Here is the second chapter of my story. It didn't take me long to write, but I do hope that those who do read this story will try a tad bit harder to REVIEW!!!!!

I don't own anything Clamp has made So please don't try and sue Anyway if you did, you wouldn't get paid Enough of disclaimers! Time to meet the CCS crew!!

"speaking" 'thinking' [[psychically communicating]]

also- ~*****~ - new scene ~^^^^^~ - flashback

Untitled-help me!!!!

Chapter Two

Back To Where I Belong

The entire house had been trashed. Everything turned upside-down, inside- out, and torn apart. Fortunately no one had been home at the time of the intrusion, so no one had been hurt. Fujitaka had been reviewing possible archaeological sites with his boss, Touya had stayed behind at his college today, getting tutored by one of his classmates, and Kero had been away, hanging out with Suppi all day.

But when Tomoyo, Eriol, and Sakura had gone upstairs to Sakura's investigate the damage they had been horrified by what they saw.

Masama Diyablo Mangkukulam. A name, that five hundred years ago had inspired fear in many, was written in blood on Sakura's bedroom wall, under the message-

You cannot escape my wrath

The fear that had been instilled in so many hearts in the past was once again felt by Sakura, Tomoyo, and especially Eriol. Eriol's face had gone from a ghostly white to nearly transparent.

'Holy God!! It cannot be!! How did? How could he have? There's no possible way!!! The Guardians and I sealed him away over five hundred years ago!!"

Sakura was so stunned by this that she began crying, sobbing into the shoulder of Tomoyo. She knew someone was after her, that her dream, her nightmare, was dreadfully becoming reality.





~*****~

The dark magician quietly and quickly walked towards the shrine. As he walked the beautiful flowers and trees that were once in full and stupendous bloom shriveled and withered away to dust. Even the ground beneath turned lifeless. Once he entered the shrine everything around him turned dark, an evil aura looming about. The dark magician muttered a few words and the entire building changed into a shadowy castle, and sank into the ground below, revealing a vast and eerie cavern.

Smirking he quietly said, "Home sweet home."

He again recited an incantation. Afterwards, a nearby candle began emitting a thick, murky smoke. It wandered in front of the dark magician and soon formed into thirteen forms.

"Welcome back, my loyal followers."

"It is good to be back Master, and to see you alive and well." One form hissed.

"Indeed it is my evil disciples."

He looked at all of them, his most loyal disciples, the ones that braved limbo for their unwavering loyalty. Alakdan, the half-man half-scorpion demon, possessing the same venomous abilities of the poisonous arachnid and the strength of an elephant. Higante, the gigantic golem that possessed more strength than the other demons combined. He could crush a human skull with his pinky finger. Demonyo Unawa, the powerful psychic, that rendered his targets useless by entering their dreams and destroying their minds. Tagapatay, the shadowy assassin that thrived in the shadows, and struck when least expected. Manunuligsa, they powerful warrior, that is a perfect combination of power, finesse, and deviousness. Mamamana, the dark archer, a master of poisons and venoms, he could let loose a hundred arrows, tipped with the most deadly and torturous toxins ever known and, and let his target die in pain. Baluktot Ahas, the snake. He could fool his opponent then use his opponents confusion to his advantage. Maaso Soro, the fox. His speed and grace do not fail him when facing off against his prey, he is quick and efficient killer. Anino Heke, the powerful demon from the middle- east, he is regarded as the most powerful and most dangerous of those nine.

He smiled at the nine warrior demons that he created. Then he looked to the bowing figures at his right side, the most worthy, the most powerful, the Four Horsemen.

Tagsalat, the weakest, but the oldest and wisest of the horsemen. His deadly knowledge gives him the definite edge on the battlefield. Sakit, the warrior of pain and pestilence. He much resembled a statue, a statue whose mouth would twist with satisfaction every time its opponent was in pain. Pagabaka. War. His skills are unmatched on the battlefield, nor his thirst and love of blood. Anghel ng Pagkamatay. His right-hand man, the one that would surely get the job done, the angel of death. Need I say more?

He was removed from his wicked reverie by a question from scorpion-man Alakdan.

"You have a mission for us my lord?" Alakdan asked.

"Indeed I do. It is time to get revenge on Clow Reed for what he did to me. I shall have you capture the new master of the cards."

The scorpion-man spoke up, "I shall retrieve him for you master"

Another form said in a solemn voice, "I sense it is not a he, but amazingly a she."

"Very well Higante, it makes no difference whether it is a girl or boy. Alakdan, bring her to me."

"I will not fail you master." Alakdan said with a smirk as he faded into the shadows.

"Now it is your turn to feel pain Clow Reed," he said as he turned to the balcony "I SHALL HAVE MY REVENGE!!!" ~*****~

A chestnut-haired teenager awoke with a sudden start. He turned all around him and examined his surroundings. He closed his eyes,' it was only a stupid dream, but was it though? It felt like I was in the room when it happened, and they mentioned the new master of the cards. That means Sakura, and THAT could only mean trouble, trouble for my cherry blossom'. He glanced at the clock 'four-o-clock, that means Ryo must be training now.'. He quickly got up and put on his training gi. He had met Ryo when he came back from Japan. He was a really nice guy. Ryo reminded Syaoran of himself. Even though had spiky jet-black hair and very light blue eyes, he like Syaoran was, deep down, very caring. He would be a Syaoran that wasn't twisted and morphed by his own clan. Ryo had been going out with Meilin for about four years, and was very close to his family, so close that he considered him a brother.

He soon reached the training area and almost ran into one of the wooden pillars. Ryo laughed when he saw how spaced out Syaoran was. Syaoran broke out of his trance just in time to see Ryo perform a very difficult maneuver, one that would be very difficult for his opponent to block. Ryo was a master martial artist, and he took Syaoran to school on more than one occasion when they faced off. He did not possess the power nor agility Syaoran did, but his technique was unbeatable. Yelan had said that it was through years of training, not to mention the combination of over forty fighting styles.

"Something wrong bro?" Ryo asked as he was grabbing a towel.

"No, its just.never mind."

"You can tell me".

Although Ryo possessed a very small amount of magic, only able to perform basic elemental magic, he had a somewhat mysterious and mystical quality about him. You could tell him your problems and he would, with help from wisdom one would not expect him to possess, help you sort out your problems.

"No its really nothing."

"You're lying Syaoran."

Somehow he was always able to catch you in a lie, almost like he was psychic.

"Is it that easy to tell?"

"Very easy."

"Well you know about Sakura right?"

"Aahh yes, the one that stole your heart, your cherry blossom."

"Yeah, I sort of had a dream."

Ryo suddenly started coughing loudly

"YOU LITTLE SICKO!! Not that kind of dream!!! It was a prophetic dream. It was telling me that she may be in danger."

"Well then let's do something about it."

"Its not that simple Ryo, the Elders won't let me go back to Japan, for fear that I may become sidetracked from my training."

Ryo snorted at this comment.

"You shouldn't let the Elders bully you around like that. I mean, you ARE going to be their leader pretty soon."

"Ryo, it's not that simple, I mean they control everything concerning the clan."

"You could always let me scare them again."

~^^^^^~

The Elders again called a meeting concerning Syaoran's future wife. They had gone through about one hundred names when Ryo, who had entered the meeting halfway through, yelled at them in frustration.

"You idiots!!! This obviously isn't going to work. You know as well as I do that Syaoran only wants one girl, and that's Sakura Kinimoto, the Clowmistress."

The Elders cringed at the mention of her name.

"We will not allow her tainted blood to enter our bloodline."

Syaoran, Meilin, Yelan and her daughters began fuming. They had all grown fond of Sakura over the past years. However, where they could only gape in anger, Ryo became infuriated.

"TAINTED!?!?! You fools know nothing. She is a worthy person. If she could capture the clow cards, make Syaoran smile, and turn those cards into her own, who are you to say that she is tainted????"

"You are the one that knows nothing boy."

"Excuse me? Well let me fill you in on a little secret. It just so happens that it is not the purity of blood that someone possesses that makes him or her worthy or unworthy, it is how they have chosen to live their life. Look at Chi Master Wong, he was born of two of the most powerful, prestigious, and respected magicians of the age, and look how he chose to live his life. He became corrupted and evil, because he chose to live his life wrong."

"What do you know, you barely have any magic, you are a pathetic human."

At these words Ryo got to his feet, his aura raging. "HOW DARE YOU!!! DO NOT MISTAKE ME FOR A PROVEYOR OF CHEAP TRICKS!! I HAVE FAR MORE POWER THAN YOU FOOLS CAN IMAGINE!!"

Syaoran and the others could only stare, none of them have ever seen Ryo's energy shoot up like that, he had apparently been hiding some of his power. The Elders reaction was totally unexpected. Two of the younger Elders, and the one that had spoken to Ryo so coldly could been seen cowering. The all had a strange look on their face, one that could only be discerned as fright, an emotion they had never shown before. If they weren't who they were, one would almost, ALMOST, feel sorry for them.

After calming down, Ryo, who almost started chuckling, asked, "Are we done here?"

The Elders could only nod in response. He was quickly followed by Syaoran, Meilin, Yelan, Fuutie, Sheifa, Fanren, and Feimei. The Elders never again consulted Syaoran about whom he was going to marry.

~^^^^^~

Syaoran chuckled at the memory." It took me two years to convince the Elders to break of my engagement to Meilin. And it took you half a meeting to scare them into letting me choose my bride."

" Lets go talk to them about your visiting Saku-oops, I mean Japan."

Syaoran playfully punched Ryo in the shoulder. They were walking down the hall talking about Sakura and Meilin when... BAM. They crashed into a messenger running at full speed.

The messenger could only stare at whom he had run into, and suddenly started shaking out of fear.

"It's okay, I won't let Syaoran kill you."

The messenger gulped.

"What is this message that was so urgent that you needed to tackle me to get me to pay attention to you?"

"Uuhh.yes. Yelan-san and the Elders have called an emergency conference and would like both of you to attend."

Syaoran regarded the message then replied, "Very well, tell them we shall be there in ten minutes."

"Yes master" and the messenger dashed off without another word.

Syaoran turned to Ryo, "Ryo, don't you think it's kind of strange, that we need to speak to the Elders and they call an emergency session?"

"I do find it eerily coincidental."

"Let's go"

"Indeed"

~*****~

When Syaoran and Ryo walked through the two main doors of the council room they had soon figured out that the messenger had failed to mention that the ENTIRE clan was going to be there.

"Wow"

Ryo could only gape, since he had never seen the entire Li clan gathered in one room. He looked on stunned, counting about two thousand people. They walked forward to take their places next to Meilin and Yelan.

"The oracles have discovered that the Clowmistress may be in grave danger.", one of the elders said solemnly.

A female elder spoke next, "We have decided that you and Meilin shall travel to Japan and protect her.

"This is the decree of all nine elders, and as such it is far beyond any sort of contestation." The oldest and most respected Elder said with a stone-cold seriousness.

"We are also going to ask that Ryo Yamamato accompany you two on this mission. We believe his skills and experience may be of value." Yelan said with a slight smile.

Ryo smiled at her knowing only too well of what she really meant.

"I will have to clear it with my superiors at the Sanctuary at Mt. Sobastial, to see if I will be allowed to attend this mission."

"Very well."

"Are there any questions? Syaoran? Meilin?"

He looked at both of them.

"Good, you will both leave for Japan tomorrow. The Clowmistress must not be harmed. Protect her at all costs and find and destroy this evil that is threatening her."

"Yes Elders." Syaoran and Meilin said together.

"If Ryo can accompany you he will join you two next week."

Ryo bowed his head in response, and after a quick and jovial wave and smile to Meilin and Syaoran he left the room, bound for Mt. Sobastial in the Himalayas, a trip that would take a normal person a couple of days.

"This meeting is adjourned."

Everyone left the room in silence. Once outside Meilin squealed with joy.

"WE'RE GOING BACK TO JAPAN!!! OH I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE ALL OUR FRIENDS!!"

Syaoran could also barely contain his joy, but he could not forget the mission.

"Do not forget the mission Meilin, Sakura is in danger, I-We-have to protect her."

His thoughts wandered off on their own again, namely, Sakura.

'I'm going back to where I belong, with my cherry blossom."

He smiled as he pictured Sakura's face.

"I'm coming back to you Sakura."





WOOHOO!!! The next chapter, the long awaited(overused? NNNAAHH) reunion of Sakura and Syaoran, two weeks from her birthday!!!

I didn't wait to see if I would get any reviews but I'm so pumped up about my precious story that I don't really care!!! REVIEW and my next chapter could come out in three days!! Maybe less!!

ANYONE THAT DOES NOT REVIEW Shall have a cursed life He/she will become a pile of poo

And will have a maggot as a husband/wife

NOW REVIEW BEFORE I CURSE YOU!!!!!