Dragonia: first I'm sorry that I confused some people
Gwuinivyre- I know you I'm glad you liked my ranting.
Transcendant Pig- I'm glad I hope you like it
KagomeKitty- Thank you and in between work and reading other story's it will be every day at most every other day and if I can't it's because of work.
Sakura-jr17- I hope you like it and thanks for reviewing.
Stargirl-rebels- first yes this has the clow cards they haven't been needed yet (Star cards). And she was a little older when she caught the cards. Kero he's with Jen but will be coming soon so will Yue I just had to get some of the others here first. Her referring to her freedom is coming in this chapter. I don't wanna give it away.
Dragonia: well I'm not going to ramble just say I don't own CCS. I hope you like this chapter.
Chapter 3
Revelations
Training Room
The sound of metal against wood could be heard in the west wing. It was powered by an angry woman. She was upset not for the fact that she had told Meiling's cousin her life but that she had thought when she heard his voice deep and commanding. He wasn't angered at her, he was just worried. But when she had seen him, he was wearing only boxers and even in the darkness she could see his chest.
When she was looking at his eye she caught his eyes they where brown his hair too, but it was messy. The shock that ran through her did not pass on her face only in her eyes. She knew he did not notice it, it had taken Meiling all day to just see it. Though Sakura was still angry with herself, she had thought that he was cute and not only that she had felt attracted to him.
Anyone else and she would shove the feelings away but for some reason these would not be pushed away they wanted to be recognized. She growled and her face hardened she would not give in she would train until she fell from exhaustion if she must.
Outside the Training Room
"She acts so much like Xiao Lang." Fuutie said in a hushed voice.
"She's KAWII!!" Shiefa screamed causing the other three to cover her mouth.
"Shh do you want Xiao Lang to find us here." Fanren said.
"Do you think that those two would make a good couple?" Feimei said with dreamy eyes. The other three looked over at the girl and their eyes went dreamy too.
"What was her name?" Fuutie asked.
"Sakura." The voice came from behind the girls and they all knew at once that they had been caught what was worse was that they where caught by Syaoran.
"Hi little brother." Shiefa said standing straight up.
"We have to go." Fanren stuttered thinking fast.
"To the mall. Come on girls." Fuutie said dragging the girls away from the door.
"Sisters, I wonder what they are planning now." He turned to the room to see Sakura taking different poses in martial arts. He watched her as she moved and she was graceful but something was wrong she was slower then she should have been. That's when he realized that she was pushing herself to exhaustion. He made his was in front of her far enough away so that he wouldn't be hit but close enough to see how her eyes were clouded over. Her mind was else where, he looked at her face and was surprised to see that she had sadness clearly placed on her face. He stood there watching her, she was getting weaker he could feel it.
She was weaker then she had ever let herself become, when she realized that she had let it go it was to late to pull it back. As she came back to herself she realized that Syaoran was standing in front of her and he had felt it clearly without mistake. If he was further away she could have covered herself but now it was out he knew. Sakura had known that when he left, he had magic. Sakura had learned a long time ago to hide herself when need be, but she had made sure that she could do it everyday. Today was the first time that she had ever faltered in it. It couldn't come at a worse time either. Her legs had decided at that point they didn't want to hold her up. She fell expecting the mat, what she got was two strong arms holding her up.
"Sakura are you crazy? Pushing yourself to the point of exhaustion. You could kill yourself. Do you have a death wish or something?" his voice came out in a worried tone. He himself had never been in her position. Something was driving her, and Syaoran didn't think that it was anyone other then her will to fight.
"I need to sleep this is the only way that I can get true sleep." Sakura whispered this to him before she fell off into sleep. Syaoran sighed and lifted her from the floor, he took her up to her room and lied her down.
Study
Syaoran's POV
I couldn't believe what that girl would do for sleep. I mean I knew that she was having trouble I just didn't realize that she had to do that to get some true sleep. I should call my friends I haven't told them when they should show up and its only two weeks till Christmas.
The phone rang as he was about to pick it up.
"Li Syaoran speaking."
"Syaoran just the person I wanted to speak with." It was a cheery voice one he had heard many times.
"Tomoyo, Ogenki desuka?"
"Sugoi. When do you want us to come over?" he heard Eriol in the background.
"Now would be great. hey Tomoyo I think that I'm going to need your help with something." He grimaced when he heard her squeal. "I can't tell you over the phone so I tell you when you come over there's going to be some work."
"Ja Ne," I remember how she helped me maybe with a little bit of luck and a lot of work Sakura might come around.
Normal POV
A girl with dark purple hair and eyes pulled a guy with short blue hair and blue eyes up the stairs of the Li Mansion.
"Come on Eriol we cant be late." The girl screamed dragging him up the last of the stairs.
"It's not like he's going to kill us if we can't make it right away, Tomoyo."
"I know it's just that I wanna know what the great Li Syaoran wants my help with."
"Tomoyo if I had known that you were that anxious then I would have met you at the door." Syaoran said coming up behind her.
"So what is it what do you need my help on." Her eyes went dreamy.
"Meiling might kill me for this but I think that it's best that you meet HER yourself."
"What do you mean HER?" Eriol asked suspiciously.
"a guest of Meiling's came yesterday and at first I thought that she was just mean but now. well you have to meet her to understand come she's in the kitchen." He paused. "Eriol can you feel her?" he smiled when he saw the look on Eriol's face.
"You mean she has MAGIC." he almost screamed.
"It's a long story but yes and she's powerful." The trio headed to the kitchen. Sakura had heard them coming but did not make a move to leave. Sakura knew that Syaoran wanted her to meet these two and would find her no matter where she went. He had his senses locked on her and there was nothing she could do to get away.
"Sakura," she looked up taking note of both the girl and the guy with an emotionless face. "This is Tomoyo and Eriol Hiragizawa." She nodded at them not bothering to get up or shake their hands. She continued reading the file on Kaiiju murderer or so he was now called. He was called thus because of the brutal murders that he was employed to do.
"Umm Syaoran." Tomoyo whispered into his ear. "Is she always like this?"
"Yes I'm always like this now if you please I'm trying to work." Sakura spoke without looking up from her work it wasn't in a mean tone just an unfeeling one.
"Gomen." Tomoyo muttered as she and the guys walked out of the room. "Wow, you weren't kidding when you said that you needed help."
"I don't think she's heartless I just think that she has forgotten how to use it and open it to others." He sighed.
"Like you did. But she's different there is fire and passion in her eyes. She's working for or towards something." Tomoyo was trying to decide which when Syaoran told her.
"To find her parents murderer." The two looked at him in shock. "Kinomoto." The other two nodded it was all they needed to know she was one of the children of the massacre.
"Does anyone else know about her?" he nodded.
"Meiling she was the one that told me." he looked back to the door. Sakura was heading for her room. He knew she was going to train again and that's when he remembered what happened that morning he had expected her to sleep the rest of the day. Yet three hours later she was up and in the kitchen reading. "There's something else. I found her in the training this morning and she was exhausted. I'm not sure how long she was at it or if she got any sleep. But I think it's because of her violent dreams that she is training to the point of exhaustion." Tomoyo looked at him and was thinking for some time before she spoke.
"She's worse then you were. I gather her dreams are haunting of her past, and that she feels that unless she kills her parent's murderer they won't leave her." Tomoyo heard a floor board creek behind her and turned around to see Sakura.
"Tomoyo you are smart." Her voice held no anger, no threat, it was emotionless. But her eyes burned with passion and in a way they smiled. "But in one way you are wrong. I do not feel that unless I kill the murderer these dreams won't leave. If that was the case I would have forgotten it long ago. No this, is my hell." Her voice grew desperate and shaky. "I shouldn't be here, soon they will find me and it will happen all over again." She sighed remembering what really happened the night after her parent's murder. "The murderer returned that same night. I was too young to realize what he had done but now I know he." her body was suddenly started to shake as if in pain. "I cant he knows that I'm. no. spell." She fell to her knees feeling the pain that raced through her body. The voice spoke in her head. "No. I will not. allow you to hurt them." her body shook as more pain shot through it. "I would DIE FIRST." She screamed as the pain hit her full blast. The same voice rang out for all to hear
"That can be arranged my cherry blossom. I know you are close. I can feel you, yet someone seeks to protect you. They have done it well but it will not last for long." A laugh followed the voice it was harsh and evil. Syaoran rushed forward, quickly followed by Tomoyo and Eriol.
"Sakura are you okay?" he helped her to her feet. Her face was cringed in pain.
"He didn't want me to tell you." she looked at Eriol then Tomoyo. "I know that you can help me and I want your help.. But there may be times when. when I'm not myself and I will push you away. Don't let me." her voice had a tone of finality in it.
"Sakura was it a spell that he put on you." her answer was only a nod afraid that the pain would return but it didn't.
"He normally can't touch me in the waking world. Yet every once in a while he finds a way. It's normal when I sleep that he decides to show me the lies that he has created." She took a breath and her face returned to its emotionless state. Sadness past through Tomoyo's eyes as she saw this. Sakura was the only one that took notice, and she didn't understand why.
"Sakura I don't know what we can do but we can try, I will have to search my memories and see if I can remember anything from my past life as Clow Reed." Sakura's head shot up toward him as she heard this name. He noticed her stern look and took an involuntary step back. She looked at the others and noted there was no surprise in there face when Eriol said the ancient name.
"You're his reincarnation." Her voice was harsher then she meant it to be, making Eriol wince.
"Yes is there something wrong with that?" he asked her not knowing how she would answer.
"Well it depends, I mean I should have recognized the magic in you it is partly my own." Sakura turned and headed up the stairs leaving the group lost and confused.
"Sakura what do you mean?" she stopped and let some of her aura slid away toward him. She let herself a small smile when she was turned away at the sound of his gasp.
"Sakura do you have the." she cut him off.
"Yes but now they are mine, personally." He understood what she meant by this.
"Where are." she cut him off again.
"They will be here soon." Was all she said as she disappeared at the top of the stairs?
"Eriol am I missing something?" Syaoran was totally lost by the conversation the two just had.
"No not at all it looks like you found her without even realizing it." Eriol smiled at the irony.
"What are you a talking about?"
"The card mistress my little descendent. The card mistress." He watched as Syaoran's eyes lit up with surprise.
Sakura's room
A tear trickled down her face. The pain was still there dulled but not by much. 'The monster will pay for this with his life. He took my family, my life, my safety, and my dreams. I will kill him.' she could feel the cold weather through her window as it pulled her nightgown, she had gone so long with only the pain that it felt weird to be thankful for anything. In the back of her mind was the comforting warmth that always came. It was from her guardians, they would arrive tomorrow afternoon. She missed them, she had seen them eight years ago. They knew that she had changed, her life had been nothing but training. They helped her, but soon she left to train in more advanced schools.
"Sakura, can we talk?" Eriol's voice pulled her from her thoughts.
"Sure." She walked to the bad and motioned for him to join her.
"Is there anything that you can tell me? I mean I don't feel the cards here. Where are they?" Eriol's voice sounded a little saddened but Sakura took no notice of it.
"I left them with the Guardians until I knew it was safe for them to be with me. Even now I don't think that its safe. but it's the safest it's going to get. So they are on their way here." She saw the expression that Eriol had and continued. "Don't worry their careful and they know how to get here without being seen." Eriol smiled at Sakura.
"I didn't even expect I mean. Have you turned them." she nodded her head. "So you're powerful."
"No not enough I need to train more." She sighed.
"So what are you going to do now?" Eriol was worried about her and it showed clearly on his face.
"I know where he is and with another week of training and I will be ready." She walked to the window. Eriol headed for the door. "And Eriol please tell Tomoyo not to follow through with her plan." Eriol smiled.
"Sakura there is not a person in heaven, hell, or on earth that could stop Tomoyo and her plans." Eriol left hearing Sakura sigh.
"Then I might as well kill Syaoran now that's what Tomoyo is sentencing him to with her plan." When she turned she saw Syaoran standing with a mug in his hand.
"Sakura this is a tea that our family uses when we have trouble sleeping maybe it will help you." she looked at him and almost smiled, she quickly turned away. 'He's being kind to me, he is going to get killed and it will be all my fault.' She turned to see that Syaoran's smile had faded to be replaced with a frown. "You shouldn't think that way. I do this because someone once did it for me when I was emotionless."
"You read my mind?" he shook his head.
"You throw the thought to me." he handed her the mug. It was warm and smelled like honey.
"So what's in it?" Sakura asked as she took a sip.
"It's an ancient family recipe." She finished the tea, and watched as the room started to swirl. Then she felt strong arms lift her and place her on soft bed and felt the warmth of the cover over her. She faintly heard his voice, "Good night and sweet dreams my Yang Fa."
Kitchen
"What do you mean you gave her sleeping pills?" Tomoyo screamed when she heard what Syaoran put in the tea.
"I wanted her to get some sleep not wake up in the middle of the night screaming." Syaoran remembered last night.
"Why do you say that?" Eriol asked.
"Last night, well her dreams are violent you would understand what she had said when he shows her the things in her sleep. I would hate to see what could make her scream bloody murder." His two companions shuttered at the thought.
"Eriol what was that just now on the stairs between you and her." Eriol smiled.
"She is as you are one of the children of Clow Reed. I believe that is part of the reason that you wish to protect her."
"What do you mean?"
"This house is the very embodiment of the Li family whatever they want the house tries to give them. You and Meiling want to protect this girl. So the house has used all its assets to accomplish that goal."
"But what about just now the attack on Sakura's mind." Eriol thought for a moment.
"The house didn't know that it would attack that way but now its ready for that kind to it will be harder for him to get in if at all." The group heard the front door open and Meiling's voice.
"HELLO IS ANYONE HOME!" her voice rang throughout the first floor.
"IN THE KITCHEN!" Tomoyo had been friends with Meiling since she moved to Hong Kong.
"TOMOYO!" Meiling came running into the kitchen and the two shared a hug.
"So how are you?"
"I'm better now that you're here." Meiling and Tomoyo shared a smile.
"So what's been going on all day?" the three of them looked at each other and shared a look that said 'were in trouble.'
After they had shared the day's events with Meiling, they heard a noise down the hall.
"I'll go check it out." Syaoran desperately wanted to get away from Meiling. She was giving him that look 'what did I tell you.' he walked out of the hallway and heard Meiling scream something before suddenly being cut short by Eriol's harsh tone. Syaoran continued down the hallway following where he knew the sound came from. He found Sakura leaning against the wall.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?" his voice shattered the silence and his words hung heavy in the air. She turned to face him, her face was emotionless as they always had been. Her eyes on the other hand, were dark pools. There was no color to them, there was no hint of the bright green eyes, filled with sorrow and passion only dark pools of nothingness. What surprised him more then that was that she was holding one of the family's ancient swords.
"Sakura is gone. Only I remain, I am the destroyer of good, the destiny of all men, I break the power fate holds, I am death." The voice was scratchy and horse, not what he had expected. A laugh escaped her mouth but it sounded more like an animal crying out for help. Her face then twisted into a fake smile.
"Where is she let her go leave her alone. NOW!" the words poured over the creature that wasn't Sakura. A menacing laugh was heard as the illusion dissipated.
"Like that now did you? I can't believe that you can't tell the difference between a person and an illusion and you call yourself a magician. A leader of the Li clan how pathetic." His laughter echoed off the halls but then was silenced by another.
"You think your so high and mighty. What if I told you that Syaoran wasn't the pathetic but that you were, I mean are?" he recognized it at once it was Sakura's voice. But he didn't understand she was supposed to be sleeping at this moment. "So what if he can't tell truth from illusion most people can't I'm actually kind of surprised you knew how to use it with you being stupid and all." He could feel her building magic up to push him back, she was making him made so he would loose concentration.
"Why you..." he was silencing because at that moment she let loose her power and it overwhelmed him. Throwing him from the minds of all that where in the mansion.
"Sakura?" he heard his voice break.
"Yes," her voice was weak but at the same time sweet.
"Where are you? Do you need help?" he asked gaining control over his voice.
"I'm in my room and yes I could use some help." He bounded up the stairs taking three at a time. He came in her room to find her sitting on the floor up against the chest at the foot of her bed. He walked over and lifted her easily from the floor and placed her on her bad.
"Better?"
"Yes thank you." she looked up at him and saw the concern in his eyes. "I'm okay really just tired." "You don't look okay." Syaoran was still worried he wasn't sure how much magic she used because she would never let him see her power.
"Syaoran, two friends of mine are coming. More then likely they will come tomorrow night. I want you to meet them be here." She was drifting of to sleep. "Tell me what you told me earlier." Her face was placid without emotion.
"When was that?" he asked watching her as she started to drift off.
"Before I fell asleep."
"It's an ancient family recipe." He looked at her sheepishly.
"After that." She listened to him as he whispered to her again for the second time that day.
"Good night and sweet dreams my Yang Fa."
Gwuinivyre- I know you I'm glad you liked my ranting.
Transcendant Pig- I'm glad I hope you like it
KagomeKitty- Thank you and in between work and reading other story's it will be every day at most every other day and if I can't it's because of work.
Sakura-jr17- I hope you like it and thanks for reviewing.
Stargirl-rebels- first yes this has the clow cards they haven't been needed yet (Star cards). And she was a little older when she caught the cards. Kero he's with Jen but will be coming soon so will Yue I just had to get some of the others here first. Her referring to her freedom is coming in this chapter. I don't wanna give it away.
Dragonia: well I'm not going to ramble just say I don't own CCS. I hope you like this chapter.
Chapter 3
Revelations
Training Room
The sound of metal against wood could be heard in the west wing. It was powered by an angry woman. She was upset not for the fact that she had told Meiling's cousin her life but that she had thought when she heard his voice deep and commanding. He wasn't angered at her, he was just worried. But when she had seen him, he was wearing only boxers and even in the darkness she could see his chest.
When she was looking at his eye she caught his eyes they where brown his hair too, but it was messy. The shock that ran through her did not pass on her face only in her eyes. She knew he did not notice it, it had taken Meiling all day to just see it. Though Sakura was still angry with herself, she had thought that he was cute and not only that she had felt attracted to him.
Anyone else and she would shove the feelings away but for some reason these would not be pushed away they wanted to be recognized. She growled and her face hardened she would not give in she would train until she fell from exhaustion if she must.
Outside the Training Room
"She acts so much like Xiao Lang." Fuutie said in a hushed voice.
"She's KAWII!!" Shiefa screamed causing the other three to cover her mouth.
"Shh do you want Xiao Lang to find us here." Fanren said.
"Do you think that those two would make a good couple?" Feimei said with dreamy eyes. The other three looked over at the girl and their eyes went dreamy too.
"What was her name?" Fuutie asked.
"Sakura." The voice came from behind the girls and they all knew at once that they had been caught what was worse was that they where caught by Syaoran.
"Hi little brother." Shiefa said standing straight up.
"We have to go." Fanren stuttered thinking fast.
"To the mall. Come on girls." Fuutie said dragging the girls away from the door.
"Sisters, I wonder what they are planning now." He turned to the room to see Sakura taking different poses in martial arts. He watched her as she moved and she was graceful but something was wrong she was slower then she should have been. That's when he realized that she was pushing herself to exhaustion. He made his was in front of her far enough away so that he wouldn't be hit but close enough to see how her eyes were clouded over. Her mind was else where, he looked at her face and was surprised to see that she had sadness clearly placed on her face. He stood there watching her, she was getting weaker he could feel it.
She was weaker then she had ever let herself become, when she realized that she had let it go it was to late to pull it back. As she came back to herself she realized that Syaoran was standing in front of her and he had felt it clearly without mistake. If he was further away she could have covered herself but now it was out he knew. Sakura had known that when he left, he had magic. Sakura had learned a long time ago to hide herself when need be, but she had made sure that she could do it everyday. Today was the first time that she had ever faltered in it. It couldn't come at a worse time either. Her legs had decided at that point they didn't want to hold her up. She fell expecting the mat, what she got was two strong arms holding her up.
"Sakura are you crazy? Pushing yourself to the point of exhaustion. You could kill yourself. Do you have a death wish or something?" his voice came out in a worried tone. He himself had never been in her position. Something was driving her, and Syaoran didn't think that it was anyone other then her will to fight.
"I need to sleep this is the only way that I can get true sleep." Sakura whispered this to him before she fell off into sleep. Syaoran sighed and lifted her from the floor, he took her up to her room and lied her down.
Study
Syaoran's POV
I couldn't believe what that girl would do for sleep. I mean I knew that she was having trouble I just didn't realize that she had to do that to get some true sleep. I should call my friends I haven't told them when they should show up and its only two weeks till Christmas.
The phone rang as he was about to pick it up.
"Li Syaoran speaking."
"Syaoran just the person I wanted to speak with." It was a cheery voice one he had heard many times.
"Tomoyo, Ogenki desuka?"
"Sugoi. When do you want us to come over?" he heard Eriol in the background.
"Now would be great. hey Tomoyo I think that I'm going to need your help with something." He grimaced when he heard her squeal. "I can't tell you over the phone so I tell you when you come over there's going to be some work."
"Ja Ne," I remember how she helped me maybe with a little bit of luck and a lot of work Sakura might come around.
Normal POV
A girl with dark purple hair and eyes pulled a guy with short blue hair and blue eyes up the stairs of the Li Mansion.
"Come on Eriol we cant be late." The girl screamed dragging him up the last of the stairs.
"It's not like he's going to kill us if we can't make it right away, Tomoyo."
"I know it's just that I wanna know what the great Li Syaoran wants my help with."
"Tomoyo if I had known that you were that anxious then I would have met you at the door." Syaoran said coming up behind her.
"So what is it what do you need my help on." Her eyes went dreamy.
"Meiling might kill me for this but I think that it's best that you meet HER yourself."
"What do you mean HER?" Eriol asked suspiciously.
"a guest of Meiling's came yesterday and at first I thought that she was just mean but now. well you have to meet her to understand come she's in the kitchen." He paused. "Eriol can you feel her?" he smiled when he saw the look on Eriol's face.
"You mean she has MAGIC." he almost screamed.
"It's a long story but yes and she's powerful." The trio headed to the kitchen. Sakura had heard them coming but did not make a move to leave. Sakura knew that Syaoran wanted her to meet these two and would find her no matter where she went. He had his senses locked on her and there was nothing she could do to get away.
"Sakura," she looked up taking note of both the girl and the guy with an emotionless face. "This is Tomoyo and Eriol Hiragizawa." She nodded at them not bothering to get up or shake their hands. She continued reading the file on Kaiiju murderer or so he was now called. He was called thus because of the brutal murders that he was employed to do.
"Umm Syaoran." Tomoyo whispered into his ear. "Is she always like this?"
"Yes I'm always like this now if you please I'm trying to work." Sakura spoke without looking up from her work it wasn't in a mean tone just an unfeeling one.
"Gomen." Tomoyo muttered as she and the guys walked out of the room. "Wow, you weren't kidding when you said that you needed help."
"I don't think she's heartless I just think that she has forgotten how to use it and open it to others." He sighed.
"Like you did. But she's different there is fire and passion in her eyes. She's working for or towards something." Tomoyo was trying to decide which when Syaoran told her.
"To find her parents murderer." The two looked at him in shock. "Kinomoto." The other two nodded it was all they needed to know she was one of the children of the massacre.
"Does anyone else know about her?" he nodded.
"Meiling she was the one that told me." he looked back to the door. Sakura was heading for her room. He knew she was going to train again and that's when he remembered what happened that morning he had expected her to sleep the rest of the day. Yet three hours later she was up and in the kitchen reading. "There's something else. I found her in the training this morning and she was exhausted. I'm not sure how long she was at it or if she got any sleep. But I think it's because of her violent dreams that she is training to the point of exhaustion." Tomoyo looked at him and was thinking for some time before she spoke.
"She's worse then you were. I gather her dreams are haunting of her past, and that she feels that unless she kills her parent's murderer they won't leave her." Tomoyo heard a floor board creek behind her and turned around to see Sakura.
"Tomoyo you are smart." Her voice held no anger, no threat, it was emotionless. But her eyes burned with passion and in a way they smiled. "But in one way you are wrong. I do not feel that unless I kill the murderer these dreams won't leave. If that was the case I would have forgotten it long ago. No this, is my hell." Her voice grew desperate and shaky. "I shouldn't be here, soon they will find me and it will happen all over again." She sighed remembering what really happened the night after her parent's murder. "The murderer returned that same night. I was too young to realize what he had done but now I know he." her body was suddenly started to shake as if in pain. "I cant he knows that I'm. no. spell." She fell to her knees feeling the pain that raced through her body. The voice spoke in her head. "No. I will not. allow you to hurt them." her body shook as more pain shot through it. "I would DIE FIRST." She screamed as the pain hit her full blast. The same voice rang out for all to hear
"That can be arranged my cherry blossom. I know you are close. I can feel you, yet someone seeks to protect you. They have done it well but it will not last for long." A laugh followed the voice it was harsh and evil. Syaoran rushed forward, quickly followed by Tomoyo and Eriol.
"Sakura are you okay?" he helped her to her feet. Her face was cringed in pain.
"He didn't want me to tell you." she looked at Eriol then Tomoyo. "I know that you can help me and I want your help.. But there may be times when. when I'm not myself and I will push you away. Don't let me." her voice had a tone of finality in it.
"Sakura was it a spell that he put on you." her answer was only a nod afraid that the pain would return but it didn't.
"He normally can't touch me in the waking world. Yet every once in a while he finds a way. It's normal when I sleep that he decides to show me the lies that he has created." She took a breath and her face returned to its emotionless state. Sadness past through Tomoyo's eyes as she saw this. Sakura was the only one that took notice, and she didn't understand why.
"Sakura I don't know what we can do but we can try, I will have to search my memories and see if I can remember anything from my past life as Clow Reed." Sakura's head shot up toward him as she heard this name. He noticed her stern look and took an involuntary step back. She looked at the others and noted there was no surprise in there face when Eriol said the ancient name.
"You're his reincarnation." Her voice was harsher then she meant it to be, making Eriol wince.
"Yes is there something wrong with that?" he asked her not knowing how she would answer.
"Well it depends, I mean I should have recognized the magic in you it is partly my own." Sakura turned and headed up the stairs leaving the group lost and confused.
"Sakura what do you mean?" she stopped and let some of her aura slid away toward him. She let herself a small smile when she was turned away at the sound of his gasp.
"Sakura do you have the." she cut him off.
"Yes but now they are mine, personally." He understood what she meant by this.
"Where are." she cut him off again.
"They will be here soon." Was all she said as she disappeared at the top of the stairs?
"Eriol am I missing something?" Syaoran was totally lost by the conversation the two just had.
"No not at all it looks like you found her without even realizing it." Eriol smiled at the irony.
"What are you a talking about?"
"The card mistress my little descendent. The card mistress." He watched as Syaoran's eyes lit up with surprise.
Sakura's room
A tear trickled down her face. The pain was still there dulled but not by much. 'The monster will pay for this with his life. He took my family, my life, my safety, and my dreams. I will kill him.' she could feel the cold weather through her window as it pulled her nightgown, she had gone so long with only the pain that it felt weird to be thankful for anything. In the back of her mind was the comforting warmth that always came. It was from her guardians, they would arrive tomorrow afternoon. She missed them, she had seen them eight years ago. They knew that she had changed, her life had been nothing but training. They helped her, but soon she left to train in more advanced schools.
"Sakura, can we talk?" Eriol's voice pulled her from her thoughts.
"Sure." She walked to the bad and motioned for him to join her.
"Is there anything that you can tell me? I mean I don't feel the cards here. Where are they?" Eriol's voice sounded a little saddened but Sakura took no notice of it.
"I left them with the Guardians until I knew it was safe for them to be with me. Even now I don't think that its safe. but it's the safest it's going to get. So they are on their way here." She saw the expression that Eriol had and continued. "Don't worry their careful and they know how to get here without being seen." Eriol smiled at Sakura.
"I didn't even expect I mean. Have you turned them." she nodded her head. "So you're powerful."
"No not enough I need to train more." She sighed.
"So what are you going to do now?" Eriol was worried about her and it showed clearly on his face.
"I know where he is and with another week of training and I will be ready." She walked to the window. Eriol headed for the door. "And Eriol please tell Tomoyo not to follow through with her plan." Eriol smiled.
"Sakura there is not a person in heaven, hell, or on earth that could stop Tomoyo and her plans." Eriol left hearing Sakura sigh.
"Then I might as well kill Syaoran now that's what Tomoyo is sentencing him to with her plan." When she turned she saw Syaoran standing with a mug in his hand.
"Sakura this is a tea that our family uses when we have trouble sleeping maybe it will help you." she looked at him and almost smiled, she quickly turned away. 'He's being kind to me, he is going to get killed and it will be all my fault.' She turned to see that Syaoran's smile had faded to be replaced with a frown. "You shouldn't think that way. I do this because someone once did it for me when I was emotionless."
"You read my mind?" he shook his head.
"You throw the thought to me." he handed her the mug. It was warm and smelled like honey.
"So what's in it?" Sakura asked as she took a sip.
"It's an ancient family recipe." She finished the tea, and watched as the room started to swirl. Then she felt strong arms lift her and place her on soft bed and felt the warmth of the cover over her. She faintly heard his voice, "Good night and sweet dreams my Yang Fa."
Kitchen
"What do you mean you gave her sleeping pills?" Tomoyo screamed when she heard what Syaoran put in the tea.
"I wanted her to get some sleep not wake up in the middle of the night screaming." Syaoran remembered last night.
"Why do you say that?" Eriol asked.
"Last night, well her dreams are violent you would understand what she had said when he shows her the things in her sleep. I would hate to see what could make her scream bloody murder." His two companions shuttered at the thought.
"Eriol what was that just now on the stairs between you and her." Eriol smiled.
"She is as you are one of the children of Clow Reed. I believe that is part of the reason that you wish to protect her."
"What do you mean?"
"This house is the very embodiment of the Li family whatever they want the house tries to give them. You and Meiling want to protect this girl. So the house has used all its assets to accomplish that goal."
"But what about just now the attack on Sakura's mind." Eriol thought for a moment.
"The house didn't know that it would attack that way but now its ready for that kind to it will be harder for him to get in if at all." The group heard the front door open and Meiling's voice.
"HELLO IS ANYONE HOME!" her voice rang throughout the first floor.
"IN THE KITCHEN!" Tomoyo had been friends with Meiling since she moved to Hong Kong.
"TOMOYO!" Meiling came running into the kitchen and the two shared a hug.
"So how are you?"
"I'm better now that you're here." Meiling and Tomoyo shared a smile.
"So what's been going on all day?" the three of them looked at each other and shared a look that said 'were in trouble.'
After they had shared the day's events with Meiling, they heard a noise down the hall.
"I'll go check it out." Syaoran desperately wanted to get away from Meiling. She was giving him that look 'what did I tell you.' he walked out of the hallway and heard Meiling scream something before suddenly being cut short by Eriol's harsh tone. Syaoran continued down the hallway following where he knew the sound came from. He found Sakura leaning against the wall.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?" his voice shattered the silence and his words hung heavy in the air. She turned to face him, her face was emotionless as they always had been. Her eyes on the other hand, were dark pools. There was no color to them, there was no hint of the bright green eyes, filled with sorrow and passion only dark pools of nothingness. What surprised him more then that was that she was holding one of the family's ancient swords.
"Sakura is gone. Only I remain, I am the destroyer of good, the destiny of all men, I break the power fate holds, I am death." The voice was scratchy and horse, not what he had expected. A laugh escaped her mouth but it sounded more like an animal crying out for help. Her face then twisted into a fake smile.
"Where is she let her go leave her alone. NOW!" the words poured over the creature that wasn't Sakura. A menacing laugh was heard as the illusion dissipated.
"Like that now did you? I can't believe that you can't tell the difference between a person and an illusion and you call yourself a magician. A leader of the Li clan how pathetic." His laughter echoed off the halls but then was silenced by another.
"You think your so high and mighty. What if I told you that Syaoran wasn't the pathetic but that you were, I mean are?" he recognized it at once it was Sakura's voice. But he didn't understand she was supposed to be sleeping at this moment. "So what if he can't tell truth from illusion most people can't I'm actually kind of surprised you knew how to use it with you being stupid and all." He could feel her building magic up to push him back, she was making him made so he would loose concentration.
"Why you..." he was silencing because at that moment she let loose her power and it overwhelmed him. Throwing him from the minds of all that where in the mansion.
"Sakura?" he heard his voice break.
"Yes," her voice was weak but at the same time sweet.
"Where are you? Do you need help?" he asked gaining control over his voice.
"I'm in my room and yes I could use some help." He bounded up the stairs taking three at a time. He came in her room to find her sitting on the floor up against the chest at the foot of her bed. He walked over and lifted her easily from the floor and placed her on her bad.
"Better?"
"Yes thank you." she looked up at him and saw the concern in his eyes. "I'm okay really just tired." "You don't look okay." Syaoran was still worried he wasn't sure how much magic she used because she would never let him see her power.
"Syaoran, two friends of mine are coming. More then likely they will come tomorrow night. I want you to meet them be here." She was drifting of to sleep. "Tell me what you told me earlier." Her face was placid without emotion.
"When was that?" he asked watching her as she started to drift off.
"Before I fell asleep."
"It's an ancient family recipe." He looked at her sheepishly.
"After that." She listened to him as he whispered to her again for the second time that day.
"Good night and sweet dreams my Yang Fa."