Vixen:: Well dang. I already got 3 reviews, 2 Story Alerts, and 1 Favorite Story too. But I'm really happy because...
I Got 24 Author Alerts and 49 Favorite Authors. I feel loved. So I gotta surprise. I'm updating Hidden Treasures like promised AND The Hybrid Chronicles:: Naruto Style!
Sakura:: Hoe...really?
Vixen:: Yep Yep lol But lets get on with the story shall we?
Syaoran:: When do I come in?
Vixen:: ...never.
Syaoran:: (O.O) WHAT?
Sakura:: Li-kun...she was just kidding. Isn't that right Vixen-sama?
Vixen:: (sigh) yeah yeah.
Syaoran:: Ur Evil.
Vixen:: Took you long enough to figure it out.
Sakura:: I knew all along...
Syaoran & Vixen:: You did?
Sakura:: Yeah...Everyone knows that green penguins are evil.
Syaoran:: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
Vixen:: T.T( I'm not a Green PENGUIN! I'm not even a Regular penguin... I'm not a penguin at all!
Syaoran::Hahahahahahahahaha (choke, cough, cough)
Vixen:: Ur evil.
Syaoran:: (badly mimics Vixen) Took you long enough to figure it out. HAHAHAHA!
Vixen:: Hey! Thats my Line!
Sakura:: (giggles) On With the Show!
Introducing...
Chapter 2 of...
Hidden Treasures
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Sakura Kinomoto- 17 Syaoran Li- 20
Fujitaka Kinomoto- 47 Yelan Li- 45
Touya Kinomoto- 24 Eriol Hiiragizawa- 21
Sonomi Daidouji- 43 Meiling Li- 18
Tomoyo Daidouji- 18 Nakuru Akizuki/ Ruby Moon- 25
(Do not worry. As the story progresses and new characters are added, I'll add their ages up here as well. So be on the watch.)
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(Previously)
As Sakura stared at the unlocked book in astonishment, she failed to notice the lid to the chest slowly creaking open.
Beady black eyes stared out.
"Mistress?"
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(Hong Kong China)
In Hong Kong, there are two very prestigious families.
The Hayashi Family and the Li Family.
To the world's knowledge, they both own unimaginable riches and are quite competitive. They always think that the other is inferior while their the best. It is a well known feud that has been going since the beginning of time. But behind closed doors, the two families are involved in something even greater. A chase for power...and a book. Most know of their true intents for the book while others just sit by and watch the show.
It is unknown who is good and who isn't.
But it will soon be revealed.
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(Li Residence 11:47 pm)
Syaoran Li was one not to be taken lightly. Sure he had the body of a god but looks are deceiving. Below that sexy cover up, is a warrior. A warrior who will do anything to get his hands on The Book of Clow. He would even kill his own kin for it.
Eriol Hiiragizawa knew that and yet he felt compelled to tell his cousin what he had found.
(Flashback)
He had been sleeping peacefully in his room when a loud crash had woken him. Leaping to his feet, he hurried out into the hall. Listening, he could hear thrashing from the next floor down. The Basement. Bounding down the side stairs at the end of the hall, he almost fainted in surprise. The room was set up like a prison. High metal bars infused with magic rose form the floor to the ceiling. There were six cells on each side with a safely wide isle down the middle. In the least cell to the left, a large black jaguar type beast with black butterfly wings thrashed against it's restraints. Walking to the cell, Eriol stood in front if the beast. Only the metal wall keep him from losing a limb.
"Spinel Sun, you have awakened?" He whispered, utter disbelief shone in his cerulean eyes. Running a hand through his dark blue tousled hair, Eriol sunk to his knees. "It's begun. The Book has been unsealed."
Spinel Sun strained harder. "Reincarnation of Clow Reed. Release Me!" the beast roared.
Eriol, returning to his feet, stared the creature down. "Not yet, Spinel Sun. Not just yet." And with that Eriol rushed out of the basement.
(End Flashback)
Eriol stood outside Syaoran's study, contemplating if he should enter or wait. Gathering his courage, he pushed through the two doors and entered. Inside sat his cousin, Syaoran Li, sitting in front of the fireplace. Probably off in another world.. It was nice to actually see his cousin relax every now and then. Syaoran was only few months younger than Eriol and yet he owned and commanded the whole Li empire. The stress was apparent in his amber eyes as he lazily slouched in his chair.. Eriol almost felt sorry for disturbing him.
Almost.
"Syaoran?" Eriol knew to make sure Syaoran was listening before running his mouth. Other wise, Syaoran could be lost in his thoughts and not hear a thing.
"What is it, Eriol?" Looking to the clock on the fireplaces mantle, a scowl replaced his solemn look. "It's almost midnight. So this better be good."
Silence.
Syaoran turned to look at his annoying cousin. Eriol just stood there fidgeting. "Well?"
"Um...well you see...uhh..." Eriol was at a lose for words. Should he tell his cousin now and get his head bit off or wait until early the next day and still get beat up.
"Get on with it you Goof!" Syaoran was slowly losing his patience...if only he had any. (lol)
"Spinel Sun is awake." Eriol ducked and covered his head with his arms, protecting at least his head in case any flying objects decide to hit him.
"So that was the noise." Syaoran pondered, paying no mind to the idiot huddled on the floor.
Uncurling his limbs, Eriol stood. Since Syaoran hadn't tried to maim him, he must be taking it real serious. In two long strides, Eriol was beside him. "What do you want me to do?"
Syaoran sighed, running his hand through his hair.. "Go see Nakuru. If Spinel is awake then Ruby Moon should be too. If she is, she would know where it is. Bring back the Book and it's Keeper."
Eriol, already preparing for the trip in his head, nodded and left.
Syaoran sat there for some time just staring into the flames of the fire. 'I need to find it soon.' he sighed again. 'Before they do.'
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(Akizuki Residence 12:32 am)
Nakuru had just had the worst nightmare in her life. It had seemed so real. A small town. Burning buildings. People screaming and dying. Ash everywhere. Was it a premonition? For a while now, she had been having these type of dreams and it seemed that what ever she dreamed of, it would happen. Lately though, her dreams had all focused on the same location. A small town on an island. Japan maybe?
Was that really what the future looked like? How horrid.
Immediately after waking up, she walked to her kitchen for a glass of water. Sipping it slowly, Nakuru stood there. How could something so horrible happen? And Why? Knowing she wouldn't be sleeping anytime soon, she made her way to the living room to watch some TV. Halfway there, a knock came from her front door. Changing directions, she wondered into her front hall. Near the far wall, an antique grandfather clock chimed. Midnight.
'Who in the Hell would be up at this time of night?' she wondered. Opening her front door, she found Eriol still in his night wear.
"What do you want?" she asked.
Eriol just stood there looking like the biggest idiot in the world.
"Is she awake?" His voice barely a whisper.
Nakuru blinked. "Is who awake?" she asked. She swore if Eriol was drunk and messing with her again, he wouldn't ever be able to walk right again.
"Ruby Moon." Two words. Just two itty bitty words out of Eriol's mouth to completely stop her heart.
"W-What?" she stammered.
Eriol cleared his throat. "Is Ruby Moon awake?" he asked.
Nakuru couldn't believe it. She knew she led a double life. One as Nakuru Akizuki the Senior in College and another as Ruby Moon the Guardian. It was her destiny to be Ruby Moon and Nakuru had accepted it long ago. But she never thought her other life would ever appear to gain consciousness. Now here was Eriol, asking her if Ruby Moon had awakened.
Nakuru thought about it. Lately she had been having premonitions, but that could have been normal. 'Then again there was the incident the other day...' she thought.
Just the other day, Nakuru had been cleaning her house. She only had a few hours until her afternoon classes began and her house was a mess. She had been cleaning the windows when she had felt this awful pain in her back. All of sudden, huge black butterfly wings burst from her back. She had blacked out soon afterwards.
Besides that nothing had happened. But the whole wings. It was weird. It wasn't normal and it hadn't happened before then. So maybe Ruby Moon really was awake. Maybe.
Returning back to the boy in front of her, she nodded. "I think so. Strange-things have been happening lately. Is Spinel Sun awake?" she asked.
Eriol, fidgeting a bit, nodded. "Yes, he woke awhile before midnight."
Nakuru sighed as she leaned against the door frame. "Well, if Spinel Sun is awake and Ruby Moon as well...what now?" She had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that she'd be leaving her nice abode very soon.
"Li wants us to find the book and bring it back." He sounded tired. Like he hadn't slept much either.
"What about the Book's new owner? Someone had to open it for all this to happen." Nakuru felt smart knowing that much. Knowing Eriol, that little bit of information hadn't even entered his mind.
However, Eriol did surprise her when he calmly said, "Syaoran want us to bring the Book and it's Keeper back to Hong Kong."
Nakuru sighed. She never signed up for this crap and yet she still had to do it. "How do we find the book?"
Eriol looked a bit nervous at this. "That's why Syaoran sent me over here."
Her eye twitched. "What?"
He cleared his throat. "Syaoran thinks that Ruby Moon will know the location of the Book. So he went me over here to see if Ruby Moon was even awake." he whispered.
She couldn't believe this idiot had the nerve to come to her house at 12 in the morning and tell her all this. Even worse, she couldn't believe Li had the guts to send his own kin over here to tell her. Well, yeah she could. Li was just that way. But still. It was 12 in the MORNING!
She played with her hair as she calmly ask, "And how would I know where the Book is?"
Eriol looked at her. "Have you had any weird dreams lately?"
Nakuru's eyes widened. That small town. In her dreams. Maybe there...
To Eriol, it looked as if she was in a trance. She spoke. "A small town. Japan I think. There's always people screaming and buildings burning."
Eriol pushed her into the house and closed the door behind him. He pulled her into the living room and sat her down. "Nakuru, listen to me." His voice was calm. "Where at in Japan?"
She stared past him, flashbacks of her dreams filled her mind. "I-I don't know."
He shook her a bit. "Come on. I need something. A sign and store name. Something!"
Her eyes flew to Eriol's. "Penguin Park."
Eriol scrunched his face in confusion. "What?"
She fumbled with her words for a minute but then replied. "In one of my dreams, there's a giant penguin slide and there's children playing around it. A Park I think. It's sunny and then it's not. The Penguin then explodes in flames and the children are running. Some crying, others screaming."
"Penguin Park?" Eriol walked over to Nakuru's laptop on the coffee table. Waiting for it to load he turned to Nakuru. "Are you sure it was a Penguin? Or even a park for that matter?" he asked her.
Nakuru nodded. "I'm sure of it. It was so clear and so life like. It was a Penguin slide and it was in a park."
Turning back to the computer, Eriol opened a search engine. He typed in, 'Penguin Park Japan.' He waited as a list of results finished loading. He scanned through them but only one caught his eye.
"Local Park Under Flame. "
He clicked it. The page soon filled with pictures. Several of children playing around a large Penguin slide. And one of the slide engulfed in flames. Scrolling down, he read the small entry at the bottom.
"Local residents of Tomoeda, Japan were in the middle of their Cherry Blossom Festival when disaster struck. The well known Penguin Park was filled with children and their parents that Sunday afternoon. Witnesses say it was sunny and pleasant when a large dark cloud appeared out of no where. The sun was then blocked out by the storm cloud, leaving the park in darkness. Witnesses say that a large lightning bolt shot out of the sky, hitting the slide and sending it up in flames. Most of the locals rushed to get their children from the park grounds and back to their safe homes. Only a select few saw the after events. "It was gone." One eye witness went on to say. "One moment the cloud was there, but as soon as the slide went up, it disappeared." Many wanted answers so the mayor of Tomoeda sent for a few of the researchers that made their homes in Japan. Just returning from one of his digs in Europe, local resident and famous archaeologist Fujitaka Kinomoto was one of the few selected to speak.
"Nature is funny in these kinda ways." Kinomoto-san stated at the Local Tomoeda Town Meeting that very next day. "One moment it's raining the next it's snowing. Really i have no good answer for you. I work with old junk, not weather."
While his little speech did get a few laughs, it didn't answer any questions.
Many scientists have tried to reason that the whole event was impossible. A storm could not just stop, catch an object on fire and then leave. But the locals were not convinced. It had happened and it might again. The strange weather occurrence had yet to be solved and is now even forgotten by the residents of Tomoeda. Was it just a random storm that came out of no where? Or was it something bigger?"
"That's it."
Eriol nearly fell off of his makeshift seat at the sudden noise. Turning his head to the left a bit, he saw Nakuru leaning over his shoulder looking at the article.
"What?" he asked, not hearing her the first time.
Nakuru looked at him. "That's the place in my dream. The exact same slide and everything." Her voice wavered. "What now?" she asked.
Eriol shut the laptop and sat it on the table as he stood.
"Now," he stretched. "we go get packed."
Nakuru looked at him funny.
"We're leaving so soon?" she asked.
He looked at her. "Yes. First we'll go see Syaoran. Then tonight, we leave."
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(Li Residence 7:26 am)
Eriol had returned back to pack his things and was now waiting on Nakuru to arrive before talking to Syaoran.
While waiting, he had looked up a bit more information on Tomoeda itself.
'Such a small town to hold such a powerful object. Who would have it though?' he wondered. He was so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't even realized that Nakuru had arrived or that she now stood next to him.
"Penny for your thoughts." she whispered, making him jump.
Calming down, he ran a hand trough his neatly brushed hair. "I'll tell you inside. Come one, lets go" Eriol pushed through the doors for the second time that day. Syaoran was were he had left him, sitting in front of the fire staring at nothing.
"What is it?" Syaoran asked, not even bothering to look at them.
Eriol spoke first. "We have a lead on the Book's location."
"And?"
Eriol knew what was about to happen. "It's in Japan."
"Shit." Syaoran stood and walked to stand in front of them. "It's been so close this whole time?"
Nakuru spoke this time. "No, we believe it just recently located there."
Syaoran sighed. "So do you know who has it?"
"I'm was just trying to figure out who, in such a small town, would have the Book, myself." Eriol stated, leaning back into the wall beside the door."
Nakuru nodded to herself. "I was thinking about that also. My other side keeps saying that if Penguin Park was attacked then the Book would have to be near it. The book's powers, even before being opened, range only 10 miles in each direction. Even if the book wasn't there when the incident happened, it would be now. The Book knows everything. Even when and where it'll be opened. I say we go to the Park and search the surrounding houses for any magical activity. No mortal could mask it's trail so we'd find it easily."
Syaoran nodded. "Penguin Park?"
Eriol explained Nakuru's dreams to Syaoran and how they had discovered the location of the Book.
"Ahh...so who would have the book anyway? Surely no little kid just found the kid and decided to take it home." Syaoran thought out loud.
"No, I think someone found it somewhere else and then brought it with them to Japan." Eriol restated his earlier thoughts.
Nakuru looked at Eriol. "Where would it have been?"
Syaoran answered her. "Europe maybe even somewhere near Iraq. Clow Reed liked to travel a lot. He had a home in Europe and one in Egypt."
Eriol's eyes widened. "That's it!"
They both looked at him. "What's it Hiiragizawa?" Syaoran asked, already being annoyed by his idiot of a cousin.
"In the little article about Penguin Park that we discovered earlier, it was talking about how they had scientists from Japan all come and speak their opinions about the fire. One of those scientists was a local resident andjust recently returned from some dig or whatever in Europe." Eriol breathed heavily, trying to state all that in one breath.
Syaoran stood alert at the new information. "What was the name of the scientist?"
Eriol started jumping up and down, fumbling with the name that was just on the tip of his tongue. "Um..errr...what was it...it was..started with an F...uhhh-"
Nakuru cocked her head to the side as she watched the boy. "Fujitaka Kinomoto?"
Eriol froze in mid jump then giddily jumped around screaming. "Yes! Yes! That's it! WooHoo!" (Vixen:: Oh gosh did that sound funny or what? lol)
Syaoran looked at the boy in disgust. "Hiiragizawa, quit trying to have an orgasm and calm the hell down!" he yelled.
Eriol stopped then sat on the floor like a good little boy.
Syaoran scowled. "Idiot."
Eriol glared at him. "I'm telling auntie Yelan that your calling me names."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Oh no. What ever will I do?" he said, his voice dripping in sarcasm.
"Xiao Lang! Are you pestering your cousin again?" a female voice yelled from the room next door.
"I didn't do anything! He started it!" He argued back.
"Are you arguing with me?" Yelan screamed.
Syaoran froze. "No, ma'am!"
"That's what I thought. Now leave your cousin alone!"
Looking toward Eriol, Syaoran saw the smirk on the bastard's face.
"I'll get you later. Now get the hell out of here and go find that Kinto person." Syaoran demanded as he returned to his comfy chair by the fire.
"It's Kinomoto." Nakuru corrected as she dragged Eriol out of the room. As she closed the door behind her, she heard Syaoran mumbling under his breath.
"Whatever."
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That night, Eriol and Nakuru took the Li's private jet. Their destination? Tomoeda, Japan. Their mission was to find the Book and bring it, along with it's new owner, back with them to Hong Kong. They were expecting any and everything when they arrived. But what they didn't expect was to find the Keeper of the Book already waiting for them.
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Vixen:: ehhh...it was kind of a cliffy. I guess.
Sakura:: I think it was.
Vixen:: Well thank you Sakura-chan.
Sakura:: You're welcome Vixen-sama.
Vixen:: Okay so I'm trying something new with this story that I didn't try with my others.
Review Expectations
Chapter 1 - 3 reviews - got em'.
Chapter 2 - 4 reviews -need em'.
That's right, Folks. I need 7 reviews in total before I update again. So...
Sakura:: REVIEW!
Until next time...
Bye!