I'm going to work on this one for a bit, mostly because I'm not a hundred
percent sure what I want to happen next in my other story. And also because
now I've got a Ranma fic in my head and I want to get this one a bit more
established before I brake down and start on yet another fic.
Thanks for the reviews, they make me feel rather happy that you all think that I'm a somewhat good writer. A little heads up for anyone who hasn't read my Digimon or checked out my Bio, I'm LD (Learning Disabled) so my grammar isn't going to be all that grate when I misread the spell check.
If I mess up way to much for you to handle please bring it to my attention and I'll see if I can fix it. Thank you.
-Flameraven
Chapter 4
Li Meling stood at the airport with both her cousin and her trainer, Wie. They were waiting for two sperate planes, and two veritable strangers to her. But Syaoran was her best friend in Hong Kong and she wanted to meat the infamous Eriol.
Of cores She only knew his name was Eriol because of Sakura and Tomoyo, Syaoran always called him 'Hiiragizawa' without fail. Meiling knew the why of that too, and she couldn't help but agree at some level herself.
He had been responsible for the penguin park attack her secant to last time in Japan after all. Besides he was the one directly responsible for Syaoran staying and helping Sakura for so long, if it hadn't been for his interference SHE and not Sakura would have Syaoran right now.
And she was here because of Brian. The last time he was in Hong Kong he had been rather fun to play with... and torment. And to tell the truth she wasn't sure what she was going to do when she saw him. Act like it never happened, pick off where she had left off, or ask him to forgive her.
Of those three options she was rather sure it would be one of the first two. Admitting she was wrong wasn't something she was very comfortable doing. Besides she had to have had a good reason to act like that back then didn't she? He must have done something to deserve it!
Pleased with her logic she settled in for a the next few minutes of waiting. Hiiragizawa's plane had just landed and Garrison's would be arrive in the next hour. She could almost feel Syaoran tince up. She smiled a bit at the feeling, it was almost exactly the same thing he did when ever he had to have any interaction with Sakura's older brother.
*******
Eriol steeped off the plane, his senses picked up on Syaoran's aura almost immediately. Eriol found himself a little uneasy thought. The aura he was picking up was immensely powerful.
Oh it wasn't quite as strong as Clow's had been, but it WAS stronger then his own. He was only a half reincarnation after all. He was forced once again to ask himself why Yelin Li would need his help for anything.
He worked his way towards his "cute little descendent." And his companion, a cousin of his if he remembered correctly. She was also the only person in the Li clan with out magic if his memory served. Yet another mystery for him to solve why he was here.
"Hiiragizawa." So he was still going to be like that was he? Fine, Eriol could play too.
"My cute little descendent." The half reincarnation of Clow Reed replayed with his usual infuriating smile. Only this time the remark didn't quite have the effect that he had been looking for. Syaoran wasn't the only cute little descendent here, as a matter of fact he couldn't even be called "little" any longer so he just smirked a bit before speaking instead of his normal angry reply.
"I'm sure Meiling appreciates the complement. Your plane was late and we've got another arrival soon. Shell we?" and with that he was off, moving a just a slightly more brisk pace then was absolutely necessary.
*******
Less then forty minuets latter Brian was stepping off his plane into Hong Kong for the secant time in his life. His senses picked up two powerful sorcerers a little off too his right. He glanced in that direction and picked them out easily enough.
There green and midnight blue auras were more then a bit conspicuous. His eyes didn't stay on them long though. No, he caught himself starring at the girl making idle chitchat with the blue headed one.
She was gorgeous, but once she looked his way, and he saw her red eyes he knew he was in trouble. She could only be one person, and not only was she off limits, she was also a pain in the ass who had given him nightmares for yeas after his last trip.
He tore his eyes from her, stealing himself against her and looked to his 'master'. The look in Syaoran's eyes caught him off guard. There was no way he could have missed how he, Brian, had been looking at Meiling, Syaoran's fiancée and yet he wasn't the lest bit mad, or even jealous.
No, he was amused.
And for some reason that scared Brian, scared him in a way he hadn't ever quite been scared before. It only got worse when he herd a rather loud "Brian!" and was almost knocked right off his feet by a powerful glomp.
It was about then that the blue headed sorcerer laughed and even Syaoran smiled, and Brian could feel the eyes of almost everyone in the airport looking at him disapprovingly. It was all he could do to keep from growling. She was doing it again and from the look from Syaoran stated quite plainly that he didn't give a damn.
*******
Meiling was having a rather nice conversation with Eriol, she could tell why Sakura and Tomoyo, especially Tomoyo, liked him. When she felt something. It was a presence, it was something that she had felt before, and though it took some time for that memory to surface once it did she knew why she had tormented the poor boy.
She looked up at him, and noticed him blush a bit, she smiled almost like a shark then. She was still unattached, even though she and Syaoran had broken off the engagement over five years ago, so it wouldn't hurt anybody.
Besides it might be fun...
So with a gleeful "Brian!" and a flying hug that almost knocked him flat on his butt it began. She had first started doing things like this in figure out why she could 'feel' him. It was very subdued but it had given her hope at the time that she might have had hidden magic like his.
This turned out not to the case, but still there had to be something to this sense she always got around him didn't there?
Besides the look on his face was just priceless. He had looked so serious, far too much like Syaoran.
She grinned wickedly to herself, at that thought. He was a lot like Syaoran, he even got flustered as easily.
She heard Eriol laugh behind her and the boy she was presently draped upon stiffen at the sound. Oh yes, this was going to be fun indeed.
She let him untangle himself from her, and set her down on her feet. He was surpassingly gentle and she found herself staring into a rather amazing set of blue-gray eyes. He was six foot tall and it made her feel like a little girl standing this close to him, his eyes were very serious as he said his first words to her in over ten years.
"My lady." That was it, nothing more. And it had been said with such a cold emotionless voice that her heart almost ached for him. His attention was on the men she had been standing with though, and the noise from the airport seemed to fade away.
She looked from man to man, as they seemed to be having a conversation with out ever speaking a word and not for the first time, nor for the last she was sure, she damned her lack of magic.
She felt something then, something cool, like a brisk breeze on an autumn day fluttered past her, no one else seemed to take note of it, but she unconsciously snuggled against Brian's warmth until the sensation faded. More determined then ever to figure out just what exactly it was about this man that made her feel so funny.
*******
Syaoran watched his man with some amusement. Meiling's actions had even prompted a smile. Him smiling was a very rare occurrence these days, but it had been more out of relief then humor.
His cousin hadn't quite been herself for the past few months. Much of that he knew had been his fault, he loved her quite a lot actually, just not in the way that she had hoped he would. He still didn't think she truly loved him that way. She had only clung to him because he hadn't put her down for lacking magic.
He new just how much one would cling to a friend if it was the only one they had. Another major part of it stemmed from that too. Her lack of magic made her overlooked by the elders for most things. As far as they were concerned she was good only for a political alliance by marriage now.
A sacrificial lame for more money and power. It sickened him, as did the boys who had started coming around for her. They all wanted part of the Li clan fortune, not her, so far she had been able to keep them at bay, but she had seemed to loose a part of herself as the weeks moved on.
Now, its seemed, she was back with a vengeance. He just hoped that Brian would survive the "Meiling experience" as he had dubbed it. The gods only knew how he, Syaoran Li, had.
Brian said something to her that Syaoran wasn't able to catch before his man's formal challenge was placed. It was all in his blue-gray eyes. The challenge of power was a formality in this case, Syaoran would lead in any case but it was traditional.
He rased his magical might to its highest potential, flaunting his power, and daring all who could to match it. He felt Eriol's aura flare, and Syaoran was surprised to see it slightly weaker then his own. And then Brain rased his.
The shaman's aura was green like his own, but a deeper hunter green to his vibrant one. It also had a slightly coarser feel to it then a sorcerers would. As it rouse Syaoran noticed that Meiling seemed to shiver slightly and pull closer to the warmth of Brian's body. He wondered about that, and would ask his mother and Brian both latter.
The Shaman was jus a bit weaker then he was, but in a true fight if it ever came to that they would most likely be very evenly matched. And for some reason a feeling of completeness washed over him as he stared at the tall American boy as their auras faded.
"Welcome to Hong Kong, Mr Garrison. The car is waiting, we should be going." The heir to the Li clan spoke.
"Master Li." The shaman replied with a nod.
"I'm sure you remember my cousin Li Meiling, and this is Hiiragizawa Eriol, a very distant relation."
The Eriol and Brian exchanged pleasantries as they walked to the car, the media flashing pictures of them left and right. Syaoran new, even if Brian hadn't figured it out yet, that Meiling would have a new "boyfriend" on the front page of every tabloid in Hong Kong and most of China and Japan tomorrow. Most would even go father in Meiling and his "relationship" because of her outburst.
He smirked at that, the elder's were going to have a fit. It was a short ride to the Li estate, and it would have taken no more then five minuets to get everyone squared away and ready to see his mother if only his sisters hadn't laid eyes on his two new guests.
As it was it took over an hour, and then the direct intervention of Yelin herself to get the poor boys into their rooms and allow them to sleep their jetlag away.
But with the rising of the sun the next day she unveiled both the letter and what she needed them to do. And so with grim faces three of strongest male spell casters in the world and possibly the secant strongest female set about to undue something that had been done three thousand years ago.
To change the very fabric of a spell in a very profound way. To let one man price the vial that separated the world of Sorcerers and Shamans from the world of Witches and Wizards.
Thanks for the reviews, they make me feel rather happy that you all think that I'm a somewhat good writer. A little heads up for anyone who hasn't read my Digimon or checked out my Bio, I'm LD (Learning Disabled) so my grammar isn't going to be all that grate when I misread the spell check.
If I mess up way to much for you to handle please bring it to my attention and I'll see if I can fix it. Thank you.
-Flameraven
Chapter 4
Li Meling stood at the airport with both her cousin and her trainer, Wie. They were waiting for two sperate planes, and two veritable strangers to her. But Syaoran was her best friend in Hong Kong and she wanted to meat the infamous Eriol.
Of cores She only knew his name was Eriol because of Sakura and Tomoyo, Syaoran always called him 'Hiiragizawa' without fail. Meiling knew the why of that too, and she couldn't help but agree at some level herself.
He had been responsible for the penguin park attack her secant to last time in Japan after all. Besides he was the one directly responsible for Syaoran staying and helping Sakura for so long, if it hadn't been for his interference SHE and not Sakura would have Syaoran right now.
And she was here because of Brian. The last time he was in Hong Kong he had been rather fun to play with... and torment. And to tell the truth she wasn't sure what she was going to do when she saw him. Act like it never happened, pick off where she had left off, or ask him to forgive her.
Of those three options she was rather sure it would be one of the first two. Admitting she was wrong wasn't something she was very comfortable doing. Besides she had to have had a good reason to act like that back then didn't she? He must have done something to deserve it!
Pleased with her logic she settled in for a the next few minutes of waiting. Hiiragizawa's plane had just landed and Garrison's would be arrive in the next hour. She could almost feel Syaoran tince up. She smiled a bit at the feeling, it was almost exactly the same thing he did when ever he had to have any interaction with Sakura's older brother.
*******
Eriol steeped off the plane, his senses picked up on Syaoran's aura almost immediately. Eriol found himself a little uneasy thought. The aura he was picking up was immensely powerful.
Oh it wasn't quite as strong as Clow's had been, but it WAS stronger then his own. He was only a half reincarnation after all. He was forced once again to ask himself why Yelin Li would need his help for anything.
He worked his way towards his "cute little descendent." And his companion, a cousin of his if he remembered correctly. She was also the only person in the Li clan with out magic if his memory served. Yet another mystery for him to solve why he was here.
"Hiiragizawa." So he was still going to be like that was he? Fine, Eriol could play too.
"My cute little descendent." The half reincarnation of Clow Reed replayed with his usual infuriating smile. Only this time the remark didn't quite have the effect that he had been looking for. Syaoran wasn't the only cute little descendent here, as a matter of fact he couldn't even be called "little" any longer so he just smirked a bit before speaking instead of his normal angry reply.
"I'm sure Meiling appreciates the complement. Your plane was late and we've got another arrival soon. Shell we?" and with that he was off, moving a just a slightly more brisk pace then was absolutely necessary.
*******
Less then forty minuets latter Brian was stepping off his plane into Hong Kong for the secant time in his life. His senses picked up two powerful sorcerers a little off too his right. He glanced in that direction and picked them out easily enough.
There green and midnight blue auras were more then a bit conspicuous. His eyes didn't stay on them long though. No, he caught himself starring at the girl making idle chitchat with the blue headed one.
She was gorgeous, but once she looked his way, and he saw her red eyes he knew he was in trouble. She could only be one person, and not only was she off limits, she was also a pain in the ass who had given him nightmares for yeas after his last trip.
He tore his eyes from her, stealing himself against her and looked to his 'master'. The look in Syaoran's eyes caught him off guard. There was no way he could have missed how he, Brian, had been looking at Meiling, Syaoran's fiancée and yet he wasn't the lest bit mad, or even jealous.
No, he was amused.
And for some reason that scared Brian, scared him in a way he hadn't ever quite been scared before. It only got worse when he herd a rather loud "Brian!" and was almost knocked right off his feet by a powerful glomp.
It was about then that the blue headed sorcerer laughed and even Syaoran smiled, and Brian could feel the eyes of almost everyone in the airport looking at him disapprovingly. It was all he could do to keep from growling. She was doing it again and from the look from Syaoran stated quite plainly that he didn't give a damn.
*******
Meiling was having a rather nice conversation with Eriol, she could tell why Sakura and Tomoyo, especially Tomoyo, liked him. When she felt something. It was a presence, it was something that she had felt before, and though it took some time for that memory to surface once it did she knew why she had tormented the poor boy.
She looked up at him, and noticed him blush a bit, she smiled almost like a shark then. She was still unattached, even though she and Syaoran had broken off the engagement over five years ago, so it wouldn't hurt anybody.
Besides it might be fun...
So with a gleeful "Brian!" and a flying hug that almost knocked him flat on his butt it began. She had first started doing things like this in figure out why she could 'feel' him. It was very subdued but it had given her hope at the time that she might have had hidden magic like his.
This turned out not to the case, but still there had to be something to this sense she always got around him didn't there?
Besides the look on his face was just priceless. He had looked so serious, far too much like Syaoran.
She grinned wickedly to herself, at that thought. He was a lot like Syaoran, he even got flustered as easily.
She heard Eriol laugh behind her and the boy she was presently draped upon stiffen at the sound. Oh yes, this was going to be fun indeed.
She let him untangle himself from her, and set her down on her feet. He was surpassingly gentle and she found herself staring into a rather amazing set of blue-gray eyes. He was six foot tall and it made her feel like a little girl standing this close to him, his eyes were very serious as he said his first words to her in over ten years.
"My lady." That was it, nothing more. And it had been said with such a cold emotionless voice that her heart almost ached for him. His attention was on the men she had been standing with though, and the noise from the airport seemed to fade away.
She looked from man to man, as they seemed to be having a conversation with out ever speaking a word and not for the first time, nor for the last she was sure, she damned her lack of magic.
She felt something then, something cool, like a brisk breeze on an autumn day fluttered past her, no one else seemed to take note of it, but she unconsciously snuggled against Brian's warmth until the sensation faded. More determined then ever to figure out just what exactly it was about this man that made her feel so funny.
*******
Syaoran watched his man with some amusement. Meiling's actions had even prompted a smile. Him smiling was a very rare occurrence these days, but it had been more out of relief then humor.
His cousin hadn't quite been herself for the past few months. Much of that he knew had been his fault, he loved her quite a lot actually, just not in the way that she had hoped he would. He still didn't think she truly loved him that way. She had only clung to him because he hadn't put her down for lacking magic.
He new just how much one would cling to a friend if it was the only one they had. Another major part of it stemmed from that too. Her lack of magic made her overlooked by the elders for most things. As far as they were concerned she was good only for a political alliance by marriage now.
A sacrificial lame for more money and power. It sickened him, as did the boys who had started coming around for her. They all wanted part of the Li clan fortune, not her, so far she had been able to keep them at bay, but she had seemed to loose a part of herself as the weeks moved on.
Now, its seemed, she was back with a vengeance. He just hoped that Brian would survive the "Meiling experience" as he had dubbed it. The gods only knew how he, Syaoran Li, had.
Brian said something to her that Syaoran wasn't able to catch before his man's formal challenge was placed. It was all in his blue-gray eyes. The challenge of power was a formality in this case, Syaoran would lead in any case but it was traditional.
He rased his magical might to its highest potential, flaunting his power, and daring all who could to match it. He felt Eriol's aura flare, and Syaoran was surprised to see it slightly weaker then his own. And then Brain rased his.
The shaman's aura was green like his own, but a deeper hunter green to his vibrant one. It also had a slightly coarser feel to it then a sorcerers would. As it rouse Syaoran noticed that Meiling seemed to shiver slightly and pull closer to the warmth of Brian's body. He wondered about that, and would ask his mother and Brian both latter.
The Shaman was jus a bit weaker then he was, but in a true fight if it ever came to that they would most likely be very evenly matched. And for some reason a feeling of completeness washed over him as he stared at the tall American boy as their auras faded.
"Welcome to Hong Kong, Mr Garrison. The car is waiting, we should be going." The heir to the Li clan spoke.
"Master Li." The shaman replied with a nod.
"I'm sure you remember my cousin Li Meiling, and this is Hiiragizawa Eriol, a very distant relation."
The Eriol and Brian exchanged pleasantries as they walked to the car, the media flashing pictures of them left and right. Syaoran new, even if Brian hadn't figured it out yet, that Meiling would have a new "boyfriend" on the front page of every tabloid in Hong Kong and most of China and Japan tomorrow. Most would even go father in Meiling and his "relationship" because of her outburst.
He smirked at that, the elder's were going to have a fit. It was a short ride to the Li estate, and it would have taken no more then five minuets to get everyone squared away and ready to see his mother if only his sisters hadn't laid eyes on his two new guests.
As it was it took over an hour, and then the direct intervention of Yelin herself to get the poor boys into their rooms and allow them to sleep their jetlag away.
But with the rising of the sun the next day she unveiled both the letter and what she needed them to do. And so with grim faces three of strongest male spell casters in the world and possibly the secant strongest female set about to undue something that had been done three thousand years ago.
To change the very fabric of a spell in a very profound way. To let one man price the vial that separated the world of Sorcerers and Shamans from the world of Witches and Wizards.