AND IT's NOT ROMANCE! THERE IS NO COUPLE!
AU/Threeshot/Angst&Drama
Loki: Syaoran-Lover aka KLKL...
Kai: ... does NOT own a thing! --
Syaoran: Only the plot! --'
Kouichi: And the OCs!
SIBLING LOVE
SHOT 1 - RAISING
Hong Kong. A busy city south of China, home of big inustries and banks; a city full of tourists from every place in the world. And also, the home of the world-wide famous Li clan, though they were best known throughout the eastern civilizations.
The Li clan was famous not only for the beauty of their members, not only for their richness, not only for their economical and political power, not only for their advanced fighters, not only for their powerful magic, but also for their ruthlessness and coldness of its leaders to the outside world.
The big Chinese house in which they lived - the dimensions of which would earn the term "mansion" from a western visitor if one had the chance to see it - was where all the members were in on the first hours of a rainy day, especifically around the bedroom of the current Li clan leader, whose wife, Li Ieran, was about ot give birth to one more chlid, her fifth. Her husband was by her side, holding her hand as she went into labor, and their four daughters were outside, patiently waiting for the new member of the family, all with anxiety in their hearts.
The servants were either helping with the newcomer or guarding the house. Among the latter was Wei, a faithful man who grew up serving the family, for which he would gladly give his life to protect; his loyalty was such, that he was given a very important job, which he was sincerely touched to be given: he was to take care of the education of the Li heir, and was to be his legal guardian should anything happen to his parents.
The arrangement had been made just in case, but no one ever expected the couple to die in a suspicious looking accident when the boy, born on a rainy day, was barely 3 years old. The funeral was held at the "mansion", but the child, Li Syaoran, the Li clan heir, barely understood what was going on around him and why everyone was crying... he just knew he was VERY late for his 1st class of the day.
Even after the tragic event, not much changed between the siblings' relationship: when their parents were alive, Syaoran was a sweet little boy, yet obedient and respectful, to them and to his sisters, who, on their part, loved him with everything they had, pampering the amber-eyed boy whenever they could, but never really spoiling him... the kid had too much self-respect for that.
To Syaoran, all the events didn't make much of a difference until he reached the age of 6, when he finally understood what happened to his parents, their situation and his own, his obbligations and his responsibilities. However, he did not panic nor get hysterical, the boy kept his cool and calm composure, for he had long since lost the ability to openly show his emotions; all he was left with was a stone face and a cold heart only few could reach.
Although they were left with a lot of money, the girls, who would be left in charge of it all until Syaoran reached the age of 17, spared what they could, trying to not use much of it, with the exceptions of their younger brother's birthdays, when they'd all relax a bit on the issue.
Wei continued training and educating Syaoran, and his sisters would eventually take him out to have some "family time" together, but the boy never really showed a happy face. The only way they knew he actually enjoyed these few times was by the fact that he had not yet run away any of the times they had done that. . . he had become that strict: if something wasn't in his interest, he'd say so and walk away; they knew him that much.
However, there was one thing the four girls weren't aware of... since they didn't watch the boy's training and educational sessions, they did not know the extent of his growing process, which was increasing greatly, due to his dedication, and already could be easily classified as an expert, even if he was far from completing everything that he was set out for as the Li heir. His ability to learn was such, that he easily absorbed most of the information given to him in his educational lessons, therefore already holding knowledge most with 5 times his age did not; his will to understand and the stubborness of his dedication to learn everything that was thrown his way was so greatly motivated, that he learned new moves of martial arts and how to execute new magic spells in the period of a few days, when it takes an adult about 3 weeks to learn a new spell correctly...
But the girls didn't know... because he always showed them an innocent, despite cold and uncaring face that always had an expression of calmness and blankness. This was due to the fact that, although he had trouble showing it, and therefore not bothered doing it, he knew they understood that he didn't know how to express just how much they meant to him... how much he loved them.
And that, in a way, would be a blessing in no time, for a lot of people were envious and jealous of the clan; but none would dare to get any closer to the house than 30 meters, for it was always heavily guarded even 7 years after the death of the leaders, and the children would never venture that far without 2 loyal bodyguards for each.
When the heir completed 8 years, though, the guard slightened, for word had been long since spread that the future leader, known as the Li heir, who no one outside the house had ever seen or even new his age, was always on guard and ready for any "adventurer" he caught in his grounds. Some believed him to be as ruthless as the previous leader had been in public, and they were not very far from thre truth: to others who he did not know or cared much about, Syaoran was as cold as an iceberg.
The people at the Li "mansion" knew about these "rumors", but deciding that they only worked to their advantage, did absolutely nothing about it, thus permitting them to spread wider.
However, some people paid no atention to these kind of rumors, and decided that was the right moment to attack the house with personal profits as an intention and maybe even get the beautiful Li girls to "bring them to life", as the 5 put it.
And those 5 had already decided the day and time to do it...
END of SHOT 1 - RAISING
Well, that's a a start!
R&R to tell me if it was a good one...
This is only 3 "chapters" long (THREESHOT), so it shouldn't take too long to finish.
Next: "Will the bandits get what they want? If not, what will become of the Li sisters, the Li heir. . . and the Li family as a whole? If yes, what will it take to stop them? Answers on SHOT 2 - PROTECTING."