Of Lions and Dragons

Chapter 4

Disclaimer:

*Little Sakura runs around screaming* Yokatta! After many laborious efforts, I have finally attained Card Captor Sakura! *Cherry-chan and Fire- chan whack Little Sakura with rolled up newspapers and roll their eyes* Oi! That hurt you guys! I'm just telling minna the tru—hehehe *Little Sakura backs up as Cherry-chan and Fire-chan press on with bigger newspapers* Well, maybe we should just get back to the story…

Author's Notes:

Wai! I just got my new computer! (It's really sugoi!) Anyway, gomen nasai for the delay, I am trying to write two fanfics at once and I know some of you out there have like 50 fanfics at once demo that just proves how much more talented you are than little old me! -_-;;; Yosha, I just finished midterms and I am on Spring Break rite now so you can expect at *LEAST* two more chapters for each story. I also kind of made a mistake for this story, (twice). The story starts in JAPAN, where everyone else lives (aka Sakura, Kero-chan, Tomoyo, Eriol, Toya, and etc.) Syaoran was sent to Japan to of course capture the cards (big surprise), Meiling came to give him the information from his mother and as you all know, Sakura will be accompanying Syaoran and Meiling back to Hong Kong to be tested (Eriol and Tomoyo tagging along as well, Kero-chan too.) I am so sorry for the confusion, I was kind of in a rush to get all of it posted and screwed up a lot, and I even forgot to read it over again! This isn't as well written or planned out as well as I would have hoped but still I hope that you are all enjoying this story as much as I enjoy writing it. (I'm so pathetic I even laughed at a "comical" part that I wrote. I have to stop laughing at my own jokes lol) Anyway your reviews mean so much to me, so onegai keep reading and reviewing!

Chapter 4

"Otou-san? Onii-chan?" Sakura looked around the oriental style entrance hallway and stepped into the adjacent living room.

A middle aged man looked up from his tea and glanced over to the doorway. "Sakura-san, welcome home."

"I missed you two."

"Yatta, getting missed by a kaijuu." A tall man of about twenty-four appeared on the stairs and glared teasingly at Sakura.

"Onii-chan," the emerald-eyed teenage girl stood innocently in front of her older brother.

Kinomoto Toya looked down to his imouto and candidly smirked. "Nani?"

A tan boot came crashing down on the young man's bare foot and he squeezed his dark brown eyes shut to keep from crying out. "Mou…"

"That was for calling me a kaijuu, onii-chan."

"Typical day in the Kinomoto Residence."

Sakura looked over to the door, Tomoyo and Eriol grinning from the cherry wood framed doorway. Syaoran and Meiling standing behind them evidently confused.

"Ah, Sakura-san who are your guests?"

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Toya looked suspiciously to the new guests who had just entered his family's home. He knew Tomoyo; she had been Sakura's best friend from the beginning. Eriol had just kind of appeared one day and had already established to Toya that he too possessed magic powers, as did the elder Kinomoto brother. He even knew that Sakura's "stuffed animal" was a great being with even grander power. But his eyes narrowed in distrust at the two newcomers. The girl, ruby eyes, long dark ebony hair, decked out fully in a Chinese style dress. Toya winced as her high-pitched voice filled the small living room, breaking the serenity of the atmosphere. 'Sounds just like a loud mouth. Nothing to worry about there.' But what really made Toya apprehensive was the other teenage boy who had entered with this small faction. Narrowing his eyes, he glared from the shadows at the seventeen year old young man sitting a bit apart from everyone else. A strong green aura blazed about the young man and Toya's eyes widened in shock, 'This…this gaki knows magic?'

Syaoran suddenly grew wary as another magical presence came to his alert senses. Turning his head to the stairs, Syaoran caught Toya's menacing glare and glowered back just as fiercely. Neither heard the conversation occurring around them.

"Now all we need to do is convince onii-chan." Sakura quipped nervously.

Toya looked back to his sister and father. "Nani?"

Kimoto Fujitaka motioned for Syaoran to stand up. "Li-san will explain for you, Toya-kun."

"This better be good gaki."

Syaoran cleared his throat and stood up to full height. "I am sure you know the situation at hand."

"Actually no I don't, care to explain?" Toya retorted coldly, a defiant stare upon his visage.

Sighing Syaoran gestured toward Sakura. "As you know already, your sister has great power."

"Duh."

Syaoran glared but said nothing as he continued. "And from the fierce look you gave me before, I know that you possess magic as well and know that I too hold my own share of power."

"And your point is?"

Sakura looked pleadingly to Toya. "Onii-chan onegai just let him finish."

Syaoran smirked satisfied. "As I was saying, I come from a family of power and magic, a magic that Kinomoto here has her own share of, which you already know about."

"So those cards…and that stuffed animal…?"

"Hai, those are all part of the Clow Legacy."

"Clow Legacy?"

Syaoran pointed to the floor and nodded for Toya to sit down. "Get comfortable, it's a long story."

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Toya scratched his head thoughtfully and blinked. "So…what you are saying is that Sakura has to come back with you, gaki, and loudmouth over there all the way back to Hong Kong to take some kind of damn test?"

Syaoran rolled his golden amber eyes and groaned. "Hai, that's what we've been telling you for the last half hour."

Toya closed his eyes and put both hands behind his head, leaning casually back on the floor cushion. "Iie."

Sakura gasped, emerald eyes wide with shock. "Doushite?"

"There's no way in hell I am letting you travel all the way to Hong Kong with this little gaki."

"Onii-chan!"

Fujitaka closed his eyes and set the teacup firmly down on the table. "But you could say, Toya-kun that this is not your decision to make."

"Nani?" Toya looked questioningly to his father.

"Sakura-san came here to get our consent, not permission. This is her destiny, she has a special gift, can't you even realize that?"

Toya looked down to the floor, finding the straw mat suddenly very interesting to look upon. It wasn't that he didn't want Sakura's destiny fulfilled, he just didn't trust the "Chinese Gaki". He could tell by the way Syaoran looked at Sakura and the way she defended them. They may be rivals now but that wouldn't last long. Friendship would soon come about and after that? He shook his head, renouncing his disapproval. "Well, if it's something the kaijuu must do…I supposed you - - have my consent."

Relieved at having her brother's acquiescence, Sakura temporarily forgot the monster comment and hugged her older brother. "Arigatou gozaimasu!"

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"Well, I guess this is goodbye, for now." Sakura stood despondently in front of her family, her friends standing not far behind.

A sheer drop trickled down Sakura's cheek coming to fall on the path below her feet. Fujitaka and Toya walked quietly over to Sakura, enveloping her in a warm embrace. "Be careful Sakura-san and return home soon."

"Take care kaijuu."

Sakura wiped the wet trail off her cheek and smiled warmly. "Hai, I'll do just that."

Syaoran lowered his head dejectedly, jealous of something he lacked. He looked over to Sakura and her only family, how happy they all were and then so miserable when she had to leave them. 'She brings anyone around her great happiness. So that when she's absent it causes great sorrow. Magic isn't her only power.' Syaoran looked back on his own family. His father had died when he was very young and his mother was stern and strict, putting him through magical and martial arts training since his youth. She hadn't even seemed to care about sending him away to retrieve the Clow Cards, it was just something that all fit into his "destiny". Meiling, she was an unwanted fiancée. It's not that he didn't love her, he did; just not the way she loved him. As for his sisters, they were too preoccupied with spending the Li Clan's immense wealth to pay any attention to him either. The only word he ever heard from them was "kawaii". Despite being surrounded by family, he had been alone his whole life.

"Li-san."

Syaoran snapped out of his train of thought and looked to the Kinomoto father. "Nani?"

"We're putting Sakura-san's life in your hands; I trust you will see that she'll be taken care of."

Syaoran nodded and bowed respectfully. "Hai Kinomoto-san, your daughter will be safe with me."

"That's what I'm afraid of." Toya grunted exasperatedly as he stormed back into the house.

Sakura sweat dropped and put her hand behind her head. "Mou, Onii-chan."

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"This is where we part."

"Huh?" Tomoyo looked ahead at the small assemblage in front of her. "What do you mean?"

Syaoran looked back to Tomoyo. "What you think you're going to come all the way back to Hong Kong with us?"

Eriol pushed his glasses back up onto his face and gave Tomoyo's hand a gentle squeeze. "Why can't we go too?"

"Because I said so."

Eriol grinned evilly and gestured towards Sakura. "What's the matter Li? Afraid of losing some 'down time'?"

Syaoran flushed deep red in mock denial and blushed even deeper when Sakura looked to him with a look of pure bewilderment on her face. "Hoe? What's 'down time'?"

"Never mind." Syaoran retorted flatly, secretly relieved that she was ignorant of the implication.

Sakura pulled gently on Syaoran's hand. "Onegai Li-kun can't we take them with us?"

Syaoran looked down to Sakura; she looked as though leaving her friends behind was the hardest thing in the world. Her emerald eyes pleaded him, asking earnestly for his permission. Syaoran sighed and shrugged. "Mou, I guess it can't hurt."

Sakura closed her eyes and smiled, hugging Syaoran lightly, a blush creeping into his cheeks. "You're so kind Li-kun."

"KAWAII!" Tomoyo sqealed gleefully, quickly sketching the picture before her.

Sakura looked around at her friends. Eriol and Tomoyo were smirking evilly, and Meiling looked like she was about to murder Sakura. "Ano…" Sakura blushed and quickly released her hold on Syaoran. "Li-kun, gomen nasai."

Syaoran blinked repeatedly three times. "I-It's alright."

Whirling around, Sakura closed her eyes and beamed. "Let's go!" She piped up happily as she skipped into the forest.

"Matte, kio-tsukete kudasai!" Syaoran quickened his pace and followed suit after Sakura's quickly disappearing form.

Meiling grumbled angrily and Kero rolled his eyes from Tomoyo's bag. Tomoyo giggled merrily; sketch pad in hand. Eriol smiled to himself and closed his azure eyes. "This is going to be some expedition."

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Mou, extremely lame chapter I know, demo don't stop reading yet! I promise, it's going to get better within the next couple chapters. Oh and I am very sorry for any Japanese words that I misspell or get the wrong meanings for. The only way I know any at all is from watching my subtitled CCS movies or reading other people's fanfiction.

Ano- I think it's like ummm… (-_- I'm probably wrong)

Kio-tsukete kudasai – my friend told me this one, i think it means be careful.

Remember the more reviews the more chapters Little Sakura will bless you with. *Hey guys I was just kidding* Demo seriously lots of reviews, please!