Disclamimers: Same as usual....Card Captors is owned by CLAMP, etc. :)
Night of the Living Dead Part IV
"Li-Kun! Li-Kun! You're back, you're.....EEEK!" Tomoyo's violet eyes widened and she took a step back as she looked at the young man infront of her.
Sakura and Serra led Syaoran over to a chair and set him down. Serra headed to the fridge to grab some bottles while Sakura walked over to Tomoyo.
"What happened to him?" Tomoyo whispered to Sakura. She glanced over to Syaoran who had turned pure golden eyes towards her, eyeing her hungrily. Syaoran was definately a mess. His normally neat chestnut hair was a mess. There was blood practically everywhere and his shirt was pretty much non-existant, thanks to the gaping hole left by the stake. Serra walked over to Syaoran and handed him the first of many bottles to quench his hunger.
Sakura led Tomoyo over to the other side of the room, out of Syaoran's gaze and set to explaining what had happened. Suddenly a loud WHAT?!?!? was heard and everyone glanced to the two girls before turnning back to what they were doing.
"He kissed you??...You and Syaoran finally kissed and I didn't get to get it on tape!" Tomoyo pouted, looking at her best friend. Sakura almost looked human again she was blushing so furiously. "Not so loud!" Sakura explained, "I promise next time I'll let you get it on tape."
"Next time?!" Tomoyo grinned, "You mean you're gonna...." Serra suddenly appeared, chuckling softly at the two friends. Some things never did change. "Syaoran's doing better now and Kai(one of the other male vamps)leant him some clothes, so you two can go see him now if you want."
Sakura and Tomoyo both walked back to where Syaoran was. He was now dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a black t-shirt, his hair was neatly combed again and his eyes had returned to their normal amber. He gave a small smile to both girls as they walked in, "Hey."
Tomoyo smiled and looked from Sakura to Syaoran. With a nod from Sakura, Tomoyo went over and gave Syaoran a hug before pulling back and punching him in the shoulder, "How dare you kiss Sakura while I'm not there!" She gave him a fake scowl that lasted about a second before turning into a huge grin.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..sheesh." Syaoran chuckled, rubbing his shoulder. "Fine!" Tomoyo said, pulling out her camera, "You're just gonna have to do it again then." Sakura giggled, shaking her head. Syaoran looked from Tomoyo to Sakura, shrugged his shoulders, then using vampiric speed, grabbed Sakura and kissed her soundly. Tomoyo squealed with delight, grabbing the camera, "Kawaii!!!"
Suddenly, a loud ahem was heard, "Alright brat, enough with the lip lock!" Sakura and Syaoran pulled away from each other and ended up face to face with...
"Well, if it isn't the stuffed animal." Syaoran chuckled. Kero narrowed his eyes at Syaoran and smirked. He still wasn't too fond of Syaoran but it was good to actually see Sakura with a smile on her face. He flew over to Sakura's shoulder and landed. Eyeing Syaoran, Kero raised an eyebrow at Sakura, "You turned him?"
"She had to." A soft voice was heard as Serra came back into the room. She motioned everyone to the table as she went to the fridge, grabbing three bottles. She handed one to Sakura and one to Syaoran. Syaoran refused at first but Serra insisted, "You're going to need it." He took the bottle and took a seat beside Sakura.
Serra sat down, tiredness plainly clear on her features, "This has got to end. We have to find a way to stop Jared and we have to do it now."
Sakura agreed, "But how? He's way too strong."
"There's got to be some way around that. He has to have some sort of weakness." Kero looked from one person to the next. Syaoran spoke up, "He seems to have a bit of weakness for Sakura. He was pretty insistent on getting her to join him."
"Maybe she should then." Kero started. Syaoran looked at Kero like he had completely lost it, "Are you nuts, who knows what he'll do to her, what if he...."
Sakura frowned at the two bickering males, "Hello, I am right here you know. Don't you think I should get to decide what I'm going to do?" Kero and Syaoran both looked at her and then looked down. Sorry Sakura was heard from both.
Serra spoke up, "It may be a good idea." She turned towards Sakura, "It's going to be one of the hardest things that you've ever done to pull it off. You're going to have to fool your own master, which means your going to have to release the block once again but be able to hide what we're going to do. Do you think you can pull it off?"
Sakura frowned and closed her eyes, "Well, it'll be the second most hardest thing I've ever done." She opened her eyes and glanced at Syaoran who caught her gaze. Syaoran reached over and squeezed her hand, 'Didn't I tell you not to blame yourself?' She heard a warm voice say in her mind. 'Hai' Sakura answered, 'It's still hard though.' Sakura looked from each one of her friends, no, her family. She then thought of her dad, Touya, and Yukito. She had to get them back. "I'll do it!"
Serra smiled and took her 'daughter's' other hand. "We've got some work to do then. We attack in a week, which means we both have some training to do." Serra nodded towards Syaoran, "Do you think you can do it?" Sakura smiled, "He's a fast learner, I believe so." Syaoran looked at the two vampiresses and gulped, "This wasn't sounding good."
The next week had to be the toughest of Li Syaoran's life. This made all the training of the Li clan look like child's play. Sakura was a kind but very firm teacher. She had a week to teach Syaoran what normally took months, sometimes years to accomplish. She taught him how to fly, about his vampiric senses, what to avoid, and everything else that he needed to know. He seemed to get everything down but the flying. Sakura took Syaoran to the roof of the apartment building. Tomoyo followed right behind holding her camera, Kero on her shoulder. Kero did not want to miss this, plus he was beginning to feel a bit sorry for Syaoran, though he wouldn't admit it. The kid had definately earned his worth. They reached the end of the roof and looked down. Tomoyo went off to the side, her camera poised and ready.
Syaoran looked down and gulped, "I...I have to fly from up here?" He looked down again and took a step back, "Couldn't I just start from a chair or something?"
Sakura chuckled and shook her head, "It's not that hard, watch." Sakura walked over to the edge of the roof and went off, dissappearing over the side. "SAKURA!!"
Sakura floated back up and gave Syaoran a funny look, "What?" Syaoran closed his eyes, "N..nothing." Sakura gave him a warm smile and held out her hand, "Come on."
"I..I don't know about this Sakura." Syaoran couldn't stop thinking that he was gonna go splat. "Even if you fall, it's not going to kill you." Syaoran just glared at her, eyes wide, "Gee thanks!"
Sakura grinned, "Come on, I promise I won't let you fall." Kero had been watching and suddenly got a wicked idea. He caught Sakura's attention and motioned for her to fly over to the side a bit. Once done, Kero flew up and flew at Syaoran as fast as his little body could carry him.
*SMACK* Syaoran went sailing off the roof, "HEY!! ARGHHH!!" Syaoran started flapping his arms and started falling. Tomoyo could barely hold the camera she was laughing so hard. Sakura was giggling herself as she flew just below Syaoran.
"Use your mind, not your arms!" Syaoran closed his eyes and prepared himself to be splatted when suddenly he heard a gentle voice by his ear, "You can open your eyes now."
Syaoran opened his eyes and was surprised to find that he was floating, Sakura by his side. She kissed his cheek and grinned, "Congrats, you did it!" Syaoran grinned back at her, "Thanks to you. Arigato, Sakura-chan" He then took Sakura's hand and they headed back up to the roof.
Syaoran wasn't the only one being put to work. Every night, Serra had Sakura go through grueling mental excercises. Sakura got frustrated many a time but she absolutely refused to give up.
Finally the day came. Syaoran tried to talk Sakura and Serra into letting him go with her but both refused. Syaoran sighed in frustration and nodded, "Alright, but take Kero with you."
They all looked towards Syaoran, surprise on their faces. He had actually referred to Kero by name and not by stuffed animal. Kero flew over to him and gave him a pat on the shoulder. "You're alright kid. I promise I won't let anything happen to her." Kero smiled at the young vampire, then flew over to Sakura, hiding in one of her pockets. Serra came over and kissed her on the cheek, "Good luck." She whispered, "If you need us..."
"I'll call." Sakura finished for her with a smile. Tomoyo gave her best friend a quick hug for luck and with a last kiss from Syaoran, Sakura took to the air.
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