*I don't own Card Captor Sakura or any of the original characters.
*Keep in mind that everyone is 17.
Destiny Challenged
Chapter 5
Amora
Carnival Disasters
*******Under Tokyo Tower********
"Well what do you have to report Kiryle?" Apsu demanded of her most trusted subordinate.
"Li Syaoran has ventured to Tomoeda just as planned Apsu-sama. He has rented an apartment with some American who is also travelling. We had a hard time tracking him due to him hiding his magical aura." Kiryle stated.
"I see. He may be on to us. If he does somehow vanish, just attack the one named Sakura Kinomoto and that should lure him out. It is his mission to protect her."
"Understood Apsu-sama. The one you spoke of is going to the fair today with three of her friends. One of them being Eriol Hiiragizawa. Should I attempt anything?"
"Send out Cannibus to wreak havoc on their little group. Have some fun but make sure you don't kill any of them. I wish to toy with all of them later." Apsu requested and then disappeared.
Kiryle smiled to himself.
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself. Walking down the main hall, he spotted Cannibus sleeping near the main entrance of the fort. It's huge doglike body was moving up and down as it slept.
"Wake up ya lazy mutt!" Kiryle shouted at the beast as he kicked it awake. Cannibus growled and snarled but held back from attacking. From previous experiences, it knew it wouldn't last long against Kiryle.
"That's more like it. Now I have something for you to do. Go terrorize the Tomoeda festival. You can kill anyone you want except for those with magic."
Cannibus snarled in hesitant agreement and ran out of the room.
*******Saturday afternoon*******
"Hey Li! There's a carnival in town. A good chance to meet some girls!"
Syaoran shook his head at his new American friend. It didn't surprise him that Harry had brought up the topic of the fair. There were posters on every street corner and it was advertised at least twice an hour on every station. He really didn't want to go but there was nothing else to do. His mother made him start school on Monday. "It will further your position as the head of our clan." she had said.
'Sakura's going to be there. Guess I can go and watch over her too.' Syaoran thought at the request. "Alright. I have nothing better to do. Give me a minute."
Syaoran quickly went and changed into a pair of black pants and black shirt that clung onto his muscular frame. Putting on a pair of sunglasses he looked VERY sexy and mysterious.
"Looking sharp. So who are you trying to impress?" Harry joked.
"Hmph. Whatever. Let's go." came the reply.
"4 tickets please." Tomoyo told the attendant. Since it was her idea to come here she was paying for it.
"Thanks for paying for all of us." Sakura said. Taking a look around, she realized how popular this carnival really was. The place was packed with people lining up for every event and ride. Little kids were running around having the time of their lives.
Suddenly a hand grabbed Sakura's shoulder from behind. Turning around, she saw a giant gorilla bearing a toothy grin at her. She screamed. The man in the costume was probably more scared than she was at her sudden outburst and quickly let go of her.
"I'm sorry miss! I didn't mean to scare you like that." the man apoligized.
Sakura blushed when she realized everyone within 100 feet of her was staring at her. How silly she must have looked being terrified of someone in a costume. Some other people were snickering but Jutsun gave them evil glares that shut them up. Seeing that his girlfriend was embarrassed, he took her hand and led her to another part of the park.
"Are you ok Sakura?" Jutsun asked gently.
"I'm fine." she replied. It just wasn't her day to have fun. Memories of her past flooded in her mind and on top of that, she had just made a fool of herself in front of hundreds of complete strangers. "I guess I wasn't paying attention."
"That's not all I'm asking about. You've been distant today. First of all at the restaurant and then now. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm fine. Thanks for asking." Sakura said trying to be convincing. 'I'm sorry Jutsun' she thought sadly. 'There are some places in my heart that even you can't access'
Suddenly her thoughts were interupted by an ear-piercing scream.
**********Somewhere else in the carnival***********
"This better be worth it." Syaoran complained bitterly. "I'm not exactly rich and these tickets cost a fortune."
"Just chill man." Harry replied enthusiastically. "Check out that group of girls over there! Come on!"
Syaoran just rolled his eyes as he was pushed towards the group. On closer inspection, however, one of those three girls looked familiar. 'Hey isn't that...'
"Hey what's up?" Harry greeted the trio with his trademark grin.
"Hi!" one of the girls answered happily.
'I know her. But from where...That's it! It's Yamazaki's girlfriend. Now what was her name?' Syaoran thought as Harry conversed with the girls.
"I'm Harry and I'm from America. I'm fairly new to Japan." Harry introduced. As he spoke, he silently observed the three. Only one of them was intrested in a conversation with him. The other two were busy staring at his friend who was completely oblivious and absorbed in his thoughts.
"Nice to meet you Harry. I'm Chiharu, and these are my friends Aiiko and Kyra."
The other two waved hello and then reverted back to staring at the silent mysterious black haired teen.
'Oh yeah! Now I remember Chiharu.' Syaoran thought before being broken out of his revere by a nudge.
"Why don't you introduce yourself?" Harry suggested.
'Well I can't let Chiharu know it's me. Guess I better come up with something fast.' Syaoran thought quickly before speaking. "Nice to meet you. I'm Shaolang. Li Shaolang." He removed his sunglasses for an added effect hoping for a good impression. He would have to deal with these people because he had to see them in school. It seemed to work.
Harry was dumbfounded at how successfully Syaoran had pulled off the oldest cliche. He had succeeded in getting their attention. Not only that, they were captivated by his eyes. The three girls stared at his intense midnight blue gaze that seemingly burned with red fire underneath. As an added bonus, he smiled. Not one of those half smirks but a smile full of years of delicate practice for his training in a public role. It's resemblance to a real smile was uncanny and few if any could ever separate one from the other.
'Well I guess he does have some underlying skills.' Harry thought with a grin. 'Maybe he's not hopeless after all.'
He was about to comment when they heard a scream.
********By the roller coaster*********
"Oh my god!" Screamed one of the bystanders as the crowd witnessed a spectacle unfold before them. "What the hell is that?"
On top of one of the tracks of the rollar coaster was one of the trains trapped by a huge doglike beast. It proceeded to disassemble the entire ride violently with it's massive claws. The trapped cart of people screamed as the train started rolling towards a section of the destroyed track. Just as it reached the edge and started to descend, Sakura arrived.
"Those people are going to die!" Tomoyo yelled hysterically.
"Not if i can help it. Windy card, Release and Dispell. Windy card!" Sakura summoned as she used her powers to gently put the train full of people on the ground. The crowd was speechless but she had no time to worry about that. She knew she had to deal with the beast before anyone gets hurt. Eriol distracted it with fire spells but that was just an annoyance to the demon. Sakura pondered the options for the few seconds she had to spare. Fire had little effect, and it was too fast for lightning. Shot was useless against it as was windy. Power and sword were suicide.
'It's just too fast!' Sakura thought as she lept out of the way of the charging beast barely in time. 'That's it! I'll slow it down!' "Wood card, Release and Dispell. Wood card!"
Cannibus saw the oncomming branches and had only one choice of direction: up. It took a giant leap and started to float in the air avoiding every branch until out of reach.
'What the hell? It flew!!' Sakura thought angrily as she watches Wood card miss its target. She dodged yet another attack and came up with an idea.
"Light card, blind this monster. Release and Dispell. Light card!" The beast seemed momentarily stunned by the bright flashes of light and lost it's bearing for a moment. "Thunder card, Release and Dispell. Thunder card!" A lightning bolt struck Cannibus while it was temporarily blinded. Unfortunately, it hit its mark and then dissapated into nearby metalic objects and had no effect other than minor annoyance.
Cannibus was getting fed up with this human. Orders or not, it would kill this being who tried to exterminate him with pathetic magic spells. Giving off a mighty roar, it swooped down from it's ariel position and charged head on. Seeing this, Sakura tried to get out of the way but tripped on a branch of the Wood card. Witnessing the mistake, Cannibus raised its right claw and decended.
Looking up and seeing how hopeless her position looked, she cried one name that would forever be in her heart.
"SYAORAN!!!"
As soon as Syaoran heard the scream, he excused himself and took off. In the distance, he saw a huge doglike beast attacking a roller coaster.
'Perfect.' He thought sarcastically. 'Just what I need right now. More trouble.' As he ran towards the scream, he passed a costume booth that was abandoned by it's attendant who had gone to see the spectacle. Grabbing the nearest set of clothes, he rapidly put it on without thinking. After finishing, he did a doubletake.
"What the hell am I doing? I need something to hide my alter identity but this is insane.' Syaoran thought as he stared at his clown costume composing of oversized shoes, red nose, and all. 'Oh well, no time for that.'
Quickly running to the scene, he saw what was going on. Sakura was temporarily holding her own against the oversized demon dog. He felt something that he hadn't felt for a long time. Pride. He was proud of Sakura for being so strong on her own.
'Not only is she strong,' he thought, 'she is also beautiful, agile, and fights with great strategy.' Watching for a few more seconds, he got ready to spring into action if she needed his help. Seeing her lightning attack fail, he groaned. He had wished that it would have been destroyed or crippled by a direct hit. He saw her trip while trying to escape and got ready to make his move but her outburst surprised him. He knew she thought she was about to die and the one person she called for was not her brother, father, best friend, Eriol, or even her boyfriend. It had been his name that she had called. He who she had not seen in the past 7 years.
Shaking the thought from his mind, he sprang into the battle with his sword drawn. If the situation wasn't so grim, spectators would have probably chuckled at the sight of a clown charging with a sword.
Sakura closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow but it never came. Opening her eyes she gasped at the sight before her. Cannibus flew recklessly across the sky with someone on it's back. She squinted her eyes to get a look at her savior. She was saved by...a clown!?
Syaoran jumped on the back of the charging beast and successfully diverted the attack it had planned for Sakura. Cannibus desparately tried to get him off its back and started to barrel roll. Gritting his teeth, Syaoran raised his sword up and plunged it into the back of the beast. Roaring with pain, it did everything it could to get rid of the unwanted passenger. While trying to avoid the claws that were constantly hacking at him, Syaoran withdrew the sword only to plunge it elsewhere repeatedly. Unable to take anymore of the excrutiating pain, Cannibus collapsed from midair and fell to the ground. Jumping off before impact, Syaoran rushed over to make sure he had finished the job. Cannibus let out one last roar which trailed off and moved no more.
The entire carnival was silent. A giant demon dog had just attacked and then been defeated by a clown. Syaoran took one last look around. Glancing to his left, dark amber blue met emerald green. As Syaoran and Sakura stared at each other, both were deep in thought. There revere was broken by sirens that were approaching the park. Taking this chance to get out of there, Syaoran made his escape.
Sakura was busy using the Erase card on everyone to wipe their memories of her but her thoughts kept drifting to the mysterious clown that saved her. 'Who was he? Why did he seem so familiar? The way he handled the sword. And why does he FEEL so familiar?'
Questions kept popping in her mind as she walked home.
A/N: Shaolang literally means "young wolf". I guess that is change enough so people don't recognize his name.
Please review. It's much appreciated by any author.
*Keep in mind that everyone is 17.
Destiny Challenged
Chapter 5
Amora
Carnival Disasters
*******Under Tokyo Tower********
"Well what do you have to report Kiryle?" Apsu demanded of her most trusted subordinate.
"Li Syaoran has ventured to Tomoeda just as planned Apsu-sama. He has rented an apartment with some American who is also travelling. We had a hard time tracking him due to him hiding his magical aura." Kiryle stated.
"I see. He may be on to us. If he does somehow vanish, just attack the one named Sakura Kinomoto and that should lure him out. It is his mission to protect her."
"Understood Apsu-sama. The one you spoke of is going to the fair today with three of her friends. One of them being Eriol Hiiragizawa. Should I attempt anything?"
"Send out Cannibus to wreak havoc on their little group. Have some fun but make sure you don't kill any of them. I wish to toy with all of them later." Apsu requested and then disappeared.
Kiryle smiled to himself.
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself. Walking down the main hall, he spotted Cannibus sleeping near the main entrance of the fort. It's huge doglike body was moving up and down as it slept.
"Wake up ya lazy mutt!" Kiryle shouted at the beast as he kicked it awake. Cannibus growled and snarled but held back from attacking. From previous experiences, it knew it wouldn't last long against Kiryle.
"That's more like it. Now I have something for you to do. Go terrorize the Tomoeda festival. You can kill anyone you want except for those with magic."
Cannibus snarled in hesitant agreement and ran out of the room.
*******Saturday afternoon*******
"Hey Li! There's a carnival in town. A good chance to meet some girls!"
Syaoran shook his head at his new American friend. It didn't surprise him that Harry had brought up the topic of the fair. There were posters on every street corner and it was advertised at least twice an hour on every station. He really didn't want to go but there was nothing else to do. His mother made him start school on Monday. "It will further your position as the head of our clan." she had said.
'Sakura's going to be there. Guess I can go and watch over her too.' Syaoran thought at the request. "Alright. I have nothing better to do. Give me a minute."
Syaoran quickly went and changed into a pair of black pants and black shirt that clung onto his muscular frame. Putting on a pair of sunglasses he looked VERY sexy and mysterious.
"Looking sharp. So who are you trying to impress?" Harry joked.
"Hmph. Whatever. Let's go." came the reply.
"4 tickets please." Tomoyo told the attendant. Since it was her idea to come here she was paying for it.
"Thanks for paying for all of us." Sakura said. Taking a look around, she realized how popular this carnival really was. The place was packed with people lining up for every event and ride. Little kids were running around having the time of their lives.
Suddenly a hand grabbed Sakura's shoulder from behind. Turning around, she saw a giant gorilla bearing a toothy grin at her. She screamed. The man in the costume was probably more scared than she was at her sudden outburst and quickly let go of her.
"I'm sorry miss! I didn't mean to scare you like that." the man apoligized.
Sakura blushed when she realized everyone within 100 feet of her was staring at her. How silly she must have looked being terrified of someone in a costume. Some other people were snickering but Jutsun gave them evil glares that shut them up. Seeing that his girlfriend was embarrassed, he took her hand and led her to another part of the park.
"Are you ok Sakura?" Jutsun asked gently.
"I'm fine." she replied. It just wasn't her day to have fun. Memories of her past flooded in her mind and on top of that, she had just made a fool of herself in front of hundreds of complete strangers. "I guess I wasn't paying attention."
"That's not all I'm asking about. You've been distant today. First of all at the restaurant and then now. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm fine. Thanks for asking." Sakura said trying to be convincing. 'I'm sorry Jutsun' she thought sadly. 'There are some places in my heart that even you can't access'
Suddenly her thoughts were interupted by an ear-piercing scream.
**********Somewhere else in the carnival***********
"This better be worth it." Syaoran complained bitterly. "I'm not exactly rich and these tickets cost a fortune."
"Just chill man." Harry replied enthusiastically. "Check out that group of girls over there! Come on!"
Syaoran just rolled his eyes as he was pushed towards the group. On closer inspection, however, one of those three girls looked familiar. 'Hey isn't that...'
"Hey what's up?" Harry greeted the trio with his trademark grin.
"Hi!" one of the girls answered happily.
'I know her. But from where...That's it! It's Yamazaki's girlfriend. Now what was her name?' Syaoran thought as Harry conversed with the girls.
"I'm Harry and I'm from America. I'm fairly new to Japan." Harry introduced. As he spoke, he silently observed the three. Only one of them was intrested in a conversation with him. The other two were busy staring at his friend who was completely oblivious and absorbed in his thoughts.
"Nice to meet you Harry. I'm Chiharu, and these are my friends Aiiko and Kyra."
The other two waved hello and then reverted back to staring at the silent mysterious black haired teen.
'Oh yeah! Now I remember Chiharu.' Syaoran thought before being broken out of his revere by a nudge.
"Why don't you introduce yourself?" Harry suggested.
'Well I can't let Chiharu know it's me. Guess I better come up with something fast.' Syaoran thought quickly before speaking. "Nice to meet you. I'm Shaolang. Li Shaolang." He removed his sunglasses for an added effect hoping for a good impression. He would have to deal with these people because he had to see them in school. It seemed to work.
Harry was dumbfounded at how successfully Syaoran had pulled off the oldest cliche. He had succeeded in getting their attention. Not only that, they were captivated by his eyes. The three girls stared at his intense midnight blue gaze that seemingly burned with red fire underneath. As an added bonus, he smiled. Not one of those half smirks but a smile full of years of delicate practice for his training in a public role. It's resemblance to a real smile was uncanny and few if any could ever separate one from the other.
'Well I guess he does have some underlying skills.' Harry thought with a grin. 'Maybe he's not hopeless after all.'
He was about to comment when they heard a scream.
********By the roller coaster*********
"Oh my god!" Screamed one of the bystanders as the crowd witnessed a spectacle unfold before them. "What the hell is that?"
On top of one of the tracks of the rollar coaster was one of the trains trapped by a huge doglike beast. It proceeded to disassemble the entire ride violently with it's massive claws. The trapped cart of people screamed as the train started rolling towards a section of the destroyed track. Just as it reached the edge and started to descend, Sakura arrived.
"Those people are going to die!" Tomoyo yelled hysterically.
"Not if i can help it. Windy card, Release and Dispell. Windy card!" Sakura summoned as she used her powers to gently put the train full of people on the ground. The crowd was speechless but she had no time to worry about that. She knew she had to deal with the beast before anyone gets hurt. Eriol distracted it with fire spells but that was just an annoyance to the demon. Sakura pondered the options for the few seconds she had to spare. Fire had little effect, and it was too fast for lightning. Shot was useless against it as was windy. Power and sword were suicide.
'It's just too fast!' Sakura thought as she lept out of the way of the charging beast barely in time. 'That's it! I'll slow it down!' "Wood card, Release and Dispell. Wood card!"
Cannibus saw the oncomming branches and had only one choice of direction: up. It took a giant leap and started to float in the air avoiding every branch until out of reach.
'What the hell? It flew!!' Sakura thought angrily as she watches Wood card miss its target. She dodged yet another attack and came up with an idea.
"Light card, blind this monster. Release and Dispell. Light card!" The beast seemed momentarily stunned by the bright flashes of light and lost it's bearing for a moment. "Thunder card, Release and Dispell. Thunder card!" A lightning bolt struck Cannibus while it was temporarily blinded. Unfortunately, it hit its mark and then dissapated into nearby metalic objects and had no effect other than minor annoyance.
Cannibus was getting fed up with this human. Orders or not, it would kill this being who tried to exterminate him with pathetic magic spells. Giving off a mighty roar, it swooped down from it's ariel position and charged head on. Seeing this, Sakura tried to get out of the way but tripped on a branch of the Wood card. Witnessing the mistake, Cannibus raised its right claw and decended.
Looking up and seeing how hopeless her position looked, she cried one name that would forever be in her heart.
"SYAORAN!!!"
As soon as Syaoran heard the scream, he excused himself and took off. In the distance, he saw a huge doglike beast attacking a roller coaster.
'Perfect.' He thought sarcastically. 'Just what I need right now. More trouble.' As he ran towards the scream, he passed a costume booth that was abandoned by it's attendant who had gone to see the spectacle. Grabbing the nearest set of clothes, he rapidly put it on without thinking. After finishing, he did a doubletake.
"What the hell am I doing? I need something to hide my alter identity but this is insane.' Syaoran thought as he stared at his clown costume composing of oversized shoes, red nose, and all. 'Oh well, no time for that.'
Quickly running to the scene, he saw what was going on. Sakura was temporarily holding her own against the oversized demon dog. He felt something that he hadn't felt for a long time. Pride. He was proud of Sakura for being so strong on her own.
'Not only is she strong,' he thought, 'she is also beautiful, agile, and fights with great strategy.' Watching for a few more seconds, he got ready to spring into action if she needed his help. Seeing her lightning attack fail, he groaned. He had wished that it would have been destroyed or crippled by a direct hit. He saw her trip while trying to escape and got ready to make his move but her outburst surprised him. He knew she thought she was about to die and the one person she called for was not her brother, father, best friend, Eriol, or even her boyfriend. It had been his name that she had called. He who she had not seen in the past 7 years.
Shaking the thought from his mind, he sprang into the battle with his sword drawn. If the situation wasn't so grim, spectators would have probably chuckled at the sight of a clown charging with a sword.
Sakura closed her eyes and waited for the fatal blow but it never came. Opening her eyes she gasped at the sight before her. Cannibus flew recklessly across the sky with someone on it's back. She squinted her eyes to get a look at her savior. She was saved by...a clown!?
Syaoran jumped on the back of the charging beast and successfully diverted the attack it had planned for Sakura. Cannibus desparately tried to get him off its back and started to barrel roll. Gritting his teeth, Syaoran raised his sword up and plunged it into the back of the beast. Roaring with pain, it did everything it could to get rid of the unwanted passenger. While trying to avoid the claws that were constantly hacking at him, Syaoran withdrew the sword only to plunge it elsewhere repeatedly. Unable to take anymore of the excrutiating pain, Cannibus collapsed from midair and fell to the ground. Jumping off before impact, Syaoran rushed over to make sure he had finished the job. Cannibus let out one last roar which trailed off and moved no more.
The entire carnival was silent. A giant demon dog had just attacked and then been defeated by a clown. Syaoran took one last look around. Glancing to his left, dark amber blue met emerald green. As Syaoran and Sakura stared at each other, both were deep in thought. There revere was broken by sirens that were approaching the park. Taking this chance to get out of there, Syaoran made his escape.
Sakura was busy using the Erase card on everyone to wipe their memories of her but her thoughts kept drifting to the mysterious clown that saved her. 'Who was he? Why did he seem so familiar? The way he handled the sword. And why does he FEEL so familiar?'
Questions kept popping in her mind as she walked home.
A/N: Shaolang literally means "young wolf". I guess that is change enough so people don't recognize his name.
Please review. It's much appreciated by any author.