Finally! I updated! I thought it would never happen! I'm really sorry for not updateting quicker. You know how bwfore I said I had no life? Well guess what? I got one(sorta). All of a sudden, since school got out, everyone wants to do stuff with me all of the time(I know, it's insane!).
And then, there are other reasons why I coulnd't update. I was in the school play, and then my parents went away to the Demonacin Republic!!!!!!(without me!!!!), So for that week, I was left at my friends, who ironicly, has a computer, but no internet(sais they don't need it! They're so primative.)! And THEN I had a big horse show, first one of the year, wich I forgot about(But I got junior high-point,that's good, and nothing beloew a third). And ,another then, I had to study for finals! So once again, I'm very sorry for any inconvenience I have caused to any of the readers(If there are any left.).
But now school is out for the whole summer(Like it wouldn't be.)! So I can update for you guys a lot more. Oooh. I like this chapter. It's a little scary for cardcaptors. I think you'll like it(or at least I hope O.o). So, not to keep you waiting, I'll move on to the chappie!
"speech"
'thoughts'
(A/N interjected author's notes)
Disclamer: You know the drill, blah blah blah.....
~*~Spirit Of The Wolf
Chapter Three:Revelations~*~
~***~
As they were flying over to the zoo, Sakura couldn't stop felling horrible about what was happenning to Li. 'How could I have used that card without knowing about it first?!I should have given it to Kero and Yue right away........' Sakura scolded herself mentally.
"Sakura?" Madison's chimming voice broke though Sakura's rève-like thought. "Huh? Sorry, what did you say?" Sakura asked, still a little dazed.
"Don't worry." Madison repeated." I can see the zoo from here." Madison was pointing downwards towards a group of miniature buildings,who normaly , in the day it would be filled with people and animals, ecoing with the noises and sounds of the crowds that line up to see the new exibits. and the smells of the freshly awoken animals, alert and waiting for the new day.
But now it was quiet and deserted.
Sakura looked down at the dark buildings. Her dea green eyes scanning the area for any sighns of life, or death. She squeezed Keroberos's warm fur for reasurance as they began to descend.
***
Dark and alone. That's all he knew. He wanted on thing. to kill. He didn't know why. It was some animal instinct that he couldn't control, some primal fury that took over his entire being that made him lust for what was already flowing in his viens.
The adrenalin pumping through his body pushed him on, makin him run until something gave him a reason to stop. Wait...............somethings missing. wasn't there people with him?........ Had he always been alone?........... He couldn't remember not being alone, but there were people. Who were they?
Then something snagged his attention. Something pulling at the back of his consciousness, pushing to let free. He let it out, to see what it had to say. A solitaire word creeped into his mind. Friends.
***
The second they landed, Sakura started crying out Li's name. Calling him, hoping that he would walk out of the dak and everything was alright and it was all a bad dream. That he would tell her that there was no Olup card, and that he was fine. But inside, she knew she was on;y fooling herself. Everything was not fine. She had turned Li into some crazed animal , hunting for it's prey, waiting to kill.
Yue covered her mouth. "You must stay quiet."He told her. "He do not want to disturb him. Li will be alright. He's locked up and will stay like that until the sun rises." Yue's sage-like voice informed her.
" I left him iver here" Keroberos said. Indicating with his paw to follow him. Sakura looked around at everybody. Keroberos's face was grim, even if he tried to hide it, it was plainly visible. Yue had a blank expression on his face. A cold mask of indifference was place on it, covering up what he was really feeling. Mélin'e face was tear stained and blotchy from her heart felt sobs. but a look of determination was set apon her features, letting everyone know that she would stop at nothing to get Li back.
And last but not least, Sakura looked over at Madison. Her features were serious, but not grim like Keroberos's. She was not expecting to go in there and see a wild, deadly animal, like the others were. She was expecting to see Li. Plain and simple, she wasn't going to think of him any differently.
When Sakura looked at Madison, her face brightened. Madison had always made her feel like nothing couldln't be overtaken, had always reassured her when in doubt. She didn't know what to wxpect when they arrived at the cag Li was in, but she that Madison would be there with her. (A/N: For any of you people who like Madison/Sakura slashes, This is NOT for you. So get your sick minds out of the gutters. They are just FRIENDS!)
Sakura silently followed her comrads, a new determination in her. They continued to walk past the penguins, and zebras, and monkeys, the zoo seemed to fit they grim moods, for not a sound could be detected. 'That's odd. Whay is everything so quiet?' Sakura thought, a little puzzled.
"Doesn't this seem wierd to anyone else?" Mélin asked, her voice quivering a bit. "What do you mean?" Sakura ask, not liking the tone in Mélin's voice. There was apprehension lacing every silible of her words. "Where are all the animals?!?!" Madison yells in a panic. Everyone looked around.All over, there were the brightly colored feathers of the tropical birds, but not a single parrot in sight.
Each of them looked around in horror at the other animal exhibits, hoping and praying that their suspiscions wer untrue. At the monkeys, not a single primape, the zebras, only carcases and fur. The penguins, not a single aquadic bird was to be seen.
"Oh no" was all that was heard. Sakura thought that Madison was talking about the animals, but then Sakura looked at where she was pointing. A single cage was seen standing alone in the dark. The bars were mangeled and twisted into scewed positions that looked hellish. Obviosly whatever broke free from it had to be very,very strong. And only one creature came to all of their minds.
***
'Friends'? Why would that be comming to mind? he couldn't remember having any friends. Odd. Tic Toc. Tic Toc....Well, maybe there were, but if that was true, where were they now? Did they leave him? But whay would they do that? This ti so confusing. What was going on!
All of this nonsense was confusing him. his head was starting to hurt from the overload that there 'Friends' kept causing. Tic Toc, Tic Toc. The mouse ran up the clock........
Maybe they were dead! He probably killed them. Yes, that was it. He had killed them. Now it al made sense. That's why they weren't here, it wasn't because thay didn't like him, it was because he had killed them. How could anybody not like him?
Happy with solving his dilema, he realized that hew was hungry. Right then, he turned aroung on his heels and ran back to the food he had caught earlier.
***
Yue ran over to the mis-shappen form of the animal cell, and began to inspect it. Sakura and the others ran shortly afterwards. "Hmm. It looks like your judgement of the strengh of these bars was not as highly as you thought." Yue comintated cooly. "I was in a bit of a rush you know yue, I didn't have time to inspect all of the cells if I wanted to get back to you guys safely." Keroveros snipped in.
"W-what do we do now" Sakura asked. A little unsure herself. She didn't know if she could bring herself to fight Li. She had known him for yeras, and was one of her best friends, how could she ever hurt him?
"Sakura, I know that you feel unsure of what to do" Keroberos said slowly, as if he had read her mind. " But you have to remember, What we're looking for is not Li. What we are looking for is something that the Olup card manifested inside of him. When you see him, do not hesitate to attack, because it will not hesitate in the slightest." Keroberos warns her.
All of a sudden, Sakura was furious. 'How dare he talk about Li that way!'. Sakura's anger blowed out of her like liquide magma explodes out of a volcano. And then she let Keroberos have it.
"Stop talking about him like he's a thing rather than a person!" Sakura yells back at him. "Stop saying 'it' and 'thing'. Because this is Li, not just something that poped up out of the blue! When I see *him*, I'll do what I have to to stop him." Sakura declaires, she also perposely stressed the word *him* as to make it clear that that Li was still Li, in a way.
Keroberos was a little taken back by her sudden out burst, but she probably felt awful about what was happening, and chose to leave at that. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go find him, and trape him" Mélin states, pounding her fist into her hand to emphasize the action.
The group of four decided that when they finaly found Li, Keroberos would distracted him, because he was the only one thatcould measure up to Li now, While Sakura ued the shield card to trape him inside until daylight. And if anything went wrong, Yue would be there to help.
And then, as if challenging them, a hollow crie was heard. Echoing through the eerie zoo grounds. At that they all followed the sound until they came the small court at the middle of the zoo. Everything was dark and forbidding. A million images of what Li could be doing flashed through Sakura's mind's eye. Showing her things that she thought she could only see in her worst nightmares. But they were soon deeply overshadowed by what she saw when she opened her eyes.
About fifty feet ahead of them was Li. Sakura took in every new detail about him. Li was crouched over something that seemed to have him engrossed in it. Sakura looked at everything that had changed about him. His slate colored fur that covered his massive bulk. His tail thrashing around to balance him and to kkep him steady while he busied himself. His pointed ears flopped around lazily, for he was not concerned about what went on around him.
His paws that were the size of dinner plates spread apart and sturdy. Sakura followed the hair in his neck down towards his slender head. And instinly wished that this was a nightmare.
The reason why Li's tail was twirling around and his paws were spread for balance and the reason why he was so captivated to keep his head down was that he was eating. Sakura looked at what was in his mouth. The nightly security guard was on the ground covered in his own blood, sprawel out with his limbs out in odd angles. A look of horror was set on his stone like face. And Li's head was in his abdominal area, thrashing and tearing at his organs and the guards other inards!
Li's animal face was covered in the guards blood as he licked it up,relishing the flavor of his intestines and liver. All of this was bathed in the moons milk white glow to empahize the carnage, it made all the blood look black right before Li licked it up with his long pink tongue.
"Oh Lord" was all that any of them could manage..................................
~***~
Holy shit! that came out a lot better that it was in my head!
So! what did ya think? It good, it good. yes yes? I'm just glad that I finally updated. I hope this makes up for the whole me-no-upadate thing. I think it was a suitable appoligie
For any of you who would like to see apick of Li as a wolf, just tell me in your review. And thanx again for those who did review *passes out cookies to god reviewers*. And there's plenty more of those for anybody else who reviews(I must sound like a senile old hag that keeps asking if you want something to eat *cheap imitation of myself* ' and don't forget to review blither blither blither.......Honestly, If I were on of you guys, I would have tuned myself out long ago. Jeez I soung like my garnd-mother!)
But anyway.......ignore my evil, sinister,evil side. She's bad news. So just do me one little favor, and push the pretty review button. C'mon, you know you want to......
And then, there are other reasons why I coulnd't update. I was in the school play, and then my parents went away to the Demonacin Republic!!!!!!(without me!!!!), So for that week, I was left at my friends, who ironicly, has a computer, but no internet(sais they don't need it! They're so primative.)! And THEN I had a big horse show, first one of the year, wich I forgot about(But I got junior high-point,that's good, and nothing beloew a third). And ,another then, I had to study for finals! So once again, I'm very sorry for any inconvenience I have caused to any of the readers(If there are any left.).
But now school is out for the whole summer(Like it wouldn't be.)! So I can update for you guys a lot more. Oooh. I like this chapter. It's a little scary for cardcaptors. I think you'll like it(or at least I hope O.o). So, not to keep you waiting, I'll move on to the chappie!
"speech"
'thoughts'
(A/N interjected author's notes)
Disclamer: You know the drill, blah blah blah.....
~*~Spirit Of The Wolf
Chapter Three:Revelations~*~
~***~
As they were flying over to the zoo, Sakura couldn't stop felling horrible about what was happenning to Li. 'How could I have used that card without knowing about it first?!I should have given it to Kero and Yue right away........' Sakura scolded herself mentally.
"Sakura?" Madison's chimming voice broke though Sakura's rève-like thought. "Huh? Sorry, what did you say?" Sakura asked, still a little dazed.
"Don't worry." Madison repeated." I can see the zoo from here." Madison was pointing downwards towards a group of miniature buildings,who normaly , in the day it would be filled with people and animals, ecoing with the noises and sounds of the crowds that line up to see the new exibits. and the smells of the freshly awoken animals, alert and waiting for the new day.
But now it was quiet and deserted.
Sakura looked down at the dark buildings. Her dea green eyes scanning the area for any sighns of life, or death. She squeezed Keroberos's warm fur for reasurance as they began to descend.
***
Dark and alone. That's all he knew. He wanted on thing. to kill. He didn't know why. It was some animal instinct that he couldn't control, some primal fury that took over his entire being that made him lust for what was already flowing in his viens.
The adrenalin pumping through his body pushed him on, makin him run until something gave him a reason to stop. Wait...............somethings missing. wasn't there people with him?........ Had he always been alone?........... He couldn't remember not being alone, but there were people. Who were they?
Then something snagged his attention. Something pulling at the back of his consciousness, pushing to let free. He let it out, to see what it had to say. A solitaire word creeped into his mind. Friends.
***
The second they landed, Sakura started crying out Li's name. Calling him, hoping that he would walk out of the dak and everything was alright and it was all a bad dream. That he would tell her that there was no Olup card, and that he was fine. But inside, she knew she was on;y fooling herself. Everything was not fine. She had turned Li into some crazed animal , hunting for it's prey, waiting to kill.
Yue covered her mouth. "You must stay quiet."He told her. "He do not want to disturb him. Li will be alright. He's locked up and will stay like that until the sun rises." Yue's sage-like voice informed her.
" I left him iver here" Keroberos said. Indicating with his paw to follow him. Sakura looked around at everybody. Keroberos's face was grim, even if he tried to hide it, it was plainly visible. Yue had a blank expression on his face. A cold mask of indifference was place on it, covering up what he was really feeling. Mélin'e face was tear stained and blotchy from her heart felt sobs. but a look of determination was set apon her features, letting everyone know that she would stop at nothing to get Li back.
And last but not least, Sakura looked over at Madison. Her features were serious, but not grim like Keroberos's. She was not expecting to go in there and see a wild, deadly animal, like the others were. She was expecting to see Li. Plain and simple, she wasn't going to think of him any differently.
When Sakura looked at Madison, her face brightened. Madison had always made her feel like nothing couldln't be overtaken, had always reassured her when in doubt. She didn't know what to wxpect when they arrived at the cag Li was in, but she that Madison would be there with her. (A/N: For any of you people who like Madison/Sakura slashes, This is NOT for you. So get your sick minds out of the gutters. They are just FRIENDS!)
Sakura silently followed her comrads, a new determination in her. They continued to walk past the penguins, and zebras, and monkeys, the zoo seemed to fit they grim moods, for not a sound could be detected. 'That's odd. Whay is everything so quiet?' Sakura thought, a little puzzled.
"Doesn't this seem wierd to anyone else?" Mélin asked, her voice quivering a bit. "What do you mean?" Sakura ask, not liking the tone in Mélin's voice. There was apprehension lacing every silible of her words. "Where are all the animals?!?!" Madison yells in a panic. Everyone looked around.All over, there were the brightly colored feathers of the tropical birds, but not a single parrot in sight.
Each of them looked around in horror at the other animal exhibits, hoping and praying that their suspiscions wer untrue. At the monkeys, not a single primape, the zebras, only carcases and fur. The penguins, not a single aquadic bird was to be seen.
"Oh no" was all that was heard. Sakura thought that Madison was talking about the animals, but then Sakura looked at where she was pointing. A single cage was seen standing alone in the dark. The bars were mangeled and twisted into scewed positions that looked hellish. Obviosly whatever broke free from it had to be very,very strong. And only one creature came to all of their minds.
***
'Friends'? Why would that be comming to mind? he couldn't remember having any friends. Odd. Tic Toc. Tic Toc....Well, maybe there were, but if that was true, where were they now? Did they leave him? But whay would they do that? This ti so confusing. What was going on!
All of this nonsense was confusing him. his head was starting to hurt from the overload that there 'Friends' kept causing. Tic Toc, Tic Toc. The mouse ran up the clock........
Maybe they were dead! He probably killed them. Yes, that was it. He had killed them. Now it al made sense. That's why they weren't here, it wasn't because thay didn't like him, it was because he had killed them. How could anybody not like him?
Happy with solving his dilema, he realized that hew was hungry. Right then, he turned aroung on his heels and ran back to the food he had caught earlier.
***
Yue ran over to the mis-shappen form of the animal cell, and began to inspect it. Sakura and the others ran shortly afterwards. "Hmm. It looks like your judgement of the strengh of these bars was not as highly as you thought." Yue comintated cooly. "I was in a bit of a rush you know yue, I didn't have time to inspect all of the cells if I wanted to get back to you guys safely." Keroveros snipped in.
"W-what do we do now" Sakura asked. A little unsure herself. She didn't know if she could bring herself to fight Li. She had known him for yeras, and was one of her best friends, how could she ever hurt him?
"Sakura, I know that you feel unsure of what to do" Keroberos said slowly, as if he had read her mind. " But you have to remember, What we're looking for is not Li. What we are looking for is something that the Olup card manifested inside of him. When you see him, do not hesitate to attack, because it will not hesitate in the slightest." Keroberos warns her.
All of a sudden, Sakura was furious. 'How dare he talk about Li that way!'. Sakura's anger blowed out of her like liquide magma explodes out of a volcano. And then she let Keroberos have it.
"Stop talking about him like he's a thing rather than a person!" Sakura yells back at him. "Stop saying 'it' and 'thing'. Because this is Li, not just something that poped up out of the blue! When I see *him*, I'll do what I have to to stop him." Sakura declaires, she also perposely stressed the word *him* as to make it clear that that Li was still Li, in a way.
Keroberos was a little taken back by her sudden out burst, but she probably felt awful about what was happening, and chose to leave at that. "Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go find him, and trape him" Mélin states, pounding her fist into her hand to emphasize the action.
The group of four decided that when they finaly found Li, Keroberos would distracted him, because he was the only one thatcould measure up to Li now, While Sakura ued the shield card to trape him inside until daylight. And if anything went wrong, Yue would be there to help.
And then, as if challenging them, a hollow crie was heard. Echoing through the eerie zoo grounds. At that they all followed the sound until they came the small court at the middle of the zoo. Everything was dark and forbidding. A million images of what Li could be doing flashed through Sakura's mind's eye. Showing her things that she thought she could only see in her worst nightmares. But they were soon deeply overshadowed by what she saw when she opened her eyes.
About fifty feet ahead of them was Li. Sakura took in every new detail about him. Li was crouched over something that seemed to have him engrossed in it. Sakura looked at everything that had changed about him. His slate colored fur that covered his massive bulk. His tail thrashing around to balance him and to kkep him steady while he busied himself. His pointed ears flopped around lazily, for he was not concerned about what went on around him.
His paws that were the size of dinner plates spread apart and sturdy. Sakura followed the hair in his neck down towards his slender head. And instinly wished that this was a nightmare.
The reason why Li's tail was twirling around and his paws were spread for balance and the reason why he was so captivated to keep his head down was that he was eating. Sakura looked at what was in his mouth. The nightly security guard was on the ground covered in his own blood, sprawel out with his limbs out in odd angles. A look of horror was set on his stone like face. And Li's head was in his abdominal area, thrashing and tearing at his organs and the guards other inards!
Li's animal face was covered in the guards blood as he licked it up,relishing the flavor of his intestines and liver. All of this was bathed in the moons milk white glow to empahize the carnage, it made all the blood look black right before Li licked it up with his long pink tongue.
"Oh Lord" was all that any of them could manage..................................
~***~
Holy shit! that came out a lot better that it was in my head!
So! what did ya think? It good, it good. yes yes? I'm just glad that I finally updated. I hope this makes up for the whole me-no-upadate thing. I think it was a suitable appoligie
For any of you who would like to see apick of Li as a wolf, just tell me in your review. And thanx again for those who did review *passes out cookies to god reviewers*. And there's plenty more of those for anybody else who reviews(I must sound like a senile old hag that keeps asking if you want something to eat *cheap imitation of myself* ' and don't forget to review blither blither blither.......Honestly, If I were on of you guys, I would have tuned myself out long ago. Jeez I soung like my garnd-mother!)
But anyway.......ignore my evil, sinister,evil side. She's bad news. So just do me one little favor, and push the pretty review button. C'mon, you know you want to......