Julia: Kero is now in my birdcage, with my beloved bird, Suppi! Don't worry about him, he'll be fine. Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: The characters, the plot, and the idea…. Nothing belongs to me! You better REMEMBER that and don't sue me!!!!!!! I have nothing but my Discman, my S.H.E original CD's, my RM600 'angpau' money, my jewelry, my gameboy advance…. Come to think of it, I really own a lot…- but still, don't sue me!
A/N: This story is written based on the story "The Flying Horse" from "A Thousandand one Nights." It was said that a girl told the stories to the king every night, preventing the king from killing her the next morning.
All Because of Kero -by Julia Lily Tan
Chapter 2: JapanSyaoran was clinging on top of the creature with his dear life as it flew through the clouds in the speed of light.
"Damn that man!" Syaoran thought, "He didn't tell me how to stop this thing and now I don't even know where I'm heading to."
Syaoran attempted a few fruitless dozen times to find a way to stop the creature, but it didn't even slow down. Just as Syaoran was thinking around the sides of jumping down, it suddenly shook viciously, nearly making Syaoran fall off.
Clutching even tighter on to it, Syaoran's thought of jumping down immediately flew in to the clouds.
"Hey, you there!" A voice called out from nowhere in a language Syaoran recognized as Japanese.
"Um? -"Syaoran felt that the creature had stopped shaking and moving, so he quickly sat back on to his position behind its neck. "–Who is that?"
"I'm talking to you, baka!" The voice said again.
"Me?" Syaoran said, looking around to see just whom he was talking to.
"Yes, you!"
"Who are you, and where are you?" Syaoran asked, summoning his pendent.
"Getting vicious now, are you? Well, I'm the thing you're sitting on, does that ring a bell?" asked the voice.
Syaoran looked down and stared unbelievably at the creature he was sitting on.
"Who-who are you?" Syaoran manage to smatter out.
"I'm Cereberus, gaki, the guardian of seal, and the Clow Cards. Get off me, now!" The creature said.
"You're Cereberus? The Clow Cards? Where are they?" Syaoran asked. The Clow Cards were Clow Reed's greatest creation, and every one of his descendents was to find them and be its master, or at least try to find the one in that position. "Hey, you can talk?
"Of course I can, it was just that damn man gave me a pudding that had some kind of pill in it. Damn it, I had to listen to everything he said, and I couldn't talk!" Cereberus said.
"Why don't we go down to the land first, and then you can talk." Syaoran suggested.
"Then why don't you take away that sword of yours?" Cereberus yelled.
"Hey, Ceberures-"
"It's Cereberus!!!"
"Yeah, Cebererus, or whatever your name is, where are we going?" Syaoran was near to yelling now, even if he had already turn his pendent back to its smaller size.
"I'm not telling you, Baka!"
"Stop calling me stupid!" Syaoran suddenly realized, once again pulling out his pendent. "And I mean now!"
"Hey, you know Japanese, that's quite strange for an enemy's prince." Cereberus said, smirking. "Fine, I'll tell you where we're going."
"Where? You have three minutes to talk before I decide how to kill you!" Syaoran said, slashing his sword.
"I see you're back to your usual stuck-up self, gaki." Cereberus said. "We're heading to my mistress' house in Tomoeda, Japan. Somewhere near here-"
At the last word, Cereberus had landed on to the land, crashing in to a tree, causing Syaoran to fly into the air. Doing a summersault, he landed on his feet carefully, swearing Chinese swear words under his breath.
"Oww!" Cereberus cried. Suddenly, a pair of white wings covered him, and when they reopened, the big creature was replaced with a small little stuff-toy bear.
Syaoran looked around; over at the Ying-Fa-or Sakura in Japanese- trees, a raven hair girl in kimono was running towards them, or maybe just Cereberus, since she was yelling "Kero!"
The now stuff-toy shape Cereberus turned and flew to the girl, calling "Tomoyo!"
The girl caught hold of him and asked, "Where have you been, Kero-chan? Sakura-chan and I were so worried about you when you didn't come home for a week!"
"I was caught, Tomoyo-chan. A baka made me eat this magic pill and controlled me. I only just escaped."
The girl called Tomoyo gave out a small giggle. "Who would have thought that the mighty Cereberus would get caught by a human?" Turning to Syaoran, Tomoyo asked, "Who is this, Kero-chan?"
"He's the prince of China." Kero answered. "I thought he might be some help for Touya-san, since we're in war with China-"
Kero was interrupted by both people. Syaoran had already pulled out his pendant.
"Kero-chan, how could you? You know perfectly well that Sakura-chan hates war, and you still go out there and kidnap their prince! I'll make sure that Sakura-chan gets mad, which means no sushi for you for a week." The girl's violet eyes darken and scolded Cereberus strictly.
"Noooooooooooo!" Cereberus cried, falling to the ground with his face in his hands. "Tomoyo-chan, onegai no! Anything but sushi!"
Syaoran smirked. He was very glad that the creature was suffering.
"Sorry for Kero-chan's behavior, Prince--" Tomoyo stopped, not knowing how to address him.
"Syaoran Li." Syaoran replied, translating his name into Japanese. He just couldn't be hard to a girl like her.
"--Prince Syaoran. Since Touya-san, our king is not here, you're welcome to stay. I'm sure Sakura-chan will agree to that." Tomoyo said smiling.
"May I ask, um-Miss-um-Tomoyo--"Syaoran smattered, as Cereberus interrupted.
"It's Princess Tomoyo, baka!"
"Gomen. Princess Tomoyo, just where is this place?"
Tomoyo was giggling very hard now. Syaoran raised an eyebrow at her strange behavior. They say that Princesses in Japan are all great elegant ladies, but for what I'm seeing now, I guess they were just rumors.
"Gomen, gomen, Li-san."Tomoyo said, still giggling. "It's just that I didn't notice you said Japanese, and your pronouncing is so unique!"
Controlling her giggling, Tomoyo said, "This is Princess Sakura's Summer Palace. We came here for a vacation. I'll take you inside, May I?" Tomoyo pulled Cereberus with her. "And this is Cereberus, Kero for short."
"Tomoyo-chan." A sweet voice suddenly called out. The voice made Syaoran jump. I've never heard a voice as sweet as this. It sounds like bells, ringing in the wind.
A girl appeared under the Sakura trees, her appearance making Syaoran gasped and stare in admiration. His eyes simply couldn't leave her sparkling eyes, her angelic face, her long straight hair……
Royal Palace, China
"What do you mean 'I don't know'?" Queen Yelan was yelling off her head at Mabian, very un-queen-like. "Are you aware that Xiao-Lang is the only heir to the throne?"
"Yes, your majesty, but I didn't have time to tell the prince how to stop the thing." Mabian answered.
"No one can control Cereberus, the guardian of the seal. Unless you used some filthy tricks, that is." Eriol said, pointing his staff at Mabian.
Mabian shivered at the heard of that, and fell to his knees.
"Have mercy, my lord, mercy." He cried, knocking his head on the ground.
"Men, take him away. If Xiao-Lang is unfound, I will make sure he dies painfully." Queen Yelan said, waving a hand. Immediately two men came up and forced Mabian out of the room.
"Lord Eriol, Captain Yamazaki, I command you two to be in charge of finding Xiao-Lang's where-about. I want every area of the country searched, along with the nearby countries. Don't stop until he is found!"
"Hai, your majesty." Eriol and Yamazaki answered, slowly backing out of the royal study room, leaving a depressed queen in it.
"Ai." Queen Yelan sighed. "Xiao-Lang, just where are you?"
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