Cloverluck11: Yay! I love the sweetness! lol
JessiBeyblade: Thanks! And Sakura forgot EVERYTHING that Syaoran had just told her, along with what Touya had told her. The only thing she remembers is her dream.
LunaTigress: Thanks!
Iris086: Thanks. And you know what? So many people have asked me that...you think I would have gotten it by now! So I will give you your spaces between paragraphs!
MK: No problem! I love it too!
MK: Okay...now I'm confused. Are you and MK and MagicalKagome all the same people? confused And she can't fight everytime she looses her momeory because she doesn't know that she can. But don't worry, she'll figure it out soon! cough really soon cough
Please, Don't Forget
Chapter Nine: Kidnapped
Meilin sighed, leaning against the wall in Eriol's room. Eriol was standing across from her, his nose buried in a book, Tomoyo was flopped out on the bed where as Syaoran was sitting on the floor, a stupid grin plastered to his face.
Meilin knew he'd seen Sakura, he'd told them, she also knew what had happened. Syaoran didn't have to tell her for her to know, she could see it in his eyes.
"So does she remember?" Meilin asked.
Syaoran shook his head, the smile gone.
Finally. Meilin thought.
"No, but she knows now that we were together, and she's okay with that. She also knows that she was, or is, a Cardcaptor and there's a spell placed on her." Syaoran said smugly.
Tomoyo sighed. "I guess that's good news. Though I'd rather have Sakura fully back with us, not partially."
"Me too." Syaoran sighed.
Though Meilin hated to admit it, she also missed the old Sakura. "Yeah, I guess I do too."
"Found it!" Eriol cried suddenly, causing the other three sixteen-year-olds to jump.
"Found what?" Syaoran snapped. "How to scare the shit out of us?"
"No, but close." Eriol said, sitting on the bed next to Tomoyo, who sat up and looked over his shoulder at the book her was holding.
"What's this?" Tomoyo asked.
"It's an old myth." Eriol said, pointing to a short passage. "All about the Cardcaptors. A friend of Yue's wrote it thousands of year ago."
"Well that's nice," Meilin said sarcastically. "Read it."
Eriol shot her a glare. "I will."
So he did.
Thousands of year ago, there was a great sorcerer. This man wanted power, the unforgiven power. He would do anything to get it.
He challenged the two humans who were the guardians of the power and lost. Because the Cardcaptors had defeated this evil man, they banished him to the spirit world for all eternity.
He still lies there to day, waiting for his time to escape, for when he does, he will take his revenge on the Cardcaptors and gain the unforgiven power.
"Unforgiven power?" Syaoran said, confused, once Eriol was done reading. "How are the Clow Cards the 'unforgiven power'?"
"I don't know, the first time I read this I thought it odd too." Eriol sighed. "But I guess back then the Clow Cards were known as 'unforgiven' for power like that, magic, wasn't accepted."
"I guess." Syaoran shrugged.
"Is there anymore on the sorcerer?" Meilin asked, suddenly interested.
Eriol turned and looked at her oddly, but nodded. "Yeah. It says here that the sorcerer was very young…he was a womanizer…he enjoyed torturing his prey before killing them…you know, twisted stuff."
Meilin gasped. She'd had a sneaking suspicion for a while who this "boy" was. But now she was almost one hundred percent sure.
"I have to go." Meilin said, grabbing her bag from the floor and dashing out of the room.
"Wait, where are you going?" Tomoyo shouted after her.
"I have to check on something!" Meilin shouted back, rushing out of the Hirazagwa home.
Her feet pounded heavily on the sidewalk as she ran. If she was right, Atashi would be at the school, just getting out of basketball practice…or somewhere watching Sakura.
Or, he would be watching Syaoran, and therefore following her.
As she ran Meilin looked around her. Nothing. No one was around but a few cards and people walking their pets.
She dashed down the streets towards the school. She had to make it in time.
If she could catch Atashi and get the truth out of him, then maybe Syaoran would actually pay attention to her.
Or maybe they could all get the real Sakura back.
Finally, exhausted, Meilin made it to the school grounds. Breathing heavily, she walked into the courtyard, her ruby eyes scanning the area for the silver-haired senior.
"Atashi!" Meilin shouted, standing in the center of the courtyard, the wind tugging gently at her hair. "I know who you really are! Come out!"
Nothing. No one came.
"Atashi!" Meilin hollered.
Nothing.
Voice hoarse and tired from running, Meilin sighed. "Fine. Have it your way then…" She mumbled.
Turning, Meilin began to walk from the courtyard.
She was just passing around the back of the building when she heard a voice.
"Looking for me?"
Meilin smirked and turned around.
There was Atashi, standing over six feet tall, his arms folded across his chest.
He looked…different somehow. There was a different spark in his eyes.
Not to mention the sword at his hip.
"You're the one who attacked Sakura." Meilin snarled, standing as tall as she could, trying to look threatening. She'd trained almost her whole life to be a fighter. There was no way Atashi could hurt her the way he'd hurt Sakura.
"Me?" Atashi chuckled, pointing to himself. "That's impossible. I'd never hurt Saku."
"Right." Meilin snapped. "I know the truth Atashi. You showed up not long after Sakura was attacked. You're always following her around, trying to get her to go places with you. But I know what would happen if she actually did come with you."
"Oh yeah? What's that?" Atashi asked.
"You'd kill her." Meilin hissed. "And then you'd kill Syaoran, and I wont let that happen."
Atashi laughed, taking a few steps towards her until Meilin could feel his breath on her face. But she wouldn't budge.
"You really think that huh? Well then I guess I shouldn't disappoint you."
"So it's true then." Meilin smirked, triumphant. "You're the one from the myth. You want to take revenge on Sakura and Syaoran."
Atashi nodded. "I do. And I will. The likes of you can't stop me."
"Wanna bet?" Meilin snapped, lashing out to hit him in the face.
Atashi caught her fist as if she'd been moving in slow motion. "Tsk. Not a smart movie Meilin. And I thought you were smarter than that."
Meilin winced as he started to squeeze her fist, so tightly that she thought it would break.
She wouldn't cry out. Not in front of him.
Suddenly, Meilin was being shoved against the school wall. Atashi had moved so fast she hadn't even seen what he'd been planning to do.
"You won't get in my way again." Atashi hissed in her ear.
"Fuck you!" Meilin snarled. "I won't let you hurt Li!"
Atashi laughed. "You won't have that choice. Once Syaoran and Sakura are dead, you'll be next."
Meilin starred in horror at him.
"Goodbye Meilin." Atashi smiled.
Suddenly Meilin felt her feet, her legs, her arms, her whole body, beginning to disappear.
And it hurt.
"N-No!" She gasped.
Atashi let go of her then. She tried to move, but she couldn't. She was paralyzed.
"No! I wont let you hurt them!" Meilin shrieked, trying to fight against the spell that was eating away at her and not allowing her body to move.
Atashi said nothing, he just waved.
The pain unbearable, Meilin screamed.
She fell into darkness.
Sakura sighed, walking down past the school. She still couldn't remember where she was going.
When she heard shouting.
"Atashi!"
"Is that Meilin?" Sakura asked herself, turning into the school courtyard.
Meilin was nowhere to be found.
Curious, for Sakura could hear voices from behind the school, Sakura walked through the courtyard.
Something was wrong. She could feel something dark rising inside her.
What's going on? She wondered.
She continued to walk to the back of the school.
When she saw Meilin standing with Atashi.
Gasping, Sakura duct behind a tree, hiding her presence from them.
Meilin sounded…angry.
"You're the one who attacked Sakura." Meilin said.
"Me? That's impossible, I'd never hurt Saku." Atashi said with a short laugh.
Attacked me? Sakura thought, confused. I was never attacked.
"Right." Meilin snapped. "I know the truth Atashi. You showed up not long after Sakura was attacked. You're always following her around, trying to get her to go places with you. But I know what would happen if she actually did come with you."
"Oh yeah, what's that?" Atashi shot back.
"You'd kill her." Meilin said.
Sakura gasped. Kill me? W-Why would Atashi want to kill me?
She thought this over for a few minuets, when suddenly Sakura heard a startled gasp.
Carefully, Sakura peeked around the edge of the tree. Meilin had tried to punch Atashi, obviously, and Atashi had grabbed her fist just in time. Sakura could tell that Meilin was in pain, but was trying not to show it.
Then, Atashi shoved Meilin against the wall of the school. "You won't get in my way again." Atashi hissed.
Sakura gasped and stepped from her hiding place, but she was too late.
Meilin was…disappearing.
"Fuck you! I won't let you hurt Li!" Meilin cried, not noticing that she was slowly dissolving on the spot.
Atashi laughed. "You won't have that choice. Once Syaoran and Sakura are dead, you'll be next."
Sakura gasped and hid behind the tree again, her eyes wide.
"Goodbye Meilin." She heard Atashi say.
Sakura turned to see what was happening.
Meilin had, finally, noticed that she was disappearing. Atashi had stepped away from her, and yet Meilin still didn't move.
Get out of there Meilin! Sakura thought frantically.
But Meilin didn't move. She didn't look like she could.
She looked…in pain.
"N-No!" Meilin cried. "No I won't let you hurt them!"
Atashi said nothing, he just lifted his hand and waved. Just…waved.
Then, Meilin screamed.
Sakura shuddered, Meilin sounded as if she was being stabbed, or worse.
Meilin closed her eyes, passed out, and disappeared completely.
Atashi sighed and laughed softly, turning towards Sakura.
Frightened, and not wanting to be seen, Sakura hid behind the tree again, thankful that she was skinny.
Meilin…was gone. Atashi had done something to her and now she was gone.
And Sakura had just stood there and watched.
Sakura sunk to the ground, tears streaming down her cheeks. Atashi was gone, thank God.
I let it happen. Sakura thought sadly. I let Atashi hurt her.
But…what had he done to her, exactly? How had he done that?
Sakura was confused and frantic.
She got up, and ran.
Okay! A bit of a shorter chapter…again. Sorry! Review!