Hi guys! I'm sooooooo sorry it took me sooo long to review! But I'm back with Chapter 4! I know I left you guys with THAT cliff hanger for a while…but don't worry!!! I'm BACK NOW!!
Thankies soooo much for the reviews that I got! And I'm sorry I have to do this guys, but I have to ask for at least 40 reviews for the next chapter, cause I don't know if I should continue this story! I really need your support guys! And so far, it's been good…but I don't know if it's good enough, you know? THANKS GUYS!!
If you don't understand me…heh…don't worry, call it the BIRTHDAY BLUES! I had my birthday on the 6th September and most people at school forgot it, waahh! I've decided to leave! It's a long story man!!!
Bit sad, huh? And what helps me become bubbly again is by writing stories, especially this one, so I REALLY want 40 reviews, ok?
NOOOOOWWW, on with the story!!!
Chapter 4 – First Fight and what is Aunt Nethara up to???
Sakura opened her eyes to see Syaoran standing over her, blocking the dragon from attacking her.
He turned around and looked her in the eye. She noticed that his face and clothes were dirty from the mud and soot, and he had a few cuts and bruises on his face and body. (A.N. HEH…any other young teenager like me would think he looked WAY HOT!!! But offcourse, Sakura is a bit thick to see that, huh?)
"You ok?" Syaoran asked her through gritted teeth.
Sakura nodded and looked at the dragon crouching on the ground a distance away from Syaoran.
How long had I passed out? She wondered. This guy must have already caused some pain to it! But how? It's so big and strong!! And how on earth did the dragon get scratches on its chest? This guy has a lot of explaining to do!!!
Syaoran looked back over at the dragon and grinned at it through gritted teeth. Sakura noticed that he must have been in pain because his lip had a nasty cut down the middle of it.
"Come on. Buddy! Give me your best shot!" Syaoran shouted to the dragon, stepping closer to it.
The dragon roared in fury and raised itself onto its legs, flapping its wings sharply in the air.
Sakura noticed that it was dark, but strangely it occurred to her that even though the lights were out, back at the inn, she could see over here…out on the hills! That's when it occurred to her, that Syaoran had a green aura surrounding him, making the hills light up and it showed the dragons shiny scales.
Syaoran, not noticing how Sakura was staring at him so oddly, got into a fighting position again and jumped over behind the dragon, quickly smashing the bud of his sword into its left wing.
The dragon roared in pain and turned around quickly to see Syaoran crouched in a fighting position at its feet.
"That was pathetic! Can't you do any better then that?" Syaoran shouted at it, waving his arms in the air.
The dragon flicked its tail around and quite suddenly tripped Syaoran, face down into the dirt.
"Oh man." Syaoran mumbled to himself, rubbing his head. "That's gonna hurt in the morning…"
Syaoran quickly dashed up onto his feet, ignoring the pain throbbing from his head, and dashed towards the dragon's chest. Raising his sword he got ready to spear it through the heart.
He was so close to killing the dragon in surprise, when he heard a familiar scream from behind the dragon.
He looked sharply at Sakura, who was trembling in fear.
"Syaoran! There's someone there! Behind you!" So screamed, pointing behind Syaoran.
Syaoran slowly turned his head around and spotted a person standing a few feet behind him.
It laughed softly and Syaoran saw it's fangs pointing out of it's mouth. Syaoran's eyes widened as he realised what it was. It was a VAMPIRE…
It had black hair, smoothed back from it's face. A pale face with sharp black eyes. A black coat that covered most of his body, and fangs jutting out of its mouths. It grinned evilly at Syaoran.
"Hello…Syaoran Li…" It growled softly.
It flicked its coat so that it covered most of its face except its eyes.
"My name is Nagra boy…" It said softly, looking him dead straight in the eye.
Syaoran growled softly and rose his sword, with one eye still on the dragon, that had instantly stopped moving the moment Nagra came.
"That stupid girl might want to get the sword back, but she can't…" He said, pointing at the trembling Sakura, who was crouched in a little ball, staring at Nagra.
"I know you want to help…Syaoran…and try if you want to…but you'll never be able to get it back..." Nagra whispered softly, loud enough to catch Syaoran and Sakura's ears.
Syaoran felt a cold shiver travelling down his spine, but he stood in his position, eyeing Nagra warily. He suddenly felt a whoosh a wind touch his ankles and he noticed Sakura hiding behind him, touching his shoulder softly, as if to warn him that this was dangerous.
Syaoran looked at Sakura and said gravely, "Go and hide girl…quickly!" He told her, pointing to a nearby rock.
Nagra laughed and clicked his fingers, making the dragon that was stone still, to disappear with a cloud of smoke.
Syaoran and Sakura stared wide eyed and looked sharply at Nagra.
Nagra smiled evilly and showed his fangs again. "Boy…I'm warning you…next time I won't be so easy on you, and I'll let that dragon kill you and your petty girl…"
Syaoran growled and lunged at Nagra, only to land on the ground in front of him. He looked up and saw that Nagra had disappeared like the dragon, with a cloud of smoke floating where he was last standing.
"Shit…" Syaoran mumbled under his breath, and looked hard at the ground, sliding his sword back into its sheath on his side.
Sakura slowly rose from her position behind the rock and looked around.
Syaoran looked at her, as if noticing her for the first time, and looked at her questionly, while wiping the dried blood off his lip.
Sakura mumbled a 'thankyou' to him, not looking him in the eye, and started walking back towards the back of the garden.
Syaoran dropped his hand and ran after her, grabbing her wrist and pulling her so that she faced him, inches away.
"Who are you?" he asked her harshly, pulling roughly on the sleeve of her ruined dress.
"More like, who are you?" a voice said from the shadows of the garden.
Sakura sighed softly and ran towards the shadowy stranger standing at the back of the garden. The stranger lifted his hood to reveal Touya.
Sakura raced into his arms and hugged him tightly, crying softly into his shoulders.
Syaoran walked closer to Touya and put out his hand to shake his.
"Syaoran Li, sir…and you are?" He answered calmly.
Touya pulled Sakura away from his body and reached out his hand to clasp Syaoran's in his. "Touya Kinomoto and this is my sister Sakura Kinomoto."
Syaoran's eyes widened and looked over at Sakura, emerald eyes meeting amber.
"You mean…" he said speechless.
"Yes, Prince Touya and Princess Sakura." Touya stated calmly.
Syaoran knelt down onto his knees and looked up at Touya. "I'm sorry for my rudeness Prince. Please forgive me." He said.
Touya smiled and lifted him to his feet. "Don't worry my boy! Sakura and I are very thankful for your help! How can I ever thankyou?" He asked, grinning mischievously at a shocked Syaoran.
Syaoran looked down at his feet then flicked his eyes meeting Sakura's obviously annoyed ones. He smirked and looked back at Touya.
"I've been told to come and help you Prince. Let me come with you. I have helped my town with bandits and burglars and I can help protect you and your sister." He answered gravely.
Touya looked thoughtfully over at Sakura's fuming face and grinned.
"We'd love to have you come along with us Syaoran Li…but we need to tell you what we are doing and we have to trust you. Right sister?" He said, looking over at Sakura.
Sakura grumpled softly and shivered at the cold wind blowing on her shoulders. "I don't think my view really counts…so he can come…as long as HE doesn't get in my way, got that you baka?" She asked Syaoran, anger flashing through her eyes.
Syaoran nodded, smirking all the while. "I understand completely, your Royal Hyenas."
Sakura gave him a dark looked and stamped back to their rooms, seeing Aunt Nethara standing near the door with welcoming arms.
Touya laughed and clapped Syaoran hard on the shoulders with his hands.
"Welcome Syaoran Li. May you have many more fights with my sister along the way!" he laughed.
Syaoran grinned and replied. "Very funny…yes…keeping laughing…heh."
They both walked back to the rooms, Syaoran telling him all about the past hours events and everything thing that happened with the dragon.
Aunt Nethara hummed softly while brushing Sakura's hair. She was secretly wondering about this young man who had suddenly entered the group of 3 – Syaoran Li. Somewhere deep within her, she thought that she had seen him before, but that was impossible. She had been around for 3000 years and she remembered everyone that she had met, but why was he so familiar?
Sakura asked her a question, shaking her out of her thoughts.
"Why that silly Syaoran, Aunt Nethara! Saving my life then 2 seconds later, shouting at me, like there is no tomorrow! What a baka!" She said angrily shaking her head.
"Don't shake your head, dear." Aunt Nethara replied calmly. "It's hard to brush when you're doing that. Now…don't worry about that boy, I think he's quite nice." She said positively, ignoring her earlier thoughts.
Sakura nodded and sighed, slowly falling to sleep.
Sakura's Dream
When the cold of winter comes
Sakura was walking in a forest, looking up at the stars sometimes, longing for something, Something that she couldn't quite name. Was it love? She wasn't sure, but she knew that it had something to do with Syaoran.
Starless night will goon ever
She suddenly heard someone walking towards her from behind and she quickly turned around, getting into a fighting stance, only to come face to face with a young man wearing a cloak that covered his face.
In the reigning of the sun,
The man came closer and slowly removed his hood, to reveal Syaoran Li. Sakura took a step back in shock, finding herself stuck with a tree behind her. Syaoran came closer to her and Sakura noticed that he had a crown on his head, which could only mean that he was a man of power.
We will walk in bitter end
She gulped and looked down at the dried leaves of the forest floor, only to have her face pulled up again by gentle hands. She looked up into Syaoran's amber eyes and smiled shakily. She noted that his messy chestnut hair was soft and shone in the moonlight.
But in dream
Sakura reached up to Syaoran's hair and touched in softly, looking deep into her eyes.
Syaoran smiled softly at the gesture and pulled her softly to him, putting his hands around her waist.
I can hear your name
"Sakura…" Syaoran mumbled softly. "I have wanted to do this since I first laid eyes on you…"
He leant down and touched his lips softly with hers.
And in dreams
Sakura could feel herself giving in to the kiss and quickly pulled away from the wonderful feelings he gave her.
"What are you doing, Prince?" she asked him softly.
We will hear your name
"I am a Prince, Sakura. I can take my place as King. I want no one as my wife; other then you…please marry me…" He asked her, looking deep into her emerald eyes.
When the seas and mountains low,
Sakura, eyes wide, looked at him in pure shock.
"You don't want a silly klutz like me…" she sniffled softly, lowering her head.
Syaoran smiled softly and nodded.
And we crumble in your name
Sakura looked up at him and touched his lips with her finger, ever so softly.
She smiled and noticed the flower petals falling from out of the sky around them.
In the dark I hear a call
She hugged him close and raised her lips again, to meet with his softly. This time the kiss was a little more urgent and Sakura realised how much she wanted him.
Calling me there
Softly pulling away from him, but not out of his arms, Sakura looked into his eyes.
"I want to be with you Syaoran…I love you…" She told him softly.
"I love you too Sakura…more then life itself…" He replied, kissing her again.
I will go there
"I'll marry you Syaoran. I have always wanted to, but never believed that I could marry someone of such power…"
Syaoran smiled and clicked his fingers softly, where a beautiful red rose suddenly appeared in his hand.
He placed it in Sakura's hand and the two young lovers kissed again under the moonlight.
And back again
Sakura got woken up suddenly by rough hands shaking her shoulders. She opened her eyes to meet smirking amber ones.
She shrieked and whacked Syaoran with a pillow from her bed, hitting him softly on the cheek.
He laughed and jerked the blankets off her, pulling her out of bed.
Sakura struggled off him, still shaken from the dream and screamed at him.
"What do you think you're doing Syaoran? And why the HECK are you IN my room!!!!! GETTTT OOOUUTT!!!" She shrieked.
Syaoran laughed and stepped outside her door, only to pop his head in again and ignore her cute pink pyjamas that she was wearing.
"Touya told me to tell you that we're leaving in 5 minutes brat!" He told her calmly.
Sakura ignored the name that he called her, and slammed the door in his face, only to picture the way that he had softly held her in his arms in the dream.
I love you Sakura…
Sakura shook the thoughts from her head. She didn't even know the guy well enough to have a crush on him!
She quickly got changed and packed her things, struggling to drag her 2 bags out of her room, pulling them down the stairs.
She suddenly stopped and caught her breath…to come face to face with Syaoran.
He grinned at her and grabbed her bags, holding them over his shoulder with ease.
"Thought I could help you with your bags BRAT…" He said mockingly.
"You looked like you were struggling!" He grinned in her face.
Sakura growled and took a grab for her bags, only to miss by A LOT. Sakura growled and stomped out of the inn, to a waiting Aunt Nethara and Touya. Syaoran smiled softly to himself and ran to catch up with her.
Sakura ran in frustration, ahead of Syaoran (shoving him in the shoulder in the process) to her brother, Touya.
She ran across the dry grass at the entrance of the inn and ignored the chirping birds in the trees.
She then IGNORED the cheeky face of Touya and calmly (with restrain), strode up to Aunt Nethara.
"I'm ready." She mumbled softly, still furious at the grinning Syaoran who was fastening her bags to her horse.
She hmphed and pulled her horse away from him when he had finished, leaving him grinning at her distant figure a few paces away.
Aunt Nethara smiled softly to herself and with the help of Touya, climbed onto her waiting horse.
Syaoran noticed Sakura turn around and stare at him oddly, but dismissed the thought and poked his tongue out at her while getting on his black stallion.
Touya smiled at them in turn.
"Are we ready?" he asked them.
They nodded grimly in reply.
"Alright. Our next stop is to-" He stopped midsentence as they all saw Eriol running towards them with a horse and bags.
He puffed slightly and brushed his navy hair out of his face when he reached them.
"Please Prince, let me come. I have business to attend to in the Elvish Kingdom." He asked calmly.
Touya looked over at a surprised Sakura and waited for her answer. Sakura pushed her brown hair out of her eyes and quickly tied it back into a ponytail.
She nodded at his waiting eyes and smiled calmly at Eriol.
"What is it you have to do there Eriol?" Touya asked, reaching his hands out to take the reigns from the young man.
Eriol sighed and blushed.
"I have to look for someone for my mother. She's one of my dads' friends' daughters.
Touya smiled and nodded.
"What's her name?" He asked politely with sparkling eyes.
"Tomoyo." Eriol replied bluntly, turning away from the group, but not before Sakura and Syaoran noticed tears in his eyes.
Touya nodded gravely and let the matter drop.
He waited till Eriol got on his horse and told his companions, "We head straight for the Elvish Kingdom. They will show us the forest that leads to the gate of the Underworld."
And with that, he pulled his horse away from the town and followed a dusty path with his sister and friends behind him.
They rode for a few hours.
Sakura looked up at the sky and guessed that it was close to lunchtime, (from the sound of grumbling in her tummy).
Touya rode ahead of Sakura and heard this. He turned his head and looked at hungry looking face and smiled. He pulled his horse over to some green grass and trees just off the path, and pulled his horse to a stop.
"We'll settle here for the night." He told them.
Syaoran got off his horse and helped Aunt Nethara down. Aunt Nethara smiled and patted him on the cheek in thanks.
Sakura closed her eyes briefly and suddenly felt quite dizzy. She tried to get off her horse but fell clumsily to the ground instead.
Syaoran looked at her and turned away, (with a smile tugging on his lips) and started to set up their camp for the night, with the help of Eriol.
Sakura smirked at Syaoran's distant figure and got up from the ground, wiping the dirt off her knees.
"Sakura…" Touya asked his sister. "I can see a nearby creek from here. Do you want to go and have a wash?" he asked her.
Sakura nodded and smiled sheepishly. Something deep inside her was telling her that she needed to thank Syaoran for saving her life.
"Ok! But I'll help with dinner first!" She answered enthusiastically, and grinned, following Aunt Nethara to the bags of food.
Touya shook his head and went to build their tents for the night.
"Sakura! Your cooking is splendid!" Aunt Nethara told the blushing girl, while taking a sip of the soup that Sakura had just made.
Syaoran looked up at Sakura from where he was building his fire and growled in amusement.
Sakura smiled in thanks to Aunt Nethara, dismissing herself so that she could talk to Syaoran.
Syaoran mumbled to himself and picked up his axe to cut some wood from a nearby tree.
I know I have to help the Prince, but how? He thought. And what's with his sister anway? She keeps looking at me as if I'm some sort of alien…Weirdo… He heard her steps coming closer to him. Time for a bit of amusement! He thought.
He felt her tap his shoulder and turned around, trying to ignore the way that the sunlight shone on her long, chestnut coloured hair.
Sakura laughed nervously and put her hand back down by her side.
"I just wanted to thank you for before…" She told him shyly, her cheeks blushing a rosy pink.
Syaoran grinned and smirked, turning away.
"Whatever rabbit." He replied.
Sakura's eyes flashed in anger and she poked him in the back.
"What rabbit?" She asked him, making him sense how she was having trouble controlling her temper.
"You know…" He replied. "An ugly, little, buck-toothed rabbit." He said calmly. (A.N. No offence to all you bunny fans! I love them too don't worry! I even have a pair of bunny slippers…don't ask…lol)
Syaoran turned back to chopping wood, showing his ease AND muscles under his green tunic.
Sakura growled in reply and smacked the axe out of his hands, before poking him hard in the back, AGAIN.
"YOU ARE SUCH A BAKA!!!!!!" she screamed, so that even Touya winced from over at the tents, from the sound of her voice.
Somewhere, many miles away, trees whooshed in the trees. Birds fluttered their feathers and fed their babies, worms.
Quite suddenly a voice could be heard quite clearly.
"YOU ARE SUCH A BAKA!!!!!!!!" It screamed.
There was such a puff of feathers and creatures fleeing for safety, that 2 minutes later, that part of the woods was deserted.
Sakura whirled him around and much to Syaoran's surprise, slapped him hard across the cheek.
Tears shone in her eyes as anger shone on his face.
"Why do I even try to be nice to you?" She mumbled to herself, loud enough for him to hear, wiping her incoming tears away. She turned away from his cold gaze and ran back to her tent.
Aunt Nethara reached out for her when she passed her, but Sakura pushed her away and mumbled, "I'm going for a swim down at the creek. I really need some time by myself." She sniffed, tears coming down now.
Aunt Nethara nodded in reply but gave Eriol and Touya a worried look while Sakura ran away.
Touya shook his head gravely. "I'll talk to her." He told Aunt Nethara.
"No I will." Syaoran said, coming back with his freshly chopped wood in his arms. "It was my fault. I'll go and apologise."
Eriol smiled at him and knew that Syaoran was only joking around but had obviously hurt Sakura's feelings, but just couldn't help liking the guy!
Sakura wiped the last tears from her eyes and walked to the edge of the creek. She sighed and looked at all the oak trees and plants around her, just wishing that she could have showed her father some of these beautiful things.
She sighed and took off her dress, leaving her garments behind on the side of the creek. She shivered as the wind blew on her naked skin and quickly dived into the water.
It was foggy in the water and oddly warm. She sighed in satisfaction and let her hair out of her ponytail, letting it flow around her.
She quite suddenly heard a splash behind her. She turned around, wide eyed, to see Syaoran there.
His hair was wet and messy while his olive tanned skin shone admiringly under the sun. (A.N. Syaoran fans…imagine…just how cute he's looking here!!! giggles like a school girl in love….Hang on! I am a school kid!!!!!)
Sakura, eyes wide, quickly hid herself behind one of the rocks and stared at him.
"May I talk to you?" he asked stupidly.
Great timing baka…she thought to herself.
Sakura growled at him but half smiled. "Ok…" she answered. "But let me out my bathers on."
(A.N. Sorry! It's not s'possed to be a modern story but bathers are the only thing in it! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!)
Syaoran grinned.
"You don't have to have bathers on…" he joked lightly.
"Don't be perverted, Syaoran!" Sakura laughed, splashing water on to him.
Sakura swam to the shore and grabbed her bathers, waiting fro Syaoran to turn around before she put them on.
Ok…She thought. I think he might actually be quite nice once you get to know him!
Syaoran closed his eyes and dreamily had an image in his mind. It was of him with a crown on his head and Sakura in a royal dress, kissing passionately under the stars.
He gasped in shock, not realising that Sakura had heard him.
"What's the matter?" Sakura asked him, concerned as she finished putting on her bathers.
Syaoran shook his head and grinned. He could think more about that image later.
"Doesn't matter!" he answered.
They both didn't notice that Aunt Nethara was behind one of the nearby oak trees, mumbling a magical spell under her breath…
I'm soooo sorry I have to leave it here! I'm thinking of all these really cool ideas! I can give you some clues to what's happening though!
Well, let's see…Tomoyo isn't going to be human, lol…
There's going to be plenty of things like fighting demons and vampires in the Underworld and flying on dragons and Unicorns, while having gates much like the ones that they have in Stargate SG1!!!
Review people! It's only going to get better!
And plus, don't you want to find out what the heck Aunt Nethara is up to? IS she good or bad! And don't you DARE think that Syaoran and Sakura are going to get together so soon! There are going to be sooo many hurdles along the way!
And guess what! We'll also be hearing from other new characters…and old…lol
So quick guys! Review! I have holidays coming up so I'll update as fast as possible, but only if you review!!!! TONNNNNSSSS of romance coming fans!!!