A/N:The book as many of you have correctly guessed was 'Harry Potter' and the spell happened to be 'Alohomora'.

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"Shit!" Sakura cursed under her breath as she heard the blaring alarm go off. How the hell could she have forgotten about the stupid trap? Traps had been one of the very first things Chi had warned her to never let herself become a victim of when she had received her lessons from the blond.

But now?

How could she have been so stupid?

She had let herself become lost in thought just as the data had finished its transfer. Hadn't Chi warned her that traps activated as soon as illegal data transfer completed? One of the reasons why she was the most sought after was because not even once had she let herself become a victim of such a corner? She had been the first one who had managed to make a bypass to such protective measures with help of magic.

"There goes my perfect record," she mumbled with a sigh, grabbing the data sphere from the slot and turning around on her heels, "Nothing I can do about it now, I guess," she shrugged, sprinting out into the hallway just a split second before the metal door locked down.

Up ahead, guards were beginning to swarm the hallways and Sakura had to duck into a narrow passage to her right to avoid detection. She skidded to a halt, as the passage veered sharply to the left and ended in a dead end.

"Damn it," she cursed, frantically looking around as she heard the voices of the guards grow nearer. There was supposed to be a door that led to another side corridor over here. Where was it?

Deciding to backtrack, she whirled around, moving swiftly as she raced back into the corridor she had come from, noticing that she had somehow missed spotting the door that she needed. Mentally smacking herself on the head, she hurriedly muttered the spell just as the first guard turned around the corner. Ignoring his yell for her to freeze, she slipped inside.

She could hear the guard pounding uselessly on the other side of the door that she had magically relocked. Once satisfied that they would not be able to follow her, she resumed her journey towards the centre of the building. She was going to find her way to the Main Docking Station from the Central Hall- the former being one place where she would be able to steal her ride off this planet. Unfortunately for her, though, the passage she was in was not the only path leading towards that area.

And more guards would have no doubt gathered in the hall she was heading towards. She would most definitely have to fight her way out of this one.

Her destination was a rather large, high ceilinged hall. However, initially the only sound in the large chamber was of her own racing footsteps that echoed against the concrete floor. But as she reached the middle of the room, she heard several other doors beeping and sliding open as the room began to buzz with magic and energy. It was strange to describe it, but the feeling that the walls and the roof and even the floor gave off was nothing less than an amalgamation of magic and not-magic.

The effect was instantaneous as Sakura felt her magic beginning to fade, her aura diminishing and weakening as the buzzing grew louder. She knew what was happening, but knowing about it was not going to help her out in this case.

The researchers had succeeded in coming up with a technology that could repress magic without the use of cerellium, and for Sakura, it was no cause for celebration as a pale, red-colored smog began to fill the room. At the same time, dozens of guards began pouring in from all sides. Flicking her wrists to bring out her throwing knives, Sakura whirled around, letting them sail through the air.

The satisfying sounds of her knives piercing flesh let her opponents know that she was no amateur. Sneaking up behind her to try and catch her unawares was not going to work. The fight that followed was not one of the toughest battles of her life. But in the end, the simple fact that the haze was not only acting as a suppressor for her aura but also as a drain to suck out her magic and the sheer number of her opponents had Sakura panting for breath, her limbs growing tired and heavier with each move, her muscles beginning to scream in protest and her moves becoming more and more clumsy.

Ducking under a punch aimed for her head, Sakura threw her leg back, the heel of her foot connecting with the man's chin, sending him sprawling on the floor. The haze was starting to converge on her, leeching out her strength, and that annoyed Sakura greatly, but behind the annoyance was worry. If this continued for much longer, how the hell was she going to make it out of this?

A loud boom resonated off the walls of the hall and Sakura felt energy beginning to flood back into her body as the haze dissipated. A door slid open somewhere near the back of the hall and Sakura sensed a familiar aura approach her.

Even as she fought with the men attacking her, Sakura was able to catch sounds of fighting in the background. From the distinct feel of that person's aura she could easily tell who it was, but she was unsure of whether to feel pleased or exasperated by their appearance.

In the end, she settled for an irritated huff but for some reason she could not keep the grin from breaking out on her lips.

"I thought I told you to stay at the watchtower," she spoke in a stern tone as she flipped over a guard before spinning around to kick another in the face, sending him crashing into his partner. At the same time, she made her way closer to her amber-eyed savior.

Thrusting his sword to pierce his opponent's heart, Syaoran glanced at her. The look caused chills to go down Sakura's spine as she recognized the emotionless gaze. As he extracted his sword with a sick, wet squelch, a slow, predatory smile spread on his face making her shudder involuntarily.

Turning his attention back to the men surrounding them, Syaoran bolted forward, magic crackling at his fingertips. He kicked one of the guards in the stomach and sent a bolt of lightning from his hands, striking at least three guards.

The forest green aura seemed to flare out, warning the ones with even the slightest sense of mind to run for their lives. A small part of it branched out from the rest of it, moving towards Sakura, cocooning her body like it had in the Clow Bazaar. All this happened before the four guards even hit the ground.

Ignoring the strange feeling that welled up in the pit of her stomach, Sakura whirled around just in time to dodge a blow from one of the guards, striking him at the base of his neck before moving closer to Syaoran.

"Follow me." She yelled the instruction, darting towards the door that she had initially been heading to.

Letting the grin fade from his face, Syaoran dropped his latest victim, as he moved to follow the auburn haired teen.

-0-

With this bad-boy version of Syaoran helping her, stealing a ship and getting off the planet had been a piece of cake for the two and for a small moment she wondered why she had forbidden him from accompanying her earlier on.

A second later, she almost hit herself on the head for even thinking such a thing when she remembered why. This wasn't what Syaoran was really like. He wasn't so cold and ruthless when dealing with his opponents. Heck, she doubted that the sweet, innocent-souled Syaoran that she had been travelling with so far would have been able to do any of the things this slightly eviler version of him had done.

She knew Syaoran would never have been able to kill those guards in the way she had witnessed back in the main hall of the research facility. She wasn't really sure what had made the seal activate this time, but a small voice inside her was screaming that he had done it intentionally.

She refused to listen to that voice though. She knew from firsthand experience how much it hurt when the seal went off. And she had seen him clutching his arm during the pirate attack and then in the Clow Bazaar. There was no way Syaoran would force himself to go through all that pain just to release this side of him. And what reason did he have to intentionally use the seal anyway?

It had to be fear of something that had released it. It had to be.

But the small voice in her head refused to quiet down.

Her battle with the stupid, stubborn voice in her head was interrupted by a simple question directed at her from the person seated behind her.

"Who are you?" This was the second time she had heard Syaoran voice that question. The first had been back in Clow, when he had saved her from being carted off by those hunters. He did not mean it in the literal sense. That much she knew. Why? She had no idea.

That seemed to be her answer to most of the questions when it came to Syaoran.

"Sakura," he spoke somewhat impatiently, confirming her thoughts, "who are you?"

"Me...?" her voice came out sounding small, utterly lost, and confused. She had asked the same question so many times, but never once had she been able to get an answer.

Staring at the star-filled sky before her, through the glass screen of the small, stolen 'Raptor', Sakura found herself becoming lost in thought. Who was she? She knew what her name was but wasn't that all she really knew about herself? Heck, she didn't even know her last name.

"I'm... I'm not so sure." She finally admitted with a loud sigh. "But I'm hoping I'll be able to change that pretty soon." She added with a small smile.

Syaoran did not speak after that, and Sakura let it be. She wasn't really in a mood to talk, besides, the emotionless tone that this Syaoran took up whenever he spoke creeped her out to hell.

Three hours had already passed and it would probably take them at least another couple more hours before they reached Kishimu or Little Dragon for that matter. The planet that was battered by acidic rain was not very close to the location where the latter had been hijacked by the former.

They were travelling through space at almost hyperspeed and it was quite a while later that the radar of the stolen Raptor lit up and showed two blinking dots in the distance. They were almost there. Looking over her shoulder to check on Syaoran, Sakura felt an involuntary smile creep on her face.

He had a peaceful expression on his face, his amber eyes closed in sleep, his lips parted slightly and his head lolling over his shoulders, leaning slightly towards the right. It would have been resting against the glass cover of the cockpit had it not been for the safety belts holding him in place. This was the second time she had seen Syaoran sleeping and she had to admit he looked truly and utterly at peace.

Glancing back at the radar, she bit her lip. She really did not want to wake him up when he was so soundly asleep, but she knew it was necessary. She was responsible for his safety now that the seal had once again gone dormant. She knew this due to that fact the choking aura that was always caressing her magical core whenever it was present had long since disappeared. The seal had probably deactivated when he fell asleep, but she had been far busy working on the next step in her plan to give it any major thought at that time.

Sighing, she closed her eyes, thinking that maybe a couple more minutes would bring him no harm. Reaching out with her mind, she focused in the direction of the two ships, searching for the two familiar auras. One a deep, stormy blue, and the other a clear, cerulean blue. The former was several times stronger than the latter. With an aura that now flared like a beacon atop a high mountain, Sakura could not believe she had missed it until her accidental telepathic connection with the hunter.

Sakura? She heard Fai's questioning voice inside her head. Pushing away her irritation at not being able to pick up on the hunter's aura before, Sakura answered in a calm tone.

You guys ready? I hope you didn't have trouble locating them.

Yeah. We found the weapons quite easily when we knew where to look.

Kai- um… I mean, Sakura, what the heck are you doing with a Netcom linkpad? She heard the hunter ask all of a sudden.

I stole it from one of your hunter buddies. She replied simply.

They have trackers on these things! He almost yelled at her. Do you have any idea what would have happened to you if they traced you with it?

I know how to take care of myself, Hunter. Okay, this guy was really starting to tick her off. Who the heck gave him the right to scold her like he was responsible for her safety or something?

Disabling the tracer spell was one of the first things I did, so you don't have get yourself worked up over nothing.

Why can't you just call me by my name … he sighed the next words so softly she doubted she would have been able to understand him even if she had been right inside his head. Anyway, when do we move?

I'll be docking Kishimu in five minutes. She replied, before cutting off the connection, confident that the ones onboard knew what to do after that.

"Syaoran," she called softly, looking back at the sleeping teen once again. "Syaoran, wake up."

Amber eyes blinked a couple of times as their owner looked around him in confusion for a couple of seconds before fixing his gaze on the auburn-haired girl.

"I'm going to cast a simple non-noticing spell on you," she told him, letting her aura gather inside her body. "It will stop anyone from looking at you unless you do something to attract their attention, so please, just stay inside the Raptor till I tell you to come out, understand?"

Receiving his nod of confirmation, Sakura let out a breath of relief before mumbling a few words to let the magic take effect.

Looking back at the looming ship, Sakura narrowed her eyes in determination.

"Here we go."

A/N: And here we go! An action filled chapter will be heading your way in two weeks time. I hope you guys liked this chapter. Anyways it's getting quite late or should I say rather really early over here so I'll be heading to bed now. But you guys better leave nice long reviews telling me how much you loved reading this since I just finished with my second sessionals! Seriously people I need something to brighten my day a little.

-Nims