~*~*~*pErFeCt ShUzOkU*~*~*~
By: SaKuRaStArS
A/N: Hello Minna!! Arigato for all those reviews!! I'm sOoOoOo happy!! I love them ALL!! And answering AmethystBlade's question about if I'm ever going to make Sakura older than 2. Yes!! n_n 'course I am. Except rite now, I'm making it so it's kinda like a prologue. It'll get more interesting later on in the series when Sakura and Syaoran grow up and they meet again. (Didn't I tell you I was gonna separate them?) I forgot to update my story because I was so busy with schoolwork, reading other stories, trying to fix my Xanga (which is totally CCS!! ^_~) and drawing anime pics. I drew one of Sakura making a wish on stars...I think that's where I came up with this pen name. (Actually I was gonna make it SakuraAngel or AngelSakura but yeah... it doesn't really match me... ^^;;) I don't draw very well...so I'm not going to put it up for y'all to see. My Xanga's totally CCS but my chatterbox thing broke... I still don't know how to fix that... I spent forever on this chapter because I was stuck chatting with people who keep IMing me.(which I didn't like at all so I quit going online!!) neways. I talk 2 much. On wit the storie!! Hope you like it!! n_n
Disclaimer: I don't own Sakura, Syaoran or any of CLAMP's stuff.unless you're counting the Sakura and Syaoran plushies, manga books, or DVDs I have ^_~. hehe everything else all belongs to CLAMP!! (WHY OH WHY MUST THEY TORTURE ME SO MUCH?!)
~*cHaPtEr FoUr*~
~*ThE bOoK oF cLoW*~
A boy with dark hair cautiously led a group of five others toward a door. He tried the door. It was locked. He took a key out of his pocket and stuck it into the keyhole.
"Are you sure it'll work Eriol?" whispered a girl with long dark hair and amethyst eyes.
"'Course it will, Tomoyo," said a boy with dark hair and dark eyes matter- of-factedly, "Why wouldn't it?"
"Will you be quiet Takeru," whispered Eriol as he eased the door open. There was a nervous titter among the group. The room that the door opened to was very eerie-looking. There were a lot of bookcases filled with books and it was dark. When the group stepped inside, they saw a black raven perched on a stand. It appeared to be asleep. Eying the raven cautiously, a boy with amber eyes and chocolate brown hair crept to a hidden passageway on the floor next to a bookcase. He eased the trapdoor open and motioned the others toward him. The others looked nervously at the raven. It was stirring. They quickly tiptoed toward the trapdoor. Silently, Syaoran motioned for Eriol to go under. Eriol shook his head and gestured at Takeru. Takeru nodded and disappeared into the tunnel. Next went Tomoyo, then a girl with raven black hair and crimson eyes. After her went a girl with emerald green eyes and light brown hair. As Syaoran helped her down, their eyes met and Syaoran squeezed her hand gently.
When Sakura was safely in the passage, Syaoran turned around and motioned for Eriol to follow Sakura. Eriol shook his head again and motioned for Syaoran to go first. Syaoran looked like he was about to refuse, but after a glance at the raven, he followed Sakura. When he'd made sure that Syaoran was safely in the passage as well, Eriol scanned the volumes of books in the bookcases. He held his hand up and a bluish glow surrounded it. He walked quietly toward a bookcase and a book from the second shelf floated toward him and landed gently in his hands.
Suddenly, the door flung open revealing a furious-looking Shuoku.
"HOW DARE YOU INSOLENT CHILDREN!!" she shrieked. Eriol jumped and leapt into the trapdoor. "YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE!"
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Syaoran, Sakura, Tomoyo, Takeru and Meilin were waiting for Eriol to appear. Strangely, he was taking a longer time than they expected. Suddenly, they heard a banging and began to fear the worst. When they heard a familiar voice shouting out up ahead, their fears were confirmed. Shuoku had found them out.
"Oh great, what did Eriol do now?" Takeru whispered.
"You guys stay here, I'll get Eriol," said Syaoran, climbing up the ladder that led to the trapdoor's opening. Just then, Eriol plopped down.
"Hey y'll we've got to hurry and go NOW, 'cause Shuoku's up there," said Eriol urgently. He looked around at all the terrified faces. "Hey, where'd Syaoran go?"
"Right under your big butt you-" came a muffled voice from under Eriol. Eriol looked down and grinned sheepishly.
"Well, at least I understand now why my landing was a lot worse than it should've been," said Eriol teasingly.
"Why you-?"Syaoran began furiously, but Eriol stopped him.
"We've got to go NOW!" he said again, this time even more urgently. The others nodded and they all scrambled as fast as they could through the tunnel.
"H-hey Eriol," panted Takeru as they ran, "W-what t-took you so long a- anyways?"
"W-we'll talk later T-takeru!!" Eriol panted in anwer. Suddenly, fire blasts showed around the cave.
"Duck?" shouted Syaoran. He jumped over Sakura, bringing her down with him. They others ducked as well. A large fireball came firing their way. It sailed right over them, barely grazing their heads.
"Good thing we ducked," said Meilin afterward, sweatdropping.
"Yeah or we'd be fried ducks right now," said Takeru. Then he wrinkled his nose. "Yuck! I don't like fried ducks." The others sweatdropped.
"Hoe?" said Sakura.
"Shouldn't we be going now."said Tomoyo. The others quickly remembered their peril at that moment and started sprinting down the tunnel again.
"Kuso," muttered Syaoran as he ran, "Hey guys! Run faster! I think she's gonna try to drown us?" And indeed, they soon heard a faint sound of water gushing.
"Shimatta!" shouted Takeru, eyes wide in fright.
"What's wrong?" asked Meilin, "If she does that we'll just try to swim our way out."
"We can't swim," said Eriol dully. They heard the water getting even nearer to them.
"HOE?!" said Sakura shocked, "You don't know how to swim?!" Syaoran and Eriol grinned wryly.
"That's right," said Syaoran.
"Kuso!" said Eriol, "I hear the waters getting closer! Listen up, you girls, we don't have a chance of getting out of here alive, but you do! Run! We'll hold her off. If the waters reach you swim to safety!"
"IIE!" cried Tomoyo, Meilin and Sakura.
"NO! NO! NO!"cried Sakura with tears in her big emerald eyes.
"You've got to!" said Takeru urgently, "it's the only way!"
"Aw.c'mon Sakura," said Syaoran pleadingly (hard to imagine that.) "Don't cry?"
"We're not leaving and that's final!" said Tomoyo fiercely. The boys looked dismayed.
"Look-" Syaoran began, but Eriol interrupted.
"We can't swim," he said calmly, "We'll only slow you down."
"NO!" shouted little Sakura, "We're not going? We're not going?" The others were startled. There was a faint pink glow surrounding Sakura and a golden circle was forming at her feet. Tears were streaming down her face. "You're coming too!" she cried determinedly. Suddenly, the others heard a terrible shriek and were shocked to hear the waters stop gushing.
"Hurry! Run!!" shouted Syaoran as he grabbed Sakura's arm and dragged her along with him as he broke out in a sprint. And they all ran. After what seemed like forever, they saw a faint light coming up from ahead.
"Finally," sighed Tomoyo. Just when they'd almost made it to the entrance, a black looming figure appeared in front of them, blocking their path.
"So you thought you'd fool Shuoku did you?" came a low rasping voice. "Ha! Your feeble attempts at magic will never overthrow me!" Shuoku laughed a high-pitched laugh that rang about the caves as if she was everywhere. She threw a magical blast at them all, throwing them all against the wall. She walked (or floated) toward Eriol. "You. Thought you'd walk away with the book of Clow did you?" She kicked Eriol in the stomach. "Thought you could fool me did you?" Fireballs appeared in her hands. "Well think again!" Just when she was about to throw the balls of fire at Eriol, Syaoran and Takeru tackled her down. The girls rushed to Eriol.
"Eriol get up!" cried Tomoyo desperately. She and Meilin supported him between the two of them.
"My bag." he said weakly. (He was using a lot of magic trying to keep the others safe and Shuoku kicked him in the stomach?) Sakura grabbed his bag and only then would Eriol move. The girls slowly helped Eriol to the opening. Meanwhile, Syaoran and Takeru were struggling with Shuoku.
"Ouch!" said Takeru as Shuoku hit him on the head. "Hey watch it you old crone!"
"WHAT?!" shouted the old witch furiously. "Get off of me you pests!" She started to shoot out fire blasts. Syaoran narrowed his eyes and leapt up.
"Lightning!" he shouted. The lightning came crashing down, but it wasn't enough to subdue Shuoku. She shrieked and threw Syaoran and Takeru off of her. She struck them both with fireballs that appeared at her hands. They landed on the floor and didn't get up. (remember, they're still little)
"Syaoran! Takeru!" cried Sakura, running toward her fallen friends.
"Sakura!" cried Meilin. "Tomoyo, you keep Eriol safe here. We'll be back." She abandoned Eriol with Tomoyo and rushed to her little sister's aid.
"Be careful!" cried Tomoyo, worried. Sakura and Meiling were in front of the boys with their weapons out. They glared at Shuoku angrily. Shuoku just cackled evilly.
"You think you can stop me when your friends can't?" she taunted.
"What's that s'posed to mean?" said Meilin angrily. She didn't like it when people make it out that they thought her weak.
"These boys have been in training much longer than you have," said Shuoku, "What makes you think that you, having merely trained for but a week, could stand a chance against me?"
"Because we've got what you don't!" cried Sakura. Meilin looked at her bewildered. "We've got our friends and they cheer us on!"
"Yeah!" said Meilin, her crimson eyes flashing, "what she said!" Shuoku merely sneered.
"Well then," said Shuoku, "it looks like you've got guts. Oh boys! Get up so you can see me destroy these two little shrimps you call your friends!"
"No." Syaoran moaned. "Sakura.go.run."
"We're not going," said Meilin sharply, "so you can just save your breath."
"S-Sakura," came a weak voice. It was Eriol. He was leaning against the wall with Tomoyo supporting him. He looked like he wanted Sakura to go to him. Meilin saw this and looked as if she understood what was going on. She moved in front of Sakura.
"Go Sakura," said Meilin quietly, "I'll distract her." Sakura looked like she was going to refuse, but one look at the situation and she scampered off.
"Ha!" Shuoku scoffed. "Feeling brave now girl? Even your little sister knows it's useless to fight me! Look! She's run off!" Meilin didn't move. "Well then. It looks like you're not going to give in quietly. All right then." Once again balls of fire appeared at her hands. "You'll regret the day you challenged Shuoku!" She struck.
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"Eriol?" said Sakura as she reached him. "What's wrong? I've gotta go and help Meilin!" Eriol looked up at her.
"My bag," he said weakly. "Look inside.the book." Sakura looked confused. She opened the bag she was carrying and peeked inside. There was a bunch of things she didn't know about and a book. She lifted it out and showed it to Eriol.
"This book?" she asked. Eriol nodded.
"Break the seal," said Eriol, more determined now. Sakura hesitated.
"Can't you or Tomoyo?" she asked still confused. Eriol shook his head violently.
"I'll explain later," he said urgently. "Break the seal!" Sakura hesitated, but seeing that she had to do this she reached for the seal and broke it. Tomoyo gasped. Eriol sighed in relief. Suddenly a key appeared in front of Sakura. "Take the key!" Sakura looked unsure, but she grabbed the key. A light blasted from the key at her touch. The golden circle was once again at her feet. Suddenly a word rose in her throat.
"Release!" cried Sakura, surprising herself. (Can ne1 tell me wht she says to release the key? I only kno parts of it. ^^;;) 'Why'd I say that?' she thought to herself. She gasped. The key was growing! Suddenly the light disappeared and Sakura looked down to see herself holding a staff.
"Sakura," said Eriol, "Use the key to defeat Shuoku."
"But I don't know how!" said Sakura, clutching the staff.
"Use your magic!" said Eriol, "And one of the cards!" Sakura looked at the book and saw for the first time that there were cards in the book. She took the first few cards and put the book down. She looked at the first card. 'Windy?' she thought. 'What-?' Then it clicked in her mind. She nodded to Eriol and ran off to Meilin's side.
"Our fates lie in her hands," said Eriol.
#*#*#*#
"What's this?" said Shuoku sneeringly. "The little girl has come back after all. Did you come back because you couldn't bear for me to destroy your sister?" She laughed. "And what's that you've got with you? A pink stick? Ha!"
"You know what Shuoku?" said Meilin with a smirk. "You talk so much you don't know what goes on underneath that big nose of yours." Shuoku narrowed her eyes.
"And you don't know what's going to happen to you and your friends now I've stopped!" she shrieked. She levitated off the ground and flew at them both. Sakura was ready.
"Windy!" she cried out. "Release and dispel! Windy!" (A/N: well that's how she says it in the American version. I forgot the Japanese version. NoOo!) A pretty spirit burst from the card and wrapped itself around Shuoku. Shuoku was surprised.
"Ah!!!!!!" Shuoku shrieked. Sakura and Meilin looked at each other and ran to Syaoran and Takeru's side.
"We've gotta run for it," said Syaoran urgently, surprising Sakura and Meilin when he stood up quickly and without seeming to be hurt. "We don't stand a chance against her right now. Not even with the cards." Takeru got up just as easily and hurried to Eriol. He helped him to his feet and began helping him toward the entrance as quickly as possible. "C'mon we gotta go," said Syaoran glancing at Shuoku. Meilin and Sakura exchanged confused thoughts and took off after Takeru, Eriol and Tomoyo. Syaoran picked up the book and Eriol's backpack. Then he ran out as well. Shuoku shrieked, but Windy wouldn't let her out.
#*#*#*#
"How'd you get up?" asked Sakura goggling at Syaoran and Takeru. "We thought you couldn't."
"Well," said Takeru with a trace of a grin, "We couldn't because Shuoku was holding us down."
"Yeah," said Syaoran. "And by the way nice work with the card."
"Arigato," said Sakura still looking confused. Suddenly she registered what Syaoran had just said. "Oh! What is that card thing and how come I had to break that seal thing?"
"You'll have to ask Eriol," said Takeru. "He'll explain it better." Sakura looked at Eriol questioningly.
"That book is the book of the Clow," he began. Sakura still looked confused.
"What-?" she began, but Eriol interrupted her.
"We'll explain that later," he said. "We've gotta be on our way home so I'll tell you that later. It'll take too long to explain now."
"Can't you at least tell me why I had to break the seal?" asked Sakura with her puppy-dog eyes. "Please?" Eriol sweatdropped. Who could refuse Sakura when she turned on her puppy-dog eyes?
"Well," he hesitated. "All right. All right!" The others grinned. They all knew the power of Sakura's puppy-dog eyes. "Well, I tried to open it. It didn't work. I got Syaoran and Takeru to try too, but it didn't work either. Last week, I got Tomoyo and Meilin to try. It still didn't work. Naturally there was only one last choice left. You." (Uh.I guess he snuck into Shuoku's room before LOL)
"Why me?" squeaked Sakura. "It could've been someone who didn't come to Shuoku's prison."
"Because," said Eriol patiently, "the summoning circle of Clow appeared at your feet. And we saw your aura." The others looked at him in a funny way.
"Uh Eriol?" said Takeru sweatdropping, "Don't we all have auras?" Eriol stiffened.
"Uh.hehe," he said with his hand touching the back of his head. "Oh, yeah. I forgot." The others all fell. (anime style)
"A-ny-ways," said Syaoran, still sweatdropping at how his cousin Eriol, who was so smart and wise, could be so forgetful of something like auras! "Shouldn't we be figuring out a way to get home."
"Hehehe," said Eriol. "Yeah." He frowned. "Hey! How are we going to get home?"
"You mean you never figured that out?!" shrieked Meilin. The guys backed away guiltily.
"Well, we never actually got out here so."said Takeru sweatdropping nervously.
"Calm down Meilin," said Tomoyo, "We should be glad we're outta there. It doesn't really matter if we don't know how to get to Li-san's house." Behind them, un-noticed, was Sakura, who was looking at all the cards. She was trying to figure out a way to solve their dilemma. She frowned, looking through the cards. Eriol and Syaoran happened to look toward her at that moment.
"Hey Sakura," said Syaoran, noticing her frown, "What's wrong?" Eriol saw her looking at the cards and had a sudden inspiration.
"Hey! I know!" said Eriol loudly all of a sudden. The others jumped. How could he be so loud when he could barely speak just moments ago?! "Sakura can use the transport card and transport us to Hong Kong!" Syaoran looked at Eriol uneasily.
"Are you sure she can handle that right now?" he asked in a cold voice. Eriol's happiness wore off.
"Oh yeah," he said dully, "I forgot. She's still a beginner." Sakura looked at him, a hurt look in her eyes. "Not that it's a bad thing," he added on hastily. He didn't want to upset Sakura and besides he saw the glares that Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Meilin directed at him. 'So alike yet so unalike,' he thought with a bitter smile. (poor eriol. So harassed right now.)
"I CAN use the transport card!" said Sakura, her mind made up. She looked through the cards and found the one she wanted. She held it in front of her and concentrated hard on it. "Transport! Release and dispel! Transport!" A glow appeared and all of a sudden, they felt themselves being pulled into a portal.
"Ahhh!!" they all cried out, eyes shut. Then they suddenly stopped and when they opened their eyes they were shocked. They were no longer near Shuoku's property. They were standing in front of a large house that seemed to have 30-40 rooms and, looking around them, they could see the vast property that was very well kept.
"We're home!" shouted Takeru, throwing his fist into the air. Syaoran and Eriol nodded happily.
"Sakura!!" cried Meilin, frightened. Tomoyo was frantically shaking Sakura, but very gently. The boys suddenly noticed that Sakura was unconscious.
"Oh God," said Eriol worriedly.
"What're we gonna do?!" said Takeru hoarsely. They all looked at each other hopelessly. Syaoran suddenly scooped up Sakura and rushed toward the house, his mind racing. When he reached the door, he rang the doorbell and a man opened it. His jaws dropped open upon sight of the boy in front of him.
"Master Li!" he said speechless.
To be continued.
A/N: Ahahahahahahaha!! I feel so evil. Like the cliffie? I hope ya'll don't hate me now. I hope you enjoyed this chappie. Hehe. Uh oh. I didn't finish my homework. LOL. I spend all day reading fanfics and writing this one and I forget to do my homework. Well gotta go. I'll update when I get five more reviews. Hehe.That might take forever, but.lolz. o well. R&R!! Arigato! Ja.
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By: SaKuRaStArS
A/N: Hello Minna!! Arigato for all those reviews!! I'm sOoOoOo happy!! I love them ALL!! And answering AmethystBlade's question about if I'm ever going to make Sakura older than 2. Yes!! n_n 'course I am. Except rite now, I'm making it so it's kinda like a prologue. It'll get more interesting later on in the series when Sakura and Syaoran grow up and they meet again. (Didn't I tell you I was gonna separate them?) I forgot to update my story because I was so busy with schoolwork, reading other stories, trying to fix my Xanga (which is totally CCS!! ^_~) and drawing anime pics. I drew one of Sakura making a wish on stars...I think that's where I came up with this pen name. (Actually I was gonna make it SakuraAngel or AngelSakura but yeah... it doesn't really match me... ^^;;) I don't draw very well...so I'm not going to put it up for y'all to see. My Xanga's totally CCS but my chatterbox thing broke... I still don't know how to fix that... I spent forever on this chapter because I was stuck chatting with people who keep IMing me.(which I didn't like at all so I quit going online!!) neways. I talk 2 much. On wit the storie!! Hope you like it!! n_n
Disclaimer: I don't own Sakura, Syaoran or any of CLAMP's stuff.unless you're counting the Sakura and Syaoran plushies, manga books, or DVDs I have ^_~. hehe everything else all belongs to CLAMP!! (WHY OH WHY MUST THEY TORTURE ME SO MUCH?!)
~*cHaPtEr FoUr*~
~*ThE bOoK oF cLoW*~
A boy with dark hair cautiously led a group of five others toward a door. He tried the door. It was locked. He took a key out of his pocket and stuck it into the keyhole.
"Are you sure it'll work Eriol?" whispered a girl with long dark hair and amethyst eyes.
"'Course it will, Tomoyo," said a boy with dark hair and dark eyes matter- of-factedly, "Why wouldn't it?"
"Will you be quiet Takeru," whispered Eriol as he eased the door open. There was a nervous titter among the group. The room that the door opened to was very eerie-looking. There were a lot of bookcases filled with books and it was dark. When the group stepped inside, they saw a black raven perched on a stand. It appeared to be asleep. Eying the raven cautiously, a boy with amber eyes and chocolate brown hair crept to a hidden passageway on the floor next to a bookcase. He eased the trapdoor open and motioned the others toward him. The others looked nervously at the raven. It was stirring. They quickly tiptoed toward the trapdoor. Silently, Syaoran motioned for Eriol to go under. Eriol shook his head and gestured at Takeru. Takeru nodded and disappeared into the tunnel. Next went Tomoyo, then a girl with raven black hair and crimson eyes. After her went a girl with emerald green eyes and light brown hair. As Syaoran helped her down, their eyes met and Syaoran squeezed her hand gently.
When Sakura was safely in the passage, Syaoran turned around and motioned for Eriol to follow Sakura. Eriol shook his head again and motioned for Syaoran to go first. Syaoran looked like he was about to refuse, but after a glance at the raven, he followed Sakura. When he'd made sure that Syaoran was safely in the passage as well, Eriol scanned the volumes of books in the bookcases. He held his hand up and a bluish glow surrounded it. He walked quietly toward a bookcase and a book from the second shelf floated toward him and landed gently in his hands.
Suddenly, the door flung open revealing a furious-looking Shuoku.
"HOW DARE YOU INSOLENT CHILDREN!!" she shrieked. Eriol jumped and leapt into the trapdoor. "YOU'LL NEVER ESCAPE!"
#*#*#*#
Syaoran, Sakura, Tomoyo, Takeru and Meilin were waiting for Eriol to appear. Strangely, he was taking a longer time than they expected. Suddenly, they heard a banging and began to fear the worst. When they heard a familiar voice shouting out up ahead, their fears were confirmed. Shuoku had found them out.
"Oh great, what did Eriol do now?" Takeru whispered.
"You guys stay here, I'll get Eriol," said Syaoran, climbing up the ladder that led to the trapdoor's opening. Just then, Eriol plopped down.
"Hey y'll we've got to hurry and go NOW, 'cause Shuoku's up there," said Eriol urgently. He looked around at all the terrified faces. "Hey, where'd Syaoran go?"
"Right under your big butt you-" came a muffled voice from under Eriol. Eriol looked down and grinned sheepishly.
"Well, at least I understand now why my landing was a lot worse than it should've been," said Eriol teasingly.
"Why you-?"Syaoran began furiously, but Eriol stopped him.
"We've got to go NOW!" he said again, this time even more urgently. The others nodded and they all scrambled as fast as they could through the tunnel.
"H-hey Eriol," panted Takeru as they ran, "W-what t-took you so long a- anyways?"
"W-we'll talk later T-takeru!!" Eriol panted in anwer. Suddenly, fire blasts showed around the cave.
"Duck?" shouted Syaoran. He jumped over Sakura, bringing her down with him. They others ducked as well. A large fireball came firing their way. It sailed right over them, barely grazing their heads.
"Good thing we ducked," said Meilin afterward, sweatdropping.
"Yeah or we'd be fried ducks right now," said Takeru. Then he wrinkled his nose. "Yuck! I don't like fried ducks." The others sweatdropped.
"Hoe?" said Sakura.
"Shouldn't we be going now."said Tomoyo. The others quickly remembered their peril at that moment and started sprinting down the tunnel again.
"Kuso," muttered Syaoran as he ran, "Hey guys! Run faster! I think she's gonna try to drown us?" And indeed, they soon heard a faint sound of water gushing.
"Shimatta!" shouted Takeru, eyes wide in fright.
"What's wrong?" asked Meilin, "If she does that we'll just try to swim our way out."
"We can't swim," said Eriol dully. They heard the water getting even nearer to them.
"HOE?!" said Sakura shocked, "You don't know how to swim?!" Syaoran and Eriol grinned wryly.
"That's right," said Syaoran.
"Kuso!" said Eriol, "I hear the waters getting closer! Listen up, you girls, we don't have a chance of getting out of here alive, but you do! Run! We'll hold her off. If the waters reach you swim to safety!"
"IIE!" cried Tomoyo, Meilin and Sakura.
"NO! NO! NO!"cried Sakura with tears in her big emerald eyes.
"You've got to!" said Takeru urgently, "it's the only way!"
"Aw.c'mon Sakura," said Syaoran pleadingly (hard to imagine that.) "Don't cry?"
"We're not leaving and that's final!" said Tomoyo fiercely. The boys looked dismayed.
"Look-" Syaoran began, but Eriol interrupted.
"We can't swim," he said calmly, "We'll only slow you down."
"NO!" shouted little Sakura, "We're not going? We're not going?" The others were startled. There was a faint pink glow surrounding Sakura and a golden circle was forming at her feet. Tears were streaming down her face. "You're coming too!" she cried determinedly. Suddenly, the others heard a terrible shriek and were shocked to hear the waters stop gushing.
"Hurry! Run!!" shouted Syaoran as he grabbed Sakura's arm and dragged her along with him as he broke out in a sprint. And they all ran. After what seemed like forever, they saw a faint light coming up from ahead.
"Finally," sighed Tomoyo. Just when they'd almost made it to the entrance, a black looming figure appeared in front of them, blocking their path.
"So you thought you'd fool Shuoku did you?" came a low rasping voice. "Ha! Your feeble attempts at magic will never overthrow me!" Shuoku laughed a high-pitched laugh that rang about the caves as if she was everywhere. She threw a magical blast at them all, throwing them all against the wall. She walked (or floated) toward Eriol. "You. Thought you'd walk away with the book of Clow did you?" She kicked Eriol in the stomach. "Thought you could fool me did you?" Fireballs appeared in her hands. "Well think again!" Just when she was about to throw the balls of fire at Eriol, Syaoran and Takeru tackled her down. The girls rushed to Eriol.
"Eriol get up!" cried Tomoyo desperately. She and Meilin supported him between the two of them.
"My bag." he said weakly. (He was using a lot of magic trying to keep the others safe and Shuoku kicked him in the stomach?) Sakura grabbed his bag and only then would Eriol move. The girls slowly helped Eriol to the opening. Meanwhile, Syaoran and Takeru were struggling with Shuoku.
"Ouch!" said Takeru as Shuoku hit him on the head. "Hey watch it you old crone!"
"WHAT?!" shouted the old witch furiously. "Get off of me you pests!" She started to shoot out fire blasts. Syaoran narrowed his eyes and leapt up.
"Lightning!" he shouted. The lightning came crashing down, but it wasn't enough to subdue Shuoku. She shrieked and threw Syaoran and Takeru off of her. She struck them both with fireballs that appeared at her hands. They landed on the floor and didn't get up. (remember, they're still little)
"Syaoran! Takeru!" cried Sakura, running toward her fallen friends.
"Sakura!" cried Meilin. "Tomoyo, you keep Eriol safe here. We'll be back." She abandoned Eriol with Tomoyo and rushed to her little sister's aid.
"Be careful!" cried Tomoyo, worried. Sakura and Meiling were in front of the boys with their weapons out. They glared at Shuoku angrily. Shuoku just cackled evilly.
"You think you can stop me when your friends can't?" she taunted.
"What's that s'posed to mean?" said Meilin angrily. She didn't like it when people make it out that they thought her weak.
"These boys have been in training much longer than you have," said Shuoku, "What makes you think that you, having merely trained for but a week, could stand a chance against me?"
"Because we've got what you don't!" cried Sakura. Meilin looked at her bewildered. "We've got our friends and they cheer us on!"
"Yeah!" said Meilin, her crimson eyes flashing, "what she said!" Shuoku merely sneered.
"Well then," said Shuoku, "it looks like you've got guts. Oh boys! Get up so you can see me destroy these two little shrimps you call your friends!"
"No." Syaoran moaned. "Sakura.go.run."
"We're not going," said Meilin sharply, "so you can just save your breath."
"S-Sakura," came a weak voice. It was Eriol. He was leaning against the wall with Tomoyo supporting him. He looked like he wanted Sakura to go to him. Meilin saw this and looked as if she understood what was going on. She moved in front of Sakura.
"Go Sakura," said Meilin quietly, "I'll distract her." Sakura looked like she was going to refuse, but one look at the situation and she scampered off.
"Ha!" Shuoku scoffed. "Feeling brave now girl? Even your little sister knows it's useless to fight me! Look! She's run off!" Meilin didn't move. "Well then. It looks like you're not going to give in quietly. All right then." Once again balls of fire appeared at her hands. "You'll regret the day you challenged Shuoku!" She struck.
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"Eriol?" said Sakura as she reached him. "What's wrong? I've gotta go and help Meilin!" Eriol looked up at her.
"My bag," he said weakly. "Look inside.the book." Sakura looked confused. She opened the bag she was carrying and peeked inside. There was a bunch of things she didn't know about and a book. She lifted it out and showed it to Eriol.
"This book?" she asked. Eriol nodded.
"Break the seal," said Eriol, more determined now. Sakura hesitated.
"Can't you or Tomoyo?" she asked still confused. Eriol shook his head violently.
"I'll explain later," he said urgently. "Break the seal!" Sakura hesitated, but seeing that she had to do this she reached for the seal and broke it. Tomoyo gasped. Eriol sighed in relief. Suddenly a key appeared in front of Sakura. "Take the key!" Sakura looked unsure, but she grabbed the key. A light blasted from the key at her touch. The golden circle was once again at her feet. Suddenly a word rose in her throat.
"Release!" cried Sakura, surprising herself. (Can ne1 tell me wht she says to release the key? I only kno parts of it. ^^;;) 'Why'd I say that?' she thought to herself. She gasped. The key was growing! Suddenly the light disappeared and Sakura looked down to see herself holding a staff.
"Sakura," said Eriol, "Use the key to defeat Shuoku."
"But I don't know how!" said Sakura, clutching the staff.
"Use your magic!" said Eriol, "And one of the cards!" Sakura looked at the book and saw for the first time that there were cards in the book. She took the first few cards and put the book down. She looked at the first card. 'Windy?' she thought. 'What-?' Then it clicked in her mind. She nodded to Eriol and ran off to Meilin's side.
"Our fates lie in her hands," said Eriol.
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"What's this?" said Shuoku sneeringly. "The little girl has come back after all. Did you come back because you couldn't bear for me to destroy your sister?" She laughed. "And what's that you've got with you? A pink stick? Ha!"
"You know what Shuoku?" said Meilin with a smirk. "You talk so much you don't know what goes on underneath that big nose of yours." Shuoku narrowed her eyes.
"And you don't know what's going to happen to you and your friends now I've stopped!" she shrieked. She levitated off the ground and flew at them both. Sakura was ready.
"Windy!" she cried out. "Release and dispel! Windy!" (A/N: well that's how she says it in the American version. I forgot the Japanese version. NoOo!) A pretty spirit burst from the card and wrapped itself around Shuoku. Shuoku was surprised.
"Ah!!!!!!" Shuoku shrieked. Sakura and Meilin looked at each other and ran to Syaoran and Takeru's side.
"We've gotta run for it," said Syaoran urgently, surprising Sakura and Meilin when he stood up quickly and without seeming to be hurt. "We don't stand a chance against her right now. Not even with the cards." Takeru got up just as easily and hurried to Eriol. He helped him to his feet and began helping him toward the entrance as quickly as possible. "C'mon we gotta go," said Syaoran glancing at Shuoku. Meilin and Sakura exchanged confused thoughts and took off after Takeru, Eriol and Tomoyo. Syaoran picked up the book and Eriol's backpack. Then he ran out as well. Shuoku shrieked, but Windy wouldn't let her out.
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"How'd you get up?" asked Sakura goggling at Syaoran and Takeru. "We thought you couldn't."
"Well," said Takeru with a trace of a grin, "We couldn't because Shuoku was holding us down."
"Yeah," said Syaoran. "And by the way nice work with the card."
"Arigato," said Sakura still looking confused. Suddenly she registered what Syaoran had just said. "Oh! What is that card thing and how come I had to break that seal thing?"
"You'll have to ask Eriol," said Takeru. "He'll explain it better." Sakura looked at Eriol questioningly.
"That book is the book of the Clow," he began. Sakura still looked confused.
"What-?" she began, but Eriol interrupted her.
"We'll explain that later," he said. "We've gotta be on our way home so I'll tell you that later. It'll take too long to explain now."
"Can't you at least tell me why I had to break the seal?" asked Sakura with her puppy-dog eyes. "Please?" Eriol sweatdropped. Who could refuse Sakura when she turned on her puppy-dog eyes?
"Well," he hesitated. "All right. All right!" The others grinned. They all knew the power of Sakura's puppy-dog eyes. "Well, I tried to open it. It didn't work. I got Syaoran and Takeru to try too, but it didn't work either. Last week, I got Tomoyo and Meilin to try. It still didn't work. Naturally there was only one last choice left. You." (Uh.I guess he snuck into Shuoku's room before LOL)
"Why me?" squeaked Sakura. "It could've been someone who didn't come to Shuoku's prison."
"Because," said Eriol patiently, "the summoning circle of Clow appeared at your feet. And we saw your aura." The others looked at him in a funny way.
"Uh Eriol?" said Takeru sweatdropping, "Don't we all have auras?" Eriol stiffened.
"Uh.hehe," he said with his hand touching the back of his head. "Oh, yeah. I forgot." The others all fell. (anime style)
"A-ny-ways," said Syaoran, still sweatdropping at how his cousin Eriol, who was so smart and wise, could be so forgetful of something like auras! "Shouldn't we be figuring out a way to get home."
"Hehehe," said Eriol. "Yeah." He frowned. "Hey! How are we going to get home?"
"You mean you never figured that out?!" shrieked Meilin. The guys backed away guiltily.
"Well, we never actually got out here so."said Takeru sweatdropping nervously.
"Calm down Meilin," said Tomoyo, "We should be glad we're outta there. It doesn't really matter if we don't know how to get to Li-san's house." Behind them, un-noticed, was Sakura, who was looking at all the cards. She was trying to figure out a way to solve their dilemma. She frowned, looking through the cards. Eriol and Syaoran happened to look toward her at that moment.
"Hey Sakura," said Syaoran, noticing her frown, "What's wrong?" Eriol saw her looking at the cards and had a sudden inspiration.
"Hey! I know!" said Eriol loudly all of a sudden. The others jumped. How could he be so loud when he could barely speak just moments ago?! "Sakura can use the transport card and transport us to Hong Kong!" Syaoran looked at Eriol uneasily.
"Are you sure she can handle that right now?" he asked in a cold voice. Eriol's happiness wore off.
"Oh yeah," he said dully, "I forgot. She's still a beginner." Sakura looked at him, a hurt look in her eyes. "Not that it's a bad thing," he added on hastily. He didn't want to upset Sakura and besides he saw the glares that Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Meilin directed at him. 'So alike yet so unalike,' he thought with a bitter smile. (poor eriol. So harassed right now.)
"I CAN use the transport card!" said Sakura, her mind made up. She looked through the cards and found the one she wanted. She held it in front of her and concentrated hard on it. "Transport! Release and dispel! Transport!" A glow appeared and all of a sudden, they felt themselves being pulled into a portal.
"Ahhh!!" they all cried out, eyes shut. Then they suddenly stopped and when they opened their eyes they were shocked. They were no longer near Shuoku's property. They were standing in front of a large house that seemed to have 30-40 rooms and, looking around them, they could see the vast property that was very well kept.
"We're home!" shouted Takeru, throwing his fist into the air. Syaoran and Eriol nodded happily.
"Sakura!!" cried Meilin, frightened. Tomoyo was frantically shaking Sakura, but very gently. The boys suddenly noticed that Sakura was unconscious.
"Oh God," said Eriol worriedly.
"What're we gonna do?!" said Takeru hoarsely. They all looked at each other hopelessly. Syaoran suddenly scooped up Sakura and rushed toward the house, his mind racing. When he reached the door, he rang the doorbell and a man opened it. His jaws dropped open upon sight of the boy in front of him.
"Master Li!" he said speechless.
To be continued.
A/N: Ahahahahahahaha!! I feel so evil. Like the cliffie? I hope ya'll don't hate me now. I hope you enjoyed this chappie. Hehe. Uh oh. I didn't finish my homework. LOL. I spend all day reading fanfics and writing this one and I forget to do my homework. Well gotta go. I'll update when I get five more reviews. Hehe.That might take forever, but.lolz. o well. R&R!! Arigato! Ja.
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