Legacy Dragons Chapter 7: Mon Amour, a card captor sakura fanfic

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Chapter 7 focuses on Sakura and Syaoran, so expect a teensy weensy bit of fluff. Rawr :3

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:: LeGaCy DrAgOnS ::

Chapter 7: Mon Amour

By Atruyai

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4 Days to the Journey

-SYAORAN'S BEDROOM-

Bright sunlight slithered through the green curtains, crashing down upon Syaoran's calm face. The prince himself was slightly pale, but he was breathing evenly, sleeping like a nursed baby. His arm is now bandaged properly, and he was wearing loose-fitting trousers.

The Royal Healer, Yukito, smiled secretly at the sight of a tired Sakura, napping beside Syaoran. Her body was over the green comforters, and she was facing the Li prince.

'Poor Sakura-chan. She had been looking after Li-san all night.' Yukito sighed and picked up his medicine bag. Peering at the large sun dial in the gardens below, he yawned.

"It's almost half-past eight." He shrugged, "I'll bring their breakfast up." He left through the door silently, walking towards the kitchens.

Meanwhile, Syaoran was stirring awake. He woozily opened his eyes, focusing on the immaculate white ceiling above him. He groaned, his hand flying to his forehead.

"I feel dizzy..." He muttered lazily, releasing the breath he had unconsciously been holding. He turned to his side for a more comfortable position.

His breath hitched.

The first thing that registered in his mind was: 'beautiful'.

Sakura was breathing calmly, her lips curved into a small, content smile. Her eyelids concealed her green eyes, and strands of auburn hair falling over her milky-skinned face. She was wearing a thick nightgown, loosely hanging from her body.

Syaoran instantly turned a deep scarlet.

He realized that the upper part of his body was unclothed, and panicked.

'Did we do anything? I remember kissing her... did that lead to- no, must not think.' He pinched his ribs.

Syaoran could feel himself heating up rapidly. As he stared at the princess's smiling face, he couldn't resist touching her cheeks.

'Just... for... a second...' He told himself absently.

The moment the tips of his fingers made contact with her soft skin, Syaoran felt a warm, fuzzy feeling vibrating within him.

His finger traveled to feel her luscious pink lips without him knowing. His conscience snapped awake, and he retracted his hand immediately, falling off the bed from the sudden force.

"H-Hoee?" Sakura muttered sleepily, rubbing her eyes, awakening. She sat up slowly, and opened one eye.

She suddenly saw Syaoran's dazed form lying on the floor.

"Li-kun?!" Sakura leaped off the bed and rushed to Syaoran's side, checking his wounded arm worriedly.

"You should be more careful! Your arm isn't fully healed yet!" And it was then that Syaoran felt the pain shooting from his injury.

"Shoot!" He yelled, closing his eyes in extreme pain.

Yukito came dashing in. Denaii bumped into his back and fell with a loud 'thump' on the floor, on her butt.

Yukito was holding his medics bag and a tray, while Denaii was carrying another tray. Both trays had food on them.

The tray Denaii was holding crashed on the floor with a string of noisy 'clang's. Food flew everywhere, a bit of bread trapped between flowers, porridge spread all over the floor, and a cup of milk disappearing over the banisters, while all other types of food landing on a hectic Denaii.

Sakura, Syaoran and Yukito sweatdropped.

"I-I'll go get another tray of food." Denaii sighed and left, picking out bits of vegetables from her silver-coloured hair.

Yukito nodded and crouched beside Syaoran. "Li-san, what happened?" Syaoran mumbled something, but it was a bit unclear.

"I can't understand you, Li-san." Yukito frowned, opening his medicine bag.

"I fell..." Syaoran muttered simply, groaning as Yukito checked his arm.

"It's starting to bleed again. You have to be more careful, or this might get infected." Yukito changed the bloody bandage with a new, clean one.

"I'll take care of him." Sakura said, patting Syaoran's shoulders and helping him up. Yukito nodded happily.

"That would be great, Sakura-chan! Li-san needs someone to look over him until his arm heals. Just so that he wouldn't 'accidentally' fall off the bed again." Yukito joked, and Sakura laughed. Syaoran gave a minor smile.

"Well, I best be going now. Denaii might need some comforting." Sakura grinned and pushed Yukito out of the door.

Silence hummed in the room.

Sakura was still standing behind the door, and Syaoran was sitting on the bed, looking at her shyly. He had slipped into a black tunic, and gray slacks.

"I have to admit..." Sakura turned to Syaoran, who raised his eyebrows. "Last night... you look good without the tunic." The princess blushed sheepishly after realizing what she had just said, and the prince smirked.

But it was a playful sneer, the one the werewolf once had fourteen years ago.

-Twin Century Hills-

Twigs snapped under Syaoran's feet, and he breathed in. A leaf fluttered from one of the many trees crowding the area, landing on top of his head cutely. Syaoran huffed and glared skywards, as if trying to find the innocent leaf and burn a hole through it.

Sakura happily took it off, twirling it in her hands, watching in fascination as the leaf spun into a greenish-yellow blur. She sighed blissfully, throwing the leaf into the air and spinning on her feet.

Her laughter rang through the forest air, earning a small smile from Syaoran. She saw golden-feathered eagles gliding in the sky, and her mouth took into the shape of a small 'o', her eyes wide and innocent.

"Phrixus eagles..." She pointed excitedly to the birds, "They were said to have originated from another dimension... they're very rare, you know." She suddenly had a thoughtful expression on her face.

'A legend says that if you can see a Phrixus eagle it means that... your soul mate is looking at you...' Sakura thought, and glanced over to Syaoran.

He was looking at her, his eyes soft and kind. His small, boyish smiled is still there, highlighting his whole face. His hands were in his pockets, and his posture stood regal and somewhat relaxed. It was a rare sight indeed.

Sakura blushed and continued to walk deeper into the woods. Syaoran followed her slowly.

"I've heard of a myth about those Phrixus eagles." Syaoran said gently, and that single sentence brought in deeper meanings. Sakura blushed even more.

"D-Do you believe it?" She asked timidly. Syaoran was silent for a long time, and Sakura thought that he doesn't want to talk about it.

"Strangely, I do." Syaoran spoke suddenly, catching up on Sakura and looking at her in a way that Rikei used to have before he was possessed.

Sakura could feel her face heating up. "I know an ice cave hidden somewhere here." She quickened her pace, and they came upon a small stream.

"An ice cave? It's hot here." Syaoran pointed out obviously. Sakura shook her head excitedly. "This is a magical ice cave that never melts. It once belonged to Kihara-kun's (Rizurel) ancestor, who had an ice dragon. In fact, the dragon might still be there."

Sakura walked over to a big rock, and tried to push it away. Syaoran noticed this and helped.

Slowly, the rock inched away. A hole was discovered when they had completely moved the rock.

"That was easy to find." Syaoran voiced, rubbing his injured arm. "Oh, only those who know about this place can lift this rock. I've told you, so you can move it." Sakura said.

She groped in the hole and found a strong rope made out of vines. She tugged on it for a bit, and closed her eyes.

In one huge leap, she jumped into the hole. Syaoran gasped.

"Sakura?!" He yelled. "I'm okay! Come on down, use the rope!" Sakura yelled back.

Syaoran sighed. "My arm, remember?" He reminded, and Sakura laughed nervously.

"You can use the walls to keep yourself steady, Li-kun!" Syaoran sighed and shook his head, following Sakura's advice.

A few minutes later, he landed on the ground, but his arm wasn't affected. He dusted himself off, brushing several clumps of soil from his bandage and tunic.

He saw Sakura standing beside a rock wall, smiling at him. "Had a rough 'trip'?" She laughed when Syaoran frowned.

"Yukito-san would be mad if he knows that you're 'endangering' me." He smirked as Sakura choked on her laughter. She cleared her throat and turned to the rock wall, feeling its surface with her hand.

"Ah!" She cried, pushing a hidden slot on a particular section of the wall. A loud grumbling sound was heard, and the rock wall moved aside, revealing a glimmering cave of ice.

-Freza Cave-

Syaoran gaped in wonder.

Stalagmites and stalactites sprouted from the frozen floor and the tall ice ceiling. A fairly big iced up pond stood out impressively, and faint glows of light flickered softly under the blanket of solid ice. It gave the room a sort of fantasy-like look. A huge, flat platform rested at the far end of the place, appearing as an altar of some sort.

Sakura mumbled something and took off her shoes, leaving them outside the entrance. She walked in bare-footed, and Syaoran wondered whether she felt cold or not.

Sakura laughed again. "I'm sorry, Li-kun. I forgot. Here, this will make your feet feel warm against the cold floor. Rizurel-kun taught this spell to me." Sakura muttered again, and Syaoran cautiously took off his own shoes and stepped onto the ice.

It felt like he was wearing warm fuzzy slippers, and he smiled a bit, fascinated.

"Doesn't it feel great?" Sakura smiled and approached the pond. She looked into the lights, and clapped her hands happily.

"He's there, he's there!" She shouted, dancing around. Syaoran raised an eyebrow. "Who's there?" He asked.

Sakura stopped and signaled for him to come near her. Syaoran obeyed.

The princess pointed deep into the pond.

"Concentrate... close your eyes and feel him... he's really there..." Syaoran thought this as strange, but he followed Sakura's orders like he always did.

His eyebrows furrowed in concentration, and his eyelids covered his amber eyes. His green aura blasted out; roaming; searching.

His Fire Horn Pendant grew hotter.

Suddenly, he heard a low, soft wailing from under the ice. It was haunting, yet lullaby-like at he same time. It lulled him into opening his eyes.

Syaoran gasped, and took a reflexive step backwards.

A small, distant shadow swam in circles underneath the sheet of ice, wailing and calling. It was as if it was begging for someone to free it from the freezing waters.

Sakura grinned when Syaoran summoned Furrion.

The fire wolf howled, and Syaoran commanded him to melt the ice layering the pond.

Streams of fire erupted from Furrion's mouth, and collided with the ice. Water sprinkled in all directions, and in a few seconds the ice was gone. The pond was filled to the brim with water.

Furrion growled, and Syaoran patted his fiery fur.

The wailing rapidly grew louder, and the shadow grew larger.

"Li-kun, I recommend that you transform Furrion back again. It doesn't like water, right?"

Syaoran nodded and called Furrion back.

Sakura pulled the prince and both of them stayed close to the walls, away from the pond.

A tense minute passed.

Suddenly, something burst out of the water, creating a huge splash. A clicking sound, close to one of a dolphin's, echoed in the cave, followed by the same wail Syaoran heard a minute earlier, only louder.

As the water subsided, a huge figure was visible, resting on the altar.

It was a dragon, much like Fontania, but stranger. And it's a male.

He had shiny icicles jutting out from the sides of his head, and his eyes were a soft blue. He had an ice-like body, with liquid-like properties, meaning that he could change into any shape he desired. His flippers had blue tips, and instead of back flippers, it had an eel-like body. Yes, eel-like. At the end of his tail, a faint tattoo of a blue heart shape was seen.

The dragon slapped his tail on the altar, and gave out a loud shrill of noise.

"Sakura-chan, is that you?" He blinked, his eyelids moving sideways instead of downwards, accompanied by soft 'squishy' sounds.

Sakura yelled out a "Hai!" and jumped onto the dragon affectionately. The dragon 'hrr'ed.

"How long has it been? My, my! You've grown so much! The last time I saw you, you were just a toddler! I've missed you badly!" He hugged Sakura with his flippers, the rest of his body swishing happily.

"I missed you too, Firice!" Sakura stroked the ice dragon, Firice (Fee-rees). The dragon 'hrr'ed again. He saw Syaoran and smiled.

"Are you Sakura-chan's husband?" Firice asked, his eyes gleaming with magic. Sakura blushed and hid her red face in Firice's soft, wet body.

Syaoran blushed too. "No, not yet..." He fiddled with his pendant.

Firice gave a small shrug, but it looked strange on a dragon like him. "Close enough. My relationship detector is still a bit rusty." He sighed. Sakura giggled.

Syaoran raised his eyebrows. "What's that?"

"Oh! It's my famous ability, detecting one's relationship to another. I haven't used it in years, though."

Firice released Sakura and clapped his flippers. He patted his eel body. "Whoa. I never realized it had grown!" He grinned, and closed his eyes.

Suddenly, he floated into the air, and a pair of sharp ice wings shot out of his back. The result? A winged ice dragon with flippers and an eel-like body. Lovely.

Syaoran stared at Firice in awe. He was a magnificent dragon, better than the others back in the city. He was the true definition of elegance and matchlessness, as his body shone in different shades of eerie, icy blue. His ice wings moved with a steel-like toughness, vibrating from every twitch and each flap, however puny it might be.

"Aaah! That feels much better. You see, the pond was not supposed to glaze over, but somehow, it did. This caused problems, of course, because I was taking a long stroll underwater when it iced. When I returned, I tried in vain to break through the layer, but it was too thick. So, I was stuck there for a long time, until you came and thawed the ice. I survived by luring fishes from the Moonic Lake in the palace gardens through a tiny tunnel. Thank goodness there were plenty of fishes to keep me alive. I could go through the tunnel, with my shape shifter-type body, but I didn't want to. After all, the warm water in the lake ain't good for my health."

Firice nodded to Syaoran. "Thank you, boy. And the same goes to your fire wolf, too." Firice flew around the spacious cave, twisting his body with incredible flexibility. He hummed softly as he goes along.

"How long were you down there, Firice?" Sakura asked, looking into the pond cautiously. Firice stopped spinning and dived in front of Sakura face.

"I don't know... fifteen years maybe. I sometimes have eels companying me, but they can't stay long." Sakura's eyes bulged.

"Fifteen?" Sakura clasped her face, horrified. "You need something good to eat, Firice!" She scrambled out of the cave, putting on her shoes and climbing the vine-rope, thus leaving Syaoran on his own to stay with Firice.

"Ain't she a beauty. I'm not surprised that you've already proposed!" Firice said, laughing slightly. He continued to circle the cave in his twisting, magical way. Small clumps of ice shook off from his wings as he flapped them, causing a slight hail to break out every time.

Syaoran shook his head. "I didn't propose. We are betrothed." He explained, going up to the altar and sitting on the edge of it. His injury stung for a bit, before dying out again. His feet touched the surface of the water, but it felt strangely warm. It must be the spell.

Firice stopped, and his body remained unmoved. It was as if he had been frozen in mid-air, and slowly his whole body descended into the pond.

Once half-submerged, he lets out a soft, sad wail. "I can sense it... those empty slots in your heart... your family... they're not there!" Firice stomped his flippers in frustration, his eyes screwed shut. Syaoran nodded a little.

"Tell me, child..." Firice opened his eyes bit by bit, his characterless blue orbs staring past Syaoran. "Are you the Li prince?"

Syaoran sighed and nodded, more attentively this time. He ran his hand through his messy mop of hair.

Firice moaned. "Please don't tell me that Li Kingdom is down." He whimpered, bringing his flippers to his eyes, catching his iced tears.

"So I won't." Syaoran muttered firmly, and Firice ducked his long neck. "So that's why I cannot sense anyone else related to you except for Sakura..." The dragon slithered out of the water, his wings limp.

"I can feel your love towards her. It isn't much... but it will grow." The heart-shaped tattoo on Firice's tail glowed.

"And I am sure of it." He said finally, licking droplets of water from stalagmites.

Sakura tumbled down the hole with fruits and plant in her arms. She entered the cave again, and found Syaoran blushing to no end with a dazed Firice casting him secret knowing glances.

"Hoeee?" She muttered faintly, dumping the food in her hands to the floor.

"Firice! Here's some food for you!" She called, and Firice turned his head to look at her. "Arigatou gozaimasu, Sakura-chan!" He 'hrr'ed, and buried his face into the pile of fruits and wild plants.

Sakura motioned for Syaoran to come to her. "We have to go now, Firice, but we will visit again." She smiled to Firice, who hugged her for a moment and allowed her to go. However, he held back Syaoran for a second and whispered into his ears in a low, soft voice:

"Tu es amoureux."

Syaoran smiled dreamily and gave Firice a look that said, "I'm not sure yet."

"Ah, mais tu es." Firice replied, still in French.

Syaoran left with Sakura, pondering on the thoughts lingering in his head, all of them centered on a certain emerald-eyed princess.

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Atry: One word: long. And tiring. And brain-squenching (hahaha. Atry's new word). Okay, that was three words, but what the hey xP

I think I've neglected something, but I forgot what x( Oh well...

I'm not sure about the French bit (I'm not French xD), but I think it translates into this:

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"You are in love."

Syaoran smiled dreamily and gave Firice a look that said, "I'm not sure yet."

"Ah, but you are." Firice replied, still in French.

Syaoran left with Sakura, pondering on the thoughts lingering in his head, all of them centered on a certain emerald-eyed princess.

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I think that's it for this time. Sorry for the boring ending, I just can't produce any great words to use, so I had to repeat them over and over again. I'm sorry, I'll get a better Thesaurus next time -.-; I did say there was going to be a teensy weensy bit of fluff, didn't I? I gave it to you at the start. It's a very puny dose, though :P Frustrating, I know.

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