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A/N: Here's chapter four. Hang in there, this fic is almost over. Thank you all of you who have read it!

Chapter 4

~*New Powers Unleashed*~

"Hotaru, Meka, don't attack yet. We have to wait for the right moment to attack. There are too many people here now. Just be patient a while longer," Kaho ordered.

"But why don't we just freeze everyone inside. Then attack? They won't expect us because there's a crowd out there. And we shouldn't give them so much time to practice," Hotaru suggested.

"Sometimes you sound like you're even sharper than me. Great idea. But release your staffs and freeze everyone inside quickly, or else he'll sense us."

So they called upon their newly acquired staffs and immediately froze all the guesses. What they didn't know, though, was that Sakura, Syaoran, Nakuru, Yue, Kero, and Spinel weren't frozen. Kaho and them were stronger now, but they didn't have that much that they could freeze everyone, including the magical ones.

"Now! Attack!" Kaho yelled. Spurs of ice were blasted directly at Eriol and Tomoyo. They impulsively dodged the surprise attack.

::gasp:: Eriol and Tomoyo whirled around to come face to face with them.

"You again?" Eriol sputtered.

Tomoyo was astonished. She knew her wicked stepmother was evil, but she didn't suspect Hotaru or Meka would also be like her. She knew they were wicked also, but not as evil. Tomoyo believed that deep inside, Hotaru and Meka were a little better than that. They just had to search deeper and ignore their crazy mother.

"Tomoyo-san, daijobu?" Eriol said, trying to shake her back to reality.

"Huh? Oh. Daijobu. It's just that they're Hotaru-san and Meka-san, my stepsisters."

"Oh."

Taking advantage of Tomoyo's shock, the three began to attack again. Beams of fire, ice, and lightning barely missed Tomoyo as Eriol pushed her out of the way.

"Get ready to battle, Tomoyo-chan!"

"Right!"

When the other magical inhabitants in the mansion heard the noise, they rushed outside.

"Quick! We have to go help Tomoyo-chan and Eriol-kun!" Sakura cried.

"No. Everyone stay back. This is Tomoyo-san and kind of Hiiragizawa-kun's battle. We have to let them win on their own," Syaoran said wisely. But if they don't win, I'll surely miss Tomoyo-chan dearly…but I wouldn't mind losing Hiiragizawa-kun. Hehe. Then again, I know they'll succeed he thought.

"The kid's got a point. Let's stand by and come in only if they really need help," Kero answered.

"Okay, but if anything happens, I'm jumping in," Sakura replied anxiously.

"Tomoyo-chan, use your new powers. Concentrate and call upon them. The words will come to you," Eriol instructed. I'd better let her fight this battle. It belongs to her. I know she can take the three of them together. She's stronger than them

Tomoyo chanted the incantations that instinctively flowed into her mind, and ignited her buried powers. Beams of lavender and violet shot out of her staff and blasted the three. They flew back, hitting the concrete wall that encircled the garden. The three fired back, sending flames through the air. Kaho shot red flames, Hotaru shot orange flames, and Meka shot yellow blazes: all matching the color of their own staff and key.

One blaze caught on Tomoyo's perfectly suave, wavy hair, causing her to rage. Her hair was one of her chief treasures that she was proud of. Tomoyo quickly put it out with a splash of water from her wand and retaliated. She chanted more spells and more beams of lilac flared out. The evil stepmother and stepsisters flew into the rose patch. Drops of red splashed everywhere as the thorns pierced their bare flesh. The blood red roses now became even more of a reddish-burgundy color. As they charged back, Tomoyo defended by releasing her shield, blocking the useless strikes.

Tomoyo released flaming embers from her staff, which surrounded the three. This would give her more time to chant a more forceful spell. But there were three of them, so they blasted it away quickly and shot back at her with ice and water, while she was still chanting. Unfortunately, since she wasn't done yet, the attacks hit her directly at full blast. The water shoved her against the other wall. When the water stopped, she was dropped into another section of thorny lavender roses. This time, blood of the purest Tomoyo was splattered all over the wall and flowers. She was more hurt than the other three. But it wasn't the end of the pain yet. Meka shot icicles that pinned Tomoyo to the wall behind the coarse stems of the roses. Lamentably, there were two roses pinned behind her, thorns and all, between the wall and her back, causing more of her precious blood to pour rapidly and mercilessly as the thorns drove deeper into her skin. Her back was streaked with blood and her soft cherry lips were dripping with more of the liquid of her heart. Although she was literally covered in her own blood, she was still beautiful and standing strong. She groaned from all the pain that was inflicted on her in such a short amount of time. It all happened so quickly. One minute she was testing her newfound powers, and the next, she was in a gory battle against her own relatives.

"TOMOYO-CHAN!!" Eriol screamed worriedly. He tried to go help her but the guardians held him back.

"This is Daidouji-san's battle. She will triumph over them. Have faith and believe in her," Yue said calmly.

Tomoyo looked at Eriol. Their eyes told each other everything. Hers said 'I can do this. Just believe in me. I'll be okay,' and his told her, 'I believe in you. Let the magic guide you.'  They nodded to each other reassuringly.

I can do this! I know it! Eriol-kun believes in me. I can't let him down Tomoyo thought mentally. Though she was aching all over, she wouldn't give up. She had to end this once and for all. She couldn't let anyone get hurt again by these three; especially her loved ones.

"This is enough! I'm going to end this now!" Tomoyo shouted. She tore herself away from the icicles, causing her clothes to rip and gaining her more scratches from the surrounding thorns. "I'm going to stop you once and for all!"

She recited more spells with all her remaining strength and energy to open up a vortex.

"I've read about those kinds of vortexes before," Syaoran said. "Whoever falls into that is trapped in another dimension forever and their magic will vanish over time. There have been cases of these, but they're very rare. Tomoyo-san must be very powerful to be able to unleash that."

The vortex sucked the bleeding mother and sisters in. They screamed for benevolence, but everyone watched mercilessly. None of them even thought of helping them.

Just as the vortex was sealing itself up almost completely, Kaho pulled Tomoyo by the ankle. She lost her balance and slid down on the floor, grasping for something sturdy to hold on to. Eriol instinctively dived down to grab her. His grip on her delicate hand was slowly loosening bit by bit. The vortex was just too powerful.

Finally, Eriol's unsteady grip on Tomoyo's hand unlocked. "TOMOYO-CHAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!" Eriol screamed.

"ERIOL-KUNNNNNN!!!!" Tomoyo's voice echoed as she fell deeper and deeper into the vortex with her evil stepmother and stepsisters.

To be continued…

A/N: How's that for the fourth chapter? I know it's kinda short, but oh well. ^_^ Is that considered a cliffie? You'll just have to read the next chapter to find out what happens! But for now, be a good reader and REVIEW!!! Plz review because I've decided not the post the next chapter until I get at least 15 reviews all together. Thank you all who've read this fic! Love ya! ^_^ Ja!