It was ten past eight, and everyone were all inside the classroom now. They seem not to notice anything, about the darkness that occured. Sakura didn't seem to feel anything wrong, and she really doesn't seem to know about her powers being devoured inside.
She turned to Syaoran, who was again very strangely quiet. He was clutching his fists and was sweating too hard. Sakura was very worried.
"Syaoran-kun..." Sakura whispered, "Are you all right?"
Syaoran looked at Sakura with scared eyes, and then nodded spontaneously. But still, it was obvious Syaoran wasn't all right.
Recess has arrived. Tomoyo invited Sakura to eat, and Sakura tried to invite Syaoran too. But the moment she turned to him, she saw Syaoran running towards the door.
"Syaoran-kun!"
Syaoran ignored Sakura's call, and continued to run until he disappeared through the hallway.
Sakura, worried and confused, followed him. Tomoyo and Kero-chan followed too, but they aren't able to catch up with Syaoran.
Sakura ended up in the midst of the school garden. She must've ran too fast, and she forgot where she came from. Syaoran was out of sight, and she was completely alone. The trees swayed around and lots of leaves are falling down. Sakura feels she's lost in a forest.
Sakura keeps calling Syaoran's name, but there was no answer. Few moments later she began to cry. She feels everything was hopeless anymore. She feels she was very alone.
Suddenly Sakura heard footsteps coming from a far distance. She stood up, hoping it was Syaoran. But as the footsteps grow nearer, it wasn't too familiar for Sakura. It wasn't Syaoran's footsteps, nor Tomoyo's. Then an image suddenly appeared from the distance, a very tall image. This time Sakura feels she know who it is.
"Sakura-chan?" A familiar voice came from the image.
When the image became clear, Sakura cried in joy. "Yukito-san!"
Sakura ran as fast as she could towards Yukito, who was carrying two large grocery bags. "Yukito-san! Thank goodness!"
Sakura hugged Yukito which caused him to drop the bags. He hugged Sakura back, in confusion.
"I-Is anything wrong? Why are you here in our school?"
Yukito's school? Sakura was in Yukito's school garden?
"I... I don't know either! I... I..." Sakura wiped off her tears, even if she was glad she saw Yukito, she can't understand what's going on.
"Are you all right, Sakura-chan? Why are you crying?"
Sakura stared at Yukito for a moment, but she was too confused that she wanted to cry again. What on earth is happening?
Yukito picked up his grocery bags and offers his hand. "Come, I'm going to return you to your school."
Sakura just nodded, and when she's about to reach out her hand, she suddenly gets frozen.
"Are you all right? Sakura-chan?" Yukito was beginning to worry.
Sakura looked around and saw a couple of trees on fire. The fire quickly spread out, until it surrounds Yukito and Sakura.
"I-I know this aura! It's the aura of Clow Card! And this card..." The fire arises like it was completely alive. "The Firey!"
The fire began to waver. Sakura and Yukito seemed to be in an ocean of fire. When the fire was about to reach and hurt Sakura, Yukito seems to realize what's going on and quickly transformed into Yue's form. Yue, meanwhile, spread out his wings and protected Sakura from the fire like a shield. Knowing Sakura isn't hurt, he flapped his wings many times to draw out the fire. The fire began to change into its true form.
Sakura decides it's time to do something.
"O key which hides the power of the stars, reveal thy true form before me. Revealed under the contract, I, Sakura command you: Release!"
Her star wand began to appear and quickly used a card.
"Fly!"
Wings suddenly grew out from her back, and she flew like an angel above. The fire followed her up, attacking many more fires.
Yue acted again as Sakura's shield, and he used his bow and arrow to attack Firey. Firey was hit, and it grew weak.
"What's happening? Why is Firey in here? I don't understand everything now!" Sakura's head was exploding in confusion. "Yue-san!"
Yue came upon Sakura's call. He gently holds Sakura in his arms and flew away.
"You should get out of here. You're in danger."
Yue and Sakura fly for a distance, and seeing that everything's okay now, they landed somewhere within the 'forest'.
They feel the strange aura again, getting closer. Yue began to create a defensive stance to protect his Mistress.
Suddenly, they were slowly surrounded by darkness. The sun was being covered in the dark, and the trees were disappearing one by one.
"It's happening again! The dark!" Sakura and Yue tried to fly away, but it looks like dark keeps following them.
"Shield!"
As Sakura hit the card Shield, a barrier surrounded herself and Yue. They weren't affected by the dark, but suddenly Shield's power grows weaker. Firey began to appear again and destroyed Shield. The Shield suddenly turns into a Sakura Card again but it flies away somewhere. Sakura was very surprised with what just happened and tried to follow where shield will go. But the darkness covered her sight from the card.
Suddenly a familiar voice called her name. As Sakura turned around, she saw Syaoran panting with his sword.
Then Syaoran casted a spell: "God of Thunder, come forth and hear my command!"
Thunder came from his sword and attacked nowhere. He seemed to aim towards someone on the sky, and Sakura saw an image of a woman being attacked.
Moments later, the darkness slowly faded and disappeared. It turned into a card, a Clow Card, and then flew away towards nowhere.
Syaoran panted, and he collapsed. Sakura and Yue rushed over him, worried and confused.
"Syaoran-kun! Syaoran-kun!" Sakura shakes him violently. Syaoran, when returned into his senses, smiled tirely.
"S-Sakura... I'm glad... you're all right..."
"Syaoran-kun..." Sakura's tears started to flow again. Suddenly, the annoying strange aura appeared again. Yue was alarmed.
"Here it comes again!"
Firey attacked again never-ending. Sparks of fire kept attacking the three of them. Yue tried to be the shield again for Sakura and Syaoran, but the longer it takes, the weaker he has become. Because Firey and Earthy are Cerberus's cards. It can be used against Yue. In the meantime, Watery and Windy are Yue's cards. It can be used against Cerberus. Firey can weaken Yue, and he cannot defeat it.
Yue was sweating in fatigue, and it looks like he cannot keep it any longer. Sakura was very worried.
"Yue-san! Yue-san! Stop, you can't handle it!"
Yue, even very tired, keeps trying to protect Sakura even if it causes his death.
Sakura was crying very harshly. She can't take the heck that's happening. She decided to do something. She used an offensive card.
"Water, become the chain that binds thy enemy! Watery!"
Watery suddenly appeared and gracefully attacked Firey. Firey and Watery fight in a duel, but Firey seems to be more powerful. It was able to weaken Watery.
Syaoran uses his power to help too, even if he was also weak as Yue. "God of Water... Come forth and hear my command...!"
Water also draw out from Syaoran's sword and helped Watery to fight Firey. Sakura's Watery and Syaoran's water fought together and managed to make Firey collapse.
"S-Sakura," Syaoran tried to talk, "s-seal the card to prevent it from attacking again!"
"Seal?" Sakura wondered. She realized Firey has been changed into a Clow Card. She hurriedly rushed over Firey and tried to seal it, but Firey suddenly changed into a Clow Card itself. It flew away and headed towards a woman in the sky. Her face still unclear, she glared into Syaoran and disappeared. Syaoran, however, seeing she's gone and feels no aura anymore, decided to leave before Sakura's eyes.
Sakura turned around and saw Syaoran gone. She looked around to find him, but she saw no sight of him anymore. Yue, still weak, suddenly turned into being Yukito, who becomes asleep.
Sakura was again left alone, in the midst of wonder and confusion. She was dying to understand what's wrong, and was hoping for someone to explain everything to her. She remained with Yukito and was waiting for someone to find them there.
A few minutes of silence has passed and Sakura suddenly heard running footsteps heading towards her. A faint image of Tomoyo appeared, running and panting.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo screamed in delight and worry. "I'm so glad you're all right!"
She rushed over the silent Sakura and hugged her tightly. Kero-chan appeared from Tomoyo's hair, with mixed expressions of seriousness, anger and irritance.
"Mind explaining what happened?" Kero-chan was obviously angry with Sakura. "Why did you disappear so suddenly?"
Sakura was full of dirt and sweat. She looked at Kero-chan with teary eyes. "I-It happened again... the darkness..."
Kero-chan closed his eyes. "I knew it. I felt that weird aura again a while ago, but I can't tell its exact location. Suddenly I felt Yue's aura too, and we tried to follow it until we reached here."
"But Sakura-chan," Tomoyo interrupted, "How did you get here... In Seijou High School?"
"I-I don't know either..." Sakura murmured. "E-Even Syaoran-kun disappeared..."
Kero-chan and Tomoyo looked at each other in confusion.
"H-hey, Sakura, can you get up?" Kero-chan asked.
Sakura nodded slowly. "Please take care of Yukito-san..."
Tomoyo left and searched for Touya. Kero-chan remained at Sakura's side until Tomoyo returned.
