The Heir and the Priestess
By: Compass Star
Disclaimer: Is there anything I should write about this? O yeah, CCS is not mine and never will.
A/N: Thank you for all the reviewers!!! Now I know how it fells when you're getting reviews!!! Ohohohoh…… Now on with the stories…!!
Chapter 1 – Reports
Li Syaoran sighed heavily as he walks towards the Li Resident. He has returned from his journey to the Wang City. He was sent there by the elders to search for the Priestess, The Guardian of the Star Shrine. The Elders said that she was the key to save destruction in the world. He didn't know that searching a well-known priestess is as hard as searching a one certain ant in the dessert. For God Sake, He did not have a clue to the Priestess whereabouts! It was so frustrating him. He had been thinking to ask a citizen where is the Priestess is. Then he remembered that the Priestess had disappeared for more than four and half year, five to be exact. She can be anywhere in that duration of time. Maybe she was in a city near his town, or in a village, forest, in a house, an inn, shrine, or even in the opposite side of the earth!! Then he remembered his dreams…
~Dream Flashback~
He was standing on the front yard of a shrine. He was facing a cherry blossom tree that look very ancient and somehow sacred. Then he felt a strange sensation inside his body. It was not a bad feeling but neither a good one. He felt an unfamiliar aura behind him. He turned around but saw nothing. Then he heard a voice behind his back.
I'll wait for you, the Chosen One…
He spun around and saw a girl standing before him. She was standing before him. She was wearing a white miko clothes. Her golden auburn hair is falling down her back. Nevertheless, Syaoran could not see her face because her face was thrown downcast. She looked normal, but her clothes were stained with blood streaming from her neck. However, from the standing position she was in, he could believe that she was not feeling hurt. Instead, she smiles.
Until the time has come, I will wait for you to come and save me from this torture…
Save me, Little Wolf…
~End Dream Flashback~
'Who is that girl?' thought Syaoran. 'Could it be the Priestess I have been searching for weeks? No, no. That is not important. The most important thing is how did she know my name?' He continue his thoughts until he reach the main gate of the Li Resident.
He walked inside and headed toward the Elders' chamber. He was going to report the process of his search for the lost priestess to the Elders. He knew he would get a scowling from them after knowing he still got nothing after weeks of investigating the location of the priestess. The only clue he got was the dreams he had been having.
Once he got there, he took a deep breath and opened the door to the Elders' chamber. There stood a four-sided pillar with different colors on each side. Each side of it represented the Four Great Elements: Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth. Behind it stood the Four Elders. Syaoran kneel before them.
"How is the progress of your search, Xiao Lang?" asked one of the Elders, the one that represents the Earth, Sheng.
"I have found neither of her position, nor the information about the Priestess," he answered. "But I had been having several dreams that maybe a clue to her whereabouts."
"What exactly the dream you had been having told you?" the Elder who represent the Water, Lei, asked.
"I had a dream that I stood in front of a cherry blossom tree. And I hear a feminine voice calling out to me. She asked me to save her," Syaoran explained briefly.
"Foolish! How could you be fooled by that kind of dream! We had trained you for fourteen years and all you've got is an idiotic kind of dream?!?" said the Elder of the Fire, Lang, outrageous.
"It's true Xiao Lang. Don't be fooled by the dream," said Chong, the one who represented the Wind. "It may led you further from what you are searching for. We cannot risk wasting times for that kind of thing. Don't let anything affect your judgments in this search. We must stop the Shadow Master from destroying the beauty of this world. We should stop his attempt to create destruction in the world. You are the Chosen One. You must withstand those kinds of obstacles."
"I understand Elders."
"Continue you search. And don't come back until you found her," said Sheng. "Find her before it is too late."
"Yes, Elders. I may take my leave now."
Syaoran stood up and exited the room. Once the door was closed, he let out a sigh of relief.
"What were the Elders told you?" A voice behind him asked.
"Looks like I'm going to be gone for quite a long time, Meiling," Syaoran answered. Already knowing who asked. "Where's Mother?"
"She's waiting for you outside."
"Tell her I'm going to be there after I took my belonging in my room."
"I will"
"Thank you, Meiling."
Syaoran walked off leaving Meiling stood in the hall by herself, staring at his back sadly. She knew this task is going to be a great burden to her cousin. However, there is nothing she could do about it. Sometimes, she hated herself for being so useless. Her cousin had helped her so many times that she cannot count for it herself. But somehow, she knew that this task would have great effects on Syaoran's behaviors later. She did not know if this effect is good or bad, but she will hope for the best.
She walked outside to where her aunt had been waiting for her cousin. She spotted her aunt standing under the tree. She stood there with her back towards Meiling.
"Xiao Lang is going to be here soon. He's just going to pack his belonging before going," Meiling said.
"So, finally the Elders had requested him to begin the search. It is going to be hard for him, ne?" said Yelan Li.
"Uhm. I hope Xiao Lang will finish his task and returned home safely," replied Meiling.
"I hope so, too."
They stood there in silence for a few minutes until Syaoran came with a small bag at his shoulder.
"Mother, I'm going to take my leave. I came here to bid you goodbye," said Syaoran.
"The Elders had told you to leave?" asked Yelan.
"Yes, Mother."
Yelan turned around and said, "I know you can do this task, Xiao Lang. Don't disappoint me and you family. However, that is not important right now. You must be careful and do your best, son. I will wish you for the best."
"Thank you, Mother."
Yelan smiled and kissed his cheek. Then Meiling came to him and give him a hug.
"Good luck, Xiao Lang."
Then Syaoran went outside the gate and walk towards the suburb, the place where it was said to whereabouts of a mysterious priestess lived once. Little did he know that the moment he walked out the gate of his home, he would face the hardest time of his life