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Hero and Heroine

Chapter Twenty-One

"Syaoran are you sure something is going to happen here? It looks deserted."

Sakura was following behind Syaoran as they were in the dark woods looking for Donald.

"I saw him here, that's all I can tell you."

Sakura leaned up against a tree looking up at the night sky.

"You know if we weren't here to destroy that monster this would be kind of romantic."

Syaoran looked over to her watching the moonshine down on her lovely face. She looked like an angel waiting to be brought back to heaven.

"What are you guys doing here?"

Both Sakura and Syaoran looked in the direction of the voice and saw Donald standing there out of breath.

Sakura ran over to him and started to examine him.

"Are you ok? Did he hurt you? Do you still have your soul?"

Syaoran knew she was just being nice, and he knew that she didn't like him as more than a friend, but watching her care for him so much couldn't help but make him jealous.

"I'm sure he's ok now so lets go."

He went over to her pulling her away from Donald until he was interrupted by a sinister voice.

"Well, Donald I didn't know you were caught in a love triangle."

Sakura and Syaoran looked around the forest for the lurking figure that always just popped up but he was nowhere in sight.

"Come out you coward. What are you afraid to face us now?" Sakura was yelling in every direction trying to draw Darco out.

Then a blinding blue light filled the woods. When it died down Darco was standing right in front of Sakura.

"Sakura look out."

Darco sent a blast towards Syaoran drowning him out.

She was rubbing her eyes from the light so she didn't look up until she heard someone speaking right in front of her.

"Hey there little girl."

Her eyes widened when she saw him standing there with his pointy teeth smiling at her. Then he punched her in the gut causing her to fly back into a tree almost knocking it down.

Donald ran towards Darco about to tackle him but before he could hit him he froze.

"Donald, what do you think you're doing?" Darco froze Donald so that he couldn't move.

He raised his hands in the air also lifting Donald into the air. "See this is why I try not to use humans in my plans. They always fall in love with the enemy. Look at you risking your life for this girl."

Then he went over to Sakura and picked her up by the neck strangling her. She tried to kick or punch him but nothing helped.

"Let me down you bastard."

"Donald look at that. She's not worth the amount of power you're willing to give up."

Sakura was running out of air and she wasn't struggling as mush as she was a second ago.

Then her body started to glow and Darco's hand started to burn under her touch.

He quickly let her go and examined his scorched hand.

Then a blast hit Darco from the side causing him to drop Donald.

He then looked at the source of the blast to find Syaoran standing there with a light green glow circling him.

"You little wolf. I see your powers have improve, but I grantee you that it still won't be good enough."

Then he opened his hand drawing in electric current until it formed into a bright sword.

Syaoran immediately drew his sword getting ready to defend himself.

"Do you honestly think that your pathetic little piece of metal can even compare to my high current sword?"

Syaoran moved into his fighting stance tightening his grip on his sword.

"Why don't you stop talking and come here? Then we'll really see whose sword is pathetic."

All of a sudden a dark cloud lightly cover Darco's body as he came running full force into Syaoran.

When they collided their swords it made a static clanging sound.

"You can't beat me little wolf, no matter how hard you try."

Then they both pushed each other creating space between them.

'Come on Syaoran, think of something. You know you can't beat him like this.'

Then Darco came running at him again swinging his sword in all directions.

"You can give up now and join me or I can kill you and get it over with."

Syaoran had a disgusted expression on his face as he watched the moon light shine off of each sharp tooth in his mouth. His eyes were glowing red under his black hood.

Syaoran put his sword up in defense ready to battle again until an arrow went through Darco burning a hole in his stomach.

Darco started shaking causing him to drop to the ground.

That's when Syaoran saw Sakura standing behind him hold a glowing pink bow. She ran over to him pulling him aside.

"We have to work together to beat him."

"Sakura, I want you to go hide somewhere. I can take it from here."

Syaoran was about to go back to battle but Sakura grabbed his arm.

"Listen to me! Darco for some reason can't touch me when I used my untapped power, but I don't have as much power as you do. If we combine our powers then we should be able to destroy him."

Syaoran stood there looking into her beautiful emerald eyes thinking this was going to be the last time he'll ever get to stare into them.

"Syaoran this isn't the time for day dreaming, snap out of it."

Then she shook him trying to regain his attention.

"I'll get you for that you little bitch. No one injures me and gets away with it."

Syaoran quickly pushed her behind him getting back into his fighting stance ready to defend his love.

"Isn't that sweet, you're trying to protect her. Too bad it won't work."

Then Darco made a little gesture flinging Syaoran aside as he made his way towards Sakura.

"So Cherry Blossom, how would you like to die?"

Her breaths became quicker and shorter as she became paralyzed. All she could do was watch Darco send an electric blast towards her and wait until it hit her.

"Die bitch!"

Sakura watched as the electric blast moved closer and closer. At the last minute she closed her eyes hoping that if she couldn't see it then it couldn't hit her.

She waited and waited but nothing came.

'What happened? He should've hit me by now.'

When she opened her eyes she was Touya holding her in his arms.

"What are you doing here? Go home before you get hurt."

He looked at her in shock.

"I think my safety should be the last thing on your mind right now, remember who saved who just now."

She rolled her eyes knowing her brother was right, he always is.

"Wait a minute, where's Syaoran? Where's Darco? Where are we? How did you save me?"

"I'll explain the last part later but right now Syaoran is somewhere in these woods and so is Darco. I just teleported us deeper in the woods."

"Teleported?"

He placed his little sister on the ground allowing her to stand on her own.

"Go find Syaoran, and beat that thing."

She smiled and kissed her brother on the cheek before running off into the woods.

Touya watched her until she was out of sight.

'Sakura, please be careful.'

Syaoran was walking around the woods trying to find his way back to Darco.

'I have to get back, what if Sakura needs me? What if she's screaming out my name right now? What if…'

He remembered his vision earlier; his visions always come true. He stopped walking as the thought of Sakura's demise lingered in his head.

"Syaoran!"

He turned around to find Sakura running to him almost out of breath.

"Sakura, I though you…"

"We'll talk later, but right now we've got to go destroy Darco."

She grabbed his hand and started to run into where she thought Darco was. She could sense that she was getting closer until finally she saw him standing in a small area raising a dark light out of the ground.

"Sakura stop!"

She stopped pulling him along and turned to look into his deep amber eyes.

"Syaoran this isn't the time to fool around."

"Sakura I saw you die in my vision."

Syaoran watched the once confident expression turn to mush right before his eyes. She stood there starring off into nowhere as if her soul has been sucked from her body.

"Sakura?"

Hearing his voice snapped her back to reality as she tried to shake the thoughts of death out of her mind.

"He looks like he's trying to heal himself now. If we strike now while he's weak then maybe we can beat him."

She was about to run at Darco but Syaoran grabbed her hand preventing her from going anywhere.

"Sakura didn't you hear me? I said you were going to die."

She pulled her hand away from him.

"I heard you ok, but what do you want me to do about it?"

He looked into her shinning emerald eyes watching tears fall from them and down her cheeks.

"If we don't do anything who will? My life is nothing compared to the millions we can save."

"Yeah but what if we can't destroy, "

"Syaoran vision or not, if I die I swear I'm taking that bastard down with me. Now are you going to come with me or do I have to do this alone?"

"Yeah, I coming but…"

"But nothing, just trust me on this."

Then she grabbed his hand as they both went out into the open allowing Darco to see them.

"You brats again."

Together they started to say the ancient chant that would turn him into a scroll.

"Sakura why isn't it working?"

"I don't know, just release all of your energy and I'll do the same and then we'll hit him with everything we've got."

Immediately a bright green light begins to surround Syaoran. Then Sakura let go of all her energy allowing her blinding pink rays of light to surround both herself and Syaoran.

"Do you honestly think I would stand here and let you power up to defeat me?"

Then Darco ran at them as he pulled back his right arm into a flaming claw. He aimed at Sakura's neck but before he could choke her, the pink aura around her burned his hand causing him to pull back.

"Aww fuck."

He was screaming in pain as he looked down at his hand.

"What the fuck did you do to me?"

He looked down at his hand in fear. Normally he could turn it into a claw, a chainsaw, anything he desired but now it was useless.

"Sakura I'm ready."

Syaoran had gained enough of his energy up to create an attack strong enough to hopefully destroy Darco. If this didn't work, then nothing will.

"Stop talking and kill him already."

"I refuse to have any part of me be weak."

Then Darco created his electric sword and used it to cut off his right hand. He looked at the green ooze dripping from his arm as his anger and hatred for Sakura started to grow.

"That whore will pay."

"Release!"

Syaoran yelled sending his energy blast directly at Darco who was running right at them with his electric sword in his left arm.

Syaoran saw him coming at them when he let go of his blast.

'This is too good to be true, a direct blast.'

And Darco barely made it half way before he collided head on with the pink and green ball of energy.

The energy went right into his body fighting him from the inside out.

Syaoran watched the struggle as Darco grabbed onto his head trying to will this energy out of him. He watched Darco go insane and hit himself against trees until finally he fell to the ground screaming in pain until he wasn't moving.

"Sakura we…"

Syaoran trailed off when he saw Sakura lying on the ground next to him face first in the dirt.

He quickly bent down to help her get up thinking she just must've passed out from lost of power. He gently laid her on her back trying his best to make her wake up, until he finally noticed her hand was covering the right side of her stomach.

He quickly moved her hand revealing blood.

"But…how…"

"You know wolf, "

Darco started to stand up trying to regain his posture. His hood was blown off allowing all to see his red eyes, long pointed deformed nose and sharp teeth on his baldhead.

"Just because I couldn't get through her aura doesn't mean my extendable sword couldn't."

Syaoran looked down at Sakura in fear.

"No, it can't come true she's too strong for this."

"Stop your complaining boy we all knew she was weak anyway."

Syaoran swallowed hard trying not to lose control. He kissed her on her forehead one last time then stood up. He kept his head down covering his eyes with his amber bangs.

"Don't even try to pretend that you have any power left. I've already sensed that you're just as tapped out as I am."

Syaoran looked up and smiled as he ran right at him and started to throw kicks and punches. Darco tried his best to dodge but almost every punch and kick connected with his face.

Syaoran stood there watching Darco lying on the floor.

"Get up Darco."

Syaoran kicked him in his ribs.

"Get up! Why don't you kill me too huh?"

Touya had finally found his way back to the battle. His powers weren't sharp enough to sense others powers yet.

When he got there he saw his sister lying on the ground.

"Sakura!"

He ran over to her and picked her up. Tears started to fall from his eyes.

"Sakura, don't leave me I promise I wouldn't butt into your life again, just please don't die!"

"So does this means I can keep seeing Syaoran?"

His eyes opened wide when he heard her muffled voice in his tight embrace.

"You're alive!"

"Yeah of course I am, do you honestly think a sword to the stomach would kill me? I have way too much to live for."

Touya looked down at his little sister then he looked at Syaoran who was fighting with that thing.

'They love each other.'

"Syaoran?"

Sakura was watching him fight but something seemed off about him.

"What's wrong with him? He seems so…kinda…"

"Insane?"

She looked up at her brother and nodded her head.

Then Syaoran grabbed Darco by his shoulders as a dark green light began to surround them.

"Sakura, can you hear me?"

She looked at Syaoran who was looking at her through the dark mist of energy.

"Syaoran how are you…"

"Sakura just listen to me, I don't have much energy left so this has to be quick."

She looked at Touya to see if he was hearing this too but it appeared not.

"Sakura, I'll always be with you."

Her eyes widened she knew where this was going.

"Syaoran you can't!"

"Sakura, remember my life is nothing compared to millions."

She started to cry looking at the dark energy around them get stronger. She knew that was his energy and she knew what he planned to do.

"I love you."

She watched as rays of white light started to burst through the darkness until it consumed both Syaoran and Darco. She heard the yells of both of them but only cared for one. She watched it all, she watched the explosion, she watched her only love die, and then she passed out.

Hey there, people! Just to let you know this story is almost over, but don't get worried. I still have two other stories to finish and some new ideas that hopefully you'll enjoy.