Dragonia: hey sorry about the late update its just work and seeing a movie
and hanging out I haven't had time to write more, sorry. Well enough blah
more story.
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Chapter 4
The Family
The sun rose over the mansion, revealing the many acre land. The gardens filled with plants that were found all around the world. The mansion was quite, almost, in the far corner of the west wing. A continuous thump could be heard, it was a fist slamming into a punching bag. It had been two hours since the woman awoke, she had jogged, meditated and practiced her martial arts, but for some reason she couldn't concentrate. Her punches were off and her mind was not working. She stopped and plopped on the ground finally listening to what her mind, spirit and heart were arguing about.
'He's hansom.' Her heart sang.
'His eyes worry too much.' Her spirit was dreaming.
'Why would I care?' The mind was trying to figure out how to shut them up.
'Come on admit it.' (Heart)
'You've got to be kidding me right?' (Mind)
'He is very caring.' (Spirit)
'What are you two on?'(Mind)
'Oh come on you know you like him its two against one you know you can't win.' (Heart)
'Besides if you admit it well leave you alone to train.' (Spirit)
'Fine he's cute.' (Mind)
'Cute?'(Heart & Spirit)
'Handsome.' (Mind)
'Oh come on you got better.' (Heart) 'Alright, alright. He's gorgeous now would you go away.'(Mind)
'Umm Hun we are you we can't leave but well be quite.' Heart and spirit giggled as they dissipated into her mind. Sakura stood up and continued punching furious at herself for admitting it and more furious about it to be talking to herself, even more to be beaten by yourself.
"I can't believe I admitted it." Sakura stopped and looked out the window to see the sunrise. A voice interrupted her thoughts.
"What did you admit to?" Sakura turned around to see Meiling.
"Nothing just something small. So how was the night shift?" She heard Meiling's sad sigh.
"We lost two men the trainees. They fought well thanks to you and brought in four guys but they both bleed to death before they reached the hospital." Meiling walked to the window. "Its beautiful isn't it." Sakura nodded. "This man do you know his name?"
"He goes by many but the major one is Quit Neal. When I last saw him he was powerful I was hoping that I might take him by surprise because then I will have the upper hand." Sakura sighed.
"You do realize that you don't have to do it alone. We can help why do you think we wanna know what's going on I mean we can help you might even have the upper hand." Meiling walked over next to Sakura.
"I can't allow you to come with me no one can. I'm not supposed to be here and you guys aren't supposed to know me." Sakura took a deep drink out of her water bottle.
"It happened you couldn't have changed that and you're here now and I WILL not take NO for an answer so I'm helping you so live with it okay." She watched as Sakura put down her bottle and walked over to the beam and pulled herself up.
"Meiling if you want to through your life away go ahead but do not do it with me, more then likely you'll just get in my way." Sakura ran across the beam and executed a double back flip, followed by a round off onto a mat. Meiling stood there watching Sakura, her perfect form and her strong muscles. Meiling realized that she must have been training as long as Syaoran and that's when she realized he was the only one that wouldn't get in her way. She left the room with a plan forming in her head. She smiled devilishly.
Meanwhile where Syaoran is
"NO I do not want anything from you STUPID do you hear me I said STUPID SUN OF A ." he was Screaming into the telephone when Meiling came in.
"SYAORAN." Meiling screamed over his rambling yelling. "PUT THE PHONE DOWN BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASS." He slammed the phone on its stand.
"What is it now Meiling?" his voice was annoyed.
"I want you to help Sakura." She said it like it was the easiest thing in the world.
"Meiling don't you think that's what I've been trying to do?" irritation dripping in his voice.
"No no I mean with her training. She's so insistent upon it that I think if you where to help her maybe you could go with her when she does fight Quit Neal. I don't want her to be alone."
"Wait who's Quit Neal?"
"Lets just call him her demon shall we." Meiling smiled she had come up with the perfect plan she needed to go talk to Eriol and Tomoyo. "Okay I have things to do Sakura is in the training room in the west wing. Go go. Jeesh for a man you sure are slow." Meiling pushed him towards the training room and then ran towards the gardens.
Syaoran's POV
I wonder what Meiling is up to I've only seen that look in her eyes twice. The first was when she was eleven and tried to get me to eat a sandwich full of spiders and the second was when she tried to set me up with that.. Oh no she couldn't be considering that could she. Why not you like her don't you? Well no not really I mean she's mean and heartless. No she not stop fooling yourself she has a great spirit, you've seen it in her eyes they burn with passion how can she be heartless with eyes like that? Well I don't like her. No you lo. No don't say it. I'm at the training room look there she is doing flips and and. Come on tell me you don't like looking at her. I do. Tell me you wanna wake up to look at that face every morning for the rest of your life. That would be nice. Tell me you lo.
"Syaoran are you okay?" Sakura pulled me from my thoughts, her eyes seemed to care for a split second then they lost it and returned to being emotionless.
"Yes I'm okay I actually wanted to know if you would mind training with me?" Sakura looked at him and was thoughtful for a minute. "Why?" I watched as she walked over to her bag and pulled out some tape and wrapped her hands.
"Because I still need to train and wouldn't it be different to fight someone who has trained since they where four." I watched as excitement boiled over in her eyes.
"A challenge that it would be."
Sakura's POV
I knew deep down that I was getting way to close but my heart and spirit would not let me leave without an answer. When he offered to help me train my spirit jumped at the chance. To fight against him, that's all it wanted was to be close to him and what better way to do it then in what I was the best at.
So I agreed more for the sake that I needed to be stronger and better then I am now.
Normal POV
Left and right punches were thrown, each blocked with little effort. Jump kicks and low kicks were dodged with not much trouble. The two had been at it for an hour and still there were no successful hits. Syaoran pulled away and stopped Sakura followed his actions.
"Sakura I know that you are much better then this why are you holding back." Sakura looked at him and answered with a hint of venom in her voice.
"Because you are." He smiled.
"Well then lets quite the warm up and get started." Sakura answered him with a hard left hook. He barely had time to block it but he smiled a true smile she had almost landed a punch but it would take a lot more then that to get him. The punches flew much faster gaining and losing ground at an exceptional speed. Sakura decided to fake and couldn't believe her eyes when she landed a left hook. Syaoran looked more then surprised and he came on her in full force. He was angry and being careless, she decided that it would be better to go on the attack. She went matching punch for punch kick for kick. They both started to breath a little harder. It was then that Syaoran found a way into her defenses and landed a kick at her stomach. She stopped slightly clutching her stomach.
"Syaoran that was much more then I expected from you." Sakura almost smiled when they heard a loud crash at the door. Both turned to see a pile of four sisters. Sakura could hear the change in Syaoran right away his breath slowed and his eyes burned with fury. Syaoran hated to be interrupted when he was training weather it be alone or with a group. He was about to yell and scream and literally end all life on earth when, Sakura spoke up. "Syaoran I don't believe you introduced me to the pile on the floor." She referred to his sisters low enough so they wouldn't hear. He lashed in his head and gave her a smile.
"Sakura, I would like you to meet my sisters. Fuutie, Shiefa, Fanren, and Feime. Sisters this is Sakura." Sakura did not smile only nodded at each.
"Syaoran thank you for the session but I think that I am going to take a walk. Ladies." Sakura walked away leaving Syaoran to watch her in wonder.
"Brother," Syaoran heard a loud squeak behind him but did not turn around. "You've never trained with anyone besides Meiling and at that you were forced to. Why would you do this?" Fuutie the oldest inquired.
"Could it be that our little brother is in lo..." Shiefa began but was swiftly cut off, when he turned and looked at them. His face was composed of sadness, fury, and love. His look silenced them. They could not say anything, Sakura was apart of him now and forever. Yet for some reason he felt great sorrow, she would not smile and she had almost before. He walked away leaving his sisters gaping at him.
Garden
"Tonight will be the night that I will see them, after eight years." Sakura spoke to herself more out of habit then anything else. She looked around finding peace although it would be brief. The garden she loved them they reminded her so much of home the way it was before her parents died. Her father was caring and strong her mother beautiful and kind. She missed them, her brother was the one that had always protected her she remembered the last time that she had spoken to him it was clear as day and hurt her to no end but she had to do it had to make him seem dead.
FLASHBACK
She walked under the many sakura trees that her father had planted for her mother and her. It always amazed her the way that these trees survived when the rest of the garden died when unattended. They were as beautiful as ever if possible even more so.
"Sakura," she heard her brother's voice behind her. "Where are you going we need to talk."
"No Touyo, you have done all you could but go I don't need you to protect me you can't." Sakura continued to walk through the garden. Her brother grabbed her arm.
"Sakura why can't you just accept what happened and move on." He looked at her pleadingly.
"I cant because I saw it I was eight can you imagine how I wake up every night screaming even now. I cant go back to who I was every moment of my life is that picture that last scene I cant remember how they were just that picture the lifeless eyes and the agony on their faces. You can remember the way they were I cant. So I need to do this to free mine and their souls." Sakura looked at him her eyes filled with unshed tears.
"I should have been there to stop you, you should have never seen them. Never found them I should have." He spoke with anger.
"You can't protect me anymore." She pushed him away with all her agony. "You cant do it I don't want you to get hurt. I will go and find them alone. Now go leave. You have work." Sakura ran never looking back. She knew what her brother would look like and she couldn't take it. Her life had fallen apart. She was tired and wanted a peaceful sleep, she could protect him now. He would be dead to the world throwing himself into his work. Once this was finished she would find him and weather he would accept her or not she would apologize. They would be free weather she lived or die mattered not to her only that she set her parents souls free from their torment.
END OF FLASHBACK
He left that day and she hadn't seen him since. He was the type of brother that protected her no matter the cost, but here he could not Sakura knew this, he had no magic to speak of and that's what he would need now to defeat what she was going against.
She stood up from the bench that she was sitting on and headed towards the back door. Climbing the stairs she decided to get a shower something she hadn't had in a few days.
Kitchen
"Meiling I don't get it how will that work with her emotionless ness." Eriol, Tomoyo and Meiling had been planning throughout the morning.
"Eriol don't worry I will handle that you only have to worry about the other part." Tomoyo smiled her only part was to RECORD.
"And what part is that." The group turned to see Syaoran standing at the door.
"A Christmas play, yes that's it." Meiling really didn't want Syaoran to know about the plan that they were creating right under his nose. The other two looked at Meiling then back to Syaoran and nodded furiously.
"Okay well let me know when mother gets home okay." Meiling nodded as he left the room with a glass of juice in his hand. He did not believe that bull for a second.
"He didn't buy it." Meiling sighed it was going to be harder then she thought.
"That's a great idea." Tomoyo screamed.
"Wait what is?" Meiling was lost. Eriol sighed he knew exactly what she was thinking and it meant trouble for them.
"A PLAY. That would top it the Christmas. Hmm what do we do?" Tomoyo smiled and went off to dream land.
"Great no we have to live through director Tomoyo." Eriol sighed got up kissed her forehead and left.
"Well I guess that settles the other end of the plan." She walked to the entrance and she heard the door open. Meiling jaw dropped when she saw two people walk in.
"Aunt Yelen your home. XIAO LANG. GET YOU'RE A. GET DOWN HERE." Meiling's voice echoed through the mansion. Pulling Tomoyo from her thoughts, Eriol from his walk, Syaoran from his study, and Sakura from her dressing.
"Meiling what are you yelling abou.." Syaoran came down the stairs and looked up to see his mother.
"Mom," he bowed and looked at her face it was emotionless and slowly slid into a smile. "Welcome home."
"Son, its been a while its good to see you." The two embraced, it had been five years since he had seen his mother she had left because the elders suddenly took ill and she went to find a doctor a few months ago they died so she returned having no reason left to search.
"The place has been empty since you left." Meiling was standing behind Syaoran, Eriol and Tomoyo came in from the kitchen.
"Son I see we have a guest." She gestured to the stairs, Syaoran turned to see Sakura, but she looked different, his breath was caught as he looked at her. She was a goddess that he was sure of. Her waist length hair was tied into a loose bun, hair fell to the side of her head. She wore a dress that Syaoran was sure hadn't seen the light of day for a few years. It was green the sleeves where cut to hang further to the ground, the skirt hung around itself and fanned behind her.
"Are you going to introduce them or just stand there like an idiot?" He looked sharply at Meiling.
"Mother this is Sakura Kin.." he stumbled over her last name he never lied to his mother but Sakura didn't want anyone to know her last name.
"Kinomoto." Sakura finished for him knowing his trouble.
"Sakura this is my mother Li Yelen." Yelen smiled at Sakura but she did not return the smile.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Li." Sakura bowed to Yelen.
"Please Kinomoto call me Yelen I knew your parents we were like family." Fury showed behind her eyes as she looked from Meiling to Syaoran. They had not told her thus, and by the look on both their faces they realized their mistake.
"Yelen please I would appreciate if you did not call me Kinomoto because that family is long dead." Sakura turned around to face the four Li sisters but brushed by them and up the stairs.
"Syaoran you didn't tell her did you." He shook his head. "Then you didn't tell her of the promise did you?" Again he shook his head. Syaoran knew of a promise but not all of it no one but his parents and the Kinomoto knew it.
"She looked so KAWII in that dress." The four sisters squealed in unison.
"Girls now is not the time go find something to do." Te girls sighed and walked away talking about Sakura. "So who found her?" Yelen looked around the room at the four.
"She found me, she's been going around helping stations with their problems. Though she's here to fix her own." Yelen sighed and Meiling continued. "She's been considerably emotionless for the time that she's been here."
"Not quite." They all turned to look at Syaoran who was looking at the top of the stairs where Sakura disappeared from view. "She does have emotions I just think that she's afraid to use them. I almost got her to smile." He headed for the stairs and started to climb.
"By Christmas." Was all Yelen said as she walked to her room.
"Yes mother." He headed for Sakura's room it was almost time for her friends to show up and he hoped that she still wanted him there.
Three Hours Later
The two companions had been sitting in an uneasy silence since Syaoran came to her room. He couldn't stand it so he decided now or never.
"Sakura I'm sorry it's just that."
"Syaoran don't worry about it I understand. Its not important right now." She stood up and walked to the window.
"I'm still sorry." He whispered and when he looked up she was kneeing right in front of him.
"Syaoran I was more upset at the fact that I cant remember you then that you didn't tell me. My memories from before my parents are far and in between." Sakura pulled him to the balcony door.
"Sakura we never met when we were little. I think I would have remembered a face like yours." He smiled at her.
"Syaoran there almost here. Help me open this door." Together they pulled the door open and let the cold weather flow into the room. Two figures entered the room and the doors quickly where slammed shut.
"Mistress." A voice that was emotionless came from the taller of the two. Syaoran turned to see a tall man dressed in a white robe with long white hair. His eyes were silver and his wings slowly disappeared.
"Sakura," the second figure breathed a roar like tone. It was a mane less lion, a type of armor decoration in his head. He had a small pack around his neck.
"Yue, Kero. It is good to see both of you." They looked at her for a minute and Kero frowned.
"Sakura your different, your not the same." Syaoran heard her sigh and decided it might be a while.
"Please don't start this it's been eight years and id rather not bring up ancient history. Yue how is my brother?" Yue was slightly taken aback by her sudden change in topic. The last time he had seen her she was giving them a warm smile that faulted and headed on a plane towards America. Now that smile never even graced her face, when they entered he could see the sadness and happiness in her eyes but only for a second. She was the very thing that he feared she would be.
"Well do you wanna know the truth?" He took a seat on the bed.
"Always." Sakura sat down in the same chair that she sat in earlier.
"Depressed but surviving." Yue finally took notice of the other person in the room for some reason he knew this kid but from where he couldn't remember. "Whose the kid?" the boy jumped at the question.
"Kero Yue I would like you to meet Li Syaoran. Syaoran meet Kero the guardian beast of the Clow book and Yue the final judgment Guardian." Syaoran nodded at both of them, taking in her words. He really wasn't surprised when she had said Clow book, he had realized it when hey said Mistress. The thing that bothered him was that she had been here all this time and not once had he seen her train with the cards. As if on queue the beast walked over to Sakura and laid down on the floor in front of her.
"Thank you Kero." She pulled the pack off of his neck and revealed a book. "Well hello old friends I haven't seen you in a while. How are you?" in greeting the book opened and out came the cards. The three watched as the cards left the book they suddenly changed taking on her darkened aurora. The book soon followed in the change. Yue sighed he was afraid of this too. He looked over at the boy who was watching Sakura his features masked, but Yue could read that he was worried.
"Sakura, so what are we going to do now?" Kero asked yawning as the cards returned to the book.
"Train."
"Sakura remember now that we are your family and that we will do anything to help you now." Kero rose and walked to the bed, jumping up and lying next to Yue.
"No Kero I believe that this is her family." Yue gestured over to Syaoran meaning the people in his family. Yue searched the house and felt a familiar aurora. The reincarnation of Clow he had meat the boy once.
"Family, my family has been dead no one can replace them."
"No one wants to replace your family we only want you to become apart of theirs." Sakura looked over at Syaoran it was the first time that he had spoken since her friends had arrived.
"My family."
Dragonia: so I hope you liked this chapter sorry it took me sooo long to update but I had work and then I was very busy. arg well I hope you like this chappy cause there's more I'll get there soon. Next chapter I need something hmmmm but I don't know what yet hmm. Oh well Je Na until next time.
AnimeObsessionFantasy: thank you and I'm working as fast as I can.
Gwuinivyre: hey no worries hope your not too confused girl.
Chapter 4
The Family
The sun rose over the mansion, revealing the many acre land. The gardens filled with plants that were found all around the world. The mansion was quite, almost, in the far corner of the west wing. A continuous thump could be heard, it was a fist slamming into a punching bag. It had been two hours since the woman awoke, she had jogged, meditated and practiced her martial arts, but for some reason she couldn't concentrate. Her punches were off and her mind was not working. She stopped and plopped on the ground finally listening to what her mind, spirit and heart were arguing about.
'He's hansom.' Her heart sang.
'His eyes worry too much.' Her spirit was dreaming.
'Why would I care?' The mind was trying to figure out how to shut them up.
'Come on admit it.' (Heart)
'You've got to be kidding me right?' (Mind)
'He is very caring.' (Spirit)
'What are you two on?'(Mind)
'Oh come on you know you like him its two against one you know you can't win.' (Heart)
'Besides if you admit it well leave you alone to train.' (Spirit)
'Fine he's cute.' (Mind)
'Cute?'(Heart & Spirit)
'Handsome.' (Mind)
'Oh come on you got better.' (Heart) 'Alright, alright. He's gorgeous now would you go away.'(Mind)
'Umm Hun we are you we can't leave but well be quite.' Heart and spirit giggled as they dissipated into her mind. Sakura stood up and continued punching furious at herself for admitting it and more furious about it to be talking to herself, even more to be beaten by yourself.
"I can't believe I admitted it." Sakura stopped and looked out the window to see the sunrise. A voice interrupted her thoughts.
"What did you admit to?" Sakura turned around to see Meiling.
"Nothing just something small. So how was the night shift?" She heard Meiling's sad sigh.
"We lost two men the trainees. They fought well thanks to you and brought in four guys but they both bleed to death before they reached the hospital." Meiling walked to the window. "Its beautiful isn't it." Sakura nodded. "This man do you know his name?"
"He goes by many but the major one is Quit Neal. When I last saw him he was powerful I was hoping that I might take him by surprise because then I will have the upper hand." Sakura sighed.
"You do realize that you don't have to do it alone. We can help why do you think we wanna know what's going on I mean we can help you might even have the upper hand." Meiling walked over next to Sakura.
"I can't allow you to come with me no one can. I'm not supposed to be here and you guys aren't supposed to know me." Sakura took a deep drink out of her water bottle.
"It happened you couldn't have changed that and you're here now and I WILL not take NO for an answer so I'm helping you so live with it okay." She watched as Sakura put down her bottle and walked over to the beam and pulled herself up.
"Meiling if you want to through your life away go ahead but do not do it with me, more then likely you'll just get in my way." Sakura ran across the beam and executed a double back flip, followed by a round off onto a mat. Meiling stood there watching Sakura, her perfect form and her strong muscles. Meiling realized that she must have been training as long as Syaoran and that's when she realized he was the only one that wouldn't get in her way. She left the room with a plan forming in her head. She smiled devilishly.
Meanwhile where Syaoran is
"NO I do not want anything from you STUPID do you hear me I said STUPID SUN OF A ." he was Screaming into the telephone when Meiling came in.
"SYAORAN." Meiling screamed over his rambling yelling. "PUT THE PHONE DOWN BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASS." He slammed the phone on its stand.
"What is it now Meiling?" his voice was annoyed.
"I want you to help Sakura." She said it like it was the easiest thing in the world.
"Meiling don't you think that's what I've been trying to do?" irritation dripping in his voice.
"No no I mean with her training. She's so insistent upon it that I think if you where to help her maybe you could go with her when she does fight Quit Neal. I don't want her to be alone."
"Wait who's Quit Neal?"
"Lets just call him her demon shall we." Meiling smiled she had come up with the perfect plan she needed to go talk to Eriol and Tomoyo. "Okay I have things to do Sakura is in the training room in the west wing. Go go. Jeesh for a man you sure are slow." Meiling pushed him towards the training room and then ran towards the gardens.
Syaoran's POV
I wonder what Meiling is up to I've only seen that look in her eyes twice. The first was when she was eleven and tried to get me to eat a sandwich full of spiders and the second was when she tried to set me up with that.. Oh no she couldn't be considering that could she. Why not you like her don't you? Well no not really I mean she's mean and heartless. No she not stop fooling yourself she has a great spirit, you've seen it in her eyes they burn with passion how can she be heartless with eyes like that? Well I don't like her. No you lo. No don't say it. I'm at the training room look there she is doing flips and and. Come on tell me you don't like looking at her. I do. Tell me you wanna wake up to look at that face every morning for the rest of your life. That would be nice. Tell me you lo.
"Syaoran are you okay?" Sakura pulled me from my thoughts, her eyes seemed to care for a split second then they lost it and returned to being emotionless.
"Yes I'm okay I actually wanted to know if you would mind training with me?" Sakura looked at him and was thoughtful for a minute. "Why?" I watched as she walked over to her bag and pulled out some tape and wrapped her hands.
"Because I still need to train and wouldn't it be different to fight someone who has trained since they where four." I watched as excitement boiled over in her eyes.
"A challenge that it would be."
Sakura's POV
I knew deep down that I was getting way to close but my heart and spirit would not let me leave without an answer. When he offered to help me train my spirit jumped at the chance. To fight against him, that's all it wanted was to be close to him and what better way to do it then in what I was the best at.
So I agreed more for the sake that I needed to be stronger and better then I am now.
Normal POV
Left and right punches were thrown, each blocked with little effort. Jump kicks and low kicks were dodged with not much trouble. The two had been at it for an hour and still there were no successful hits. Syaoran pulled away and stopped Sakura followed his actions.
"Sakura I know that you are much better then this why are you holding back." Sakura looked at him and answered with a hint of venom in her voice.
"Because you are." He smiled.
"Well then lets quite the warm up and get started." Sakura answered him with a hard left hook. He barely had time to block it but he smiled a true smile she had almost landed a punch but it would take a lot more then that to get him. The punches flew much faster gaining and losing ground at an exceptional speed. Sakura decided to fake and couldn't believe her eyes when she landed a left hook. Syaoran looked more then surprised and he came on her in full force. He was angry and being careless, she decided that it would be better to go on the attack. She went matching punch for punch kick for kick. They both started to breath a little harder. It was then that Syaoran found a way into her defenses and landed a kick at her stomach. She stopped slightly clutching her stomach.
"Syaoran that was much more then I expected from you." Sakura almost smiled when they heard a loud crash at the door. Both turned to see a pile of four sisters. Sakura could hear the change in Syaoran right away his breath slowed and his eyes burned with fury. Syaoran hated to be interrupted when he was training weather it be alone or with a group. He was about to yell and scream and literally end all life on earth when, Sakura spoke up. "Syaoran I don't believe you introduced me to the pile on the floor." She referred to his sisters low enough so they wouldn't hear. He lashed in his head and gave her a smile.
"Sakura, I would like you to meet my sisters. Fuutie, Shiefa, Fanren, and Feime. Sisters this is Sakura." Sakura did not smile only nodded at each.
"Syaoran thank you for the session but I think that I am going to take a walk. Ladies." Sakura walked away leaving Syaoran to watch her in wonder.
"Brother," Syaoran heard a loud squeak behind him but did not turn around. "You've never trained with anyone besides Meiling and at that you were forced to. Why would you do this?" Fuutie the oldest inquired.
"Could it be that our little brother is in lo..." Shiefa began but was swiftly cut off, when he turned and looked at them. His face was composed of sadness, fury, and love. His look silenced them. They could not say anything, Sakura was apart of him now and forever. Yet for some reason he felt great sorrow, she would not smile and she had almost before. He walked away leaving his sisters gaping at him.
Garden
"Tonight will be the night that I will see them, after eight years." Sakura spoke to herself more out of habit then anything else. She looked around finding peace although it would be brief. The garden she loved them they reminded her so much of home the way it was before her parents died. Her father was caring and strong her mother beautiful and kind. She missed them, her brother was the one that had always protected her she remembered the last time that she had spoken to him it was clear as day and hurt her to no end but she had to do it had to make him seem dead.
FLASHBACK
She walked under the many sakura trees that her father had planted for her mother and her. It always amazed her the way that these trees survived when the rest of the garden died when unattended. They were as beautiful as ever if possible even more so.
"Sakura," she heard her brother's voice behind her. "Where are you going we need to talk."
"No Touyo, you have done all you could but go I don't need you to protect me you can't." Sakura continued to walk through the garden. Her brother grabbed her arm.
"Sakura why can't you just accept what happened and move on." He looked at her pleadingly.
"I cant because I saw it I was eight can you imagine how I wake up every night screaming even now. I cant go back to who I was every moment of my life is that picture that last scene I cant remember how they were just that picture the lifeless eyes and the agony on their faces. You can remember the way they were I cant. So I need to do this to free mine and their souls." Sakura looked at him her eyes filled with unshed tears.
"I should have been there to stop you, you should have never seen them. Never found them I should have." He spoke with anger.
"You can't protect me anymore." She pushed him away with all her agony. "You cant do it I don't want you to get hurt. I will go and find them alone. Now go leave. You have work." Sakura ran never looking back. She knew what her brother would look like and she couldn't take it. Her life had fallen apart. She was tired and wanted a peaceful sleep, she could protect him now. He would be dead to the world throwing himself into his work. Once this was finished she would find him and weather he would accept her or not she would apologize. They would be free weather she lived or die mattered not to her only that she set her parents souls free from their torment.
END OF FLASHBACK
He left that day and she hadn't seen him since. He was the type of brother that protected her no matter the cost, but here he could not Sakura knew this, he had no magic to speak of and that's what he would need now to defeat what she was going against.
She stood up from the bench that she was sitting on and headed towards the back door. Climbing the stairs she decided to get a shower something she hadn't had in a few days.
Kitchen
"Meiling I don't get it how will that work with her emotionless ness." Eriol, Tomoyo and Meiling had been planning throughout the morning.
"Eriol don't worry I will handle that you only have to worry about the other part." Tomoyo smiled her only part was to RECORD.
"And what part is that." The group turned to see Syaoran standing at the door.
"A Christmas play, yes that's it." Meiling really didn't want Syaoran to know about the plan that they were creating right under his nose. The other two looked at Meiling then back to Syaoran and nodded furiously.
"Okay well let me know when mother gets home okay." Meiling nodded as he left the room with a glass of juice in his hand. He did not believe that bull for a second.
"He didn't buy it." Meiling sighed it was going to be harder then she thought.
"That's a great idea." Tomoyo screamed.
"Wait what is?" Meiling was lost. Eriol sighed he knew exactly what she was thinking and it meant trouble for them.
"A PLAY. That would top it the Christmas. Hmm what do we do?" Tomoyo smiled and went off to dream land.
"Great no we have to live through director Tomoyo." Eriol sighed got up kissed her forehead and left.
"Well I guess that settles the other end of the plan." She walked to the entrance and she heard the door open. Meiling jaw dropped when she saw two people walk in.
"Aunt Yelen your home. XIAO LANG. GET YOU'RE A. GET DOWN HERE." Meiling's voice echoed through the mansion. Pulling Tomoyo from her thoughts, Eriol from his walk, Syaoran from his study, and Sakura from her dressing.
"Meiling what are you yelling abou.." Syaoran came down the stairs and looked up to see his mother.
"Mom," he bowed and looked at her face it was emotionless and slowly slid into a smile. "Welcome home."
"Son, its been a while its good to see you." The two embraced, it had been five years since he had seen his mother she had left because the elders suddenly took ill and she went to find a doctor a few months ago they died so she returned having no reason left to search.
"The place has been empty since you left." Meiling was standing behind Syaoran, Eriol and Tomoyo came in from the kitchen.
"Son I see we have a guest." She gestured to the stairs, Syaoran turned to see Sakura, but she looked different, his breath was caught as he looked at her. She was a goddess that he was sure of. Her waist length hair was tied into a loose bun, hair fell to the side of her head. She wore a dress that Syaoran was sure hadn't seen the light of day for a few years. It was green the sleeves where cut to hang further to the ground, the skirt hung around itself and fanned behind her.
"Are you going to introduce them or just stand there like an idiot?" He looked sharply at Meiling.
"Mother this is Sakura Kin.." he stumbled over her last name he never lied to his mother but Sakura didn't want anyone to know her last name.
"Kinomoto." Sakura finished for him knowing his trouble.
"Sakura this is my mother Li Yelen." Yelen smiled at Sakura but she did not return the smile.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Li." Sakura bowed to Yelen.
"Please Kinomoto call me Yelen I knew your parents we were like family." Fury showed behind her eyes as she looked from Meiling to Syaoran. They had not told her thus, and by the look on both their faces they realized their mistake.
"Yelen please I would appreciate if you did not call me Kinomoto because that family is long dead." Sakura turned around to face the four Li sisters but brushed by them and up the stairs.
"Syaoran you didn't tell her did you." He shook his head. "Then you didn't tell her of the promise did you?" Again he shook his head. Syaoran knew of a promise but not all of it no one but his parents and the Kinomoto knew it.
"She looked so KAWII in that dress." The four sisters squealed in unison.
"Girls now is not the time go find something to do." Te girls sighed and walked away talking about Sakura. "So who found her?" Yelen looked around the room at the four.
"She found me, she's been going around helping stations with their problems. Though she's here to fix her own." Yelen sighed and Meiling continued. "She's been considerably emotionless for the time that she's been here."
"Not quite." They all turned to look at Syaoran who was looking at the top of the stairs where Sakura disappeared from view. "She does have emotions I just think that she's afraid to use them. I almost got her to smile." He headed for the stairs and started to climb.
"By Christmas." Was all Yelen said as she walked to her room.
"Yes mother." He headed for Sakura's room it was almost time for her friends to show up and he hoped that she still wanted him there.
Three Hours Later
The two companions had been sitting in an uneasy silence since Syaoran came to her room. He couldn't stand it so he decided now or never.
"Sakura I'm sorry it's just that."
"Syaoran don't worry about it I understand. Its not important right now." She stood up and walked to the window.
"I'm still sorry." He whispered and when he looked up she was kneeing right in front of him.
"Syaoran I was more upset at the fact that I cant remember you then that you didn't tell me. My memories from before my parents are far and in between." Sakura pulled him to the balcony door.
"Sakura we never met when we were little. I think I would have remembered a face like yours." He smiled at her.
"Syaoran there almost here. Help me open this door." Together they pulled the door open and let the cold weather flow into the room. Two figures entered the room and the doors quickly where slammed shut.
"Mistress." A voice that was emotionless came from the taller of the two. Syaoran turned to see a tall man dressed in a white robe with long white hair. His eyes were silver and his wings slowly disappeared.
"Sakura," the second figure breathed a roar like tone. It was a mane less lion, a type of armor decoration in his head. He had a small pack around his neck.
"Yue, Kero. It is good to see both of you." They looked at her for a minute and Kero frowned.
"Sakura your different, your not the same." Syaoran heard her sigh and decided it might be a while.
"Please don't start this it's been eight years and id rather not bring up ancient history. Yue how is my brother?" Yue was slightly taken aback by her sudden change in topic. The last time he had seen her she was giving them a warm smile that faulted and headed on a plane towards America. Now that smile never even graced her face, when they entered he could see the sadness and happiness in her eyes but only for a second. She was the very thing that he feared she would be.
"Well do you wanna know the truth?" He took a seat on the bed.
"Always." Sakura sat down in the same chair that she sat in earlier.
"Depressed but surviving." Yue finally took notice of the other person in the room for some reason he knew this kid but from where he couldn't remember. "Whose the kid?" the boy jumped at the question.
"Kero Yue I would like you to meet Li Syaoran. Syaoran meet Kero the guardian beast of the Clow book and Yue the final judgment Guardian." Syaoran nodded at both of them, taking in her words. He really wasn't surprised when she had said Clow book, he had realized it when hey said Mistress. The thing that bothered him was that she had been here all this time and not once had he seen her train with the cards. As if on queue the beast walked over to Sakura and laid down on the floor in front of her.
"Thank you Kero." She pulled the pack off of his neck and revealed a book. "Well hello old friends I haven't seen you in a while. How are you?" in greeting the book opened and out came the cards. The three watched as the cards left the book they suddenly changed taking on her darkened aurora. The book soon followed in the change. Yue sighed he was afraid of this too. He looked over at the boy who was watching Sakura his features masked, but Yue could read that he was worried.
"Sakura, so what are we going to do now?" Kero asked yawning as the cards returned to the book.
"Train."
"Sakura remember now that we are your family and that we will do anything to help you now." Kero rose and walked to the bed, jumping up and lying next to Yue.
"No Kero I believe that this is her family." Yue gestured over to Syaoran meaning the people in his family. Yue searched the house and felt a familiar aurora. The reincarnation of Clow he had meat the boy once.
"Family, my family has been dead no one can replace them."
"No one wants to replace your family we only want you to become apart of theirs." Sakura looked over at Syaoran it was the first time that he had spoken since her friends had arrived.
"My family."
Dragonia: so I hope you liked this chapter sorry it took me sooo long to update but I had work and then I was very busy. arg well I hope you like this chappy cause there's more I'll get there soon. Next chapter I need something hmmmm but I don't know what yet hmm. Oh well Je Na until next time.