Two Heart Combine

By Net

Chapter 25

Syaoran looked at the man before him with the expression that hard to explain.

"You're going to tell me that I'm your brother?"

"Yes." Replied Shengron. "The mark on your arm was the proof that was unmistakable. No one but the member of Li-clan could have it.

"What is the Li-clan?" Asked Syaoran. "I heard it before from Touya but he just said nothing more than it was a warrior clan. Tell me what it is!"

"Before the 'Great War' Li-clan was a rich and powerful clan that controlled most of the economic in the eastern region but more than that we're the warriors clan that passed down the skill and the special physical ability by generations after generations. But at the time of war our clan was choose to sided with the Alliance then when the Alliance was defeated our clan took the full effect from it. All the money had been taken away. All the business's been takeover. All the members were scattered all over the world. It was quite a sad story."

"And you. Who are you?"

"I'm the son of the leader of Li-clan. It was my duty to rebuilt the clan and bring it back to glory it's belong."

Shengron extended his right hand to Syaoran in offered manner.

"Join me, brother. And together, we'll reclaim what was us and beyond that."

Syaoran stared at Shengron with unreadable expression on his face.

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"You killed all my men?" Touya growled into the radio with barely hidden rage in his voice.

"Not quite right." Answered Skull head from the other end. "I did only with the bunch at the front gate but the others on the roof was someone else."

Touya gritted his teeth making blood came out then talked coldly into the radio. "Skull Head……"

Touya paused for a second. "I'll kill you. Mark my word that I'm going to make you and all of you pay for what you did."

At the other end, Skull Head's lip curled into a smile. "I'll wait for it." Then the line went dead.

Touya held the radio down then turned to the rest of the group. "Let's get going."

Everyone just nodded then they start running again.

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Syaoran stared down at the floor for a few moments before looked up at his 'brother'.

"It was a strange feeling." Syaoran said up. "One minute you didn't even know who you are and then you met the person that might be the last family member you have on earth asking you to joined him. But I want to asked you one thing."

Now Syaoran looked at Shengron straight in the eye.

"How exactly you're going to rebuilt the clan by joining a lunatic who want to take over the world?"

"It was a sad fact that to achieve my goal I need his back up. But when I'm done with him it was a matter of time for me to get rid of him and take whatever he achieve as mine." Shengron grinned as he said. "Now brother, as you know everything are you going to join me?"

Syaoran closed his eyes for a few seconds then opened it and stared at Shengron.

"You're wrong."

"What?" Asked the older Li.

"What you did was only to create more tragedy like that happened to our family. Many innocent people will die and even more children will become orphan, like us. I can't take that."

Syaoran took his light saber up and activated it. "If I'm your brother, it would be my duty to stop you from going to the wrong way. To prevent you from doing more mistake I must stop you here and now!"

"So, that's your answer." Shengron activated his energy claw in his right hand. "Then we must do it the hard way."

The two Li's put on their fighting stance before lungs at each other.

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Suddenly Sakura felt something that makes her looked back.

"Syaoran......."

"What are you doing , Sakura ? Come on! We must hurry!" Said Meilin as she saw Sakura stopped running.

"Sor..sorry." Muttered Sakura as she starts running after the other again.

<I don't like this feeling. Please Syaoran, be save!>

After a few minutes of running they had reached an elevator.

"This elevator will take us to the Clow. Let's go."

But before they could get into the elevator a bullet dashed past them missing Eriol's head by an inch.

"Take cover!" Yelled Touya as he and the others hided behind a corner as Kuki's troops fired at them from the other side.

"We're trapped." Muttered Touya.

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Syaoran panted hard. With all the bruise and cut all over his body, he knew that his strange was running out.

Shengron stood a few meters away. With only some bruised on his face and some minor cut on his body.

"Is that enough for you to know how different we are? Your spirit was great but you're lack of physical strange and experience. You can't defeat me."

Syaoran didn't answered instead put on his fighting stance once again.

Shengron sighed. "Then I must do it. In order to end this fight I won't hold back anymore. Be preparing for the worst !"

In his mind, Syaoran desperately tried to figure out how to win this fight.

<Darn it. I'm hopeless! my strange and skill has no match with him. There's no way I can beat him except .....> He stopped in mid thought. <There's no alternative way but without Sakura how long can I keep myself up? 5 seconds? 10 seconds? It's time to find out.>

From Shengron's point of view. He saw Syaoran dropped his arms down and closed his eyes. At first he thoughts that the boy was going to quit but suddenly he saw the veins popped up all over the boy's body. His hairs moved without wind.

Suddenly Syaoran dashed at him with incredible speed. The speed that even him can't catch up with and before he know it he got punched in the face with the force that he could swore that he heard his jaw crack by the impact. He tried to slash the boy with his energy claw but before he could do he saw a flash of light and his mechanical arm was fell to the floor. And the next thing he knew was he got kicked on the temple and everything went dark as he fell unconscious.

Standing a few feet away from Shengron. Syaoran panted even harder than before. All over his body was covered by sweat.

"15 seconds? That was a new record." After he muttered those words he fell down to the floor, too unconscious.