Chapter Three
Card Captor Sakura
Misty Dreams
~starjade~
A Prisoner
A yell was heard in the front parlour. Scuffling and screaming soon followed it and Sakura's eyes grew wide where she sat in her garden , pulling weeds. Picking up her skirts , she ran to the front parlour.
" I got a prisoner , Father!" Touya yelled. His face was red with perspiration and a hooded person tried to escape , but Touya wrenched his wrists and the prisoner cried out.
" A prisoner?" Fujitaka mumbled , his eyes vacant and clueless.
Oribia stared at the prisoner with cold eyes. " From which side is this Prisoner from?"
By this time , Hiro and Eiden and eagerly came up , and took the prisoner from Touya's hands , holding him up from his arms.
" He's from the Li Kingdom...you can see from his insignia!" Touya grunted out , and pulled on the man's sleeve , showing the insignia on his arm.
Fujitaka's eyes flashed. " Does he have any information that we need to know?"
Touya turned to the prisoner and whacked him straight across the cheek. The prisoner choked down a yell and glared at everyone in the hallway with angry ruby red eyes. Sakura felt herself shiver with fear as his eyes roamed the room, the danger and fear clear in those fiery eyes.
" What line are you from?" Touya growled.
The prisoner stared at Touya with contempt and yelled in Chinese , " You Kinomotos are disgusting , filthy people who's aim is to rampage the earth with your spears and your arrows , killing everyone in sight."
Sakura gasped. Only Sakura, Yukito and Yamazaki knew Chinese and no one else understood the man's vile words.
" What did you say?" Touya asked confused. He turned to Sakura. " What did he say??"
Sakura gulped. " He said ....he said....."
Yamazaki quickly filled in , " He said he came from the second line."
Sakura and Yukito stared at Yamazaki in confusion , but Touya believed it and stared at the prisoner , deep in thought.
" Well , he couldn't know anything important if he was from the second line. Just lock him up , maybe we can get some ransom out of this." Touya turned around and walked out and Hiro and Eiden took him to the dungeons.
Sakura shivered hard. She had never been so close to a Li person before. She had never seen one , in her case! They were so alone here in the forest that she never thought one person from the enemy's side could ever reach here!
But the Li's were normal human beings! From the stories that the Kingdom whispered to each other , Li's were hideous people , who loved to kill for blood and just for fun. They had no fear. Yet this prisoner.....he clearly held fear in his eyes, and he was just as human as any one of them.
She turned around , shivering, and saw Yamazaki watching her.
" Yamazaki?" she asked , curiously. " What is it?"
Yamazaki stared at her , deep in her eyes. " I need your help."
Sakura blinked. " My help?"
Yamazaki strode towards her and looked straight into her eyes.
" I can't stand this war. I can't stand the long lasting feud between the Kinomotos and the Li's. I can't stand the torture, the killings , the screams and the tears...all for nothing! That prisoner...he'll be tortured for information , we have to get him out! You'll have to do something for me.."
Sakura stared at him confusedly. " What are you talking about , Yamazaki?"
Yamazaki sighed. " I need you to.... I need you to poison the guards...I'm going to help the prisoner escape."
Sakura gasped. " Poison...our own men? I can't do that , Yamazaki , you know I can't.."
Yamazaki looked into her eyes and repeated , " I need you."
Sakura looked down and then nodded , a bit reluctantly. " O-Okay , Yamazaki. Whatever you say..."
Yamazaki smiled at her and then looked around. " Be here at 6:00 tonight. Slip the poison into their glasses and then meet me at the entrance way in another half hour."
Sakura nodded and turned away. She felt her heart pounding and hurried down the corridor , to her garden where she knew monkshood grew.
Turning a corner, she stumbled into Oribia , who gave her a push.
" Watch where your going , you silly brat!" Oribia growled.
Sakura looked up , frightened. Oribia stared down at her , and suddenly , the woman smiled.
" Your in marriageable years , aren't you , my dear?" Oribia whispered. Sakura held back a whimper as Oribia grinned. " I'd hate to see you without a husband , my dear. Though the future seems to hold no hope for you..."
Laughing quietly , she walked away from Sakura, who was shaking. She didn't like the way Oribia's eyes gleamed with mischief and evil. What was she planning?
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Present Time...
Syaoran stared at the girl whose eyes were like fire and whose arm's wrapped around her thin legs , as if protecting herself.
Can she talk? Or maybe she just didn't want to?
" Can you understand me?" Syaoran whispered softly to the frightened girl.
Yamaki growled , " She's from the Kinomoto lands , what do you expect? She doesn't know Chinese any more than we know Japanese. Just throw her off , we don't need her."
Eriol looked worried. " As much as I hate to say this , the Kinomoto Soldiers are hot on our trail. They're going to catch up to us soon , and we don't need her as a burden. She's too sickly , she won't make it."
Syaoran glared at all of them. " Just be quiet , will you?"
Yamaki threw up his hands , tired. Syaoran peered into the girl's face , but her auburn hair hung in it, and blocked her eyes from his view. He sighed. Why was he doing this anyways? This girl was of the enemy's land , the Kinomoto Soldiers were hot on their trail and she would be just a burden...
The girl was shivering as their boat pulled up on land. All of them climbed out , taking their packs. Syaoran held his arms out to the girl , but the girl turned away. Finally ,he grabbed her around her waist , pulling her out of the boat and into the cave , dropping her into the corner.
She didn't say a word , but the rage and defiance was clearly expressed as she held herself rigid against him. Syaoran blew out his breath and shook his head , helping Yamaki as he built a fire near the girl.
The girl , however angry as she was , looked grateful for the warmth. Her wet clothes clung to her thin body and Syaoran could see that she would develop a fever if she wasn't helped.
" Here."
The girl looked up surprised, as a long shirt was thrown at her and a belt to hold it up. Eriol looked at Syaoran surprised as he turned his back.
" What are you doing?" Eriol whispered.
" Giving her clothes."
" Syaoran...god , what are we going to do with her? She's from Kinomoto lands , we can't keep her! What do you think your family would say?" Yamaki retorted.
Syaoran looked at them , his eyes flashing. " They would say that I failed in my mission. That's all they would care about , not a sickly girl that would probably go unnoticed in the household."
Eriol ran a hand through his hair. " You are the most stubborn person I have ever met , Syaoran."
Syaoran grinned slightly and turned around to Sakura. She had changed into the shirt and the belt , that went around her waist twice. She was curled in a ball , near the fire.
Yamaki brought over her pack , the only thing she carried on her back. " This is all she has...don't think it'd be to much value."
Syaoran shook his head and opened the pack. A glitter met his eyes. It was a necklace...
Without catching the eyes of his friends , he pulled out the necklace. It only had one charm on it....
It was a picture of a wolf.
The Li Insignia.
How could she...how could she have this necklace? There was no way!!
He glanced back at the girl , his eyes trouble. This necklace belonged to a royal member of their Kingdom. Someone who went missing only a few months back and never came back.
This was the someone they had been searching for....and with this girl came the clue to finding the missing person.
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A couple months back...
Sakura crept along the floor , watching as the guards sipped from their glasses , their eyes growing drowsy. It was only a dab of Monkshood , so they wouldn't die. She watched as they hit the floor and Sakura scuttled away , quickly.
Her heart pounded as she waited for a half hour, wondering if Yamazaki would succeed in his mission. Finally , it was time. Sakura crept along the shadows , hoping no one would find her.
She raced across the grass of the courtyard , her heart thumping painfully in her chest. The gateway was only a few yards away , and she ran harder. Finally , she reached the gateway. She looked around. Where was Yamazaki? Did he succeed? Could he have failed??
" Sakura!"
The whisper shook her badly , and she nearly yelped. Turning around quickly , she met the eyes of her brother. Beside him was the prisoner , who looked at the two with a mixture of hatred and confusion in his ruby red eyes.
" Yamazaki?" Sakura whispered. " You got the prisoner! Thank god!"
Yamazaki smiled , but his smile was troubled. " I also found some more disturbing news..."
Sakura blinked at him. " What?"
The prisoner lifted it's hood. and took off his hat. Black silky locks flowed down and the prisoner spoke in a soft , lilting voice , " My name is Meiling Li."
Sakura gasped. " Your a girl!" she said in Chinese.
The prisoner nodded and Yamazaki sighed.
" Don't you get it Sakura? Not only is she a girl...she's part of the royal family!"
Sakura backed up. " Your....your a princess?"
The prisoner nodded. " I take it , you are too?"
Sakura blushed. " Not really..."
Yamazaki shook his head. " We have to get the prisoner out of here , before someone finds out that she's a girl and that she's worth one hell of a lot of money. Lets go!"
Sakura looked through the gate and found that there was a carriage outside , waiting. Yamazaki meant to drive the carriage into Li lands...but that couldn't be!
" You can't...it's too dangerous!" Sakura's voice trembled as she gripped Yamazaki's arm in fear.
Yamazaki smiled , reassuringly. " I have to go , sister. I have to save her life before anyone else gets their hands on her."
" You'll be alright...won't you?" Sakura whispered to Yamazaki.
Yamazaki nodded and smiled at her. " Don't worry , I'll be back before anyone realises I'm gone."
With that , he pulled the hood of his cloak over his head and pushed the gate open. It creaked in the silence of the evening and he climbed into the driver's seat.
Meiling looked at Sakura , with a long calculating look. Sakura remembered the stories about the Li people , the mean , conniving folk who did anything to get their way. She looked with fear into her eyes and suddenly , she smiled.
" There are good people in the Kinomoto lands...like you."
Sakura looked at her confusedly and Meiling took off a necklace around her neck. It glittered in the evening light and Sakura gasped. It was beautiful. On the silver chain , hung a silver wolf , the insignia of Li Lands.
Sakura accepted the necklace , her face full of awe.
" You'll be respected by all Li People , if you have this necklace. Good luck."
With that , Meiling rose the hood of her cloak over her head and climbed onto the carriage. Sakura watched as the carriage rolled down the pathway , and she held the necklace tightly in her hands. .
She hoped Yamazaki and Meiling didn't fall under any trouble....otherwise , they would both be in serious mayhem.
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Oribia stood in her room , her face scrunched in absolute anger. She had lived for a year with these brats in the house and she wasn't going to stand it any longer.
Especially that girl....that horrid girl , she wanted to strangle all the life out of her pretty little body!
Oribia tried to calm herself down as she dropped two drops from her vile into a simmering pot. From there she dropped six drops of blood. One from each of the brothers.
She had not gotten Sakura's blood....but it did not matter. Sakura's fate she would deal with in a more horrible way than could ever be perceived.
Dark light flashed from the pot reflecting onto her eager face. It simmered and popped and boiled and one last clap of thunder that seemed to resound through the whole castle told her that the potion was ready.
She ladled the potion into a single vile and topped it with a cork. She lifted it into the air and smiled at it , her smile one of pure evil.
" They will get what they deserved!" Oribia smirked and hurried out the door. She leapt down the stairs to the kitchen where in every plate she dropped five drops from her vile.
Only one was needed , but she wanted to be careful , in case they missed the potion. She then took out another vile and poured it into the King's drink.
He was to be taken care of as well!
a/n: I LOVEEE You all! You guys might be confused , and I'll clear some things up for you alright?
Kinomoto Family: Touya , Kosumo Yamazaki , Hiro , Eiden , Yukito
* Fujitaka and Stepmother , Oribia
Li Family: Sisters , Fuuti , Sheifa , Feimei , Fanren , Syaoran , Meiling
* Yelan
Syaoran's friends: Yamaki and Eriol
Why He's in Kinomoto Lands? He's looking for his cousin , Meiling
Is Sakura mute? That question is answered....probably in the next chapter!
I also made a mistake! In the first chapter , its actually , Yamaki instead of Yamazaki for Syaoran's friend! Hehehe...Yah, I'm really stupid! lol!
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