So guys, do me a favour and tell me what you think of this chapter. Should I continue? YOU decide! While, you're there, how about giving me some future ideas?
And should I bother, making Syaoran capture the rest of the Tsuki cards, or should I just say: 'One day Syaoran was walking down the street and managed, to capture all the remaining cards!'
Chapter 8 - Eriol appears and Kai disappears
Sakura gulped as she stepped into the classroom. She looked around for Syaoran, but he wasn't there. Sakura wasn't sure whether she was relieved or depressed. She sat down in her seat with a sigh. "Ohayo Sakura!" Tomoyo cheerfully said looking at Sakura over the top of a thick book she was reading. Sakura smiled again and returned the greeting. She turned to look at the desk behind Tomoyo's. It was vacant - Kai wasn't there either.
Maybe they both slept in, or Syaoran's still recovering and Kai's helping him! She hoped it was the first one. But, as the day went on, Syaoran and Kai never showed.
Sakura was feeling anxious as the final bell rang. She had felt empty the whole day, without Syaoran around. She decided that she really did want to see his unique, handsome face. How she longed for Syaoran's presence. She unhappily started to walk out the school gate.
"What's UP Ms. Kinomoto?!" A male voice asked teasingly from behind her. She spun around, to find Eriol, leaning against the wall, casually . He smiled at her. "Hey, Eriol!"
"So! Let me guess, Li wasn't at school today!" Sakura frowned slightly and Eriol laughed.
"I assume you'll want to accompany me to see how Syaoran's doing?" Eriol stated wisely. Sakura smiled and together, the two of them walked down the road.
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Eriol and Sakura glanced up at the massive house. They had already tried knocking but no-one had answered. Sakura looked at Eriol, to see what he made of it all. He had his usual thoughtful expression on his ever-pale face. "Hmm.." He muttered. "Looks like they're not home."
"But even Wai!" Sakura said confused.
"Oh, didn't you know? I thought Wai only stayed til the boys had settled in, then left to go somewhere!"
Sakura raised both eye brows. "Where do you get all this information from?" Eriol laughed and winked. "Well, I guess there's no point in staying. I think, I'll just come back another day." Sakura slowly nodded, thanked Eriol for accompanying her and gracefully walked away.
Eriol, on the other hand, stayed where he was. I don't want to worry Sakura, but there's definitely something going on here, I can tell! He summoned his staff and in the blink of an eye was gone.
Eriol, reappeared in Syaoran's room. He gasped in horror as he looked over at his friend. Syaoran was lying face down on the floor. A million tiny pieces of glass were scattered around, near his head. Eriol knelt down beside him and carefully lifted his head up. He gently brushed Syaoran's amber hair to the side and said nothing. Dried blood had leaked from his numerous cuts. Eriol could see quite clearly what had happened. He once again lifted the unconscious boy and lay him on the bed. Eriol's face twisting into an outraged expression.
He did a brief check of the house and found Kai no-where. Whoever had knocked Syaoran out had taken Kai with them - or so he presumed. He returned to Syaoran and was tempted to dump a bucket of water on him, to wake him up, but suppressed a smile and decided that the old fashioned way would do. Eriol lightly shook him, but Syaoran didn't even stir. Whoever had knocked Syaoran, had managed to do a good job of it! Eriol couldn't help, but grin evilly as he filled a container with water.
He paused, then turned the container upside down, directly over Syaoran's head. Syaoran woke, with a start, as the water cascaded over him. Hw winced as cold water dripped from his hair and fell down his back. He looked up to find Eriol grinning, holding an empty ice cream container.
"What the hell, did you do that for?!" Syaoran burst out angrily. "You were completely knocked out!" Eriol calmly explained, handing the soaked Syaoran a towel. Syaoran snatched the towel and began to dry his hair. He winced as he felt a sharp pain on his forehead. "I suggest, you clean those cuts," Eriol recommended, pointing at his forehead. He got up and looked in the mirror. He gasped as he saw new blood, slowly running down his cheeks. "W-what happened?"
"I think someone dumped something made of glass over your head." Syaoran frowned, "but why?"
"Your guess is as good as mine."
Syaoran let out an annoyed sigh, then spun around. "Where's Kai?"
"You're rather intelligent, Li! He's completely vanished actually."
"NANI?!"
Eriol make a face and put his hands on his hips. "Do you reckon that Kai was taken prisoner?" Eriol asked, for once having no clue. Syaoran looked at the floor, not saying anything. "What do we do?" He mumbled.
"Think. If Kai really was captured, where would they take him, and for God's sake why?"
"I don't know much about his past, but we have to get him back!" Eriol nodded. "But how? You and I only have basic spells!"
"But I thought -" Eriol held up a hand to silence him. "I ALSO only have basic magic for before, I borrowed the magic from Clow Reed. Now that the transformation of the Clow cards has been completed, I no longer NEEDED the magic!" Syaoran nodded.
"Time for assistance I think!" Eriol concluded, pushing his glasses back up his nose. "Let's go!"
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Sakura yawned as she watched Kero going all psycho as usual in anew video game. She barely heard her phone ring and over the top of Kero's determined screams answered.
"Hey Sakura…ergh, what's going on in there?"
"Oh hi Eriol! It's just Kero. What's up?"
"Right! Well, can you meet me at the Penguin slide tomorrow?"
"Hai! Demo, I can only go after 9:00pm though."
"Nine's fine. See you there Sakura."
The next day, Sakura carefully put her blades on, and made her exit. In a few minutes, she carelessly turned the corner. She didn't see the stick lying on the pathway. With a yell, she tumbled forward, eventually lost her balance and fell on her butt. She groaned and looked up. Syaoran and Eriol were staring at her with surprised looks on their faces, which quickly changed to amused ones.
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Syaoran and Eriol looked up with a start, as they heard a feminine scram from around the corner. They watched helplessly as Sakura tumbled forward and skidded. Syaoran fought back the urge to laugh. She looked up mortified, and with a small grin said "hey guys!" Eriol being the gentleman he was, helped Sakura up. "Arigato" she sheepishly said as she dusted her pants, wincing at her scraped hands. Reluctantly she sat down and Eriol brilliantly explained to Sakura the present situation - with the exception of how he's found Syaoran. Syaoran remained silent the whole time Eriol spoke. But the time Eriol had finished, Sakura was stunned. "So how do we go about this?" She asked.
"We can only wait. We should find out soon enough the reason, but until then.."
"We can't do anything!" Sakura dully finished. Syaoran looked away.
Sakura miserably watched Syaoran walk away. Sakura said a hurried goodbye to Eriol and quickly followed him. She ended up following him into the forest behind the school. - where the illusion card had once made it's appearance.
Syaoran sat down, his legs dully dangling over the edge of the cliff. Sakura slowly walked up to oblivious Syaoran. She sat down beside him, gulping as she looked down. She returned her attention back to him. He was staring with a vacant expression on his face, at the view in front of him. Sakura wished that she knew what he was thinking. Without realising what she was doing, she leant against him, and rested her head on his shoulder. He turned to look at her head. He wrapped his right arm around the right side of her warm body, pulling her close to him. He leant down, and kissed the top of her head. She happily closed her eyes, content in his warm arms. He began to gently stroke her hair and together they watched the moon and stars sparkle in the dark sky.
Enthralled by the magical feeling, of the stars she wriggled playfully, in Syaoran's arms until she was free. Sakura gracefully stood up and laughed encouragingly at Syaoran. With one last glance she excitedly ran away. Syaoran stood up in surprise as he watched Sakura runaway into the darkness. He started to follow her, feeling slightly neglected. He didn't even realise that he was being led into the shrine. To be more specific, the pond where Sakura (and Syaoran) had transformed the mist card, into a Sakura card, with the help of Eriol's wild horse.
Syaoran walked up to the edge of the pavement/bridge. Sakura wasn't anywhere. For a few seconds he stared at the calm water.
He didn't have time yo even gasp, as he felt strong hands push him forward. He tumbled into the pond, with a tremendous splash. Sakura giggled as Syaoran's head emerged from the water. He shook his wet, amber hair out of his eyes and gasped, as he realised that the emerald band was still on. He still wasn't sure if the band was water resistant, but he hadn't wanted to risk it. He glared at Sakura. "What the hell did you do that for?!"
"Because.." she replied, kneeling down to look him in the eye. "Because, you're really Kawaii, when you're wet!" And she pushed him back in again.
"Oh ho! Two can play at that game!" He challenged, when he had surfaced, and grabbed Sakura's arm. "No!" She shrieked "DON'T you DARE!" Syaoran shrugged, grinning evilly as he pulled Sakura in too. Syaoran watched as the angel burst out of the water in shock, coughing up water. Her sopping honey coloured hair plastered to her head, and her emerald eyes sparkling in the moonlight.
"Li!" She unhappily exclaimed. Syaoran held his finger to her lips, to silence her. He pulled her close and kissed her.
The second kiss lasted longer and only ended when the had to 'come up for air'.
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Chibi Syaoran: God that was soppy!
Chibi Sakura: I thought it was nice!
Chibi Syaoran: yeah, well you're a girl!
Chibi Sakura: Ooh! You noticed? But seriously, it was nice!
Chibi Syaoran: about time too!
Chibi Sakura: yeah, yeah. Demo, on with the story.
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Syaoran swiftly climbed out of the pond. He reached down to pull Sakura up and blushed as he saw her feminine curves through her wet t-shirt. He shook his scandalized at himself. "You should get changed into some dry clothes at my place." Syaoran suggested. "Oh, okay."
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Sakura looked at herself in the mirror, She felt excited and honoured, to be wearing Syaoran's older clothes. She felt guilty as she saw Syaoran look up startled as she walked into his bedroom. "S-shower's free.." She mumbled.
"Arigato," Syaoran stood up and walked into the bathroom.
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Chibi Syaoran: you do too many of these ***
Syaoran is kawaii: SHUT UP! It's how I switch scenes! Be quiet or I'll cut you out of this chapter!
Chibi Syaoran: Whatever you say! Now lets go to the scene where I am having a nightmare!
Syaoran is kawaii: fine…
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Syaoran rolled over in his sleep, sweating. He could only see darkness. Suddenly a shape stood a few metres away from him - it was Kai.
Kai looked up at Syaoran. "Onegai! Help me!"
"Kai! Where are you? What is this place?"
"Listen to me Syaoran, I can't take too long, or they'll be here again!"
"Who will?" Kai ignored him, and continued speaking.
"Think Syaoran! I know you know the answers. Think hard, and you'll know where I am! I don't have much longer. You've got to stop them, before they get at me again!"
"No! Kai, I'm not that smart! I don't know how the hell I'm gonna find you if you don't tell me!" Kai suddenly screamed in pain, and Syaoran saw blood run down his cheek. "KAIIIII" Syaoran screamed, trying to reach for Kai, but something was holding him back. Kai looked up again and Syaoran saw a tear fall onto the blood soaked ground. "K-K-KAI!" Syaoran whispered, tears pouring down his face.
Syaoran woke up, more tears falling down his face, Kai's painful scream echoing in his head.
TO BE CONTINUED…
So where the hell is Kai? And what's with all the blood? In da next chap, Syaoran will learn the awful secrets of Kai's past! Are you intrigued? Well, I guess you'll just have to wait for the next chapter won't you. (hehehe)
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Chibi Sakura: What's with the cliff hanger? I want to learn more!
Syaoran is kawaii: Well, remember, you must REVIEW, review, review, so I know whether to continue or not!