A/N: Hi! Hi!
I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sorry! I was having a lot of tests recently and had no time to write the chapter! Next week is the term holiday week. I PROMISE I'll hurry up and finish the story! Now let's carry on shall we?
By the way, ever since this story thing, my typing became slightly faster! Hope this will shorten my story typing time! And one more thing. I'm sorry but there won't be Et romance in this chapter. There's just too much to type about the rescue! There will also be a rescue P3. That will be the end of the poacher's thing. Enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN CARDCAPTOR SAKURA
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FlowerLover: Thanks for the review again! Hope you like this continuation!
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Sakura Blossom-Cilla-85: Ya! DIE POACHERS! But sorry.. I can't make them die. But I will let them suffer. Just you wait and see!
DivineShana: Thanks for the compliment! I'll try the make this story not so sloppy...
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dangerous emerald: I am doing that section today... when Sakura meets him.
Claire-chan: I understand how you feel. I just reread my story and realize Tomoyo and Eriol are simply out of character. For Tomoyo, lets just say she really cares for Sakura since she's all alone and when her present to Sakura was blown up, she just got "angry"? For Eriol however, I seldom read T+E stories since I am a 100 S+S fan and I have difficulty trying to make Eriol all "mysterious-like" because I lack the skill of doing that. If I change it now, it will seem a little weird... I will look out for this in my next story.
As for the jobs... Chiharu, Rika and Naoko all live in the farmlands. That's how they met Sakura in the first place. What jobs can they have besides farmers/breeders? I know the mythical creatures are a bit too much too...But I can't let them breed normal animals now can I? After all, they are sort of side-characters...
Please keep on sending suggestions! I like to know how people feel about my story! Thanks!
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Chapter 7: Rescue P2
The moon hung high up in the night sky with the stars twinkling by its side. Sakura and Syaoran have been riding non-stop through the thicket of trees. The sound of howling winds blow against the leaves, causing them to sway, almost dancing. A shot of tremor went through Sakura's spine as a wolf cry was heard. She shut her eyes, trying to suppress down a small whimper. She couldn't let Syaoran know she was almost half-scared to death. She had to prove herself to the amber-eyed male that she could be just as brave as any other man.
She opened her emerald orbs and cast a glance sideways. Syaoran's face looked grim. He looked deep in thought as his fist clenched tight around Sliver's reins. However, what ticked her off was that Syaoran didn't look a bit terrified by his surroundings.
Rolling her eyes, she turned towards Flames, who was slightly snoozing. Her tail was still radiating bright orange-reddish light. Suddenly Flames eyes shot wide opened. She immediately stopped her tail's light and flew up from Sakura's shoulder.
"Hey! What's the big ide-"
"Shhhhhh!"
Sakura clamped her hand over Syaoran mouth and whispered in his ear.
"I think we've reached their camp. Look at Chocolate and Sliver."
Syaoran ignored the fact that Sakura was breathing against his cheek and cast a look at the unicorn and the dragon. Sliver's eyes were in slits and he was hissing menacingly while Chocolate was digging his hooves deep into the dirt.
Syaoran nodded as Sakura released her hand from Syaoran's mouth. Both of them climbed down from their steeds and sneaked closer to the clearing ahead of them.
"Sliver! Chocolate. Stay here!"
The creatures nodded as they dissolved back into the darkness.
"What should we do next?" Sakura whispered to Syaoran.
"Ermm... Actually I haven't thought that far yet..."
"And you said you could handle this by yourself..."
"Grumble... Grumble"
Flames rolled her eyes and flapped her wings, giving a small caw to her mistress.
Sakura turned her attention to the countless numbers of grey tents pitched to the ground on the clearing. She widened her eyes as she laid them on a logo printed on the outside of each the tents. It was a blood red skull with a sword driven through from the top. A splitting headache swept through Sakura's head.
Flashback
"Mother!"
"Stay here Sakura. Whatever happens, do not leave this closet!"
Sakura whimpered and nodded slowly.
And with a swipe, Nadeshiko closed the wooden doors, and turned towards a locked door.
Soon enough, loud bangs could be heard from the other side.
Nadeshiko bit her bottom lip as she leaned back against the wall while darting her eyes from the door to the closet.
"BOOM!"
A deafening explosion caused the door to burst into small wooden splints.
Behind the cloud of dust revealed a pair of red blood-shot eyes...
End of Flashback
"It's really them..."
"What?"
"Oh. Nothing..." Sakura looked away from Syaoran to the other direction, her eyes almost brimming with tears.
Syaoran quirked an eyebrow at the young girl and stood up from his crouched position.
He then spotted, a few yards away, a wooden fence. Tied to it was the whole group of Sakura's nine unicorns.
"There they are!"
Sakura wiped her tears away and stood up, her eyes glowing with happiness.
"Everyone! Are you okay?"
The nine unicorns neigh in happiness as they saw their mistress.
"Shhh! Keep quiet!"
The nine immediately stopped and waited till Syaoran took out a dagger and cut the ropes. However, the ropes were made of special material, making it ten times more difficult to cut through then normal ropes. "Blast..."
"Hurry up! We don't want the-"
"Well, Well, Well... What do we have here?"
Sakura and Syaoran cringed at those words. Sakura turned and spitted her next words in utter disgust, " Hiroki..."
Hiroki sneered, " So... It's you... Sakura Kinimoto... daughter of the famous Fujitaka and Nadeshiko Kinimoto. Ha ha... How ironic!"
Sakura glared harshly at the chuckling male.
Syaoran then asked, "Sakura? YOU KNOW HIM?"
Sakura turned her head to Syaoran, "Of course... After all, he's the one that killed my family!"
Syaoran widened his eyes in realization. "He killed your –
"That's right. I killed the whole Kinimoto family. Except one that is... Boys! Lock them up in the cages."
Gruff unruly men emerged from the shadows and advanced towards the couple. Syaoran defensively went in front of Sakura. The men laughed at Syaoran's pathetic attempt to protect the young female.
Hiroki gave out an evil chilling laugh, sending a cold chill down Sakura's spine. He took out of blackish sphere from his pocket. A onix coloured cloud could be seen within the sphere. Hiroki grinned and said, "Why don't you try our newest invention? It contains knock-out gas! Watch out! Hahaha!"
He threw the sphere beside Sakura which burst once it made contact to the ground, unleashing a cloud of gas.
Syaoran and Sakura felt their body became weak as their eyes slowly drooped. The last thing they saw was Hiroki's blood red laughing eyes. They finally surrendered to the urge to sleep as they entered into a world of darkness.
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Syaoran arise from his slumber as he rubbed his eyes. He found himself lying next to a dozing Sakura and immediately went beet red.
"Awake already?"
A gruff voice was heard as Syaoran turned behind. There leaning against a pole was a muscled-bound man. Although he isn't what you call "clean". Syaoran could only glare intensely at the man. He was probably one of Hiroki's lackeys.
The man, however, wasn't wavered at the glare directed to him. Instead he laughed and took out of cigarette.
"You guys are lucky. Usually Boss would kill our prisoners the moment we catch them. But I guess he wants you guys to witness the moments where your precious little unicorns get killed after we cut off their horns at noon. Even though you guys will get destroyedafter that..." He then went back to snoozing.
Syaoran gritted his teeth. He had to think of a way to escape that place.
"Urgh..."
A small groan snapped Syaoran from his reverie.
Sakura finally opened her eyes while holding her head.
"Ow... My head... hmm? Where are we?"
Syaoran replied softly, "We're in cages. They're planning to let us witness the time when your unicorns get killed... We have to find a way out of here!"
He tried to use a nearby rock to break the lock open but to no avail.
Sakura sighed, "Its no use. These guys are no ordinary poachers. Their locks and weapons are made up of top grade metal. Even their cages are made of hard steel."
There was a period of silence as Syaoran stopped his attack on the lock.
Syaoran gave a sigh and sat down, "I want to know what happened years ago. What happened to your family? How did they get killed? Is this why you don't let anyone to help you in times of need? Is it because you're afraid that they will sacrifice themselves for your sake?"
Sakura stared at Syaoran, "You really want to know?"
By then, she was already tearing. One by one, her salty tears trickled down her cheek.
Syaoran slowly nodded. He said softly, "I want to help."
Sakura smiled and wiped her tears away, "It all happened when Chocolate was just given birth..."
Flashback
"Awww... Mother! Look! He's just so cute!" Sakura squealed as she witnessed the new born brown unicorn play in the fields, chasing butterflies.
"Sakura, dear. You've been saying that since last week!" Nadeshiko smiled beautifully at her young daughter.
"Yeah! What a monster!"
Sakura turned pouting at her brother, "Chocolate's not a monster!"
Touya gave out a huge laugh, "I wasn't talking about Chocolate! I was talking about you!"
Sakura puffed up even more as she stomped up to her brother and harshly set her foot on top of Touya's feet.
"OWEE! You're really a monster!"
Sakura eyes went fire red, "I am not a monster!"
"Now! Now! Touya! Stop teasing your sister."
Fujitaka Kinimoto chuckled as he entered the cottage.
"Welcome home!" Sakura, Touya and Nadeshiko greeted in unison.
Fujitaka placed his coat on the coat rack.
"What's for dinner?" Fujitaka asked. "I would have cooked if I wasn't so busy."
Nadeshiko smiled gently, "Shrimps. Sakura's favourite."
"YAY!"
Sakura gave a burst of delight as she sat on the chair.
"Why must we always eat what the monster likes?" Touya said sarcastically.
Sakura immediately began to flare and stomp her brother's foot for the umpteenth time of the day.
"OWWW!"
Nadeshiko settled four plates on the table, each filled with fried shrimp. Sakura's mouth watered at the sight of them.
"Let's dig in!"
The family began to tuck in. However, before the first shrimp off Sakura's plate could be eaten, a loud neigh could be heard from the direction of the fields.
The family of four scrambled from the table and rushed into the kitchen and out the backdoor.
"Oh my..."
All the Unicorns were running about as men on horses tried to use ropes and round them up.
"Poachers!"
Fujitaka yelled, "Who do you think you guys are? Stop what you are doing now!"
The band of man laughed and continued to catch each of the unicorns.
"Nadeshiko, go send Flames a message to the authorities!" Fujitaka then went in front of one of the men, halting the horse. He gripped onto the poacher's rope and pulled.
The young woman nodded. She whistled and Flames emerged from within the cottage. In her beak were a pen and a piece of paper.
Nadeshiko hastily wrote down the message.
Hiroki noticed Nadeshiko and abandoned his chase of the unicorn and headed for the woman with his sword unsheathed from its hilt.
Touya widened his eyes as he saw the approaching danger.
"Mother! Look out!"
He immediately went in front of his mother and blocked Hiroki's way.
The angered Hiroki swerved his sword as it slashed Touya's chest.
Sakura's hand flew to her mouth as she watched her brother's body fell on the ground.
Nadeshiko let Flames into the air. Flames soared right to the village, flying as fast as she can.
"Touya!" both mother and daughter screamed in distress. Hiroki began to lift his sword once again, preparing to strike.
Fujitaka unexpectedly came in between them with a sword.
"Nadeshiko, run!"
A fierce battle started as two swords clashed together. Nadeshiko teared as she watched her husband trying to prevent her from being killed.
"GO!"
Nadeshiko turned and pushed a crying Sakura into the cottage.
The two rushed into the living room. When Nadeshiko opened the front door, she was greeted with the sight of two man carrying swords. They sneered as they advance towards the two.
Nadeshiko then knew there was no where to run. She locked the door and then rushed into Sakura's room. She then again locked the door and looked around for a safe place to hide her daughter. Her eyes were set on the closet...
"Mother!"
"Stay here Sakura. Whatever happens, do not leave this closet!"
Sakura whimpered and nodded slowly.
And with a swipe, Nadeshiko closed the wooden doors, and turned towards a locked door.
Soon enough, loud bangs could be heard from the other side.
Nadeshiko bit her bottom lip as she leaned back against the wall while darting her eyes from the door to the closet.
"BOOM!"
A deafening explosion caused the door to burst into small wooden splints.
Behind the cloud of dust revealed a pair of red blood-shot eyes...
"So... you're here... I can't let you go after you've have seen my face and even reported to the authorities. Die woman!"
Hiroki then stabbed his sword through Nadeshiko's body. She began to cough out blood.
Sakura, inside the closet, witness the scene unfolding in front of her. She was too shocked to move as her mother let out a bloodcurdling scream.
Hiroki smirked satisfyingly as he removed his sword from Nadeshiko's dead body.
"Now, for the girl..."
Sakura whimpered as she knew that she was next in line.
When Hiroki was about to open the closet, a sound came from the door.
"Boss Hiroki! The authorities are here! We have to go!"
Hiroki gave an anguish shout as he ran out of the room with his lackey behind him.
Sakura started to cry again...
End of flashback
"Later, the police found me crying in the closet. They told me that my whole family was killed and the poachers managed to take away at least half of the unicorns. Tomoyo's mother hired a guardian to take care of me and the unicorns before she went back to Tomoyo's farm last year. I'm afraid to let anyone help me because I was afraid that they may suffer the same fate as my family..."
Syaoran was silent as he listened to Sakura. He went over to her and wrapped his arms around Sakura's weeping figure.
"There. There. I know you feel guilty about your family's death and feel that you should have done something. But since they tried so hard to let you live, shouldn't you try your best to stay alive?"
Sakura stopped crying and lift her head and gaze into Syaoran's amber orbs.
In them, she saw care and worry. Along with something unknown.
She thought about Syaoran's words and nodded.
Syaoran smiled at her and said, "Let's talk about this later, we have to get out of here first!"
They then noticed the guard snoozing soundly. The sun was high up in the sky and it was almost noon.
"Caw!Caw!" Two phoenixes swooped down from one of the trees.
"Frost! Flames!" Sakura cheered in relieve.
When Syaoran saw the two ice and fire phoenix, a thought struck Syaoran's mind.
"I have an idea!"
The three stared at Syaoran.
"Flames please send a burst of fire at this lock as quietly as you can."
Flames nodded and a small burst of fire burst from its beak.
The lock became hot and started to radiate a large amount of heat.
"Now Frost. Ice the lock!"
Flames stop her attack and allow Frost to cool the lock.
Sakura then realized where this was going.
"I get it! If the metal lock is hot and then suddenly experience a sudden change in temperature, it'll-"
The lock gave a crack sound as it broke into pieces.
"crack!"
Syaoran opened the cage door and stepped out quietly.
"Time to save the unicorns!"
To be Continued...
A/N: The last line sounded corny... Hope you guys will wait for the conclusion to Rescue! Please review! I'll update as soon as possible. Ciao!