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Chapter 2
Stranger and Raine
Two days laterIt was a quiet morning at the Li residence. Fudie, Xuehua, Huanglian, Feimei and Meilin all sat in the living room watching one of Tomoyo Daidouji's tapes. But instead of the usual cheering and cooing, they all sat silently with various troubled expressions.
"How long do you think it will be before Syaoran wakes up?" Huanglian asked with a depressed look on her face.
"I'm sure he will be up in no time, he always seems to recover pretty quickly whenever he's sick" Fudie replied.
"But this is different, he isn't ill…" Huanglian mumbled.
Fudie turned to Meilin, who sat beside her.
"Meilin, does miss Kinomoto know about the situation with Syaoran?"
"Well, Auntie Yelan told me to call her and make up some story so she wouldn't worry about anything. I told her the Elders needed to keep him here for some extra training before he left" Meilin didn't look up when she spoke.
"How did she react?" Feimei silently questioned from across the room.
"Well, she tried not to show it but I can tell it depressed her" she continued to watch the tape with a blank expression.
There was a sudden knock at the front door, and each of the girls attentions were drawn away from the television. After a couple of seconds, they heard the door open and then Wei's voice.
"Yes? May I help you?"
"We're here to see Yelan Li" the voice was that of a young woman.
"Ah, we have been expecting you. Please follow me"
They heard multiple footsteps pass by the door. The girls all stood up off the sofas and peeked out of the door. They managed to catch a glimpse of a young man and woman, who both seem to be wearing some odd clothes.
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Yelan stood in her room looking out of her window and into the garden. She couldn't stop thinking about all of the things that has happened. The murder of all the innocent people, the Elders, the attack on Syaoran…and the possibility that the rumour of Jigoku returning was true.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a light knock on the door. She turned to face the door.
"Come in"
The door opened and Wei stepped in.
"The guests are here, Lady Yelan" he stated, showing in two people.
"Thank you, Wei"
He bowed slowly then left the room, quietly closing the door behind him. Yelan allowed the two people to sit on her bed as she sat down on a small cushioned chair.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, Yelan-san" the young lady spoke politely.
"My name is Raine Enoeda, daughter of master Enoeda, the chief of the Tamashii clan"
She was a girl aged around 19 with long, silver hair tied back in a ponytail. She wore a ninja-like kimono with the symbols of fire, water, wind and thunder running down both arms.
" You can call me Stranger" The young man didn't seem to be as polite as the girl.
He wasn't as nicely dressed, either. He looked as if he had been through the wars. A bandage covered his right eye; he wore an old looking boiler suit with holes in and had a scratched up chest plate. He looked to be the same age as Raine.
"We heard about the incident that happened a couple of days ago, what has happened to the clan heir?"
"He is recovering, thanks to master Shieng" she bowed her head in his remembrance.
"That's good, we'd be in trouble otherwise" Stranger began to look around the room.
"Have you found anything on the attackers?" Yelan questioned the two.
"Well thanks to the Tamashii clan's amazing spy network, we managed to find some information on the attackers. The man in dark armour who was here a couple of days ago is called Ginryu. He is one of four major leaders in a clan that is unfortunately involved with Jigoku" Raine informed.
Yelan lowered her head.
"So it is true…" she mumbled.
"The names of two other leaders are Kyofu and Kanashimi. That's all we can find on them"
Yelan looked up at them.
"What about the last one?"
"We can't find anything on the last one. Not many people have actually seen him let alone got his name" Stranger commented.
"At any rate, we will find out who these people are. I'm sure we'll encounter them during our journey" Raine spoke towards Yelan.
"As soon as wolfie's up, we're outta here" Stranger took a canteen from his belt and began to drink from it.
Yelan watched the young man guzzle down the liquid inside (It definitely wasn't water) then turned back to Raine.
"Are you sure everything will be all right?" she looked uneasy.
"You have nothing to worry about, I assure you" Raine said, with a smile.
After finishing his drink, Stranger turned back to the conversation.
"Oh, we also found out something else" he said, catching Yelan's attention.
"What is it?" she asked, curiously.
"Apparently, they have two more targets that they may be going after in this world"
Yelan began to feel nervous.
"Who are they?" she asked, leaning in to hear his response.
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Meanwhile, in Syaoran's room"uuhhhhh…where am I?"
Syaoran had awoken from his deep sleep to find himself on a bed, covered in bandages. He took a quick glance around the room, and recognised it as his own.
"What happened? How did I get here?" he began to question himself, then suddenly he had a slight headache and a memory flashed in his head
Flashback
"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."
End Flashback
"Ginryu…" Syaoran began to feel a surge of anger through his body as he said that name.
He then began to remember all the people the man had killed. About their fight, about when he…
Syaoran quickly glanced down at his chest. He checked the bandages then raised his head again.
"I'm alive…" he began to wonder how long he'd been out until something else struck him. Something the man had said before.
Flashback
"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.
End flashback
"What was he talking about? Who was right?" he began to hold head in confusion until he decided he should get up and find his mother or anyone else who might know what is going on.
He slowly got out of bed and staggered over to his wardrobe. There were no clothes in there, but he then noticed his suitcases on the floor. He opened them, chucked on any old shirt and trousers then walked out his room heading towards the stairs. On his way though, he began to hear the conversation that took place in his mother's bedroom.
"Are you absolutely certain about this?"
He recognised that as the voice of his mother. She sounded terrified, but instead of entering the room to find out what it was about he crouched down outside the doorway to listen in.
"Yes, that is what they said" a female voice he did not recognise responded to his mothers question.
"Then you must help her. You have to keep her safe!" Yelan's voice was beginning to sound desperate.
Syaoran began to wonder who they were talking about. He then heard someone else speak, but this time it was a male voice.
"I'm pretty sure they will be fine, I heard that they are powerful magicians"
"We cannot take that chance. I know that Clow Reed's reincarnation can handle himself, but miss Kinomoto on the other hand may not be safe!" Yelan's words then began to echo in Syaoran's mind.
'Sakura's in danger?' he was beginning to panic.
"I know you are worried for the card mistress but we have a mission to escort the clan heir to the five seals. We really don't have time to run around rescuing magicians when there is only a small chance of them actually being in danger" the female voice spoke again.
Syaoran couldn't sit around listening to this anymore. His Sakura was in danger and these people were refusing to help her.
'I have to get to Tomoeda'
He got up and quickly ran back to his room.
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Ten minutes had passed and the argument had continued. Yelan was trying to convince the two that they could easily help the card mistress while Syaoran recovered, but they continued to state that it could just be a waste of time. The argument was broken when Meilin and the four sisters barged into the room.
"SYOARAN'S GONE!" they all screamed in unison.
Yelan looked at them all in complete shock.
"What? What do you mean he's gone?"
"Quickly! Come with us!" the girls led the three people to Syaoran's room.
They all rushed inside and found that it was empty. Yelan stood on the spot, glancing to see Syaoran's moneybox tipped upside down on the floor, his suitcases opened with some of his clothes pulled out and his sword was missing from the rack on which she had placed it. The last thing she noticed was that the window was open.
"Where could he have gone?" Feimei asked, the question available for anyone to answer.
After a few seconds of silence, Yelan turned to leave the room.
"There is only one place he could have gone to" she spoke, not looking back to anyone.
"Where?" was the question that many asked in unison.
"Japan" she answered, walking back down the hall.
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Tomoeda, seven hours laterSchool had just finished and Sakura began to head home with Tomoyo. They had walked most of the way in silence, until Tomoyo started up a conversation.
"Sakura-chan, you don't seem to cheerful today, is something wrong?"
Sakura continued to walk in silence, until she turned to answer her friend's question.
"I'm all right, it's just that… Syaoran should be here…" She trailed off as her thoughts began to fill with images of Syaoran.
"You don't have to worry Sakura-chan, Meilin-chan said it was only delayed for a few days" Tomoyo tried to assure her.
"But it HAS been a few days…" she dropped her head and sighed.
"He should be here, with me…"
"Sakura-chan…" Tomoyo looked at her friend sympathetically, and then quickly tried to cheer her up.
"Say, why don't we go to my house? I have some new costumes that I would like you to try out!" she clapped cheerfully.
Instead of cheering her up, that seemed to make her feel worse. Sakura continued to drift forward with her head down until she suddenly stopped, her head quickly shooting up.
"Sakura-chan? What's wrong?" she asked as she noticed the sudden change in her expression.
"I can sense something, something…strange…" she glanced around, then realised where it was coming from.
"It's coming from Penguin Park!"
The two girls ran for the park, Sakura with her star key ready and Tomoyo with her camcorder in hand. When they arrived nobody was around, but Sakura could feel that the presence was now stronger. She released her star staff then continued to look around.
"Sakura-chan do you know what it is?" Tomoyo asked with her camera focused on Sakura's confused expression.
"I don't know, I haven't sensed anything like this before…" she stopped talking when she heard something moving behind her.
Quickly spinning around she caught a glimpse of something jumping up into a tree.
"Who's there?"
Sakura took a few steps forward, until she noticed something approaching her from the right. But this time when she turned, nothing hid from her. Instead she saw five people flying towards her with swords.
A/n well i'm halfway through the next chapter, so that should be up soon. Thanks for the reviews