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Chapter 5: Pain


Sakura ran to keep up with the plane. She didn't care if it was dangerous.
"Li!!!! Don't go!!!" She cried, tears falling from her eyes as she tripped over a stump and fell, painfully scratching her face.
Sakura could smell the grass, and crying was all she knew.
On the plane, Li turned around at the sound which he thought was someone calling his name. After scanning the area out of the port hole. He turned around and laid down on the cushion.
'It can't be, must be my imagination.'

A flash of light, misty scene, Sakura was standing in a foggy place. She watched as a shadow walked towards her. She looked again.
"Who are you?" Sakura demanded to know.
But there was silence. Her heart longed to find out the mysterious figure. But nothing happened. She was caught in time, without knowing anything, she woke from her dream.
"Sakura! Sakura, are you alright?" Madison was crying beside her.
She wanted to shout to Madison that she was alright and "stop crying", but she just couldn't push the words out of her lips. They were burning try with a liquid that tasted like dried blood. She turned to open her eyes to see, but her eyelids felt like heavy weights. She tried to move her hand and touch Madison's warmed ones, but all she got was nothing.
"Is she okay doctor?" Madison asked.
"She looks fine to me, she only has a fever, but I have never encountered anything like this before. Her blood pressure is higher than even the highest I've ever seen. And her body is freezing cold. And her heart beat is so silent that it's like they are not beating at her. I'm surprise that she have survived the night."
"Doctor please save her."
Sakura felt Madison begging the man standing beside her.
Tori leaned by the door with his eyes closed, he hated himself for not taking care of his little sister properly. And Mr. Avalon the worst of all sat by the window sill, his face was frost white, silver threads of hair seemed to have spread across his head. He sat with a great air of graveness.
Sakura felt herself pinned to the bed, unable to move a muscle. She longed to speak, to see and to touch her best friend and family and tell them that she was okay.
Even with the subconscious mood, her heart still carried the heavy weight of Li's departure.
Sakura waited frozen on her bed. She waited until the moon was up, then down. The sun was blazing hot when she opened a little slip before her eye lids. They didn't feel as heavy as before, but it took a lot of effort.
A breeze was outside blowing by the trees. She wandered where Madison was.
'Oh right, at the Spring Festival... Li why did you leave? I thought you were going to stay forever.'
The door opened, Sakura couldn't see the person there, but as he? she? Stepped in front Sakura and sat down, she realized it was Aorane. He put his hands on hers.
A warmth ran up her veins, she didn't know how exactly he did it, but it gave Sakura a silent shiver. Finally she had the strength to move her neck and talk.
She looked past the door and saw nurses running past by running shouting towards doctors to go to the emergency. Every sweet face of the beautiful nurses were paper white.
"What..." Sakura tried to sit up, but Aorane moved one hand to hold her down. "Why are..." Sakura choked on her words then once more attempted to make an effort. "Shouting like that?"
"People are getting hurt."
Sakura waited for a more precise answer. She could just sense an itch feeling in the air.
"A M Card's doing it."
Sakura was surprised that Aorane was still calmly sitting on the stool.
"Then we have to capture it! Argh!" Her leg was half broken, and it stung when Sakura moved it.
"You're not in shape Sakura." Kero snuffled out of Madison's backpack laying near the wall. "You can seriously get hurt out there, not to mention that you're already injured."
"What is that card?"
"Madison's out looking for an answer, she said she'll be careful." Kero added hastily.
"We can't let her go alone!"
Without a word Aorane got up on his legs and closed the doors, nodding to Sakura he smiled.
"Right.
"Key of the Ancient,
"Source of Light,
"Key of the Magic,
"Source of Hope.
"I command thee,
"With this rhyme
"To grant me the power,
"Moonlight Shine.
"Key of Power,
"Before thy Mistress...
"Release!"
A rainbow moved into the room and settled into the key, it grew into a wand as Sakura hold it firmly in her hands.
"No, Sakura, don't do it." Kero warned waving his arms to get attention.
"Metal Windy Card,
"Release!"
Sakura watched as a shape formed in the center of the room. It was a surprise that it didn't crash the whole room sending bricks flying out. Aorane helped Sakura up. And onto the bird.
"You sure you want to do this Sakura?" Kero asked again quite worried about the injured cardcaptor.
"Yeah I'm sure, but I have never ridden a windy card before. This should be cool." Sakura tried to smile as the door burst open, Madison ran in.
"Sakura don't go! Do not go outside. It's very, very dangerous." Madison fell on the bed panting heavily. She had several light cuts on her arms and legs.
"Madison! What happened!" Sakura looked down at her best friend.
"It's the thing, I can't see it, it's so fast, and so sharp! Like a... flying knife almost. You know the people that are in the emergency room? They are either missing a leg or an arm, or even..." Madison closed her eyes, tears began to fall from the poor eyes that had saw very horrifying scenes. She pointed to her head.
Sakura gasped. "They... they are... d... dead?"
Madison nodded still shutting her eyes.
'This can't be. I've only started capturing few days ago.' Sakura thought fearfully. 'And I can't continue and let all the citizen fall one by one?'
Sakura closed her eyes as Madison had and opened them again when she had gathered her strength.
"I'm going."
"Sak...ura..." Kero knew nothing would stop her, but he still whispered her name wishing that it would change her mind. "Don't do such stupid thing Sakura... this is not the Clow Cards. You don't have to duty to capture them."
"But I have the duty to protect my friends."
'And you Li.' Thinking about the fact, all the people in Tokyo could be killed and the "murder" would appear also in Hong Kong.
"Let's go Windy Card."
The bird gave an ear piercing whistle and started out of the door. The hallways were empty, the doctors were either in the emergency room or now hiding in their homes.
Flying had some what healed Sakura's spirit as she rushed out of the hospital and across the sky. The sun was hot, but flying with the windy card made everything cool. Sakura looked down, but also kept a strong grasp on the bird's neck.
"Sakura be careful." Kero warned, popping out and flying over Sakura's head.
"I know that Kero, but I have a problem, I don't know where it is. Madison mentioned that she can't see it. Down, Windy!"
The bird made a smooth landing on a patch of grass.
Windy stood by Sakura silently rusting its wings.
Sakura stared around concentrating on the itchy feeling that she had got in the hospital from the injured patients.
Just when she was going to give up and check somewhere else, it came. It rustled some leaves cutting them in half with a blink of an eye. Sakura stared bewildered.
"What?!"
That was just a show off, now it was coming towards Sakura, it sliced away some of her hair, and cut her dress. It did some skin damage to her arms and legs leaving Sakura kneeling on the lawn.
"Sakura! Are you okay?"
"Yeah... I'm okay, Kero. Windy! Slow it down."
Windy tossed its head back and forth, but was unable to attack.
"Kero!" Sakura asked in a shaky voice. "Why isn't it working."
"Hm... It doesn't know who to attack." Kero concluded after a long thought.
Sakura fell down again.
"Great. Now we're hopeless."
Then Sakura had the feeling again, this time it was aiming for her heart. It wasn't going to play another one of its silly trick again.
The feeling was stronger and stronger. Sakura thought she heart the wind passing by. She closed her eyes, unable to watch. She was frozen with fear. And then there was a huge metal sound.
She opened one eye and saw Aorane drawing out his sword and sword fighting with a... huh? A feather?
"What the?" Sakura stared in owe.
It was a plain feather, a feather from Windy's back!
"It's the Fly Card you know." Aorane finally said as he flung it far away.
"What? That's the Fly Card?! I thought it was the Sword Card."
"It's not time to joke around Sakura, it's coming back!" Kero shouted pointing towards the sky.
"Oh man! Windy! Catch the feather, and don't like it move or get away."
The bird immediately flew high above and zoomed towards the feather. It melted away into the wind and surrounded the Fly Card.
"Fly Metal, Return to your form confined! Fly!"

"That was a great capture, Sakura!" Madison said. "And I've got it all on tape."
"What? I don't remember you there."
Madison smiled and pointed at Kero's neck. There was hidden camera hiding right beneath.
"Madison!"
"Alright, great jo..." Kero stopped right in middle of his sentence.
The door opened and Tori walked in. "Hm..." he looked around and stared at Kero. "Seems like you're talking to your stuff animal again, hey? Sakura?"
"Tori I do not!"
"Whatever... Hey where's that little twerp?"
Sakura looked away at the rustling cherry trees.



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