Later Days~Chapter2

~Of Warrior's Sleep~

Jurei:hey everyone!Welcome to chapter two!I would REALLY, REALLY apreciate C&C of any kind!Even flames,as they can help me improve my writing.

Disclaimer:I DON'T own CCS in any way.It is owned by the incredible and awe-inspiring CLAMP and their legions of lawyers(looks behind and sees thousands of men in grey suits with steel briefcases)There!I said it!So PLEASE DON'T SUE ME!

P.S.I promise to return all the characters when I'm done(except maybe Syaoran)

Syaoran: NANI?

Jurei:oops.Did I say that out loud?

Syaoran:NOOOOOO!(turns to audience)Someone,anyone.MAKE IT STOP!The horror!The horror!

Jurei:Chill!I'll let you free,my little pet-

Syaoran:Oh no.I don't like your tone.You're pure evil!

Jurei: I will...when Touya says I should

Syaoran: He'll never let me free!

Jurei:That's what I'm counting on,Bwahahahahahahaha!

Touya:(stuffing pastry puffs in his face)You got that right!

Syaoran:(looking angry)Not while you bribe him with pastry puffs,anyay

Jurei:hmmmmm....

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"-"=talking
'-'=thinking
(-)my comments

ENJOY!

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' No!The dream again!But-how?Why?Who-are you?Why-NO!Not her!Please!'

Syaoran woke up in a cold sweat.'Just-a dream,'he sighed,rolling over,'the same.Always the same.But...why...'

Now that he was awake,he couldn't get back to sleep.He blinked,rolled over."No use,"he said sighingly.

Quietly,he got up,and went to the table where his sword lay.Picking it up,he watched it glisten in the moonlight as the beams gently came in contact with the metal.

"Maybe,a little practise session?"he said quietly,"that should get me tired enough to sleep".

He walked out onto the balcony,ready to begin.The night air was cool and fresh,but not cold.With grace born of practice and skill, adopted a fighting stance and began to move the blade.

Slowly,rhythmically,he moved the sword,then faster;until all that could be seen was one silver arc after another,looking more like a liquid than a dangerous weapon.As muscle memory began to take charge, his mind began to wander,until he remembered his dream...

~flashback~

The wind-it just sprang up.The moon, behind the tower,and the girl.The long black hair blowing in the wind,and ...NO!Leave her alone!So...tired...nothing I can do...I must try...No!I must!Not her!Please!Not her!So...tired...must...help...The laughter..

~end Flashback~

Syaoran's train of thought was broken as he realized that the laughter wasn't that of his memory,but real.

He turned to look,startled.on the edge of the balcony stood... a girl.Her face and body were mostly in shadow,but her eyes...they seemed to glow with a life of their own.Sharp,icy blue.Her hair,long and black,blew in the wind;shimmering as black as was ever imaginable.'The wind,'thought Syaoran,'it just sprang up.Like in my dream...'

He reached for his sword,which he had cast aside while lost in thought,and crouched, like a tiger,ready to strike.

The girl laughed,her tones cutting through him like a knife. "Foolish Little Wolf,"she said,with a cruel sense of amusement,"that sword will do you no good."

"I can at least try,"said Syaoran,keeping his sword where it was,"who are you?".

"That is of no importance to you,"answered the girl,harshly, "even if I told you,I doubt that it would do you much good."

Silently,she torred her head,sending shimmering waves of black through the breeze."It is too late,"she smiled evilly,"you can do nothing.I will get the Cherry Blossom.And when I do..."

Deftly,she caught a stray sakura that was blowing past in the breeze.She then clasped her hand tightly.When she opened it again, Syaoran could see the blossom,now twisted and crushed,lying in her palm.

"I can do much more than crush stray cherry blossoms in the breeze,Little Wolf,"she smiled,her eyes flashing a brilliant electric shade of icy blue,"It's a shame,a shame that I must take her away...".

"No!"cried Syaoran defiantly,"I won't let you do anything to her!"

"It's already too late!"cackled the girl,"It has already begun! There is nothing you can do...Little Wolf...nothing you can do to save her..."

"NO!"cried Syaoran again.He charged at the girl,sword raised,but when he reached the edge of the balcony,she was already gone.

"I can't let this happen!"he said angrily,"There must be something I can do..."

Hot tears of rage came to his eyes,a result of the uselessness he felt.In frustration,he dug his sword at the wood,cutting his hand on the keen blade.

Walking inside,he cleaned off the edge of the sword and sheathed it,placin it back on the table."I really should do something...about my hand,"he said to himself defeatedly.He suddenly felt very tired."There...has to be... something....I.....can...do,"he muttered sleepily,crawling into bed,"something...".

He went to sleep, almost mercifully,to mull over all these thoughts in his dreams.

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Jurei: hey.I know that was a bit darker than before,and that there wasn't any S+S in it,but there will be!All the components of the story have to be added in before the storyline can really take off.Who is this mysterious new girl?Why does she want the cherry blossom out of the way?

Please e-mail me with C&C

Syaoran: hey!Don't I get to say anything?

Jurei: you just did

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Konbanwa!