.
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Sakura woke up. She had somehow gotten to sleep without any nightmares or such. But as she got up and walked to the kitchen where everybody was already, she felt that ever since last night, living was a nightmare. Nobody talked during breakfast. Nobody talked after breakfast. All they really did was stare off into space thinking, "What will happen now?"
Tomoyo was really worried about Sakura. She never talked that whole day and she seemed so distant. Her emerald eyes fogged over and she always looked like she was about to cry. She also worried about Eriol. That day she spotted her boyfriend just staring out a window. She went up to him.
FLASHBACK
"What's wrong Eriol?" Tomoyo asked as she walked up to him.
As soon as he heard her voice his turned around to see his little angel worried sick.
He just hid his face.
"Nothing…don't worry…"
They were silent for a minute and that was really weird for whenever they were together they always talked to each other either about evil plans for Sakura and Syaoran, or about the recital coming up.
"Eriol?" Tomoy asked.
"Hmm?"
"Is it…hard to remember…bad things Clow Reed experienced?"
This caught Eriol in surprise. Nobody ever worried about him. People always thought that he would take care of himself just because he was Clow Reed's reincarnation.
He knew Tomoyo meant that if it was hard to think about how Clow Reed's sister killed herself for her brother. Eriol knew that he wasn't really Clow, but he felt a strange bond with that girl whenever he thought about it. And for some strange reason, it tugged at his heart…a lot…
"……………..yeah………….." Eriol admitted, "Sometimes I never really know who I really am. Either I'm acting like me or Clow Reed. It hurts to see what he had experienced. His father and mother died when he was barely just 5 years old. He had to go to an orphanage with his little sister. It's hard to remember which ones are my real memories now or Clow's from the past."
Tomoyo put a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry I understand. I always will."
"A-Arigato…"
END OF FLASHBACK
Tomoyo sighed. She was really worried about everyone. They all seemed so weird.
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Meiling was sitting all by herself in Sakura's room. Luckily they had no school for a while because the school was being fixed or else she would have been really distracted.
Kaji stayed with her when he found out about Syaoran. He comforted her and told her that it was going to be all right. He didn't know for sure but they can always hope. He knew she came back to Japan to try to cheer Syaoran's mother up and possibly to try to stop Syaoran from doing what he was meant to do. Syaoran was a dear cousin of hers and anyone who was special to her was special to Kaji too.
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That day went by slowly for everyone. They tried to be strong and tried to start conversations but they always stopped. That night everyone slept in Sakura's house again, afraid that Katana might come. They slept in the same places and the Kinomotos were not bothered. In fact they were relieved that Meiling and Tomoyo would be able to sleep in Sakura's room again just in case she started crying and they could help her. Everybody couldn't get to sleep that night, especially Yelan and Sakura. They tossed and turned all night.
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"Have you had enough yet, boy?" Katana said mockingly.
Syaoran hurt all over now. But still he couldn't…he WON'T…reveal where Sakura house was.
"I …told…you…I'll…never…tell………….ever…" he said feeling weaker with every word he said.
"Just tell me!!! NOW!!!!!!!"
Syaoran just glared at him.
"Argh…fine then. But I will get it out of you. We'll continue this tomorrow."
Katana swept out of that room of the cave-like place leaving a battered and bruised Syaoran.
"I'll…never…EVER…tell…………………………..Sakura…please…don't…come…
here………Katana…will…never…keep…his promise….."
"Argh that boy is getting quite annoying," Katana said talking to himself, "How can I get it out of him? I've tried forcing it out of him…what am I to do? I'll get those Cards…they'll see…"
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"Sakura?" a male voice said.
Sakura whipped around. Cherry blossoms drifted down to the ground. She saw a huge lake in front of her. Right there is front of her was…
"Syaoran!" Sakura cried as she ran to him. But as she ran to hug him she went right through him. It was like he was transparent. From the ground she saw that he looked fine.
"Syaoran?"
"Sakura…please…don't…come…here………Katana…will…never…keep…his promise……" the transparent Syaoran said slowly.
"What?! Go where?" Sakura begged for an answer.
"Katana…will…never…let…me…go………He…wants…the…Cards…and…he…will…do…anything…to…get…them………So…it…doesn't…matter…if…you…come…or…not…I…will…die either…way….."
"But I can't just leave you to die!" Sakura said.
But the ghost slowly faded away.
"Syaoran? Syaoran!"
"Sakura? Sakura WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!" a loud, annoying voice said.
She sat up slowly, rubbing her eyes. She saw Kero, Tomoyo and Meiling around her bed looking worried.
"Sakura do you know how many times I've been calling your name!? It's already 10:00am!! You've missed breakfast," said a pissed off Kero.
Sakura blinked. "Oh…gomen ne…I'll get dressed right away."
As she got up from her bed, Tomoyo and Meiling were still worried.
"What's wrong, Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yeah. Even you wouldn't sleep that late," Meiling added.
"Oh it's nothing. Did you guys eat your breakfast yet?" Sakura responded.
"No, we wanted to wait for you."
"Ok you guys go down now…you too Kero," Sakura said as she saw his hungry face, "I'll go down as soon as I can."
They nodded and left with Kero way ahead of them.
Sakura sighed. Should she tell them about the dream? She didn't really get the dream. And she didn't really want to trouble them any more, so she decided not to tell.
She got dressed into a pink shirt that has the sleeves up to her elbows and in the center a picture of a single cherry blossom and blue, jean capris. She went downstairs in the kitchen where Kero, Tomoyo and Meiling were waiting.
"Where is everybody else?" asked Sakura as she sat in a chair.
"The Li family decided to take a morning walk, your dad, Touya and Yukito went to work, and Eriol, Spinel Sun and Nakuru went to……" Tomoyo hesitated, '…they went to Syaoran's apartment."
"They said they wanted to investigate," Meiling said stuffing a piece of pancake into her mouth.
Sakura just nodded and started to eat her pancakes.
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"Well what do we do now, Master?" Nakuru asked impatiently.
"We go inside."
"Why aren't we going inside then?"
Eriol hesitated. He didn't know if he really wanted to go inside. Suppi had suggested that they go to Syaoran's apartment to see if they could find any clues to where Katana really went with Syaoran. At the time Eriol thought it was a good idea, but right now he wasn't so sure.
Slowly the impatient Nakuru opened the door. As soon as all of them stepped inside, they felt a weird aura…Katana's aura. They walked quietly into the kitchen and gasped. Oh the floor was a bloody knife.
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"What should we do Eriol?" Nakuru asked quietly.
"We can't really do anything now. This knife doesn't really give us a clue to where Syaoran is," Eriol responded.
"So we should just go back to mistress Sakura's house and tell them we didn't find anything, right? There's no use for staying here," Spinel Sun said.
"Besides, it's kinda creepy in here now. I feel a really weird aura," Nakuru said while shivering slightly.
"Yeah, let's go."
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"What's this?" Katana asked himself.
In front of him was an orb. It was kind of a magic ball that fortune-tellers use.
In the orb there was Eriol, Nakuru and Spinel Sun walking slowly into Syaoran's apartment.
"Hehe…fools…they've walked into my trap. I had left a little of my energy there and now my energy will follow them to the Card Mistress. Boy, am I smart," Katana said praising himself and laughing, "Now I will finally see where she is."
He went out of the cave-like room and went into another where Syaoran was.
Syaoran was confused. Katana had not beaten him up today. Maybe Katana had something up his sleeve. Well, at least now he was recovering his powers at least a little. Then he saw Katana walk into the room with an evil smile on his face. Syaoran closed his eyes tight, waiting for another attack…but it did not come.
Katana smiled slyly seeing that Syaoran was expecting another attack. 'Boy, is this little boy going to be surprised.' he thought.
As Syaoran carefully opened his eyes again, Katana said, "Get yourself ready, Li. We're going to visit a little friend of mine."
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"We're back!" Nakuru shouted as she closed the Kinomotos' front door behind her.
"Ah, Eriol! Did you find anything?" Meiling asked eagerly as she walked down the stairs.
He sighed. "I'm sorry. We couldn't find anything useful that would help us."
Tomoyo came down after Meiling. She patted Eriol on the back. "It's alright, Eriol. It was worth a try."
Sakura came down after that. She pasted an obvious fake smile on her face. "Oh Eriol! You're back!"
"Yup. What are you kids planning on doing today though?" Nakuru asked.
"I don't know. We'll just talk and stuff today," Tomoyo said.
Just then the door opened. The Li family stood there silently.
"Oh how was your walk?" Tomoyo asked.
"Oh it was wonderful. The cherry blossoms especially make it nice," Fenren said plastering a smile on.
Shiefa nodded. "It was really pretty."
The others agreed.
"Well, I'll get dinner started," Sakura said.
"We'll help you," Syaoran's sisters and Nakuru said. They didn't have anything to do anyway so why not help around the house?
Sakura nodded and they went to the kitchen.
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"We're home!" said three voices from the front door.
Sakura looked into the hallway and saw that her father, Touya and Yukito were there.
"Oh, hello. We just finished making dinner," Meiling said.
Yelan went up to Fujitaka as he entered the kitchen where everybody was.
"Thank you so much for letting us stay once more. It is really nice of you," she said politely.
"Oh it's no problem at all. Besides, the more the merrier," Fujitaka replied.
"Okay, I've set the table. All we have to do now is eat." Sakura said.
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"Ah, I'm stuffed. You cook really good Sakura-chan," Yukito complimented. Everybody agreed as they finished eating all the food on their plates.
"Oh not really," she said, "everybody helped. Besides, someone gave me a few pointers with cooking."
"Oh really, who?"
Sakura froze.
"Ummm……S-Syaoran helped me…" she stuttered.
Everybody was silent.
Then a black hole appeared in the middle of the room. Out of it came the most evil person on earth…Katana.
"Why wasn't I invited to the party?" he said.
Everybody gasped. What were they to do now? Sakura flew into rage.
"Katana let Syaoran go!" she shouted angrily.
"Oh you mean this guy?" With a wave of his hand Syaoran appeared on the floor next to him, his hands still tied behind him.
"SYAORAN/GAKI!!!!!" everybody said jumping out of their seats. Touya and Kero had said Gaki.
Syaoran opened his eyes slowly. He had heard his name being called. He blinked a few times to get used to the light because in the cave it was always dark. But finally he could see.
"…what…happened?…"
Sakura gasped. Syaoran looked so weak. He was bruised and battered and she could spot blood on his shoulder and on his face.
"Katana, WHAT DID YOU DO!?" she cried. She ran towards him. Suddenly an invisible shield made Sakura fly backward.
"Try as you might, you cannot get past that shield," Katana said while Eriol and Tomoyo helped Sakura up again.
"But what DID you do?!" Eriol asked furiously.
"Oh I just had a little talk with him," he said slyly, "Anyway, if you want him back, give me the Cards! Meet me at the Tuskimine Shrine tonight at midnight. If you don't, this weak Li will get more than a beating." Katana pointed at Syaoran.
Sakura looked at Syaoran. She couldn't just let him die that brutally. But what should she do?
Katana smiled to himself. He could see the Card Mistress falling into his trap. Now that she saw that Syaoran was in almost a death condition, no way will she be able to resist the 'invitation.'
"…Sakura……please…don't…go…………Forget…about…me…" Syaoran said weakly.
Sakura stared at him. 'Just like in my dream. He didn't want me to go to Tuskimine Shrine.' she smiled a little. 'He doesn't want me to get hurt…'
"Shut up, boy!" Katana said. Then he pointed his hand towards him and lightning surged through him. Syaoran screamed with pain.
"Stop it!!" Yelan cried.
Katana stopped and Syaoran's cries subsided.
"So this is your son, eh? That makes you an important part of the Li Clan, right?" Katana asked.
Yelan was silent.
Katana laughed. "Well tell the other dimwits in Hong Kong that are part of the Li Clan that the stupid little legend that fortune-teller said is a lie."
Nobody said anything.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later, Card Mistress. I better see you later or else your precious love will be gone…for good."
He laughed wickedly while the black portal appeared. He stepped inside dragging Syaoran behind him.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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A/N: how was that? I think this chapter was long…well it was longer than other chapters…anyways I'll try to make the chapters longer…PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!
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