A/N: Wassap. This is the second story. If this thing is posted then that means the public liked think, domo arigato. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter if you enjoyed the first one. Disclaimer is said in the first one, yada yada yada. Enjoy! And Review(please?)
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I couldn¡¯t believe my eyes. There he was, standing there as if this wasn¡¯t out of the ordinary. Many fellow Card Captors gasped or took a step back. Some muttered, ¡°Clow Card!¡± but I knew it wasn¡¯t. A feeling of power was coming from him but defintely not a clow card.
The Test
By Jimba
Sakura~*~Sakura
¡°Syaoran? What did you just say? That¡¯s Clow Reed?¡± I never saw him before but he seemed strangly familiar. Syaoran seemed not confused but as if expecting this. ¡°Of course. Only some one like Clow Reed could do this. But why?¡±
Syaoran spook too soon. As if answering Syaoran¡¯s question, Clow Reed spoke once more. ¡°Card Captors! You may wonder why you are here?¡± Many came out of their shock and shouted their complaints. ¡°I was on a date!¡± ¡°I was about to take a shower you perv!¡±¡±I was capturing Firey!¡±
Clow Reed waited for everyone to calm down. ¡°Yes but you do not have to worry about these things because time itself has been stopped. If you are not sure, yes, I am Clow Reed. I am the reason you are here.¡±
Many people nodded their agreement but Syaoran just stood there. We seemed to be the youngest out of all these people and Syaoran must of wanted to look mature.
Once again Clow Reed waited and then he spoke. ¡°You are all here beacuase of a test.(many confused faces) All card captors of from every time period have been called. From the first(he nods to a man in a ancient leather armor) to the last. He stares right in my direction. I stop breathing. He seemed to stare at us forever but Syaoran broke the silence. ¡°Why do we have to take this test of yours?¡± He was greeted with many shouts of approval.
¡°Li Syaoran, no? Yes, I see a great future. Why you are the last of all card captors.¡± He nodded his head. ¡°I will answer your question. The reason you must take this test is because it will prove if you are worthy as a card captor. If you refuse you will be stripped of your power and sent to your time with no memory at all.¡±
A wave of confusion and anger ran among us. I was a little stirred as well. Even if he is Clow Reed, how dare he try to control our lives!
Once again he spoke. ¡°You will all be sent to different places as a testing ground.¡± Syaoran looked at me with a concerned look on his face. I don¡¯t know if Clow Reed saw this but he said, ¡°If more than one person came from the same time period then you will go together.¡±
A wave of relief swept over me. ¡°Together to the end?¡± I asked. Syaoran smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek. ¡°Promise.¡± Then I heard him speak, ¡°GO!¡± All around me, everything dissapeared. I swirled around with Syaoran by my side.
Syaoran~*~Syaoran
We landed on a grass ground with trees everywhere. Sakura held my hand. ¡°Wow.¡± Wow was right. We just stood there, not sure of what to do. We looked down and saw we didn¡¯t have our prom clothes anymore. Instead we had a long sleeve shirt with a Chinese symbol and long baggy white pants. Over it all, we had cloaks like the one Clow Reed had, only mine was green and Sakura¡¯s was pink. Suddenly a voice filled my head. ¡°A cave is at the end of this forest. You must get there to complete this test. But beware for danger lurks ahead.¡± Sakura smiled. ¡°It seems easy enough. I¡¯ll use the fly card and we¡¯ll fly there.¡± I nodded but the voice filled my head again. ¡°Also, you may not use any card or magic.¡±
Sakura looked scared. ¡°N-no cards? Syaoran what are we going to do. We¡¯re defenseless without them.¡± I knew she was right but I tried to look brave. ¡°Don¡¯t worry Sakura. I¡¯ll protect you.¡± Sakura smiled at me. ¡°I know.¡± She hugged me tight and I felt a rush of strenght. I guess when a guy protects a girl they become strong.
¡°Well. Let¡¯s get going!¡± We began walking into the forest.
For the next 20 minutes nothing happened. Nothing. This was more like a nature walk then a test. ¡°Sakura? How you doing?¡± She looked at me. ¡°Okay, but this forest seems to go on forever!¡± She was right. The trees seemed to stretch on forever.
Sakura grabbed my hand and began to run. ¡°Let¡¯s hurry. I can¡¯t take this forest anymore.¡±
We ran for a few minutes. That¡¯s when we saw it. A HUMONGUS bug. It seemed to be a cross of an ant and a scorpian. Sakura screamed.
That seemed to get the bugs attention. I saw us and and raised its tail as if to strike. I pushed Sakura and a sting was where she was a second ago. I took a step back.
¡°Sakura! Stay back. I¡¯ll take care of this.¡± Sakura nodded and hid behind a tree. The ant/scorpian charged. I stepped out of the way and it crashed into a tree, turning it into splinters. I gulped and get jumping out of its attacks. It stabbed its sting and got it stuck to a tree. I took the chance and slammed a kick into its face. It clicked furiously and pulled out it¡¯s sting. I tried to dive out of it but this time I was too slow. I felt the sting run right through my left arm. I screamed in pain.
What happened next was a blurry. Sakura jumped out of no where, pulled out the sting and slammed it into the bugs head. It went crazy, bringing down trees and then went limp.
Sakura ran to me and lifted my head. ¡°Ar-are you okay Syaoran.¡± She was crying but I gave a smile. ¡°I¡¯ll live. Come on Sakura. It¡¯s only a cut.¡± But it wasn¡¯t. There was literally a hole in my arm and it was bleeding. Sakrua ripped the hem of her cloak and wrapped it around it.
¡°Okay Syaron try not to move it. Let¡¯s go.¡±
Sakrua~*~Sakura
We walked. And walked. And walked. I kept looking at Syaoran¡¯s arm to make sure the cloth was on. Syaoran put his good arm around me and it felt good. I felt so secure with him around. All my fears seemed to dissapear. When we came to a clearing Syaoran stopped walking.
¡°Let¡¯s rest awhile. That way we can start fresh later.¡± We layed there with my head on top of his chest and his arms around my shoulder. After about an hour we got up again.
¡°Let¡¯s get going.¡± We took two steps when the ground fell. I mean fell. There was a trap hole in the ground! I quickly grabbed the edge and Syaoran grabbed my ankle. We hung there.
¡°Syaoran! Are you okay?¡± He looked up and nodded. ¡°Are you?¡± I looked down. ¡°Hai.¡± I felt my fingers begin to slip. I couldn¡¯t hold Syaoran¡¯s weight. ¡°Syaoran! I¡¯m slipping! I can¡¯t hold on!¡± Syaoran looked up at my hand. For a second he didn¡¯t say anything.
He suddenly looked up. ¡°Sakura! Can you pull yourself off if I wasn¡¯t on?¡±
This struck me odd. ¡°Yes but why?¡±
Then it hit me. I knew what Syaoran was going to do. ¡°Syaoran! No!¡± He looked at me with sad eyes. ¡°Gomen Sakura. Please promise me you¡¯ll make it to the end.¡±
I began to cry hysterically. ¡°NO! Please Syaoran. I can pull us both up.¡± But this was a flat out lie. ¡°Aieshitaru Sakrua.¡± He took a deep breath and let go.
I stared at his body plummet down the abyss. I couldn¡¯t say a thing. I began to cry and whispered. ¡°You promised¡¦¡±
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