Title: War Beat
Chapter 10: Descendent of the Holy Dragon
Author: Peonyqt1004
DISCLAIMER: I do not own CCS! XO Please dunt hurt me!
A/N: Sorry people for the late update, I had this story done like weeks ago but I had to update a few things, my xanga... and I had to study... So I kept delaying the day I was to post this. So sorry, please read and reveiw, Reveiws makes the chapters come out better with much more quality too. *beams* Thank you! READ AND REVEIW PLEASE!
-Peony-
Stella looked guilty and sad, yet the large amount of cash inside the inner pocket of her fur coat kept her from running back to withdraw the two bounty. She had sold off both Syaoran and Sakura. It was bad, but her children had to eat, her one son was terribly sick and needed as much care as possible. She trudged away from the large castle, wishing she had'nt met them... and that she had'nt seen the ad which tempted her to do this. "Poor Kiddies." Stella said softly. "I wish you luck, may the gods of the four heavens be with you two."
Ryu looked at his two captured prizes, their weapons had been stripped away, and they were tied securely. They were just stirring in front of his eyes. The red haired ruler watched the beautiful girls with light brown hair look up at him drowsily, her green eyes suddenly sharpened with awareness. The dark brown haired young man tied not too far from her opened his eyes, his eyes were grave and slightly disfoucused, but his eyes had a knowing glint as his eyes opened slowly. The girl gave out a shrill cry as she realized that she had been captured and tried to get up, but her bound hand's, wrist's, arms... legs and ankles kept her from moving at all. She sat down heavily on the floor, her eyes had a determined look in them. "Let us go." She hissed at the ruler who looked at them with such a curious air. The man smiled in return. "I'm sorry, I can't. You two are quite a catch. I have pockets to fill... I need you two." Syaoran spoke, his voice harsh and abrasive, "You stupid low life cur! Let us go?!" Ryu shrugged indiffrently. "I told you I could'nt, Nubis should be here any minute now." "What about Stella?" Sakura asked, her voice filled with dread. Her unasked question was answered by one simple statement. "I'm afraid she left. She has children to feed. I've given her a large wad of cash, she is quite the rich lady now I suppose. I'm the leader... people would obey my rules here." That nearly made Sakura half mad with a strange unspeakable anger. She realized who they were talking to. "How DARE you... We came here to make a treaty with you?! Don't you hate Nubis at ALL?! Look what he did! Look what he did to this world!" Ryu rose an eyebrow. "I wish I could've done that." He said simply, making Sakura stare at him in shock. "Killing millions for no reason at all..." Sakura whispered brokenly. "To become a murderer?" Syaoran felt his heart going out for her, what she said was true. It was murderer.
Ryu didn't seemed to care, he looked at his nails and smiled. "Ah, here he is right now." The door clicked open, a bright light shone in from the doorway... and a familiar and dreaded figure stepped in, his shiny black leather boots hitting the ground softly. The door closed behind him, a familiar old man, small and wrinkled followed him. The tall majestic tyrant stood there. His hair was black as the midnight sky, his eyes were purple... and cold. "Yes, these are them." Nubis said briskly, looking at them from afar. Optius nodded behind Nubis, his red eyes glittering as he stroked his long white beard. "100 thousand grands." Ryu said greedily, stepping out towards the forbidding destroyer. "I brought 6 thousand grand." Nubis replied. "I shall pay you more after." Ryu's face darkened. "100 thousand grands is what you bargained for!" Nubis brought out the bags of money, his eyes on Sakura who was glaring at him. "6 thousand... let us not be picky now." Ryu's face colored to a deep red. "WHY... YOU... CHEATING--?!" Nubis suddenly had Ryu's throat in his large gloved hands. He squeezed gently, Ryu dangling from his arms. "Let us not get any farther into this." He said, his voice growling... Ryu gasped for air, his face turning pale as he dangled from Nubis's arms, grappling at Nubis's strong grip. When the rulers lips were nearly blue, Nubis dropped him and walked towards the two. Syaoran looked at Sakura desperately. Sakura looked at him too. For the longest time, their eyes held together. Both didn't want to be seperated... Nubis walked over and yanked Sakura up, making her gasp in pain, and Syaoran grip his boundings tightly. Nubis smiled, his eyes softening slightly as he met Sakura's eyes.
"You have escaped death once." He mummered, lettiing his gloved fingers trace her face. Sakura glared at him haugtily and tried to bite his finger, but he drew away quickly, his eyes suddenly raging with a strange anger. "Insolent woman!" He roared, he slapped Sakura, making her reel back and fall to the ground. Syaoran cried out her name, he wanted to kill Nubis as Nubis slowly met his eyes. "You escaped your fate." He said to Syaoran, letting each word purr slowly into the air. "You won't escape fate much longer. I'll make your pain even worse... Because you made my job a lot harder then it could be Prince Li..." Nubis got up and grabbed Sakura's binding and yanked her up, for the first time, he saw Sakura crying, nothing like bawling, but tears slipped from the corners of her eyes. Tears over failure. He saw it in her eyes. Syaoran's heart felt as if it was breaking as gaurds yanked him up onto his feet. He had failed too. They both had, and now, the only thing they had, which was each other, was to be taken away too.
Tomoyo looked very frightened as she watched the farmers/soldiers and Eriol pack up to leave. Eriol was checking his mare's hooves for any pebbles when Tomoyo gathered up her courage to talk to him. "Mr. Hiro." She called out, running up to him. She had a purple muslim dress on and a white lace shawl covered her head. "Let me go with you." She begged. Eriol gave her a sharp look. "No." He said briskly. "It is not safe for a lad--" "Oh... Poppycock!" She said angrily, that was as bad as her cussing could go, but the way she said it, her eyes flashing and her voice filled with such passionate rage, made Eriol reel for a few seconds. Tomoyo stomped a foot. "Listen here Duke Hiro." She said quietly, pointing a finger at him. "I'm going wether you like it or not. I can heal the wounded, and I can fight to an extent, I practiced those few moves you had taught me, and I'm quite confident, even if I am a princess, that I can do SOMETHING... something to help!" Eriol wanted to argue, but she glared him down. "Ok. Fine." He said, raising both hands up in defeat. "You can go, but don't come crying to me if your nail breaks."
Tory sat near the window, his heart thumped in a strange erratic beat in his chest. He remebered his sister. Yes, her name was Sakura Kinomoto. Even his parents, who were very vauge in his mind, was getting a bit clearer. But one thing was clear. Nubis... the one who had treated him wrongly killed his parents. Optius, the evil sorcerer has helped. He wanted revenge, and he wanted it bad. For his family, for his sister he may never see again.
Sakura's head was bowed in defeat as they untied her wrists. They were in a large wagon, and two lady maids came in and bathed her in a tub of lukewarm water. It was kind of hasty, but the rose scented tub (which kept splashing water out because of the moving wagon) held firm and Sakura was dressed in the daintiest clothing. She was'nt used to it. It clung onto her like a second skin. Its delicate sheen light blue color made her feel absolutely serene. The neckline was a bit low for her taste, but it was the most stylish thing she had ever worn in a long time. She felt like a woman for the first time in her life. Her hair was brushed into silky locks and they twined small bits of silver ribbons and gems into her hair. A woman with a veiled face knelt before her, holding a small jar. Sakura backed away, frightened as the woman dabbed a cold clear liquid on her face. She spread it about her eyes and on her high cheekbones. The woman closed the jar and clucked her tounge in contentment. "You look fine, fit to be a queen." The woman said in broken japanese. Sakura looked at herself as the woman brought forth a mirror. Sakura stared. She looked beautiful. For the first time in her life, she felt beautiful. Her hair was artfully decorated, her face had an unearthly glow to it, the clear cool liquid added a strange yet light blue sheen to her skin, making it glow strangely, a glittering addition to her skin.
"Now... Nubis will love this." The woman exclaimed, clapping her hands. Sakura stared listlessly at the wall. The woman smiled, "This is Nubis's wagon, please, wait please... Master wants to see you... I call him." The woman breezely left the room, Sakura sat there, and spotted something glinting on the ground. It was a large needle, thick and dull, the needles that woman during her century called, "fashion." When your hair was put up into a thick bun, you were suppose to stick that in your bun abd leave it there. Yes, she remebered what it was called, chop sticks. Sakura thought carefully to herself, it was a beautiful object, shimmering clear with emeralds dotting it... She could'nt wear it, but it would make a wonderful weapon. Sakura slipped the "weapon" down her cleaveage, and straightened her dress just as Nubis entered the wagon.
The look in his eyes scared her.
He stared at her with a strange kind of hunger... She shuddered as he came nearer, but she sat there bravely, trying to look as dignified as possible, he knelt besides her, a look of rapture on his face.
"You are beautiful."
He stroked a loose tress from her face and brought down his index finger to trace her full and quivering lips. His purple eyes captured her green ones. She looekd determined... He looked bemused. "Dear, don't look at me with such hatred, you can't do anything... give up, you're my prisoner."
Sakura gritted her teeth, this wan was more insolent then Syaoran... Syaoran never had said anything like that to her. She had failed to protect both Tomoyo and Syaoran, she was'nt going to let down the people by acting in such a wanton manner. Sakura decied to be a coy woman... she had no real experince with it... but she did remeber Rika... her once friend who was now long dead... Rika had told her that a female can wrap a man around her fingers with sweet words and charm... If the guy was attracted to her. Sakura summoned up her courage, and made sure it out weighted her disgust.
"I'd love to be your prisionor." She said with a throaty sigh, she saw the shock in Nubis's eyes at her sudden change of behavior. "Oh?" He asked, a sudden wicked look overcoming him. Suprisingly, he looked boyish and adorable as a sudden warmth entered his eyes. "You'd like to be my prisoner huh? I'll make you enjoy every single moment." He drew closer, making Sakura panic and she pushed him away quickly, laughing she struck up a shy and teasing facade. "You're going much too fast..." She said shyly, Sakura made herself brush back Nubis's soft ebony locks and cupped his face. "My... you are handsome, I never noticed that when I first met you."
It was part truth. Nubis was a good looking man. With a great body and a nicely chistled face.
Nubis looked suprised yet again. "Sudden change in behavior..." He said broodingly, "That's strange..." He ran a hand down her partially bare back, making Sakura cringe. Sakura smiled and akwardly drew back. "Lord... I..." Sakura didn't want to act like a simpering whore anymore. He looked bemused, smiling even. "Yes?"
Sakura suddenly had her heel dug in his throat, he was knocked onto the ground.
"I hate you."
Sakura twisted her foot, making Nubis gargle angrily. But he was as strong as an Ox. She found herself skidding across the floor as he kicked her off. Sakura felt her thigh contract and scream with pain as his boot met her flesh.
She stumbled as he got up, his face red with rage. Sakura felt her heart flutter with fear, but her gaze was drawn to the white dragon imprinted in her skin... She had to do this for her family. With nimble feet and an agile body, she sprung away from Nubis's grasp. But he was fast too. Sakura gasped as he grabbed her ankle and threw her to the ground. Angry purple eyes met a bewildered pair of green eyes.
Syaoran felt himself being led down a cold stairway, escorted by two hulking soldiers. Syaoran frowned, he had to find a way to escape... He had to... It would'nt end this way. It couldn't! He pictured his dead family, Sakura... Tomoyo... especially Sakura. He suddenyl got a brilliant idea, something he should've though of before. Slightly fusterated at himself he concentrated in his cores depth. A flickering of green power over came him. Syaoran gritted his teeth and let his magic fly out and burn away his bindings... and kill the two soldiers who didn't even get to scream in suprise as green magic consumed them.
Nubis slapped Sakura once. Sakura gasped in pain as he slapped her again... Nubis looked a bit crazy, his eyes glinting strangely.
"Pathetic woman... How dare you... how DARE you..."
Sakura felt her eyes sting with tears, but she clenched her teeth, vaugely remebering that she had hid something of value in her bodice. She managed to tussel Nubis off, breathing hard. Her right eye was swelling shut. Nubis looked enraged. "Stupi nit wit! I LOVE you.... stupid... ungrateful..." Sakura brought her hand to her chest and pulled out the chopstick quickly and twirled around quickly, sending it flying with such force that it peirced Nubis's arm deeply and carried him back and pinned him onto the wall. Making his groan. Sakura jumped out of the wagon. She had to escape.
Tomoyo felt excitment chill the air about her, yet a tense and heavy cloak of fear as well. Shivering slightly, she gripped the rein's on her chestnut mare. She carried nothing more then a light sword at her side, she had been practicing, but she wasn't sure if she could fit into Eriol's standards of a knight, simply because she was a girl. Clutching the midnight black cloak about her, she felt invisible in the pitch dark night, Eriol was leading her mare towards the trecherous bridge which they had to cross.
"Close your eyes and hold on tight." Eriol told her, his voice smooth and emotionless. Tomoyo buried her face into the chestnut mare's mane, she flung her arms about the horses neck and gripped strongly, but lightly, so the horse could at the most, breathe a few gulps of air. Eriol whistled in the air, a signal for the hidden troops to move forward. Tomoyo shivered as Eriol lightly touched her arm. "Tomoyo, I have to ride this mare, hold onto me tightly." Tomoyo scooted back as he gracefully swung on. Tensely, she rested her arms about his slim waist, goosbumps rose on her arms as she blushed madly at their contact. She held her breathe as the horse started to go into a gallop... wind whipped about her face as the beat of war sounded upon the ground...
Syaoran kicked open the window and looked down. It was high, but his magic can help him glide safely down to the ground, hoping not to gain attention, he grasped all the strands of his green magic and furled it outward, like wings, He then flipped into the air gracefully, the world a blur around him and glided to the ground and landed with a light thump. Using the sword he had stolen from soldiers he had killed, he hacked through the rose garden, and crouched low as he came to the heavily gaurded gate. 'Damn... too many people...' He slinked back and whirled around as he heard a twig snap.
"Its only me yah."
It was Stella.
"You!" Syaoran hissed venomously. He circled her wairly, his sword expertly thrown to one hand and the other, flipping it lethally into the air as he kept his eyes on both the gaurds standing by the gate, and Stella who stood before her.
"I'm sorry, I am. My children are starving. I had to do that to feed them with the prize money."
Syaoran didn't listen to her. "Sakura's captured, who knows what that lusty Nubis will do to her." Stella looked really sad, her blue eyes twinkling with unshed tears. "I'll help... I'm sorry, I beg of you--" Syaoran growled at her, cautiously drawing nearer. "You can't be, you've already destroyed her." Stella looked at him, her eyes wide.
"Please. I want to help you..."
Syaoran sighed with fusteration. "What? What can you do after all this trouble you caused?!"
"I know where Sakura is, and I have her fan with me." She brought out two shiny metal fans, Syaoran eyes rested upon those fans...
"How can I trust you?"
"Do you have a choice?"
Syaoran stared at her for a long time. "No..." He sheathed his sword. "Help me." Stella nodded, "Follow me, I know a way out... We will arrive at Nubis's camp at dawn, I am riding a wagon near the place their are encamping with my family. I'll drop you off there." Syaoran nodded, suprised as Stella handed him his precious sword... the sword the enemy had taken away.
"This is for good luck." She said, whispering, her china blue eyes glittered with earnestness, as she drew Syaoran into the shadows.
Sakura jumped nimbly out of the wagon, her eyes wide as she dodged the soldiers who were comign at her. Soon she was surrounded. Sakura had no choice but to fight. Sakura lept at the person at her right with a powerful flip in the air. She kicked him hard and drew the sword at his side at the same time. Using her hands to go into a series of quick hand springs, she lept up into a fighting position, her dress moving around with her gracefully. She touched the blade of her sword, and grinned, it was not her fan, but it had a good blade. Her finger bled and she got her blood and wiped it on her cheek, leaving behind a streak of crimson. She would die fighting.
Syaoran looked around gingerly, the wagon moved bumpily about the road, and he was face with two little boys and three little girls, staring at him as if he was an alien. The smallest girl looked very grubby, her blonde hair was put up into two messy pigtails, her large china blue eyes stared at him fearfully as she clutched her older brothers finger. The smaller boy coughed and gasped for air as he closed his eyes and slumped back. Stella kneeled next to that child.
"My dear Tevvy is sick." She said sadly, holding her childs hand she looked sad. "With this money, I can buy him the best medicine to heal him." The woman looked at Syaoran beseechingly. "Do you see why now?" Syaoran sighed. "Yes." The children looked horrible, dirty, and very hungry. Their cheeks were sallow and thin, they were living skeletons. The smallest girl crept up to him and rested her head on his lap, her boney arms hugged his knee as she looked at him wtih innocence in her eyes.
"Mom said you save us." She said. Her Raihland accent was very thick, but he understood those words throughly. "I... I'm afraid I didn't do anything." SYaoran replied, the girl looked up at him, her eyes large and limpid. "Daddy left us." She said simply. "You look like my daddy, but daddy had blue eyes." She said, her eyes sad. Syaoran could'nt say anything, so instead, he wrapped the girl into a hug and brought her to his lap. "I bet your father really loved you." He said softly. The girl looked up at him. "Daddy hated me." The girl said, her bottom lip quivering as tears filled her eyes. "He hated mommy too. He hit me and mommy bad. Mommy cried." Syaoran shushed the girl, a gentle finger on her quivering lips.
"He loved you in his own little way... Some people don't know how to show it." He stroked the girls hair away from her thin face, seeing the childs beauty for the first time. Underneathe that dirty exterior, she was a angel... Just like Sakura. He felt the strange pang within him as he suddenly felt a longing for the contrary girl. Stella smiled softly. "We're almost there. Its only a 15 minute journey. You have suprise as your aid. They all think you're dead by now." Stella smiled as Syaoran held her child as if she was a fragile work of art. He set her down softly as he looekd up at Stella, a strange understanding passing through his stormy amber eyes. "Thank you." He whispered as he slid out. Stella called out to him,
"Good luck... with everything."
Syaoran smiled as he crept into the darkness, approaching the encampment from the south, his eyes trained on the camp.
Sakura brought her sword swiftly down on her enemy, red splattering over her blue dress, she hurriedly drew the heavy head behind him, hittin someone with a sickening thud on the skull. She leaped to the side agiley, like a panther, and kicked out at her enemy with a solid round house kick and a high and powerful back jump kick. Sakura froze suddenly, her muscles were aching for action, but something held her back... strands of red magic glittered about her, holding her back, Sakura thrusted her magic towards it, attempting to drive it back, but another persons magic wrapped around her, and another... her magic was pinned down, as well as her body. Sakura withered under the grasp, droplets of sweat dripping and rivuleting down her face.
"Halt."
Optius came towards her, white hair glinting in the moonlight, his red eyes glittering evilly.
"You have the key, I sense it. Your magic cannot protect you this time."
His eyes went down towards her throat, where a silver locket peeked out, glowing a faint silver.
"There it is. Now it is mine. "
Sakura groaned suddenly as sudden flashes of her parents death and her past flashed before her.
"You're a boy!"
"Sakura... You're a Kinomoto..."
"For our honor..."
"Pathetic..."
"SAKURA!"
A shattering scream peirced through Sakura's memory, the scream of millions of people dying, Sakura screamed with them, feeling agony and fire burn through her. Her eyes were disfocused as she saw Optius's hands drawing nearer to the locket. The closer his hands got to the locket, the louder the millions of people screamed within her head. A hot burning fire roared within her, something pulsated within her... beating against the back of her skull... Sakura felt one of her bloos vessels pop near her forehead, and her pores started bleeding blood... the blood formed into a sacred symbol... the word for the holy seal of the white dragon.
The white dragon rose before her, flames of blue roaring about it. It's fierice blue eyes met hers, its magnifecent white head and glistning white pearls on its back and forehead glistening.
'Rise descendent of the holy dragon...'
A scream rang from her throat as a shiver of power ran through her.
'Rise and fight... I shall aid you, not a evil person's hand shall touch a strand of your hair... if you are true to your purpose...'
Sakura felt a pulsating power fill her, strengthening her... Her eyes glowed a strange shade of blue... blue as the clear day sky.
'But beware... anger and vengence shall be your undoing... and your failure. You have not failed yet. I pray for your safety, daughter of my daughter.'
The world dissolved around her, as her eyes snapped open and met a pair of fascinated, awed, yet fear struck red ones.
To be Continued....
The next chapter will be up in maybe less then a week, give or take a few days. ^^; I'm having a horrible writers block. Thank you all for reading! READ AND REVEIW PLEASE!
Chapter 10: Descendent of the Holy Dragon
Author: Peonyqt1004
DISCLAIMER: I do not own CCS! XO Please dunt hurt me!
A/N: Sorry people for the late update, I had this story done like weeks ago but I had to update a few things, my xanga... and I had to study... So I kept delaying the day I was to post this. So sorry, please read and reveiw, Reveiws makes the chapters come out better with much more quality too. *beams* Thank you! READ AND REVEIW PLEASE!
-Peony-
Stella looked guilty and sad, yet the large amount of cash inside the inner pocket of her fur coat kept her from running back to withdraw the two bounty. She had sold off both Syaoran and Sakura. It was bad, but her children had to eat, her one son was terribly sick and needed as much care as possible. She trudged away from the large castle, wishing she had'nt met them... and that she had'nt seen the ad which tempted her to do this. "Poor Kiddies." Stella said softly. "I wish you luck, may the gods of the four heavens be with you two."
Ryu looked at his two captured prizes, their weapons had been stripped away, and they were tied securely. They were just stirring in front of his eyes. The red haired ruler watched the beautiful girls with light brown hair look up at him drowsily, her green eyes suddenly sharpened with awareness. The dark brown haired young man tied not too far from her opened his eyes, his eyes were grave and slightly disfoucused, but his eyes had a knowing glint as his eyes opened slowly. The girl gave out a shrill cry as she realized that she had been captured and tried to get up, but her bound hand's, wrist's, arms... legs and ankles kept her from moving at all. She sat down heavily on the floor, her eyes had a determined look in them. "Let us go." She hissed at the ruler who looked at them with such a curious air. The man smiled in return. "I'm sorry, I can't. You two are quite a catch. I have pockets to fill... I need you two." Syaoran spoke, his voice harsh and abrasive, "You stupid low life cur! Let us go?!" Ryu shrugged indiffrently. "I told you I could'nt, Nubis should be here any minute now." "What about Stella?" Sakura asked, her voice filled with dread. Her unasked question was answered by one simple statement. "I'm afraid she left. She has children to feed. I've given her a large wad of cash, she is quite the rich lady now I suppose. I'm the leader... people would obey my rules here." That nearly made Sakura half mad with a strange unspeakable anger. She realized who they were talking to. "How DARE you... We came here to make a treaty with you?! Don't you hate Nubis at ALL?! Look what he did! Look what he did to this world!" Ryu rose an eyebrow. "I wish I could've done that." He said simply, making Sakura stare at him in shock. "Killing millions for no reason at all..." Sakura whispered brokenly. "To become a murderer?" Syaoran felt his heart going out for her, what she said was true. It was murderer.
Ryu didn't seemed to care, he looked at his nails and smiled. "Ah, here he is right now." The door clicked open, a bright light shone in from the doorway... and a familiar and dreaded figure stepped in, his shiny black leather boots hitting the ground softly. The door closed behind him, a familiar old man, small and wrinkled followed him. The tall majestic tyrant stood there. His hair was black as the midnight sky, his eyes were purple... and cold. "Yes, these are them." Nubis said briskly, looking at them from afar. Optius nodded behind Nubis, his red eyes glittering as he stroked his long white beard. "100 thousand grands." Ryu said greedily, stepping out towards the forbidding destroyer. "I brought 6 thousand grand." Nubis replied. "I shall pay you more after." Ryu's face darkened. "100 thousand grands is what you bargained for!" Nubis brought out the bags of money, his eyes on Sakura who was glaring at him. "6 thousand... let us not be picky now." Ryu's face colored to a deep red. "WHY... YOU... CHEATING--?!" Nubis suddenly had Ryu's throat in his large gloved hands. He squeezed gently, Ryu dangling from his arms. "Let us not get any farther into this." He said, his voice growling... Ryu gasped for air, his face turning pale as he dangled from Nubis's arms, grappling at Nubis's strong grip. When the rulers lips were nearly blue, Nubis dropped him and walked towards the two. Syaoran looked at Sakura desperately. Sakura looked at him too. For the longest time, their eyes held together. Both didn't want to be seperated... Nubis walked over and yanked Sakura up, making her gasp in pain, and Syaoran grip his boundings tightly. Nubis smiled, his eyes softening slightly as he met Sakura's eyes.
"You have escaped death once." He mummered, lettiing his gloved fingers trace her face. Sakura glared at him haugtily and tried to bite his finger, but he drew away quickly, his eyes suddenly raging with a strange anger. "Insolent woman!" He roared, he slapped Sakura, making her reel back and fall to the ground. Syaoran cried out her name, he wanted to kill Nubis as Nubis slowly met his eyes. "You escaped your fate." He said to Syaoran, letting each word purr slowly into the air. "You won't escape fate much longer. I'll make your pain even worse... Because you made my job a lot harder then it could be Prince Li..." Nubis got up and grabbed Sakura's binding and yanked her up, for the first time, he saw Sakura crying, nothing like bawling, but tears slipped from the corners of her eyes. Tears over failure. He saw it in her eyes. Syaoran's heart felt as if it was breaking as gaurds yanked him up onto his feet. He had failed too. They both had, and now, the only thing they had, which was each other, was to be taken away too.
Tomoyo looked very frightened as she watched the farmers/soldiers and Eriol pack up to leave. Eriol was checking his mare's hooves for any pebbles when Tomoyo gathered up her courage to talk to him. "Mr. Hiro." She called out, running up to him. She had a purple muslim dress on and a white lace shawl covered her head. "Let me go with you." She begged. Eriol gave her a sharp look. "No." He said briskly. "It is not safe for a lad--" "Oh... Poppycock!" She said angrily, that was as bad as her cussing could go, but the way she said it, her eyes flashing and her voice filled with such passionate rage, made Eriol reel for a few seconds. Tomoyo stomped a foot. "Listen here Duke Hiro." She said quietly, pointing a finger at him. "I'm going wether you like it or not. I can heal the wounded, and I can fight to an extent, I practiced those few moves you had taught me, and I'm quite confident, even if I am a princess, that I can do SOMETHING... something to help!" Eriol wanted to argue, but she glared him down. "Ok. Fine." He said, raising both hands up in defeat. "You can go, but don't come crying to me if your nail breaks."
Tory sat near the window, his heart thumped in a strange erratic beat in his chest. He remebered his sister. Yes, her name was Sakura Kinomoto. Even his parents, who were very vauge in his mind, was getting a bit clearer. But one thing was clear. Nubis... the one who had treated him wrongly killed his parents. Optius, the evil sorcerer has helped. He wanted revenge, and he wanted it bad. For his family, for his sister he may never see again.
Sakura's head was bowed in defeat as they untied her wrists. They were in a large wagon, and two lady maids came in and bathed her in a tub of lukewarm water. It was kind of hasty, but the rose scented tub (which kept splashing water out because of the moving wagon) held firm and Sakura was dressed in the daintiest clothing. She was'nt used to it. It clung onto her like a second skin. Its delicate sheen light blue color made her feel absolutely serene. The neckline was a bit low for her taste, but it was the most stylish thing she had ever worn in a long time. She felt like a woman for the first time in her life. Her hair was brushed into silky locks and they twined small bits of silver ribbons and gems into her hair. A woman with a veiled face knelt before her, holding a small jar. Sakura backed away, frightened as the woman dabbed a cold clear liquid on her face. She spread it about her eyes and on her high cheekbones. The woman closed the jar and clucked her tounge in contentment. "You look fine, fit to be a queen." The woman said in broken japanese. Sakura looked at herself as the woman brought forth a mirror. Sakura stared. She looked beautiful. For the first time in her life, she felt beautiful. Her hair was artfully decorated, her face had an unearthly glow to it, the clear cool liquid added a strange yet light blue sheen to her skin, making it glow strangely, a glittering addition to her skin.
"Now... Nubis will love this." The woman exclaimed, clapping her hands. Sakura stared listlessly at the wall. The woman smiled, "This is Nubis's wagon, please, wait please... Master wants to see you... I call him." The woman breezely left the room, Sakura sat there, and spotted something glinting on the ground. It was a large needle, thick and dull, the needles that woman during her century called, "fashion." When your hair was put up into a thick bun, you were suppose to stick that in your bun abd leave it there. Yes, she remebered what it was called, chop sticks. Sakura thought carefully to herself, it was a beautiful object, shimmering clear with emeralds dotting it... She could'nt wear it, but it would make a wonderful weapon. Sakura slipped the "weapon" down her cleaveage, and straightened her dress just as Nubis entered the wagon.
The look in his eyes scared her.
He stared at her with a strange kind of hunger... She shuddered as he came nearer, but she sat there bravely, trying to look as dignified as possible, he knelt besides her, a look of rapture on his face.
"You are beautiful."
He stroked a loose tress from her face and brought down his index finger to trace her full and quivering lips. His purple eyes captured her green ones. She looekd determined... He looked bemused. "Dear, don't look at me with such hatred, you can't do anything... give up, you're my prisoner."
Sakura gritted her teeth, this wan was more insolent then Syaoran... Syaoran never had said anything like that to her. She had failed to protect both Tomoyo and Syaoran, she was'nt going to let down the people by acting in such a wanton manner. Sakura decied to be a coy woman... she had no real experince with it... but she did remeber Rika... her once friend who was now long dead... Rika had told her that a female can wrap a man around her fingers with sweet words and charm... If the guy was attracted to her. Sakura summoned up her courage, and made sure it out weighted her disgust.
"I'd love to be your prisionor." She said with a throaty sigh, she saw the shock in Nubis's eyes at her sudden change of behavior. "Oh?" He asked, a sudden wicked look overcoming him. Suprisingly, he looked boyish and adorable as a sudden warmth entered his eyes. "You'd like to be my prisoner huh? I'll make you enjoy every single moment." He drew closer, making Sakura panic and she pushed him away quickly, laughing she struck up a shy and teasing facade. "You're going much too fast..." She said shyly, Sakura made herself brush back Nubis's soft ebony locks and cupped his face. "My... you are handsome, I never noticed that when I first met you."
It was part truth. Nubis was a good looking man. With a great body and a nicely chistled face.
Nubis looked suprised yet again. "Sudden change in behavior..." He said broodingly, "That's strange..." He ran a hand down her partially bare back, making Sakura cringe. Sakura smiled and akwardly drew back. "Lord... I..." Sakura didn't want to act like a simpering whore anymore. He looked bemused, smiling even. "Yes?"
Sakura suddenly had her heel dug in his throat, he was knocked onto the ground.
"I hate you."
Sakura twisted her foot, making Nubis gargle angrily. But he was as strong as an Ox. She found herself skidding across the floor as he kicked her off. Sakura felt her thigh contract and scream with pain as his boot met her flesh.
She stumbled as he got up, his face red with rage. Sakura felt her heart flutter with fear, but her gaze was drawn to the white dragon imprinted in her skin... She had to do this for her family. With nimble feet and an agile body, she sprung away from Nubis's grasp. But he was fast too. Sakura gasped as he grabbed her ankle and threw her to the ground. Angry purple eyes met a bewildered pair of green eyes.
Syaoran felt himself being led down a cold stairway, escorted by two hulking soldiers. Syaoran frowned, he had to find a way to escape... He had to... It would'nt end this way. It couldn't! He pictured his dead family, Sakura... Tomoyo... especially Sakura. He suddenyl got a brilliant idea, something he should've though of before. Slightly fusterated at himself he concentrated in his cores depth. A flickering of green power over came him. Syaoran gritted his teeth and let his magic fly out and burn away his bindings... and kill the two soldiers who didn't even get to scream in suprise as green magic consumed them.
Nubis slapped Sakura once. Sakura gasped in pain as he slapped her again... Nubis looked a bit crazy, his eyes glinting strangely.
"Pathetic woman... How dare you... how DARE you..."
Sakura felt her eyes sting with tears, but she clenched her teeth, vaugely remebering that she had hid something of value in her bodice. She managed to tussel Nubis off, breathing hard. Her right eye was swelling shut. Nubis looked enraged. "Stupi nit wit! I LOVE you.... stupid... ungrateful..." Sakura brought her hand to her chest and pulled out the chopstick quickly and twirled around quickly, sending it flying with such force that it peirced Nubis's arm deeply and carried him back and pinned him onto the wall. Making his groan. Sakura jumped out of the wagon. She had to escape.
Tomoyo felt excitment chill the air about her, yet a tense and heavy cloak of fear as well. Shivering slightly, she gripped the rein's on her chestnut mare. She carried nothing more then a light sword at her side, she had been practicing, but she wasn't sure if she could fit into Eriol's standards of a knight, simply because she was a girl. Clutching the midnight black cloak about her, she felt invisible in the pitch dark night, Eriol was leading her mare towards the trecherous bridge which they had to cross.
"Close your eyes and hold on tight." Eriol told her, his voice smooth and emotionless. Tomoyo buried her face into the chestnut mare's mane, she flung her arms about the horses neck and gripped strongly, but lightly, so the horse could at the most, breathe a few gulps of air. Eriol whistled in the air, a signal for the hidden troops to move forward. Tomoyo shivered as Eriol lightly touched her arm. "Tomoyo, I have to ride this mare, hold onto me tightly." Tomoyo scooted back as he gracefully swung on. Tensely, she rested her arms about his slim waist, goosbumps rose on her arms as she blushed madly at their contact. She held her breathe as the horse started to go into a gallop... wind whipped about her face as the beat of war sounded upon the ground...
Syaoran kicked open the window and looked down. It was high, but his magic can help him glide safely down to the ground, hoping not to gain attention, he grasped all the strands of his green magic and furled it outward, like wings, He then flipped into the air gracefully, the world a blur around him and glided to the ground and landed with a light thump. Using the sword he had stolen from soldiers he had killed, he hacked through the rose garden, and crouched low as he came to the heavily gaurded gate. 'Damn... too many people...' He slinked back and whirled around as he heard a twig snap.
"Its only me yah."
It was Stella.
"You!" Syaoran hissed venomously. He circled her wairly, his sword expertly thrown to one hand and the other, flipping it lethally into the air as he kept his eyes on both the gaurds standing by the gate, and Stella who stood before her.
"I'm sorry, I am. My children are starving. I had to do that to feed them with the prize money."
Syaoran didn't listen to her. "Sakura's captured, who knows what that lusty Nubis will do to her." Stella looked really sad, her blue eyes twinkling with unshed tears. "I'll help... I'm sorry, I beg of you--" Syaoran growled at her, cautiously drawing nearer. "You can't be, you've already destroyed her." Stella looked at him, her eyes wide.
"Please. I want to help you..."
Syaoran sighed with fusteration. "What? What can you do after all this trouble you caused?!"
"I know where Sakura is, and I have her fan with me." She brought out two shiny metal fans, Syaoran eyes rested upon those fans...
"How can I trust you?"
"Do you have a choice?"
Syaoran stared at her for a long time. "No..." He sheathed his sword. "Help me." Stella nodded, "Follow me, I know a way out... We will arrive at Nubis's camp at dawn, I am riding a wagon near the place their are encamping with my family. I'll drop you off there." Syaoran nodded, suprised as Stella handed him his precious sword... the sword the enemy had taken away.
"This is for good luck." She said, whispering, her china blue eyes glittered with earnestness, as she drew Syaoran into the shadows.
Sakura jumped nimbly out of the wagon, her eyes wide as she dodged the soldiers who were comign at her. Soon she was surrounded. Sakura had no choice but to fight. Sakura lept at the person at her right with a powerful flip in the air. She kicked him hard and drew the sword at his side at the same time. Using her hands to go into a series of quick hand springs, she lept up into a fighting position, her dress moving around with her gracefully. She touched the blade of her sword, and grinned, it was not her fan, but it had a good blade. Her finger bled and she got her blood and wiped it on her cheek, leaving behind a streak of crimson. She would die fighting.
Syaoran looked around gingerly, the wagon moved bumpily about the road, and he was face with two little boys and three little girls, staring at him as if he was an alien. The smallest girl looked very grubby, her blonde hair was put up into two messy pigtails, her large china blue eyes stared at him fearfully as she clutched her older brothers finger. The smaller boy coughed and gasped for air as he closed his eyes and slumped back. Stella kneeled next to that child.
"My dear Tevvy is sick." She said sadly, holding her childs hand she looked sad. "With this money, I can buy him the best medicine to heal him." The woman looked at Syaoran beseechingly. "Do you see why now?" Syaoran sighed. "Yes." The children looked horrible, dirty, and very hungry. Their cheeks were sallow and thin, they were living skeletons. The smallest girl crept up to him and rested her head on his lap, her boney arms hugged his knee as she looked at him wtih innocence in her eyes.
"Mom said you save us." She said. Her Raihland accent was very thick, but he understood those words throughly. "I... I'm afraid I didn't do anything." SYaoran replied, the girl looked up at him, her eyes large and limpid. "Daddy left us." She said simply. "You look like my daddy, but daddy had blue eyes." She said, her eyes sad. Syaoran could'nt say anything, so instead, he wrapped the girl into a hug and brought her to his lap. "I bet your father really loved you." He said softly. The girl looked up at him. "Daddy hated me." The girl said, her bottom lip quivering as tears filled her eyes. "He hated mommy too. He hit me and mommy bad. Mommy cried." Syaoran shushed the girl, a gentle finger on her quivering lips.
"He loved you in his own little way... Some people don't know how to show it." He stroked the girls hair away from her thin face, seeing the childs beauty for the first time. Underneathe that dirty exterior, she was a angel... Just like Sakura. He felt the strange pang within him as he suddenly felt a longing for the contrary girl. Stella smiled softly. "We're almost there. Its only a 15 minute journey. You have suprise as your aid. They all think you're dead by now." Stella smiled as Syaoran held her child as if she was a fragile work of art. He set her down softly as he looekd up at Stella, a strange understanding passing through his stormy amber eyes. "Thank you." He whispered as he slid out. Stella called out to him,
"Good luck... with everything."
Syaoran smiled as he crept into the darkness, approaching the encampment from the south, his eyes trained on the camp.
Sakura brought her sword swiftly down on her enemy, red splattering over her blue dress, she hurriedly drew the heavy head behind him, hittin someone with a sickening thud on the skull. She leaped to the side agiley, like a panther, and kicked out at her enemy with a solid round house kick and a high and powerful back jump kick. Sakura froze suddenly, her muscles were aching for action, but something held her back... strands of red magic glittered about her, holding her back, Sakura thrusted her magic towards it, attempting to drive it back, but another persons magic wrapped around her, and another... her magic was pinned down, as well as her body. Sakura withered under the grasp, droplets of sweat dripping and rivuleting down her face.
"Halt."
Optius came towards her, white hair glinting in the moonlight, his red eyes glittering evilly.
"You have the key, I sense it. Your magic cannot protect you this time."
His eyes went down towards her throat, where a silver locket peeked out, glowing a faint silver.
"There it is. Now it is mine. "
Sakura groaned suddenly as sudden flashes of her parents death and her past flashed before her.
"You're a boy!"
"Sakura... You're a Kinomoto..."
"For our honor..."
"Pathetic..."
"SAKURA!"
A shattering scream peirced through Sakura's memory, the scream of millions of people dying, Sakura screamed with them, feeling agony and fire burn through her. Her eyes were disfocused as she saw Optius's hands drawing nearer to the locket. The closer his hands got to the locket, the louder the millions of people screamed within her head. A hot burning fire roared within her, something pulsated within her... beating against the back of her skull... Sakura felt one of her bloos vessels pop near her forehead, and her pores started bleeding blood... the blood formed into a sacred symbol... the word for the holy seal of the white dragon.
The white dragon rose before her, flames of blue roaring about it. It's fierice blue eyes met hers, its magnifecent white head and glistning white pearls on its back and forehead glistening.
'Rise descendent of the holy dragon...'
A scream rang from her throat as a shiver of power ran through her.
'Rise and fight... I shall aid you, not a evil person's hand shall touch a strand of your hair... if you are true to your purpose...'
Sakura felt a pulsating power fill her, strengthening her... Her eyes glowed a strange shade of blue... blue as the clear day sky.
'But beware... anger and vengence shall be your undoing... and your failure. You have not failed yet. I pray for your safety, daughter of my daughter.'
The world dissolved around her, as her eyes snapped open and met a pair of fascinated, awed, yet fear struck red ones.
To be Continued....
The next chapter will be up in maybe less then a week, give or take a few days. ^^; I'm having a horrible writers block. Thank you all for reading! READ AND REVEIW PLEASE!
