Chapter 9: The truth telling liars; Part 1.

Sakura and Sakura-Chan had been converting information for quite some time before they agreed to help them prevent the trouble that was the future peril.

Meanwhile on the other side of town Syaoran and Meilin hit the town in search of there past counterparts, slowly the sun beats on them, not 1 cloud gives them cover as they slowly walk thought the city centre, Syaoran took time to remember certain places and asked that certain things did, eventually the sun’s heat brought them into a ice cream shop near the park. Syaoran pulled out a small wallet and exchanged it for some cold ice creams, they sit just near a fountain and look around, then they start to speak,

“Syaoran, I don’t get it, why aren’t we here?!”

Syaoran licks his ice cream and looks around again and speaks “I wish I could remember then, what I did today…”

“Well listen, I’ll go look around again, you go look at the home, you do remember were that is right?”

Syaoran nods and starts to walk off to the house of his past self. Meilin walks to the mall again to all the typical places. The bright day made Syaoran runs home as fast as he could; eventually a cloud covers the sun and cools down the unbelievable heat. Syaoran decides to take a break from the walk and sits under a tree in the park, as he sits down, the phone rings in the bag, not knowing what it was, he answered it carefully.

“Hello?”
“Hi Syaoran, its Sakura. I’ve managed to contact myself, Kero-Chan, and Yue-san. They have decided to help us in this task. Have you located your past Self and your Meilin?”
“No, Meilin is still in town looking, I’m heading home to see if I’m there”
“Ok, Tomoyo is contacting the rest of us…Ok see you later”

Syaoran places the phone down, and slowly looks skywards , the gaze of the sunlight on the clouds start to turn from white to grey,  the clouds are coming from the east again. Syaoran looks at his watch and gets up, realising they need shelter tonight, he starts again for his former home. As Syoaran arrives to the apartment, a quick chill came across his face, in term it had been 2 years since he last stepped into he door of his home, he quickly remembered all the things about the home life he had, the smell of wei’s cooking in the kitcken. The quiet sound of the wind on the balcony blowing a gentle and cool brezze, the sight of the creey blossoms that lined tha avenue that seamed to lead into the sun light of the afternoon shade.

Syaoran bravely took each step towards his home in panic, sweat starts to drop from his body and his face, or once he stared to fell fear, not of anything he had experienced as himself, he immediately went through the millions of thoughts that mugged his mind for the reaction of himself, as he slowly walked down he hall to the door, so did the sound of other footsteps come from behind him, the swear started to warm as the steps sounded a familiar pattens, Syaoran then walked faster, towards the outside of his home the balcony at the door started o become wet, the sky was mudded with grey clouds up higher the huge white ons started to be anguished by the dark anonymous rain clouds from the east.

The rain started to lightly pour on the wind picked carefully, Syaoran ignored the signs of the changing weather, slowly he approached the door and moved the hand towards the handle, and the door is locked. Syaoran looks bluntly at the locked entrance to his home; the mind begins to ponder the solution. Syaoran starts to think that the address may be wrong, he can’t get in. it doesn’t have keys. The weather increases monition, the rain starts to felt more anonymously, the winds starts to be felt as well, to dark clouds above the town darken some more. Syaoran then heres the steps of someone else he pretend to ignore it, as he starts to assume it someone like next door, his arm receives a pulse of touch. Immediately Syaoran reacts to the touch of this person, he turns around ready to fight, only to revile Meilin-Chan.

“Syaoran? What are you doing out here?” Meilin-Chan speaks
“Um…you are…I mean, the doors locked, got a key?”

Syaoran tries the door again, no gain. Meilin-Chan looks at Syaoran bluntly and almost embarrassed.

“Other way”

Syaoran turns it in the other deriction. Embrssed in the result, he just walks in, thinking at a hundred kilometres an hour, he tries to think of an exucss.

“Syaoran, why are you wearing that weird outfit?” Meilin-Chan points out at the dirty uniform.
“Um…I...we…oh, Tomoyo-Chan was doing some film thing with me and Sakura-Chan, this is the costume we wore”
“I don’t believe you”

Syaoran looked stunned. Meilin placed the bag down and started to approach him very slowly, Syaoran sepped back, his sweat was compelty visable now. Meilin was no happy indeed.

“If that was true, Tomoyo-Chan would of rung me, what is going on?”

Syaoran was in a corner and need a distraction, he looked for a phone slowly an idea emerged,

“Listen, ring Tomoyo-Chan, she’ll tell you everything you want to know”

Meilin clams down and picks up the phone and speed dials Tomoyo-Chan. Syaoran walks slowly out of the room and quickly into what he believe was his room, instead it was the bathroom, he grabbed his phone and speed dialled Tomoyo.

Tomoyo picks the phone up thinking its Naoko or Rika.

“Hey, any luck you two?”
“It’s Syaoran!, listen get me Tomoyo-Chan”
“Why?”
“Just do it! Before I die here!” Syaoran almost yells, he scrambles his bag up and tries to pack it.

Just as he does the door opens, Meiling holds the phone but it doesn’t sound like a dial every happened, Syaoran sinks knowing that the next thing that will appear will probelby be a fist, Syaoran grabs his bag and walks back, Meiling speaks, Tomoyo speaks on Syaoran’s phone, Syaoran tries to mute it and then turns it off. Meilin thinks otherwise.

“Your not Syaoran aren’t you?”
“You could say that Meiling-Chan”
“then who are you?”

Syaoran next move amazed him, the bag brakes from the bottom, apart from the old rations and his clothes, a 9mm pistol drops with 5 cartridges, Meilin stumbles at the sight and quickly grabs the weapon, and points it at Syaoran, Syaoran stares at the end of the gun, slowly he realises the bag and walks back, he trips and falls into the empty bath tub.

“Who the hell are you? and what do you want with Syaoran-kun and me”

“I am here to help”

As Meilin slowly pulls the trigger, the front door opens and two extremely familiar voices speak.

“Syaoran-kun, I’m honest. I forgot it was my day to clean!”

“You forgot, I told you 5 times his morning!”

Meilin pulls the gun away from Syaoran and goes to the door, and pulls the gun on two people.

30 seconds of silence follow, then Meilin-Chan drops to the floor, instantly Syaoran-kun catches the falling Meilin, Syaoran catches Meilin-Chan, both Syaoran’s look directly to each other, and faints.

After a while a knock on the door came, not a soul answered. Outside the weather was really showing brunt the rain was starting to pour outside, the dark clouds had all but by now covered the sky, Sakura and Sakura-Chan both waited outside Tomoyo went as an accomplice with them as well for good measure. Eventually the weather starts to strike a storm, both Sakura’s are frightened when the winds start to pick up. There closeness made Tomoyo open the door, all were surprised that the door was left unlocked and entered. The quickly realises that the situation was a bit more immense, when they discover a very frightening scene, both Sakura-Chan and Sakura rushed for the both Syaoran’s Tomoyo was left to care for both Meilins’s.

As both Sakura’s worked amazingly soundly together as they warmed the tea kettle and made some food, Tomoyo was in the living room caring for the 4 sleeping friends. Eventually the 3 sit down at the dinner table and sip there tea as they wait for them to awake. Sakura and Sakura-Chan look at each other closely, both of them slowly drank he warm tea as they observed there familiar bodies, Tomoyo for once didn’t intervene, not knowing which one would get angry first would become he first essential problem Tomoyo didn’t want to face.

Eventually the 4 sleeping Li’s awake from there slumber, they quickly awake and take sides, Syaoran and Meilin take one side of the room, Syaoran-kun and Meilin-Chan aside the other side, Realiseing danger was about to beacon both Sakura’s throw themselves in the line of fire, Tomoyo can only look on in dispare.

“HOLD IT!!!” both Sakura’s scream.

“What the…two Sakura’s” Syaoran-kun shocks to the sight of Sakura-Chan ith her futue counterpart.

“Sakura-Chan come here, all 4 of them are here to kill us!!!” Meilin yells

Meilin stumbles down and finds the gun under a couch. She then points it towards Tomoyo, Tomoyo almost faints at he actions taken, Sakura then speaks to them both.

“MEILIN, PUT THE GUN DOWN!!!” Sakura panics

“Meilin points the gun away from Tomoyo and aims in at Sakura-Chan, terrified in what could happen, Sakura jumps in front of her past self and starts to yell

“WERE HERE TO HELP YOU!” Syaoran yells to his past self.
 
Syaoran-kun steps forward and walk towards Syaoran almost in each others face hey both look at each other, as they do the lights go out. In pitch black everyone trickles fear, not knowing if Meilin had the gun still pointing at Sakura and Sakura-Chan, Tomoyo walks back towards a dresser and looks for a candle or a lighter, something to bring light on the subject. Then in the deep darkness, the bright flash of the lighting brings light momentary to the room, the era realization was a shocking and more less painful experience, Sakura and Tomoyo started to sweat like a running tap, Syaoran-kun then spoke to everyone.

“Meilin-Chan, put the gun down”

In the most amazing feat anyone saw in the last hour, Meilin slowly placed the gun on the floor, Meilin and Syaoran looked at the image of the past self, they were not any different from each other. Sakura slowly backed away, Sakura-Chan still behind Sakura shuffled back slowly when they were safely, Sakura-Chan partially collapsed onto Tomoyo, they both moved backwards, they hugged each other in the shadows of the dark living room, Sakura stood alone, turning her head to Syaoran and Meilin and then at Syaoran-kun and Meilin-Chan., the four mirrored each other now, the bright sparks of the lighting from the distance lit the darkened room, the shadows moved  backwards as the light appeared in the window, creating an artificial day Eventually the faces of each counterpart, pulled out of the powerful stare. the 4 stepped forward now, each moved a hand forward to feel the hand of there counterpart, Syaoran looked at Syaoran-kun and spoke,

“Hello Li Syaoran, I’m the future Li Syaoran”
“Likewise” responded gratefully.

They both shook hands like gentleman. Meilin and Meilin-Chan both finally knew who they were looking at and both started to cry, in which the jumped at each other and hugged solitary as like it was the first time that met in a decade, it felt more of an entirety away from each other, as they hugged the power dimmed back on.
An hour had past, the group sat down to the table, the small lights of the living room kept light the large room, Sakura and Sakura-Chan sat next to each other. Syaoran and Meilin sat opposite to there past counterparts. Tomoyo could only act as a medium and pour everyone tea. Meilin gave them the same speech Tomoyo-Chan received; slowly they were calmer to knowledge that they didn’t intend to harm them at all, but then Meilin-Chan stood and pointed at the gun still lying down. Meilin got up and retrieved the gun, slowly he held the barrel and walked back to the table, everyone panic as the gun came to the table, Meilin the pulled back the hammer box and the loaded cartridge fell from the handle, the box fell to the hardwood floor. On impact the bullets falls out and rolls away from the cartridge. Meilin drops the gun and leaves it there and sits down. Tomoyo didn’t move a muscle throughout the entire ordeal. Meilin-Chan and Syaoran-kun stood as did Syaoran.
“Then were are you staying tonight?”
“Can you hide us?”
“Well ok, but no funny stuff!”

Sakura and her friends are relieved, looking at Tomoyo; they decide its time to go home. Syaoran and Syaoran-kun decide to walk Tomoyo and both Sakura’s home; Meilin-Chan and Meilin walk to the room to sleep. Sakura wishes them a pleasant evening and walks out the door. The still wet ground and frezzing cold weather emedialty confrounts the group, they slowly walk down the parkway, the glite light shines throught the lightly raining night, the late night. Slowly they walk down the path besides the path, through the unbeaviable measure don’t walk together in couples, maybe because Syaoran-kun coulden’t defiy the difference between both Sakura and Sakura-Chan, Tomoyo giggles at this confusion, Syaoran tells his past self to hold back a bit, and whispers.

“The future Sakura has a scar on her left arm just under the uniform. Also her hair is longer by about an inch. Got it?”

“Thanks” Syaoran-kun adds, he then asked “when the attack occurred, what happen to the plan and the ring?”

“I never could tell her, Sakura and I spent 2 years locked together and slowly the feeling was lost, the ring remains in the box, here” Syaoran speaks very quietly, and hands the ring.

It’s the same but the message was gone, the inside looked like a file had been in it.

“I said I’d protect her, and looked what happened” Syaoran spoke again.

Syaoran-kun looked at the correct Sakura this time; both were walking in silence, Tomoyo walking to the left of Sakura.

“Listen, I’m here to change that, you and Sakura-Chan will do what I couldn’t, you marry her and protect her, understood?”
“Yes, then what about you?”
“All of us will go our separate ways, eventually we will forget, and die peacefully…alone”

Syaoran-kun wasn’t he kind of person that cried, but he managed to retain it for the time being. Meanwhile the girls were quietly chatting on a different matter.

“Sakura, one thing…” Tomoyo spoke.
“Yes”
“When Meilin pulled that gun on Sakura-Chan you protected her, but when it was facing me you didn’t do anything?”

Sakura knew that Tomoyo didn’t intend it as instate a but knew the answer, Sakura just didn’t know how to say it, and slowly the answer became clear. Sakura spoke slowly and quietly.

“Tomoyo, we are not us…if Sakura-Chan died, that means I wouldn’t of escaped the jail or even be here now talking to you. If they can live to change he events in the next few weeks, that means we prevent the need to attack us. Tomoyo, your past self wasn’t in front of he gun, if she died, so would you…”

Sakura-Chan heard this fearfully shook; the haunting vision then appeared of Tomoyo being shot, but Sakura not protecting her. The haunting visual could make her scream, but Sakura continued,

“But that doesn’t mean I would not jump a bullet for you though, I would give my life to protect you anyway, I just didn’t react to the fact until it was too late to notice, do you understand?”
“I understand Sakura, thank you"

Sakura-Chan stopped worrying clamed down as the continued, Syaoran and Syaoran caught up as they ended the park walkway, Tomoyo then receives a call.

“Hello?”
“It’s Yamazaki, my past self and the girls past self’s are not around at all, we are at the house now?, but were are you?”
“Hold a sec” Tomoyo puts him on hold and rings Tomoyo-Chan “Hello, Tomoyo-Chan…Yes…um, yes…ok…Tomoyo-Chan can you open up the tunnel again, Yamazaki and the other girls are outside at the bush. I’m just about there as well”
“Ok then, I’ll get to you straight away”
“What’s in the background? I hear a television”
“I’m watching Sakura’s early adventures”

Sakura and Sakura-Chan froze.

“Ok, what about a movie fest, it’s only 8:30 right?”
“But I’ve got school…um…why not”
“See you” Tomoyo turns the phone off and walks ahead, “I can walk the rest ok, see you tomorrow at school”
“Ok!”

Both Syaoran then head to Sakura’s home, and begin to trek to the homestead again.

Meanwhile, the mirror card starts to worry, Sakura should have been back an hour ago, without warning Touya walks in to the room, Kero-Chan slowly reacts, but gives up.

“oh boy!!!” Kero-Chan speaks in embarrassment “I can explain…”
“Forget it bear! I know who you are, I think the part of Yue-san and Yukito-san gave it away!” Touya returned.

The mirror card was shocked, but it knew this wasn’t the first time they met. Touya sits on the bed, been lower for him it became oblivious he was serious, the mirror and Kero sat down at the desk.

“First of all, where is Sakura?”
“She is out at Tomoyo’s place”
“Figures; magic or fun?” Touya spoke.
“Mission” Kero returns/
“uh?”
“Sakura won’t be coming home alone tonight, today we met someone.”
“That being?”
“The future Sakura, and Tomoyo, as well as the brat and some friends, all wearing the most unusual uniforms”
“And Sakura-Chan will now have a future equal as well, why?”
“To save mankind from the future, a disaster brought the world into peril. Sakura’s magic was stolen and used by America to reign terror. Sakura is meant to tell you but…”
“Well then, when she gets home, I’ll talk to her. And I will stay a secret with this, ok?”
“Ok”
“You need to be in bed now, Sakura will come”

The mirror card that remained unheard of quietly walked towards the bed and laided down, Kero looked at Touya, likewise did Touya.

“One thing, when did you first know about me?”
“When the food started to disappear!”

Kero dropped.

Outside, Sakura and Sakura-Chan stood trying to think of a way in. then with no apparent Touya opened the door, both Sakura’s had no logical explanation for this one, but didn’t run. Touya just told them to come in. Sakura looked at the home, the sore eyes filled as every detail of the house emerged. Touya then walked with Sakura-Chan to the kitchen. And sat down waiting, for the next hour Sakura gave information on the day and what was going on, this information was all new to Touya but becoming a pain to explain each time. Touya then spoke

“You have to stay here then. Father will return in 2 weeks from that Russian dig trip, you’ll have to sleep in Sakura’s room, just to be safe”
“Ok” both speak.

Sakura-Chan lead the future person of herself to the bedroom, the mirror card acting asleep awakes and hugs both Sakura and Sakura-Chan. After an awkward change into sleep wear, the mirror card returns to its true home to rest.

“Who has the bed?” Kero speaks.
“you can Sakura, you haven’t slept in it for 2 years”
“No, no, its your bed”
“Listen its big enough, both of you sleep in it!”

Sakura and Sakura-Chan nodded and laid on the bed, the light went out from kero turning he switch.

“Good night, Sakura-Chan”
“Good night, Sakura, is the bed like you remember it…?”

Sakura was sound asleep, Sakura-Chan giggled and pulled the blanket over he two of them.

“I’ll bet she missed the comfort of that bed.”
“I suppose so, good night Kero-Chan”
“Night Sakura-Chan…”

Outside the house, the rain picked up again, it poured again. Syaoran and Syaoran-kun watched both Sakura’s sleep from a tree outside the window. They climb down and walk to the street as they walk they talk a bit,

“Well, I think Sakura is fine, for the time being” Syaoran-kun talked
“Yes, but for how much more?”
“Sakura and you won’t depart ways, come on I’m going to catch a cold here, by the way who is sleeping in the bed tonight???”

SO KERO’S INTRO WAS LAME, HE WILL PLAY BETTER ROLES LATER THOUGH, OH WELL…
STAND BY FOR CHAPTER 10 OF “Sakura’s quest in time, the only chance in time”,
CHAPTER 10: THE TRUTH TELLING LIARS, PART 2


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