Authoress's note: Ok this is my first time writing a Sakura X Syaoran fic. And actually at first it was my Best friend's story at first but he didn't feel like writing it but it sounded interesting so I volunteered to write it for him.(he better thank me later) some ideas I got from a manga called "Tsurasa" n I do not own any of the CCS characters. The rest are ma own ideas. So enjoy….
Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins
Dark clouds cover the skies of the Clow Kingdom. Water and moisture fill the air, which lead the people of his majesty to shelter in the confinements of their homes. For the past few months chaos has been rotting the world, covering it in its veil of darkness. High atop one of the towers of the castle, his Majesty stands, overlooking the vast and beautiful lands of his kingdom. Yukito, the king's advisor and friend, enters the room, smiling at the king's concern.
The king broke the endless silence, "It has begun."
A bit surprised, Yukito replies, "Yes, it has begun. What shall we do King Touya?"
Never leaving his position, "Did you call for Sakura?"
Astounded, Yukito answers, "Yes, she should be here any minute. Why did you want me to call for her? After all she's not done with her schooling and I don't see any connection between with what's going on and her."
Turning to face the white-haired mage, he answers, "I'm assigning Sakura to find the rods and bring them back here, before they land in the wrong hands."
Shocked, Yukito objects, "But she's only sixteen and the only heir to the throne and beside she doesn't have that much power."
"Yet."
"Your Majesty, with all due respect, this plan is preposterous. You do not surely wish to threaten the life of your sister. If she dies, we… I mean the Kingdom will not have an heir unless you get married and have kids."
"I'd rather let my Kingdom have no ruler than let the world be conquered by darkness." He paused for a moment, thinking. "I know this may sound absurbed but Sakura is the only one with enough power to go on the quest to find the all-powerful rods. Besides, she did capture and transform the Clow Cards."
"Capturing and transforming the Clow Cards pale in comparison to what you're assigning Sakura to do. It is too much for her. Please reconsider!"
"Yukito, there's no other way."
"There must be another way! Sakura is only-"
"I know. I also know that you see Sakura not only as a princess but like a well-loved sister, as the rest of the people see her."
Yukito stays silent. Moments pass as silence took over. Just then, a cheerful childish voice erodes and soon after follows by a hug for Yukito.
"Yukito!"
"Well, hey there." He looked over the emerald green eye and auburn haired princess. He saw that she is wearing the traditional mage-in-training outfit; a long sleeveless and strapless dress that stops at the bottom of the rear and white solid stockings that are half way up the thigh with orange shoes and blanket length cloth that starts five inches from the shoulders and stops at the tip of the middle finger with a round bell hanging from the bottom end of the cloth dangling at the same length of the dress. "Don't you look pretty?"
She blushed at the remark then wined, "Yukito! I don't like wearing these types of outfits. They're too…."
"Revealing?" Touya smirks.
"Touya!" Sakura screams out. Touya could not help but stifle a laugh, which causes Sakura to stare at him in a death glare. "Don't you start Touya. Why'd you even send me to that school?"
"Why?" saying in a 'as-a-matter-of-fact' tone, "Because it's the best. It provides security, a well-rounded education, a magnificent scenery, and… because I said so."
Sakura grunts and screams while Yukito, sweat dropping, tries to settle the frantic princess. His Majesty just laughs at his dear sister's childish behavior whenever he provokes her and enjoys doing so. All of a sudden, the princess's mood changes and her curiosity takes over.
Facing her brother, she asks, "Touya?" He just gives an affirmative grunt. "The school board told me you summoned me. Why? Is there something wrong?" Touya stares at the ground looking rather sadden which scared Sakura because for one, Touya was never sad and two, if he was, he would never show it especial in front of Sakura. The only times Sakura saw his face plastered with saddness was when their father died suddenly and Touya had to take the role of a king, father, and brother all at the same time; he had to be strong for Sakura's sake. As for their mother, Sakura never knew because Nadeshiko died while giving birth to Sakura so she never knew how Touya reacted. Although whenever Sakura mentioned their mother, Touya would enter what seemed to belike an endless mode of silence so Sakura never raised the subject until Touya came to her and told her how their mother was like and how Sakura so reminded him of her.
"Take a look." Touya motions Sakura to stand beside him. Sakura does so. "What do you see? Notice anything happening lately?"
Tear starts to form in her eyes as she realizes what is going on and had a feeling what her big brother is going to ask. She looks into the eyes of her brother and states, "You want… m-me t-to find t-the rods, r-right?"
Kneeling, he embraces his sister in his warm embrace and whispers in her ear, "I know you're scared Sakura, but you can do this And if you want you can take a companion with you." Hearing this slightly relaxes Sakura. Sakura returns the hug and rushes to her room to get her stuff ready for her rigorous adventure.
Yukito then turns to face Touya, "You sure this is wise? I have a feeling there are much in store for Sakura. Dangerous things. When are you going to start acting as a brother/father figure to Sakura instead of a king whose only concern is his people and kingdom." With that said the white mage left the king to his thoughts.
I'm doing this in Sakura's best interest. She'll thank me someday.
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Li Residence"Of course mother. I accept." Syaoran replies to a self-appointed lady sitting formally on a dragon styled oak chair. Yelen signals Syaoran to leave and he does what he is 'told'.
Syaoran is a seventeen year old teenager of average height with brown hair and amber deep eyes. He prefers wearing plain clothes; jeans and a shirt. He walks in the corridors of the rich estate toward his room. He enters and looks over his room in which he had not been in, in ages. Opening a nearby closet, which contains his weaponry, he takes out a couple of sword, daggers and a bow and arrows and places them on himself as of preparing for a war. Taking out a bag, he stuffs some clothing and some essentials for the trip and finishes by covering himself with a coat to hide his weapons. He takes one last look at his room, remembering when his life was simple. He walks out of his room, out of the mansion and into the garden and soon out of the estate, one hand carrying his light luggage and the other holding a crimson red amulet dangling from his necklace. He hopes to return home from the quest with both rods in hand along with Victory.
Well there you have it the first chapter. Man that was tiring. Newaz if you like the story so far check out my other stories and kindly request others to read this story along with ma other ones.(I wanna know if I'm doing a good job)