Syaoran

Prologue

The young child remained where he was on the floor, blood staining his hair and clothes. His eyes were half open and dull. Wordless phrases rang through his mind.

A young lily doomed to die...

Outside the rain pattered hard against the window. It was dark in that room. Dark...dark. The room flashed bright as the lightning thrashed outside, followed by a clash of thunder shortly afterwards.

Extends its petals to the burning sun...

The window was open and the cool air floated about the room, chilling the poor child. Blood moved along with the wind. The child's eyes fluttered, his eyelashes tapping against his cheeks. A shiver wrecked his shattered body.

The sun with its ring of gold,
Burns the petals off...

Riing. The telephone announced a caller. Riiing. The ringing rang ceaselessly. The child closed his eyes. Will he always have to bear this sound? But the ringing sounds comforting. It's getting softer now. It's gone now. Now he wishes that it had continued.

The thunder crashed after another flash of lightning. This one rocked the windows, forcing them to swing. The curtains are wet, dripping as more rain pattered in. The child was wet through, because he was near the open window.

There was a bell ringing. Why a bell? It rang several times, with several intervals in between. Go away, whoever rang that bell. He cannot come and open it.

There was loud knocking. The child shifted a little. He cannot move. He couldn't budge. He was paralyzed. He was numb. He was fading.

The seed that dropped onto the ground,
Twas bursted aflame,
And the stalk that bore the petals
Was torn away

Crash! The door was open. The boy shifted.

" Help," He called weakly. " Help, onegai..."
" Ryou!" He heard someone yell. " Ryou, where are you?"
" Ryou?" Another voice cried.

Yugi. And Jou.

" Ryou!" There it was, the Yami's voice. There were sounds of footsteps on the stairs. The door to his room bursted open.

" Oh my god...Oh my god!"