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Chapter 33: The Past part 1

“Is everyone ready?” Eriol asked.

After every student had safely returned to King Cross, Dumbledore, the CCS group, the Golden Trio, Draco, Ginny, Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, Charlie, Bill, Fleur, Remus, Tonks, Sirius, Snape, McGonagall and the other members of the Order of Phoenix went to Eriol’s mansion with a portkey.

Now, all of them are seated in Eriol’s big conference room, ready to listen to how Sakura, Meilin and Tomoyo survived after using the Sacred Weapons power.

“Everything started four years ago,” Eriol said.

FLASHBACK

“Ohayou, minna,” Sakura said as she enter class 6-A.

“Ohayou,” Tomoyo replied. “You’re early today, Sakura,” she told her cousin as the auburn-haired girl sat at her seat behind her.

“It was onii-chan’s fault, again,” Sakura said angrily.

Tomoyo giggled. “Well, that way, you’ll arrive to class in time,” she said.

Sakura giggled. “I guess you’re right.”

“What’s so funny?” Meilin, who just arrived, asked as she took her seat beside Tomoyo.

“Iie, it’s nothing,” Sakura answered.

“Ohayou,” Syaoran said to Sakura and Tomoyo, after he sat at his seat behind Sakura.

“Ohayou,” Sakura and Tomoyo greeted back.

“Good morning, my fair maiden,” Eriol greeted, kissing Tomoyo’s cheek.

“Good morning, my gentle sir,” Tomoyo replied as Eriol bowed the way a gentleman do to her lady, and went to his seat beside Sakura. Sakura and Meilin giggled at the way their friends acted.

“Oh yeah,” Tomoyo said. “It happened again,” she told her four friends.

“Your magical powers?” asked Syaoran. Tomoyo nodded her head.

“Mine too,” Meilin told her friends.

“I guess both of you do inherit magical abilities,” Eriol said.

“Why didn’t we notice it sooner?” Sakura asked.

“Maybe because that ability was so deep inside that it took time to be revealed,” Eriol answered.

“I understand if it’s Meilin, but, no offense, Tomoyo,” Syaoran said, looking at Tomoyo.

“None taken,” Tomoyo replied.

Syaoran smiled and looked back at the others. “Where would Tomoyo inherit it from?”

“Well, I did a little bit of research when Meilin and Tomoyo told us about their powers and the things they receiived, and I did found something,” Eriol said.

“What is it?” asked Meilin.

“I’ll tell later,” Eriol replied. “There’re too many people right now.”

“Lunch break?” Syaoran suggested.

“I can’t,” Sakura said. “There’s a cheerleading practice during break today.”

“And I have vocal practice for the singing competition,” Tomoyo added.

“How about we meet at my house after school today?” Eriol suggested. “It would be easier there too since we could use magic.”

“Hai,” the other four agreed.

“Is everyone ready?” Syaoran asked when the five of them met up at the school gate.

“Hai,” Tomoyo answered. “Sakura already told her father and oji-san will inform my mom later on.”

“Well than, let’s go,” Sakura told them. The others agreed.

The five friends chatted while they were walking.

“Hey guys,” Meilin said. “I just have a brilliant idea.”

Tomoyo asked, “Nani?”

“Why don’t we be the singing trios?” the Chinese girl said. “We can call ourselves the Blossom Sisters.”

Eriol asked, “Why Blossom Sisters?”

“You do realize that my name, Sakura’s and Tomoyo’s are somehow connected to flowers.”

“That’s a great idea, Mei,” Tomoyo said, stars shining in her eyes. “You’re Lily Blossom, Sakura is Cherry Blossom, and I am-”

“Plum Blossom,” Sakura cut in.

“I can’t believe Mei could really give such a great idea,” Syaoran teased.

SMACK

“Itai,” Syaoran cried while rubbing his slightly bruised arm.

“Serves you right,” the ruby-eyed said.

The others just laughed at the two cousins.

The five of them were walking passed a quiet street. At that time, Meilin was walking with Sakura and Tomoyo; Meilin on the left, Tomoyo in the middle and Sakura on the right. Syaoran and Eriol, on the other hand, walked behind the girls.

The boys smiled at the laughing and cheerful girls. Suddenly, Syaoran and Eriol saw that one of the branches on the tree was going to fall on Meilin; who was now walking further in front of Sakura and Tomoyo, while facing them.

“Meilin, abunai!” the boys yelled.

Meilin couldn’t react fast enough. When it seems like the branch was about to crush Meilin, a ruby red light wrapped itself around Meilin and formed barrier. After the branch hit the barrier, it fell a few centimeters from where Meilin stood.

“Meilin, are you alright?” the four others yelled out as they ran towards the Chinese girl. By now, the barrier had disappeared.

“Daijoubu,” Meilin replied. She looked at her four friends. “I used my powers again.”

“Meilin, try and use them again,” Syaoran instructed.

Meilin nodded her head. She tried to use her power but this time, nothing happened. “I guess I still can’t control my powers.”

“Don’t worry,” Sakura said. “You’ll learn to control it because sorcery is in your blood.”

“Hai,” Meilin smiled.

“Now, let’s go to my house before anymore interruption, shall we?” Eriol suggested. The other four agreed.

After Sakura, Syaoran, Meilin and Tomoyo were seated in Eriol’s living room, and Eriol finished serving tea and cookies for the five of them, the blue-haired sorcerer went to the bookshelf at the corner and took out a big and very old book.

“Centuries ago when Clow Reed was still alive,” Eriol said as he turned the pages of the old book, “he has three friends, who were also sorceresses.”

“We didn’t learn anything like this when we were learning Clow Reed’s history,” Meilin said. Syaoran nodded.

“Of course you didn’t,” Eriol said. “This information could only be found in Clow Reed’s personal journal.” Eriol showed them the book he was holding. “It took me a while to find this book.”

“What does it say, Eriol?” Syaoran asked, curious. The three girls were equally curious as well.

“Amethyst Crystal, Ruby Lily and Snow Wolf are very talented sorceresses many centuries ago; almost as strong as Clow. The four of them were best friends. Ruby Lily was originally from the Li Clan but she was banished.”

“Doushite?” asked Meilin.

“She fell in love with someone outside the clan,” Eriol answered.

“Well, that explains why we don’t know about Ruby Lily,” Meilin said.

“But what does this have to do with Meilin’s and Tomoyo’s powers?” Sakura asked.

“Well, remember the rubies Meilin received and the crystals Tomoyo received?” Eriol asked. The four others nodded their head.

“The rubies belonged to Ruby Lily and crystals belonged to Amethyst Crystal,” Eriol explained. “The rubies are Ruby Lily’s elemental creatures while the crystals are Amethyst Crystal has the Moon staff so her creatures are Moon creatures.”

“Wait,” Meilin interrupted. “When you said creatures, do you mean-”

“Yes,” Eriol said, “creatures as in animals.”

A chorus of ‘Oh’ was heard.

“Ruby Lily made four rubies for four elements; fire, ice, water and lightning. The fox is the elemental creature of fire. The water dragon is for water, ice blue fox is for the element ice and yellow phoenix is for lightning.

“Sugoi,” Meilin said, amazed.

“Amethyst Crystal also has four crystals,” Eriol continued explaining. “However, not much is known about Amethyst Crystal. I only know about one of her Moon creatures, which is a giant bird called Snowbird; ice blue in color, with fluffy white wings like the clouds.”

“Oh, I see,” Tomoyo said, a little bit disappointed.

“Don’t worry, Tomoyo-chan,” Sakura said. “We’ll do more research on it, and if not, I could always go back in time and asked Clow-san.”

“Hai,” Tomoyo smiled.

“Hey, what’s Snow Wolf’s connection in all of this?” Syaoran asked.

“She’s the creator of the elemental cards of fire, water, wind, lightning, and earth,” Eriol answered. “It is said to be almost as good as Clow Reed’s cards, but it takes the forms of little animals.”

“So, it’s just like my rubies?” Meilin asked.

“In a way, yes, but it’s smaller,” Eriol answered.

“Why?” Sakura and Tomoyo asked.

“Because Snow Wolf love cute things,” Eriol answered as a sweat dropped at the back of his head. The same thing happened to Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Meilin.

After a few minutes, Eriol cleared his throat and said, “Hey, why don’t you,” the sapphire-eyed boy looked at Meilin, “and Tomoyo try an incantation. It might work.”

“Alright, but how?” Tomoyo asked.

Suddenly, Meilin chanted, “Oh key that hides the power of elements, show your true nature to me. As your master, I, Meilin Li, command you, Release!” Meilin was wrapped in a ruby red glow and Meilin’s staff appeared in her hands. Meilin’s stuff is just like Sakura’s but instead of a star; Meilin’s staff has a red ruby at the center.

Eriol, Sakura, Tomoyo and Syaoran were surprised; Even Meilin was equally surprised.

“H-How did you do it?” Sakura asked.

“I- I don’t know,” Meilin stammered. “Suddenly, I just felt like I knew the words.”

Then, Sakura, Meilin, Syaoran and Eriol looked at Tomoyo. “Why don’t you try, Tomoyo?” Syaoran suggested.

Tomoyo closed her eyes. A second later, it was as if something awaken in her, it’s as if she knew the right words. Tomoyo chanted, “Oh key that hides the power of the moon, show your true nature to me. As your master, I, Tomoyo Daidouji command you, Release!” Tomoyo glowed the color of amethyst and a staff appeared in her hands. Hers is just like Sakura’s but instead of star, it has the shape of the crescent moon and there’s an amethyst rock at the center.

“Wow!” escaped from Tomoyo’s mouth.

“Now, try to change your staff into a key like Sakura’s,” Eriol instructed.

Meilin and Tomoyo nodded their head. They closed their eyes and concentrated on their powers. Suddenly, Meilin was wrapped by a red light and Tomoyo was wrapped in an amethyst light. A red ruby appeared in Meilin’s hand and in Tomoyo’s hand was a key in the shape of crescent moon.

“This is great,” Meilin said, and Tomoyo agreed.

“I guess we’ll have to start training you,” Syaoran said playfully and the others giggled.

“I think we should retire for today,” Tomoyo stated. “It’s getting late.”

Sakura panicked. “Oh no, it’s my turn to make dinner tonight.”

“Alright,” Eriol said. “We’ll talk again at school.”

The other four nodded their head and went off.

“Please introduce yourself,” the teacher said.

The new student nodded. “My name is Rae Justin, and you may all call me Justin. I’m thirteen years old but because of some particular reasons, I missed out from my sixth grade lessons. Now, I wish to continue it. I came from China with a purpose and I love martial arts.”

“You may sit at the empty seat behind Miss Li,” the teacher instructed. “Miss Li, please raise your hand.”

Justin looked at Meilin as she raised her hand. Somehow, it gave Meilin a chill down her spine when Justin looked at her. However, Meilin wasn’t the only one who felt something; Syaoran and Eriol felt it too. Syaoran and Eriol glare, well, Syaoran glared while Eriol just looked at Justin as he walked passed them towards his seat behind Meilin. Before the Chinese boy went to his seat, he stopped in front of Meilin and said, “Nice to meet you, Meilin.”

“The same goes to you,” Meilin replied.

Justin gave her a Cheshire smile and sat at his seat.

“Hey guys,” Chiharu said as she went towards Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Eriol and Meilin. “Did you know? An amusement park just opened near the Tsukimine shrine.”

“Honto ni?” exclaimed Sakura.

“It will officially be open tomorrow,” Rika, who just walked over, said.

“Do you want to go together?” Chiharu asked.

“Sure,” Tomoyo, Sakura and Meilin said. Syaoran and Eriol just nodded their head.

They looked at Rika. “Gomen, but I can’t go. I have piano lessons.”

Chiharu smacked her head. “Oh, I just remembered. I have family meetings tomorrow.”

“Hi there,” suddenly a voice said from behind. It was Justin.

“Hey, Justin,” Rika greeted the Chinese boy. The girls did the same while Syaoran glared. Eriol was felt something weird about Justin though his face betrayed no emotions.

“We were just talking about the new amusement park near the Tsukimine shrine,” Chiharu said.

“Hmm, that’s not far from my house,” the boy replied.

“Do you want to go with us?” Meilin asked. Although she just met Justin four days ago but somehow she felt safe with him.

“Sure, why not,” Justin said.

Before Syaoran could say anything, Eriol said, “That would be great.”

FLASHBACK

Two days before, after school, it was Syaoran’s and Eriol’s turn to lock the school’s gym. However, when they got there, they heard someone talking inside.

“Let’s check it out,” Syaoran whispered. Eriol nodded his head in agreement.

They opened the gym door a little and took a peek inside. They were quite surprised to see that it was Justin. The thirteen year-old Chinese boy was talking to someone on the phone but he don’t know who and they can’t listen to the conversation clearly.

But, they did hear someone said, "We're running out of time." They concluded that the voice came from the phone. Then, Justin replied, “I think I might have found them; the Sacred Weapons Masters,” before he closed his cell phone and walked towards the door.

“Quickly, hide,” Eriol said. By then, Syaoran didn’t need to be told twice. He was already jumping on the sakura tree. Eriol did the same thing Syaoran did. They saw Justin left the gym from their position on the tree’s branches.

After they returned to the ground, Eriol told Syaoran, “Don’t mention any of this to the girls. I don’t want to make false accusations.” Syaoran just nodded his head.

END OF FLASHBACK

TIME ELAPSED

The five friends walked to Tomoyo’s mansion. The three girls walked in front and the boys walked behind.

“Why did you agree to let him follow?” Syaoran asked angrily.

“We couldn’t say no since Meilin was the one who invited him,” Eriol replied calmly.

“But-”

“Listen here, Syaoran,” Eriol said. “We don’t really have any evidence that Justin is an evil sorcerer or if he is one. All we have is our instincts and probably it’s just like what the girls’ said. Maybe we were being over-protective.”

“But-”

“We’ll discuss this another time, Syaoran,” Eriol looked at his cousin, “when we have more proof.”

Syaoran scowled but didn’t say anything.

“Wow, this amusement park is great,” Sakura exclaimed.

The five of them were at the entrance. It was very lively there. There were many people.

“Sorry I’m late,” Justin called out as he ran towards the five fiends.

“It’s okay,” Meilin replied, smiling. She linked her hand to Justin’s since Sakura and Tomoyo had linked their hand to Syaoran and Eriol. “Now all of us are in pairs.”

Justin returned the smile. “Hai.”

Syaoran was about to scowl when Eriol gave him a look. Instead, he asked, “What ride should we go on first?”

“The rollercoaster,” Meilin suggested. Well, stated would be the most appropriate word.

“Well, it’s better to get on the rollercoaster before we have our lunch, ne?” Tomoyo pointed out.

“I guess you’re right,” Sakura said in the end.

Syaoran pulled Sakura close and whispered, “Don’t worry, my cherry blossom. I’ll catch you if you fall.”

Sakura giggled. “Hai,” she said. She leaned at Syaoran, wanting to give him a kiss on the cheek but somebody pulled them apart.

“I don’t think so, gaki!”

Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, Tomoyo, Meilin and Justin were quite surprised seeing Touya there in a giant rabbit costume. The sight of Touya in a pink rabbit costume glaring at Syaoran was quite funny really.

“Onii-chan, what are you doing here?” Sakura asked.

“Part-time job,” he answered, still glaring at the future Li Clan leader.

“But I thought your part-time job today is as a waiter,” Sakura said, confused.

“It is,” Touya told his imouto. He looked at the confused looking Sakura. “I’m working part-time as a waiter here, but it’s in the afternoon.”

“Oh,” Sakura said.

“Anyway, who’s that new kid with Mei?” Touya asked, eyeing Justin.

Meilin rolled her eyes. “This is our new classmates, Rae Justin,” the girl introduced them.

“Justin, this is Sakura’s onii-chan and my older cousin, Kinomoto Touya,” Tomoyo said, pointing at the older guy.

“Nice to meet you, Touya,” Justin said.

“Ah,” was the only thing Touya said before walking away. ‘I don’t know why but there’s something about that Rae kid that I don’t like?’

“Wow, the rollercoaster was great!” Meilin said.

“Yup, that’s right, Mei,” Syaoran agreed. It was their sixth time riding the rollercoaster. The two cousins gave each other a high five.

From a bench not far from the rollercoaster, Sakura and Justin sat together. Eriol and Tomoyo were at a drink stall, buying them drinks.

“Meilin and Li look close,” Justin stated.

“They are,” Sakura smiled. “Nothing can replace Meilin’s place in Syaoran’s heart.”

Justin looked at Sakura with a raised eyebrow. “I thought Syaoran’s your boyfriend.”

“He is,” Sakura said. “I am his girlfriend, the one he loves, the person he wishes to spend the time with. But Meilin’s different. Meilin has her own place in Syaoran’s heart. She’s his friend, his family.”

“That’s deep,” Justin commented.

Sakura chuckled. “Befriending someone like Eriol and Tomoyo, someone can’t help but talk with deep words.”

Justin nodded his head and looked at Meilin and Syaoran who’re coming their way. He thought grimly. ‘I can’t stray from my mission.’

It was finally nighttime, almost time for the fireworks. The six teens were walking towards the cherry blossom trees so that they could have a good view of the fireworks. Suddenly, Meilin cried out, “Oh no!”

“What is it?” Syaoran asked, worried.

“I forgot my purse at the restaurant,” Meilin told them.

“What restaurant?” Sakura asked.

“The place where Touya and Yukito worked,” Meilin answered. Before her friends could say anything, she said, “You guys go on ahead; I’ll catch up with you later.” Immediately she ran off before anyone could stop her.

“That girl,” Syaoran said, annoyed.

“I’ll go after her,” Justin told them.

Syaoran was about to say ‘Over my dead body,’ when Eriol looked at him sternly. At last, he walked away without saying anything.

“Li must really hate me, huh,” Justin said.

“I’m sorry, Justin,” Sakura said, “but that’s how he is.” The twelve year-old auburn head thought, ‘I wonder why he’s acting so weird tonight.’

“It’s okay,” Justin replied.

“Meet us at the cherry blossom tree near the pond,” Eriol instructed. Justin nodded and walked after Meilin.

“Baka Touya,” Meilin fumed, clutching her purse. “He shouldn’t have read my diary.”

Suddenly, as she was walking, she heard someone crying. Curious, Meilin followed the voice. When the voice got louder, Meilin knew she was near. At last, after following the voice for a few minutes, she arrived at the entrance of the forest. There, on a big rock, she saw a little girl crying.

Meilin walked towards the girl, saying, “Daijoubu desu ka?”

When the girl saw her, she ran into the forest.

“Chotto matte,” Meilin cried out. She chased the little girl into the forest. Meilin was thankful it was a full moon that night.

After chasing about a few minutes, Meilin finally lost the little girl.

‘BOOM’ ‘BOOM’

A loud sound was heard as the colorful hanabi exploded in the sky.

“Great,” Meilin said sarcastically. “I’m lost and can’t even enjoy the hanabi with my friends.” Meilin saw a big rock and sat there. As she was watching the fireworks, suddenly she saw the little girl again standing right in front of her.

“Hey, why did you run off?” Meilin asked, standing up.

The girl looked at her, her skin ghostly white with red blood hair. “Are you one of the chosen ones?”

Confused, Meilin asked, “What are you talking about?”

“Three girls’ combined and ultimate powers released,” the girl said, ignoring Meilin’s question.

Annoyed, Meilin said, “Cut it out right now, little girl, and tell me who you are.” The girl suddenly vanished. “Hey,” Meilin cried. Then, she sighed. “I better get back.”

Meilin started walking the path that she used earlier. But something seems wrong; it’s like she’s walking in circles. After ten minutes, Meilin, again, said sarcastically, “Great, just great.”

She took out her cell phone from her purse. “Kuso,” the Chinese girl cursed. “Just my luck,” she muttered. Her cell phone had run out of batteries.

Suddenly she felt a sudden heat. When she looked around, her surroundings were on fire. Meilin tried to run to a safe place, but it seems like she had stray from her path and ran deeper in the forest. She shouted for help but no one could hear. She’s deep in the forest and it’s really not helping when there are the loud fireworks.

“Maybe they’ll see the fire and come to help,” Meilin said to herself, ‘if I hadn’t turn to ashes that is,’ she added in her thought.

Suddenly, in the shadows, Meilin heard a voice saying, “Use your power.” She couldn’t identify whose voice it is but she felt like she heard it before.

Taking the Element key from her neck, Meilin chanted, “Oh key that hides the power of elements, show your true nature to me. As your master, I, Meilin Li, command you, Release!” Her staff appeared in her hands.

The fire in the forest began surrounding her. Meilin felt like she could suffocate then and there. But, being a Li Clan and was trained since she was little, such fire won’t stop her. Personally, she didn’t know which ruby to use, but her instincts told her to choose the ruby that she chose.

She took out the little ruby from her purse. While concentrating on her powers, Meilin succeeded in turning the ruby back to its original size.

‘I guess the training that Eriol gave really did work,’ Meilin thought. ‘Now I really have to ask Eriol to teach me to differentiate these four rubies.’

“Now,” she said to herself, “let’s try changing to its original form. Eriol said the incantation came from the heart.” Meilin closed her eyes and concentrate.

“Mystical creature of water, I need you aid. Wake up from your slumber; Release!”

Meilin let go of the crystal and it floated in the air and her sign appeared underneath her with a red glow. After that, a blue water dragon appeared. Meilin ordered it to put out the fire. After about half an hour, the water dragon managed to put the entire fire out.

‘Whew,’ Meilin thought, panting. ‘That took a lot more than…’ she trailed off as she faded in darkness. But before she completely fainted, someone caught her and she could hear that person say, “That was close, wasn’t it, Mei-chan?”

“Meilin, Meilin,” a few voices called out her name. Then, Meilin heard one of them said, “She’s waking up.”

When Meilin opened her eyes, she saw the whole group surrounding her. She saw Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, and Tomoyo, even Touya and Yukito. However, one person is missing.

“Where’s Justin?” she asked.

“He went home,” Tomoyo answered. “But he asked us to report to him immediately about your condition.”

“Oh,” Meilin said. She put herself in a sitting position on the bed. Finally, she realized that this wasn’t her room. “Uh, where am I?” she asked.

“Finally she asked about her own condition,” Syaoran said with sarcasm in his tone.

“I’ll just pretend I didn’t hear that,” Meilin retort. Syaoran growled and left the room.

“You’re at the hospital,” Yukito answered as Touya walked to a sit near the window, a bit further from Meilin and the others.

Meilin frowned a bit when Touya moved away. Yukito chuckled at the sight. “He was worried about you too, you know,” he said. “I guess, like Syaoran, he too was annoyed you asked about Justin before yourself.” Meilin just giggled as Touya fumed and blushed at what his boyfriend said.

“Anyway,” Meilin said after awhile. She looked at Sakura, Tomoyo and Eriol. “How did you find me?”

“When we saw the fire, everyone panicked,” Tomoyo said.

“So, I used time to make everyone else stop so that we could get to you and help stop the fire,” Sakura continued.

“But when we arrived at the forest, it’s like something prevented us from entering,” Eriol added in. “But luckily, the fire was stopped.” He looked directly at Meilin. “I presume it was you?”

Meilin nodded her head. “Hai, I used the Water Dragon,” she answered.

“When the barrier was down, the four of us immediately went inside the forest and found you a few feet from the entrance,” Eriol added.

“But I remembered I was further inside the forest when I fainted,” Meilin said, confused.

“That means someone moved you,” Yukito said.

“And that person was the one who started the fire,” Touya concluded. Five pair of eyes looked at the older Kinomoto. “A fire that big can’t possibly start by itself,” he said.

“The question is, who started it?” Meilin asked no one in particular. ‘And who told me to use my power?’ she thought.

After the incident a few hours before, Eriol decided to do some research. It had struck midnight but Eriol was still up, doing some research in his study room.

While he was reading the thick book which he had accidentally found earlier, Eriol heard a knock on the door and the door opened. Eriol looked up and saw Nakuru holding a tray.

“I brought hot chocolate and some cookies,” Nakuru said, walking inside the room. After putting the tray on the small coffee table near the long couch, she walked towards Eriol, whom is sitting at his study table. “This book is about Amethyst Crystal, Ruby Lily and Snow Wolf, right?” Eriol nodded his head, his eyes never left the book. “What does it got to do with anything?”

“I remembered reading about the Sacred Weapons in this book,” Eriol simply answered.

“So?”

“Justin mentioned something about the Sacred Weapons a few days ago,” Eriol explained. “I can’t help thinking he was the one who started the fire.”

“Have you told the others about this?” Nakuru asked.

“No, I don’t want to make accusations without proof,” Eriol replied. “Besides, if I tell Syaoran, he won’t stay calm and will immediately confront Justin.”

“I see,” Nakuru said. “Well, I better get some sleep,” she said. Eriol just nodded his head. Before she walked out of the room, Nakuru looked at Eriol said, “Don’t sleep too late. Get some rest.” She went out and quietly closed the door.

‘There’s still a big mystery in front of me,’ Eriol thought. ‘How could I rest?’

Sunday passed without anything happening. On Monday, Meilin went to school earlier than Syaoran since she had class duties. She was surprised when she entered the classroom and Justin was already there.

“You’re earlier,” Meilin said, taking her seat in front of Justin.

“Don’t you remember?” he said. “We have I have class duties today.”

“Oh right,” Meilin chuckled, “silly me.”

“So, how are you feeling?”

“Huh?” Meilin remembered what happened on that Saturday. “Oh, that. I’m feeling better now.”

“That’s good to hear,” Justin said as he began to sweep the classroom.

“Tomoyo told me you went home early that day,” Meilin said.

“Yeah,” Justin replied. “I had something to do.”

“I see,” Meilin trailed off.

It was silent between them for a while before Justin broke it. “You’re from the Li Clan, aren’t you?”

“What?” Meilin said, surprised.

Justin stopped sweeping and looked at Meilin directly in the eyes. “You’re a descendant from one of the powerful sorcery family, the Li Clan.”

Before Meilin could say anything, Eriol, a sleepy looking Syaoran and Tomoyo entered the classroom.

Justin smiled at Meilin. “You’ll need my help one day, remember that.” Before Meilin could ask, Justin went out of the classroom. “Ohayou,” he said to the Tomoyo, Eriol and Syaoran before exiting the room.

“Ohayou, Meilin,” Tomoyo said after putting her things on her desk. Meilin didn’t reply.

“Mei,” Syaoran said.

“Oh, sorry,” Meilin snapped out of her trance. “What was it again?”

“Nothing,” Syaoran said.

“Well, I need to get something for awhile, so see you,” Meilin said, running out of the room. ‘I need to find Justin. I want to know what he meant.’

takari love: So, how was it? I hope all of you are content with this chapter while I try to start with the 34th chapter. Anyway, hope you'll R&R... Ja ne

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