Disclaimer: i do not own Cardcaptor Sakura
Chapter 1
Dark Day
Hong KongIt was a beautiful early morning in Hong Kong, the sun was shining and the birds were singing. People travelled to work with bright smiles on their faces and children skipped merrily to school. All was calm and peaceful.
Well, except for someone in the Li residence…
"WHERE IS IT!"
Syaoran ran around his room, frantically searching for a certain item that a special someone gave to him.
"IT WAS RIGHT HERE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO IT?" he cried as he dived to the floor, searching under the bed.
"Lost something?" a voice from a young girl filled the room.
Syaoran pulled his head out from under the bed and looked up.
"Meilin! I've lost it! I can't find it anywhere!" he had an expression of panic written on his face.
"What, you mean this?" she giggled as she showed him a small handmade bear with a pink ribbon tied to it. It was his Sakura bear.
"YES, THAT'S IT!" He sprung up off the floor and rushed to his cousin. He quickly but carefully took it from her.
"It was downstairs, by the suitcases, where you left it" she continued to giggle.
"Thanks, Meilin" he walked away and carefully placed the bear in the bag that lay on his bed.
"This is amazing. You're moving to Japan" she exclaimed, looking around his room.
"Yeah…" he smiled as he picked up his bag and moved to the door.
"Slow down there" she said, moving in Syaoran's way as he tried to leave the room.
"The plane leaves this afternoon so calm down. And before you go, the Elders need to have a word with you" she took his bag off of him.
"About what?" he questioned as she headed off with his things.
"I don't know… it could be about your final trial to become the clan leader. I'm sure you'll find out when you get there" she walked off leaving him standing in his doorway.
He turned to take one last look at his room, and then headed off downstairs. While walking towards the front door, he heard his sisters cooing and cheering in one of the far off rooms. He then blushed cherry red.
'Their watching one of Daidouji's tapes again' he thought to himself. He then quickly left the house and headed off to the training grounds where the Elders awaited him.
A few minutes after Syaoran had left, his mother Yelan had wandered out from her room. Walking down the large hallway she stopped to look out the window.
'What a beautiful morning…' she smiled, admiring the Li garden.
After a few moments, she headed downstairs. When she reached the main hall she noticed the suitcases by the door.
'Ah, yes that's right. Syaoran is leaving for Japan, to be with Sakura…' her thoughts were cut off when she heard loud squeals of excitement from the living room.
She thought that the noise must be coming from her daughters, so she went to see what they were up to.
Walking into the living room, she saw that the four girls, Fudie Xuehua Huanglian and Feimei, plus Meilin, were all watching a 'Syaoran and Sakura' tape that Tomoyo Daidouji had sent them. The girls were unaware that Yelan had walked over and sat down to watch the tape. After a particular scene between Sakura and Syaoran, Yelan thought to herself
'It's wonderful to see Syaoran so happy,' she smiled 'He hasn't really smiled like that since before his father…'
"Oh! Good morning mother!" The girls turned in surprise and happiness as they just noticed her presence.
"Good morning" she smiled back at them all. She then asked, "Where is Syaoran?"
Without taking her eyes off the screen, Meilin answered
"He's just gone to see the Elders"
"Okay…"
But then, she began to feel something strange. She got up off the sofa and walked over to the window. After staring out of the window for a few seconds, she froze with a frightened expression on her face.
"Mother? Are you alright?" Feimei asked.
Yelan turned to Wei, who had just entered the room.
"We have to get to the training grounds, NOW!" she cried, worryingly.
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'Nearly there' Syaoran thought to himself as he wandered up the stone path. Walking all the way to the training grounds was always quite a task, but it was often nice when you got to hear the birds singing and see the woodland creatures jumping around as you walked by. Thinking about those things, he suddenly began to wonder
'Where are all the birds and woodland creatures?' he looked around seeing no creatures and hearing no birds. For some strange reason, the forest seemed pretty dead.
'It's probably nothing' he thought continuing his trek.
Then, he halted.
"What…"
Ahead of him was the entrance to the training grounds, all smashed and broken. The heavy wooden doors twisted off the hinges and punched full of holes. The stone archway cracked and the shrine lanterns knocked over.
Despite the fact it was a sunny day, a cold wind began to blow. The clouds were turning black and rain started to slowly fall. As the first few raindrops hit his head, he looked to the sky and narrowed his eyes. He could sense something…bad.
"Dark magic is the cause of this" he growled, returning his gaze to the destroyed entrance.
Cautiously, Syaoran moved forward carefully stepping over the remains of the doors while glancing around to find the cause of this mess. The first thing he saw made him freeze on the spot.
There were bodies littering the floor. Many of them were students who often trained here, some were the teachers who passed their wisdom and abilities to others, but the other set of bodies that lay among them were none that he had seen before. They wore black, ninja like suits. They must be the cause of this.
After standing completely frozen for a few seconds, he managed to snap himself out of the trance.
'I must be careful, there may be more out there' he thought to himself. Arming himself with his sword, he continued moving through the grounds.
'The magic is getting stronger' he mentally noted. He tried to slow himself down to reduce the noise he was making as he moved through the thick mud caused by the heavy rain, but the second he heard shouting and the sound of fighting up ahead at the main temple he broke into a sprint.
After passing the next building he found the source of the noise. Looking around, he saw the bodies of the Elders lying dead on the ground. Except for one. He was fighting a large man in dark armour, who was covered in blood. It wasn't his blood though…
"AWAY WITH YOU, DEMON!" the Elder shouted, lunging forward with his sword.
The man in dark armour had a large grin on his face. In the second that the Elder lunged forward, the man in dark armour had cut him down.
As the rain continued to pour, Syaoran stood on the spot watching. The man turned to see Syaoran standing there with his sword. Another large grin had painted his face. His wet hair had covered his eyes, but he could still see the mixed expression of pain, fear and anger in him.
"You must be the Li clan heir. This should be good…I hope you prove more entertaining than these were" his voice was deep, and it sounded thirsty. Thirsty for more blood.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU!" Syaoran questioned while throwing a cold glare at the man.
"My name is Ginryu. And I have come to kill you, Li clan heir."
Syaoran's anger really began to flare as he watched the man use an Elder's headscarf to wipe the blood of his sword. The man then began to walk in his direction.
"GOD OF THUNDER, ANSWER MY CALL!" Syaoran sent a huge bolt of lightning towards the man, but he continued moving forward, absorbing the electricity with his sword.
'This isn't working…' Syaoran thought, angrily.
Syaoran stopped his attack and was shocked to see the man laugh.
"HAHAHAHA…Thank you, very much!" He raised his sword and unleashed the electricity it had charged up back at Syaoran.
"GGGRRRRAAAGGGHHHH" Syaoran cried in pain as he was sent flying, landing on his back. He had dropped his sword, and was know virtually paralysed because of the electricity. His head was spinning and his vision was blurry. He just about managed to raise his head to see the man standing above him.
"THAT WAS IT!" he looked down at the defeated boy with an expression of disappointment. He then sighed.
"He was right, this boy doesn't deserve to become the clan leader…" he growled.
"W-what are y-you talking about…?" Syaoran stuttered in confusion as the pain continued to immobilize him.
The man turned his dark eyes back to Syaoran.
"It's nothing you will have to worry about" he smirked.
He then drove his sword straight through Syaoran's chest. Syaoran began to cough and choke as the cold steel passed through him. Then, after a few seconds, he slipped away into darkness.
"Farewell" he grinned, removing his sword from Syaoran's body.
"Sir!" a voice called to the man. He turned his head to see a few of the ninjas marching over to him.
"We have completed our mission" the man said as he stepped away from Syaoran's body. He turned his head to face the rest of the grounds.
"Burn this place down" he ordered, walking off towards the entrance.
"Yes, sir" the ninjas started casting fire spells to burn down the buildings.
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Black smoke from the fire was rising high in the air, filling the sky with even more darkness. The rain was still beating down heavily as Yelan, Wei and seven other servants made their way to the training grounds. Yelan really began to worry when she sensed a disturbance in Syaoran's life aura.
"COME ON, HURRY!" Yelan called back as she ran frantically up the path.
They ignored the smashed gates and ran straight inside. They all stood in shock at the sight of the bodies and the burning buildings. Yelan's eyes where clouded with tears.
"WE HAVE TO FIND SYAORAN!" she desperately cried, looking around in all directions.
Wei turned to the others and started giving orders.
"YOU THREE PUT THIS FIRE OUT, YOU TWO LOOK FOR ANY SURVIVORS AND YOU TWO COME WITH ME!"
He ran off towards the main temple with Yelan and two servants following closely. They arrived in a few seconds and were confronted with the sight of the dead Elders. Yelan turned her head to where Syaoran's body lay.
The Elder that fought the man was still alive and had managed to drag himself over towards Syaoran. He was casting some sought of spell on him.
"Master Shieng!" Wei called as he rushed over to the both of them. Yelan immediately rushed to Syaoran.
The Elder didn't have much time left. He looked up at Yelan and whispered
"He…should be…alright…" he then started to cough up blood.
"Who did this?" Yelan asked, cradling Syaoran in her arms as tears ran down hear cheeks.
"A man…in dark armour…" he paused as the pain from his wound started to really kick at him. " He claims to have been sent…by Jigoku…"
Everyone froze in shock at the name. It couldn't be possible…
"This will be the trial…for Little Wolf…" he continued, placing his hand on Syaoran's forehead. "Good luck…" he slightly smiled, then passed out.
"Master…" Yelan whispered
"He's gone…" Wei frowned, with his head hanging down. He then raised it to talk to Yelan.
"Let's get him inside"
He went to pick up Syaoran, but Yelan stopped him.
"I'll take him" she said, rising from the ground with Syaoran in her arms. Wei turned back to the other two.
"Let's help the others"
They all ran over to the others to help put out the fire, while Yelan quickly walked back to the house carrying Syaoran.
A/n this story will get better (hopefully...)also in the next chapter i will be introducing some characters i made.