Summary: "It's all over". The void card is captured, everything is restored again, Syaoran and Sakura are a couple, everything is back to normal. For now. But who ever knew that so much evil could rest in one person's heart. THE final battle is about to begin…
Disclaimer: Neither Cardcaptor Sakura nor its characters belong to me. It is owned by CLAMP. The songs that I have used do not belong to me either.
Italic- Thoughts/ Dreams
Bold- Something really important
CAPS LOCK- Someone really mad/worried
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Chapter 9: It Can't Get Any Worse…Can It?
"HELP! SOMEBODY!" "Tomoyo?! Where are you?" Syaoran stopped running and looked ahead and saw smoke. It had just occurred to him that there was a light glaze over the trees ahead of him. It must be the Firey card. Syaoran began to run again, even faster than he was before.
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"See, I told you guys we shouldn't have left without Syaoran!" Tomoyo yelled over the crackling of fire surrounding them. "Look, right now is NOT the greatest time to be pointing fingers at anyone. We're already in the situation; we should be focusing on getting out of it. And besides, how was I supposed to know that your school was going to randomly blaze into fire and that the fire was going to spread the way it did." "Okay Cerberus but what can we do now? I don't have any magical powers; we're basically sitting ducks where we are." "You're right. But there isn't much we can do. Just try to run around where the fire hasn't spread and keep calling out for help." She nodded her head in agreement because she knew that there was nothing else that she could do.
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"I have been running for a good 5 minutes now, there is NO WAY I could possibly not have reached the school yet!" Syaoran stopped to catch his breath and leaned against a tree. "Something isn't right." He looked up and saw the smoke and the glaze from what looked like exactly where he had looked from originally. He then closed his eyes and tried to think of all of the cards that he had ever helped Sakura capture, and what would fit the description of his circumstance. "That's it! The Loop!" He came off of the tree and looked around for the source. There was a quick red glimpse on the ground that reflected from where the fire was coming from. "Gotcha." Syaoran ran towards it and jammed his sword into the line. The card began to form back and when it was once again sealed it turned black, then flew into the direction where the Tokyo Tower was. Well that answers one question. Then he continued to run towards the school.
"Tomoyo?! Cerberus?! Yue?! Are you guys okay?" Syaoran asked, screaming into where the fire was. "For now, but we're completely surrounded." Syaoran stood in front of where he heard the voice the loudest and picked up his sword. "Element: Water!" The water splashed around and violently took down most of the fire enclosing Tomoyo, giving her enough space to come out. "Oh my God, are you okay?" "Yea, just a couple of burns, but I'll live." Tomoyo replied with a smile on her face. "That's good." And Syaoran went to put out the rest of the fire. When all of it was almost put out, the last bits collected itself together, transformed into a card, turned black, then flew towards the direction of the Tokyo Tower. "That's what happened with the Loop card just now." Yue and Cerberus looked at each other worried. "How is that possible?" Yue asked. Syaoran looked into Tomoyo's hand where the two were being held. "What do you mean?" He asked. Cerberus continued, "Well, you've never had the power to convert the Cards into...well…cards. So how was it that you were able to do that?" Syaoran didn't really take it into account that that even happened because his focus was on saving Tomoyo and the others. "That's a good question…" "You want to hear another good question?" Tomoyo added with a serious face. "Why did the card turn black, not pink. Sakura Cards are pink, and that's what colour it should be." "Honestly I was wondering the same thing. Once again, that happened with the Loop card." "I guess that the cards aren't Sakura Cards anymore." All three of them looked at Cerberus in disbelief. "That's impossible," Syaoran said. "Why? Clow Reed's were his until Sakura transformed them, right? So who's to say that it can't happen again?" No one responded. Then Tomoyo spoke up. "Okay well, let's put some of the pieces of this puzzle together." "Wait, before you do that, there's another unanswered question. How is it that it is raining because of the Rain card, but it the Fire was still able to spread as much as it did without being affected, but when Syaoran used his magic, the fire was able to die down?" Yue exclaimed. "There are so many unanswered questions. Honestly, I don't know how that happened either," Syaoran admitted. Tomoyo spoke up again. "Maybe it's because Syaoran's powers are getting stronger, but we don't know for sure yet. There's only one way to find out and that's to get to the source of whoever or whatever is doing this. Now when a card is captured it goes back to it's owner right?" "Yes." Yue responded. "Right. And if Sakura is still the Master of the Cards then they'll return to her. Right?" "Yes but-" "Bear with me a sec. And even if she's not the Master of the Cards anymore, she's still most likely be with the person who may be changing the cards right?" "Tomoyo, you are one smart little girl," Yue stated, smiling and patting her on the head. "Wow you got Yue to smile. That rarely ever happens. But he's right, you're a genius," Syaoran mentioned. Cerberus looked at the two males with a blank face. "I don't get it," he finally admitted. Tomoyo smiled, "It means regardless, the Cards are going in one direction, and that's towards Tokyo Tower. So that must be where Sakura is." "Hey…that just might work. I knew there was a reason that you and Sakura are best friends!" "Well we better get a move on. The predicament we're in is bad, but it can't get any worse." Syaoran stated. Just then an arrow covered with ice flew by Tomoyo's head, skimming part of her skin. "AHH! That's one of the places I got burned." Syaoran went to her aid. "Are you alright?" "Yea I'm fine but-" They turned around to see the Freeze resting on the shoulders of the Arrow, both smirking at Tomoyo and Syaoran. "Great, now the cards are combining powers with each other without a master giving them direction." Cerberus complained. "Hey Syaoran, remember when you said our predicament couldn't get any worse?" "Yea." "I think someone or someone's out there to prove you wrong." "Normally I'd laugh at that but for now, RUN!" And they ran towards the Tokyo Tower as quickly as they could, but arrows were following not too far behind them. One of the arrows hit and a heart wrenching scream pierced the early morning skies.
TBC…
