Chapter 14: "How can you have so much blind faith in me?"
Author's notes/Disclaimer/Thoughts of insanity: I felt motivated to keep writing this while FF.net was being all messed up and stuff. *sings along loudly to Lifehouse* Um, anyways, I don't own CCS, and this takes place during that time when Eriol has come to Japan, and Sakura has transformed most, if not all of her Sakura cards. (not "Star cards" like that stupid Nelvana made it.) And the timeline's a little messed up for my own amusement. This would be the Yue/Kiseki-oriented chapter, fixing mostly on the two of them talking, and do you think there's a chance for romance? Seems tacky, but it could happen! If you want to use either Chang Liu or Hikari for your own story, just email me at darksaiyajin_26@hotmail.com and let me know! That's it for me now, read and review please!
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Chang Liu smirked, as she found exactly what she was looking for in a spell book. She had been searching in the temple of her clan for many hours now, and it was in front of her face all the time. "Yes," she mused, a smile creasing her face. "This will definately give me an advantage against Kiseki. I will get the Dagger of Fire later. Now it is time to pull the strings on my marionette."
Yukito, who had decided that he would go with Sakura to see Syaoran with Tomoyo, told Touya that he'd be the 'chaperon' for the two girls, assuring Touya that they would be fine, while Touya and his father went out to the museum. Sakura was glad that Yukito agreed to come with them, because they needed Yue when they went to the Li house. Tomoyo had Kero-chan in her hands, explaining to Yukito that she wanted to bring it for the sake of bringing it. Shortly after they arrived to the Li household, Sakura was having a hard time reaching for the doorbell[she was nervous, and also blushing at seeing Syaoran ^_^], so Yukito pressed it for her.
"Hello," greeted Yelan, smiling. "Ah, Sakura. How are you? And Tomoyo?" After getting responses from the two girls, she saw Yukito standing off to the side. (He's Yue...I can feel the power coming off of him.) "And who's your friend?"
"Tsukishiro Yukito," Yukito smiled, as he bowed in front of Yulan. "I'm a friend of Sakura's. It's nice to meet you, Ms. Li."
"Please, come in," Yelan smiled, stepping back, allowing the three guests to come in. "I'm sure Syaroan would be pleased to see that you are here in Hong Kong."Sakura nodded, and she along with Tomoyo, sat down on the couch, while Yukito sat down on one of the smaller ones. Yelan came back with Syaoran, Meiling and Hikari, who sported a small bruise on her cheek, thanks to that fight with Chang Liu. Yelan then went back upstairs, as she said she needed some rest.
"What happened to you, Hikari?" Yukito asked, seeing the bruise. Hikari's mouth opened to say it was Chang Liu, but retracted that thought quickly, seeing as how Yukito didn't know what he did as Yue. "It looks to be pretty bad, are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm good," Hikari nodded, shaking her head a little. "I know this sounds clumsy, but it happened while I was helping Feimei with some stuff in the basement, and when I was lifting this box, something thwaped me right in the jaw, and well....I still don't know what it was." Yukito nodded, taking the answer, even though it jumped all over the place. Suddenly, Yukito's eyes closed, and two large angel wings covered him, and when they dissapeared, Yue was sitting on the couch in Yukito's place. "Y-Yue??"
"I hate it when he does that," Kero-chan muttered, remembering the time Yue transformed back into Yukito while Kero-chan was in his true form. "You're looking good though, Hikari, considering what you went through."
"Ah, I don't go down for the count that easily!" Hikari said, giving Kero-chan a thumbs up. "My arm, on the other hand, is in some serious pain, and I don't have any painkillers, plus my healing magic is on the fritz since I passed out...and I'm thinking that I can't stay in this form so much since I don't know when Chang Liu's going to come after me or Syaoran, so I have to stay in Kiseki's form for most of the time here. I should be able to handle it." She looked at Yue, and took a deep breath. "Yue, can I speak to you outside?"
"Of course," Yue nodded, getting up, and following Hikari out to the garden.
"Should we trust those two alone?" Kero-chan remarked.
"Kero-chan!!" Tomoyo and Sakura admonished, as Kero-chan grinned sheepishly. "I can't believe you said that!"
"I can," Syaoran muttered, glaring at Kero-chan. "Dumb plushie."
"Shut up, gaki!" Kero-chan snapped. Sakura and Tomoyo sweatdropped, as Meiling laughed.
In the garden, Hikari transformed into Kiseki, her wings dissapearing as Yue could also do, as she sat down on one of the stone benches. "I am worried about him, Yue," Kiseki confided, looking up at the Guardian of Sakura. "I'm worried about myself as well. I am not sure that I can protect him from Chang Liu...."
"You can," Yue said, as he sat down beside her. "It doesn't matter if there is a prophecy or not, you can defeat her, but you must have confidence in yourself. Syaoran is a strong boy, but he needs you. He has forged a bond with you that is not easily broken."
Kiskei sighed, looking downwards at the grass, not quite believing in Yue's confidence in her. (I just don't know...if I can do this. Yue's confidence in me is . . .it may be futile, if I can't defeat her. I'm a novice, after all. I haven't proved myself like Yue has. He was the one in charge of the judgement, he was prepared. I am not prepared...) "Yue, I'm just not sure. Doubt is the only thing that's in my mind....failure seems so...so..."
"Don't talk like that," Yue was surprised at the edge in his voice. Kiseki looked up at him, surprised at it too. "You can't let her win like this. You will be letting her win if you give up right now. Giving up isn't an option. Syaoran believes in you, and so does Sakura, Meiling, and even Eriol." He paused, wondering if he should say what he was thinking. "And I believe in you."
"You do?" Kiseki asked, looking at him. "How can you have so much blind faith in someone that has just come out of no where? Someone who hasn't proved themselves before? Someone who doesn't even know if they have what it takes to overcome the obstacles? How can you have so much blind faith in me?"
(What is this that I'm feeling?) Yue thought, as he looked into Kiseki's dark blue eyes. (Why do I have such blind faith in her? I don't understand. I'm supposed to be Sakura's Guardian, a creature void of any emotion, yet I'm so attached to Kiseki.) "I don't know why," Yue admitted, lowering his head a little, "but I do have faith in you. That you can defeat Chang Liu and that you can protect Syaoran."
"Yue...." Kiseki whispered. She was at a complete loss of words. He seemed to lean in closer to her, and her eyes closed as she leaned in closer to him. Just as their lips touched, there was a yell from inside the house. The two Guardians broke apart as their heads snapped towards the house. There, standing at the window, was Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meiling and Kero-chan, all wide-mouthed and/or gushing. Kiseki and Yue turned red, as they looked away from the other. The five of them came running out. "Weren't you five inside discussing something else??"
"We were," Sakura admitted, grinning broadly. "But then we looked out the window, and this was just the kawaii-est thing I've ever seen!!" At this statement, the two Guardians turned an even brighter shade of red, and looked at each other, then away again. "I didn't know you cared so much, Yue!"
(Neither did I.) Yue agreed in his mind. (Neither did I.) Kero-chan has a mischievious smirk on his face, and Yue didn't like it. "What is that smirk for, Cerberos?" At this question, the smirk grew even wider, and Yue definately didn't like what the chibi-form of Cerberos was thinking. It could be anything. "Cerberos?"
"Nothing," Kero-chan smiled, flying over to Sakura, landing on her shoulder. "Nothing at all, Yue. But I'm sure Ruby Moon's going to be upset." Yue caught what he was hinting at, and Yue glared at him, his icy blue eyes penatrating with hate. "Hey, I was just kidding! No need to get all upset and all that, Yue!"
"Let's go back inside." It was Syaoran who broke it up this time, and everyone turned to him. "I think we should let Yue and Kiseki talk for a bit. It was rude of us to interupt like that." Kero-chan opened his mouth to make a comment about it, but Sakura clamped a hand over Kero-chan's mouth, and nodded.
"I think it's cute," Meiling said, once the five of them had gone back inside. "Even though it's kinda weird that the Yue has feelings, even though he's like...not human, but made of magic, you know? But still very cute. I knew it, that he liked her. It showed when she fainted into his arms the first time, remember?"
"I wasn't there, but Sakura told me," Tomoyo said, holding up her camcorder. She had gotten the entire moment down on tape. "Thank Kami for zoom in lenses!" Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped, and Meiling rolled her eyes.
While all this was going on, in the garden, Yue and Kiseki looked at each other for an awkward moment of silence. The Guardian of Sakura let a small sigh go, deep in his own thoughts of what transpired recently. (Did I almost kiss her? I did...I shouldn't even be thinking about things like that with Chang Liu out there.) He looked over at Kiseki, whom of which had a small peony blossom in her hand. (Kiseki has a lot on her shoulders. I wonder how she's dealing with it.)
Kiseki stared down at the small peony flower, reconizing it as Syaoran's favourite flower. (There's still too much unknown about my power. I hate not knowing what I can or cannot do. But I have to work under pressure. Liu's going to be hitting hard, and fast. I have to be ready. But is there anyone that knows what I'm going through? Who do I go to for advice? Clow Reed's dead, and Madoushi is a wandering spirit...) She sighed again, the scenes from the night before playing back in her mind, and Kiseki wondered how she was supposed to defeat Chang Liu if she couldn't even understand her powers. (Why am I so weak?!)
Yue seemed to be reading her thoughts, his eyes reading her emotions. "You're not weak, if anything you're stronger than I am." That caught her attention, as she looked at him with surprised eyes. "I've never had to face anything like this. My role was to judge who had the right to be the Card Master. You are dealing with something that is completely foreign to all of us. Even though you may not know what to do now, you have to have faith in yourself. Syaoran has faith in you."
"I thank you, Yue," Kiseki whispered, still holding the Peony blossom. She stood up, moving over to the silver haired Guardian. Kiseki was staring at him directly in the eyes, her mouth slightly open. She moved some of Yue's unruly bangs from his face, only to have them fall back again. "Maybe what the Oracle in my dream said was true..." Kiseki had not spoken to her human form, Hikari about the dream that had entered her mind one of the nights before Chang Liu entered the picture.
"What did this Oracle tell you?" Yue inquired. He was, needless to say, very curious. He hadn't felt this way since Clow Reed was alive. The magician used to tease Yue with little riddles and the like, and Yue always seemed to get them after a little bit. But he was always curious as to why Clow was asking him such trivial things.
"That even though creatures made of magic are supposed to have no emotion, there are times when destiny blesses those who truly deserve it," Kiseki whispered, leaning in closer to Yue. Yue's silver blue eyes fluttered a little, but just as their lips brushed together, he saw a flash of *something* in her eye. Her lips curled into an uncharacteristic smirk, the glint in her eye looking much like Chang Liu's.
Suddenly, Yue felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He looked down and saw a knife, silver blood staining his white robes. (What....has she done...? Why....did she stab me? Kiseki..) "Kiseki... why did you ...."
"Kiseki is no more," the woman sneered, and Yue's eyes widened. "I have taken control of the strings on my marionette, Yue."
"Ch...Chang....Liu," Yue hissed, trying to cover up the wound as best he could. He needed Hikari's healing magic, as Cerberos had no healing powers. "What have you done to Kiseki?"
"Aw, you love her, that's so sweet," Liu's voice was now fully projecting from Kiseki. "She's mine now, Angel boy!" The smirk on Kiseki/Liu's face quickly contorted to pain, and Kiseki/Liu held her head in agony. "How can you fight back, you weak Guardian?! I won't have this!" By this time, Sakura, Syaoran, Meiling and Tomoyo, along with Kero-chan had heard the commotion, and were outside, horror painted on their faces. Kiseki/Liu's body was engulfed in a white light, and as Liu screamed, the flash dissapeared, and Hikari was in their place.
"Hikari!!" Syaoran yelled, running up to her. He gathered her in his arms, cradling her head. "Hikari...speak to me...say something!!"
"Syaoran," Hikari whispered, getting up. "I was barely able to get ri---Yue!!" With surprising strength, Hikari ran over to where Yue was laying, the wound still open. "Oh my God, Yue...I am so sorry. I can't believe I...."
"It's all right," Yue whispered, his voice strained. "I knew it was not you, Hikari, that was in control." He grimaced, the pain shooting through his body.
Hikari bit her lip, and turned to Syaoran, Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo. "Listen you guys. I am going to cast a spell on Yue that will stop the pain, but it will render him unconcious. Kero-chan, Tomoyo, I want you two to go and get Eriol. He's staying at a hotel not far from here. Sakura, Syaoran, you two are going to go with Fujitaka and Touya to the museum, and if they ask about Yukito, just tell them that he is having lunch with Yelan and Syaoran's sisters. I am going to heal Yue...even if it kills me. Understand?"
"Yeah, got it," Syaoran said. They took one last look at Yue, and left.
"God, Yue...I am so very sorry." She kissed him gently on the lips, as she cast the spell. With a small teleportation spell, she moved Yue to a spare room in the Li household. "This is going to take a lot out of my power..but for you Yue, anything."
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Author's notes: I really didn't know when I would actually close this chapter. But what do you think? Chang Liu's resorting to evil puppetry to gain what she wants, and she suceeded in wounding Yue. What will happen next? Will Hikari go after Liu full of pain? Review please!!
Author's notes/Disclaimer/Thoughts of insanity: I felt motivated to keep writing this while FF.net was being all messed up and stuff. *sings along loudly to Lifehouse* Um, anyways, I don't own CCS, and this takes place during that time when Eriol has come to Japan, and Sakura has transformed most, if not all of her Sakura cards. (not "Star cards" like that stupid Nelvana made it.) And the timeline's a little messed up for my own amusement. This would be the Yue/Kiseki-oriented chapter, fixing mostly on the two of them talking, and do you think there's a chance for romance? Seems tacky, but it could happen! If you want to use either Chang Liu or Hikari for your own story, just email me at darksaiyajin_26@hotmail.com and let me know! That's it for me now, read and review please!
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Chang Liu smirked, as she found exactly what she was looking for in a spell book. She had been searching in the temple of her clan for many hours now, and it was in front of her face all the time. "Yes," she mused, a smile creasing her face. "This will definately give me an advantage against Kiseki. I will get the Dagger of Fire later. Now it is time to pull the strings on my marionette."
Yukito, who had decided that he would go with Sakura to see Syaoran with Tomoyo, told Touya that he'd be the 'chaperon' for the two girls, assuring Touya that they would be fine, while Touya and his father went out to the museum. Sakura was glad that Yukito agreed to come with them, because they needed Yue when they went to the Li house. Tomoyo had Kero-chan in her hands, explaining to Yukito that she wanted to bring it for the sake of bringing it. Shortly after they arrived to the Li household, Sakura was having a hard time reaching for the doorbell[she was nervous, and also blushing at seeing Syaoran ^_^], so Yukito pressed it for her.
"Hello," greeted Yelan, smiling. "Ah, Sakura. How are you? And Tomoyo?" After getting responses from the two girls, she saw Yukito standing off to the side. (He's Yue...I can feel the power coming off of him.) "And who's your friend?"
"Tsukishiro Yukito," Yukito smiled, as he bowed in front of Yulan. "I'm a friend of Sakura's. It's nice to meet you, Ms. Li."
"Please, come in," Yelan smiled, stepping back, allowing the three guests to come in. "I'm sure Syaroan would be pleased to see that you are here in Hong Kong."Sakura nodded, and she along with Tomoyo, sat down on the couch, while Yukito sat down on one of the smaller ones. Yelan came back with Syaoran, Meiling and Hikari, who sported a small bruise on her cheek, thanks to that fight with Chang Liu. Yelan then went back upstairs, as she said she needed some rest.
"What happened to you, Hikari?" Yukito asked, seeing the bruise. Hikari's mouth opened to say it was Chang Liu, but retracted that thought quickly, seeing as how Yukito didn't know what he did as Yue. "It looks to be pretty bad, are you all right?"
"Yeah, I'm good," Hikari nodded, shaking her head a little. "I know this sounds clumsy, but it happened while I was helping Feimei with some stuff in the basement, and when I was lifting this box, something thwaped me right in the jaw, and well....I still don't know what it was." Yukito nodded, taking the answer, even though it jumped all over the place. Suddenly, Yukito's eyes closed, and two large angel wings covered him, and when they dissapeared, Yue was sitting on the couch in Yukito's place. "Y-Yue??"
"I hate it when he does that," Kero-chan muttered, remembering the time Yue transformed back into Yukito while Kero-chan was in his true form. "You're looking good though, Hikari, considering what you went through."
"Ah, I don't go down for the count that easily!" Hikari said, giving Kero-chan a thumbs up. "My arm, on the other hand, is in some serious pain, and I don't have any painkillers, plus my healing magic is on the fritz since I passed out...and I'm thinking that I can't stay in this form so much since I don't know when Chang Liu's going to come after me or Syaoran, so I have to stay in Kiseki's form for most of the time here. I should be able to handle it." She looked at Yue, and took a deep breath. "Yue, can I speak to you outside?"
"Of course," Yue nodded, getting up, and following Hikari out to the garden.
"Should we trust those two alone?" Kero-chan remarked.
"Kero-chan!!" Tomoyo and Sakura admonished, as Kero-chan grinned sheepishly. "I can't believe you said that!"
"I can," Syaoran muttered, glaring at Kero-chan. "Dumb plushie."
"Shut up, gaki!" Kero-chan snapped. Sakura and Tomoyo sweatdropped, as Meiling laughed.
In the garden, Hikari transformed into Kiseki, her wings dissapearing as Yue could also do, as she sat down on one of the stone benches. "I am worried about him, Yue," Kiseki confided, looking up at the Guardian of Sakura. "I'm worried about myself as well. I am not sure that I can protect him from Chang Liu...."
"You can," Yue said, as he sat down beside her. "It doesn't matter if there is a prophecy or not, you can defeat her, but you must have confidence in yourself. Syaoran is a strong boy, but he needs you. He has forged a bond with you that is not easily broken."
Kiskei sighed, looking downwards at the grass, not quite believing in Yue's confidence in her. (I just don't know...if I can do this. Yue's confidence in me is . . .it may be futile, if I can't defeat her. I'm a novice, after all. I haven't proved myself like Yue has. He was the one in charge of the judgement, he was prepared. I am not prepared...) "Yue, I'm just not sure. Doubt is the only thing that's in my mind....failure seems so...so..."
"Don't talk like that," Yue was surprised at the edge in his voice. Kiseki looked up at him, surprised at it too. "You can't let her win like this. You will be letting her win if you give up right now. Giving up isn't an option. Syaoran believes in you, and so does Sakura, Meiling, and even Eriol." He paused, wondering if he should say what he was thinking. "And I believe in you."
"You do?" Kiseki asked, looking at him. "How can you have so much blind faith in someone that has just come out of no where? Someone who hasn't proved themselves before? Someone who doesn't even know if they have what it takes to overcome the obstacles? How can you have so much blind faith in me?"
(What is this that I'm feeling?) Yue thought, as he looked into Kiseki's dark blue eyes. (Why do I have such blind faith in her? I don't understand. I'm supposed to be Sakura's Guardian, a creature void of any emotion, yet I'm so attached to Kiseki.) "I don't know why," Yue admitted, lowering his head a little, "but I do have faith in you. That you can defeat Chang Liu and that you can protect Syaoran."
"Yue...." Kiseki whispered. She was at a complete loss of words. He seemed to lean in closer to her, and her eyes closed as she leaned in closer to him. Just as their lips touched, there was a yell from inside the house. The two Guardians broke apart as their heads snapped towards the house. There, standing at the window, was Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Meiling and Kero-chan, all wide-mouthed and/or gushing. Kiseki and Yue turned red, as they looked away from the other. The five of them came running out. "Weren't you five inside discussing something else??"
"We were," Sakura admitted, grinning broadly. "But then we looked out the window, and this was just the kawaii-est thing I've ever seen!!" At this statement, the two Guardians turned an even brighter shade of red, and looked at each other, then away again. "I didn't know you cared so much, Yue!"
(Neither did I.) Yue agreed in his mind. (Neither did I.) Kero-chan has a mischievious smirk on his face, and Yue didn't like it. "What is that smirk for, Cerberos?" At this question, the smirk grew even wider, and Yue definately didn't like what the chibi-form of Cerberos was thinking. It could be anything. "Cerberos?"
"Nothing," Kero-chan smiled, flying over to Sakura, landing on her shoulder. "Nothing at all, Yue. But I'm sure Ruby Moon's going to be upset." Yue caught what he was hinting at, and Yue glared at him, his icy blue eyes penatrating with hate. "Hey, I was just kidding! No need to get all upset and all that, Yue!"
"Let's go back inside." It was Syaoran who broke it up this time, and everyone turned to him. "I think we should let Yue and Kiseki talk for a bit. It was rude of us to interupt like that." Kero-chan opened his mouth to make a comment about it, but Sakura clamped a hand over Kero-chan's mouth, and nodded.
"I think it's cute," Meiling said, once the five of them had gone back inside. "Even though it's kinda weird that the Yue has feelings, even though he's like...not human, but made of magic, you know? But still very cute. I knew it, that he liked her. It showed when she fainted into his arms the first time, remember?"
"I wasn't there, but Sakura told me," Tomoyo said, holding up her camcorder. She had gotten the entire moment down on tape. "Thank Kami for zoom in lenses!" Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped, and Meiling rolled her eyes.
While all this was going on, in the garden, Yue and Kiseki looked at each other for an awkward moment of silence. The Guardian of Sakura let a small sigh go, deep in his own thoughts of what transpired recently. (Did I almost kiss her? I did...I shouldn't even be thinking about things like that with Chang Liu out there.) He looked over at Kiseki, whom of which had a small peony blossom in her hand. (Kiseki has a lot on her shoulders. I wonder how she's dealing with it.)
Kiseki stared down at the small peony flower, reconizing it as Syaoran's favourite flower. (There's still too much unknown about my power. I hate not knowing what I can or cannot do. But I have to work under pressure. Liu's going to be hitting hard, and fast. I have to be ready. But is there anyone that knows what I'm going through? Who do I go to for advice? Clow Reed's dead, and Madoushi is a wandering spirit...) She sighed again, the scenes from the night before playing back in her mind, and Kiseki wondered how she was supposed to defeat Chang Liu if she couldn't even understand her powers. (Why am I so weak?!)
Yue seemed to be reading her thoughts, his eyes reading her emotions. "You're not weak, if anything you're stronger than I am." That caught her attention, as she looked at him with surprised eyes. "I've never had to face anything like this. My role was to judge who had the right to be the Card Master. You are dealing with something that is completely foreign to all of us. Even though you may not know what to do now, you have to have faith in yourself. Syaoran has faith in you."
"I thank you, Yue," Kiseki whispered, still holding the Peony blossom. She stood up, moving over to the silver haired Guardian. Kiseki was staring at him directly in the eyes, her mouth slightly open. She moved some of Yue's unruly bangs from his face, only to have them fall back again. "Maybe what the Oracle in my dream said was true..." Kiseki had not spoken to her human form, Hikari about the dream that had entered her mind one of the nights before Chang Liu entered the picture.
"What did this Oracle tell you?" Yue inquired. He was, needless to say, very curious. He hadn't felt this way since Clow Reed was alive. The magician used to tease Yue with little riddles and the like, and Yue always seemed to get them after a little bit. But he was always curious as to why Clow was asking him such trivial things.
"That even though creatures made of magic are supposed to have no emotion, there are times when destiny blesses those who truly deserve it," Kiseki whispered, leaning in closer to Yue. Yue's silver blue eyes fluttered a little, but just as their lips brushed together, he saw a flash of *something* in her eye. Her lips curled into an uncharacteristic smirk, the glint in her eye looking much like Chang Liu's.
Suddenly, Yue felt a sharp pain in his stomach. He looked down and saw a knife, silver blood staining his white robes. (What....has she done...? Why....did she stab me? Kiseki..) "Kiseki... why did you ...."
"Kiseki is no more," the woman sneered, and Yue's eyes widened. "I have taken control of the strings on my marionette, Yue."
"Ch...Chang....Liu," Yue hissed, trying to cover up the wound as best he could. He needed Hikari's healing magic, as Cerberos had no healing powers. "What have you done to Kiseki?"
"Aw, you love her, that's so sweet," Liu's voice was now fully projecting from Kiseki. "She's mine now, Angel boy!" The smirk on Kiseki/Liu's face quickly contorted to pain, and Kiseki/Liu held her head in agony. "How can you fight back, you weak Guardian?! I won't have this!" By this time, Sakura, Syaoran, Meiling and Tomoyo, along with Kero-chan had heard the commotion, and were outside, horror painted on their faces. Kiseki/Liu's body was engulfed in a white light, and as Liu screamed, the flash dissapeared, and Hikari was in their place.
"Hikari!!" Syaoran yelled, running up to her. He gathered her in his arms, cradling her head. "Hikari...speak to me...say something!!"
"Syaoran," Hikari whispered, getting up. "I was barely able to get ri---Yue!!" With surprising strength, Hikari ran over to where Yue was laying, the wound still open. "Oh my God, Yue...I am so sorry. I can't believe I...."
"It's all right," Yue whispered, his voice strained. "I knew it was not you, Hikari, that was in control." He grimaced, the pain shooting through his body.
Hikari bit her lip, and turned to Syaoran, Sakura, Meiling and Tomoyo. "Listen you guys. I am going to cast a spell on Yue that will stop the pain, but it will render him unconcious. Kero-chan, Tomoyo, I want you two to go and get Eriol. He's staying at a hotel not far from here. Sakura, Syaoran, you two are going to go with Fujitaka and Touya to the museum, and if they ask about Yukito, just tell them that he is having lunch with Yelan and Syaoran's sisters. I am going to heal Yue...even if it kills me. Understand?"
"Yeah, got it," Syaoran said. They took one last look at Yue, and left.
"God, Yue...I am so very sorry." She kissed him gently on the lips, as she cast the spell. With a small teleportation spell, she moved Yue to a spare room in the Li household. "This is going to take a lot out of my power..but for you Yue, anything."
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Author's notes: I really didn't know when I would actually close this chapter. But what do you think? Chang Liu's resorting to evil puppetry to gain what she wants, and she suceeded in wounding Yue. What will happen next? Will Hikari go after Liu full of pain? Review please!!