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Chapter 5
He could smell coppery blood in the air and glanced around, didn't anyone else notice? Apparently not, Touya and Yukito were helping Sakura set up the picnic before Eriol and Tomoyo arrived. Kero was sitting eating a pudding cup. A small chill ran down his spine and he began shuffling his way over to the others trying to leave that desolate feeling behind him.
They had found just the perfect spot in the park, it was on the edge of a bunch of trees and was sunny, it seemed very secretive and nobody bothered them. Syaoran quietly entertained the idea that the air smelled just how it had in his dream, minus the visible blood and the roaming hands.
Li stopped a little way from the group and leaned on a tree. Eriol and Tomoyo appeared through the trees that very minute, they most likely had met up at the gate.
"Ohayo everyone!" Waved Tomoyo, "Li-kun, what are you doing way over there?come sit over here with us."
Li shifted off his tree and made his way to the expectant group. Soon everyone was filling their plates and complementing each other on their baking.
"How are you holding up my cute little descendant." It was really more a statement then a question so Syaoran ignored it and glared.
Eriol laughed, "Having a good time at your new home?"
"Yeah, the gaki's already getting me in trouble with Sakura." Touya put in his two cents. Syaoran started to protest but Sakura beat him to it so he resigned himself to glaring.
"Does anyone want to play catch?" Asked Yukito. Everyone was soon engaged in a game of catch, everyone except Syaoran. He sat quietly under a tree near the mini-forest.
Syaoran was starting to doze.
....little wolf..................... Syaoran's eyelashes fluttered. A caressing hand on his face.
...Little wolf.................... He turned uncomfortably and the hand slipped to his neckbone and around his neck. His brow furrowed.
.....Little wolf.........more sharply, Syaoran looked ill. The hand tightened and a cold brush of metal traced it's way from his mid-inner thigh to his shin.
.......LITTLE WOLF
The sound echoed in Syaoran's head and he yelped, the hand tightened and the cold metal quickly left his leg and reappeared just below his collarbone under his shirt.
All sensation left him and he felt numb, the metal and the hand had left him. He felt a pressure on his shoulder and it took him a minute for his eyes to focus and found himself staring at Eriol. He did what came natural, he glared. Or at least he glared until he noticed a fully transformed Keroberos and Yue-even Ruby Moon and Spinel were there. Syaoran pushed Eriol's hand off his shoulder and groggily got to his feet.
He felt ill, the sky had suddenly become dark and, if you used your imagination, you could almost see the stars.
"The child is awake, the Mistress and her guardians will now leave." Stated Yue coldly. Syaoran looked puzzled.
"What! You can't leave us here just because he's awake now." Syaoran recognised Touya's voice through the fog.
"If you want your sister to live, then you'll let us leave now and come with us." Yue again. Was Sakura allowing this? Syaoran looked around for her, he noticed they were in a sheild, most likely his, however once he saw Sakura he no longer cared about the shield. She was laying unconscious behind Keroberos and a part of her hair was matted with blood. Syaoran couldn't stop the whimper in his throat.
"What...what's happening?"
"You stupid gaki! What did you do? I..." Touya appeared too frustrated to speak anymore.
Finally Madison, who was a little to his left filled him in,
"Li...it's wants you. I don't know what it is, but Sakura tried to stop it. You were sleeping and she...she needs to go to a hospital but we can't get out side the sheild. It can't come in and Touya thinks you're holding the sheild, he said you were talking about it on the phone before...I...she needs a doctor."
Syaoran glanced around at his surroundings. Touya was now hoisting his sister onto Kerobero's back and Eriol appeared to be trying to rally his guardians likewise, tyring to persuade Madison to ride atop Spinel. Yue turned to him, angry.
"Let the shield down."
He nodded.
"Can you get back?" He asked Eriol, turning, "can you get them all back? To safety I mean."
"Yes, I have enough to transport Madison, Touya has already made his mind to get Sakura out of here. All that's left are you and me.'
"Go."
"You know I won't. I'm staying to fight."
Syaoran growled and looked a little frightened.
"Fine. Go!" He called to the guardians, and they did. He dropped his shield and they left, nothing attacked them. The attackers eyes were on Syaoran.
Li could see nothing but he could feel it and it made him uneasy. He was scared. He knew if Eriol stayed he would likely die, he could just feel it.
Eriol was impressed. The battle was short. The evil aura had charged them but before it got to them Li had done something. It was weird. He could tell it was magic, but.....it was just weird, a newly developed technique of the Li clan's perhaps?
"Eriol would you go check on Sakura for me? I think I need a little fresh air." Syaoran was deathly pale. Why? They had won. Eriol consented. After all, there was no immediate danger. Besides, he eagerly wanted to go home and research this out, though it didn't make sense. He needed to find more pieces to the puzzle. So he left.
"I'll call tomorrow with some information. Tell everyone to try and get some sleep." Syaoran nodded. He grew more nervous and fidgety as he watched Eriol's retreating form. The freezing spell would be off soon. Then the real fight would be on.
Syaoran was scared. He really didn't want to fight this thing. It was....evil. He put a freezing spell on it, one he'd made himself. He knew Eriol wouldn't know it and assume he did something to kill it. He could feel the evil aura unfreeze and start flowing again. It seemed familiar. It wasn't attacking yet, he was getting nervous. Was it rallying it's power? He couldn't tell where it was, the dark aura surrounded him.
Uneasiness grew in the pit of his stomach. It was going to attack. The next few seconds were a blur to Syaoran, he couldn't even hope to match that things speed. The next thing he knew something was on his stomach and pinning him to the ground. He gasped as the shadow took the form of a human and leaned in.
"Jin-Lang!" As soon it was out of his mouth, a hand cool hand clamped it shut.
"You know who I am, little wolf? I can't say I'm surprised." Even Jin- Lang's voice was cold, and it made Syaoran shiver. 'Little Wolf!' His mind screamed mockingly. Seeing Syaoran shiver, Jin-Lang smiled,
"Scared, my wolf? You should be." And with that Jin-Lang's remaining hand started tugging at Syaoran's belt. Syaoran tried to scream, but his cries were futile. He tried shoving Jin-Lang away but Jin-Lang was too powerful.
"Is that anyway to greet your father? And I've been gone so long, aren't you happy to see me?"
Jin-Lang tried to unbutton Li's shirt with one hand, it didn't work. He ran his hand up from Syaoran's waist to his neck.Jin-Lang suddenly pulled away, angry.
"Where's your pendant? tell me now boy or suffer the consequences." He released his hand clamped over Syaoran's mouth.
Syaoran spit at him. Jin-Lang narrowed his eyes. The man had changed slightly from his picture. His dark chocolate hair now had whitish fringes, from age or trauma Syaoran couldn't tell. His cold black narrow eyes were the same and it made Syaoran want to run away. His skin was more dark than in the picture and it made nice contrast to Li's pale skin. They hardly looked like father and son.
Jin-Lang scanned his surroundings.
"While I guess that's all right, as long as you don't have it."
Syaoran almost wished he did have it, he had worn it to the picnic, had the chain unfastened? He was desperate. He'd take anything he could get. Except his power. He had to protect his family, he already expanded his sheild while sleeping, how much power did they have left? He decided he wouldn't release it, no matter what.
However fate is fickle, and as they say misery loves company. And as it goes, Syaoran could not control his power, there was nothing on earth that could make him. It was only four o'clock but it seemed to Syaoran the night had come and all was dark. Had he known they would do anything to make him release his power he might have released it sooner, or perhaps not if he would have known once he took his covering from the Li's they would be killed immediately by those his father was in league with. Had he known, however, he did not.
Syaoran lay curled in a fetal position, blood seeping out from beneath him. How long had he been gone? To him it seemed he could have been gone days, yet in reality he had only been gone a few hours. No one had come looking for him and he knew they wouldn't for another few hours. The sun was setting. He'd better go, ye he couldn't will himself to move. It hurt. It hurt so much. Like fire lacing his veins. It felt like his back was broken. It hurt so much.
He felt stupid. He'd always wanted a father, every holiday when his mother would ask him what he'd want, he'd say he wanted his father. She would smile sadly at him. Pretty soon she stopped asking. He didn't want his father now. He didn't want his father ever again.
Power surged through him but it did nothing to stop the pain. He had screamed his throat bloody and was coughing some of it up now. The pain was almost unbearable. He had passed out but was now fully conscious. He felt like puking. He weakly pushed him self off the ground. He whimpered as hot pain laced up his back. His clothes were covered in blood.
He stumbled. He had so much power. What happened to his family? He could tell they didn't have the shields anymore, he took them. He felt ill. He tried to protect them, how could he do this to them? Just to save himself? He never meant to, when he woke up the power was just there. Crackling. Jin-Lang was gone. Syaoran felt disgusted with himself. How could he let him do that? Syaoran let out a noise somewhere between a cry and a whimper.
He needed to get cleaned up before anyone saw him. He moved slowly as the pain spread throughout his body. He needed to find out what happened to his family. They were all right, weren't they? They had to be, he would never forgive himself if the weren't. His own father........Syaoran's thoughts were messy and spiradical. He found his way to a deserted public washroom.
He numbly cleaned the blood off himself. Once the task was finished he allowed the tears to come. By the time he had finished crying and left the bathroom it was relatively dark. Syaoran limped. Although he cleaned the blood off his face there was nothing he could do about his bloody clothing. There were no bruises or cuts on his face. He choked on his tears and hiccuped. What would he tell them all? He couldn't show up bloody and crying.
The walk to Sakura's house took along time and lots of energy, he passed only a few people. He was glad they didn't see the blood, the shadows hid him. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at it, Touya was at the hospital with Sakura. Syaoran had left little trails and smudges of blood to the Kinomoto's door. He found the spare key they had told him of near the door. He limped in, sobbing.
He was both relieved and scared when he found the lights off. Firstly because no one was home, therefore no one could see him like this. He felt so ashamed. He felt like dying. He was scared because he was alone, what if Jin-Lang came back? What would his mother say when she found out, after all Jin-Lang was the father to all her children. Syaoran was scared for his mother and sisters. Through the sobs and pain he made his way to the phone. He could barely feel the pain anymore and he was sure he was going to pass out.
His shaking hands dialed the number.
"Mama?" Cam Syaoran's coarse and torn voice.
....................
Syaoran broke down crying. No answer. No Answer. NO ANSWER. Syaoran let out an agonized moan. The phone didn't even ring. They were dead, he just knew it. It was all his fault. Once he gained somewhat a resemblance of composure he limped to the stairs and dragged himself up. It hurt so much and he felt so dirty. He wanted a shower but was afraid he would pass out and someone would find him, what if he was leaving blood on the stairs? The pain was impairing his vision and he opened the door to Touya's room and shuffled his way through. What if he got blood all over Touya's room?
Syaoran gingerly felt his way onto the bed. He curled up in a fetal position and cried once again. Though this time he never held the tears back and they didn't stop until he slept. Even then, in his dreams, he cried.
I was going to write six pages but I wanted to finish this scene and start with a fresh one in the next chapter. Sorry if the writings a little choppy. And I am SO sorry it took so long. Forgive me! Thank you all for reading.