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Chapter Two: Nightly Danger
Sakura landed at the front gates of the palace, guarded by two burly fairy guards.
Today Sakura wore a dark green dress that she "cut down to size". It fell low on her chest, five thin straps on each arm held it up on her shoulders. It hugged her curves tightly, falling in thin strips high above her knees. Thin brown sandals were strapped to Sakura's feet, their straps going halfway up her calves. Sakura had done her hair so that it fell in elegant waves past her shoulders, pink cherry blossoms braided slightly in.
Her emerald eyes fierce, Sakura marched up to the two guards, her sword on her hip. "I'm here to see Prince Eriol"
"Are you a trapper?" One of the guards asked.
Sakura nodded. "I am. Sakura Kinomoto. Tell him I'm here, tell him to bring Tomoyo too"
Tomoyo hadn't gone home the night before, and Sakura knew she'd spent the last night before the festival with her lover.
Hopefully not doing what Sakura feared she had done.
The guards nodded and led Sakura past the gates and into the palace.
It was beautiful in there, Sakura was never tired to go and visit Eriol. Thick roots came down from the ceiling and framed the walls, fireflies flew above her, serving as light. The floor was covered in a pale green, almost frosty, moss.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo grinned, walking into the room, her gray eyes shining. Tomoyo was wearing a dark blue dress that fell in slight waves past her knees, a silver cord around her waist, her bow and arrows in her hands. "Ready to go?"
Sakura nodded, a twinge of anger hiding under her pretty face. "Yeah"
Eriol walked in them.
The prince had short, and yet shaggy, blue hair and bright blue eyes. His wings were, no surprise, also blue, but held a bit of black in them. He was tall, almost as tall as Touya, with a charming smile and adorable attitude.
It was no wonder Tomoyo had fallen for him.
"How are you Sakura?" Eriol asked, kissing Sakura lightly on the cheek. A friendly kiss, that's all.
Sakura smiled at him. She'd pound Tomoyo with questions later. "I'm fine Eriol, how are you"
Eriol grinned. "Good! Great! Excited for the festival"
The festival came once every year to celebrate another year of survival against the pixies. They also had celebrations whenever there was an eclipse.
"Well that's great." Sakura smiled. She could sense, outside, that the sun was setting. They didn't have much time. "Well Tomoyo, we'd better be going, the sun is setting"
Tomoyo sighed. "I love how you can tell Sakura. Well," She turned to Eriol and gave him a quick kiss on the lips. "See you later Eriol"
"Be careful Tomoyo," Eriol said softly, wrapping his arms around Tomoyo's waist and kissing her neck softly. "I want to see you," He looked up at Sakura. "Both of you. Again"
Sakura smiled faintly. Yeah, yeah...I really don't need you two's love rubbed in my face at the moment. "We'll be back Eriol, don't worry. I'll keep her safe"
Eriol smiled gratefully at Sakura. "Okay"
With that he let Tomoyo go.
"See you Eriol." She smiled, walking with Sakura out of the palace.
As soon as they reached the surface, Tomoyo started shrieking.
"Oh my God Sakura!" She cried. "Guess what? I-"
"I know Tomoyo." Sakura smirked, kicking off the ground, her friend following after her. "You slept with him didn't you"
Tomoyo's face went bright red. "N-No! That's not it"
Sakura felt embarrassment rush through her. "Really? Um...then w-what happened?"
Tomoyo looked at Sakura oddly.
"Don't look at me like that Tomoyo." Sakura said, turning away from the raven-haired girl, her golden wings carrying her towards the deep part of the forest. "I hate it when you look at me like that. Just tell me what happened"
Tomoyo sighed. "He...asked me to marry him. When I'm eighteen, of course. But that's great right? I mean...I love him and"
She kept rambling on about how he'd asked her, but Sakura had lost interest. "That's great Tomoyo"
"Yeah it is." Tomoyo grinned. "Now all we need is to find someone for you"
Sakura choked and almost plummeted from the air. "W-What?"
"You know, I think Zachary likes you." Tomoyo said, ignoring Sakura's shocked expression. "I mean, I know he does...but what do you think of him?"
"Z-Zachary?" Sakura stammered. "He's m-my friend! We've been friends for way-way too long for that!"
Tomoyo shrugged. "Hey, you know what they say-"
"No I don't!" Sakura said, suddenly bursting into fits of giggles. She was like that, spirited, stubborn and bubbly.
"Hey," Tomoyo said suddenly. "What made you think I slept with Eriol anyways?"
Sakura stopped laughing, a blush creeping across her face. "Uh...nothing. Just his face...I guess"
Tomoyo smiled, but said nothing.
Is she...lying to me? Sakura thought to herself.
They continued through the trees, the sun growing further and further away as they did so, their shadows beginning to blend in with the forest floor.
Their traps were set out all around the fairy city, not far from each other. That way, with the traps being so close to the city boundaries and so close together, if pixies tried to get in, the most likely wouldn't make it, for some of the traps were hidden.
They came across one then. Nothing in it.
"Is the food still good?" Tomoyo asked.
Sakura nodded, hovering over the ring of mushrooms. "Yeah, they'll last another day"
With that the two flew off, unaware of the eyes following them.
His feet scraped against the forest floor as he ran, a sword in each hand, a coil of rope tied to his waist, a dagger hidden under his boot.
"Syaoran, what are we doing?" Meilin snapped angrily, her ruby eyes bright.
"Hunting." Syaoran smirked, pointing through a patch of clover at two fairies hovering above a fairy ring.
Meilin grinned. "There's only two, from what I can see." She turned to their other comrades, Rika, Yukito and Spinel. "There are two you guys"
Yukito smirked, the setting sun's light bouncing off his silver hair. "Only two?"
Syaoran nodded, turning back to the fairies. "Yeah. Girls. They won't be hard to capture"
"But Syaoran." Spinel said, rubbing his shaggy black hair. "It's the night before their festival. Don't you think we should let them enjoy it?"
Syaoran laughed. "Yeah, right. Come on you guys, when they set down for a rest we'll grab them"
"Okay." Meilin said, following after Syaoran as he trailed after the two fairy girls who had just flew off through the forest. She didn't get a good look at them, so who knows who they were. "Do you think one of them could be that Sakura girl?"
Syaoran shrugged. "Who knows"
Sakura was almost a legend in the pixie kingdom. She was said to spout fire from her hands and make the forest do her bidding. She was supposed to be deathly beautiful so even the strongest of pixies couldn't stay away from her.
Plus, she was supposed to be an excellent fighter.
"But what if it is?" Rika asked, trailing after Meilin, Yukito and Spinel behind. Unlike fairies, pixies did not have wings, but they did have pointed ears. They were more in-tune with the forest because they were closer to the ground and never in the air, they were also better fighters.
But, sadly, they fell for the fairies tricks quite easily. Most of the time.
"Who cares?" Syaoran snapped, his hands gripping the hilts of his swords tightly. "We'll just take care of her and be on our way"
Rika sighed. "I think it would be great to meet her. I mean, she's done so much against our kind...just to meet her, try to figure out what she's about"
Yukito chuckled. "And then kill her"
Rika shrugged. "If needed"
Syaoran rolled his eyes, finally spotting the fairies. "Hey you guys, I think they're about ready to set down"
"Right." Meilin said. She had, forever, been in love with Syaoran. Though he was he cousin, she found it hard not to fall in love with his charming looks.
Syaoran had messy, and yet very sexy, chocolate brown hair. His eyes were a deep almond filled with hidden emotion. He wasn't nice to many people, and even they got yelled at sometimes.
Finally, after hours of chasing after the fairies, they finally set down beside a fairy ring.
"So what are you and Eriol going to do once you get married?" Syaoran heard one of the girl's, the one with the gold wings, ask the other. "I mean...you know"
She has a nice voice. Syaoran thought to himself.
The other girl shrugged, she had dark blue wings. "We haven't really decided yet. Besides, he has a lot on his plate already, his father's getting old and Eriol may have to take the crown soon"
"So she's in love with Prince Eriol." Spinel smirked, appearing at Syaoran's side. "What do you think of that?"
"She may be good to us." Syaoran said. "If we can kidnap her, then maybe we can get a bit higher in this war"
Spinel nodded. "Shall I tell the others?"
"Yes." Syaoran said.
Spinel nodded and was gone to find the others, who were hiding somewhere in the trees.
Syaoran watched the two fairies a bit longer, waiting to see what they'd do.
"Well, should we get back?" The golden-winged girl asked, getting to her feet. "We still have a few more-"
"What's wrong Sakura?" The raven-haired girl asked, getting to her feet when she noticed her friend had stopped talking and was staring out at the dark forest. "What's wrong?"
"Shit." Syaoran hissed, signaling to the others to move in. "She knows we're here"
Did that girl just say her name was...Sakura? Syaoran thought, breathless.
So this was the girl he'd heard so much about. In the dim light of night he could barely see her at all.
"Ahhh!" Spinel shouted, rushing out of the trees, his sword in his hands. Rika, Meilin and Yukito did the same.
"Nice." Syaoran smiled, noting how they'd positioned themselves so the two fairies were surrounded.
"No!" The raven-haired fairy gasped, clinging to her friend's arm. "We're surrounded!"
"Not for long!" The other girl, Sakura, shouted.
Syaoran appeared out of the shrubs then, just as Sakura waved her hand, sending a spiral of flames at Yukito.
"Yukito look out!" Syaoran shouted, tackling his friend to the ground. He could feet the heat of the flames as they rushed over him, barely missing his skin.
"That b-bitch!" Meilin cried. "Come here!"
Meilin ran at the two fairies, her sword draw and ready to attack.
"Meilin look out!" Rika shrieked as a huge burst of wind came out of nowhere.
Meilin and Rika were knocked to the side. Meilin hit the ground, hard, falling unconscious, where as Rika flew a bit further...right into a fairy ring.
The girl, Sakura, smirked. "Two down, three to go"
"We'll get you yet!" Spinel shouted, lunging at Sakura.
The girl was caught off guard. Startled, she fell to the ground, barely missing Spinel's blade.
"Sakura!" The other girl cried.
"What?" Syaoran heard Yukito gasp. "So that's...her"
Syaoran nodded, he and Yukito getting to their feet. "She'd be a grand prize"
Sakura turned to glare at the two, her wings carrying her to her feet. "Prize? What the hell--I am no prize to be won!"
"No, but you are one to be captured." Syaoran snapped, he and Yukito dashing towards her.
"Tomoyo get out of here!" Sakura shouted, waving her hand like a fan, sending a wave of wind rushing at Syaoran and Yukito.
"But I won't leave you!"
"Go!" Sakura demanded, blowing another wave of wind, this time at her friend.
The fairy, Tomoyo, was sent flying through the air. She didn't turn around, her wings kept on beating.
"I'll get her!" Spinel shouted, taking aim and throwing his sword at the retreating fairy.
"Tomoyo no!" Syaoran heard Sakura shout.
There was a blinding flash of light and suddenly Spinel was on the ground next to Yukito and Syaoran, knocked out. His sword lay a few feet away, his right out of the ground.
"What...was that light?" Yukito gasped.
"That would be me." Sakura snarled, standing in front of the two conscious pixies. "You, your group, are quite a bother"
"Same to you." Syaoran growled, getting to his feet.
Sakura stood in a fighting stance, unsheathing her sword, ready to fight.
Syaoran smirked. "You think it wise, girl, to challenge me?"
"Of course." Sakura quipped.
Syaoran, his anger flaring, charged at the girl, his swords meeting hers with a spark.
"You can't escape." Syaoran snapped, both he and Sakura pushing with all their might into their swords, their faces inches from each others.
"Watch me." Sakura hissed, pulling her sword away and kicking him in the stomach.
But Syaoran knew what she was going to do.
He dropped it swords, the blades sinking into the dirt, and grabbed her foot, twisting it painfully.
He smirked when he saw her shocked expression as he twisted her foot once more, this time sending her sprawling to the ground.
Syaoran quickly grabbed the dagger from his boot and straddled the fairy, pressing the blade against her neck.
"Told you so." He taunted.
Sakura glared up at him, her emerald eyes fiery.
It was only then that Syaoran realized how the stories were true. She really was stunning.
Her auburn hair flowed around her like a cloud, tangled in it were small cherry blossoms. Her face was curved finely, bringing out the depth of her eyes, the lushness of her lips. Her clothes were torn, but looked great on her.
What are you thinking Syaoran? Syaoran scolded himself. She's the enemy!
"I will get away from you." She said acidly.
Syaoran smirked down at her. "I don't think so"
With that he got off her, but only for a second. He turned her around on the ground, pulling her arms behind her back. He straddled her again, taking the rope from his waist and tying it around her thin wrists.
"Nice job Syaoran." Yukito grinned, kneeling beside the two. "You've captured the famous Sakura, Trapper of the Fairies"
Syaoran nodded.
Sakura gasped. "S-Syaoran? Prince Syaoran Li of the...Pixies"
Syaoran smirked at her. "You got it"
She looked mortified as he got off her and hauled her to her feet, tying her wings to her back so she couldn't fly away. She looked as if she wanted to kill him, but was too shocked that she had been captured by him.
"What are we going to do with her?" Yukito asked, looking don at Sakura. He was at least two heads taller than her, and at least two years older. "Kill her now?"
She shot Yukito a glare. "Do what you like. My people will come for me"
"Sure." Syaoran said, nodding at Yukito as Spinel woke up. "Yukito, Spinel, you get Meilin back will you. And you," He turned to Sakura. "Get Rika out of the trap"
Sakura turned to look at the pixie trapped in the fairy ring, looking rather pissed off. She turned back to Syaoran, a defiant look on her face. "No"
He choked. "What?"
"You heard me." She said. "No. Not unless you let me go in return"
Syaoran glared at her. "Fine. We leave Rika. We'll get her back soon enough"
The look that crossed Sakura's face startled Syaoran.
Shock, mixed with anger.
"You're just going to leave her?" The fairy gaped at him. "Your comrade. You're going to leave her?"
Syaoran shrugged. "Sure, why not?"
"Because that's totally heartless!" Sakura shouted at him. "She'll be killed, or put into slavery!"
"Her fault." Syaoran shrugged, grabbing Sakura's arm as Yukito returned with the unconscious Meilin in his arms, Spinel at his side. "Come on. We're heading back"
"No way!" Sakura shouted suddenly, making the group jump. "No way in hell am I coming to your stupid city!"
"Well you don't have a choice." Syaoran said angrily.
When he tried to start walking again, he was stopped. Sakura wouldn't move.
"Move girl." Syaoran snarled at her. "Or I'll kill you"
"I'd rather die than go to that city." Sakura snapped back.
Syaoran rolled his eyes, scooping Sakura up and tossing her over his shoulder.
"You can not do this!" Sakura shrieked, if her hands had been free she probably would have been pounding on his back with her fists. "Put me down this instant! Now!"
"She talks a lot doesn't she?" Spinel snickered.
"Shut up!" Sakura shouted at him. "You, Li, put me down!"
Syaoran ignored her. This is going to me a long walk home...
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