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Cry of a Wolf-Chapter Seven: The day he slipped away

Flashback

It was an ordinary,sunny day at the Li mansion. Not a single cloud in the sky could be seen, and the temperature was superbly wonderful. The spings in Hong Kong were so beautiful, and Yelan watched with joy in her eyes as her family played together. The four sisters, between ages eight and eleven at the time, were playing with jump ropes, chanting and giggling.

Syaoran, at the young age of four, was struggling from an unfair tickle fight with his father. The boy laughed hysterically, tears burning at the corners of his eyes. When Syaoran finally gave up, Kyo seized the tickling.

When the child arose, he stared at his father with his big amber eyes, just like his father's. They shared the same messy, chocolate brown hair, and they had the same beautiful golden amber eyes. As such, Syaoran always looked up to his father as a role model. Kyo was a strong warrior and the well-respected leader of the Li clan. The boy was fortunate enough to have his father teach him martial arts and a few tiny incantations to introduce him to magic use. After all, Syaoran needed to learn a lot if he wanted to become the leader of the Li clan.

"Being the Li clan leader comes with great responsibilities," Syaoran always remembered his father saying. There was no doubt about it, since Kyo had constantly been working to fix the problems everyone had. Despite all the time taken, he always somehow found time with the family.

Syaoran wondered what his life would be like once he became the Li clan leader. Since he was the heir, he was destined to take his father's place as leader once he was of age. Being the leader was a great honor, but it could also inevitably could attract more enemies…

The family continued to enjoy themselves on this partciular spring afternoon, and Syaoran was easily picked up into his father's strong arms. However, the playful nature of the family came to a halt upon the sight of a dark, ominous cloud rolling through the sky.

"That's strange. It was sunny a moment ago…" Feimei said, studying the cloud with squinted blue eyes.

"It looks like it's going to rain," Futtie said. Even a child could tell that this was no ordinary cloud.

Yelan and Kyo knew recognized the level of danger approaching, and an evil, extremely powerful presence rapidly appeared in their senses. Kyo gave a concerned gaze to Yelan, as she nodded in understanding before ushering the children into the house.

"Children, go inside the house," Yelan asked in a gentle, but serious tone. The four sister's immediately scurried inside. However, Syaoran remained in his father's arms and was watching the clouds intently.

"Syaoran…come inside," Yelan repeated, beckoning him inside.

"Mother…these are not average storm clouds…" Syaoran said while never taking his gaze away from the clouds. Yelan was not surprised by his advanced vocabulary for a four year old, because he often did that, but the possibility that he actually felt the magic provoking the clouds did surprise her.

Kyo also glanced to his son and was baffled at the highly unlikely possibility that a child at four years old could sense presences. Syaoran continued to stare at the clouds curiously as the wind began to pick up.

"Something…bad is coming," Syaoran stated quietly, his eyes widening in fear. Without warning, a blast erupted down on Syaoran and Kyo, the force separating them against their will.

"SYAORAN! KYO!" Yelan screamed in horror. A shadow jumped through the trees, and a glint of a strange metal could be seen along with it, peeking through the dark branches. Whoever owned such a shadow had not come unarmed.

The darkness ran towards Kyo at a speed not to be matched. Its blade was ready for attack as it approached the Li clan leader. Kyo arose and the heirloom sword appeared in his hand.

Kyo glanced briefly towards his family. Syaoran was unconscious, and Yelan was frozen in her spot by a strange bounding spell of some sort to keep her from interfering. When he turned his gaze back to the evil, he became alarmed as it charged straight towards him.

The shadow's slashes were lightning fast, making them completely unpredictable. Even so, Kyo made expert blocks every time. The slashes and defenses continued on for perhaps ten minutes; more like a lifetime to Yelan who could only watch helplessly.

Kyo began to feel the fatigue setting in, and the constant movement at this speed began to tire him. When his body drained itself of energy, so did his concentration, and the shadow slashed at his unprotected legs. Kyo fell to the ground in pain. His legs, now practically useleess, came as a great disadvantage. The evil stared down at him with glowing red eyes, and he was grinning at his inevitable victory that would surely be unmerciful.

"Now…you shall die!" said the shadow as he raised his sword in the air. Yelan closed her eyes, too unwilling to see her husband become hit by a deadly blow. An awful sound of a slash was heard, but the scream she heard was not that of Kyo's.

Yelan opened her eyes, and what she saw was truly unexpected. The shadow screamed in pain from the sword that had been lodged into its back. The holder of the sword was none other than the young Syaoran.

Syaoran's eyes were shadowed to all except the evil…who saw that the boy's eyes now glimmered a brilliant bright green. His glare was intimidating; far different than his usual gentle smile.

He pulled the Li clan sword out of the evil's back, and he held the blood=stained blade up to the sky. His eyes closed as he mumbled an incantation that he was only taught recently, and when his eyes opened, a bolt of lightning cascaded down on the shadow.

The shadow screamed in pain once again, while Kyo and Yelan watched in awe as Syaoran's aura exploded. The raw strength of such a young boy was overwhelming their senses.

"Nobody hurts my Otousan and gets away with it," Syaoran said in a dangerously cold voice.

Syaoran blinked and his eyes then returned to their usual amber. However, the first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was the shadow charging angrily at him. Syaoran had left himself unprotected at that short moment in time, and the sword slashed across his arm. He screamed in pain while clutching his now injured arm, fortunately avoiding the loss of his limb and obtaining only a thin gash. The shadow then pushed him back with a mighty force and threw him back several feet. Syaoran landed painfully on his back and found difficulty getting back up. The boy grimaced in pain as the shadow approached his small crumpled form.

"Conquering the Li clan will be much easier than I thought. I will kill both the Li clan leader…and the heir," said the shadow with a wicked grin.

Yelan struggled and fought with all her strength to break the spell that bound her feet to the ground, but she could not move from her place. The shadow raised his sword in the air again, the ominous black blade overflowing with an evil aura. Yelan once again closed her eyes tight to block the sight from her vision, horribly distressed by the thought of losing her only son.

Once again the sound of a slash was heard, and then... opened her eyes with hope to see her son and husband alive and well, but she felt herself only wanting to close them again. Kyo had taken the impact instead of Syaoran, the sword having been pierced all the way through his chest. He did not show any form of fear or pain, and the spectators all watched in horror as Kyo's body fell to the ground, next to his son. Syaoran crawled over to his father with horrified amber eyes.

"…F-father…" Syaoran spoke in a shaky tone.

The shadow only laughed victoriously as one victim had been successfully eliminated. It raised its sword to attack again, but his sword seemed to bounce off of an invisible bubble of swirling magic. He groaned in irritation, realizing that the Li clan leader had used the last of his powers to protect his family.

This specific force field was one that would take quite an annoying amount of time for him to break through. Judging by the power of the force field, he estimated it would take about ten years to wear off. These force fields were rarely used because of the extreme power drain. Most died trying, but it seemed that Kyo took the opportunity of his imminent death to use as a last resort.

"Well, this is irritating," the shadow grumbled, and with that, he turned his back on the family.

"It's seems you've been fortunate enough to have bought yourself some time," the evil stated as he surrounded himself in a cloud of shadows.

"I will return to destroy you all! Remember my name! My name is Naraku!" he spoke dramatically before he disappeared completely. The bounding spell put on Yelan released itself, thus allowing her to move freely, and she immediately ran to the boys. Syaoran stared at his father who was still clinging to life on a thin string. He was a bloody mess.

"O-Otousan, I'm so sorry…this is all my fault!" Syaoran said with tear streaked eyes. The boy thought that if he hadn't irritated Naraku, then maybe…perhaps Kyo wouldn't have taken the impact instead of him. Kyo smiled at his son who now had waterfalls of tears falling down his cheeks.

"…It makes me sad… to see such a strong wolf cry," Kyo said to his son.

Syaoran stared at his father and attempted to wipe away his tears. He tried to force a smile for his father. Although, after smiling once, he simply broke down once again.

"…Please don't leave me!" Syaoran said in between tears as he embraced his father tightly. Yelan was heartbroken at the sight in front of her.

"I'll never leave you…because I'll always be with you…in here," Kyo said as he placed his hand over Syaoran's heart. The boy smiled genuinely but could not maintain the energy to stay conscious any longer, falling soundlessly to the ground beside his father. The sisters had stepped out just in time to catch the entire conversation, which brought tears to their eyes. Desperate to speak to their father, they did the same as their brother to comfort both Kyo and their breaking hearts.

"…Take care…of your mother…and Syaoran too," Kyo said to them. Each nodded in understanding; it was an unspoken promise. Yelan stared at her daughters before quietly pleading for them to assist their wounded brother.

"Take Syaoran inside the house and tend to his arm, will you? And I require Wei's assistance...if you could please call him..." Yelan said to her daughters. The girls immediately did what their mother asked, and within moments, Wei was rushing out to their aid.

"Oh my! I'll call an ambulance right away!" Wei said, his body beginning to turn around.

"…Don't…bother…" Kyo choked out, and Wei stopped in his place.

"You are NOT going to die!" Yelan screamed in denial as Kyo flashed a sad smile.

"Yelan…destiny has chosen me to die now…I can feel it. You cannot change the path destiny has chosen for you, no matter how hard you try…you should know that better than anyone..." he said. The woman bit her lip, her shivering fingers clinging to the bloodied clothes covering his body.

"But… I need you! The girls need you! Syaoran needs you!" Yelan screamed in between tears.

"…Yelan…I'll always be here…no matter what happens…I promise..." he said with a smile.

"Please don't die! I love you!" Yelan screamed. She was still denying the fact that her husband had slim chances of survival, as any wife would in such a situation.

"And I'll always love you…"Kyo said, his hand caressing her face lovingly.

Kyo turned his gaze to Wei.

"…Wei!" he called.

"Yes, Kyo-sama?" Wei asked.

"…Wei…I want you to train Syaoran… and when he grows old enough…give him my sword …and teach him how to use it…" Kyo asked. It was a last request, and Wei respectfully nodded.

"…Syaoran will be a strong leader someday, Yelan…" Kyo said to his wife. Yelan smiled and nuzzled her face into the gentle hand.

"He's just like you. He puts everyone else before himself," Yelan said.

"…Yelan…I love you…goodbye…" Kyo whispered, and he used his final breath to kiss Yelan one last time.

Yelan burst into tears as he closed his eyes into his eternal sleep, never to open them again. The rain then suddenly began to fall, as if the sky too were mourning the death of Li Kyo…

End of Flashback

End of Chapter Seven

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