Hi, everyone. Starshower here. Thanks to everyone who reviewed. Here's part two of The Old Test. I hope you enjoy. Happy Reading, and don't forget to read and review.
The Old Test. Part Two.
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"You can't come!" Syaoran yelled, irritated.
Touya stood before him with his arms folded. "I'm coming, Brat. I don't care what you say. Sakura's my sister, and I'm going to help her."
"Look, Touya, if you come, and he finds out you've come, before we get Sakura, he'll kill her. I know him." Syaoran growled.
"I know you know him. That's the part I don't like." Touya shot back. "If it wasn't for you, she wouldn't be in this mess."
"Don't you think I know that???" Syaoran yelled. "Don't you think I care about what happens to her? I love her, dammit!" Syaoran looked as shocked as Touya about his outburst.
"I...I mean...I..." Syaoran trailed off.
"I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that." Touya said, in disbelief. He shook his head to clear it. "I'm going, and nothing you say will make any difference."
Syaoran glared at Touya before relenting. "Fine." He said. "The only reason you're coming, is because I don't want to fight about it. The longer we fight, the longer it will take to get to Sakura."
Touya smiled. "I knew you would see it my way. Brat." He added as an afterthought.
Syaoran groaned. 'What have I gotten myself into?' He thought.
An hour later, Syaoran and Touya were in first class seats on a non-stop flight to Hong Kong. They had barely spoken to each other since leaving Japan. The silence was uncomfortable for both.
Unable to bear it any more, Touya turned to the boy next to him. "How did you manage to get such good seats on such short notice?"
Syaoran just shrugged. "I just told them who I was, and that I was going home."
"You must have done more then that." Touya said. "They even arranged for a car to take us to your home."
Syaoran moved uneasily in his chair, unwilling to tell Touya the reason for the airport's eagerness to help him. "I guess we'll find out when we get there." He finally said.
"I guess we will." Touya replied, turning to look at the other passengers on the plane.
The two ignored each other for the rest of the trip.
"Welcome to Hong Kong. We hope you enjoyed your flight." The pretty young girl said in Chinese to Touya and Syaoran as they stepped into the Hong Kong Terminal.
"Thank you. We had a wonderful flight." Touya replied in perfect Chinese.
Syaoran stared at him in shock. "Since when did you know how to talk Chinese." He asked in Japanese.
"Father made Sakura and me learn it a few years ago."
"Oh. Okay." Syaoran replied. He spotted a flock of reporters, and ushered Touya out of the terminal.
They got out of the airport and Syaoran hurriedly hailed a cab.
"Wait, didn't they have a car waiting for us?" Touya asked, looking around. All he could see was a black stretch Limo, with about a hundred people around it, and red carpet leading out of airport main doors to the back seat door of the limo.
"Hey, Brat, look at that. There must have been a celebrity on a flight today. I wonder who it was."
"Gee I wonder." Syaoran said under his breath. Touya looked at him as if he was strange, which, according to Touya, he was.
"What?" Touya asked.
"Tell you later." Syaoran said, knowing full well that he wouldn't if he could help it.
A taxi finally stopped to pick up the two, and they got in. Syaoran gave directions, much to the driver's shock and horror about having 'a celebrity in my cab.'
Syaoran sighed and hoped the drive would soon be over.
Touya stared in shock as the cab pulled into the driveway of a massive mansion.
"THIS is your house?" Touya yelped.
The Brat had the decency to look sheepish. "That's not my house." He said. He pointed left at an intersection, and the cab turned left. They passed a few more houses, some huge, some smaller, but all extravagantly designed. "That's my house."
Touya gasped when he saw the house that Brat had pointed to. It was massive; easily double the size of the last house that Touya had thought belonged to his sister's friend.
"You're joking, aren't you?" he asked.
"Sorry." Was the reply, said with a sly smile.
The guards in front of the main double mahogany doors bowed to Syaoran as he walked up to the door, opening it.
Syaoran walked through, with his head held high, Touya trailing behind, staring in shock at the Brat's home. Why hadn't anyone ever known about his obvious wealth?
"I am here to see my mother." Syaoran said in an arrogant voice.
"And who might you be?" sneered another guard.
"Who do you think I am? I am Li Syaoran, the heir of this entire estate." Syaoran said angrily.
"Let him through." Came another voice, a female one. "I will take him to my mother. We shall see if he is really my brother."
Touya turned to see the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had long black hair, and brown eyes. She looked about 20 years old.
"Li Ming Zhu." Syaoran acknowledged. The girl smiled.
"Li Syaoran." She said, mocking his tone.
"Where is my mother?" Syaoran asked.
"Why did you come back, if you are really Syaoran?" the girl asked, walking off. The two boys followed her.
"Ubuto." Syaoran said simply.
Ming Zhu stopped and she turned to face the boys. Her face fell. "Oh, that poor girl. She was the Card Captor, wasn't she?"
"Sakura is NOT dead!" Syaoran said so loudly, he was nearly yelling.
"Okay..." Ming Zhu said softly. She noticed Touya, her eyes widening. Syaoran noticed the direction of her gaze.
"Ming Zhu, this is Sakura's brother, um..." Syaoran trailed off. He looked at Touya. "What's your name again?"
"Touya." Touya said, looking at Ming Zhu. "Pleased to meet you."
"The pleasure is mine." Ming Zhu replied, giggling and blushing slightly.
"Oh, brother." Syaoran sighed loudly, his disgust showing. He turned to his sister. "Where is Mother?" he asked again.
Ming Zhu looked at him. "She's with Meilin."
"Take me to her." Syaoran commanded. Ming Zhu nodded and began to lead them down one hall after another. After about 10 minutes of walking in silence, they arrived at a large oak door, which Ming Zhu knocked on.
"Come in." called a voice from inside.
Ming Zhu opened the heavy door, and the three walked in.
Touya gasped. The room was dark in colour, with blue and green drapes hung around the room. In the middle was a dark mahogany 4 posted bed, with dark blue covers and dark green drapes falling from the corners to the floor. 5 chairs sat next to the bed, with girls of varying ages sitting in 3 of them. The oldest looked around Sakura's age.
"Who is it Ming Zhu?" asked a voice from the bed.
"It's me, Mother. Syaoran. I've come home." Syaoran said, crossing the room quickly to embrace his mother.
"Who is your friend, Syaoran?" asked one of the girls, giggling.
"He's not my friend, Mei Yu." Syaoran said. "He's the Card Captor's brother. He insisted on coming."
"Well, aren't you going to introduce us, Brother?" asked another girl.
"Fine." Syaoran sighed. "This is my family, my mother, Li Hua, my older sister, Ming Zhu, my betrothed, Meilin, and my younger sisters, Mei Yu and Mei Zhen. Mei Yu and Mei Zhen are twins." Syaoran added to Touya. Then he turned back to his family and said, "this is Kinomoto Touya, Sakura's older brother."
"It's my pleasure to be in the company of so many lovely ladies." Touya said politely.
Mei Yu and Mei Zhen giggled. Syaoran sighed.
"Mother, have you heard any more about Ubuto?"
"When he spoke to us, Syaoran, he didn't know Sakura was the Clow Mistress." Meilin told Syaoran and Touya.
"Why does everyone keep calling Sakura names?" Touya asked, frowning.
"He doesn't know?" Meilin asked Syaoran, who shook his head. "How could he live in the same house as the Card Mistress, and not know. I mean, the amount of magical energy she gives out. And he even has some magical ability himself. He must be really dense."
Touya bristled. "What do you mean? What is a Clow, and how did my sister become the mistress?"
Syaoran's mother, Hua, began the tale. "Many years ago, an ancient magician named Clow Reed created the Clow Cards. The cards had many forms, and were very powerful. Soon they became too powerful for even Clow Reed to handle, so he sealed the magical beasts in cards, and put them in a book, giving the book a magical seal, and a guardian."
"Yeah, some fantastic guardian. A flying yellow toy lion." Syaoran muttered under his breath. His mother shot him a lot, and Syaoran shut up, muttering an apology.
"But the seal was broken 6 years ago...by your sister, and the magical guardian, Keroberus, gave your sister the ability to capture the cards she had accidentally let loose. We sent Syaoran to help her." Hua sent Syaoran a look that dared him to say something different, which he was tempted to do.
"What are these...cards?" Touya asked, still confused.
Hua opened her mouth to explain, but Syaoran cut her off.
"Mother, may I? It would be easier to show him." Syaoran said. Hua nodded, and Syaoran turned away from his family and Touya. A white energy field appeared around him, and his clothes changed. Instead of his grey jacket and pants and white teeshirt, he was wearing a new ensemble, one of green and white. A large sword was held on his back in a sheath.
He turned around and looked at everyone.
Meilin clapped. "You've improved. You couldn't do that the last time I saw you." She said impressed.
"I've had to. The last few cards appeared at bad times. I had to change quickly." Syaoran brushed the compliment aside.
"How...how did you do that, Br..., uh, how did you do that?" Touya asked. He had been about to call Syaoran a Brat, but had decided against it, Syaoran noted, pleased.
"Magic." Syaoran replied, drawing his sword. "Watch this." He commanded, drawing a card, and yelling, activated it.
"Woah, what was that?" Touya asked after the lights show had finished.
"Lightning Card." Syaoran said.
"And my sister can do that do?"
"Hell, yeah. She has most of the cards. There were 52 cards made, and she caught almost all of them." Syaoran said, half proudly, half jealously. "She can almost always take care of herself."
"Syaoran, why are you here?" asked Ming Zhu.
Syaoran frowned. "For the test to win Sakura back. Why else?"
"No, I mean, why are you here now?" Ming Zhu clarified.
Syaoran's frown was now matched by one on Touya's face. "What do you mean?" the boys asked together.
Ming Zhu's face fell. "Kyron Ubuto," she began, shooting a glance at Touya, "is still in Japan, along with Sakura."
***
Not much Sakura in there, sorry about that. There'll be more in the next part.
I am learning Chinese and got the names of Syaoran's family from my teacher.
the meanings are:
Mei Yu = Beautiful Jade
Mei Zhen = Beautiful Pearl
Ming Zhu = Bright Jewel
Hua = Flowers
The next part wont be out ofr a while, because I am going away on a school trip. See ya when it's out. R+R, Pleeeease!!!!
Starshower.
The Old Test. Part Two.
***
"You can't come!" Syaoran yelled, irritated.
Touya stood before him with his arms folded. "I'm coming, Brat. I don't care what you say. Sakura's my sister, and I'm going to help her."
"Look, Touya, if you come, and he finds out you've come, before we get Sakura, he'll kill her. I know him." Syaoran growled.
"I know you know him. That's the part I don't like." Touya shot back. "If it wasn't for you, she wouldn't be in this mess."
"Don't you think I know that???" Syaoran yelled. "Don't you think I care about what happens to her? I love her, dammit!" Syaoran looked as shocked as Touya about his outburst.
"I...I mean...I..." Syaoran trailed off.
"I'm going to pretend that I didn't hear that." Touya said, in disbelief. He shook his head to clear it. "I'm going, and nothing you say will make any difference."
Syaoran glared at Touya before relenting. "Fine." He said. "The only reason you're coming, is because I don't want to fight about it. The longer we fight, the longer it will take to get to Sakura."
Touya smiled. "I knew you would see it my way. Brat." He added as an afterthought.
Syaoran groaned. 'What have I gotten myself into?' He thought.
An hour later, Syaoran and Touya were in first class seats on a non-stop flight to Hong Kong. They had barely spoken to each other since leaving Japan. The silence was uncomfortable for both.
Unable to bear it any more, Touya turned to the boy next to him. "How did you manage to get such good seats on such short notice?"
Syaoran just shrugged. "I just told them who I was, and that I was going home."
"You must have done more then that." Touya said. "They even arranged for a car to take us to your home."
Syaoran moved uneasily in his chair, unwilling to tell Touya the reason for the airport's eagerness to help him. "I guess we'll find out when we get there." He finally said.
"I guess we will." Touya replied, turning to look at the other passengers on the plane.
The two ignored each other for the rest of the trip.
"Welcome to Hong Kong. We hope you enjoyed your flight." The pretty young girl said in Chinese to Touya and Syaoran as they stepped into the Hong Kong Terminal.
"Thank you. We had a wonderful flight." Touya replied in perfect Chinese.
Syaoran stared at him in shock. "Since when did you know how to talk Chinese." He asked in Japanese.
"Father made Sakura and me learn it a few years ago."
"Oh. Okay." Syaoran replied. He spotted a flock of reporters, and ushered Touya out of the terminal.
They got out of the airport and Syaoran hurriedly hailed a cab.
"Wait, didn't they have a car waiting for us?" Touya asked, looking around. All he could see was a black stretch Limo, with about a hundred people around it, and red carpet leading out of airport main doors to the back seat door of the limo.
"Hey, Brat, look at that. There must have been a celebrity on a flight today. I wonder who it was."
"Gee I wonder." Syaoran said under his breath. Touya looked at him as if he was strange, which, according to Touya, he was.
"What?" Touya asked.
"Tell you later." Syaoran said, knowing full well that he wouldn't if he could help it.
A taxi finally stopped to pick up the two, and they got in. Syaoran gave directions, much to the driver's shock and horror about having 'a celebrity in my cab.'
Syaoran sighed and hoped the drive would soon be over.
Touya stared in shock as the cab pulled into the driveway of a massive mansion.
"THIS is your house?" Touya yelped.
The Brat had the decency to look sheepish. "That's not my house." He said. He pointed left at an intersection, and the cab turned left. They passed a few more houses, some huge, some smaller, but all extravagantly designed. "That's my house."
Touya gasped when he saw the house that Brat had pointed to. It was massive; easily double the size of the last house that Touya had thought belonged to his sister's friend.
"You're joking, aren't you?" he asked.
"Sorry." Was the reply, said with a sly smile.
The guards in front of the main double mahogany doors bowed to Syaoran as he walked up to the door, opening it.
Syaoran walked through, with his head held high, Touya trailing behind, staring in shock at the Brat's home. Why hadn't anyone ever known about his obvious wealth?
"I am here to see my mother." Syaoran said in an arrogant voice.
"And who might you be?" sneered another guard.
"Who do you think I am? I am Li Syaoran, the heir of this entire estate." Syaoran said angrily.
"Let him through." Came another voice, a female one. "I will take him to my mother. We shall see if he is really my brother."
Touya turned to see the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. She had long black hair, and brown eyes. She looked about 20 years old.
"Li Ming Zhu." Syaoran acknowledged. The girl smiled.
"Li Syaoran." She said, mocking his tone.
"Where is my mother?" Syaoran asked.
"Why did you come back, if you are really Syaoran?" the girl asked, walking off. The two boys followed her.
"Ubuto." Syaoran said simply.
Ming Zhu stopped and she turned to face the boys. Her face fell. "Oh, that poor girl. She was the Card Captor, wasn't she?"
"Sakura is NOT dead!" Syaoran said so loudly, he was nearly yelling.
"Okay..." Ming Zhu said softly. She noticed Touya, her eyes widening. Syaoran noticed the direction of her gaze.
"Ming Zhu, this is Sakura's brother, um..." Syaoran trailed off. He looked at Touya. "What's your name again?"
"Touya." Touya said, looking at Ming Zhu. "Pleased to meet you."
"The pleasure is mine." Ming Zhu replied, giggling and blushing slightly.
"Oh, brother." Syaoran sighed loudly, his disgust showing. He turned to his sister. "Where is Mother?" he asked again.
Ming Zhu looked at him. "She's with Meilin."
"Take me to her." Syaoran commanded. Ming Zhu nodded and began to lead them down one hall after another. After about 10 minutes of walking in silence, they arrived at a large oak door, which Ming Zhu knocked on.
"Come in." called a voice from inside.
Ming Zhu opened the heavy door, and the three walked in.
Touya gasped. The room was dark in colour, with blue and green drapes hung around the room. In the middle was a dark mahogany 4 posted bed, with dark blue covers and dark green drapes falling from the corners to the floor. 5 chairs sat next to the bed, with girls of varying ages sitting in 3 of them. The oldest looked around Sakura's age.
"Who is it Ming Zhu?" asked a voice from the bed.
"It's me, Mother. Syaoran. I've come home." Syaoran said, crossing the room quickly to embrace his mother.
"Who is your friend, Syaoran?" asked one of the girls, giggling.
"He's not my friend, Mei Yu." Syaoran said. "He's the Card Captor's brother. He insisted on coming."
"Well, aren't you going to introduce us, Brother?" asked another girl.
"Fine." Syaoran sighed. "This is my family, my mother, Li Hua, my older sister, Ming Zhu, my betrothed, Meilin, and my younger sisters, Mei Yu and Mei Zhen. Mei Yu and Mei Zhen are twins." Syaoran added to Touya. Then he turned back to his family and said, "this is Kinomoto Touya, Sakura's older brother."
"It's my pleasure to be in the company of so many lovely ladies." Touya said politely.
Mei Yu and Mei Zhen giggled. Syaoran sighed.
"Mother, have you heard any more about Ubuto?"
"When he spoke to us, Syaoran, he didn't know Sakura was the Clow Mistress." Meilin told Syaoran and Touya.
"Why does everyone keep calling Sakura names?" Touya asked, frowning.
"He doesn't know?" Meilin asked Syaoran, who shook his head. "How could he live in the same house as the Card Mistress, and not know. I mean, the amount of magical energy she gives out. And he even has some magical ability himself. He must be really dense."
Touya bristled. "What do you mean? What is a Clow, and how did my sister become the mistress?"
Syaoran's mother, Hua, began the tale. "Many years ago, an ancient magician named Clow Reed created the Clow Cards. The cards had many forms, and were very powerful. Soon they became too powerful for even Clow Reed to handle, so he sealed the magical beasts in cards, and put them in a book, giving the book a magical seal, and a guardian."
"Yeah, some fantastic guardian. A flying yellow toy lion." Syaoran muttered under his breath. His mother shot him a lot, and Syaoran shut up, muttering an apology.
"But the seal was broken 6 years ago...by your sister, and the magical guardian, Keroberus, gave your sister the ability to capture the cards she had accidentally let loose. We sent Syaoran to help her." Hua sent Syaoran a look that dared him to say something different, which he was tempted to do.
"What are these...cards?" Touya asked, still confused.
Hua opened her mouth to explain, but Syaoran cut her off.
"Mother, may I? It would be easier to show him." Syaoran said. Hua nodded, and Syaoran turned away from his family and Touya. A white energy field appeared around him, and his clothes changed. Instead of his grey jacket and pants and white teeshirt, he was wearing a new ensemble, one of green and white. A large sword was held on his back in a sheath.
He turned around and looked at everyone.
Meilin clapped. "You've improved. You couldn't do that the last time I saw you." She said impressed.
"I've had to. The last few cards appeared at bad times. I had to change quickly." Syaoran brushed the compliment aside.
"How...how did you do that, Br..., uh, how did you do that?" Touya asked. He had been about to call Syaoran a Brat, but had decided against it, Syaoran noted, pleased.
"Magic." Syaoran replied, drawing his sword. "Watch this." He commanded, drawing a card, and yelling, activated it.
"Woah, what was that?" Touya asked after the lights show had finished.
"Lightning Card." Syaoran said.
"And my sister can do that do?"
"Hell, yeah. She has most of the cards. There were 52 cards made, and she caught almost all of them." Syaoran said, half proudly, half jealously. "She can almost always take care of herself."
"Syaoran, why are you here?" asked Ming Zhu.
Syaoran frowned. "For the test to win Sakura back. Why else?"
"No, I mean, why are you here now?" Ming Zhu clarified.
Syaoran's frown was now matched by one on Touya's face. "What do you mean?" the boys asked together.
Ming Zhu's face fell. "Kyron Ubuto," she began, shooting a glance at Touya, "is still in Japan, along with Sakura."
***
Not much Sakura in there, sorry about that. There'll be more in the next part.
I am learning Chinese and got the names of Syaoran's family from my teacher.
the meanings are:
Mei Yu = Beautiful Jade
Mei Zhen = Beautiful Pearl
Ming Zhu = Bright Jewel
Hua = Flowers
The next part wont be out ofr a while, because I am going away on a school trip. See ya when it's out. R+R, Pleeeease!!!!
Starshower.