Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ The New Cousin ❯ Training and Talk About the Future ( Chapter 3 )

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A now eight-year-old Syaoran leaps back from the sword swipe his
thirteen year old cousin sends his way

Dina smiles as he attacks back and dodges his attack with ease. "Not
fast enough, little cousin"

Syaoran glares at his far too cheerful cousin. "You've also been
training longer and you know half of those advanced spells."

Dina grins again, twirling her sword then attacks and knocks his away.
"You leave your left side wide open."

Syaoran goes and picks up his sword. "Dia? What did my mom want to
talk to you about last night? I saw it had upset you."

Dina wipes her sword off, staring into the blade. "I'm at an age to
get engaged."

Syaoran scowls slightly. "Ew. I hope when I'm your age that they don't
force me to get engaged. They'd probably pick Meiling."

Dina gives her cousin an amused look. "Meiling isn't that bad. It
could be worse, you could be engaged to me."

Syaoran gags. "No way. I wouldn't marry you if you were the only girl
left."

Dina eyes him. "Gee make me feel so much better. I didn't think I was
that bad looking."

Syaoran tries to cover up his mistake. "You aren't! I just can't
seeing being married to my cousin, specially you of all of them."

The girl turns away from him and starts to walk off. "If the elders
have their way I will be married off to the eldest son of the Ling
Clan."

Syaoran frowns and follows her. "Can't Mother change their minds?" He
stares at his cousin's back, concerned about her.

Dina doesn't turn around and just shakes her head. "Your mother agreed
with them, Xiao Lang." She turns to him. "The elders want my marriage
to help forge peace with the Ling Clan."

The look on the boy's face is one of concern and anger. "It isn't
right. They shouldn't be able to force us into marriages. Once I'm
leader of the clan I'm going to change that rule."

The teenager shrugs, cleaning her sword. "We'll see, cousin, the
future is always changing. Something might happen that no one thought
would."

Syaoran sits next to her. "What do you mean by that?" He gives her a
curious look as he starts to clean his sword as well.

"Well nothing but the past is solid. Each decision a person makes can
change the future, like if I decided to go to Hong Kong tomorrow and
say I saw an injured person by the road. My decision of going to the
city helped save a person's life. What if I hadn't gone to the city?
That person would be dead." Dina answers, eyes fixed on the sword.

The young boy sits there, thinking about what his cousin said as he
cleans his sword. He decides it does make sense what she said and
speaks, his voice breaking the silence that surrounds them. "Dia, this
has nothing to do with what you said. But do you think the Clow Cards
are ever going to be released?"

The question earns him a sharp look as his cousin looks at him, her
blue/green eyes narrowed. The girl looks startled he would ask about
the cards despite the fact she knows all about them, having studied
them as part of learning advanced spells. "Maybe. I've read most of
the books left by Clow Reed saying that one day the cards would be
freed again." She looks at the ground. "Why do you ask?"

"I've been having dreams about them lately. About being someplace and
helping to reseal them. There's someone else in my dream but I can't
see her too well." He answers slowly.

"Hm. Then how do you know it's a girl?" Dina asks drily, her attention
fully on him.

"I just know, call it a feeling, Dia. It's like I know her really
well."

Syaoran says, meeting her eyes.

Dina smiles and reaches out, ruffling his messy hair. "Maybe you'll
meet her one day soon, little wolf. The future isn't written in
stone."

He goes to open his mouth when a bell chimes, calling them to dinner
and he closes it without a word. "Are we training again tomorrow?" The
boy looks hopefully at her.

"If you want to but I don't see why you want me to help you. There's
others who are stronger then me in the clan." Dina replies to him,
studying her cousin, thinking how he'll make a great clan leader one
day.

"Only a few of the adults can out do you on speed, Dia, and you're
more advanced on the elements spells then most of the people twice
your age. You're better then you give yourself credit for." He stares
up at her, just wanting her to say yes.

Dina sighs as she looks at him. "I can't say no to you, Xiao Lang.
You're just too cute for your own good, cousin." She tries to keep
from being wrapped around his finger.

Syaoran smiles and hugs her then runs off towards the house they both
live in, shouting behind him. "Better hurry Dia!"

"Great, I helped create a monster..." Dina follows her cousin after
changing her sword back into it's orb and gathering up the rags and
polishing cans. She heads inside and upstairs to dump the cleaning
supplies in her room, heading downstairs once she's done.