*I don't own Card Captor Sakura or any of the original characters.
*Keep in mind that everyone is 17.
k.c- Yeah, imagine someone else commenting on your actions in your head =P
Raven- Hope this will satisfy your cravings for a while hehe.
sakurakawaiicherry- Well here's a little more. Next part coming soon.
Element 51- Thank you. I'm glad you like it.
Cami- You'll find out in the next chapter =)
OR- Sorry I didn't make it by the 25th.
Katsu-chan- Now where would the plot be if Sakura had an easy life?
starquestor- Once again sorry about not having it out by the 25th.
Destiny Challenged
Amora
Chapter 15
Second Strike
A/N: I'm just going to call Syaoran/Harry Harry from now on, but keep in mind that Syaoran is there in mind if not in spirit.
*****Hong Kong*****
"So glad of you to join us Li Fuutie."
Fuutie turned to the direction of the voice and came face to face with her captor. At first glance, she shivered at how cold his brown eyes were. They were void of all emotion and guarded his secrets zealously. She doubted that even her little brother could look like that if he wanted to. His long coal black hair was tied into a braid and hung down to his lower back. A long and narrow scar adorned his left cheek. The smile he gave her was frigid and showed no compassion or mirth.
"Who the hell are you? And what have you done to my family?!" Fuutie yelled venomously. The last thing she remembered was the attack on her family home and she had no doubt this person in front of her was responsible for the entire thing. If possible, his smile turned colder and she immediately tensed up.
"My name is Kiryle. And you family was...how do I put this? In the way?" He said with a smirk. "And they had to be eliminated. You on the other hand, I have something special planned for." He softly traced a finger lightly across her cheek. Fuutie immediately recoiled from his touch.
"Get the fuck away from me you sick bastard!" Fuutie yelled defiantly and spat in his face. Kiryle laughed and wiped the saliva from his face. "Playing hard to get are we? I like the fiery spirit in a woman." He sneered and with a wave of his hand, Fuutie found herself thrown back and hands chained against the wall. He approached her with a sadistic glint in his eyes.
"You Li's are all the same. The same stubborn streak runs in your blood. Those moronic idiots that you call elders wanted power and would trade anything for it. Look where they ended up." Kiryle said softly as his face was inches from hers. Fuutie's breath was ragged as she struggled valiantly against her restraints. "Join me. Become my wife and I can offer you more than you have ever dreamed of."
"Go to hell!" Fuutie yelled and kneed him in the groin as hard as she could. Kiryle doubled over in pain. Nobody moved for the next minute. The guards stationed at the edge of the doors didn't dare blink as they stared at their prone leader. Slowly, Kiryle rose slowly from the floor, his face contorted with a mixture of pain and anger.
"You stupid bitch!" he shouted and slapped Fuutie so hard that her head jerked backwards on impact. A dull red mark instantly appeared on her cheek. "And I thought you were one of the smart ones! Well let me tell you something. I'm not giving you a choice. There's no escape and no one left to save you."
"You're wrong! Xiaolang and his friends will stop you!" Fuutie exclaimed defiantly. A slow grin started forming on Kiryle's face at her last statement.
"You haven't heard have you?" Kiryle asked smirking. "Your precious Xiaolang is dead."
"What! You're lying!"
"Now why would I do a thing like that? I only tell you this so you don't hold on to false hope. And I must thank you for bringing up your brother's friends. It seems to me that I must dispose of them as well..." Kiryle trailed off. All color drained from Fuutie's face when she realized that he wasn't lying. Xiaolang was really gone. Her last string of hope was cut. She started sobbing openly.
"No...Xiaolang...you can't be dead!" Fuutie cried. She sank against the wall as the fiery resistance left her. Kiryle motioned for one of the guards to approach him.
"Go get me Takara." He ordered. The guard immediately complied and minutes later, a tall dark man entered the room. He approached Kiryle and bowed.
"I've got an important job for you. Our guest here has brought something to my attention. I need various people eliminated in Japan." Kiryle stated. At Takara's nod, he continued. "I need you to go find the Card Mistress and the Clow reincarnation, and dispose of them before they can become a nuisance. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir!" Takara bowed again and left quickly. Kiryle turned to the tear faced Fuutie and smiled. "Don't worry." He said while softly wiping away her tears. "Soon it will be all over, and you can have anything you desire if you join me." She didn't respond. "I'll be back in a day. Make up your mind by then."
Fuutie didn't bother watching him leave. She was lost in her own thoughts. How could her little brother be dead? If any Li was a survivor, it would be him. He never gave up no matter what the cost. If that girl that he cared was in danger, there was no way he was going to sit back and let her die. He would intervene somehow and she was sure of it. She just prayed that he truly was alive and well.
******Japan*******
"We have to go after her! She's still not 100 percent!" Eriol exclaimed as Sakura ran out the front door. Touya just slammed his fist into the wall and groaned.
"Don't you think I know that already?" he demanded. The situation was grim and they didn't need any more theatrics but he couldn't help himself as he screamed in frustration. "You know as well as I do that my sister is the most stubborn person on the planet! What makes you think that she isn't miles away already? She could be flying to Hong Kong at this very damn moment!"
Eriol suddenly tensed as he felt a familiar aura nearby. He paled noticeably as Touya continued his ranting without paying attention. He tried to dismiss the feeling as something else but it wouldn't go away. It suddenly clicked in his mind of who it was.
"Kami! It's Syaoran! He's not dead!" Eriol shouted in disbelief interrupting Touya's frustrated mumbling. "But that's not possible! We saw the building collapse on him right after he teleported us out!"
"What! The kid? Why can't that gaki leave my sister alone?" Touya growled menacingly and clenched his fists. Eriol rolled his eyes in frustration before heading outside.
"Come on you baka! He's near where Sakura is. He can probably talk her out of going!" Eriol shouted back. "Hurry up!"
Touya reluctantly left his place near the table and glanced at Tomoyo. She was sleeping peacefully it looked as if she didn't want to be disturbed. Without another thought, he raced out of the house and followed Eriol.
As they ran, Touya heard a far off explosion. Eriol grimaced next to him as they ran towards the source. "She's in trouble!" he heard Eriol shout before it was drowned out by another explosion. Adrenaline took over his system as he raced off to save his sister.
*****Tomoeda Harbor*****
Sakura panted as she finally reached the harbor using the dash card. It wouldn't be long now until she arrived in Hong Kong. That bastard Kiryle will pay for what he did.
'Shaolang-kun...' she thought sadly. How she wished she could once again just drown in his intense gaze. She remembered how he had held her and comforted her. His aura wrapped around her and made her feel incredibly safe and secure. She wanted so badly to have realized what she felt before he had gone on that rescue mission. He had sacrificed his life to save her brother, and she couldn't even figure out how she truly felt about him until it was too late.
'I love you...and now it's too late' Sakura thought bitterly as a few tears escaped her defenses and slid down her cheeks. She pulled out the fly card and held it in fierce determination. 'For you Shaolang-kun...'
"And where do you think you're going?" a cold voice interrupted her concentration. Sakura turned sharply and saw a large burly man standing a few meters to her left. His face contorted into a sneer as he watched her summon her key. "And what do you think you're doing with that?" With a wave of his hand, a beam of energy shot towards Sakura and knocked her key from her grasp. She attempted to grab it, but it flew directly into Takara's hands.
"Looking for this?" Takara taunted as he waved her key mockingly in front of him. Sakura clenched her fists when he slowly approached her. "Not very tough without this are you?" He was about to attack when a sudden burst of flame hit him from the side.
"Ouch! What the hell?!" Takara yelled in surprise as he was lightly scorched. He looked over and saw a majestic lion creature perched on top of a building.
"Kero-chan!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise. Kero growled in response and leapt from where he was standing. Takara jumped aside just in time as a moment later, a sharp claw descended where he just was.
"You stupid animal!" He yelled and once again jumped aside as another fireball scorched the ground beside him. "Enough of this!" Takara raised his hands as Kero charged again. With a quick incantation, a black translucent sphere materialized around Kero and trapped him inside.
While Takara was busy dealing with the flying lion, he didn't notice someone sneaking up behind him and stealing the key. Sakura noticed and stared in bewilderment. What was her classmate from Seijou doing here? It was Harry, the transfer student who had been Li Shaolang's friend. Her heart contracted painfully as she thought of Shaolang.
Suddenly she was snapped out of her thoughts when she found her key dangling in front of her face for her to take. "What?" she asked trying to play dumb. He couldn't know about her powers could he? Harry sighed and just shoved it into her hand.
"Come on Kinomoto-san. While your friend keeps him busy, finish him off!" He whispered fiercely trying not to draw Takara's attention from Kero. Sakura stared at him in wonder.
"But how did you-"
"Never mind that! Just use surprise to your advantage while you still have it." Sakura nodded and summoned the thunder card. A bolt of lightning struck Takara when he wasn't expecting it and he was thrown into a nearby tree. Getting up and slightly dazed, he turned his full attention on Sakura.
"What how did you-" he said then saw the blonde teen standing next to her. "You! You stole the key from me! You'll pay for that."
Harry smirked at the fuming Takara who glared at him in return. "I'm sure I will." He said with a grin. He materialized his sword and got into his battle stance. Sakura's jaw dropped open as she saw her classmate perform magic. In the instant that his sword appeared, his aura flared. It was the same comforting green that she had come to love.
Before she could pursue that train of thought, she was again interrupted by Takara's incantation. Magical spikes flew towards them and she did the first thing that came to her mind.
"Shield!" Sakura shouted and instantly a magical barrier harmlessly deflected the spikes. To her left, she saw Harry mutter something under his breath. Bolts of lightning hit Takara but it didn't have nearly the impact of the first electrical attack. In the next few minutes, lightning, ice, and fire were hurled at Takara but with little or no effect.
"Sakura! It's not working! We have to try something else!" Harry shouted at her while ducking another blast of energy aimed at him. Sakura nodded and pulled out her wand.
"Sword card!" she commanded and Harry caught on to what she was doing. He quickly threw another bolt of lightning before looking over to Sakura. She nodded and they both charged.
Takara was still busy fending off the magical attack and was completely unprepared for the physical assault. With a surprised shout, he was suddenly cut down mercilessly by two swords. Sakura was fueled by a deep desire to seek revenge. Revenge on those that hurt her and took away the one that she loved. She hacked and slashed at the battered form before her faster than even the grand masters of fencing could see. Her adrenaline rush was contagious as Harry found himself doing the exact thing. Within seconds, the pitiful screams that filled the air died down and all that remained was pieces of Takara's lifeless body.
Sakura was still breathing heavily as the reality of what she had done sank in. She took one look at her bloodied hands and dropped the sword in shock. Harry quickly hugged her to him as she started sobbing.
"Oh god...what have I done..." Sakura cried into Harry's chest as he tried to comfort her. "Shhh...it's ok. He was Kiryle's servant." Harry tried to reassure her.
'Aww Li, you're going all soft.' Harry mentally said to Syaoran who was now comforting Sakura. He growled in response.
'Shut up!' he screamed back mentally. 'Okay! I was just kidding. You don't have to get all pissed.' Harry thought with a mental shrug before once again fading into the background. This was something Li would have to take care of.
Syaoran looked around at the battered body of Takara, Sakura crying in his arms, the now untransformed Kero that lay unconscious nearby, and Touya and Eriol rushing towards them and sighed. It would take a lot of explanations to clear this up. He had a long day ahead of him.
"Hey you! What the hell have you done to my sister!"
Yes, a long day indeed.
A/N: Sorry for the delay of a few days, but school has really been busy torturing us students. It isn't a pretty site. Well I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I can. Stick around for #16 and please R/R. Thanks.
*Keep in mind that everyone is 17.
k.c- Yeah, imagine someone else commenting on your actions in your head =P
Raven- Hope this will satisfy your cravings for a while hehe.
sakurakawaiicherry- Well here's a little more. Next part coming soon.
Element 51- Thank you. I'm glad you like it.
Cami- You'll find out in the next chapter =)
OR- Sorry I didn't make it by the 25th.
Katsu-chan- Now where would the plot be if Sakura had an easy life?
starquestor- Once again sorry about not having it out by the 25th.
Destiny Challenged
Amora
Chapter 15
Second Strike
A/N: I'm just going to call Syaoran/Harry Harry from now on, but keep in mind that Syaoran is there in mind if not in spirit.
*****Hong Kong*****
"So glad of you to join us Li Fuutie."
Fuutie turned to the direction of the voice and came face to face with her captor. At first glance, she shivered at how cold his brown eyes were. They were void of all emotion and guarded his secrets zealously. She doubted that even her little brother could look like that if he wanted to. His long coal black hair was tied into a braid and hung down to his lower back. A long and narrow scar adorned his left cheek. The smile he gave her was frigid and showed no compassion or mirth.
"Who the hell are you? And what have you done to my family?!" Fuutie yelled venomously. The last thing she remembered was the attack on her family home and she had no doubt this person in front of her was responsible for the entire thing. If possible, his smile turned colder and she immediately tensed up.
"My name is Kiryle. And you family was...how do I put this? In the way?" He said with a smirk. "And they had to be eliminated. You on the other hand, I have something special planned for." He softly traced a finger lightly across her cheek. Fuutie immediately recoiled from his touch.
"Get the fuck away from me you sick bastard!" Fuutie yelled defiantly and spat in his face. Kiryle laughed and wiped the saliva from his face. "Playing hard to get are we? I like the fiery spirit in a woman." He sneered and with a wave of his hand, Fuutie found herself thrown back and hands chained against the wall. He approached her with a sadistic glint in his eyes.
"You Li's are all the same. The same stubborn streak runs in your blood. Those moronic idiots that you call elders wanted power and would trade anything for it. Look where they ended up." Kiryle said softly as his face was inches from hers. Fuutie's breath was ragged as she struggled valiantly against her restraints. "Join me. Become my wife and I can offer you more than you have ever dreamed of."
"Go to hell!" Fuutie yelled and kneed him in the groin as hard as she could. Kiryle doubled over in pain. Nobody moved for the next minute. The guards stationed at the edge of the doors didn't dare blink as they stared at their prone leader. Slowly, Kiryle rose slowly from the floor, his face contorted with a mixture of pain and anger.
"You stupid bitch!" he shouted and slapped Fuutie so hard that her head jerked backwards on impact. A dull red mark instantly appeared on her cheek. "And I thought you were one of the smart ones! Well let me tell you something. I'm not giving you a choice. There's no escape and no one left to save you."
"You're wrong! Xiaolang and his friends will stop you!" Fuutie exclaimed defiantly. A slow grin started forming on Kiryle's face at her last statement.
"You haven't heard have you?" Kiryle asked smirking. "Your precious Xiaolang is dead."
"What! You're lying!"
"Now why would I do a thing like that? I only tell you this so you don't hold on to false hope. And I must thank you for bringing up your brother's friends. It seems to me that I must dispose of them as well..." Kiryle trailed off. All color drained from Fuutie's face when she realized that he wasn't lying. Xiaolang was really gone. Her last string of hope was cut. She started sobbing openly.
"No...Xiaolang...you can't be dead!" Fuutie cried. She sank against the wall as the fiery resistance left her. Kiryle motioned for one of the guards to approach him.
"Go get me Takara." He ordered. The guard immediately complied and minutes later, a tall dark man entered the room. He approached Kiryle and bowed.
"I've got an important job for you. Our guest here has brought something to my attention. I need various people eliminated in Japan." Kiryle stated. At Takara's nod, he continued. "I need you to go find the Card Mistress and the Clow reincarnation, and dispose of them before they can become a nuisance. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir!" Takara bowed again and left quickly. Kiryle turned to the tear faced Fuutie and smiled. "Don't worry." He said while softly wiping away her tears. "Soon it will be all over, and you can have anything you desire if you join me." She didn't respond. "I'll be back in a day. Make up your mind by then."
Fuutie didn't bother watching him leave. She was lost in her own thoughts. How could her little brother be dead? If any Li was a survivor, it would be him. He never gave up no matter what the cost. If that girl that he cared was in danger, there was no way he was going to sit back and let her die. He would intervene somehow and she was sure of it. She just prayed that he truly was alive and well.
******Japan*******
"We have to go after her! She's still not 100 percent!" Eriol exclaimed as Sakura ran out the front door. Touya just slammed his fist into the wall and groaned.
"Don't you think I know that already?" he demanded. The situation was grim and they didn't need any more theatrics but he couldn't help himself as he screamed in frustration. "You know as well as I do that my sister is the most stubborn person on the planet! What makes you think that she isn't miles away already? She could be flying to Hong Kong at this very damn moment!"
Eriol suddenly tensed as he felt a familiar aura nearby. He paled noticeably as Touya continued his ranting without paying attention. He tried to dismiss the feeling as something else but it wouldn't go away. It suddenly clicked in his mind of who it was.
"Kami! It's Syaoran! He's not dead!" Eriol shouted in disbelief interrupting Touya's frustrated mumbling. "But that's not possible! We saw the building collapse on him right after he teleported us out!"
"What! The kid? Why can't that gaki leave my sister alone?" Touya growled menacingly and clenched his fists. Eriol rolled his eyes in frustration before heading outside.
"Come on you baka! He's near where Sakura is. He can probably talk her out of going!" Eriol shouted back. "Hurry up!"
Touya reluctantly left his place near the table and glanced at Tomoyo. She was sleeping peacefully it looked as if she didn't want to be disturbed. Without another thought, he raced out of the house and followed Eriol.
As they ran, Touya heard a far off explosion. Eriol grimaced next to him as they ran towards the source. "She's in trouble!" he heard Eriol shout before it was drowned out by another explosion. Adrenaline took over his system as he raced off to save his sister.
*****Tomoeda Harbor*****
Sakura panted as she finally reached the harbor using the dash card. It wouldn't be long now until she arrived in Hong Kong. That bastard Kiryle will pay for what he did.
'Shaolang-kun...' she thought sadly. How she wished she could once again just drown in his intense gaze. She remembered how he had held her and comforted her. His aura wrapped around her and made her feel incredibly safe and secure. She wanted so badly to have realized what she felt before he had gone on that rescue mission. He had sacrificed his life to save her brother, and she couldn't even figure out how she truly felt about him until it was too late.
'I love you...and now it's too late' Sakura thought bitterly as a few tears escaped her defenses and slid down her cheeks. She pulled out the fly card and held it in fierce determination. 'For you Shaolang-kun...'
"And where do you think you're going?" a cold voice interrupted her concentration. Sakura turned sharply and saw a large burly man standing a few meters to her left. His face contorted into a sneer as he watched her summon her key. "And what do you think you're doing with that?" With a wave of his hand, a beam of energy shot towards Sakura and knocked her key from her grasp. She attempted to grab it, but it flew directly into Takara's hands.
"Looking for this?" Takara taunted as he waved her key mockingly in front of him. Sakura clenched her fists when he slowly approached her. "Not very tough without this are you?" He was about to attack when a sudden burst of flame hit him from the side.
"Ouch! What the hell?!" Takara yelled in surprise as he was lightly scorched. He looked over and saw a majestic lion creature perched on top of a building.
"Kero-chan!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise. Kero growled in response and leapt from where he was standing. Takara jumped aside just in time as a moment later, a sharp claw descended where he just was.
"You stupid animal!" He yelled and once again jumped aside as another fireball scorched the ground beside him. "Enough of this!" Takara raised his hands as Kero charged again. With a quick incantation, a black translucent sphere materialized around Kero and trapped him inside.
While Takara was busy dealing with the flying lion, he didn't notice someone sneaking up behind him and stealing the key. Sakura noticed and stared in bewilderment. What was her classmate from Seijou doing here? It was Harry, the transfer student who had been Li Shaolang's friend. Her heart contracted painfully as she thought of Shaolang.
Suddenly she was snapped out of her thoughts when she found her key dangling in front of her face for her to take. "What?" she asked trying to play dumb. He couldn't know about her powers could he? Harry sighed and just shoved it into her hand.
"Come on Kinomoto-san. While your friend keeps him busy, finish him off!" He whispered fiercely trying not to draw Takara's attention from Kero. Sakura stared at him in wonder.
"But how did you-"
"Never mind that! Just use surprise to your advantage while you still have it." Sakura nodded and summoned the thunder card. A bolt of lightning struck Takara when he wasn't expecting it and he was thrown into a nearby tree. Getting up and slightly dazed, he turned his full attention on Sakura.
"What how did you-" he said then saw the blonde teen standing next to her. "You! You stole the key from me! You'll pay for that."
Harry smirked at the fuming Takara who glared at him in return. "I'm sure I will." He said with a grin. He materialized his sword and got into his battle stance. Sakura's jaw dropped open as she saw her classmate perform magic. In the instant that his sword appeared, his aura flared. It was the same comforting green that she had come to love.
Before she could pursue that train of thought, she was again interrupted by Takara's incantation. Magical spikes flew towards them and she did the first thing that came to her mind.
"Shield!" Sakura shouted and instantly a magical barrier harmlessly deflected the spikes. To her left, she saw Harry mutter something under his breath. Bolts of lightning hit Takara but it didn't have nearly the impact of the first electrical attack. In the next few minutes, lightning, ice, and fire were hurled at Takara but with little or no effect.
"Sakura! It's not working! We have to try something else!" Harry shouted at her while ducking another blast of energy aimed at him. Sakura nodded and pulled out her wand.
"Sword card!" she commanded and Harry caught on to what she was doing. He quickly threw another bolt of lightning before looking over to Sakura. She nodded and they both charged.
Takara was still busy fending off the magical attack and was completely unprepared for the physical assault. With a surprised shout, he was suddenly cut down mercilessly by two swords. Sakura was fueled by a deep desire to seek revenge. Revenge on those that hurt her and took away the one that she loved. She hacked and slashed at the battered form before her faster than even the grand masters of fencing could see. Her adrenaline rush was contagious as Harry found himself doing the exact thing. Within seconds, the pitiful screams that filled the air died down and all that remained was pieces of Takara's lifeless body.
Sakura was still breathing heavily as the reality of what she had done sank in. She took one look at her bloodied hands and dropped the sword in shock. Harry quickly hugged her to him as she started sobbing.
"Oh god...what have I done..." Sakura cried into Harry's chest as he tried to comfort her. "Shhh...it's ok. He was Kiryle's servant." Harry tried to reassure her.
'Aww Li, you're going all soft.' Harry mentally said to Syaoran who was now comforting Sakura. He growled in response.
'Shut up!' he screamed back mentally. 'Okay! I was just kidding. You don't have to get all pissed.' Harry thought with a mental shrug before once again fading into the background. This was something Li would have to take care of.
Syaoran looked around at the battered body of Takara, Sakura crying in his arms, the now untransformed Kero that lay unconscious nearby, and Touya and Eriol rushing towards them and sighed. It would take a lot of explanations to clear this up. He had a long day ahead of him.
"Hey you! What the hell have you done to my sister!"
Yes, a long day indeed.
A/N: Sorry for the delay of a few days, but school has really been busy torturing us students. It isn't a pretty site. Well I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as I can. Stick around for #16 and please R/R. Thanks.