Souls must walk in Shadows

Syaoran awoke to a pleasant morning, the sun flooded his room happily, the birds were chirping in a united note of natures melody, there was a note on his desk…Syaoran looked down and saw a peace of white paper folded neatly. He reached down sleepily and read it:

Dear Syaoran,

Meet me in the secret garden I showed you, this time fallow the hidden stair case in my room, you'll find it behind your closet, I hope you're ready cause it's going to take us both a lot of magic to do what I have planned

Signed Sakura Kinomoto

Syaoran peered at the note before it hit him what it meant.

*I better hurry to help Sakura* He got out of bed and ran towards the closet and was about to push it away, when he realised he was wearing nothing but his underwear.

"ummm…It might be a good idea to change first" Syaoran blushed at himself while getting dressed.

He was clad in a green sweater and blue jeans. He opened the closet door and opened a secret panel, there he found an old stare case.

He walked down the long stair case until coming to a curved hall, which would lead him to the side of the castle. He walked on, torches lighting his way, the place was slightly creepy, with cobwebs and a few spiders hanging around. "typical place for a spooked castle…" Syaoran muttered. He finally came to a huge oak door and opened it.

There he saw the secret garden flooded with sunlight.

"No spiders, no gloom…no holes, I'm beginning to like this place." He smiled and walked up the delicate white marble stair case.

He walked into a huge decorated room. The beautiful mural of Mary and the angels was there, and the same picture of Prince Touya, and for some reason he was sure those eyes were glaring at him. Syaoran shivered, he never liked that picture for some reason.

He climbed up a latter and saw Sakura sitting next to a golden book.

"Morning glorious, Syaoran." Sakura chirped happily.

"Morning Sakura" Syaoran yawned and stretched, "so, what do you need my help with?" He asked.

Sakura opened the beautiful book, there were pages of delicate writing, it looked like spells. Sakura's emerald eyes finally stopped at a page.

"Here," she pointed at a spell. "I can't do this on my own, each time I try, it fails."

"What do you mean?" Syaoran stared at her expectedly.

"Well, ok watch." She took a deep breath and started chanting the elders names before reading out the spell:

By yonder moon

By shining sun

By blessed powers,

Hear my call!

Mystical energy formed all around them, making the room shake.

I call upon the four elements to guide my passer

FIRE!

WATER!

WIND!

EARTH!

Use my powers to let the spirit I call fourth

CROSS!

Kinomoto, Nadeshiko!

All the swirling colours, concentrated on one spot taking the form of a…rooster?

"What the…?"

"See what I mean, Kami insists on amusing himself, by sending me farm animals. So I thought if you helped me use both our powers, it would work."

She looked at him hopefully.

"well we could try, I guess." Besides, what could possibly go wrong.

Syaoran and Sakura both concentrated their powers, entwining them together, almost making them one.

"By yonder moon

By shining sun

By blessed powers,

Hear our call!"

Mystical energy formed all around them, making the room shake.

"We call upon the four elements to guide our passer

FIRE!

WATER!

WIND!

EARTH!

Use our powers to let the spirit we call fourth

CROSS!

Kinomoto, Nadeshiko!"

This time the room exploded with shining energy, making Sakura and Syaoran duck under the table for cover, from the strong energy they had awoken. The colourful magic mixed with Green, Pink and Gold, surrounded one area, taking the form, of what appeared to be a person. It was hard to tell the gender considering there was a dress, or robes with wings and a halo, so they obviously got the correct realm this time.

Sakura peered at the figure and recognised the hair, the way it was wavering, even though she could not see the face. Her eyes widened in astonishment.

"Uh, oh…." she muttered, incoherent to Syaoran under the blast from their energies.

You could now see the eyes as colour came into the face and cloths, their was an empty sheath around the waste of the dark (bright) figure. It suddenly stopped and there stood before them………..Prince Touya.

Sakura stood in front of Syaoran, blocking him from her brothers gaze.

"Ummmm….Welcome home! Heeheehee…"

Touya remained silent. He walked over to Sakura and pushed her out of the way. His dark eyes meat with brown ones. Syaoran felt a creepy feeling up his spine.

The older mans face drew closer his eyes narrowed and in a deep demanding voice he asked, "Where's my sword, gaki." Syaoran sweat dropped at the sudden question, he was not expecting at all, it was more along the lines of what you were doing with my sister.

"…and what where you doing with my sister?" spoke to soon.

"ummmm….what sword?" Syaoran glared at Sakura who mouthed 'sorry.'

Touya tried to grab Syaoran, but his hand went through him.

"What!?! Why can't I hurt the gaki?" Syaoran breaths out a sigh.

"Don't worry I can still do more!" he started to gather ghostly energy, some of the decorated sword seals came out and chased Syaoran, while Touya started laughing hysterically. Unknown to him Sakura had already finished chanting her spell, enabling her to touch anything and send it back into the ghost/heavenly realm.

"I'm sorry to do this to you big brother, but you leave me no choice."

Sakura touched her brother. He gave a surprised yell and started to fade, slowly.

"Monster, what are you doing?!? I am your brother, your blood! Your soon to be night mare unless you undo this!" Touya stared at his own little sister. Why, no, how could she do this to him, wasn't he a good brother, ok scratch that, wasn't he an over protective brother that really, really cared for her? Up course, so why was she getting rid of him. It soon became all too clear to him. He smirked triumphantly at her and started chanting.

"Sakura and Gaki up a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love then come marriage then comes Touya to destroy their…" Before he could finish the song he disappeared completely leaving them alone.

Sakura fell to the ground, breathing hard. She felt a bit bad for doing that, but it was better then having more bloodshed on these sacred walls.

"I'm sorry you were here to witness that." Sakura mumbled apologetically to Syaoran, who was sitting on the ground still stunned.

"It's-it's ok…I think. Was your brother always like that, I thought he would be a proud worrier, not a prank playing poltergeist."

"No, only when it came to me, not to mention I think war did some damage to his so called brain."

~Back in Heaven: "WHAT! First I get killed in battle protecting my sister, then SHE brings me to the other side and that stupid gaki has twisted her innocent mind to make ME look like the bad guy! And look, look right there, she's now insulting me! It's all the gakis fault, that bum, that-that poop-head!" all the angels back away, they don't want to deal with the high and mighty over crazed Touya.~

Sakura stood up un wrinkling her gold dress. This time it had a gold and green style. She had a red cape in the back, resembling royalty. She sat down again on the table. Syaoran seated himself next to her, and looked at her with an expressionless face.

"Let's try one more time cherry blossom." Syaoran opened the book, while Sakura straitened up stunned at being called Cherry Blossom in such a calm voice. She smiled and peered at the many pages with silver writing. He stopped at the correct page. But this time, Sakura wanted to bring someone else to there, plain. She smirked happily at the plan forming in her semi-transparent head.

"Syaoran?"

"Hmmm?"

"I know who we can cross over, perhaps this is a sign, with the animals,"

"Who, and what do you mean?" He rose an eyebrow questioningly.

"Well, I thought we should bring…Cerberus. Think about it, he technically is an animal a mystical one at that."

Syaoran seemed to give it some thought, all though his eyes said that, this sounded like a good idea.

"Ok, why not?"

"By yonder moon

By shining sun

By blessed powers,

Hear our call!"

Mystical energy formed all around them, making the room shake, once again.

"We call upon the four elements to guide our passer

FIRE!

WATER!

WIND!

EARTH!

Use our powers to let the spirit we call fourth

CROSS!

Cerberus!"

All of the energy used to bring Cerberus concentrated in the air in front of them, resembling a beautiful bright star. Then he finally appeared…but not in the way Syaoran expected.

"Who or what is that?" Syaoran asked referring to the stuffed animal.

"That is Cerberus!" Sakura exclaimed happily.

"WHAT! The guardian beast with the golden eyes and magnificent mane, resembling power where ever he walks." His eyes narrowed into anime slits "is a flying pulp?"

Cerberus suddenly exploded. "hey gaki, I herd all about you, and frankly am not impressed."

"What do you mean stuffed animal, and why is it anyone from the other side calls me gaki?"

"Cause you are one, dummy!"

"Hey watch it!"

"What you gonna do about it, GAKI!"

"I am part of the Li family blood a direct descendent of Clow himself, how dare you insult me, you insignificant ball of fluff!"

"I dare because I am the protector of the seal, and reign far more superior in both power and importance, then your self."

"A load of good you did, you lazy bum."

"And what is that supposed to mean?"

"Sakura hear, has been protecting the cards and not you."

"Yeah so…"

"Why aren't you, after the mistress or master of the card dies, a descendent must replace them to take care from them, and you haven't been doing your job."

"HEY! Now wait one cotton picking minute-"

"Yeah that's right cotton picker"

"SHUT UP!"

"MAKE ME!"

"FINE I WILL!" Kero flew down and bit Syaorans finger. For a stuffed animal, he sure had sharp teeth.

"YEOW! Get of off me." Syaoran tried to shake off the animal, while Sakura sat between them sipping tea. She opened her eyes and stood up with sudden importance.

"ENOUGH!"

Syaoran stopped shaking his hand and Kero let him go. They both looked at Sakura stunned. Sakura took a deep breath and set her tea down. (she can drink tea and eat, but not very much).

"Kero, we did not bring you here, to bite our guest." Kero muttered something that sounded like, "Could of fooled me…"

"Kero! I have brought you here, because I have been sensing a stirring in the castle…something familiar and dangerous."

Kero suddenly looked up and stared at Sakura.

"What if it's-"

"No! it can't be." She bit her bottom lip in agitation. "Perhaps we can try to solve this inside the castle, and Kero don't tell anyone about this, Same to you Li." She turned around to walk away, but turned to face them once more. "By the way you two, please try to get along."

She turned again and left the room.

Syaoran looked at Kero curiously.

"Grrr, what are you looking at kid!"

"non of your business!"

"Oh so your asking for a re-match huh?"

"Shut up stuffed animal!" Kero flew towards Syaoran, but he quickly cast one of his element cards and Kero was sent backwards by 'Wind'.

"Hey no fare! I am the guardian beast, you can't do this to me!"

"You sound like Prince Touya."

"Nanni! That buffoon couldn't solve his way out of a paper bag! Too busy mumbling on about a sword of some sorts." kero flew into the direction Sakura left, while Syaoran walked back up the secret passage.

As Syaoran walked up the staircase in the dim lighted corridor he suddenly got a chill up his spine, and could have sworn he herd a deep voice whisper his name. He turned around a card ready at hand, but there was nothing. He entered his room and one of the decorative swords came zinging out nearly hitting him, blood slowly dripped of the sword.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" Syaoran ran out of the room startling Tomoyo and Meiling who came running up the stares.

"What's wrong Syaoran-chan, is something wrong." Meiling asked sweetly. Syaoran could only stutter words of nonsense. Tomoyo walk in the room and saw nothing out of place, except his closet was at a strange angle. She pushed it back into the right position and saw the sword laying on the ground.

"What was Li doing with this?" Tomoyo picked it up and looked up to see a pale Syaoran starring at the sword.

"That-that thing attacked me, and it was dripping with blood!" The girls stared at him puzzled. "I'm telling the truth, I don't lie!"

Tomoyo blinked as if trying to come up with something logical.

"Maybe flower girl was playing tricks on you." Meiling spoke up in a matter-affect tone.

Tomoyo shook her head. "I've know Sakura-chan all my life, she would never play a terrible trick like that."

They all huddled together and they were certain they could hear soft wicked laughter, laughing at them.

"I'm scared." Meiling muttered.

Sakura appeared in purple and gold robes. She was holding a staff with a star on it. She pulled out a card and yelled, "Shield card!"

The room sparked and seem to come to life like fire and everything was calm, utterly calm and silent bliss.

"Wha-what happened?" Meiling asked looking all worried.

Sakura looked at them all.

"It seems darkness shines its light once more…"

TBC

a/n I know it took long for this to come out, I'm so sorry. That's why I'll be concentrating on finishing this fic faster. I'm sure you all remember what happened in the last chapter, so you very well know what darkness Sakura is talking about. Any way for the next chapter, some more trouble is going to pop up, Syaorans mom, Yelan has a money steeling boy friend! Yes I know, I really should give these characters a brake, but I don't feel like that, it's like one of those soap opera's, one problem after the other. Anyway, Review!