Chapter 5: Don't
Leave Me
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Disclaimer: I don't own CCS.
A/N: Thanks again for the reviews. Chapter 5 is kind of scary. I even think it's scary. Don't read this if you're afraid of stories describing places with dead bodies, skeletons, etc. Give me some comments and ideas. Well, sit back and enjoy!
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3 weeks passed, and Syaoran and Meinan were almost healed. "…OK, do you get the story? Yeah? Great. Do you think you can come? I think the sixth person is you. You're the only person I know besides them that are part of our group. You can? Great! I'll pick you up at the airport. Bye!" Syaoran said over the phone. The girl on the other end sounded excited. After they hung up, Syaoran quickly dialed another number.
"Moshi moshi, Hiiragizawa residence," a boy said.
"Listen up, Eriol-kun. I think the sixth person is Meiling. I mean, she's the other person that was part of our group in the card
capturing times. What do you think?"
Syaoran asked.
"I think you're actually right for once. What if the person is Ruby Moon, Spinel Sun,
or Kaho?" Eriol asked.
"What do you mean for once?! Well anyway, we'll have to decide. I already told Meiling to come. I'm going to pick her up at the airport next week. Tell Tomoyo-chan and Kero. OK, bye," Syaoran said, hanging up the
phone. Soon, Eriol told Kero, Tomoyo, and
Meinan. Everyone agreed, so they
planned to all go to the airport.
"Meiling! Over
here!" Syaoran shouted. Meiling ran
over to her favorite cousin and hugged him.
"Syaoran, I've missed you. Anyway, your mom told me something about the hole. She said we have to recite this thing in our
heads and then we're gone," Meiling said.
"Great! What is
it?" Tomoyo asked.
"Sun and moon, forces of opposition, I call upon
thee. Evil, good, dark, light, come
forth. Elements, come forth. Open the porthole to the world of
oppositions. Eastern Magic, Western
Magic, unite now. Open now,
porthole!" Meiling recited.
"Cool. Since
Syaoran and I are healed, and everyone is here, then we can go. Come on!" Meinan said.
"You're going?!" Meiling asked. She was obviously surprised.
"I know you hate me, but I'm one of the six," Meinan
said.
"Hey, you guy, we need to save Sakura. Let's not waste time!" Syaoran said, missing
the hurt in Meiling's eyes. They went
to Eriol's house, and then everyone recited the saying in their head. Instantly, they were in Suka's world.
"Little wolf, I'm over here. I've been waiting for you guys. So Meinan told you guys the ancient prophecy? I'm surprised you picked the people wisely. Why didn't you guys pick someone like Ruby
Moon? I don't care anyway because the
prophecy is going to be wrong. I'm
never going to be destroyed. Sakura was
brainwashed this morning. Together
we're going to go to your world and rule it! Ha ha ha!" Suka laughed triumphantly.
"You're never going to do that!" Meinan screamed.
"Oh, I see you came. Weakling. I can't waste time
here fighting with you. Servants, come
and destroy these six intruders!" Suka shouted. Then a very pretty girl came out from nowhere. She had curly hair with emerald eyes.
"Who are these intruders, Suka dear?" the girl asked,
hugging Suka.
"They're our enemies. Hey little wolf, come meet the new cherry blossoms!" Suka smirked.
"Sakura! No! Sakura, don't you remember me, remember
us? We're your friends!" Syaoran cried.
"Little wolf? So
familiar…like someone I knew. Little
wolf…little wolf. Syaoran Li! Kero! Tomoy-chan! How'd you guys get
here? Who are those other people?"
Sakura screamed. Even though she was
brainwashed, she still remembered Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Kero.
"Servants! How
come she still remembers?!" Suka asked, "You worthless pieces of junk said that
she was fully brainwashed. Brainwash
her again! Go!" Suka ordered.
"Let me go Suka!" Sakura said. She struggled to get away, and she succeeded! She ran over to Syaoran and hugged him
tightly. Soon servants surrounded them,
and pulled Sakura away from Syaoran.
"You won't win this time!" Meinan shouted.
"Now, element! Wind!" Syaoran shouted. The wind
was wrapped around Sakura, but the servants were too strong. They pulled Sakura back, and continued to
carry her to the lake.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo shouted.
"It's no use. We
need to think of something else," Kero told the gang.
"Yup. Just like
Kero said, it's no use. Now my servants
will destroy you," Suka said. Some
servants surrounded the gang, and started attacking.
"Ahhh!" Tomoyo screamed as a servant injured her.
"Tomoyo!" Eriol cried. Quickly, he ran to her side to protect her.
"Li, help! They're
too strong," Meiling shouted. Li
quickly ran to Meiling to help her. It
was no use. The servants were just too
strong. Without the Clow Cards, they
really didn't have much defense. Meinan
held back some of the servants, but there were just too much. She soon used too much of her powers and
just fainted. Suddenly, the sailor
scouts appeared! (A/N: Just joking. Forget the sailor scouts ^_^' ) Anyway, soon everyone was captured and put into the doom tree. The doom tree was, well, really
doomful. The tree was very dark. The silence was unbearable. The only way to communicate was to
talk. Even then it sounded like the
music of death.
"Li, I'm so scared. Where are you? This place sounds
so freaky. I think I'm deaf. Do you think the prophecy is really
wrong? Li, where are you?!" Meiling
screamed, half frightened to death.
"Meiling, is that you? Your voice…it's so…so scary. I'm
right here. Anybody here have a
flashlight?" Li asked while walking around to find Meiling. The crunches under his feet sounded so
hollow.
"I have a light. I
keep it with me so I can record even at night," Tomoyo said, holding up a
flashlight. Everyone sweat dropped…that
is until she turned on the flashlight. There were screams of terror instantly. The crunching under Li's feet was actually caused by Li walking on skulls
and skeleton bones. There were skulls
and bones everywhere. "What is this
place?" Tomoyo cried, grabbing on to Eriol.
"I'm not sure, but it's a scary place. It feels so deadly," Eriol said. He tried to comfort Tomoyo, but it was no
use. The truth is, the place was so
deadly it even smelled like blood. Eriol walked around, trying to find the way out. He suddenly tripped on something. Suddenly, there was a voice.
"Hi! I don't know who you are, because this message is always played when someone triggers this. I don't know how you ever got into *my* world, but I bet you're regretting it. Too late. Ha ha. You are trapped in my doom tree, where everything is death. It smells like death, looks like it, tastes like it, and even sounds like death. So hollow. Anyway, I'll get to the point. You'll die in here for sure. You'll either get scared to death, starved to death, or killed. You are standing on millions of skulls. That doesn't frighten you enough? Then I'll turn on the lights…after this message. Anyway, my point is, don't you dare move. If you do, you'll trigger stuff. You can trigger an arrow to shoot straight to you. To make it easier on you, I'll open the lights. Well, have fun! Ha ha ha ha!" the voice said.
"Gosh, this is scary. That was Suka right? How in the world does he think up these stupid places?" Meiling asked.
"Suka is a very powerful person. He is the most powerful person at Western magic. Since he has the Clow cards now, he's probably the most powerful person in the whole world," Meinan said.
"He probably gets all the trap ideas from Indiana Jones," Kero said, hoping to lighten the atmosphere.
"Very funny Kero. It doesn't work," Syaoran said, knowing what Kero was trying to do.
"What do we do now? I'm going to die any minute now," Tomoyo said. Suddenly, the lights turned on. Tomoyo closed her flashlight and looked up. There she saw dead bodies hanging at the ceiling. On the walls were skulls with arrows through them. "Now I am going to die," Tomoyo said weakly.
"Maybe one of us is going to die here trying to save us," Eriol said.
"Don't worry. My Li can do anything," Meiling said proudly.
"Meiling…" Syaoran said tentatively, "you haven't acted like this in ages."
"Li, I've thought of it, and I decided to dump my boyfriend and be with you again. I even convinced the Li clan to engage us again. Forget about Sakura. From now on, you're my Xiao Lang," Meiling said, leaning over to hug Syaoran.
"Meiling!" Syaoran shouted out with disbelief. 'How can Meiling do such a thing? She was trying to help us be together a few years ago. What happened to her?' Syaoran thought.
"Meiling, are you sure you didn't say that because of the bad smell in here?" Tomoyo asked.
"Of course not. That stupid Kinomoto is going to get it! But first I'll help you guys kill Suka," Meiling shouted. She took a step closer to Syaoran to hug him, but then she triggered something. A speeding arrow came flying out of nowhere…heading straight for Meiling.
"Meiling, duck!" Syaoran screamed. He pushed Meiling out of the way, and the arrow swiftly went into him…right into his heart.
"Syaoran, no! I'm so sorry. It's all that gaki Kinomoto's fault. I will kill her after we defeat Suka if it's the last thing I do!" Meiling shouted in tears. Suddenly, a wall opened. It was the entrance out! Meiling made Eriol carry Syaoran, and together all of them walked out of the doom tree. They walked straight into the brainwash lake, where they found Sakura bravely fighting off the servants. Because her will of not giving up was so strong, she became stronger than the servants. "Kinomoto, it's all your fault!" Meiling screamed at her.
"Meiling, Eriol, Tomoyo, Kero, Meinan, I'm so glad to see you!" Sakura said as she ran to them, forgetting about the servants. "Syaoran! What happened to him?" Sakura asked in tears as she saw Syaoran. Slowly, Meinan explained the story, then Meiling explained the story again…from her point of view.
"Then he said that he hated you and kissed me, and then pushed me out of the way from the speeding arrow. See, it's all your fault!" Meiling said, concluding her story that was partially fake.
"Syaoran, I'm so sorry. It's all my fault. Why did I ever become a card captor? I'm so sorry!" Sakura cried. Tears streamed down her cheeks, landing onto Syaoran's wound. Eriol, Tomoyo, Kero, and Meinan watched sadly while Meiling watched Sakura impatiently.
"Stop letting your dirty tears drip into Syaoran's wound!" Meiling shouted.
"Be quiet Meiling! Just be quiet! I'm sick and tired of your selfishness!" Tomoyo yelled as she pulled Meiling away from Syaoran and Sakura.
"My little wolf, I have let you down. I wasn't there to help you. Don't leave me," Sakura whispered, looking at the pale face.
'Good. Now Syaoran is dead. I'll just let Sakura cry for now. What can possibly go wrong?' Suka thought as he watched the whole thing.
I know I know. You guys are really mad at me for making Syaoran die. You can send as many flames as you want. Who knows, maybe Syaoran is not the one that dies…or maybe he is. HAHAHA! Who knows, I can't tell you. I apologize to all those Meiling lovers out there. Sorry! I like Meiling, but in this story she just has to be evil. Please R&R! See you in the next chapter!