A/N- Thanks for the reviews! Here's chapter 6! I hope ya like it!
Flowers for my Girl-Chapter 6
Syaoran gazed into the whiteness surrounding him. There was nothing around him; it was a pure white arena. Behind him, the door snapped shut, and Syaoran felt he was in the middle of nowhere.
'I can only assume that I'm still in the graveyard,' Syaoran thought. 'What is this place? What if I'm stuck here forever! Nothing is happening! Where's the test?"
And from within Syaoran's mind came Shing's voice. 'Patience is a virtue…'
"Hmph, patience. I don't like it," Syaoran said aloud.
"I know you don't like it," came a voice from behind him.
"Huh?" Syaoran said as he flipped around to see who was talking.
"Patience, we aren't that great at it."
"We?" Syaoran asked. But he knew what the person meant.
"Yes, we. For I am Syaoran Li," said the voice evilly.
Syaoran shook his head. His mirror image was right across from him! 'That can't be possible! How can I be right across from me? This makes no sense, it's confusing!'
"It's only confusing to you," the Li said.
(A/N- I think this is the first time I have ever interrupted one of my fics, but this is important!! PLEASE READ this, or the rest of this chapter will confuse you. The otherwise 'fake' Syaoran I am going to call 'Li' throughout the rest of this chapter, whereas our hero, Syaoran, will be called Syaoran- like always. Sorry if this is confusing^-^;. Back to the story!)
Syaoran shook his head. "How did you know what I was thinking?"
"I'm you, naturally."
'So this is my next test, I guess I have to get by him…' Syaoran thought. 'But how?'
Li laughed and said, "You won't get by me, it's as simple as that. I AM YOU. You injure me, you injure yourself."
"I don't see why I should believe that," Syaoran replied. But then he saw it. The injury. Across from him, Li had the same injury on his arm that he had acquired from the previous test.
"You don't really want to save her," the Li said with menace.
"Nani?" Syaoran asked.
"You're only here because you have nothing better to do. I mean, when you left her last time you said you loved her, but she didn't say anything! She doesn't love you, so you must not love her anymore. It makes sense to me. And since I'm you, well, there should be no argument here," Li said reasonably.
"I don't believe that, I never thought about that!" Syaoran yelled in anger.
"Oh yes you did. You are just in denial. Remember: I know everything that you know. Just give up right now, give up this stupid test, you'd never pass the ones to come, you'd never pass this test."
Syaoran glared and said deadly, "You don't know anything about me if you say that I'm only trying to save Sakura because I have nothing better to do."
Li glared back and replied angrily, "So, you never thought about what happens after you save her? Do you think that you would be some big hero? Of course you wouldn't be! She's just another girl. She died, move on! You can't save her. She died by magic, I'm sure she deserved what she had coming to her."
"I can't save her, eh? We'll see about that. This is just some stupid test. You are trying to make me doubt how I feel. It's not working! I feel the same way I felt when I walked into the door for this test. I WILL save her," Syaoran said stubbornly.
"Well, if that is how you feel, so be it. But I must not let you pass me. You will have to defeat me to go onto the next test," Li said smiling.
Syaoran was about to attack his double, when he stopped in his tracks. "Why are you smiling so surely?"
"I suppose you don't remember that if you injure me, you injure yourself. Also, I have something that you don't have." And with that, Li pulled out his sword, the one that was taken away from Syaoran before he began the test.
Syaoran gasped. "That's not fair…" But Syaoran knew the reply. 'Life isn't fair, yada yada yada…' Syaoran thought, thinking of what Shing would say in such a tough situation as he was in.
Li smiled wickedly. He knew that Syaoran was in such a bind, there was nothing for the boy to do. Li jumped into the air, and lunged towards Syaoran.
Syaoran saw the blade coming and dodged to the left of him. Even with the dodge, the sword managed to graze his skin. 'He got me!' Syaoran thought in pain. His wound from the last test had gotten bigger, being as Li had hurt him in the same place that the green beast as. 'Well, at least if I'm hurt, he's hurt to.' Syaoran looked at his twin, and cried out in alarm. Li was standing in front of the fallen Syaoran, still smiling. His right arm was bleeding at the same rate that Syaoran's was, only he didn't seem to be feeling the pain that Syaoran felt. Syaoran came to a realization about Li, and felt renewed hope.
Li made another dive. Syaoran stood up in agony, and moved to his right side. As Li's sword came in, Syaoran grabbed Li's wrist and twisted it. Li's grip on the sword loosened. Syaoran didn't feel Li's pain and kept twisting Li's hand until Li finally dropped the sword. Syaoran then picked up the sword and for the first time since he had met Li, smiled.
Syaoran held onto his sword with both hands, and held the blade at Li's throat.
He was about to kill Li, when Li interrupted. "You can't kill me, remember? If you kill me, you'll only be killing yourself. And if you kill yourself, there goes any chance that you can save her. Such a pity it is…"
Li never had the chance to complete his thought. Syaoran amputated Li before he had finished.
Standing over his dead twin Syaoran said, "I came to the realization when you didn't feel the pain that you caused on me. You are not me. The real me wants to save Sakura, not condemn her to everlasting sadness in whatever place she is. I love her, you don't. I feel anguish when I think that I might lose. You don't. You are not me, you are fake! Any injury that appeared on you wasn't real. Therefore, I could kill you without killing myself."
'Some test, that was pathetic,' Syaoran thought, waiting for something to happen. From behind him came a distinct clapping noise, making Syaoran turn around quickly.
"Very nice, that was amusing to watch," Shing said. "You survived the second test, that's truly impressive."
Syaoran snorted. "Yeah, I don't consider that to be much of a test. That was insulting! To have my mirror image tell me that my journey to bring back Sakura was for my own selfish reasons, I would never believe that!"
Shing nodded and replied, "That mirror wasn't as fake as you think him to be. Whether you realize it or not, you have those doubts in your mind. This test was for you to recognize and defeat those doubts. You seemingly defeated doubts you were unaware of. You do have those doubts, you just don't know it because they are hidden deep inside you."
"That's bull," Syaoran fumed.
"Yay! Syaoran-kun won!" came a voice with an Osaka accent behind Shing. Kero flew to Syaoran and hugged his neck. "You won the test! I watched it with Shing; that was cool! One Syaoran is dead! But I wonder if there are more Syaoran's in the world? That would be terrible!"
Syaoran sweatdropped and yelled, "Let go of me! That Syaoran wasn't me! That's why I didn't die too! He was a fake replica of me!"
Kero let go of Syaoran and proclaimed, "Really?"
Syaoran sweatdropped even more and asked Kero, "Did you listen to anything I said while you were mysteriously watching the test? Or while I was talking to Shing?"
Kero replied innocently, "No. I was watching it. Ya know, I should have figured that Syaoran wasn't the same as you, he was more handsome!"
Syaoran sighed and turned his attention back onto Shing. "Can we get out of this place? It's so white in here… kinda creepy."
Shing nodded and after Syaoran blinked, they were back into the dreary graveyard. Kero was flying around through the trees, humming and singing. "Sakura is coming back, Sakura is coming back!" he sang.
"When is my next test?" Syaoran asked.
Shing replied, "You're in a hurry. I don't blame you. The next test starts… now."
Syaoran nodded. He then realized that Kero and Shing were gone again. Syaoran sighed and shook his head, still not liking their disappearing act.
'I don't have any doubts about what I'm doing. I will revive Sakura, no matter what,' Syaoran thought convincingly. 'I don't have any doubts, nope… no doubts…'
A/N- Good? Bad? Gomen nasai if that was confusing! I tried to make it make sense, lol. Oh! The whole, "You told Sakura you loved her, but she never said she loved you thing," the setting of the story. It takes place after the 3rd season, before the movies.
If you don't understand here's a summary of what Syaoran meant when he said that Li was fake-à Ok, once Syaoran saw that Li didn't feel the pain that he felt, he knew that Li was fake. If Li was truly the same as Syaoran, he would feel the same as Syaoran felt. Therefore this replica of Syaoran was just another person trying to confuse Syaoran's mind. Syaoran knew he could kill Li, since Li wasn't him.
Cripes, this is starting to confuse me! Well, it's hard to explain, but hopefully you got it! The next tests aren't so confusing. I just thought that a fake Syaoran test would be fun. Please review! It makes me so happy! As for Syaoran's doubts, what do you think? ^_~ Ja!
Flowers for my Girl-Chapter 6
Syaoran gazed into the whiteness surrounding him. There was nothing around him; it was a pure white arena. Behind him, the door snapped shut, and Syaoran felt he was in the middle of nowhere.
'I can only assume that I'm still in the graveyard,' Syaoran thought. 'What is this place? What if I'm stuck here forever! Nothing is happening! Where's the test?"
And from within Syaoran's mind came Shing's voice. 'Patience is a virtue…'
"Hmph, patience. I don't like it," Syaoran said aloud.
"I know you don't like it," came a voice from behind him.
"Huh?" Syaoran said as he flipped around to see who was talking.
"Patience, we aren't that great at it."
"We?" Syaoran asked. But he knew what the person meant.
"Yes, we. For I am Syaoran Li," said the voice evilly.
Syaoran shook his head. His mirror image was right across from him! 'That can't be possible! How can I be right across from me? This makes no sense, it's confusing!'
"It's only confusing to you," the Li said.
(A/N- I think this is the first time I have ever interrupted one of my fics, but this is important!! PLEASE READ this, or the rest of this chapter will confuse you. The otherwise 'fake' Syaoran I am going to call 'Li' throughout the rest of this chapter, whereas our hero, Syaoran, will be called Syaoran- like always. Sorry if this is confusing^-^;. Back to the story!)
Syaoran shook his head. "How did you know what I was thinking?"
"I'm you, naturally."
'So this is my next test, I guess I have to get by him…' Syaoran thought. 'But how?'
Li laughed and said, "You won't get by me, it's as simple as that. I AM YOU. You injure me, you injure yourself."
"I don't see why I should believe that," Syaoran replied. But then he saw it. The injury. Across from him, Li had the same injury on his arm that he had acquired from the previous test.
"You don't really want to save her," the Li said with menace.
"Nani?" Syaoran asked.
"You're only here because you have nothing better to do. I mean, when you left her last time you said you loved her, but she didn't say anything! She doesn't love you, so you must not love her anymore. It makes sense to me. And since I'm you, well, there should be no argument here," Li said reasonably.
"I don't believe that, I never thought about that!" Syaoran yelled in anger.
"Oh yes you did. You are just in denial. Remember: I know everything that you know. Just give up right now, give up this stupid test, you'd never pass the ones to come, you'd never pass this test."
Syaoran glared and said deadly, "You don't know anything about me if you say that I'm only trying to save Sakura because I have nothing better to do."
Li glared back and replied angrily, "So, you never thought about what happens after you save her? Do you think that you would be some big hero? Of course you wouldn't be! She's just another girl. She died, move on! You can't save her. She died by magic, I'm sure she deserved what she had coming to her."
"I can't save her, eh? We'll see about that. This is just some stupid test. You are trying to make me doubt how I feel. It's not working! I feel the same way I felt when I walked into the door for this test. I WILL save her," Syaoran said stubbornly.
"Well, if that is how you feel, so be it. But I must not let you pass me. You will have to defeat me to go onto the next test," Li said smiling.
Syaoran was about to attack his double, when he stopped in his tracks. "Why are you smiling so surely?"
"I suppose you don't remember that if you injure me, you injure yourself. Also, I have something that you don't have." And with that, Li pulled out his sword, the one that was taken away from Syaoran before he began the test.
Syaoran gasped. "That's not fair…" But Syaoran knew the reply. 'Life isn't fair, yada yada yada…' Syaoran thought, thinking of what Shing would say in such a tough situation as he was in.
Li smiled wickedly. He knew that Syaoran was in such a bind, there was nothing for the boy to do. Li jumped into the air, and lunged towards Syaoran.
Syaoran saw the blade coming and dodged to the left of him. Even with the dodge, the sword managed to graze his skin. 'He got me!' Syaoran thought in pain. His wound from the last test had gotten bigger, being as Li had hurt him in the same place that the green beast as. 'Well, at least if I'm hurt, he's hurt to.' Syaoran looked at his twin, and cried out in alarm. Li was standing in front of the fallen Syaoran, still smiling. His right arm was bleeding at the same rate that Syaoran's was, only he didn't seem to be feeling the pain that Syaoran felt. Syaoran came to a realization about Li, and felt renewed hope.
Li made another dive. Syaoran stood up in agony, and moved to his right side. As Li's sword came in, Syaoran grabbed Li's wrist and twisted it. Li's grip on the sword loosened. Syaoran didn't feel Li's pain and kept twisting Li's hand until Li finally dropped the sword. Syaoran then picked up the sword and for the first time since he had met Li, smiled.
Syaoran held onto his sword with both hands, and held the blade at Li's throat.
He was about to kill Li, when Li interrupted. "You can't kill me, remember? If you kill me, you'll only be killing yourself. And if you kill yourself, there goes any chance that you can save her. Such a pity it is…"
Li never had the chance to complete his thought. Syaoran amputated Li before he had finished.
Standing over his dead twin Syaoran said, "I came to the realization when you didn't feel the pain that you caused on me. You are not me. The real me wants to save Sakura, not condemn her to everlasting sadness in whatever place she is. I love her, you don't. I feel anguish when I think that I might lose. You don't. You are not me, you are fake! Any injury that appeared on you wasn't real. Therefore, I could kill you without killing myself."
'Some test, that was pathetic,' Syaoran thought, waiting for something to happen. From behind him came a distinct clapping noise, making Syaoran turn around quickly.
"Very nice, that was amusing to watch," Shing said. "You survived the second test, that's truly impressive."
Syaoran snorted. "Yeah, I don't consider that to be much of a test. That was insulting! To have my mirror image tell me that my journey to bring back Sakura was for my own selfish reasons, I would never believe that!"
Shing nodded and replied, "That mirror wasn't as fake as you think him to be. Whether you realize it or not, you have those doubts in your mind. This test was for you to recognize and defeat those doubts. You seemingly defeated doubts you were unaware of. You do have those doubts, you just don't know it because they are hidden deep inside you."
"That's bull," Syaoran fumed.
"Yay! Syaoran-kun won!" came a voice with an Osaka accent behind Shing. Kero flew to Syaoran and hugged his neck. "You won the test! I watched it with Shing; that was cool! One Syaoran is dead! But I wonder if there are more Syaoran's in the world? That would be terrible!"
Syaoran sweatdropped and yelled, "Let go of me! That Syaoran wasn't me! That's why I didn't die too! He was a fake replica of me!"
Kero let go of Syaoran and proclaimed, "Really?"
Syaoran sweatdropped even more and asked Kero, "Did you listen to anything I said while you were mysteriously watching the test? Or while I was talking to Shing?"
Kero replied innocently, "No. I was watching it. Ya know, I should have figured that Syaoran wasn't the same as you, he was more handsome!"
Syaoran sighed and turned his attention back onto Shing. "Can we get out of this place? It's so white in here… kinda creepy."
Shing nodded and after Syaoran blinked, they were back into the dreary graveyard. Kero was flying around through the trees, humming and singing. "Sakura is coming back, Sakura is coming back!" he sang.
"When is my next test?" Syaoran asked.
Shing replied, "You're in a hurry. I don't blame you. The next test starts… now."
Syaoran nodded. He then realized that Kero and Shing were gone again. Syaoran sighed and shook his head, still not liking their disappearing act.
'I don't have any doubts about what I'm doing. I will revive Sakura, no matter what,' Syaoran thought convincingly. 'I don't have any doubts, nope… no doubts…'
A/N- Good? Bad? Gomen nasai if that was confusing! I tried to make it make sense, lol. Oh! The whole, "You told Sakura you loved her, but she never said she loved you thing," the setting of the story. It takes place after the 3rd season, before the movies.
If you don't understand here's a summary of what Syaoran meant when he said that Li was fake-à Ok, once Syaoran saw that Li didn't feel the pain that he felt, he knew that Li was fake. If Li was truly the same as Syaoran, he would feel the same as Syaoran felt. Therefore this replica of Syaoran was just another person trying to confuse Syaoran's mind. Syaoran knew he could kill Li, since Li wasn't him.
Cripes, this is starting to confuse me! Well, it's hard to explain, but hopefully you got it! The next tests aren't so confusing. I just thought that a fake Syaoran test would be fun. Please review! It makes me so happy! As for Syaoran's doubts, what do you think? ^_~ Ja!