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Chapter 6: Information
Sakura stirred in her sleep and slowly opened her eyelids. Her eyes shot opened at once and sat straight up, she shook her head left to right. All she could remember was that she was trapped in a gigantic fire ball and she couldn't extinguish it. She looked at her body and found in her surprise that she wasn't injured at all. She slapped herself across her face to find if she was dreaming; the pain hurt her. She had one final test if she was dreaming; she took out a hidden knife from her pocket and was going to strike her arm. She raised the knife and then starting to bring it down upon herself but suddenly a firm hand gripped her wrist tightly before the knife struck her arm,
"Why the hell are you trying to hurt yourself again!" Sakura looked up and saw amber orbs looking straight at her. She figured it was Syaoran; he grabbed the knife from her hand and threw it away from her grasp.
"HEY! THAT'S MINE!" protested Sakura, she turned to glare at Syaoran but noticed he was already staring at her. Syaoran just stared and was lost in her emerald eyes. This made Sakura uncomfortable and she tried to release her wrist from his grasp, but Syaoran had a tight grip on her wrist. It was a bit too tight to Sakura and she winced at the pain, "Uh-Li-kun, you're kind of hurting me." Syaoran snapped back from his trance and noticed he was still holding Sakura; he turned bright red and let go of her wrist rashly. Sakura noticed that he was red and looked at him in confusion. She shrugged it off and rubbed her wrist. She then noticed that her knife was near her and she got up and reached for it putting it back in her pocket.
Syaoran saw Sakura looking around her surroundings and she turned to him, "Li-kun, where's Tomoyo-chan?" Syaoran shrugged and walked towards the dragons where they were resting. Sakura bounded after him and walked beside him. She noticed that he was holding some dragon food and was going to offer it to Sakura's and Tomoyo's dragon. Sakura smiled at him, but he didn't notice. Sakura looked straight ahead and saw Raidon stretching from his long nap. Gleefully Sakura raced to her dragons' aid and hugged one of the necks of the dragons. Two of the heads faced where Sakura was, wondering who just hugged him. The dragon heads then noticed it was their master and they rubbed their heads onto her back; moaning gleefully the dragon licked his master's face. Sakura giggled and wiped her face from the drool. She backed away from the dragon and smiled taking note that Syaoran was watching her.
As Sakura turned she quickly grabbed the dragon food and bowed to Syaoran, "Arigato Li-kun. You're so kind when you want to be…" Syaoran turned red and shoved his hands into his pockets and mumbled a "you're welcome" back to her. Sakura raised one eyebrow and contemplated why Syaoran was acting so weird.
Then Raidon moaned and spoke to Sakura, Blossom, I'm hungry. What kind of food are you carrying?
Sakura turned and held out two fruits that was a size of two basketballs together. It was orange and had yellow stripes all over it, "These are fruits that are supposed to be good for you. Li-kun picked them, so you have to thank him, not me."
She threw the two fruits into the dragons' mouths and then threw another one to the remaining head. Each dragon head ate it and bowed their heads to Syaoran for a "thank you." Syaoran stiffened and hesitantly bowed back to the dragon. Nodding with approval Sakura took Syaoran's arm and dragged him to Tomoyo's dragon, Tala. When they arrived Tala was being groomed by Tomoyo who was humming softly to herself.
Sakura smiled and ran towards Tomoyo dragging Syaoran with her, "Tomoyo-chan, you're alright!" Hearing the sound of her name Tomoyo turned and saw a happy and healthy Sakura and a red faced Syaoran.
She smiled sweetly at both of them and grabbed hold of Sakura's hands making her drop the basket of fruits, "Sakura-chan I'm so glad you're alright. You had so many burns on your body that it took almost all of my chakra to heal you!"
Sakura scratched her head and gave a weak smile, "Gomen Tomoyo-chan. All I have done is cause you trouble! I'll try not to be so reckless next time when we're in battle."
Tomoyo just shook her head and replied, "It's alright Sakura-chan. I would have done the same thing if Otashi damaged Tala like Raidon."
Sakura smiled back at Tomoyo and started picking up the fruits that she had dropped. She handed it to Tomoyo, "Here Tomoyo-chan give this to Tala, it should help her regain her strength." Tomoyo tookthe basketgratefully andthrewthe orange blue striped fruitto Tala. The dragon smelt the food and reached for it with her tongue, wrapping it around.
Tomoyo rubbed Tala's back and faced Syaoran, "Are we going now Li-kun? Gomen! I was holding you up after what happened."
Syaoranonly nodded saying that it was okay."We should be leaving soon if my stupid cousin comes backfrom the river." Sakura and Tomoyo nodded.
Raidon yawned and spoke to Sakura and Tomoyo, You know, the village that we're heading to is not that far off. It should take us about thirty minutes to get there by flight. Tomoyo and Sakura squealed with delight and gave each other high fives.
Syaoran looked at them confused and asked, "What are you doing? Why so happy all of a sudden?"
Sakura started to see why Syaoran was confused and started to giggle softly, "Oh, I forgot that Raidon can speak telepathy to only me and Tomoyo. Sorry Li-kun he only speaks to us because he trusts us. He doesn't quite know you yet so he doesn't really trust you as of now." Syaoran folded his arms across his chest and did a fake pout on his face. Sakura laughed even harder and was holding her sides.
"SAKURA WHAT'S TO EAT?" Out of nowhere Kero jumped right in front of her face.
"HOEEE! KERO-CHAN!" she punched Kero right on the head and sent him flying towards Syaoran.
A startled Syaoran caught Kero and looked at him closely, "Hey, you're that guardian from the Clow Book!"
Sakura was breathing hard from the startling moment and she stalked right up to Kero. Her face was angry and her fist were clenched, "KERO-CHAN! DON'T YOU EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN! IF YOU'RE SO HUNGRY JUST GO HOME!" bellowed Sakura.
Kero was rubbing his head and flew up right to Sakura's face. "Well I'm so sorry to disturb you your highness! I did that to get your attention! I'm really hungry and I haven't eaten in days! So…do you have food or what?"
"Well…er...you see…," stuttered Sakura.
"Here Kero-chan, I have some right here," Spoke Tomoyo, saving Sakura from embarrassment. She tossed a fruit to Kero. He grabbed it greedily and started eating it.
Sakura rubbed her forehead. "Ta-ku Kero-chan…" groaned Sakura. "C'mon, it's time to go to the village. I see Hiiragizawa-kun coming to meet up with us."
Just as she spoke Eriol came out of a clearing and was walking towards them. He was holding four canteens and shouted, "READY TO GO MINNA (everyone)?" They all nodded their heads and jumped on the two dragons.
"LET'S FLY RAIDON!" shouted Sakura as she grabbed the reins. Both dragons pumped their wings with heavy force and took for the sky.
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"Is that it over there?" spoke Sakura as they saw a little village up ahead. Syaoran nodded behind her and told her,
"We better land soon, if the people saw us riding a dragon they'll start to think it's an attack." Sakura nodded with agreement and steered Raidon to a clearing near the village. She motioned Tomoyo to follow her and then they landed. All four jumped off the dragons and landed. Sakura faced both dragons and told them,
"We're going to the village to gather some information about the stolen stones okay? If there is trouble just roar us a warning." Both dragons nodded and rested themselves. "Ready to go guys?" The rest nodded and they walked towards the gate to the village. As they were nearing the entrance they saw two guards; each was holding a spear and a shield.
"We shouldn't go altogether, it'll look suspicious." warned Eriol. They all turned to him and Sakura asked,
"So what should we do Hiiragizawa-kun?" Eriol looked at Sakura and replied,
"Sakura and Syaoran you two go together and act as though you are married. Tomoyo and I will act that she is injured and need emergency care, okay?" He winked at Tomoyo who winked back. Sakura and Syaoran turned bright red and looked at each other; then they turned back to Eriol,
"ARE YOU CRAZY? WITH HIM/HER?" they said in unison. Eriol smiled and nodded at both of them. They both grumbled and started to head towards the main gate.
"Wow, you're really nice Hiiragizawa-kun to set them up like that!" spoke Tomoyo. Eriol chuckled softly and replied,
"Well, those two need serious help! Now do you mind stabbing yourself on the side? We need it to look realistic…" Tomoyo nodded and took out a kunai from her pouch. She stabbed herself on the side to reveal blood. But it wasn't that deep of a cut so it didn't really hurt Tomoyo. She then painted some spots on her legs and face to look like she was in a battle. Eriol nodded and put some blood on his face.
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"I can't believe we have to do this…" groaned Sakura. Syaoran nudged her on the side to get ready. She sighed and "clung" herself onto Syaoran's shirt. He hesitantly wrapped his arm around her waist and lowered his chin to the top of her head. They walked up to the entrance and were stopped by the guards,
"What business do you have here?" they asked in unison.
"My wife and I are on our honey-moon. We are traveling here for her to rest from out rigorous journey." The guards eyed them suspiciously and then allowed them to go pass. They were still "holding" each other until they were a few yards away from the entrance they entered. They quickly got off from each other and glared. Sakura glared at Syaoran for a few minutes and said,
"This is stupid by just glaring at each other. Let's stop." She then turned her back not looking at Syaoran.
"Fine, this is getting old anyway." He did the same thing but turned his back towards Sakura.
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Tomoyo sighed disapprovingly and was on the back of Eriol. "Look at the two of them, they're looking like children!" Eriol nodded in agreement and motioned that he was starting to go. Tomoyo nodded and looked her best that she was injured. Eriol dashed towards the entrance but was stopped by the guards,
"HEY YOU! YOU CAN'T JUST RUN IN LIKE THAT! WHAT IS YOUR BUSNESS HERE?" Eriol looked his best to look worried and he frantically spoke,
"Please, you must let me cross! My little sister was stabbed and I need to get her to a nearby doctor!" Tomoyo moaned and was grasping her side where she stabbed herself. Blood was slowly dripping out from the wound and Tomoyo whispered softly,
"Onii-chan, it hurts! Please…I don't want to die yet…" The two guards heard her words and looked at Eriol's pleading face.
"Fine, you may enter. The doctor is straight ahead and the first house on the corner when you turn left." Eriol thanked them and dashed into the entrance of the village. He then stopped and dropped Tomoyo down on the ground.
"They fell for it! Good job Hiiragizawa-kun!" She then placed her hand on the wound and started to heal it. "They must be really dumb to fall for the oldest trick in the book!" They both laughed frantically and after they finished, Tomoyo was done healing herself. She put her hands on her hips and looked around the area,
"Hey there they are!" Tomoyo pointed at the two who was sitting on a bench together but one was on either side. She ran towards them and greeted them; she was expecting a nice greeting but was way wrong. Sakura screamed at all the blood that was covering her body,
"TOMOYO-CHAN WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU? DID THEY HURT YOU? I'll go and give those guards a piece of my mind…" She was about to go but Tomoyo stopped her who was laughing at her. Sakura looked at her confused,
"Oh Sakura-chan you're so funny. I'm sorry to disappoint you but this is fake blood. I slit myself and put my blood all over me to look like that I was caught in a battle. I…guess…I forgot to remove it!" She scratched her head and saw Sakura just feel stupid inside her. Syaoran smirked at Sakura and said to her,
"Baka." Insulted, Sakura turned to him and shot back,
"Look who's talking, Baka!" Syaoran continued to smirk and Sakura was about to say another thing when Eriol butted in,
"Now, now. This is no time to fight; we have to find to find the man with the black cloak. We'll split up and ask around the village, we'll meet at this very spot in two hours alright?" They nodded and split up.
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After two hours were up they met at the same place near the entrance. Eriol was there first and he was sitting on the bench with his arms across his chest. Sakura arrived next then Tomoyo and lastly Syaoran. They all looked at each other if they retrieved any information, Sakura started first, "I spoke to this one man in a ramen shop. He said he saw a man with a black cloak walking towards the top of the mountain that overlooks Konoha. I asked more people and I got the same info as the man. How about you Tomoyo-chan?"
"Well, a woman said that she saw a strange man covered with a black cloak buying a rare dragon scale. That's all the information I found, and how about you Li-kun?" Tomoyo asked.
"A ranger said that a man with a black cloak asked him for directions to the shrine of "The Earth Dragon." He said that it was his quest to find some sort of special object." After Syaoran finished, they all looked at Eriol if he found out any information. Noticing everyone staring at him he straightened his glasses and glanced at them,
"I found out that each of the legendary dragons had their own special weapons and separated them before they concealed themselves into stones. All this information adds up! Don't you get it?" The three of them looked at Eriol dumbfounded, "Part of the prophecy quotes, "Each leaving a special weapon in their shrines, Darkness searches them for more power…" This man must be searching for the special weapons that each dragon separated!" The girls gasped and Syaoran stood there motionless with no change of expression on his face. Eriol stood up and pointed up to the mountain, "We must beat this man to the shrine. We have to get it before he does."
"How are we supposed to do that? That man must be miles away from now!" moaned Sakura. Eriol had glint in his eye; he wasn't done quite yet,
"Oh he isn't on the mountain now. He's staying at a nearby inn on the bottom of the mountain. We should be able to catch up with him there. We'll leave when he leaves." Sakura squealed with delight; she was hoping for this excitement for a long time.
"So when should we depart Hiiragizawa-kun?" asked Sakura enthusiastically. Smiling Eriol looked at her,
"Right now…" Sakura screamed in delight and started heading towards the inn.
"So what are we waiting for? Let's go kick that guys butt! Now off we g-"she was cut off by a hand holding onto her wrist. She sighed and turned, it was Syaoran stopping her…again.
"Hold on Kinomoto we have to get some supplies first. Climbing that mountain could probably take us at least a week." Syaoran said while looking at the mountain. Sakura huffed and pouted her face; she was disappointed. Tomoyo giggled at the sight of the two,
"Awww! How kawaii (cute)!" she commented. Both amber and emerald stared at her and then they looked at each other; both turned red as a tomato and Syaoran quickly pulled his grasp away from Sakura's wrist. Both of them turned and apologized and stared at the rocky ground. Tomoyo couldn't help but smile, the same went for Eriol. Then after a minute of silence Eriol took order once again,
"Okay to get supplies we have to do this in an orderly fashion. Sakura…" he looked directly at her and said, "…You get some blankets and pillows, so we can sleep through all that cold weather. Now…" He faced Tomoyo with his blue eyes, "Daidouji-san you supply the food and any kitchen wares that you need…" He then faced Syaoran, "Syaoran you get two tents for us to sleep in." Syaoran nodded and replied,
"What about you Eriol?" Eriol looked at him and answered,
"I'll buy some rope, matches, and sleeping bags. So now all of you know what to get?" Everyone nodded and separated their ways.
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Sakura returned to where she was supposed to meet with the others. When she reached, it appeared that she was early; she was the only one there. Sakura smiled and thought to herself,
"At least I get the bench all to myself..." She walked to the bench and sat down; she set down her bags of blankets and pillows onto the ground. Sakura put her hands behind her head and stared up at the cloudless sky. "So beautiful…" Sakura closed her eyes and shut the whole world around her. She sighed peacefully and opened them again and there intense amber eyes were looking at her puzzled; she noticed it was Syaoran and screamed out of surprised, "HOEEE!" she raised her fist and punched Syaoran on the jaw. He fell backward dropping all of his purchases onto the ground; he rolled on the ground and then hit his back on a wall. Sakura was heaving and was clutching her chest.
Syaoran groggily stood up and was rubbing his jaw, "God that hurt! I never knew you had that much power by just one punch!" Sakura glared at him and stuck her nose up,
"It's your fault that you scared me! Now you'll know what will happen if you do that again."
"You got that right…" Syaoran replied continuing to rub his jaw. He walked towards the bench and sat down tiredly, he never knew shopping was so hard. Sakura didn't dare to sit beside him after what he made her do. She instead leaned on a wall and was continuing to glare at him where she was. Syaoran made no motion at the intense feeling of her glare; he just shook it off. They remained quiet until Sakura saw Tomoyo walking towards them; Sakura happily bounded to Tomoyo and helped her with all the purchases she bought. She took two bags while Tomoyo held the rest. Sakura laid Tomoyo's goods beside hers and Syaoran's. Tomoyo thanked her and joined Sakura at the wall.
"So now we know what our enemy wants: All the weapons that the dragons used." Sakura nodded with agreement and continued to stare at the sky.
"Tomoyo-chan…?" Sakura said out of the blue.
"Yes. What is it?"
"How long do you think this mission will take?"
"I think about a few months at the most. But I don't know Sakura-chan, it could take longer. This mission is really important and your father is counting on us to retrieve them back!" Sakura nodded slowly, at the mere mention of her father she noticed that she missed him dearly; him, her mother and her brother. "Why do you ask this all of a sudden Sakura-chan?" asked Tomoyo curiously. Sakura shrugged at the question and then she fell silent again. Tomoyo looked at Sakura worriedly but didn't bother to ask what was wrong, "She's probably home-sick…" thought Tomoyo. She them heard a rustle and saw Eriol walking towards them, he was smiling at all of them and all of them smiled back. Eriol put down his bags and gathered everyone,
"Okay, now that we got everything that we need let's head for that inn." Sakura smiled broadly and gathered her bags and started to head out towards the inn. Syaoran quickly gathered his bags and ran after Sakura before she did anything reckless. Tomoyo smiled and picked up her bags and ran towards Eriol who wasn't that far ahead of her. She caught up with him and ahead she saw Sakura and Syaoran already arguing. Eriol saw Tomoyo shake her head and sighed sadly. Eriol chuckled at her and that got her attention.
"What's so funny Hiiragizawa-kun? Is there something on my face?" Eriol laughed a bit harder and shook his head,
"Oh no Daidouji-san, it's just funny how you react when you see the two of them fight!" Tomoyo smiled at him and eyed at Sakura and Syaoran who were continuing to fight,
"Well, you can tell that in their eyes that they love each other! They just don't know it yet…it's still deep within their hearts."
"That's why we have to help them out Daidouji-san…" Eriol gave a sly smile at her and Tomoyo agreed. They walked in silence and listening to the auburn haired girl and the chestnut brown haired boy going at each other.
"YOU'RE SUCH A DUNCE KINOMOTO! DON'T YOU GET AT ALL WHY WE'RE SEARCHING THESE AT ALL?" shouted Syaoran.
"OF COURSE I DO FOR YOUR BIG FAT INFORMATION! I MAY BE STUPID BUT NOT THAT STUPID!" shouted back Sakura. Syaoran smiled a bit and narrowed his eyes at her and said,
"Well you got the "stupid" part right Kinomoto…" Sakura fumed and shot back,
"FOR YOUR INFORM-"Tomoyo didn't want to listen anymore, she was getting stressed by all this arguing. Eriol smiled and then asked her,
"Daidouji-san, do you mind if I call you by your first name. I think were much closer friends than those two…" Tomoyo was shocked at this request; but she nodded,
"I will but with one condition…" Eriol looked at her curiously,
"And what is that?"
"Is that I can call you by your first name also." She smiled brightly taking him off guard. He regained himself and agreed,
"You got yourself a deal Tomoyo…" Tomoyo giggled and replied,
"I'm so glad that this worked out Eriol-kun." They both smiled at each other and faced back to the quarreling couple. But they noticed that they stopped dead in their tracks. Both of them were looking up at a building; Tomoyo and Eriol ran towards them and asked what's wrong. Both pointed at the building and Eriol and Tomoyo looked. There in front of them was the mountain of Konoha and the inn wasn't far off. Sakura jumped with glee and summoned her wand. She took out "The Dash" card and hit her wand with it. Then a spirit was wrapping itself around her shoes,
"Since you already know about "fun" Li-kun lets try my kind of fun. Last one is the rotten egg!" She then dashed off and leaving Syaoran dumbfounded. He then snapped out of it and shouted,
"NO FAIR KINOMOTO! YOU HAD A HEAD START!" he then raced towards Sakura desperately trying to catch up. Tomoyo laughed and motioned Eriol to come. He got the message and both of them were running after the others laughing happily.
A/N: There we go! Chapter 6! I say it's kind of a boring chapter except when the Sakura group had to find a way to get in the village XD. I was inspired from the song, "Fooling Mode" from Naruto, ahahahahahha. Please R & R! I need reviews desperately! Stay tune for Chapter 7!
