A/N: Hello everyone! It's me, Lonely Tenshi, but with a new name! Now you
can referr to me as Azure Rosas: Angel of the Moon. But you could either
call me "Azure" or "Rosas" it really doesn't matter. Welp, time for the
usual speech: Gomen for posting this late! I was buzy and to lazy! ^-^;
*Disclaimer* Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have my wish, I wish tonight: I WISH I COULD OWN CCS!!! ::sighs:: I'm crazy. . . . I know. But they're all just sooo *KAWAII!* You can't help but wish you created them and that you owned them. But I'm only borrowing the CCS characters, and I only own the made up characters in this fic. I just hope that CLAMP doesn't come after me because I'm borrowing the characters for this fic. . .
Sakura Golden Wolf: *hugs you* Arigatou for reviewing my last chapter! It means a lot to me! You're a great inspiration that keeps me posting! And you better post the next chapter to your fic: At The Waters' Edge. I absolutely love it!!!
Azure Rosas: Anyways. . . let's get on with the long awaited chapter. . .
Chapter 13: New Companions
Sakura woke up, though her eye lids felt heavy. She gazed at the sleeping form of Syaoran, a tender smile crossing her face. Reaching a hand out, she brushed back strands of chestnut locks that slid over his eyes. He stirred lightly and she dropped her hands to her side. He opened his eyes and amber met emerald. A bright smile was on her face, and yet, a tinge of red could be seen faintly across her cheeks, making it look rosey. The young Li warrior felt the temperature on his cheeks rise. Just looking at her makes him feel all weird and tingling inside. . . and he knew why. . . . he loved her. Not the kind of 'love' you have for a family or friend, but the kind that you have for someone you care for the most in all the world. Even though he only known her for a short period of time. . . he felt attached to her and as if he knew her all his life. It was kind of strange though that this 'girl' would have such an affect on him.
The emerald-eye teen blinked as she gazed at him in worry and leaned a bit further so their faces were just inches apart. "Syaoran-kun? Daijoubu desu ka?"
He felt his temperature rise as he gazed at her dumbly. "I-I'm f-fine. . ."
"Are you sure?" she asked. She put her hands on his forehead. "Oh my, you're burning up!"
"I sw-swear! I'm f-fine," he stuttered. He felt. . . like a dumb stuttering fool.
She removed her hand and looked at him with worry. "Are you sure you're alright?" Syaoran nodded, dumbly. "Alright, whatever you say. . . ." Then, her eyes went wide when she realized how close their faces were. Her cheeks turned a VERY deep red as she pulled away and turned her head to the side. "Gomen. . . " she mumbled.
"I-It's a. . . alright. . . " Syaoran stuttered again like an idiot.
Jade neighed lightly as she nudged her damp nose against Sakura's shoulder gently. She patted the female stallion's head before she turned back and looked at Syaoran. "I think we should go now."
Syaoran raked a hand through his unruly hair as he nodded in agreement, the temperature in his cheeks lowering. The two choosen ones got up, and so did the two white stallions. Mounting Jade and SilverFox, Sakura and Syaoran clicked their heels against the side of the horses and they set off at a fast trott. A gentle wind played with the manes and the hairs of two horses and the two teens. The hood fell from Sakura's head and hung around her neck. Closing her eyes, her lips twitched up in a grin as she enjoyed the soft wind that hit against her face. For once, all her worries were gone, and a calm serenity was in her.
-I just can't wait until we get this all over with. . . - she thought silently to herself, -but when we collect the Four Element Stones, how will they combine to make the Stone of Life and Death? Faith-chan never told us. . . And IF we do defeat Hades and Zero, what will happen then? Where will I go? Will Japan remain a deserted waste land?- She sighed. -I guess I'll have to wait to find out.-
A deep longing feeling rose in the pit of her stomach. She turned her eyes down. -'tou-san. . . Onii-chan. . .minna-san, I miss you all. . . demo. . . why did Zero have to destroy you all? Why?- Tears formed in her eyes and she immediately wipped it away with the back of her sleeve. -I won't cry. . . I can't cry. . . I have to stay strong!-
---Meanwhile---
Zero stared into a mirror, his arms were crossed over his chest, and a smirk was on his face. An image of Sakura and Syaoran riding on Jade and SilverFox could be seen. A gleam could be seen in his eyes as he rested his gaze on Sakura, thoughts and plans running through his mind like lightning.
"That Cherry Blossom is a lot more stronger then I bargained for. . . " he said a loud to no one in particular. "It would be a shame to destroy such beauty though. . . Maybe. . . "
"Maybe what?" came Hades's voice as he appeared next to his son.
Zero looked at his father. "Father? May I ask you why you wish to capture the two?"
"To take their powers of course," Hades replied calmly.
"Why don't you handle the Little Wolf. . . " Zero suggested, "while I take care of the Card Mistress."
Hades smirked. "Don't tell me that you're developing some kind of affection for the girl."
"Father, you misjudge me," Zero said.
"Then what are your plans for her?" Hades questioned.
"Oh. . . Let's just say that all will be revealed in due time," Zero replied, his smirk turning into an evil grin.
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Syaoran's head shot up as he turned his head side to side. His eyes narrowed. -Someone's watching us. . . I can feel whoever it is. . . but who?- He shrugged it off as he turned his gaze back to the rode ahead.
They rode on and on, and to Sakura, it felt like hours. Then she blinked, as if just remembering something. "Oh I just remember!"
Syaoran looked at her. "Remember what?"
Sakura smiled as she lifted up her right arm, the sleeve sliding down to reveal her wrist watch. Syaoran sweat dropped. "So you had a watch all this time!?"
She smiled sheepishly. Then she looked down at it. Lucky for her, it still worked. It showed the exact time and date and she read aloud: "It's ano. . . 5:36 P.M. And today is. . . . March 38th."
"It feels like a year already past. . . " Syaoran commented.
Sakura nodded in agreement. "Hai. . . Hey um Syaoran-kun?"
"Nani?"
"Don't you feel like we're being watched. . . ?"
He nodded slowly. "I could feel it also."
"Who do you think is watching us?"
"I don't really know. . . It's hard to tell. . . ."
Time past by. . . what felt like hours. . . was only minutes. . . and what felt like minutes. . . was only seconds. Sakura's shoulders slumped as she gazed at her wrist watch. It now read 5:40 P.M. -Time sure goes by slow. . .- she commented dully in her mind. Her mouth let out a wide yawn. Then a sudden shout made them come to an abrupt stop.
"HALT!"
Syaoran and Sakura were pushed forward as Jade and SilverFox stopped sharply, but they kept their hold on the reins.
"Hoe?" Sakura cried in suprise.
Three firgures stood infront of them. One of them was a boy with long flaming red hair which was tied in a pony-tail. He looked at them with eyes that showed like fire. The other two were girls. One of them had deep blue eyes, with a hint of ocean green. She had long light blue hair that reached her waist, and faint lavender colour could be seen mixed with the blue. The other girl looked at them with cheerful light blue eyes, that almost looked silver. Her tannish-white hair ran up to her ribs, and it was held in a half pony tail. Of the three, the light blue eyed girl was the only one smiling quite gleefully, like as if she was excited about something. Syaoran stirred SilverFox infront of Jade and Sakura as he looked at them suspiciouslly. For some reason, he could sense a heavenly air around them, which kept him from being REALLY suspicious.
"Who are you?" Syaoran asked in wonder, not suspiscion.
The red eyed boy smiled in a mysterious way. (A/N: Kinda like Eriol-kun. . . .) Walking up to Syaoran, he bowed in respect.
"Li Xiaolang. . . It is a pleasure to meet you." Then he turned and bowed to Sakura. "And the same goes to you, Kinomoto Sakura."
The emerald eyed girl blinked, but smiled brightly in return. "Konichawa to you too. . . "
Syaoran's suspiscion grew. He didn't care if they had a heavenly air about them, he still didn't trust them. -Who are they and how do they know who we are!?- Syaoran pulled the pendent from around his neck and changed it to his sword, then he dismounted SilverFox as he pointed the tip of his blade at the boy's neck.
"Syaoran!" Sakura cried in suprised. "What are you doing!?"
"Sakura, we can't trust them," Syaoran shot back.
"How do you know that!?" Sakura questioned in exasperation.
"And how do you know that we can trust them?" Syaoran asked.
Sakura let out a growl of annoyance. Then the girl with deep blue eyes tore something from around her neck and mumbled an incantation barely audible above her breath. The thing in her hands took the form of a sword. The hilt was a dark electric blue with a watery gem on it. The blade gleamed and seemed to move like an ocean's wave. She walked up to the boy's side and pointed the blade of her sword silently at Syaoran's neck. He stared at her, though she looked back at him blankly.
"Leave him be, or I will be forced to kill you," was all she said, in a blank emotionless tone.
"Crystallight!" the other girl scolded as she put her hands on her hips. "Put that sword down!"
The girl known as Crystallight paid no heed to what the girl said. Sakura dismounted Jade as she jogged to Syaoran's side and put her hands gently on his arm. She looked up at him pleadingly as he gazed down at her.
"Onegai Syaoran-kun! Just put your sword away!" Sakura pleaded.
Syaoran continued to stare at her, then in a hesitant manner, he lowered his arm and changed his sword back to his pendent. He grunted while glaring at Crystallight who lowered her sword to her side.
"I am sorry I was forced to threaten you with my sword," Crystallight said as she dipped in a respectful bow, "Master Xiaolang."
"Hoe?" Sakura mumbled.
"Master?" Syaoran asked in shock. "And how do you know who we are?"
The light blue eyed girl stepped up as she shot Crystallight a glare before looking sweetly and innocently at Sakura and Syaoran. She held out a hand. "I am Yukitoune, Gem. I come from Quebec, Canada. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Sakura shook her hand back. "And I'm. . . Oh you already know who I am!"
"I am Hurue, Rage," the boy known as Rage said, "and I come from Osaka, Japan."
Syaoran and Sakura looked at him shocked, but before they could say anything, Crystallight stated, "And I, I am Douhue, Crystallight. I come from Beijing, China." As she talked, there was a hint of a Chinese accent mingled with her Japanese.
"Ano. . . . Hurue-san? May I ask you something?" Sakura asked, looking quizzically at Ryu.
"Nani?" he questioned. "And you may call me Ryu, please."
"Okay. . . ano. . . Hu-Ryu-kun? How are you alive when all of Japan was destroyed?" Then she pointed to Gem and Crystallight. "And how did you two get over here?"
"Oh that's quite simple really. . . ." Gem replied, still with the usual grin. "We came from. . . " she pointed up, "up there."
Sakura and Syaoran tilted their heads back as they gazed at the darkened sky. "Hoe?" Her face paled. "S-so th-that m-means th-th-that y-y-you are g- g-ghosts!"
Crystallight put a hand over her mouth, stiffling her laughter. Ryu and Gem fell anime style as a sweat drop rolled down the back of their heads.
"Iie. . . Not exactly. . . " Gem replied as she stood up. Sakura let out a sigh of relief. "You see, before Japan," she waved a hand, indicating the barren lands of Japan, "was destroyed. . . All three of us were at home when we were called to the Council of the Gods. The Council of the Gods is where only Gods and Goddesses are allowed to gather for a meeting."
"So that means. . . " Sakura trailed off. "The Gods and Goddesses allowed you three to go just this once!"
Ryu, Gem, Crystallight, and Syaoran all fell anime style, a huge sweat drop rolling down their heads.
"Hoe?"
Once they got up, Gem looked at her, while rubbing her back. -I knew she was nieve. . . but I never knew she was THIS nieve!- "Iie. Sakura-san. . . Ryu-san, Crystallight-san and I are all Gods and Goddesses."
Sakura blinked, then her mouth went wide in an 0 as realization finally dawned on her. "OH! Demo. . . why do you live on Earth then?"
"Well that's because we're not dead yet," Ryu replied calmly.
"And how come you call Syaoran-kun "Master"?" Sakura asked.
"Because. . . " Crystallight answered, "I am the Goddess of Water, Gem-san is the Goddess of Wind, and Ryu-san is the God of Fire. And insince we are the rulers of the first three elements, and Master Xiaolang is the ruler of all the elements, he is our Master."
Sakura nodded, trying to look like she understood this.
Crystallight eyed her. "You don't understand me. . . . do you?"
Sakura sweat dropped. "Iie."
She sighed. "It's alright. . . You don't have to get it. Well we were sent here by the Head of the Council to accompany you and Master Xiaolang on your journey."
A gleam of what seemed like pride appeared in Ryu's eyes. "I can sense it. . . You two managed to collect the First of the Four Element Stones. . . The Fire Stone, ne?"
Digging her hands in her pocket, Sakura carefully pulled out the Fire Stone. She held it out for all to see. It glowed brighter and warmer in Ryu's hold as he took it from Sakura, while examining it. "This was created by the Fire God before me. . . My great-great-great grandfather: Rhyo." He then placed it back in the palm of the Card Mistress's hands. "Make sure you don't loose it."
She nodded and put it back in her bag. Syaoran looked at them, no suspicion or hate in his eyes. Instead he felt new grown respect for the three. "Well if you are going to accompany us. . .we should be going as soon as possible."
They nodded. Then Sakura pointed out: "Demo, how are you three going to travel?"
"With these, of course."
Crystallight waved a hand behind her and then as if they just noticed it for the first time, Sakura and Syaoran stared at three white stallions standing behind them. One had eyes that shown like fire, another like water, and the last like the whirling wind. Sakura's eyes were wide.
-I could've sworn they weren't there before. . . -
Azure Rosas: I hope you liked this chapter. And I hope it wasn't TO confusing. And. . . ::goes down on knees:: Onegai!!! Review! I live for reviews!! Well actually. . . I live to write. . .but reviews are a BIG inspiration to me! And PLEASE rate this story so far from 1-10. Arigatou. Ja ne!
*Disclaimer* Star light, star bright, the first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have my wish, I wish tonight: I WISH I COULD OWN CCS!!! ::sighs:: I'm crazy. . . . I know. But they're all just sooo *KAWAII!* You can't help but wish you created them and that you owned them. But I'm only borrowing the CCS characters, and I only own the made up characters in this fic. I just hope that CLAMP doesn't come after me because I'm borrowing the characters for this fic. . .
Sakura Golden Wolf: *hugs you* Arigatou for reviewing my last chapter! It means a lot to me! You're a great inspiration that keeps me posting! And you better post the next chapter to your fic: At The Waters' Edge. I absolutely love it!!!
Azure Rosas: Anyways. . . let's get on with the long awaited chapter. . .
Chapter 13: New Companions
Sakura woke up, though her eye lids felt heavy. She gazed at the sleeping form of Syaoran, a tender smile crossing her face. Reaching a hand out, she brushed back strands of chestnut locks that slid over his eyes. He stirred lightly and she dropped her hands to her side. He opened his eyes and amber met emerald. A bright smile was on her face, and yet, a tinge of red could be seen faintly across her cheeks, making it look rosey. The young Li warrior felt the temperature on his cheeks rise. Just looking at her makes him feel all weird and tingling inside. . . and he knew why. . . . he loved her. Not the kind of 'love' you have for a family or friend, but the kind that you have for someone you care for the most in all the world. Even though he only known her for a short period of time. . . he felt attached to her and as if he knew her all his life. It was kind of strange though that this 'girl' would have such an affect on him.
The emerald-eye teen blinked as she gazed at him in worry and leaned a bit further so their faces were just inches apart. "Syaoran-kun? Daijoubu desu ka?"
He felt his temperature rise as he gazed at her dumbly. "I-I'm f-fine. . ."
"Are you sure?" she asked. She put her hands on his forehead. "Oh my, you're burning up!"
"I sw-swear! I'm f-fine," he stuttered. He felt. . . like a dumb stuttering fool.
She removed her hand and looked at him with worry. "Are you sure you're alright?" Syaoran nodded, dumbly. "Alright, whatever you say. . . ." Then, her eyes went wide when she realized how close their faces were. Her cheeks turned a VERY deep red as she pulled away and turned her head to the side. "Gomen. . . " she mumbled.
"I-It's a. . . alright. . . " Syaoran stuttered again like an idiot.
Jade neighed lightly as she nudged her damp nose against Sakura's shoulder gently. She patted the female stallion's head before she turned back and looked at Syaoran. "I think we should go now."
Syaoran raked a hand through his unruly hair as he nodded in agreement, the temperature in his cheeks lowering. The two choosen ones got up, and so did the two white stallions. Mounting Jade and SilverFox, Sakura and Syaoran clicked their heels against the side of the horses and they set off at a fast trott. A gentle wind played with the manes and the hairs of two horses and the two teens. The hood fell from Sakura's head and hung around her neck. Closing her eyes, her lips twitched up in a grin as she enjoyed the soft wind that hit against her face. For once, all her worries were gone, and a calm serenity was in her.
-I just can't wait until we get this all over with. . . - she thought silently to herself, -but when we collect the Four Element Stones, how will they combine to make the Stone of Life and Death? Faith-chan never told us. . . And IF we do defeat Hades and Zero, what will happen then? Where will I go? Will Japan remain a deserted waste land?- She sighed. -I guess I'll have to wait to find out.-
A deep longing feeling rose in the pit of her stomach. She turned her eyes down. -'tou-san. . . Onii-chan. . .minna-san, I miss you all. . . demo. . . why did Zero have to destroy you all? Why?- Tears formed in her eyes and she immediately wipped it away with the back of her sleeve. -I won't cry. . . I can't cry. . . I have to stay strong!-
---Meanwhile---
Zero stared into a mirror, his arms were crossed over his chest, and a smirk was on his face. An image of Sakura and Syaoran riding on Jade and SilverFox could be seen. A gleam could be seen in his eyes as he rested his gaze on Sakura, thoughts and plans running through his mind like lightning.
"That Cherry Blossom is a lot more stronger then I bargained for. . . " he said a loud to no one in particular. "It would be a shame to destroy such beauty though. . . Maybe. . . "
"Maybe what?" came Hades's voice as he appeared next to his son.
Zero looked at his father. "Father? May I ask you why you wish to capture the two?"
"To take their powers of course," Hades replied calmly.
"Why don't you handle the Little Wolf. . . " Zero suggested, "while I take care of the Card Mistress."
Hades smirked. "Don't tell me that you're developing some kind of affection for the girl."
"Father, you misjudge me," Zero said.
"Then what are your plans for her?" Hades questioned.
"Oh. . . Let's just say that all will be revealed in due time," Zero replied, his smirk turning into an evil grin.
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Syaoran's head shot up as he turned his head side to side. His eyes narrowed. -Someone's watching us. . . I can feel whoever it is. . . but who?- He shrugged it off as he turned his gaze back to the rode ahead.
They rode on and on, and to Sakura, it felt like hours. Then she blinked, as if just remembering something. "Oh I just remember!"
Syaoran looked at her. "Remember what?"
Sakura smiled as she lifted up her right arm, the sleeve sliding down to reveal her wrist watch. Syaoran sweat dropped. "So you had a watch all this time!?"
She smiled sheepishly. Then she looked down at it. Lucky for her, it still worked. It showed the exact time and date and she read aloud: "It's ano. . . 5:36 P.M. And today is. . . . March 38th."
"It feels like a year already past. . . " Syaoran commented.
Sakura nodded in agreement. "Hai. . . Hey um Syaoran-kun?"
"Nani?"
"Don't you feel like we're being watched. . . ?"
He nodded slowly. "I could feel it also."
"Who do you think is watching us?"
"I don't really know. . . It's hard to tell. . . ."
Time past by. . . what felt like hours. . . was only minutes. . . and what felt like minutes. . . was only seconds. Sakura's shoulders slumped as she gazed at her wrist watch. It now read 5:40 P.M. -Time sure goes by slow. . .- she commented dully in her mind. Her mouth let out a wide yawn. Then a sudden shout made them come to an abrupt stop.
"HALT!"
Syaoran and Sakura were pushed forward as Jade and SilverFox stopped sharply, but they kept their hold on the reins.
"Hoe?" Sakura cried in suprise.
Three firgures stood infront of them. One of them was a boy with long flaming red hair which was tied in a pony-tail. He looked at them with eyes that showed like fire. The other two were girls. One of them had deep blue eyes, with a hint of ocean green. She had long light blue hair that reached her waist, and faint lavender colour could be seen mixed with the blue. The other girl looked at them with cheerful light blue eyes, that almost looked silver. Her tannish-white hair ran up to her ribs, and it was held in a half pony tail. Of the three, the light blue eyed girl was the only one smiling quite gleefully, like as if she was excited about something. Syaoran stirred SilverFox infront of Jade and Sakura as he looked at them suspiciouslly. For some reason, he could sense a heavenly air around them, which kept him from being REALLY suspicious.
"Who are you?" Syaoran asked in wonder, not suspiscion.
The red eyed boy smiled in a mysterious way. (A/N: Kinda like Eriol-kun. . . .) Walking up to Syaoran, he bowed in respect.
"Li Xiaolang. . . It is a pleasure to meet you." Then he turned and bowed to Sakura. "And the same goes to you, Kinomoto Sakura."
The emerald eyed girl blinked, but smiled brightly in return. "Konichawa to you too. . . "
Syaoran's suspiscion grew. He didn't care if they had a heavenly air about them, he still didn't trust them. -Who are they and how do they know who we are!?- Syaoran pulled the pendent from around his neck and changed it to his sword, then he dismounted SilverFox as he pointed the tip of his blade at the boy's neck.
"Syaoran!" Sakura cried in suprised. "What are you doing!?"
"Sakura, we can't trust them," Syaoran shot back.
"How do you know that!?" Sakura questioned in exasperation.
"And how do you know that we can trust them?" Syaoran asked.
Sakura let out a growl of annoyance. Then the girl with deep blue eyes tore something from around her neck and mumbled an incantation barely audible above her breath. The thing in her hands took the form of a sword. The hilt was a dark electric blue with a watery gem on it. The blade gleamed and seemed to move like an ocean's wave. She walked up to the boy's side and pointed the blade of her sword silently at Syaoran's neck. He stared at her, though she looked back at him blankly.
"Leave him be, or I will be forced to kill you," was all she said, in a blank emotionless tone.
"Crystallight!" the other girl scolded as she put her hands on her hips. "Put that sword down!"
The girl known as Crystallight paid no heed to what the girl said. Sakura dismounted Jade as she jogged to Syaoran's side and put her hands gently on his arm. She looked up at him pleadingly as he gazed down at her.
"Onegai Syaoran-kun! Just put your sword away!" Sakura pleaded.
Syaoran continued to stare at her, then in a hesitant manner, he lowered his arm and changed his sword back to his pendent. He grunted while glaring at Crystallight who lowered her sword to her side.
"I am sorry I was forced to threaten you with my sword," Crystallight said as she dipped in a respectful bow, "Master Xiaolang."
"Hoe?" Sakura mumbled.
"Master?" Syaoran asked in shock. "And how do you know who we are?"
The light blue eyed girl stepped up as she shot Crystallight a glare before looking sweetly and innocently at Sakura and Syaoran. She held out a hand. "I am Yukitoune, Gem. I come from Quebec, Canada. It is a pleasure to meet you."
Sakura shook her hand back. "And I'm. . . Oh you already know who I am!"
"I am Hurue, Rage," the boy known as Rage said, "and I come from Osaka, Japan."
Syaoran and Sakura looked at him shocked, but before they could say anything, Crystallight stated, "And I, I am Douhue, Crystallight. I come from Beijing, China." As she talked, there was a hint of a Chinese accent mingled with her Japanese.
"Ano. . . . Hurue-san? May I ask you something?" Sakura asked, looking quizzically at Ryu.
"Nani?" he questioned. "And you may call me Ryu, please."
"Okay. . . ano. . . Hu-Ryu-kun? How are you alive when all of Japan was destroyed?" Then she pointed to Gem and Crystallight. "And how did you two get over here?"
"Oh that's quite simple really. . . ." Gem replied, still with the usual grin. "We came from. . . " she pointed up, "up there."
Sakura and Syaoran tilted their heads back as they gazed at the darkened sky. "Hoe?" Her face paled. "S-so th-that m-means th-th-that y-y-you are g- g-ghosts!"
Crystallight put a hand over her mouth, stiffling her laughter. Ryu and Gem fell anime style as a sweat drop rolled down the back of their heads.
"Iie. . . Not exactly. . . " Gem replied as she stood up. Sakura let out a sigh of relief. "You see, before Japan," she waved a hand, indicating the barren lands of Japan, "was destroyed. . . All three of us were at home when we were called to the Council of the Gods. The Council of the Gods is where only Gods and Goddesses are allowed to gather for a meeting."
"So that means. . . " Sakura trailed off. "The Gods and Goddesses allowed you three to go just this once!"
Ryu, Gem, Crystallight, and Syaoran all fell anime style, a huge sweat drop rolling down their heads.
"Hoe?"
Once they got up, Gem looked at her, while rubbing her back. -I knew she was nieve. . . but I never knew she was THIS nieve!- "Iie. Sakura-san. . . Ryu-san, Crystallight-san and I are all Gods and Goddesses."
Sakura blinked, then her mouth went wide in an 0 as realization finally dawned on her. "OH! Demo. . . why do you live on Earth then?"
"Well that's because we're not dead yet," Ryu replied calmly.
"And how come you call Syaoran-kun "Master"?" Sakura asked.
"Because. . . " Crystallight answered, "I am the Goddess of Water, Gem-san is the Goddess of Wind, and Ryu-san is the God of Fire. And insince we are the rulers of the first three elements, and Master Xiaolang is the ruler of all the elements, he is our Master."
Sakura nodded, trying to look like she understood this.
Crystallight eyed her. "You don't understand me. . . . do you?"
Sakura sweat dropped. "Iie."
She sighed. "It's alright. . . You don't have to get it. Well we were sent here by the Head of the Council to accompany you and Master Xiaolang on your journey."
A gleam of what seemed like pride appeared in Ryu's eyes. "I can sense it. . . You two managed to collect the First of the Four Element Stones. . . The Fire Stone, ne?"
Digging her hands in her pocket, Sakura carefully pulled out the Fire Stone. She held it out for all to see. It glowed brighter and warmer in Ryu's hold as he took it from Sakura, while examining it. "This was created by the Fire God before me. . . My great-great-great grandfather: Rhyo." He then placed it back in the palm of the Card Mistress's hands. "Make sure you don't loose it."
She nodded and put it back in her bag. Syaoran looked at them, no suspicion or hate in his eyes. Instead he felt new grown respect for the three. "Well if you are going to accompany us. . .we should be going as soon as possible."
They nodded. Then Sakura pointed out: "Demo, how are you three going to travel?"
"With these, of course."
Crystallight waved a hand behind her and then as if they just noticed it for the first time, Sakura and Syaoran stared at three white stallions standing behind them. One had eyes that shown like fire, another like water, and the last like the whirling wind. Sakura's eyes were wide.
-I could've sworn they weren't there before. . . -
Azure Rosas: I hope you liked this chapter. And I hope it wasn't TO confusing. And. . . ::goes down on knees:: Onegai!!! Review! I live for reviews!! Well actually. . . I live to write. . .but reviews are a BIG inspiration to me! And PLEASE rate this story so far from 1-10. Arigatou. Ja ne!
