~*~Prologue~*~
"Key that hides the forces of darkness,show your true shape to me!I, Sakura Kinomoto command you under contract,release!!"Sakura yelled out. Then, grabbing the spinning staff, she continued. "windy!" I command you, be a binding force to the evil that terrorize us!" She slammed the beak of the pink staff onto the face of the Windy card. A ferocious gust was unchained upon the evil that have come to stir the town of TOmoeda. With a snarl of a creature that was not of this world, the beast leapt towards Sakura."No!"she cried out.
Sakura racked her brain for a plan. There was no time! Holding up her staff to block herself from the appraoching monster, Sakura braced herself. And waited for the blow.
It never came.
Clang!! There was a sound of vibrating metal as a sword came into the scene. Sakura snapped her eyes open, and felt a rush of gratitude for her savior. Syaoran was gritting his teeth and gripping his sword that had stuck the creature's hugh jaw. "Syaoran-kun! Thank tou so much!"Sakura said sincerly."No time for that! Here, I'll weaken him, and you finish him off!"the boy called back, trying to fend off the hugh animal. Sakura was torn between following Syaoran's plan, and trying her own strategy. *No time to think! Just act!* she thought. She answered to Syaoran;"Matte!I have a plan!" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kero-chan had told her that the monster's weak sopt was right on the right hind-leg, but there was no way to get around it by running. "Nani?!Yamate! THis is too dangerous to be trying out attack plans!Damn!!"Syaoran yelled back at her, trying to talk above the din of the shreiking howl of the naimal.
"trust me! I can do this!" Sakura replied, sounding more confident then she felt. Ignoring cries of protest from Syaoran. She yelled out the command for Windy once more.*careful no Sakra...there's that cliff onii-chan fell off of one time...and you might not be as lucky as him....* she coached herseld.
carefully controlling hte wind beneath her, she floaated up into the air with it, being carried by the powerful current of air. She kept balancing on the wind element as she hovered over the cliff. The agitated creature had not noticed, for Syaoran was doing all he could to distract the monster from Sakura. Angry-looking scars were running down his arms. Praying everything would go right. She told the wind to hang on just a bit longer, and she called the Sword, along with the magic charm that gave it some extra power to finsih off an oopponent.
"Powers of darkness hiddden within this stadd, I ask you to gather inside the strenght of the Clow Card!Swordy!Become a reprimanding chain and bind this evil!!!"The staff,with a swirl of smoke,turned into a thin and gracefully fashioned sword. Holding and aiming a blow carefully wiht the skill of a swordsmaster, Sakura lunged in for the finalhit,all the while holding her breath. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
With an ear-slitting cry of rage, the beast melted away into oblibion, the hideous form slowly warping,until there was nothing in the spot where it had stood a minute ago.
In the joy of accmplishing her mission,Sakura didn't remmeber the danger she still was in. Windy was a strong elemental card. But it's effectiveness depends on the owner of the Cards....Sakura.
With visible struggling to keep sakura afloat, Windy trembled and shook. Then,with a whoosh,it turned back into a card,at the same time Sakura blacked out from loss of energy. Syaoran saw this and let out a yell,"NOoooo!Sakura!!"as she dropped down from mid-air. Syaoran choked and ran as fast as he could to the edge,but he knew it would be too late to catch her. Panic rose from his chest,bitter bile rising with it. swallowing hard,held up his sword and prepared to chant a spell to save Sakura.Muttering the strongest spell that came to mind.He focused the best he could through his jmbled head,sweat from concentration already trickling down his face.*Not when I've just realized my feelings for oyu Sakura.I'm not going to lose you.Not now, not ever.* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Falling...falling...Sakura walked around in her dream. "Where am I? Syaoran- kun? Are you here? Where are you?" she called. She remembered...the battle...and Windy had gave out on her from her lack of power...
In the darkness, she saw a circle of light, inside of the beam, she saw a part of a Chinese-looking robe. "Syaoran? Is that you?" she asked. The figure stepped fully into the brightness and Sakura blinked. "Who are you?" She asked. The man was quite handsome and wore glasses, like her father. He had jet-black that was tied in a long ponytail. He was also wearing robes that Sakura now realized looked nothing like Syaoran's, except that it was of the Chinese tradition.
The tall figure spoke finally, but directly into her head. *Hello little card captor, it's nice to finally meet you. My name is Clow Reed* he said with a gentle smile. Sakura knew she trusted this person, somehow, she just _knew_. "What am I doing here?" Sakura asked. "And...oh Kami! If you're Clow Reed... that means you're the one that made the Clow Cards and Kero- chan!" The man in front of her chuckled softly when she said "Kero-chan" * Hal, sou desu ka Sakura. There's no time for explanations, but you must know this, it isn't the time for you to leave the world yet. In fact, far from it, you have lots to accomplish, so you must not depart.*
Sakura was confused. "Hoe? Leave? Where? I was just fighting with that monster, and I won! ...um... didn't I?" Clow didn't answer, he only smiled at her again and replied *1 will give you some of my energy. Now, it's time for you to leave. Farewell Sakura, and good luck with the final judgment.* then, as if an after-thought, he continued *Not that you'll need it...* Sakura wanted to ask him a million more questions, but she was plunged back into where she belonged.
*Those rocks do _not_ look pleasant to crash into!* she screamed inside her head. Calling out "Fly!" She adjusted her grip on the staff as the pink wand sprouted two huge wings. She sat firmly on it, then raised her body upwards with all her strength. Gasping with the rush of air against her, Sakura fought to stay upright and to ride the wind so she won't crash into the side of the cliff. She cried out with the effort it took to increase power to ascend. The ground was still rushing up at her, but more slowly now. With one last burst of energy, Sakura steered the staff she was riding towards the edge of the cliff above her.
When she got there after what seemed like eons, a kneeling and chanting Syaoran half-mad with worry was there to meet her. "Sakura!" He cried looking up from his incantation and getting up. Sakura thought to herself, *Syaoran..kun called me by my name...* then, with the wind knocked out of her, she fainted into Syaoran's arms, the staff turning back to a key around her neck. Her last thought was; ~Oh no...Syaoran will _definitely_ be mad for not following _his_ plan...*
~*~End of Prologue~*~
"Key that hides the forces of darkness,show your true shape to me!I, Sakura Kinomoto command you under contract,release!!"Sakura yelled out. Then, grabbing the spinning staff, she continued. "windy!" I command you, be a binding force to the evil that terrorize us!" She slammed the beak of the pink staff onto the face of the Windy card. A ferocious gust was unchained upon the evil that have come to stir the town of TOmoeda. With a snarl of a creature that was not of this world, the beast leapt towards Sakura."No!"she cried out.
Sakura racked her brain for a plan. There was no time! Holding up her staff to block herself from the appraoching monster, Sakura braced herself. And waited for the blow.
It never came.
Clang!! There was a sound of vibrating metal as a sword came into the scene. Sakura snapped her eyes open, and felt a rush of gratitude for her savior. Syaoran was gritting his teeth and gripping his sword that had stuck the creature's hugh jaw. "Syaoran-kun! Thank tou so much!"Sakura said sincerly."No time for that! Here, I'll weaken him, and you finish him off!"the boy called back, trying to fend off the hugh animal. Sakura was torn between following Syaoran's plan, and trying her own strategy. *No time to think! Just act!* she thought. She answered to Syaoran;"Matte!I have a plan!" ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kero-chan had told her that the monster's weak sopt was right on the right hind-leg, but there was no way to get around it by running. "Nani?!Yamate! THis is too dangerous to be trying out attack plans!Damn!!"Syaoran yelled back at her, trying to talk above the din of the shreiking howl of the naimal.
"trust me! I can do this!" Sakura replied, sounding more confident then she felt. Ignoring cries of protest from Syaoran. She yelled out the command for Windy once more.*careful no Sakra...there's that cliff onii-chan fell off of one time...and you might not be as lucky as him....* she coached herseld.
carefully controlling hte wind beneath her, she floaated up into the air with it, being carried by the powerful current of air. She kept balancing on the wind element as she hovered over the cliff. The agitated creature had not noticed, for Syaoran was doing all he could to distract the monster from Sakura. Angry-looking scars were running down his arms. Praying everything would go right. She told the wind to hang on just a bit longer, and she called the Sword, along with the magic charm that gave it some extra power to finsih off an oopponent.
"Powers of darkness hiddden within this stadd, I ask you to gather inside the strenght of the Clow Card!Swordy!Become a reprimanding chain and bind this evil!!!"The staff,with a swirl of smoke,turned into a thin and gracefully fashioned sword. Holding and aiming a blow carefully wiht the skill of a swordsmaster, Sakura lunged in for the finalhit,all the while holding her breath. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
With an ear-slitting cry of rage, the beast melted away into oblibion, the hideous form slowly warping,until there was nothing in the spot where it had stood a minute ago.
In the joy of accmplishing her mission,Sakura didn't remmeber the danger she still was in. Windy was a strong elemental card. But it's effectiveness depends on the owner of the Cards....Sakura.
With visible struggling to keep sakura afloat, Windy trembled and shook. Then,with a whoosh,it turned back into a card,at the same time Sakura blacked out from loss of energy. Syaoran saw this and let out a yell,"NOoooo!Sakura!!"as she dropped down from mid-air. Syaoran choked and ran as fast as he could to the edge,but he knew it would be too late to catch her. Panic rose from his chest,bitter bile rising with it. swallowing hard,held up his sword and prepared to chant a spell to save Sakura.Muttering the strongest spell that came to mind.He focused the best he could through his jmbled head,sweat from concentration already trickling down his face.*Not when I've just realized my feelings for oyu Sakura.I'm not going to lose you.Not now, not ever.* ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~*~ *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Falling...falling...Sakura walked around in her dream. "Where am I? Syaoran- kun? Are you here? Where are you?" she called. She remembered...the battle...and Windy had gave out on her from her lack of power...
In the darkness, she saw a circle of light, inside of the beam, she saw a part of a Chinese-looking robe. "Syaoran? Is that you?" she asked. The figure stepped fully into the brightness and Sakura blinked. "Who are you?" She asked. The man was quite handsome and wore glasses, like her father. He had jet-black that was tied in a long ponytail. He was also wearing robes that Sakura now realized looked nothing like Syaoran's, except that it was of the Chinese tradition.
The tall figure spoke finally, but directly into her head. *Hello little card captor, it's nice to finally meet you. My name is Clow Reed* he said with a gentle smile. Sakura knew she trusted this person, somehow, she just _knew_. "What am I doing here?" Sakura asked. "And...oh Kami! If you're Clow Reed... that means you're the one that made the Clow Cards and Kero- chan!" The man in front of her chuckled softly when she said "Kero-chan" * Hal, sou desu ka Sakura. There's no time for explanations, but you must know this, it isn't the time for you to leave the world yet. In fact, far from it, you have lots to accomplish, so you must not depart.*
Sakura was confused. "Hoe? Leave? Where? I was just fighting with that monster, and I won! ...um... didn't I?" Clow didn't answer, he only smiled at her again and replied *1 will give you some of my energy. Now, it's time for you to leave. Farewell Sakura, and good luck with the final judgment.* then, as if an after-thought, he continued *Not that you'll need it...* Sakura wanted to ask him a million more questions, but she was plunged back into where she belonged.
*Those rocks do _not_ look pleasant to crash into!* she screamed inside her head. Calling out "Fly!" She adjusted her grip on the staff as the pink wand sprouted two huge wings. She sat firmly on it, then raised her body upwards with all her strength. Gasping with the rush of air against her, Sakura fought to stay upright and to ride the wind so she won't crash into the side of the cliff. She cried out with the effort it took to increase power to ascend. The ground was still rushing up at her, but more slowly now. With one last burst of energy, Sakura steered the staff she was riding towards the edge of the cliff above her.
When she got there after what seemed like eons, a kneeling and chanting Syaoran half-mad with worry was there to meet her. "Sakura!" He cried looking up from his incantation and getting up. Sakura thought to herself, *Syaoran..kun called me by my name...* then, with the wind knocked out of her, she fainted into Syaoran's arms, the staff turning back to a key around her neck. Her last thought was; ~Oh no...Syaoran will _definitely_ be mad for not following _his_ plan...*
~*~End of Prologue~*~