Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ SAKURA- cherry blossom ❯ Red Hands ( Chapter 21 )
SAKURA- cherry blossom
By Sujakata
Dedicated to: all my reviewers, and no I don't get annoyed with long reviews :D
Disclaimer: CLAMP owns CCS not me (though I do wish I owned Xiaolang mwhahaha)
AN/ Ahhh I know, but this chapter is going to be err… kinda boring I think since its got the Elders in it… I'll try and make it more exciting… and longer :D
Chapter Twenty Two: Red Hands
Xiaolang carried the unconscious Sakura to the infirmary and began to undress her to her underwear, his eyes never leaving her battered body. Searching with his magic he assessed the amount of damage that Jayden had inflicted upon his Sakura. Growling low in his throat he quickly grabbed the equipment he would need and without using anything to keep Sakura asleep he cut into her skin, along the ribs, a long line, deeply imbedded through her until he reached the bone. Placing his hand inside he felt the bone that was broken and bent, jutting, very close to breaking the lung. Being as gentle as possible he pulled the rib back into place before running his hand down three more ribs and resetting them before closing up the incision and then going to the other side to reset two ribs and tie off a broken vein that was spurting almost black blood.
His hands were a dark red before anyone else came into the infirmary to see what was going on. He still needed to reset her right forearm in three places before he realised that his mother was watching him from the corner of the room. He snarled at her for interrupting his concentration and continued on with fixing up Sakura's fallen form.
Once he was finished he cleaned up Sakura's skin, washing away the blood that caked her body and then picked her up and placed her gently onto another bed, pulling up the crisp white sheets that were soon dotted in blood. Xiaolang then turned back to his mother, his eyes glinting possessively, waiting for his mother to move and if she moved in anyway threateningly then he would pounce, protecting what was his.
Yelan watched her son warily, the knowledge that he was acting quite strange was not something that she liked in the least. Opting not to move in any way she opened her mouth to talk but was interrupted when the doors to the infirmary opened and a wide eyes Touya ran in, looking around the room for Sakura. Xiaolang's body tensed, watching as Sakura's brother look for her, his mind replaying only one thing `she is mine… she is mine' Touya was about to go over to Sakura when Yelan grabbed him and pulled him against the wall. Touya was about to protest when he realised the Xiaolang was watching him with a bloodthirsty look in his eyes and his hands were covered in blood.
"Xiaolang, the Elders would like to speak with you" Yelan said quietly, watching as her son moved closer to Sakura.
"why?" he asked, his voice harsh and cold.
"They want to ask you a few questions, they want to-"
"-Take her away from me! They never liked her" his voice was a low growl "she is mine, they wont have her" Xiaolang was now crouched next to Sakura's bed, his red hand clasping her still white one, his fingers stroking her hand lovingly while his amber eyes remained towards his mother. "she is mine" he whispered.
Yelan sighed, she didn't have as much magic as her son but he needed to have a talk with the Elders and if he was acting like this then he was sure to kill them with just a thought. Looking to Touya she motioned him to move forwards, she needed to distract Xiaolang for a moment so that he wouldn't see her attack coming. Touya shook his head and pressed himself against the wall, he'd seen what Xiaolang had done to that boy and he really didn't want to end up like him.
Xiaolang had watched the move and seeing in his mind that Touya was going to attack him to take Sakura away, lunged at him, ready to kill the boy with his bare hands, but he never got that far, as he was suspended in mid air he abruptly fell to the ground unconscious. Touya glanced at Yelan as she shrugged and going over to the bed picked it the still unconscious Sakura while Touya picked up the unconscious Xiaolang, carefully keeping an eye on him. If he showed any signs of coming to he was going to get out of there as quickly as possible.
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Shiienpo quickly turned his head to the west as he felt a very strong magic being used, the power was magnificent and he could feel the anger and raw emotions flooding through the magic before he felt it enter another being and then dissipate along with the soul that had been stupid enough to mess with someone of such power. Shiienpo grinned `well I might not kill everyone, some people might be worth having to keep me company.' Rolling his neck in anticipation of meeting the owner of such destructive powers Shiienpo continued on his way, getting closer and closer to his destination. He was delighted to find that it was in the same direction as the power was headed, taking note of the way the magic felt he stored that information away so that he could find the holder after he had killed off his `master.'
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"WHERE IS SHE?"
"calm down Xiao-"
"GIVE HER TO ME…"
"now Xiaolang, just answe-"
"NO! WHERE HAVE YOU PUT HER?"
Sakura awoke to yelling, her head killed as well as her body. Groaning in pain she looked around her and found herself inside some kind of cell. Magic poured in all around her… `a binding spell' her mind registered. Pulling herself up she walked over to the blinding white bars that held the containment spell.
"We will give her back once you've answered our questions. Were only trying to help you Xiaolang."
"YOUR NOT HELPING ME, YOU WANT HER FOR YOURSELF! SHE'S MINE, NOT YOURS MINE!!!!"
Sakura rubbed her eyes and peered through the cracks, she couldn't see anything outside her cell, but she could still hear the talking… yelling.
"Xiaolang?" she asked, her voice slightly croaky. The yelling continued and she sighed looking around her room. Her clothes had changed, she was wearing some grey sweat pants and a white jumper. Rolling her eyes at the rather dingy holding cell she decided to try and reach Xiaolang again. "XIAOLANG?" there was a brief silence, then some cursing from a couple of older voices and then the screamed
"SAKURA?" Sakura grinned at the relieved sound in Xiaolang's voice.
"yes its me" there was silence for a while, as if they were waiting for her to answer and Sakura realised that she had to shout to be heard. "YES ITS ME"
"LET ME OUT, I HAVE TO SEE HER"
"I'm sorry Xiaolang but we have to keep you both separated, when your together your magic's react to each other and you become more… animalistic, primordial. You cant control your magic, do you realise that you killed someone?" there was a brief silence.
"YOU KILLED SOMEONE?" Sakura yelled, her eyes wide. There was more silence before the faintly heard reply of Xiaolang
"I killed someone?" again there was more silence, Sakura had had enough of the silence and talking to people she couldn't see. Concentrating her power which gathered around her she forced it on a small section of the cell where a large enough hole for her to escape through formed. Stifling a groan of pain she hopped through it and walked towards where the voices had come from.
Xiaolang was in a similar cell that what Sakura had been in, his however had warding off spells which wouldn't allow him to get closer then three feet to the bars of the cell. The elders were seated in front of the cell, there were only five of the seven there. Xiaolang was standing three feet from the bars, as close to the cell wall as he could get. His face was a mask of disbelief and horror.
"I'm here, now lets talk about what's happened," Sakura said, taking a seat that was not filled and watching Xiaolang. His head had whipped up and his eyes searched her body for a moment to make sure she was all in one peace before he reached out a hand as if to touch her when his hand was zapped back from the warding off spells. He glared at the cell before looking back at Sakura.
"Well, Jayden, the boy that was killed abandoned the rules of the game and took it to a new level. He wouldn't have killed you if Xiaolang hadn't stopped him. However with your powers clouding your judgment you reverted back to the more primeval instincts that your power has which is to protect and to destroy anything that harms what is yours. For Xiaolang he was protecting you, his mate" Sakura looked at the Elder strangely
"mate?"
"yes mate, because both of you have similar powers your both drawn to the other and from what we have read in the ancient texts that were written by the great Clow Reed, our ancestor, he states that when two people who have very similar powers or have core power begin to form a bond. Something that cannot be broken. However while this bond forms both are powerless to stop their magic's from taking control of their bodies and their thoughts. This is dangerous and so that is why we needed to separate the two of you."
"Xiaolang wouldn't let anyone get close to you after he brought you back to the school. He was even going to attack his own mother. Until the bond forms and binds both of you to the same fate we can not allow you to interact with other students for that wouldn't compromise theirs and your safety. However seeing as both of you are reluctant to be apart from the other we will allow you to share a cell…provided that nothing happens."
Both Sakura and Xiaolang grinned at what the Elders were saying, but were also scared of what their powers did, and of what had happened because of the loss of control.
"When does to binding finish?" Xiaolang asked The Elders looked at each other, some of them blushing slightly.
"when you… err… both *cough* consummate your love" Sakura blushed while Xiaolang smirked.
"Very well Elders, lets get this show on the road" the Elders blushed again and quickly transported Sakura into the cell with Xiaolang before hurrying out of the holding rooms to get away from the embarrassing scene.
Sakura looked shyly up at Xiaolang who in turn looked nervous. Neither of them had done anything like this before and well, they weren't scared as such, they were just unsure of how to continue.
"We don't have to do it right away, when were ready we will ok" Xiaolang said pulling Sakura tightly but gently into his arms, all to aware of her injuries, Sakura smiled softly at Xiaolang and nodded her head before placing a soft kiss on his lips.
"it was funny though to see the Elders blush" she laughed and Xiaolang joined in with her before both went quiet again.
"I would do it again you know" Xiaolang said after a while. Sakura looked at him confused.
"do what again?"
"Kill him again, even if my magic wasn't controlling my actions, I would still do it." Sakura looked up into his eyes
"why?" There was that contemplating quiet again
"because I love you Sakura, and no one hurts you and gets away with it" Sakura smiled slowly and nuzzled into his neck, whispering into his ear
"I think I love you too" she said before kissing him again on the lips, both moving to the now king size bed. The room had been refurnished to make their stay in the holding cell more comfortable until both were able to get out.
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AN/ hmm, well it wasn't that much longer but well, oooh couldn't have any hanky panky there could I? Sakura's still hurt duh!!! Ok well next chapter will probably have err the consummation of love, I wont go into to too much detail since well I'm not good at writing lemons and well err… yeah. And probably… maybe the arrival of Shiienpo!!!! Oooh I'm almost finished with this fic. How exciting :D