it out to be. Well, happy reading! Keep on the lookout for my newest story, which will also be coming out.
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors. Nelvana owns the messed up English
dubbed version, and the 4 women
creators of CLAMP, own the manga version, and I have no clue who the
lucky owner of the still intact Japanese
version is. Wait, that's Kodansha. Right, I just said that in the last
chapter...shows you where my brain is lately.
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The fake Li, aka Foreboding the woman in the black
kimono, swung the sword with all the force he/she could muster. Time
then seemed to go in slow motion, Sakura took a deep breath and made
a dive to one side. She was almost out...no! Her foot
caught on a branch. The blade came closer and closer and...
" Aaauugghh!" Sakura screamed in pain, as the blade
cut deep into her shoulder, missing her head by millimeters.
" Ah hahahahaha!" The copy laughed conivvingly,
pushing the blade so it dug deeper and deeper.
Suddenly, the copy, in its blood lust, picked up
Sakura by the throat, and shoved her roughly against one of the tree trunks.
The tip of the blade precariously near her beating heart.
" Since my first blow failed to kill, the second
shall not miss!" Li's image flickered briefly.
" You!" Sakura gasped. The woman in black.
" Oh, yes..." Li's image returned.
" No! Sakura!"
Li came charging towards his evil counterpart, late
but still in the nick of time. The copy was forced to let go
of Sakura so as to defend himself against the real Li's fierce sword
blows. Sakura scrambled behind Li, who put a protective
arm in front of her. He looked at Sakura's wound, then his anger welled
up.
" First, you tried to turn her against me, then
you tried to kill her! You'll pay for this!"
The copy grinned at Li's pitiful display of bravery.
With a fierce cry, it lunged at Li turning the forest into a battleground
echoing with the sounds of colliding steel. Each found the other an equal
match of both brains and brawn. 10 minutes passed, and they were still
fighting, each backing off heaving and angry, only to go back in for another
round. Sakura watched in fear, praying that Li's strength would hold out,
though at times she could not tell which was which, for their blows were
dealt with fleetness, and within feet of each other. Finally, the battle
seemed over when the true Li managed to trap the copy's sword beneath his.
He grinned in triumph. The card paused for a split second, then taking
a quick breath, it pushed upward with all its strength. Li's sword went
flying. Li stared at the card in hatred. He would protect Sakura to the
bitter end, sword or no sword. The card pointed its sword at Li's throat,
causing Li to back up. Li continued to back up, until he conveniently fell
down.
The card grinned. With one swift motion, it lifted
the sword up high preparing to plunge it into Li, and...gasped. Li looked
at
the card strangely, then saw its dilemma. He could just see the tip
of his own sword, stuck through to the hilt in this evil,
by...Sakura. She pulled it out, and dropped the sword, unable to believe
what she'd just done. Foreboding the card dropped to
the ground, and unable to hold her shape any longer, returned to her
true form. Where the Li copy once lay, now was the larger
form of the Foreboding Card, still in her black kimono, and black blood
dribbling down the corner of her mouth, and through
the wound. She stared into nothingness for a while, then, before closing
her eyes in eternal sleep, spoke these few words, " You
haven't seen the last of me..." Then, the woman changed back into her
card form, and on it was the beautiful woman and under
it were the words Evil Foreboding. It had a large hole through it.
Floating for several seconds, the card suddenly burst into
flames.
Li walked over to Sakura who was kneeling on the
ground by his sword, wide-eyed and shivering in fear, staring at her
hands in utter terror . He put his hand on her shoulder, and squeezed
it reasurringly. Unexpectedly, she flew into his arms and
cried, shedding all the fear and doubts she'd had bottled up until
now.
" Oh, Li! I was so afraid, when I thought you didn't
like me anymore! So afraid!" She had her arms wrapped around his
neck. He was surprised at first, and couldn't help but blush at the
show of helplessness, but he too was soon wrapping his arms tightly around
her, never wanting to let her go.
" Shhhhhh.....its all right Sakura, I never said
anything like that, and I'd never do anything like that."
She felt his hand run softly through her hair, and her sobbing slowed.
Madison watched from nearby. She couldn't help,
but shed a tear...oh wait. She dug through her backpack, and quickly
pulled out her trusty digital camera. This was priceless. Now she could
shed a tear each time she watched it. They stayed like
that for a while, until Madison, though she hated herself for doing
so, had to break it up by telling them they needed to get back
to the group. Li carefully picked up his sword and wiping it clean
of blood, which unfortunately didn't disappear with the card,
shoving it hastily back in his backpack.
That night, after Sakura's wound was fussed over
by the local nurse - who couldn't figure out how she managed to get it
in
the nature reserve ( Madison had to assure her it wasn't a rogue bear)
- the entire class sat around a bonfire. Li and Sakura sat
in the back, her head resting on his shoulder, and his arm around her.
Madison took this opportunity to grab some more clips,
at least until Zachary started nosing his noisy face into all the shots.
Sakura sighed happily, when she instinctively reached for
the wand which...wasn't there!
She looked around frantically, until Li asked, "
What's wrong?"
" My wand, its..." Li grinned, and pulled something
out of his pocket. Opening his hand, there sat the little bird key.
" Li, when did you...how did you?"
" I managed to...er...trip on its discovery while
I was looking for you. After the copy card took you."
" I've got shots of him too...it's so sweet!!!!"
Put in Madison, receiving a glare from Li.
" So, Sakura, what had you so worked up at school,
Madison told me you had a nightmare." Li said changing the subject.
Sakura hesitated then began telling him of her dream.
Li compared it with the incident today, and he sighed in relief, thankful
that her dream hadn't happened.
" Li, do you know what the Foreboding card did?"
" Apparently, its suppose to be sort of a distraction.
When it senses an opportunity, it will appear right before you, and right
afterward you'd get into an accident. Most of the accidents I heard weren't
related to any kind of subconscious fear.."
' Except mine.' Sakura shivered.
He would have said more, but the kids were boarding the bus, it was time to go. Li sighed grumpily and turned to go, only to run face to face, or should I say lip to lip, into Sakura. He blushed, and started to apologize, but Sakura just giggled, and gave him a longer less awkward kiss. When he looked at her in question, she just said:
" Think of it, as a way of saying thank you, for always being there for me." She smiled.
Li watched stunned as she ran off to catch up with
Madison. Maybe he would stay in Japan after all.
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Not bad for my first fanfic. Now I know why I stuck it with romance.
Cuz I just couldn't resist adding a little in at the end, it just
seems such a nice touch. So, tell me, readers, should I make a sequel,
or should the story just end right there, sweet and
simple. I'm all ears!!!!!!!!! I have a new story coming out, so look
for it!