"Sakura, you'll do fine! I know you will! Plus, you have me to root you
on! I know you will win…you always do!" Tomoyo said excitedly over the
phone to Sakura.
Sakura sat on her bedroom floor and she stared at the rug. She was really worried about what could happen tonight. She had been worried all day. Meling was no help of course…and Syaron wasn't either. Both of them just made fun of her. But, who couldn't be worried about DIEING?
"Sakura? Are you still there? Hello? Sakura??? SAKURA?!"
"Huh? Oh, yeah I'm still here Tomoyo…I'm just thinking..maybe this isn't such a good idea. I mean…I could die! Death! Never coming back! I have to fight physically…and with the cards. The person I'm against wants to kill me! It's just…so…I don't know.."
"Sakura, you remember what I said to you before, right? When those boys wanted to meet us late at night? Do you remember? Before I went to that Private School. Well, do you remember what I said to you outside your window when I was trying to get you to come?"
"Umm…no. That was a long time ago…why would I remember."
"Ugh, because it was important! I said 'What's life without taking some risks?' that's what I said! You need to do more stuff! You never do anything anymore! So, at midnight…meet me at Rose Wood Lane, okay? Near that old spooky house."
"The one that is down my street???"
"Yep, that's the one."
"NO! It's..it's…haunted…"
"Uh huh, it's not like…we are going to do anything there…just meet me! I have to go to bed now, my Mom keeps walking in…You have the costume I made you?"
"Yep."
"Okay, good. Well then, I guess this is Good Night. See you later!"
"Good night Tomoyo-chan."
Click
"Ooooooh…."
Sakura lay on her bedroom floor starring at the celeling. "Sakura? Are you going to be okay?" It was Kero. He was sitting on her bed looking at her with a spoon sticking out of his mouth…he was eating pudding.
"Kero, I don't know if I should go. I don't want to die. But I told everyone I am going…so now I don't know what to do."
"You have to go Sakura. If you don't go, the Clow Cards will become extinct. That's why it is so important for you to go. And it doesn't me your going to die. Some players take it easy, and let you go. So there is a chance you won't die."
Sakura looked horrified.
She looked at the clock. It was 9:42 p.m.
"I better go downstairs and say good bye to everyone…since I will be dying tonight." She stood up and opened her bedroom door. She glanced around the hall, and then went downstairs. She heard talking.
"Yes, that is very kind of you. Thank you very much."
It was a mans voice.
"Anytime Mr. Walkins. Your our neighbor. Our home, is your home."
Sakura walked to the door way of the kitchen and stood behind the wall listening.
"Please, call me Arnold. And thank you again."
"Your welcome Arnold."
"Arnold Walkins…huh? I know that name from somewhere…that's the guy who.."
"Hello young Sakura."
Sakura gasped. It was Mr. Walkins. He had come out of the kitchen and say her standing there.
"What are you doing up so late?"
"It's not late. And it's none of your business what I am doing." She said to him.
"Ah, very well then. Good night Mr. Kinomoto. I must be leaving now. I have a card game to play later tonight." He didn't take his eyes off of Sakura.
"Okay, have fun. Bye."
He walked out the front door.
Sakura held her key necklace…it was him.
She ran out the front door and onto the steps of her house.
"I know who you are! You don't fool me!" She yelled at him as he was walking towards his house.
"Ahh, and you don't fool me either, young Sakura."
"Stop calling me that!"
"Very well. Your quite obvious. Your necklace tells us all. So, why does it matter who I am?" He stopped walking, but did not look at her.
"You won't get her! She has a team protecting her! I was there when Jack tried to kill her! He failed. You will too!"
"Humph… I doubt that."
"She will beat you tonight! I know your not going to just any card game. I will see you there!"
"Oh, so your going to? Your going to try and beat trained Card Captors. I don't think so. A young girl like yourself can't do anything. Your stupid child friends think this is all fun and games, well it's not. This is about power! This is about who will rule this world! I know that you know that rumor. Well, it's true. He would have won, and I wasn't about to loose to a little boy! And the same goes for her." He turned around and looked at Sakura. His eyes were glowing a strange color…he looked as if he were ready to slit Sakura's throat.
"She can run, but she can not hide. And anybody who stands in my way of getting her, will die. Take that into consideration if you would like to live. And I recrimend that you do not come tonight. It will be a horrible scene." He walked up to his house and went inside.
"I will go, and if I have to, I will kill you myself." Sakura walked back inside. She went into the kitchen to find her father cooking.
"Umm…Papa…why are you cooking?"
"I'm hungry!"
"Okay, well…I just came to say good night." She walked back upstairs.
She looked at her brothers door. She best not bother him…he didn't like it.
She walked back to her room and shut the door. "Oh Kero, this is bad." He looked at her, pudding all over his face. "You should change into your costume, just to be ready!" He said to her with his mouth full. "Okay…"
She walked over to her closet and took it out.
It was pink, a short skirt, gloves and a hat. Syaron had one like it too, but it was green, and made for a boy. Meling had one too. Hers' was red and it had shorts.
She put it on and then climbed into bed.
"I'm going to sleep for a while Kero, wake me up when it's time to leave. Good Night."
"Good Night."
Sakura sat on her bedroom floor and she stared at the rug. She was really worried about what could happen tonight. She had been worried all day. Meling was no help of course…and Syaron wasn't either. Both of them just made fun of her. But, who couldn't be worried about DIEING?
"Sakura? Are you still there? Hello? Sakura??? SAKURA?!"
"Huh? Oh, yeah I'm still here Tomoyo…I'm just thinking..maybe this isn't such a good idea. I mean…I could die! Death! Never coming back! I have to fight physically…and with the cards. The person I'm against wants to kill me! It's just…so…I don't know.."
"Sakura, you remember what I said to you before, right? When those boys wanted to meet us late at night? Do you remember? Before I went to that Private School. Well, do you remember what I said to you outside your window when I was trying to get you to come?"
"Umm…no. That was a long time ago…why would I remember."
"Ugh, because it was important! I said 'What's life without taking some risks?' that's what I said! You need to do more stuff! You never do anything anymore! So, at midnight…meet me at Rose Wood Lane, okay? Near that old spooky house."
"The one that is down my street???"
"Yep, that's the one."
"NO! It's..it's…haunted…"
"Uh huh, it's not like…we are going to do anything there…just meet me! I have to go to bed now, my Mom keeps walking in…You have the costume I made you?"
"Yep."
"Okay, good. Well then, I guess this is Good Night. See you later!"
"Good night Tomoyo-chan."
Click
"Ooooooh…."
Sakura lay on her bedroom floor starring at the celeling. "Sakura? Are you going to be okay?" It was Kero. He was sitting on her bed looking at her with a spoon sticking out of his mouth…he was eating pudding.
"Kero, I don't know if I should go. I don't want to die. But I told everyone I am going…so now I don't know what to do."
"You have to go Sakura. If you don't go, the Clow Cards will become extinct. That's why it is so important for you to go. And it doesn't me your going to die. Some players take it easy, and let you go. So there is a chance you won't die."
Sakura looked horrified.
She looked at the clock. It was 9:42 p.m.
"I better go downstairs and say good bye to everyone…since I will be dying tonight." She stood up and opened her bedroom door. She glanced around the hall, and then went downstairs. She heard talking.
"Yes, that is very kind of you. Thank you very much."
It was a mans voice.
"Anytime Mr. Walkins. Your our neighbor. Our home, is your home."
Sakura walked to the door way of the kitchen and stood behind the wall listening.
"Please, call me Arnold. And thank you again."
"Your welcome Arnold."
"Arnold Walkins…huh? I know that name from somewhere…that's the guy who.."
"Hello young Sakura."
Sakura gasped. It was Mr. Walkins. He had come out of the kitchen and say her standing there.
"What are you doing up so late?"
"It's not late. And it's none of your business what I am doing." She said to him.
"Ah, very well then. Good night Mr. Kinomoto. I must be leaving now. I have a card game to play later tonight." He didn't take his eyes off of Sakura.
"Okay, have fun. Bye."
He walked out the front door.
Sakura held her key necklace…it was him.
She ran out the front door and onto the steps of her house.
"I know who you are! You don't fool me!" She yelled at him as he was walking towards his house.
"Ahh, and you don't fool me either, young Sakura."
"Stop calling me that!"
"Very well. Your quite obvious. Your necklace tells us all. So, why does it matter who I am?" He stopped walking, but did not look at her.
"You won't get her! She has a team protecting her! I was there when Jack tried to kill her! He failed. You will too!"
"Humph… I doubt that."
"She will beat you tonight! I know your not going to just any card game. I will see you there!"
"Oh, so your going to? Your going to try and beat trained Card Captors. I don't think so. A young girl like yourself can't do anything. Your stupid child friends think this is all fun and games, well it's not. This is about power! This is about who will rule this world! I know that you know that rumor. Well, it's true. He would have won, and I wasn't about to loose to a little boy! And the same goes for her." He turned around and looked at Sakura. His eyes were glowing a strange color…he looked as if he were ready to slit Sakura's throat.
"She can run, but she can not hide. And anybody who stands in my way of getting her, will die. Take that into consideration if you would like to live. And I recrimend that you do not come tonight. It will be a horrible scene." He walked up to his house and went inside.
"I will go, and if I have to, I will kill you myself." Sakura walked back inside. She went into the kitchen to find her father cooking.
"Umm…Papa…why are you cooking?"
"I'm hungry!"
"Okay, well…I just came to say good night." She walked back upstairs.
She looked at her brothers door. She best not bother him…he didn't like it.
She walked back to her room and shut the door. "Oh Kero, this is bad." He looked at her, pudding all over his face. "You should change into your costume, just to be ready!" He said to her with his mouth full. "Okay…"
She walked over to her closet and took it out.
It was pink, a short skirt, gloves and a hat. Syaron had one like it too, but it was green, and made for a boy. Meling had one too. Hers' was red and it had shorts.
She put it on and then climbed into bed.
"I'm going to sleep for a while Kero, wake me up when it's time to leave. Good Night."
"Good Night."