~I Love Her?...I Love Her Not?~
-Pnaixr0se8-
A/N: thanks for the reviews!
If you were confused with all the characters, I'll put their bios here. I'll put their first names first.
Shun Li: Syaoran and Sakura's 13 year old son. He acts just like Syaoran except worst. His best friends are his sister, Kozue, Himiko and Toji. His rival is Ryu. His little crush is Himiko, but he doesn't know it yet. He's really kind at heart. He has magic and he was taught martial arts by his father.
Kozue Li: Syaoran and Sakura's 15 year old daughter. She's cheery, but she can get really mad at times, especially at her younger brother. Her best friend is Himiko. Her childhood crush is Zak. (you'll see who he is soon.) She has magic just like her parents.
Himiko Hiiragazawa: Eriol and Tomoyo's 13 year old daughter. She's a gentle, kind girl with a soft heart. She has a childhood crush on Shun and he's also one of her best friends. She loves drawing, like her parents. She has a little magic but only to read someone's mind.
Toji Wong: Meiling and Kaji's 14 year old son. Toji is trained in martial arts and challenges Shun to fight him a lot. He's close to Kozue and Shun. He can get pretty loud sometimes but most of the time he's quiet like his father. His best friends are Kozue, Shun, and Himiko. He goes to the same school as them, too.
Zak Yamazaki: Takashi and Chiharu's 15 year old son. He's childhood friends with Kozue. He's in her class and their parents are also friends. Everyone thinks that they make a cute couple. He doesn't know that the Li family have magic.
Ryu Li: Megumi and Yurushi's 13 year old son. He's Shun's rival. His dad has a long rivalry with Syaoran so Ryu took after him. He's always jealous of Shun and he wants him to suffer. Can you guess what he does? (A/N: you all probably know by now but I'll give you a hint anyway. It's got to do with Himiko.)
Yurushi Li: A cousin of Syaoran. He's had a big rivalry with Syaoran ever since they were kids. He's always jealous of him and tries to make him angry. He had an arranged marriage with another distant cousin name Megumi. (A/N: to me that's kinda weird…but at least they're distant cousins.) No matter how many times Megumi tries to stop him from fighting with Syaoran, his smug pride always gets the best of him.
Megumi Li: She's a distant cousin of Syaoran. She had an arranged marriage with Yurushi even though she didn't want to marry him. She's been childhood friends with Meiling and Syaoran. She always tries to stop Yurushi from trying to fight with Syaoran but it barely works. She's a loving mother that tries to do the right thing.
Kokuru Kinomoto: Touya's wife. Very active and happy. She adores the kids because she thinks they're "kawaii" when they're in love.
Hikaru Tsukishiro: Yukito's wife. She's very gentle and sweet. She also gives good advice to the kids.
Mikoto Kinomoto: Touya and Kokuru's 19 year old daughter. She's very adventurous and that's why she is a student in America while her parents are in Hong Kong.
Shiro Tsukishiro: Yukito and Hikaru's 18 year old son. He wanted to be with his girlfriend, Mikoto, Touya and Kokuru's daughter, so he went to study as a student with her in America.
I'll answer the reviewers next chapter because the bios already took up a lot of space.
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS and the CCS characters. I do own the new characters though.
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Chapter 2: The Evil Arouses Once Again
"Kozue."
"Kozue?"
"Kozue?!"
"KOZUE!!"
"WHAT!" Kozue sat up abruptly.
Himiko laughed. "Sorry, your parents are calling you. It's time for breakfast."
Kozue groaned. She was definitely not a morning person. She sighed and dressed up while Himiko went downstairs to the breakfast table.
Kozue wore her black capris, a white shirt, sneakers and a black visor cap. She was going to hang out with Zak and her other friends after breakfast today since it was a Sunday. She opened the door to the breakfast table where everyone already sat. She sat down next to Toji and Himiko.
"Why'd we have to wake up so early?" Toji asked rubbing his eyes. He wasn't much of a morning person.
"What do you mean early? It's already 10:30," his mother said.
"Don't you usually wake up at 5 a.m. to train anyway?" Shun asked.
"But there's nothing to so today. I can train later. Do you always train at 5 a.m. every single day?"
"Well yeah."
"Wow."
Shun just stared at his food. 'I bet he thinks I have no life,' he thought. He noticed that Himiko was staring at him. He saw her shaking her head as if to say 'nobody thinks you have no life!' Shun just looked away hoping that she'll get the message not to butt into his head again.
'Why'd I go into his head again? I know he hates it. But lately, my powers are just going by itself…I can't control if I wanted to read people's minds or not. I wonder what's wrong.' Himiko wondered as she picked at her food.
The children noticed that their parents are unusually quiet this morning. Usually they would be yakking away about old times.
'What's wrong with them?' Kozue thought.
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Ryu ran and ran, trying to find an exit to this dark maze.
"Do you really want to teach that baka Shun a lesson?" asked a voice behind him. Ryu whipped around, but no one was there.
"I know you do…" the voice said again. Ryu was sure he heard it this time.
"Who are you!" he cried out into the darkness.
"I'm the one who can make the boy you hate suffer…"
Ryu knew it was wrong to give in to this stranger he hadn't even seen. But picturing the selfish Li suffering made the offer tempting.
"If you really want, I'll make the girl, Himiko, fall in love with you…"
Now that really did it. Ever since he saw her the night before he thought she was the perfect one for him. But still he didn't say anything.
"Think about it…it's a good offer…"
"Ryu…" another voice said but this time it was familiar.
"Ryu!"
"Ryu!!"
"RYU WAKE UP!!!!!!!"
Ryu sat abruptly on his bed. He could see his mother fuming. Ryu rubbed his eyes and yawned.
"Do you know how long I've been calling you?! It's already 10:30! You should be practicing you're magic with your father!" she yelled.
"I…I forgot…"
"I can see that! Now get up and change."
She walked out of the room picking up dirty laundry on the way. Before she shut the door she said, "Next time, please try to pick up your laundry."
Ryu sat in his bed for another minute thinking about the dream. 'What was that?'
He rubbed the dream out of his head for now. He got up and fixed his messy black hair. He put on his training clothes and he walked out the door, thinking.
'Was that a premonition? I wonder if the stranger could really do that for me…'
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"Sakura, are you sure?" Syaoran asked his wife nervously. Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol, Meiling, and Kaji were in the small library in the mansion. Books were lined in shelves and there were several chairs and desks. This was the place where the kids usually did their homework.
"Yes…" she answered meekly.
"But…this can't happen?! How can it?! The Cards haven't changed!"
"He must've found a way out…or maybe he's planning a way out…" Eriol said.
"Sakura, please be careful. After you guys told me what happened before, I can't imagine it happening again," Kaji said.
"But Sakura must be stronger than when she first fought him! She could easily beat him…right?" Tomoyo said worriedly.
"But he must surely know that she's stronger though…why would he come back? Sakura's like the strongest magician right now!" Meiling said.
"But he's coming! I know it…the premonition was clear," Sakura said.
"Sakura…" Syaoran said worriedly. He pulled her close and hugged her. "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen."
"No Syaoran…you can't! I won't let you do this again for me," Sakura said crying silently into his shirt, "The last time you fought him, you…almost…"
Everyone was quiet.
"So…it's true then," a voice suddenly said at the door. It was Yelan, looking glum. "Katana's really coming back..."
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Toji, Himiko, Shun and Himiko were aimlessly walking around the house.
"So what do you want to do?" Toji asked.
"Whatever…" Shun said.
"Ummm…How about if we go on a picnic? Too bad Kozue's out with Zak though," Himiko said.
"Did I hear something about food?" Kero asked suddenly popping out of nowhere.
"Yeah sure…" Shun said.
Toji looked from Himiko to Shun. He got an idea. "Ummm…I have to do something. Why don't you two go?"
"Can I come to the picnic?" Kero asked.
"No. You have to help me."
"Are you sure you can't come?" Himiko asked.
"Nope…sorry," Toji said. He winked at Shun.
"H-Hey...What are you trying to do?!"
"What are you talking about?" Toji asked innocently.
"H-Hey!!"
"Umm…I should get the food now. Hold on," Himiko said.
Toji smirked at Shun as Himiko went to the kitchen to get the food.
"Toji, I'm gonna kill you!" Shun said furiously.
"Why would you? It's not like you feel anything towards her or anything," he replied slyly.
"I-I don't!!"
"C'mon kid, it's so obvious. I've been around couples since I came out from the Clow Book all those years ago. You're parents were so obvious. You and Himiko take after them," Kero said smirking.
"Shut up Kero, or else no pudding," Shun angrily said.
Kero immediately shut his mouth.
"I don't feel anything for her!" Shun yelled.
"Really?" asked a voice behind them.
"Ah Yukito-san," Toji said.
Yukito smiled and pushed his glasses up. There were three other people next to him. Touya, Kokuru, and Hikaru.
Hikaru is Yukito wife and Touya's wife is Kokuru.
"How are you boys?" Hikaru asked.
"Awww they're talking about Shun and Himiko! KAWAII COUPLE!!!" Kokuru said.
"There's nothing between us!!!" Shun shouted.
"Gaki, calm down…you'll see it soon," Touya said, "Just like your gaki father."
"I SAID THERE IS NOTHING BETWEEN HIMIKO AND ME!" Shun shouted.
"What about me?" Himiko said coming up behind him. She had the basket ready and he could also see that she had changed her clothes too. She was wearing blue capris, a tank top, and a blue cap. He glanced at the others next to him. They were all smirking. 'How can they be smirking when I'm furious?! This is NOT funny at all!'
"Where are you two going? Hikaru asked.
"Oh we're going on a picnic," Himiko explained.
"By yourselves?" Kokuru asked slyly.
"…yeah…why…?" Himiko felt the tinge of red on her cheeks. 'How could I have just noticed that we would be all by ourselves?'
"Let's go, Himiko," Shun suddenly said taking her hand. He dragged her away from the group. Himiko was still carrying the basket by the handle.
The other people stood and watched them walk away, Himiko's long wavy black hair trailing behind her.
"They really are a cute couple," Yukito said.
"Yeah I guess," Touya agreed.
"Wow, that's scary seeing Touya agree to that," Hikaru teased.
"I remember when he was all paranoid because he didn't like Syaoran," Kero explained.
"What ever happened to that overprotective brother?" Toji asked.
"Well, the Gaki's not half bad after all…but still, if he ever hurts Sakura…" Touya started.
"Now that's the Touya we all know and love!" Kokuru said.
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"Shun, where are we going?" Himiko asked noticing that he was holding her hand.
"Let's go to the garden outside," he said gruffly.
They walked to the garden in silence, with Shun still dragging her.
Himiko had to use all her power to not go into his head to see what was wrong and why was he angry.
When they reached the door that led to the gardens outside Shun finally realized that he was still holding her hand. He let go quickly.
He felt a surge of emotion. But he wasn't sad, mad, happy…he didn't know what it was. He once more felt blood rise to his cheeks, and his heart pumped harder. He didn't know what was wrong. 'What the hell is this feeling!!!'
"S-Sorry…" he stuttered trying to push the blood back down from his cheeks.
"I-It's okay…" Himiko said trying to hide her blush.
Shun opened the door and in front of them were dozens and dozens of different kinds of flowers. There was a big patch of grass in the middle of the garden with a cherry blossom tree right in the center of it. Around the big patch of grass was a concrete walkway where you can walk around and see all the different flowers.
"Wow, I've never been to this part of the garden before!" Himiko exclaimed.
"Yeah, this is my part of the garden," Shun said relieved that she seemed to have forgotten about what happened.
"It's so pretty!"
Himiko ran to the cherry blossom tree in the center. She turned to Shun, "Let's have the picnic over here, under the tree."
He nodded and walked over while Himiko spread out the blanket on the grass and started taking out all the food. While they ate, it was quiet for a while.
"Did you notice our parents this morning?" Himiko asked.
Shun was just staring at his food, not responding at all. He still had what Toji and Kero had said fresh in his mind.
"Shun?" Himiko asked waving her hand in front of his face.
Shun woke up. "Wow, that's really works doesn't it?" Himiko teased.
"What did you say before?"
"Did you notice our parents? They weren't laughing or talking about old times and stuff like that."
"That's true."
"What do you think is wrong?"
"I don't know. It feels really bad though."
"I hope it's not that bad…" Himiko said worried.
Shun looked at her. Her face was all sad and worried. "Don't worry, whatever happens, I'll make sure no one hurts you…" He suddenly realized what he had said. When he looked at Himiko, she had a surprised expression on her face.
"…Or anyone else…" Shun added quickly. 'Why the hell did I say that?' He turned bright red.
Himiko stared at him for a while. 'No way…Shun caring for someone else? Kozue was wrong…he does have a gentle side to him…'
She smiled at him. "Arigatou Shun…"
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Ryu panted, sweat dripping from his face.
"Good job, son," Yurushi praised with no emotion at all. He walked off leaving his son in the forest where they trained.
Ryu sat on a rock. His training clothes were soaked with sweat.
'He could've waited for me,' he thought silently.
He got up and walked to a spring. He cupped his hands and drank the fresh water. Ryu felt disappointed.
'I could've done A LOT better today! What happened to me? I could tell that Dad was disappointed.'
The truth was that the dream had been on his mind all day. He couldn't concentrate on his training.
'What the heck is with that dream?!'
He got really aggravated and frustrated. "Who the heck are you!!!!!!!!!"
He didn't hear anything respond, as he expected, just the shout bouncing from the trees and echoing back to him. Suddenly there was a breeze and he heard a raspy whisper coming from nowhere.
'Come back here at midnight and I'll tell you…I'll tell you everything…'
Ryu immediately got up and took out his sword.
'I'll even tell you how to win the girl's heart, if you wish.'
"But who are you!?" Ryu shouted.
'Come back here at exactly midnight…'
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~TO BE CONTINUED~