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Lilover131: Hey everybody! Did you like the last chapter? I hope so. This one will be exciting! I'm sorry if any of you thought the long authors note took away attention from the story. Lol. Couldn't help myself. You guys rock! So anyways, here is chapter twenty-two!
Cry of a Wolf-Chapter Twenty-two: Tracking a lost blossom
Syaoran stared terrified at Sakura's star key in his hand. It was still warm. It was possibly in her hands just minutes before they came. He held the key tightly and he balled his hand into a fist. He held it to his heart as his chocolate brown bangs shadowed his face.
"W-what happened? Where's Sakura?" Touya suddenly asked. Everyone stared in worry at the blood droplets on the cold cement ground.
"Is…she…hurt?" Tomoyo asked. She was worried sick about her dear friend. The sisters paled at the blood and then looked to their younger brother. He looked absolutely torn up inside as he just stood there holding Sakura's key. Syaoran turned around to look to his family and friends. Suddenly, Touya grabbed Syaoran harshly by his shoulders and he screamed at him. He was enraged.
"WHERE'S SAKURA!!" Touya screamed. It was obvious Touya was very stressed and worried about his little sister. Syaoran looked up to the older man with an extremely pained expression on his face. Touya calmed his glares for a moment at the look. Both were interrupted in the moment when they suddenly heard a hissing noise. Syaoran instantly released his sword and slashed at the thing that lye behind him. What fell to the ground dead…was a black snake with red stripes. Syaoran glared fiercely at the snake.
"So…I was right…HE was here," Syaoran said with a tone of pure hatred. Touya's eyes widened.
"You mean that Naraku has kidnapped her?" Touya said. He was hoping that it was not true. Syaoran did not answer. Touya looked to Eriol…the boy slowly nodded. Touya glared at Syaoran menacingly.
"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!" Touya yelled at Syaoran again. Everyone stared in shock.
"…Touya…hold on…he…" Yukito started.
"IF SAKURA HADN'T COME TO SEE YOU, THEN NONE OF THIS WOULD'VE HAPPENED!!" Touya screamed. Syaoran looked down in shame.
"Kinomoto-kun! That's not true!" Feimei said. She was trying to stop him from making any false accusations. The sisters were trying to stop the yelling and prove their little brother was innocent. Suddenly, Syaoran spoke for himself.
"He's right," Syaoran said. This silenced everyone's voices.
"I failed to protect her when she needed me…but…" Syaoran started as he began to walk away.
"…That doesn't mean that I can't make things right," Syaoran said as he walked away with the wind blowing his chocolate brown hair to the side. They all then looked to the sky, which had been shadowed with darkness. The sky was revealing the night.
With Sakura
Sakura's emerald eyes opened to a dark figure above her. He smiled evilly and his blood red eyes glowed.
"Hello witch. Have you finally woken up?" said a familiar voice. Sakura glared at the sound of the voice. It was Naraku. Sakura immediately raised herself off of the ground, but she was harshly pushed down again.
"I think that's best if you stay down," said Naraku. Sakura felt something drip from her forehead. When she touched it with her hands, she felt wetness. She looked to her fingers and found blood. 'I must have hit my head when I fell on the concrete' Sakura thought. When she reached for her key, she found that it wasn't there. 'No! I must have dropped my key!' Sakura thought with panic. What was she going to do now?
"Where have you taken me?" Sakura asked Naraku in a very angry tone. Naraku simply grinned.
"That is none of your concern," Naraku said.
"Whatever your plan is…it's not going to work," Sakura stated. Naraku looked at her with a smile.
"Be quiet," Naraku said. Sakura shook her head and continued to speak.
"Syaoran won't let you do this! He will find a way through anything!" Sakura said. This was irritating Naraku.
"This thing you humans call 'love' is very annoying. It won't be enough to save you all from me," Naraku said. Sakura glared.
"Love is the reason we are here! Without it…you wouldn't be here either! You're human too!" Sakura said. Naraku looked annoyed.
"I WAS human. Until I realized how much stronger I could be," Naraku said. Sakura didn't quite understand this. However, she did know what to say next.
"What are you going to do with power? If you give up everything for it…then what's the reason in having it?" Sakura asked. He gazed at her with an irritated look.
"Everything else means nothing to me," Naraku said. Sakura glared.
"Those who crave power are the weakest of all! You're just a weak person who's looking to be better than everyone else!" Sakura insulted. Naraku glared fiercely and, with one quick motion, slapped her hard across the face. His nails dug deep scratches across her face from the impact. Sakura stared in shock as she held her face.
"Now shut up and be good little bait," Naraku said. Sakura widened her eyes. 'Bait? Oh no! He must be using me to get to the others!' Sakura realized. She gazed around where she was and realized it was far too dark for her to see. Although, one thing that stook out was a lonesome cherry blossom tree. The petals almost seemed to glow a light pink. 'I have to find a way to stop his plan!' Sakura thought. She was thinking hard. She had to.Without her key…she was helpless.
With the others
"How are you going to find her?" Tomoyo asked Syaoran. They were all heading towards the limo and following behind Syaoran.
"I have an idea," Syaoran said. Touya looked angry.
"How do you expect to find her when you KILLED our only lead!" Touya said. He was referring to the snake Syaoran had killed earlier.
"It will certainly be difficult to track her. Naraku has shadowed her aura from us," Eriol said. Syaoran looked back to them.
"I assume you're familiar with the Chinese tracking spell?" Syaoran said. Eriol widened his eyes in realization.
"Of course!" Eriol said in realization. Syaoran smiled.
"What is that? How will that help us find her?" Yukito asked. Syaoran continued to walk. He began talking to them again.
"The Chinese tracking spell allows me to find her location with something left behind," Syaoran said. Everyone then realized.
"Sakura's star key!" Everyone said in unison.
"But…it won't find her completely. With her aura shadowed like it is…it will only take us a little bit closer," Eriol said. Syaoran looked back to them again.
"That's where I have another plan," the boy said with a small smirk.
"Where are we headed?" Touya asked. He was wondering why Syaoran hadn't performed this 'Chinese tracking spell' yet.
"The limo. I need the stuffed animals to help me with something," Syaoran said. Everyone looked to each other in confusion.
With Kero and Suppi
"THIS FOOD IS GREAT!!" Kero said as he stuffed a rice ball down his stomach. Suppi was in 'drunken mode' with the cream puffs. Suddenly, they both turned their round heads towards the door when it opened quickly. There stood an irritated looking Syaoran with everyone else behind him.
"Hey kid! Did you come to steal our food? WE'RE NOT SHARING!!" Kero said while sticking out his tounge. Syaoran grabbed Kero by his head and glared at him intensely.
"I need your help," Syaoran said. Kero looked taken back and Suppi jumped up in excitement.
"Yay! Helping! Helping! Can I have some more cream puffs if I help?" Suppi said as his eyes sparkled. He suddenly sat on Syaoran's head. Everyone sighed from Suppi's drunkenness. Even Kero looked at Suppi strangely.
"What kind of help?" Kero said. The group's seriousness made him curious.
"Sakura's been kidnapped," Syaoran said. Kero's beady eyes widened.
"WHAT?" Kero said shocked. Even Suppi stopped dancing for a moment. Kero tried to track Sakura's aura and saw that it had been shadowed. Kero looked down in shame.
"Some guardian I am. How could I have not noticed?" Kero said.
"That's unfortunately the effect of my great cooking. You don't realize anything else," Meilin said.
"Well…it was pretty good…for being made by a brat and all…" Kero said. Meilin glared.
"What did you say!" Meilin yelled. She was angered. They began to yell at each other back and forth until Touya silenced them.
"Cut it out! Sakura's more important than food right now!" Touya said. They were immediately silenced and Kero looked to Syaoran with a serious expression.
"What can I do?" Kero asked.
Little Fast forward
"So your idea of us helping is to let you ride on our backs?" Kero asked. This idea had him enraged. Suppi and Kero were transformed and flying with everyone on their backs above the tall buildings of Hong Kong. Yukito had transformed into Yue and Nakuru into Ruby Moon.
"We can find her easier from above. Besides, none of us can fly," Syaoran said. Kero looked annoyed.
"YOU can!" Kero said while reminding Syaoran about his wings. The amber-eyed boy sighed.
"And do you really think I know HOW?" Syaoran said. His wings came out randomly and didn't seem very controllable. Although, he did realize that he controlled them better when he used them to save Sakura. Both from the tree incident…and the hospital rooftop fight. However, when he wasn't saving anyone, he flew up at a tree and bumped his head.
"Excuses, Excuses," Kero said in a taunting tone. Syaoran kicked Kero's sides hard, which almost threw him off balance.
"Just shut up and fly!" Syaoran said. Kero was searching for the tallest building for Syaoran to perform the tracking spell. It would be easier to track her from a place where everything can be seen. Syaoran was wearing his green ceremonial robes and the little bells attached to it rang lightly from the wind. Tomoyo was videotaping Syaoran. This was because she hadn't gotten much footage of him in his robes for a while now.
Finally, they found just the right building. They flew over the 'International Finance Centre', which was currently the tallest building in Hong Kong. They landed on the roof and looked down at the now ant sized people. The wind was gusting from the top, and the city lights illuminated the entire city like stars.
"It's really high up here!" Tomoyo simply stated as she looked down. Syaoran's sisters were gazing down too. Syaoran went straight to business and placed Sakura's star key on the ground. Holding the Li clan sword in front of his face, he closed his eyes and muttered an incantation. The Li clan symbol appeared beneath his feet, and the wind seemed to circulate around him. Everyone stared in amazement when the key suddenly began to float into the air. A glowing white light surrounded the star key, and it shot out towards somewhere far off in the city. Syaoran opened his amber eyes towards the beam of light.
"She's somewhere over there," Syaoran said. Immediately, everyone went back into flight towards the area the light had pointed to. 'Sakura, I'm coming for you!' Syaoran thought to himself with his eyes determined towards the spot. Syaoran looked down towards the city and watched the people roam. He had forgotten how beautiful Hong Kong looked during the night. He was always too busy gazing at the moon. He turned his gaze to the floating white pearl in the sky. It was a little thinner than it was yesterday. Soon, it would be a half moon. He began to drift back to the dream, but was shunned from his thoughts as he felt a sudden pain on his side, arm, and hand. Everyone looked in concern when he suddenly grabbed hold of his arm.
"What's wrong, Syaoran?" Fanren asked. She was sitting behind him. Syaoran looked back to his sisters and friends.
"It's fine. We're just getting close to him," Syaoran said. Everyone looked down in sadness. It was because of the curse that he felt this pain when close to Naraku. They landed down on the ground to the point where the light ended. Syaoran immediately jumped off of Kero as the rest of the group jumped off of their guardian rides. Each guardian had carried two people. When Syaoran saw where the light ended, he lightly gasped in shock. What lye in front of him…was a forest. Although, this was not just ANY forest. It was the forest he had seen in his dreams. As a matter of fact…the star key on the ground with blood droplets had been in his dream too!
"Wow! What a pretty forest! So Sakura is here?" Shieta said. She was gazing at the forest in wonder. This forest was a luscious green, and there were flowers of brilliant colors at the entrance. There didn't seem to be a trail of any kind, so whenever they entered…they were on their own. Although the forest was beautiful from the outside, it looked dark and mysterious on the inside. Then, almost unconsciously, Syaoran began to walk into the forest with no hesitations or doubts.
"So how do we find her now?" Meilin asked. Syaoran took out Sakura's star key, which he had in his robes. Syaoran looked to Kohaku.
"Kohaku…come here," Syaoran said. Kohaku immediately obeyed and walked to his owner. He held out the key to Kohaku, and with one sniff he began to run further into the forest. Syaoran immediately followed.
"Sakura's aura may be shadowed, but her sweet scent hasn't!" Tomoyo stated with her camera following the wolf pair. Even though she was worried about Sakura, she was going to videotape her rescue! Suddenly, Tomoyo felt her hand being held. Eriol was lightly taking hold of her hand and tugging her behind him.
"Please follow closely behind me, Daidouji-san," Eriol said. Tomoyo willingly followed behind the others. They all ran through the forest at a great speed and were being careful to avoid trees along the way. 'Sakura…I'll find you no matter what! Even if I die trying…' Syaoran thought to himself.
Lilover131: How was that chapter? I hope you liked it! You may recognize the Chinese tracking spell mentioned from the mangas. He also would have used it in the anime when Tomoyo got lost, if she had left something behind. So anyways, the next chapter continues with the search and a little dilemma that Syaoran and friends have to deal with! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Lol. Please review!