Author's Note: I'm sorry for the long wait… Yeah, I took a long time. Been busy and I was in no mood to write…. But I'll try to finish the story as soon as possible which would be a miracle if I do have the time to do so…
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Chapter 9: Edriann, The Topaz…
"What are you all doing in Kinomoto's resident this early in the morning?" Touya yawned and scratched his head as he looked at Sakura, the hated gaki, Vince, Alex and Fujitaka sat on the sofa, talking intensely, "None of your business." Syaoran said that really pissed him off, "Oh yeah! Everything that goes in this house is my business."
"Wow, you're sure are feisty in the early morning," Alex said but Touya just glared at him, "Say another word and I'll promise you'll have your butt out of this house." Alex laughed with his hands up in the air and his right brow was lifted, "Sorry, Kinomoto Onii-sama."
"That's count as more than a word," Touya was charging when Fujitaka stopped him, "Touya, you should hurry. Hikari asked you to bring her to her recital rehearsal today." Touya gave Alex his infamous death glare and went back to his room to take a quick bath before Hikari came whining like a kid that she is.
"Uncle Touya, hurry up. Ryuki will be mad if I'm late," Hikari whined while Touya was still in the bathroom. He got out to meet his very own whining niece, "Alright! Alright! I'm done. Let's go. Why didn't you ask your mother to send you there?"
"Because Yuu-Chan wants to meet my handsome uncle," Hikari said but Touya gave her his explain-now look, "She wanted to have a look at you. She said you must be hideous because you're unmarried. She said no one wants to be with you. So, I got mad and said that I'll bring you to the rehearsal with your girlfriend."
"And who's going to pretend to be MY girlfriend, little devil?" Touya asked but Hikari ignored him, "She's here." Hikari ran downstairs when she heard the doorbell rang. Touya followed and saw her, "Don't tell me you're in this too, Nakuru."
"What?" Nakuru came into the house and sat with the others. Syaoran smirked but Nakuru had given up on trying getting Touya's heart. She looked at him with a puzzled look, "Hikari called you to come here, right?" Nakuru nodded, "Why? Is there something wrong?" Touya groaned. Hikari came inside and jumped in front of Touya, "Let's go!" Touya sighed when Hikari dragged him but not before her goodbye. She gave a peck on her parents' cheeks, "Bye. Bye bye, Aunt Nakuru."
"Nakuru isn't coming with us?" Touya asked while Hikari smiled and dragged Touya out of the house to meet his supposedly girlfriend, leaning against his car. Her brunette hair was caressed by the wind with a smile hovered on her lips. Touya looked in disbelief while Hikari came to her and hugged her around her waist.
"Hikari asked me to come with her to the rehearsal. Is that okay with you?" the familiar voice was heard and Touya nodded, still in silence, "Aunt Kaho, you'd made it."
"So, you're the supposedly girlfriend?" Touya said when they got into the car, "I guess so. Are you disappointed it's not Hana?" Touya shook his head slowly and drove off, "Hana can't make it. So, I'm the substitute."
"I've never thought Hikari knows you," Touya changed the topic immediately. Kaho smiled and looked at Hikari who was sitting on the backseat, jumping and singing the song that she was supposed to sing in the recital, "Sakura always brings her to the shrine every Saturday to meet me." Touya nodded in understanding, "I've been keeping tabs on you if I must say. Sakura always talks about you when she came to me." "So, that's why I've been sneezing all Saturday." Kaho chuckled lightly, "Don't worry. She never speaks badly about you."
"Well, that's a relief," Touya took a turn when they reached a junction. When he saw the kindergarten's signboard, he drove into the kindergarten and parked the car. Hikari opened the door and waited for Kaho and Touya to come out. They walked together with Hikari who could not help but smiled happily. She was very happy that her uncle won't be the joke of her friends.
"Yuu-Chan! I've brought my uncle and his girlfriend," Hikari said enthusiastically. The said Yuu-Chan looked at Touya and Kaho, biting on her lower lips and from the look, she was pissed off with Hikari, "Well, your uncle has the looks but I still don't believe he can charm the beautiful ladies. Until he gets married, I won't believe you." Yuu left Hikari who was about to cry when Kaho came to her to calm her down, "There, there. Don't be sad, Hikari-Chan." She patted her back while Touya glared at Yuu who ignored them, "I want to be friend with Yuu-Chan. But she won't let me."
Touya saw that Yuu was smiling and running towards Aimi who just arrived with Ryuki. She seemed ecstatic to see him but Ryuki's eyes were searching for something or someone. His eyes stopped when he saw Hikari sat with Kaho and went straight to her. Aimi saw them too and followed Ryuki. Yuu was left alone and the look in her eyes was the give-away to Touya. He smirked and shook his head, "Puppy love," he mumbled.
"What are you two doing here? I can bring Hikari to the rehearsal if you ask me," Aimi said but Kaho just smiled. Aimi saw the distant look on Hikari's face and she had known that Yuu had feelings with her son and Hikari's enthusiasm to be friend with Yuu.
"What's wrong with you, little girl?" Ryuki sat beside Hikari who puffed her cheeks, "I'm not a little girl. I'm six, okay? If I'm a little girl, you're a little boy!"
"Little girls like to sulk, just like you," Ryuki looked at Hikari who was trying to control her anger. Touya looked at the children and knocked his head playfully. Aimi was shocked but did not say anything, "What's wrong with you, old man?" Ryuki rubbed his head while frowning at Touya.
"You're not being a gentleman, talking to a girl like that. She won't like you if you keep getting on her nerves," Touya smirked at him but Ryuki just glared at him, "And you're a gentleman? Is faking your girlfriend makes you a gentleman?" this time, Ryuki smirked while Touya glared at him. Aimi sighed and grabbed Kaho's hand, "I'm sure I'm giving birth to Yukito's son but he got Touya's bad behaviour. Do you have anything in the shrine to turn back my son just like his father?" Kaho chuckled and shook her head, "No, can't do, Aimi. Ryuki is Ryuki. You can't change him. But I know why he got Touya's behaviour. When you were pregnant, did you see Touya every day?"
"Of course, I'd to see him whenever Yukito is there. Except in our bedroom, of course. But when I think about it, I seemed to meet him much more than Yukito. You know Yukito. He'd rather be in the kitchen than with me and I'd talk to Touya when… OH GOD!! Now I know why Ryuki is like him. I'm so not talking to him when I'm pregnant again." Kaho chuckled and patted her arms, "Touya, when I'm pregnant again, you're not allowed to get into my house or talk to me. You get that?" Touya looked at her with a puzzled look but Kaho just gave him just-ignore-what-she-just-said look. Aimi turned her attention back to the kids when a teacher came and said rather cheerfully that the rehearsal would be started in another 10 minutes. Aimi then looked back at Touya and Kaho and told them to go get lunch together to catch up as they didn't usually get in touch. She would take the kids back home so they did not have to worry to get back to the kindergarten, "So… where do you want to get your lunch?" Touya asked as Kaho stayed silent, thinking maybe. Then, she turned her head while walking to the car, "Grandpa's Place then. Hikari told me the foods are delicious there. Maybe we can try."
"Okay then," Touya got into the car but not before opening the door for Kaho who smiled at him, "But can we go somewhere before that? We still have two hours before lunch." Kaho persuaded Touya who nodded as a sign of agreement, "Where do you want to go?"
"I want to visit my aunty. She'd been admitted to the hospital two days ago and I'm the only one who lives in Japan. So, I want to accompany her to get over the loneliness," Kaho explained while Touya nodded again. He drove off and stopped at the nearby florist's, "Why are we stopping here?" Kaho asked, puzzled when Touya opened his door, "I want to buy your aunty some flowers. It's very unsettling for me to visit a sick person empty-handed." Kaho smiled and followed him with her eyes. Kaho came out of the car and went inside to hear someone talking animatedly with Touya. Maybe he knows the florist. Touya turned his head and looked at her when the door chimes as she opened the door, "What kind of flowers does your aunt like?"
"Well, erm… I think she likes rose, pink rose," Kaho answered as the florist looked at her and smiled. She elbowed Touya who frowned at her and said his usual 'What?'
"Who's this lovely lady here? Is she your girlfriend?" the florist asked with a grin on her face. Touya chuckled as if the florist was making a joke, "She's Kaho. Kaho, this is Chikane. By no stretch of the imagination would she seriously be described as my girlfriend."
"I'm insulted, Touya. He used to have feelings for me. That's for sure," Kaho smiled as Touya scratched his head while Chikane just kept silent. She then wrapped pink roses into a beautiful bouquet. Chikane gave the bouquet to Touya and just as Touya gave it to Kaho, the door chimed again, indicating someone just came in and who else would that be if it was not the one and only Akimine Hana?
Anyone who saw what just happened in front of their eyes could assume that Touya was giving a bouquet of pink roses to an unknown woman to Hana. A lovely woman to make it worse, "H… Hi, Touya, Chika-Chan."
"Hana, what are you doing here?" Chikane asked. She was shocked to see Hana, "I was nearby and just had the urge to see you."
Touya smiled at her but suddenly, the usual smile that soothed her made her heart ached. He was about to say something when Hana's phone rang, "Hello, erm… okay… I'll be there in a moment." She hung up and turned to Chikane, "I'm sorry. Izumi is looking for me. I'll have to go now. I'll come back later or you can go to my house." She then left without another glance at Touya who was very shocked with her behaviour but said nothing. Kaho suddenly felt that Hana was jealous but she did not say anything as she felt that it was not in her power to come into their business. That was just her. Kaho was not a person who talks about others. She observes but never speaks about it. They said their goodbye to Chikane and went to visit Kaho's aunt. Then, they went to take their lunch. While they were eating and talking about each other, Touya's phone rang. He answered it, "Hey, kaijau. What's up?"
"Where are you? And I'M NOT A KAIJAU!!" Sakura screamed and luckily, Touya had already put the phone from his ear, "I'm having lunch with Kaho. What do you want now?"
"Oh, Kaho's with you. Lucky me. Since she's with you, bring her home, okay? Maybe she can help with the mirrors," Sakura said cheerfully while Touya frowned, "Why are you so interested in that mirrors?"
"Huh? Oh… you know… the… they are Clow's creation. Yeah, Clow's creation. So, I feel the need to get to the bottom of them," Sakura giggled nervously, "You sound nervous. Are you lying or something?" Touya said suspiciously but Sakura denied it and hung up after telling him that Syaoran was calling for her and he, for sure, did not hear the gaki calling for her. He could recognize the gaki's voice wherever he was, "Sakura wants you to come home with me. There's these mirrors that they just found but I don't know what they want from that ancient mirrors. They had the weird Clow Reed's sign and I know if they had to do with Clow, it will surely mean something bad."
Kaho chuckled, "I know about that. But these mirrors are not evil, they were used to revive human in ancient time." Touya went into shock and looked at Kaho in disbelief, "What? You don't believe me?" Kaho smiled but Touya came back, "Are you sure it revives human?" Kaho nodded to reassure Touya, 'So that's why Sakura seemed nervous when I asked about the mirrors. She wants to revive Mei Xi. But why didn't she tell me?'
"Touya, are you okay?" Kaho asked worriedly when she saw Touya was lost in his train of thought. Touya smiled bitterly and nodded, "Let's go then. Sakura is waiting for you." Touya said but truthfully, he wanted an answer from his beloved sister and a good one. Kaho was still eating but she knew what Touya was like. When he was determined, nothing can change his mind. Kaho waited while Touya called the waiter and paid the bill. They went back to Kinomoto's resident to see the occupants of the house were eating lunch, ""Wow, I've never thought you'll be home that early, Touya. Sakura just called you, right? Are you that eager to be home?" Alex joked but Touya just ignore him. Kaho sat in the living room when Touya looked at them seriously, "When do you think you want to tell me about the mirrors? Or you never even thought of telling me about it at all?" Sakura looked at Syaoran who frowned at Touya's sudden outburst. Kaho flinched at his tone and thought to herself, 'What have I gotten into? I shouldn't be telling him that and damn, I should have known better when it comes to revival and Mei Xi. Sorry guys.'
"Calm down, Touya. We have a good answer to that," Fujitaka said calmly. He knew what Touya is like when he was angry. Hearing his father's calm voice, Touya relaxed a bit but still uncomfortable with all these secrets around him and became even more uncomfortable when he could not see it or in other words, everyone was keeping him in the dark. And he did not like the sound of that. Not even one bit.
"A good answer is all I need. What are you playing at?" Touya asked angrily. Fujitaka asked him to sit down and then, they'll talk about it. Sakura lost her appetite right after Touya came into the dining room. She put down her chopsticks as Syaoran rubbed her back to calm her down.
Touya sighed deeply and sat in front of them, waiting for his well-needed answer, "I'm sorry for not telling you about the mirrors, Onii-Chan. I didn't mean to keep it a secret but…" Sakura finally let her voice out but Syaoran cut her off, "I told her to keep it a secret before we can sure that the mirrors can be used to revive Mei Xi."
"Onii-Chan, I'm sorry. I know that…" she was cut off again, "We know you'd be willing to do anything to get back Mei Xi. That's why we keep it from you."
"Please, Onii-Chan. Don't be mad at me. I'm only doing…" she was cut off yet again, "We're only doing to keep you sane. And we are still searching for another four mirrors. So, before we could complete the search, we thought we could keep it from you." Syaoran explained for Sakura who suddenly did not appreciate her husband doing the talking for her, "Again, I'm sorry, Onii-Chan. I want…" "Well, think again…" this time Sakura cut Syaoran off, "Stop cutting me off, Xiao Lang! I'm trying to talk to my brother." Touya was surprised to hear Sakura yelled at her husband. Even Kaho who was sitting in the living room could not help but chuckled when Sakura screamed. Syaoran had been cutting her off every time she tried to talk to Touya. Syaoran stayed silent and let Sakura spoke. Alex was too shocked to say another joke when he saw anger in her eyes. Well, anyone would be mad if someone keeps cutting you off.
"What I'm trying to say from the beginning, is that we don't want to give you false hope. Not again. Ever again. And I'm sorry for not telling you sooner and I'm sorry that you knew it from Kaho and not from me, your only sister. I'm sorry," Sakura explained and sighed with relief after telling her brother what had been in her mind. Well, after all that disturbance Syaoran had caused. Touya knew how much Sakura loves him and understands how much she does not want to hurt him. Touya sighed and looked at his sister. He covered his face with his right hand while Sakura waited in anticipation of his answer or even punishment.
"Thanks for worrying about me but next time, tell me everything and I mean everything, kaijau," Touya warned while Sakura flinched, "I'M NOT A KAIJAU!! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU TO STOP CALLING ME THAT, STUPID ONII-CHAN!!" Touya laughed and went outside, leaving a very pissed off Sakura and let Syaoran do his work to calm down his wife. Well, there's nothing that would make him happier than to see Syaoran in pain, well not that leaving scar pain, more like pain in his heart.
He went into the living room to accompany Kaho who was sitting alone with a mirror in her hands, "Is this the mirror?" Touya nodded and sat beside her. Kaho nodded back to him. Touya looked at the mirror and suddenly felt like something was calling him to take a good look at the mirror. He took the mirror when Sakura and the others came into the living room to meet a very unexpected view.
"Touya, what on earth are you doing?" Sheifa yelled at the sight of Touya and Kaho, "Who's Touya? If you meant me, I'm kissing my girlfriend of course."
"She's no girlfriend of yours," Sakura yelled at him too while Kaho stayed silent. She was too shocked to say anything. Touya put down the mirror on her lap when he grabbed her and kissed her very passionately. And she kissed him back. Unexpectedly, "Well then, I'm making her, whoever you are." Sakura was outrageously shocked with her brother's sudden change of behaviour. He seemed to turned into some kind of… what's the word… yeah… a playboy… a damn obvious playboy, "I'm your sister, stupid head!!"
"What's wrong with you, Touya?" Fujitaka asked. Touya got up and put his hands in the air as if to tell them to stop and let him explain which seemed what he was doing right then, "Stop calling me Touya. I'm Ed, Edriann, The Topaz."
"Here we go. Another one," Sheifa said in recognition while Alex sighed as if in exhaustion, "Another troublemaker."
"FYI, I'm not a troublemaker. What makes you think I am? Oh, you've met my little Turq. She's a beauty, isn't she?" Ed said dreamily which really made Syaoran flinched, "Stop that dreamy look on your face. You'll contaminate my memories of that brother-in-law of mine."
"Oh, Master. Thousands happiness to you. I've been dying to meet you, well, not as much as I want to meet a girl and get married of course," Ed smiled and looked at Kaho lovingly, "NO, you're not getting married with her!! You love someone else. I mean, Touya loves someone else."
"Now, I remember… you're my Mistress. Well, when I open my eyes, I saw her. So, she must be Touya's girlfriend. So, she would be mine too, right? It's still the same," Ed explained with his innocent look at Sakura, "Didn't you hear me? I said Onii-Chan loves someone else. It means it's not Kaho, Edriann." Sakura folded her arms to prevent her from punching her own brother. She would punch him if it was him talking to her and that was not him talking to her. It was just some perverted guy taking over her brother's body talking to her. That made the difference. So, no punch for Touya.
"Then who is she? And kindly tell me where is she. I'll go meet up with her. If she's not as beautiful as Kaho, I'll prefer to take Kaho then," Ed smiled when he said that which really boiled Sakura's blood, "Her name is Li Mei Xi."
"Oh, I know her. She was a beauty but she's dead," Ed said calmly and looked at her, "Well, that's why you're here. We need your help to revive her and don't use that expression when you're talking about someone who had died." "Oh, you mean this?" Ed said calmly which really got on her nerves. She clenched her teeth and took her sweater, "I'm going out for awhile. I'll be back after my emotion is balanced."
"Take your time. We'll be waiting," Ed smiled, 'You'll wait for me to kill you,' her eyes were telling him. Syaoran took his coat and pulled Sakura with him, leaving a very dangerous look at Ed, "Such a lovely couple. But without the infamous glare, they would be lovelier. So, what's for…" he looked out the window, "…lunch? I'm famished." Sheifa lifted her brow and looked at him from head to toe, "You just ate with Kaho."
"Oh, really? Maybe he's too nervous eating with Kaho. He's not eating very well. I'll eat for him. Fujitaka-san, what do you have? I knew you're a very good cook. Show me your talent, Sir," Ed said with a smile when Kaho got up and bowed, "I think I'm heading home now. I'm not feeling very well." With that, she left with visible blush tainted her cheeks. Ed was about to stop her from leaving but she dashed for the door like a bullet train, "Oh, well. I'll just meet her later. Right now, this one first." Ed patted his stomach with a smile. Fujitaka brought him to the kitchen and let him eat while the others sat in the living room trying to adjust to the new Touya. A very gay and cheerful Touya. A shiver crept in while they were reminded of what just happened in the last fifteen minutes.
"So, Touya is your initiator? Can I ask you a few questions, Edriann?" Fujitaka asked as Ed nodded without a word as his mouth was too full to utter another word, "How do you choose your initiator? Do you just choose anyone you feel right or had it been written from the day you made who is your initiator? Can you tell me?" Ed swallowed the food and drank the water before answering, "Well, seeing how curious you are, I'll tell you, since you're so nice to me though Turq will kill me after this but that can wait later. I know she loves me too much to kill me. Well, we are an item since…" Fujitaka coughed as Ed grinned (A/N: Can you imagine Touya's grinning? All his coolness gone with the wind and sent me shivers.) Ed scratched his head and giggled. (A/N: And now he's giggling… I need to go get my doctor. It's too awful to even imagine it.)
"To choose an initiator, we need to feel their inner strength. If we feel the person has the qualified inner strength, then we will evaluate their personality. If we feel that their personality is acceptable, we will possess them and help them to achieve what they want. Usually the persons we chose had the same wish, that's why we need seven people with the same wish and desire. Their inner strength will be needed when the mirrors are all discovered. They need to be gathered under the darkest time in the day. When the light comes, the wish will be granted." Ed explained to Fujitaka who absorbed every word that came out of his son's mouth.
"Is there anything particular to be done for the wish to be granted?" Fujitaka asked but Ed just smile, "That's all from me. I can't tell you more. It's illegal for me to do so." "Thanks, Ed." Fujitaka knew he could not force him to tell him more. He'd tell him more than enough. Ed nodded, "You're welcome. You know, I'd been wishing to have a father just like you. Calm and overwhelming. My dad was very strict and demanding. He refused to see any failure. That's why I ran away from home." Ed sighed as Fujitaka was shocked to hear anything about his past, "You mean, you're a human a long time ago?"
Ed nodded again and smiled, "Each soul of the mirror was once a human but we gave our soul to Clow Reed when we die after he granted our wish. But nothing good came from my wish, that was for sure."
"Do you mean by granting the wish, you're to sacrifice your life?" Fujitaka asked, still not satisfied after hearing what Ed had been through, "No, I don't mean it that way but something had to be given in order to fulfill my wish. Having no other thing at that time and as a runaway, I asked him to take my life as an exchange." Ed explained but spoke no more when Fujitaka kept harrying him with questions. He got up and put the plate into the sink, "Thanks for the lunch but you are becoming annoying. I don't feel like answering every question you could think of right now. I have a girl to catch." He left the house without giving anyone more time to talk to him. He was about to leave the house when he bumped into someone, "Kaho darling, you miss me already?" Kaho shook her head, "No, we need to talk, Touya."
"I'm not Touya, I'm Edriann, call me Ed," Ed said while Kaho suddenly came into realization. Touya would never kiss her like that, not ever. So, that was someone else kissing her. Now, she got it. While she was in her reverie, Ed kissed her again and this time, only an audience was there to witness it. None other than Akimine Hana.
She just came by to apologize to Touya for being such a big baby. He was her friend. So, there was no need for her to be jealous when he was with another woman. She should be glad, shouldn't she? But to see him kissing another woman directly was not what she had in mind when she took her courage to meet him and apologize. She just stood still, looking at them. Dumbfounded, if you must say but what she did not realize was her tears running down her cheeks. Ed was smiling when he saw Hana looking at him with tears. Something in his heart fluttered. He smiled at her. He knew the face but the person he thought about was in grave. So, he must be seeing things right then. Hana caught him smiling at her and did a very expected thing to do when a woman sees her boyfriend kissing other woman that was not her. But he was not her boyfriend. He was just her boy friend which made a big difference in their relationship.
She left the house without smiling back at him or even greeting him. He must be in shocked to see her leaving the house when they had meet eye to eye. His smile was something she failed to comprehend. Was he smiling at her to make her see how happy he was with the woman he was kissing or was he smiling at her because he was happy to meet her? But she was not courageous enough to wait and let him has his say. Something in her heart whispered to her to leave the place as soon as possible. Her heart ached to say that it did not want to meet him that day. Better leave and let her heart do the talking.
Ed just looked at Hana who got back into her car. He saw she wiped the tears away while Kaho looked her way too. She was suddenly filled with guilt. She was not supposed to let him kiss her. It was not her right to kiss him back. Hana saw it and she knew Mei Xi's heart was bruised. She knew about Hana and Mei Xi. Eriol had told her all about it. She had to meet Eriol. Something needed to be done.
Sakura and Syaoran, on the other hand, sat at the park with Sakura sitting on a swing and move it slowly. Syaoran sat beside her, staying silent. But being silent was so not Sakura and he had to hear her voice, "What's wrong with you? You were so angry with him. You usually could keep up with him." She sighed deeply, "I don't know. It boils my blood to see him casually said that Mei Xi was dead. Touya was never like that. He never speaks about Mei Xi. He never says that Mei Xi is dead. He just… never the one to talk about his love cold-heartedly. I'm sad seeing him like that. I hate Ed!" she explained. Syaoran stopped her swing and forced her to get up. She got up and was puzzled with his behaviour. He smiled and made her sit on his lap. He wrapped his strong arms gently around her waist while he nuzzled his face on her neck, "Don't worry. He will be back with us as soon as we find the next mirror. I used to hate Turq when she possessed you. She was cold but she's nice. Ed will be just like that. You just need to be patient with him. I hate him for making you so miserable." Sakura smiled in his embrace. He knew just the way to make her back to herself, "Turq's nice? Sheifa had told me everything she'd done to you and you said she's nice? Okay, did you hit your head anywhere?" Syaoran tightened his embrace and chuckled at her, "No, I didn't. I just think she's nice even with the so-called cold demeanor. She's doing her job just fine." Sakura smiled and leaned her head on his shoulder, trying to forget the words that Ed had said using her brother, "You know what, I want to go on a holiday after we finish this entire mirror quest. I want to have time to relax and not thinking about others. I want to be just with you and Hikari."
"Let see… I will go with you if you promise me to give me a son. That way, we can have daughter and son outing. You can go shopping with Hikari and I can practice sword and martial arts with Xiao Long," Syaoran said while Sakura blushed, "You even have him named. I'll try my best for you, love." She smiled with a blush still tinted her cheeks. Syaoran gave her a chaste kiss and smiled at her appreciatively, "I'll try my best too." Syaoran chuckled. He sat there with Sakura in his embrace for a while before they decided to go home and met the troublemaker.
They went back to the house to see that Ed was not home. He was nowhere to be found. Sakura wanted to find the forth mirror as soon as possible so that her brother can come back to his own body. Having Ed for even a day was not something Sakura keen of.
"Where the heck is he?" Sakura asked when her father told her that Ed left. He left his phone for display on the table of the living room. Sheifa and the others were busy with the other mirrors. The mirror was glowing right before Ed left. Sakura could only think the worst when something unusual happened. She was nearly demented with worry when Syaoran asked her to call Kaho. She called her but he was not with her. Where else could he be? Kaho told them that Ed left after they met at the front door. He said he had something to do. But Kaho did not forget the detail where Hana saw them kissing. Sakura was furious and falling over herself to kick him over and over again. While they were worried sick about his whereabouts, he came home with happy smile on his face, "I'm home. Did you miss me?"
"I miss you so much that I feel like kicking you over and over again," Sakura gritted her teeth while he flinched at her tone, "Enough with that not very nice behaviour. Look what I've got you." He pulled his hand out from his back with another mirror. Sakura could only gasp. She put her hands on her mouth and was reaching for the mirror when Ed raised it up in the air. Sakura and Syaoran frowned at him. What the heck is he playing at?
"I'll give it to you with one condition. Let me borrow this body for awhile," Ed said with a smile still hovering on his face, "How long is your 'awhile'?" Syaoran asked, suddenly filled with rage, "Erm… two or three days, the longest would be a week."
"Are you insane?" Sakura yelled in anger, "Yeah, I am. I'm hallucinating."
"What are you talking about?" Sakura suddenly slowed her voice, "I saw Mei Xi. She was crying. If she's alive, why the hell are you trying to revive her?" Ed said while Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other, "Come again."
"I saw her right before she got into her car," Ed explained while Fujitaka frowned at him. Shouldn't he already know about that? He seemed to know everything when they talked, "Shouldn't you know about that?" Fujitaka asked while Ed frowned back at him, "I don't know everything, Sir. Maybe you should tell me."
"That's Hana. She's a friend of Touya. She resembles Mei Xi very much," Fujitaka explained while Ed finally understood, "Now I get it. Touya likes her because she looks just like Mei Xi. She's a substitute."
"NO! She's not! Could you please be more considerate? Don't talk about people like that. It hurts, you know. Touya was not even a little bit like you. Stop talking like you know him," Sakura was crying as she talked. Ed was finally softened a bit and felt guilty to make his Mistress sad with him, "I'm sorry, Mistress. I won't talk about him like that ever again but can I borrow his body for two days? It won't be long. I have something I need to be assured of." Sakura was sobbing with Syaoran comforting her. She nodded while Ed beamed. He gave her a kiss on the cheek as he put the mirror on the couch. He ran towards the door but stopped mid-way and looked at her, "I'll be back the day after tomorrow. Thank you, Master, Mistress. I owe you this one." He disappeared just like that before Sakura could ask where he was heading to.
They sat in the living room with the newfound mirror. Syaoran was looking at it very carefully. The mirror was yellowish brown in colour. So, it had to be The Amber. Syaoran then looked at the design around the mirror. This time it had the exact same pattern of flower. The flowers were designed to stay beside each other, like nothing could separate them. Syaoran was thinking why each mirror would have different kind of design on it. The Sapphire has a very unusual angel with an arrow perforated through the heart design on it, Turq has the cherry blossom pattern, and Ed has the peach blossom pattern. Usually Clow Reed's creation had the same design. He suddenly came into realization. Sakura and Touya's name suddenly popped up into his mind. He smiled and looked at Sakura who was also thinking about the same thing but without the answer. Syaoran suddenly hugged her and told her he got the answer, "The design around the mirrors. It had to be the clue for the initiator. Sakura means cherry blossom and Touya means peach blossom," he pointed at the mirror while Sakura too came into realization but suddenly frowned, "Then, what would this flower and angel means?" Fujitaka came when he heard the commotion Syaoran was just started, "Ed told me that the people that have the same wish and desire will become the initiator. Something tells me that they have to be the people who are very close with Mei Xi."
"Then, who would that be? I can't find anyone close to her with a name that means angel or lily," Sakura look closely at the forth mirror, "Maybe it shouldn't be a name. Maybe it was coincidence that the two mirrors took your name while the others may use other kind of methods for the clue of their initiator." Fujitaka said while Sakura and Syaoran nodded.
"I'll try searching for the angel while you look for the lily," Fujitaka finally decided when his phone rang, "Fujitaka's here. Oh, Vince. You still can't found why they were glowing. Don't worry. Ed already gave the forth mirror. It's The Amber. Sakura and Syaoran are working on it. I'll take The Sapphire. I'm doing some research on it. Is that okay with you? Okay, can you bring The Sapphire to me? Thanks." Sakura and Syaoran looked at Fujitaka who went into his room.
"He's serious about this," Syaoran said while Sakura frowned at him, "Of course. We're all serious about this. It's Mei Xi's life we're talking about." Syaoran knew Sakura just misunderstood what he said, "No, I meant that he's too serious about Mei Xi. Your mother had died too. So, why is he…?" Sakura cut him off before he could say another word, "He doesn't want Touya to feel the sadness he felt when he lost Okaa-san. And seeing Onii-Chan alone reminds him of himself. He loves Okaa-san too much that he couldn't find someone else and he knew Onii-Chan is just like him." Sakura smiled knowingly as Syaoran hugged her tightly, "I'm sorry for making you sad." Sakura shook her head, "No, you don't make me sad. We'd better start now. The sooner we start, the sooner we finish all of this."
Syaoran smiled and nodded his head after they decided to borrow some books from Fujitaka to search for anything that have any connection with the angel and the lily. Fujitaka came with a lot of books related to their search but each book was as thick as encyclopedia. Sakura was getting dizzy reading all the books for information but Syaoran was the one who engrossed into the whole thing. Sakura was already laying down with her face flat on the floor, "I'm dizzy." Syaoran smiled at her but said nothing. He kept his eyes on the books, searching for clues and answers that can get them somewhere, "How could you be so into these kinds of books? It's all facts and no fun."
"It's fun if you love it," Syaoran said, not noticing the pout she gave him as he was not looking at her. She put some pressure on her hands and sat up. She stretched her arms and took another book to get dizzy with, "Well, for me it would be considered fun if I'm laughing and moving, not staying still with only my eyes doing the exercise." Syaoran smiled and shook his head, "Then, bear with it. I thought I've heard that you would do anything for Mei Xi." Sakura groaned and fell back on the floor with a book slammed on her face.
Author's Note: I'll try putting the next chapter tomorrow... Hope you like this chapter… R&R please…. )