Chapter two
Disclaimer: I realized that after reading the second chapter, there were many grammatical and spelling errors, so I decided to fix these and repost this chapter. Sorry for the confusion!
Syaoran couldn't believe it. They caught him red handed. Blushing even redder than he thought possible, Syaoran quickly got up, pulling Sakura up with him. How could he not sense them coming? They were right there in front of him! Now he just felt an idiot. What took over him? His hormones perhaps? He didn't know, but he knew for a fact that he felt incredibly stupid right at that precise moment. He muttered a 'sorry' as Sakura smiled, saying it was just an accident.
As he helped Sakura out of the tub, he noted Tomoyo and Meilin giving each other a high five. They were planning for something like this to happen the whole time! Tomoyo led Sakura out of the bathroom to get a towel to dry off with. Syaoran looked at Meilin in disbelief. How could she do that to him?
"That had to be the cutest thing I've ever seen." Meilin said bluntly, making him blush. He was really getting tired this blushing thing.
"Why did you do that Melin?" Meilin, who was still looking at the photo she took on her camera, looked up at him and smiled.
"Couldn't resist. It was just one of those Kodak moments." Syaoran's jaw dropped. Kodak moment?
"That's not an excuse Meilin! Do you know how private that is? Who do you intend to show that to?" He didn't know why he'd bothered asking. He knew who she was going to show it to.
"Eriol of course," Yep. Just as he thought, "it is absolutely necessary that he sees this. It's just too cute not to see it!" Meilin exclaimed dramatically. She hugged her camera like it was one of her own. He really wanted to take that camera, throw it out the window and watch it shatter on the sidewalk. That gave him a good idea.
"Can I see the picture you took?"
"Are you kidding? You probably want to throw it out the window or something right?" Meilin asked as though reading his thoughts exactly. Damn. Syaoran stared hard at the ground, trying not to look in her eyes.
"See I knew it. Just because you don't want anyone to see your romantic encounter doesn't mean that no one else wants to." Meilin stuck her tongue out at him and walked out of the bathroom, leaving him there.
"It wasn't a romantic encounter! Nothing happened!" He yelled after her, but she seemed not to hear. He inhaled and sighed. Never a moment's peace when Meilin was in the same place as he was. But still, what was he thinking? What made him do that? Was he not only in love with Sakura, but attracted to her physically as well? He shook the thought out of his mind for now; he needed some dry clothes first.
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The four of them finished cleaning the rest of the apartment without any trouble. Tomoyo and Sakura said their goodbyes and left, saying that they would see them the next day. After putting their clothes away, Meilin and Syaoran had dinner and they went to bed in their own individual rooms.
Meilin made sure that he was asleep before making an 'important phone call'. At around 12:30 A.M., She snuck out to the kitchen where she checked her surroundings, just in case, and dialed the number. She put the receiver to her ear, waiting for the person to pick up.
"Hello, this is Eriol. Who may I say is speaking?"
"Cut the nice stuff Eriol, it's me Meilin. As promised, Tomoyo and I got the footage you wanted." Meilin whispered. On the other side of the conversation, Eriol smiled widely.
"Good. I must see what you have. Is it any good?"
"Good? It's even better than we expected! I have the picture in my room and Tomoyo has it on her camcorder." Meilin answered with satisfaction. Eriol's plan was going even better than he anticipated.
"When can I see the footage you gathered?" Eriol asked. Meilin paused and thought a moment, than she got an idea.
"I can show you tomorrow at Tomoyo's house-"
"Don't you think Sakura and Li will be there?"
"I'm not finished explaining. We can kill two birds with one stone here. We just send Sakura and Syaoran out for a while. They can go and get decorations and stuff for the wedding while Tomoyo and I show you the goods. Besides, it will be just the two of them right? I'm sure something will happen." Meilin finished, smiling triumphantly.
"Meilin," Eriol started, "I congratulate you for you idea. It's simple, yet sounds very effective. I'll meet you at Tomoyo's at…lets say at eleven o'clock tomorrow?"
"Sounds good to me. Over and out." And with that they both hang up at the same time, their plan was right on track.
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The next morning, Syaoran woke up around eight to the not to the sound of his alarm, but to Meilin's scream. He grinned, which was rare for him; he knew exactly what she was screaming about.
"With a scream like that, she should replace my alarm clock." He thought as he dragged himself out of bed to the room across from him. He wore a pair of light grey cotton pants with a white undershirt. He opened Melin's door only to find all of her things on the floor.
"WHERE IS IT? It has to be somewhere!" she said in a panic as she zipped back and forth in her room looking everywhere while only throwing her belongings on the floor in hope of finding it. Then she stopped, realizing Syaoran was there; he was grinning at her. Then she knew right then and there where her camera had run off to.
"You took my camera didn't you? Where did you put it?" Syaoran studied her expression for a moment. It was a mix of anger and annoyance. His face returned to its expressionless state.
"I'm not telling you. You might use it again for god knows what. I'm not letting you show Eriol or anybody else that picture and that's final." Meilin's face twisted into a huge frown.
"You're such a damn sick in the mud," then she smiled back, making Syaoran uncomfortable, "but that's ok, I have more than just a picture to show. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to get ready to go to Tomoyo's. We have to buy the decorations for the wedding reception." And with that, Meilin shut her door in his face. He was trying figure out what Meilin had meant by having more than just a picture. Then it hit him.
"Oh shit, Tomoyo recorded the whole thing! I forgot that she was even there!" he thought, blaming himself for not remembering. He walked back into his room to get in the shower and get ready while figuring out a way to get the tape out of the camcorder so Eriol wouldn't be able to see what happened. If he did, he would never let Syaoran live it down. EVER. This just made Syaoran even more determined to find that damn camera.
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Everyone met back at Tomoyo's 'house' discussing what to use for decorations amongst other minor things for the wedding. Once the list of items was decided upon, Tomoyo asked Sakura and Syaoran to go and buy the list of items downtown, much to Syaoran's dismay. His plan would, unfortunately for him, not take action as Sakura grabbed him by the arm and led him out the door. Tomoyo's glint of mischief was in her eye as she showed the whole event on tape to Eriol, who was laughing and in awe.
"Never knew he had it in him. He was so close too," Eriol sighed deeply, "We need to find a way to watch them without their notice, but since they both have magic, that factor makes it even harder to do." Tomoyo and Meilin both nodded.
"Can they sense people even without magic?" Tomoyo asked. Eriol knew exactly what she was thinking. That Meilin and Tomoyo could spy without getting noticed due to their lack of magical powers.
"Well, I'm not sure about Sakura, but I know Li can whether the person has magic or no magic." Eriol answered as he rested his elbows on both knees.
"Damn. Curse Syaoran and his stupid magic. That boy trained way too hard as a kid." Meilin snorted, crossing her arms stubbornly.
"There is no limit to how hard you train your magic Meilin. The longer you train to heighten your senses, the better you are at using you magic and sensing the things around you." Eriol informed her, recounting his wisdom and experience.
"Yeah yeah, thank you Mr. Obvious. But seriously, do you have an idea?" Meilin asked. Eriol brought himself back to rest his back on the couch.
"Yes I do. I'm able to hide my presence, but since I gave half of my magic away to Sakura's father, I'm not so sure I can take you two along with me without getting you two noticed. It takes some magic to hide a magic user's presence and another person's presence at the same time. I can, however, intertwine a spell into an item so that person can be hidden, but only for certain amount of time." Eriol explained to both Tomoyo and Meilin, who were listening very carefully.
"Can it be any item?" Tomoyo asked, putting a finger to her lip thoughtfully.
"It has to be an item that is yours." This made the girls smile.
"This is very good. I think we have a plan. All you and I have to do," Meilin said as she pointed to Tomoyo, "is to follow them." Tomoyo put her hands together in delight.
"This is going to be so much fun! Spying and watching their love story unfold!" Tomoyo's exclaimed as her famous mischievous glint had once again made its presence in her eyes. Eriol suddenly got up off the couch to face them both.
"And I can get started on the spell. All I need is something you both own."
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He needed to be there. There was something very important he (and the bubbly girl next to him) were missing. This nagging feeling wouldn't leave him alone. All he could think about was what the hell the three were planning while he was left shopping in downtown Tomoeda with Sakura. He then replayed the last two words in his mind:
"…with Sakura…" He turned his head to look at Sakura who was busy trying to find the store to buy the items on the list Tomoyo gave them. Maybe this would be a good time to tell her…? She felt eyes on her as she turned to look at Syaoran. He blushed and quickly looked away. She smiled as she found what she was looking for.
They went in and bought what they came for and walked out with four bags of party accessories, each holding two bags. As they were walking to the nearest bus stop, Sakura stopped to only hear her stomach ache with hunger. Syaoran's eyebrows had risen in curiosity as Sakura blushed.
"Um…I guess I'm kinda hungry. Do you mind if we get something to eat? Touya ate the rest of the pancakes this morning and I didn't have anything to eat yet." Syaoran shook his head and smiled.
"It's no problem at all." Sakura took his arm and led him the other direction to a near by pancake house. Syaoran ordered a simple cup of coffee whereas Sakura ordered a glass of orange juice and a stack of pancakes. Syaoran started to put cream his coffee as Sakura started to eat her pancakes.
Syaoran studied the cream swirling in his coffee while debating on whether to tell her his true feelings. He gripped harder on the handle of the glass cup: he was going to tell her. Right now. He knew he might not get another good chance to tell her. He gazed at Sakura who was…too occupied to notice Syaoran's eyes on her.
"Um…Sakura?" Sakura, who was about to put another fork full of pancakes into her mouth stopped to look at him. The expression Syaoran bore on his face looked…nervous for some reason. Sakura's eyebrows rose in concern for her good friend; there was something wrong.
"What is it Syaoran? Is there anything wrong?" Syaoran quickly put his hands under the table so Sakura wouldn't see them: his hands were shaking. He saw that Sakura's eyes reflected worry and concern. He could feel his cheeks starting to burn under her stare.
"There's….s-something I've been meaning to t-tell you for a while now." Syaoran stuttered quietly.
"What do you want to tell me?" Sakura asked, cocking her head slightly in curiosity. He swallowed the lump in his throat; why did having to tell her have to be so damn difficult?
"That…I…I…I l-" Just when Syaoran was going to say those three wonderful words, Sakura and Syaoran felt a ripple of magic radiate not to far away from where they were. Sakura darted her head to both her left and right trying to find the direction of the magic.
"Did you feel that?" Sakura asked Syaoran, who was frozen in place. The presence of magic snapped him out of his fixed stare. He blinked a few times before responding.
"Yes I did," Syaoran honed his senses and turned his attention to his right, "It feels like it's coming from down the street." Sakura nodded as they got up out of their seats to investigate the source of the magic. They broke into a run down the street to find the location of the magic. Of course, they completely forgot to pay the bill.
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After choosing an item to use as a spying tool, Tomoyo and Meilin gave Eriol what they decided on using for Eriol's spell. Tomoyo gave Eriol a small pouch with the eraser Sakura gave her back when they first met and Meilin gave him a yin yang pendent she was wearing. He put both items on the coffee table in front of him right next to each other. He put each hand just above the pendant and pouch.
He closed his eyes, finding the warm glowing light inside him. He could see it gently glowing inside the dark reaches of his mind, dancing calmly against the emptiness. He called upon his magic once again; it responded in delight to his summoning. He could feel his magic start to flow in his hands as each fingertip tingled slightly to the warmth.
He started to mutter a chain spell under his breath forcing his magic to transfer into the items. Tomoyo and Meilin watched with fascination as Eriol and their possessions glow gently in a red color.
"How long will this take exactly?" Meilin asked, still staring at the glowing light just a few feet in front of her.
"Only a few seconds longer…," Eriol answered as he was finishing the last of the spell. He smiled as he gave them back their 'spy gear'. Tomoyo and Meilin took their items in great delight. They could still see a faint glow of Clow Reed's symbol on the pendent and pouch.
"That should do it. It won't take so long the next time because-" Then he felt a ripple of magic come out of no where. He got up off the couch to look out the window trying to find where the impulse of magic came from. Meilin and Tomoyo were confused at what Eriol was doing.
"What is it Eriol?" Tomoyo asked. Eriol turned around to face her and Meilin. His face twisted from a soft expression to a hard serious one.
"I sense magic coming near where Sakura and Syaoran are. We should go." The girls nodded as Tomoyo grabbed her camcorder and they were out the door.
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They stopped at the intersection not sure where to go. The immense ripples of magic flowed all around the two of them, making it confusing to find the source. Syaoran scanned the area all around them, but couldn't seem to find a decent trace to follow. He wished right now that he had his Lasin Board with him. He turned to Sakura who was also trying to find which direction the magic was in.
"Sakura, can you find where the magic's coming from?" Sakura looked hesitant.
"I don't know if I can…"
"I know you can. You've done it before. Just focus," Syaoran stated sincerely. Sakura gave a weak nod and closed her eyes. As she started to concentrate, she blurred all noises and distractions around her. In the darkness of her mind, she reached out with her own magic to find where the cause of their search was coming from; like metal to a magnet.
Then in a brief flash that lasted for only a second, she saw two people hidden in a group of trees. She couldn't make out their faces due to the shadows of the trees hiding their identities. They were both sitting in a tall tree near a group of swings. She snapped her eyes open, not sure of what she saw, but she did recognize where the two unknown people were located.
"Well?" Syaoran asked anxiously. Sakura turned her head over her shoulder to the direction of where the magic seemed to be strongest.
"It seems to be stronger in that direction. I saw an image of two people in a bunch of trees near a set of swings." Syaoran knew only one place where she could have seen that vision.
"The park. Let's go." Sakura nodded as they broke into a run yet again. A short time later, they get to the park where they could feel the air humid with magical energy. Syaoran and Sakura found where the magic was coming from; the King Penguin slide. Syaoran walked over to it to investigate the slide.
He knelt down on the right side of the park symbol to find an Ofuda similar to the ones he used. This shocked him a little bit and gave him slight chills down his spine. Sakura noticed Syaoran's reaction to his discovery and came over to see what surprised him.
"What is it?" Sakura asked him as she knelt down beside him. He pointed to the Ofuda attached to the slide. Sakura took in a quick breath of shock. Well, this was getting exciting.
"Wait, aren't those the type of magical writings you use to call out your spells with?" Sakura asked, now very interested. Syaoran turned his body slightly and nodded. He turned back to examine the Ofuda carefully. It did look like one of Ofudas that he uses, but there was something he could sense about it that still gave him chills.
He also noted the characters written on the Ofuda were only not his, but these called upon darker elements of magic. He wanted to see if his assumptions were correct, so he summoned his ceremonial sword into his hand. He got up and faced Sakura again.
"I'm going to try and see if what I think this Ofuda really is what I assume it to be. Could you stand back a bit? I don't want you to get hurt." Sakura stood up and nodded.
"Sure, but what do you think it is, and why would someone randomly place it here?" Sakura asked as she took a few steps back from where Syaoran stood.
"I don't know that either, but I'm going to find out." Syaoran said as he pointed the tip of his sword just inches from the Ofuda. The tip of his sword started to glow as he focused his magic into it. He started to tie his magic into the Ofuda to trace its origin from the presence of its master.
He closed his eyes to see some type of clue or trace of the owner. He started to see an unreadable shape of a person wearing some type of long, flowing garment. As the vision was getting clearer, he yelled as the magic from the Ofuda sent pain up his arm and through out his body.
What appeared to be black ribbons wrapped around his body and threw him several feet from the slide. He landed roughly on his back, knocking the wind out of him. Sakura ran over to his side and knelt next to him.
"Are you ok!" Syaoran managed to lift his upper body upright. He flinched at the slight pain in his back. He looked at Sakura and nodded.
"Yeah I'm fine. I-" Syaoran stopped suddenly. He heard something very faint coming from the trees. Sakura heard it as well and she started to look around their surroundings. The noise started to get louder and louder. Sakura and Syaoran found it to be two people giggling. Then the two people started to laugh hardly at what it seemed to be at Sakura and Syaoran. Then one of them finally spoke.
"Curiosity kills the cat you silly." The voice giggled. Then the other spoke.
"You are a fool to try and find out our master. He is not that easily found." The second voice said coolly. This voice was much colder than the other. Syaoran looked up at the tree, but he still couldn't see what they looked like, only their dark forms hidden in the branches. He knew one thing so far; this didn't look good at all. Syaoran then saw Sakura beside him slowly stand up right and put on the bravest face she could muster. She stared them down with a strong glare although the only thing she could see were the two forms in the trees.
"I don't know who you guys are, but I won't let you hurt my friend and get away with it." There was a slight pause in dialogue before the two figures responded. They started to laugh at her attempt to sound threatening.
"HA! You think you can threaten us like that and can defeat us woman? I don't see a chance in that happening." The cold voice spat harshly. The other one giggled uncontrollably.
"Yeah, you stand no chance at all! Look at your friend next to you; with his acclaimed skills do you think you can beat us?" Syaoran twitched slightly at the insult directed at him. He managed to get up off the ground and stand back up. Syaoran looked at the two directly into their 'faces' and to Sakura's surprise, he let out a small chuckle.
"Based on how 'intelligent' you two sound, I think you got that backwards. Besides, if you think you can defeat us, why bother to hide yourselves?" That last statement just added the fuel to the fire. He saw the one with the cold voice flinch. How dare a member of the Li family even speak to them in such a manner?
"Uh oh, I think you got my brother mad…" The bubbly one said with caution wavering in his voice. The cold figure then turned to his brother.
"Shall we 'test' them like master asked?" The bubbly started to bounce up and down like a small child in a toy store.
"Yay! I get to play!" Sakura and Syaoran prepared themselves for the up coming attack as the two figures jump out of the tree with great speed and landed in front of them.
"Now you will see the mistake in insulting us the way you did." The cold voice hissed with distaste. He was fairly lean and wore a dark blue training gi under a dark grey cloak that flowed behind them. He had shoulder length hair that was a dark brown and piercing gold colored eyes.
"You two are in big trouble!" The bubbly one said with an unforgiving smile. He wore a white satin sleeveless shirt with a green dragon design and yellow trim with matching white pants and black boots. Around his waist was a blood red silk belt that fit snug around his waist. His hair was also dark brown but was much shorter than his brothers. His eyes were golden as well, but they looked playful instead of cold.
Then the bubbly brother jumped to attack Sakura, but before Syaoran could even move in to help her, the cold one charged at him with a punch. Making him drop his sword, Syaoran managed to dodge his attack and tried to bend down and sweep his feet from out under him, but he saw Syaoran from the corner of his eye and jumped away a few feet before trying again. He charged at Syaoran, but leaped in the air and brought his foot downward, aiming at Syaoran's face.
Syaoran saw this coming and caught him by the ankle and threw him across the pavement and watched as the brother hit the tree and slump to the ground. The brother recovered and got back up and repositioned his body in a form of a stance. Syaoran saw this as a challenge and did the same, but in a different stance than the brother's.
They took this opportunity to study the other and look for an opening or any signs of weakness. To Syaoran it felt like forever before one of them moved. Then Syaoran saw an opening and quickly charged at him and punched him in the face, but the brother caught his arm and twisted Syaoran's arm behind him and held him in place.
"He let me punch him on purpose!" Syaoran though in anger as the brother put his face right next to his ear.
"Looks like you partner isn't doing so well." Syaoran glanced over to Sakura, who was trying to dodge the other brother's Fire spell from hitting her. That just made him angry. Syaoran took advantage of the brother's face next to his left ear and kicked his leg straight in the air as his toe came in contact with the brother's nose. The brother cried in pain, his eyes starting to water rapidly.
Syaoran quickly spun around and punched him right in the gut, causing the brother gasp in pain. Then to 'finish the job' Syaoran did a spinning kick to the side of his head and watched him hit the pavement with a crunch. Syaoran walked over to the brother and looked down at the man. He appeared to be knocked out.
Syaoran ran a few feet and grabbed his sword back off the ground and ran to help Sakura. She was currently dodging the fire spells from the other brother. She didn't have time to summon a card to even fight back because of the speed he was firing at. Syaoran jumped in front of her and looked at her.
"Sakura, I'll distract him while you summon a Sakura Card!" Sakura nodded and jumped a good distance back before she pulled the Star Key from under her shirt. She held it out in front of her and started to summon the key.
"The key that hides the magic of star
Show your true powers in front of me
Sakura, who has made a promise with you, commands you
Release and dispel!"
The key floated out of the palm of her and grew larger. The wand started to stretch out and stopped when it was a full length. She grabbed the wand out of the air and twirled it around a bit before she stopped in mid twirl, grasping the wand with both hands in front of her, and stared dead center at the brother.
Her wand, instead of being pink, was a foot and a half longer and was a pearl white color. Well, it was more like a staff now than a wand. She pulled out a card out of nowhere and threw it in the air above her. As the Sakura Card spun rapidly, she held up her staff just below the card. The golden star of her staff started to spin in unison with her card. She then yelled the command to the card.
"Windy! Wrap your form around him and disable him! Release!" Windy sprouted from the card and flew toward the brother, gracefully wrapping herself around him and letting him drop to the ground with a thump. He tried to strangle, but to no avail. The hold the card had on him was too strong, or it appeared to be.
"Oh no, master will not be pleased…" The bubbly one muttered. Syaoran walked over the brother and pointed his sword at the brother's throat. Syaoran looked down at him with an icy glare.
"Who is your 'master' you keep mentioning?" Sakura, who was watching, decided to walk closer to Syaoran so she could help him in any way she could. When she stopped she tilted her head down to examine the brother who was at the mercy of Syaoran's sword; for now.
"That's a secret. I promised master I wouldn't say a thing." The bubbly brother answered calmly. Sakura was shocked to see something that gave her a chill down her spine; the brother was still smiling. Not once did his expression change throughout this whole fight they had to now. Syaoran was starting to get pissed now. Eriol pulled the same crap with him when he was stuck in a situation like this. Syaoran put the point of his sword on the brother's throat, drawing blood.
"I'll ask you again, who is your master?" The brother sighed softly. He still wasn't going to say anything.
"You two are so persistent aren't you," then the brother shifted his gaze behind Sakura and smiled even wider, "hm, I see the tiger is ready to kill." Sakura and Syaoran looked behind them and saw the other brother charging right at them; aiming for Sakura no less. Sakura quickly whipped out her shield card and summoned it.
"SHIELD!" the card obeyed its master and formed a magic shield around her. The brother, who was charging at the same time she was summoning, leaped in the air to hit her in the face with a drop kick. Instead of hitting her, his foot came in contact with the shield and made him fall back to the ground with his back of his head being the first thing to come in contact with the ground. He landed with a grunt of pain and was out like a light once more.
"That was too close for me." Sakura said a little shaken, but ok. She summoned her card back to its original form and stuck it back in the pocket of her pants. Syaoran breathed a sigh of relief. Then he turned his attention back to the other still bound by Windy.
"Oh poop, I guess Ajax will be severely punished for that one." The bubbly brother shook his head in disappointment.
"So, my opponent's name is Ajax huh?" Syaoran thought with interest. Then before Syaoran could ask another question, Eriol, Meilin, and Tomoyo came from the entrance of the park and ran up the two. Meilin took a good look around the battle area before she replied.
"See, I told you Syaoran trained too hard." Syaoran turned the trio in surprise. Sakura however, had a worried Tomoyo to greet, with her arms around Sakura in concern.
"Sakura, are you alright? Oh my, look at your cloths, there all singed! I'll have to make new ones for you!" At the idea of Sakura modeling her new designs, Tomoyo's eyes started to reveal stars. Sakura just laughed softly at her friend. Eriol walked up to Syaoran and put hit hand on Syaoran's right shoulder.
"I see you two had some problems?" Syaoran just nodded. Eriol smiled.
"You and Sakura are quite the team." Then Meilin came up next to the two men and grinned. Syaoran's eyelid gave a quick twitch. Oh boy, he knew where they were going with this conversation.
"Yeah, they always were and always will be. This shows that they will have a good relationship when they get married. Ah, teamwork. That's one of the most important things you need in a marriage." Syaoran, at this time, blushed at the thought of getting married to Sakura. He turned to Meilin to protest.
"Would you two just shut up!" Syaoran was at the brink of screaming. Sakura and Tomoyo turn to look at what was going on. Tomoyo just laughed softly and Sakura just looked confused, but she did hear the words, 'get married'. Then she stared at Syaoran and put two and two together.
"You're getting married Syaoran?" Sakura asked curiously. Syaoran, at this time, was trying very very hard not to let any embarrassment show on his face. Meilin and Eriol were just laughing to the point of holding their stomachs in pain.
"No Sakura, I'm not getting…married. It just that these two," Syaoran shifted his gaze on Eriol and Meilin and glared at the two connivers, "just assume I will get married to…this…person." Syaoran averted his eyes to the ground in embarrassment. He really hated those two right now.
"Oh, I'm sorry Syaoran I just assumed, that's all." Sakura said a little embarrassed herself, and somehow relieved. Syaoran tilted his head back up to look at her. He smiled a reassuring smile. Then before Eriol and Meilin could finish their good laugh, the sky suddenly started to turn black and they could hear rumbling in the sky. The rumbling appeared to be someone breathing in anger. Then a deep rumbling voice spoke.
"How dare you two fail me? You Ajax I could see failing, but you Zorion, I had hope for you. You two will see your punishment immediately!" The voice yelled. Ajax, who managed to wake up somehow, looked horrified, but Zorion just smiled despite the situation.
"M-master, please…understand-" but Ajax was cut short by their master. Syaoran looked at Ajax and felt kind of sorry for him…almost. He then turned to Zorion and shuttered; he was still smiling. Was he not afraid of what was to come? Then the three turned their attention back up at the sky. The voice replied again, but angrier.
"How DARE you even THINK to beg for your pathetic existence you call a life? Now, come to me as your master commands." Once he finished his command, the two brothers started to glow a soft yellow and then disappeared with a blink of an eye. The sky became blue once again and then they were gone.