Title: War Beat
Author: Peonyqt1004
Chapter Title: " Irresistable Calling"
DISCLAIMER: NO I DUNT OWN CCS!!!! .
A/n: Thanks for the reveiws! =D
Sakura was lost in his eyes for the longest time. His eyes captured her.... intoxicated her. She felt as though she was falling... He clasped her hand tightly. "Sakura...?!" He seemed suprised and a bit relieved. Sakura felt her eyes seep with moisture. She could'nt love him, no one could not fall for this handsome cocky grouchy boy of a man... Butu she... she could'nt... Sakura clenched her eyes shut and pulled away. "Please Lord..." She implored, becoming rather stoic and grave, she wouldn't let her hopes run high... It would kill her... Puzzled by her suddenl coldness, Syaoran got up slowly, blinking a bit and grimacing at the sudden sharp pain shooting from his arm. "Sakura..."
"Please, its Kinomoto." Sakura insisted. Syaoran frowned. "I want to call you Sakura." He presisted. Sakura shook her head, holding onto the edge of her sanity. "No... thats not right. That's what a close friend should call me... a... a lover." Syaorans eyes softened. "Sakura... I..." Sakura didn't want to hear it, going into hysterics was not her usual thing, but she got up quickly, babbling on and on. "Lord, may I get you a drink of water? WHat should we plan next? Wait, I have to attend to Stellas child... So I'll talk to you later Prince." Sakura bowed formally and quickly left the room. Syaoran frowned, his face dark... and a tinge of hurt flickered in his eyes. But he did not know the conflict going on in Sakura. Ignorance was bliss. As the prince, he thought nothing could be denied to him, and that everything was within his grasp. How wrong he was.
Sakura drew the curtains behind her quickly, her breathe came in short ragged gasps as she backed away from the curtain.
"Is everything fine yah?"
Sakura jumped and whirled to face Stella, who looked at her curiously, her blue eyes flickering with interest. "Yes. Everything is fine." Sakura squeaked her voice an octave higher then normal. Stella smiled warmly, her dirty face had been washed, and showed a rather attractive older woman under all the grime. "My child? Preston is the one whose really sick, please look at him." Sakura nodded, nervously, she kept twitching, expecting Syaoran to appear out of nowhere. She ran a hand down the childs painfully boney arms and checked his faint and fluttering pule. The childs face was pinched, his eyes unnatrually big and bright. Sakura felt a twinge of pain for this child. She sighed, this symptom was familiar to her, after all, as her duty as a bodygaurd, she had to study illnesses as well, to protect the person they were to watch over. She just could'nt remeber what it was... Sakura apprehensively took a cord of her unbridled magic. 'Please don't let anything bad happen...' Sakura prayed as she took a deep breathe, and entered the childs body with her magical mind.
Tomoyo screeched as a hard and comfortably warm body drew her against him and threw her to the floor, and rolled her away. Tomoyo blinked and stared up at the face of her saviour. Her ashen face and large purple eyes met navy blue. "Eriol?" Her voice cracked as he looked down at her with a very strange and intimidating look.
"Don't you EVER ever do that again!" He yelled, shaking her. Tomoyo cringed as he touched her. He was mad, she should've known. Tear slipped from her eyes, the close encounter with death and this was altogether too much for her. Eriol stopped and looked remorseful, though the same steely look overcame his dark eyes. "Look, Tomoyo... I'm--."
"Stupid Brat!"
Eriol frowned and came face to face with a tall man... Tory Kinomoto.
"How dare you make her cry?!" Eriol was about to reply with a witty comeback when a steely hard fist rammed its way into his face. Tomoyo screamed from somewhere in the back... and all went black.
Sakura gasped as she entered his body, pain overtook her. She was feeling his pain. She didn't know how she had done it, but it worked. She was grateful. She let her magic drift about him, she touched his limbs, his heart... his blood vessels. Sakura gasped as she caught a glimpse of the problem. It was a horrifying truth. There would be no future for this child.
Syaoran felt the strong use of magic and swore under his breathe.
'Stupid Sakura, wonder what she is doing THIS time?' He was a bit puzzled, her magic was untrained and unbridled, yet, it was powerful and seemed to reflect the darker moods of Sakura. 'Streange, her magic is always pulsating...' Syaoran opened the curtain, grasping his arm gently. Stella looked very worried and fluttered about the two figures, the stiff body of the childs, and the slumped and limp body of Sakura.
"SAKURA!" Syaoran rushed over, concern and anger at her stupidity making his blood and magic boil. 'Stupid little baka yarou!' He made a long rope out of his green magical aura and flung it to Sakura through his magical mind. He felt her magic automatically coming to him. The strange attraction caused their magic to entertwine and a moan of pleasure nearly erupted from his lips as a strange wave of content and warmth flooded him.
'No! Concentrate! Sakura could be lost in her own magic!'
Syaoran felt beads of sweat dripping from his forehead and he gave a triumphed yell as he yanked Sakura out.
Sakura's eyes fluttered open, her eyes were wet with tears. "The child..." She croaked, tears flowing from her eyes. Syaoran frowned. "What about him?" Sakura brought the child closer to her, the child looked confused and started to suck his thumb, but Sakura drew the young dirty child into her arms, hugging him tightly as she cried over him.
"Poor child... poor child..."
Syaoran looked at Sakura with a rather irked look. "Sakura, you're hysterical... whats going on?"
Stella looked frightened. "Is it bad?" She asked, distressed. Sakura let out a long shuddering sigh as she pulled away from the child.
"Send him to his cot." Sakura said gently, a strange look of saddness and remorse filling her eyes. Syaoran gruffly spoke up, "Sakura..." Sakura ignored him, watching the child scurry out to his small cot to join his friends. "Stella..."
"Its grave, his condition." Sakura said, feeling her heart break at the expression on Stella's face.
"He... he's not going to get better?"
Syaoran saw Sakura's face contort and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, she stiffened, but she went on, feeling a strange solid strength from him.
Taking a deep breathe, she continued. "Stella, your son will not live much longer."
Stella looked hysterical. "I can get him a doctor!" She cried, "Some good medicine cures all! Or a magical healer!"
Sakua slowly shook her head, tears falling faster. "Nothing can cure your child..." She said, her voice a wisp of a sound. Stella stilled. "Stella... Your son... was destined to die, even a strong sorcerer cannot prevent death. Its inevitable. Your son... has... blood cancer."
"Eriol? Eriol?!" A faint voice yelled at him from the back of his mind. He groaned as he blinked, his eyes opening. A dull thrumming noise hummed at the back of his mind as he got up and faced two worried purple eyes. "To..tomoyo?" Tomoyo breathed as igh of relief. "Thank GOD!" She smiled coyly. "Tory can sure pack a punch eh?" Eriol scowled deeply as he glared at Tomoyo. She giggled at his expression. "Don't worry." Tomoyo said quietly. "He was being protective of me." Tomoyo smiled slighty. "Almost as protective of me as he is over his sister. If you had insulted his ister... You probably would'nt have woken up for a month." Eriol frowned at the dull pain and stared at her. "How long was I out?" He croaked. "Two hours." Tomoyo replied. "We won." Smiling triumphly Tomoyo clapped her hands. "Its wonderful, we now have control over the Li castle!" "But Nubis won't like it at all." Eriol muttered, getting up. 'Hopefully he'll come back so I can finish him.'
Stella faltered and swayed on her feet, her mouth opened in a silent scream as turned away from Sakura and Syaoran, tears runniing freely from her face. "What can I do?" Stella asked, her voice but a whisper. "Give him the best care. Take good care of him, keep him warm. Don't tell him." Sakura said bluntly. "He'll die quicker that way, and will suffer more." Stella frowned and sighed sadly. "Poor baby." She said softly. "No wonder... no wonder he would always cry at night, telling me how much it hurts. I asked him who did it and he would cry out, "Its the dark monster, he's trying to eat me!" And I laughed, I never belived that the child would be so sick that he..." Stella gulped as she sat down, trembling. "Let me think of this. You two may go, all is clear and safe. I have packed food for you." Stella go up adruptly, her eyes glittering with tears as she left.
Nubis groaned, pain flooded his body as he got up and faced Optius, who looked worse for the wear. "Lord, how are you feeling?" Nubis cursed as he tried to get up. "Little bastard hurt me." He spat. Optius nodded, wincing as Nubis whirled about. "I'll teach that prince..." He seethed. "That Sakura, she'll pay for this too, but not before I kill this strange feeling I have for her." Nubis got up adruptly, letting out a cry of pain. Optius lept up. "Lord!" Nubis clenched his teeth and smiled tensly. "I'll make Syaoran pay, 1000 times over, with more pain then he'll ever be able to bear."
Sakura slung the bag over her shoulder, refusing to meet Syaoran's eye. "We go where next?" Syaoran shrugged. "I'm not sure. Back to the lad of the dragons?" "No." Sakura said quietly. She fingered the locket, "I think..." Sakura whispered, her voice sounding strange and slightly possessed. "I think we should search for the stone." Syaorans eyes widened. "But Sakura..." "Syaoran, I have the key, I can wish your family back again... I can do anything! I have the key!" Sakura laughed hysterically, making Syaoran shudder, and suddenly, the regular green eyes of Sakura looked at him again. She looked frightened. "I... I dunno... This stone, I should destroy it." "Why Sakura?" Syaoran asked, a bit confused at her paradox of words. "This stone... it haunts me, day and night, I see it in my dreams... I see it everywhere... Now that I know, now that the white dragon had appeared to me... telling me I can use this stone. It has possessed me Syaoran." Sakura gulped, her eyes scared. Syaoran stared at her as Sakura looked away from him, ashamed.
"Syaoran... The white dragon appeared to me, after you fainted, I had to rest while Stella cared for you... I slept for a few minutes and I woke up, terrified, and I offered to stitch you back up... The dream... it..."
Sakura pressed closer to Syaoran, her eyes pleading. "Don't let it eat me up Syaoran..." She begged.
**Flashback fo the dream**
Sakura blinked as the light faded down, and the dragon rose before her, it was a beautiful exqusite creature, 1000 times more beautiful then Silver Jade... The dragons voice was a mere rumble... so powerful it hurt for Sakura to listen.
"Sakura... destroy this stone."
The dragon swirled upwards and a large black stone, pulsating red light stood where the dragon had been.
"This stone of great power can fulfil anyones wishes... with a price."
Sakura wanted to cry out in happiness, her parents can be restored, Nubis can be killed.
"This stone is not white magic, only one can use it, thats you. It will possess you, day and night, your link with it is inevitable, its power is your power... The only diffrence is, you have a choice." Sakura blinked as the stone pulsated, she could hear it, like a heartbeat, slow and steady. "It will use you... the one who made it will become you. Youw ill no longer be yourself. For I have sealed the black dragon within it. You are also 1/4 of his descendent... My great great grandmother fell in love with evil, sttracted by its sweet pugnant allure..."
She saw a beautiful silverish dragon before her eyes.
"So... he can easily allure you with its power... Don't release it, use the power to defeate the evil. Make it turn on itself."
Sakura's mouth went dry as she heard it whisper to her, dark promises of power, everlasting life... love.
"Remeber, never let you anger bring you down, for it will be your downfall, and also your friends as well."
Sakura gasped as the white dragon suddenly dissappeared. Sakura stepped away from stone, she was all alone... with this limitless power...
'Use me... I can make your darkest wishes come true...'
It whispered, alluringly. Sakura gulped noisily. She backed away. "You're evil." Sakura whispered. "You've been sealed away..."
'I can kill Nubis for you, your parents can return home... I can kill Optius, I can hurt you those boys who have hurt you so bad...'
Sakura whimpered, as desire engulfed her. Flashes of the green mountains of the north... a small hut... a secret doorway... a black door...
Sakura cried out, "No... I don't want it! NO!"
The stone laughed as the face of a dark evil dragon, handsome, but dark emerged from the stone.
"You know you want this power... Everyone wants it. I can make your wishes come true... I... can..."
Sakura shreiked as a strange darkness engulfed her, it seemed to be eating her, dragging her towards the stone...
**End flashback**
Sakura shook endlessly, and suddenly stopped. Syaoran looked at her with concern. "Kinomoto, there is no need to be scared. It's just a dream, the stone can't talk." Sakura shook her head. "It talked... to me." Sakura said rather childishly. Syaoran pondered on what Sakura had just told him. He knew, that only one person could unlock the stone, and use it. He knew there was a terrible price for using the wishes. He didn't know what it was however. He knew, the dark creature sealed within needed to feed off of pure magic, one that is one with the elements and feeds off the celestrials to be able to re-emerge. But... Why Sakura?
Sakura sighed as she pulled away. She could wish for love, Julians love... Syaorans love... She could wish to be come the beautifulist person in the world... But then... Sakura sighed fusterated. It was horrible, she had no right to love. Syaoran looked at her bemusedly. He thought her rather confused face looked very cute. Hoever, when Sakura caught him looking at her that way, she glared at him. "What are you looking at Prince?" She snapped. He smiled rather darkly, making Sakura shiver with a strange feeling.
"You're very cute when your mad." Syaoran seemed suprised at his own words and clapped a hand over his mouth.
Sakura blinked and suddenly broke out into a large smile, making Syaorans eyes widen and his face blush.
"And you're such a royal pain in my rear." Sakura answered cheerily, she whirled around and skipped away from him, quickly.
Syaorans face flushed with anger. 'That Kinomoto...' He shook his head, she was really annoying.. but then, she was a great companion. He didn't know why. But she was, his face flushed as he remebered her large bright smile.
Sakura was having the same effect drawn on her. Her face was flushed slightly, her breathe quickening. Her every step was shaky and she stopped as she heard Syaoran yell at her to slow down. Stopping, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief.
'I can't love royalty, I'm sworn to be a bodygaurd.'
Sakura remebered the pledge she had made at the age of 10, a true heartfelt pledge that she vowed to keep forever.
'I... Sakura pledge myself to protect the family of the Li's and Daiijabou's till the end of time, I Sakura, pledge to use whatever means to sheild them from harm, my body, my mind, my soul... even sacrificing myself. With the honor of my family symbol, the white dragon, I, Sakura Kinotomoto take my vow. Forever I shall be meek, forever humble, forever shall I be protecting my one and only ruler. I shall not long for anothers comfort, I shall not mingle and taint my royal families blood with my own, my honor shall be kept clean. I will stay pure at mind and at will. I will love my subject from afar, but never close. This I swear upon the holy seal that binds this world together. In the name of the gods and of the holy dragon. I seal this with my blood.'
Clenching her fist, she looked at the sky as she heard the hurried footsteps behind her. The forest was dark and gloomy, only faint spots of sunlight filtered through the thick canopy.
"Sakura, whats the rush?" Syaoran demanded with labored breathing. "Nothing my lord." Sakura said quietly. Syaoran stared at her uplifted face, her eyes focused somewhere ahead of her. She was zoning out on him, but he didn't mind as a small ray of sunlight shone upon her hair, highlighting her hair... her face... and brighteneing her glittering eyes.
'Like emeralds...' Syaoran thought, he chuckled to himself, he was becoming really romantic now days. He wasn't sure if he even *liked* her. His eyes skimmed her face and rested on her parted rosebud lips. If only he could kiss her, he blushed madly at the thought and frowned at himself, he was getting a bit too soft. Why should he like her anyways? She blinked once... twice, and slowly turned towards him, Syaoran quickly looked away at her direct gaze. "Prince Li. I think it would be best if we... looked for the stone of power." Syaoran frowned. "But Sakura, I thought you were scared of the stone?" Sakura fingered the locket about her slim throat, her willowy figure swayed as if she was dancing to invisible threads of music.
"The stone of power..." Sakura whispered, her face lifted upwards as a strange breeze took over the forest, Syaoran was hit with a sudden collision with a strang elemental magic. Sakura laughed an unearthly laugh as she whirled about, dancing in the breeze which gradually became stronger.
"Syaoran... The wind... its calling me! Its singing!" Syaoran winced. "Sakura!" His voice was filled with dread as from the corner of his eyes he spotted a mysterious glowing figure approch them. Like the white lady of the forest he had seen so long ago... Sakura had saved him. He would'nt let another ghostly figure enchant him... or let it hurt Sakura.
"Sakura!" Crouching, sheilding his face from a strong gust of wind, he made his way towards an enchanter Sakura. Sakura was laughing and giggling. Whispering a strange song which whipped past Syaorans ears, unheard.
Syaoran gasped as he tried to breathe through a gust of strong air. "Curse this! It must be a elemental spirit!" He let up a magical sheild, which began deteriorating quickly as he put it up, but it gave him time to grab Sakuras arm and bring her body close to his. Sakura giggled like mad, her eyes shining and unfocused.
"Mother."
Her eyes focused in and out.
"Syaoran?"
She swayed in his arms as a gust of wind blew her fragrant locks into his face. Sakura slumped forward, limp as a rag doll. Syaoran turned a light shade of pink, but he recovered from his momentary shock of Sakuras body on his as the wispy figure of a woman stood before him.
"Who are you, and pray, what do you want?" Syaoran demanded, his voice lost in the angry gust of wind.
A strange voice rose from the womans throat, like the howl of the wind, swirling about Syaoran, she cried out, like the thudering of a tornadoe on a small village, and she stood back, her eyes focused on Sakura, her fingers pointed at her.
"If you want her." Syaoran gritted out. "You have to get by ME!"
The wind stared at him, a bit irked at his behavior, she raised and arm and a pwoerful gust of wind rose him off of his feet and sent him slamming into a tree. Syaoran sheilded Sakura's limp body with his, he took in all the impact. A groan escaped his lips as black swirls of dots rose in front of him.
'Not now... not while the spirit wants Sakura...'
The spirit drew closer. Sakura moaned in his arms, yet his arms were too heavy. The wind spirit was so close, her face inches away from his own, and suddenly, she was gone. She dissappeared in a swirld of air... into Sakura's locket. However, something soft and solid hit his head.
"I found you at last!" An excited voice said, sounding cheerful. Something yellow flashed by Syaorans drooping eyes. The last thing Syaoran heard was,
"OOOHHHH! Food! A long journey calls for a celebration!"
To be continued...
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A/N: Hahaha, Guess who that little somebody is? ^_^ Oh, I'm going to put out another story, I would be awfully pleased if u dropped by to look at it and hit me up with some reviews, its called, "This is Not Enough". Ok, basically this is what its about.
Sakura is an orphan child with no knowledge of her past, parents... and etc. She arrives in an orphanage and gets adopted by one of the most richest and powerful families in Hong Kong. SHe becomes Syaorans sister. Syaoran, used to being a single spoilt child, takes this harshly and hates Sakura, and competes in everything with her, but always somehow ends up losing. Sakura has something Syaoran doesn't have, humility, and a kind and gentle spirit. Knowing how it was to be abandones, Sakura is a kindly soul. She never hated Syaoran, but he makes her hate her once their mother dies. She leaves behind a large company and Syaoran taunts and threatens Sakura, telling her she is an outcast and that no one wanted her. Broken hearted at his cruel insults, she starts to hate and harden herself against him and the two become rivals, till Syaoran realizes something earthshattering to him... Once Syaoran realizes it, both Sakura and Syaoran are able to get along, they have one similarity now. Syaoran becomes more and more aware that Sakura isn't really his sister. The Li clan forbids this kind of love... Sakura is shunned by her only family and meets something from her past that would shock her to no end, her past of lies, deception, murder... Only Syaoran could understand, because he went through this as well. S and S.
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Author: Peonyqt1004
Chapter Title: " Irresistable Calling"
DISCLAIMER: NO I DUNT OWN CCS!!!! .
A/n: Thanks for the reveiws! =D
Sakura was lost in his eyes for the longest time. His eyes captured her.... intoxicated her. She felt as though she was falling... He clasped her hand tightly. "Sakura...?!" He seemed suprised and a bit relieved. Sakura felt her eyes seep with moisture. She could'nt love him, no one could not fall for this handsome cocky grouchy boy of a man... Butu she... she could'nt... Sakura clenched her eyes shut and pulled away. "Please Lord..." She implored, becoming rather stoic and grave, she wouldn't let her hopes run high... It would kill her... Puzzled by her suddenl coldness, Syaoran got up slowly, blinking a bit and grimacing at the sudden sharp pain shooting from his arm. "Sakura..."
"Please, its Kinomoto." Sakura insisted. Syaoran frowned. "I want to call you Sakura." He presisted. Sakura shook her head, holding onto the edge of her sanity. "No... thats not right. That's what a close friend should call me... a... a lover." Syaorans eyes softened. "Sakura... I..." Sakura didn't want to hear it, going into hysterics was not her usual thing, but she got up quickly, babbling on and on. "Lord, may I get you a drink of water? WHat should we plan next? Wait, I have to attend to Stellas child... So I'll talk to you later Prince." Sakura bowed formally and quickly left the room. Syaoran frowned, his face dark... and a tinge of hurt flickered in his eyes. But he did not know the conflict going on in Sakura. Ignorance was bliss. As the prince, he thought nothing could be denied to him, and that everything was within his grasp. How wrong he was.
Sakura drew the curtains behind her quickly, her breathe came in short ragged gasps as she backed away from the curtain.
"Is everything fine yah?"
Sakura jumped and whirled to face Stella, who looked at her curiously, her blue eyes flickering with interest. "Yes. Everything is fine." Sakura squeaked her voice an octave higher then normal. Stella smiled warmly, her dirty face had been washed, and showed a rather attractive older woman under all the grime. "My child? Preston is the one whose really sick, please look at him." Sakura nodded, nervously, she kept twitching, expecting Syaoran to appear out of nowhere. She ran a hand down the childs painfully boney arms and checked his faint and fluttering pule. The childs face was pinched, his eyes unnatrually big and bright. Sakura felt a twinge of pain for this child. She sighed, this symptom was familiar to her, after all, as her duty as a bodygaurd, she had to study illnesses as well, to protect the person they were to watch over. She just could'nt remeber what it was... Sakura apprehensively took a cord of her unbridled magic. 'Please don't let anything bad happen...' Sakura prayed as she took a deep breathe, and entered the childs body with her magical mind.
Tomoyo screeched as a hard and comfortably warm body drew her against him and threw her to the floor, and rolled her away. Tomoyo blinked and stared up at the face of her saviour. Her ashen face and large purple eyes met navy blue. "Eriol?" Her voice cracked as he looked down at her with a very strange and intimidating look.
"Don't you EVER ever do that again!" He yelled, shaking her. Tomoyo cringed as he touched her. He was mad, she should've known. Tear slipped from her eyes, the close encounter with death and this was altogether too much for her. Eriol stopped and looked remorseful, though the same steely look overcame his dark eyes. "Look, Tomoyo... I'm--."
"Stupid Brat!"
Eriol frowned and came face to face with a tall man... Tory Kinomoto.
"How dare you make her cry?!" Eriol was about to reply with a witty comeback when a steely hard fist rammed its way into his face. Tomoyo screamed from somewhere in the back... and all went black.
Sakura gasped as she entered his body, pain overtook her. She was feeling his pain. She didn't know how she had done it, but it worked. She was grateful. She let her magic drift about him, she touched his limbs, his heart... his blood vessels. Sakura gasped as she caught a glimpse of the problem. It was a horrifying truth. There would be no future for this child.
Syaoran felt the strong use of magic and swore under his breathe.
'Stupid Sakura, wonder what she is doing THIS time?' He was a bit puzzled, her magic was untrained and unbridled, yet, it was powerful and seemed to reflect the darker moods of Sakura. 'Streange, her magic is always pulsating...' Syaoran opened the curtain, grasping his arm gently. Stella looked very worried and fluttered about the two figures, the stiff body of the childs, and the slumped and limp body of Sakura.
"SAKURA!" Syaoran rushed over, concern and anger at her stupidity making his blood and magic boil. 'Stupid little baka yarou!' He made a long rope out of his green magical aura and flung it to Sakura through his magical mind. He felt her magic automatically coming to him. The strange attraction caused their magic to entertwine and a moan of pleasure nearly erupted from his lips as a strange wave of content and warmth flooded him.
'No! Concentrate! Sakura could be lost in her own magic!'
Syaoran felt beads of sweat dripping from his forehead and he gave a triumphed yell as he yanked Sakura out.
Sakura's eyes fluttered open, her eyes were wet with tears. "The child..." She croaked, tears flowing from her eyes. Syaoran frowned. "What about him?" Sakura brought the child closer to her, the child looked confused and started to suck his thumb, but Sakura drew the young dirty child into her arms, hugging him tightly as she cried over him.
"Poor child... poor child..."
Syaoran looked at Sakura with a rather irked look. "Sakura, you're hysterical... whats going on?"
Stella looked frightened. "Is it bad?" She asked, distressed. Sakura let out a long shuddering sigh as she pulled away from the child.
"Send him to his cot." Sakura said gently, a strange look of saddness and remorse filling her eyes. Syaoran gruffly spoke up, "Sakura..." Sakura ignored him, watching the child scurry out to his small cot to join his friends. "Stella..."
"Its grave, his condition." Sakura said, feeling her heart break at the expression on Stella's face.
"He... he's not going to get better?"
Syaoran saw Sakura's face contort and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, she stiffened, but she went on, feeling a strange solid strength from him.
Taking a deep breathe, she continued. "Stella, your son will not live much longer."
Stella looked hysterical. "I can get him a doctor!" She cried, "Some good medicine cures all! Or a magical healer!"
Sakua slowly shook her head, tears falling faster. "Nothing can cure your child..." She said, her voice a wisp of a sound. Stella stilled. "Stella... Your son... was destined to die, even a strong sorcerer cannot prevent death. Its inevitable. Your son... has... blood cancer."
"Eriol? Eriol?!" A faint voice yelled at him from the back of his mind. He groaned as he blinked, his eyes opening. A dull thrumming noise hummed at the back of his mind as he got up and faced two worried purple eyes. "To..tomoyo?" Tomoyo breathed as igh of relief. "Thank GOD!" She smiled coyly. "Tory can sure pack a punch eh?" Eriol scowled deeply as he glared at Tomoyo. She giggled at his expression. "Don't worry." Tomoyo said quietly. "He was being protective of me." Tomoyo smiled slighty. "Almost as protective of me as he is over his sister. If you had insulted his ister... You probably would'nt have woken up for a month." Eriol frowned at the dull pain and stared at her. "How long was I out?" He croaked. "Two hours." Tomoyo replied. "We won." Smiling triumphly Tomoyo clapped her hands. "Its wonderful, we now have control over the Li castle!" "But Nubis won't like it at all." Eriol muttered, getting up. 'Hopefully he'll come back so I can finish him.'
Stella faltered and swayed on her feet, her mouth opened in a silent scream as turned away from Sakura and Syaoran, tears runniing freely from her face. "What can I do?" Stella asked, her voice but a whisper. "Give him the best care. Take good care of him, keep him warm. Don't tell him." Sakura said bluntly. "He'll die quicker that way, and will suffer more." Stella frowned and sighed sadly. "Poor baby." She said softly. "No wonder... no wonder he would always cry at night, telling me how much it hurts. I asked him who did it and he would cry out, "Its the dark monster, he's trying to eat me!" And I laughed, I never belived that the child would be so sick that he..." Stella gulped as she sat down, trembling. "Let me think of this. You two may go, all is clear and safe. I have packed food for you." Stella go up adruptly, her eyes glittering with tears as she left.
Nubis groaned, pain flooded his body as he got up and faced Optius, who looked worse for the wear. "Lord, how are you feeling?" Nubis cursed as he tried to get up. "Little bastard hurt me." He spat. Optius nodded, wincing as Nubis whirled about. "I'll teach that prince..." He seethed. "That Sakura, she'll pay for this too, but not before I kill this strange feeling I have for her." Nubis got up adruptly, letting out a cry of pain. Optius lept up. "Lord!" Nubis clenched his teeth and smiled tensly. "I'll make Syaoran pay, 1000 times over, with more pain then he'll ever be able to bear."
Sakura slung the bag over her shoulder, refusing to meet Syaoran's eye. "We go where next?" Syaoran shrugged. "I'm not sure. Back to the lad of the dragons?" "No." Sakura said quietly. She fingered the locket, "I think..." Sakura whispered, her voice sounding strange and slightly possessed. "I think we should search for the stone." Syaorans eyes widened. "But Sakura..." "Syaoran, I have the key, I can wish your family back again... I can do anything! I have the key!" Sakura laughed hysterically, making Syaoran shudder, and suddenly, the regular green eyes of Sakura looked at him again. She looked frightened. "I... I dunno... This stone, I should destroy it." "Why Sakura?" Syaoran asked, a bit confused at her paradox of words. "This stone... it haunts me, day and night, I see it in my dreams... I see it everywhere... Now that I know, now that the white dragon had appeared to me... telling me I can use this stone. It has possessed me Syaoran." Sakura gulped, her eyes scared. Syaoran stared at her as Sakura looked away from him, ashamed.
"Syaoran... The white dragon appeared to me, after you fainted, I had to rest while Stella cared for you... I slept for a few minutes and I woke up, terrified, and I offered to stitch you back up... The dream... it..."
Sakura pressed closer to Syaoran, her eyes pleading. "Don't let it eat me up Syaoran..." She begged.
**Flashback fo the dream**
Sakura blinked as the light faded down, and the dragon rose before her, it was a beautiful exqusite creature, 1000 times more beautiful then Silver Jade... The dragons voice was a mere rumble... so powerful it hurt for Sakura to listen.
"Sakura... destroy this stone."
The dragon swirled upwards and a large black stone, pulsating red light stood where the dragon had been.
"This stone of great power can fulfil anyones wishes... with a price."
Sakura wanted to cry out in happiness, her parents can be restored, Nubis can be killed.
"This stone is not white magic, only one can use it, thats you. It will possess you, day and night, your link with it is inevitable, its power is your power... The only diffrence is, you have a choice." Sakura blinked as the stone pulsated, she could hear it, like a heartbeat, slow and steady. "It will use you... the one who made it will become you. Youw ill no longer be yourself. For I have sealed the black dragon within it. You are also 1/4 of his descendent... My great great grandmother fell in love with evil, sttracted by its sweet pugnant allure..."
She saw a beautiful silverish dragon before her eyes.
"So... he can easily allure you with its power... Don't release it, use the power to defeate the evil. Make it turn on itself."
Sakura's mouth went dry as she heard it whisper to her, dark promises of power, everlasting life... love.
"Remeber, never let you anger bring you down, for it will be your downfall, and also your friends as well."
Sakura gasped as the white dragon suddenly dissappeared. Sakura stepped away from stone, she was all alone... with this limitless power...
'Use me... I can make your darkest wishes come true...'
It whispered, alluringly. Sakura gulped noisily. She backed away. "You're evil." Sakura whispered. "You've been sealed away..."
'I can kill Nubis for you, your parents can return home... I can kill Optius, I can hurt you those boys who have hurt you so bad...'
Sakura whimpered, as desire engulfed her. Flashes of the green mountains of the north... a small hut... a secret doorway... a black door...
Sakura cried out, "No... I don't want it! NO!"
The stone laughed as the face of a dark evil dragon, handsome, but dark emerged from the stone.
"You know you want this power... Everyone wants it. I can make your wishes come true... I... can..."
Sakura shreiked as a strange darkness engulfed her, it seemed to be eating her, dragging her towards the stone...
**End flashback**
Sakura shook endlessly, and suddenly stopped. Syaoran looked at her with concern. "Kinomoto, there is no need to be scared. It's just a dream, the stone can't talk." Sakura shook her head. "It talked... to me." Sakura said rather childishly. Syaoran pondered on what Sakura had just told him. He knew, that only one person could unlock the stone, and use it. He knew there was a terrible price for using the wishes. He didn't know what it was however. He knew, the dark creature sealed within needed to feed off of pure magic, one that is one with the elements and feeds off the celestrials to be able to re-emerge. But... Why Sakura?
Sakura sighed as she pulled away. She could wish for love, Julians love... Syaorans love... She could wish to be come the beautifulist person in the world... But then... Sakura sighed fusterated. It was horrible, she had no right to love. Syaoran looked at her bemusedly. He thought her rather confused face looked very cute. Hoever, when Sakura caught him looking at her that way, she glared at him. "What are you looking at Prince?" She snapped. He smiled rather darkly, making Sakura shiver with a strange feeling.
"You're very cute when your mad." Syaoran seemed suprised at his own words and clapped a hand over his mouth.
Sakura blinked and suddenly broke out into a large smile, making Syaorans eyes widen and his face blush.
"And you're such a royal pain in my rear." Sakura answered cheerily, she whirled around and skipped away from him, quickly.
Syaorans face flushed with anger. 'That Kinomoto...' He shook his head, she was really annoying.. but then, she was a great companion. He didn't know why. But she was, his face flushed as he remebered her large bright smile.
Sakura was having the same effect drawn on her. Her face was flushed slightly, her breathe quickening. Her every step was shaky and she stopped as she heard Syaoran yell at her to slow down. Stopping, Sakura breathed a sigh of relief.
'I can't love royalty, I'm sworn to be a bodygaurd.'
Sakura remebered the pledge she had made at the age of 10, a true heartfelt pledge that she vowed to keep forever.
'I... Sakura pledge myself to protect the family of the Li's and Daiijabou's till the end of time, I Sakura, pledge to use whatever means to sheild them from harm, my body, my mind, my soul... even sacrificing myself. With the honor of my family symbol, the white dragon, I, Sakura Kinotomoto take my vow. Forever I shall be meek, forever humble, forever shall I be protecting my one and only ruler. I shall not long for anothers comfort, I shall not mingle and taint my royal families blood with my own, my honor shall be kept clean. I will stay pure at mind and at will. I will love my subject from afar, but never close. This I swear upon the holy seal that binds this world together. In the name of the gods and of the holy dragon. I seal this with my blood.'
Clenching her fist, she looked at the sky as she heard the hurried footsteps behind her. The forest was dark and gloomy, only faint spots of sunlight filtered through the thick canopy.
"Sakura, whats the rush?" Syaoran demanded with labored breathing. "Nothing my lord." Sakura said quietly. Syaoran stared at her uplifted face, her eyes focused somewhere ahead of her. She was zoning out on him, but he didn't mind as a small ray of sunlight shone upon her hair, highlighting her hair... her face... and brighteneing her glittering eyes.
'Like emeralds...' Syaoran thought, he chuckled to himself, he was becoming really romantic now days. He wasn't sure if he even *liked* her. His eyes skimmed her face and rested on her parted rosebud lips. If only he could kiss her, he blushed madly at the thought and frowned at himself, he was getting a bit too soft. Why should he like her anyways? She blinked once... twice, and slowly turned towards him, Syaoran quickly looked away at her direct gaze. "Prince Li. I think it would be best if we... looked for the stone of power." Syaoran frowned. "But Sakura, I thought you were scared of the stone?" Sakura fingered the locket about her slim throat, her willowy figure swayed as if she was dancing to invisible threads of music.
"The stone of power..." Sakura whispered, her face lifted upwards as a strange breeze took over the forest, Syaoran was hit with a sudden collision with a strang elemental magic. Sakura laughed an unearthly laugh as she whirled about, dancing in the breeze which gradually became stronger.
"Syaoran... The wind... its calling me! Its singing!" Syaoran winced. "Sakura!" His voice was filled with dread as from the corner of his eyes he spotted a mysterious glowing figure approch them. Like the white lady of the forest he had seen so long ago... Sakura had saved him. He would'nt let another ghostly figure enchant him... or let it hurt Sakura.
"Sakura!" Crouching, sheilding his face from a strong gust of wind, he made his way towards an enchanter Sakura. Sakura was laughing and giggling. Whispering a strange song which whipped past Syaorans ears, unheard.
Syaoran gasped as he tried to breathe through a gust of strong air. "Curse this! It must be a elemental spirit!" He let up a magical sheild, which began deteriorating quickly as he put it up, but it gave him time to grab Sakuras arm and bring her body close to his. Sakura giggled like mad, her eyes shining and unfocused.
"Mother."
Her eyes focused in and out.
"Syaoran?"
She swayed in his arms as a gust of wind blew her fragrant locks into his face. Sakura slumped forward, limp as a rag doll. Syaoran turned a light shade of pink, but he recovered from his momentary shock of Sakuras body on his as the wispy figure of a woman stood before him.
"Who are you, and pray, what do you want?" Syaoran demanded, his voice lost in the angry gust of wind.
A strange voice rose from the womans throat, like the howl of the wind, swirling about Syaoran, she cried out, like the thudering of a tornadoe on a small village, and she stood back, her eyes focused on Sakura, her fingers pointed at her.
"If you want her." Syaoran gritted out. "You have to get by ME!"
The wind stared at him, a bit irked at his behavior, she raised and arm and a pwoerful gust of wind rose him off of his feet and sent him slamming into a tree. Syaoran sheilded Sakura's limp body with his, he took in all the impact. A groan escaped his lips as black swirls of dots rose in front of him.
'Not now... not while the spirit wants Sakura...'
The spirit drew closer. Sakura moaned in his arms, yet his arms were too heavy. The wind spirit was so close, her face inches away from his own, and suddenly, she was gone. She dissappeared in a swirld of air... into Sakura's locket. However, something soft and solid hit his head.
"I found you at last!" An excited voice said, sounding cheerful. Something yellow flashed by Syaorans drooping eyes. The last thing Syaoran heard was,
"OOOHHHH! Food! A long journey calls for a celebration!"
To be continued...
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A/N: Hahaha, Guess who that little somebody is? ^_^ Oh, I'm going to put out another story, I would be awfully pleased if u dropped by to look at it and hit me up with some reviews, its called, "This is Not Enough". Ok, basically this is what its about.
Sakura is an orphan child with no knowledge of her past, parents... and etc. She arrives in an orphanage and gets adopted by one of the most richest and powerful families in Hong Kong. SHe becomes Syaorans sister. Syaoran, used to being a single spoilt child, takes this harshly and hates Sakura, and competes in everything with her, but always somehow ends up losing. Sakura has something Syaoran doesn't have, humility, and a kind and gentle spirit. Knowing how it was to be abandones, Sakura is a kindly soul. She never hated Syaoran, but he makes her hate her once their mother dies. She leaves behind a large company and Syaoran taunts and threatens Sakura, telling her she is an outcast and that no one wanted her. Broken hearted at his cruel insults, she starts to hate and harden herself against him and the two become rivals, till Syaoran realizes something earthshattering to him... Once Syaoran realizes it, both Sakura and Syaoran are able to get along, they have one similarity now. Syaoran becomes more and more aware that Sakura isn't really his sister. The Li clan forbids this kind of love... Sakura is shunned by her only family and meets something from her past that would shock her to no end, her past of lies, deception, murder... Only Syaoran could understand, because he went through this as well. S and S.
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