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Chapter 10: Sakura and the Mysterious Person

Sakura stood in front of Tokyo Tower with Yami Sakura by her side. Kero hovered on the opposite side of Yami Sakura, beside Sakura.

Sakura spotted a figure wearing an Egyptian robe and a turban on his head standing on Tokyo Tower. He was also Egyptian and his whole figure was covered with shadow. She noticed the figure wore an ankh like a necklace and golden loop earrings that shimmered against the moonlight. He held something that looked like a scale. His robes waved from the breeze.

"Who are you?"

Sakura stirred. She rubbed her eye and spotted her friends, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Mei-ling, and Eriol standing near her desk. She noticed her classmates weren't present in the room.

"You slept through history lecture," Tomoyo informed.

"Hoe…."

"It was boring anyway," Mei-ling shrugged.

Sakura glanced at Syaoran for a moment. Syaoran glanced back with a blank expression. Sakura stood up and frowned.

"Is there anything wrong Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked worriedly.

Sakura shook her head. "Hmm, nothing's wrong." She stood up from her seat. "I feel like I need sometime alone with my other me. I'll be okay," Sakura assured. Her friends watched after Sakura as she walked out of the classroom.

Without Tomoyo, Syaoran, and Mei-ling noticing, Eriol grinned.

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Sakura stood on the rooftop of the school building looking out into the horizon. She gripped her fingers between the wired fence. She looked out into the horizon with concern in her eyes.

Yami Sakura's spirit appeared beside Sakura.

Sakura flashed back to what Kaho advised her last night.

"Be careful when you meet him."

"Mou hitori no watashi" Sakura turned her head to face her alter ego. "Who do you think Mizuki sensei meant? She said for me to be careful when I meet him."

Yami Sakura fell silent for a moment and looked at her hikari with a blank expression. She glanced towards behind Sakura, and then closed her eyes.

"Mou hitori no watashi, what's wrong?"

Yami Sakura vanished. Just as Sakura was about to call her yami, she became startled as she felt a shockwave trail down her spine. Sakura slowly turned to see whom the presence she felt belonged to.

A few distance from Sakura stood a young Egyptian man with a white turban on his head. He wore Egyptian robes and an ankh around his neck. In his right hand, he held a golden scale. He had blue eyes. The young man was looking out into the horizon for a moment then set his eyes towards Sakura.

Why do I suddenly feel numb when I see him? Who is he? Sakura flashed back to what Kaho said.

"Be careful when you meet him."

Could he be the one that Mizuki sensei told me about?

Shadi walked closer to Sakura. As he approached her, he studied her for a moment. She has possession of the sennen puzzle.

Sakura stared up at Shadi for a moment. An image from her dream appeared in her mind. She spotted the same Egyptian man that stood on Tokyo Tower. His eyes opened and the sapphire in his eyes glimmered against the moonlight. He looks just like that person from my dream. Sakura had the ability to foretell the future in her dreams, like who she is going to meet in the future.

"I see you hold an amount of magical power, young girl," he said sternly. He took his ankh from around his neck. "There is no need to be alarmed by my presence. I am going to see if you really are the true keeper of the millennium puzzle."

Shadi inserted the ankh to Sakura's forehead and unlocked the door to her mind. Moments later, he was inside her mind. He found himself standing in the hallway between two doors.

"This must be inside that girl's mind," Shadi mused.

He approached the door to his left that had a cherry blossom on it. He peeked inside and spotted stuffed animals and toys on the floor. There was a strange but unique red book (Book of Clow) placed on a polished wooden desk. Next to the book was a replica doll of Sakura from her dream. Over the desk was a round shaped mirror that reflected the doll.

"This room is so pure and innocent, also holds an amount of magical aura."

He then approached the other door that had the Eye of Horus. "What is behind this door?" he wondered suspiciously. As he reached for the handle, he felt a slight pulse. His eyes widened. "This…. feeling…." The door suddenly opened on its own. Shadi walked in, only to have the door closed behind him as he looked back.

"Who are you?"

Shadi swiftly turned around to see a young girl who looked in her pre-teens. She resembled the little girl that he encountered earlier, but a bit different.

The young girl had the same auburn hair as Sakura but she had strings of black hair hanging down the side of her face. Her eyes were crimson-emerald that shone with mystery. She wore the same school uniform, but the cuffs had small black belts on them. She also wore white knee-high socks and black platform shoes.

Shadi stared at her for a moment. I didn't see her when I first walked in. I sense an amount of magic from her as well. Was that feeling that I felt came from her?

Shadi studied the room that he was in. This room reminds me of an ancient Egyptian tomb. Who is this girl? He looked at the girl before him.

The young girl twirled one of her black strings around her index finger. "I wasn't expecting a visitor in my room. What's your business here anyway?"

Shadi snapped out of his thoughts. He coughed a little and postured himself sternly.

Yami Sakura sighed. "If you don't have any business here, please leave and it's also rude to step into someone's room without permission; especially if it's a girl's room," she chided as she crossed her arms and closed her eyes.

Shadi cut in, "Actually…" I wouldn't call this room a "girl's room" persé…only to be interrupted by Yami Sakura.

"There are no buts mister! I demand an explanation now! If you don't have anything to say then leave!" she wagged at Shadi with an accusing finger. She had her other hand on her hip.

Shadi stared at the young girl for a moment. Why did I find myself with a troublesome girl?

"I am here to judge of whom is the rightful owner of the Millennium Items. I am known as the Keeper of the seven Millennium items," Shadi replied simply.

"I see," Yami Sakura said dryly. "I am very familiar with these Millennium Items and also the Book of the Dead. I see you hold two items, an ankh and a scale." She pointed to the Sennen Ankh and scale.

Shadi became surprised. Who is this girl? Her room is like a royal Egyptian tomb. I feel she is speaks the truth about her knowing about the items and the Book of the Dead.

"I see that you look surprised and wanting to ask questions. Well then…" As she snapped her fingers, the area around them started to swirl in a vortex of mixed dark colors. As the swirling vortex stopped, they were in the middle of a labyrinth.

Stairs hovered above them upside down and led to different doors. There seemed to be no end to the maze. Shadi was astonished at the first sight of the labyrinth.

Yami Sakura smirked. "See if you could find my real room. Until then, maybe I can tell you a little more about me." She winked and then suddenly disappeared.

Shadi closed his eyes for a moment and reopened them. So be it then, I'll play this game of yours. Be warned that I can manipulate a person's soul room. He put the scale in his robes for safe keeping.

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Shadi opened a steel door and saw there was only pitch of darkness. As he took one step in the doorway, he stepped out of the way when a huge stone suddenly fell vertically. Shadi thought he felt his heart stopped a beat. A trap?

He closed the door and walked away from his spot.

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Few moments later, he came face to face with a steel door. "I have used the Sennen Key's abilities to see through soul rooms. This room must be hers," he mused. This is a strange room.

He turned the knob and opened the door. He found Yami Sakura sitting on a stone throne. She had her legs crossed and was holding her cheek with her fist. Her eyes were a little narrow and had a playful grin on her face.

"I see you made it," she smiled.

Shadi walked towards the throne. "I have found you so that means…" he paused as he stepped on a stone; the ground crumbled sending him to fall in the pit. Luckily, he caught the edge preventing his fall.

I can't fall into this pit or else I'll be stuck in this girl's mind forever. He cursed. He then heard a soft girl's voice.

"Give me your hand."

Shadi looked up and saw the light Sakura. Sakura was on her knees and reached her hand towards him. He then saw the dark half approached the edge. She reached out her hand. He wondered if he should trust the dark.

"Don't worry, I won't let you fall," Yami Sakura assured.

Shadi heard the kind and trust tone in Yami Sakura's voice so he let the two girls help him out.

"Gomenasai for what other me put you through," Sakura said. She looked at her dark half. "I thought it wasn't very nice…I'm very sorry."

Yami Sakura scoffed.

Sakura chided, "Other me…"

Yami Sakura pouted.

Shadi coughed."Um…excuse the interruption…"

"Ah! Gomenasai!" Sakura stared at Yami Sakura. "Apologize!"

"Hai…. I'm sorry for the trouble," Yami Sakura bowed.

"Um…that's…. okay… " Shadi said, a bit speechless of how the hikari could handle her yami so easily. "It seems you discovered the power of the Sennen Puzzle," he said to Sakura.

"Hoe? Power of the puzzle?"

Shadi nodded. "You've found the other you."

"Three-thousand years ago, a young brave Pharaoh locked the Sennen Items and dark magic away. It was because there was a great war between light and dark magic and the items were a cause of it,:" Shadi explained.

Sakura was astonished of the story.

"About what you said about these items and the Pharaoh, I think you are telling the truth," Yami Sakura remarked.

"I never lie," Shadi replied calmly.

Suddenly, strings of wind collided with each other and formed a scale. The scale hovered above Yami Sakura, Sakura, and Shadi. The scale was a pan-scale with one side holding a sun and the other holding a moon.

"A Clow Card?" Sakura gasped. "I didn't sense it before." She looked at Shadi. He nodded.

"Release! Return to the guise you are meant to be in, Clow Card!"

The scale was sucked into a card and landed in Sakura's hand. Sakura read the bottom of the card. "The Libra"

"I've never shared my name with anyone before. My name is Shadi."

"My name is Sakura Kinomoto. It's nice to meet you."

"I have learned interesting things about you, young girl," Shadi acknowledged. "I'm sure you are the Chosen One."

Sakura had a dazed look in her eyes. She didn't understand by being the "Chosen One".

"However, you should be careful. I'm afraid that there is someone that holds another Sennen item and is after your puzzle," Shadi warned. He then suddenly disappeared.

"Sakura-chan?"

"Kinomoto! Hey wake up!"

Sakura stirred. Her vision of seeing three people was blurry until it became clear after a few blinks. The three figures belonged to Tomoyo, Mei-ling, and Syaoran, who were staring down at her.

"Where's Shadi-san?"

"Who's Shadi?"

Sakura shook her head. "Nothing."

"Is that a Clow Card?" Syaoran said. Sakura nodded and showed her friends the Libra.

"That card determines whether a person is lying or not," Syaoran said.

Sakura looked at the card. She thought of Shadi.

"Aw, I wasn't able to film Sakura-chan," Tomoyo sighed sadly.

"Let's head for lunch. Chiharu-chan and the others are waiting," Mei-ling said.

"Okay, you guys can go. I'll catch you guys later," Sakura said.

Tomoyo, Mei-ling, and Syaoran walked towards the door.

Sakura was left alone. Her other self appeared next to her. Sakura faced her other self and they looked at each other for a moment. They nodded. Yami Sakura retreated back into the puzzle as Sakura rushed to catch up with her friends. She was glad to catch another card. Although, it was weird that she caught it in her mind or puzzle.

In the shadows nearby, Eriol had his eyes on Sakura and her puzzle. He looked at her with a grin and narrowed eyes.

"Hiiragizawa-san"

Eriol turned around and made face-to-face with Kaho. Kaho held her Sennen Bell in her hand and the purple ribbons in her other.

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Chii-kun- That's all for this chapter!

Anyway, next chapter Sakura continues her card-capturing adventure!

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