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Chapter 19:

Clash!

The sun has finally disappeared and the sky had turn into darkness. One by one, the stars appeared to give a wonderful effect in the sky.

(A/N I just wanted to explain something about the time here. Well they were almost at the northern part of the continent so the day is longer than the night, so it is just natural that it was already seven in evening and yet the sun is still up in the sky. Anyway, the time was past nine already here hehe just wanted to give all of you a clear your thoughts about the timing of everything XD)

Though how wonderful the sky is, vast misfortune was about to happen.

Eriol was making his way back at the palace as fast as he could. His powers, due to the moon's new moon phase, had weakened. Because of this the spell he had made to conceal his secret room at the palace had also weaken. He wasn't sure who had intruded at his room but he had made a second step if someone is going to intrude and that is he had placed the Windy Card near Nakuru's body so that it'll activate when someone tries to come near her.

'I'm sure it wasn't Chiharu. She doesn't have that power to somehow break into my spell even with my powers declining,' he thought trying to figure out who could have been that person. Then the aura he just felt a while ago. It was surely the aura of the Cards and he is confident that it wasn't from one of the cards he has. 'How could it be possible?' he wondered. 'Could the Card Mistress be here? No how can I not have felt her?' he thought through gritted teeth.

For fifteen years he had studied the most dangerous and powerful knowledge of dark arts. He had also mastered all the spells and enchantments he could master. The Li Clan and the mystery power of the Card Masters had interest him since he was seven years old and he studied everything he must know about their weaknesses and power. He was knowledgeable in everything about them. However, what is going on here? He couldn't harm the new Card Mistress, he can't seem to find the heir of the Li Clan and he haven't predicted about this occurrence now. This could not happen. He had come this far to fall now, he can't let anything to happen with all the things he had done up to now.

'I have to get back there fast,' he thought and continued running.

The Great Hall of the Palace is full of people. All the palace servants were having a last minute preparations for the upcoming festival while all the Palace Guards were at their patrolling duty.

Naoko with the other kid were decorating the enormous Christmas tree while Chiharu watched them with a smile. She was contented to see everyone so alive and happy. She glanced at the Great Hall's entrance and a serious look arises from her face. She isn't quite sure but she had been feeling uneasy since late this afternoon. She felt like a great danger was about to happen.

'Please let my uneasiness, be washed away,' she prayed to herself. She suddenly thought of Yamazaki and wondered if he had returned from the Shrine already. Then she thought of Syaoran and wondered where he could be.

"Sakura-chan, wait for me!" Tomoyo called after her. The effect of the Dash card hasn't faded yet but because of the darkness, engulfing the whole surroundings it'll be hard to tell where Sakura might go.

'Where?' Sakura asked herself as she turns to her right. 'Where?' she was frantically searching the aura, she felt a moment ago. 'Where could it have come from?' she thought.

The darkness had made it very hard to see for her so she rummaged in her bag and took out two cards from her deck. She looked at the Light Card and the Glow Card in her hands. 'If I use the Light Card it could draw a lot of attention from the city but if I use the Glow Card it could only make me see a little in the dark. I don't have any choice...' she told herself and hid the Light Card back in her bag. 'Here goes...'

"Glow!" she called at the card and with a swift swing of her baton, a symbol appeared beneath her.

At the coast near the Palace, all the rebels were gathered and waiting for their signal. They know that the fireworks, won't be fired up until midnight but they were all in standby.

Syaoran was patrolling at the garden. As he was walking back at the palace, he felt the same aura he felt a while ago. He stopped and turned his eyes at the direction where he felt the aura. 'That aura... It's the same as before!' he realized.

The Glow zoomed up in the sky and shattered bits of glowing light all around the woods.

(At five different points of view)

The rebels surrounded the whole palace. They prepared to enter its walls, after seeing the glow of light at the direction of the woods.

Syaoran stared at the sky after seeing a bits of shimmering light appeared at the woods. He was sure that it's not a firework display.

Yamasaki, being at the shrine was surprise to see a shimmering light above the woods. 'What's going on? I haven't given the order to fire the fireworks for the festival yet,' he thought.

Chiharu gazed out the window and saw the shimmering light above the woods. 'What's happening here?' she wondered. 'The festival isn't supposed to start until midnight. It was too early,' she thought.

Eriol gawked above him as bits of shimmering light fall from the sky. He smiled to himself as he looked straight ahead of him. 'So I guess you really are here huh? Card Mistress...'

The guards patrolling at the outside walls of the palace saw the rebels coming from the woods and at the coast. Because they were outnumbered, they couldn't defend the walls. The rebels successfully entered the palace.

One of the palace guard assigned at one of the towers of the wall saw the rebels emerging from the behind the barrier, he gave out a signal to warn everyone.

When the guard had given the signal, the other rebels waiting at the back of the palace prepared their cannons to break down the castles backdoor.

A commotion breaks out from the inside of the palace when the rebels began bombarding the whole place from the outside.

The nearest towns at the palace were in chaos too. Because Yamazaki is at the shrine, he heard faint sounds of bombing at the direction of the palace. He got out from the shrine, since the shrine stood on top of a mountain, he could see what's going on. The priests and priestesses of the shrine saw everything too and they went back to the hall to pray to their gods. Yamazaki on the other hand ordered one of his men with him to go and informed General Macmillan about the attack.

"What's going on?" Sakura exclaimed when she heard the explosions ahead of her. Tomoyo had caught up with her and panted heavily. She placed her hands on her knees to support her and gasped for air. "Sakura-chan..." she was saying. She also heard the explosion loud and clear from where they are.

"We must be really near the palace!" Sakura said. Tomoyo looked ahead of them and saw in a distance a cliff. There was a bridge connecting the cliff to the other side.

"The palace of Lottuse is under attack," Tomoyo said.

"Isn't that already obvious?" a voice from behind them spoke.

"Hoe?"

"Huh?"

Tomoyo and Sakura spun around to face the owner of the voice.

Eriol looked at Sakura with such malevolent eyes. "We meet at last, Card Mistress," he smirked.

Sakura stared at him astonished. 'He knows me?' she asked herself nervously. Tomoyo looked at the young man with frightened eyes. 'Who is this man? Why is he looking at Sakura like that? What is he planning? Moreover, what does he mean about 'we met at last?'' her mind is racing inside her head. She was scared for Sakura and to the young man in front of them.

Eriol smiled to himself as he saw the frightened look on the two ladies in front of him. 'Now let's see what you are capable of Card Mistress,' he thought as he raised his right hand in front of him in shoulder level. His powers may have weaken but he can still use the Cards he have as a source of energy, though the effect of the Cards may not be as powerful as when he have his full strength. "I'm going to take the other cards from you," he told her. He raised his right hand in shoulder level.

A golden light formed beneath Eriol and a symbol of the sun and the moon overlapping each other appeared beneath him. "Come forth," he said then all the cards he has, materialized in around him.

Sakura stared at him in disbelief, 'My mother's cards! So he is... he is the one who... who...' she couldn't seem to finish her thought. Hot tears slowly formed in her eyes.

With the turmoil happening outside the palace, Rei had ordered Syaoran to lead the others to protect everyone and the princess. At the great hall where almost everyone is at, Syaoran with the other guards defended the room from intruding rebels.

'Why am I doing this?' Syaoran asked himself as he thrust his sword at one of the rebel, who had entered from the windows, in the abdomen. He kicked the rebel off his sword and let him fall to the floor. Another rebel who had infiltrated the great hall charged up at him from behind but without even turning, Syaoran swung his sword behind him and stabbed the rebel at the chest. The rebel fell to the floor with a soft thud.

Syaoran take a quick look around him. The other guards were busy fighting with the other rebels who had entered the hall. He could hear explosions from the outside.

Syaoran glanced at the far left side of the hall and saw Chiharu with the other close in a tight circle. Naoko had the little girl named Chiharu in her arms. She was trying to block the bloody scene from the girls view as she cuddle the girl close to her.

He saw a rebel crashing the windows at the back where Chiharu and the others were huddled. The little ones screamed. He immediately made his way at their place and attacked the rebel with a swift swing of his sword. 'Kusso,' he swore through gritted teeth. He looked at Chiharu who was too frightened to make a single move. "Take all of them out of here! You have to escape now," he told her.

Chiharu looked up at him with a blank expression.

Outside, the rebels got the best of the palace guards. They captured them and tied them up. The rebels move in at the palace and little by little all the palace guards defending the palace outside the great hall had fallen into their hands.

Syaoran fought with three rebels at once, when two of them were charging up at his direction, he blocked the other's sword with his own and instead of forcing the rebel's sword downwards he thrust it at the other rebel's direction so that it'll collide with the other's sword. With the three swords still entwined with each others Syaoran looked at his back where the other rebel charged at him and kicked him at the belly. The rebel had flown a few feet backwards. Syaoran looked back at the other two in front of him and pushed their sword off his, and with quick movements, he got both the rebels at the belly. They both fell to the floor.

Chiharu was watching the whole scene in front of her thunder-stricken. She had never imagined this to happen in her whole life. She had thought that all of this ended years ago.

"Chiharu-sama, please you have to escape from here!" one of the elder servants told her. However, Chiharu just stared at them. It's not that she is too scared to speak but the thing is there isn't any escape route designed at the palace. For one thing, this attack did surprise her, since the walls of the castle were enchanted with Eriol's magic and it'll be really hard to break through. They were confident no one could enter the palace.

The great hall's entrance burst opened and the rebel's with their leader entered. They had guns with them and aimed it at everyone inside.

"No body moves!" the Leader ordered. Everyone's attention centered at the leader. All of them stop dead in their spots.

"Let us prevent more bloodshed and put down your weapons," the leader continued.

Some of the Palace Guards obeyed him and dropped their swords. Syaoran fumed silently, he glared at the rebels and tightened his grip in his sword. 'They were only gallant with them carrying a gun,' he thought angrily.

The other guards watched Syaoran carefully. They were after all under his command.

The leader saw Syaoran and the others still holding their swords. He took out his own gun and shot a warning shot.

The servants and the little kids screamed. All of them were white in the face and frightened. Chiharu on the other hand still looked into space.

"Put all your weapons down and onto your knees!" the leader had repeated. Everyone obeyed him now. They put their weapons down and bent on their knees. Everyone except for Syaoran, that is. He remained in his position still holding his sword firmly in his right hand. All the rebels had aimed their gun at his direction. Syaoran just looked at the leader of the rebels very hard.

Naoko watched Syaoran, bravely standing up from the rebels, 'Please Ron-kun. Stop being so stubborn...' she thought frantically. She was shaking in fear and the little girl in her arms is shivering non-stop too.

Chiharu had gone back to her senses when she saw Syaoran facing the rebels. 'I can't act like this. I have to protect everyone. It is me they want I can't afford to make others suffer because of me anymore!' she thought. "Please stop this!" she said as she stood up.

One of the rebels, because of his nervousness was alarmed at Chiharu's sudden movement that he aimed the gun at her direction and shoot.

Screams filled the air.

General Macmillan received the message from Yamazaki's men. He immediately called upon his troops to prepare to go back to the palace. He was fuming because they never thought that the rebels would make a direct assault at the palace. 'If the king ever found out about this...' he thought angrily as he and the others made their way to the palace. 'We have to protect the Kingdom no matter what!'

The cards Eriol called upon encircled him. "What's wrong Card Mistress, scared already? We haven't even started yet," he mocked as he saw the soggy look on Sakura's eyes.

Sakura backed away a little. Tomoyo watched Sakura's reaction and with the help of the glow around them, she saw perfectly the frightened yet determined look on her face, 'Sakura-chan...'

"Don't get so cocky! I'm going to retrieve the cards you have taken away from my mother!" Sakura told him.

Eriol laughed at Sakura's determination, he stared at her very hard and said, "I wonder what you can do."

Sakura gritted her teeth and took out her other half of the deck. She gripped her baton firmly in her hand, 'I have to stay calm. I have to focus. I don't need to be scared of him.' She took the Fight Card in her deck.

Eriol watched her as she prepare to use the card she was holding. Sakura shouted the, "Fight!" and a symbol appeared underneath her. The card she was holding flickered and the light enveloped Sakura's whole body. 'Planning to fight me with your bare hands I see...' he smirked as he took one of the cards in his deck too. 'I wonder if you'll be able to do that if you couldn't even see at all,' he thought and with a swift wave of his hand, his symbol appeared beneath him. "Mist!" he called upon the card. The Mist Card glowed and slowly thick mist engulfed the whole woods.

Sakura stared in disbelief, 'He called upon the cards! He actually called upon them without even using a key!'

"Sakura-chan!" it was Tomoyo's voice. Sakura spun around to face her but to her surprise, Tomoyo wasn't there, or maybe she is but the mist was so thick that she couldn't see at all.

"Tomoyo?" she called at her bestfriend, no answer. She studied her whole surrounding and began to panic. "Tomoyo-chan!" she shouted calling out for her.

Tomoyo looked at her surrounding. The mist was so thick that she couldn't see a thing. "Sakura-chan!" she called out. She step forward and fumble her hands around her. She was expecting to touch Sakura in front of her but to her astonishment, she touched nothing but thin air. "Sakura-chan!" she called out once again.

Eriol watched at the two struggled to find each other. 'Saa... Let's begin,' he thought as he gripped the two cards that he was holding firmly in his right hand. "Move," he said and the Move Card glowed.

"Nani?" Tomoyo yelped in surprise as a soft light enveloped her whole body. Then very suddenly, she began to move against her will. "No!" she screamed.

Sakura heard it. 'That was Tomoyo-chan's voice!' she realized. She tried to find the direction where the scream came from.

"And now... Sword," Eriol called upon at the other card he was holding.

Tomoyo stared blankly as a sword appeared before her. "No..." she said as her hand unwillingly took hold of the sword's handle. Her feet began to take its step.

"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura exclaimed as she felt her aura at last. She was relieved and went at the direction of the aura. "Tomoyo-chan, are you alright?" she asked as soon as she had come closer to the aura. She wasn't really sure if Tomoyo was there but the feeling of her aura was sure. She was about to grope for Tomoyo through the mist when a flash of sharp metal came at her direction, she was alarmed at the sudden attack that she barely dodge it. The sleeve of her dress was torn. 'Nani?'

"Sakura-chan onegai! Get out of the way!" Tomoyo screamed frantically as she thrust the sword at Sakura's direction again. She wasn't sure how she could see her in the mist though, but she was scared to death to hurt Sakura.

Sakura finally saw it. Tomoyo holding the sword, she was attacking her with a sword like a real professional. "Tomoyo-chan what are you doing?" she asked confused as she duck another attack.

"I don't know but please Sakura hurry and get out of here!" Tomoyo is practically screaming her words in fear now.

'No, she was being used by that man. But what should I do? I don't know what card to use!' she thought.

Eriol just watched as Sakura tried to dodge the attacks Tomoyo had done. He wanted to make everything harder for Sakura but with his powers all weak all he could do is call upon the cards and let them do their thing on their own.

Chiharu, shaken by the shot, fell on her knees. Blood slowly trickled down her right cheek were the bullet had passed her. It was really a narrow escape.

"Hold your fire!" the leader bellowed at the rebel who had taken the shot.

Syaoran froze, in his spot when the bullet almost got Chiharu. It was true that he doesn't really care about what happens to anyone inside the hall but still he couldn't stand anyone getting hurt, especially a girl. He glared at the leader of the rebels.

"Put down your weapon or else we'll have to use force," the leader warned Syaoran as he looked back at him.

Syaoran just stood there glaring at them all when Naoko's voice erupted.

"Chiharu-chan? Chiharu-chan!" Naoko cried at the little girl in her arms began to turn very white. She was breathing so stiffly and she's sweating frenziedly. Some of the rebels turn their attention at them with their guns still at aim.

"Shut up!" the rebel who had almost shot Chiharu bellowed at her. He was still looking hysterical. Naoko looked at them tears coming down from her eyes, "Please help us!" she cried. The other kids gathered around them crying too. Little Chiharu was still breathing so hard that anyone would know she is having an attack of asthma. Everyone was looking at them now even Chiharu who was still dazed a while ago was looking worriedly at them but because of the guns pointing at their direction, she couldn't move. Syaoran

"Quiet! Make them stop!" the rebel yelled Naoko. He was talking about the kids crying.

The leader looked at two of the other rebels and signaled them to take the hysterical rebel out the room. The two rebels nod their heads and were about to seize him when he pulled the trigger of his gun again.

Everyone screamed.

"Teme...!" Syaoran was about to move towards the rebel when he, the rebel aimed his gun at him and shoot yet again.

"Argh...!" Syaoran winced when he have been shot at his right arm. He dropped his sword on to the floor. "Ron-kun!" both Chiharu and Naoko screamed.

The rebel was about to shoot once again when the other rebels finally grab hold of his hands and took the gun away from him. He tried to struggle free but four of the other rebels were now holding him. "Lemme go!" he was saying as they took him out of the room.

The leader spoke at once when the door closed behind them, "Listen up. We are here to liberate our Kingdom, Xiuse, so if either of you tries to fight back we will kill all of you."

"Please sir. Let's take the girl out of this. She needs immediate care now!" Naoko pleaded. The leader just stared at the little girl struggling for her breath.

"Her suffering is nothing compared to what you lots have done to us. To all our people and especially the little ones!" he yelled. "You're all murderer, a bloodthirsty fools!"

"Making the girl suffer is just the same as being a murderer," Syaoran glared at them. "What're you going to do, kill them too? And what do you call yourselves huh? Heroes who have liberated their kingdom? That's all crap you're all nothing but a bloodthirsty fools too!"

The leader shot another warning shot. All the women servants screamed.

"I beg you please... Just take the girl out she has nothing to do with this. I'll let you all have what you need. Just please..." Chiharu was crying now. She was on her knees pleading the leader of the rebels.

The man looked down at Chiharu and smirked. "What's this, the Princess is still here? What happened? Too confident that you're men could defend your palace?" he glared at her. "How pathetic, I guess that monster Eriol Hiiragizawa made you believe that the Lottuse can do anything huh?"

Syaoran gritted his teeth as he saw Chiharu crying. He was even more angry when he saw the little ones and Naoko weeping at little Chiharu's condition. He looked back at the leader of the rebels then at the all the rebels behind him. 'Kusso...' he fumed. 'Why is that I feel like I have to do something?' he asked himself, 'When I, too, had planned to take revenge on what this kingdom had done to my Clan...'

Because you're not the same as they are. You are not a murderer...

A small voice in his mind said. Syaoran lowered his head. He couldn't help feeling very pathetic. 'Not a murderer... Sou ka...' he thought and sneered to himself. 'I guess it can't be help. Looks like I have no other choice...' he said to himself as he felt a soft lump inside his shirt with his left hand. It was the crest of the Li Clan and he had been wearing it all the time.

"Pathetic you say?" Syaoran said as he stood up.

All the rebels looked at him with their gun aiming at him. Everyone's eyes were onto him again.

"So I presume you're going against us huh?" the leader said.

'Ron-kun...' Naoko cried in herself. She knows how stubborn he can be but the thought of what this rebel can do to him pained her.

Syaoran slipped his left hand inside his suit. The leader signaled the others to shoot when they saw his movements. Syaoran with his head bowed low, smirked.

The sound of constant firing echoed the great hall.

"AAHH!" Sakura shouted as she knocked the ground beneath her with her right fist. Because of the Fight Card's effect, she had destroyed the ground with one hit. "Jump!" Sakura shouted as the Jump Card came to view and became little wings on her shoes.

"Aahh...!" Tomoyo screamed as she started to lose balance. Though before that happens, Sakura took another card from her deck, "Wood!" she said. The Wood Card appeared and slowly tree roots came out from the destroyed ground and towards Tomoyo's direction. The Wood Card had prevented Tomoyo's movements by wrapping its roots around her and at her right hand where she was holding the Sword. The dust that came from the destruction of the ground had lessened the misty vision around them.

Sakura landed on her feet on the ground, she looked at Tomoyo that was wrapped up by the Wood Card's roots securely. "Are you okay Tomoyo-chan?" she asked.

"Yeah, just a little bit rough up here thanks!" Tomoyo answered.

Sakura couldn't help chuckling at her but she was interrupted when Eriol clapped his hands from behind her. Sakura spun around to face him. Her baton's on the ready.

"Impressive. You managed to prevent the Move Card's movements," he commented.

Sakura placed her hand inside her bag, ready to strike. Eriol laughed at her reaction, "What's wrong with the serious face?"

"I told you, I'm going to retrieve my mother's cards!" she warned him.

Eriol's eyes gave a malevolent spark. He stared hard at her and held up his right hand where he had been hiding behind him. "I was hoping I could believe that but..." Eriol had been holding five cards in his hands.

"Nani!" Sakura exclaimed as she recognized the cards. 'Little, Song, Snow, Storm and Libra!' she gasped. "No!" they were all part of what was left in her deck.

"When you are too busy figuring how to stop the Sword and Move Cards from hurting you and your friend, I have taken these cards from your deck."

Sakura stared at him blankly.

"What in the world...!"

Everyone inside the great hall gasped as a dragon shaped flame encircled Syaoran. It had protected him from the rebels assail at him.

Chiharu and Naoko stared at him disbelief. They were no doubt impressed and confused all at the same time. 'Ron-kun...?' Naoko was speechless.

'He could do magic? Or is this something like Eriol-kun's ability?' Chiharu asked herself.

Syaoran smirked. "What?" he said as he saw the rebels backed away from him. "I thought you say you're going to kill anyone who'll try to fight back?" he mocked the leader.

"Why you!" he signaled the others to fire again. They obeyed but to no avail, Syaoran was still unharmed.

"Are you done?" Syaoran know it was rude but he couldn't help feeling amused at the frightened look on the rebel's faces.

The leader gritted his teeth, "So you're just like that monster! You filthy murderer!" he said. He had triggered a nerve at Syaoran because he looked at him very seriously now.

"Never, compare me to anyone." He glared menacingly at the leader. The man sniggered seeing the look on Syaoran's eyes, "You have the ability to do magic just like that monster. Tell me is it fun manipulating everyone with your abilities? How about back at the Ynah's? Did you have fun in killing all those people with your magic?" he was taunting Syaoran now.

Syaoran stared hard at the man, he kept his cool but if ever he'd trigger another nerve in him... he wasn't sure what he could do.

"That's right, I was wondering you see, how that monster manage to annihilate the Li Clan," the man went on.

Syaoran was fuming now.

"I guess with you on his side it will be possible. I mean two heads are better than one right? But I guess the Li Clan isn't as powerful as they said they are don't you think? I bet it was so easy for you to kill the King."

"Urusai!" Syaoran bellowed at him. He was very mad now. He couldn't stand hearing anyone speak ill of his Clan, on how his clan was defeated.

"What's wrong? Don't want to hear what we have to say on how you killed all those—," he stopped when he saw the killer look in his eyes.

Syaoran took out an amulet from his suit. He had made them from the book he read about amulets. "I told you already. Never compare me to anyone," he said in a stern voice. "My abilities were not some kind of magic as you put it. Also, never speak ill of my clan."

Everyone looked at him in surprise. Chiharu had gasped at his statement.

"I'll show you what I can do if you're so interested about it," a sneer crept up at his lips. "I can even show you how powerful a Li can be," he said with full of malice. A symbol underneath him started to illuminate.

The rebels had backed off now and even Chiharu and the others were watching Syaoran in fear. Who could have thought that this young man, the very quiet and mysterious Ron they knew actually came from the Li Clan?

"Guardian of the North Tower grant me thy—,"

"Prince Syaoran!" one of the rebels exclaimed.

'Huh?' Syaoran halted.

Everyone saw one of the older rebels kneeled on his knees. "It is you! It is really you!" he was shouting. His eyes were filling with tears of joy. Some of the other rebels also kneeled their knees in front of him as if to give respect. Now that Syaoran had looked at them closely, he realized that they used to serve them back at his Kingdom.

'Prince Syaoran...?' Chiharu stared at Syaoran blankly.

Even Naoko, with the little girl still feeling all weak in her arms, stared at him in disbelief.

"Secure the whole parameter! Make sure to kill all the rebels you'll find!" Macmillan ordered his men as they arrived at the coast of the Palace. 'Now those insolent fools will pay for trying to infiltrate the palace!' he thought angrily.

Sakura and Eriol had felt it, the aura of the person who they had been looking for. Both of them turn to the direction where they felt the aura. They froze. It is actually coming from the Palace.

'Heir of Li... At the Palace? How could that be possible?' Eriol wondered. However, he doesn't have time to think of those things now. He could deal with the Card Mistress later, for now he is interested at the heir. "Interesting," he said as he started to cancel the effects of the cards but...

"Nani?" Sakura exclaimed as her backpack started to glow. "Err..." she took off her bag because it suddenly became heavy. When she placed the bag down on the ground, it burst open and the Li's Treasure Box elevated from the inside.

"What's going on?" Sakura wondered aloud.

Eriol felt another presence of a Card again, yet it was different from the cards he has and the Card Mistress. Unexpectedly the Box began to emit a blinding light.

"Nani?" all of them exclaimed as they tried to block the light from their eyes. On Tomoyo's situation, she closed her eyes tightly. She felt the roots of the Wood Card slowly letting her go and the next thing she knew she was falling. "Aahh!" she screamed.

"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura was about to come to her rescue when the Jump Card's effect disappeared. 'Hoee!' Sakura stumbled to the ground. So does Tomoyo.

'What's going on here?' Eriol wondered, he had tried to cancel the effects of the Mist, Move and Sword Cards already but the cards had not return to him.

"Give them back," a voice of a girl spoke from the light.

'Hoe?' Sakura got up from her feet and looked back at the now fading light of the box but instead of a box what she saw was a girl with long curly gray hair with wing-like-ears. The golden box fell to the ground with a loud thud.

Eriol stared at the girl too. Tomoyo had gotten up from her fall and looked at the girl.

"Omae wa..." Eriol had begun.

"Give me back the Cards," the girl said once again.

'I don't have time for this,' Eriol thought. "I'll see you again Card Mistress," he said and was about to leave when the girl with curly gray hair raised her hand. Eriol's whole body began to feel all numb. "What the—!" Eriol's knees felt like water. He fell onto his knees and his head started to throb, "Aahh! What is this...!"

"My friends... Give them back," the girl said again.

Sakura got up she looked at the girl and shook her head, "I can't give them back to you. They are my mother's treasure."

However, the girl didn't listened she raised her hand. A ball of energy formed in front of the girl, she attacked Sakura but Tomoyo got up immediately, "Sakura-chan!" she shouted. She pushed Sakura away and instead she received the girl's attack. "AAHH!" she screamed.

Sakura looked up at Tomoyo, she was a bit shaken from Tomoyo's shove but she regain her senses soon. "Tomoyo-chan!"

Tomoyo fell. Sakura got up and saved her before she hit the ground. "Tomoyo-chan, Tomoyo-chan!" she called. Tomoyo opened her eyes and smiled at Sakura, "Are you okay, Sakura-chan?"

Tears formed in Sakura's eyes, 'She always thinks about me before her. Oh Tomoyo-chan...', "Tomoyo-chan!" she held her close.

'You...' Eriol looked at the girl through gritted teeth, he drew a symbol onto the ground and with all of his remaining strength, he started to chant.

"Guardian of the Southwest Tower, I call upon thee. Let thy fury come forth and destroy thy adversary's scheme, THUNDER!"

(A/N woot what's happening? He can call upon the guardians as well? Lol)

A dark cloud formulated just above the sky and a terrifying lightning came towards the girl's direction.

The girl looked up at her surprised before the lighting could strike her, she had activated her shield but it wasn't strong enough. "Aahh!" she cried.

The impact of the lightning hitting the girl's shield was powerful that the ground started to break apart.

"Nani!" Eriol was also surprised. The ground beneath him started to crack.

"Hoeee!" Sakura screamed.

Tomoyo immediately stood up even though she is still in pain, and took Sakura's hand. "Hayaku Sakura-chan!"

Sakura also got up and started to move away from the breaking grounds. However, it was breaking so fast that they know they would never make it.

"Aahh!" Tomoyo fell on her knees. Sakura looked back at her still holding on to Tomoyo's hands. "Tomoyo-chan!" both of them was heading at the bridge connecting the cliff to the other side. Sakura was about to help Tomoyo on her feet when the ground shook madly beneath them and because they were on the cliff side, it began to fall apart.

"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo screamed as the ground she's in gave way. She had let go of Sakura's hands and she started to fall.

"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura screamed. She too was falling but a light had enveloped her and underneath a symbol that she had seen before become to appear. 'This is the same symbol as...' she remembered the time when she and Syaoran was being corner on a cliff side too by the Lottuse soldiers. This symbol had appeared back then and the next thing she knew is that she was separate from him. 'No! Tomoyo-chan!' her mind screamed inside her when she realized that she and Tomoyo would be separate.

"TOMOYO-CHAN!" Sakura screamed.

Everyone is still in shock at discovering Syaoran's identity. Before Syaoran could even react, the door of the great hall burst opened once more and the Lottuse soldiers came barging in.

"Everyone freeze!" Macmillan ordered the rebel. They surrounded all of the rebels and Macmillan immediately rushed forward to Chiharu's side. "Chiharu-sama!" he kneeled down in front of her. "Are you okay?"

"Hai," Chiharu answered blankly. She was still looking at Syaoran who was also surrounded by the rebels.

There were struggle between the rebels and the soldiers but in the end, the rebels were all down on their knees while the soldiers had their guns pointing at them.

One of the soldier had taken little Chiharu out for medic, and some of the little ones followed them. Naoko and Chiharu on the other hand were now on their feet but they were still looking at Syaoran.

Syaoran had his head low. The other soldiers were still surrounding him.

"Ron-kun—."

Chiharu was interrupt when Yamazaki entered and approach her, "Chiharu-chan! Daijobu?" he was saying.

Syaoran took a deep breath. He lowered his hand, which he was holding the amulet.

Macmillan saw him and recognized him immediately for he looks very much like his father. "What in the... SEIZE HIM!" he ordered his men.

"No!" Chiharu screamed. However, everyone had circled Syaoran already.

Yamazaki was all confused he looked at Macmillan, "What's going on?"

"He is the lost heir of the Li Clan. I am sure of it!" Macmillan answered. Yamazaki looked at Syaoran in disbelief, "What?"

Chiharu looked at Macmillan, "He protected us Macmillan. Please don't—."

"I'm afraid I can not comply. This is Eriol-sama's orders," Macmillan refused.

Naoko just stared at Syaoran. She had been speechless since she found out that the Ron she met was actually the Prince of the Li Kingdom. 'Is that why you're in such pain...?'

'Eriol... Is he the one who led the attack at my kingdom?' Syaoran asked his self, fuming.

"Surrender at once or you'll face your doom," Macmillan was saying.

"Please stop this! I'll talk to Eriol and tell him—."

"My doom you say?" Syaoran spoke up at last.

The soldiers were all prepared and eyeing Syaoran carefully. Honestly, who in a person's right mind would try to escape with all of these soldiers around?

"Sorry but I can't afford to meet my doom just yet. It's Game over," Syaoran said as he lifted his head and made eye contact with Macmillan.

"Nani?" Macmillan was just about to make a move when they all realized what illustrated beneath them.

"You're all inside my Divination Circle. All your powers and movements were seized," Syaoran told them with a sneer.

(A/N okay is it a cliff hanger? Sorry! The next chap is going to be fun XD and I'm real excited to start on it already! (smiles) but right now i'm beat up! phew... that was a long chap don't you think?

Hope you enjoyed this chap (smiles)

Translation:

Saa... – 'now...' or something like that XD

Sou ka... – 'I see...'

Omae wa... – 'You...'

Hayaku – 'faster' or 'quickly now'

RR PLS! XD thank you minna!)