Rewrite
By: Angel Kamiya
Chapter 51
The weather had not improved very much after Syaoran headed outside again with his friends. Syaoran had left the hospital shortly after finding Sakura there and had returned with Kero to meet with Sakura. When Syaoran had tried using his magic to help Tomoyo it had unfortunately ended in failure. Tomoyo just couldn't be helped. Meiling had told them that she wanted to stay behind to see if Tomoyo's condition improved or not. Now the three of were heading to perhaps that only person in Tomoeda that could help them. Syaoran looked once over at Sakura who was holding Kero and realized that she still didn't seem like she had completely gotten over what had happened. Syaoran wished that he could do something but he knew that the best course of action was for him to leave her alone for a little while to let her think.
At first Syaoran knocked at the door but no one answered for the first few minutes. The young magician didn't need magic to sense that there was someone already inside. While he stood there he had to resist the urge to yell because of his impatience. The door suddenly opened.
"Yue! What was taking you so long to get the door?" Kero exclaimed, looking rather upset.
"What do you want Keroberos?"
"We need your help."
"For what?"
Kero was having an extremely bad day. It had only been recently that he awoken from the very long nap. That morning he had discovered that everyone in Tomoeda had found out about the Clow cards. Tomoyo had been injured because of a fall and there seemed to be a creepy girl floating around town causing trouble wherever she went. Kero didn't have time to argue with Yue.
"Tomoyo... Tomoyo is really hurt. I don't know what to do." Kero muttered, trying to keep his cool but failing. "I don't have the power of healing but you do."
Yue seemed to stand there for few moments as though he was studying them, but after a while he walked aside to let them into the house. Kero floated forward with Syaoran and finally Sakura following inside. The place had been cleaned up since they had last been there. Instead of chairs and books scattered everyone on the ground they had been neatly stacked away.
"Tell me what happened."
"There was an accident... Tomoyo fell off a building." Syaoran explained, choosing his words careful so they would not upset Sakura. "The doctors don't know if she is going to be okay or not. They say it's really serious."
"You want me to mend her injuries with my magic?"
"Can you?"
While he stood there in silence he thought back to the last time Kero had been there. It had only been a few hours back but it had seemed like minutes ago. The card guardian didn't like it when he was disturbed whenever something important was about to happen. Yue turned his head to side and closed his eyes.
"I can't help you."
"What?" Kero demanded, angrily. "Why... why not?"
"I sensed what happened with Shadow. I'm afraid that there is no magic that can help her heal her since it's so bad... you'll have to find another way."
"Are... are you saying you were there when Sakura fought Shadow?"
"No I was not Keroberos. I sensed what Shadow did. I am the card guardian after all."
Sakura couldn't believe what she was hearing! What Yue probably wanted to tell them was that they simply should not had gone seen him. Sakura wanted to get out of there as fast as she could. It really wasn't fair that Yue never seemed to want to help them. They were friends weren't they?
"I... I don't understand. Are you saying that Tomoyo's going to d-"
"Yes, your friend will not survive unless you find a way to reverse time with the Time card. No magic besides that can help her now. I'll still attempt to help you make everyone forgot but I'm afraid that won't heal your friend."
Sakura stared at Yue not believing the news. Without warning she walked away from all of them and sat down on the carpet and rested against the wall. This was truly terrible and she was at a loss for words. If Yue really couldn't help Tomoyo then did this mean that they were just going to wait and see how things would go? Sakura sat there trying to think about what she would do if she never saw her best friend again.
"The Time card..." Sakura muttered, thinking about what she had been told earlier that day. "Kero-chan didn't think we could use it to change the past. Why not?"
"While the Time card has that power, I must warn you that magic that is used to change the past has always required much skill and energy."
"Why can't you two help us? I mean-"
"We are forbidden to help you in that way."
With those words Sakura didn't think she could hear anymore. Not even the two card guardians were willing to help. This all seemed like some kind of nightmare with no end. Sakura looked up at Kero and Yue trying to see if they were telling her the truth or not. Surely they were just joking? But they were completely serious. Sakura thought back to what had happened earlier that day, after she had resealed the Shadow. About every strange thing that occurred when she had been waiting with Tomoyo.
"The little girl told me... that we wouldn't be able to help Tomoyo without her." Sakura murmured in a small tone.
"Funny that you should say that. Master Clow's journal mentioned him meeting a girl once a long time ago."
"WHAT?" Sakura exclaimed, nearly jumping. "Do you think it's the same girl?"
While Sakura, Tomoyo, and Syaoran had left him at the alley with Meiling there was nothing he had been able to do but read the journal that Sakura had let him borrow. The item supposedly belong to his master, and after reading a few paragraphs he knew that it had to be legit since the writings were something that Master Clow would write. Down to the style and handwriting, Kero knew that the book belonged to the great magician.
"I don't know I've only been able to look through the first few pages. There seems to be some kind of annoying spell on it that only lets the reader open it one page every few hours. You don't know how irritating it is."
"What have you found out so far Kero-chan?" Sakura asked, interested.
"I don't really understand it all. I don't even think Master Clow is mentioning this girl at all... the girl in the book couldn't do magic."
"It probably isn't her then... but then why would the little girl have given the book to Syaoran in the first place?" Sakura muttered.
While standing there Yue couldn't stay silent anymore. It seemed that the Card Captor had met up with the strange creature that had attacked him hours before. When she had arrived he had been completely caught off guard. Only by retaliating did he managed to get away from her. It was a wonder that Yukito's house wasn't trashed much worse in the first place. Yue hated cleaning things up, that was why he usually kept everything around him in order.
"The purple sorceress talked to you too?"
"What? How do you knew she wears purple. You... You've met her?" Sakura uttered, stunned at the coincidence.
"The purple sorceress was here earlier today trying to get me to speak with her. I refused." Yue muttered
"What did she want with you?"
"I'm not certain but I think she might have been asking me for help."
Syaroan had been seeing her appear around him for the past week. At first he had thought that she had just been something like a spirit or a simply illusion but over time he began to realize that she was real. When they had given her back her instrument she had finally been able to make herself visible. At the time she seemed nice but Syaoran had always been a little suspicious of her.
"Whatever she is... she is bad news." Syaoran responded. "The girl told you that she was the one that unsealed the three Clow cards didn't she?"
"Uh huh..."
"We can't have any more dealings with her again." Syaoran continued, looking regretful. "Who knows what she is up to ever since we freed her?"
"You two did what?" Yue responded, narrowing his eyes. "How could you two do anything like that?"
Sakura really regretted helping the girl get her things back now. It had been her that had been causing the problems with the Clow cards and she seemed to connected to Lucien in some way. Sakura wondered if maybe the girl knew the Li clan. Were they somehow involved with her? It seemed that the girl had only taken an interest in Sakura while letting Syaoran go his way without trouble.
"We were trying to help Kero-chan..." Sakura explained, remembering how everything had turned out. "It was the only way."
"That's all in the past." Kero interrupted, sighing. "We need to find out what we should do about Tomoyo first."
"What's there to talk about?" Sakura asked, not understanding why there were still standing there. "I free Lucien and the purple sorceress changes the past for us and Tomoyo won't get hurt in the first place."
The moment Sakura finished talking Syaoran wanted to find out if Sakura had been joking or not. If they were really going to do that then they might have well given her all their Clow cards. They were responsible for freeing her and it was up to them to stop her before she caused anymore trouble. Syaoran wished that he had thought twice about helping her the first time he had met her. During that time he had been interested at who she was but now he just wanted that girl to leave them alone.
"Sa... Sakura!" Syaoran uttered, stunned. "You... aren't actually thinking about doing what that girl asked you are you? You really want to take her up on her offer?"
"We will find a way to deal with her and Lucien if we have to... we can't lose Tomoyo! Didn't you hear what the doctor told us?"
"That girl revealed to everyone in Tomoeda that you have the Clow cards and she probably ordered Shadow to go after Tomoyo! This girl is trouble!" Syaoran muttered.
"I agree with the descendent of Master Clow, we should find another way to help your friend." Yue continued.
Feeling that Sakura was being a little backed into the corner, Kero decided to jump to her defense. One of the things that really unnerved him was if Sakura was ever in trouble. While Kero doubted that Syaoran or Yue would ever endanger the Card Captor there was no way he was going to remain silent if he agreed with one of her decisions.
"You keep saying you can't help Tomoyo, but you keep trying to stop Sakura from trying!" Kero interrupted.
"How dare you speak to me in this manner..." Yue muttered, taking a step forward.
"Hey! Time out!" Sakura interrupted, getting in between the two card guardians. "We are all on the same side. We all want the Clow cards to be safe don't we?"
Syaoran couldn't concentrate with all the yelling. While Sakura was actually considered helping that little girl it seemed that she didn't quite understand what kind of risks that it meant. Sakura was important to him and he didn't want to see her in any kind of danger. If she was going to go through with this then he had to make sure that she understood the consequences of her actions.
"Sakura..." Syaoran whispered, lightly taking her hand. "I need to speak to you outside."
Sakura turned to look at him realizing that he wanted to leave like she did. There was something that he wanted to discuss and she wanted to listen to him.
They were outside again. Sakura looked around her at the trees. The branches were moving because of the light wind and she wondered if they would ever stop. It almost seemed as though the weather was reflecting the difficult times that her life was going through. Sakura sighed not believing that she was being so unlike herself. Usually she never thought about things like this but for some reason she was starting to.
They don't talk to each other for a while and instead just stood there facing each other.
"Why did you want us to be alone Syaoran-kun?"
"I wanted to talk about your plan... are you sure?"
"What?"
"Are you sure about going to the little girl for help again?"
Sakura didn't think she could answer that question. It was a very simple question but nevertheless there was no way for her to be sure of anything anymore. If it was true that the purple sorceress really could change the past so the town forgot that she had the Clow cards and that Tomoyo never got seriously injured then that was worth it right? Sakura didn't think she could take it anymore. They had to do something.
"I... I'm not sure Syaoran but I have to do this. I can't let Tomoyo... Tomoyo..."
"You don't want anything happening to Tomoyo."
Sakura nodded.
"I know that you disagree with me. You don't want to deal with her anymore after what she has told me but... but I don't know what to do." Sakura muttered, feeling herself shivering again.
"Sakura..."
"Tell me what to do Syaroan-kun. I trust you. If... If you tell me to not do this then I won't."
Syaoran wanted to tell her that she shouldn't worry about anything. It wasn't fair how so much responsibility seemed to have fallen on Sakura's shoulders. Things would have been much simpler if Sakura didn't have to worry about the Clow cards. Sakura wouldn't have to worry about always keeping her duties as a secret and be constantly in danger. For just a moment Syaoran wished that Sakura had a normal life. It suddenly occurred to him that if Sakura never found the Clow cards then the two of them would never had met.
"I have no choice..." Syaoran muttered, taking the talisman out of his jacket pocket and transforming it into a sword.
"Syaroan? What... what are you doing?"
Syaoran took out a Clow Card. Flipping it over Sakura saw that it was the Time card.
"Reverse Time back to when Sakura and I arrived the Museum!"
"TIME"
Syaoran stabbed the Clow card that floated several inches above the ground with the sword. There was golden light that quickly surrounded everything around them. Sakura took a deep breath when she realized that freezing time wasn't what Syaoran was trying to do, but actually reversing it. For a moment she stood there in awe trying to think about what she should do if he actually succeeded. Several seconds passed and something seemed to be happening. Sakura stepped forward while looking worriedly at Syaoran.
"Syaoran! Stop!" Sakura yelled, now scared.
The bright light suddenly became even more bright then it already was. Sakura felt herself floating before she fell and hit the ground.
The light suddenly returned to normal.
"Syaoran!" Sakura uttered, taking a step back in shock. "What... what just happened?"
"I... wasn't able to use the Time card."
"Um... what are you two talking about?" Kero muttered, confused.
Syaoran held out the sword in his hand and looked at his reflection off the blade. This was the first time that he had even attempted to reverse time to change the past, and he had failed miserably. With one flick of his wrist the sword transformed back to the talisman and he put it back into his pocket so he wouldn't have to worry about it. It was true then, using the Time card in that manner to turn back time was extremely difficult if not impossible.
"It didn't work." Syaoran sighed, in disappointment. "I couldn't turn back time. I'm sorry Sakura."
"You tried to turn back time?" Yue muttered, raising an eyebrow. "I'm impressed."
Syaoran and Sakura went back inside Yukito's house.
"I didn't believe you when you said I couldn't use the Time card until I had to try it."
"Syaoran tried using the Time card a few minutes ago.. Syaoran was trying to reverse it for an entire day so I wouldn't have been seen outside the museum but he couldn't."
"I see..." Kero muttered.
"Sakura's right. We have to go to that girl for help if we really want to save Tomoyo."
"How do you know she can do it?" Kero asked.
Sakura thought back to when the girl had offered to heal Kero completely with her powers. What she had requested of them was for them to go and steal something. Sakura really regretting doing that now since it had been so wrong, but her desire to see Kero get better had really overruled her common sense. In the end Kero had gotten better but they had already released something very troublesome into Tomoeda.
"Remember she healed you Kero-chan when Yue couldn't... maybe she can reverse time after all." Sakura stated, still reeling from what she had done.
"I still don't think this is a good idea Sakura..." Syaoran muttered, looking a little disappointed.
"Don't worry Syaoran... I'm sure everything will turn out okay." Sakura smiled.
Sakura looked at the sky decided to go back to see how Tomoyo was doing. Along the way she probably would see to it that Mirror was not causing anymore trouble elsewhere. For a moment Sakura wondered if anymore things could go wrong that day. Sakura didn't doubt that things could get worse but she was hopeful that at least one thing was going to change. Tomoyo was going to get better even if that meant Lucien returned. Trying to think of something positive, Sakura knew that maybe it wouldn't be too long until they found out why that little girl was really doing in Tomoeda.
Sakura waited outside Yukito's house until her friends were ready to go with her back to the hospital.
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A/N: Please Review! Tell me what you think of my story. Thanks to everyone that has reviewed so far!
Next chapter is up this Saturday. It will resolve a couple of things and will introduce a couple of things that are important in the final parts of this story. It's mostly be about Sakura. After the next chapter things will calm down a little and the chapters will be more about the characters.
LiLover131 - The next few chapters will really explain her actions, but she isn't entirely good or bad
AirStriker - The ambulance people probably already knew who she was, yeah Tomoyo isn't in good shape. Tomoyo fell in the early part of this story but Lucien was able to catch her but no one was able to save her this time with Shadow :(
cherryblossomchick12 - Sakura will meet up with more family members next chapters, it might be serious or might be funny
Hasaki Keissi - I try to not put a huge cliffhanger in every chapter but I try to end each one on a good note. Yeah I put lots of foreshadowing and twists to keep the story interesting. Syaoran's clan will be making an appearance in a big way very soon, not exactly saying how but it will be interesting. Thanks for the in depth review!
cherriblossomxz - Next chapters are all about Sakura and Syaoran and the little girl
kenshinlover2002 - Shadow got in the way, Sakura is probably suffering very badly but things will lighten up for her very soon
Dragon and Sword Master - I started calling her sorceress in this chapter I hope that helps explain what kind of character she is
bellcicle - Thanks for the review
themightylupe - The girl is really mean
ArtYume - Kero is still reading it
Mystical-Dreamer57 - I guess Sakura is going to go along with the plan, yeah Sakura needs to find more time with Syaoran after saving Tomoeda so much
Sabi2 - The next few chapters will mostly be about the characters although this story will obviously end with major action and romantic scenes
Armageddon Angel - Syaoran used his magic but it didn't work out, I'm sure that Sakura was glad that he tried though...
JustWriter2 - Yeah, things are very depressing right now but that's because of all that major things that are happening. After the next chapter things will calm down alot when the final parts of the story begins and Sakura won't have so many things to deal with. There will be more comedy but the serious scenes will continue.
