Disclaimer: Wah! No CCS belongs to ME!!!! All rights reserved to CLAMP! Darn it!
Author's Notes: Okay, im gonna TRY to make this story have LONG chapters! Hopefully, REALLY long. Gomen if it takes a bit for the chapters to come out because im a busy 14 year old with other miserable things to mess with in my miserable life. Also, the characters are 17 years old. And, this is S+S!
Kami-sama: God
Kawaii: Cute
Konnichiwa: Hello or Hey-Hey-Hoo!
Gomen: Sorry
Arigato: Thank You
Runaway Hong Kong
By: Sakura1301
Chapter 1 Welcome to Hong Kong!
Sakura looked out of her window down at the city below her. Finally, a new start. She was finally going to start a new life in Hong Kong.
She watched the small snow flurries slowly drift to the ground. Winter was going to take a good grip on Japan this year.
She sighed as she leaned back into her seat. Now, only a few more hours, and i'll be in Hong Kong...
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Syaoran looked out the window as he felt something with strong magic slowly pass by. But, the only thing that caught his eye was a plane, getting ready to land.
He turned his attention to the board in front. Whatever it was definitely had magic.
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Sakura stretched as she had just walked off of the plane.
Hong Kong sure did have a lot of magic everywhere. But most were weak or barely visible. Not literally visible, just hard to feel. Very hard.
She looked down and into her purse. She still wasn't sure why Kero had wanted to stay back in Japan.
Then she closed her purse and headed for the luggage pick-up area.
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"Here miss, your room is on the 3rd floor, room C24. Have a nice day!" The woman at the front desk said happily as she handed Sakura her apartment keys.
Sakura bowed politely to her and headed towards the elevator with her luggage in hand.
"Ah, finally, a place of my own." She said as she pulled her suit case up and onto the bed.
As she was unpacking, she stopped as soon as she saw the Clow book.
"I wish Kero and Yue had decided to come along. I guess im on my own." She said out loud to no one in particular.
Finally, as she was done unpacking, she laid down on her bed as she gazed at the ceiling.
Well, now that she was at Hong Kong, she wondered what to do now. Wait? Wait for what though?
She rolled over onto her stomach. Why was that dream telling her to come to Hong Kong in the first place?
She didn't remember much about the dream, but, she remembered some of the important parts of it.
Suddenly, her stomach growled.
She looked at her watch. Yup. It was dinner time.
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Syaoran sighed as he felt Meiling cling to his arm. "Oh, let's go shopping!"
"I already told you. I have no time for such girlie things." Syaoran said as a blood vain popped out onto his fore head.
"Oh Syaoran, don't be such a poopy head. Let's go! Or, if you want, we could go see a movie instead!" Meiling said as she smiled brightly up at him.
He stopped as he sighed. There was no pleasing this girl. But, he did owe her for personal and public reasons. One, she DID keep all of those flirty girls away from him, which of course, made him feel better. Second, if he got wounded during his training, then she would help him get cleaned and fixed up. (Not shower wise, you sicko's.)
"Fine, FINE! We'll go to the movies tonight if you want." He said. As long as he could shut her up.
She gasped. "Oh THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Now I love you more than ever!" She said happily as she jumped around.
"Whatever." He said as he continued to walk towards home.
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Sakura sat on a stool at the noodle shop with a bowl of noodles in front of her. "Mmm... Chinese food is SO much better than Japanese food!" She said as she took another bite.
Slowly, the noodles disappeared and soon, she was up and out of her seat, heading for home.
On her way home, she came across a theater that she hadn't noticed before.
"Hmm... I wonder if I have enough money for a movie." She asked herself as she pulled out some change from her pockets. Small metallic jingles could be heard coming from her pocket.
"Um... one, two, three, four... five! Yes! I have enough."
-- Inside --
"Okay, hurry up and pick. I don't have all night long." Syaoran said as he crossed his arms as turned to look around. There sure weren't lots of people as usual. Oh well, that meant less drooling girls to mess with.
"Okay, we'll take two to see..." Meiling continued to speak rapidly. Then, two tickets were presented to her as she took them and quickly, latched onto Syaoran's arm again.
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"I'll take one ticket to see 'Iron Monkey.'" Sakura said as she continued to look at the list. Iron Monkey was sorta old in Hong Kong, but in Japan, it just released not too long ago. She wanted to go see it with Tomoyo, but, Tomoyo was in France at the time.
"Okay, here ya go miss. Enjoy the movie." She nodded then left.
Sakura walked down the isle of red carpet, before choosing a seat in the back. She was glad that there weren't a lot of people around. She didn't feel like talking or sitting next to someone.
She smiled as she noticed a couple arguing a few rows in front of her, off to the right. The girl seemed really hyperactive and jenky but the boy... he looked really frustrated and agitated.
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"Please Meiling! Calm down! We're in public ya know." He said in a whisper. Luckily for him, he didn't have reporters glomping him and asking stupid questions.
"But im just so HAPPY!" She said out loud so that every one's attention was towards them.
Syaoran slowly sunk into his seat. "Please, Meiling, keep it down. What if some one recognizes us?" He said as his eyes darted around the, almost dark room. Suddenly, the hairs on the back of his neck started to rise up as he started to feel that very same power as before.
Meiling continued to drone on and on and on about non-sense as his eyes scanned the room, looking for the source of the power.
It was very powerful. But just slightly stronger than his, and HE happened to be strongest sorcerer in all of China! But, where in the world is this power coming from? Was it good or evil?
Meiling continued to chatter away like, 'It's the never ending song, it goes on and on and on...' (A song I heard when I was little. It was on a show called Lamb Chops or somethin like that.)
Just as his eyes were drifting towards the back of the room, Meiling glomped him. "Syaoran! It's starting!" She said urgently. He sighed. With her around, he would never get anything done. No matter how important it was.
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Sakura continued to watch the movie with much interest, even though, she felt some powerful aura near by.
She tried to ignore it, even though it was bugging the crap out of her.
"He fight's just as good as the Iron Monkey!..."
The movie continued. Sakura yawned and glanced at her watch. It was ten til eight.Amazing how sometimes time flys.
Just as the movie ended, Sakura's eye's snapped open. *Yawn* 'Sleep. So tired.' She thought as she drowsily stood up and headed for the exit of the theater.
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"Let go Meiling! Something very powerful is near by." He said in whisper as they stood up. She immediately let go. "What?! Where?! Is it evil?!" She asked rapidly.
His eyes scanned the theater. "It's... not here anymore." He said slowly. Meiling gave a look of confusion towards him.
"It's gone?" He thought for a moment. "Not completely." Then, he took a mad dash for the door. Now, if only he could find the owner of the powerful aura.
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Now, if she could get home before being spotted in the air...
Sakura sat upon her staff and continued to fly homeward. If she was lucky, no one would spot her in the night sky.
Sakura opened her door and closed it with a slam. She headed for her bed. She was too tired to shower. She would just have to do it tomorrow.
She set her alarm for 6:00 AM in the morning. Tomorrow was her first day of school.
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*BEEP* *BEEP* *BEEP* Sakura looked at the clock as she turned the alarm off. Today, she had to get inrolled into the nearest High school and get her schedule.
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Syaoran gripped his pencil tight. That powerful aura. It was heading straight towards him. His aura flared as he continued to grip his pencil tighter and tighter. It he didn't find out where it was coming from, he might just scream.
"Okay, class, we're going to have a new student joining out class. Okay, you can come in."
The door rolled open as a girl with short auburn hair, and shining emerald eyes stepped in.
"Okay class, this is Kinomoto Sakura from Tomeda Japan." The teacher said as he wrote her name down onto the chalk board.
Syaoran's head shot up and went straight for Sakura. Suddenly, out of the blue, his pencil snapped.
'The person with the aura... the one that's been haunting me since yesterday, belongs to this girl?!' He thought. Just then, he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"What's wrong? You look troubled." "Hiiragizawa, that is non of your damn business. Keep you nose where it belongs." Syaora growled back.
Eriol just smiled at him. Syaoran dispised him. All that Hiiragizawa guy ever did was annoy him from the first day they met. And he seemed to enjoy it too. Damn him.
"Okay, you can sit behind Xe, in the back." Sakura nodded and headed right for Syaoran. Apparently, Xe happened to be sitting two desk in front of him.
She took her seat.
"Okay, today's lesson will be about..." The teacher continued.
Syaoran sat there, confused about what had just happened. First, that stupid aura was bugging the hell out of him, second, a wimpy girl owned that power, third, Hiiragizawa wasn't even fazed by it, and fourth, she HAD to sit RIGHT in front of HIM.
"Okay, pop quiz everybody." The class groaned, except for Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol.
After the quick quiz, everybody had about 5 minutes before break.
Eriol nudged Syaoran with his elbow. "By the looks of it, it seems that she has already captured your heart." He teased even though he new the truth.
Syaoran glared at him. "Think what you want Hiiragizawa." He said as he turned to face the back of her head again.
*Tap* *Tap* *Tap* *Tap* Eriol walked up to Sakura's desk.
"Hello Kinomoto-san." She looked up and smiled. "Hello. Can I help you?" He shook his head. "No, I just wanted to strike up some conversation with you." "Oh, well, then, my name is Kinomoto Sakura, which you already know. I just moved here from Japan." Eriol nodded. "My name is Hiiragizawa Eriol. Nice to meet you." He held out his hand and she shook it. "And this irritated young man behind you is Li Syaoran."
She turned to face him.
As she did, he just about fell out of his chair.
"Oh, Hello Li-kun!" He just glared at her, even though, he really didn't feel like it though.
A sweat drop appeared on the back of Sakura's and Eriol's heads. "Um, don't mind him. He's not much of a people person." Sakura nodded.
"Well, would you like to join us for lunch today?" Eriol offered. Syaoran glared at him. Eriol sure did have a flirty thing with all of the girls. Anyways, what was his problem?
"Sure!" Eriol smiled as he reached behind a pulled a flower out from behind him out of nowhere.
"Here, a flower for you, Madame." She took it as a small blush crept onto her cheeks.
Somehow, Syaoran felt a tinge of jealousy. 'Stupid Hiiragizawa.' He thought bitterly. Eriol turned to him as if on cue and grinned. It was like he could read other people's thoughts. Syaoran gritted his teeth.
'Curse you Hiiragizawa.' He thought again. Eriol's grin just widened.
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"So, doesn't your name mean 'Cherry Blossom' in Japanese?" Eriol asked as they all sat in the cafeteria since it was too cold to eat outside.
Sakura blushed a little and nodded. "Well, I think that name suits you perfectly." Eriol said. "Don't you Syaoran?" Syaoran just glared at him. "Just leave me alone." Eriol just chuckled.
Sakura leaned towards Eriol. "Is he always like that?" She whispered into his ear. "To everyone that he doesn't know or like." He whispered back.
Sakura frowned. Did that mean he didn't like her, or that he just didn't know her very well, or both?
Sakura noticed him shooting daggers from his eyes towards Eriol, but Eriol just seemed to deflect them.
Syaoran gritted his teeth. It was as if he was taunting him by saying, 'Im rubber, your glue, what ever you do or say, bounces off of me, and STICKS to YOU!' It was VERY frustrating.
"Just like Hiiragizawa here is a big flurt." Syaoran said as he turned his head away from him and continued to eat.
"Big flurt?" Sakura wondered outloud.
Eriol just smiled. "Don't pay any attention to him. He's just jealous that he doesn't have the nice, kind, and loving nature that I do."
Sakura looked towards Syaoran as she noticed a blood vain popping out of his head. "Oh, poor Li-kun. I feel sorry for him." She said.
Syaoran turned towards her and Eriol. "Im NOT jealous. Im just having a VERY bad day!" He said. Eriol just patted his back.
"There's no use denying it, so why lie?" Syaoran swatted his hand away. "Shut-up Hiiragizawa. I never asked for your opinion. Now did I?" Syaoran said as he continued to glare. (A/N: I know, lot's of glaring lately. -_-')
"Oh come on, im just trying to ease you up a bit. You're too tense all the time. Time to lighten up." "I'll lighten up whenever I choose too. Now, if you'll excuse me, Im going BACK to class." He said as he stood up and left.
Both Sakura and Eriol watched his retreating form. "Hmm... sometimes I wonder if he'll have wrinkles by the time he hits 30 with all of the glaring he's been doing." Eriol said as the first frown appeared on his face.
Sakura looked at Eriol quickly before turning back to see Syaoran's form, but instead, he was gone. He really was to tensed up...
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Syaoran felt all weird, as if he just got high on something. But the strange thing was, that when he was around Sakura, he would feel really comfortable. Too comfortable.
His head slowly lowered to his desk top as he rested his chin on it. But, he only stayed like that for a few seconds before sitting straight up and shaking his head back and forth rapidly. Then, he would glare at Sakura, then, slowly, once again, feel all floaty again before drifting back into La La land with his head resting on his desk, and with a slight blush tinting his cheeks. He sighed. He felt so floaty and light, as if all of the stress had been lifted from his shoulders. Thank Kami-sama that Meiling wasn't in any of his classes.
It was a weird, yet wonderful feeling. And whatever was in the air was the cause of it. He sighed again as a small puff of air came out of his mouth. (A/N: Hehe... Kawaii)
Eriol watched from his desk as Syaoran slump over his desk, resting his chin on the wooden top. Then quickly sit up and shake his head rapidly before glaring at the back of Sakura's head then finally drifting back to La La land. He chuckled quietly to himself. If only Syaoran wasn't so close to Sakura's back, then he wouldn't have his head in the clouds.
Eriol quickly looked up at the front to see if the teacher had his back turned before nudging Syaoran in the arm.
"Wha....?" Syaoran said as Eriol started bluring in and out of his vision.
"You know, if you leaned back into your chair, you'd get your head out of the clouds." Syaoran slowly nodded and tried to sit up, only to flop back down onto his desk.
Eriol quickly glanced at the teacher before leaning out of his desk to sit Syaoran up right.
"Kami-sama, Syaoran! You weigh a ton! What's weighing you down? Your fat or muscle?!" "Unn..." Eriol sweat dropped as the teacher turned at looked at him. "Oh boy...." He murmured.
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"Hey! Wait up Eriol!" Someone yelled from behind.
He stopped and turned to see Syaoran running towards him.
"Oh, hello Syaoran. Where's Meiling? I thought you were walking with her." "I told her to go on ahead and i'd catch up later." Eriol nodded and both started down the side walk.
"So, why did you decide to walk with me?" Eriol asked, even though, he knew the answer. "What happened to me during 7th hour? I don't remember much." "Oh, you just drifted off into La La Land after getting a REALLY good whiff of Sakura's scent." "La La Land???... Does that mean... Ha! I knew it! She was a witch after all! She put a spell on me! That girl is evil!" Eriol stopped behind him which caused Syaoran to stop a few feet in front of him.
"What do you mean by 'evil'?" Eriol asked totally caught off guard. "Don't tell me you haven't NOTICED???" "Noticed what?" Syaoran slapped his forehead. "Ugh. And you suppose to be the reincarnation of Clow. Pathetic."
Eriol quirked an eyebrow at him. "What are you talking about?" "Didn't you feel it? Didn't you feel her Powerful aura?!" "Why, yes I did. I find it to be quite warm and fuzzy. Actually, I thought it was a wonderful aura!" Eriol said as he grinned.
"You WHAT?!" "I like it. Don't you?" Syaoran sighed in exasperation.
"Don't you get it?! She could be DANGEROUS!!!" He said, emphasizing the word dangerous.
For the first time in Syaoran's life, he saw Eriol glare at him.
"You don't understand." Eriol said as he continued to glare. "What?" "Sakura's the most purest person you'll ever meet in your life." "What are you talking about?" "Syaoran, don't judge a person by appearances. It could be your down fall."
Syaoran just stared at him in disbelief. "You talk as if you've known eachother for a long time. Have you met her before?" Eriol shook his head. "You wouldn't believe all of the things I know."
Just then, not far from them...
"Syaoran! Hurry up you slow poke! I don't have all day!" Syaoran turned to yell back. "Okay! I'll be there in a few seconds!" He sighed. "You know..." He trailed off as he noticed Eriol was already gone. "Damn him and his disappearing tricks."
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Sakura sat on her bed and looked down at all of her books and homework. "Who would of thought that on my first day of school i'd get this much homework." She sighed.
"Well, I guess i'll start with my worst subject, Math. Yuck." Just as she was about to lean over to pick the book up, she froze as a new power surged through her.
"What... power..." She said in awe.
Slowly, she stretched her senses out to pin-point the location and it was coming from her desk drawer.
"Clow card?" She said as she warily stood up and walked towards her desk.
Strange, could this be what her dream was telling her about?
She cautiously opened the drawer, then the glow subsided. She pulled the Clow book, or, as it was now, the Sakura book.
"Sa-ku-ra... Sakura book?!" Said outloud in full surprise. "What happened to the Clow book?!" Her eyes darted around her desk. She stopped. Where was her key?! She knew that she had placed it inside the drawer along with the cards, but, it wasn't there! Something else was in it's place! She picked it up. She felt a great deal of power radiating off of it. And the aura around it, it was pink, like hers.
"The Sealing Wand?" It just had to be the sealing wand. It just had to.
Then it clicked. What Yue had said.
-- Flashback --
"You are now the rightful owner of the cards, mistress. And very soon, things will start changing and new tests will be presented...."
-- End Flashback --
What if Yue was talking about this?
Her thoughts drifted to the Clow Cards. She paused. Did they change as well?
She pulled the lock off of the pink book, expecting to see a change in the Clow card. But, strangely enough, they were still the same old Clow cards as before!
"Why didn't they change like the book and key did?" She asked to herself.
For the first time in a long time, she felt an approaching dread like she had done when she first started capturing the cards.
"What's going on?" Then, the pile of cards that laid in her hand started to shake. "W-What now?!"
Suddenly, the Fiery shot out of her hand and hovered in front of her for a moment before disappearing.
"Where did the Fiery go?!" She said as panic rushed through her. Then, at the edge of her magical senses, she felt the Fiery. "Oh no... it's seal broke..."
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Sakura ran down the dark streets, trying to pin-point it's location. If she found the location, then she could just fly over there.
"Where is it, where is it, where is it???" She kept repeating to herself. Then, it sparked. It wasn't too far from her position, only about a block.
She decided to conserve her energy for the fight and not the flying.
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The Fiery smirked as it saw it's mistress arrive, ready to seal it again. But this time, it wouldn't be that easy.
Sakura watched as the Fiery smirk then lift it's right arm. "Please Fiery! Don't do this! I don't want to hurt you!" She yelled, but the Fiery just ignored her request.
Sakura watched as small flames appear in front of Fiery and grew larger and larger while spinning around, making a Fiery funnel. (A/N: You know, tornado!)
She gasped as she saw it grow larger and larger till it touched the dark clouds above.
Then, the Fiery pointed towards Sakura and the funnel shifted from it's position and straight towards her, going at a pretty fast speed.
Her eyes widened as she saw it heading straight towards her. What was Fiery doing?! Trying to kill her?!
She jumped out of the way just before it reached her. She held the star key out in front of her.
"Key which holds the power of darkness, show your true form before me, I, Sakura command you under our contract, RELEASE!" She yelled. But... nothing happened...
She stared at it with disbelief. "RELEASE!" She said again. But failed. "No, not now. Not now!" She said pleadingly.
She looked up to see the card smirk with satisfaction. What in the seven hells was going on?!
"I said, RELEASE!" She said as she started to sweat. It wasn't working!
She looked up to see the funnel heading straight towards her. She quickly dodged it again.
How was she suppose to seal Fiery if the stupid wand didn't work?!
Just then, she remember the rest to what Yue and Keroberos had said.
-- Flashback --
"Mistress, when these happenings appear, a new power will arise, and you must learn to use it." Yue finished.
"Sakura, believe in your power and you will prevail." Keroberos said he stood next to Yue.
-- End Flashback --
"Trust my own... power..." She whispered to herself. She felt hope rising up inside of her again.
She held the key out again, but this time, she strained herself to use her own power instead of Clows.
"The key with the power of my star! Show your true form before me! I, Sakura command you as your master, RELEASE!" (A/N: Yes, that the actual chant. So, NO, it's not made up!)
With difficulty, the wand shook as it tried to transform from the small key to the actual sealing staff.
Sweat was running down the side of her face as she felt the burning funnel headed straight for her. She had to transform her key before it was too late! Or many innocent lives could be lost.
'Come on, transform!' And, with a flash of light, the sealing wand took it's complete form in her hand. She twirled it about three times before seeing the funnel almost on top of her, making her jumping off onto the side.
She noticed Fiery getting a bit agitated.
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Syaoran was headed straight for the large Fiery funnel in the sky. Magic was at work here. And it could be that Sakura girl.
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Sakura pulled the Watery out of her pocket. 'Please Kami-sama, let this work!'
She held her arm up high into the air with the card between her index and middle finger.
"Card which crafted by Clow! Convert under you masters name, Sakura!" (A/N: Yes, another actual chant if im not mistaken.)
She felt a huge amount of magical power being drained from her, but there were other things at hand.
She brought her arm down to quickly look at it. It was now pink with her star symbol on the backing.
She took a deep breath as she tossed it out.
"Come to my aid and help me over come the task at hand! Watery!" (A/N: Now THAT was fake. Hehe...)
The water creature emerged from it's confinement as it turned to face the funnel. It spread it's wings (A/N: Yes, they have wings. Literally.) and beared it's teeth as it headed head on towards the funnel of inferno.
Sakura watched as hope rose up inside of her. Then, she froze. Watery couldn't handle Fiery alone. She had remembered the last time she captured it. She had to use the Windy along with the Watery to win. She gulped.
If she converted the Windy, how much power would she have left? It was a risk she'd have to take. She quickly pulled the Windy out of her pocket.
"Card which crafted by Clow! Convert under your masters name, Sakura!" The card gave off a quick flash of light before turning into a pink Sakura card. She tossed the card out and brought her wand down onto it.
The small wings on the side of her wand grew large as she chanted. "Wind, become a chain of caution! Windy!" (A/N: That was a real chant.)
The wind spirit flew out of it's confinement and flew straight for the funnel to help the Watery. Within seconds, the funnel was demolished and both elemental cards went straight for Fiery without a second thought.
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Syaoran continued to run towards his destination. "It just as to be that girl. I can feel her power."
He stopped suddenly as he saw smoke start to rise from the funnel of fire then disappear.
Now, he couldn't even feel her aura. Maybe she was trying to conceal it away from any magic users... but, that was her goal, then why didn't she use the spell before? Why give herself away when she could of done her own destruction and not get caught?
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Sakura looked at the fallen card in front of her. It reminded her about the first time she sealed it.
"Return to the guise you were meant to be in, Sakura card!" She said as she brought her wand down for the final time during that time.
The star in the middle of her wand spun around in circles as the Fiery was sucked into a glowing pink, rectangular object before her. Then, it quickly floated into her hand. She weakly smiled as she accepted it and her knees buckled from underneath her, but luckily, the Windy and Watery were still out of their confinements and caught her.
As if Watery knew what Windy was saying, she transformed back into her card state and flew into Sakura's hand.
The Windy gently picked her up and started to head for Sakura's apartment.
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Syaoran kicked a stone nearby his foot as he realized that he had arrived to late. The stone flew across the dirt ground and landed near a burnt tree. He looked around at the damage.
Well, whatever had started this was gone now and probably wasn't going to come back. Perhaps next time, he would have more luck than tonight.
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Keroberos' head and Yue's shot up. "The mistress. It's the final test. Do you think she will make it?" Yue asked with uncertainty.
Keroberos looked over the town as he stood on the Tokyo Tower with Yue. "I don't know. All we can do now is pray." Yue's gaze shifted from Keroberos and towards the full moon.
To be continued....
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Okay, was that long enough for you? Hope so. That was about 6 pages on my computer. Well, hope you like it so far and please, R+R! Arigato! Ja ne!