I'm very sorry that this took so long to get out. I know this is just another row of excuses for you, but there has been a lot that has happened to me over the last two or three monthes. First of all, my parents decided to change my schools and now, I am going to be attending a school that is so very differnt from my old one. Second, assignments and exams and extra studies to make sure I won't fall behind at my new school. Third, I moved houses and went without the net for more than three weeks. Fourth, I was extremely depressed and stressed out. Somehow, it didn't seem fitting for me to write such a happy chapter in that mood. Well, I should let you read now^^
WARNING: Slash
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Sakura started to walk towards her school. It was a nice warm day and
she was feeling wonderful. Her soul mate and boyfriend was well again and
there was nothing else she could wish for. But there was something that
bothered her greatly. Something that hurt to think about. Her visions continued
and keeping it secret from her friends and especially to the one she shared
her soul with was harder than she had thought. When she would sometimes
go into a semi trance, they would immediately worry about her, asking her
what the problem was. What could she say? That she saw their deaths? And
her own death? No. She couldn't tell them. She won't tell them until the
time was near. Until then, she would practise, study her magic and make
it grow.
Sighing a little, she let her thought continue. During her extensive study, she had learnt to let her body do what she wish while she drew back into the well of her magic. In her magic, she felt the warm powers radiating from the sun, the warmth of the emotions around her and most of all, the life force around her, glowing in steady blue. Smiling slightly, she continued to probe her magic. She had charged herself to the fullest the night before and now, it was time for her to try something she had been working on since the night before. Her mind was slowly probing the Windy card, trying to see if she can open it without having the Star Wand out.
~Windy? Can you open without my wand?~ She asked it gently. ~I
don't know Mistress. You could try though~ Sakura had to smile. She had
found out just shortly after the incident with Yue and her brother that
she could talk to her cards. It had been so wonderful to find that she
had the ability to talk to the cards that she had to thank for her life
many times over. And after her first experience in opening a card without
the wand, she was wiling to try again. She looked through her normal eyes
and learnt that she was already in the school and with a thought, started
to move towards the grounds at the back. There would be no one there and
she was sure that she had enough time before class started.
Sitting with her back against the big oak tree, she went back
into the place in her mind that was just filled with peace and her magic.
~Windy?~ With the call came the feel of calm and yet powerful wind that
swept through her mind, like always when she spoke to Windy. ~Yes Mistress?~
The airy voice asked her as Sakura's eyes closed and to those with magical
vision, she started to glow in a silvery pink light. Focusing all her magic
on the card, she willed for it to open. She didn't even speak a word of
command. She didn't feel that it was needed to use words for the magic
she was about to use.
It wasn't working. She could feel the magic straining in her body to do as she had bid it to do, but it was a struggle for it. She kept pushing on, drops of sweat gathering on her forehead. At last, she felt the card responding to her magic and it slowly opened to her silent command. With a smile of triumph, she willed Windy's form to be invisible to all others except for her.
Windy opened her eyes to see her Mistress' body against the tree, her
eyes closed, looking as if she was merely resting her eyes. But, the card
knew better. She knew that her Mistress was using her magic to open her
without her wand. ~Mistress! You did it!~ Windy called out to the young
girl she had grown to love. She had accepted her as her Mistress a lot
easier than the others had. ~I did it! Thank you so much for your help
Windy!~ Windy smiled gently at the young girl in front of her. Sakura wasn't
young, but in the matters of magicians, she was a babe. ~You should go
to class soon, Mistress. Time tells me that class is about to start.~
Sakura opened her real eyes and looked up at the misty forms of her
first card. ~Thank you~ With that, she let Windy drift off back into her
card form and got up. She was a little shaky on her feet, but she knew
that she should be fine soon. When she was stable, she started to head
towards class. She knew that Time was using his own magic to slow down
the time until she had entered the classroom. She smiled at the thought.
No one knew that the cards had a mind of their own. Syaoran would
never admit that cards were live things and that they had a soul and that
they felt emotions and had their own thoughts. But, Sakura and the guardians
knew of them. Sakura would be constantly amazed as the cards would call
out to her when they felt that she was in distress or danger, that they
would help her out in her normal life by many things. Time had tried to
make sure that she was never late to school with the help of other cards.
She hadn't changed Time, yet somehow, he had gotten the help of the other
cards to help her. Windy would make sure that she wouldn't get hot, Wood
would make sure that when it was hot, the branches were over her and when
it was cold, away from her. She loved the ways the cards would show their
affection to her and for that, she was forever grateful. She on the other
hand did all she can do for the cards as well.
She had been advised not to do so by Syaoran, but she let the cards
out, a few at a time to go out a have some fun. She would of course be
sure to warn them not to make trouble and other things, but so far, there
hadn't been any trouble yet. Giving the cards a little gift was also something
she loved to do. She would give ribbons and other decorative items to some
of the cards to thank them and they would offer her a gift as well. Smiling
happily, Sakura entered her classroom, just before the bell went.
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When she entered the classroom, she found her friends in a group,
Syaoran at his desk, a old battered book on his desk. From the power signature
of the book, she noted that it must have been from the Li Clan. With her
new found magic, she was able to sense the protection spells in the book
itself as well as the warm aura of her friend. "Sakura! You made it just
in time!" Tomoyo squealed as Sakura smiled at her, a gentle and friendly
smile. "I'm so glad I'm not late for school. It would have been a disaster
to get detention today. I have cheerleading practise and Yukito-san is
coming to watch." Tomoyo smiled slyly at her and Sakura blushed deep red.
There were no more time for any more talking as the bell finally
went and the teacher walked into start the class. Sakura slipped back into
the well of her magic. It was the place she felt the safest in her mind.
She gently touched on her telekinic power and bringing it up and out of
the well of her magic with her, she pulled the power into her hands and
with the control of her magic set and her attention out from her mind,
she looked up at the at the board and sighed as she was faced with the
board filled with math she did not understand.
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It was after lunch, she was sitting in the classroom with her friends
when the cold presence and the pain started. She didn't even had to turn
around and see who was behind her. "Sakura-chan! I haven't talked to you
ages!" Sakura didn't even give the boy the pleasure of seeing her reacting
in anyway. "What do you want?" Her cold voice fuelled his anger and hatred.
She felt it radiating from him like a bone fire.
"I want you." He said again, almost repeating what had happened the
last time. "Don't you ever give up?" Sakura asked, her voice annoyed. "I
know that I'll have you." Sakura just turned around and looked into his
eyes and what she saw distressed her. His eyes were filled with lust and
hate that she could not even begin to understand. She was too pure for
the emotions he was feeling. Thankfully for her, the bell went and with
a growl, Kevin walked away to find his seat.
Sakura sat down and let her mind wander again. It was English class and she had somehow managed to get ahead of the class on the subject, most likely because of the fact she had been doing the movie for her brother and Yukito. Thinking about Yukito brought her a little problem. How was she going to explain? They had been able to tell Yukito that they'll explain everything on Sunday, which was only two days away. Sakura also had to think about how she was going to explain everything to her brother as well. He knew most of the things, but didn't know them in detail at all. He just knew that she was a sorceress and she uses the cards to do her magic. So far, that wasn't much.
She sighed heavily as emotions flooded her thoughts. Someone was highly distress and confused about the topic they were talking about in English and Sakura smiled, Syaoran wasn't the best person in English. ~What's the matter, Syaoran?~ She asked, bringing him out of his misery. He looked up at her from his book, a look of utter surprise on his face. ~How?~ She heard his thought and smiling a little replied. ~Yesterday after finishing the movie, I managed to recharge and found this book on magic. It was written by Clow Reeds, to me. It was very helpful in the control of my magic. I practiced all of last night and found that I can move things with my mind now. I found Empathy about two weeks ago though. It said in the book that Psychic powers were the next step in a Sorcerer's life.~
Syaoran couldn't hide his amazement from her. The only person he had ever learnt about that had developed their powers up to the psychic stage without having them from birth was Clow Reeds! ~Wow! So, what else can you do?~ He asked, curiosity woven in the very thought. ~I can call the cards without the wand or the incarnation. But, I have a slight problem I need your help on.~ He just nodded for her to continue in his mind. ~You learn quickly~ She commented before continuing. ~I found out yesterday that my brother knows of me being a sorcerer. He also knows about Yue and had magic of his own. He felt that Yue and Yukito was dying and gave up his power to Yue and now, I'm supposed to explain everything to him. I don't know where to start! And don't even suggest using Erase. I tried already~
Syaoran was puzzled. How could she start? ~I would suggest that you
tell him from the beginning. Tell him about when you first saw the book
and tell him of how your magic works and show him.~ Sakura gave him a small
smile. ~It's easier said than done.~ Syaoran couldn't agree more. When
the teacher started to give out homework, however, the conversation ended
as both of them was occupied in writing their homework down.
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Sakura walked out into the field in her short skirt and top. She didn't
like to wear the uniform in the winter, but they weren't really given a
choice in the matter. When she got there with the rest of the team, she
saw her brother and Yukito standing there, watching. Sakura knew that Yue
was watching as well. She could feel his presence as clear as day. She
smiled at their direction, waving.
When the music started to come on, the cheerleaders started to
do what they did the best. The girls jumped, flipped, danced and showed
off their skills as they cheered for a non-existent game. Sakura landed
gracefully on her feet from her dismount as everyone watching started to
clap. Cheerleading practise always bought many of the students to stay
after school and watch. The girls started and another routine and routine
after routine.
When they were all finished, Sakura was exhausted. "Ok girls! Practise
is on next Friday at the same time, same place!" The girls nodded before
going to get their things and heading towards home. Sakura sighed as she
wiped the sweat away from her face. The practise that day had been exhausting
and she had performed at her best for her brother and her soul mate. As
she packed, she felt her soul mate approach her and smiled. "Hey!" She
called and felt Yue's presence stronger than before. She knew that he was
suppressing Yukito's curiosity and she also knew of the exhaustion her
brother was going through. She had managed to give him enough energy to
go through his day and everything, but he was still tired, just as Yukito
had been when Yue was in the danger of disappearing.
"You were wonderful!" Yue commented, making Sakura blush a little
as she picked up her bag. He smiled at her and gently took her bag away
from her as she gave him a thanking smile. Touya walked towards the two
and smiled a little at them both. "Come on, let's go home. Yue-san, try
to keep him away. Sakura and I need to have a little talk." Yue nodded
in understanding and giving Sakura a small peck, started to walk away.
"So, I guess you can explain to me what on Earth is going on." Touya commented,
taking her bag from her. "When we get home and after I had my shower."
She said, drawing another smile from her brother. "Besides, you know too
much already." With that, she poked her tongue out at him and he chuckled.
"You are a monster!"
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Sakura walked down the stairs, dressed in her magic robe. The stars on her robe gleamed as she made her way down. Her father was away on a business trip and it just gave them the time to discuss everything without having to worry about their father finding out.
Touya watched as his sister made her way down the stairs. In her right hand, she held a book and on her left shoulder was the small golden lion like doll. When she entered the room, he felt her power. It wasn't as if he had never felt it before, but with the tiny bit of power that remained with him, he felt over powered by the power Sakura had in her. He watched, amazed as she settled herself down, looking regal and in control. She smiled brightly at him before she set the pink book down on the table in front of them both.
"So, where do I start?" Sakura asked, wariness entering her eyes. "I guess you start from the beginning." He replied, smirking at her. He was curious and the feeling comforted Sakura to a certain extent. She also felt his love for her and the willingness to understand. "It all started when I was 16. I came home from school one day and I heard these weird sounds and I felt a pull towards the basement. When I went down, I found no one. But I found a book called 'The Clow'. It glowed when I touched it and I was amazed. So, I picked up the book and opened it. It was strange, really. It had lots of cards in it. But, the first one was called 'Windy'. Foolishly, I read it out aloud and winds started to blow out of everywhere. Then the cards all flew out and disappeared." She breathed a little and watched her brother to see how he was accepting her story so far.
"When all the cards were gone, The book dropped and he popped out of the book." She pointed to Kero, who wasn't moving at all at her command. When he heard the mention of him, Kero moved and smiled at Sakura's brother. "Hello! I'm the Sun Guardian, the Guardian Beast of the Clow Cards and the Mistress of the Cards, Cereberus." Touya looked a little taken back, but didn't say anything but wave a little at the creature. "Then the adventure of collecting all the cards started. One of the cards, Mirror tried to hurt you, if you would remember. Many of the other cards tried to hurt those around me, because I was the Card Captor, along with Syaoran. It was hard work, but I finally caught the last card. That's when the Final Judgment begun."
Before she could continue, Touya lifted up his hand, stopping her. "I know what happened at the Final Judgment. I was there." It was Sakura's turn to look surprised. "So, show me some of your magic!" Touya asked, his eyes alight with glee. Sakura smiled gently at him and said, "Cerberus, return to thy true form." With the command from his Mistress, Cereberus flew away into the corner of the sitting room and transformed into the great lion. Sakura smiled at him as he came to settle down next to her, purring as she scratched his ears. "I don't think you want to see Cereberus using his powers. I really don't want anything in this room to be destroyed." Touya smiled at his sister.
"I've seen him like that before at the final Judgment. Now, show me what else you can do." Sakura smiled again. She had wanted to use her magic that whole day! When the burden of supporting Yue, along with Cereberus and the cards was gone, she felt so much magic around her, in her, and she just wanted to use it. "But if you were there at the Final Judgment, you would have seen me using my other magic as well." Touya smiled at her, "but I want to see you using your magic up close. It wasn't much of seeing so far away." Sakura stood up, and with a single mental command, the book followed her to where there was room for her to move. "Open." With her command, the book opened and the cards waited patiently, ready for her to call out the ones she would like to use.
An idea came to her and her smile went broader. Her thoughts went back to those of early that morning when she decided that she should be changing some of the cards. "The Key that holds the power of the Stars, under contract, I , Sakura command you to reveal your true form to me. Release!" Her voice rang through the small room as the bright light appeared from the small pendent she was holding. It grew into a staff which she grabbed and turned in her grip. "What would you like to see, brother?" Sakura asked, a small cheeky smile on her lips. "You decide, after all, you are the magician, right?"
Just then, words of a card started to form in her mind. She dropped her smile and concentrated on what the card was saying. ~Mistress?~ Sakura knew that it was Mirror almost instantly. ~Yes, Mirror?~ She asked again. ~May I be the released?~ Sakura understood the reason and simply nodded. ~Of course~ She snapped back and she carefully selected a card from the floating book. "Mirror! Release and Dispel!" As she struck the dead center of the card, it started to transform into it's true form. As Mirror started to appear, Sakura had to smile. The young girl looking Mirror was incredibly shy and didn't know how to even start apologising to her brother.
"I've seen you before, right? Both of the times when Sakura was sick? You were pretending to be her, right?" Touya asked first, his curiosity getting the better of him. "Yes and I..." Mirror's voice was soft, so very soft as she said, "wanted to apologise for hurting you before..." She couldn't continue as she blushed deep red and without a command, just went back into her card form. Sakura smiled at the card in her hand fondly and it floated back to the book.
Walking towards the couch, Sakura took off her outer robe and pulled out the 8 cards she wanted to change. "What are you doing now?" Sakura looked at her brother. She had forgotten for a minute that he was there, too intent in her cards. "See, this is a Clow Card and this is a Sakura Card. The difference is that the Clow Cards used to have power of their own, stored in them by their maker, Clow Reeds. But, when I caught all of them, the power ran out and the cards started to kind of die. I had to change all the cards and feed them my power. That was why I couldn't support Yue anymore." Touya nodded in understanding, but Sakura knew that he didn't truly understand.
"Cards created by Clow, change and be reborn, under the name of your new Mistress, Sakura." Cereberus opened his eyes and they went a little wild as he saw 8 cards floating in front of Sakura. He knew better than to interrupt her, but he was worried for her. Touya saw the look the great beast was giving his sister and felt that there might be something wrong. "Voice! Rainy! Libra! Twin! Return! Change! Cloudy! Through!" As all of the cards turned pink and silver as Touya watched, mesmerized as his sister performed her magic. When it was all done, she took a deep breath and sighed a little. The changed cards all floated towards her and she smiled happily, gathering the cards together.
"Wow!" Touya exclaimed, lost for words. "So, satisfied?" Sakura asked, tired and just wanting to go to sleep. "I think so." Then Sakura remembered something. "Oh, I forgot to show you something." Sakura exclaimed as she pulled out another card from her book. "Power!" With the calling of the card, the Power card opened, revealing a small girl with a strange outfit. "This is Power." Sakura said, gesturing to the card in front of her. "Power was the one that has been supplying you with enough energy to get through the day. Since you gave your power to Yue, you need time to recover. From what I learnt from Clow Reed's book, you'll be more or less tired until I can take over the burden for you."
At the mention of the name Clow Reeds, Touya remembered something. "Wait, did you say Clow Reeds? The cards are Clow Cards and they were made by Clow Reeds?" Sakura nodded, puzzled. "When I was trying to give my power to Yue, the ghost of him told me that it was possible and it would help you both." Sakura looked puzzled at the information but didn't say anything. However, Cereberus' eyes were alight with joy. "How was Clow?" The guardian asked, his fangs revealed as he spoke. "As far as I can tell, he was fine, why do you ask? Who is he anyway? And why do YOU have the cards?"
Cereberus closed his eyes as if he was looking into a memory far away. "Clow Reeds was the strongest sorcerer in the History of Magic, until Sakura came along. He was a great sorcerer that liked to create many objects that had magical powers. He made swords with magical potential and so on. One day, after he had created me, he had a vision. The vision was of a young girl in the future. She would be a beautiful girl with a great amount of power no one else has ever been able to possess. She alone would have the power of the Stars and there was only a few in the History of Magic that ever had the power of the Stars. From then on, he started to create other things, just for her. He changed my form to make it more likable to girls, teenagers. He created the cards for her, the cards were designed to be pretty and something that the girl would like to have around. Then he created the girl's Moon Guardian, someone that would be like the Moon itself, a silent protector. He also created the Magic Robe every sorceress or sorcerer has. He knew that she would possess the power of the Stars and made it to suit that. He created everything as she would like. He conjured up pictures of the girl and told the cards of her, of her beauty, kindness and love she would grant them all. That she would be the only one to accept them as people with souls, someone that thinks, not just a weapon. They came to love this girl they had never met and that girl was you, Sakura."
As the story ended, the siblings sat still, their eyes a little wild at the thought of all Clow had done for Sakura. She was amazed that someone had thought about everything for her and created so many things to make her happy. "He thought of you as a daughter he would never have. He loved you, Mistress. Just as your father loves you, Clow Reeds loved you." Sakura felt a tear run down her face as everything dawned to her. All of sudden, she wished that she had known at the Final Judgment, that she would have been given a chance to say thank you to him. But she would never have the chance...
A thought came to her as abrupt as a thunder. Her thought rushed through the thought quickly, calculating. Then when she was sure she could manage it, Sakura smiled brightly. "I have the best idea!" Sakura almost yelled as Cereberus and Touya looked at her. "The Return card can send me into the past to see Clow Reeds-san and thank him. After all, it would only be right for a daughter to pay her father a visit, ne?" Cereberus looked at her, shocked. "I don't think you could manage the magic Sakura. You have to be in full power, even then I think you'll need both Yue and me to help you with the magic."
Touya just looked at the two as they argued about is Sakura was capable of the magic or not. He was somewhat lost in the whole conversation, but found himself trying to digest the information he was given. He could understand why the explaining and the things she showed him wasn't one of her favourite things to do. She looked so tired! A movement caught his eyes. The Power card, as Sakura had called her had decided to sat herself down on the couch next to him, giving him a cute smile. Touya smiled back, amazed. "Hello!" The card yelled as it tried to make itself a little more comfortable. "Are you alright with the energy I've been sending you?"
For many times that night, Touya was amazed. Sakura had been right when she had said that the cards were almost humans, just very magical. "I'm fine, thank you." The Power card gave him a huge smile and with a happy sigh, got off the couch and started a walk towards Sakura. When she made it to her Mistress, she stood next to where Sakura had been sitting and absentmindedly, almost, Sakura picked her up and placed her on her lap. Power looked so happy, just like she was about to burst with happiness. Touya watched with a gentle smile on his face as his sister held onto the Power card's true form like a mother. "If you even suggest that again before you changed all the cards and are in full power, I'll tell Yue about and he can try to stop you."
With Cerberus announcing that, Sakura stopped arguing and stuck a tongue out at him. "Not fair!" Cereberus took one long look at her pale face and changed back to his smaller form. Sakura then seemed to notice the small bundle she was holding and smiled brightly at it. "Tired?" She asked the card as it opened her eyes. "No, Mistress. Just talking to the other cards." Sakura looked a little surprised but didn't say anything. "Would you like to go back or stay?" Touya was surprised that she would give a card the choice. "I would like to go back, Mistress. Windy card wants to have a talk with the rest of us." Sakura nodded and without any magical things, the card transformed back into it's card form and the card flew into Sakura's book. Touya gave her a look and as if she thought of something, her smile turned sly.
"Touya, I was meaning to ask you. What do you think of Yukito-san?" Touya felt his mouth drop open and all the blood rushing to his face. "Was I right when I felt love emitting from you towards him?" Touya blushed deeper and muttered something about doing his homework. Soon, he disappeared and Sakura pulled all of her magical things together. With a sigh, she made her way up to her room. In her room, she opened the wardrobe, she opened a box that held all of her magical things. It was a huge chest really, with couple of her robes, talismans she had found in the chest, The Sakura Book and most of all, the magical books she had been reading. She pulled one of them out, called, "The Power of the Stars" and started to read.
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Sakura opened her eyes and remembered that it was Saturday. She remembered that she had a date with Yue, he had told her that he had something important to tell her. She had agreed and told him that she would meet him at the park, changed to his true form, just like before though. He had agreed, but had asked for her to bring Kero as well. She had wondered why, but had agreed anyway. Her soulmate probably had a good reason for the request. She carefully chose a simple faded jeans along with a nice simple jumper to accompany. She really didn't have to worry too much about her attire, really, but it was just that she wanted to be presentable to her boyfriend, to let him know that she took the time to prepare herself just to see him.
When she was ready, she grabbed a bag and carefully gathered the cards from her book and walked out of her room, grabbing a sleeping Kero on her way. She put him in the large pocket in the middle of her jumper and walked out of her door, telling her brother that she was going out. Her father had gone to a trip to another site.
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"Mistress." Yue said as she approached him, looking stunning with his shorter white hair, the violet eyes and dressed in casual clothing. "You look so gorgeous!" Sakura commented, a blush making it's way to her face. "Thank you for your compliment, Mistress. You look beautiful today." She blushed even redder as they started to walk, hand in hand into the secluded area of the park. "What do you have to tell me, Yue?" She asked after awhile of walking. She could feel the emotions around her boyfriend, soulmate and none of them were really happy. "It's just that...I thought it might be about time to let you know about a few things to do with your powers." Sakura frowned. "The history of them might be overwhelming to know as well, Mistress." Sakura once again frowned as they settled down beneath the beautiful Sakura tree.
"You mean about Clow Reeds knowing who I was before I was born?" She questioned, her beautiful features puzzled, curious, a childlike curiosity that warmed Yue's heart. "Well, I didn't think you knew about that, but there are others as well, Mistress. Kero and I decided not to tell you until when the time came, but from what I know of your dreams, I think this might actually be a good time to let you know." She smiled at him, nodding, ready to learn of the past and perhaps some things that might happen in the future. She gently pulled Kero out of her pocket and stroke his fur, making him purr. "Kero, wake up!" She called, shaking the small creature of magic. After about five minutes of constantly trying, the beast woke up, it's beady eyes looking up at it's Mistress, curious on why it had been woken up. He then turned to see Yue, who just nodded at the beast and started his tale.
"The power of the Stars, Mistress, was and is the most powerful forms of power. There had never been anyone that had possessed the power as you have, Mistress. For some reason, the power of the Stars were always bestowed upon the most innocent being. Also, there would ever be only one person with such power at one time. The power of the Stars is very hard to control for others, but the innocents find it easy to control their power, if they couldn't, they would have destroyed the world with the amount of power they have. Clow knew this, Mistress. He had seen it when he had seen you, that your powers would be the strongest this universe would have ever seen. So, he was naturally worried for your sake and the sake of the world. He made the Clow cards for you, to help you control your power as they woke and to make sure that you could use the power to the fullest. Every card taught you something, a lesson. Even fighting me was a lesson, to show you what dueling with other magicians would be like. Many magicians will challenge you to a duel, once your powers have reached it's full potential. At the moment, it is yet far from what it could be. You are powerful, Mistress, very powerful. That makes other magicians challenge you, to try to take the cards from you. You must never let that happen. The cards were only meant for you, Mistress, and you should never forget that."
"Now, since the powers of the Stars are very rare, magicians tend to hunt for them. They want to have the power in their hands. That was the main reason Cereberus and I were created for. We were to make sure that you would come to no harm, to protect you from the other magicians and everything else. People that want power will be almost anything, Mistress. They'll try to seduce you, perhaps hurt your family, or challenge you. You must never drop your guard. There is one particular magician Clow had been worried the most about. Her name is Black Witch. She has killed most of the innocents with the power of stars before. Either they hadn't been strong enough, or they hadn't had the right protection. She'll be after you as well, we believe. Once, you told me that you met a lady with long black hair and black eyes. She called you 'Star' right?" She nodded. "She hated me so much...I also had other dreams, but these are prophetic dreams. There are two of them. They start out the same, it involves the Black Witch as well. In one, we fight and I lose, in the other, I win. Both of them a frightening and both of them have equal chances of coming true. The fact is, I don't know what I do to make either of them come true."
Yue nodded, snaking his arms around her and holding her in the protective circle of his arms. "I'm sure you'll figure out soon, Mistress. You always manage to find the solution." She gave him a weak smile. "What else do you have to tell me, Yue?" Yue looked into her eyes, searching for her magic. "Well, I was going to tell you about the other powers, but it seems that you developed them all quite well. I supposed that was all I wanted to talk to you about. Oh, and also that there's going to be a festival at the University tomorrow and I was thinking that it would be a perfect time to talk to my other form about your little secret, Mistress." Sakura nodded. "I heard about it from Touya. He's going to talk to Yukito after me, just to make sure that he understands everything. Anyway, I went through it with my brother, I should be able to with Yukito as well." Yue smiled gently at that, just as Kero came flying towards them.
"Sakura! Help!" Sakura looked at the guardian beast, surprised. "When did you fly away? What happened to you?" She asked. She hadn't notice the beast missing. "I flew away few minutes ago to steal some ice cream, but these stupid kids threw mud balls at me!" Sakura looked at him for a moment or two before bursting out laughing. "It's not funny you know!" He yelled, upset. "You're covered in mud! Of course it's funny!"
When Sakura calmed down enough, Yue suggested to her that she should use Bubbles to clean the lion beast up. She agreed, trying to change Bubbles without using her wand or chanting. She closed her eyes and concentrated, brining the card from her bag to float in front of her and she willed it to change. Slowly, the colour changed into pink and silver in front of the two surprised guardians. Soon, it was ready to open. Bubbles appeared and hugged the teen sorceress. ~Mistress!~ The voice rang in her mind, gentle and bubbly. "Bubble, can you clean Kero up, for me?" She asked it, gently as she looked down at the small form. Bubbles nodded and went around and around Kero's small form, cleaning him up. "Thank you." She told the card as it went back to it's card form. "You know, the cards can be so sweet at times." She told the two guardians as they agreed with her.
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Sakura blushed deep red as they exited the cinema room of the University. People were commenting on her performance as much as the main characters. Tomoyo was squealing, almost with joy while Yukito and Touya just nodded to accept the compliments. Sakura turned to look at her brother and Yukito, just to find Touya leaning against the doorway, holding himself up. "He's so weak." She whispered to no one in particular. Just then, Touya turned to face Sakura, smiling at her. "Hey monster!" Sakura frowned, but didn't say anything. Tomoyo, Syaoran and Eriol all greeted the older boys. Touya frowned at Syaoran and Eriol, but didn't say anything to them.
When they had eaten their lunch, Touya excused himself, tired. Sakura had watched him go with worry, understanding the reason behind his departure. It would give her a chance to talk to Yukito alone somehow. Syaoran knew what she had to do and so did Tomoyo, it was just Eriol that she had to make an excuse to. But, before she could say anything, Eriol got up, a smile on his face. "I'm so sorry, everyone, but I have to go now. I have a few things to attend to." The group nodded, allowing him to leave.
Eriol sighed as he turned the corner, out of the sight of the group. He knew what he had to do, to put Sakura and Yue in danger once again. She had to learn her lessons and make the cards her's. It just had to be done. When he was ready, he gestured for Nakuru to go and do what she had to do and jumped into a tree that gave him the view of the group. With another sigh, he started to weave his magic.
"Sakura, would you like to have a look at the 'Star Way'?" Yukito asked, approaching the beautifully decorated room. "I would love to." She answered, smiling. "Only two of you may enter at once." Nakuru interrupted. Tomoyo and Syaoran stayed behind, knowing that they should give Yukito and Sakura their privacy to talk.
"Sakura-san, about the other day..." Yukito started, but stopped when Sakura looked around them and glowed in bright silvery pink light. "What is going on?" He managed to ask as she opened her eyes again and looked around them, satisfied. "I just made sure that no one can interrupt our little talk. I'll try to explain everything the best I can, but can you promise me that you won't say anything until I'm finished? This is going to take a little while, so I'll use the shorter version of the story."
"You might have guessed right now and before that I'm not a normal teenager. I had never been. I possess magic that no one else in this world has ever seen. I am magical and so are you. So is Touya'85in some ways. I can't explain everything to you in detail, because it'll take too long, but Touya will do that for you. Right now, I can however tell you that you are not'85normal either. This is hard to explain, especially to you."
Sakura struggled for the right words to say, to break the news as gently as she can. She decided on one approach Yue had suggested before. ~ Yue? ~ She asked in her mind, calling her silent guardian. ~ Yes Mistress? ~ Sakura smiled a little before continuing. Yukito stood there, puzzled as Sakura smiled at nothing. ~ I can only tell him so much, you do realise that, right? Well, I was hoping that tonight, when Yukito-san is sleeping, you can talk to him in his dream and explain a little better than I can? ~ Yue agreed quickly, letting his Mistress know that he'll be there to help always. Sakura nodded her thanks and came out of her trance to face a confused Yukito. She smiled gently and started again. "Yukito-san. I know that this might be very surprising to hear, but everything I will say is the very truth. I swear to you."
Yukito nodded, wondering what she was about to say. "Ok then. Um'85as I said, I have magical powers. I'm a sorceress. I take my powers from the stars and my guardians tell me that I am the strongest sorceress in the universe and the history of Magic, but I can never be sure. Anyway, you are also magical. You were born only'85six years ago, when you first met my brother. Have you ever wondered why you had never seen your grandparents in the last six years? It's because you don't have them. Everything you know and remember until four years ago is false. I'85I know this is shocking. I was shocked as well when I found out. But you are another part of someone else. Of something else that is totally different to what you are. That other being is Yue, my Moon guardian and my soul mate. But you and him have separate souls and I think I should be able to separate you soon, or at least I hope so."
Sakura rambled on, not knowing what to say or do. She had to explain to someone that knew nothing of magic, her activities. It was harder that she ever thought possible. "I know this is hard to digest. This is a lot of information and most of it won't make sense, but I can show you some of my magic to convince you, if you want me to." Yukito stood silent, thinking about what he had just heard. He could hear the uncertainty in Sakura's voice, the nervousness and the truth behind her words. He had indeed hadn't seen his grandparents for the last four years and the memories before then seems to be so forced, so wrong to him. It wasnrquote t right. It was false. A single tear begun to gather around his eyes, causing Sakura to break down as well. "I'm so sorry for this, Yukito. This is all my fault. Clow Reeds organised all this'85for me. He thought that everything will be the way I would want it to be. So he created you for Yue to hide in. For you to be there when everything started. You had been very close to seeing what I used to do, but you never thought much of it because of Yue's influence."
She paused for breath and looked into Yukito's eyes. There was profound sadness and to some understanding in his eyes. Sakura couldn't help a single drop of her tear rolling down her cheek, sad that she had to hurt her friend so much, someone that she loved dearly as a part of another person. Yukito's hand moved to take the tears away, causing both Yukito and Sakura. For a moment, she was puzzled, but then she understood. Her beloved was showing Yukito that he could control Yukito as well. "I didnrquote t move my hand." He commented, surprised. Sakura nodded. "I know. Yue did. He's the other part of you that causes you so much pain. For that, I am so sorry. This shouldn't have happened. I'm sure that Clow knows this by now. He tried to make the world so that I will like it. It didn't seem like he cared for anything or anyone else but his creations and me. I'm sorry this had to happen." Yukito nodded, agreeing.
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Eriol stood on the tree, his magical vision seeing what his 'daughter' was doing. Sadly, he agreed with what she had said. Clow hadn't thought of anything else other than his daughter and his creations. That was all that was important to the man. They were all he had ever thought about. "I'm sorry too, Sakura. It shouldnrquote t have happened this way. This was wrong. I'm so sorry for that." His eyes sad, he thought of what he had to do. Sakura had to changed more cards. That fact was nice and clear to both sides. He was sure that she would change it in her own time, but that wasn't enough. She had to finish everything she had to do before'85'NO!' He thought to himself firmly. 'I won't think about that. It's too horrifying to think about it.' He tried to shake the thought from his head, but it remained, somewhere in the dark corner, strengthening his reason to do what he was about to. "Sorry." He whispered once more before he let the spell go. "I'm so sorry."
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Sakura felt a wave of magic along with sadness from the magician? She almost fell as the powerful spell hit. Then the glass shattered. She felt Yukito pulling her to him, holding her under him to protect her. His arms firmly around her and his body covering her own. Then she felt more magic, this time, friendly. Sakura felt feathers around her and even warmer arms around, relaxing her and stimulating her magic. "Yue." She breathed as she leaned back, forgetting about everything else. His wings were covering them both from the shards and she couldn't careless about them as she was in her lover's arms.
"Mistress, are you alright?" He asked her, worried for her safety. She gave him a small nod and a kiss. He carefully shook his wings out, shaking the shards of glass away from him and his Mistress. Then she gasped as she felt the magic around her, the magic of the sorcerer that caused the accident. She set her jaw and stood up, her staff in front of her with a single command. She had a feeling that the magician was strong and she knew that she would need everything she had to fight them, if there should be a need to do so. "Yue, I can feel the magician. I'm going after him." She said before she ran off, calling on two cards as she ran to prevent anyone else from seeing what was happening. "Cards created by Clow, change and be reborn under the name of your new Mistress, Sakura! Maze! Illusion!" The magical cards went to do her biding as she ran on to find her enemy.
Yue could barely follow her as she disappeared from his sight. With the powerful cards of Maze and Illusion in place, even he couldn't work out where she was. All he could use was the link to her that he had and that just gave him the location, not how to get around the two cards. Sighing, he flew after his Mistress, aware that no one will be able to see him with the Illusion in place. Sighing heavily, he begun his search for the young sorceress. He just knew that something big was up and he had to catch her in time, quickly somehow.
Sakura ran, the magic almost calling her to the magician. She hurried her pace, feeling that if she was even a second late, she would miss the caster of the spells. Her magic pulsed in her blood with the need to use them, her mind whirled at the presence of magic all around her, the presence of her own magic and a tinge of another's that she was chasing. Then there was a small pull she felt from her soul mate. She could also feel the awe of some students that entered the star way. She thought for a moment and decided that she would have to erase the memory from their minds when she is finished. Having seen it, their tales of what they saw wouldn't match others and it would be suspicious.
She knew better than to hope that she could find the person, but she was close, just so close. She had to find him. She just had to. Just as she thought that, the powers around her increased, causing her to be dizzy. Then on instinct, she opened a thin veil of reality. There stood a teenager boy, someone her age, most likely, with...
Eriol looked at her as his cover was blown. He swore silently inside, but thankfully, his 'Clow' part acted and whispered the quick spell into the air, causing the honey browned haired girl to topple over, her magic won over by the more experienced and quicker magician. Moving quickly, Eriol caught her in his arms and held her briefly, sinking to the ground, allowing his senses to reel back now, to give them a chance to come down. He found that she was out of it, most likely, due to the amount of magic around her, the changing of the two Clow cards and of course, her tiredness over the days with supporting the cards. Another thought quickly entered his mind as he rested. Without Sakura's magic, the magic supporting the two cards would be gone and the illusion Sakura had cast would be gone. Groaning, he quickly got up, holding his 'daughter' in his arms with the care he would give to a china doll, something he loved dearly.
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Syaoran felt the aura of the strange magician once again and thought over what he was going to do. He could feel the faint aura of Yue in the Maze, auras were being obscured due to the working of the two cards, but it was there, looking for Sakura, most likely. He fought the urge to rush into the maze, to look for his friend, but knew that even his magic wouldn't be enough to break the magic, in fact, he knew that he would get lost. If he hadn't been able to fight the maze before, than chances were that he won't be able to. With a sigh, he waited for what was to happen.
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Yue looked around, frantic for his beloved sorceress. His mistress, his soulmate. Then he saw the magic of the maze and illusion fade just before his eyes, they were disappearing. Doing the only thing he can, he triggered the magic his mistress had set up for him, the magic that changed him into a normal looking person. His shorter hair and wingless form troubled him a little, but he didn't mind, after all, it's what Sakura liked. Something caught his eyes, something that looked like the'85cards? He chased after them, knowing that they were heading for Sakura, the person he was looking for. The people within the maze seems to be surprised, but once again, he felt the aura that he, strangely, knew but didn't know. It was the same aura that caused the glass to break, he was sure. Then the people in the star way just started to walk along the way once again, undisturbed.
Though it was puzzling, he didn't think about it as he walked along with the cards into the back of the star way, and underneath a large tree, there lay his beautiful goddess child, laying there, most likely sleeping with her eyes closed against the world itself. He knelt by her and stroke her hair, his hand as gentle as his eyes. She woke under his touch, her eyes fluttering open to reveal the forest green eyes that he treasured so much. As they were revealed into the world, Yue fought the gasp back and smiled the smallest of smiles her way with his gentle eyes. Sakura smiled weakly at him and caught the two cards flying down at her in the last minute.
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