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Heres the next chapter of the story. I really hope that you like this chapter ^.^ I don't own CCS

Echoe Shayne ^.^

6 years later

The little auburn haired girl stood in the yard her lips clenched in- between teeth as she went through the movements with her stick. Her father wouldn't let he touch a real sword he said that she was too small. He also said that little girls shouldn't play with such things. Though she saw him smile when he had caught her practicing a few times. It was starting to get dark and she knew that her father would be coming for her soon. As if on que she heard the man yell.

"Ying Fa" she could hear her father yelling for her dropping the long stick that she held in her hands she brought the back of her hand up and wiped the sweat off her brow before she took off running in the direction of her house.

"I'm coming dad." A smile on her face, she saw her father standing not that far away from their little house they lived on the outskirts of a small town. She was thankful for that she liked slipping into the woods.

"You didn't go that far I hope?" Taka said looking down at the little girl that came bounding toward him. Crouching down he spread his arms to catch her as she threw herself at him.

"You've been practicing again haven't you?" He said. Though the girl didn't have to answer her cheeks took on a light pink tinge and he knew that she had. Maybe it was just a phase that she was going through then again she had started this almost a year ago that was amazing that she could keep this up. "Well you should go get washed up you don't want to get all tired out before your first day of school." At his words he watched his daughters emerald eyes light up.

"You're right I'll go get cleaned up right now." With that she pulled away and ran into the house.

Ying Fa sat on her bed looking that the clothes that she had lain out to wear the next day. Looking up her father came into the room and sat on the edge if the of the bed.

"You should go to sleep munchkin." He said looking at his daughter. Tomorrow was going to be a hard day for her he knew. Tucking her into bed he blew out the candle. His thoughts once again turning to what it would be like for her to go to school the next day.

She would be the only girl in the class he knew that. It wasn't against the law for girls to go to school, it was just something wasn't done. Girls were expected to stay home till they were old enough to go to a boarding school were they were taught all the skills that it was thought appropriate for a lady to know.

No not his Ying Fa. She didn't want to stay home she want to go to a school with the boys if she had too. She wanted to learn to read and write, and for the moment she wanted to learn to fence. She was always saying that she wanted to be one of the head guards for the Li Kingdom one day.

It had started a year ago when she had over heard some men talking about how they wanted to put their sons in school so that they could learn these skills with hopes that they would one day hold such a high honor as being a member of the High guard to the Li Kingdom. Since then she could talk of nothing else.

It was partly his fault since his wife had died almost four year ago he had raised her like she was little boy. She had everything that she could want even this. He would not tell her no. If his Ying Fa wanted to go to school, if she wanted to learn how to fence and fight he would let her. As long as she was happy then he was happy. So he would support her in this.

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Ying Fa looked down at her dress as she approached the medium sized building that was used for a school. Her father had walked her part way but she had wanted to walk in alone. There were boys running around taking a deep breath she looked strait ahead as she continued on her way. Walking into the room it was filled with other kids. Boys. She was only girl in the room. Little groups of three of four boys were scattered about the mass of desks. Standing there she had no clue what to do, should she just sit down?

Someone entered the room and she was shoved a little from behind taking a step forward she regained her balance before turning to look over her shoulder.

"Oh I'm so sorry I never meant to bump into you I wasn't looking were I was going. You're not hurt are you?"

Ying Fa took in the boy standing there he appeared to be the same age as her. He had navy blue hair and dark blue eyes that there framed by a pair of delicate looking glasses.

"No I am fine."

"Did you come to look for your brother?" Eriol asked looking around at the other people in the class to see if he could spot someone that resembled the little girl that was standing in the back of the class.

"No I came for class." Ying Fa said still eyeing the boy that stood in front of her.

Eriol took a double take of the little girl. 'she's staying for class?' there was nothing against it but still it was odd to see the little girl here. "Oh I see, My name is Hiragizawa Eriol." He said giving a slight bow.

Thankful that he didn't say that she didn't belong here she smiled at the boy. "Tomoeda Ying Fa." Politely she returned his bow with one of her own.

"Look you can sit next to me." he said seeing that all the other boys in the room where casting glances at the auburn haired girl. He knew those kind of glances. They didn't like what they saw.

Ying Fa felt the smile on her face widen as she took a seat next to the little boy.

The teacher walked in and the rest of the students scrambled to get into their own desks.

"Good morning students." The main said in a stern tone his cold grey eyes looking though the class. "My Name is Mr. Fujimiya and I will be your teacher."

Ying Fa bowed her head with the rest of the students as they uttered good morning to the teacher.

"Seeing as not everyone knows each other. Why don't you stand and introduce your selves."

Students started to stand up around the room introducing them selves a few of them caught her eye and she tired her best to remember their names. When it was her turn the room became deathly quite pushing to her feet she felt uncomfortable as all the people watched her.

"My name is Tomoeda Ying Fa." After she had said her name there was an out burst of whispers around the room. She had known this would happen they didn't want to go to school with her. The thought mad her blood boil, that was just too bad she wanted to go to school. So she was here to stay if they didn't like it then they could just leave. With her head held high she took her seat once more listening to Eriol state his name before sitting back down.

"Quite." The teacher said silencing the whispers that were still circulating the room. Mr Fujimiya looked at the little girl that sat toward the back with Hiragizawa. So it had been true there was going to be a girl in his class. He hoped that she didn't expect any special treatment because he wasn't going to give her any. If anything he would be harder on her if she wanted to stay in this class then she would have to learn how to compete with the boys.

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Ying Fa felt mentally drained by lunch time she was thankful that he dad had been teaching her how to write and read a little. She didn't know how she would have been able to keep up if he hadn't.

"Hey we can go sit outside and eat our lunch." Eriol said looking at the little girl the rest of the people in the place were avoid her like she was the plague.

Nodding she followed the boy out of the room and sat next to him on the small lawn that was in front of the building. Her lunch clutched in her hand her father had made it for her it wasn't anything fancy seeing as her father couldn't cook. Neither could she for that matter so what they ate was limited.

Eriol looked at the rice that the little girl had to eat and frowned as he looked back down at his own lunch. "Did your mom not have time to make you lunch today?"

Ying Fa looked from her lunch to Eriol's that was filled with goodies to her lunch of plain rice.

"My father made it for me. My mother died a long time ago."

Mentally kicking himself he took in Ying Fa's down cast expression. A moment of silence hung in the air around him before he spoke again. "I'm sorry."

Seeing that she was making the boy uncomfortable she put a smile on her face. "You don't have to be it's not like it's your fault."

He liked the way that she smiled. He would have to work to keep that smile on her face.

"Come on we should go it's arithmetic after lunch."

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Closing her book Ying Fa took a glance at Eriol who looked like he had actually been enjoying learning about how to add those awful numbers.

Eriol out have laughed at the expression on her face ' she doesn't like math he thought to himself as they stood to leave the room.

"Thank you Eriol for being so nice to me I mean."

"Hey it's no problem I get plenty of practice from my little sister Tomoyo. You'll have to meet her sometime."

"I would like that."

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Yamazaki watched as two walked out of the room. It was different then he had thought it would be. He had never expected there to be a girl in his class. She seamed nice enough and she kept up pretty good. It wouldn't be that bad, having a girl in his class. Hearing murmurs he looked around him a small group of boys had huddled together. They too were looking at the girl boy duo that had just left the room.

He watched as they took a step toward them. The next thing he knew they were walking right behind them and Lan had reached out his hand pushing the little girl to the ground.

Not waiting to see more he took off running he had to get the teacher or this could be ugly.

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Ying Fa felt her body learch forward she wasn't able to regain her balance and her body went crashing into the ground. Her knees slamming into the hard dirt. Looking up she saw a group of seven boys standing above her.

"You don't belong here little girl. You should go home and cry to your mommy." Lan said looking down at the Ying Fa. Some of her hair had work it's way out of the braid that contained her auburn locks and it hung in her face but her emerald eyes stared up at him in a defiant manor. It sickened him. Why didn't she look away from him? She was after all just a weak little girl.

"Don't think that you can look at me in such a way. Just wait till my father hears that there's a girl in the school."

"Mine too." Another boy piped up from behind him.

"You see when they complain to the teacher you're gone so why don't you just leave now and never come back."

"I don't have to I have as much right to be here as you do." She said refusing to be afraid of the boy.

"Is that so." He was about reach out and grab her hair to her feet when he felt a hand close around his wrist. Turning to look he saw that Eriol was standing there.

"What do you think that you're doing Hiragizawa?"

"What do you think that you're doing Lan? Now apologize to her."

"No I will never apologize to her. She's not good enough to go to school with the boys." He spat out venom hanging in the air around him.

Eriols eyes narrowed he had tried to be nice really he had but there was just no hope for them. Reaching back his fist he slammed it into the other boys face where he fell to the ground. He had expected him to get back up but it looked like he was content to sit there. And cry.

Lan frowned he wasn't crying but his nose did feel strange his hand closing around some of the lose soil he threw it in Eriols face before springing to his feet and wrapping his arms around the other boys midsection.

Closing his eyes he brought his hands up to his face but it was too late his eyes burned with the dirt that had gotten in them. He felt something slam into him. Then he was on the ground with something holding him down. Everything was followed by a blow to the face so it was Lan that was on top of him reaching up blindly he grabbed the other body collar and flung him to the ground next to him. Scrambling to his feet he wiped at his stinging eyes. Finally everything came into focus but his eyes still hurt looking at Lan he frowned.

"That was a cowardly thing to do."

"It was not a winner will resort to anything. I will do what ever it takes you know you're looking at a future member of the head guard."

"Oh yeah not if I have anything to say about it." Closing the distance in bent stance. He would end this right now.

Ying Fa watched in awe as Eriol swung at the other boy his fist connected with his face and a audible crack was heard as blood started to flow from the other boys nose. He stumbled back before falling to the ground this time he didn't get up.

Fear hit her as she saw the six other boys rush at Eriol. He was going his best to fend them off but there were too many of them to handle by himself. She looked around her a few people were standing just watching but no one was going to help. Here eyes settled on a long slender stick that was laying in the dirt off to the side of the path scrambling to it she got to her feet feeling the familiar weight in her hands.

Eriol was doing his best to take care of the boys if they had only come at him one at a time there would be no problem. Out of the corner of his eye he saw that Ying Fa had gotten to her feet and was not standing there with something clutched in her hand. 'No stay back' he wanted to scream at her, but he didn't want to draw attention to her so he said nothing. Too bad one of the other boys had also seen what he had seen.

"What are you going to do with the stick little girl?"

Narrowing her emerald pools she looked at the boy taking a step forward. Everyone paused to look at her. Eriol had taken a step toward her, so if any of them made a move he could get them she was touched at the gesture.

"Are we supposed to be scared of a little girl with a stick? What are you going to do wave it around? I guess we can include you in the fight too then." With that the boys tired to get at her, while Eriol tried to hold them off.

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Mr. Fujimiya came around the corner at a fast pace. Yamazaki was at his heels he knew that it had been a bad idea to have a girl in this school. He saw the small group one of the boys was laying on the ground and Eriol was trying to hold of the other boys that appeared determined to pull the little girl into the fight.

Stopping to his surprise he saw that she wasn't running she was standing there with a long stick that served to make a makeshift sword in front of her face. Her head was bowed slightly and he watched as she moved quickly swinging the sword back in a graceful arch. She had entered a crouching position to allow her to move easily. One of her hands was held out in front of her the other held the stick posed in the air ready to strike. It threw him to see her enter a fighting stance 'were had she learned such a thing?'

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Ying Fa felt her body move in a practiced manor. Bringing the shaft of the stick down on the boy that in front of her she turned quickly knowing that someone was behind her. Her body moved perfectly as it executed the actions that she had been practicing for over a year. Pausing she stopped just short from hitting the other boy in the face and he know it too.

He stood there wearing a frightened expression. His eyes moved to see the stick poised next to his face. The other boys had stopped what they were doing and they were all staring now. The one that she had just hit had his hand up gripping his shoulder a cruel glare mixed with a look of awe on his face.

Eriol watched in amazement with the rest of the boys as she took a step back taking the stick away from the boys face and lowered it to her side like she had place a sword into it's sheath.

"What's going on here?" Mr. Fijimiya yelled though he knew what had them all standing in awe. "after school you're not to dottal everyone I suggest you move along on your way home unless of course you don't have enough home work I can give you more." His eyes focused on the little girl she had dropped the stick to the ground and she was making her way to Eriol. Lan he noticed was still out cold on the ground a few feet away."

He watched as the two people made their way away from the school at a fast pace. An amused smile curled at his lips and he looked down at Yamazaki who was still standing next to him.

"Thank you for telling me, you go home too."

Nodding at the teachers words Yamazaki took off at a near run.

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Eriol looked at Ying Fa who was walking next to him. He would have a small bruise on his face tomorrow and that his knuckles would be sore, but she looked no worse for the wear and he was thankful for that. 'where had she learned to do that?'

Ying Fa looked at the ground she knew that Eriol was watching her. Her eyes sifting she took in the boys appearance he looked ruffled and there was going to be a bruise on his cheek in the morning.

"I am sorry Hiragizawa kun." She said seeing him smile at her words.

"Hey don't be. It's no big deal." he watched as she looked away from him again as if thinking when she looked back at him again there was a determined glint in her eyes.

"Can you.. can you teach me to do what you did today." She said referring to the fist fight.

Ok that's it for this chapter. I am still working on my other stories so this one is still on a review basis so tell me what you think if you want more ^.^

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