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Lilover131: Hey everybody! Did you like the last chapter? I thought the fight was a little sloppy, but I didn't really have any better ideas. I realize that this chapter has come faster than usual. HEY! I GOT LOTS OF INSPIRATION ALL OF A SUDDEN!! Anyways, I hope you like this one!

Cry of a Wolf-Chapter Seventeen: The inherited wings

"Ms. Daidouji, you are so evil!!" Meilin said, with a laugh. Tomoyo giggled in her creepy 'I know' laugh. Tomoyo, Meilin, and Syaoran's sisters were currently sneaking up the stairs toward the hospital rooftop.

"She's not evil, she's BRILLIANT!!" Shieta said, with the same creepy sparkles in her eyes. Tomoyo held her camera carefully, while preparing to open the door slightly and catch a good shot of Sakura and Syaoran alone together.

She creaked the door open and stuck her camera through the opening. They watched through her mini screen to see what was being viewed, and their eyes widened in shock. On the tiny video screen was Naraku holding Sakura up by her neck over the edge of the building.

Painful lightning bolts were shocking the entire group, and Syaoran was running in Naraku's direction. The girls then saw Syaoran latch on Naraku's arm, which gave him a pained expression, and then saw Sakura being dropped. They watched in horror, as Syaoran jumped down after her. They both fell off the ledge.

"SAKURA!! SYAORAN!!" everyone yelled at the same time. The only thing on the screen now was a crack and white noise. The camera was carelessly dropped. The footage was no longer important.

With Sakura and Syaoran

Sakura's lungs were relieved to feel air within them again, but she was NOT happy to feel the wind on her face right now. The wind whipped through her hair and body as she fell towards her doom. The fall was as if it were in slow motion.

However, she gazed up and saw something falling towards her. The wind kept her eyes mostly closed and she could not see clearly what it was. As it fell closer to her, she recognized the shape of a body. It was not a normal human, because she could see that something had sprouted on its back. 'An angel?' Sakura thought.

After the winged creature had suddenly appeared, it sped toward her at a speed rivaled by lightning and caught her in its warm arms. The wind was no longer beating on her and she opened her eyes to view her savior.

The person/angel who held her was Syaoran, whose eyes were glowing of a bright green. There was a relieved expression on his face. Sakura smiled as her reward for her guardian angel.

"Are you all right, Sakura?" Syaoran asked with concerned. Sakura nodded slowly.

"Thank you," she said as she hooked her arms around his neck. Syaoran smiled from this reaction, and he then gazed to the windows of the hospital.

His eyes widened when he saw a little girl, 4 or 5 years of age, staring at him from the window. She smiled and waved to him happily.

He waved back shyly, but then immediately began to fly up back to the roof…before anyone else saw him.

With Touya

Touya was leaning against the wall next to the door to Syaoran's hospital room. Eriol and Yue claimed that they needed to have an important talk, considering the weird occurrences lately. Touya volunteered to watch the doorway while they spoke.

He looked at his watch. This conversation was taking quite a long time. Since he gave his magic to Yue, he could no longer tell when any of them were trouble. That was quite a disadvantage…especially for one so protective of his little sister.

Finally, he opened the door a crack and heard no talking. When he opened the door fully, he found the room completely empty and the large hospital window open.

"Dammit…no one cares to tell me what's going on anymore…" Touya said before heading to the roof.

Back on the roof

The entire group panicked when they saw Sakura and Syaoran fall off the ledge. The others were a little surprised to see the girls come from the stairs suddenly…although, there were not THAT surprised. On instinct, they began to run towards the ledge in hope of saving them. Naraku smiled in satisfaction. He believed that his job was done.

They then saw his expression turn from a grin to surprise. They ran to the ledge and saw something floating up towards the roof. Everyone stared in awe and disbelief at what they saw.

Syaoran was holding Sakura in his arms protectively, his eyes were glowing bright green, and beautiful white feathered wings were on his back. Naraku looked absolutely disappointed, but glared with fierce intensity.

The sight of Syaoran's wings brought realization into Yelan's mind. She has seen this before. '…It couldn't be…' She thought.

The couple landed lightly on the roof, and their family and friends ran quickly to them.

"Are you all right?" Keroberos asked. Sakura nodded with a smile and then looked to Syaoran again. He was blushing.

"Thank goodness you're all right!" they heard a familiar voice cry out. Six people were heading towards them. It was Tomoyo, Meilin, and Syaoran's four sisters.

"What are you guys doing up here?" Sakura asked in surprise to see them.

"Well…we…uh…we just wanted to check on you!" Meilin lied. They would be SO mad if they found out they were sneaking video footage.

Then everyone turned to Syaoran. He was still blushing.

"Where did these wings come from?" Feimei asked. The others nodded too. They wanted answers! Syaoran only looked down in embarrassment.

"I…I don't know," Syaoran answered quietly.

At that moment, his sisters jumped at him, and all held him in a tight embrace.

"You look soooooooooooooooo KAWAII!! Our baby brother is an angel!!" his sisters cooed as he struggled to breath. 'No wonder he didn't want them to find out!' Sakura thought with a little giggle.

Naraku began to approach them, but Syaoran stepped before him.

"I think its best that you leave now," Syaoran said.

"Why should I?" Naraku said while grinning evilly.

Syaoran gave a wicked grin.

"Because I'd rather not have to kill you in front of my girlfriend," Syaoran said in sort of a creepy way. Naraku gave a slight expression of fear, and the entire family widened their eyes in shock. Syaoran had never spoken like that before.

Naraku glared once more before jumping off of the roof and disappearing. The only thing left behind was his highly deteriorated cloak.

Right after Naraku's presence left their senses, Syaoran's wings disappeared and he fell back in exhaustion. Yue caught him before he hit the ground. His eyes, which went back to their original amber, were opened slightly and showing fatigue.

Yue slowly lowered him down to the ground.

"Syaoran, are you all right?" Yelan asked with concern. Syaoran nodded slowly.

"I'm all right. I just felt weak all of a sudden," he said quietly. Finally, he closed his eyes and fell into a peaceful slumber.

Yelan picked up her sleeping son and gazed at his injured hand. Naraku had injured him yet again. She gasped slightly when she saw the injury suddenly disappear. It was almost as if it was melting into his skin. Syaoran made a small moaning noise from the strange scar disappearance.

"Now it makes sense," Eriol suddenly said. Everyone turned to gaze at him.

"His wound healed so quickly…because it was cursed," Eriol said.

"Each wound that melts into his skin and forms a scar…will burn every time Naraku comes close," Eriol said.

"So…he's…cursed?" Fanren said with eyes that showed worry for her little brother.

"Yes…I'm afraid so," Eriol said with his head facing down.

"Is the curse…what's giving him these powers?" Sakura asked. Eriol shook his head.

"I think I may have figured out what it is," Yelan said. She grabbed everyone's attention. Eriol looked surprised.

"You know what this is?"

"The reason he didn't realize it was there…I think that these powers are an inheritance," Yelan said. Eriol eyebrows rose slightly.

"That is quite possible. Although, WHO did he inherit it from?" Eriol asked.

The four sisters suddenly gasped.

"You don't mean…" they started. Yelan nodded.

"Your father…"Yelan said.

"I should have recognized it right away from the day Naraku showed up," she said. Everyone was thoroughly confused.

"He once had these powers, though he never did use them that often. He said that they were 'dangerous' to others," Yelan said.

"He didn't use them on the day Naraku showed up…because he no longer had it. It must have been passed on to Syaoran, which would explain what happened that day with him," Yelan stated.

"Not only is that confusing, but it doesn't quite explain what Naraku is AFTER," Keroberos said, trying to put together Naraku with everything else that had happened thus far.

"What I don't understand is… how could something that looks so beautiful…be dangerous?" Sakura asked, confused. Everyone pondered on that thought.

Eriol expression was serious as he remembered Syaoran's words before. "Because I'd rather not have to kill you in front of my girlfriend."

'The balance of light and dark…is slowly tilting'.

Everyone's thoughts were soon interrupted as Touya suddenly appeared on the roof.

"What happened? Why did you all leave the room?" Touya asked with worry.

"Naraku pulled another attack on us," Yue said. Touya's eyes widened in surprise.

"That bastard came back so soon?" Touya said. He then went to Sakura.

"Are you all right? I swear if that bastard hurt you, I'll kill him next time he appears!" Touya said.

Sakura didn't really want to think about what might happen 'next time'.

"I'm fine, thanks to Syaoran," Sakura said while looking at her sleeping boyfriend. He looked so…peaceful when he was sleeping. Touya looked to Syaoran.

"Did he get hurt?" he asked. He actually sounded a little concerned.

"Only a little bit, but it's gone now," Sakura said.

"Damn kid…doesn't know when to protect himself," Touya said. Sakura smiled.

They began to leave back to the hospital room, and before leaving, Sakura grabbed her star key.

Back in Syaoran's Hospital room

Yelan placed Syaoran lightly on his bed and pulled his covers over him. 'If he truly has inherited this power…then why is it 'dangerous'?' Yelan thought. She gazed out the window. It had begun to rain again. Inherited wings…they were beautiful…but full of mysteries.

Lilover131: How was that chapter? I hope it made sense…but if it didn't, please ask me questions on my e-mail. I'd be glad to answer any questions! Thank you to all that read and review my story! It's nice to know that there are people out there that enjoy my writings! It's such an awesome feeling! The next chapter will be really cute! I got this one up really fast with inspiration, and my music! Hopefully, the next one will go just as smoothly. Well…see you next time!