A young boy of 10-14 has been spotted wandering the streets at night. He is reported to have a sword at times, and is thought to be a runaway from the lock-down Tae Kwon Do school in southern Japan. Editor's Note: The boy has been identified only as Xiao. Sightings should be reported to Li Wei, 7563859027.
Li Syaoran shook the paper and closed it.
"Wei-san, that was brilliant," Wei smiled.
"Will Syaoran-sama be going out tonight?" Syaoran put down the paper.
"Hai…got behind on my work. Seen the front page? About a girl beating up on karate masters? She's Fight," he walked into his room and came back moments later in his green robes.
"Ja, Wei-san."
"Just come back safe."
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Syaoran paced through Tomoeda, in a hurry to find the card.
"Oi! Fight! I know you're there!" There was silence, and then she jumped out of the water. Syaoran tilted his head to the side.
"Fight. Nice to meet you." She put her hands up and charged without warning. Smirking, he sidestepped her and stuck out his foot. She was down and up in a heartbeat. They bowed, and she charged again.
Syaoran raised an eyebrow at the deficiencies of karate black belts. He jumped up, landing on top of the card's shoulders before she noticed him and delivered Wei's pounding. She threw him off, and he rebounded off the pole to kick her squarely in the side. She charged again, coming in with her left. He blocked, and did a three; right-left-right. When she blocked them all, he decided this had gone on long enough. Without warning, he threw her up and kicked her, hard, into the fence. She faltered, tried to get up, and failed.
Syaoran walked over and summoned his sword. Taking out the jewel from his hat, he slid it onto the blade.
Card created by Clow, return to your card state! She dissipated and Syaoran caught the card. He was about to throw it up when he felt something. Placing the jewel back in his hat, he turned to run towards the trees. Best not get behind again…
~*~
In the middle of the forest, the card sensed him and cloaked itself again. Syaoran sighed and pulled out his compass. Annoying thing, took forever.
A burst of fire landed on his sleeve, startling him. And it distracts me. He put it away and pulled out his sword.
"God of Sealing, Come Forth!" blue light enveloped the forest, forcing the card to show itself. Firey (AN: ever noticed Clow didn't spell that correctly?) appeared from a small flame, still confident. The seal kept him inside too.
He jumped aside as a blazing column of fire reduced to a puddle the rock he was standing on. He would have to be careful, it seemed. She was at her zenith.
Jumping up into the trees, he quickly hopped from one to another, hoping she would try and pick him out individually. He sped up when she ran out of patience, as trees fell in clumps of ashes behind him. Damn it, what did Wei-san say about this card again?
'Syaoran-sama! Firey is overconfident and extremely headstrong! Remember that she puts no finish spell on her attacks!'
Syaoran smiled and pulled out a special ofuda. Jumping out of the tree and directly in front of Firey, he taunted her.
"Nyahh, try your hardest!" Firey swept around in rage and concentrated a column in front of her. She smiled wickedly as she blasted raw magic at the boy. Syaoran waited until it was right in front of him…then sliced it with his sword as it suddenly dissipated.
Firey watched as he tried to contain the magic in his sword. Foolish boy, I am Firey!
Syaoran sneered at the confident look on the card's face. Did you honestly think that you could defeat me so easily? Taking out the ofuda, he blasted the fire right back through it.
"Fire to Water!" Firey watched, horrified, as the intensity of its blast was converted to water. Within seconds, she slumped to the ground, defeated.
Syaoran stepped near the fallen spirit and sealed it. Then, he threw both cards in the air and tapped both gently. Obediently, the two spirits hovered in front of him, even without his writing his name on the cards. With a single movement, he sliced both cards in two. At the same time, he sealed the area, preventing the spirits from escaping. They both jumped in shock and turned to him.
"Just…go easy on her, okay?" the cards stared at him, then both gave barely perceivable nods. Fight placed her hand on his forehead.
::This shall be thine only request of us?::
Yes.
::It shalt be dully preformed with greatest honour.::
Thank you.
The two spirits bowed deeply and then vanished into thin air. Syaoran turned around, surveying and grimacing at the damaged trees. He selected another card and threw it up.
"Time! Reverse the effects on these trees!" the soft yellow light coated the piles of ash as time reversed and they stood again. Calling back the card, he began walking back home. He stopped in front of the school, then resigned himself and picked the lock. He stopped in front of the music room. He closed his eyes for a second, and then walked in. Song.
The card activated upon seeing him, and quickly tried to escape. He slapped a binding on the door, and the true form of the card appeared. It began singing – where had he heard that song before? That voice? Ah. Daidouji-san.
He removed the binding and walked out, breaking into a sprint that carried him all the way home. As he approached the door, Wei-san opened it softly.
"Syaoran-sama! What happened to your cheek?" Syaoran brushed his cheek and winced when he hit a sore burn spot.
"Found Firey along the way…guess I didn't move fast enough," Wei placed his hand over the spot. Syaoran felt the pain ebbing away with the familiar cooling sensation of a healing spell.
"Meiling?"
"Convinced her that you were out running for the marathon after she came back from getting her luggage. She's sleeping in the spare room."
"Good," he replied, "I'm going to take a shower and see if I can't get at least five hours."
"Oyasumi nasai, Syaoran-sama."
"Oyasumi, Wei-san." Syaoran swung his sword back out and shrunk it, relishing the loss of weight.
Wei sat in his chair long after the light had turned off, watching the door.
"I believe something might come of that, still."
~*Fini*~
AN: Well, I wrote it. I'd appreciate a review, since if you're reading this you've read the entire thing, or you might just be checking to see if this was really finished.
I wrote this on the spur of the moment, because of two things. One, if Syaoran has really been training all his life and whatnot, then he should really be top form, and shouldn't have gotten hit by Fight. And two, if Clow really captured the spirit of these elements in his cards, Firey should have been technically much, much stronger. So I made something that would explain that.
Thanks for reading, and do leave a review!
wichy ^_~
