CRYSTAL POWER
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( ) note from me " "Talking { } thinking
CHAPTER 12 ~ TERUMI'S RECOVERY
~ 2 weeks later - inside a dark cave ~
"Yes Terumi, what did you call me for?" asked a slightly neverous Kai. "I've been thinking Kai, every time I try to trap the card mistress into one of my plans, somehow, it doesn't seem to work. Can you think of a reason why, Kai?" asked Terumi, quite calmly. "I really don't know Terumi" answered Kai, trying to sound confused. "Is that so? Isn't that strange? They seem to know about us, but we don't know about them" she spoke, getting out of her chair. Kai gulped as she moved a few steps toward him, he stood his ground.
"You're a lot stronger Terumi, that's good to see" "Yes, infact, I'm just about at full power now, another couple of days should be all I need now, and then let the war begin!" she said with a grin on her face. Kai gulped. "I'm so glad, I can't wait" "Really?" Kai nodded nervously. "I'm so sorry Kai dear, but I'm afraid, you won't be here to witness my take over" "Why is that..t - t - Terumi?" Terumi's face darkened. "Because you'll be dead you betraying bastered!!" Terumi growled. And a bright ball of light formed around her hand before shooting straight through Kai's stomach. He then fell to the ground.
~ In the studio room at Tomoyo's house ~
"Ok, let's try it one more time" said Tomoyo. Sakura and Syaoran nodded. They were rehearsing a new song they wrote. The music started.
(Syaoran)
Looking in your eyes, I see a paradise,
This world that I've found,
Is too good to be true,
Standing here beside you,
Want so much to give you,
This love in my heart, that I'm feeling for you,
(Sakura)
Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that,
Put your hand in my hand baby,
Don't ever look back,
Let the world around us, just fall apart,
Baby we can make it if we're heart to heart,
Chorus: (both)
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever,
Nothing's gonna stop us now.
And if this, world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other,
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us now, oh, woh ho.
Tomoyo nods on approvingly telling Sakura and Syaoran that it was better this time.
(Syaoran)
I'm so glad I found you,
I'm not gonna lose you,
Whatever it takes, I will stay here with you,
Take it to the good times,
See it through the bad times,
Whatever it takes, is what I'm gonna do, (Sakura)
Let 'em say we're crazy, what do they know?
Put your arms around me baby, Don't ever let go,
Let the world around us, just fall apart,
Baby we can make it if we're heart to heart,
(Both)
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever,
Nothing's gonna stop us now,
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other,
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us,
(Sakura)
Ooh, all that I need is you,
All that I ever need~
And all that I want to do!
Is hold you forever! Ever and ever~! Hey!
(Guitar solo)
(Both)
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever,
Nothing's gonna stop us now,
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other,
Nothing's gonna stop us,
(Sakura while Syaoran is singing the chorus)
Nothing's gonna stop us, whoa,
Nothing's gonna stop us now, oh no,
Hey baby, I know, hey baby, nothing's gonna stop us,
Hey baby, woo, nothing, hey baby,
Nothing's gonna stop us now, yeah.
Tomoyo claps. Sakura smiles and blushes while Syaoran looks embarrassed. Suddenly Sakura and Syaoran's head jolt up with serious looks on their faces. "Did you feel that?" asked Sakura. "Yeah I did, and it was strong" Eriol comes running into the room. "Did you guys sense that?" "Yeah we did" answered Syaoran. "What? Sense what?" asked Tomoyo. Sakura tries hard. "I can't feel it anymore" "No, nor I" said Syaoran. "Eriol?" he asked. "No, it's just disappeared" A few minutes pasted by after explaining what had happened to Tomoyo, Sakura unexpectedly jumped up from her sitting spot in the lounge room with a horrified look on her face.
"What? What is it Sakura? What's wrong?" asked Syaoran. "You feel that?" "Feel wha-?" he went silent. "Yeah, I do" Sakura rushed out to the front door, opened it to find none other then...........Kai Suzuki, lying on the ground, very badly injured. He had a hole the size of a cd disc going straight through the mid section of his body, blood running from his left hand and mouth. He looked bad. Sakura stared at him for a minute, hoping he would jump up and say 'April fool!' but he didn't. "Oh my god" said Tomoyo when they caught up. "Quick, let's get him inside" said Syaoran. They moved him into the spare room and put him on the bed; they rapped up his wound as best as possible and waited.
After about 1½ hours, he woke up. Sakura was fast asleep on a chair, leaning on a table next to the bed. "Sakura" he said. "Sakura" Sakura slowly opened her eyes. She looked over at Kai and woke up totally. "Kai! You're awake! Thank god, are you alright? You're not in pain are you?" "Wow, Sakura, one question at a time hey?" he joked. "Yes I'm awake, I'm ok at the moment, and no, I'm not really in any pain.well, just a little, but it's nothing to worry yourself about" he confessed. "Please get the others, I've got vital information to tell you, and hurry!" She did as she was told. And before long, she came back with, Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, Kero, Yue, Ruby, and Spinner. "Ok, what info do you have for us?" asked Syaoran softly. Kai took a deep breath and said, "Terumi is almost at full power.as you can see. She has about 2 to 3 days till she's at maximum power. She knows about my betrayal to her that's why I'm in this condition, she's after 6 people only. That's Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, Kero, Yue, and of course you Sakura. The reason she's after you is because you are the ones who Sakura cares for the most. Of course Sakura cares for the rest of her friends and family a lot, but these few people are the ones that stand out to Terumi" Kai informed.
"But why them? Why not just me?" asked Sakura. "She wants to cause you pain Sakura, she wants you to feel as much pain and sorrow as possible, and she knows the loss of your loved ones is the best way to do that" Sakura's face went pale. She was so pale that Syaoran and the others thought she was going to faint. But she didn't, instead small, salty, clear tears started to fall on her face. Syaoran pulled her into a warm embrace, feeling sorry for her. He knew what she was going through; he knew she couldn't bear to see her loved ones is pain. But there was nothing he could do.
Sakura soon got up with a distant, sorrowful and determined face, Syaoran new that face and watched her slowly. "Kai, I'm sorry for what happened to you, is there anyway I can help?" "There is only one way, and that is to destroy Terumi" "Fine, then that's what I'll do" Syaoran looked carefully at his fiancé and new what she was going to do. {Syaoran, you ready?} She asked telepathically. Syaoran was shocked. "A new power huh?" he asked. Sakura just nodded. "Right let's go" he added.
~ 4 hours later ~
"They're still at it!" remarked Tomoyo in amazement as she looked out the window to see Sakura and Syaoran training. Ruby, Spinner, Kero, Yue, and Eriol had long ago stopped for a rest and now were just watching while Tomoyo looked after Kai. "Sakura will go one as long as she can, maybe longer" "That's what I'm afraid of Kai, I don't want her to hurt herself" "She'll be fine Tomoyo, don't worry" "I'm trying Kai, I'm trying"
~ Outside ~
"Haayaa!" yelled Sakura as she took another attempt to attack her opponent, Syaoran. Syaoran did several back flips to doge her attack before pausing for a breath. Sakura then ran up to Syaoran, attacked him with some martial arts, which didn't work to well, then surprised him by using the Jump, Fight, Mirror, Illusion, Create, and Dash card all at once. It worked. Syaoran was knocked down to the ground. Kero, Yue, Ruby, Spinner, and Eriol all looked on in awe. Sakura returned the cards and rushed over to him as he was just starting to get up. "Nice move Sakura" he said weakly. "Thanks" she replied as she helped him up to his feet. "I think it's time we called it a day, don't you think?" Kero said as he fluttered over to them. "Yeah" agreed Sakura.
~ Inside ~
"So how did it go?" asked Kai when they entered the room he was in. Sakura and Syaoran just sweat dropped as Kai looked at them in shock. "If I was mistaken, I'd say you just battled 10 Terumi's!" he spoke, more to Syaoran then anyone else. "Kinda" said Syaoran. Kai then looked Sakura over carefully. "I think Sakura gave you more of a wallop Syaoran" he teased. Syaoran did one of his famous glares on him. He just laughed, knowing that Sakura wouldn't let him do any harm. "She's really strong, I'll admit that, but for the art of martial arts, I'm on top" "So, how you holding up?" Sakura asked Kai. Kai and Tomoyo looked at her with a sad expression. "What?" she asked. Syaoran looked at Tomoyo and got the idea. "Sakura, could you come with me please?" "Yeah, o-k" she said confused. She followed him out to the veranda.
"Yeah, what is it Syaoran?" "Sakura, I think you better sit down" She looked at him then did as she was asked. "Sakura" he continued. "Kai's pretty weak, as much as he doesn't want to admit it, he's growing weaker every hour, he might not make it by the time we battle Terumi" he said softly. Sakura looked at him. He stared back into her emerald pools, trying to figure out what she was feeling. He couldn't tell if it was confusion, hate, sadness, or both. "NO!" she cried. "No he can't!" she said running into the room where Kai was. All of them looked up as she ran in, followed closely behind by Syaoran. She ran up to Kai and hugged him around the neck, crying on his shoulder. "I don't want you to go" she said to him. "Promise me you won't go" she added. Kai looked at her. He could see the sadness in her eyes. "Alright, I promise" She hugged him again, tears running down her face and onto his shirt.
"Come on Sakura, Kai needs his rest now, I think we all need some rest" Syaoran said trying to comfort her. "Ok" "I'll see you guys later hey?" he said. They all said their good byes and headed home.
~ At Sakura's house ~
Sakura was in the shower thinking about all the events that had happened that day. She sighed thinking about what was to come. "Sakura, hurry up would ya? Other people need to shower to you know!" yelled Touya from the other side of the door. "Alright, don't get your nickies in a not!" she yelled back. 5 minutes later she got out and went into her room, where Syaoran was in there making up his bed - or - mattress that was on the floor.
"Ah, Syaoran..what are you doing?" she asked. "You know Touya would have a fit if he saw you sleeping in here, he's already mad at you about the engagement ring, I would push it" she added. He just laughed. She looked at him. "I'm not joking, I don't want you to be kicked out-" "It's alright Sakura, in fact it was Touya who suggested the idea" She paused for a minute. "..Touya?" "Yep" She sat down. "But how, he was.?" "He found out about Terumi's come back and said he wasn't going to be rough on you, but once you've beaten her, its back to the old days when he hated my guts" she laughed at his words. "He won't let me sleep in the same bed as you though" he added with a slight sound of disappointment in his voice" She just smiled at his boyish comment. 10 minutes later they said their goodnights and went to bed.
~ Next Day ~
"Come back here!" Sakura yelled from somewhere in the middle of penguin park. "No chance" Syaoran yelled back. "Gotchya!" yelled Eriol who was on Syaoran side. "Hoe!" she whined. "I need to take 5" she added sitting on the slide. "Why can't Eriol be on my side instead of chicken bone here" she joked pointing to Syaoran. "I'm hurt!" Syaoran mock whined. "Alright, I'll let you too love birds battle it out for a while, I'll time you" said Eriol.
"Sounds like a plan" said Syaoran. "That's because it is my dear fiancé" teased Sakura with an English accent. "Very funny, we'll see who's the last one to laugh" Syaoran fought back. "Bring it on!" challenged Sakura. "Don't worry, I will" said Syaoran accepting her challenge. "Ready? GO!" yelled Eriol. At the precise moment, Sakura disappeared. "What..? Where.?" Syaoran asked bewildered. He looked around but found nothing, he looked to Eriol, and he just smirked. Syaoran knew from that smirk on his face that he could see Sakura and was watching her every movement. "No fair" Syaoran said under his breath. "Of course it isn't" said Sakura from behind him. Syaoran turned around only to end up in contact with her sword. She pulled it out and put her hand over the wound, a light formed around her hand and when she pulled it away, the wound was gone.
"You're still awake" Syaoran remarked. "You've gotten strong" he praised. "Thanks" she said "But I couldn't have done it without you guys" she added. "That took 1 minute and 20 seconds" said Eriol. "You're kidding!?" said Syaoran. "Iie my cute little descendent, I'm not" "Good work" said Syaoran pulling Sakura into a hug. After about 5 seconds she pulled back and kissed him. Syaoran was at first surprised by her bold move but was soon kissing her back. When they eventually came apart she said, "I've been dying to do that" "You've changed" he said. "How so?" "You're not so...I don't know, innocent" he said. She looked at him closely, waiting for more. "I like it" he added before he kissed her again. "Hey, I hate to interrupt, but unless you're going to defeat Terumi by kissing her to death, I suggest you get back to work" spoke Eriol. "Yes mum" said Syaoran sarcastically when he broke apart. "Ok, you ready?" Syaoran and Sakura nodded. "Set!"
~ Back at Tomoyo's house ~
"Hi Kai, how you doing?" asked Tomoyo. "Oh, I've been better" was his answer. "Let's change that bandage" she suggested. "Hello? Is anyone home?" came a voice from downstairs. "I'm upstairs" Tomoyo yelled back. "Hi Tomoyo, I just came by to see you and I heard that Kai was her - Oh my God! What happened?" "Kai's the first to be hammered by Terumi Melin" "No duh, when did this happen?" "Yesterday afternoon" spoke Kai. "Oh man.you should be long gone by now, you must be strong!" "I'll go get another bandage, won't be long" said Tomoyo as she walked out of the room.
Melin made her way over to the bed. "I'm sorry for what happened" "Huh?" "I'm sorry this happened to you" "Oh thanks Melin" he blushed. She put a clothe over the hole to slow the bleeding. "How long do you have?" "I'm not sure, maybe a day or two" "That's not long" "Nope" "You scared?" He looked at her. In her eyes he could see she was hurt and worried, he blushed again. "I'm not really afraid of dying, but more of leaving my friends and family" "I understand" he looked at her and she continued. "My father died when I was only young, and even though he wasn't afraid, he didn't want to leave mum and I, but unfortunately, he didn't have a choice" she confessed sadly. "When I go, I'll make sure to say hi to him for you" "Thank you Kai" she said as she bent down and kissed him on the forehead. He blushed a deep crimson. "Uh, no problem" She got up and headed for the door way. He watched. Just before she walked out she turned around to face him. "Wo Oi Ne Kai" she said and walked out.
(For those of you who didn't quite get that, Melin knows him almost as long as Eriol. About 6 years the difference. How did she know him? One time he came to visit Eriol she was there, Syaoran wasn't there at the time, he was off training somewhere, where? I don't know, I haven't figured that out yet sweat drops ^_^;;)
~ 7 hours later at Tomoyo's house ~
"Hi Tomoyo" "Hi Sakura, how did the training go?" "Syaoran 12, me 10.he's still better then me at martial arts" she explained. "Is.Kai...still around?" she asked nervously. "Yes he's still here, he's awake if you want to see him" Sakura's face lit up. "Yeah thanks" she beamed. "Konichiwa Kai- san desu. Ogenki desu ka?" she asked when she reached his room. (Oh and if you're wondering where Tomoyo's mother is in all of this, she's out of town on business) "Good thanks; I was just thinking of going to the national soccer game tonight you wanna come?" Sakura just looked at him then shook her head. "What?" "Nothing Kai, at least you've got a good sense of humor in all this mess" He laughed. "Hey is Syaoran here?" "Yeah, he's down stairs, why?" "I've got something to ask him, could you get him for me?" "Sure hang on" Suddenly Syaoran came through the door.
"Yeah Sakura, what'd ya want?" Kai looked from Syaoran, to Sakura, and back to Syaoran again. Syaoran getting what he was at answered him. "She's telepathic now" "Oh um, Syaoran, you speak Chinese right?" "Yeah, can't you?" "No, I wasn't taught it, and I didn't have much time to learn any of it when I visited Eriol, but anyway, what does 'Wo Oi Ne mean'?" Syaoran stood still, and then blushed a nice pink. "Ahh, why do you want to know?" "Cause someone said that to me, but I don't know what it means" "Oh well, it means 'I love you' in um, Chinese." "Oh, so that's what Melin meant." "What? Melin?" asked Syaoran. "What does Melin have to do with this?" "When she was here earlier she said to me 'Wo Oi Ne Kai' I just wanted to know what she said, that's all" "Melin, loves, Kai?" asked Sakura. "Seems that way" said Syaoran. {Won't I have fun teasing her about this one} he thought.
~ Later at Sakura's house ~
"Hey Sakura..what are doing?" asked Syaoran as he walked into her room. "Shh" "Huh?" "Be quiet" She was sitting on the floor, her legs cross yoga style and had her eyes closed. After a few minutes she opened them and looked at Syaoran with worried eyes. "What?" "It's Terumi..she's at full power."
Dan, Dan, Dan, Sorry! But that's as far as this chapter will be going. Thanks so much for waiting patiently for me to update. Hope you all like this chappie! R+R k?
Best Wishes,
~Kitty Blossom.
Translations:
Konichiwa Kai-san desu = Hello Kai (politely)
Ogenki desu ka? = How are you?
And the way Sakura disappeared like that is similar to Instant Transmission, the technique Goku uses in DBZ.
I don't own CCS or the songs, but I do own this story and the new characters, so don't sue me!!
Thanks to all who reviewed, I really appreciate it. Also, I got word that Fanfiction.net might be soon taking R rated fics of the site, if that happens; you can e-mail me and I'll inform you on where to find my fic. Here's what you wanted, more action and less songs, enjoy!
( ) note from me " "Talking { } thinking
CHAPTER 12 ~ TERUMI'S RECOVERY
~ 2 weeks later - inside a dark cave ~
"Yes Terumi, what did you call me for?" asked a slightly neverous Kai. "I've been thinking Kai, every time I try to trap the card mistress into one of my plans, somehow, it doesn't seem to work. Can you think of a reason why, Kai?" asked Terumi, quite calmly. "I really don't know Terumi" answered Kai, trying to sound confused. "Is that so? Isn't that strange? They seem to know about us, but we don't know about them" she spoke, getting out of her chair. Kai gulped as she moved a few steps toward him, he stood his ground.
"You're a lot stronger Terumi, that's good to see" "Yes, infact, I'm just about at full power now, another couple of days should be all I need now, and then let the war begin!" she said with a grin on her face. Kai gulped. "I'm so glad, I can't wait" "Really?" Kai nodded nervously. "I'm so sorry Kai dear, but I'm afraid, you won't be here to witness my take over" "Why is that..t - t - Terumi?" Terumi's face darkened. "Because you'll be dead you betraying bastered!!" Terumi growled. And a bright ball of light formed around her hand before shooting straight through Kai's stomach. He then fell to the ground.
~ In the studio room at Tomoyo's house ~
"Ok, let's try it one more time" said Tomoyo. Sakura and Syaoran nodded. They were rehearsing a new song they wrote. The music started.
(Syaoran)
Looking in your eyes, I see a paradise,
This world that I've found,
Is too good to be true,
Standing here beside you,
Want so much to give you,
This love in my heart, that I'm feeling for you,
(Sakura)
Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that,
Put your hand in my hand baby,
Don't ever look back,
Let the world around us, just fall apart,
Baby we can make it if we're heart to heart,
Chorus: (both)
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever,
Nothing's gonna stop us now.
And if this, world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other,
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us now, oh, woh ho.
Tomoyo nods on approvingly telling Sakura and Syaoran that it was better this time.
(Syaoran)
I'm so glad I found you,
I'm not gonna lose you,
Whatever it takes, I will stay here with you,
Take it to the good times,
See it through the bad times,
Whatever it takes, is what I'm gonna do, (Sakura)
Let 'em say we're crazy, what do they know?
Put your arms around me baby, Don't ever let go,
Let the world around us, just fall apart,
Baby we can make it if we're heart to heart,
(Both)
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever,
Nothing's gonna stop us now,
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other,
Nothing's gonna stop us, nothing's gonna stop us,
(Sakura)
Ooh, all that I need is you,
All that I ever need~
And all that I want to do!
Is hold you forever! Ever and ever~! Hey!
(Guitar solo)
(Both)
And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever,
Nothing's gonna stop us now,
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other,
Nothing's gonna stop us,
(Sakura while Syaoran is singing the chorus)
Nothing's gonna stop us, whoa,
Nothing's gonna stop us now, oh no,
Hey baby, I know, hey baby, nothing's gonna stop us,
Hey baby, woo, nothing, hey baby,
Nothing's gonna stop us now, yeah.
Tomoyo claps. Sakura smiles and blushes while Syaoran looks embarrassed. Suddenly Sakura and Syaoran's head jolt up with serious looks on their faces. "Did you feel that?" asked Sakura. "Yeah I did, and it was strong" Eriol comes running into the room. "Did you guys sense that?" "Yeah we did" answered Syaoran. "What? Sense what?" asked Tomoyo. Sakura tries hard. "I can't feel it anymore" "No, nor I" said Syaoran. "Eriol?" he asked. "No, it's just disappeared" A few minutes pasted by after explaining what had happened to Tomoyo, Sakura unexpectedly jumped up from her sitting spot in the lounge room with a horrified look on her face.
"What? What is it Sakura? What's wrong?" asked Syaoran. "You feel that?" "Feel wha-?" he went silent. "Yeah, I do" Sakura rushed out to the front door, opened it to find none other then...........Kai Suzuki, lying on the ground, very badly injured. He had a hole the size of a cd disc going straight through the mid section of his body, blood running from his left hand and mouth. He looked bad. Sakura stared at him for a minute, hoping he would jump up and say 'April fool!' but he didn't. "Oh my god" said Tomoyo when they caught up. "Quick, let's get him inside" said Syaoran. They moved him into the spare room and put him on the bed; they rapped up his wound as best as possible and waited.
After about 1½ hours, he woke up. Sakura was fast asleep on a chair, leaning on a table next to the bed. "Sakura" he said. "Sakura" Sakura slowly opened her eyes. She looked over at Kai and woke up totally. "Kai! You're awake! Thank god, are you alright? You're not in pain are you?" "Wow, Sakura, one question at a time hey?" he joked. "Yes I'm awake, I'm ok at the moment, and no, I'm not really in any pain.well, just a little, but it's nothing to worry yourself about" he confessed. "Please get the others, I've got vital information to tell you, and hurry!" She did as she was told. And before long, she came back with, Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, Kero, Yue, Ruby, and Spinner. "Ok, what info do you have for us?" asked Syaoran softly. Kai took a deep breath and said, "Terumi is almost at full power.as you can see. She has about 2 to 3 days till she's at maximum power. She knows about my betrayal to her that's why I'm in this condition, she's after 6 people only. That's Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, Kero, Yue, and of course you Sakura. The reason she's after you is because you are the ones who Sakura cares for the most. Of course Sakura cares for the rest of her friends and family a lot, but these few people are the ones that stand out to Terumi" Kai informed.
"But why them? Why not just me?" asked Sakura. "She wants to cause you pain Sakura, she wants you to feel as much pain and sorrow as possible, and she knows the loss of your loved ones is the best way to do that" Sakura's face went pale. She was so pale that Syaoran and the others thought she was going to faint. But she didn't, instead small, salty, clear tears started to fall on her face. Syaoran pulled her into a warm embrace, feeling sorry for her. He knew what she was going through; he knew she couldn't bear to see her loved ones is pain. But there was nothing he could do.
Sakura soon got up with a distant, sorrowful and determined face, Syaoran new that face and watched her slowly. "Kai, I'm sorry for what happened to you, is there anyway I can help?" "There is only one way, and that is to destroy Terumi" "Fine, then that's what I'll do" Syaoran looked carefully at his fiancé and new what she was going to do. {Syaoran, you ready?} She asked telepathically. Syaoran was shocked. "A new power huh?" he asked. Sakura just nodded. "Right let's go" he added.
~ 4 hours later ~
"They're still at it!" remarked Tomoyo in amazement as she looked out the window to see Sakura and Syaoran training. Ruby, Spinner, Kero, Yue, and Eriol had long ago stopped for a rest and now were just watching while Tomoyo looked after Kai. "Sakura will go one as long as she can, maybe longer" "That's what I'm afraid of Kai, I don't want her to hurt herself" "She'll be fine Tomoyo, don't worry" "I'm trying Kai, I'm trying"
~ Outside ~
"Haayaa!" yelled Sakura as she took another attempt to attack her opponent, Syaoran. Syaoran did several back flips to doge her attack before pausing for a breath. Sakura then ran up to Syaoran, attacked him with some martial arts, which didn't work to well, then surprised him by using the Jump, Fight, Mirror, Illusion, Create, and Dash card all at once. It worked. Syaoran was knocked down to the ground. Kero, Yue, Ruby, Spinner, and Eriol all looked on in awe. Sakura returned the cards and rushed over to him as he was just starting to get up. "Nice move Sakura" he said weakly. "Thanks" she replied as she helped him up to his feet. "I think it's time we called it a day, don't you think?" Kero said as he fluttered over to them. "Yeah" agreed Sakura.
~ Inside ~
"So how did it go?" asked Kai when they entered the room he was in. Sakura and Syaoran just sweat dropped as Kai looked at them in shock. "If I was mistaken, I'd say you just battled 10 Terumi's!" he spoke, more to Syaoran then anyone else. "Kinda" said Syaoran. Kai then looked Sakura over carefully. "I think Sakura gave you more of a wallop Syaoran" he teased. Syaoran did one of his famous glares on him. He just laughed, knowing that Sakura wouldn't let him do any harm. "She's really strong, I'll admit that, but for the art of martial arts, I'm on top" "So, how you holding up?" Sakura asked Kai. Kai and Tomoyo looked at her with a sad expression. "What?" she asked. Syaoran looked at Tomoyo and got the idea. "Sakura, could you come with me please?" "Yeah, o-k" she said confused. She followed him out to the veranda.
"Yeah, what is it Syaoran?" "Sakura, I think you better sit down" She looked at him then did as she was asked. "Sakura" he continued. "Kai's pretty weak, as much as he doesn't want to admit it, he's growing weaker every hour, he might not make it by the time we battle Terumi" he said softly. Sakura looked at him. He stared back into her emerald pools, trying to figure out what she was feeling. He couldn't tell if it was confusion, hate, sadness, or both. "NO!" she cried. "No he can't!" she said running into the room where Kai was. All of them looked up as she ran in, followed closely behind by Syaoran. She ran up to Kai and hugged him around the neck, crying on his shoulder. "I don't want you to go" she said to him. "Promise me you won't go" she added. Kai looked at her. He could see the sadness in her eyes. "Alright, I promise" She hugged him again, tears running down her face and onto his shirt.
"Come on Sakura, Kai needs his rest now, I think we all need some rest" Syaoran said trying to comfort her. "Ok" "I'll see you guys later hey?" he said. They all said their good byes and headed home.
~ At Sakura's house ~
Sakura was in the shower thinking about all the events that had happened that day. She sighed thinking about what was to come. "Sakura, hurry up would ya? Other people need to shower to you know!" yelled Touya from the other side of the door. "Alright, don't get your nickies in a not!" she yelled back. 5 minutes later she got out and went into her room, where Syaoran was in there making up his bed - or - mattress that was on the floor.
"Ah, Syaoran..what are you doing?" she asked. "You know Touya would have a fit if he saw you sleeping in here, he's already mad at you about the engagement ring, I would push it" she added. He just laughed. She looked at him. "I'm not joking, I don't want you to be kicked out-" "It's alright Sakura, in fact it was Touya who suggested the idea" She paused for a minute. "..Touya?" "Yep" She sat down. "But how, he was.?" "He found out about Terumi's come back and said he wasn't going to be rough on you, but once you've beaten her, its back to the old days when he hated my guts" she laughed at his words. "He won't let me sleep in the same bed as you though" he added with a slight sound of disappointment in his voice" She just smiled at his boyish comment. 10 minutes later they said their goodnights and went to bed.
~ Next Day ~
"Come back here!" Sakura yelled from somewhere in the middle of penguin park. "No chance" Syaoran yelled back. "Gotchya!" yelled Eriol who was on Syaoran side. "Hoe!" she whined. "I need to take 5" she added sitting on the slide. "Why can't Eriol be on my side instead of chicken bone here" she joked pointing to Syaoran. "I'm hurt!" Syaoran mock whined. "Alright, I'll let you too love birds battle it out for a while, I'll time you" said Eriol.
"Sounds like a plan" said Syaoran. "That's because it is my dear fiancé" teased Sakura with an English accent. "Very funny, we'll see who's the last one to laugh" Syaoran fought back. "Bring it on!" challenged Sakura. "Don't worry, I will" said Syaoran accepting her challenge. "Ready? GO!" yelled Eriol. At the precise moment, Sakura disappeared. "What..? Where.?" Syaoran asked bewildered. He looked around but found nothing, he looked to Eriol, and he just smirked. Syaoran knew from that smirk on his face that he could see Sakura and was watching her every movement. "No fair" Syaoran said under his breath. "Of course it isn't" said Sakura from behind him. Syaoran turned around only to end up in contact with her sword. She pulled it out and put her hand over the wound, a light formed around her hand and when she pulled it away, the wound was gone.
"You're still awake" Syaoran remarked. "You've gotten strong" he praised. "Thanks" she said "But I couldn't have done it without you guys" she added. "That took 1 minute and 20 seconds" said Eriol. "You're kidding!?" said Syaoran. "Iie my cute little descendent, I'm not" "Good work" said Syaoran pulling Sakura into a hug. After about 5 seconds she pulled back and kissed him. Syaoran was at first surprised by her bold move but was soon kissing her back. When they eventually came apart she said, "I've been dying to do that" "You've changed" he said. "How so?" "You're not so...I don't know, innocent" he said. She looked at him closely, waiting for more. "I like it" he added before he kissed her again. "Hey, I hate to interrupt, but unless you're going to defeat Terumi by kissing her to death, I suggest you get back to work" spoke Eriol. "Yes mum" said Syaoran sarcastically when he broke apart. "Ok, you ready?" Syaoran and Sakura nodded. "Set!"
~ Back at Tomoyo's house ~
"Hi Kai, how you doing?" asked Tomoyo. "Oh, I've been better" was his answer. "Let's change that bandage" she suggested. "Hello? Is anyone home?" came a voice from downstairs. "I'm upstairs" Tomoyo yelled back. "Hi Tomoyo, I just came by to see you and I heard that Kai was her - Oh my God! What happened?" "Kai's the first to be hammered by Terumi Melin" "No duh, when did this happen?" "Yesterday afternoon" spoke Kai. "Oh man.you should be long gone by now, you must be strong!" "I'll go get another bandage, won't be long" said Tomoyo as she walked out of the room.
Melin made her way over to the bed. "I'm sorry for what happened" "Huh?" "I'm sorry this happened to you" "Oh thanks Melin" he blushed. She put a clothe over the hole to slow the bleeding. "How long do you have?" "I'm not sure, maybe a day or two" "That's not long" "Nope" "You scared?" He looked at her. In her eyes he could see she was hurt and worried, he blushed again. "I'm not really afraid of dying, but more of leaving my friends and family" "I understand" he looked at her and she continued. "My father died when I was only young, and even though he wasn't afraid, he didn't want to leave mum and I, but unfortunately, he didn't have a choice" she confessed sadly. "When I go, I'll make sure to say hi to him for you" "Thank you Kai" she said as she bent down and kissed him on the forehead. He blushed a deep crimson. "Uh, no problem" She got up and headed for the door way. He watched. Just before she walked out she turned around to face him. "Wo Oi Ne Kai" she said and walked out.
(For those of you who didn't quite get that, Melin knows him almost as long as Eriol. About 6 years the difference. How did she know him? One time he came to visit Eriol she was there, Syaoran wasn't there at the time, he was off training somewhere, where? I don't know, I haven't figured that out yet sweat drops ^_^;;)
~ 7 hours later at Tomoyo's house ~
"Hi Tomoyo" "Hi Sakura, how did the training go?" "Syaoran 12, me 10.he's still better then me at martial arts" she explained. "Is.Kai...still around?" she asked nervously. "Yes he's still here, he's awake if you want to see him" Sakura's face lit up. "Yeah thanks" she beamed. "Konichiwa Kai- san desu. Ogenki desu ka?" she asked when she reached his room. (Oh and if you're wondering where Tomoyo's mother is in all of this, she's out of town on business) "Good thanks; I was just thinking of going to the national soccer game tonight you wanna come?" Sakura just looked at him then shook her head. "What?" "Nothing Kai, at least you've got a good sense of humor in all this mess" He laughed. "Hey is Syaoran here?" "Yeah, he's down stairs, why?" "I've got something to ask him, could you get him for me?" "Sure hang on" Suddenly Syaoran came through the door.
"Yeah Sakura, what'd ya want?" Kai looked from Syaoran, to Sakura, and back to Syaoran again. Syaoran getting what he was at answered him. "She's telepathic now" "Oh um, Syaoran, you speak Chinese right?" "Yeah, can't you?" "No, I wasn't taught it, and I didn't have much time to learn any of it when I visited Eriol, but anyway, what does 'Wo Oi Ne mean'?" Syaoran stood still, and then blushed a nice pink. "Ahh, why do you want to know?" "Cause someone said that to me, but I don't know what it means" "Oh well, it means 'I love you' in um, Chinese." "Oh, so that's what Melin meant." "What? Melin?" asked Syaoran. "What does Melin have to do with this?" "When she was here earlier she said to me 'Wo Oi Ne Kai' I just wanted to know what she said, that's all" "Melin, loves, Kai?" asked Sakura. "Seems that way" said Syaoran. {Won't I have fun teasing her about this one} he thought.
~ Later at Sakura's house ~
"Hey Sakura..what are doing?" asked Syaoran as he walked into her room. "Shh" "Huh?" "Be quiet" She was sitting on the floor, her legs cross yoga style and had her eyes closed. After a few minutes she opened them and looked at Syaoran with worried eyes. "What?" "It's Terumi..she's at full power."
Dan, Dan, Dan, Sorry! But that's as far as this chapter will be going. Thanks so much for waiting patiently for me to update. Hope you all like this chappie! R+R k?
Best Wishes,
~Kitty Blossom.
Translations:
Konichiwa Kai-san desu = Hello Kai (politely)
Ogenki desu ka? = How are you?
And the way Sakura disappeared like that is similar to Instant Transmission, the technique Goku uses in DBZ.