Disclaimer: Yeah, blah blah, I don't own CCS.all that bunch of stuff.
Chapter 2- The Harmony of Anger
Where did this come from? Syaoran asked himself. The two people in the picture looked too familiar to him. He would never leave Sakura's side, even if she did reject him. He had sworn to be her protector, and would keep her safe forever.
"Syaoran, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura was asking in her gentle voice.
"Huh?" he looked up. "Oh. Yeah?"
"What do you think I should get Michael-kun?" Sakura asked him expectantly.
"I don't know. Maybe he would want. I don't know." Sakura looked crestfallen.
"But, now I don't know what to get him for his birthday. What do you want for your birthday? Syaoran looked around.
"I don't know, it's not coming up anytime soon, just my friends, I guess."
"So, are we still friends?" Sakura asked softly Syaoran was caught off guard. He remembered how much they had experienced together, but he didn't know how to answer her.
"Oh, Meilin is coming back next month!" Syaoran suddenly informed Sakura. Her eyes widened.
"Really!" He never answered my question though. She thought dejectedly. I guess he doesn't count me as his friend and just won't tell me to my face.
She had really missed Meilin, even thought she had been her rival with Syaoran, but Sakura was pretty sure that she was over him by now. Meilin could have Syaoran all that she wanted when she got here. She looked at Syaoran again. He was looking away deep in thought.
"Syaoran?" She asked him.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Mother decided that I couldn't stay here all by myself. So she decided to send Meilin, after a bit of arguing of course." Syaoran smiled as he remembered their conversation.
~ Flashback ~
"Syaoran, a little teenager like you should not live by himself in a foreign country," his mother had admonished. "And besides, you're lucky that the Elders actually agreed to this idea. They are all still mad about the fact that you ran away. If I hadn't convinced them with your cousin Li Meilin, you might have had to come home right now. The Elders stop at nothing to get what they want anyway. But we told them that you needed to finish your education with better teachers there. Even though that's not the reason you're there anyway. But you need to let me send someone over to be with you."
"Mother, I'm fine here. Really," Syaoran said pleadingly. Li Ieran had ignored him.
Syaoran had sighed. Japan was not foreign to him. That was why he had not told anyone when he left Hong Kong. He knew Meilin and anyone else he told the reason to would immediately tell the Elders. Besides maybe Meilin. And he was old enough to take care of himself. He was sixteen. Old enough to work and drop out of high school, if he wished. Plus, being at home brought back too many old memories, good ones, and also bad ones. He wanted to escape from them.
"I'll send Wei over immediately," his mother continued as if she had not heard anything that Syaoran had said.
"No, Mother, really. You don't need to send Wei. And I am not a little teenager!" Syaoran had tried to convince his mother, but when you had just ran away from home, and your mother is the head of a clan, and you are the only Chosen one that everyone wants, it's isn't easy to convince your mother.
In the end, Syaoran had convinced his mother to just send over Meilin. She had already been here, and she was Syaoran's closest relative. She and Syaoran had been together since they had been little kids. She wouldn't harass him like other servants that his mother would send. Wei actually wasn't that bad, but Syaoran preferred someone closer to his age like Meilin.
~ End Flashback ~
"Syaoran-kun, Syaoran-kun? Are you there?"
"Huh?" Syaoran woke up again. "This is the second time that you've done this to me. Are you alright?" Sakura asked him concerned.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. It's none of your business anyway, " he replied coldly to her.
"OK," Sakura turned away, hurt by his coolness. Syaoran immediately regretted that.
He wanted to reach out to her, pull her close to him, and say that he was sorry. He wanted to stroke her shiny brown hair. He wanted to breathe in her special cherry blossom scent. He wanted everything to be alright. He wanted to.
"So what should I get him?" Sakura had turned around again looking fine.
"Umm. Get him some cologne."
"Cologne?" That sounded very senseless to Sakura. "Cologne?"
OK, bad idea. Syaoran thought to himself.
"OK, let's see. What is Michael- kun interested in?"
"Sports, I guess." Sakura said slowly.
"OK, so what in here is he going to want?" Syaoran asked her.
"Umm, he likes baseball and soccer, so I know! A new visor!" Sakura said as she spotted a really cute one. It had a bunny on it and was really umm, cute.
"Eh," Syaoran sweat dropped. "Sakura-chan, think about who you're buying the present for. I don't think that Michael-kun is going to want that." Sakura turned her anger out on him.
"And what would you know about him? You two aren't even friends? What if he does want it?" She knew she sounded stupid and that Michael wouldn't want it, but she needed something to direct anger at. She was really angry for some reason.
"Geez. Sakura, are you alright?" Syaoran asked concerned. He felt a force nearby, but he didn't know what it was.
"Yeah, I'm fine!" Sakura shouted. "Just leave me alone!" "Sakura?" Syaoran said slowly.
OK, I know that she can be really crazy, but this is way out of control! He grabbed her hand and dragged her forcefully out of the store.
"Hey, let go of me!" Sakura protested.
A passing mall guard gave Syaoran a weird look and was about to go after them when Syaoran motioned to Sakura and said, "She's my sister. I didn't buy her a dress."
The guard nodded sympathetically. "I wish you luck," he said as he walked off to continue his patrol.
"Sakura-chan!" Syaoran yelled at her as they got outside. She turned fiery eyes on him. "
What is your problem?" She shouted as she continued to struggle against Syaoran's steel grip. "Get away from me?"
Syaoran sighed as he swiftly gave her a swift pinch on the neck. He touched a nerve, and Sakura slumped down, unconscious. He drew out her cards.
"OK, I hope that I can actually use these," he muttered to himself. Shouting out some Chinese words, he threw the Fly card up. WHOOSH! Wings shot out on his back. Quickly, he flew to Sakura's house. He hovered over her window and slowly pushed it open. He had dragged Sakura all the way over here, and he deposited her on the bed gently.
I'm so stupid! How could I not sense a force nearby? Now it's in Sakura, and I have no idea how to get it out. I was way too occupied. Stupid, stupid, stupid! He yelled at himself.
Kero flew out suddenly, attacking Syaoran. "Thief, robber, what are you doing here?"
"Yo, you little stuffed animal, get off me!" Syaoran cried out as he struggled with Kero.
"Oh ho ho." Kero said as he stopped, impersonating copyrighted Tomoyo's greeting. "What are you doing here?" he stepped back, studying Syaoran. Wow, the little kid had grown. He was even what could be considered handsome, of course only according to human terms.
"I felt a force out here, and then Sakura started going crazy, so I knocked her out and brought her here."
"Yeah, I though I felt something out there. I wasn't too sure though. Uh oh, this means that we have new troubles coming out here," Kero mumbled softly to himself, but Syaoran heard him.
"So is this a new card?" he asked Kero. "There is one last card out in the Clow Cards deck," he announced to Syaoran. "Which is also the beginning of the other one," Kero said to himself. "Alright, to capture it, you obviously need Sakura, who is unconscious right now, thanks a lot to you." Kero scowled at Syaoran.
"Hey, I had to." "Yeah, yeah. So tell me what happened."
"Well, we were at the mall, and then all of a sudden, she started to get really mad at me for some reason. I don't know if I really did do something to make her mad, but anyways. I dragged her out of the mall, and then came here. Oh yeah, I need to call Tomoyo-chan." Syaoran quickly pulled out his cell and dialed Tomoyo's cell number. He explained everything, and she promised to come to Sakura's house right away with Eriol.
"Alright," Syaoran said as he hung up.
"We're lucky that no one's home right now, or else Sakura-chan's 'nii-chan would kill us, or more, you," Kero said pointing right at Syaoran.
"Hey, I never knew that Sakura played the flute," Syaoran said as he noticed a flute case near the closet with a stand.
"Oh." Kero's voice grew silent. "Sakura-chan found it in the basement a month ago. It was her mother's and now she's trying to learn how to play it. She's become pretty good at it."
"My mother made me learn how to play the flute with my sisters. It was pure torture, but it might come in handy someday. Let me see if I can still play it." Syaoran slowly took out the three pieces and put them together. He blew slightly on the flute and did a quick scale to warm up.
Then he jumped right into a piece. The lovely melody floated throughout the house. Even Kero was touched. The lovely melody floated on the air towards Sakura. She was falling quickly towards a fire pit. The fire and heat grew higher and hotter as she approached.
NONONONO! She screamed in her head as she tried to move away. SYAORAN! The music advanced, pushing the fire back, and reassuring Sakura with its lovely melody.
Come this way. The music beckoned. Come with us. This is the right way. Slowly, Sakura flew upwards as she resisted the pull downwards towards the pit. Sakura woke up and slowly opened her eyes. "Hoe?" She said out loud. Her anger diminished, and Kero caught her hand.
"Hurry up Sakura! Capture it!" The Anger pixie floated out with an unreadable expression on her face. Sakura sat up quickly.
"Spirit of the dark forces. Return to your shape of contract! I, Sakura command you. Sakura Card!" Sakura shouted out loud. The pixie struggled as she was drawn slowly into her card.
"Anger?" Sakura said in wonder as the card landed gently on her outstretched hand. Clapping was heard from the door of her room and Sakura turned around.
"Wow, Sakura-chan was awesome again!" Tomoyo said as she turned her camera off. "Too bad she wasn't in a costume."
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura whined. Then she noticed Syaoran had her flute out.
"What are you doing with my flute?" She asked him. Syaoran blushed.
"Umm, just practicing. I'm much better with the violin," he said quickly as he put the flute back in its case in a fluid movement.
"Hai! Spirit of the dark forces, come out! I, Hiyoshi command you!" A young boy of medium height and flashing gray eyes came running through the door. He had pure white hair, which would make anyone else look old except for him, and he was covered in black clothing. A silver earring dangled from his left ear.
"Wow, he looks totally punk." Syaoran said quietly to Sakura.
"Hey, he's sorta cute, but he looks like he belongs to a gang." Sakura said. "But what's he doing in my house?"
Eriol sweat dropped. "Hey, guys, I forgot to introduce you to another Card Captor Master. This is Kimi Hiyoshi," Eriol said.
"There's a Master of the cards too?" Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoran all exclaimed.
"Oh, I knew that," Syaoran said immediately, trying to keep up the pretense of the fact that he knew everything about the cards. Eriol looked at him with an amused smile.
"I just made him one," He told Syaoran smugly. Syaoran blushed fiercely.
"Wow! Another guy to tape!" Tomoyo said gleefully. "And he's really kawaii too!"
Hiyoshi blushed as Tomoyo swung the camera at him. "Hey, cut it out, girl," he said rudely.
"Hiyoshi." Eriol cautioned.
"Sorry," he said not sounding like it at all.
"A Card Captor Master?" Sakura said with disbelief in her voice.
"Yeah." Eriol said.
"So it's been found?" Kero said quietly.
"Yes," Eriol said. Sakura swung her head back and forth between the two of them.
"Hoe! I don't get it."
"We can't tell you anything yet, just that Hiyoshi is the one who will be trying to catch the remaining cards, though you may help him. You too little descendant. But you can't capture any new cards. Well, at least not too many. We can't have the two decks mixed together completely," he called to Syaoran.
"Don't call me that!" Syaoran said clenching his fists tightly together.
"Hi!" Sakura said to Hiyoshi,
"And you are?" He asked indifferently.
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura," She said,
"Kinomoto-san?" He asked. "Yeah, but since Eriol recommends you, I guess you can call me Sakura- chan."
Hiyoshi grinned at her, showing perfect white teeth to her. "Then I guess I'm Hiyoshi-kun then."
"OK." Sakura grinned back. Syaoran glared at Hiyoshi, his face turning red.
"Ooh, look at Li-kun!" Tomoyo whispered to Eriol while taping the entire scene.
"Hey, Eriol-sama, is the whole thing with rivalry going to come out again?" She asked him.
"Nope. I'll make sure of that. Sakura-chan must not get too many of the new cards into her deck, or else the results could be dangerous though."
"Hoe. What are you talking about?" Sakura asked as she heard the dangerous part in Eriol's sentence.
"We'll fill you in when the time comes. Well, Hiyoshi, you are a bit too late. The CC Mistress had just caught the last card of the Clow deck. And the one which leads to the next one." Eriol said. Kero nodded with him. Hiyoshi returned his staff, which was a light bluish hue, to his necklace around his neck.
"Umm, Syaoran-kun." Sakura said softly. Tomoyo, Eriol, Hiyoshi, and Kero edged slowly out the door and headed downstairs for a snack, conveniently leaving Syaoran and Sakura by themselves. "Syaoran-kun, thank you." Sakura said softly.
"For what?" Syaoran asked her as he stopped. He was getting ready to go, and he had one foot out the window.
"It was you playing the flute. I would've been stuck if the music hadn't come to wake me up."
"Oh, it was nothing," Syaoran said quickly, but he felt the familiar blush run up his face.
"Syaoran-kun?"
"Eh?" He asked as he was once again stopped.
"Oh, never mind." Sakura said. Syaoran stared into her emerald eyes. They were serious and he realized how much Sakura had matured since he had come back. He had never fully examined her until now.
"Oh yeah, here are your cards and staff. I had to get you back here, so I used the Fly card."
"Oh, thanks." Sakura smiled as she caught the book and necklace. "WHOA!" Syaoran screamed. He had been caught off balance as he tossed the cards to Sakura and saw her smile at him. He fell off the window. He tumbled backwards and out the window. Sakura rushed to the window.
"Syaoran-kun, are you ok?"
"Yeah, yeah." He replied all starry-eyed. "Bye." He said staggering off down the street. A car went whizzing by him so fast that he fell over again. Sakura giggled to herself, in spite of Syaoran's position.
"Wow, the kid wielded your staff too?" Kero asked as he, Tomoyo, and Eriol popped through the door. Sakura glared at them angrily. Tomoyo gave her a grin from underneath her camera.
"I made the staff specifically for you, so I guess that Syaoran's powers have grown if he can use it too." Eriol said. He shook his head.
"I know that both of you have immense magical powers, and that yours have increased a lot Sakura-chan." She blushed.
"Thanks Eriol-kun."
"Hey, what are you all doing here?" Touya's voice sounded quite closely by Sakura's door.
"Who are you?" He asked, glaring pointedly at Hiyoshi. Hiyoshi grinned, and before Touya could even see the color of his hair, disappeared. Sakura sweat dropped. What if Syaoran had been here? Onii-chan would've exploded.
*~*~*~*
"Hey, Tomoyo-chan." Syaoran called to her as he saw her in the hallway the next day."
"Oh ho ho. Ohayou Li-kun." She had started calling him that instead of Syaoran-kun, which he didn't really mind. It basically only left Sakura as the one who called him Syaoran now.
"About that new Hiyoshi kid, well." He trailed off.
"Are you worried about Sakura-chan or anything?" Tomoyo asked innocently.
"NO! Well, You know, with the whole Card Captor Mistress and Master thing. It just seems like they are suppose to be together," Syaoran said, softly.
"Hey, Li-kun, I know Sakura-chan the best out of anyone in the world. I know that she does NOT fall in love with guys easily no matter who he is. I know that you two have shared a lot together, so don't worry. She's not going to just go with him because they are both capturing cards. Besides, you've got cards and powers too."
"I know. Whatever," Syaoran walked off to class, slightly reassured by Tomoyo. She smiled to herself inside. She knew that Sakura and Syaoran were the perfect match, and her and Eriol would cheer them
on no matter what. *~*~*~*
"OK, OK. I'll go with you to the mall to get your present for Michael-kun," Syaoran said grudgingly as Sakura pushed him through the car door. She ran up to the drivers seat and started the engine.
"Hey, Sakura-chan, wait up," A boy unfamiliar to her came up to the car. Sakura had gotten a new silver Spider convertible for her seventeenth birthday, and the top was down so she took in his appearance.
He was wearing normal clothes, not gang types. Intense silver eyes studied her and a strand of loose blue hair fell into them suddenly, blown by the wind. He was of medium height and build, and not at all ugly.
In fact, Sakura thought he was pretty cute, even though she had no idea who he was. She had a vague image, but couldn't remember. Syaoran clenched his fists. He started gripping his seat handle very tightly. Who was this weirdo guy that knew Sakura?
"Hey, I'm Huang Kentaro, most people call me Kent-kun. Me and my cousin Leisa are new to Tomoeda, and I was wondering if you could show us around," he turned around to show his cousin Leisa. She had blue hair that was shoulder-length, and also piercing gray eyes.
"Oh, you're the two new kids in town, Tomoyo-chan told me about you two," Sakura said.
"Nice to meet you." Leisa said, ignoring Sakura.
"Oh, I'm Li Syaoran," He said shortly as he noticed that she was talking to him. He didn't trust this girl either, even though she was attractive.
"Syaoran-kun?" Leisa said.
"Yeah." He replied, but he felt uncomfortable with her calling him by his name. He gave her another quick glance to look her over again. He felt something funny about them, but he couldn't say what it was. Suddenly, he got it and he froze. Sakura fumed inside as she saw the direction of his gaze.
Who was this girl who came in and directly started calling Syaoran by his first name? She remembered how long it took for her to call him Syaoran. She was boiling mad. And Syaoran was staring at her too!
"So, can you take us along for the ride?" Kentaro asked.
"Sure." Sakura replied.
"Can I call you Sakura-chan then?" He asked her.
"Yeah, sure." Sakura said with a big smile to him, Syaoran stiffened, but didn't say anything out loud. "We're going to the Yamato Saki mall," Sakura said as they pulled out of the parking lot of the high school.
"So, are you two dating?" Leisa said immediately as she got comfortable in the car. Sakura and Syaoran both stiffened. Sakura kept her eyes on the road and Syaoran blushed like crazy. "So?" Leisa asked again.
"No!" Syaoran said quickly. He caught Sakura's eyes. She stared at them as she stopped for a red light. They were serious and cautioned her not to say anything. She nodded.
"No."
"Really?" Kent said with a mysterious glint in his eyes that Sakura didn't manage to catch before the light turned green again.
"Oh." Leisa said excitedly.
"Bitch." Sakura mumbled.
"Hmm?" Kent asked.
"She said that we're almost there," Syaoran filled in for her, warning Sakura quietly with a nudge. She glared back at him.
They arrived at the mall, and they spent some time there, uncomfortably. Sakura didn't like it there because of how Leisa was hanging all over Syaoran, and Syaoran was uncomfortable because of how Sakura was being bothered by Kent. Neither of them noticed the other person that was hovering over them, just who was over the other person. (Confusing? OK, Sakura only noticed Leisa over Syaoran and Syaoran only noticed Kent over Sakura)
Finally, right before they headed home, the two groups split up for a quick break. Sakura and Syaoran went to buy a gift for Michael, and Kent and Leisa headed to where they would meet, the Food Court. Sakura picked out a new shirt for Michael with Syaoran's help.
"Hey, I thought that you had a really bad fashion taste. These clothes are really awesome. They match and are pretty cool colors," Sakura said to Syaoran. He blushed.
"Well, last time, I wasn't really looking at the clothes," he said without meeting Sakura's eyes. As they walked back towards the food court, Sakura noticed a new store that caught her eye.
"Hey, Syaoran-kun, this store looks cool. I'm going to go in and look around," Syaoran dutifully walked in behind her. There was no one else in the store and it had an eerie feeling to it with a touch of ancientness. As Sakura was looking around, she spotted a necklace. She picked it up and examined it. It was a small amethyst stone on a thin, fine silver chain.
"Wow, it's beautiful!" She exclaimed out loud. Syaoran came over to look at the necklace.
"Yeah, that is really pretty. It would look good on you," He said voicing his opinion.
"Really?" Sakura asked staring deep into his amber eyes trying to see if he was lying or not. They let nothing escape from him to her.
"Yeah," He took the necklace from her and helped her to put the necklace on. As his fingers lingered over Sakura's neck, she felt a shiver go up her spine again.
Why is it whenever I'm near Syaoran, I get so nervous? She wondered to herself. She looked at her reflection in the nearby mirror. The necklace looked perfect on her. Syaoran thought so too, but he didn't say anything out loud.
Wow! She looks beautiful. He thought to himself. Sakura brought the necklace up to the register.
"Excuse me, but how much is this necklace?" She asked the old lady.
"Hmm. Well, that is a very old and beautiful necklace," She said peering over her glasses at Sakura. She named a very high price, at least according to what Sakura had. Sakura gasped. She regrettably put the necklace back.
Syaoran noticed her sadness and mentally made a note to himself. Sakura took one last glance at the necklace as she walked out of the Angel J. Then she walked back to the food court quickly. She stayed silent the entire time, not even noticing whether Syaoran was with her or not.
"Hey, where's Syaoran-kun?" Leisa asked her as she came up to them.
"Hoe?" Sakura asked confused. She looked around her. "Oh, I don't know." She couldn't see Syaoran at all in the midst of all of the people crowding in the mall.
"Oh no! I'll go back to look for him," Sakura said as she started to turn around.
Suddenly Michael was next to her. "Hey Sakura-san," He said flashing her a sweet smile.
"Hey Kale-kun," Her concern for Syaoran diminished her surprise at having Michael so close to her.
"So, what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Shopping, what else? Are you off from suspension yet?" Sakura replied stating the obvious.
"Oh. Yeah, I'm back in school this Monday." Michael replied. "It's wasn't that bad you know, I only talked back to Terada sensei a little bit."
"Yeah, but it was still a big offense. Look, Michael-kun, I need to go look for someone, OK?" Sakura asked him anxious to get away and see where Syaoran was.
"Well, actually." Sakura broke off. Syaoran had been avoiding her lately. And she was over him, right? And how big was it that you got lost in a mall. Syaoran came here all the time, didn't he? Plus he had been living by himself since he was in fourth grade. He couldn't be in that much of trouble. He could take care of himself. He had once mentioned that to her anyway. He didn't need anyone, and especially not her.
"Never mind." She told Michael with a smile. . "So, what did you want?"
"Oh, I was wondering if you would want to go with me to watch a movie with me sometime."
Kent interrupted them by saying "Sakura-chan, look! There's Li-kun." Sakura turned around. There he was walking towards them with a mysterious smile on his face. Sakura immediately ran towards him leaving Michael stranded.
"Syaoran-kun, what have you been doing?" Sakura asked him accusingly as she reached him.
"Huh? Oh, nothing," Syaoran said as he nervously tried to hide a package he was holding in his hands. He was unsuccessful.
"Hey, what is that?" Sakura asked as she tried to grab the bag away from Syaoran. Unfortunately, her coordination was off, and she fell forwards as Syaoran moved his bag away.
"Hoe!" She yelled as she fell. Syaoran grabbed her firmly and steadied her.
"Thanks," Sakura said to Syaoran once she had gotten her balance. "
Yup." He replied carelessly.
"OK, let's go home now." Sakura stared at him miserably. He was being really mean to her. Sakura dropped Leisa and Kent off at the school where their car was parked.
"See you tomorrow," Kent waved to Sakura.
"Bye." She said half-heartedly. Sakura started driving Syaoran home.
"So." Sakura said finally to break the deafening silence.
"Well, what do you think of them?" Syaoran asked her.
"Kent's pretty nice, and Leisa is too. I guess," She added softly.
"You just didn't like the way she was hanging over me, right?" Syaoran accused her. Sakura's face turned a bright red.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I've got a bad vibe about them. I'll show you. Here," Syaoran said as he jumped out of the car and took off in the direction of the park.
"Wait up!" Sakura shouted as she ran after him.
OK, second chapter is done. Now what? OK. I think that a camping trip should be coming up. And I think I'm going to have you meet the enemies in the next chapter too. Anyone think anything of Hiyoshi? I sorta based him off my fave character in Friuts Basket, Haru. Haru totally rules!!!!!! OK, R+R ~Ruby
Where did this come from? Syaoran asked himself. The two people in the picture looked too familiar to him. He would never leave Sakura's side, even if she did reject him. He had sworn to be her protector, and would keep her safe forever.
"Syaoran, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura was asking in her gentle voice.
"Huh?" he looked up. "Oh. Yeah?"
"What do you think I should get Michael-kun?" Sakura asked him expectantly.
"I don't know. Maybe he would want. I don't know." Sakura looked crestfallen.
"But, now I don't know what to get him for his birthday. What do you want for your birthday? Syaoran looked around.
"I don't know, it's not coming up anytime soon, just my friends, I guess."
"So, are we still friends?" Sakura asked softly Syaoran was caught off guard. He remembered how much they had experienced together, but he didn't know how to answer her.
"Oh, Meilin is coming back next month!" Syaoran suddenly informed Sakura. Her eyes widened.
"Really!" He never answered my question though. She thought dejectedly. I guess he doesn't count me as his friend and just won't tell me to my face.
She had really missed Meilin, even thought she had been her rival with Syaoran, but Sakura was pretty sure that she was over him by now. Meilin could have Syaoran all that she wanted when she got here. She looked at Syaoran again. He was looking away deep in thought.
"Syaoran?" She asked him.
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Mother decided that I couldn't stay here all by myself. So she decided to send Meilin, after a bit of arguing of course." Syaoran smiled as he remembered their conversation.
~ Flashback ~
"Syaoran, a little teenager like you should not live by himself in a foreign country," his mother had admonished. "And besides, you're lucky that the Elders actually agreed to this idea. They are all still mad about the fact that you ran away. If I hadn't convinced them with your cousin Li Meilin, you might have had to come home right now. The Elders stop at nothing to get what they want anyway. But we told them that you needed to finish your education with better teachers there. Even though that's not the reason you're there anyway. But you need to let me send someone over to be with you."
"Mother, I'm fine here. Really," Syaoran said pleadingly. Li Ieran had ignored him.
Syaoran had sighed. Japan was not foreign to him. That was why he had not told anyone when he left Hong Kong. He knew Meilin and anyone else he told the reason to would immediately tell the Elders. Besides maybe Meilin. And he was old enough to take care of himself. He was sixteen. Old enough to work and drop out of high school, if he wished. Plus, being at home brought back too many old memories, good ones, and also bad ones. He wanted to escape from them.
"I'll send Wei over immediately," his mother continued as if she had not heard anything that Syaoran had said.
"No, Mother, really. You don't need to send Wei. And I am not a little teenager!" Syaoran had tried to convince his mother, but when you had just ran away from home, and your mother is the head of a clan, and you are the only Chosen one that everyone wants, it's isn't easy to convince your mother.
In the end, Syaoran had convinced his mother to just send over Meilin. She had already been here, and she was Syaoran's closest relative. She and Syaoran had been together since they had been little kids. She wouldn't harass him like other servants that his mother would send. Wei actually wasn't that bad, but Syaoran preferred someone closer to his age like Meilin.
~ End Flashback ~
"Syaoran-kun, Syaoran-kun? Are you there?"
"Huh?" Syaoran woke up again. "This is the second time that you've done this to me. Are you alright?" Sakura asked him concerned.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. It's none of your business anyway, " he replied coldly to her.
"OK," Sakura turned away, hurt by his coolness. Syaoran immediately regretted that.
He wanted to reach out to her, pull her close to him, and say that he was sorry. He wanted to stroke her shiny brown hair. He wanted to breathe in her special cherry blossom scent. He wanted everything to be alright. He wanted to.
"So what should I get him?" Sakura had turned around again looking fine.
"Umm. Get him some cologne."
"Cologne?" That sounded very senseless to Sakura. "Cologne?"
OK, bad idea. Syaoran thought to himself.
"OK, let's see. What is Michael- kun interested in?"
"Sports, I guess." Sakura said slowly.
"OK, so what in here is he going to want?" Syaoran asked her.
"Umm, he likes baseball and soccer, so I know! A new visor!" Sakura said as she spotted a really cute one. It had a bunny on it and was really umm, cute.
"Eh," Syaoran sweat dropped. "Sakura-chan, think about who you're buying the present for. I don't think that Michael-kun is going to want that." Sakura turned her anger out on him.
"And what would you know about him? You two aren't even friends? What if he does want it?" She knew she sounded stupid and that Michael wouldn't want it, but she needed something to direct anger at. She was really angry for some reason.
"Geez. Sakura, are you alright?" Syaoran asked concerned. He felt a force nearby, but he didn't know what it was.
"Yeah, I'm fine!" Sakura shouted. "Just leave me alone!" "Sakura?" Syaoran said slowly.
OK, I know that she can be really crazy, but this is way out of control! He grabbed her hand and dragged her forcefully out of the store.
"Hey, let go of me!" Sakura protested.
A passing mall guard gave Syaoran a weird look and was about to go after them when Syaoran motioned to Sakura and said, "She's my sister. I didn't buy her a dress."
The guard nodded sympathetically. "I wish you luck," he said as he walked off to continue his patrol.
"Sakura-chan!" Syaoran yelled at her as they got outside. She turned fiery eyes on him. "
What is your problem?" She shouted as she continued to struggle against Syaoran's steel grip. "Get away from me?"
Syaoran sighed as he swiftly gave her a swift pinch on the neck. He touched a nerve, and Sakura slumped down, unconscious. He drew out her cards.
"OK, I hope that I can actually use these," he muttered to himself. Shouting out some Chinese words, he threw the Fly card up. WHOOSH! Wings shot out on his back. Quickly, he flew to Sakura's house. He hovered over her window and slowly pushed it open. He had dragged Sakura all the way over here, and he deposited her on the bed gently.
I'm so stupid! How could I not sense a force nearby? Now it's in Sakura, and I have no idea how to get it out. I was way too occupied. Stupid, stupid, stupid! He yelled at himself.
Kero flew out suddenly, attacking Syaoran. "Thief, robber, what are you doing here?"
"Yo, you little stuffed animal, get off me!" Syaoran cried out as he struggled with Kero.
"Oh ho ho." Kero said as he stopped, impersonating copyrighted Tomoyo's greeting. "What are you doing here?" he stepped back, studying Syaoran. Wow, the little kid had grown. He was even what could be considered handsome, of course only according to human terms.
"I felt a force out here, and then Sakura started going crazy, so I knocked her out and brought her here."
"Yeah, I though I felt something out there. I wasn't too sure though. Uh oh, this means that we have new troubles coming out here," Kero mumbled softly to himself, but Syaoran heard him.
"So is this a new card?" he asked Kero. "There is one last card out in the Clow Cards deck," he announced to Syaoran. "Which is also the beginning of the other one," Kero said to himself. "Alright, to capture it, you obviously need Sakura, who is unconscious right now, thanks a lot to you." Kero scowled at Syaoran.
"Hey, I had to." "Yeah, yeah. So tell me what happened."
"Well, we were at the mall, and then all of a sudden, she started to get really mad at me for some reason. I don't know if I really did do something to make her mad, but anyways. I dragged her out of the mall, and then came here. Oh yeah, I need to call Tomoyo-chan." Syaoran quickly pulled out his cell and dialed Tomoyo's cell number. He explained everything, and she promised to come to Sakura's house right away with Eriol.
"Alright," Syaoran said as he hung up.
"We're lucky that no one's home right now, or else Sakura-chan's 'nii-chan would kill us, or more, you," Kero said pointing right at Syaoran.
"Hey, I never knew that Sakura played the flute," Syaoran said as he noticed a flute case near the closet with a stand.
"Oh." Kero's voice grew silent. "Sakura-chan found it in the basement a month ago. It was her mother's and now she's trying to learn how to play it. She's become pretty good at it."
"My mother made me learn how to play the flute with my sisters. It was pure torture, but it might come in handy someday. Let me see if I can still play it." Syaoran slowly took out the three pieces and put them together. He blew slightly on the flute and did a quick scale to warm up.
Then he jumped right into a piece. The lovely melody floated throughout the house. Even Kero was touched. The lovely melody floated on the air towards Sakura. She was falling quickly towards a fire pit. The fire and heat grew higher and hotter as she approached.
NONONONO! She screamed in her head as she tried to move away. SYAORAN! The music advanced, pushing the fire back, and reassuring Sakura with its lovely melody.
Come this way. The music beckoned. Come with us. This is the right way. Slowly, Sakura flew upwards as she resisted the pull downwards towards the pit. Sakura woke up and slowly opened her eyes. "Hoe?" She said out loud. Her anger diminished, and Kero caught her hand.
"Hurry up Sakura! Capture it!" The Anger pixie floated out with an unreadable expression on her face. Sakura sat up quickly.
"Spirit of the dark forces. Return to your shape of contract! I, Sakura command you. Sakura Card!" Sakura shouted out loud. The pixie struggled as she was drawn slowly into her card.
"Anger?" Sakura said in wonder as the card landed gently on her outstretched hand. Clapping was heard from the door of her room and Sakura turned around.
"Wow, Sakura-chan was awesome again!" Tomoyo said as she turned her camera off. "Too bad she wasn't in a costume."
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura whined. Then she noticed Syaoran had her flute out.
"What are you doing with my flute?" She asked him. Syaoran blushed.
"Umm, just practicing. I'm much better with the violin," he said quickly as he put the flute back in its case in a fluid movement.
"Hai! Spirit of the dark forces, come out! I, Hiyoshi command you!" A young boy of medium height and flashing gray eyes came running through the door. He had pure white hair, which would make anyone else look old except for him, and he was covered in black clothing. A silver earring dangled from his left ear.
"Wow, he looks totally punk." Syaoran said quietly to Sakura.
"Hey, he's sorta cute, but he looks like he belongs to a gang." Sakura said. "But what's he doing in my house?"
Eriol sweat dropped. "Hey, guys, I forgot to introduce you to another Card Captor Master. This is Kimi Hiyoshi," Eriol said.
"There's a Master of the cards too?" Tomoyo, Sakura, and Syaoran all exclaimed.
"Oh, I knew that," Syaoran said immediately, trying to keep up the pretense of the fact that he knew everything about the cards. Eriol looked at him with an amused smile.
"I just made him one," He told Syaoran smugly. Syaoran blushed fiercely.
"Wow! Another guy to tape!" Tomoyo said gleefully. "And he's really kawaii too!"
Hiyoshi blushed as Tomoyo swung the camera at him. "Hey, cut it out, girl," he said rudely.
"Hiyoshi." Eriol cautioned.
"Sorry," he said not sounding like it at all.
"A Card Captor Master?" Sakura said with disbelief in her voice.
"Yeah." Eriol said.
"So it's been found?" Kero said quietly.
"Yes," Eriol said. Sakura swung her head back and forth between the two of them.
"Hoe! I don't get it."
"We can't tell you anything yet, just that Hiyoshi is the one who will be trying to catch the remaining cards, though you may help him. You too little descendant. But you can't capture any new cards. Well, at least not too many. We can't have the two decks mixed together completely," he called to Syaoran.
"Don't call me that!" Syaoran said clenching his fists tightly together.
"Hi!" Sakura said to Hiyoshi,
"And you are?" He asked indifferently.
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura," She said,
"Kinomoto-san?" He asked. "Yeah, but since Eriol recommends you, I guess you can call me Sakura- chan."
Hiyoshi grinned at her, showing perfect white teeth to her. "Then I guess I'm Hiyoshi-kun then."
"OK." Sakura grinned back. Syaoran glared at Hiyoshi, his face turning red.
"Ooh, look at Li-kun!" Tomoyo whispered to Eriol while taping the entire scene.
"Hey, Eriol-sama, is the whole thing with rivalry going to come out again?" She asked him.
"Nope. I'll make sure of that. Sakura-chan must not get too many of the new cards into her deck, or else the results could be dangerous though."
"Hoe. What are you talking about?" Sakura asked as she heard the dangerous part in Eriol's sentence.
"We'll fill you in when the time comes. Well, Hiyoshi, you are a bit too late. The CC Mistress had just caught the last card of the Clow deck. And the one which leads to the next one." Eriol said. Kero nodded with him. Hiyoshi returned his staff, which was a light bluish hue, to his necklace around his neck.
"Umm, Syaoran-kun." Sakura said softly. Tomoyo, Eriol, Hiyoshi, and Kero edged slowly out the door and headed downstairs for a snack, conveniently leaving Syaoran and Sakura by themselves. "Syaoran-kun, thank you." Sakura said softly.
"For what?" Syaoran asked her as he stopped. He was getting ready to go, and he had one foot out the window.
"It was you playing the flute. I would've been stuck if the music hadn't come to wake me up."
"Oh, it was nothing," Syaoran said quickly, but he felt the familiar blush run up his face.
"Syaoran-kun?"
"Eh?" He asked as he was once again stopped.
"Oh, never mind." Sakura said. Syaoran stared into her emerald eyes. They were serious and he realized how much Sakura had matured since he had come back. He had never fully examined her until now.
"Oh yeah, here are your cards and staff. I had to get you back here, so I used the Fly card."
"Oh, thanks." Sakura smiled as she caught the book and necklace. "WHOA!" Syaoran screamed. He had been caught off balance as he tossed the cards to Sakura and saw her smile at him. He fell off the window. He tumbled backwards and out the window. Sakura rushed to the window.
"Syaoran-kun, are you ok?"
"Yeah, yeah." He replied all starry-eyed. "Bye." He said staggering off down the street. A car went whizzing by him so fast that he fell over again. Sakura giggled to herself, in spite of Syaoran's position.
"Wow, the kid wielded your staff too?" Kero asked as he, Tomoyo, and Eriol popped through the door. Sakura glared at them angrily. Tomoyo gave her a grin from underneath her camera.
"I made the staff specifically for you, so I guess that Syaoran's powers have grown if he can use it too." Eriol said. He shook his head.
"I know that both of you have immense magical powers, and that yours have increased a lot Sakura-chan." She blushed.
"Thanks Eriol-kun."
"Hey, what are you all doing here?" Touya's voice sounded quite closely by Sakura's door.
"Who are you?" He asked, glaring pointedly at Hiyoshi. Hiyoshi grinned, and before Touya could even see the color of his hair, disappeared. Sakura sweat dropped. What if Syaoran had been here? Onii-chan would've exploded.
*~*~*~*
"Hey, Tomoyo-chan." Syaoran called to her as he saw her in the hallway the next day."
"Oh ho ho. Ohayou Li-kun." She had started calling him that instead of Syaoran-kun, which he didn't really mind. It basically only left Sakura as the one who called him Syaoran now.
"About that new Hiyoshi kid, well." He trailed off.
"Are you worried about Sakura-chan or anything?" Tomoyo asked innocently.
"NO! Well, You know, with the whole Card Captor Mistress and Master thing. It just seems like they are suppose to be together," Syaoran said, softly.
"Hey, Li-kun, I know Sakura-chan the best out of anyone in the world. I know that she does NOT fall in love with guys easily no matter who he is. I know that you two have shared a lot together, so don't worry. She's not going to just go with him because they are both capturing cards. Besides, you've got cards and powers too."
"I know. Whatever," Syaoran walked off to class, slightly reassured by Tomoyo. She smiled to herself inside. She knew that Sakura and Syaoran were the perfect match, and her and Eriol would cheer them
on no matter what. *~*~*~*
"OK, OK. I'll go with you to the mall to get your present for Michael-kun," Syaoran said grudgingly as Sakura pushed him through the car door. She ran up to the drivers seat and started the engine.
"Hey, Sakura-chan, wait up," A boy unfamiliar to her came up to the car. Sakura had gotten a new silver Spider convertible for her seventeenth birthday, and the top was down so she took in his appearance.
He was wearing normal clothes, not gang types. Intense silver eyes studied her and a strand of loose blue hair fell into them suddenly, blown by the wind. He was of medium height and build, and not at all ugly.
In fact, Sakura thought he was pretty cute, even though she had no idea who he was. She had a vague image, but couldn't remember. Syaoran clenched his fists. He started gripping his seat handle very tightly. Who was this weirdo guy that knew Sakura?
"Hey, I'm Huang Kentaro, most people call me Kent-kun. Me and my cousin Leisa are new to Tomoeda, and I was wondering if you could show us around," he turned around to show his cousin Leisa. She had blue hair that was shoulder-length, and also piercing gray eyes.
"Oh, you're the two new kids in town, Tomoyo-chan told me about you two," Sakura said.
"Nice to meet you." Leisa said, ignoring Sakura.
"Oh, I'm Li Syaoran," He said shortly as he noticed that she was talking to him. He didn't trust this girl either, even though she was attractive.
"Syaoran-kun?" Leisa said.
"Yeah." He replied, but he felt uncomfortable with her calling him by his name. He gave her another quick glance to look her over again. He felt something funny about them, but he couldn't say what it was. Suddenly, he got it and he froze. Sakura fumed inside as she saw the direction of his gaze.
Who was this girl who came in and directly started calling Syaoran by his first name? She remembered how long it took for her to call him Syaoran. She was boiling mad. And Syaoran was staring at her too!
"So, can you take us along for the ride?" Kentaro asked.
"Sure." Sakura replied.
"Can I call you Sakura-chan then?" He asked her.
"Yeah, sure." Sakura said with a big smile to him, Syaoran stiffened, but didn't say anything out loud. "We're going to the Yamato Saki mall," Sakura said as they pulled out of the parking lot of the high school.
"So, are you two dating?" Leisa said immediately as she got comfortable in the car. Sakura and Syaoran both stiffened. Sakura kept her eyes on the road and Syaoran blushed like crazy. "So?" Leisa asked again.
"No!" Syaoran said quickly. He caught Sakura's eyes. She stared at them as she stopped for a red light. They were serious and cautioned her not to say anything. She nodded.
"No."
"Really?" Kent said with a mysterious glint in his eyes that Sakura didn't manage to catch before the light turned green again.
"Oh." Leisa said excitedly.
"Bitch." Sakura mumbled.
"Hmm?" Kent asked.
"She said that we're almost there," Syaoran filled in for her, warning Sakura quietly with a nudge. She glared back at him.
They arrived at the mall, and they spent some time there, uncomfortably. Sakura didn't like it there because of how Leisa was hanging all over Syaoran, and Syaoran was uncomfortable because of how Sakura was being bothered by Kent. Neither of them noticed the other person that was hovering over them, just who was over the other person. (Confusing? OK, Sakura only noticed Leisa over Syaoran and Syaoran only noticed Kent over Sakura)
Finally, right before they headed home, the two groups split up for a quick break. Sakura and Syaoran went to buy a gift for Michael, and Kent and Leisa headed to where they would meet, the Food Court. Sakura picked out a new shirt for Michael with Syaoran's help.
"Hey, I thought that you had a really bad fashion taste. These clothes are really awesome. They match and are pretty cool colors," Sakura said to Syaoran. He blushed.
"Well, last time, I wasn't really looking at the clothes," he said without meeting Sakura's eyes. As they walked back towards the food court, Sakura noticed a new store that caught her eye.
"Hey, Syaoran-kun, this store looks cool. I'm going to go in and look around," Syaoran dutifully walked in behind her. There was no one else in the store and it had an eerie feeling to it with a touch of ancientness. As Sakura was looking around, she spotted a necklace. She picked it up and examined it. It was a small amethyst stone on a thin, fine silver chain.
"Wow, it's beautiful!" She exclaimed out loud. Syaoran came over to look at the necklace.
"Yeah, that is really pretty. It would look good on you," He said voicing his opinion.
"Really?" Sakura asked staring deep into his amber eyes trying to see if he was lying or not. They let nothing escape from him to her.
"Yeah," He took the necklace from her and helped her to put the necklace on. As his fingers lingered over Sakura's neck, she felt a shiver go up her spine again.
Why is it whenever I'm near Syaoran, I get so nervous? She wondered to herself. She looked at her reflection in the nearby mirror. The necklace looked perfect on her. Syaoran thought so too, but he didn't say anything out loud.
Wow! She looks beautiful. He thought to himself. Sakura brought the necklace up to the register.
"Excuse me, but how much is this necklace?" She asked the old lady.
"Hmm. Well, that is a very old and beautiful necklace," She said peering over her glasses at Sakura. She named a very high price, at least according to what Sakura had. Sakura gasped. She regrettably put the necklace back.
Syaoran noticed her sadness and mentally made a note to himself. Sakura took one last glance at the necklace as she walked out of the Angel J. Then she walked back to the food court quickly. She stayed silent the entire time, not even noticing whether Syaoran was with her or not.
"Hey, where's Syaoran-kun?" Leisa asked her as she came up to them.
"Hoe?" Sakura asked confused. She looked around her. "Oh, I don't know." She couldn't see Syaoran at all in the midst of all of the people crowding in the mall.
"Oh no! I'll go back to look for him," Sakura said as she started to turn around.
Suddenly Michael was next to her. "Hey Sakura-san," He said flashing her a sweet smile.
"Hey Kale-kun," Her concern for Syaoran diminished her surprise at having Michael so close to her.
"So, what are you doing here?" He asked.
"Shopping, what else? Are you off from suspension yet?" Sakura replied stating the obvious.
"Oh. Yeah, I'm back in school this Monday." Michael replied. "It's wasn't that bad you know, I only talked back to Terada sensei a little bit."
"Yeah, but it was still a big offense. Look, Michael-kun, I need to go look for someone, OK?" Sakura asked him anxious to get away and see where Syaoran was.
"Well, actually." Sakura broke off. Syaoran had been avoiding her lately. And she was over him, right? And how big was it that you got lost in a mall. Syaoran came here all the time, didn't he? Plus he had been living by himself since he was in fourth grade. He couldn't be in that much of trouble. He could take care of himself. He had once mentioned that to her anyway. He didn't need anyone, and especially not her.
"Never mind." She told Michael with a smile. . "So, what did you want?"
"Oh, I was wondering if you would want to go with me to watch a movie with me sometime."
Kent interrupted them by saying "Sakura-chan, look! There's Li-kun." Sakura turned around. There he was walking towards them with a mysterious smile on his face. Sakura immediately ran towards him leaving Michael stranded.
"Syaoran-kun, what have you been doing?" Sakura asked him accusingly as she reached him.
"Huh? Oh, nothing," Syaoran said as he nervously tried to hide a package he was holding in his hands. He was unsuccessful.
"Hey, what is that?" Sakura asked as she tried to grab the bag away from Syaoran. Unfortunately, her coordination was off, and she fell forwards as Syaoran moved his bag away.
"Hoe!" She yelled as she fell. Syaoran grabbed her firmly and steadied her.
"Thanks," Sakura said to Syaoran once she had gotten her balance. "
Yup." He replied carelessly.
"OK, let's go home now." Sakura stared at him miserably. He was being really mean to her. Sakura dropped Leisa and Kent off at the school where their car was parked.
"See you tomorrow," Kent waved to Sakura.
"Bye." She said half-heartedly. Sakura started driving Syaoran home.
"So." Sakura said finally to break the deafening silence.
"Well, what do you think of them?" Syaoran asked her.
"Kent's pretty nice, and Leisa is too. I guess," She added softly.
"You just didn't like the way she was hanging over me, right?" Syaoran accused her. Sakura's face turned a bright red.
"What are you talking about?"
"Well, I've got a bad vibe about them. I'll show you. Here," Syaoran said as he jumped out of the car and took off in the direction of the park.
"Wait up!" Sakura shouted as she ran after him.
OK, second chapter is done. Now what? OK. I think that a camping trip should be coming up. And I think I'm going to have you meet the enemies in the next chapter too. Anyone think anything of Hiyoshi? I sorta based him off my fave character in Friuts Basket, Haru. Haru totally rules!!!!!! OK, R+R ~Ruby