Lady Hawke

Disclaimer: I don not own the movie "Lady Hawke" or Card Captor Sakura. weep weep Full summary: Syaoran Li is a wandering soldier that has a terrible secret. Sakura Kinomotto is a beautiful woman who has a past that is filled with grief. When a young thief named Eriol joins Syaoran, will all be revealed? Demon-Huntress: Did you guys like the last chapter? I hope you did. Although the format did get messed up. I don't know why; sorry about that. Oh well. Enjoy!

"WORDS" 'THOUGHTS' (AUTHOR"S NOTES)

Lady Hawke

Chapter Four: Mystery is Afoot

Eriol stared up at the bright blue sky, his gaze both annoyed and curious. The events of last night played through his mind. A wolf that seemed both wild and tame, a mysterious (and beautiful) woman, and the odd disappearance of Syaoran Li! He had appeared in the morning, but last night, Eriol saw no signs of him.

Eriol frowned. He didn't know what was happening, but he didn't like it. While he had always been fascinated by magic, he never wanted to experience it first-hand. And he was very afraid that he might be caught up in something big. Eriol couldn't help the small groan. He always seemed to get himself mixed up in something either dangerous or incredibly stupid.

Li insisted that they move forward and get away from the village as soon as possible and continue their journey. Before they left, though, they gave the man's body a proper funeral. The wife was full of grief, and spoke to neither of them.

It was a little past noon, and Li had allowed them to take a short break. He was leading them somewhere, Lord only knows.

Eriol was currently lounging, while Li was sitting on the ground his back against a tree.

"Li, where were you last night?" 'No sense beating around the bush...'

"Is that really any of your concern?"

"Yes, considering a wolf almost killed me last night and YOU weren't there to kill it. You're the expert in the area of weapons."

"You really are pathetic. Anyway, to answer your question, I was out surveying the area to see the best route possible."

Eriol processed this new information. It seemed logical. Eriol glanced over to Li.

"Did you see a woman while you were 'surveying the area'?"

Syaoran's eyes snapped open, and he looked at Eriol, his eyes full of an unreadable emotion.

"No, why? Did you see anyone?" His voice sounded thick with emotion. Eriol was surprised.

"Well, while you were gone, a beautiful woman appeared in our barn. She was as lovely as dawn, but she could have easily just have been a ghost. I was very surprised, but then again I could have easily lost my life that night. I was a bit preoccupied."

Syaoran looked at Eriol, and slowly turned his head the other way. He let out a small chuckle, although it was full of some unsaid pain.

"I have been looking all my life for a woman like that. You are lucky that you got to see her face."

Eriol was rather taken aback by Li's whole attitude. He wasn't acting liked his cold, sarcastic self. He looked as if he was in great pain; not physically, but emotionally. Eriol never saw this side of Li.

Suddenly, there was they cry of a hawk. Eriol looked up and saw a beautiful hawk nestled in the trees. Li smiled when he saw the bird.

"Well," he said, getting up, "We should start back on the road. I didn't want to rest this long."

Eriol got up too. "By the way, where are we going?"

Syaoran smirked.

"We're going to Aquila."

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"NO WAY, NO HOW!" Syaoran held back a chuckle; he expected this.

Eriol starred at Syaoran. "You can't make me go back there! Are you nuts?!"

Syaoran sighed, calmly sat down on a rock, and said "There is a reason why I need to go to Aquila. I need to kill someone.

Eriol sat down too, looked at him, and plainly said. "Oh? And who is this walking corpse? He'd better be important, if you want me to go back with you."

Syaoran gave him a dead pan stare. "The Bishop of Aquila."

Eriol's eyes widened "That's a pretty important guy. And, this urge to kill him is caused by...what?"

Syaoran's eyes darkened.

Eriol waved his hands. "Okay, not important! Now, why do you want me to go to Aquila with you?"

Syaoran curtly answered "You are the only prisoner who ever escaped Aquila and lived. I need you to get me to the Bishop."

Eriol looked at him for a second and said "You don't need me. Look at yourself; you seem pretty well trained in martial arts."

Syaoran shook his head. "There are too many guards for me to just stampede in there. I need to get better access at him."

Eriol starred at Syaoran for a full five minutes. Then he started to laugh. He was laughing like a maniac. Syaoran was exasperated and amazed by his attitude. 'I knew he was weird, but I didn't know he was this weird.'

"Do you know what I went through to get OUT of Aquila?! As soon as I set a foot in that city, I'll be immediately thrown into jail again!"

Syaoran pulled out his sword. Eriol leaned back, fear coming into his eyes. Was Syaoran going to kill him?

"This sword has been in my family for generations. Every male has a duty to fulfill with this sword, and my duty is to kill the Bishop."

"Are you nuts?"

Syaoran simply said in response to this statement "We're going to Aquila."

Eriol stared at him. Slowly, he got up, his eyes still locked on Syaoran, and said in a quiet voice.

"When I saw you, I thought there was something different about you. You are surrounded by some strange aura. You're mixed up in some strange things, Li, and I don't want to be a part of it."

Eriol started to walk away, while Syaoran looked at him.

"Is he nuts? I am not going to Aquila, especially to assist in some murder!

Eriol continued on, when suddenly something whizzed by his ear and landed with a 'thud' on the tree not even a foot from him.

Eyes twitching, he looked on his left. There was the very family sword that Li had in his hands not even two minutes ago.

Turning around, Eriol saw Li smirking.

Turning back, he muttered "Let me get some firewood..."

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It was now dark and Eriol was not exactly happy. Li had taken a 'precaution' and tied Eriol to the tree saying "We wouldn't want you to just 'wander' away, now would we?"

Eriol had tried a couple times to get free, but Li had a wicked knot.

Sighing, he wondered why his life was so hard.

Suddenly he heard leaves and twigs crunching. Eriol thought it might be Li coming back, since he had left earlier. However he did not expect to see what the sight before him was. It was the same beautiful woman as the night before. She wore a different kimono, but no one could mistake that face.

Having a pale pink kimono with a pearl white obi, she looked radiant. However, she was a bit preoccupied. She was trying to catch what seemed like a rabbit. However, it was currently hiding in a brush of some kind.

"Come on. Please come out. He wants you, you know, and I can't deny him anything." She had a pleading look in her eyes, like she didn't like what she was doing.

"Excuse me, miss!" Eriol called out to her. Startled, she whirled around.

"Who are you?" She walked towards him and said in surprise "Oh, you're the young man traveling with Syaoran!"

Eriol was taken aback that she knew Syaoran with such formality, and even more so when she knew him. Was she stalking them?

"Yes, miss, that's me. I was wondering if you could cut me loose. You see the Bishop's army found me. Being the idiots that they are, they tied me up so that the Bishop himself could come see me tomorrow. I just need to get free miss, if you'd be so kind."

The young woman had an amused look in her eyes. "Is that so?"

Eriol nodded his head vigorously. "Yep, I tried to fight them off, but there were at least forty men."

The woman chuckled. "All right." Coming closer, she pulled out a small knife and started to cut the ropes. Eriol was so happy he wanted to cry.

There was a loud crack, the sound of a large branches being broken. The woman quickly turned around and looked around for something. Not finding what she wanted, she turned back to the young man to find him missing!

"Thank you, kind miss!" was heard in the distance. The woman held her breath, sighed, and said quietly to herself "He is NOT going to be happy..."

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Demon-Huntress: I hope everyone liked this chapter. I thought it turned out pretty good, although it is kind of short. Thanks to everyone who reviewed! It means a lot to me!

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