MysticalDreamer: hello! in response to the comment from, Ryouga Saiyuki,
ACK! I forgot that the Clow was now called the Book of Sakura...you see,
when they showed the last episodes on WB, I was really busy so I said "Hey
it'll be on again sometime!" and it hasnt been on sinse. So I didn't
realize it was called the Book of Sakura. So for here, its gonna be called
the Clow because I am too lazy to change it. ^_^ and does anyone know where
i can se those last few episodes? Anyway~ ok, there's a wedding in here and
I don't know what japanese or chinese weddings are like so its just what i
wrote.
all right, your tired of my babbling so two more quick things, thank you
reviewers: Misora and Ryouga Saiyuki.
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS. (too lazy too think of something funny right
now)
chapter two~ A Key to the Past
The woman was beautiful. She wore a long white silk kimono and her brown hair was tied in an elegant bun at the back/top of her head. She wore soft white shoes and a sparkling silver headdress/tiara. She wore no makeup; she had enough beauty. In front of her, spreading flower petals all over the floor was a small Chinese girl, who looked very cute in a pale blue kimono with her hair in a cute kind of way.
She walked down a path and to her left and right were a bunch of people, also dressed in their best. Where she was headed, there were six woman, four with brown hair, two with dark hair, and wearing elegant clothes, kimono-ish, five Chinese, one Japanese. The Japanese girl had tears pouring down her face.
The little Chinese girl reached the end of the walkway and twirled around and ran and stood near one of the Chinese girls.
The woman in white was nearing the end of her path and there was also a bunch of men and a teenage boy standing nearby. One was dressed in a fancy outfit/kimono and was staring at the woman in white with a large amount of admiration in his eyes. Another of the Chinese girls started to cry as well.
A man with some gray hairs came up and took the woman's hand. He brought her over to the man and gave her hand to him, then kissed her cheek. He went and sat back down. One of the Chinese girls and the Japanese girl started to cry harder and they hugged each other.
"Hello Sakura."
"Hello Syaoran."
One year, two months later
The same Chinese woman that was crying at the wedding was now sitting in a chair fiddling with her fingers, eyes darting all over. The same Japanese woman at the wedding was tapping her foot repeatedly and staring at the door. The man who gave Sakura away was sitting with his arms crossed, eyes closed, thinking. One of the men that was at the wedding was walking back and forth, around in a circle, in every direction.
"Thats it!" screamed the Chinese woman. Everyone looked at her, including four Chinese girls who were all hugging each other. "I can't take it anymore! They've been in there for over ten hours!" she jumped up.
"Meiling!" cried the Japanese girl, standing up and walking over to her. "I'm positive everything is fine. Don't worry!" she said.
"How can you be so calm, Tomoyo?!" screamed Meiling.
Suddenly the four Chinese girls cried out loud. Very loud.
"Can you girls please shut up!" shouted the pacing guy.
"Touya..calm down." said the gray haired man.
"How can I stay calm, Dad?!" shouted Touya. His hands messing up his hair. "My only and younger sister is giving birth!!" he screamed.
Fujitaka(A/N: sakura's dad..not sure what his name is..) sighed. "She'll be fine. Sakura has always been healthy and strong." he said.
"Exactly." said Tomoyo. "Sakura will be fine." she said with a smile.
Meiling sat down. "Argh." she whispered.
~*~*~*~*~
"Come on Sakura!" said Syaoran.
"Damnit Syaoran, you try this!" screamed Sakura. Syaoran bit his toungue.
"On more time." said the midwife. Sakura screamed. Then their was crying sound. "Its a girl!" shouted the midwife.
Syaoran sighed and Sakura breathed in deeply. The midwife wrapped the baby in a white blanket and handed her to Sakura.
"She's..so cute!" squealed Sakura. Syaoran smiled and shook his head.
"She has your eyes." he said, staring at his daughter.
Sakura started to cry, happy tears though. She was dripping with sweat but she was smiling the biggest smile ever.
"Have you decided on a name?" asked the midwife.
Sakura looked at Syaoran. "Saiya." she said. He nodded. "Saiya Li." she said softly. Saiya stopped crying and looked around, well she couldn't see anything but still.
Syaoran kissed Sakura's forehead. "I think I should go tell everyone." he said.
Sakura nodded. She looked back at her daughter. Syaoran opened the door and walked down the hall of his house. He reached the room where crying could be heard inside. His sisters. He opened the door and instantly, his sisters and Meiling ran over, Touya grabbed his shoulders and Tomoyo stood nearby, looking hopeful. Everyone else had their eyes on him as well.
"Its a girl!" he said cheerfully. Everyone cheered. "Her name is Saiya Li."
"I knew it!" screamed Meiling. "I knew it was a girl." She ran over to Keroberos. "Hand over the cash, stuffed animal!" she said.
"I remember making no such bet!" replied the guardian beast of the seal.
Leaving everyone to celebrate, Syaoran went back to his wife and their newborn daughter, Saiya Li.
Two months later
Syaoran was pacing back and forth across the large room. There were two guards nearby and Sakura was sitting on the floor, playing with a little girl and Saiya.
"No news is good news, right?" asked Syaoran.
Sakura looked up at him. "That depends." she replied. She picked up Saiya and put her in her lap.
"The Shen Clan is gaining power. If we don't do something..." said Syaoran. He stopped pacing and turned to face Sakura. "I'm the leader of the Li Clan..I can't just sit here, waiting for the messenger to come." he said.
"Thats all you can do." said Sakura. A woman came in and took the little girl away. She beckoned to Saiya, but Sakura shook her head. She stood up and walked over to Syaoran. The woman left with the little girl.
"We are the only ones who stand in their way." said Syoaran. "If they conquer us...we're all done for." he said.
Sakura sighed. "We have the power of the Clow." she said. "Using that, plus the original power we have, we cannot be defeated." she said. Saiya cooed and Sakura looked at her.
Syaoran grinned. "Saiya is going to grow up to be a power person." he said. "Not only is she the heir to the Li Clan but she's going to eventually get the Clow Book as well."
"Saiya is definitely unique." said Sakura.
Suddenly somone rushed into the room. Syaoran and Sakura turned. "Yes?" he asked.
"Messege." he said. "From Eriol."
Syaoran nodded. "What is it?" he asked.
The man nodded. "Li Clan- Xingyo has gained some power in England. I have recieved information that they are headed for Hong Kong and should arrive there by the end of the month. They plan to start an all out war. I will do what I can but for now, we must end contact or one of us will surely be in danger. Farewell for now. Eriol." he said.
"Damnit!" said Syaoran. "They're heading here? Now?"
"Syaoran.." said Sakura. "We need to prepare. Surely the Li Clan will be attacked. And if the rumors are true..they might be more powerful than ever." she said.
Syaoran nodded. "Thank you." he said to the man. "Would you be so kind as to get my advisors together..and my mother?" he asked.
The man nodded. "Later today, six." he said and ran off.
Sakura looked at the baby in her arms. "Should we send Saiya to my father for now?" she asked. "She would be safe in Japan."
Syaoran shook his head. "Remember? Your father and Touya are visiting Hong Kong for two weeks." he said.
"What about Tomoyo?" asked Sakura. "Oh nevermind..she's on her way here now..I can't believe I forgot." she said.
Syaoran put his hand on her shoulder. "Its ok. We've all got a lot of things on our mind right now." he said. Sakura nodded.
One month later
Syaoran stood next to Sakura, dressed in a battle costume. The Shen Clan Army was on their way. There was smoke in the distance which meant they were near.
"Saiya will be safe with your cousin, right?" asked Sakura.
Syaoran nodded. "I wouldn't leave her with anyone else, except perhaps Meiling but she's getting ready to fight." he said.
Sakura lookd out over the hills in the distance. She had a really bad feeling about this. Thats when the army appeared. And there was a lot of them.
"They're here." said Syaoran.
"Fly Card." said Sakura. "Give me the power of flight." she said. Wings appeared on her back. "I am ready to fight."
"You don't need to fight, Sakura." said Syaoran.
"When I married you, I became part ot the Li Clan." said Sakura, clutching his hand. "And I will fight for the Li Clan. Besides. I have the Clow and you need that." she said.
Syaoran smiled. He was a lucky man.
Half an hour later, the army arrived and attacked. The Clans were involved in hand to hand combat.
~*~*~*~
Xingyo was a man of few words. When he said words however, everyone obeyed. He pocessed more power than any person in the Li Clan now. Except for one. Luckily, she couldn't fight. Yet.
"My orders are clear." he told his men. "Capture every last member of the Li Clan. Once inside that mansion, lock it up and if anyone escapes..kill them on the spot. The only people I do not want dead are Syaoran and Sakura Li." he said. "Once you have them, bring me the Clow. And their daughter, Saiya? It is essential that she dies." he said.
And the men obeyed.
~*~*~*~
Syaoran fought with the lead man of the front line. They had forced their way close to the main builing and some people had even gotton inside. There were many dead bodies and more would come.
Syaoran whirled around and killed the man sneaking up on him. Then he turned back to face the leader but he was running towards the main house.
"NO!" he screamed. Saiya was inside. He ran after him and stabbed him in the back. He fell to the ground, dead.
It was no use though. A bunch of men had gotton the door opened and were now entering the house. He ran at them and attacked.
He jumped over their heads and cut off someone's arm. Then he sent the man flying out the doors and into a heap of bodies.
"Who's next." he said.
"You cannot defeat the Shen Clan." said someone.
Syaoran laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" asked the guy.
"What I'm about to do." replied Syaoran and he jabbed his sword into the man's chest and he fell to the ground, dead.
Someone else mad a slice at him, but he dodged it, escaping with a cut on his arm.
"Fool." said Syaoran. He turned and decapitated him.
"You will pay for that!" screamed another warrior.
"I don't have any money on me, sorry." replied Syaoran, stabbing him in the leg. Then he sent him flying into a wall and knocked him out.
A fellow Li Clan member joined Syaoran shortly afterwards and they blocked off people from entering..for a while.
At least twenty men charged at the door and ran in right past Syaoran and his cousin. They killed about two of them, but the rest began to wreck everything in sight.
"Sound the alarm!" shouted Syaoran. His cousin jumped up and hit a large gong. it echoed through the house.
Syaoran ran off towards the room where his daughter was. If she was killed, he would make sure all of the Shen Clan was dead.
Apparently, more people of the Shen Clan had gotton inside because he was attacked by four on his way to Saiya.
"Will you all just go away!?!" shouted Syaoran. He stabbed one in the side and he fell down. Another attacked him and he stabbed the guy in the shoulder.
"The Li Clan will not be defeated."
~*~*~*~
Sakura was in the air, avoiding all the attacks thrown at her, for the most part. "Sword!" she shouted. Her staff turned into a sword and she swooped down on a guy and stabbed him in the back.
"Sorry but I can't let evil win." she said. "And I am sorry that you are dead now."
She looked at her house and saw the Shen Clan enter it.
"SAIYA!" she screamed and flew towards it. She reached it and slashed a window with her sword and went inside. She tumbled in and the wings vanished. She cut her leg on some glass but ignored it. She got up and ran out of the room, which apparently was a guestroom.
She flew out into the hallway and ran into a Shen. She cut off his arm, without meaning too and sent him flying. "Sorry!" she cried and ran down the hall.
There were screams coming from the house and when she passed a window, she glanced outside. There was a chain of people being led out the doors and towards what looked like a force field. And they were all Lis.
Sakura forced herself to look away and she turned to see one of Syaoran's sisters running away from a guy. She charged and cut off his hand.
"Stop it!" cried Sakura. "Run Dan Qing!" she cried. (A/N: ok..i don't know syaoran's sisters names..if you do let me know..) Dan Qing nodded and took off, her kimono ripped.
Sakura then sent the mad flying with the Windy and he was knocked out.
She ran down the hall, searching for the room where Saiya was being held. Along the way, she knocked out two more guys and cut off another's hand. She apologized to them too.
Turning a corner, she ran into Meiling.
"Meiling!" shrieked Sakura. "I need to get to Saiya!" she cried.
Meiling nodded. "I remember where she is." she said. "Follow me."
The two took off and reached a staircase upwards. Meiling went up, Sakura at her heels. They reached the top and went to the left.
Meiling skidded to a halt outside a room that was locked. She put her ear against it. "No sound.." she said, she opened the door and they jumped in.
"Well well well. Just the woman I've been looking for."
Sakura stared at the man in front of her. Saiya was floating in the air, sleeping peacfully and Syaoran was in there too. He was tied in the air too, with no ropes.
"Sakura!" he shouted. "Run away!"
"I knew you would come here soon." said the man. "Anything at all to save your precious daughter."
"Xingyo!" screamed Sakura. "I'll call out my power! Let them go!" she said, her eyes raging with fury. Meiling hid, for Xingyo had not noticed her.
"If you bring out your power, I will kill them both." said Xingyo.
Sakura glared. Xingyo lifted Sakura into the air, as he had done to Syaoran but she broke his conectration by screaming. He covered his ears and she fell to the ground.
"You will pay!" shouted Xingyo. "Witness! The death of your daughter! The death of the heir! The death, of the strongest person in the Li Clan!" he shouted, then he began to laugh insanely and psychotically.
"No!" screamed Sakura. She leaped in the air and grabbed Saiya.
"Bitch!" screamed Xingyo. He shot a dose of lightening at her and it zapped her.
"SAKURA!" screamed Syaoran. He kicked the air but nothing good came of it.
Sakura looked down at the baby girl in her arms. She was safe. Sakura smiled.
Now Xingyo was pissed. He formed a sword and started towards Sakura and Saiya. "None of you will leave this place alive." he said in a low and purely evil voice.
Sakura backed into the wall, clutching Saiya tightly.
"And if you use your magic, your husband dies." said Xingyo. He got closer and closer. Sakura was lost. She had to do something.
Then Syaoran broke free of the lock and jumped on Xingyo's back. Xingyo cursed in furry and whirled around.
"Run Sakura!" screamed Syaoran.
"I can't leave you!" Sakura shouted back at him.
Xingyo tossed Syaoran from his back and turned on Sakura. He aimed another lightening bolt at her. "If you move, Leader of the Li Clan, I will kill her." he said.
Syaoran glared daggers at him and spat. "What do you want?" he asked.
"Ahh." grinned Xingyo. "Now we're getting somewhere." he said.
Sakura spotted Meiling in a corner, watching everything. An idea began to form in Sakura's head. It was tricky, but it was the only way to save everyone...and Saiya.
Xingyo was now focussed on Syaoran and his attack lowered a bit. Sakura beckoned for Meiling to come over and she did. Sakura ripped off some of her sleave and wrapped Saiya inside of it.
"Meiling..take Saiya." said Sakura "And get out of here. I don't care where you go. Just get yourself and her out of here." she said.
"But you! And, and Syaoran.." said Meiling.
"Just do it." said Sakura, putting Saiya into Meiling's arms.
Meiling looked at Sakura with tearful eyes. "I will guard her with my life." she said.
"What are you doing?!?" screamed Xingyo. He shot the lightening at them.
"Run Meiling!!" screamed Sakura. And she did. Meiling took off. She ran out of the room and into the hall. She hit one of the walls, but pushed off of it and kept running.
"What did you do?!" screamed Xingyo.
Sakura grinned.
"Now you will pay." he said. He used his power and lifted Sakura and Syaoran into the air once again. He summoned two of his men and they appeared instantly.
"A dark haired woman is running and trying to escape." said Xingyo. "She has the infant Saiya Li with her." he explained. "Kill them."
The two men took off and Xingyo turned back to face Sakura and Syaoran.
"There is something else I want." he said. He walked over to Sakura.
"Don't touch her!" screamed Syaoran.
"Oh trust me." said Xingyo. "You can have her. I just want a certain something she has." he said, an evil grin coming to his face.
"No.." said Sakura, catching on.
"Thats right." said Xingyo. "The Clow Book." he said. His hand pulled out the Clow from the pouch around her waist.
"NO!" shouted Syaoran.
Xingyo held up the Clow.(A/N: hey..that rhymes..)
"Now I have everything I came for." he said. "Except of course, the death of Saiya. The poor infant. Sadly, you two parents will never see your daughter again." he said with sarcastic sad eyes and frown.
"You bastard." said Syaoran.
Xingyo merely grinned. He held up the Clow and began to laugh maniacally.
~*~*~*~*~
Meiling ran. She didn't know where she was heading, but she ran. She had to get out of the house and into safety. The fate of the Li Clan depended on it. She never felt so needed before. Except for the incedent with the Twin Card, but that was over ten years ago.
She ran into a bedroom and searched for something to help her. She found a blue kimono and wrapped Saiya in it. She tied it around her so that if she needed to use her hands, she could. But it wouldn't hold for a long time so she needed to avoid the Shens. If possible.
She left the room and ran down the hall. She reached the end and smashed open the window. She looked over the side and saw she was three stories up. She couldn't jump from here. She needed to go down one more floor. At least.
"Damn..." she said and opened every door, looking for a staircase.
After a few minutes, she found one and pouned down the stairs. She left the room and came face to face with a Shen.
"You!" he said. "You are the one we are searching for!" he shouted.
Meiling glared and knocked him out with a single kick. She continued down the hall until she reached the end and doing what she did before, broke the window with a punch and looked over the side.
"Perfect!" she said. This side of the house was near the woods. She leaped out the window and landed on the ground in a squat. She leaped up and dashed into the woods.
She looked down at the baby in her hands. She was very pretty. And she did have bright, emerald green eyes. "Saiya..you really must be special if Xingyo sent his men after me and simply to kill you." she said.
Meiling looked up and saw Shens running around, no doubt that they were looking her her and Saiya.
"We've got to go." said Meiling. She ran deeper into the woods.
She could hear the distant sound of a river/stream. She knew it. It was nearby and she swam in it often. The current wasn't strong but today it would be. It had rained just yesterday.
Walking deeper, she heard feet. They were running and running towards her. She picked up her pace. Could they have sensed her?
"Stop right there!" someone shouted.
Meiling, of course, ignored it and kept running, faster this time. She heard Saiya make a noise. She was awake, and must be very smart. She hadn't cried yet and she was surely in a very uncompfortable position.
The Shen were gaining on her. "If you give up now, we just might spare your life!" one of them shouted.
"NEVER!" shouted Meiling. She ran in an unsen direction, it was getting pitch black outside.
She exited the forrest and ran onto a narrow ledge of a cliff. "Now I remember!" she said to herself. "The stream runs by a cliff!" she said.
The Shen were now extremely close and could see Meiling as clear as day.
"Give us the child and we'll spare your life for now!" shouted one.
Meiling's mind was racing. She walked along the edge as fast as she could without falling off the edge. It was also hard that she was holding a little baby in her arms.
"By doing this, its almost certain death!" another screamed.
Meiling knew they were right. But then again... she was an excellent swimmer. She continued walking/running.
"That fool!" said one of the guards. "She's going to kill herself!" he said.
"Uh, sir?" asked another. "Isn't that what we're trying to do?"
He glared at his soldier and silenced him.
Meiling continued along the edge and her mind was racing. The idea formed in her head..but would it work? Could she risk everything?
Yes. She needed too.
She stopped and put her back to the cliff. The soldiers stopped. "Thats a good lass.. now walk slowly over to us." he said.
Meiling did not look at them. She took a deep breath. "I will die myself before I let you take control of me." she said.
"What?" asked the boss.
Meiling took a deep breath..and jumpd over the side of the cliff.
MD: another cliffhanger..i think i'll try to end as many as I can with them!! they're so much fun!! o^_^o.. so..how was that? does it explain some of it? just don't ask me how I came up with this..although I have been said to have a very vivid imagination... oh yeah one last thing..review!!
chapter two~ A Key to the Past
The woman was beautiful. She wore a long white silk kimono and her brown hair was tied in an elegant bun at the back/top of her head. She wore soft white shoes and a sparkling silver headdress/tiara. She wore no makeup; she had enough beauty. In front of her, spreading flower petals all over the floor was a small Chinese girl, who looked very cute in a pale blue kimono with her hair in a cute kind of way.
She walked down a path and to her left and right were a bunch of people, also dressed in their best. Where she was headed, there were six woman, four with brown hair, two with dark hair, and wearing elegant clothes, kimono-ish, five Chinese, one Japanese. The Japanese girl had tears pouring down her face.
The little Chinese girl reached the end of the walkway and twirled around and ran and stood near one of the Chinese girls.
The woman in white was nearing the end of her path and there was also a bunch of men and a teenage boy standing nearby. One was dressed in a fancy outfit/kimono and was staring at the woman in white with a large amount of admiration in his eyes. Another of the Chinese girls started to cry as well.
A man with some gray hairs came up and took the woman's hand. He brought her over to the man and gave her hand to him, then kissed her cheek. He went and sat back down. One of the Chinese girls and the Japanese girl started to cry harder and they hugged each other.
"Hello Sakura."
"Hello Syaoran."
One year, two months later
The same Chinese woman that was crying at the wedding was now sitting in a chair fiddling with her fingers, eyes darting all over. The same Japanese woman at the wedding was tapping her foot repeatedly and staring at the door. The man who gave Sakura away was sitting with his arms crossed, eyes closed, thinking. One of the men that was at the wedding was walking back and forth, around in a circle, in every direction.
"Thats it!" screamed the Chinese woman. Everyone looked at her, including four Chinese girls who were all hugging each other. "I can't take it anymore! They've been in there for over ten hours!" she jumped up.
"Meiling!" cried the Japanese girl, standing up and walking over to her. "I'm positive everything is fine. Don't worry!" she said.
"How can you be so calm, Tomoyo?!" screamed Meiling.
Suddenly the four Chinese girls cried out loud. Very loud.
"Can you girls please shut up!" shouted the pacing guy.
"Touya..calm down." said the gray haired man.
"How can I stay calm, Dad?!" shouted Touya. His hands messing up his hair. "My only and younger sister is giving birth!!" he screamed.
Fujitaka(A/N: sakura's dad..not sure what his name is..) sighed. "She'll be fine. Sakura has always been healthy and strong." he said.
"Exactly." said Tomoyo. "Sakura will be fine." she said with a smile.
Meiling sat down. "Argh." she whispered.
~*~*~*~*~
"Come on Sakura!" said Syaoran.
"Damnit Syaoran, you try this!" screamed Sakura. Syaoran bit his toungue.
"On more time." said the midwife. Sakura screamed. Then their was crying sound. "Its a girl!" shouted the midwife.
Syaoran sighed and Sakura breathed in deeply. The midwife wrapped the baby in a white blanket and handed her to Sakura.
"She's..so cute!" squealed Sakura. Syaoran smiled and shook his head.
"She has your eyes." he said, staring at his daughter.
Sakura started to cry, happy tears though. She was dripping with sweat but she was smiling the biggest smile ever.
"Have you decided on a name?" asked the midwife.
Sakura looked at Syaoran. "Saiya." she said. He nodded. "Saiya Li." she said softly. Saiya stopped crying and looked around, well she couldn't see anything but still.
Syaoran kissed Sakura's forehead. "I think I should go tell everyone." he said.
Sakura nodded. She looked back at her daughter. Syaoran opened the door and walked down the hall of his house. He reached the room where crying could be heard inside. His sisters. He opened the door and instantly, his sisters and Meiling ran over, Touya grabbed his shoulders and Tomoyo stood nearby, looking hopeful. Everyone else had their eyes on him as well.
"Its a girl!" he said cheerfully. Everyone cheered. "Her name is Saiya Li."
"I knew it!" screamed Meiling. "I knew it was a girl." She ran over to Keroberos. "Hand over the cash, stuffed animal!" she said.
"I remember making no such bet!" replied the guardian beast of the seal.
Leaving everyone to celebrate, Syaoran went back to his wife and their newborn daughter, Saiya Li.
Two months later
Syaoran was pacing back and forth across the large room. There were two guards nearby and Sakura was sitting on the floor, playing with a little girl and Saiya.
"No news is good news, right?" asked Syaoran.
Sakura looked up at him. "That depends." she replied. She picked up Saiya and put her in her lap.
"The Shen Clan is gaining power. If we don't do something..." said Syaoran. He stopped pacing and turned to face Sakura. "I'm the leader of the Li Clan..I can't just sit here, waiting for the messenger to come." he said.
"Thats all you can do." said Sakura. A woman came in and took the little girl away. She beckoned to Saiya, but Sakura shook her head. She stood up and walked over to Syaoran. The woman left with the little girl.
"We are the only ones who stand in their way." said Syoaran. "If they conquer us...we're all done for." he said.
Sakura sighed. "We have the power of the Clow." she said. "Using that, plus the original power we have, we cannot be defeated." she said. Saiya cooed and Sakura looked at her.
Syaoran grinned. "Saiya is going to grow up to be a power person." he said. "Not only is she the heir to the Li Clan but she's going to eventually get the Clow Book as well."
"Saiya is definitely unique." said Sakura.
Suddenly somone rushed into the room. Syaoran and Sakura turned. "Yes?" he asked.
"Messege." he said. "From Eriol."
Syaoran nodded. "What is it?" he asked.
The man nodded. "Li Clan- Xingyo has gained some power in England. I have recieved information that they are headed for Hong Kong and should arrive there by the end of the month. They plan to start an all out war. I will do what I can but for now, we must end contact or one of us will surely be in danger. Farewell for now. Eriol." he said.
"Damnit!" said Syaoran. "They're heading here? Now?"
"Syaoran.." said Sakura. "We need to prepare. Surely the Li Clan will be attacked. And if the rumors are true..they might be more powerful than ever." she said.
Syaoran nodded. "Thank you." he said to the man. "Would you be so kind as to get my advisors together..and my mother?" he asked.
The man nodded. "Later today, six." he said and ran off.
Sakura looked at the baby in her arms. "Should we send Saiya to my father for now?" she asked. "She would be safe in Japan."
Syaoran shook his head. "Remember? Your father and Touya are visiting Hong Kong for two weeks." he said.
"What about Tomoyo?" asked Sakura. "Oh nevermind..she's on her way here now..I can't believe I forgot." she said.
Syaoran put his hand on her shoulder. "Its ok. We've all got a lot of things on our mind right now." he said. Sakura nodded.
One month later
Syaoran stood next to Sakura, dressed in a battle costume. The Shen Clan Army was on their way. There was smoke in the distance which meant they were near.
"Saiya will be safe with your cousin, right?" asked Sakura.
Syaoran nodded. "I wouldn't leave her with anyone else, except perhaps Meiling but she's getting ready to fight." he said.
Sakura lookd out over the hills in the distance. She had a really bad feeling about this. Thats when the army appeared. And there was a lot of them.
"They're here." said Syaoran.
"Fly Card." said Sakura. "Give me the power of flight." she said. Wings appeared on her back. "I am ready to fight."
"You don't need to fight, Sakura." said Syaoran.
"When I married you, I became part ot the Li Clan." said Sakura, clutching his hand. "And I will fight for the Li Clan. Besides. I have the Clow and you need that." she said.
Syaoran smiled. He was a lucky man.
Half an hour later, the army arrived and attacked. The Clans were involved in hand to hand combat.
~*~*~*~
Xingyo was a man of few words. When he said words however, everyone obeyed. He pocessed more power than any person in the Li Clan now. Except for one. Luckily, she couldn't fight. Yet.
"My orders are clear." he told his men. "Capture every last member of the Li Clan. Once inside that mansion, lock it up and if anyone escapes..kill them on the spot. The only people I do not want dead are Syaoran and Sakura Li." he said. "Once you have them, bring me the Clow. And their daughter, Saiya? It is essential that she dies." he said.
And the men obeyed.
~*~*~*~
Syaoran fought with the lead man of the front line. They had forced their way close to the main builing and some people had even gotton inside. There were many dead bodies and more would come.
Syaoran whirled around and killed the man sneaking up on him. Then he turned back to face the leader but he was running towards the main house.
"NO!" he screamed. Saiya was inside. He ran after him and stabbed him in the back. He fell to the ground, dead.
It was no use though. A bunch of men had gotton the door opened and were now entering the house. He ran at them and attacked.
He jumped over their heads and cut off someone's arm. Then he sent the man flying out the doors and into a heap of bodies.
"Who's next." he said.
"You cannot defeat the Shen Clan." said someone.
Syaoran laughed.
"What are you laughing at?" asked the guy.
"What I'm about to do." replied Syaoran and he jabbed his sword into the man's chest and he fell to the ground, dead.
Someone else mad a slice at him, but he dodged it, escaping with a cut on his arm.
"Fool." said Syaoran. He turned and decapitated him.
"You will pay for that!" screamed another warrior.
"I don't have any money on me, sorry." replied Syaoran, stabbing him in the leg. Then he sent him flying into a wall and knocked him out.
A fellow Li Clan member joined Syaoran shortly afterwards and they blocked off people from entering..for a while.
At least twenty men charged at the door and ran in right past Syaoran and his cousin. They killed about two of them, but the rest began to wreck everything in sight.
"Sound the alarm!" shouted Syaoran. His cousin jumped up and hit a large gong. it echoed through the house.
Syaoran ran off towards the room where his daughter was. If she was killed, he would make sure all of the Shen Clan was dead.
Apparently, more people of the Shen Clan had gotton inside because he was attacked by four on his way to Saiya.
"Will you all just go away!?!" shouted Syaoran. He stabbed one in the side and he fell down. Another attacked him and he stabbed the guy in the shoulder.
"The Li Clan will not be defeated."
~*~*~*~
Sakura was in the air, avoiding all the attacks thrown at her, for the most part. "Sword!" she shouted. Her staff turned into a sword and she swooped down on a guy and stabbed him in the back.
"Sorry but I can't let evil win." she said. "And I am sorry that you are dead now."
She looked at her house and saw the Shen Clan enter it.
"SAIYA!" she screamed and flew towards it. She reached it and slashed a window with her sword and went inside. She tumbled in and the wings vanished. She cut her leg on some glass but ignored it. She got up and ran out of the room, which apparently was a guestroom.
She flew out into the hallway and ran into a Shen. She cut off his arm, without meaning too and sent him flying. "Sorry!" she cried and ran down the hall.
There were screams coming from the house and when she passed a window, she glanced outside. There was a chain of people being led out the doors and towards what looked like a force field. And they were all Lis.
Sakura forced herself to look away and she turned to see one of Syaoran's sisters running away from a guy. She charged and cut off his hand.
"Stop it!" cried Sakura. "Run Dan Qing!" she cried. (A/N: ok..i don't know syaoran's sisters names..if you do let me know..) Dan Qing nodded and took off, her kimono ripped.
Sakura then sent the mad flying with the Windy and he was knocked out.
She ran down the hall, searching for the room where Saiya was being held. Along the way, she knocked out two more guys and cut off another's hand. She apologized to them too.
Turning a corner, she ran into Meiling.
"Meiling!" shrieked Sakura. "I need to get to Saiya!" she cried.
Meiling nodded. "I remember where she is." she said. "Follow me."
The two took off and reached a staircase upwards. Meiling went up, Sakura at her heels. They reached the top and went to the left.
Meiling skidded to a halt outside a room that was locked. She put her ear against it. "No sound.." she said, she opened the door and they jumped in.
"Well well well. Just the woman I've been looking for."
Sakura stared at the man in front of her. Saiya was floating in the air, sleeping peacfully and Syaoran was in there too. He was tied in the air too, with no ropes.
"Sakura!" he shouted. "Run away!"
"I knew you would come here soon." said the man. "Anything at all to save your precious daughter."
"Xingyo!" screamed Sakura. "I'll call out my power! Let them go!" she said, her eyes raging with fury. Meiling hid, for Xingyo had not noticed her.
"If you bring out your power, I will kill them both." said Xingyo.
Sakura glared. Xingyo lifted Sakura into the air, as he had done to Syaoran but she broke his conectration by screaming. He covered his ears and she fell to the ground.
"You will pay!" shouted Xingyo. "Witness! The death of your daughter! The death of the heir! The death, of the strongest person in the Li Clan!" he shouted, then he began to laugh insanely and psychotically.
"No!" screamed Sakura. She leaped in the air and grabbed Saiya.
"Bitch!" screamed Xingyo. He shot a dose of lightening at her and it zapped her.
"SAKURA!" screamed Syaoran. He kicked the air but nothing good came of it.
Sakura looked down at the baby girl in her arms. She was safe. Sakura smiled.
Now Xingyo was pissed. He formed a sword and started towards Sakura and Saiya. "None of you will leave this place alive." he said in a low and purely evil voice.
Sakura backed into the wall, clutching Saiya tightly.
"And if you use your magic, your husband dies." said Xingyo. He got closer and closer. Sakura was lost. She had to do something.
Then Syaoran broke free of the lock and jumped on Xingyo's back. Xingyo cursed in furry and whirled around.
"Run Sakura!" screamed Syaoran.
"I can't leave you!" Sakura shouted back at him.
Xingyo tossed Syaoran from his back and turned on Sakura. He aimed another lightening bolt at her. "If you move, Leader of the Li Clan, I will kill her." he said.
Syaoran glared daggers at him and spat. "What do you want?" he asked.
"Ahh." grinned Xingyo. "Now we're getting somewhere." he said.
Sakura spotted Meiling in a corner, watching everything. An idea began to form in Sakura's head. It was tricky, but it was the only way to save everyone...and Saiya.
Xingyo was now focussed on Syaoran and his attack lowered a bit. Sakura beckoned for Meiling to come over and she did. Sakura ripped off some of her sleave and wrapped Saiya inside of it.
"Meiling..take Saiya." said Sakura "And get out of here. I don't care where you go. Just get yourself and her out of here." she said.
"But you! And, and Syaoran.." said Meiling.
"Just do it." said Sakura, putting Saiya into Meiling's arms.
Meiling looked at Sakura with tearful eyes. "I will guard her with my life." she said.
"What are you doing?!?" screamed Xingyo. He shot the lightening at them.
"Run Meiling!!" screamed Sakura. And she did. Meiling took off. She ran out of the room and into the hall. She hit one of the walls, but pushed off of it and kept running.
"What did you do?!" screamed Xingyo.
Sakura grinned.
"Now you will pay." he said. He used his power and lifted Sakura and Syaoran into the air once again. He summoned two of his men and they appeared instantly.
"A dark haired woman is running and trying to escape." said Xingyo. "She has the infant Saiya Li with her." he explained. "Kill them."
The two men took off and Xingyo turned back to face Sakura and Syaoran.
"There is something else I want." he said. He walked over to Sakura.
"Don't touch her!" screamed Syaoran.
"Oh trust me." said Xingyo. "You can have her. I just want a certain something she has." he said, an evil grin coming to his face.
"No.." said Sakura, catching on.
"Thats right." said Xingyo. "The Clow Book." he said. His hand pulled out the Clow from the pouch around her waist.
"NO!" shouted Syaoran.
Xingyo held up the Clow.(A/N: hey..that rhymes..)
"Now I have everything I came for." he said. "Except of course, the death of Saiya. The poor infant. Sadly, you two parents will never see your daughter again." he said with sarcastic sad eyes and frown.
"You bastard." said Syaoran.
Xingyo merely grinned. He held up the Clow and began to laugh maniacally.
~*~*~*~*~
Meiling ran. She didn't know where she was heading, but she ran. She had to get out of the house and into safety. The fate of the Li Clan depended on it. She never felt so needed before. Except for the incedent with the Twin Card, but that was over ten years ago.
She ran into a bedroom and searched for something to help her. She found a blue kimono and wrapped Saiya in it. She tied it around her so that if she needed to use her hands, she could. But it wouldn't hold for a long time so she needed to avoid the Shens. If possible.
She left the room and ran down the hall. She reached the end and smashed open the window. She looked over the side and saw she was three stories up. She couldn't jump from here. She needed to go down one more floor. At least.
"Damn..." she said and opened every door, looking for a staircase.
After a few minutes, she found one and pouned down the stairs. She left the room and came face to face with a Shen.
"You!" he said. "You are the one we are searching for!" he shouted.
Meiling glared and knocked him out with a single kick. She continued down the hall until she reached the end and doing what she did before, broke the window with a punch and looked over the side.
"Perfect!" she said. This side of the house was near the woods. She leaped out the window and landed on the ground in a squat. She leaped up and dashed into the woods.
She looked down at the baby in her hands. She was very pretty. And she did have bright, emerald green eyes. "Saiya..you really must be special if Xingyo sent his men after me and simply to kill you." she said.
Meiling looked up and saw Shens running around, no doubt that they were looking her her and Saiya.
"We've got to go." said Meiling. She ran deeper into the woods.
She could hear the distant sound of a river/stream. She knew it. It was nearby and she swam in it often. The current wasn't strong but today it would be. It had rained just yesterday.
Walking deeper, she heard feet. They were running and running towards her. She picked up her pace. Could they have sensed her?
"Stop right there!" someone shouted.
Meiling, of course, ignored it and kept running, faster this time. She heard Saiya make a noise. She was awake, and must be very smart. She hadn't cried yet and she was surely in a very uncompfortable position.
The Shen were gaining on her. "If you give up now, we just might spare your life!" one of them shouted.
"NEVER!" shouted Meiling. She ran in an unsen direction, it was getting pitch black outside.
She exited the forrest and ran onto a narrow ledge of a cliff. "Now I remember!" she said to herself. "The stream runs by a cliff!" she said.
The Shen were now extremely close and could see Meiling as clear as day.
"Give us the child and we'll spare your life for now!" shouted one.
Meiling's mind was racing. She walked along the edge as fast as she could without falling off the edge. It was also hard that she was holding a little baby in her arms.
"By doing this, its almost certain death!" another screamed.
Meiling knew they were right. But then again... she was an excellent swimmer. She continued walking/running.
"That fool!" said one of the guards. "She's going to kill herself!" he said.
"Uh, sir?" asked another. "Isn't that what we're trying to do?"
He glared at his soldier and silenced him.
Meiling continued along the edge and her mind was racing. The idea formed in her head..but would it work? Could she risk everything?
Yes. She needed too.
She stopped and put her back to the cliff. The soldiers stopped. "Thats a good lass.. now walk slowly over to us." he said.
Meiling did not look at them. She took a deep breath. "I will die myself before I let you take control of me." she said.
"What?" asked the boss.
Meiling took a deep breath..and jumpd over the side of the cliff.
MD: another cliffhanger..i think i'll try to end as many as I can with them!! they're so much fun!! o^_^o.. so..how was that? does it explain some of it? just don't ask me how I came up with this..although I have been said to have a very vivid imagination... oh yeah one last thing..review!!