MysticalDreamer: don't own ccs

chapter four~The Mole

Saiya stared at the Clow as it fell from her grasp and headed towards the darkness below. Her eyes widened. She was so close. She was so close to completing the mission! The first step towards defeating the Shens!

"Damnit!!" she screamed. A wind picked up and blew her kimono in front of her. Her pocket hit her hip and she felt something.

She stuck her hand in her pocket and pulled out a long, narrow card. The Fly.

Without hesitation, Saiya drew her sword and through the card in the air. It spun around. "Fly Card!" she shouted. "Please! Grant me the power to fly! Give me wings!" she cried and jabbed her sword at it. (A/N: like Syaoran did).

It lit up and a bright light engulfed her. When it was gone, she had wings of her own. They weren't the normal white wings though, they were dark and black. Like a fallen angel's. But she didn't care. She jumped off the wall and flew down.

She picked up speed and caught a glance of the Book. It was just about to hit the ground when she swooped down and caught it. She stared at it as she flew up into the sky, clutching it tightly.

She stopped and looked back down at the castle, putting the Clow in her pocket again, this time sealing it with a spell. Her wings stretched and created created a shadow against the moon. The guards still down on the wall screamed at the sight.

"Hear me Shen Clan!" shouted Saiya against the darkness. "I will bring about your downfall!" she screamed. Then she flew out of their sight.

Saiya swooped through the forrest until she reached the meeting point where she would join up with Meiling and they would head back to their hide out.

"Saiya Li, you fool!" said Meiling, running over to her and seeing the wings. "I told you, Do Not Open The Clow!!" she said angrily.

"I couldn't resist!" said Saiya, landing and her wings got smaller. "Do you know how long I waited and desired to see the Clow? To touch it!?" she asked, taking it out and hugging it. "It belonged to my mother! I finally have something else besides a sleeve that belonged to her!" she said.

Meiling looked sympathetic. "There was a good reason I told you not to open the Clow." she said.

"Why?" asked Saiya. "To torture me?"

"No!" replied Meiling. "Sakura put a spell on it sixteen years ago. She sealed it so that only one person could open the Clow. And that person was you!" she said.

Saiya now realized it. "Does..Xingyo know about the spell?" she asked.

"I don't know!" said Meiling. "I'm positive that he knew there was some sort of spell on it because it couldn't be opened by him but only three people knew what the spell was!" she said. She sat on the ground.

Saiya followed suit. "You, obviously and mom." she said. "Was Dad the third?"

Meiling nodded. "I don't know if either told. But they aren't dead because Xingyo would have broad cast it all over." she said. "Which means..chances are he doesn't know."

Saiya sighed. (A/N: that sounds funny...) "At least I got it back." she grinned, sheepishly. She looked at it.

"True." said Meiling. Then a look of horror crossed her face. "Tell me..You didn't speak your name, did you?" she asked.

Saiya blushed. "Technically, no one knows." she said.

"What did you do now?" asked Meiling, moaning.

"I did tell my name-"

"SAIYA!" screamed Meiling.

"Hold on!" said Saiya, waving her hand. "The guard asked me my name, I whispered it in his ear and then I killed him." she said.

Meiling sighed. "You never spoke it again?" she asked.

Saiya thought..she didn't, right?

"Saiya..." said Meiling, glaring at her.

"Nope!" said Saiya. "If I did, I would have killed them." she said.

"And just how many people did you kill."

Saiya's eyes widened. "Umm..." she said.

Meiling shook her head. "Oh god..." she said. "Sixteen and she's already killed people."

"Hey!" said Saiya, jumping up and causing the wings to stretch again. "You said if it was necessary, I could kill." she declared.

"Yes I did." said Meiling. "But not continuously." she said. "And please get rid of the wings before you are noticed."

Saiya narrowed her eyes and the dark wings vanished off her back. She sat on the ground. "Now what?" she asked.

"We don't try to leave the area yet." replied Meiling. "They'll probably send a search party out for you so you'd better go change out of your kimono and put the green one on." she said, pulling out the green kimono, black pants and green shirt.

Saiya snatched them and went around the tree. Their was bushes everywhere so she was hidden. She pulled off the kimono itself and stared at it. It was damaged.

"It was my favorite too." she said, closing her eyes and letting it fall to the ground. She pulled the blue shirt over her head and heard a rustling sound in the bush. She knelt down and pulled her kimono back on quickly and drew her sword.

Meiling was instantly there as well. "Who goes?" she demanded.

A person turned came out from behind a tree. He wore all black and a hood, head completely hidden.

Saiya glared and clutched her sword.

Meiling studied the figure closely. "Is that you, Atsuko?" she asked.

"Atsuko?" asked Saiya.

"Meiling?" asked the figure. He through off his hood and revealed dark brown hair and gorgous deep blue eyes. He bowed to Meiling and glanced at Saiya, in the bush. He grinned. "Cleavage." he said.

Saiya looked down and blushed furiously. She turned and closed her kimono tightly. "Who the hell are you?" she demanded.

"My name is Atsuko Kamazi." he said. "I am a spy for you."

"Spy?" asked Saiya.

"Undercover if you please." replied Atsuko. "You didn't tell her, Meiling?" he asked, sitting down in the grass and pulling out a water bottle from one of his inside pockets.

"I thought it would be best for her not to know about you just yet." replied Meiling. "She might have tried to find you and she needed to focus on the mission."

"Hold on a second.." said Saiya.

"Atsuko has been living in the Shen Mansion for the past two years, gathering bits of information now and then and giving them to us." said Meiling. "He told them that he wished to support the Shen Clan, as his ancestors were rivals of the Li Clan and he was happy to see their downfall." she explained.

"I do have strong, powerful ancestors, but they were friends of the Li Clan." said Atsuko. "They were wiped out by a friend of the Shen Clan at least three hundred years ago and with only the few survivors, the line has died." he explained.

Saiya stared at them. "You learn something new everyday." she sighed.

"Saiya, finish changing." said Meiling. "If someone followed Atsuko, they'll be looking for someone in dark blue." she said.

Saiya nodded and glared at Atsuko.

"I'll leave." he said and stood up, Meiling followed, and they walked on the other side of the tree.

Saiya pulled off the kimono once again and pulled the green shirt on right away. She quickly changed her pants and pulled the dark green kimono over it. She stepped out of the bushes, clutching her sword. She sat down by Meiling.

"Now what?" she asked.

Meiling looked at the sky. "In a few minutes, we can start for the hide out." she said. "Tomoyo is waiting for us there." she explained.

"Great." said Saiya. "I need a bath. I have blood and cuts all over me." she said.

"The Clow is hidden now, right?" asked Meiling.

"Yeah, yeah." said Saiya. "Don't worry." she patted her pocket. Her eyes widened.

Meiling glared. "You left it in the blue kimono, didn't you?" she asked.

Saiya laughed stupidly. "I'll be right back." she grinned and went around the tree. She went inside the bush and bent down, to pick up her clothes.

"Kind of ditzy, for a warrior."

She looked up and saw Atsuko standing there, leaning on the tree.

"I am a warrior only in battle." replied Saiya, taking the Clow out of the kimono's pocket and putting it in a pocket in her current kimono. "When I'm not fighting, I can be anything I want to be."

"Oh so you want to be a ditz." said Atsuko, grinning.

Saiya glared. She started to roll up/fold her blue kimono. She made no reply. When she finished, she picked up her shirt and folded it neatly.

"You didn't answer."

"Obviously." replied Saiya, folding her pants. She picked them all up and held them in her hands. She walked out of the bush.

"Hey give me some credit!" said Atsuko, walking next to her. "I got a lot of information from the Shens, ya know." he said.

Saiya rolled her eyes. "Wonderful." she said. She sat down by the fire they had built. "Here they are and the Clow is safely inside my pocket." she gave her clothes to Meiling who put them in a bag.

"I think we should start to head back now." said Meiling, standing. "Put out the fire, Saiya. Then hide your sword." she said.

Saiya nodded. She used her magic to summon some water and splash it on the fire. Then she made sure her sword was tucked tightly in its sheath and hidden from view.

"Impressive." said Atsuko.

Saiya looked at him. "It was easy." she said. "Anyone who has even a bit of magic can put out a fire."

Meiling looked up and froze. "Shut up." she said. She looked around in the forrest. "We are being watched." she whispered.

Saiya's hand reached inside her kimono and touched her sword handle. She glanced at Atsuko and saw his hand disappear into his as well.

Suddenly, a bunch of guards from the castle leaped out of the trees and bushes and surrounded the three of them.

"Who are you!" ordered one, his sword gleamed in the moonlight.

"We are simply travelers!" cried Meiling. "Making our way from town to town, in search of food and money." she said.

The guards loosened a bit. 'Gullible fools.' thought Saiya.

"Then tell us, woman." said another. "Have you seen a young woman with dark wings like a bat pass through here? She was wearing dark blue clothes as well." he asked.

Saiya mentally grinned for changing her clothes and ditching the wings of the Fly Card.

"We have seen no such person." said Meiling. "We've been here for a while and we havn't seen anyone come by." she said.

"Not a soul." said Atsuko.

"Indeed.." said the leader. "Continue on your way." he said. They turned to go away, and Meiling, Saiya and Atsuko did the same. But when Saiya turned, her kimono moved and-

"You pocess a sword!" screamed a guard.

"Oh damn.." said Saiya. She turned to face them, as they all drew their swords. "I merely have this sword for protection against thieves and wild animals!" she explained.

The guards glared. "No one may pocess a sword unless they are of the Shen Clan. Are you of the Shen Clan?" one asked.

Saiya was a loss for words. If she said yes, they would ask her who she was. If she said no, they would attack and they would die.

"No reply?" asked the leader. "Then you must not be of the Shen! Attack her and her companions!" he ordered. His men charged.

"Oh great!" said Saiya as she pulled out her sword and faced them. She charged at them and cut the arms off one. She heard Meiling fighting and knocking out some guy, breaking a couple of bones along the way.

"Die!" she heard Atsuko scream. She turned and saw him cut off the head of the leader in an easy strike. Her mouth dropped. "Don't stand there, woman!" he shouted at her. "Attack them!" he called and charged at another guy.

Saiya shook her head but the moment caused her sword to be knocked from her grasp and thrown about five feet from her. She stared at the guy. Her eyes began to glow a bright green and she sent him flying into a tree. It knocked him out instantly. She called her sword back to her and she grabbed it with one hand, spun it behind her and stabbed the guard attacking her in the chest.

She whirled around and saw all guards defeated. She walked over to the leader and wiped the blood off her sword into his shirt. She spun it again and put it back into the sheath.

She heard clapping. She turned to see Atsuko grinning widely. "That was spectacular." he said cheerfully, putting his own sword back into the sheath.

"It was nothing." replied Saiya. She wiped the blood off her face with her finger and turned to face Meiling. "We leave, now or we get caught." she said.

Meiling nodded. "We should seperate. They'll now be looking for a party of three." she explained. "Take the regular way back to the hide out and bring Atsuko with you. I'll go the short and dangerous route on my own and meet you there."

"What?" asked Saiya. "You can't leave me!" she declared.

"Saiya you have already proven to be more stong than myself and you need to get back to Tomoyo." said Meiling. She put a hand on Saiya's shoulder. "Trust me." she said.

Saiya looked at her cousin and grinned a lopsided grin. "Just get there in one piece ok?" she said. "If you're not there in three days, I'm going to go and look for you."

"I'll be there." said Meiling. "Just make sure you get there." she said. And with that, she gave a quick hug to Saiya and a bow to Atsuko, then ran off into the woods.

Saiya stared at the spot where she had disappeared. She sighed. Then she felt an arm wrap around her arm and start to drag her off in the opposite direction. "Atsuko!" she said.

"Come on!" he replied. "You heard what Meiling said. We need to get a move on!"

Saiya ripped her arm free of his. "Idiot!" she said.

"What?" he asked.

"Thats the wrong way." said Saiya and she walked away.

She pushed her way through branches and trees and bushes. "Wait up!" she heard Atsuko called. She stopped and waited for him. He caught up to her.

"If you can't keep up with me, then you'll get lost." said Saiya. "I don't wait for anyone." she started to walk again, Atsuko right behind her this time.

"So, Saiya." he said, trying to start up some conversation.

"Don't call me that." she replied, pushing a branch out of her face. Walking passed it, she let it go and it nearly hit Atsuko. At the last minute, he dodged.

"Its your name." he said.

"Exactly." she said, turning around and facing him. "If there are spies in these woods, they'll hear." she explained.

"Then what am I supposed to call you?" asked Atsuko.

"Anything but that." said Saiya, glaring at him.

"Can I call you gorgous?" he asked.

Saiya blushed and whirled around. "No!" she said, a little too loudly as a squirrel fell out of a tree.

"Ok, ok.." said Atsuko. "What about cute?"

"NO!"

"Hmm...Prettyful?"

"Try again."

"You're a hard one, aren't you?" asked Atsuko.

"You have no idea." replied Saiya. "If you really want to call me something, call me Sai." she said. "Its a nickname that Tomoyo called me when I was little."

"Ok then, Sai." said Atsuko. "So, whats you sign?"

Saiya nearly fell over. "Will you please stop hitting on me?!" she asked, turning around and glaring daggers at him.

"Woah, it was that obvious?" asked Atsuko.

Saiya sweat dropped. (A/N: anime style! o^_^o) "You're so stupid." she said and started walking again.

"No seriously, what it is?" asked Atsuko. "Not for me, just to see what planet you're ruled by and stuff." he said.

"Curious?"

"Why yes I am." he replied.

Saiya rolled her eyes and kept walking. "Geez..." she said.

"What was that?"

"Oh for crying out loud!" said Saiya. "Do you really want to know for that reason and not some stupid one?"

"Maybe." he grinned.

Saiya turned and kept walking. She mumbled something.

"Sorry, didn't catch that." he said.

"Aries." she said.

"Ahh! Aries." said Atsuko. "Born between the 21st of March and the 19th of April. Ruled by the planet Mars and is a fire sign." he said.

"Wow, amazing." said Saiya, sarcastically.

"I haven't even gotton to the best part yet!" said Atsuko. He coughed and cleared his throat. "Aries have assertive, pioneering, competitive and courageous natures. They have a strong sense of self and are frequently selfish. They tend to behave in foolhardy, headstrong and impulsive ways. They anger quickly, but that very same anger may vanish quickly and they hold no grudge. They-"

"Ha!" interupted Saiya. "Hold no grudges? Thats a lie! I will kill Xingyo for what he's done. You call that a grudge?" she asked.

Atsuko looked at the back of her head. "Can I continue?"

"Go ahead. This is entertaining." replied Saiya.

"Aries are natural athletes and are drawn to physical activity." said Atsuko. "Because Aries are born under the planet Mars, the Roman God of War, they are said to like danger and risk." he said.

"I live for danger and risk." said Saiya. "Continue."

"Adventure appeals to Aries and they tend to be leaders." said Atsuko. "They are also excellent motivators and have natural gifts for plunging into projects." he said.

"Is that it?" asked Saiya.

"Thats it." said Atsuko.

"I guess it kinda sounds like me.." said Saiya, thinking about it. "I love adventure, danger and I am somewhat of a leader." she said.

"What makes you say that?"

"I'm leading you."

"Point taken!"

"What about you? Whats your sign?" asked Saiya.

"Oh, now who's flirting?"

"Oh give me a break!" said Saiya. She started walking again. "Fine! Don't tell me. I really don't give a damn anyway." she said.

"Do you really want to know my sign?" asked Atsuko, walking next to her.

"Not really." said Saiya.

"Too bad." he replied.

They kept walking when Saiya felt something on her butt and she knew instantly what it was. "PERVERT!" she screamed and whacked him over the head.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." said Atsuko, a large lump on his forehead.

Saiya glared and walked ahead of him. "How old are you anyway?" she asked him.

"Ahh, interested?" asked Atsuko, raising an eyebrow.

"Not a chance in hell!" replied Saiya. "I just want to make sure its not some thirty year old guy hitting on me." she siad.

"So you think I'm really that old?" asked Atsuko.

"Just tell me how old you are."

"For your information, Sai," said Atsuko. "I am eighteen years of age." he told her walking behind her. "Just two years older than you!"

"I'm not stupid." replied Saiya.

"And that I know!" said Atsuko.

"Are you always this annoying?" asked Saiya, impatiently.

"Don't understand what you could possibly mean by that." said Atsuko. "I never knew I was annoying." he said.

Saiya groaned. Why did she have to get stuck with him?

"Say, Sai?" asked Atsuko. "Hey that sounds weird.."

"What?!" asked Saiya, in an annoyed voice.

"Where is this place we're going anyway?"

"Its a small cabin, invisible to those who do not know it is there." she replied. "Its about a day's walk and if we travel through the night and walk FAST then we should get there before noon tomarrow." she explained.

"Thats not fair." said Atsuko. "I need my beauty sleep."

Saiya nearly laughed out loud. This guy was strange. REALLY strange. "Beauty sleep?" she asked, grinning.

"Yes, beauty sleep." replied Atsuko.

Saiya shook her head but continued walking. Her sword clanged against her hip and she felt the Clow tucked away in her pocket. She grinned.

"What are you thinking about?" asked Atsuko.

"Nothing." replied Saiya.

"You just seemed so content for a moment."

"Yeah. For a moment." replied Saiya. "But that could all change in an instant. The second I need to go to battle, my furry returns because I think about that bastard Xingyo and whats he's done to my parents and the rest of the Li Clan." she said.

"Damn, guess you're not so content anymore." said Xingyo.

"Congratulations." said Saiya. "You're not as dumb as I thought." she said.

"Hey!"

"Is for horses." said Saiya. "But you can have some whenever you like, if you get hungry." she said.

"Why are you giving me such a hard time?" asked Atsuko. "I'm just trying to make a friend." he said.

"Yeah, and what kind of friend would that be?" asked Saiya.

"Sai! I'm insulted!" gasped Atsuko, sarcastically.

Saiya groaned. "I trust no one besides myself, Tomoyo and Meiling. I grew up with them. Everyone else, they have to gain my trust." she explained. "And that can take some time."

"We have plenty of time." said Atsuko. Saiya heard him stop. She turned and looked at him. He was looking through the trees, into the sky. "Its such a beautiful night. Dontcha think?"

Saiya stared at him. "I have no time for beauty." she replied and turned. She started walking again.

"Can't I gaze at the stars for a moment?" asked Atsuko, causing Saiya to stop walking again. "I love the stars and the moons and the planets. Isn't the Clow based on the Moon, the Sun and the Star of Sakura?"

"Don't mention my mother's name." said Saiya. "I never knew her and if we don't get to the hideout, I never will."

Atsuko broke his stare from the stars and looked at Saiya. She broke the gaze, turned and continued walking.

"I'm sorry." said Atsuko softly. "I didn't mean to bring up that subject. I guess every warrior is entitled to their weaknesses." he said.

Then Saiya whirled around on him and grabbed his shirt collar. "I have no weaknesses." she said in a low and demanding, ordering voice. She glared at him with those piercing emerald eyes.

They just stayed like that for a while when the bushes rustled a little bit. Saiya dropped Atsuko and put her hand on her sword. She listened, her ears perking in the directions she heard the sound coming from. Atsuko was ready as well.

Their eyes darted around, looking for something. Saiya caught sight of a dark figure moving in the shadows. She kept her eyes on it.

When it leaped out of the bushes with a sword in its grasp, Saiya was ready. She pulled out her sword and blocked the attack. Saiya spun her sword and jumped back.

"Into the bush!" she ordered Atsuko.

He nodded and jumped into the nearby shrubbery. But his eyes were on the oncoming battle. Clutching his sword if he was needed.

"Why do you attack me?" asked Saiya.

"Orders." the figure replied. The voice wasn't masculine, but it wasn't feminine either. It charged at Saiya at full speed and Saiya leaped out of the way.

Saiya's eyes began to glow the green again as she pulled the figure into the air and kept it frozen. "Who are you?" she demanded.

"I won't speak my name." replied the figure. But now too, its eyes were glowing. But they were a deep, evil purple kind of color.

Saiya now found herself rising in the air. She kicked around but she couldn't brake the figure's concentration and soon they were level with one another.

"Put me down." said Saiya.

"Not until I myself am down." replied the figure.

"Go to hell!" screamed Saiya.

"Been there." said the figure. Their sword left their hand and flew straight at Saiya. Her eyes widened.

She summoned as much magic as she could and moved herself a little bit and somewhat forced the sword off track. It cut her shoulder area, just below the clavicles. (A/N: armpit level) Her kimono had a tear in it now and blood flooded from the wound.

"Bastard!" screamed Saiya.

"Thats right." said the figure, glowing eyes again, and calling the sword back to them. It flew right into their hand and they clutched it. "I won't miss next time."

Saiya was a little worried. No one in the Shen Clan had as much power..as far as she knew anyway. Could they have trained some of their warriors to have such power? But yet..this person couldn't brake Saiya's hold either...it was all just a little weird.

Saiya braced herself for a blow to the heart. The sword came flying at her again when she heard a screaming.

"Ahhhhh!!!!" shouted Atsuko, charging with his sword. He knocked the enemy sword off course and it clattered onto the ground.

"You piece of shit!" screamed the figure. They attempted to call back their sword, but Atsuko stepped on it. "Damn you, damn you, damn you!" they screamed.

With the concentration now focussed on Atsuko, Saiya fell to the ground. She imedietely charged at the figure, silently.

The figure however, sensed her coming and her eyes began to glow purple again. But nothing happened..to Saiya.

"Stop your attack." said the figure. "Or your companion dies."

Saiya turned and looked to see the sword near the neck of Atsuko, ready to slice. Atsuko stared it nervously. "Sai..ignore it. Kill this foul- "

"Silence." said the figure.

But Saiya leaped up and stabbed the figure in the back, near the shoulder. She fell to the ground and screamed in agony. Saiya pulled the sword and and ran over to Atsuko, kicking the hovering sword away from his neck. He was injured, but not badly. She pulled him to his feet and they turned to look at the figure.

The figure was now standing, sword in hand. Eyes turning red now and looking positively evil.

"I will kill you." it said.

Saiya looked at Atsuko and noticed he wasn't severely injured, just shocked. She stopped supporting him and had full concentration on the attacker.

"Not if I kill you first." she said.

The figure began to walk towards Saiya. She remained where she was. The enemy could turn around and make an attack at Atsuko and kill him.

The figure continued towards them looking even more evil as they came closer.

Saiya was now in a mind full of confused thoughts. How could anyone be almost as powerful as she was? And this person still even had enough power to attack again, even after a stab in the back!

But the figure was still coming.

"Sai.." said Atsuko. "Use magic. Not just sword skill."

"I've already tried to use magic." replied Saiya. "This creature's power is equal to mine. If not equal, extremely close." she said.

"You've got to try or we'll never get out of here alive." said Atsuko. "They'll kill us both. They've got to be an assassin."

"Atsuko.." said Saiya. "Tell me, do you remember anything about warriors being trained to gain power or something similar?" she asked.

"No." replied Atsuko. "They believed they had all Li Clan members imprisoned so they believed they were most powerful and did not need to power up and train." he explained.

"Then..how could this thing be so strong?" asked Saiya. "Unless someone else knew I was alive and trained someone to fight me.."

"No one knew." said Atsuko. "I checked every possible record and paper, and everything about you and the Li Clan. Everyone in there believes you are dead, Sai."

Saiya stared at the oncoming figure and clutched her sword in both hands. Just what was going on?

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