Li Syaoran

Chapter 7

" You look better today." Yukito smiled at Syaoran and ruffled the boy's hair. " What happened? That was quite a recovery!"
" There were angels..."

Yukito blinked. Syaoran talked!

" There were angels," Syaoran was excited, " And they were talking in Mandarin, and, and, they went away when the women came. When the women left, they came back, and gave me something to drink. It tasted really good! Can you make it?"

Yukito was too busy staring at Syaoran to really answer. Syaoran can talk in whole sentences-not just whole sentences, whole, normal sentences.

" You're a great cook," Syaoran was excited. " You know how to do it, right? I mean, it's not hard for you. It tastes sweet, much better then the food around here, and, and, and-"
" Alright, alright, I'll try to make something like that." Yukito laughed. The professor would be ecstatic. So will his mom...

" Come on, let's take you out." Yukito stood up and took the child's hand. " Touya!" He called. " Tell the professor that I'm taking the kid to the zoo. Take my labcoat." He handed his coat over. Syaoran waited.



" What's in the zoo?" Syaoran asked excitedly. " Are there elephants?"
" Hai."
" Monkeys?"
" Hai."
" Zebras? Giraffes? Any deer? I love deer! Are there wolves?"
" Hai, hai, hai, and hai." Yukito laughed.
" Peanuts!" Syaoran cried, jumping up and down. " Roasted peanuts! One of the people at the hospital say that those peanuts are-oh can I have some? Please please please please please?"

Yukito was so happy he couldn't refuse anything. He bought Syaoran a bag of peanuts and Syaoran began munching on it. They entered the zoo and Syaoran immediately ran to one of the elephant sections. Yukito watched as the child held out a peanut and the elephant took it.



The child basically ran around. He suddenly became a bundle of energy. Yukito smiled at the boy and followed, laughing behind. He felt sad too. Syaoran never saw a zoo before, and had never been in one. The child was so excited he was basically jumping up and down.

Of course, that led to a lot of exhaustion.



" Oh, he's in the zoo...with Yukito." Touya was a little cowed by that woman. Not that Yelan was big...she just makes an imposing figure.

Hai...

" Did you hear what happened this morning?" One of the interns walked down the hall. " The kid actually spoke in complete sentences, and those sentences actually made sense!"
" Hai, remember how he use to hallucinate?" The other intern answered.
" They say Yukito took him to the zoo. The kid was practically jumping up and down in excitement. Doubtless he was never in a zoo before."
" Great improvement." The other intern laughed. Yelan watched them go.
" Uh...you can wait around here," Touya was really uncomfortable. " Though the food's not exceptional here. They're going to be a while, and I don't think it would make Syaoran very happy if you bust in on the zoo trip because he...yeah, what they said."

Yelan looked at Touya. Touya sighed.

" Nani," He was annoyed. " I'm not some lunatic. I know what I'm saying. I don't care if you're the Living Idol. I'm the medical student here in this mortal realm. Don't look at me as if I'm the kid's father."

Yelan smiled. " Gomen." She answered. " I don't mean to make you feel that way, Kinomoto-san. It's just that his father might come back and I want to take him home as soon as possible."
" Yeah, um, if he comes back, and he attacks Sakura..."
" We'll take care of him." The Living Idol smiled. " Where's Miaka?"
" No idea. Probably with Eriol."

In a flash, Yelan was gone.



" I like the horses!" The child was saying. " The horse was nosing me as if I were its master! It even wanted me to ride him, of course, there was no room to ride on, but still, I like the horses! And the monkeys were funny!"

Yukito had bought the boy some cotton candy and Syaoran was munching on it while he talked.

" And did you see when the elephant spanked the fat guy?" Syaoran was hopping up and down and giggling. " The guy was bawling like a dog!" More giggles. " Hic!"
" Whoa, now you got the hiccups." Yukito patted the boy's back. " I would try to press on the fourth finger, but of course, as Touya had demonstrated several days ago, it doesn't work."
" Hic!"
" Whoa, don't choke."
" Hiccer! Hic! Hic!"

Yukito laughed.



" Darn, the Death Idols are here somewhere," Sakura looked around. " Where's Syaoran?"

Miaka blinked. " Over there." She pointed. " Somewhere over there. We have to get to them fast."
" Where's Kei?"
" Kei's lazy. Always eating. Like Kero. Kei! Kei!" Miaka yelled. A man appeared before her, in robes.
" What?"
" Death Idols, Syaoran and Yukito alone, that equals?" Miaka shook her head. " Come on, we have to get to them. I'm not sure how many Deaths are there, but they seem quite powerful."
" One of them's his dad." Kei followed.
" Hoeeee?!"



Yukito stopped. Syaoran blinked, then froze as well. The two of them were silent for some time, before Yukito took Syaoran's hand.

" Come on, your sisters and mother are that way." Yukito led the child towards the right. Jinyu followed, looking over his shoulder from time to time.
" It's okay Syaoran." Yukito began to hurry. How to cover up Syaoran's aura?



" Cover up his aura!" Miaka said to Kei. " That way it would be harder for those bastards to find him."
" Why don't you?"
" I'm busy covering up ours! Hurry up. If we lose Jinyu again Yelan's going to kill us."
" There." Kei wove his fingers in the air. " That settled. But now we can't find him."
" We'll look for him the mortal way." Miaka looked down at Sakura. " Take out your cards, darling, we're in for a battle this time."



" Where are we going?" Syaoran panted, trying his best to keep up with Yukito. " Where are we going, Yukito-san?"
" To your mother. They're waiting for you."
" Mama?" Syaoran blinked. " She's here? She's here for me?" The little face brightened and a smile lit up his face.
" Hai." Yukito smiled back, despite going even faster. " Just a little further-"
" Jinyu!"

Yukito stopped. Syaoran stopped as well. Before the child's eyes stood four gorgeous maidens, all as lovely and fair as angels. Two of them he recognized from his delirium and he wondered if they were here to protect him again.

" Come, my child!" Yelan held out her arms. Without hesitation Syaoran ran to her as a toddler runs to his mother. Yelan picked the frail child up and whirled around.

" Flee, guardian!" She ordered. " The Death Idols will have your head!"


Yue went airborne, just as Miaka, Kei, Sakura and Eriol arrived to where Yelan and the sisters stood. Something hit the wall under Yue. Yue whirled around and shot an arrow. Syaoran clung on to his mother's neck, whimpering.

Sakura summoned her staff and released Windy. Syaoran stared as the spirit rose into the air and darted towards the Death Idols. Miaka released something that was carried in that wind and a Death Idol yelled.

" Yue!" Syaoran cried, and everyone else looked up to find the guardian beginning to fall.
" Yue!" Kerberus transformed into his true self and ran forward to cushion the fall.

Something sent the Death idols back. Syaoran's father stared at him in disbelief as the child's eyes glowed bright gold. Syaoran's body was straight and erect, his arm was held above his head and his palm facing into his head.

" He knows already?!" One of the idols shouted. Yelan smirked.
" My son is bright." She said softly. There were gasps and cries and Sakura looked around. For the first time the children realized that they were being watched. Yue sat up slowly, wondering what made him fall all of the sudden.

" Zou!" Yelan commanded, and the living idols whirled around as one. There was a huge flash, and swirls of darkness, and all the mortals and guardians couldn't tell what happened because they all passed out.