Here's a new chapter before Thanksgiving, so say thank you! Hope you enjoy!
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Chapter 38: The Full Moon
It was gym and Tomoyo was helping Sakura stretch by pushing down on her back as Sakura reached for her toes.
"Sakura-chan, you don't seem as sleepy as before." Tomoyo said.
"Yeah, I think I'm getting used to changing a few Pokemon at a time now." Sakura said.
"That's further proof that you've gotten even more powerful than before!" Tomoyo said standing up with stars in her eyes.
"P-Powerful...?" Sakura said with a sweatdrop.
"Each day, Sakura-chan, you mature to become prettier, more beautiful, and more dignified. And I record all of that onto video, not missing a singe second. Of course, all of your costumes are made by yours truly! Oh, I'm feeling so happy that I feel dizzy..." Tomoyo said daydreaming.
"T-Tomoyo-chan..." Sakura said waving a hand while sweatdropping.
"B-But, there are some dangerous things that happen when you're with me." Sakura said.
"None of that matters as long as I'm by your side! A little bit of danger means nothing!" Tomoyo said. "Besides... If I'm with you, Sakura-chan, I'm sure everything will be all right."
"Y-You think so?" Sakura said blushing slightly while rubbing the back of her head. "That makes me blush..."
"You're ultra cute when you blush as well, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said as Syaoran looked at Sakura from the corner of his eye.
"Sheesh, Tomoyo-chan..." Sakura said embarrassed as she looked over at Syaoran and made eye-contact with him, causing him to blink in surprise.
Sakura gave him a sweet smile, causing Syaoran's face to turn beet red.
Syaoran stubbornly looked away and started stretching.
Sakura looked at him puzzled as Tomoyo just smiled, while Eriol watched not too far away.
Mr. Terada blew the whistle to gather up the students.
Once everyone was gathered together, Mr. Terada started to explain the rules.
"We'll be working on basketball again today. Since we did a 5-on-5 last time, I'd like to try a 1-on-1 match today." Mr. Terada said as everyone started chattering in excitement.
"That sounds fun!" Sakura said.
"Yes." Tomoyo agreed.
Eriol glanced at Syaoran, who had a very serious expression on his face.
After several others had gone and Dawn had just finished her game with Ruka, which she won, much to Ruka's charigin, it was Sakura's turn.
"Go for it, Sakura-chan!" her friends cheered.
"Do your best, Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo cheered.
Sakura had the ball and swerved around her opponent and shot it into the basket.
"I did it!" Sakura cried.
"Nothing less from you, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo clapped as well as the others.
"All right, next! Hiiragizawa-kun and Li-kun!" Mr. Terada announced.
"Eh?" Syaoran said in surprise, before glaring over at Eriol, who just gave him an innocent smile.
"Eriol-kun, Syaoran-kun, do your best!" Sakura cheered.
Syaoran looked over at Sakura, who waved at him, and then started blushing.
He held up a fist and glared at Eriol, who was waving back at Sakura.
"Please, go easy on me." Eriol said. (Like he would)
Syaoran was given the ball first and ran down the court.
Just as he was about to shoot, Eriol took it right out of his hand and shot it into the basket, scoring a point.
"Amazing!" Sakura said.
Syaoran was stunned for a moment, but then looked over at Eriol with determination.
Syaoran was in possession of the ball again and stood across from Eriol, who was ready to block him.
Before he made a move, he eyed Sakura at the corner of his eye and then shot the ball from where he was, but it bounced off the rim.
"So close! He almost made it." Sakura said.
"He's worried too much about the opinion of a certain member of the audience." Tomoyo said as Sakura looked at her puzzled.
Syaoran again had the ball and finally managed to get around Eriol and woun up to make the shot.
"Calm down." Eriol said coming up from behind him as Syaoran looked at him in surprise. "Think only of making the ball into the basket."
Syaoran felt his heart-beat slow as he let go of the ball, which went right into the basket just as the whistle blew. (He was pretty far away too)
"He did it!" Sakura said happily as everyone clapped.
"Amazing!"
Syaoran looked stunned for a moment, before looking over at Eriol, who came over beside him.
"As long as you stay calm and ignore distractions, you will become much stronger than you are now, especially tonight." Eriol said in a different voice, that sounded very familiar to Syaoran.
Syaoran whirled around to look at him, but he was already walking away.
"Alright, P.E. is over now!" Mr. Terada said.
"Okay!" everyone said.
'That voice...' Syaoran thought.
OOOOOOO
Yukito was walking around sleepily with his lunch bag dragging on the ground.
"I feel like I will fall asleep even while I'm walking..." Yukito said rubbing his eyes.
Yukito looked up to see Eriol across the fence, looking at him with a suspicious look on his face.
Eriol smiled at him and something inside Yukito caused him to pass out.
Silver wings sprouted from his back and engulfed him, transforming into Lugia.
Lugia flew over the fence and over to Eriol.
"Sir Aaron?!" Lugia said in shock as Eriol continued smiling at him.
"What are you doing here, looking like that?!" Lugia demanded. "You're suppose to be dead!"
Eriol lifted up a hand, which started glowing, causing Lugia's eyes to widen before collapsing onto the ground.
Eriol bent down on one knee and petted Lugia on the head.
"I'm sorry. But there is something that I must have happen." Eriol said in a deeper voice. "This must be a secret kept from you and the rest."
"Hm. It seems like you're low on power. If you can't get enough aura from your new master, there is someone else who can resupply you. It must be hard for you to have two different minds and hearts."
Eriol smiled. "But it seems as if things are happening slightly different from what I expected. It's turning out to be fun to watch."
"But I can't allow you to figure out who I am just yet."
Eriol placed his hand on Lugia's head. "So please, forget a while longer."
Lugia's body started glowing and turned back into Yukito.
Yukito slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on the ground.
"Huh?" Yukito mumbled as he looked up to see Eriol kneeling in front of him.
"Are you all right?" Eriol asked with a smile in his disguised voice.
"Did I fall asleep by any chance?" Yukito asked.
"Yes, you suddenly collapsed." Eriol replied.
"Oh, so I did it again..." Yukito said embarrassed. "I'm sorry. You must have been pretty surprised."
"No." Eriol shook his head.
"Wait, when had I moved over here?" Yuktio said confused as he climbed back over the fence. "Sorry to have troubled you."
"Not at all." Eriol said as he started walking away while Yukito waved.
"Yuki!" Toya called as he rushed over.
"Hi, Toya." Yukito said. "What's wrong?"
"You were gone for so long I thought something happened to you." Toya said slightly annoyed. "Did you fall asleep again?"
"It would seem so." Yukito said as Toya sighed.
Toya looked over at Eriol, who was continuing on his way.
"That guy..." Toya muttered to himself. "What in the world is he?"
OOOOOOO
At Tomoyo's house, Tomoyo had Sakura try on another one of her costumes as she and Syaoran waited outside and had some tea.
Syaoran had a very serious expression on his face, thinking about what Eriol had said to him.
'What's so special about tonight..?' Syaoran thought as he looked over at the dressing room where Sakura was changing, then back at the table.
"Are you thinking about Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo asked as she brought a cup of tea over to him.
"What?! No! It's not-!" Syaoran stammered while blushing madly. (He looks so cute when he gets all defensive)
"It's not like that? Oh really?" Tomoyo giggled.
"You're having a lot of fun, aren't you?" Syaoran growled in annoyance.
"I know you were thinking about Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said taking a seat on the other side of the coffee table.
"Hmph!" Syaoran grunted as he crossed his arms and looked away while blushing.
"You must like Sakura-chan very much Li-kun." Tomoyo said.
"Huh?" Syaoran said in shock, giving her a side glance.
"You still haven't told her, have you? To Sakura-chan, I mean." Tomoyo said.
"Give me a break. I'm basically still a Pokemon by the way I act." Syaoran said looking out the window.
"That shouldn't matter, considering you truly are human. Besides, there are no boundaries when it comes to love. And I can tell, you truly do love her." Tomoyo said.
"You sound like Entei." Syaoran mumbled.
"What was that?" Tomoyo asked.
"Nothing." Syaoran said.
"Sakura-chan is rather clueless about such things though, so she won't know unless you tell her." Tomoyo said.
Syaoran remained silent, remembering when he first met Sakura, he had almost fought against her with such intensity and he had bitten her when he lost control of himself, he even said some cruel things to her.
"B-But, she already likes someone else..." Syaoran said, making an excuse.
"Is that why you're not going to tell her?" Tomoyo said.
Syaoran flinched and stared hard at the ground.
"I can't do anything but cause trouble for her..." Syaoran said.
"That's not true. You're always doing what you can for her, Li-kun," Tomoyo said as Syaoran looked up at her in surprise. "You just need to more confident in yourself."
Syaoran looked down again, thinking it over.
"Anyways, there are a lot of people that like Sakura-chan very much," Tomoyo said. "Because Sakura-chan is just so ultra-wonderful and very cute!"
"I-I know that." Syaoran muttered.
"For instance, who are you thinking of?" Tomoyo asked.
"Like Hiiragizawa..." Syaoran said.
"I sense something different from Hiiragizawa-kun," Tomoyo said causing Syaoran to look up at her in surprise. "How he behaves when he is watching over Sakura-chan is truly gentle , but it feels more like he's watching over someone very important to him, instead of looking at someone that he's in love with."
Syaoran's face softened. "You really do watch closely."
"Of course, it's Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo said. "Oh! But there is someone who could actually rival your affections."
"Huh?!" Syaoran said. (Tomoyo sure knows how to bounce from one subject to the next)
"Nogi-kun, the one who played the princess in the play when you came crashing through the ceiling when you sensed a Sealed Pokemon," Tomoyo said as Syaoran sweatdropped. "He really does have a crush on Sakura-chan, but he's way to shy on admitting it and would rather keep it to himself."
"Sometimes, there are feelings best left in the heart, but are you fine with that, Li-kun?" Tomoyo asked. "No feeling will come across to others if you don't put them into words."
Syaoran looked over to the side, deep in thought.
"I'm done changing..." Sakura said while blushing as she came out from the dressing room. (It took her that long to change...?)
"Oh my!" Tomoyo cried.
Syaoran turned around and took in a sharp breath when he saw Sakura.
Sakura was wearing a short pink dress and a blue hat and cape with stars in the middle.
"I-Is this all right?" Sakura blushed.
Syaoran just stared in awe at her, completely speechless, causing him to blush even more.
"It's so wonderful!" Tomoyo cried. "I'll go get my camcorder right away!"
Tomoyo rushed out of the room, leaving Syaoran and Sakura alone.
Syaoran gave Tomoyo a weird side glance as Sakura walked up to him.
"Do you think this looks good on me..?" Sakura said blushing slightly.
"Y-Yeah..." Syaoran answered awkwardly. (Do you really ask guys for their opinion on those things?)
"Really? Thanks!" Sakura said while putting her hands together and blushing.
Syaoran widened his eyes, seeing how cute Sakura was being.
"No feeling will come across to others if you don't put them into words."
Syaoran abruptly stood up, all red in the face, surprising Sakura slightly.
"U-Um...!" Syaoran stammered.
"Hoe?" Sakura said in surprise.
Syaoran just stood staring at her with uncertainty while blushing, while Sakura just stood, looking at him confused.
Syaoran was at a loss of words and couldn't form any of them out loud as he felt his face light up.
Suddenly, Syaoran felt a sudden pain in his chest and fell back a little while gripping his chest.
"S-Syaoran-kun! What's wrong?!" Sakura cried coming over to his side.
Syaoran felt dizzy all of a sudden and felt intense burning on the inside.
He pushed Sakura away gently as he staggered out of the room and then outside.
Outside, Syaoran slumped against the side of the fountain and clutched his chest in pain.
'What's... happening to me?!' Syaoran thought as he felt like his whole body was on fire.
Sweat beaded his forehead as his vision started to get blurred.
The sun was setting and when he glanced up at the sky, he saw the full moon.
Suddenly, his eyes turned crimson red and his hair turned blue, though he wasn't aware that that was happening.
Syaoran clutched his chest in pain, feeling his body changing.
Once the pain subsided, he looked down at his hands, only to find that they weren't hands any longer, but paws, Lucario paws.
Syaoran turned around and looked at his reflection in the fountain and was shocked to find he was Lucario once again.
"Why...? Why did this happen?!" Lucario said in horror.
OOOOOOO
Sakura ran down the stairs of Tomoyo's mansion and into the front yard.
"Syaoran-kun!" Sakura called out.
Sakura looked around, but didn't see him anywhere.
'He couldn't have gone that far...' Sakura thought as she came over to the fountain.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo called as she came over. "What's the matter?"
"Syaoran-kun... It looked like he was about to say something, when he suddenly he ran out looking like he was in pain. I tried to follow him, but then I lost him." Sakura said in concern.
"I wonder what happened." Tomoyo said just as a shadow passed over her. "Huh?"
OOOOOOO
Lucario jumped from one tree to the other, not knowing exactly where he was going. (I'm referring Syaoran as Lucario whenever he's in this form so no one is confused)
'What's going on?! Why am I like this now?! Why?!' Lucario thought confused.
He suddenly came to a stop and found himself where he would always go when he was just Lucario, only Lucario.
Lucario looked down at the moonlit pond and stared at his reflection, before slamming his fist into it, causing a splash. He then gripped his head, not understanding why this happened.
'I was actually thinking about saying... I really am a fool!' Lucario thought as he gripped his head harder.
"Syaoran-kun!"
Lucario's eyes snapped open upon hearing Sakura's voice. He looked all around and realized it was her trying to contact him through aura.
Lucario looked down at his reflection one more time, before rushing off through the forest.
OOOOOOO
"HOEEEE!!!" Sakura cried as blue bats were flying all around her.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo cried as the bats were swarming around her as well.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura called as she tried to reach her.
Suddenly, the bats swarmed all around Tomoyo, picking her up and flying off into the distance.
"TOMOYO-CHAN!!!" Sakura cried.
Sakura was about to call out Swellow, but the bats continued swarming around her, so she couldn't.
'No... I have to help Tomoyo-chan!' Sakura cried in her head as she shielded herself from the bats' attacks.
"Metal Claw!"
Sakura looked up to see a figure slash at multiple bats, causing them to fall to the ground.
The figure then jumped over next to Sakura and used several Aura Spheres to void off all the other Golbats.
"Are you all right?!" the figure asked.
Sakura nodded. "Yes, thank you. But-"
Sakura stopped. When she looked up at her rescuer, she was shocked to see Lucario, his blue fur turned silver under the moonlight.
"L-Lucario-san...?" Sakura muttered in shock.
Lucario looked away. "Yeah... We can talk about this later..."
Sakura nodded, still a little shocked, but looked up at the bats still flying around in the night sky.
"Alright! I, Sakura, command you to change under the power of the stars, Glalie!" Sakura commanded as Glalie came out of the staff and turned to a shiny silver coating and orange eyes instead of its light blue.
"Sheer Cold!" Sakura commanded as Glalie let loose a blast of absolute-cold at the flock of Golbats, freezing them instantly and all fell to the ground in large blocks of ice.
"Lucario-san! Tomoyo-chan was carried away by some of them! You have to help me find her!" Sakura cried.
Lucario's ear twitched by being called Lucario and looked to the side.
Sakura looked at him puzzled, not understanding why he wasn't doing anything.
"Syaoran-kun..?" Sakura said as Lucario's eyes widened and turned to look at her.
"Y-You..." Lucario stammered.
Sakura smiled and took Lucario's paw into her hands. "I know you're still Syaoran-kun."
Lucario just stared at her for a moment, before looking away blushing.
"Can you sense where Daidouji is?" Lucario said.
Sakura closed her eyes and let her vision travel all around the area, when finally, she found Tomoyo's aura near a small field.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura cried as she called out Swellow's fly and flew towards where her friend was with Lucario right behind her.
OOOOOOO
When Sakura came to the field, where she felt Tomoyo was, she was shocked to find Tomoyo was no where to be found.
"No... How am I suppose to find her?" Sakura said as tears formed at her eyes.
"Don't cry."
Sakura looked over to see Lucario with determination in his eyes.
"Nothing will come from crying. We have to think of how we can find her." Lucario said putting his paws on her shoulders, trying to reassure her.
Sakura smiled and wiped away her tears. "Yeah..! But how?"
Lucario withdrew and crossed his arms, trying to think.
'I'm sure Tomoyo-chan is scared all by herself with those bat things. I have to hurry and find her!' Sakura thought when suddenly she heard Tomoyo's voice.
"Tomoyo-chan's voice!" Sakura cried hearing Tomoyo sing.
Sakura closed her eyes, listening to Tomoyo's beautiful singing voice and felt like she could follow the sound waves to her.
"This way!" Sakura cried as she followed Tomoyo's song waves.
Sakura and Lucario came to a giant tree to see several Golbats flying around it.
"Take this!" Lucario shouted as he sent several Aura Spheres at the Golbats.
"Thunder!" Sakura commanded as several lightning bolts at the Golbats.
A huge explosion occured and all the Golbats flying around the tree fell to the ground.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura called as she rushed past the fallen Golbats and over to the tree.
Sakura looked up at the tree to see Tomoyo sitting on a branch of the tree.
Seeing that the Golbats were gone, Tomoyo climbed down the tree and smiled at Sakura.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura cried as she hugged Tomoyo in relief and happiness. "I'm so sorry! You must have been so scared all by yourself!"
"No, because I knew you would find me, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said.
Sakura smiled and hugged Tomoyo tighter.
Not too far away, a black bird-like creature was perched in a nearby tree with a camera around its neck, capturing the whole thing on video.
Somewhere in a secret hideaway, a man with spiky, blue hair was sitting in a big chair, looking at a large monitor.
A small grin appeared on his face when he spotted Sakura and Lucario.
"Dusknoir was right about those two. Now I'm certain that my future will be assured!" the man said crossing his legs.
OOOOOOO
"I heard your song, Tomoyo-chan." Sakura said as she and Tomoyo walked home holding hands while Lucario walked behind them.
"I was trying to let you know where I was." Tomoyo said.
"To tell you the truth, when you disappeared, I was about to cry. If Syaoran-kun didn't tell me that nothing would come from crying, that probably what I would have done, cry. I couldn't figure out what to do... and that's when I heard your song, Tomoyo-chan," Sakura said. "I felt like you were cheering me on, so that's how I found you."
"Thank you."
"No, I should thank you for finding me and getting rid of those bats," Tomoyo said smiling. "But there is one thing I regret."
"What?" Sakura asked.
"I missed recording Sakura-chan's wonderful heroic efforts on tape!" Tomoyo cried as Lucario's shoulders drooped and Sakura fell down anime-style.
As Tomoyo went on about how she missed catching Sakura on film, Sakura picked herself off the ground and looked over at Lucario.
"Thank you Syaoran-kun." Sakura said.
Lucario widened his eyes while blushing. "F-For what?"
"For telling me not to cry earlier." Sakura said with a sweet smile.
Lucario looked away in embarrassment.
"No, not just today. Thanks for everything you've done for me." Sakura said.
"U-Um..." Lucario stammered facing her.
"What?" Sakura asked, still smiling.
"No feeling will come across to others if you don't put them into words."
"There are no boundaries when it comes to love."
"U-Um..." Lucario stammered again, looking over to the side.
Sakura raised her eye-brows slightly, awaiting what he was going to say while still smiling. "Hm?"
"I...You...Um..." Lucario stammered, trying desperately to get the words out.
Sakura looked at Lucario in concern, seeing how he was struggling with something.
"I... I-I..." Lucario looked at the ground while his face lit up from his constant blush.
"NOOOOOO!!!" Buneary cried as she jumped out of Sakura's charm and kicked Lucario in the face, sending him flying backwards.
"HOE!!!" Sakura cried in surprise.
"Not... you...." Lucario muttered through clenched teeth while rubbing his bruised jaw with a giant mad-mark on his head.
"Lucario-sama! You disappeared for so long! I was beginning to worry you wouldn't come back!" Buneary cried as Lucario looked to the side, greatly annoyed.
"But I knew you'd come back! I never forgot your promise that you would come back for me!" Buneary cried with hearts floating all around her.
A mad-mark appeared above Lucario's ear. "I would never promised anything like that to you...!"
"Lucario-sama! You're so mean!" Buneary cried as she hit him with her ear.
"Stop that! That hurts!" Lucario shouted as Sakura just stared dumb-founded at the scene while Tomoyo decided to record the fight.
"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"
To be continued...
The ending was weird, I know, but it works. They'll talk about Syaoran transforming into Lucario in the next chapter, so stay posted. Anyways, Buneary is in denial that Lucario is actually Syaoran and refuses to admit that he's actually human, just to let you know. Hoped you enjoyed this chapter! Please Review! Happy Thanksgiving!