Here's chapter 14. I didn't get as many reviews as I wanted for the last chapter. Now I'm not so sure I'll get over 100 reviews for the story. Getting over 100 is like a dream for this story. Please make it happen. I'll write a really, really long epilogue if I get over 100 reviews. –begs-
Sorry I know this is a short chapter, and that's late, but guess what you get two chapters this month. So you should be happy. I also end my freshman year of high school on the 22 of this month, so be happy I might actually finish this story by the time summer ends.
This chapter is dedicated to . . . . . . .all the reviewers.
Chapter 14
Unidentified POV
My daughter stood beside me on the balcony overlooking the slaves below us. Before many of the slaves floated crystal orbs twinkling with different colors. They were the auras collected off of magic users. Midnight would be the time for the plan to commence. I stepped forward and everyone started cheering, shouting master. My daughter joined me at my side and the orbs started to float closer to us. The cheering continued growing louder, as the orbs drew ever closer. We turned to each other, my daughter and I, and raised our hands. A large orb filled with the twinkling colors of other auras appeared above our heads. The orbs that floated towards us sunk into the larger orb, making it grow larger with each new orb.
"It is almost complete daughter. All we need now is the power form the elders." I murmured seemingly breathless. "Then Syaoran and Jade will come to us."
"Father," She said lightly, "Kinomoto Sakura is a better match for you."
"My daughter. Sakura is for our own master. He would never trust me with one with such power." I reprimanded as I looked down over the slaves. "Be glad we are getting what we want."
"Yes father." She muttered and then smiled pulling off her black robes. "I'm going to need a wedding dress for when I marry Syaoran." She brushed imaginary dirt off her green mini-skirt. "I wish I didn't have to sue mind control on him." She wined.
"Yes daughter, but after what happened at Syaoran's office with that Kinomoto girl calling Yelen on us, we'll have to." I reminded her as she walked into the shadows.
Syaoran's POVI sighed looking down at Sakura whose head was lying in my lap as she read a book. School had just gotten out for the day and we where down at the beach, along with the rest of the group. Drave and Naoko were down by the water and were splashing each other with the water. Jade sat a few feet from us, her notebook in her lap as she drew something. Koji was at the deli down the street getting us sandwiches and drinks. Tomoyo and Eriol were running towards us, both soaking wet. Sakura smiled up at me, as she sat up and twisted to look at me.
"Syao-kun, do you want to go down to the water with me?" She asked with puppy dog eyes.
I smiled at here as I stood up. "Sure, let's go." I held out my hand and she grasped it allowing me to pull her to her feet.
"Thanks a lot." Jade muttered as we passed by, shutting her notebook.
"No prob." I called over my shoulder and she growled at us. "What's up with her?"
"We messed up her drawing by moving." Sakura informed me and I looked over at her. "Not that I blame her for being mad, I asked for the picture." She smiled at me and then pulled her hand free. "See you at the water." I raised an eyebrow and she only smirked as she ran off.
"Damn she's good." I muttered as I followed her. "Hey Atashi." I said as I passed by him on my way to Sakura.
"Syaoran have you seen Rei? She was supposed to meet us here." He called after me and I turned to look at him. "What?" He looked at em confused as I shook my head. "So that mean you haven't seen her." I just rolled my eyes, pointed behind him and started back on my way to the waters edge.
By now Sakura was already up to her knees in the cool water. She had on a cute white bathing suit with cherry blossoms courtesy of my sister. I heard a car horn honk and I looked behind to me that Koji had arrived along with Rika and Chiharu. Takashi and Lila had shown up a few minutes before. Suddenly I started to run into the water and I dived forward under the water swimming to where Sakura had been a few seconds before. I grabbed her ankle and jumped up laughing at her shriek. She splashed water at me and started to swim away from me. I laughed and started after her, swimming under the water so she couldn't find me easily. Suddenly I found myself moving upwards as Sakura used her magic to uncover me. I growled and dove up tackling her into the water. She shouted as I pushed her under, closing her mouth when the ocean water closed in. she pushed back on my shoulders and kneed me in the stomach sending me backwards. I smirked seeing she had used what I had taught her. I glanced over at the shore and nodded slightly to Jade who send a wave of wind at me, knocking me backwards into the water again. I stood up coughing up the water in my lungs as I glared over at Jade who was laughing hard. She stopped suddenly and I looked over at Sakura who was sneaking towards me. She too stopped and looked past me to the left. I looked over there and frowned seeing the sky turn black, and there was no clouds nor was it even time for the sun to set.
"Anyone else find this very strange?" Asked Tomoyo from her spot in the shallow part of the water. "The weather guy predicted sunshine the whole week, no chances of rain and now it looks like it's going to rain."
I looked over at Jade as she slowly backed away from the water. She stopped and I looked over at Sakura who had started to move back towards the beach.
"Everyone out of the water." Jade shouted and Sakura started to run looking back at me furtively. "Syaoran move." Jade shouted and I started to run after Sakura. "Sakura," she shouted, "Think you can make low tide come a bit early."
"What's going on Jade?" I heard Eriol shout and Jade just waved her hand at him, motioning for him to be quiet.
"Jade?" This time it was Sakura as she reached the shore seconds before me.
"It has to be Ryu, he's the only one I know who can do something like this, but the elders practically have him under lock and key, the magical kind." Jade explained as we all crowded around her.
Sakura was starting to grow pale as the ocean water steadily moved farther and farther away from us. I moved forward and caught her just as she fell, the extreme use of power getting to her. I heard Jade move up beside me and she stared out over the water while the sky turned darker and darker, spreading, coming towards us. A hand was on my arm and I looked back to see Eriol standing there. He motioned that we should leave I nodded, making sure Sakura wouldn't fall from my arms as we walked. Naoko and Drave were packing up everything with Rei and Atashi's help. All, excluding Atashi, just thought it was a storm coming on. Jade grabbed her backpack and the food from Koji smiling at Rei and everyone as we passed.
"Why don't you all follow us to the mansion. We can eat there in the enclosed pool area." I called to them and they nodded.
"I'll make sure they get there." Drave said, and I nodded remembering now he had driven them here. "Takeshi, Lila, Chiharu you guys need a ride? I'm pretty sure I have room with the third row in my SUV."
"No we're ok. I know the way there." Takeshi responded his keys being tossed up and down.
"Ok." Drave replied and started for his SUV with all the others going with him.
I started after Jade again, who by now was opening the backdoor to the Toyota Highlander. She moved aside and I got in, arranging Sakura beside me on the seat, making sure to keep enough room for Tomoyo or Eriol, whichever decided to sit in the back. Jade shut the door and walked out of my view. Seconds later I heard the trunk door open and the bags being dropped inside. The door shut and jade walked backed back into my view, opening the drivers side door. The passenger door was opening also and Tomoyo climbed in, while Eriol got into the back, making sure to drape his beach towel over the seat so he didn't get the seats wet. Not that it mattered much, seeing has how Sakura and I were both still soaked to the bone. The car started as Jade shut her door and she looked back at me through the rear view mirror.
"Seatbelts." She chided with a gleam in her eyes and I smiled as I grabbed the seatbelt and proceeded to buckle Sakura in with Eriol's help.
Sakura's POV'Sakura.' A voice whispered, 'You're going to be my bride, my queen.' I shivered at the intense darkness radiating from the voice. 'You'll belong to me and no one else.' A deep laugh emanated from somewhere nearby. 'Your power and soul will belong to me. You won't know anything else.'
I shuddered as I reflexively stood on guard. A breeze, dark, dreary, and cold filtered by me. I would have closed my eyes, but I didn't. It was as if I was standing in the center of a group of people. People wearing colors, the deepest reds, richest dark greens, dark blues, clothes the color of the night. Women dressed in flowing skirts and blouses, men in suits. I shivered as the breeze meandered on it way. The voice still speaking, even though I didn't hear its words. It twirled around me, like a chain tying me to something. I spun around and what I saw made tears fall from my eyes. Tomoyo laughing a evil laugh as a man was killed mercilessly in front of her. Her eyes were blank, like she was being controlled. Jade stood beside her, a mans arm draped around her shoulders. The arm of a man I had never seen before. He was young, restless even, but he held the sword that killed the man. What caused me more grief was Syaoran, his arm around a woman, whose face I couldn't see. He was laughing also, and he seemed to enjoy being with this girl. It wasn't me, I knew enough to know it wasn't me. The voice wasn't that of Syaoran's, but of someone else, someone worse.
'Sakura,' Came the voice again. 'You aren't listening to me. You should start, for if you ever not listen when we are together you shall be in trouble.'
Ok someone is starting to get annoying. That was my first though about all this. The second was I wanted to wake up and be in Syaoran's arms. Ok that was wrong. I wanted to wake up and find if this was real or false. Then I wanted to be in Syaoran's arms. Plus jade and Koji are cute together, not this jerk and someone else. Wait a sec. I took a closer look. That is Koji. He looks different and why did he kill someone? Answers were seriously needed. Plus that jerk talking to me needs to shut up before I make him shut up.
"Sakura." Came a voice, this one was soft, caring. "Hey Sakura, wake up. I'm pretty sure you're hungry by the way your stomach is growling."
I opened my eyes and jumped seeing how close Mei Lin was to me. I pushed her away from me and sat up, looking around at everyone. Jade was no where to be seen, Koji was looking out the window, Eriol and Tomoyo were talking in the corner, Touya was watching me and Mei Lin, Syaoran was also no where to be seen, and Drave and Naoko were lying beside each other on the floor eating. I smirked as I took the Pepsi from Rei who appeared out of no where, and opened it up taking a long sip from it. The door to the room slammed open and Jade walked in, heading over to Koji without looking at me. She grabbed his arm and dragged him from the room, a look of murder in her eyes. I only shrugged and Mei Lin and I shared a look as the door slammed open again, this time it was Syaoran walking in. He didn't look to happy and when he saw me, the look lessened but I could tell he was still mad about something. He walked over to me and I smiled at him as he sat beside me and gave me a hug, kissing the top of my head. Surprisingly Touya wasn't doing anything. Maybe it was because he was occupied with Mei Lin who was now sitting on his lap kissing him. Turning back to Syaoran I kissed him on the lips and circled my arms around his waist, pulling him closer to me. I heard laughter, but I didn't stop kissing him. I just wanted to make sure he was real and that all of this was real. Finally having to pull back to breath I smiled inside knowing everything was real and that the dream had been just that, a dream. But it might also have been a premonition. If it was, everyone needed to know about it. First I needed to find out what was bugging Jade, and why the sky was black when it was only 6 o'clock and sun set is at 8.
"Syao-kun have we figured out why the sky has turned black?" I whispered wanting to talk to only him.
"No." He replied a little breathless from my kiss. "here did you learn to kiss like that?" he asked, whispering it into my ear. "You should have done that a long time ago."
I raised an eyebrow. "Erm it just felt like the right thing to do." I replied and hit him on the arm. "Now stop changing the subject." I glared at him as he 'cowered'. "Come on tell me or you won't get anymore kisses from me."
"Sakura." He said, and I laughed. "Fine." He glared at me while I just smiled. "Koji thinks this is a warning from the bad guys. I have to agree. That's all we've got. Now can I get another kiss?"
"No." came Jade's voice from the door. "We need to go. The enemies baboons are attacking the high school and guess what the basketball game is going on." She didn't seem very happy and I looked up at her as she turned to leave. "Sakura you should stay here, I don't want you getting hurt." She spun and smiled at me. "I don't want to hold Syaoran and Touya back if you get hurt." She left the room.
"She's right you know." Mei Lin declared leaving the room after her. "Stay here Sakura with Drave and the rest, explain everything to them." She called from somewhere in the hall.
Syaoran pulled away from me and stood up. He gave me a strange look, one of longing, which I winked in return too. Touya stood up and left the room before Syaoran. Tomoyo and Eriol gave me a smile as they left, Eriol grabbing Syaoran by the shirt and dragging him from the room. The door shut behind them andI looked over at everyoneI was left with and gulped. They were all standing there looking at me, wondering about everything that was going on. I sighed and motioned for them to sit, which they did.
"Long story short,"I started, "We, as in everyone who left and myself, have magic. There is this jerk who is trying to take the magic from magic users or people who don't know they have magic." I paused briefly and started again. "Any questions?"
"Are you crazy!"
Erm, yea, this is the end of the chapter. I know its shot, I told you it would be. But give me a break, School ends for me next week and the week after that I have finals. So I'm studying. Oh and that means no review responses this time. Sorry. Just please review.