Chapter 9: "Please tell me what is going on!?"
Disclaimer: I know those of you who read the last chapter are wondering the same thing. "Will someone PLEASE tell me what this psycho author means by the gate, and the blood, and what the heck is up with the whole idea?" Well, here's where some answers appear. The explinations are here, to a degree. How many of you like the idea of a female villian in CCS? I thought since there wasn't a female 'villan' before, that it would be a nice challenge. Of course, this entire idea is a challenge. ^_^ But thanks to all that reviewed, I can actually get off my lazy butt and continue it. As for the blood and the gate, it's a nifty idea, don'tcha think? Anyways, don't own CCS, only Hikari, and Chang Liu. If you want to use either of these fine ladies for your own CCS fic, just email me at darksaiyajin_26@hotmail.com and let me know! Read and Review please!
Syaoran couldn't move after what he had just witnessed. The arrival of a new enemy, and her goal was clear: she was after his blood. And she would do anything and *everything* to get it. But one thing still confused him. Why him? Why was he the one that Chang Liu was out for? What was so special about him that warrented such commotion? "Kiseki," he began, trying to sort out the thoughts that ran through his mind, "please, tell me what is going on!? Tell me everything. I want to know what's going on...."
A small smile graced Kiseki's lips, as she looked at Syaoran. "Yes, you seem to be out of the loop, Xiao Lang. The Chang clan are a family of powerful sorcerers and sorceresses, and the legend of the Gate has been in their family for generations. This Gate, is said to lead to the other realm."
"The Other Realm?" Syaoran echoed. "What other realm? You mean, with Gods? Or Demons? What is in this Other Realm?"
"It is said, in this Realm, there is a stone, the Tear of Destiny, which is said to grant the owner unimaginable power. So destructive that entire worlds can be destoryed in mere seconds. Your blood, Li Syaoran, is the key to opening the gate. Why your blood? To the Chang Clan, the blood of Clow Reed's decendant whom of which holds the key to the Gate. You're very special, Li Syaoran. While Sakura may be the Mistress of the Cards, you are important to the entire universe, not just Earth. If, the Chang Clan can open the gate and retrieve the Tear of Destiny, this world and many others will be destoryed," Kiseki explained, a grave expression on her beautiful face.
"How do they use my blood to open the gate?" Syaoran asked, acting unbelieveably calm, to Meiling's surprise. The blue haired cousin of Syaoran was so shocked she couldn't say anything. Which was uncharacteristic of her. "And how come my family didn't know about this Gate if it's so important to everyone?"
"The key, which is you, has the special blood which can open the Gate, as I told you. There is a ritual that must be preformed by the strongest of the Chang Clan, which is Chang Liu. If you are caught, Chang Liu will take you to the tallest tower she can find here. A special spell is to be chanted, which she must know exactly. While she is chanting this spell, she will cut you shallowly here," Kiseki expained, tracing her finger along the right side of Syaoran's stomach, "here," and she pointed to just below his ribs, "here," her finger then went to the other side of Syaoran's stomach, "and here." Her finger then stopped in a diagonal pattern just above Syaoran's belly button. "Shallow cuts allow the blood to flow slowly, allowing the gate to remain open longer. The longer you bleed, the longer the Gate stays open. While the Gate is open, demons trapped to protect the Tear of Destiny, will be free to destory whatever they please. But this is only if Chang Liu captures you. And as long as I am here, she will never lay her hands on you, Li Syaoran."
Syaoran was speechless. The reality of the information just given to him was beginning to sink in. Even Eriol was the farthest thing from his mind, as the boy didn't pose as big as threat as Chang Liu now did. He almost stopped breathing, but soon caught himself, and began to snap out of the trance he had put himself in. Syaoran had been told nothing of this by his family. Not in his years of training pior to coming to Japan and chasing the Clow Cards with Sakura. (Sakura...) "What about my Family? Why didn't they know about this? And what about Sakura? Is she at risk with Chang Liu at all?"
"The Li family does know about the Gate, but the decendant whose blood shall open the Gate was not known to them," Kiseki answered, as she sat down on Syaoran's bed. "The Mistress of the Cards is not involved in this at all, but she will be wanting to be at your side, Syaoran." Syaoran looked confused, and Kiseki couldn't help but smile. "You don't see it? How much she cares for you, Syaoran?" Her smile widened a bit as Syaoran looked even more confused. "Hmm, I guess destiny will take it's due course. Tonight has been a long one for you, my little wolf. I think it's best if you got some rest. You too, Meiling." As she finished saying this, Kiseki de-transformed into Hikari. "I think I'm getting the hang of that."
Syaoran smiled. Even with Chang Liu out for this blood, he couldn't have felt more safer, than with Hikari. Suddenly, he hugged her. Hikari tensed, surprised at Syaoran's action, but she smiled, and hugged him back. "Oyasumi Nasai, Hikari-sama." Hikari nodded, and walked out with Meiling, as Syaoran picked up his sword, which he had dropped when he hugged his Guardian, and put it somewhere safe. "Sakura...."
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Sakura sweatdropped as Tomoyo gave her the third degree over the phone. The brown haired girl has just phoned Tomoyo and told her everything that had happened, and the purple-haired videographer of the Card mistress went balistic. "Why didn't you phone me?! I can't believe I missed something like this!! Is Syaoran all right? And Hikari? What's up with this new evil?! SAKURA!!!!"
"Gomen ne," Sakura apologized feebly, calming down her best friend. "But Tomoyo, I have to go. It's pretty late, and we have school tomorrow. Look, next time something like this is going down, I'll phone you. Okay? Okay. Ja ne." Quickly, she pressed the 'end' button on her pink cell phone. "Whoo-boy." Kero-chan was already fast asleep, and Touya yelled his last warning for her to go to sleep. "Yeah, yeah, Touya! I'll go to sleep! Don't lose any hair over it!" That ceased the yelling. "Hehe." Quickly, Sakura eased into her bed, and fell asleep quickly, her mind going over what this new evil could be, and what they could want with Syaoran.
*~Next Day*~
Touya was surprised to see Hikari, that girl he had met the day before, with the Chinese Gaki. "Hey Touya," Hikari greeted, as she caught sight of Sakura's brother and Yukito. "I didn't get a chance to introduce myself to your friend. Reed Hikari." She extended her hand to the snow-haired best friend of Touya.
"Tsukishiro Yukito," Yukito smiled, as he shook Hikari's hand. "It's nice to meet you, Hikari. Touya's been talking about you." Touya turned a little red, and glared at his best friend. "Are you Syaoran's relative?"
"Yep," Hikari nodded. "His cousin, really. You two go to Tomoeda High School, don't you?" Both nodded. "I guess I'll see you there. Ja ne." She waved bye to Yukito and Touya, as she and Syaoran continued down the street.
"What did you say that for? I have not been talking about her," Touya said pointedly to Yukito. "I've never known you to lie, Yuki."
"It wasn't a lie," Yukito pointed out to his best friend, smiling. "You *have* been talking about her. Complaining, I think it was, but you still talked about her. So you see, Touya, it wasn't a lie. That's an unjust accusation." [AN: This sounds like me.....o_O]
"Ah, Yuki," Touya sighed, rolling his eyes. "Why don't you become a Lawyer instead? You could make a lot of yen out of your little talent." Yukito merely smiled at his best friend. "At least Sakura's walking with someone else."
"You're worried, aren't you?" Yukito smiled. "That's sweet, Touya." Touya sputtered for a few minutes, as he followed his white-haired best friend to their High School.
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"How are you feeling, Sayaoran?" Hikari asked. (If I were Syaoran, I'd be shaken up beyond belief. First learning there's something after him, then finding out she's out for his blood, and what his blood could do to the world, it's mind-shattering.)
"I'm doing okay, considering," Syaoran confided, smiling. "I feel safe with you, though, Hikari." Hikari smiled, placing a hand on Syaoran's shoulder. "And I saw the way you blushed when Yue put his hand on your shoulder. Don't think I didn't see that."
Hikari turned pink, surprised that he saw that, let alone remembered. "It was nothing, Syaoran, besides, you can't blackmail me with that. You have no proof because Tomoyo wasn't there to record it." Syaoran laughed, then spotted Tomoyo and Sakura up ahead. It was only Monday, but it felt as if a week had passed since the feeling of a new evil. "Sakura! Tomoyo!"
"Ohayou!" Sakura greeted brightly, as she bowed in front of Hikari. "Syaoran, what's that new evil that Kero-chan and I have been sensing?" She was going right down to business. This was very important, and Sakura didn't want to dance around the subject.
"You may want to sit down, Sakura-chan," Hikari advised, a wary smile on her lips. "This may take a while." Sakura looked a little confused, but she and Tomoyo sat down on a nearby bench while Hikari told them everything. "And that's it. Chang Liu is incredibly powerful. Eriol is very interested in this. It's obvious, that if I am not here for Syaoran, that you must team up with Eriol for Chang Liu."
"Don't say that," Sakura said, looking worried. "Eriol's not evil. I know he isn't. He's just....I don't know. But he's not evil. I know. Don't say that you won't be here. You will be here!" (I don't want to face that possiblity. With this Chang Liu here, Hikari's the only way we can defend this world.)
"Arigatou, Sakura-chan," Hikari smiled. She looked at her watch as it beeped. "Ah, school's starting soon, I gotta go. I still get lost. ^_^* Ja ne!" Quickly, she waved bye to Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo. Meiling showed up a bit late, as her alarm failed to go off, and she chastised Syaoran for leaving her. As Hikari rushed into the high school beside Sakura's Elementary school, she ran into a girl with long brown hair in a variation of the Odango-attama type style Meiling sported. "Gomen!!"
"You!"
"Me?"
The girl looked stricken, as if she let something slip, then regained her normal demenor. "Uh, nothing. What's your name?" (It's a good thing she doesn't remember me.) "I'm Akimizu Nakuru."
"Reed Hikari," Hikari smiled, bowing slightly. Her watch beeped again. "Shimatta! I'm late! Sorry to run off like this, Nakuru, but I can't be late again for my Chemistry class! Ja ne...!" Nakuru was left in a big cloud of dust as Hikari ran off. [Hmm....Chemistry...who else do we know that loves Chemistry? Peach blossoms ring a bell? ^_^]
Watching from the roof of Tomoeda elementary, was Chang Liu. (Hikari Reed. Kiseki. You're the only thing in my way of opening the Gate and getting the Tear of Destiny. This will be a challenge, and I am looking forward to beating you once and for all and becoming the most powerful person in this dimention! As you said, Hikari, power isn't the only way to win battles. Sometimes, you must use your mind. And that is what I plan to do. Li Syaoran, you're the key to my Immortality, and I *will* achieve it! No one can stop me. No one.)
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Author's notes: That's got to be one of my longest chapters yet. What do you think? Did that answer your questions? Something in here that's missing? How long has it been since this whole thing started? 2 days. 0_0 ----this is how I feel. Have any ideas for this story? I'm open to suggestions! ^_^ Thanks for the reviews and please keep them coming! I want to know what you all think of this story and the characters I came up with. See ya on the flip side!
Disclaimer: I know those of you who read the last chapter are wondering the same thing. "Will someone PLEASE tell me what this psycho author means by the gate, and the blood, and what the heck is up with the whole idea?" Well, here's where some answers appear. The explinations are here, to a degree. How many of you like the idea of a female villian in CCS? I thought since there wasn't a female 'villan' before, that it would be a nice challenge. Of course, this entire idea is a challenge. ^_^ But thanks to all that reviewed, I can actually get off my lazy butt and continue it. As for the blood and the gate, it's a nifty idea, don'tcha think? Anyways, don't own CCS, only Hikari, and Chang Liu. If you want to use either of these fine ladies for your own CCS fic, just email me at darksaiyajin_26@hotmail.com and let me know! Read and Review please!
Syaoran couldn't move after what he had just witnessed. The arrival of a new enemy, and her goal was clear: she was after his blood. And she would do anything and *everything* to get it. But one thing still confused him. Why him? Why was he the one that Chang Liu was out for? What was so special about him that warrented such commotion? "Kiseki," he began, trying to sort out the thoughts that ran through his mind, "please, tell me what is going on!? Tell me everything. I want to know what's going on...."
A small smile graced Kiseki's lips, as she looked at Syaoran. "Yes, you seem to be out of the loop, Xiao Lang. The Chang clan are a family of powerful sorcerers and sorceresses, and the legend of the Gate has been in their family for generations. This Gate, is said to lead to the other realm."
"The Other Realm?" Syaoran echoed. "What other realm? You mean, with Gods? Or Demons? What is in this Other Realm?"
"It is said, in this Realm, there is a stone, the Tear of Destiny, which is said to grant the owner unimaginable power. So destructive that entire worlds can be destoryed in mere seconds. Your blood, Li Syaoran, is the key to opening the gate. Why your blood? To the Chang Clan, the blood of Clow Reed's decendant whom of which holds the key to the Gate. You're very special, Li Syaoran. While Sakura may be the Mistress of the Cards, you are important to the entire universe, not just Earth. If, the Chang Clan can open the gate and retrieve the Tear of Destiny, this world and many others will be destoryed," Kiseki explained, a grave expression on her beautiful face.
"How do they use my blood to open the gate?" Syaoran asked, acting unbelieveably calm, to Meiling's surprise. The blue haired cousin of Syaoran was so shocked she couldn't say anything. Which was uncharacteristic of her. "And how come my family didn't know about this Gate if it's so important to everyone?"
"The key, which is you, has the special blood which can open the Gate, as I told you. There is a ritual that must be preformed by the strongest of the Chang Clan, which is Chang Liu. If you are caught, Chang Liu will take you to the tallest tower she can find here. A special spell is to be chanted, which she must know exactly. While she is chanting this spell, she will cut you shallowly here," Kiseki expained, tracing her finger along the right side of Syaoran's stomach, "here," and she pointed to just below his ribs, "here," her finger then went to the other side of Syaoran's stomach, "and here." Her finger then stopped in a diagonal pattern just above Syaoran's belly button. "Shallow cuts allow the blood to flow slowly, allowing the gate to remain open longer. The longer you bleed, the longer the Gate stays open. While the Gate is open, demons trapped to protect the Tear of Destiny, will be free to destory whatever they please. But this is only if Chang Liu captures you. And as long as I am here, she will never lay her hands on you, Li Syaoran."
Syaoran was speechless. The reality of the information just given to him was beginning to sink in. Even Eriol was the farthest thing from his mind, as the boy didn't pose as big as threat as Chang Liu now did. He almost stopped breathing, but soon caught himself, and began to snap out of the trance he had put himself in. Syaoran had been told nothing of this by his family. Not in his years of training pior to coming to Japan and chasing the Clow Cards with Sakura. (Sakura...) "What about my Family? Why didn't they know about this? And what about Sakura? Is she at risk with Chang Liu at all?"
"The Li family does know about the Gate, but the decendant whose blood shall open the Gate was not known to them," Kiseki answered, as she sat down on Syaoran's bed. "The Mistress of the Cards is not involved in this at all, but she will be wanting to be at your side, Syaoran." Syaoran looked confused, and Kiseki couldn't help but smile. "You don't see it? How much she cares for you, Syaoran?" Her smile widened a bit as Syaoran looked even more confused. "Hmm, I guess destiny will take it's due course. Tonight has been a long one for you, my little wolf. I think it's best if you got some rest. You too, Meiling." As she finished saying this, Kiseki de-transformed into Hikari. "I think I'm getting the hang of that."
Syaoran smiled. Even with Chang Liu out for this blood, he couldn't have felt more safer, than with Hikari. Suddenly, he hugged her. Hikari tensed, surprised at Syaoran's action, but she smiled, and hugged him back. "Oyasumi Nasai, Hikari-sama." Hikari nodded, and walked out with Meiling, as Syaoran picked up his sword, which he had dropped when he hugged his Guardian, and put it somewhere safe. "Sakura...."
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Sakura sweatdropped as Tomoyo gave her the third degree over the phone. The brown haired girl has just phoned Tomoyo and told her everything that had happened, and the purple-haired videographer of the Card mistress went balistic. "Why didn't you phone me?! I can't believe I missed something like this!! Is Syaoran all right? And Hikari? What's up with this new evil?! SAKURA!!!!"
"Gomen ne," Sakura apologized feebly, calming down her best friend. "But Tomoyo, I have to go. It's pretty late, and we have school tomorrow. Look, next time something like this is going down, I'll phone you. Okay? Okay. Ja ne." Quickly, she pressed the 'end' button on her pink cell phone. "Whoo-boy." Kero-chan was already fast asleep, and Touya yelled his last warning for her to go to sleep. "Yeah, yeah, Touya! I'll go to sleep! Don't lose any hair over it!" That ceased the yelling. "Hehe." Quickly, Sakura eased into her bed, and fell asleep quickly, her mind going over what this new evil could be, and what they could want with Syaoran.
*~Next Day*~
Touya was surprised to see Hikari, that girl he had met the day before, with the Chinese Gaki. "Hey Touya," Hikari greeted, as she caught sight of Sakura's brother and Yukito. "I didn't get a chance to introduce myself to your friend. Reed Hikari." She extended her hand to the snow-haired best friend of Touya.
"Tsukishiro Yukito," Yukito smiled, as he shook Hikari's hand. "It's nice to meet you, Hikari. Touya's been talking about you." Touya turned a little red, and glared at his best friend. "Are you Syaoran's relative?"
"Yep," Hikari nodded. "His cousin, really. You two go to Tomoeda High School, don't you?" Both nodded. "I guess I'll see you there. Ja ne." She waved bye to Yukito and Touya, as she and Syaoran continued down the street.
"What did you say that for? I have not been talking about her," Touya said pointedly to Yukito. "I've never known you to lie, Yuki."
"It wasn't a lie," Yukito pointed out to his best friend, smiling. "You *have* been talking about her. Complaining, I think it was, but you still talked about her. So you see, Touya, it wasn't a lie. That's an unjust accusation." [AN: This sounds like me.....o_O]
"Ah, Yuki," Touya sighed, rolling his eyes. "Why don't you become a Lawyer instead? You could make a lot of yen out of your little talent." Yukito merely smiled at his best friend. "At least Sakura's walking with someone else."
"You're worried, aren't you?" Yukito smiled. "That's sweet, Touya." Touya sputtered for a few minutes, as he followed his white-haired best friend to their High School.
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"How are you feeling, Sayaoran?" Hikari asked. (If I were Syaoran, I'd be shaken up beyond belief. First learning there's something after him, then finding out she's out for his blood, and what his blood could do to the world, it's mind-shattering.)
"I'm doing okay, considering," Syaoran confided, smiling. "I feel safe with you, though, Hikari." Hikari smiled, placing a hand on Syaoran's shoulder. "And I saw the way you blushed when Yue put his hand on your shoulder. Don't think I didn't see that."
Hikari turned pink, surprised that he saw that, let alone remembered. "It was nothing, Syaoran, besides, you can't blackmail me with that. You have no proof because Tomoyo wasn't there to record it." Syaoran laughed, then spotted Tomoyo and Sakura up ahead. It was only Monday, but it felt as if a week had passed since the feeling of a new evil. "Sakura! Tomoyo!"
"Ohayou!" Sakura greeted brightly, as she bowed in front of Hikari. "Syaoran, what's that new evil that Kero-chan and I have been sensing?" She was going right down to business. This was very important, and Sakura didn't want to dance around the subject.
"You may want to sit down, Sakura-chan," Hikari advised, a wary smile on her lips. "This may take a while." Sakura looked a little confused, but she and Tomoyo sat down on a nearby bench while Hikari told them everything. "And that's it. Chang Liu is incredibly powerful. Eriol is very interested in this. It's obvious, that if I am not here for Syaoran, that you must team up with Eriol for Chang Liu."
"Don't say that," Sakura said, looking worried. "Eriol's not evil. I know he isn't. He's just....I don't know. But he's not evil. I know. Don't say that you won't be here. You will be here!" (I don't want to face that possiblity. With this Chang Liu here, Hikari's the only way we can defend this world.)
"Arigatou, Sakura-chan," Hikari smiled. She looked at her watch as it beeped. "Ah, school's starting soon, I gotta go. I still get lost. ^_^* Ja ne!" Quickly, she waved bye to Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo. Meiling showed up a bit late, as her alarm failed to go off, and she chastised Syaoran for leaving her. As Hikari rushed into the high school beside Sakura's Elementary school, she ran into a girl with long brown hair in a variation of the Odango-attama type style Meiling sported. "Gomen!!"
"You!"
"Me?"
The girl looked stricken, as if she let something slip, then regained her normal demenor. "Uh, nothing. What's your name?" (It's a good thing she doesn't remember me.) "I'm Akimizu Nakuru."
"Reed Hikari," Hikari smiled, bowing slightly. Her watch beeped again. "Shimatta! I'm late! Sorry to run off like this, Nakuru, but I can't be late again for my Chemistry class! Ja ne...!" Nakuru was left in a big cloud of dust as Hikari ran off. [Hmm....Chemistry...who else do we know that loves Chemistry? Peach blossoms ring a bell? ^_^]
Watching from the roof of Tomoeda elementary, was Chang Liu. (Hikari Reed. Kiseki. You're the only thing in my way of opening the Gate and getting the Tear of Destiny. This will be a challenge, and I am looking forward to beating you once and for all and becoming the most powerful person in this dimention! As you said, Hikari, power isn't the only way to win battles. Sometimes, you must use your mind. And that is what I plan to do. Li Syaoran, you're the key to my Immortality, and I *will* achieve it! No one can stop me. No one.)
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Author's notes: That's got to be one of my longest chapters yet. What do you think? Did that answer your questions? Something in here that's missing? How long has it been since this whole thing started? 2 days. 0_0 ----this is how I feel. Have any ideas for this story? I'm open to suggestions! ^_^ Thanks for the reviews and please keep them coming! I want to know what you all think of this story and the characters I came up with. See ya on the flip side!