Author's Note!
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Love of War
Chapter Three: Trying to Escape

"You know him?" Tomoyo gasped.

"You know me?" Syaoran gaped at her, though he didn't lower his weapon.

Sakura glared at him. Syaoran, the one she'd spent a week with, the one she'd helped, was attacking her house…and worst of all, he didn't remember her.

"I know you." Sakura hissed under hear breath, pushing Tomoyo behind her. "You are Syaoran Li, son of Yelan Li of the Li clan. One year ago you attacked my aunt and uncle's ship and sank it. We were both trapped on an island for a week. Tell me you don't remember that."

He gaped at her. What was she talking about?

"I wasn't on that island with anyone." Syaoran growled, taking a step forward and watching as the two girls took a step back. "At least not with anyone important."

Sakura glared at him and shook her head sadly. "Fine then, you leave me no choice."

"No choice for what?" Syaoran asked.

"Yeah, for what?" Tomoyo asked.

Sakura lifted her staff in front of Syaoran, her eyes angry and full of fire. "W-What are you doing?" He asked, taking a step backwards and drawing his sword. "There's no way you can defeat me with that stick."

"It's not a stick." Sakura said softly, her voices echoed off the walls eerily.

"What's is she doing?" Syaoran asked Tomoyo.

"Don't you know?" Tomoyo laughed. "She's the holder of the Kinomoto magic. I like to call her the Card Mistress."

"Card…Mistress?" Syaoran said softly. He'd heard his family talk about that girl before, this Card Mistress. He just never thought it would be this girl.

Sakura lifted her free hand and whispered a few words, and suddenly a small light appeared in the center of her hand, slowly expanding until it was large and rectangular.

"Stop!" Syaoran shouted, charging at her.

"Shield card!" Sakura shouted, the light in her hand suddenly disappeared and in her hand was what looked like a tarot card. On it read, The Shield. "Release and disbound!"

She then threw the card into the air and hit it with her staff, sending a flash of bright light shooting throughout the house.

"What the fuck?" Syaoran gasped, covering his eyes with his arm and charging forward at the same time. "I'll kill you!"

"Not if I can help it!" Sakura hissed, using the shield card to hit him backwards, slamming into the wall.

"Sakura!" Tomoyo gasped. "You…I've never seen you use your powers like that!"

Sakura frowned in Syaoran's direction. "I said to myself, that if you ever came here and attacked my family, I would spare your life." She head tears brimming in her eyes as Syaoran stared up at her. Those eyes…so familiar. "And I shall spare your life. This time."

"Come on Sakura!" Tomoyo gasped, the shadows on the wall beginning to move. "They're coming!"

Sakura nodded, took one last look at Syaoran, and ran with her friend. "Kero!" She called out. "Yue! I need you!"

XxXxX

Syaoran sat there, gaping after probably the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen.

And she hated him.

Why couldn't he remember her? She said she was with him on the island…he knew those emerald eyes…but her, who was she really?

Sakura Kinomoto, his target.

Who was getting away.

"Syaoran!" Eriol gasped, rushing to his friend. "Are you all right?"

Syaoran nodded and stood, his body a little stiff from the attack. "I'm fine. But Sakura's getting away. Take her friend Tomoyo, too. We want Sakura to cooperate, I don't think she'll do that if her friend is dead."

Eriol nodded and patted his friend's arm. "Well there is good news."

"What?"

"Fujitaka Kinomoto is dead. Meilin and some others took him down. Sakura has no one to go to now."

Syaoran smirked, his blood pumping. Good, a chase, and she couldn't escape him this time. "Let's go!"

The two boys smirked at each other and began to run down the dark hallways.

The house now smelt of fire and sounds of screams filled the hallways. No one was to be left alive, unless a woman slave was wanted, they all had to die.

"Why do we have to spare Sakura?" Eriol asked, Syaoran and him rushing through the halls, following Sakura's frantic calls for Kero and Yue. Whoever they were.

"She is the keeper of the Kinomoto magic." Syaoran said between breaths. "Without her, the Kinomoto's will be powerless."

"So we kill her?" Eriol asked. "Sad, I saw them as they ran, they're cute."

Syaoran smirked. "They can be ours. I don't have orders to kill her right away."

Eriol laughed. "Good plan."

XxXxX

"Run Tomoyo!" Sakura cried as her friend tripped and fell. She stopped and turned, pulling on the girl's arms and puling her up. "Where's Yue and Kero?"

"Sakura!" Keroberos called, rushing up to the two girls in his full form, the angel Yue not far behind, Touya was on Keroberos' back.

"Touya!" Sakura cried, wrapping her arms around her brother. "You're all right! Where's dad?"

Touya frowned and shook his head slightly. "He didn't make it Sakura. He was over powered. There's so many of the Li clan."

Sakura let go of her brother, her hands cupping her mouth. "W-What? He's d-dead?"

Yue nodded softly and set his hands on the girl's shoulders. "We can claim revenge later Sakura. For now we have to escape."

Sakura shook her head, backing away from her guardian, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Sakura come on!" Tomoyo cried, grabbing her friend's hand and leading her towards Keroberos. "We have to get out of here! Do what Yue says!"

"No!" Sakura shouted, taking her staff, a card appearing in her hand. "I will deal with this now. I can't believe I spared him!"

"It wasn't Syaoran who killed him Sakura!" Tomoyo said. "He was with us! It couldn't have been him!"

"It was his family!" Sakura cried. "He can pay the price for them!"

"Sakura don't!" Touya yelled, but it was too late, Sakura had already thrown the card into the air.

"Fly card!" She shouted. "Give me wings! Release and disbound!"

She hit the card with her staff, the light exploded form the card, wrapping her body in it's strands.

"Sakura!" Tomoyo cried, backing away from the light. "Don't to this!"

"I have to!" Sakura said, the light was gone now, and on her back were large angel wings. She seemed to glow with them, the wind blowing softly through her hair.

"Sword card!" She shouted tossing the card into the air. "Release and disbound!"

"She's going to drain all her power!" Yue gasped. "Sakura don't!"

Sakura shook her head, her staff had changed into a long, sharp sword. "I will go fight. You four go to safety."

"Sakura no-" Yue protested, but was cut off by the girl.

"That's an order Yue! Take them and go!"

Yue frowned and nodded. "As you wish…Sakura."

"Sakura, please." Tomoyo cried grabbing her friend's hands. "I don't want to lose you."

"You wont." Sakura smiled and squeezed her friend's hands. "I'll be back soon."

"Sakura!" Tomoyo cried as Sakura kicked off the ground, her wings flapping on her back, pulling her higher into the sky, until she was out of sight. "Sakura!"

XxXxX

"Sakura!" Syaoran heard Tomoyo's voice clearly. She was panicked, he could tell.

What had happened to Sakura?

"Was that Tomoyo?" Eriol asked.

Syaoran nodded. "Yes. You get her, she can't be far. Sakura's coming back."

"What? Is she stupid?" Eriol gaped at Syaoran.

Syaoran shook his head. "My guess is that she found out about her father. She wants revenge."

"Can you fight against her magic?" Eriol asked.

Syaoran saw, from the corner of his eye, a flash of pure white wings.

"No," He admitted. "Just get me a net, a big one, and I'll be fine!"

"A net? Why?" Eriol asked.

"Just get it!" Syaoran shouted, turning a corner and rushing outside of the house and onto the front grounds.

He could hear the screams from inside the building, and screams outside it…no one should have made it out.

That wasn't the Kinomoto's screams.

It was of his allies.

"Syaoran!" A boy, no older than Syaoran, gasped, rushing up to him. "It's the Kinomoto girl! She can fly!"

Syaoran smirked. "I knew it. Get some men to the roof, get arrows, anything to shoot her down! Just don't kill her!"

The boy nodded and rushed off, shouting orders to the other men.

Syaoran gasped and hit the ground as Sakura flew over him, crying out angrily as she slashed a sword towards him.

"What the fuck?" Syaoran laughed, holding up his sword, ready to fight. "You think you can fight me, Syaoran Li, with a mere sword?"

The girl stopped flying and hovered in front of him, her eyes blazing dangerously. "You killed my father!"

"I didn't!" Syaoran held his hands up, as if to surrender. "I swear."

"It's you! You and your wicked family!" Sakura growled. She looked almost demonic, flying in the air, the light glow from the burning house cast her pretty face into shadows. "I'll avenge him, by killing you!"

She dove at him, her speed was incredible and Syaoran had to dive once again to the ground to avoid being hit.

"I thought you said you'd spare my life!" Syaoran smirked, standing again.

"I said I would. And I did. That's over now." The girl snapped. "It's just you and me."

"But that's unfair." Syaoran said, dodging another attack, but managing to stay on his feet. "You have magic, I don't."

Sakura laughed and hovered yet again in front of him. "Well then, too bad for you. Besides, I'm sure you've got reinforcements hiding somewhere. That's just like you Li's, sneaky, cowardly."

He glared at her, where the fuck was Eriol? "You can't speak of my family like that! Your family is no different from mine!"

"Oh really?" Sakura asked through tears, pointing to the burning house behind her, screams still echoing from inside. "Do you think we would do this? You at least knew we were coming, your clan had time to prepare!"

"Well we seem to be winning this war." Syaoran hissed. "So maybe your family should be more like us. No, wait, sorry, once we're done in Japan, there will be no more Kinomoto's."

"I spared your life!" Sakura shrieked. "A year ago, I could have killed you! But I spared your life. You could have lost your arm, but I healed you!"

"Well then, I spared your life too!" Syaoran shouted back. "Because there is no way you'd get those close to me."

Sakura shook her head sadly, "You Li…your all so stupid. You can't defeat us, not as long as we have our magic."

"Why do you think we're here for you then?" Syaoran smirked, spying Eriol walking up to Sakura from behind with three other men, a large net in their hands.

Behind them was Tomoyo, behind held back and gagged by two other men.

"I finish this now." Sakura hissed, diving towards Syaoran.

"Eriol now!" Syaoran shouted, diving to the side.

"Sakura watch out!" Tomoyo cried, breaking free from the men's hands.

Sakura gasped and stopped in mid dive, turning just in time to see the net falling on top of her.

"No!" She screamed, trying to fly away, but to no use, the net was around her, sinking quickly to the hard ground below.

Syaoran smirked and walked up the fallen girl. Her wings had disappeared into a bright flash of light, her sword was gone, back into the small key necklace. She gripped it tightly in her hand.

"Sakura!" Tomoyo cried. "What did you do to her?"

"Relax." Eriol said. "She's just unconscious."

Syaoran lifted the net from around her, gazing at her soft, motionless, face. No one would have ever thought that something so beautiful, could be so powerful.

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