Sorry for the delay! I had to remove a LOT of spelling mistakes…hope it's better now!
Chapter 5
Sakura sat in her new room. She had put her stuff away in the drawers, and was now sitting on her bed, just thinking about all that happened.
On her way home, she had the feeling she had been followed, but she hadn't seen anyone. At home, the Kinomoto's had observed her, though they had tried to hide it. Dinner had tasted deliciously, and after that, she had helped with the dishes. Now, finally settled down, she had not a clue to do.
When her eyes searched the room for something to do, they fell on the book of Clow, which was still lying on the desk that was standing in a corner of the room. She was so curious…She had noting else to do…
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Walking out of the airport, he left his butler behind with the bags. The butler, Wei, would bring the bags to their house in Tomoeda. They had a house here for a long time already, but hadn't come here in about fifteen years. He couldn't even remember he had ever been here.
Planning to look around for a bit, he walked away from the airport, trying to save everything he saw in his mind. He had come here on a mission. Deep inside, he tried to rebel against the rules, against the mission, but he had learned to push those feelings away.
A picture in his pocket showed what he was looking for. He had observed the photograph for a long time, and was sure that he would recognize her when he found her. This girl had an object that was rightfully his.
In a dark street, he saw a figure moving fast. He tried to follow the figure, when he realized who it was. It was the same girl from the photograph. Brown hair surrounded a happy face, that managed to look scared at the same time. She had a large bag on her back, knew exactly where she was going, so she had probably find a place to stay. He followed her, and figured out where she lived.
Tomorrow he would figure out where she hid the book.
Walking back, trying to find the way to his own home, he thought about his mission. He had to live here, until he found the book and had it in his possession, without hurting the girl. He had to go to school there, and if everything was correct, he would be in the same class as her, so he could watch every move she made. And to make it all even worse, he had to make sure the book was still closed, and if not, to return al the cards.
"The damned girl had better NOT opened the book yet!" he thought. He was in no mood to stay here for such a long time.
When he finally reached his home, he entered it and the first thing he did, was continuing his swordsmanship training with the help of Wei. He had just began ,when he felt something strong, something very strong.
He stopped training and tried to track it down. When he realized it was from the same direction as the girl, he rushed that way.
'I'll be back later, Wei. My mission started.' He muttered.
'As you wish, Master Syaoran.'
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Flying high above the town, the yellow creature quickened his pace. Since the last night he finally felt it! His mistress had returned. It had took her over 17 years to return, but she finally did, at last.
He was now on his way to meet her once more. She probably couldn't even remember him, as young as she was back then. He just hoped she hadn't done anything stupid yet, wherever she had been the past years.
The feeling of her aura was pretty strong, so it was not hard to track her down precisely. He was half way, when he suddenly felt a great force near the girl in question. He flew even faster and when he reached the open window of the room where she was in, he just burst in the room.
The sight was almost making him laugh.
A girl with auburn hair and emerald green eyes stood in a corner, obviously afraid, while different cards where flying around her. The book of Clow was lying open on the ground, without the cards that used to be in there.
When the girl saw him, her mouth hung open, and her eyes grew.
'W-who…WHAT are you? What's happening? Why…?'
While the yellow creature just stared at her, trying not to burst out in laughing, someone else entered the room through the window. This time it was a human with chestnut colored hair and brown hair.
The creature forgot the girl in the corner and instead stared at the boy. He knew him, he had seen him when he was little, in the same year as his mistress disappeared. The boy obviously recognized him to.
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'Keroberos.' Syaoran said with a cold voice and a face made of stone.
'The Li-clan has arrived, apparently, and they send the brat.' The yellow creature said in response, also with a cold tone.
'What are you? And who are you?' Sakura asked again at the creature and directed the second part of her question to the boy.
'What have you done, girl?!' Syaoran asked even colder.
'I…I…haven't…I didn't mean to…' Sakura stuttered. She already regretted her curiosity. The cards still flew around her, and she had no idea what was happening. Nobody told her that there where cards inside the book. And why were they flying around her?
'Can't you see what happened, brat? She opened the book…' The one named Keroberos said. He flew towards her, avoiding the still flying cards and stopped a few inches before her face.
'I'm Keroberos, the beast of the seal who guards this book. But you may cal me Kero, mistress.'
'Mistress?' Sakura asked in a small voice.
'Yes, mistress. Because the owner of the book of Clow, is my mistress. You own the book, don't you Sakura-chan?' Kero talked in a happy voice now, apparently forgetting about the Li-boy and his former mood.
'Well…yes, but how did YOU know, and how do you know my name?'
'We already met when you were younger, Sakura-chan, as did the brat over there.'
Sakura looked over to the boy, and asked her first question towards him again.
'I'm Li Syaoran, from the Li-clan in Hong Kong and I'm sent here to get the book you are so careless about.' His voice was still cold as metal and Sakura didn't like what he was saying. He even tried to get the book that still lay on the ground.
Sakura snapped out of her state of fear, forgot the cards around her and grabbed the book away, before his hands could get them. 'You can't get the book, it's mine!'
The cards suddenly all gathered and returned to the book again.
'That's right, Sakura-chan!' Kero said. 'And you are the one who let them lose, so you have to catch them, not the brat.'
'What do you mean? The cards are here, aren't they? I don't have to catch them.' Sakura was looking at the cards, with a puzzled look on her face.
'Uhm, well…you see…you have released them when you where younger. By accident, of course, you where just a baby back then. Luckily I could stop most of the cards from escaping, but you disappeared shortly after that, so you have never had the chance to capture the lost cards.' Kero explained. 'So now you are here again, you can finish the job.'
'I have what?!' 'She has what?!' Sakura and Syaoran shouted at once.
'These cards are dangerous, aren't they? If I freed them when I was a baby, they would be on the lose for about seventeen years! And how did I free them if I was a baby!'
Syaoran answered this one, cutting Kero short who wanted to explane it. 'The cards only cause disasters if the owner of the book of Clow is around. You have been in Hong Kong for mostly your entire lifetime, while the cards were, apparently, here, so they didn't show themselves. But why doesn't anybody know it if the cards are free, or at least some of them?' He turned to Kero, who looked at him with a grumpy face.
'How do you now where I lived!' Sakura began, but then realized that they had found her there, and probably had searched for every bit of information about her. 'Oh, forget it.'
'It's an old tradition of the owners of the book of Clow. They show the book to every newborn child in their family. It is said that the chosen one would react at the book, and he or she could do great things with that.' Kero answered Sakura, ignoring Syaoran. 'When your parents gave you the book, it indeed reacted. You were scared, and because of that, you used your magic, which…'
'I have magic?'
'…opened the book and released the cards. I, of course, as guardian, was able to stop most of the cards from escaping. You only need to get back the few remaining cards.'
'How do I do that? With magic?' Sakura asked, biting back a short laughter.
'This is reality, Sakura! Now you are here again, the cards can do very much damage! I'll explain to you how to get the job done, as soon as the brat is gone.' Kero snorted.
'You're sending me away, cotton ball?' Syaoran asked in a ice-cold voice.
'Sure, after all, I live here now, so I am aloud to send strangers away.' Kero said glancing at the boy, who glanced back even harder.
'Fine, I'm sure you're not giving the book now, anyway.'
Sakura didn't listen to their little chat. 'I know it's real…they warned me for it, they said the book was dangerous. I should have never left home… If I have let them escape, I must return them as well. I have to, right? What if they destroy Tomoeda?' she mumbled not realizing the others heard her. She was suddenly scared to death. What if she was the cause of people that died, or homes that were destroyed. She couldn't handle that!
'Hey, are you alright?' Syaoran asked. Sakura leaned against the wall, clenching the book, while she paled visibly for their eyes. Her eyes had grown in width and were full of fear.
At the same moment Kero asked 'Sakura-chan, you okay?'
Sakura looked up. 'What? Oh, yes, I'm alright. I just…' She inhaled deeply and started over again. 'I have to catch the cards, I must do that. It's my responsibility, because I am the one who started this mess. People could die because of me.'
'If you give me the book, I'm the owner and I have to catch them.' Syaoran said. He still had his hard face and colt tone, but a slice of concern was visible in his eyes. Inside he was confused. "I didn't just try to sooth her nerves, was I? No, I just want the book, that's all. But she looks so scared!"
Sakura got the same idea as he had for just a moment. 'Thank you, Li-kun, but I must do this myself.' She stood up from the ground, trying to smile nonetheless. 'I promise to do my best to capture all the cards as soon as possible. Kero, you will help me, right?'
'Sure, Sakura-chan. But…do you have anything to eat? I'm hungry!'
Both Sakura and Syaoran sweat dropped. This could take a while…
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Syaoran left Sakura's room through the window again. He was still confused. He had to take the book, but she desperately wanted to capture the remaining cards herself. He wanted to go against her will, but he couldn't. She had an aura that radiated kindness and that soothed his nerves, while he didn't even realized he hàd nerves.
This girl, Asymia Sakura, as the name under the picture said, looked, in his eyes, like an angel. Even more in reality then on the photograph. He tried to push back those thoughts, to not forget who he was, to not lose his shield of coldness. "She was scared…"
He tried again to push back those thoughts, and this time, they didn't come back. When he reached his home, Wei awaited him.
'Went everything by wish, master?'
'Sort of. Could you make me some hot chocolate? And bring it to my room, please.' Syaoran said. He needed the warmed now, to relax a bit. The girl was out of his thoughts, but he had other concerns. Hot chocolate always made him sleep without disturbing dreams.
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