Disclaimer: I DO NOT own CardCaptors.
I am a bit sick of saying this, but its a mandatory thing. CardCaptors
is
owned by the 4 women who created
it, I don't know their names just that they're the creators of CLAMP, and
the
newest English dubbed version belongs
to Nelvana, and several other companies that have escaped me at the
moment. Oh yeah, Kodansha owns the
Japanese version. Thank you.
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Sakura stared
curiously at Li. He was still wearing his school uniform, but that didn't
seem to bother him.
" Did you want
to see me, Li?" Sakura said, pushing a strand of hair away from her eyes.
" Yeah," Li said
simply. Why was his back turned?
" Well?" She
said expectantly." What did you want to tell me?"
" I just want
to tell you," He turned around," that we're through."
" What do you
mean?" Sakura said.
" I mean, stay
away from me! I'm sick of you, and your sad excuse for Cardcapturing! Today
was the last straw, you telling me that there was a card running loose,
when there isn't!"
" Sick, of me?
Li, you don't really mean that do you? I really did sense another card
here." Sakura's eyes became bright with unshed tears, as he turned to leave.
" Where are you
going?" She cried.
" It doesn't
matter now, because I'm going to make sure that wherever I go," his eyes
narrowed, as he hissed," that I'm far
away from you! I hated you then,
and I hate you now. NOTHING will ever change that!"
Sakura felt like
she'd been hit with a two-ton block. Her mouth was open in a partial gasp,
but no sound came out. Li ran
out of the Park, leaving Sakura
standing there wide-eyed and openmouthed.
" Sakura!" Madison
came running out of the brush. She hugged Sakura, " What happened?"
" He hates me,"
Sakura said quietly, her chin quivering.
" He what? What's
going on?" Madison didn't get to finish.
Sakura could
only blink, then run off in tears at the remembrance of what Li had said.
Madison stared at her retreating back.
What just happened? The real Li
and Kero came running out of the woods moments later.
" We heard you
talking to her, " Li looked around, " but where is she?"
" She ran off
crying," Madison said in confusion, " I asked her what happened and she
said 'he hates me' and ran off crying."
" Was she hurt,"
Li said in concern.
" Not physically.
She looked fine to me, but emotionally..."
" I'll go talk
to her," said Kero, " she's probably just stressed."
Kero turned to
Li reassuringly," Don't worry, kid, we'll figure things out." He patted
a tiny paw on Li's shoulder.
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Meanwhile, the
other Li ran until he came to a clearing. Smirking at a job well done,
he changed back into his true form,
Foreboding. She stood on the grass,
when she felt the presence again.
" Job well done,
Foreboding, a wonderful performance."
" It was easy
to prey on her fear. She was gullible as a newborn chick. I'm glad I please
you."
" Now that the
Card Mistress is not on good terms, we shall work our spells on the other."
" As, you wish."
Foreboding turned to go.
" Wait," Foreboding
turned again as he presence spoke," Give them tonight, to let the effects
of your work set in."
" As, you wish."
This time she smiled evilly. Their cunning was almost too good.
" Don't forget.
The drama starts tomorrow..." With that Foreboding felt the presence disappear.
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Kero flew into
Sakura's room through the window. She was sitting on her bed, her head
hung low. Kero tapped her gently.
" Hey, Sakura.
I was really worried about you. What happened?"
" I don't want
to talk about it." She said in a soft, shaky voice.
" Sakura, just
tell me..." Kero said reasurringly.
" He hates me!"
Sakura screamed suddenly, and collapsed on the bed sobbing.
" Who hates you?"
" Li,"
" Li? Li doesn't
hate you."
" Yes he does.
He said so himself..."
" And if he meant
it, it can't be as bad as that."
" It's my worst
fear come true..." Suddenly, Sakura stopped crying, and yawned," I'm...sleepy."
" Yeah, you get
some rest," He said, patting her. Suddenly, the reality of what she said
hit him.
" Her worst fear
come true..." Kero mumbled, " The accidents! I have to tell, that Li kid!"
Sakura had fallen
asleep, and Kero was about to leave when he heard the door knob turn. Quickly,
he froze in his place by
the window sill. Tory peeked in
suspiciously.
" Hey, Squirt,
are you talking to..." He looked over at the bed," Whoops. Guess not."
He took one last
look at his sister's room, stopping to stare at Kero, who began to sweat
nervously. Seeing nothing out of
the ordinary, Tory left, pulling
the door close with a soft click. Kero exhaled, he'd been holding his breath,
and mumbled.
' I can't leave
now, Sakura's brother saw me on the window sill. He'll probably come up
again later to check, so I'll have to
stay here.'
Suddenly, he
spotted Sakura's cell phone. He quickly dialed up Li. He heard someone
pick up.
" Hello?" Yawned
Li. " Oh, Kero, what's up. Did you find out anything?"
" Yeah, that
you hate Sakura." Kero said.
" Don't get funny,
I really mean it."
" And so do I,
whoever's impersonating you, really wants Sakura out of your life."
Kero proceeded
to tell Li what info he got out of Sakura, which wasn't a lot. Li was boiling
over. If he ever found out who
was trying to split Sakura and him
up, he would...no time to think of that now.
" Oh, yeah...and,"
Suddenly, Kero scratched his head. He couldn't remember what he was going
to say. In the excitement of
the call he'd forgotten the news,
so he adlibbed," don't let her out of your sight."
With that Kero
hung up, and resumed his teddy bear position on the sill.
The next day
at school, Li was waiting for Sakura, but she never showed up. Madison
walked up to him, and was about to
say something, when Mr. Terada came
in, followed by Sakura. Li tried to talk to her, but the bell rang. Sakura
breathed a sigh
of relief. Since today was
the fieldtrip, she had plenty of opportunities to stay away from him.
" All right,
class, everyone get into a group of 3."
' Just my luck,'
thought Sakura,' Madison's probably going to play match maker and try to
get us paired up again.'
Sure enough,
Madison walks up.
" I paired us
two up with, Li. If that's alright with you." She said with a smile. She
expected Sakura to smile.
" That's fine."
Sakura said in a listless voice.
Sakura walked
off to her desk, leaving a very confused Madison standing there. Li walked
up.
" Well, what
happened?"
" It wasn't the
result I was hoping for. Boy, she must be really bummed out, if not even
you can cheer her up."
" What's that
suppose to mean?"
" Oh, nothing."
Madison shrugged it off quickly. She'd almost given away Sakura's little
secret. That wouldn't have been
good.
" Okay, well,
let's get in line." Li said, changing the subject away from him and Sakura.
" What happened?
Did you find out?"
" Yeah." Li explained
what he'd heard from Kero.
" Oh, how awful."
" You're telling
me."
" Speaking of
which, where are we going for this fieldtrip, Li?"
" A nature reserve."
Li said faintly, he was thinking about all the different ways he could
cream the guy who'd done the
impersonating.
" Why am I not
surprised?" laughed Madison. She noticed the dazed look on Li's face.
" Have we got
a secret, too?" she teased.
" Huh, what?"
Li was blushing now, " Oh, no, of course not."
' Sure,' thought
Madison, ' And if I believe that, then Kero will win his first chess game.'
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Kero is at home
looking at the chess board. Yue was floating above it, waiting impatiently
for him to make up his mind.
Kero makes his move with a " Ah
ha!". Yue calmly floats down and moves one of his pieces, " Checkmate."
" What!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Kero flys to the board and examines his pieces. " Aw, man!!!!!!" Yue just
smiles in triumph.
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Later, Mr. Terada
got all the groups together for the assignments. Each group was given a
surprise assignment, and sent on a
nature hike to do what the assignment
said. There were 5 groups, and 4 of them decided to pair up with one another,
guess who got singled out as the lone group?
" So, what do
we do now?" Asked Madison, trying to make conversation.
" I guess we
follow the instructions..." said Sakura, Li had gone to get them a map.
" Lets see. Our
assignment is to follow this set of instructions. Strange. This didn't
look like anything that Rita's group got."
" Well, maybe
we just got lucky and got something easy."
Li returned,
and watched to his dismay, as Sakura backed away from him. Why was she
avoiding him? What did happen
that night? The instructions told
them to take an alternate route instead of the one Mr. Terada pointed out.
Li looked at the map, tracing the way they were to cross.
" Hmm. According
to this, the trail we're taking takes us clear across the entire nature
park. We're suppose to stop
somewhere in the middle...Let's
see...here." He pointed to a spot on the map. It was painted off as a picnic
area, but it seemed
too far away from the other students.
If the assignment wasn't personally handed out by Mr. Terada, Li would
have found it
strange.
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One of the park
rangers, a woman, walked pass Mr. Terada. Waving her hand across his face,
and mumbling an incantation,
she stared straight at him. He jerked,
like waking up from a dream, and looked around dazed. Looking down at his
hand, he
noticed an assignment packet.
" Strange," he
said, " Why do I have an extra packet? Hmmm...must have put an extra together
by accident."
The park ranger
smiled. Her plan was working perfectly. Now that those 3 had the enchanted
map and assignment, they
would be separated from the groups.
All she had left to do, was to separate the Card Mistress from the other
two, and she
could begin what she had been waiting
to do for a long time.
" Your death
is imminent, Card Mistress." the ranger smirked. She momentarily transformed
back into Foreboding, then
resumed her disguise. " My impersonation
of Li, was only the beginning!!!!!!"
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" What do the
instructions say now?" asked Li. They were now at the abandoned picnic
site.
" Well, each
person is to go off, and pick up one item that reminds them of a special
day in their lives."
" All right."
Sakura said, she walked a short distance away.
" Maybe, I should
keep in sight of her, so I can keep an eye on her." said Li.
" That's a good
idea." said Madison.
Li followed Sakura
at a distance, making sure to keep out of sight, but still close enough
to see what she was up to.
Suddenly, he saw the most amazing
sight. It was himself! The impersonator was here? He, or should he say
the other Li,
walked up to Sakura to talk to her.
Li began to circle around to ambush the imposter. Maybe it was a prank
or something. But,
just in case, he'd better get his
sword. Li ran a short distance back to where he'd left his backpack. Pulling
out his sword, he
ran back to the bushes, only to
find them gone. He searched, and hearing voices, followed the sound. This
was definitely not a
prank.
Sakura stared
at what she thought was Li, not even realizing that she'd just walked away
from where she was.
" What do you
want?" she said.
" Oh, nothing.
Just to challenge you to a duel."
" What for? We're
suppose to be doing an assignment. And its not like we have anything to
duel over."
" Oh, yes we
do."
" And what's
that? Nuts, leaves? Or perhaps the Clow Cards?" Sakura said sarcastically.
" Your life!"
This Li pulled out a strange looking sword, very much like the one
Li usually carries, and made
a jab at her. On difference was,
this sword glowed red...
" What in the
world?..." Sakura swerved out of the way. She tried to transform her wand
key, but this Li knew better than to
give her the chance. He knocked
the key away. The little key and chain flew a few feet away, landing in
a patch of dead leaves.
Sakura tried to run for the mound,
only to stop as the sword came swishing down right in front of her. She
backed up, as more
jabs were sent at her. Frustrated,
the copy, as we'll now call him, saw his chance. He began herding her with
his sword swings
toward a closed clearing of trees.
Sakura fell for it. She backed into the only available space she had, and
crouched. The copy
began to laugh, and raised his blade
high, ready for the final blow. Sakura squeezed her eyes shut, cringing
and waiting to feel
cold steel against her head.
' First he insults me, then he tries
to kill me, what's going on?!!' The copy brought the sword down with all
the force it could muster and...
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Don't you just love it when authors
do that? I couldn't resist. It was the perfect way to cliffhanger this
story, I think. Give me
some opinion, people. Did I misspell
something, did I make a contradicting paragraph, do I need to add more
detail, blah blah
blah, whatever. I'm trying to improve
my writing skills, and this is the best way to do it. Should I stop adding
cliffhangers?
That's another good one... Will
Sakura be saved? Or will this have a twist and end in tragedy? Or, could
I be somewhat daring,
and end up with both? Nahh...What
do you think?
