A.N.: July 13th is Syaoran's b-day! And CLAMP didn't forget it! It was there on the birthday calendar! I was so moved I decided to put up the next chapter! Oh yeah, I had a blast at the celebration! Wonderful!
JAPANESE DICTIONARY for this chapter (4 - The Attack)
Ittekimasu - expression which could be translated as "I'm leaving now."
Watashi - I/me
E... to... - ahh... ehh...
Ohayou gozaimasu - the polite way of saying "Good morning" (used in the time period that goes from dawn to approximately 10am)
Arigatou - thanks
Ore - one way a boy could refer to himself
Heiki - fine (as in OK)
Doko - where
Daijoubu - see Japanese dictionary for chapter 3
THE LI GUARDIANS
Chapter 4 - THE ATTACK
Sakura finished her breakfast, washed the dishes and exited the apartment in haste, not bothering about saying "Ittekimasu", thinking Syaoran was sleeping.
How naïve of her.
As soon as he heard the door closing, Syaoran came out of his room; uniform on, hair combed the way he always did it, or the most he could anyway, and school case in his right hand; his magic items hidden in various places.
After taking a few quick bites on a red apple {A.N.: Don't worry, it's not poisoned! :p} and drinking some orange juice, he headed for the door. "I'm sorry, Sakura, but I know you wouldn't let me out of bed if you were here, and I don't want t miss school, especially not because of this stupid dream." he voiced a thought as he put on his shoes and walked out.
Sakura had just arrived at school when it started to rain. She went to her classroom, where it started to rain. She went to her classroom, where Yamazaki, Chiharu, Rika and Naoko were already waiting. As she walked to her seat, she noticed Suuki and Yami were wearing very troubled expressions; wondering if she should ask them what was wrong, a familiar voice interrupted her thoughts.
"... ight, Sakura?"
"Huh? Gomen, Yamazaki-kun, I was somewhere else. What did you just say?" She asked apologetically.
"I just said Li-kun is late. Don't you think so too, Sakura?"
"Oh, Syaoran-kun's not coming today. He's kind of sick." She replied.
"Oh, so he called you, huh?" Chiharu asked.
"E... to... watashi wa... Syaoran-kun no..." She started, but at that moment, thankfully, she was interrupted as the sliding door was opened, revealing a very wet boy surrounded by girls, all trying to help him dry up. Of course, he refused them all politely, elegantly entering the classroom and closing the door behind him.
He sighed, greeted his classmates and headed to his seat. Noticing his friends were looking strangely at him, he answered what he thought was their unspoken question.
"It started raining a few minutes ago... and I got all soaked."
Rika was the first to speak: "Li-san, Sakura-san had just told us you weren't coming when you made your entrance. She said you were... sick."
No sooner had these words escaped Rika's lips, Sakura finally came back to reality and darted over to him, too preoccupied to notice Suuki's and Yami's faces still had the worried expressions, but they seemed somewhat relieved.
"Syaoran-kun! You're supposed to be resting! And you were even caught by the rain! Didn't I tell you to stay home?! You were burning when I woke you up!"
"I know, Sakura, but it's not a fever. I'm feeling alright... at least enough to come to school. I can't miss it that easily."
"Well... yes, but..." Sakura started, but she was interrupted by Chiharu once more, who had heard all and had clicked things together.
"Sumimassen, Sakura-chan, demo Li-kun no apatto ni nani shiterunda no ka (Excuse me, Sakura, but what were you doing in Li's apartment)?" The double pig-tailed girl asked with a shy tone in her voice.
"Eh?!" Was the only thing Sakura and Syaoran answered in unison as they froze... and the others noticed.
"Yeah, Li-kun, why was Kinomoto-san at your apartment? What were you TWO doing?" Yamazaki asked, a bit of slyness and a little mockery in his voice as he approached his friend. The others, Syaoran and Sakura noticed, were also ganging up on them and seemed very curious too, including Rika, who usually ignored these situations.
"Uh... we... we were... um..." They couple stammered together, both blushing madly as they were backing up until they bumped on the wall in the back of the room. Their friends seemed to be enjoying this.
Sakura was about to try to change the topics when, out of nowhere, Suuki and Yami appeared between the two parties.
"Stop right there, all of you!" Said Suuki, her voice a little higher than normal, but still not a yell.
"No one will get any closer to Syaoran-sama!" Continued Yami.
Although the others were surprised and slightly scared, Naoko, who was actually liking the turn of events, asked, "And what about Sakura-chan? Why are you permitting her to be close to Li-kun?"
"Because she is the only one who has earned permission." They both answered, once again surprising the whole group.
Silence... and a feeling of uncertainty in the air.
Just then, the door opened again, this time revealing a smiling black-haired girl.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura let out. Everyone turned sideways to the door entrance. "Help!" She mouthed voicelessly. Her friend immediately understood and dashed towards them, putting her umbrella away.
"Ohayou gozaimasu! Sakura-chan, Li-kun, I stayed up last night editing the video we made last week!"
"What video?" Naoko asked, hers and the others' curiosity getting the best of them.
Walking to her desk, Tomoyo wisely avoided them as she answered "I'm not saaaaaaaayiiiiing!" In a sing-song way, the others following her.
"Tomoyo-chan, arigatou!" Sakura whispered to no one in particular, while Syaoran just breathed in relief.
Yami and Suuki turned to then, the worried expressions returning to their faces. Yami took Syaoran's right hand in both of his and Suuki put hers on his forehead. "Syaoran-sama, are you alright? Is your body better now?" {A.N.: How could it be any better? :p}
"Aa. Arigatou. Ore wa mou heiki da (Yeah. Thanks. I'm better now)." The boy in question replied. He couldn't help smiling at their genuine concern.
"In that case, we'll head back to our desks. Tell us if you need anything." Suuki said, both she and Yami walking to their respective places.
The first classes went by smoothly. Soon it was recess time, but since it was still raining, everyone stayed indoors.
Sakura, Syaoran and the others remained in their classroom talking. Tomoyo was describing how she did the video when Syaoran, sitting on his desk and totally oblivious to everyone, felt a magic aura coming from outside the school building. He risked a quick glance at his girlfriend and saw her chatting happily with their friends, commenting something Tomoyo had just said, probably so entertained she didn't look like she noticed the presence. Although Sakura was now the most powerful magician on Earth, she still wasn't as experienced as Syaoran, who never let his guard down. {A.N.: According to CLAMP, at the end of vol.12 of the CCS manga, Sakura theoretically became the most powerful magician when she surpassed Clow by dividing his powers.}
Silently, so as not to get anyone's attention, he got up, exited the classroom and began to track down the magic aura as he ran up the corridor. "Whose aura is this?" He questioned himself. Even though it was raining harder, he decided it was more important that he found out who, or what, was outside. "I have a bad feeling about this!" He said in a whisper.
Exiting the school building, he realized immediately, in the worst way, that the rain was thick enough to hurt as it heavily pounded on him. Ignoring this fact the best he could, he searched, but nothing out of the ordinary came to his view; but the rain made things a whole lot difficult to see...
Sakura was still chatting when she felt Syaoran's aura seemed to violently fade. She turned around, only to notice he wasn't there... obviously. Panicking, she asked the others. "Syaoran-kun wa doko (Where's Syaoran)?"
But no one was able to answer her; Syaoran had crept out discretely enough. She then noticed Suuki and Yami weren't in the classroom either. "Something's happening here." She thought to herself. "I'm going after them!"
Turning to her friends, she dismissed herself from the conversation and ran out. Not knowing what to expect and fearing the worst, she quickly passed the corridors that led to the outside, going the way Syaoran's faint aura had been last felt by her.
As she exited the building, she searched for something, anything, that could give her a clue of whereabouts. At first, she saw nothing of the sort, but looking a little bit more, she was able to distinguish a small heap on the ground to her left.
"Syaoran-kun!" She screamed, heading in his direction. Reaching his crumpled form, the girl dropped to her knees and cradled his head on her lap. He stirred slightly, and as his eyes began to open slowly, Sakura asked gently "Daijoubu ka?"
As is vision began to focus and his hearing kicked in, Syaoran was able to acknowledge his situation. "Sakura?" He asked. She nodded. He smiled a little, but the expression was quickly replaced by one of pain and quick ragged breaths, one of his hands involuntarily hurrying to his left side, where he had obviously been hurt.
Sakura, of course, noticed all this and worriedly looked as he clutched his side so tight, she was sure he was trying to rip it off his body.
The rain kept showering both, mixing with the sweat that was appearing on his forehead for the second time that day.
Sakura put her hand on his and squeezed it lightly, just so her presence there wouldn't go unnoticed, telling him she'd be there if he wanted anything. "Syaoran-kun, what happened?" She asked sweetly, more to keep him awake than out of curiosity.
TO BE CONTINUED :p
A.N.: Well, it's too late (past midnight) and I have to get up at 9am, hopefully after a good night's rest, so I'll leave chapter 4 like this for now. Don't worry, though, I'll have the other half of this chapter soon enough (I think by the end of next week)!
I LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVE you, Syaoran! Happy 2003 Birthday!!!!
Feel free to REVIEW for this first half!
JAPANESE DICTIONARY for this chapter (4 - The Attack)
Ittekimasu - expression which could be translated as "I'm leaving now."
Watashi - I/me
E... to... - ahh... ehh...
Ohayou gozaimasu - the polite way of saying "Good morning" (used in the time period that goes from dawn to approximately 10am)
Arigatou - thanks
Ore - one way a boy could refer to himself
Heiki - fine (as in OK)
Doko - where
Daijoubu - see Japanese dictionary for chapter 3
THE LI GUARDIANS
Chapter 4 - THE ATTACK
Sakura finished her breakfast, washed the dishes and exited the apartment in haste, not bothering about saying "Ittekimasu", thinking Syaoran was sleeping.
How naïve of her.
As soon as he heard the door closing, Syaoran came out of his room; uniform on, hair combed the way he always did it, or the most he could anyway, and school case in his right hand; his magic items hidden in various places.
After taking a few quick bites on a red apple {A.N.: Don't worry, it's not poisoned! :p} and drinking some orange juice, he headed for the door. "I'm sorry, Sakura, but I know you wouldn't let me out of bed if you were here, and I don't want t miss school, especially not because of this stupid dream." he voiced a thought as he put on his shoes and walked out.
Sakura had just arrived at school when it started to rain. She went to her classroom, where it started to rain. She went to her classroom, where Yamazaki, Chiharu, Rika and Naoko were already waiting. As she walked to her seat, she noticed Suuki and Yami were wearing very troubled expressions; wondering if she should ask them what was wrong, a familiar voice interrupted her thoughts.
"... ight, Sakura?"
"Huh? Gomen, Yamazaki-kun, I was somewhere else. What did you just say?" She asked apologetically.
"I just said Li-kun is late. Don't you think so too, Sakura?"
"Oh, Syaoran-kun's not coming today. He's kind of sick." She replied.
"Oh, so he called you, huh?" Chiharu asked.
"E... to... watashi wa... Syaoran-kun no..." She started, but at that moment, thankfully, she was interrupted as the sliding door was opened, revealing a very wet boy surrounded by girls, all trying to help him dry up. Of course, he refused them all politely, elegantly entering the classroom and closing the door behind him.
He sighed, greeted his classmates and headed to his seat. Noticing his friends were looking strangely at him, he answered what he thought was their unspoken question.
"It started raining a few minutes ago... and I got all soaked."
Rika was the first to speak: "Li-san, Sakura-san had just told us you weren't coming when you made your entrance. She said you were... sick."
No sooner had these words escaped Rika's lips, Sakura finally came back to reality and darted over to him, too preoccupied to notice Suuki's and Yami's faces still had the worried expressions, but they seemed somewhat relieved.
"Syaoran-kun! You're supposed to be resting! And you were even caught by the rain! Didn't I tell you to stay home?! You were burning when I woke you up!"
"I know, Sakura, but it's not a fever. I'm feeling alright... at least enough to come to school. I can't miss it that easily."
"Well... yes, but..." Sakura started, but she was interrupted by Chiharu once more, who had heard all and had clicked things together.
"Sumimassen, Sakura-chan, demo Li-kun no apatto ni nani shiterunda no ka (Excuse me, Sakura, but what were you doing in Li's apartment)?" The double pig-tailed girl asked with a shy tone in her voice.
"Eh?!" Was the only thing Sakura and Syaoran answered in unison as they froze... and the others noticed.
"Yeah, Li-kun, why was Kinomoto-san at your apartment? What were you TWO doing?" Yamazaki asked, a bit of slyness and a little mockery in his voice as he approached his friend. The others, Syaoran and Sakura noticed, were also ganging up on them and seemed very curious too, including Rika, who usually ignored these situations.
"Uh... we... we were... um..." They couple stammered together, both blushing madly as they were backing up until they bumped on the wall in the back of the room. Their friends seemed to be enjoying this.
Sakura was about to try to change the topics when, out of nowhere, Suuki and Yami appeared between the two parties.
"Stop right there, all of you!" Said Suuki, her voice a little higher than normal, but still not a yell.
"No one will get any closer to Syaoran-sama!" Continued Yami.
Although the others were surprised and slightly scared, Naoko, who was actually liking the turn of events, asked, "And what about Sakura-chan? Why are you permitting her to be close to Li-kun?"
"Because she is the only one who has earned permission." They both answered, once again surprising the whole group.
Silence... and a feeling of uncertainty in the air.
Just then, the door opened again, this time revealing a smiling black-haired girl.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura let out. Everyone turned sideways to the door entrance. "Help!" She mouthed voicelessly. Her friend immediately understood and dashed towards them, putting her umbrella away.
"Ohayou gozaimasu! Sakura-chan, Li-kun, I stayed up last night editing the video we made last week!"
"What video?" Naoko asked, hers and the others' curiosity getting the best of them.
Walking to her desk, Tomoyo wisely avoided them as she answered "I'm not saaaaaaaayiiiiing!" In a sing-song way, the others following her.
"Tomoyo-chan, arigatou!" Sakura whispered to no one in particular, while Syaoran just breathed in relief.
Yami and Suuki turned to then, the worried expressions returning to their faces. Yami took Syaoran's right hand in both of his and Suuki put hers on his forehead. "Syaoran-sama, are you alright? Is your body better now?" {A.N.: How could it be any better? :p}
"Aa. Arigatou. Ore wa mou heiki da (Yeah. Thanks. I'm better now)." The boy in question replied. He couldn't help smiling at their genuine concern.
"In that case, we'll head back to our desks. Tell us if you need anything." Suuki said, both she and Yami walking to their respective places.
The first classes went by smoothly. Soon it was recess time, but since it was still raining, everyone stayed indoors.
Sakura, Syaoran and the others remained in their classroom talking. Tomoyo was describing how she did the video when Syaoran, sitting on his desk and totally oblivious to everyone, felt a magic aura coming from outside the school building. He risked a quick glance at his girlfriend and saw her chatting happily with their friends, commenting something Tomoyo had just said, probably so entertained she didn't look like she noticed the presence. Although Sakura was now the most powerful magician on Earth, she still wasn't as experienced as Syaoran, who never let his guard down. {A.N.: According to CLAMP, at the end of vol.12 of the CCS manga, Sakura theoretically became the most powerful magician when she surpassed Clow by dividing his powers.}
Silently, so as not to get anyone's attention, he got up, exited the classroom and began to track down the magic aura as he ran up the corridor. "Whose aura is this?" He questioned himself. Even though it was raining harder, he decided it was more important that he found out who, or what, was outside. "I have a bad feeling about this!" He said in a whisper.
Exiting the school building, he realized immediately, in the worst way, that the rain was thick enough to hurt as it heavily pounded on him. Ignoring this fact the best he could, he searched, but nothing out of the ordinary came to his view; but the rain made things a whole lot difficult to see...
Sakura was still chatting when she felt Syaoran's aura seemed to violently fade. She turned around, only to notice he wasn't there... obviously. Panicking, she asked the others. "Syaoran-kun wa doko (Where's Syaoran)?"
But no one was able to answer her; Syaoran had crept out discretely enough. She then noticed Suuki and Yami weren't in the classroom either. "Something's happening here." She thought to herself. "I'm going after them!"
Turning to her friends, she dismissed herself from the conversation and ran out. Not knowing what to expect and fearing the worst, she quickly passed the corridors that led to the outside, going the way Syaoran's faint aura had been last felt by her.
As she exited the building, she searched for something, anything, that could give her a clue of whereabouts. At first, she saw nothing of the sort, but looking a little bit more, she was able to distinguish a small heap on the ground to her left.
"Syaoran-kun!" She screamed, heading in his direction. Reaching his crumpled form, the girl dropped to her knees and cradled his head on her lap. He stirred slightly, and as his eyes began to open slowly, Sakura asked gently "Daijoubu ka?"
As is vision began to focus and his hearing kicked in, Syaoran was able to acknowledge his situation. "Sakura?" He asked. She nodded. He smiled a little, but the expression was quickly replaced by one of pain and quick ragged breaths, one of his hands involuntarily hurrying to his left side, where he had obviously been hurt.
Sakura, of course, noticed all this and worriedly looked as he clutched his side so tight, she was sure he was trying to rip it off his body.
The rain kept showering both, mixing with the sweat that was appearing on his forehead for the second time that day.
Sakura put her hand on his and squeezed it lightly, just so her presence there wouldn't go unnoticed, telling him she'd be there if he wanted anything. "Syaoran-kun, what happened?" She asked sweetly, more to keep him awake than out of curiosity.
TO BE CONTINUED :p
A.N.: Well, it's too late (past midnight) and I have to get up at 9am, hopefully after a good night's rest, so I'll leave chapter 4 like this for now. Don't worry, though, I'll have the other half of this chapter soon enough (I think by the end of next week)!
I LLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVE you, Syaoran! Happy 2003 Birthday!!!!
Feel free to REVIEW for this first half!