AUTHOR'S RANT:

I can't believe you guys! I Luv you so much *starts crying and electrocutes the keyboard* I don't remember when I send that story but all I do know is schools about to start . Eriol threw the roll and Syaoran proceeded to seal Sakura's mouth. Then was about to move onto Tomoyo when Sakura kicked his shin. He groaned and ignored it. Tomoyo bit his hand as it neared her face.

SMACK!

Syaoran sighed as held the duct tape near her mouth 'what the use?' he thought looking at the unconscious girl. After getting another kick from Sakura, he climbed back into the front seat and looked at the never ending road in front of them.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Four must be united, Orb mistress. Do this before they fall into the wrong hands. If they do I advise you to seek the help of other magical being and retrieve the Orbs.
The world will come to destruction if you don't and time is running out.

A greater evil has risen: far greater than anything seen before.

Time is running out.

" GET UP!!!" A voice woke Sakura up from the dream she was having. She screamed as the plaster was removed from her mouth.

"Huh?" she asked as she felt someone poke her and realized it was Tomoyo. "Where are we?" she asked. Then she remembered the day's events. She sighed as she climbed slowly uneventfully out of the car, her hands still bound behind her back. "Come on, let's get this over with" a voice said. It was different from the first voice, the one she had heard in the car. This one was gentle although she could feel the hidden sense of humor and mischief behind his voice. A hand guided her. A noise was heard in the distance and as they got closer it worsened. Then the wind picked up and ruffled her hair. "WHAT IS THAT?" she yelled above all the noise. "I THINK IT'S A PLANE" she heard Tomoyo yell back. "WILL YOU TWO QUIT YAPPING?!" Syaoran yelled. Taking Sakura's elbow, he set of on a speed walk. She heard a patter of feet beside them and concluded it to be Tomoyo and the other guy.

Sakura stumbled but the guy held onto her hand firmly " Watch your step will you" he said roughly. "FOR YOUR INFORMATION I'M PRACTICALLY BLIND!" she yelled shrilly making Syaoran wince and rub his ears. Slowly she edged away from him and felt her way up the ramp of the plane. "See that was easy. All you have to do is LEAVE ME ALONE" she called, thinking he was still at the bottom of the ramp. "Whatever" She heard him say and from her point of view he was already behind her

Sakura sweatdropped. He pushed her into the plane and clanged the door shut behind them and twisted that thing He continued to steer her until they came to stop and he shoved her into a seat. "Hey" she cried. "What do you want now?!" Syaoran asked almost desperately. "Where are we-" but was cut short as she heard a familiar voice argue "What do you want with us? We don't even know who you are." " Oh I'm so sorry" the guy's voice said dripping with sarcasm. "I'm Eriol Hiirogizawa and that is my 'cute descendant' Syaoran Li" he said. "Cute descendant huh" Sakura snorted as Tomoyo bickered with Eriol on how he had lost their backpacks. " Look I don't like that any better than you" Syaoran exclaimed annoyed.

"Passengers please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for take off." The captain's voice said.

Sakura waited expectantly. Then said "Well aren't you gonna release me so I can at least fasten my seat belts" "No" Sakura began to get frustrated " Didn't you hear what the captain said 'Passengers please fasten your seatbelts and prepare for take off'. Does that mean anything to you?" "No"

Now Sakura began to get really worked up as the plane started to move up the runway. She felt herself about to fall but it seemed that Syaoran had kept his arm across her armrest creating a sort of barrier so that she wouldn't fall. About 15 minutes later she heard the captains voice say "You may remove your seatbelts now"

"Argh damn you Li" she whispered as she as she bit his hand for the third time that day. "And the same to you Kinomoto" Syaoran replied drawing his hand away quickly and examining it.

"How do you. know my name?" she asked, silently struggling against her bond again. Finding it was fruitful, she slowly inched out a hand ignoring the burning sensation of the course material rubbing against her skin. "I was send here on an assignment." he began. "And you decided to kidnap me on the way?" she asked densely.

Syaoran blew the bangs out of his eyes. "No, my assignment was kidnapping you" He smirked suddenly " Oh gomen, I meant dognapping you" Sakura both hands almost free, only scowled, more concentrated on getting her hands out than arguing. YES! they were out! "Now if you would shut up, I need to catch up on my sleep. It past one in the morning" he said. Sakura felt the seat beside her lean back. Good, she thought and slowly took off her blind fold with one hand.

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She squinted her eyes as they got accustomed to the twilight surroundings on the plane. The plane looked more like a private one and was illuminated by the over head lamps, all main lights were off. She leaned over her seat to see Tomoyo mumbling under her breath with both hands trying to get her blind fold which seemed to be stuck. She turned to check on the unmoving figure beside her, although she could not see him only his shadow, then turned back to Tomoyo. She was about to get up when she felt something tugging her hand and looked back frightened to Syaoran who. Sakura noticed a silver chain which was attached to her hand and then to Sayoran's which was just visible.

She was handcuffed to him. "Going somewhere are we?" Syaoran asked making no efforts to hide the contempt he felt for waking up. Sakura saw him raise his hand cuffed hand onto the armrest and lean forward. She almost swooned. "You're Syaoran Li ?" She asked. Syaoran opened his eyes and glared at her, suddenly seeing she was free. He nodded. "I.I didn't expect you to be ." she blushed and Syaoran groaned, oh no not her too. All girls were the same. He shook his head inwardly.

"I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO BE SO YOUNG!" she said. Syaoran's face turned neutral. "Oh" he said . "Now get back in your seat and let me sleep" he added sourly "sour pot" Sakura groaned as she slumped into her seat. But she kept on nagging him "Why are you kidnapping us" she cried again and again until Syaoran, tired out, took the gag and tied it securely around her mouth. " Now will you shut up or must I make you" he asked raising a hand threateningly. Sakura looked at it and her eyes started to water. She bobbed her head. He nodded and leaned back on his seat dragging her hand with his. Back in her seat, Sakura had started to shed tears.

What would happen to her? Why were they kidnapping her? How was her father and Touya going to handle her disappearance?

Oh Kami-san everything was just so confusing to her. Wait a minute. maybe they were foreign agents or something who had come to destroy her because she had magic.

But he spoke Japanese so perfectly. maybe they were Japanese agents. all these thoughts weighed her head and she soon fell asleep after shedding one lone tear.

Syaoran lay in his seat with his eyes closed but his mind was buzzing with thoughts. The first thing he had noticed about Sakura was that her aura was weak too weak to be able find anything to do with the Orbs.

But he promised himself that his family would not die. At least not in HIS hands.

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The sun peeked into the window and onto her eyes. Sakura moaned in her sleep and tried to turn over. She felt something drag along with her hand and felt her hand stop its movement. Frowning slightly, she tugged it but of no avail. "Oh yeah now I remember. I'm chained to that idiot, Syaoran Li"

Squinting her eyes open, she looked towards Sayoran's seat and saw that his hand was latched to the armrest although he was still asleep. Sakura studied him for a moment. Was this guy a kidnapper? She wouldn't believe it if someone else had said it but she had seen it with her own eyes.

His unruly brown bangs fell over his eyes and his whole face looked serene and calm. He was wearing black denims a black sleeveless shirt and a black denim shirt on top of that. Sakura noticed that the sun was shining directly on both of them.

She snorted. She was not doing this for him. This was for her. She leaned over and was about to shut it when a cold voice interrupted her "Don't do that. I'm sun basking" She turned instantly to him and poked his side. "Did you just say something Li" she asked. But no answer came.

Sakura leaned close to him and pried open one eye. There was only white but suddenly, the amber eyes rolled into view and Sakura scooted as far as her chain would allow her. Syaoran opened his eyes and looked at her.

"What?!" he asked annoyed at the way she was looking at him. Sakura snapped out of her trance and instantly did the first thing she could think of. She stuck her tongue out at him. Syaoran stared at her. "Exactly how old are you?!" he asked in a disbelieving tone.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ "I suggest you get into more comfortable clothes than these. We will be landing soon" Eriol said as they ate. Both girls looked down at their nighties and blushed. As soon as they finished their lunch, the boys unlocked the handcuff and let the girls go. Sakura and Tomoyo made a beeline to the nearest bathrooms before they remembered "Oh the backpacks!" They said together. "They're already inside" they heard Eriol shout.

After a warm shower, Both girls emerged looking fresh and energetic. Sakura wore three-quarter cream denims with a full arms tee shirt which said 'spirit of the fighting dragon' and three black dragon heads were emblazoned on it. The left side of her hair boasted a small white cherryblossom clip. A pair of white sandals finished the look.

Tomoyo wore a spaghetti strap cotton dress which was printed with small purple flowers and her hair was done in two loose ponies with ribbons .She wore platforms on her feet which made her look a little taller.

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Syaoran stared at Sakura as she emerged but then looked away. What was about to happen had his attention too full focused on it to notice other things. He was too loyal to his clan.

As the girls made it to sit he asked them a question that was the beginning of it all. "Will you trust me?"

"With what?" Sakura asked genuinely confused.

"With what I'm about to say?" he said cupping his hands together.

Sakura looked at him as he sat there, grave and serious. He looked like he hadn't smiled in ages. She sighed "I suppose so" she replied looking at Tomoyo who nodded her affirmative.

Eriol stood up and walked behind them. "You are the future Orb Mistress. You will possess the Orbs. But danger has struck already and you need to find those Orbs now." Sakura remembered the voices in her head.

". Our family has been kidnapped and kept hostages in some place unknown to us. The randsom is the Orb mistress and her Orbs. The only problem is that their creator, Clow Ri, hid them until the Orb Mistress was fully trained in her magic potential and could find them. But as you see, you are not trained well enough. Syaoran here has magic and is willing to train you well enough to sense the Orbs. He can sense the Orbs but can't activate them. So it is useless-" Eriol glanced directly at Sakura for he had read her thoughts. Sakura shrunk into a heap.

"So are you willing to help us?" he asked at last. " No scratch that, Eriol, they MUST help us" Syaoran said, stressing the word 'must'.

"Where does Tomoyo come in though?" Sakura asked. "We honestly don't know" Eriol replied shrugging. Syaoran glared at Sakura with full force and Sakura shrank behind Tomoyo " You WILL help us won't you? Cos if you-"

Sakura stood up suddenly, causing Syaoran to frown and ran into the changing rooms without a look backwards. Syaoran got up and went after her, mumbling extremely impolite words.

"Hey" Syaoran said banging on the door with his fist. To his hidden surprise it opened and he found Sakura rummaging about frantically in her backpack murmuring something that sounded suspiciously like "Where's my gun.where's my gun." "Ohayo Li" She said turning around suddenly and nervously.

Seeing her nervousness, Syaoran went mad. He grabbed her shoulders, in a strong yet gentle grip and yelled

"LISTEN HERE WIMP. YOU WILL STAY AND HELP, NO SCRATCH THAT, FIND THOSE ORBS. NOTHING YOU DO WILL GET YOU OUT OF MY COMPANY, GET IT"

Sakura looked confused for a moment but then said "I mean to help, Li. Really." She smiled at the expression on his face. But he didn't let go that easily " Then what were talking about guns for?"

"Oh you mean this?" she held up a small, plastic gun. "It's gel. I needed to fix my hair so I rushed here"

Syaoran fell down anime style, a large sweatdrop at the back of his head.

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By the time Syaoran was up and going, they both found Eriol in a heated argument with Tomoyo.

"I'm telling you there's no Soviet Union" she was saying.

"I know that, I just said we were going to Russia, a part of the Soviet Union" Eriol replied.

"See you said it again. There is no Soviet Union"

"Where are we going?" Sakura asked.

"Russia. The first Orb is there."

"HOOOOOOOEEEEEEEE!!! RUSSIA?!" Sakura screamed and every one sweatdropped.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Gomen gomen gomen a million times. I know it was boring. or was it? Let me know cos this chapter was boring but necessary. Until Later, Ja minna-san! Ps: Gomen about my Bio. I didn't write everything about myself. But I am half immortal I can tell you that ^.~

Your Kawaii authoress Chibi Ijin