Tokyo, Japan
On the beach, Syaoran and Ami were walking in silence. Since Syaoran was never a particularly social person, and Ami was very shy, the two were standing a good two feet apart. They were both enjoying the feeling of the ocean's breeze and the fresh air of the outdoors. As it started to get late, the air began to become cooler. Since Ami was wearing only a short sleeve shirt, and shorts to match, she got cold rather quickly. When Syaoran looked over and noticed Ami holding her arms across her chest indicating she was trying to warm herself up, he quickly took off his jacket and draped it over her shoulders. Surprised, by the sudden move by Syaoran, Ami jumped slightly, and then looked at Syaoran and smiling, said thanks. The two continued their walk on the beach; however, they were now standing much closer together. After a while, they picked a spot to sit down and decided to watch the sunset. Sitting in the sand, the two started talking again. The subject of magic once again came up, and Ami asked if it was possible for Syaoran to teach her some magic.
"Well," answered Syaoran, "it isn't as simple as willing to learn. You have to have the ability to use magic in order for you to learn. Many people try to learn magic, but simply don't have the ability to use it."
"Is there a way to find out if someone has the ability to use magic?" asked Ami.
"Yes, there is. Usually magic can be sensed by other magic users, so if you have the ability to use magic, I should be able to sense it within you." With that said Syaoran closed his eyes and channeled his inner magic powers to see if he could detect magic within the cute blue haired girl in front of him. Not knowing what else to do, Ami merely sat still anxiously waiting to see if Syaoran would say she possessed magic ability. She was pretty sure she must have magic using ability since she was Sailor Mercury. Ami figured that when she transformed and used her powers as a Sailor Senshi, there must be some type of magical background. After a minute, Syaoran opened his eyes again and smiled at Ami. She realized that this was the first time she saw his true smile, and she thought to herself that he had a really nice smile and looked very cute. "It seems that you have quite a bit of magic potential in you," said Syaoran. "You have close to as much magical strength hidden dormant within you as Sakura, and according to legend, Sakura has the potential to become the most powerful sorceress in the world."
"Really? Sakura can be the most powerful sorceress in the world? Wow!" Ami's mind was racing. If I am not even as strong magically as Sakura, and the other Senshi are probably about the same strength as me, then Sakura might be up to the same power level as Sailor Moon. Or maybe she really is even more powerful! "What makes her have so much power?" asked Ami.
"Well, I'm not really supposed to tell people this, but can you promise that you won't mention it to anyone?" asked Syaoran. Ami nodded in response, eagerly waiting to find out about Sakura's source of power. "Well, she has the title of Mistress of the Clow Cards. That name probably means nothing to you, so let me explain. She was chosen by fate because of her enormous magic potential to be the one who was charged with the duty of collecting all the mystical Clow Cards. A long time ago, an extremely powerful sorcerer named Clow Reed created a number of Clow Cards. Each card has large amounts of magical energy; however, when released without a master, they have a tendency to cause mischief. My clan back in Hong Kong is one of the few groups who know about the Clow Cards and since I am the future leader of the clan and a direct descendent of Clow Reed, I was sent by the elders to come to Japan and capture the cards. That is how I met Sakura, since she had been chosen, not by a clan, but by fate and the Guardian of the Seal of the Book of Clow. Since you are roommates with Sakura you will probably learn about the Guardian of the Seal. His name is Cerberus, Kero for short. Sakura will tell you all about him some other time, don't worry. But legend has it that the Mistress or Master of the Clow Cards is the sole person in the world with the most potential magical energy laying dormant inside her/him until all the Clow Cards are caught and the magic is awakened. So Sakura and I teamed up as Card Captors and we managed to capture all the Clow Cards. After we finished capturing the Clow Cards, Sakura needed to change them slightly from their original form. You see, since Clow Reed was no longer alive, the cards needed to have a new master, so Sakura had to change the cards so they would feed off her own magic and not that of Clow. Since we have all the cards captured and Sakura has become the new mistress of the cards by changing them all, she has the majority of her power awakened; however, it isn't until she finishes more magical training that she will have complete control over all of her power. I'm sure this is all hard to believe, but I assure you it is the truth."
"Actually," replied Ami, "I'm not as skeptical as you think. You see, I also have a secret. When you were checking to see if I have any magic ability inside me, I already knew the answer was yes. Like you and Sakura, Minako and I live a semi-second life that is secret from most people. You see, we are both Sailor Senshi. I have the ability to transform into Sailor Mercury, and Minako is Sailor Venus. In our Senshi forms we have the ability to use super-natural powers and our physical strength and stamina increase. So I figured that I must have magic powers even in my present state, otherwise I wouldn't be able to transform. I wanted to see if I would be able to use magic even in my normal form, without having to transform."
Syaoran was stunned. He had heard rumors of the Sailor Senshi and their leader Sailor Moon, but assumed it was just a fairy tale. And now, he just found out that his new friend Ami was one of them! "So, you and Aino-san are both Sailor Senshi? Then I assume those other friends of yours you were talking about earlier are also Senshi. So which one of you is Sailor Moon?" questioned Syaoran.
"So I take it that you have heard of us then? Anyway, Sailor Moon is our friend Usagi. You would never guess she is Sailor Moon from just meeting her, but she is quite a remarkable person once you get to know her."
"Well, according to legend, Sailor Moon might be as powerful as the Mistress of the Clow Cards, at least before Sakura has trained enough to gain complete control over her powers. After Sakura has managed to perfect her power usage, I don't think even Sailor Moon will be quite as powerful. But, to answer your question from earlier, I'm sure that you can learn to use magic in your normal form if you try. And if you would like to learn, I would be happy to teach you."
Ami gave Syaoran a smile of thanks and then a thought came to her. "If Sakura is the Mistress of the Cards and it sounds like you are associated with them as well, then does that mean Tomoyo and Hiiragizawa know about the Clow Cards too?"
"Yes, they do," answered Syaoran. "You remember how Tomoyo likes to video tape everything?" Ami nodded an affirmative. "Well, she is a very observant person and she quickly figured out that Sakura had something to hide. Unfortunately, Sakura is simply too kind-hearted and pure and therefore couldn't lie to her. So, from there Tomoyo found out about the Clow Cards, and ever since she has been our unofficial camera woman. She always tags along when we went out to catch the Clow Cards and always video-taped the captures. As for Hiiragizawa, well, he is a little different. He happens to be the reincarnation of Clow Reed, and therefore has much power. He doesn't have the same amount of power that Sakura has or the same amount of power that the original Clow Reed had which is why the cards couldn't survive on Clow's magic, but he does retain a large amount of Clow Reed's knowledge and a good amount of magical power. From his inherited knowledge, Hiiragizawa probably knows more than any of us about the Clow Cards."
Ami could see that as Syaoran was talking about Eriol, his face turned from being fairly kind looking, into a scowl. She was about to ask him why, when she remembered when they first met Eriol. As Ami was thinking about it she began to giggle. This fact was not missed by Syaoran who gave her a peculiar look. "Sorry. I was just remembering at orientation when I first met you and Hiiragizawa-kun. He called you his descendent and I didn't understand why. Now I get it." Syaoran just shook his head and placed it in his hands before looking up at the smiling Senshi. He knew she didn't mean any insult and was just enjoying herself, and since being with Ami was making his feel quite happy himself, he smiled back and the two sat in the sand watching the sun go down below the horizon in peace.
In the city, Minako was pulling Duo in every which direction to show him her favorite hot spots in the city. The two had separated from the company of Ranma, Tomoyo, Eriol and Ukyo once they reached downtown, allowing each couple to do what they pleased. After showing Duo her favorite shops and hang outs, she brought him to a club she had frequently been to, and liked the atmosphere of the place. Since Duo's personality didn't include any type of self consciousness, he went along happily. Both Duo and Minako liked to have the attention of those around them, as well as always needing to be having fun. As they entered the place, Duo realized why Minako spoke so highly of it. The music was loud, although not so deafening that it was uncomfortable. The lighting was perfect, a good mix of color and movement, making the whole place feel alive, and while it was crowded, it wasn't so packed that it was impossible to walk. Minako quickly grabbed Duo by the hand and led him to the dance floor. Once she had found a good spot, she began to move her entire body to the rhythm of the music, eager to have as much fun as she could. After taking a moment to collect himself, and to watch Minako's gorgeous body move, Duo started to dance in sync with Minako. The two of them both turned out to be great dance partners and were soon tearing up the floor, getting cheers from the other people around them. About an hour into the night, a guy came up to Duo and Minako and pushed Duo out of the way. Despite Minako's resistance, the guy forced Minako to close dance with him, grinding up against her in a manner that very much displeased the blonde. They guy was fairly big, and looked to be quite strong. After shaking his head to clear it from the unexpected push to the ground, Duo got up and pulled the guy off Minako. "Just what do you think you are doing?" asked Duo.
"What do you think?" answered the guy. "I'm dancing with the girl since I am the best looking guy here. She should be honored to dance with me."
Duo started laughing at the guy. "You think you are the best looking guy here? More like the biggest jerk. She obviously doesn't want to dance with you, so why don't you beat it." Duo turned his back to the guy and looked to Minako. "Are you alright?" he asked.
"Hai. I am now. Thank you."
Angry at Duo for telling him off, the guy tried to punch Duo in the back of the head. However, from all his training as a Gundam pilot, Duo was expecting something and easily dodged the blow. He turned back to the guy. "What do you think you are doing now? The girl didn't want to dance with you, so just leave before something bad happens to you."
"And what do you think you can do to me shrimp?" taunted the guy. Duo was quite a few inches shorter than the guy and there was an obvious weight difference. In fact, Duo was relatively skinny.
"Believe me; you don't want to piss me off any more than you already have, so if I were you, I would just walk away." With that said Duo again turned his back to the guy and gave his attention back to Minako. Even angrier at being talked back to twice, the guy again tried to punch Duo in the back of the head. However, instead of merely ducking out of the way this time, Duo turned in one lighting fast motion and blocked the punch. Duo surprised the bully with the quick move, and took advantage of his shock. Using his heal, he kicked out the foot of the bully, then quickly took the off balance guy and effortlessly threw him from the dance floor, displaying an amazing amount of strength for a person who was so lean. After taking care of the bully, Duo once again turned back to Minako, who gave him a hug of thanks. Enjoying the feeling of Minako's body pressed against his, Duo started to blush ever so slightly. With the problem solved, the two got back to dancing and acted as though nothing had happened. The couple stayed at the club without further confrontation for a while longer, having a great time and almost always being the center of attention while they were on the dance floor.
After Duo and Minako went their own separate way, Eriol, Tomoyo, Ranma, and Ukyo went exploring around downtown without any type of destination in mind. Shortly into their explorations of Tokyo, Eriol and Ukyo decided to split up with Ranma and Tomoyo as they were tired of looking in shops at new fashion designs and electronic stores that Tomoyo was intrigued by. Ranma decided to stay with Tomoyo both for her protection and because he enjoyed being around the cheerful dark haired beauty. After leaving Ranma with Tomoyo, Eriol and Ukyo found their way to a nice park in the city. The two found a large tree and sat against its trunk while watching the stars come out one by one. Even though the two had sat together at dinner, there was still a lot about each other they did not know. Ukyo was quite interested in learning about what it is like in other countries of the world from Eriol since he had gone on many travels. Eriol told her mostly of England where he spent most of the last few years after living in Tomoeda with Sakura and the others. For a reason Ukyo could not explain to herself, she was feeling very strange when with Eriol. She felt more girly than ever before, even when she believed Ranma was her true love and her fiancé she had never felt how she did when she was with Eriol. As for Eriol, he rather enjoyed talking about his life as a normal person. Most of the people he knew were more interested in him as Clow Reed's reincarnation than as him as a person, however, Ukyo was interested in him as a normal person. After a while, the pair decided to walk through the park along a path near the tree they were presently occupying. They walked for several minutes before they came to a small stream in the park with a wooden bridge crossing over it. The two stopped at the center of the bridge to look down at the stream as the water flowed beneath them, both feeling very relaxed in the natural surroundings. Unfortunately, the peace didn't last very long.
"You know it is very dangerous to be walking around alone at night," said a voice from the darkness. As Eriol and Ukyo turned towards where the voice came from, they saw a group of about a half dozen people walk out of the shadows. Each member of the new group was dressed in baggy clothing and each had either a mean grin or a frown on their face. They noticed that a number of the gang members seemed to have a weapon. Ukyo and Eriol turned to walk back across to the other side of the bridge, when they saw that another group of similar looking men were standing at the other end of the bridge blocking their escape. Both were slightly bothered, although not overly so since they had both been in more serious problems before.
In a voice that sounded more annoyed than scared, Eriol addressed the gang. "We would appreciate it if you would just leave us alone. What do you want from us?"
"Well to start we'll take all your valuables, and maybe we'll take that cutie you are with as well," replied the same man who spoke before with a grin. From the way he carried himself, Eriol assumed he was the leader of the gang.
Ukyo got a little more frightened at the tone of the leader's voice and moved a little closer to Eriol for protection. "Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you," responded Eriol in his customary calm voice. "But I have no intention of giving you any valuables, and I'm especially not giving you Kuonji-san." As Eriol verbally defended her, he placed a protective arm around her to try and give her some form of comfort.
"That's what you think! Get them. Make them pay for their insolence!"
The men charged in from both sides with weapons drawn and fists up, ready to fight. At seeing the gang start to attack, Eriol began to chant. "Key that Holds the Power of Darkness. Show Your True Self to Me. I, Eriol Command You Under Contract. Release!" With a bright flash of light a staff with a sun on the end appeared in Eriol's hand. The attacking gang members stopped in shock from Eriol's trick. "This is the last time I am going to warn you. Leave now and no harm will come to you." Not heeding Eriol's warning, the gang resumed their attack. With a twirl of his staff around himself and Ukyo, Eriol unleashed a blast of physical and mental energy which sent every member of the gang sprawling on the ground knocking them all unconscious. The only remaining gang member still standing was the leader who spoke earlier. "Now, I highly suggest you leave us alone and never bother others again," stated Eriol to the gang leader. With a look of pure horror on his face, the leader turned and ran full speed away from Eriol and Ukyo. Once they were alone again, Eriol recalled his staff and turned to Ukyo with a look of concern on his face. "Are you alright, Kuonji-san?"
After getting over her initial shock over the events in which just took place, Ukyo responded to Eriol. "I'm fine, thanks to you. How did you do that?"
Eriol was a little upset at having to show his magic abilities to Ukyo already. He was enjoying spending time with her without her knowing about his magic power and his being the reincarnation of Clow Reed. "It's a long story," explained Eriol. "But basically I am the reincarnation of a very powerful sorcerer and so I inherited a portion of his magic power and knowledge. I'm sorry for not telling you before, but to tell you the truth, I was generally enjoying spending time with you without you knowing about my 'other' side."
"I was enjoying myself as well Hiiragizawa-kun. But you didn't need to hide any part of yourself from me. If you were intentionally trying to be something that you aren't then I wasn't spending time with the real you. But either way, I was really having a good time with you, until those thugs over there showed up anyway." Ukyo smiled at Eriol to emphasize her point. "And if it is ok with you, could you please call me Ukyo? I never did like being called by my formal name."
Ukyo's obvious comfort with him made Eriol feel much better. "As you wish Ukyo-san. As long as you call me Eriol." The two smiled back at each other to finalize their newly formed friendship and possibly more. After a couple minutes of silence standing atop the bridge, the couple decided that it was getting late and they started to head back to their apartment complex.
Ranma and Tomoyo were exploring downtown with no particular destination, but enjoying themselves none the less. Before they separated from Eriol and Ukyo, Tomoyo was having the group stop at a number of fashion boutiques and electronic stores. Tomoyo was always looking at the new fashion styles for ideas on designing new clothes for her favorite model, Sakura, and for new camera models that had more advanced features than the one she presently owned. Ranma didn't have any places in particular he wanted to stop at, so for the most part he just followed Tomoyo into the different stores she wished to visit. He had no problems going to the clothing and electronic stores since he got to see Tomoyo enjoying herself to no end and seeing her like that made Ranma happy for a reason he still couldn't quite comprehend. Eventually it got late and all the stores began to close. Without any more stores for Tomoyo to peruse, the couple started walking aimlessly around town, talking with each other but not doing much else. Even at the late hour the streets were still filled with people as Ranma and Tomoyo began to realize why people said that Tokyo never sleeps. The two kept talking with each other without incident until they realized they had walked a good distance from downtown and were now in an area with little lighting and almost no people. Tomoyo wasn't used to being out late walking the streets without the presence of her bodyguards and began to get a little nervous. She had convinced her mother that she didn't need her bodyguards while in college, but was still uneasy from the lack of light and presence of people. Tomoyo grabbed onto Ranma's arm for protection to ease her feeling of concern. As they turned around to head back toward downtown, two rather large men stepped in front of them. Both looked to weigh at least 250 pounds and had mean grins across their faces.
"Well, well. What do we have here?" said one of the men with a slight chuckle. "It looks like you two have lost your way."
"Yeah," added the second man. "But don't worry; we will help you find your way back to downtown. All you have to do is give us all your money and we'll point you in the right direction."
Tomoyo was quite scared at the threat of the two brutes in front of her and she grabbed onto Ranma tighter. Ranma, on the other hand, wasn't intimidated at all. He protectively guided Tomoyo behind him as he smirked at the two men. "If you want my money, then come and take it if you can," taunted Ranma. As Tomoyo heard Ranma taunt the two men she looked up at his face and saw his smirk. He looked back down to her with a 'do not worry about anything' look in his eye. Seeing his confidence, Tomoyo relaxed slightly, already knowing for some reason that Ranma had full control of the situation.
"You asked for it punk!" screamed the first man as he charged the couple. Ranma easily ducked out of the way of the punch from the charging brute, carefully escorting Tomoyo away from the danger. After his first attack failed, the man came at Ranma with a kick. Ranma easily jumped out of the way, doing a flip over the man's head in the process. As the man was turning around, Ranma delivered a series of kicks up the man's torso and face, instantly knocking the man unconscious. Seeing his friend get beat so easily by Ranma, the second guy got very angry. He pulled out a knife and charged at Ranma, arms flailing. Again, with ease, Ranma ducked out of the way and then counter-attacked with a series of lightning fast punches that had the man buckle over in pain. When the fight was over, Tomoyo walked over to Ranma and took his arm again and the two walked off leaving the muggers lying on the ground in agony.
"Wow! That was great!" exclaimed a very excited Tomoyo. "When you hit that second guy, how did you get so much power into just one punch?"
"Well, it wasn't actually one punch," explained Ranma. "It was really a series of about 100 punches striking in the exact same spot. It's a technique I learned from this old ghoul back in Nerima. It's called the Kachü Tenshin Amaguriken."
"Really? I didn't even see your arm move."
"Well, I've developed a few martial arts tricks from all the weird fights I've had to go through back home. The Kachü Tenshin Amaguriken is just one of the moves I learned to deal with a specific situation."
"Do you think you can teach me some martial arts sometime? That way, if I'm ever in trouble I won't need someone to protect me."
"Sure. I would be glad to." Ranma gave Tomoyo a grin and then added, "although I kind of like protecting you." Tomoyo lightly punched Ranma on his arm and then smiled back at him. The two went back to downtown, with Tomoyo still hanging onto Ranma's arm and continued to walk around without any more trouble for the rest of the night.
Out in the woods, Sakura was still trying as hard as she could to get Heero to open up, and to her delight, she seemed to be succeeding. Slowly but surely, Heero was talking more and Sakura could have sworn she saw the start of a smile forming on his handsome face. As the two continued their walk the air began to grow cold and Sakura began to wish she had been wearing warmer clothing. As she was about to cross her arms in an attempt to warm herself up, she felt something on her shoulders. Looking up, she saw Heero gently placing his jacket on her shoulders in a gesture of kindness she did not expect from the emotionless boy. After a moment of wonder, Sakura gave Heero a bright smile, her eyes twinkling, and her angelic face lighting up in glee. The sight was too much for Heero to bear, and the corner of his mouth went up and into a half smile. At seeing Heero's semi-smile Sakura's face brightened even more, and she grasped Heero behind the neck and hugged him. While Heero didn't return Sakura's display of affection by hugging her back as most people would, he at least didn't push her away as his normal first instinct would have been. After the two separated, Sakura looked as if she was about to say something, when she all of a sudden snapped her head around and started looking in all different directions. What Heero didn't know, was that Sakura had become alert all of a sudden because she sensed a strong magical presence. Sakura was confused about more than the direction of the magical presence. She was almost positive the feeling felt like a Clow Card, but she knew that couldn't be possible since she and Syaoran had captured and changed all of the Clow Cards a number of years ago and for the most part had been living their lives like normal teenagers. She had kept up the practice in sharpening her magical skills, but she had done that more as an excuse to spend extra time with Syaoran than because she expected to use her magic skills in any real life situation. Sakura was becoming more agitated and slightly afraid as she worked to find out what was out there and where it was. At seeing Sakura's uneasiness, Heero asked if she was alright.
"It's hard to explain," answered Sakura. "This may sound crazy but I felt a magical presence nearby." As she said the last part, Sakura looked up at Heero expecting him to look either really skeptical or surprised. To her disappointment, however, Heero still showed no sign of emotion on his face.
"What do you mean a magical presence?" asked Heero.
"Well, I can sense beings that possess certain types of magical power. I'll explain everything afterwards, but right now there is something here with strong magical energy and the power signature feels very familiar. I don't think it is possible for the power to be what I think it feels like, but I don't know what else it could be. However, if my feeling is right then I need to find and capture the source of the magical power." Sakura then took her star pendant she wore around her neck and chanted, "Key that Hides the Power of the Stars. Show Your True Self to Me. I, Sakura Command You Under Contract. Release!" In a burst of light, Sakura's pendant transformed into a wand with a base that had a yellow star inside a pink circle with small white wings on each side..
"Very impressive Kinomoto-san."
"Thanks!" giggled Sakura, almost forgetting about the possible Clow Card that was around somewhere. Just as Sakura regained her train of thought, bringing her attention back to the magical presence, some strange colored mist appeared in front of the pair. As they stared at the new phenomenon in front of them, the mist transformed into the shape of a person. The new figure was tall and muscular, with hands and feet taped in a kickboxing style. After a moment of thought, Sakura said to Heero, "I know it isn't possible, but I'm sure that it is a Clow Card!" Not getting any type of response out of Heero, as she expected, Sakura began to think of a strategy of how to defeat the card. Since she had no idea what this being was capable of, she didn't know what would be the best method of dealing with the situation. Unfortunately, before Sakura could think of anything, the card attacked. With lightning fast speed, the card launched a series of punches and kicks directly at the beautiful Card Captor. Sakura was taken completely by surprise and was frozen in place, not knowing what to do. She hadn't been in an actual situation where she needed to use her limited martial arts skills in a long time and had only been practicing her magical powers, so she didn't know how to deal with this physical onslaught. Luckily for her, Heero was very used to physical fights and he quickly pulled Sakura out of the way of the flying punches and kicks. Unfortunately his efforts weren't completely effective, since to his surprise, the fighter's arms extended right in front of his eyes and a punch landed solidly in the stomach of the vulnerable Kinomoto Sakura. As the punch hit Sakura a dim glow surrounded the hand of the attacker and spread throughout Sakura. The cute Card Captor doubled over in pain from the blow to her stomach. As the girl was falling to the ground, Heero caught her and gently laid her down before turning his attention to the one guilty of assaulting the emerald eyed wonder. Despite the fact that his face still showed no sign of emotion, Sakura could see a glimmer of hatred forming in Heero's cobalt blue eyes as he stared at the offending figure. At seeing the Card Mistress helpless on the ground, the Card turned its attention to Heero and charged him with powerful punches. In one swift movement, making sure to take into account that the arms of the attacker could extend, Heero dodged the attack by the fighter and delivered a powerful kick to the head without breaking stride. Despite the fact that Heero's physical appearance was not that of someone who was very strong, his fighting skills were very well tuned so his attacks were much more powerful than anyone would guess. After the one spinning kick to the head, the Card was out cold. Seeing his opponent down for the count, Heero went to Sakura's side, picking her up and carrying her in his arms. She asked him to take her over to the knocked out fighter and when they arrived at the comatose figure Heero put Sakura down, allowing her to stand while supporting her with his arm. Sakura brought up her wand and chanted "I Sakura, Mistress of the Cards Command You. Return to Your True Form. Clow Card!" As Sakura brought her wand down onto the comatose figure a bright light appeared and the figure transformed into a card. When Sakura saw the card, she knew it looked very familiar. Suddenly, it came to her. The card was the exact same as the Power Clow Card, with two exceptions. Most noticeable was that the back of this new Clow Card was completely black instead of the brown color of the Clow Cards or the pink color of her changed Sakura Cards. The second difference was instead of saying 'Power' on the front of the card, there was the word 'Drain'. The card floated over to Sakura's hand she took the card and put it in her pocket. As she transformed her wand back into her pendant, the last of Sakura's energy finally left her and she started to fall towards the ground. Heero caught the falling girl before she could hit the ground and picked her back up again. While in Heero's arms, Sakura reached up and wrapped her arms around the boy's neck and leaned her head on his shoulder, just relaxing at the feeling of warmth and comfort resulting from being in Heero's arms. In the comfort of Heero's arms, Sakura soon fell into a light sleep as Heero continued to carry her back to campus.
Author's Notes:
We've reached the point where Sakura has encountered the first bit of Action/Adventure in the story. If you are looking for a story that has like tragedies and cliff-hangers, you are reading the wrong story cause I can't seem to bring myself to write bad things happening to my main characters. Please continue reading, Chapter 1 is almost complete.