Cory pulled out the deck of cards that used to belong to Sakura. Shaoran bristled. The girl was now shuffling through them, taking her time on to choose.
"Hmmm, nah, this one's not strong enough. Well, this one's not very obedient. Ahh, here we go. Illusion!"
Dozens of Cory(s) sprang out and pointed fingers at him. "You can't get the real Cory out of all these."
Shaoran called on Lightning. He zapped them all, and only one of them cried out. The one in the middle.
Shaoran hacked his way through to her. Her eyes were aglow with unearthly fire. All the other Cory(s) disappeared, once again leaving the two furious combatants glaring at each other.
He snatched the Illusion Card. "Let's see how long you can last out with the 51 you have left. I know how to handle 'em all. I helped Sakura catch them."
Cory once again looked through the deck. She picked out the Fight card. "You have taken karate, haven't you?"
Shaoran warded off the attacks and tried to fight back, but it was quite like battling with a unbeatable pro.
Cory sighed, a malicious glint in her eyes. "Last time, you had Meilin and Sakura to help you. I saw that myself. You can't do it alone. Can't do anything alone."
Her words forced Shaoran's anger to rise even more, and he punched and kicked his all. For Sakura, for her life, for her future.
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Sakura sat on the park bench, thinking. She felt strangely as if she was in reality, and yet, she knew she was not there at the park. In the midst of the chirping birds, she heard vague sounds of battle.
"I'm in a dream", she thought. "I am just imagining all this." As the moments passed, she tuned her thoughts away to Shaoran again.
"I must be dreaming. It seems that I can hear Shaoran's voice in the battle."
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Shaoran wiped the sweat from his head. "You have 1 more card left." His voice was hoarse and his body in pain all over. He was cut in many places, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Cory waved the last card as if she were in no hurry at all. "Yes, I suppose you can last through this last one. You beat it, you win and Sakura gets her precious stuff back. It ain't gonna be that easy though. VOID!"
He leaned on his sword for support. The Void card was the most powerful of them all. He forbid the tears of despair to shed down his scarred face.
"I may lose, but I'll let you know that it wasn't because I'm weak. It's because you're making the cards do all your dirty work. If I'm going to die, so be it. But keep it in your twisted head that you are a coward not to stand up and fight."
Cory took one, long, disgusted look at the boy who was about to be finished off. She took advantage of his weariness.
"Those are brave words for one who's leaving so soon. To ease you a bit, I'll put in a few of my own. Void, return."
Shaoran closed his eyes, and thought about the days when he and Sakura were rivals, when they were partners, and when they were just getting to become better, closer friends.
"Sorry Sakura. Sorry I let you down. Forgive me," he cried, hoping that Sakura could hear those words. "I..."
But the rest of his speech was lost in the sound of Cory's last and final attack. Her own dark magic that she used to steal Sakura's stuff.
"Good bye, you stupid boy. Never will you have to be sorry about anything. Just be sorry that you ever called me a coward."
Shaoran held his head high and watched the jet-black bolt of evil ripping through the air towards him. He gazed at it impassively.
"I die for Sakura. It's worth it."
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"Hmmm, nah, this one's not strong enough. Well, this one's not very obedient. Ahh, here we go. Illusion!"
Dozens of Cory(s) sprang out and pointed fingers at him. "You can't get the real Cory out of all these."
Shaoran called on Lightning. He zapped them all, and only one of them cried out. The one in the middle.
Shaoran hacked his way through to her. Her eyes were aglow with unearthly fire. All the other Cory(s) disappeared, once again leaving the two furious combatants glaring at each other.
He snatched the Illusion Card. "Let's see how long you can last out with the 51 you have left. I know how to handle 'em all. I helped Sakura catch them."
Cory once again looked through the deck. She picked out the Fight card. "You have taken karate, haven't you?"
Shaoran warded off the attacks and tried to fight back, but it was quite like battling with a unbeatable pro.
Cory sighed, a malicious glint in her eyes. "Last time, you had Meilin and Sakura to help you. I saw that myself. You can't do it alone. Can't do anything alone."
Her words forced Shaoran's anger to rise even more, and he punched and kicked his all. For Sakura, for her life, for her future.
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Sakura sat on the park bench, thinking. She felt strangely as if she was in reality, and yet, she knew she was not there at the park. In the midst of the chirping birds, she heard vague sounds of battle.
"I'm in a dream", she thought. "I am just imagining all this." As the moments passed, she tuned her thoughts away to Shaoran again.
"I must be dreaming. It seems that I can hear Shaoran's voice in the battle."
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Shaoran wiped the sweat from his head. "You have 1 more card left." His voice was hoarse and his body in pain all over. He was cut in many places, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Cory waved the last card as if she were in no hurry at all. "Yes, I suppose you can last through this last one. You beat it, you win and Sakura gets her precious stuff back. It ain't gonna be that easy though. VOID!"
He leaned on his sword for support. The Void card was the most powerful of them all. He forbid the tears of despair to shed down his scarred face.
"I may lose, but I'll let you know that it wasn't because I'm weak. It's because you're making the cards do all your dirty work. If I'm going to die, so be it. But keep it in your twisted head that you are a coward not to stand up and fight."
Cory took one, long, disgusted look at the boy who was about to be finished off. She took advantage of his weariness.
"Those are brave words for one who's leaving so soon. To ease you a bit, I'll put in a few of my own. Void, return."
Shaoran closed his eyes, and thought about the days when he and Sakura were rivals, when they were partners, and when they were just getting to become better, closer friends.
"Sorry Sakura. Sorry I let you down. Forgive me," he cried, hoping that Sakura could hear those words. "I..."
But the rest of his speech was lost in the sound of Cory's last and final attack. Her own dark magic that she used to steal Sakura's stuff.
"Good bye, you stupid boy. Never will you have to be sorry about anything. Just be sorry that you ever called me a coward."
Shaoran held his head high and watched the jet-black bolt of evil ripping through the air towards him. He gazed at it impassively.
"I die for Sakura. It's worth it."
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COMING UP!!! Don't worry, Shaoran's NOT going to die. But just wait til the next chapter. Review and I will finish it up. ^_~ See ya!