Dragonia: okay I don't like talking I like writing so I only want to say
thank you to those who read and review I hope you enjoy reading it as much
as I love writing it.
AnimeObsessionFantasy- I can not promise if she will but I can not say that she won't. in truth I haven't decided. Please don't yell it all depends on the story itself. It more writes itself then I do.
Gwuinivyre- hey you know the drill so thanks and later.
Chapter 6
Fighting, Company, and a Boyfriend
"Syaoran, I need to continue attack me." Sakura's voice echoed through the mansion.
"Sakura we have been training since 4 o'clock this morning its noon. Aren't you hungry?" Syaoran was also tired but would never admit it. Since Sakura had agreed to the promise she had thrown herself whole heartedly into her training. It was only two more days until she left to fight Jack and in many ways she was twice as strong as she was when she first entered Syaoran's home. Sakura sighed and finally answered him.
"Very well let's eat." The two traveled down the hall to the kitchen.
"Wow the training duo is finally come to eat." Joked Eriol as they came into the kitchen. As always Sakura just ignored him, but Syaoran glared at him. Sakura had refused to tell anyone of the conversation that the two had so no one but Yelan knew that they were betrothed.
"Tomoyo what are you doing?" Sakura asked her voice taking on a note of curiosity. It had been this way every once in a while one of her lesser emotions slipped out, sadness, curiosity, loneliness and once or twice her fear.
"Sakura you have to check this out it's a play I'm writing that I want everyone to act out for our visitors its great. I want you to be the main character." Sakura's face went slack emotionless but you could see a slight fear in her eyes.
"What is it about?"
"Well there's this girl whom feels nothing a lot like you. Though there's this guy that she meets and he changes her. Soon the two realize that their in love. The girl soon finds out that the boy was the one that helped the men kidnap her. She doesn't think that she can forgive him. So she leaves for her home, she misses him terribly and realizes it so she returns to his home but when she gets there..."
"Tomoyo don't give away the ending. You want her to play the part not die before you finish it." Eriol didn't want Tomoyo going overboard and he knew that she could.
"Gomen... Oh Syaoran I want you to play the guy. And when are the other guest arriving your mother wants to know because she wants to start calling the staff back that Meiling fired." Tomoyo sighed and continued her writing.
"Well they should be arriving by tomorrow." He looked around and saw Meiling with this death glare on Tomoyo's back.
"Hey Tomoyo." Sakura said looking straight at Meiling.
"Yes." Tomoyo said looking up from her work.
"You know that I've become found of your antics, and other crazy whims." Tomoyo nodded. "Well as a friend and a concerned bystander I suggest you run." Tomoyo turned around and in seeing Meiling's face bounded over the table and out the door.
"Hey where's my kiss goodbye." Eriol shouted at Tomoyo. She bounded back inside giving Eriol a kiss and saying something that related gomen and bounded back outside. After this everyone including Meiling and excluding Sakura laughed. Syaoran looked over at Sakura and his jaw dropped she was smiling slightly. He was the only one in the room that noticed not even Sakura but her face soon lost emotion. Syaoran closed his mouth before anyone caught him.
"Is it safe to come back in now?" Tomoyo's voice came from the hallway.
"Yes." Meiling said dragging her back inside.
"So what are you guys deciding to do today?" Sakura asked picking up an apple and biting into it. Eriol, Tomoyo and Meiling looked at Syaoran.
"You mean you didn't tell her?" Meiling's face going bright with anger.
"When exactly was I supposed to tell her? Defiantly not, when she had a sword in her hand. Essentially if anything happened to me it would have been your fault." Meiling cooled down it was not good for a cop to loose their cool but she really didn't want to tell Sakura where they were going today.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked her eyes filling with the fire that would soon release her anger.
"Well Sakura Tomoyo and I wanted to take you shopping for the Christmas party and the play since you just must stay for both." Sakura's eyes widened she thought that it was something worse. Sakura hadn't left the mansion since she came.
"So you guys want to take me shopping?" Sakura hadn't really needed to go shopping cloths where just there. "I've never been shopping before."
"HOE." A scream escaped Tomoyo's lips. "Never.." Sakura shook her head. "Girl are you in for a treat." She turned around to see both the guys trying to sneak out. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. You two are coming with us." Tomoyo smiled as she watched the guy's slump in the chairs waiting for the girls to decided to leave.
Syaoran glanced over at Sakura, she seemed indifferent to the whole scene that was going on around her. Syaoran had learned differently though, learned to read the changing in her eyes. Right now they were passive. At such times he knew that she was neither happy nor sad. Sakura could never be happy not until she found her parents killers.
"Come on Sakura lets go!" Tomoyo screamed and dragged Sakura outside to the car.
The Car
"Sakura I should warn you that when we get to the mall there might be reporters." Sakura looked over at Meiling.
"See I kinda made sure that we'd have the mall to ourselves, cause we don't go shopping often but when we do we buy out many stores. In doing so the mall well this mall is different then most it has the higher class those with umm different tastes.." She trailed off.
"Meiling its okay I've dealt with reporters before no worries." Sakura paused. "Umm I don't think it's a good idea if my name is spread around in some circles I'm a woman wanted dead so call me Avalon. It's a code name, so just from here on out Avalon okay." everyone nodded agreeing that it was a fairly good idea." Syaoran looked over at her and smiled.
"You all go into the mall and I will answer enough questions to make them leave so that we don't have to worry about them when we leave." Everyone nodded.
Mall
The group stepped out and was blinded by the flashes. Meiling followed by Tomoyo and Eriol, Avalon (Sakura) followed not far behind. Most of the cameras centered on the new girl.
Lastly Li Syaoran stepped out of the car.
"Sir whose the new girl?" "What relationship does she have with you?" "Are you engaged?" "Will you break every girl's heart?" "What's her name?" "Can I have her phone number?" at this everyone laughed and quieted waiting for the future leader of the Li Clan to answer. His voice traveled over them all strong and menacing with a little bit of happiness sprinkled into it.
"First she's an old friend. A friend, not as of this moment, I would anyway, Avalon, and no." the reporters looked at each other trying to figure out who he answered first. By the time they had figured it out he was already gone.
"Well you handled them nicely." A green eyed girl replied when he entered the mall.
"I love that it's so much fun to confuse them especially when they have no clue they just lost a chance to get something out of me." he smiled at his friend "come on everyone's waiting for us." He pulled her to the stairs and walked up to the group.
"Clothes first shoes, then makeup." Tomoyo paused and turned to face Sakura. "Then we can go books, ummm then jewelry." Meiling nodded her head, Sakura also followed having no idea what was going on. Syaoran pitied her she was placing her life in two maniacs hands he was just glad that neither one could hear his thoughts.
'You do realize that I can and so can Sakura the only reason that she hasn't is because she wants to respect your privacy. My little descendant.' Eriol's voice echoed off the walls of his mind. Syaoran glared at Eriol, mouthing 'stay out of my head.' Eriol only laughed.
"Boys what's going on?" Tomoyo's voice brought both of them back to reality.
"Oh their just arguing in the mind world." Tomoyo and Meiling stared at Sakura. Eriol gave her the you-done-it-now look. And Syaoran only smiled.
"Sakura what is the mind world?" Meiling asked politely but fire burned in her eyes. Syaoran mouthed. 'Don't tell her' Sakura fidgeted and then looked around trying to find a way out of this predicament and then she figured it out.
"Look over there, that woman is trying on that blue dress." The desired reaction took affect. Tomoyo screamed and dragged Meiling and Sakura away.
"She's good at getting out of those situations." Syaoran smiled at Eriol's comment.
"Yes I can't wait till we make the an.." Syaoran stopped realizing what he was about to say.
"You should be a little bit more careful if Tomoyo had heard that she wouldn't have let you go as easy as I am going to my little descendant." Eriol walked away. Syaoran couldn't believe it he had almost said and Eriol had let him go. Eriol was as bad as Tomoyo when he came to rumors the fact that Syaoran got away without being told to tell was something else. He smiled and followed everyone into the closest clothing store.
"Sakura try this, this, this oh and this." Tomoyo handed Sakura four outfits. She nodded and went into the dressing room. Meiling and Tomoyo went into it with an outfit each.
Sakura was the first to come out her outfit was a peasant top, the sleeves hung down and were split in half. The shirt was white and had cherry blossoms swirling all over the shirt. The skirt was a frilly light pink matching the top.
"Wow Sakura its different from what you normally wear is it not." Eriol stood not far away commenting on her look.
"Yes I love it its so KAWAII." Tomoyo screamed coming up behind her. Meiling only nodded, she had come out before Tomoyo. "Syaoran what's your opinion?" they all looked over to Syaoran to find that he was standing, where he was sitting and he only nodded at a lose of words.
"Sakura change go I wanna see the rest." As Sakura entered the changing room all the while her face emotionless, everyone watched as Syaoran plopped into the seat he had been sitting in before Sakura came out. He let out a sigh, it said much more to his family then anything else could.
"Cousin, when are you going to tell her?" Syaoran looked over at Meiling.
"I can't not until she returns."
"But what if."
"No Meiling don't say it she will Syaoran won't let her. will you?" Tomoyo's face was stricken with fear and sadness at losing such a good hearted person. Sakura and Tomoyo had become close or as close as an emotionless person could get.
"Don't worry nothings going to happen to her I will make sure that nothing does." Sakura then came out wearing a dark green dress at the top it slanted creating a sleeve on one side and one missing on the other. At the bottom it slanted towards her missing sleeve. Syaoran just stared at her slack jawed and everyone else did too for she had her hair down.
"What?" her face did not change.
"Nothing it's just that.." Tomoyo started and stopped losing track of her mind or where her sentence was inevitable going.
"Well for a lack of a better word you're beautiful." Meiling finished for Tomoyo.
"No she's much more then that she's an angel." Syaoran said the first to truly come out of the stupor.
"Syaoran I would like to thank you but I deserve no such name or compliment if you had known half the things that I have done you would realize how wrong that comment is." Sakura turned to change. "Sakura, don't. I want to know but here is not the place or time. You are who you are what you've done in the past matters not." Sakura shook her head stopping his mind and mouth from continuing.
"It is not just what I have done it's what I will do in two days." She moved yet again to head to change. Syaoran stopped her and shook his head.
"I believe everyone agrees with me when I say that you should wear this. Meiling, Tomoyo and Eriol can go to the fabric store while you and me talk about something." Everyone nodded and Meiling went to pay for the cloths which were more then enough. Meiling had to have twelve people caring two bags each down to the van that had arrived ten minutes ago.
Meiling, Tomoyo, and Eriol
"So what do you think about these fabrics?" Meiling only nodded watching as Tomoyo picked green, black, and pink out.
"Don't forget blue, purple, and red." Tomoyo nodded. Both were avoiding the scene that had just happened.
"I still need thread, buttons, and ribbon." Tomoyo continued her mind not really on what she was doing.
"Ladies don't worry Sakura is with Syaoran he'll take care of it." Eriol smiled at the two and instantly they also cheered. The two then started running around finding all kinds of fabric for the play and the parties that were coming up. Soon most of the workers sweat dropped because they kept on hearing hoe yes and a bunch of other words that basically ran together.
"Hey Tomoyo I'm going to go get a drink I'll be back in a bit." Meiling wondered where Sakura and Syaoran disappeared to, 'I mean after all she was here to help me' Meiling thought then after a moment. 'Yeah right like I could pry Syaoran away from her. I knew when I brought her here he wouldn't be able to resist. but this time it's different. I know that he cares about her but could it be that.' her thoughts were interrupted when she walked into someone.
"Gomen." A strong voice came from behind her and picked her up from the ground. Meiling looked into bright blue eyes. "I wasn't watching where I was going." Meiling saw that he had blond hair and felt beneath her hands a well developed chest. 'Felt oh shit.'
"Thank you but you can let go of me now." He gave her a devilish smile.
"I would but it seems that my body just doesn't want to move." She looked at this weird guy. "Gomen, I'm kinda knew here my family just moved in near the Li mansion and I have no clue what I'm looking at could you tell me where to get out of here." He looked at her beautiful crimson eyes.
"Well first of all you can get your hands off of me for I'm highly skilled in martial arts, second I'm a cop, and third I'll consider letting you join me and my friends if you're nice." The guy let her go and smiled.
"I'm sorry I've been rude let me introduce myself Fa, Nasai." He bowed respectively
"Interesting your name is a combination of Chinese and Japanese is it not?" Meiling inquired. Nasai smiled.
"You are the first to notice my parents were both."
"Li, Meiling. Well since you are new I should warn you that my cousin doesn't take well to company especially if you even consider going near. Avalon." She gave him a cold glare. "Got it."
"Yes, who's Avalon? If I may ask?" she smiled and motioned for him to follow her and answered him heading towards Tomoyo and Eriol they seemed to be arguing about some new fashion.
"You'll meet her soon enough. Oh and tell no one that I told you to stay away from Avalon. It's a long story but if you value your life leave it be." Nasai only nodded wondering what he gotten himself into this time.
"NO it's this one." Tomoyo yelled her voice carrying highly in the mall.
"TOMOYO relax there is no reason for you to be screaming and no reason for you to be freaking out." Meiling took Tomoyo's shoulders and sat her down on the bench.
"I'm sorry." Tomoyo sighed and looked at the floor, Eriol sat down next to her. "I'm just worried about well you know.
"Yes Tomoyo we all know what your worried about we all are."
"Umm I don't mean to interrupt but is there something wrong." Eriol and Tomoyo looked up and finally noticed the guy standing next to Meiling. Eriol shot him a cold glance but it would never match the one that Meiling gave him.
"This is Fa, Nasai. He's new and I thought that maybe he could help us." Eriol looked at Nasai a little harder and noted that he had a faint aura, untrained but powerful all the same.
"He has potential." Eriol smiled then nodded. "He will have to survive Syaoran just like Avalon did." Eriol stopped. "I'm sure that Meiling has told you but I will tell you yet again. Don't go after Avalon, Syaoran is very protective with anyone but Avalon more so." Nasai only nodded. "Oh by the way I'm Hiragizawa, Eriol and this is my wife Tomoyo."
"Nice to meet you our friends should be back soon." Tomoyo looked around wondering where the two had disappeared to. Eriol looked at Meiling and wondered what she had up her sleeve. Meiling looked at him and saw his worried glance.
"Don't worry Eriol, everything will work out.. Somehow." Meiling smiled and looked around spotting Syaoran and Sakura.
Sakura and Syaoran
"Sakura." He sighed Syaoran had led them to an abandoned part of the mall.
"Avalon please it would not be good for the famous leader of the Li clan to be seen with a." Sakura paused knowing that she could not continue.
"What tell me what, what is so bad about who you are?" he took a hold of her shoulders.
"I have killed many, and it's not the fact that there dead it's the fact that I felt nothing no pain, no fear, and most of al no sadness for their death." Sakura turned around looking out the window. "This world is full of people and everyday many of them die. Others go unhindered by these deaths and the few that it affects change for the rest of their life. I stop these killers. So in many ways I am the killer of killers and that makes me worse. Once my job is done it's just that. Where will I go when I die not to heaven and defiantly not to hell. I am not an angel yet not a demon I do not enjoy killing nor do I feel remorse." Syaoran walked over and stood next to her.
"Well where ever you go I will be right beside you for I am more like you then you realize." Sakura sighed and turned to face him.
"Syaoran there's something I want to say to you before we go back. I want to thank you, you are the first person who has ever tried to make me smile." Sakura looked at his face and for the first time in her life couldn't hide the smile that crept onto it. Syaoran almost died in that second her smile was more then anything he could ever imagine. After a minute or two he came back to himself but her smile was gone.
"Sa.. Avalon your right I was wrong to call you an angel." Sakura looked at him quizzically. "This you can't argue with a goddess of justice." She looked at him it was in many ways true she only killed if she absolutely had to and it was those who had committed the worst crimes.
"Syaoran I think its time that we return to the." she paused something pulling her from her present state. 'Mistress.' She heard a light voice. 'Mistress there's a problem'.
'What is it Yue.'
'It's Kero he seems well.. for a lack of a better word sick.' Sakura paused before finally replying.
'Alright let me tell everyone here and I will return to take care of him.' Sakura was pulled back just in time to stop Syaoran from another fit of shaking her shoulders.
"I have to get back to the mansion Kero well something's wrong and I don't know if he will be okay." Sakura said with a little fear in her voice. Syaoran took not of this and nodded.
"Come on I will tell everyone and then you and I can return to find out what's wrong." Sakura only nodded following Syaoran. The two soon came up to Eriol, Tomoyo, Meiling and some guy that was standing not to far away from them.
"Meiling," he paused sing the guy standing next to her. "Umm who the hell is that?" he motioned to the guy.
"This is Fa, Nasai. He's got potential." Meiling hinted to him, Sakura got it right away and felt an orange aurora. She nodded at Meiling showing her understanding.
"Hello Nasai call me Avalon. This is Li Syaoran don't worry I think his right hook is a lot worse then his glare." The guy smiled weekly and Eriol laughed.
"Well well it seems that the cold and firey has a sense of humor after all." Tomoyo and Meiling smiled and Syaoran just looked on evilly.
"Syaoran we have to." he nodded.
"Meiling there's a problem with Avalon's friends at home. Finish up here and come home." Syaoran stopped taking a good look at Nasai, and realized the real reason he was here as he stole a glance at Meiling. "Bring him too. I think he might just be eligible to join." Syaoran and Sakura left the mall. Meiling smiled and turned to face Nasai.
"Well it seems that Syaoran thinks that you're cool."
"I wouldn't have guessed it from the look he just gave me." Nasai smiled and followed Meiling who followed Tomoyo and Eriol to the jewelry store.
After Syaoran and Sakura left soon the four left too because it was getting boring. Most of the reason for going was to find something for Sakura to wear.
Mansion
"KERO," Sakura screamed running up the stairs and to her room. When she opened the door she saw Kero lying on the floor, she looked around and not far form him was Yue. "Kero. Yue..." her words broke the silence that filled the room.
"mistress." She heard a week voice from Yue. She picked up Kero and went to Yue's side. For once she was glad of Kero's small form. "They came.. Wanted your cards.. We fought. weak without you." his voice faded. Soon he followed slowly fading from existence. Kero was slowly fading too faster then Yue.
"No, you can't leave me too. I lost everyone not you too." Tears fell freely from her face.
"Mistress don't cry we will return someday." Yue's voice broke, and he smiled. "its good to see you with emotion even if it is sadness. Please promise me that you won't hid in your castle forever." It was a joke that he had always teased her about. Avalon was a great castle that disappeared and was never found. Her emotions were the same as the castle disappearing from view. Sakura smiled despite the sadness.
"Yue, Kero I will never forget you. Thank you my friend." Sakura suddenly heard a whisper from below her.
"Sakura. you are and. always.. will be a great mistress. thank you for. the great life." Sakura felt the life leave both of them and body and all they were gone. Sakura tried to stand but failed falling to the ground in all out sobs.
"NO, NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING." Her voice reverberated off the whole mansion. Syaoran had watched it all from the door. He finally moved to her side.
"Sakura we can bring them back I don't know how but we'll find a way I promise." Sakura looked at him and shook her head.
"No Syaoran there is no way to bring them back. I have already done it once there is no way to bring them back not now not ever."
"But Yue said that." Sakura was shaking with sobs now. There was no one left to her now.
"He said that to brighten my spirits. they were my family. and now they are gone." Sakura stood and pushed her tears away. "I think that I need something to eat." Syaoran nodded, helping her from her room. The two were heading down the stairs when the doorbell rang. One of the maids opened the doors and greeted the guest.
"Ohayo, What can I do for you sir?" The voice that answered the maid made Sakura stop in her tracks.
"Ohayo, I'm here to see my sister, Kinomoto Sakura." Syaoran looked at the door to see a man with brown hair and eyes. When he looked up the two eyes locked.
"Oniichan what are you doing here?" Sakura's voice shook a little. Touya looked at her and smiled sadly.
"You are very careless using the same code name every time you leave. Now come its time to return home." Sakura shook her head her resolve returning.
"NO." she said it with finality to it, even with her leaning against Syaoran in sadness, her voice had a tone that should not question.
"Sakura be reasonable you've been away from home long enough besides all Jack wants is to." Sakura's rage boiled over and her sadness gone.
"NO he killed our parents and he killed my guardians. He might not kill you but I will kill him for what he has done. I WILL NOT UNDER ANY CERCUMSTANCES BREAK A VOW THAT OUR FATHER MADE. It's what he wanted and I will do as he wished, even if it meant losing everything." Sakura did not look away from her brother.
"Sakura I think that you should rest." He motioned for the maid. "Please find Sakura's brother an open guest room." The maid nodded. "Sakura come here." She did not argue only came to his arms and collapsed into them.
Touya's POV
I couldn't believe it after so long looking at her she was crying I hadn't realized it at first, but when she said that her guardians were dead. She was right he couldn't live, but if her guardians are dead then what about Yukito?
I sighed and followed the servant to a room. Sakura had never ever let anyone carry her, that kid must be important. Sighing and putting my cloths away. I remember when I had originally decided to look for her. I was tired of Sakura always disappearing. I had even chased her many times through the jungles only to lose her on the other side. I had gone to Jen to talk to her about Sakura, they had been working together a long time.
Flashback
Touya walked into a small apartment. He looked around looking for someone. His search finally ending in a blue den. A woman was curled up in front of the computer the TV was on mute.
"Jen wake up. You sit in front of the computer way to much." Touya shook Jen awake.
"Oh 'ello Touya wat ya need." Touya smiled Jen used to live in America and every once in a while her accent would return especially when she first woke up.
"Jen I think its time that Sakura returns home." He heard Jen sighed and she looked back at the computer.
"Touya you and I both know she won't return and even when she does she leaves within a few hours. That house I believe scares her more then Jack ever could." Touya only nodded. "Don't worry she will return home soon. There's no reason for her not to. Give her another week or two." Jen took the controller off the couch and turned up the volume.
"Today at the famous Argot mall in Hong Kong, the future leader of the Li clan made an appearance with his family. Unusual in itself, a young woman seen here." (The picture the reporters took of Sakura/Avalon.) Touya's jaw dropped at the sight. "the future leader of the Li clan had this to say."
"Sir whose the new girl?" "What relationship does she have with you?" "Are you engaged?" "Will you break every girl's heart?" "What's her name?" "Can I have her phone number?" after these questions were asked there was a gale of laughter.
"First she's an old friend. A friend, not as of this moment, I would anyway, Avalon, and no." Touya looked at Jen, and turned off the TV.
"This is bad very bad." Touya said starting to pace around the room
"What do you mean?" Jen was still sitting on the couch.
"The leader of the Li clan she was well betrothed to him and if she's there then Yelan knows." Touya sighed, and sat down next to Jen. She climbed onto him.
"Touya you worry too much it will all work out." Jen played with his hair.
"You don't worry enough. She is powerful and will find out what's going on." Jen shook her head and silenced him with a kiss. When she pulled away it was only to reassure him.
"If you go she will find out but if you must take the private its faster. You'll get there within the hour." He smiled and kissed her.
"If she ever found out about this I would never hear the end of it."
"Of course not." Jen smiled and watched Touya leave. If Touya had turned around he would have seen the sad look on Jen's face the one that said she was sorry about what she too must do. Jen turned and went back to the computer, she clicked the mouse. Then she typed.
'He's on his way just like you said he would be. I will follow in an hour.' Jen paused taking a deep breathe. 'You were right he knows about the promise and it is as you thought. Sakura is betrothed to Li Syaoran the future leader of the Li clan.' Jen signed off and went to her room to take a nap. End of Flashback
Normal POV
Touya sat on the bed that had been less then an hour ago. Here he was sitting inside the Li mansion. His sister somewhere upstairs morning over her guardians, Touya was worried though how had the pair died and where was Yukito.
"Man Touya you worry way too much." Touya looked up to see his..
Dragonia: man I thought that I would never get here arg I've been waiting to update sorry it took so long its just with everything going on I've been going nuts. Anyway don't worry there are many surprises yet to come. Like who was Jen talking to? And why is Touya so worried about Sakura? Did Jack really attack Sakura's Guardians? And is Nasai really as innocent as he seems? I guess well find out next chapter till then. Enjoy.
AnimeObsessionFantasy- I can not promise if she will but I can not say that she won't. in truth I haven't decided. Please don't yell it all depends on the story itself. It more writes itself then I do.
Gwuinivyre- hey you know the drill so thanks and later.
Chapter 6
Fighting, Company, and a Boyfriend
"Syaoran, I need to continue attack me." Sakura's voice echoed through the mansion.
"Sakura we have been training since 4 o'clock this morning its noon. Aren't you hungry?" Syaoran was also tired but would never admit it. Since Sakura had agreed to the promise she had thrown herself whole heartedly into her training. It was only two more days until she left to fight Jack and in many ways she was twice as strong as she was when she first entered Syaoran's home. Sakura sighed and finally answered him.
"Very well let's eat." The two traveled down the hall to the kitchen.
"Wow the training duo is finally come to eat." Joked Eriol as they came into the kitchen. As always Sakura just ignored him, but Syaoran glared at him. Sakura had refused to tell anyone of the conversation that the two had so no one but Yelan knew that they were betrothed.
"Tomoyo what are you doing?" Sakura asked her voice taking on a note of curiosity. It had been this way every once in a while one of her lesser emotions slipped out, sadness, curiosity, loneliness and once or twice her fear.
"Sakura you have to check this out it's a play I'm writing that I want everyone to act out for our visitors its great. I want you to be the main character." Sakura's face went slack emotionless but you could see a slight fear in her eyes.
"What is it about?"
"Well there's this girl whom feels nothing a lot like you. Though there's this guy that she meets and he changes her. Soon the two realize that their in love. The girl soon finds out that the boy was the one that helped the men kidnap her. She doesn't think that she can forgive him. So she leaves for her home, she misses him terribly and realizes it so she returns to his home but when she gets there..."
"Tomoyo don't give away the ending. You want her to play the part not die before you finish it." Eriol didn't want Tomoyo going overboard and he knew that she could.
"Gomen... Oh Syaoran I want you to play the guy. And when are the other guest arriving your mother wants to know because she wants to start calling the staff back that Meiling fired." Tomoyo sighed and continued her writing.
"Well they should be arriving by tomorrow." He looked around and saw Meiling with this death glare on Tomoyo's back.
"Hey Tomoyo." Sakura said looking straight at Meiling.
"Yes." Tomoyo said looking up from her work.
"You know that I've become found of your antics, and other crazy whims." Tomoyo nodded. "Well as a friend and a concerned bystander I suggest you run." Tomoyo turned around and in seeing Meiling's face bounded over the table and out the door.
"Hey where's my kiss goodbye." Eriol shouted at Tomoyo. She bounded back inside giving Eriol a kiss and saying something that related gomen and bounded back outside. After this everyone including Meiling and excluding Sakura laughed. Syaoran looked over at Sakura and his jaw dropped she was smiling slightly. He was the only one in the room that noticed not even Sakura but her face soon lost emotion. Syaoran closed his mouth before anyone caught him.
"Is it safe to come back in now?" Tomoyo's voice came from the hallway.
"Yes." Meiling said dragging her back inside.
"So what are you guys deciding to do today?" Sakura asked picking up an apple and biting into it. Eriol, Tomoyo and Meiling looked at Syaoran.
"You mean you didn't tell her?" Meiling's face going bright with anger.
"When exactly was I supposed to tell her? Defiantly not, when she had a sword in her hand. Essentially if anything happened to me it would have been your fault." Meiling cooled down it was not good for a cop to loose their cool but she really didn't want to tell Sakura where they were going today.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked her eyes filling with the fire that would soon release her anger.
"Well Sakura Tomoyo and I wanted to take you shopping for the Christmas party and the play since you just must stay for both." Sakura's eyes widened she thought that it was something worse. Sakura hadn't left the mansion since she came.
"So you guys want to take me shopping?" Sakura hadn't really needed to go shopping cloths where just there. "I've never been shopping before."
"HOE." A scream escaped Tomoyo's lips. "Never.." Sakura shook her head. "Girl are you in for a treat." She turned around to see both the guys trying to sneak out. "DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. You two are coming with us." Tomoyo smiled as she watched the guy's slump in the chairs waiting for the girls to decided to leave.
Syaoran glanced over at Sakura, she seemed indifferent to the whole scene that was going on around her. Syaoran had learned differently though, learned to read the changing in her eyes. Right now they were passive. At such times he knew that she was neither happy nor sad. Sakura could never be happy not until she found her parents killers.
"Come on Sakura lets go!" Tomoyo screamed and dragged Sakura outside to the car.
The Car
"Sakura I should warn you that when we get to the mall there might be reporters." Sakura looked over at Meiling.
"See I kinda made sure that we'd have the mall to ourselves, cause we don't go shopping often but when we do we buy out many stores. In doing so the mall well this mall is different then most it has the higher class those with umm different tastes.." She trailed off.
"Meiling its okay I've dealt with reporters before no worries." Sakura paused. "Umm I don't think it's a good idea if my name is spread around in some circles I'm a woman wanted dead so call me Avalon. It's a code name, so just from here on out Avalon okay." everyone nodded agreeing that it was a fairly good idea." Syaoran looked over at her and smiled.
"You all go into the mall and I will answer enough questions to make them leave so that we don't have to worry about them when we leave." Everyone nodded.
Mall
The group stepped out and was blinded by the flashes. Meiling followed by Tomoyo and Eriol, Avalon (Sakura) followed not far behind. Most of the cameras centered on the new girl.
Lastly Li Syaoran stepped out of the car.
"Sir whose the new girl?" "What relationship does she have with you?" "Are you engaged?" "Will you break every girl's heart?" "What's her name?" "Can I have her phone number?" at this everyone laughed and quieted waiting for the future leader of the Li Clan to answer. His voice traveled over them all strong and menacing with a little bit of happiness sprinkled into it.
"First she's an old friend. A friend, not as of this moment, I would anyway, Avalon, and no." the reporters looked at each other trying to figure out who he answered first. By the time they had figured it out he was already gone.
"Well you handled them nicely." A green eyed girl replied when he entered the mall.
"I love that it's so much fun to confuse them especially when they have no clue they just lost a chance to get something out of me." he smiled at his friend "come on everyone's waiting for us." He pulled her to the stairs and walked up to the group.
"Clothes first shoes, then makeup." Tomoyo paused and turned to face Sakura. "Then we can go books, ummm then jewelry." Meiling nodded her head, Sakura also followed having no idea what was going on. Syaoran pitied her she was placing her life in two maniacs hands he was just glad that neither one could hear his thoughts.
'You do realize that I can and so can Sakura the only reason that she hasn't is because she wants to respect your privacy. My little descendant.' Eriol's voice echoed off the walls of his mind. Syaoran glared at Eriol, mouthing 'stay out of my head.' Eriol only laughed.
"Boys what's going on?" Tomoyo's voice brought both of them back to reality.
"Oh their just arguing in the mind world." Tomoyo and Meiling stared at Sakura. Eriol gave her the you-done-it-now look. And Syaoran only smiled.
"Sakura what is the mind world?" Meiling asked politely but fire burned in her eyes. Syaoran mouthed. 'Don't tell her' Sakura fidgeted and then looked around trying to find a way out of this predicament and then she figured it out.
"Look over there, that woman is trying on that blue dress." The desired reaction took affect. Tomoyo screamed and dragged Meiling and Sakura away.
"She's good at getting out of those situations." Syaoran smiled at Eriol's comment.
"Yes I can't wait till we make the an.." Syaoran stopped realizing what he was about to say.
"You should be a little bit more careful if Tomoyo had heard that she wouldn't have let you go as easy as I am going to my little descendant." Eriol walked away. Syaoran couldn't believe it he had almost said and Eriol had let him go. Eriol was as bad as Tomoyo when he came to rumors the fact that Syaoran got away without being told to tell was something else. He smiled and followed everyone into the closest clothing store.
"Sakura try this, this, this oh and this." Tomoyo handed Sakura four outfits. She nodded and went into the dressing room. Meiling and Tomoyo went into it with an outfit each.
Sakura was the first to come out her outfit was a peasant top, the sleeves hung down and were split in half. The shirt was white and had cherry blossoms swirling all over the shirt. The skirt was a frilly light pink matching the top.
"Wow Sakura its different from what you normally wear is it not." Eriol stood not far away commenting on her look.
"Yes I love it its so KAWAII." Tomoyo screamed coming up behind her. Meiling only nodded, she had come out before Tomoyo. "Syaoran what's your opinion?" they all looked over to Syaoran to find that he was standing, where he was sitting and he only nodded at a lose of words.
"Sakura change go I wanna see the rest." As Sakura entered the changing room all the while her face emotionless, everyone watched as Syaoran plopped into the seat he had been sitting in before Sakura came out. He let out a sigh, it said much more to his family then anything else could.
"Cousin, when are you going to tell her?" Syaoran looked over at Meiling.
"I can't not until she returns."
"But what if."
"No Meiling don't say it she will Syaoran won't let her. will you?" Tomoyo's face was stricken with fear and sadness at losing such a good hearted person. Sakura and Tomoyo had become close or as close as an emotionless person could get.
"Don't worry nothings going to happen to her I will make sure that nothing does." Sakura then came out wearing a dark green dress at the top it slanted creating a sleeve on one side and one missing on the other. At the bottom it slanted towards her missing sleeve. Syaoran just stared at her slack jawed and everyone else did too for she had her hair down.
"What?" her face did not change.
"Nothing it's just that.." Tomoyo started and stopped losing track of her mind or where her sentence was inevitable going.
"Well for a lack of a better word you're beautiful." Meiling finished for Tomoyo.
"No she's much more then that she's an angel." Syaoran said the first to truly come out of the stupor.
"Syaoran I would like to thank you but I deserve no such name or compliment if you had known half the things that I have done you would realize how wrong that comment is." Sakura turned to change. "Sakura, don't. I want to know but here is not the place or time. You are who you are what you've done in the past matters not." Sakura shook her head stopping his mind and mouth from continuing.
"It is not just what I have done it's what I will do in two days." She moved yet again to head to change. Syaoran stopped her and shook his head.
"I believe everyone agrees with me when I say that you should wear this. Meiling, Tomoyo and Eriol can go to the fabric store while you and me talk about something." Everyone nodded and Meiling went to pay for the cloths which were more then enough. Meiling had to have twelve people caring two bags each down to the van that had arrived ten minutes ago.
Meiling, Tomoyo, and Eriol
"So what do you think about these fabrics?" Meiling only nodded watching as Tomoyo picked green, black, and pink out.
"Don't forget blue, purple, and red." Tomoyo nodded. Both were avoiding the scene that had just happened.
"I still need thread, buttons, and ribbon." Tomoyo continued her mind not really on what she was doing.
"Ladies don't worry Sakura is with Syaoran he'll take care of it." Eriol smiled at the two and instantly they also cheered. The two then started running around finding all kinds of fabric for the play and the parties that were coming up. Soon most of the workers sweat dropped because they kept on hearing hoe yes and a bunch of other words that basically ran together.
"Hey Tomoyo I'm going to go get a drink I'll be back in a bit." Meiling wondered where Sakura and Syaoran disappeared to, 'I mean after all she was here to help me' Meiling thought then after a moment. 'Yeah right like I could pry Syaoran away from her. I knew when I brought her here he wouldn't be able to resist. but this time it's different. I know that he cares about her but could it be that.' her thoughts were interrupted when she walked into someone.
"Gomen." A strong voice came from behind her and picked her up from the ground. Meiling looked into bright blue eyes. "I wasn't watching where I was going." Meiling saw that he had blond hair and felt beneath her hands a well developed chest. 'Felt oh shit.'
"Thank you but you can let go of me now." He gave her a devilish smile.
"I would but it seems that my body just doesn't want to move." She looked at this weird guy. "Gomen, I'm kinda knew here my family just moved in near the Li mansion and I have no clue what I'm looking at could you tell me where to get out of here." He looked at her beautiful crimson eyes.
"Well first of all you can get your hands off of me for I'm highly skilled in martial arts, second I'm a cop, and third I'll consider letting you join me and my friends if you're nice." The guy let her go and smiled.
"I'm sorry I've been rude let me introduce myself Fa, Nasai." He bowed respectively
"Interesting your name is a combination of Chinese and Japanese is it not?" Meiling inquired. Nasai smiled.
"You are the first to notice my parents were both."
"Li, Meiling. Well since you are new I should warn you that my cousin doesn't take well to company especially if you even consider going near. Avalon." She gave him a cold glare. "Got it."
"Yes, who's Avalon? If I may ask?" she smiled and motioned for him to follow her and answered him heading towards Tomoyo and Eriol they seemed to be arguing about some new fashion.
"You'll meet her soon enough. Oh and tell no one that I told you to stay away from Avalon. It's a long story but if you value your life leave it be." Nasai only nodded wondering what he gotten himself into this time.
"NO it's this one." Tomoyo yelled her voice carrying highly in the mall.
"TOMOYO relax there is no reason for you to be screaming and no reason for you to be freaking out." Meiling took Tomoyo's shoulders and sat her down on the bench.
"I'm sorry." Tomoyo sighed and looked at the floor, Eriol sat down next to her. "I'm just worried about well you know.
"Yes Tomoyo we all know what your worried about we all are."
"Umm I don't mean to interrupt but is there something wrong." Eriol and Tomoyo looked up and finally noticed the guy standing next to Meiling. Eriol shot him a cold glance but it would never match the one that Meiling gave him.
"This is Fa, Nasai. He's new and I thought that maybe he could help us." Eriol looked at Nasai a little harder and noted that he had a faint aura, untrained but powerful all the same.
"He has potential." Eriol smiled then nodded. "He will have to survive Syaoran just like Avalon did." Eriol stopped. "I'm sure that Meiling has told you but I will tell you yet again. Don't go after Avalon, Syaoran is very protective with anyone but Avalon more so." Nasai only nodded. "Oh by the way I'm Hiragizawa, Eriol and this is my wife Tomoyo."
"Nice to meet you our friends should be back soon." Tomoyo looked around wondering where the two had disappeared to. Eriol looked at Meiling and wondered what she had up her sleeve. Meiling looked at him and saw his worried glance.
"Don't worry Eriol, everything will work out.. Somehow." Meiling smiled and looked around spotting Syaoran and Sakura.
Sakura and Syaoran
"Sakura." He sighed Syaoran had led them to an abandoned part of the mall.
"Avalon please it would not be good for the famous leader of the Li clan to be seen with a." Sakura paused knowing that she could not continue.
"What tell me what, what is so bad about who you are?" he took a hold of her shoulders.
"I have killed many, and it's not the fact that there dead it's the fact that I felt nothing no pain, no fear, and most of al no sadness for their death." Sakura turned around looking out the window. "This world is full of people and everyday many of them die. Others go unhindered by these deaths and the few that it affects change for the rest of their life. I stop these killers. So in many ways I am the killer of killers and that makes me worse. Once my job is done it's just that. Where will I go when I die not to heaven and defiantly not to hell. I am not an angel yet not a demon I do not enjoy killing nor do I feel remorse." Syaoran walked over and stood next to her.
"Well where ever you go I will be right beside you for I am more like you then you realize." Sakura sighed and turned to face him.
"Syaoran there's something I want to say to you before we go back. I want to thank you, you are the first person who has ever tried to make me smile." Sakura looked at his face and for the first time in her life couldn't hide the smile that crept onto it. Syaoran almost died in that second her smile was more then anything he could ever imagine. After a minute or two he came back to himself but her smile was gone.
"Sa.. Avalon your right I was wrong to call you an angel." Sakura looked at him quizzically. "This you can't argue with a goddess of justice." She looked at him it was in many ways true she only killed if she absolutely had to and it was those who had committed the worst crimes.
"Syaoran I think its time that we return to the." she paused something pulling her from her present state. 'Mistress.' She heard a light voice. 'Mistress there's a problem'.
'What is it Yue.'
'It's Kero he seems well.. for a lack of a better word sick.' Sakura paused before finally replying.
'Alright let me tell everyone here and I will return to take care of him.' Sakura was pulled back just in time to stop Syaoran from another fit of shaking her shoulders.
"I have to get back to the mansion Kero well something's wrong and I don't know if he will be okay." Sakura said with a little fear in her voice. Syaoran took not of this and nodded.
"Come on I will tell everyone and then you and I can return to find out what's wrong." Sakura only nodded following Syaoran. The two soon came up to Eriol, Tomoyo, Meiling and some guy that was standing not to far away from them.
"Meiling," he paused sing the guy standing next to her. "Umm who the hell is that?" he motioned to the guy.
"This is Fa, Nasai. He's got potential." Meiling hinted to him, Sakura got it right away and felt an orange aurora. She nodded at Meiling showing her understanding.
"Hello Nasai call me Avalon. This is Li Syaoran don't worry I think his right hook is a lot worse then his glare." The guy smiled weekly and Eriol laughed.
"Well well it seems that the cold and firey has a sense of humor after all." Tomoyo and Meiling smiled and Syaoran just looked on evilly.
"Syaoran we have to." he nodded.
"Meiling there's a problem with Avalon's friends at home. Finish up here and come home." Syaoran stopped taking a good look at Nasai, and realized the real reason he was here as he stole a glance at Meiling. "Bring him too. I think he might just be eligible to join." Syaoran and Sakura left the mall. Meiling smiled and turned to face Nasai.
"Well it seems that Syaoran thinks that you're cool."
"I wouldn't have guessed it from the look he just gave me." Nasai smiled and followed Meiling who followed Tomoyo and Eriol to the jewelry store.
After Syaoran and Sakura left soon the four left too because it was getting boring. Most of the reason for going was to find something for Sakura to wear.
Mansion
"KERO," Sakura screamed running up the stairs and to her room. When she opened the door she saw Kero lying on the floor, she looked around and not far form him was Yue. "Kero. Yue..." her words broke the silence that filled the room.
"mistress." She heard a week voice from Yue. She picked up Kero and went to Yue's side. For once she was glad of Kero's small form. "They came.. Wanted your cards.. We fought. weak without you." his voice faded. Soon he followed slowly fading from existence. Kero was slowly fading too faster then Yue.
"No, you can't leave me too. I lost everyone not you too." Tears fell freely from her face.
"Mistress don't cry we will return someday." Yue's voice broke, and he smiled. "its good to see you with emotion even if it is sadness. Please promise me that you won't hid in your castle forever." It was a joke that he had always teased her about. Avalon was a great castle that disappeared and was never found. Her emotions were the same as the castle disappearing from view. Sakura smiled despite the sadness.
"Yue, Kero I will never forget you. Thank you my friend." Sakura suddenly heard a whisper from below her.
"Sakura. you are and. always.. will be a great mistress. thank you for. the great life." Sakura felt the life leave both of them and body and all they were gone. Sakura tried to stand but failed falling to the ground in all out sobs.
"NO, NO, THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING." Her voice reverberated off the whole mansion. Syaoran had watched it all from the door. He finally moved to her side.
"Sakura we can bring them back I don't know how but we'll find a way I promise." Sakura looked at him and shook her head.
"No Syaoran there is no way to bring them back. I have already done it once there is no way to bring them back not now not ever."
"But Yue said that." Sakura was shaking with sobs now. There was no one left to her now.
"He said that to brighten my spirits. they were my family. and now they are gone." Sakura stood and pushed her tears away. "I think that I need something to eat." Syaoran nodded, helping her from her room. The two were heading down the stairs when the doorbell rang. One of the maids opened the doors and greeted the guest.
"Ohayo, What can I do for you sir?" The voice that answered the maid made Sakura stop in her tracks.
"Ohayo, I'm here to see my sister, Kinomoto Sakura." Syaoran looked at the door to see a man with brown hair and eyes. When he looked up the two eyes locked.
"Oniichan what are you doing here?" Sakura's voice shook a little. Touya looked at her and smiled sadly.
"You are very careless using the same code name every time you leave. Now come its time to return home." Sakura shook her head her resolve returning.
"NO." she said it with finality to it, even with her leaning against Syaoran in sadness, her voice had a tone that should not question.
"Sakura be reasonable you've been away from home long enough besides all Jack wants is to." Sakura's rage boiled over and her sadness gone.
"NO he killed our parents and he killed my guardians. He might not kill you but I will kill him for what he has done. I WILL NOT UNDER ANY CERCUMSTANCES BREAK A VOW THAT OUR FATHER MADE. It's what he wanted and I will do as he wished, even if it meant losing everything." Sakura did not look away from her brother.
"Sakura I think that you should rest." He motioned for the maid. "Please find Sakura's brother an open guest room." The maid nodded. "Sakura come here." She did not argue only came to his arms and collapsed into them.
Touya's POV
I couldn't believe it after so long looking at her she was crying I hadn't realized it at first, but when she said that her guardians were dead. She was right he couldn't live, but if her guardians are dead then what about Yukito?
I sighed and followed the servant to a room. Sakura had never ever let anyone carry her, that kid must be important. Sighing and putting my cloths away. I remember when I had originally decided to look for her. I was tired of Sakura always disappearing. I had even chased her many times through the jungles only to lose her on the other side. I had gone to Jen to talk to her about Sakura, they had been working together a long time.
Flashback
Touya walked into a small apartment. He looked around looking for someone. His search finally ending in a blue den. A woman was curled up in front of the computer the TV was on mute.
"Jen wake up. You sit in front of the computer way to much." Touya shook Jen awake.
"Oh 'ello Touya wat ya need." Touya smiled Jen used to live in America and every once in a while her accent would return especially when she first woke up.
"Jen I think its time that Sakura returns home." He heard Jen sighed and she looked back at the computer.
"Touya you and I both know she won't return and even when she does she leaves within a few hours. That house I believe scares her more then Jack ever could." Touya only nodded. "Don't worry she will return home soon. There's no reason for her not to. Give her another week or two." Jen took the controller off the couch and turned up the volume.
"Today at the famous Argot mall in Hong Kong, the future leader of the Li clan made an appearance with his family. Unusual in itself, a young woman seen here." (The picture the reporters took of Sakura/Avalon.) Touya's jaw dropped at the sight. "the future leader of the Li clan had this to say."
"Sir whose the new girl?" "What relationship does she have with you?" "Are you engaged?" "Will you break every girl's heart?" "What's her name?" "Can I have her phone number?" after these questions were asked there was a gale of laughter.
"First she's an old friend. A friend, not as of this moment, I would anyway, Avalon, and no." Touya looked at Jen, and turned off the TV.
"This is bad very bad." Touya said starting to pace around the room
"What do you mean?" Jen was still sitting on the couch.
"The leader of the Li clan she was well betrothed to him and if she's there then Yelan knows." Touya sighed, and sat down next to Jen. She climbed onto him.
"Touya you worry too much it will all work out." Jen played with his hair.
"You don't worry enough. She is powerful and will find out what's going on." Jen shook her head and silenced him with a kiss. When she pulled away it was only to reassure him.
"If you go she will find out but if you must take the private its faster. You'll get there within the hour." He smiled and kissed her.
"If she ever found out about this I would never hear the end of it."
"Of course not." Jen smiled and watched Touya leave. If Touya had turned around he would have seen the sad look on Jen's face the one that said she was sorry about what she too must do. Jen turned and went back to the computer, she clicked the mouse. Then she typed.
'He's on his way just like you said he would be. I will follow in an hour.' Jen paused taking a deep breathe. 'You were right he knows about the promise and it is as you thought. Sakura is betrothed to Li Syaoran the future leader of the Li clan.' Jen signed off and went to her room to take a nap. End of Flashback
Normal POV
Touya sat on the bed that had been less then an hour ago. Here he was sitting inside the Li mansion. His sister somewhere upstairs morning over her guardians, Touya was worried though how had the pair died and where was Yukito.
"Man Touya you worry way too much." Touya looked up to see his..
Dragonia: man I thought that I would never get here arg I've been waiting to update sorry it took so long its just with everything going on I've been going nuts. Anyway don't worry there are many surprises yet to come. Like who was Jen talking to? And why is Touya so worried about Sakura? Did Jack really attack Sakura's Guardians? And is Nasai really as innocent as he seems? I guess well find out next chapter till then. Enjoy.