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Love of War
Chapter Two: So We Meet Again
ONE YEAR LATER……
"Syaoran!" Meilin growled, slamming into room after room. Where was that boy? "Syaoran get your fucking ass out here! We have to go!"
Syaoran laughed from his hiding place. He didn't want to go across the sea to Japan, he didn't want to go with her…Meilin, his only female cousin. Most women in the Li clan worked in the house, cooked, cleaned, had babies. But Meilin had refused to do those things, convincing herself that there was much better things for a seventeen-year-old to do. Like fight in the war against the Kinomoto family across the sea.
It had been a year since Syaoran had safely returned home from the island. He'd forgotten all about Sakura, and how much she'd taught him the week they were together. When he'd returned from the island, Syaoran had been a changed person, not angry or bitter, but a genuinely happy person.
But another year of hard training, battles, and more death, had driven him back into his shell. He didn't remember the girl named Sakura Kinomoto, how much she had meant to him back then.
There was only one thing Syaoran wanted: the blood of every Kinomoto in Japan.
No one would escape them.
"There you are!" Meilin smiled, finding her cousin, up in the rafters of their home. "Come on Li! We have to get going!"
Syaoran smirked down at her, playing with his sharp dagger between his fingers. "I don't want to go to that place."
"Japan isn't that bad Syaoran." Meilin sighed, leaning against the wall and gazing up at her handsome cousin. Meilin found it hard to control herself around him, he was the best looking boy she'd ever seen. Sexy chocolate brown hair that fell to his eyes in a mess. He was cut, and very strong. She'd seen his body.
Though a year ago he'd arrived after being stranded on a deserted island, a changed boy. He used to be so cold and unloving, but when he came back, he was just…normal.
Their superiors has seen to it that his spirit was broken again. They didn't need anyone being soft during the war.
Now Syaoran was back being his old self, cold and uncaring, his eyes a vacant pool of amber.
He finally sighed and jumped down, a sword at his hip, and a dagger in his hand. "Fine, let's go."
They were off to Tamoeda, Japan, to hunt their enemies, the Kinomoto's. They were going to the head house, where the most important, the pure blooded, Kinomoto's lived.
They would take them all.
Meilin smirked and walked with her cousin down the long, dark hallway. They were going to kill their enemies, together. Just like she always wanted it to be.
Though ever single Kinomoto was a target, there was one girl, only sixteen, that was to be taken alive, then killed later.
Sakura Kinomoto.
XxXxX
"Sakura!" Tomoyo smiled, running through the halls of the manor after her friend, her long raven hair flying behind her like a cape. "Sakura wait up!"
"I can't slow down now Tomoyo!" Sakura laughed, her emerald eyes shinning with excitement. "I have to see him now!"
Tomoyo smiled, Sakura's father, the head of the Kinomoto family, was finally home from China, after winning a battle against the Li clan. For as long as Tomoyo had been friends with Sakura, the two families had been fighting, a never ending battle of death and destruction. She knew it saddened Sakura to see so many of her friends and family to come home in wooden boxes, but she also knew it hurt her more when one of the enemy died.
Because then, she knew someone she knew had killed them.
"Slow down Sakura!" A deep voice boomed from behind Tomoyo. "I'm too old for this."
"Come on Keroberos!" Sakura laughed. "We're almost there, besides, you need the exercise."
Sakura's guardian, Keroberos, growled and followed after the sixteen-year-old, nipping playfully at her heels with his teeth.
Keroberos was Sakura's guardian, he looked much like a lion, but with wings of an angel and a large medallion around his neck. Sakura had been chosen, when she was ten, to be the keeper of her family's magic. Always a happy and spirited girl, she was perfect for the job.
Sakura's other guardian, Yue, looked more like a man with angel wings, so an angel most thought him to be. He had long silver hair that fell to his feet and was tied into a drooping ponytail. He had icy blue eyes and cold pale skin. Most of the time Yue was disguised as a boy named Yukito, at least twenty years old.
"Where's Yue?" Keroberos asked, transforming into his smaller form that looked like a teddy bear with wings. "I haven't seen him yet today."
"He's somewhere…with Touya." Sakura puffed. "Why don't you go get him Kero?"
Kero sighed. "Okay." Then he turned and flew past Tomoyo, who was still following after her best friend.
Touya was Sakura's older brother, twenty-one. He had been friends with the human Yukito long before Sakura had become the holder on the magic, and Touya was surprised to hear that his best friend was actually a supernatural guardian.
Sakura dashed down the stone steps that led to the courtyard, her feet softly padding on the stone, her lavender dress flowed behind her.
"Hurry up Tomoyo!" Sakura said, rushing out into the sunlight, where she could see, at the other end of the courtyard, her father, getting off his horse.
"Father!" Sakura grinned, throwing herself into her father's arms and hugging him tightly. "I'm glad your home safely!"
"Of course I am daughter." Fujitaka smiled. "Those Li's didn't stand a chance."
Sakura frowned, remembering the boy, Syaoran Li, she had spent a week with a year ago on an island. He had been nice to her, once she'd helped him, and they'd became friends. "How many died?"
"About ten of us." Fujitaka sighed. "And a little more of them."
Sakura sighed and let go of him, disgusted that her father, someone she loved very much, could just kill like that.
"Don't worry about it Sakura." He smiled, patting her on the head, as if she were a child. "They wont be bothering us anymore."
Sakura nodded and smiled, it was fake. "That's great. But, I'm going back inside now with Tomoyo."
He nodded. "Okay, I will see you at dinner then, it will be a celebration."
Sakura nodded and turned, grabbing her friend's arm and puling her away.
"How many this time Sakura?" Tomoyo asked, her gray eyes filled with worry for her friend.
Sakura frowned, glaring at the ground. "He said a few more than ten. I know he's lying. Many died."
Tomoyo wrapped her arm around her friend's shoulder comfortingly. "Don't worry about it Sakura, you didn't know any of them."
"But I knew the people who ended their lives." Sakura sighed.
She hadn't told anyone, ever, about Syaoran. Her father would have thrown a fit, and cast her out into the world, just for not killing the enemy when she had the chance.
Since Sakura had returned from being trapped on the island, she had been put through vigorous training, expected to fight when she was sixteen.
She was sixteen now, and she knew that the Li clan would come over seas to fight, and she wouldn't have a choice but to use her abilities to protect her family.
But she would not touch Syaoran, he would survive. If no one else did, he would.
He spared her life on the island, so she owed him.
Sakura had found it odd that the Li clan hadn't come for her family yet, they knew of her powers, and of her being the holder of magic, and that it could be used against them.
So why hadn't they come?
Sakura could sense it, something was going to happen.
XxXxX
"Are we ready?" Syaoran hissed across the lines of men. They were all hiding in the forest, just outside the Kinomoto mansion, waiting for the opportune moment to strike.
The men nodded their replies, their guns ready. They wanted to fight.
Syaoran had no use for a gun, he hadn't used one for a year. He only used swords and daggers, they were more effective and could be used more easily, never having to be reloaded.
Syaoran nodded to the group of men at his left and pointed to the mansion in front of them. Inside he could hear the sound of music and laughter. They were celebrating, they wouldn't be expecting an attack so soon.
The group of men dashed from the bushed and charged at the large house. Wave of men after men charged at the house, their guns drawn, trying to be as quite as possible.
"Ready Meilin?" Syaoran smirked.
The girl nodded, her ruby eyes blazing. "Let's go."
The two nodded at each other and charged, following closely after the men.
"I'll go for Sakura Kinomoto." Syaoran hissed as they ran.
Meilin nodded. "Okay. I'll get rid of Kinomoto himself."
Syaoran smirked. "Meet me back at the hiding place, I want something of his, just to make sure you did the job."
Meilin nodded and broke away from him, dashing into another area of the grounds.
Syaoran didn't know why he wanted so badly to kidnap the daughter. Her name rang a bell inside his head, as if he should remember it from somewhere.
He snuck inside the house quietly with a small group of men. If a maid or servant saw them and tried to run for help, they'd chase after them, and slit their throats.
"You go this way." Syaoran hissed, pointing down the halls. "I'm going for the girl."
One of the men, Eriol Hirazagwa, nodded, his blue eyes flashing with excitement. "Got it."
"Good luck." Syaoran smiled, waving as his friend and the other men left him.
Syaoran tiptoed through the halls, checking room after room for Sakura. He didn't know what she looked like, but he knew that she would be close to her father, or her friend, Tomoyo. If he could find the raven-haired girl, he'd find Sakura.
"Sakura!" He heard a girl's voice laugh. "What are you doing?"
Syaoran smirked and brought his dagger into the ready position, they were just around the corner, he would wait.
XxXxX
"Sakura!" Tomoyo laughed, seeing her friend do a spin in the center of the hallway. "What are you doing?"
Sakura giggled, displaying her dress to her friend. "I love it Tomoyo! You did so good on it! You are so talented!"
Sakura spun again in the white dress. It fell a well above her knees, but had tatters of gold fabric that fell to her knees. The dress was white with gold trimming, suiting her auburn hair perfectly.
"I'm glad you like it." Tomoyo smiled. She was wearing a light blue dress that was slightly longer than Sakura's, but with a darker blue trimming.
"You, are going to be rich!" Sakura laughed. "Once you get these on the market, everyone will want one!"
Tomoyo laughed turning and grabbing her friend's arm. "Come on! We have to get back to the celebration."
Sakura frowned and stopped spinning, her dress falling back into place. "I…I don't want to go back in there. It's wrong, to celebrate killing people."
"We're celebrating that we won against our enemies Sakura!" Tomoyo smiled. "Not killing people."
"Same thing." Sakura smiled. "But we should go back I guess, or father will be angry."
Tomoyo nodded and started to walk towards the smaller hallway that led to the dinner room.
"Wait!" Sakura gasped, reaching out and pulling her friend back.
"Sakura! What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked, her gray eyes curious.
Sakura shook her head, "I don't know…something isn't right."
"Take out your staff." Tomoyo suggested. "You might feel better then."
Sakura nodded, pulling her necklace from her neck. She set the small key in the palm of her hand and stared at it, feeling her power rush through her.
"Oh key of the star with powers burning bright, reveal the staff, and shine your light!" She chanted, the small key in her hand started to glow and hovered off her hand, spinning around. "Release!"
"I love it when you do that." Tomoyo smiled.
Sakura winked at her. "I feel better now." She held the staff out in front of her. "Now we can go back."
Tomoyo nodded and followed after her friend as she turned the corner to go into the hallway…
And suddenly backed up with a gasp.
"Sakura? What's wrong?" Tomoyo asked, turning to her friend. "Oh God!"
There was a boy, no older than seventeen, standing in front of the two, a dagger in his hand. "Hello ladies." He smirked.
Sakura shook her head slowly, her and Tomoyo backing up towards the wall. "Impossible! You couldn't be attacking this early!"
The boy nodded, his almond eyes flashing. "That's what you think. I'm here for you, Sakura."
Sakura somehow knew him, his voice, his eyes…but mostly that smirk.
"S-Syaoran?" She whispered.
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