Hey Everyone! Just want to thank all those who have been faithfully reading the fanfiction. Even if I don't know it. Thank you to the six people who have reviewed. I take each and every one of them seriously. And thank you to SnowCharms for that wonderful review. I was going to bring in Lee at some point but you just didn't know when! Here's part of the review-"Finally Syaoran shows up in this chapter! I was practically ranting about where on earth he was while Sakura was being harmed!" Anyway thank you to all and keep reading the next exciting chapter is up next! Oh, and if any of you were wondering on how I got my chaps mixed up, I didn't! I just added an extra chappie or that in between one, so don't think I can't count1 'cause I can no matter what my friends say! Also to those who have faithfully read up to the chapters I have posted forgive me please! I made a booboo. When I was posting this chapter I realized that I had already posted this chap. But I like my new updated version better so I took off the two chaps and have posted the new one. If you have any questions, email me or send a message, or review. I will answer.
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A black sedan pulled up in front of the Avalon residence. The dying sunlight glancing off tinted windows. The side door opened slowly and its occupant slowly but nervously got out. (Ok by this time you all must have guessed who the 'mystery' person is.) The young man anxiously ran his fingers through his messy brown hair as he made his way up the front steps and stopped in front of the door. He rang the bell, hearing voices inside he grinned at a private joke only for him as he rang the doorbell again. This time Tori opened the door looking distracted but when he caught sight of their visitor he wasn't distracted anymore. "YOU!" he shouted. Lee Showron was surprised but not surprised at Tori's reaction.
Then Tori stood there and just glared. "Tori, who is it?" came a hoarse voice from the stairs. Tori turned to look at his sister coming down the stairs, slowly and shakily, by herself. Lee's heart leapt into his throat to see his Sakura so weak. He stepped inside the door and off to the side. Eli had said that something had happened to her a couple of days ago, when Eli had called him last but Lee wasn't expecting this. Then Lee saw her catch sight of him. He braced himself.
"LEE!" came the shriek. Lee felt himself being thrown back by a small explosion at his waist. His head hit the doorframe and for a few seconds all Lee could see was stars.
Tori snorted and rolled his eyes, going back into the living room. "Well, Aiden said with a smile, Sakura's back to normal." Tori muttered under his breath, a reply best left unsaid and continued where he had left off on his computer.
Sakura couldn't believe it. Lee, Lee was here! Sakura couldn't help launching herself at him. Lee noticed how weak Sakura's arms were around his waist and was troubled. Lee cleared his throat "uh, Sakura? Could you let go now?"
Sakura opened her eyes "Oh, she jumped back, I'm sorry." Sakura wobbled. Lee was up in a flash steadying her. (Kero had minified and went up stairs to hide.)
Sakura put her arm through Lee's arm and steered him towards the living room where Aiden and Tori worked. Sakura gave Aiden a meaningful look and nodded in the direction of the disgruntled Tori. Aiden was no fool. "Tori, let's see about making some dinner." Aiden said looking at Tori.
"Nah, I'm going to stay here and finish my paper." Tori replied evenly not look up where he had been staring intently at his laptop screen. He had no intention of leaving Sakura alone, in the living room, with that brown haired twerp.
"Oh, come on." Aiden said grabbing his reluctant son's arm and literally dragged him from the room. "You can finish later." He informed a sullen Tori. Aiden pulled Tori into the kitchen and started to pull out pots and pans to make dinner with. He handed Tori a kettle to put water in to boil for pasta he was going to assemble. Tori muttered under his breath something better left unsaid, something about little sisters and brown haired twerps, and other things. Now Aiden doesn't have a temper to really speak of. He usually just laughs at Tori's sister complex issues, but this time he found himself getting angry. Aiden tried to calm down. He knew that something was wrong because he kept getting angrier and angrier. Aiden felt a sense of detachment, as if his body wasn't his own, and he seemed to watch from a corner of his mind, not really in control at all.
Tori lifted up his head from the sink where he was filling the kettle; when he didn't get his usual reaction from his dad, Tori's cerulean blue eyes widened in alarm.
"SAKURA!!" Tori roared. Then all hell broke lose.
Sakura pushed Lee onto the couch after Aiden had physically dragged Tori from the room. "So how have you been?" Sakura asked excitedly sitting next to him, pushing a stray strand of long auburn hair behind her ear.
"F-fine." Lee stuttered, still a little dazed from his meeting with the doorframe.
"Are you staying long? What are you here for?" Sakura asked dieing with curiosity.
"I am staying here for a while because Eli called me saying that you were in trouble. So here I am. Good thing I came, since you seem to have gotten in trouble already." Lee replied smiling at her.
Sakura ducked her head grinning sheepishly. Sakura lifted her head and looked at him shyly, a pink blush dusting her cheeks. "D-did you miss and still love me?" She asked quietly, wanting to know.
Lee's eyes widened in surprised happiness, she still loved him after these three years! 'YES!' he thought overjoyed. "Of course I missed and still am yo-" an evil aura surged.
"SAKURA!!" came the horrified bellow from the direction of the kitchen.
Sakura blanched. "That's Tori's voice." She whispered pulling out her necklace. Lee turned to look at her, from where he had jumped up at Tori's voice. Kero came zooming down the stairs, the star cards trailing after him in a glittering ribbon. Sakura lifted her arms and the cards quickly piled into her outstretched hands. She raced to the kitchen only to find it a shambles, a big hole in the ceiling, her father and Tori nowhere to be seen. Lee looked at the mess in the kitchen and whistled in disbelief. Then his eye caught something that was just appearing on the wall.
"Sakura, look at this." He said his voice deadly quiet.
Sakura and Kero turned and gasped in shock. There written on the wall, in purple glittering letters, edged in black read, 'Wicked smile, Crooked teeth, Evil plans, Waiting to unsheathe, Spiraled tail, Flapping wings, Everywhere it goes, Destruction it brings, Bloodshot eyes, Powerful jaw, Loves to hack, With sharpened claws, I await you there…'
"Who would do such a thing?" asked Sakura forlornly.
Kero just shook his head. "I don't know Sakura but they will pay. Make no mistake about that."
Sakura said, "I know Kero. I think we're going to need you big form for this."
"Gotcha kid." Kero said, his wings starting to lengthen and grow larger. A minute later he shook his head of the lingering sparkles of magic still hanging in the air from his transformation. Sakura pulled out her star necklace/key and chanted the words to extend it. Kero cautioned her, "Remember to use the cards sparingly Sakura, you're still mending from a few days ago. So you don't have much to go on."
"I know that Kero, Sakura said smiling at him, but I'm sure I'll be alright." (You know that line is sooo over used but it fits unfortunately with what I'm writing at the moment. So please excuse my lapse in common sense of clichés.) An expression and air of focus seemingly surrounded the young sorceress,"Fly!" Sakura commanded. Light soft and white whirled in a cloud around Sakura for a second and when it cleared, two light pink angel wings had appeared on her back. She stretched them experimentally and flew through the hole in the roof, expecting Kero and Lee to follow, a determined expression on her face.
Kero chuckled, seeing Lee's opened mouthed expression. "She's not the same is she, kid?" he asked.
"No, she's not." Lee agreed, wondering where his Sakura, always needed saving and advice, had gone.
Kero looked at Lee "she may be acting different now kid, but right now she's worried out of her mind. However, you don't know that because Sakura is hiding it so well."
"How do you tell?" Lee questioned.
"By the way she's acting right now." Kero revealed. "When Sakura is worried or really angry, which doesn't happen often mind you," Kero confided, "Sakura gets eerily calm and uses her head. Nevertheless there is a downside to this effect." Kero said shaking his head
Sakura came gliding over the gap in the ceiling. "ARE YOU GOING TO STAND THERE ALL NIGHT AND GAB AWAY OR ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME GET MY FAMILY BACK?" She yelled at them.
Kero winced. "Or" he concluded, "She does that." Lee shuddered to think if Sakura ever got mad at him, he would run away and fast. Kero looked at Lee "Get on my back kid. We're in for a bumpy ride." Lee nodded, leaping onto the guardian's broad back. They took off soaring through the holy roof, following her.
Sakura flew through the night sky, the breezes blowing back her long, loose hair behind her. They soared over the quiet city, each looking opposite directions. 'Where could Tori and Dad been taken?' Sakura wondered flying ahead off the small group of warriors. Kero and Lee caught up to the distraught teen. "Kero, I can't find them! What if they're hurt? Or being held captive? Or-"
Kero interrupted her. "We already know that they are being held against their will."
"Yeah, so there's nothing to be getting panicky about Sakura. Just stop for a moment, take a deep breath, and find the source. You know how to do that. Step back and concentrate." Lee told her soothingly but honestly.
Sakura swiftly nodded, closed her eyes, and breathed in and out softly; gathering her magic and sending it out.
"Nice job kid. She actually calmed down. Last time it took me talking to her, Tori and Yue on the phone ten minutes to even get her to even acknowledging our voices." Kero said to his passenger. "I guess you learned something back in Hong Kong."
"Thank you Ker-Hey! What's that supposed to mean?" Lee squawked.
"Hush." Sakura said eyes still closed. Lee and Kero shut up, lest they get yelled at again. "There!" Sakura pointed. Lee and Kero groaned.
"Why is it always the park?" Lee wondered out loud.
"I don't know." Sakura said shrugging her shoulders.
"Maybe it has some magical properties around it." Kero said mimicking Sakura's movement, nearly unseating his load.
"Hey!" Lee exclaimed, grabbing the golden fur of Kero's back.
" Let go of the fur, kid!" Kero shouted at Lee.
"Don't drop me!"
"You're just along for the ride. If Sakura weren't here, I'd drop you here and now."
"Do you want me to pull your fur again?"
This argument continued until the trio got to the park. "If you don't be quiet, I'll put the silent card on you." Sakura said to the squabbling pair. They shut up.
Sakura and Kero set down on the ground near the old blue penguin slide. Lee scrambled off of Kero's back. Sakura looked around "I don't like this." She said uneasily.
Kero agreed. "Me either."
"If you are looking for me, then here I am." Came a dark, harsh voice from the shadows.
Sakura, Kero, and Lee whirled around looking for a body to put the voice with. "Show yourself!" Lee demanded sharply.
"Tut, tut such impertinence from the boy who's dating my daughter. Perhaps you aren't good enough for her. I'm going to end the relationship right now." Came the voice again as the person it belonged too stepped into a park light. Sakura gasped in dismay. Aiden came into the light with Tori in tow. Tori hung limply from a magical grip edged in black, his feet dangling above the ground; his face bruised and cut, his clothes torn, as if from a violent wind. Sakura's father had changed from the gentle, smiling man everyone knew. Aiden's warm brown eyes were replaced with an eerie purple ringed in black. His brown hair was now a purple, black streaked color. His affectionate smile was now a demented, insane smirk. Purple, was the aura that surrounded him.
"Dad?" Sakura asked hesitantly, not sure if this evil man before her was indeed her father. "Tori?"
Evil Aiden laughed "I'm not your father anymore little girl. I only listen to my mistress, Aurora, princess of darkness." He held up his hand palm up and purple fire, edged in black, appeared.
"Sakura look out!" Kero yelled seeing Aiden pull his arm back and hurl the dangerous, glowing ball of energy at the girl. He yanked Lee out of the way. Sakura's eyes narrowed, dodging out of the way, she searched for a way to attack.
"Watery!" Sakura cried pointing her staff upward. Watery began its way over to the pair her mistress intended.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you!" evil Aiden said pulling Tori in front of him. Aiden was shielding himself with his own son!
"Stop!" yelped Sakura. Watery halted confused, right before Tori, ready to engulf him. She looked at her mistress for a command. "I don' t want either of them hurt. But with Tori in the way, that's going to happen." Sakura explained to the elemental. It nodded and turned back into a card.
"What are you going to do then Sakura? You can't keep dodging forever!" Lee said ducking as another fireball screamed over their heads.
" I don't know Lee. I don't want to hurt Tori because he's hurt already and also it's my dad. I can't hurt him. I thought Watery would be gentle but if who's ever controlling him is going to play dirty then I have to think of another tactic." Sakura said thinking hard. Purple fire, edged in black came streaming at Sakura.
To Be Continued…