Disclaimers: Winged Guardian: I hesitate to say this as it severely pains
my heart to say
so, but say it I must
- Card Captor Sakura does not
belong to me.
Syaoran: *roll eyes* What's with the flowery speech?
Winged Guardian: *gives him a withering glare* Fine! I have been reading too many books for my own good! *flings arms out in a forceful gesture*
Syaoran: *smirks*
Winged Guardian: *gives Syaoran his very own infamous death-glare*
Winged Guardian: *evil glint in eye* I believe you have a visitor, Li. *smiles sweetly*
Syaoran gulps nervously.
No, he decided, he definitely didn't like the expression on Winged Guardian's face
Winged Guardian: Mei Ling!! Xiao Lang is here!! *in a sugary voice*
Mei Ling's eager voice: Xiao Lang!!!
Syaoran turns to dash out of the room but finds the only exit *coincidentally* blocked by none other but a smirking Winged Guardian.
Winged Guardian: *evil grin*
Terrible yells and delighted squeals are heard as a certain raven-haired and crimson eyed female attached herself to a desperate Li Xiao Lang.
It was going to be a long day.
*^*^*^*^*
Note
"..." stands for speech
[...] stands for thoughts (if any)
... stands for author's comments
'...' stands for the chapter's title
Battle of the two Arch-Rivals
By Winged Guardian
Chapter 2 - 'Dream and Foresight'
At the breakfast table
Touya, with a hint of pride in his voice, commented casually as if the topic was about the sunny weather, "The Prince of La Aries and his Royal Advisor and their Royal Guards have mysteriously disappeared within the night and are not to be found in our lands."
King Fujitaka choked on the coffee which he had previously been sipping calmly. Coughing and wheezing violently, he turned a curious shade of red at the news and the coffee which had somehow gone into his windpipe.
Sakura Kinomoto continued eating her French toast coolly as if nothing had happened.
When he finally got his voice back, Fujitaka gasped, "Daughter..."
"Yes father?" Sakura replied sweetly, the very picture of pure innocence.
King Fujitaka promptly gave up and sighed, resigned to his willful daughter.
He hadn't liked the way the Prince kept trying to hit on Sakura, anyway.
Touya smiled, "You did it again, Kaijuu."
A slight frown appeared on Sakura's delicate features and she swiftly delivered a kick to his shin under the table.
For a brief moment, Touya's face contorted in pain.
Sakura smiled and went back to finishing her toast. She knew she had gotten her point across.
King Fujitaka frowned in disapproval at Touya's tone, "Now, don't go encouraging your sister and putting strange ideas in her head. It's bad enough that you've already scared away so many fine and promising young men."
Both siblings snorted ungentlemanly at that and muttered under their breath
simultaneously, "Fine and promising indeed!"
King Fujitaka heard them, nevertheless and sighed wearily.
He knew his two kids far too well to push the matter. He would leave it at that, for the time being.
*^*^*^*^*
An overwhelming presence filled the room as a black stripped with white aura appeared.
The three Kinomotos dropped their food and immediately tuned their magical senses alert.
The aura held infinite power but no magic at the same time, with a feeling of great age and wisdom.
It saw things another way, in a different perspective than all.
Sakura, the one with the strongest magical powers, frowned in concentration and disbelief at what she felt.
She could not feel a sense of evil coming from the being, nor did she feel any good. It was impossible, but here it was. which contradicts the impossibility, doesn't it? She had never seen an aura with two colors, contrasting greatly with each other.
She knew without doubt, with a great and deep dead certainty, that this being could crush her and the whole world without much effort if it wished.
For the first time in her life, Sakura felt a deep sinking and unfamiliar feeling come over her - Dread.
She had caught a sense of death coming from the aura. It was not black, evil and horrible death as she had thought it might be, but instead, a cold and certain feeling of an end. It almost had a sense of peace, but it was death, nonetheless.
And that chilled her to the bone.
Closing her eyes, Sakura concentrated on the death-like sense coming from it and it got clearer.
Her eyelids flew open with an inaudible gasp.
To her great shock, Sakura realized that this being was not what they would term as alive, but neither was it dead since it never had been alive.
From that instance onwards, Sakura finally learnt to fear. She feared ghosts and spirits.
The unearthly being had no sense of humans in it. It was more like a consciousness, an intelligent awareness, a presence. It simply existed, there, everywhere and nowhere.
They were given a vision, a feeling.
Somehow they knew it was the being. They just knew, without reason. The knowledge dawned on their minds and they just knew.
===============================================================
Vision of Truth
Sakura was in a strange dimension where it seemed that there was no beginning and no end. There was no solid ground, nor was there the sky. The place seemed to be an endless void of blue and yet, Sakura was not falling.
Sakura was floating.
Sakura felt like she was being watched and a feeling of unease slowly crept up her spine. Releasing her wand, she called upon the Clow Cards to keep her company.
Suddenly, she felt the black striped with white aura revealing its presence and using its magic, Sakura was blasted with a jolt of raw power.
Out of pure reflex, her magical defenses immediately set up a shield in the shape of a clear pink bubble around her.
To her great astonishment, she felt as if she was being drained and the shield flickered uncertainly and disappeared altogether.
Her magical aura seemed to dim and flicker.
She felt great fear, a strange sensation that made her mind spin and her defenses crumble, and she knew what was going to happen next
Like a candle flame, her magic force flickered one last time and went out.
She fell into the darkness below.
===============================================================
All of them woke up in cold sweat.
All? No. Not all.
Touya and Fujitaka looked at Sakura.
What they saw made their insides tremble and heart wrench with fear for their loved one.
Sakura's green eyes were cold and lifeless and steadily turned into a glowing shade of silver. She stared blindly, unseeing.
Then, Sakura began to speak. And yet, they knew it was not Sakura speaking, for her voice never carried such dead certainty and heavy solemnity.
She said gravely, the voice and words not her own, in an ancient language forgotten to all.
All but the Kinomoto family.
*^*^*^*^*
"Behold the day I arrive
As I shall never cease to haunt
For it is perfection that I strive
Till the day I get what I want
Never to be banished by magical chants
*^*^*^*^*
I never seek to harm
But in order to receive the power
I have made strong minds go forever numb
If under me you cower
You will face Death's Hour
*^*^*^*^*
You will be given a chance
For it is honor and respect I admire
And taking on the form held dear
I fight thee without mercy
And fuel fiery spirits' fire
*^*^*^*^*
As to be just and fair
Now, knowledge is freely given
To you and those who care
Their heartbeats quicken
For your mind is fear's haven
*^*^*^*^*
Open the doors to your heart
For it will release your true power
And Two will not be apart
In love's shower
Joined in spirit and heart
*^*^*^*^*
Separate Two minds must be
Till the Two find the key
Even then, success is not assured
But a winning chance is secured
*^*^*^*^*
The legend of AvalonLi"
*^*^*^*^*
For a long time, silence ruled the whole country. And there was not a single sound, not even the rustling of leaves in the wind.
No one dared move or break this unearthly silence.
Then Sakura awoke and beads of sweat ran down the length of the side of her face.
"Father? Touya?" she whispered as her eyes cleared and turned their usual emerald.
Both of them woke up of their trance and ran to hug her tightly, thankful that they had not lost her.
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she hugged her family back.
===============================================================
Winged Guardian: A bit of a cliffhanger =P
Whatever did that mean??
Please review and hope you enjoyed reading my fanfic!
Winged Guardian
Heart_given_Wings@hotmail.com
Syaoran: *roll eyes* What's with the flowery speech?
Winged Guardian: *gives him a withering glare* Fine! I have been reading too many books for my own good! *flings arms out in a forceful gesture*
Syaoran: *smirks*
Winged Guardian: *gives Syaoran his very own infamous death-glare*
Winged Guardian: *evil glint in eye* I believe you have a visitor, Li. *smiles sweetly*
Syaoran gulps nervously.
No, he decided, he definitely didn't like the expression on Winged Guardian's face
Winged Guardian: Mei Ling!! Xiao Lang is here!! *in a sugary voice*
Mei Ling's eager voice: Xiao Lang!!!
Syaoran turns to dash out of the room but finds the only exit *coincidentally* blocked by none other but a smirking Winged Guardian.
Winged Guardian: *evil grin*
Terrible yells and delighted squeals are heard as a certain raven-haired and crimson eyed female attached herself to a desperate Li Xiao Lang.
It was going to be a long day.
*^*^*^*^*
Note
"..." stands for speech
[...] stands for thoughts (if any)
... stands for author's comments
'...' stands for the chapter's title
Battle of the two Arch-Rivals
By Winged Guardian
Chapter 2 - 'Dream and Foresight'
At the breakfast table
Touya, with a hint of pride in his voice, commented casually as if the topic was about the sunny weather, "The Prince of La Aries and his Royal Advisor and their Royal Guards have mysteriously disappeared within the night and are not to be found in our lands."
King Fujitaka choked on the coffee which he had previously been sipping calmly. Coughing and wheezing violently, he turned a curious shade of red at the news and the coffee which had somehow gone into his windpipe.
Sakura Kinomoto continued eating her French toast coolly as if nothing had happened.
When he finally got his voice back, Fujitaka gasped, "Daughter..."
"Yes father?" Sakura replied sweetly, the very picture of pure innocence.
King Fujitaka promptly gave up and sighed, resigned to his willful daughter.
He hadn't liked the way the Prince kept trying to hit on Sakura, anyway.
Touya smiled, "You did it again, Kaijuu."
A slight frown appeared on Sakura's delicate features and she swiftly delivered a kick to his shin under the table.
For a brief moment, Touya's face contorted in pain.
Sakura smiled and went back to finishing her toast. She knew she had gotten her point across.
King Fujitaka frowned in disapproval at Touya's tone, "Now, don't go encouraging your sister and putting strange ideas in her head. It's bad enough that you've already scared away so many fine and promising young men."
Both siblings snorted ungentlemanly at that and muttered under their breath
simultaneously, "Fine and promising indeed!"
King Fujitaka heard them, nevertheless and sighed wearily.
He knew his two kids far too well to push the matter. He would leave it at that, for the time being.
*^*^*^*^*
An overwhelming presence filled the room as a black stripped with white aura appeared.
The three Kinomotos dropped their food and immediately tuned their magical senses alert.
The aura held infinite power but no magic at the same time, with a feeling of great age and wisdom.
It saw things another way, in a different perspective than all.
Sakura, the one with the strongest magical powers, frowned in concentration and disbelief at what she felt.
She could not feel a sense of evil coming from the being, nor did she feel any good. It was impossible, but here it was. which contradicts the impossibility, doesn't it? She had never seen an aura with two colors, contrasting greatly with each other.
She knew without doubt, with a great and deep dead certainty, that this being could crush her and the whole world without much effort if it wished.
For the first time in her life, Sakura felt a deep sinking and unfamiliar feeling come over her - Dread.
She had caught a sense of death coming from the aura. It was not black, evil and horrible death as she had thought it might be, but instead, a cold and certain feeling of an end. It almost had a sense of peace, but it was death, nonetheless.
And that chilled her to the bone.
Closing her eyes, Sakura concentrated on the death-like sense coming from it and it got clearer.
Her eyelids flew open with an inaudible gasp.
To her great shock, Sakura realized that this being was not what they would term as alive, but neither was it dead since it never had been alive.
From that instance onwards, Sakura finally learnt to fear. She feared ghosts and spirits.
The unearthly being had no sense of humans in it. It was more like a consciousness, an intelligent awareness, a presence. It simply existed, there, everywhere and nowhere.
They were given a vision, a feeling.
Somehow they knew it was the being. They just knew, without reason. The knowledge dawned on their minds and they just knew.
===============================================================
Vision of Truth
Sakura was in a strange dimension where it seemed that there was no beginning and no end. There was no solid ground, nor was there the sky. The place seemed to be an endless void of blue and yet, Sakura was not falling.
Sakura was floating.
Sakura felt like she was being watched and a feeling of unease slowly crept up her spine. Releasing her wand, she called upon the Clow Cards to keep her company.
Suddenly, she felt the black striped with white aura revealing its presence and using its magic, Sakura was blasted with a jolt of raw power.
Out of pure reflex, her magical defenses immediately set up a shield in the shape of a clear pink bubble around her.
To her great astonishment, she felt as if she was being drained and the shield flickered uncertainly and disappeared altogether.
Her magical aura seemed to dim and flicker.
She felt great fear, a strange sensation that made her mind spin and her defenses crumble, and she knew what was going to happen next
Like a candle flame, her magic force flickered one last time and went out.
She fell into the darkness below.
===============================================================
All of them woke up in cold sweat.
All? No. Not all.
Touya and Fujitaka looked at Sakura.
What they saw made their insides tremble and heart wrench with fear for their loved one.
Sakura's green eyes were cold and lifeless and steadily turned into a glowing shade of silver. She stared blindly, unseeing.
Then, Sakura began to speak. And yet, they knew it was not Sakura speaking, for her voice never carried such dead certainty and heavy solemnity.
She said gravely, the voice and words not her own, in an ancient language forgotten to all.
All but the Kinomoto family.
*^*^*^*^*
"Behold the day I arrive
As I shall never cease to haunt
For it is perfection that I strive
Till the day I get what I want
Never to be banished by magical chants
*^*^*^*^*
I never seek to harm
But in order to receive the power
I have made strong minds go forever numb
If under me you cower
You will face Death's Hour
*^*^*^*^*
You will be given a chance
For it is honor and respect I admire
And taking on the form held dear
I fight thee without mercy
And fuel fiery spirits' fire
*^*^*^*^*
As to be just and fair
Now, knowledge is freely given
To you and those who care
Their heartbeats quicken
For your mind is fear's haven
*^*^*^*^*
Open the doors to your heart
For it will release your true power
And Two will not be apart
In love's shower
Joined in spirit and heart
*^*^*^*^*
Separate Two minds must be
Till the Two find the key
Even then, success is not assured
But a winning chance is secured
*^*^*^*^*
The legend of AvalonLi"
*^*^*^*^*
For a long time, silence ruled the whole country. And there was not a single sound, not even the rustling of leaves in the wind.
No one dared move or break this unearthly silence.
Then Sakura awoke and beads of sweat ran down the length of the side of her face.
"Father? Touya?" she whispered as her eyes cleared and turned their usual emerald.
Both of them woke up of their trance and ran to hug her tightly, thankful that they had not lost her.
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she hugged her family back.
===============================================================
Winged Guardian: A bit of a cliffhanger =P
Whatever did that mean??
Please review and hope you enjoyed reading my fanfic!
Winged Guardian
Heart_given_Wings@hotmail.com