Chapter 9: Finally!
Syaoran opened the flute case and in side it was a map taped to the bottom. "An old crusty map," Meling said. "Well, yeah when it snows it shows the way," Syaoran said. Eriol, Sakura, and Meling looked confused. "Get dressed where going to the shrine I'll show you," Syaoran said picking up the map.
A few minutes later Sakura but her black boots and coat. Eriol did the same and Meling put her boots on once again. Syaoran just came from down stairs getting his leather long coat. "Syaoran are you going to be cold in that?" Eriol said.
"No, I don't really feel the cold," He said putting on his snow boot and black gloves. Sakura jumped off Syaoran's steps and fell on her butt hard. "Sakura you okay?" Syaoran asked locking the door. Sakura smiled and looked at Syaoran walking down the stair.
"I slipped," Sakura said blushing. Eriol and Meling where watching Sakura and Syaoran. Syaoran helped Sakura. Sakura was rubbing her rear of the aching pain. Eriol smiled a little seeing the red on Syaoran's cheeks from blushing. Sakura thanked Syaoran for helping her up and then the four walked to the shrine that was about three blocks.
"I almost for got, I locked missy in the basement," Syaoran said. "Who's Missy?" Sakura asked. "She's the one who jumped me that night at the beach," Syaoran said. "Don't worry Syaoran, that spell that you put on her is good for another hour or less," Eriol said. "And how do you figure that?" Syaoran said.
"I studied spell from the very bone, believe me I know," Eriol said. Syaoran sighed and continued to walk. Sakura blushed thinking about the dance that was in a few more hours. "Sakura how come your not at the school working on the that piece at the winter fest?" Syaoran said looking straight ahead.
"Tomoyo thought I was working to hard on the school's editions paper and the winter fest so she gave me a day off to chill out," Sakura answered looking down at the ground that was covered in snow. "Really," Syaoran said.
three minutes later Syaoran and the others finally got the shrine. Syaoran took the map out his pocket and the map suddenly began to glow. "It's right here," Syaoran said stomping on the shrine tile that was cover with snow.
Syaoran jumped down the hole and landed hard at the bottom. Sakura sat on the edge and slipped down. Syaoran caught Sakura by his waist. Sakura blushed at he put her down. Meling jumped in and Eriol next.
Syaoran did a small spell so they could see. Eriol, Meling, and Sakura followed Syaoran threw the small cave. Syaoran stopped and ran to the stone box. "Here it is," Syaoran said. Eriol and Meling gasped. "Wow, what's in it?" Meling said. "I don't know but I have the key at my house," Syaoran said. "Can you lift it?" Eriol said running his hand on it. "No, Sakura and I tried," Syaoran said.
Sakura suddenly had an idea. Sakura called upon her staff and took the power card out. "grant me your strength! POWER!" Sakura chanted. Syaoran was pushing the stone box as hard as he could while Sakura was using Power.
"Eriol, take that side and Meling Syaoran take the other sides. Sakura lifted the box. Syaoran felt a little strain when lifting the box. Then they began to move down the tunnel making their way to the steps at the top of the tunnel.
"Syaoran you go first," Sakura said. Syaoran nodded and ran up the stairs clearing a path. Eriol and Meling began to come up the stairs. Eriol finally got the a little part of the box on the snow covered ground. Sakura pushed the box all the way on the ground. The power of the card left Sakura's body leaving her feeling dazed and faint. "Sakura you okay?" Meling asked helping her up. "Yeah, just a little tired," Sakura said panting.
Syaoran put the tile back on the ground. "Now how the hell are we going to get this thing to my house without anyone noticing?" Syaoran said. Sakura took the loop card out and summoned it. "There use the loop card and put it in your basement," Sakura said still panting. Meling, Syaoran, and Eriol pushed the box into the image that was Syaoran's basement.
"There," Syaoran said. Eriol wiped the sweat off his head. The Loop turned back into a card and went in her pocket. Sakura fell to her knees. Syaoran caught her before she fell to the ground. "Sorry." Sakura said. Syaoran put Sakura on his back and carried her.
Eriol told something in Meling's ear. "Syaoran can we go to the coffee house and get some hot cocoa?" Sakura asked wrapping her arms around his neck. "Yeah Syaoran, I need something hot," Meling said rubbing her bare hands together.
Syaoran walked across the street to the small conner coffee shop. Eriol opened the door to let Syaoran in. Syaoran could feel the warm air touch his skin like a cat rubbing on his face. Sakura smelled coffee and other food smells in the air. Syaoran saw an empty booth in the back and walked there adjusting Sakura on Syaoran's back so she couldn't fall. Syaoran walked to the empty booth and sat Sakura down.
Eriol and Syaoran sat next to each other and Meling with Sakura. A woman in a black and red outfit walked up to the booth smiling. "Can I take you order?" She asked. Syaoran didn't say anything. Eriol smiled.
"One coffee for him and three hot cocoa's for the rest of us," Eriol said. The waitress wrote down there orders on a pad. "Anything else?" She asked. "Blueberry muffins," Meling said. Sakura nodded. Syaoran sighed took his mittens and coat off feeling hot. Syaoran suddenly felt a lump in his pants pocket.
The waitress smiled and told them that there would be ready in a minute. Syaoran reached in his pants pocket and took out a small book. "What's that?" Eriol asked. "It's dad's journal," Syaoran said.
"Well, let's read it," Meling said. Sakura began to feel a little better instead of feeling so dazed and tried. Syaoran opened the small book and turned a few blank pages. "It's my first year in collage, I've been working hard on getting pass my exams." Syaoran began to read. Meling sat on her hands to warm them. Sakura took her coat off and listened hard.
"It's been wild, My room mate is sure a freak, he has at least a millions of perverted book's and other freaky stuff, my first class is in like two hours, I hope I'm ready, I can't stand not being prepared." Syaoran laughing a little remembering how his Father would act if he couldn't find and thing he needed. The waitress finally came back with what they ordered. "Thanks," Eriol said. Meling and Sakura where smiling seeing there blueberry muffins.
Syaoran changed the page seeing a flat flower in the binding and then continued reading. "Dear Journal, I had a wonderful day for some reason, I think I'm sick or something, I met this really smart interesting girl named, Yelang. She speaking with such intelligence, I don't know what happened to me I feel like melting Ice cream when she smiles, she gave me this small rose just because she was telling me about the history of flowers, I usually get bored of history, but she made it interesting, I hope I'll see her tomorrow." Syaoran closed the book blushing what he read kind of reminded him of himself.
"Syaoran why'd you stop?" Sakura asked putting her cup down. "I wanted to," Syaoran said closing his eyes and blushing. Syaoran picked up his cup and drank his hot coffee in one gulp. Eriol looked at his cocoa and pushed the cup away.
Syaoran walked over to the counter and paid the bill. Sakura stuffed his muffin in her mouth and swallowed hard and followed after Syaoran. Eriol grabbing Meling's arm who was stilling eating the last little bit of her muffin. "Was Syaoran blushing?" Meling said with her mouth full. Eriol laughed a little and nodded.
About ten minutes later Sakura, Syaoran, Meling and Eriol where about a block from Syaoran house. Meling picked up some snow and made a ball out if it. "Shhhh," She said to Eriol and Sakura. Sakura turned her head trying not to laugh.
Meling stopped and threw the snow at Syaoran's head. Syaoran felt the cold snow go down his shirt. "You'll pay for that!" Syaoran said brushing the snow off his hair. Syaoran used his powers to make thrill snowballs circle around him. "Eep!" Meling said running. Syaoran snapped his finger and it was raining snowballs.
Sakura was laughing like crazy. Eriol threw one at Sakura. Sakura brushed it off her and made a snowball and threw it at Eriol. Seconds later Syaoran, Meling, Sakura and Eriol had a snowball fight that lasted until Meling and Eriol gave up, and that took about 30 minutes.
Syaoran and the other where are his house playing cards and trying to think to turn Missy in or not. "Got a nine," Syaoran asked looking over his cards. Eriol shock his head no. "Go fish," Eriol said. Meling slapped her cards down and stood up. Syaoran looked at Meling. "I can't take this, lets just turn her in," Meling said sounding frustrated. Syaoran sighed. "No, I want to have a chance to kill her," Syaoran said with a cold look on his face.
"Syaoran you'll be arrested, but if you turn her in your be a hero," Meling said sitting down. Syaoran put down a few matching card and put his card down and walked to the basement door. Eriol and Sakura watched at he moved closer to the door.
"Syaoran wait," Sakura said putting down her card and walked over to him. Syaoran opened the door and walked down the stairs. Syaoran turned on the light and walked over to Missy tied up in the chair. Syaoran smacked Missy making her wake up.
"Well hey! Its my favorite person," She said not wincing at the pain that was throbbing her cheek. "Who's your master?" Syaoran said. Sakura gasped. Eriol didn't express any emotion. Missy smiled a little. Syaoran looked to his side and saw a small arrow. Syaoran picked it up and cut her arm. Missy grunted in pain.
"Syaoran stop it," Sakura said. Syaoran grinned. "Now let try again, who's your master?" Syaoran asked again. Missy sighed. "Well, you should know, I'm from half German half Japanese, I was here to kill you and get out, the other's have the same mission, I won't tell you who my master is, but I can tell you your on the right track," Missy said coldly. "Syaoran C'mon stop this," Sakura pleaded again.
"Fine, I except you answer, but why I hell am I a target?" Syaoran said sitting on the floor Indian style. "See that box there, My master knew your father like a brother and he heard about the money that was left behind by your father, he grew greedy and that's when he teamed up with some people and killed your family," She laughed.
Syaoran leaped onto the chair Missy was tied to. Syaoran's weight made the chair fall. Missy hit her head hard. Syaoran stabbed the arrow into her hand. Sakura closed her eyes and ran up the stairs.
"You don't know a thing about my family," He said to Missy under her screaming. Syaoran got off of Missy and looked at the stone box and walked up stairs. Eriol walked over to Missy and wrapped her hand around with a bandage and stopped the bleeding with his powers. "Syaoran why did you do that, you could just turn her in," Meling said.
"I DON'T WANT TO!" Syaoran shouted. Meling fell silent. It was quiet for a moment until Sakura's old cell phone rang. Sakura took a breath and answered her phone. "Hello, Sakura speaking," Sakura said. Sakura heard screaming and yelling in the background. "Hey, Sakura, we are 100% done with, I can't wait until you see it," Tomoyo said over the cheering students.
"Great Tomoyo, I'll see you tomorrow, be at my house at three, okay," Sakura said. "All right see you then," Tomoyo said hanging up. Sakura turned off her phone and put it back in her pocket. "That was Tomoyo, they where finally done with the dance decorations." Sakura said smiling trying to brighten the mood. Syaoran began to feel really hot.
"Syaoran you okay?" Eriol asked. "I'm fine," Syaoran said fainting falling on the couch. "Syaoran," Sakura, Meling, and Eriol said in unison. Eriol felt his head. "Oh God, he's burning up," Eriol said. Meling ran in the kitchen to get an ice pack.
Short Dream
Syaoran felt like he was burning inside, everything around his felt so hot. Syaoran began to see and hear flashes of people and voices around him. "What's happening to me," Someone yelled. Syaoran was in front of a black shrine. "What's this place?" Syaoran asked himself. Syaoran felt an aura and turned. "You well love me, Yelang," A man yelled. Syaoran saw his mother fight to get free from this man. "Mother," Syaoran said running. As he ran closer it began to go further and further away from him.
End of short dream
Syaoran suddenly felt something cold on his head. Syaoran opened his eyes a little and saw Sakura sleeping on the floor with her coat over her. Syaoran sat up looked at his watching, it was one in the morning. 'I sure been sleep for long time' Syaoran thought. Eriol saw Syaoran sitting up and yawning rubbing his eyes.
"Syaoran, Good Lord I though you where sick," Eriol said. "I'm fine now," Syaoran said looking down at Sakura. "Oh, she wanted to stay, Meling left. She was late for something, I don't know," Eriol whispered. Syaoran bent down and moved the hair from Sakura's face.
Eriol looked at the soft expression on Syaoran's face. "It started snowing really bad, I told Sakura to stay," Eriol said. Syaoran got off the couch. Syaoran had a small thought that made him blush. "Eriol can I ask you something?" Syaoran said standing up and walking to the kitchen for a small glass of water.
"Okay, Eriol said sitting on the arm of the couch. "Um...What was it like to you know...kiss Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked looking down blushing. Eriol laughed. "I knew that you would ask me this soon," Eriol said. "I was just wondering," Syaoran said slamming his glass on the kitchen counter. Eriol closed his eyes and thought for a minute. Syaoran sat in the chair backward and took a sip of his water.
"Well," Eriol said running his hands throw his hair. "Well, Tomoyo is the first girl I ever kissed, but your first kiss is like a blast. (bad example). It feels like a heaven and your body feels like your heart well just burst out of your chest and you never want to let go of her," Eriol said. Syaoran rinsed his eye brow in confusion. "Um...I still don't get it," Syaoran said. Eriol sighed.
"Let's get down to the basic's, there a different kind of kisses," Eriol began. "What?" Syaoran said. "Yeah, well first, there's the French kiss where you use you tongue," Eriol said. Syaoran made a face. "Yeah, yeah, and then there the peck kiss," Eriol said.
Syaoran blinked at him strangely "And then there the ever popular simple sweet/nice kiss where you just use you lips and hands, I guess," Eriol said. Sakura moaned and turned to the other side. "Syaoran, why are you asking me this?" Eriol said. "Just wanted to know," Syaoran said gulping the last little bit of his water and walking to the kitchen.
"Well, I'm going to bed, Eriol, you can sleeping the guest room," Syaoran said. "I'll sleep on the couch, take Sakura to the guest room," Eriol said lying on the couch. Syaoran nodded and sighed. Syaoran walked to Sakura and picked her up and walked up stairs to the guest room. Syaoran used his powers to open the door. Syaoran pushed the cover with his power's once again and lied Sakura on the bed. Syaoran put the covers over Sakura and sighed seeing her beauty that made him melt.
Syaoran sat on the bed next to Sakura and looked at her sleep. Sakura laughed and turned. 'She must be dreaming' Syaoran thought. Syaoran touched Sakura's soft lips with his finger. Syaoran felt like he was the only person in the room with Sakura. Syaoran smiled a little and tough her face. 'I can't have you, Sakura' Syaoran said walking out the room closing the door softly.
Syaoran walked down the hall and to his bedroom and lied in his bed thinking about Sakura. 'I can't do this, I must be crazy, why does she make me feel this way?' Syaoran thought. ' I don't understand why I feel the need to kill everyone around me, I can't be near her' Syaoran thought falling asleep.
The next morning Sakura had left early to her house so Touya won't worry. He finally came home. Sakura was nervous about the winter fest that was tonight. Tomoyo had called her ten times that morning telling her not to forget to get something or sat something. Syaoran felt like falling asleep and never waking up. Eriol ran up stairs and jumped on his bed. "Syaoran, tonight's the big night, what are you going to say to Sakura when you see her in her dress?" Eriol asked sounding happy.
Syaoran moaned and put the cover's over his head. "Aw Syaoran, C'mon don't be so nervous," Eriol said. Syaoran mumbled something. "What?" Eriol said. Syaoran didn't say anything. "Syaoran what did you say?" Eriol asked again.
Syaoran mumbled it again. "What?" Eriol said. Syaoran spring out of bed and began yelling. "I said, I'm not nervous it's not I first time I went to a dance and hated it!" Syaoran said panting. Eriol's ears began ringing. "Well, I'm pretty sure that you'll enjoy your self this time," Eriol said getting off his bed and walking out the room.
(TBC)