Chapter 4 - All the Proof Needed
"Syaoran, let's go to town" Meirin said the next morning, "did you even sleep??" she continued on talking like he didn't know she was even there talking to him. "I guess you must have found the magician?" she said almost asking. "Who is it??,....Syaoran I'm talking to you" Meirin said at the point of losing her patience. Finally Syaoran looked at her in the eyes, she saw confusion, fear and hatred all at the same time, she got scared at his look and withdrew to her own room. Syaoran imagined Sakura, if she really was that powerful, would she have to die, by Zhao's, Meririn's or even his own hands. Then his thoughts turned to the small girl with her, who was she??. Syaoran needed more evidence, so he decided to do some spying of his own. He wouldn't even have to hide if she saw him, they knew each other somehow already.
Syaoran turned to the door and walked out, but just outside was his brother, "I know what your thinking.." he said and chuckled evilly and softly. Syaoran didn't say anything just stared at his brother's dark cold gaze. "Let's test her" Zhao said, "how?" Meirin asked hanging onto Zhao's arm who had just came from nowhere. "Simple, we make an ambush" Zhao said calmly looking at Syaoran. "It's a small village, she's living in the castle" Meirin said, "you've done your research" Zhao said unimpressed. "How are we gonna get in??" she asked, "we don't" Zhao said still looking at Syaoran, Meirin looked confused, "Syao here is gonna lead her out, straight into the trap" Zhao said a little later, Syaoran was alarmed and refused to the idea but didn't say a word and contained himself. They all walked out, Syaoran first, when he looked back, they were already gone, but he could feel their eyes looking at him.
"How can I do this, I don't want to.." Syaoran said to himself in a whisper. He was serious and ready in the surface, but so confused and afraid inside that he thought he might just back out in the end, and his father would punish if not kill him. "Choices, choices" Syaoran heard someone say, he looked down to where the voice was coming from. It was the little girl, "come" she said, her musical voice had a touch of fright. She took his hand even when it was a little over her reach. She led him to the cemetery, she pointed at the one at the top, it had the most decorated and beautiful white stone, Syaoran looked at the little girl, her eyes just like his, just like his mother. Then she just left him there to look at her running to it, then she kneeled down in front and let herself fall next to the peonies.
Syaoran ran to see if she was Ok, apart from his cold appearance, he had a heart of gold. He saw she was crying lightly and he looked at the tomb in amazement. He took a step back and looked at the name is fine print, "Li Yelan" Syaoran said under his breath, then there was her birth year and the death year was hidden in roses, and on the bottom there was a message. "I'll love you always" it said, Syaoran was more confused than even and silence swept over them, "you weren't here...he hates me" the little girl said, "what?" Syaoran asked confused. "Daddy hates me" she said, "who-who are you???" Syaoran asked confused, angered and alarmed, "I'm Ai, mommy's little girl" she said sadly touching her mothers tomb stone. "What????" Syaoran nearly screamed, "no family, all alone" Ai said like she was talking to herself, burring herself inside of her. "This is impossible" Syaoran told himself trying to calm the urge to destroy. "Cursed...cursed...cursed..." Ai kept repeating, Syaoran got near her to see what she was doing, he kneeled on one knee and looked at her face, her eyes far away, lost. "What's going on?" he asked himself and barely noticed the screaming coming from behind him. An old man and Sakura came to see Ai, "Ai!! Are you ok??, Ai answer me" the old man kept saying, "Ai" was all Sakura could say. They were all frightened, Ai seem more lost than ever, when the old man looked at Syaoran, his first reaction was of surprise then he hit him with magic so hard that Syaoran went frying 15 feet into the air, but Syaoran managed to land on his feet and kneeled again. Sakura was confused and stood in place in fright, "STAY AWAY FROM HER, YOURS HAVE DONE ENOUGH DAMAGE" the old man screamed, then disappeared in thin air. Syaoran spit some blood to the wet grass but there was not much damage in his stomach where he received the unexpected hit.
"Syaoran are you, Ok??" Sakura said while running to him, she wasn't sure why Ai's grandfather had hit Syaoran, but she just couldn't leave him like that. "Syaoran" she said and helped him get up, "are you ok??, I have no idea why he did that, he's usually very harmless" Sakura said as if explaining for the old man's actions. "But he does!!!" They heard a voice above a tree, "isn't that right Syaoran??" the man said, the light blacked their eyes but the voice, it was definitely Zhao. He applauded and laughed evilly, "good boy, Syao" Zhao said, a giggling was also heard, this one from the bottom of the tree, it was Meirin. Syaoran looked at Zhao, in a look telling him to back off, "oh don't tell me, you developed affection for her" Meilin said cold heartedly. "I mean, look at her, I'm 10 times better" Merin kept saying while getting closer to Syaoran. Then Zhao trew a huge ball of fire at Sakura who was so close to Syaoran that Merin even got worried. Sakura out of fear did a quick ice incantation and both attacks melted in glittering water. "Father was right, she is almost at your level" Zhao said, and smiled evilly at Sakura who was almost in tears, more scared than ever.
To Be Continued....
Another chapter...getting interesting huh...hehe...what will happen???...find out in the next to come chapter...what did you think of this one anyways..plz review...