Rogue mystique: sorry it took so long! Chapter Four

    Sakura's dreams were haunting her very being at this moment in time, sweat drenched her hair and her emerald eyes were screwed shut in confusion and a hint of fear. On the other side of the room, Syoaran lay sleeping soundly, oblivious to Sakura's torture. Sakura flipped onto her stomach, falling deeper into her dream/nightmare.

    Flashing images fleeted before her mind, creatures and things, darted in her intellect. Mist swirled about and Syaoran stepped into vision.

"Syaoran! Where on Earth are we?" Sakura cried frantically.

"Who said we were on Earth?" A deep, booming voice cried from behind her.

Sakura twirled around and opened her mouth in a silent scream. It was Sirabi and Xiao. Only a hell of a lot bigger and warmer too.

"You… you're different, colour wise I mean…" Sakura stated shyly, the dragons were very impressive.

     Sirabi gazed down at Sakura with what could only just be described as a smile on her scaly lips. She was a deep shade of pink but her eyes, wings, and claws were all black. Xiao was the same, green body with black wings, claws and eyes but he stared down in distaste at both Sakura and Syaoran.

    "You have a mission Sakura, to find our…"

A large explosion cut off Sirabi and Sakura watched in horror, as everything turned red.

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    Sakura sat up in bed and scrambled out as quickly as she could. Syaoran was next to her with a concerned face while Sirabi was flying about in distress. Xiao was only mildly interested. He snorted at Sakura.

"Give it a rest will you or I might just turn you into a nice leather bag!" Syoaran growled. Sakura sighed and clutched her now aching head. Syaoran turned to her in complete and utter concern.

    "Oh Syaoran, my dreams were so bad! I dreamt of Sirabi and Xiao and you, flashes and images of stuff I couldn't see… and! And there was a big bang and everyone went red and… and you were hurt." Sakura collapsed into a fit of sobs.

Syaoran sighed sympathetically. He held Sakura until her sobs deceased; he just couldn't bear to see her in such a state.

    Xiao was now a little more interested, this young lady was obviously special, and her aura was strong and just begging to be released, as was Syaoran's. Sakura's however, was distinctly different. Xiao contacted Sirabi through his mind, a little talent he had discovered last night. Sirabi almost groaned.

    Thanks… Xiao grumbled.

I think we should tell them why we are here. Sirabi stated bitingly.

Almost as if you read my mind. Xiao sneered.

Oh come off it, do you think they are ready? Both them and us are still fairly young. Sirabi was feeling wary and worried.

We were sent here and I want to know why. We had a home, we were big and strong once, I want to know why we were sent back to hatchlings! Don't you? Xiao demanded.

Of course I do! I just don't want to cause my mistress any more grief! Now if you will excuse me… I actually like my parent. Xiao snorted and a tiny green flame flicked out.

    Sirabi ignored it and flew to Sakura, resting on her shoulder. Xiao watched on, she showed Sakura such love, he did not want to show Syaoran any type of affection what so ever but maybe having a master again would be nice.

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    After a lot of explaining, Sakura finally managed to convince Touya that she was at Rika's studying all night. She didn't say she was at Tomoyo's because Touya had said he had phoned her five times, asking where she was. Thankfully, Tomoyo had not told him. Ever the faithful one. Sakura thought with a kindly smirk.

    She was now lying on her bed with Sirabi next to her. Her favourite song, Good Times Gone by Nickelback was on full blast and Sirabi was swirling in the air. Only one more week until the summer holidays and she would be free. Just as Where Do I Hide? Came blasting on, shouting and thumping dragged her senses back to reality, lifting herself up from the bed, she asked Sirabi to stay put and she crept downstairs.

    An extremely funny sight was greeting her. Touya was running all over the house, trying to catch the agile figure of Syaoran Li. Sakura giggled and groaned at the same time. Xiao was obviously in the bag that was banging on and off of Syaoran's back due to the snarling and discreet smoke puffs.

"Come here! What makes you think you are welcome here you baka!" Touya was fuming.

"Is it a crime that I want to see Sakura?" Syaoran retorted.

"Yes it is! You can't have her!" Touya was starting to foam at the mouth.

Uh oh! Time for Sakura to step in… Sakura rolled her eyes.

    Syaoran saw Sakura coming and grinned wickedly. He ran to her and fell to his knees, hugging her legs, anime tears running down his face.

"'K...Kura… Your brother is so mean! I came here and asked ever so politely if I could come in and he started chasing me!" Touya opened his mouth in disbelief as Sakura drank it all in. She really was dense.

"I give up, I'm going to Yuki's…" Touya grumbled.

    Sakura and Syaoran ran up the stairs, good thing Sakura's dad wasn't there because Xiao decided to burst the bag he was in into flame. Syaoran yelped and Sirabi came out, shaking her head. Xiao and Sirabi signalled for their owners to follow them. They obliged willingly. Sakura sat on her bed and Syaoran sat behind her.

Would now be a good time Xiao? Sirabi looked at Xiao.

    Sakura and Syaoran watched in bewilderment, as the two dragons seemed to have a silent conversation. After a few seconds, their scaly heads swivelled back to Sakura and Syaoran.

"Now is the time to give you answers." Xiao said, his voice deep and commanding.

Sakura screamed and clutched Syaoran who was extremely shocked.

"I'm sorry but if we did not talk to you now then it would have been harder to do so later." Sirabi's voice was melodic and light.

She flew to Sakura and rested her head on her lap. Sakura reached out a shaky hand and rubbed underneath her chin.

"S…sorry, I ju…just wasn't really expecting you to talk." Syaoran stroked her hair but stopped immediately when he realised that he was doing it.

"Well, yeah. Now, we have a lot of explanations to give you, even though I don't think your ready." Sirabi eyed Xiao pointedly. "We used to be fully fledged dragons a long, long time ago. In a land with magic, griffins and of course, dragons."

Xiao cut in, "There were so many of us, blue, pink, green, black, silver… you name it and we were that colour, our personality is fitted to our colour."

"So you're a jealous git and she's a gentle angel." Syaoran stated.

    Sirabi gave out a snort of laughter.

"No, Xiao is just a little… overprotective."

"Now, on with the story," Xiao coughed.

    A rumbling of wheels from outside and the door opening caused Sakura to jump in fright.

"Oh! My dad is home! Hide!" Sakura squealed.

Xiao and Sirabi darted under her bed and Fujitaka slowly pushed open the door of Sakura's room.

"Oh! Hello Syaoran, well, I'm back a little early I know but…" Fujitaka trailed away as he caught sight of a very scaly, black and out of place tail.

"What…" He started as it moved slightly.

    Sakura held her breathe as her father reached out to touch the tail Syaoran closed his eyes.

Crud.   

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Rogue mystique: sorry it took so long, I was working on A Southern Gal's Dream and The World in Two, soz!