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Chapter 3
For leadership and vengeance
'Please be safe, Sakura' Syaoran thought to himself as he ran through the streets of Tomoeda.
He was still feeling weak from his wound, but he kept going. Keeping Sakura safe was his top priority, despite the fact he was half dead and could collapse from fatigue at any second. When he finally made it to Sakura's house he rushed up to the front door and repeatedly pressed the doorbell.
'Please be home…'
The front door opened, and Fujitaka was standing there in his cooking apron.
"Oh my! Hello Li-kun! You've finally arrived here in Japan! Sakura's going to be so happy…"
"Please Mr Kinomoto, is Sakura here?" he interrupted
Fujitaka shook his head
"No, she hasn't got back from school yet."
"Dammit" Syaoran dropped his head.
"Is there something wrong? You look very worried "
Syaoran looked back up to him with a pleading look in his eyes
"Do you know where she is? Please, you have to tell me!"
Before Fujitaka could reply, a loud voice erupted from behind him
"GAKI!"
Touya stood in the hallway giving Syaoran a deathly cold stare. Yukito was standing next to him eating a pork bun.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, YOU LITTLE…"
"Now, now, Touya. Don't be so mean" Fujitaka held out his hands to hold him back.
"Hello Li-kun, it's nice to see you again" Yukito smiled while he helped Fujitaka restrain Touya.
There wasn't time to mess around like this. He had to hurry.
"I need to know where Sakura is! She may be in danger!"
Everyone froze. Touya pulled his way out of the restraint and grabbed Syaoran by the collar.
"SAY WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?" the way Touya shouted nobody could tell if he was angry or worried.
There was silence for a moment before Kero zoomed downstairs from Sakura's room and flew in front of everybody
"Hey everyone! I can sense something strange over at the Penguin Park and I think Sakura is there!"
Touya immediately dropped Syaoran and grabbed Kero.
"IS SHE IN DANGER?" he bellowed at the yellow creature
"I-it's possible" Kero was struggling to breath as Touya tightened his grip on him.
Syaoran lifted himself off the floor and ran back outside towards the park. Not before long Touya let go of Kero and followed suit along with Yukito.
"Geez, he's either really worried about Sakura or has just got a serious attitude problem" Kero commented about Touya as he flew out after them.
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Penguin Park
"JUMP!"
Sakura leapt out of the way as the ninjas flew in from various directions, slashing their swords furiously.
'Who are these people?' she wondered as she landed on the penguin statue.
"Tomoyo-chan!" she called out to her friend, who seems to have disappeared.
More ninjas appeared from the forest and advanced on the young girl. They threw shuriken and fired magical attack spells in her direction, but she leapt high into the air whilst pulling out another card.
"WOOD!"
Hundreds of vines entrapped many of the attackers, but most of them avoided this and continued with their attacks.
'How am I going to beat these guys?'
As she landed down by the climbing frame she felt a very strong dark presence approaching from behind. She quickly turned to she a woman in a dark red dress holding a fan.
"Hello there, my dear" she gave an unusual bright smile.
Sakura just stared at the woman with a very confused look on her face.
"Who are you?" she asked.
The woman continued to smile as she spoke to someone behind Sakura
"I will deal with this"
Sakura spun her head around to see that the ninjas had disappeared. Turning back she noticed the woman had raised her fan.
"I am terribly sorry my dear, but I have to destroy you"
Sakura's eyes widened in shock as hundreds of darts began to fire out of the fan towards her.
"SHIELD!"
Sakura successfully deflected the projectiles, but was unaware that the floor beneath her was crumbling. Just as she noticed, the ground exploded and sent her flying across the park. She was heading straight for a tree, but she never hit it. Instead, Sakura landed in someone's arms.
"Syaoran!" she looked up to see it was him who had caught her.
"Are you all right, Sakura?" he asked, concerned.
She hugged him as he held her.
"I am now" she whispered.
"Oh my, isn't that adorable" the woman laughed
Syaoran looked over to the woman and sent her a cold glare. She once again raised her fan, ready for another attack. Syaoran leapt out of the way as a beam of light shot out towards them.
For a moment, the woman looked at the amber-eyed boy as he scrambled to his feet whilst protectively holding Sakura.
"You…you're not the…Li clan heir, are you?" she asked in suspicion
"What if I am?" he growled back.
"Well now, I am impressed…" another smile crept across her face.
"Hey, enough of this!" Keroberos flew in and shot a ball of fire towards the woman, who managed to block the attack.
Yue and Touya also showed up on the scene, moving in front of Sakura and Syaoran. Touya looked down at the two, and growled at Syaoran
"She better not be hurt, gaki"
"More for me to eliminate, how fun!" the woman summoned a tornado out of the fan, which hurtled towards the group. Yue and Keroberos raised their shields to stop the attack.
"You're not getting past us!" Keroberos yelled at the woman.
She continued to fire at them, until she sensed something.
"Oh dear, it's seems that I must leave. Good bye" she said as if she was in a hurry.
There was a bright flash of light, and then she disappeared.
"Who the hell?" Touya grumbled
Sakura suddenly jumped up off of the ground and screamed
"Where's Tomoyo-chan?"
"I'm over here, Sakura-chan!"
Everyone turned to see Tomoyo walking towards them.
"Where were you?" Sakura asked
"I was over there, recording your amazing battle!" she cheered
Sakura sighed in relief, and then turned back to Syaoran. She noticed how he looked exhausted.
"Are you all right, Syaoran? You don't look so good" she was very concerned
"Don't worry about me, Sakura. I'm fine" he forced a smile
"We'll just see about that!" A young girls voice carried across the park.
"Meilin-chan!" Sakura exclaimed as she saw Meilin and two strangely dressed people walking over to them.
"What do you think you were doing? Running off like that, you had us all worried!" Meilin shouted at Syaoran.
"What are you doing here, Meilin?" Syaoran asked
"Chasing after you! You could've gotten yourself killed!" She seemed more worried than angry
"Calm down" the young woman behind Meilin spoke. She then turned to the others.
"My name is Raine Enoeda and this is Stranger. We need to speak with Li-san"
"What do you want?" Syaoran asked rather sourly
"It's about all this that has happened, and how you can stop it. We really should go somewhere to discuss this" Raine began to look around
"We'll go to my house" Sakura suggested.
She took Syaorans hand, and led them back to her house.
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Sakura's house
The group all sat in the living room. Sakura and Syaoran shared a seat, Touya and Yukito where sitting across the room, Tomoyo and Meilin where on the couch, Stranger and Raine both stood up while Fujitaka was standing by the doorway. They all listened in as Raine began to explain the situation.
"Many years ago, there was a great demon lord who was sealed away by the legendary 'Final Heavens' after he tried to gain control of the universe. There were five temples built in different worlds which contained the seals, each one protected by special guardians"
"You mean like monsters?" Meilin asked with a slight hint of excitement in her voice. Raine nodded.
"Although now those guardians were destroyed and the seals have been broken, releasing the demon from his prison. It is now up to the Li clan heir to fix the seals and defeat the him." Raine looked over to Syaoran.
"Up to me? Why?" Syaoran had a look of confusion
"The Final Heavens was made up of six warriors. Five of those used their powers to seal the demon while the leader fought against it. That leader was Li Kai ku, your ancestor"
There was silence for a moment as everyone took in all of this information.
"So it's all up to the kid to fight the demon and save the world? We're doomed" Kero smirked.
"KERO!" Sakura yelled at the guardian while Syaoran glared at him
"Stupid plush toy"
"What! Say that to my face!" Kero became enraged
Before a major argument could break out Stranger interrupted the two
"Raine and I will help you out"
"So will I!" Sakura spoke up
Touya suddenly became alert to what Sakura just said
"HELL NO! I FORBID IT!"
"You can't say what I can or can't do, oniichan!" she shouted back
"YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE!"
"Don't worry Sakura-chan, he's just worried about you" Yukito smiled
"Shut up!" Touya whispered back to Yukito, who was giggling
"Actually…" Raine began to speak and everyone turned to her
"I think it would be a good idea for Miss Kinomoto to come along. She has very strong magic and that can really help us out"
"Really? Hooray!" Sakura jumped for joy and hugged Syaoran, who was still glaring at Kero.
At that moment the doorbell rang, and Fujitaka stepped out of the room to answer it.
"If this means I will get the chance to record Sakura-chan wearing some more of my costumes, I'll go!" Tomoyo squealed, pointing her camcorder over to where Sakura and Syaoran were sitting
"If miss Daidouji goes, I go too" Meilin cried
"Of course, we need all the help we can get" Raine smiled.
As the two girls began to cheer, Stranger leaned over to Raine
"Are you sure about this?" he whispered to her, looking slightly worried.
"It'll all be fine" she reassured him.
"I will also accompany you on this trip" a familiar voice filled the room.
Everyone turned to see a blue haired boy standing by the doorway.
"Eriol-kun!" Sakura and Tomoyo cried simultaneously. Everyone else just stared at him.
"Who're you?" Stranger asked
"Ah, you must be the two from another world. I am Eriol Hiirigizawa, the reincarnation of Clow Reed" he introduced himself.
Just then Fujitaka returned to the room, leading in Kaho Mizuki and Nakuru.
"HELLO EVERYONE! HELLO TOUYA!" Nakuru ran across the room and jumped onto Touyas lap.
"Oh no, not you!" Touya grunted
"Greetings, everyone" Kaho smiled and stood next to Eriol.
Kero flew up to the couple and began to hover around them
"Hey where's Suppi?"
"Right here" Eriol smiled as he opened a bag. Spinel then flew out and sat on the table, followed by Kero.
"What're you doing here?" Syaoran asked with a slightly hostile look on his face.
"Well my cute little descendant, we encountered some rather unfriendly people back home and I was sure something might have happened over here as well. By the way, how are you feeling? I heard you were killed"
Everyone suddenly froze.
"What?" Sakura turned to Syaoran with a very shocked and concerned look in her eyes.
"What does he mean by that Syaoran?" she asked him, not letting go of his arm.
"I-it's nothing, really" he tried to avoid telling her about what happened, but she kept staring into his eyes.
"Please tell me, what happened to you?" Sakura wouldn't stop asking.
"I'll tell you later. Please, don't worry" he managed to slightly calm her down, and then he wrapped his arms around her.
"Everything's okay…" he whispered into her ear
Everyone, with the exception of Touya, smiled at the little moment between the two. Tomoyo of course captured this all on video.
"So Kawaii!" she exclaimed
"So now we have the assistance of Clow Reeds reincarnation. That really should make the journey easier" Raine gave another smile.
"Hey, what really could make this easier is if we get a load more wizards to join us. We can send an army of them out to take care of this so we wouldn't have to do a thing" Stranger mumbled sarcastically.
Raine turned and gave a Stranger a cold stare. Everyone noticed the look of fear on Strangers face as Raine looked at him.
'What's that all about?' Syaoran thought
"Oh, one last thing" Stranger quickly shifted to pick up his bag and pulled out a brown envelope.
"Your mum asked us to give you these" He then handed it to Syaoran.
Syaoran opened the envelope to find some Ofudas and move scrolls with advanced sword techniques inscribed in them. He also found a small book that contained various hand-written notes on specialised moves for unarmed combat. At the very bottom of the package was a small note with his mother's handwriting on it.
Syaoran
These are items that belonged to your father. They will prove useful on you journey if you take the time to master them.
Master Shieng decided that this journey will be your trial for the clan leadership.
Good luck
Mother
'My trial…and my chance for vengeance' he thought back to Ginryu.
"When're we leaving?" Meilin asked, unable to sit still through excitement.
"Well, I think it would be best if we left tomorrow, it's already been a tiring day" Raine said
"Great! Everyone can stay at my house!" Tomoyo began to cheer.
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Elsewhere
"He is still alive?"
"Yes, my Lord. He prevented me from eliminating the card mistress" The woman kneeled before the elderly man, who sat on his throne with a very annoyed look on his face.
He slowly raised his hand and began to scratch his chin.
"I am very impressed. He may not be as weak as Keung thought…" He began to slowly close his eyes.
"The attack on the Clow reincarnation was also a failure. What is it you want us to do?" the woman asked as she stood up off the ground.
"Just carry on as planned" he began to drift away into a sleeping state.
"Yes, my Lord" She turned away and walked out of the hall.
"Even if you make it to the Great Hall Li clan heir, you will not be able to defeat me" he mumbled as he slept.
A/n Well, this chapter would've been up earlier but I had to work on a 'Resident Evil' project with my brother. The next chapter will be the start of the dimension travelling