Will Syaoran turn back into a teen? The answer is in chapter 16!

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Chapter 16

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Sakura entered the outdoor stage, and picked a middle roll seat. She made her ways through the audiences along that roll, sat down, and put Syaoran on her lap.

Selenda entered the stage with applauses louder than the thunder. She bowled, and then there was silence. Everyone was waiting for her to start, she moved into a post, getting ready to dance, the music started, and the show began.

She moved from on side of the stage to the other, each step she took was soft, and careful. Her delicate movement attracted all the audiences. All, but one person, who sneaked behind the seat of Sakura and Syaoran. Syaoran sensed him, and turned around in Sakura's arms to see who's behind him. He should've guessed; it was Dalon.

"...You!" Syaoran whispered, being cautious not to disturb the others. "I thought you were grounded!"
Dalon stuck his tongue out. Syaoran's anger gage rose, and tried his hardest to leap out of Sakura's arms. "Alright! That's it, you and me! Outside!" Sakura held him back. "Sy¡KSyaoran? What are you doing? Settle down!" At last, Syaoran yanked himself out of Sakura's arms, and started to chase after Dalon, who sprinted for the exit. "Syaoran!?" Sakura tried to yell him to stop, but all the audiences shushed her. She squeezed through the roll, and made it to the passage along the seats. But by than, Syaoran and Dalon were long gone¡K

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Dalon was running, but not too fast, so that Syaoran could catch up with his short little legs. Dalon was leading him in to his trap.

They arrived along at the beach. The beach wasn't far away from where the festival was held, but it was deserted. Dalon turned around, and said. "This look like a good fighting spot!"

Syaoran stopped a few feet in front of him. "Good, now let's finish this¡K" He punched his right fist into his left palm, cracking his tiny knuckles, getting ready to fight. Dalon showed a wicked smiled on his face, and said. "Oh, please, do you really think that you can defeat me in that size? I just drew you here so no one can see me hitting a little child. This place is perfect!"

Syaoran started to realize what was he trying to do. He looked around, seeing that Dalon was right, no one can see them fight, protecting Dalon's reputation. Yet, Syaoran wasn't all that dumb either, he know what to do just incase. "We'll see about that!" He rushed up to him, getting ready to punch him in the face. But all Dalon had to do was to use his left hand to push his head, holding him back, Syaoran tried to punch him, but his arms were way too short. "See?" Dalon grinned, Syaoran's anger gage rose even higher, he took Dalon's hand, and bit it. Dalon jumped up screaming. "YYYYYIIIIAAAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!!!!!" Syaoran spitted on the ground. "Ill, his hand was dirty."

Dalon kneeled down before him, and flicked him on the head. "You're even lower than I thought!"

For a moment, there was no sound but the noise of the wave. Syaoran looked up to him, and said. "I still have an ultimate weapon." Dalon backed up a little. "Well, then, show me what you've got!"

On the other side, Selenda finished her performance, and came to meet Sakura. "So, how was it?" Sakura put her hand to her head, and said guiltily. "Sorry, I wasn't paying attention, you see, Syaoran ran off in the middle of the show." Selenda put a finger to her mouth. "That's weird, why would he do that?" Sakura hesitated, and then answered. "Well, I wasn't sure, but I think he was chasing someone that looks like Dalon..."

"Dalon!?"

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On the beach, Dalon was getting prepared to meet Syaoran's ultimate weapon. He backed up a little more, but Syaoran stayed at the same spot, barely moving.

Syaoran licked his hand, put some salivate on his face, took a deep breathe, and got in to a positioned, and yelled. "WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Then he put his hands to his eyes, and began mission: pretend to cry like a five year old.

Unintelligent, yet effective, Dalon started to panic. "Oh, good grief! Quiet, someone might hear you!" Syaoran looked at him, and narrowed his eyes. "What do you think my original intention was? Break your eardrums with my voice? Of course someone's going to hear me!" Right after that, he went back to pretend crying.

Just then, Dalon knew Syaoran's plan. "You...You! You cheater! Don't you think you're a little to old to do that?" Syaoran looked at him again. "I'm just a five year old kid to the stranger's eyes, they won't know the fact that I'm pretending or the truth that I'm really not a five year old. All they see is you, picking on a little kid." Dalon's face started to turn red; not because of shyness, but because of rage. "You...you..."

"What are you going to do now? Flick me again? Sure, show the whole world that you pick on a little kid. Your reputation isn't save now, is it?" Syaoran continued crying.

Fairly soon, people started to gather around the beach. Questions like "What's going on?" and "Why is that kid crying?" filled the air. Right now, Dalon just hope that he had a hole to craw into. Sakura and Selenda arrived. "Syaoran!" Sakura cried. Selenda's face turned from worry to mad. "Dalon!" Both of them rushed down to the beach, Sakura to calm Syaoran down, and Selenda to punch his stupid brother on the head. "You!! What did you do this time?" A tear emerged from Dalon's left eye. "What was that for?" He yelled. Selenda yelled back. "You made him cry! How can you do this to such a small child?"

Dalon couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Get real! He's not really a kid, remember!?" Selenda looked at him meanly and shouted. "Thanks to whom?!"

That really burned Dalon, she was right, it was him who turned him to a five year old. "I...I..." He was speechless. All he could do was look at Syaoran, "crying" in Sakura's arms. Syaoran stuck his tongue out; Dalon caught that particular action, and said. "Okay, did you see that?"

"Forget it! Forget it, forget it, forget it, forget it! This is divine punishment for you, mister!" Selenda stared at him madly; there was no way for Dalon to go but to accept it.

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Sakura brought Syaoran to the other side of the beach, and tried to calm him. She carried him in her arms, and smoothed his back. "It's alright now, there, there..." Syaoran faced her, and said bashfully. "It's okay, Sakura...I was just pretending to give Dalon some juice." Sakura face him madly. "And I thought you were really crying." Syaoran shifted in her arms, and said proudly. "Come on now, I'll never cry."

"Everyone cries sometimes. And now that you're a kid, you can cry even more, come on, express your feelings." Sakura smiled, and patted him on the head. Syaoran blushed, and looked away. "I'm too big for this." Sakura looked at him and touched his nose with hers. "But now you're not too big. Come on, Syaoran, how often can you be five again? For once you can forget everything, just do whatever you want with out having to concern about the other's think of you." Syaoran looked away again. "I don't really want that..." Sakura giggled, and said. "That's okay." She hugged him tightly. "This makes you even cuter!" Syaoran wined. "Sakura..."

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Dalon and Selenda were on their way back to their house when they bumped into Sakura, who held Syaoran in her arms. Dalon eyed Syaoran; Syaoran couldn't help but held on to Sakura. Suddenly, Dalon showed a wicked smile. He looked up, and announced. "You seem to be forgetting something, Syaoran. I am the one who turned you to a five year old, and I'm the only one who can turn you back. And I won't do it, if I don't feel like it."

At that moment, Syaoran almost wished he didn't pretend to cry and blame everything on Dalon's head. Almost. It was still kind of worth it. Selenda yelled at him. "Dalon!" Dalon turned to look at her, and refused to listen. "It's my life! And I won't do what I don't feel like!" Right after finishing that sentence, he ran off. Selenda tried to stop him, but he was gone.

Selenda put one hand to her face, and sighed. "Oh, no...he's serious." Syaoran's mouth dropped almost right away. "Then, does that mean I would never turn back?" Sakura comforted him. "It's okay, we'll find a way..." But deep in, she was cheering.

"He can't be that cold blooded." Selenda said. "There's got to be a way to soften him up."

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Dalon was working in his laboratory; he thought that even if he decides to not turn Syaoran back to normal, he'd still test out the formula. Just to hold it as his advantage.

The door crept; he turned around to see the late company. Sakura walked in with a bag of food in her hand. "Are you hungry? You've been working all night." Dalon looked back into his research, and tried to concentrate. "I'm not hungry." A second later his tummy grumbled. Sakura giggled. "Come on, special homemade buns." She took one out of the bag. Dalon couldn't resist the temptation; he took one from her hand, put it in his mouth, and drew his attention back to the research.

Sakura just sat there quietly, and watched him. Dalon turned around slowly to check if she was still there, he eyed her, and took the bun out of his mouth to speak. "Do you mind?" Sakura just smiled, and said. "I'll just be a moment."

"I can't concentrate with you sitting there, staring at me."

"I know, you need the concentration, just to help Syaoran turn back to what he used to be, right?"

"Hey, I'm not doing this for him. This might be useful for my patients." Dalon pulled a chair and sat down.

"Just an excuse."

"What?"

"I knew it, deep in, you're really not a bad person." Sakura tilted her head, and smiled.

Dalon blushed, and looked away. "Try not to judge me too quickly."

Sakura smiled again, she looked down at the floor, and lightly wiggled her legs around. "I really want you to help him...if you may..."

Dalon looked at her from the corner of his eyes, she sat there gracefully, and her feet were lightly smoothing the floor. His heart suddenly skipped a beat; he looked away again. Sakura looked up, and said. "Just do it for me...okay?" Dalon couldn't look at her, he wasn't sure of what she really meant. "Why...why do you care so much...?"

"Because I really care...you know, like the way a girl cares for a boy?" She thought of Syaoran, and then she remembered that she hasn't told Syaoran how she feels about him yet. Then she remembered the way Yoki warned her. "Tell him before it's too late." She felt a shiver came on to her, and rubbed her arms.

Unfortunately, Dalon took it all wrong. [Like the way a girl cares for a boy? Oh, my goodness, she has a crush on me!!] He stood up, and looked at his research. "I...I can't answer you on that yet! Why...why don't you come back later?"

Sakura nodded, and took off. Dalon's heartbeat was racing. [Oh no oh no oh no...what should I do??? I only like Selenda, and now I'm not sure anymore...] He stopped, and thought deeply. [Then again, what can I do if I don't accept her? I'm not sure Selenda would ever accept the fact that I literately love her! And even though she does, what would the others think of us? Seeing sisters and brothers marry isn't what you see everyday, rumors would spread, people would stare and point...I can't take that.]

Dalon put a tube of potion down, and made up his mind. "Okay, my mind has made up. I've decided to give Sakura a chance!" He paused for a second, and then turned back to his research. [Whom am I talking to...?]

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"Hmm¡Kthis isn't going well at all..." Selenda said, as she gathered around with Sakura and Syaoran, discussing what to do in order to turn Syaoran back to normal. "The problem is..." Sakura said. "That Dalon is the only one who can help Syaroan¡Kbut he's mad at him. I tried to soften him up, but he just kicked me out..." She played with Syaoran's little hands.

Syaoran said, sitting on Sakura's lap. "And you can forget about me apologizing. I am not going to do that."

Selenda sighed, "You're both so stubborn...if only one of you would back down..."

"Hey, he called me a pervert!" Syaoran shouted. Then it hit Sakura. "Wait...that's it, he's only mad at you because he thinks that you're interested in Selenda." Syaoran turned to Sakura. "But I'm not!" He argued. Sakura waved her index finger. "That's right, so if we can only tell him that, he might not be mad at you!"

Selenda clapped her hands together. "What a great idea!" Syaoran looked at both of them. "But how? He won't believe it if we just tell him. Don't you think I've tried that before?" All three of them lowered their heads to think. For thirty minutes, they couldn't come up with a single idea. Syaoran yawed; Sakura looked down to him, and smiled. "It's time for your bed time."

Syaoran blinked sleepily. "I don't need to sleep..." But then he snuggled in Sakura's chest, and yawed again. Sakura stood up, and took him into their room. "Let's call it a night." Selenda nodded, and agreed. "Yeah, okay. Goodnight, you two." Sakura left the room; Selenda stood up, and blew the candle.

Sakura took Syaoran back to their bed, and gently tugged him in. She smoothed his hair. "Goodnight, Syaoran, do you want me to sing you a lullaby?" Syaoran rubbed his eyes sleepily, and answered. "Sure..." Afterward, Sakura started singing. The beautiful melody flew in the air; Syaoran slowly closed his eyes, and went to sleep. When Sakura finished singing, she said. "Do you like it? My mother used to sing it to me when I was little...Syaoran?" Just then, she realized that Syaoran was asleep. She smiled to herself, watching how cute he is. Moments later, she changed into pajamas, and got into bed with Syaoran next to her.

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"I'll fight till the end for the sake of your safety..."

"Who...who are you...? Why...are you doing this for me?" Sakura mumbled in her dream. Just when she was going to see who was talking to her, she was interrupted by a loud noise.

Selenda stumbled across the hallway. She slammed the door open, regardless of the fact that people were sleeping in there, she shouted. "I've got it!" Both Sakura and Syaoran woke up in respond to her unusual wake up call. "W...what?" They both sat up and asked drowsily, Selenda continued. "A way to convinced to Dalon that Syaoran isn't interested in me! Syaoran can turn back to normal!"

"Hoe?" Sakura and Syaoran were suddenly awoken.

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Dalon yawed as he walked down the hall. "Oh man, working in the lab the whole night really puts me into a crummy mood..." He scratched his head lazily, and then he remembered the things Sakura said to him last night, he smiled to himself. "It'd be nice to have a normal crush for once." He turned into the kitchen. The first thing he noticed was Selenda, Sakura and Syaoran, all cuddled up to discuss something; he could hear Syaoran said, "No, I refuse to go with that!"

"What the heck are you people doing?" Dalon asked, as he walked closer to them. They all turned around, and smiled. "Oh...nothing." Selenda said. Though sweat drops were rolling down her head.

"Yeah, I believe you." Dalon said sarcastically. "Just what the heck are you up to?"
Selenda smiled brightly, and said. "Well, we've got a surprise for you!" She took him to Sakura and Syaoran, who looked like they were arguing. "I won't do it!" Syaoran whispered. His face was unusually red. Sakura was trying to convince him. "Oh, come on, Syaoran." Once Dalon came to them, Sakura quickly picked up Syaoran, and put him in her arms.

Dalon tilted his head, couldn't get what on earth were they thinking. Selenda walked around to Sakura with Syaoran in her arms, and said. "Well, it turns out that you don't really need to worry about the fact that Syaoran's interested in me anymore!" Dalon put his arms on his waist, and eyed her. "Oh, yeah?" He said, having doubts on whether or not it was true. He let her continued. "Really!" She cheered, as she patted Sakura's shoulders, whose face became pinkish. "Because, he's already interested in someone else, in fact, he and she are already a couple for years!" Sakura lowered her head a little, but there was a smile on her face.

Dalon still didn't get what was happening. "Huh?" He asked. The Selenda leaned closer to Sakura; he looked at Sakura, she smile at him a little shyly. After, he looked at Syaoran, who was in her arms, sinking, and face so red that he couldn't even look at Dalon. Right there and then, Dalon slowly got it. "Ah...ah..." He pointed to Sakura, and pointed to Syaoran, then back to Sakura again. "You...and you...and you!" His voice was kind of shaky. He couldn't believe it, his only chance of having a normal relationship, blew away because of Syaoran.

"But...but...you said something like girl...cares for boys..." Dalon stopped, and looked at Syaoran. "Oh...it's you...it's always you..." Selenda patted his brother's shoulder. "Well, now that you understand that Syaoran wasn't up to no good, why don't you be a nice little boy and turn him back?"

Dalon laughed, but his laughter sounded hopeless and evil. "Turn him back? Ha! That would be impossible! You, I've never hated you more! I will never, ever, turn you back, you're bound to live as a five year old forever!"

That stroke Syaoran like lightning, Selenda stood up, and yelled. "Dalon!" Dalon turned to her, and yelled back, "Look, my mind has made up, I'll never, ever do it! And you can't do anything about it, because I am the only one in Ometin can turn him back!" Selenda's was sad and furious at the same time. Dalon ran off, and Selenda ran after him. Leaving Sakura with Syaoran looking shocked in her arms.

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The sea was quite today; the waves were slow and little. Sakura and Syaoran sat next to the rocky shore, and stared at the ocean. Sakura tried to cheer Syaoran up; she put him on her lap. "You know, he's wrong, you won't be a five year old forever." Syaoran looked up, waiting for her to go on. "Everyone grows. In five years you'll be back to normal." Sakura forced a smile. Syaoran just went back to staring lifelessly at the sea. Sakura wiped the smile off her face, and watch the sea with Syaoran.

Seconds later, Syaoran broke out with a loud cry. "Wahh~!" Tears came down on his face; he looked like a child helplessly lost, separated from his family. That caught Sakura by surprise. She tried to calm him like a real five year old. "There, there, don't cry, I thought you said you're not really a kid, and shouldn't really cry." Syaoran rubbed his eyes. "Wah...and I thought you said I should express myself while I have the chance to be five again."

Sakura hesitated. "Um...that..." Syaoran broke her off. "Oh, what's the point, I can never turn back, might as well start acting like a real five year old." Sakura didn't know what to say, she looked at him sorrowfully. Syaoran went on. "I can't protect you anymore, and kids that're ten would reject me, I would be a weirdo who doesn't act my age. No one would want to be around me. No one would even want to marry me when I grow up, because all of the women my age would be older than me..."

Sakura couldn't remain silence anymore. "You...you'll still have me!" Syaoran stopped crying, and slowly looked up. Sakura blushed a little, and continued. "Even when the whole world rejects you, I'll still be by your side, I'll never reject you. And I'll protect you...and I'll never, ever look at you as a weirdo...and even when you don't act your age, I won't mind." She paused, and then went on. "And...and when no one wants to marry you...when you grow up...I'll be you bride..." Syaoran was surprised at her words. She hugged him tightly. "But...by then...you'll have to be the one who won't mind...because...I am going to be the one who's old and cranky..."

Syaoran couldn't believe what he was hearing. Right there and then, his girl of his dream is telling him that she'll be his bride. Sakura slowly release him from the hug, and looked at him passionately. "I...I..."

Her words were interrupted by a big wave that was coming to their way. Syaoran grabbed her hand, and started to charge towards inland. Sakura looked back, knowing that they're not going to make it. The wave was catching on to them too quickly. Syaoran realized that too, so he dived into the nearest crack between the rocks along the beach, and took Sakura down with him. The wave hit the rocky shore, and died down. The water went into the cracks, and right up to Syaoran's nose. When the water drifted back, Syaoran was pulled away with it. Sakura yelled, and grabbed his hand just in time. "Syaoran! Hold on!" The water finally died down, they got up, and looked towards the angry sea.

More waves are on the way. Sakura and Syaoran both nodded at each other, they knew the most important thing, is to evacuate the people who live close to the shore. They ran to knock on houses along the cost line, and warned them about the wave. Selenda lived more into the inland area, so her house was safe, but she could see the wave from were she was. Wind was blowing harder, she exclaimed. "How could it be? We never have waves this big. Something's wrong!" Just then, Dalon slipped by her, and ran towards the cost. "Blab later, we've got to help the villagers to evacuate! Come on!" Their neighbours are rushing out of their houses to help, too. Selenda ran after them.

Mean while; Sakura was helping an old lady and her grandson to get out of their house. "Come on, we've got no time!" A big wave hit, some villagers' houses were hit, and people tried their best to grab on. Houses made out of sand were melting away. People tried to run as far away from the beach as possible. But at the same time, more people are rushing in to help them out.

It was a disaster. Everything was a total mess. Another wave hit, people formed chains by holding on to each other, hand by hand, pulling back with all they might. Syaoran helped an old man to get on to his wheel chair. "Okay, there you go." Another villager came by, and drove the old man away. Syaoran looked back at the sea. "It's weird¡Kthat lady said the wave should never gets to the houses."

As he stared at the thundering waves, he caught something in his sight somewhere behind the waves. He gasped, recognizing what it was. "It...it's a..."

Syaoran charged towards the shore. Sakura looked back, seeing him did so, she tried to stop him. "Syaoran!" She yelled. "What are you doing?" Syaoran looked back, but he didn't stop running. "There's a big whale in the ocean, that thing is causing those waves!" Sakura gasped. "What?" Syaoran kept running. "I'll have to take care of it!" Sakura immediately ran after him. "You can't! It's too dangerous!"

Dalon was helping people to get out of their houses; he looked back, and saw Sakura, running towards the waves. "Sakura! What are you doing?" He ran after her, as his sister caught up with him. "Dalon?" She asked, following him closely.

Syaoran reached the seashore. The wave was headed for him. He took out his sword, and used the wind charm to over come the wave. He took another charmed and used it. "Floating steps!" Magic power surrounded his feet. He ran on the water, Sakura could only follow him to the point where the water began. "Syaoran!"

Syaoran came up against a few waves before he finally got to the whale; the whale spotted him, and flapped its gigantic tail at him. Syaoran was hit right on the face, it sent him right back to the shore. Sakura saw him flying towards her, she reached out her arms, ready to catch him, but instead, another pair of arms reached out before her, and caught him. It was Dalon, Syaoran hit him hard on the chest, and the force kept pushing them until his back hit the rock. He slowly fell down; both Sakura and Selenda ran towards him. "Dalon!"

Selenda helped him up. Sakura picked up Syaoran, who was in his arms. "Syaoran, are you okay?" Syaoran shook his head to regain consciousness, and blanked. "I'm okay." He said. Sakura looked at Dalon, who slowly got up. "Thank you for catching him for me." Dalon looked at both of them. "No problem. But why on earth are you running towards that wave. Trying to suicide?"

"There's a whale there that's causing the wave, I'll have to stop it." Syaoran said. Both Selenda and Dalon reacted with a "Huh?" But there was no time for explanation. Sakura tried to talk Syaoran out of it. "But look at you, you're way too small to battle! Syaoran came back to her. "But I'm the only one who can!" Sakura shook her head wildly. "No! We're in this together! We're both the legendary heroes! It's not just you!"

Selenda and Dalon reacted with another, "What?"

Before Sakura had time to answer Selenda and Dalon's questions, Sakura already flopped off towards the whale. Syaoran ran after her. "No! Sakura!" He reached to the side of the ocean, and couldn't go any further. He couldn't do anything but watch. He held his fist together, and slammed it into the sand. "If only I'm my normal self!" Dalon felt guilty, if he hadn't turned him into a kid in the first place, Sakura won't be in danger. He turned, and started to run back to his laboratory.

Chocy zoomed by him, Syaoran heard Chocy's footsteps, and turned around. "Chocy!" He jumped on Chocy, and commanded. "Alright, Chocy, run along the shore!" Selenda stood up, and said. "What are you doing?" But before she got an answer, they already took off.

Back in the laboratory, Dalon was trying his best to figure out the trick in the magic dust. "I don't get it, I gave him five ml of this." He tried testing it on the laboratory mouse, but it just isn't right. "Okay, if this isn't...wait a minute...five ml?" He ran through his notes, and continued the experiment.

Mean while, Sakura was dodging the whale's attracts, and finding its weakness at the same time. "If this is one of the missioners, then it's got to have a tattoo somewhere¡K" She flopped around it, and then finally, she spotted it, the tattoo, right about its eyes. It was only a size of a palm; it wasn't easy spotting a thing that small on something that big. Sakura took out the arrow card, and was about to shoot it when it hit her with water gun, blasting through is air hole. "Ahh!" Sakura yelled.

Syaoran heard Sakura screamed, and told Chocy to run faster. They tried to get as close to the whale as possible, not an easy task when you're on land. The reached the point where you can't go any further. The land narrowed down, and ended. Syaoran took out his sword, and jumped off Chocy. He took out his charm, and yelled. "Lighting!" The lighting conducted through the water, but it wasn't strong enough to reach the whale, it was too far away. Syaoran said. "It's no good, I can't do it in this form¡KI need to turn back to a teenager!"

"You're wrong!" A voice yelled. Syaoran turned back, seeing that it was Selenda, running up to him. "You can do it, no matter what form you're in, because it isn't your size that counts, it's what's in your heart that really matters.

Syaoran looked at her in the eyes, she was filled with determination. Syaoran nodded, turned around and tried again. He took a deep breath, and yelled. "Lighting!"

It was working; the lighting was conducting towards the whale in a fast speed. It stroked it hard, and it was paralyzed. Sakura looked back to the shore to see who did that. Syaoran stood there, and gave her a thumb up; she nodded, knowing what to do.

"Arrow!" She commanded. Arrows shot down on to the whale's body like a meteor shower. One of the arrows hit its tattoo, and its body burst into bubbles, leaving a soul shining in the water. Sakura flopped down, and took out her Angel wing crystal to suck up the soul.

Immediately, she flew back to Syaoran. She landed beside him, and called back the fly card. Syaoran looked at her with a smile on his face, and passed away. "Syaoran!" Sakura ran towards him, Selenda caught him, and felt his forehead. "He's fine." She said gently. "He's just too tired from using the Lighting magic. You know, that whale was more than a mile away."

Sakura smiled, and took Syaoran from her arms. The waves had died down, and they started to walk back to their house.

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"I did it!" Dalon popped out when they came back from the fight. Both girls had a sweat drop rolled down from their faces. "What¡Kdid you do?" Selenda asked.

Dalon pointed towards the sand in his hand. "I figured out how to turn Syaoran back!" The girls gasped.

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Syaoran, age eleven, tall and handsome for his age, put a medium size shirt on is back-to-normal body. [Phew...it's sure great to be a teen again.] Someone knocked on the door, Syaoran yelled, "Who is it?" as he put on his headband.

"It's Sakura." The voice replied, "Are you done yet?" Syaoran tied a nod behind his head, and answered. "Yeah, come in." Sakura walked in, and looked at him with a strange expression. She walked closer as Syaoran got suspicious over her movements. She stretched out one hand and petted him on the head, a drop of sweat appeared on Syaoran's head. Her eyes became watery, and said. "Oh...you're not five anymore...that means I won't be about to lift you up, pet you on the head or...give you candy..."

"Enough, Sakura!" Syaoran said. "I am so glad to be back to my normal self." That reminded Sakura, she went on with the things she misses. "...Or hear you call me 'Sakoowa'...oh...I miss the little you..." Syaoran almost fainted. "Sakura! Get over it already!"

Mean while, Dalon was pouring the magic sand into the ocean, and burning the formula that created the sand. He untied the knot on the bag, and poured the sand into the water. Selenda walked up to him, and asked. "What are you doing?" She sounded cheerful and delighted, like a little girl.

Dalon looked at her, and stared back at the ocean. "Destroying evidence. These things shouldn't exist; it's against the rule of nature to age backwards." The last drop of sand was spilled into the ocean; Selenda went up to his, put both hands on his shoulder, and put her chin on it. "You know, you're quite mature sometimes."

Dalon blushed, and nodded shyly. Selenda looked at ocean. "One more thing."

Dalon replied. "Yeah?"

"Don't dump it into the ocean next time." The looked into the water, the fishes were going nuts, some of them were older than it should be, and some of them are back to being an infant fish, the dust was effecting the fishes. Dalon nodded. "Gotcha."

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"Phew, I'm glad that the whole thing is over." Syaoran relaxed, and sat back, leaning on Sakura as they traveled down the road on Chocy's back. Sakura showed a wicked smile, and said. "No totally." She reached into her pocket, and pulled out a little pouch, Syaoran tensed up, and looked at it. "Huh??"

"Dalon gave me one of these goodies before we left! He taught me how to use it, too! He said to turn you into a five year old, give you 5ml, to turn you back to eleven, give you 11ml. So this bag have enough to turn you into five...let's see...a lot of times!"

Syaoran looked at it with fear. "Oh...no...AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"

To be continued...

So, how'd you people enjoy your latest chapter? ^(oo)^

I hope you liked it! And as for the five year old shape of Syaoran...as long as Sakura has the magic sand, it can happen again...^^'

Till next time, then!

Piggy Ho Ho
Dec. 2000