The Clow Crystals

By: YingFaLi003

Dis: I don't own CCS just the others.

"means talking or dialogue"

*means thought/talking *

'means thoughts'

Chapter 14

~~~from chapter 13~~~

"Did any of you guys feel funny last night?" asked Syaoran after everyone was done. "Why do you ask," asked Eriol when everyone voiced that they had not. "Well, Syaoran woke up last night with a funny feeling also my key was glowing a steady green," said Sakura. "So your saying the next crystal may be near today?" asked Ling. Melin looked hopeful. Sakura nodded and took out her key, which was now glowing a pale yellow. "Not only that but I think Long may plan an attack too," said Syaoran. Everyone looked a bit surprised but not too much. Rose looked very thoughtful. "Why didn't Long's flunkies enter the competition I wonder?" she asked. Ruby also looked thoughtful. "It looks like we have a full menu today," she said. Everyone looked at her. "We have an half hour to get ready for the competition. That lasts until around two o'clock. Then afterward Long's flunkies will probably comfort us. Plus to make things interesting the crystal may be near the same area which would give us either a chance to defeat Long's henchmen or get a crystal," she explained. Everyone took this in. "The thing is we have the advantage because we are now expecting the attack," said Melin. "Yea so we will defeat them then find the crystal," said Eriol. "Well, now that we have our day planned out let's get started," said Tomoyo. Everyone nodded. The girls went upstairs to change while the guys and guardians went to get a good seat. All the while Sakura couldn't help but smile. 'This is gonna be one heck of a day,' she thought.

~~~~ on with Chapter 14~~~~

The girls met up in Sakura and Syaoran's room to get dressed. After each had a quick shower they got ready. They first started with hair. "I say Sakura does the hair," said Melin. Tomoyo nodded in agreement. Sakura smiled. "Fine lets get started," she said and sat Melin down first. She quickly swept the long black locks into a French bun to the back secured it with ruby studded pins. She left two locks to frame her face with her bangs. Tomoyo was next. Sakura parted Tomoyo's hair across and put the top in a fan shaped bun with amethyst studded pins the rest was left to flow down her back. "There now what about me?" asked Sakura when the girls were finished admiring themselves. After a fierce paper, rock, scissors match, which Melin came out the victor Sakura, sat down for her turn. "Try to keep it simple" she said. Melin nodded and got started. She first parted Sakura's hair down the center and swept her bangs to her ears and secured them with pink diamond and emerald clips. All but one stubborn lock was secured. Melin being the queen of buns rolled Sakura's long hair in a tight bun at the back of her head on each side and secured them with emerald and pink diamond pins. "Wow how did you get them so small?" asked Sakura gently touching the buns that were the size of two fists put together. "Yea. You would never guess how much hair Sakura had with it like that," said Tomoyo. Melin shrugged. "I don't know making buns has always come easy," she said. Tomoyo smiled. "My turn" she said and lined Sakura on one wall Melin on the other and she faced the mirror. First she gathered a ball of magic in her hands after a moment she first pointed it at mirror. Then it turned into a light purple and white color. She threw it at the mirror, which bounced back at her. When the light cleared she was fully dressed. She wore a pair of puffy white pants with a light purple ankle length tonic with splits up both sides and short sleeves and high necked. She wore light purple fighting slippers as well. Sakura and Melin clapped. "Wow now that is amazing," said Melin. "How did you know it would bounce off the mirror?" asked Sakura. Tomoyo smiled. "Its the flamboyant material it is light and so it bounces," she said. Then she turned to Melin. Again she did the same method. When the magic cleared Melin was dressed in a red skirt with slits up both sides to the waist. Under she wore a body suit lighter red. It was a strange make with its three-quarter length sleeves and short shorts instead of the usual swimsuit appearance. It came with light red slippers. "I like. I like," said Melin as she twirled in the mirror. "Your turn," said Tomoyo turning to Sakura. After the same process Sakura too was dressed. She wore a tonic as well, it had a rounded neck. It was the color of her aura as were the slippers underneath. It went to her ankles and had slits up to her waist. The sleeves snug up to her elbows where they then flared out. Underneath the tonic she wore a pair of short shorts which were a lighter pink then her aura.

"Well that settles that," said Sakura. "I wonder what Rose and Ruby are doing?" asked Melin. As to answer her question the two came into the room. The two had decided on the twin approach. They kept their hair the same they always kept it but their out fits were the same except for the color. The idea was taken from Ruby's guardian outfit. They wore a long strapless dress with to splits in the front, which ended in a point at the bottom. Instead of a dress underneath they wore puffy pants They did not bother with the neck part or gloves. They wore fighting slippers of the opposite aura. "You guys look great," both groups said to each other. "So what weapons are you two using?" asked Tomoyo after a good laugh. "We decided to go with swords," said Ruby. "Yea we thought it would be best to go simple," said Rose. "That's smart," said Melin. "I see why you guys wanted to got with your special weapons. You barely get to use them," said Ruby. The girls nodded. "Well lets get started," said Sakura as she opened the door for the rest of the girls in the room. They quickly joined the crowd of other women on the way to the stadium. "My goodness. There are even more then I thought," said Sakura as they walked. "I know" said Rose as she led the way. Don't worry competition is gonna get very slim because the teams must go through the acceptance process first," said Ruby. "What acceptance?" asked Tomoyo. "They are small tests to she who has the best endurance and such," she said. The rest of the girls nodded and went through the line as well. The tests were small and kinda petty but many of the women couldn't complete them. They had to lift weights, see who had best balance, could withstand wind, water, and heat the longest.

In the end Sakura's group and Ruby and Rose plus no more then sixty other women made it to the competition. "Well that was easy," said Rose. "Yea what surprised me was that more of the adults made it then the teens," said Melin. "That's because here many of the women pass down their skills to their daughters and nieces and such also some teens don't have families based around fighting here it seems," said Ruby. "That makes since but for us it is different. At first I thought this place was a lot like our realm but now I see it is more cultured," said Tomoyo. Sakura nodded. "They take more pride in life here they believe that good is the greatest power and that evil will only lead to death and destruction," she said. Everyone nodded in agreement. Sakura always had a way of seeing things beneath the surface and they would always count on her to be fair when in judgement.

Soon they entered the stadium and the audience cheered and got their first look at who had made the trials. Soon bet began to fly. Ling, Syaoran, and Eriol placed all of their share of the money on Sakura, Melin, Tomoyo, Ruby, and Rose. A moment later a guy stepped into the ring. (A.N.// Think of it like on Dragonball )

"WELCOME TO THE ANNUAL WOMENS COMPETITION. HERE WE HAVE THE TRIAL FINALIST WHO WILL BE FIGHTING HERE TODAY FOR PRIZE AS WELL AS ONE YEAR'S BRAGING RIGHTS. WE WILL START WITH THE ADULT WOMENS COMPETITION. FIGHTERS ARE YOU READY", the man yelled. The first two teams went to the center stage. The other adults when off to one side and the teens to the other. The two teams were couples and both looked supremely fit. The announcer came to the middle of them. "HERE WE HAVE TEAM FIRE'S TEST," he yelled pointing to the team in all red. "AND HERE WE HAVE THE AINO SISTERS," he yelled pointing to a set of twins. The fight soon began. Ten minutes later the Aino sisters won the match. Five matches followed before they finally got to Ruby and Rose. The announcer presented a team from the southwest region winners Lila and Tiana then called upon the next team." NOW I PRESENT ROSE CHOW AND RUBY HIRIIGAZAWA FROM THE WESTERN LANDS," he yelled. Both teams came together and bowed. Then took out their weapons. The other team fought with staffs while Ruby and Rose used their swords. *Keep it simple but short* thought Tomoyo to the pair. *Yea. Melin's getting antsy,* thought Sakura. *Right,* thought they thought back and got back into fighting position. "READY. FIGHT." the announcer called as the teams sized each other up.

Ruby made the first move with Rose a millisecond behind her. Rose went for Lila while Ruby took Tiana. They were both caught off guard at how fast the attach came but quickly assumed the guard position. Ruby and Rose locked them in defense as to wear them down with their fast and very powerful attacks. It worked very well as the two quickly got tired. With eye contact Ruby and Rose started their finishing move. Sequenced they first ducked and swung their swords under their legs forcing then to jump up. Before either of them were on their feet Ruby and Rose turned so they had opposite opponents and were behind them they then hit them smartly on the side of the head with the hilt of the sword. At once Lila and Tiana fell to the ground. After a moment of silence the crowd erupted into applause. "THE WINNERS OF THE ADULT HALF OF THE ANNUAL WOMEN'S COMPETITION ARE ROSE CHOW AND RUBY HIRRIGAZAWA FROM THE WESTERN LANDS," he yelled. Ruby and Rose bowed and exited the ring. "NOW THE TEEN COMPETITION. THIS YEAR THERE WERE VERY FEW THAT MADE IT THROUGH THE TRIALS BUT THEY ARE THE BEST. OUT OF THE FOUR TEAM LET'S BRING ON THE FIRSTS. TEAM POWER VERSES TEAM THEMES," he yelled. In the end once it was down to two teams. "NOW FOR TEAM LIGHTING AND TEAM REED," the announcer yelled once more.

Melin, Sakura, and Tomoyo stepped into the middle of the ring as did a team of three. One was dressed in black was named Ann, another in blue was Nina, and that last in yellow was named Kim. They used daggers. I get the one in yellow," said Melin. "I'll take blue," said Tomoyo. "I pick up black," said Sakura. They each brought out their weapons before they got started. Right before the announcer yelled fight Sakura, Melin, Tomoyo, Eriol, Ling, Syaoran felt a tug at their necks. They all looked down to notice that their crystals were glowing close to a bright red. *Wrap it up* thought the guys. The girl nodded. "FIGHT," the announcer yelled. Fast as lighting the girls shot forward. Kim, Nina, and Ann tried to block the on attack but failed. Sakura drew first blood with a slight cut to the arm from Ann they bowed to each other. Melin hit Kim on each side of her head with two strikes she fell unconscience. Tomoyo was going at the girl with a fury of swipes. Before Tomoyo could even attack Nina threw down her daggers in defeat. The crowd went wild. " THE WINNERS OF THE TEEN PORTION OF THE ANNUAL WOMEN'S COMPEITION ARE SAKURA KINOMOTO, MELIN LI, AND TOMOYO DAIDOUJI FROM THE WESTERN REALM," he yelled. The girls quickly bowed and went back into the dressing room and out the back door to where the rest were waiting. "It hasn't moved so we have to go now or Long's flunkies will show up," said Ling. They nodded. They heard the crowd coming to congratulate the winners. "C'mon we can use the Stealth Crystal to get away," said Melin. Everyone nodded. Ruby and Rose turned back to their small forms and went into their backpacks. Together they all chanted.

Oh Clow Crystal hear our plea

We are the Chosen Ones two times three

Let us use the Crystal to help our lead

As we have said please release (a.n.// not to good sorry)

At once the wind picked up and when it died down they were soundless and sightless. They quickly when on hunt for the Clow Crystal. It lead them right where they wanted to be. The hotel. They followed the readings and found the crystal had ended up in Tomoyo and Eriol's bedroom. They called back the crystal. "Great," said Melin. "Here we are in this place. Tomoyo has tons of stuff here it will take for ever to get through it all to see what is out of the ordinary," she said. It was true Tomoyo did have a lot of things. She had many pieces of fabric. Spools of thread and other such things that the girl used for her favorite hobby. Eriol looked at everything carefully. "No one touch anything," he said. "I know where everything is. I have what you would call a photogenic memory we just need a way to catch it," he said. Tomoyo picked up on of her hand made baskets. Everyone looked at her skeptically but let it go. Eriol looked around again then nodded and pointed to a pile of cloth. Tomoyo quick as lighting plucked it up and put it in the basket. Then locked it. The basket trembled and rumbled. "Are you sure that basket will hold?" asked Ling. Tomoyo looked at him hurt. Sakura took it from there. "Nothing of Tomoyo's making has ever worn, broke, bleached, stained, or gotten a hole. That was an insult," she explained. Ling lifted his hands in defense. "Sorry Tomoyo I was just worried. She smiled. "It fine plus look," she said opening the basket. Inside was a crystal stag. It floated up. Eriol lifted his staff and began the chant. "Clow Crystal go back to the form you were meant to be," he said. The crystal spun and split into six pieces and embedded itself in all of their staffs. Syaoran smiled. "Two down two to go," he said. Everyone nodded and went out to join the celebrations.

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