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ChiChi's Note: Meh. Enjoy

Chapter 6

Breaching the Castle

Sakura's heart was beating madly. She stood alone in the throne room, 'What just happened.

Flashback

Syaoran's arms were around Sakura and he leaned in to kiss her, but he stopped. He stepped away from her and stared at the doors. "Stay here girl, and do no come out of this room," he walked to the doors, "That's an order."

"Where are you going?" she asked.

"I must attend to a certain matter," he opened the door and headed out. He stopped halfway, "One more thing girl-"

"Sakura," she interrupted.

Syaoran glared at her, and tossed her a key. "That is the key to the cages. If anyone comes in here, or if one of my men comes in here, go to the cage room, let the other girls out and flee the castle," he gave the directions and left.

End of Flashback

"What is going on?" she murmured.

…In the forest…

The sun rose and felt warm in her dry clothes, "Eriol?"

She looked up at him. He smiled at her, "Good morning pr… Tomoyo."

She got up, "Well I'm all ready to go."

Eriol looked up where the Li Kingdom was, "My father spoke of Rosuto Daidouji's whereabouts in his diary."

Tomoyo beamed, "Really? Where is it?"

"In the castle's library," Eriol sighed, "Are you still in the mood for a battle? With your waterpower, you're much stronger."

Tomoyo got up and grabbed her cloak and put it on, "Of course, shall we go now?"

"Yes, we shall, there's a path that goes up to the kingdom, but it might not help…" Eriol sighed, "It looks like rain."

…Li Kingdom…

Syaoran frowned, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN THAT YOU DIDN'T FIND THEM?"

Syaoran stormed off to the door. "I'm sorry your majesty, but all we found down there were two kids kissing," the soldier explained.

Syaoran stopped where he was, "Did you check their faces?"

"Err.. no," the soldier replied.

"Grrr, IDIOT!" Syaoran yelled, "Get ready for battle."

"Why must we prepare for battle?"

"Did you not see that Chikarain girl fighting Eriol? She has the water orb as well, and with Eriol, those two will definitely liberate the apocalypse."

...Cage Room…

Meilin sighed, "Shouldn't Sakura be back by now?"

"Yes, wherrre eez she?" Odelette asked the guard before them.

"Who? The princess?" he asked, "She's most likely in the throne room. There's a big fight that's supposedly going to happen."

…Later that day…

Eriol led the way to the Li Kingdom. They had stopped for rest in a cherry blossom orchard on high ground. It had begun to rain and their clothes had become wet, once again. The orchard overlooked king Syaoran's castle of evil. Tomoyo stood alone at the highest part of the orchard and watched the castle. She looked down at her wrist. The burn mark from before had gotten worse since her bracelet activated. Tomoyo closed her eyes and felt the many raindrops drip down her body. She heard the sound of footsteps behind her, "Yes?"

"There is no time to rest," the voice said.

'It's Eriol,' Tomoyo felt the urge to roll her eyes, but refused to open her eyes, "But Eriol, you were the one who advised us to stay here."

"Be prepared for battle," his voice whispered.

"You told me that we should sneak in," Tomoyo frowned, "Why are you changing your mind all of a sudden?"

There was a silenced. Tomoyo didn't understand Eriol; how could one person be so annoying? "You will find your cousin and Rosuto Daidouji, but you must trust him."

"Er-Eriol?" Tomoyo's eyes opened.

Her hand moved to her sword and she spun around. She swung her sword, but it didn't hit anyone. No one was there. "Tomoyo! Are you ready to go?" Eriol's voice traveled from across the orchard. 'If he was over there; who was speaking to me?' she wondered.

…Li Kingdom…

'I can hear voices coming from outside,' Sakura pressed her ear against the door. "His Majesty is ready for the attack," one voice announced.

"Amazing! The king can sense danger before it happens!"

"I think he practices magic."

"Forget that! Do you think, if we leave our posts, that the girl will run out?"

"I don't know. Why does king Syaoran put so much trust in her?"

"Let's leave anyways. It's not like the king is going to survive this battle. He can't cut our heads off if he's dead."

Sakura was a bit surprised by the Li soldiers' remarks. She sat down in his throne and felt a rush of power going through her veins. It was so strong and made her dizzy. Her vision faded away, and then a dark figure rushed into the room shouting. "Girl, wake up! You must-"

The rest was a blur.

…Outside of the Li Kingdom…

Two people stood out in the rain facing opposite directions. Tomoyo leaned against her companion and drew her weapon, "They're coming."

Eriol drew his weapon as well. He felt her shiver with fear, making him smile. "It's going to be okay," he closed his eyes.

"I know…" she closed her eyes too.

They were both drenched and they heard the sound of horses coming closer. "You know the plan?" he asked.

"Yes…" she began, "Eriol? Did you see anyone talking to me in the orchard?"

"No, why?"

"I'm just asking."

"They're here."

The sound of many horses circling around them was all they could hear through the pitter-patter of the rain. "By order of the king, surrender," a voice ordered.

The two of the opened their eyes. "And what if we refuse?" Tomoyo enquired.

Eriol smirked, "It should be you, surrendering to us."

A confused look came upon the soldiers face. He looked to his comrades and gave a nod. Hundreds of swords were drawn from their sheaths. A horse was making its way through the many men. "Eriol," the voice from on top of the horse called, "I am rather disappointed in you."

Syaoran got off his horse and walked over to the two of them. "Hmmm, that girl told me that this Chikarain had the water orb," Syaoran scoffed, "I have no use for her."

"I am not Chikarain; I am the future queen of Rosuto Daidouji," Tomoyo mumbled.

Syaoran stared at her with a mystified look on his face, "She speaks nonsense, kill her."

"I will not die," she shouted, "I will take my place in my kingdom and I shall defeat you!"

She glanced over at five soldiers ahead of her, "I'm taking Sakura back as well."

All of a sudden her sword tore through the five soldiers' torsos. "Very well," Syaoran glared at her, "Lieutenant, I leave this task to you."

The man who spoke orders before nodded. "Running away from battle again, Syaoran?"

That definitely angered Syaoran. He drew his sword and started towards Eriol. "Now!" Tomoyo yelled.

They both raised their weapons to the sky and a huge pillar of water appeared. The water violently swirled around. The pillar broke down and washed away all of their enemies. Tomoyo noticed that she was not in the waves of water, but she was standing on top of them. She saw Eriol standing on the water as well, "I casted a floating spell on us."

"Isn't floating supposed to be white magic?" Tomoyo asked.

Eriol ran towards the castle, "Yeah, what's your point?"

"It's not supposed to work on me…" she muttered.

She followed him into the castle.

…Where Sakura is…

Sakura's eyes opened to a Li soldier. "Princess! Thank goodness!" he sighed with relief, "You must free the other prisoners!"

"Hurry! I'll go find her," a girl's voice came from outside of the doors.

"Please save yourself," the soldier pleaded.

Sakura nodded and ran out of the room. She quickly scanned the area to see if it was safe then went in the direction of the cage room. She saw two shadows on the wall ahead of her. "Go quickly. The water spell isn't going to last for very long," a familiar voice commanded.

"Don't tell me what to do!" another familiar voice shouted, "And if you must save me, don't kiss me."

The boy's voice let out a chuckle, "Okay. Let's meet back here when we're done. I'm going to the library."

Sakura looked to her left and saw the library door. She had to get out of there right away. She ran in the other direction. Although she was going to the castle's roof, it would hide her from the intruders. She got up to the roof and when she looked out, she gasped. Water flooded the Li Kingdom. Horses attempted to swim and the soldiers struggled to get onto their horse. Sakura noticed that the water level was lowering but the battlefield still looked like a disaster. 'Syaoran is somewhere out there,' Sakura stared out into the water, 'Wait! Why am I worrying about him? I'm just using him to get this stupid bracelet to work… Yes… That's why I care. Because I need him to activate my bracelet.' "There must be a way to get to the cage room without the intruders seeing me…" she told herself.

…Cage Room…

Tomoyo ran into the cage room. The room was very dark and only one torch lit the room. The light of the flames reflected off the bars of four birdcages. She could hear whispering coming from the cages. "S-Sakura?" Tomoyo stepped closer to the cages.

"You… You'rrre wearrring white! Arrre you frrrom Chikarrra?" the voice of a young girl asked.

"You could say that," Tomoyo shrugged, "Do you know where princess-"

The door flew open and a soldier marched in, "Intruder! Intruder in the cage room!"

Tomoyo flipped the guard onto his back and held her blade to his throat, "Tell me where princess Sakura is or suffer."

The guard trembled with fear. He tried to get up but Tomoyo pushed him back down onto the ground. "The pr-princess is in the th-th-throne room," the guard stuttered.

Tomoyo withdrew her sword and went to leave. "Wait! I know you," the guard stood up.

"Hm… Maybe you do," Tomoyo continued out the door.

"PRINCESS TOMOYO HAS ENTERED THE CASTLE! SEAL ALL ENTRANCES AND SEIZE HER!" the soldier's voice boomed.

Tomoyo whipped around and stared at the soldier with no expression on her face, "You test my temper, soldier."

"You have the water orb. It is simply orders that we must capture you."

"You shall remember this day," Tomoyo simply stated.

Tomoyo the swung her sword at his right arm. Blood began spilling out of his body, and so did many screams of agony. "Curse you! Damn you straight to hell!" the soldier yelled.

"Consider this mercy. It is better your arm, than your life," Tomoyo kicked him and his limp body rolled out of the room.

"Princess Tomoyo! You are the cousin of Sakura, are you not?" a different voice asked, "My name is Meilin and the girl in the other cage is Odelette!"

Tomoyo nodded and left the room. She went down to the throne room and saw Eriol standing at the place where said that they'd meet. "I take it that you didn't find her," Eriol walked down to the entrance, "I found the book."

Tomoyo went up the stairs and went into the throne room. Eriol followed her inside, "She was in here."

"How do you know?" Tomoyo asked.

"Because I saw a girl run out of this room," he replied.

Tomoyo shot him an evil glare. "Don't blame me, I thought that it was a maid!"

…Outside the throne room…

Sakura could hear two familiar voices coming from inside of the room. She peeked inside and saw a girl wearing a white dress but she didn't have blonde hair. She then remembered the bandits from the outskirts of Chikara. The intruders were definetly Chikarains. Sakura ran to the cage room and saw a soldier lying in a puddle of blood, screaming in pain. "What happened?" Sakura asked examining the man's wound.

"Run, before she does the same to you," the soldier said between each cry of hurt, "She's looking for you."

Sakura nodded and ran into the cage room. "Sakura!" Meilin exclaimed, "We saw her! We saw…"

"The Chikarain? I know, I did too," Sakura unlocked the cages, "Come on we have to get out of here."

They ran out of the palace and in search of another town in the Li Kingdom.

ChiChi's Note: Okay, I'm gonna stop writing for a while now. Review.