CH3: Love Card
The next day was bright and sunny as Sakura rolled out of her bed. She moaned and slammed her alarm off. She got ready, and soon she was ready to go.
" Did you get EVERYTHING?" Kero asked, popping in front of her.
" Yup! My card...Waita minute." Sakura stared at him. " Kero, no!"
" Aww, come on! Please?!" Kero begged. " PLEASE?"
Sakura pondered about it for a minute.
" Okay, fine! But you HAVE to stay out of sight!" Sakura sighed and shoved him in her backpack.
" All right!" Kero cried as she zipped him up.
She hurried down stairs, kissed her dad.
" Hey, squirt. Have fun." Touya said.
" Thanks, Touya!" Sakura fled out the door after putting on her skates.
She skated to school. She had a good feeling about today.
" Hey, Sakura." Tomoyo smiled.
" Hi, Tomoyo." Sakura smiled and nodded.
Tomoyo was holding her card to her chest.
" Who's your card for?" Sakura asked.
" It's a secret." Tomoyo said with a grin. " Gosh, Sakura. Aren't you so excited about today?"
" Oh, totally. I have a good feeling!"
" Okay, kids. Settle down." the man shouted at the front. " Sit down!"
The kids hurried to their seats, laying their cards on their desks. Sakura suddenly had that feeling again. She looked down at her card and saw the letters glowing brightly again. They gave her a warm feeling. She gasped as it grew brighter.
" Sakura!"
" Huh? Oh, sorry." Sakura blushed.
" Okay, here's the schedule. We set up boxes with everyone's name on it. Everyone closes their eyes when one person goes up to drop his/her card inside whoevers box. Then I will pick the box up one by one and then I'll pull out the heart, give it to the person who has the box, and they will try and guess WHO put it in there."
Everyone nodded. But Sakura gulped. She took out a whiteout marker and frantically scribbled out Syaoran's name.
" And that will be your partner for the carnival."
He pulled out brown boxes and lined them up against the wall.
" Okay, first one..."
After a while, it was Sakura's turn. She waltzed up nervously, holding the card tightly and moved over to what she thought was Syaoran's box. She dropped it and smiled weakly as she sat down. Later on, everyone was finished. The man checked out boxes, to see...
" Okay, this is Syaoran's box...One...two?"
None of the hearts were Sakura's. Sakura gasped and she clutched the ends of her desk tightly until her knuckles turned white. She had messed up!
" Whoever put the hearts in here please stand up!"
Naoko and Shiharu stood up.
" But I don't like Syaoran in that way!" Naoko cried. " I thought it was [random boy's name]'s box!"
" I thought it was Toushi(what's his name?!)'s box." Shiharu muttered quietly.
" Uh oh..looks like we have a mix-up! This is...Eriol's box!" the man sighed. " Looks like we all messed up...So I'll pair you up myself."
Sakura sighed.
" What's wrong, Sakura?"
" Nothing..." Sakura hissed. She looked over to see Tomoyo and Syaoran.
" Are you sure?"
She was paired up with Eriol. Why him? Why couldn't it be Syaoran?
" Let's go on the Dragon, Sakura." Eriol suggested, gesturing to the Dragon ride.
" Okay...." Sakura was still bummed. No offense to Eriol, she just didn't like him in that way.
Suddenly she felt something sweep over her, but she dodged it and she saw a red light cover Eriol.
" Eriol?!" Sakura cried, running to him when the red light passed.
He looked dazed. His face held a dizzy and dull expression. Suddenly, he began swaying. Eriol collapsed, but Sakura caught him.
" Are you okay, Eriol? What's happening?" Sakura shouted.
He looked at her and smiled crookedly.
" You're so beautiful...."
" What?" Sakura gasped.
" Your eyes...they're like sparkling emeralds...Your hair, so shiny...so...beautiful...And your lips...so sparkly...so soft..." he touched her lips lightly.
" What're you TALKING about?" Sakura yelped.
Kero peeked out her tiny pack and looked at him.
" What's wrong?" he asked.
" Eriol's acting strange!" Sakura yelped.
Suddenly she looked up at Syaoran, who was leaping at Tomoyo. Tomoyo was running from him hysterically, although Syaoran kept shouting lovey-dovey words at her, arms outstretched. Tomoyo saw Sakura and was panting.
" Syaoran's gone crazy! Some strange red light made him look all dizzy, now he's chasing me! He was all ' Oh, Tomoyo, my sweet! You're so beautiful'! I think he's lost his mind!"
" Oh TOMOYO! WHERE ARE YOU, MY LOVE!"
" See...hey, what's up with Eriol?"
" Same thing! He's like, falling for me..." Sakura cried.
" This is the work of a Clow Card. I know what card it is...but do YOU, Sakura?" Kero asked.
" Yeah! The LOVE card!" Sakura nodded.
" Look, everyone's going nuts!" Tomoyo pointed.
She was right. All the guys were chasing the girls. Even the ride people.
" No one's paying attention, so summon your wand!" Kero shouted.
Sakura took the Clow Key out and summoned her wand.
" How am I supposed to capture it?" Sakura asked Kero.
" Beats me. I may be the guardian of the cards, but I don't know EVERYTHING about the Love Card." Kero shrugged mildly.
" Okay....watch out!" Sakura cried as a red woman flew over them.
Everyone leapt out the way. It stopped and started to throw red darts at Sakura. Sakura cried out and took out the Fly card and summoned it on her wand. She hopped on and took off, helping Tomoyo get on.
" What should I do?" Sakura yelled.
" I don't know! I wish I had my camcorder with me, though!" cried Tomoyo.
Sakura dodged the arrows and darts from the card just in time. It snarled and flew forward. Sakura screamed, losing control of the wand.
" SAKURA! IT ISN'T AN ATTACK CARD!" Kero yelled.
Sakura gasped and opened her eyes to see her wand diving to the ground. She quickly regained control, clasping it and shooting upwards.
" Kero! I don't know how to seal it!" Sakura yelled. " It's too fast!"
" Use another card to help you!" Kero replied.
Sakura took out windy and summoned it. Windy shot towards Love Card and wrapped around it. But Love was fighting hard and seemed to be getting victorius.
" You need another card!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"I know,...FIREY!"
She took out Firey and it wrapped itself around love. Love was getting seriously weak. She sighed.
" I got it!" Sakura snapped. She flew towards it.
" Kero, hold Tomo up! I gotta seal it!" Sakura shouted.
She felt Tomo's weight lighten and turned, looking over her shoulder. She saw Kero grabbing Tomoyo up. She sped towards the trapped Love card and quickly took out her wand and landed it on Love.
" Love card...RETURN TO YOUR POWER...CONFINED--- What?"
Love seemed to be refusing to be sealed. It broke out of it's grip and shook it's head at Sakura, as if saying ' No...that's not the way to seal me.' Sakura looked at in in confusion as Windy and Firey chased after it. Sakura suddenly heard a soothing, calm voice in her head. It felt so warm and comforting.
~You're going about this all wrong, young girl.~
" Huh? Who's there!" Sakura yelled.
~I'm not like most of the cards. I do not have to be attacked. Nor do I attack. I simply make people fall in love. To bring peace and harmony.~
'You're...the love card?' Sakura thought.
~Yes. And you were correct. That is not the way to seal me. The way to seal me is to learn from your heart.~
'What?'
~I can sense a great tenseness in your heart. I feel your pain...that you long for someone. He's your heart's desire, and yet you fear he would reject you.~
Sakura gasped as her words touched her heart as she looked at Syaoran.
'How'd you know?'
~ I'm the Love Card. I know Love. Even your friend's feelings.~
Sakura looked at Tomoyo, who was watching Firey and Windy chasing her.
~ She used to be in love with you, but now she has realized you and this boy are meant to be. I can feel what she feels, and all she feels is pain, because she loves a boy who doesn't love her.~
Sakura looked down, sighing.
~ So tell me, little one. Do you yet know how you must seal me?~
Sakura looked up to see the Love Card looking at her.
' I'm sorry...but no. I'm getting so confused. No card has ever spoken or communicated with me!' Sakura replied. ' Tell me how to seal you.'
The Love Card seemed to sigh and curl in the air.
~ I remember Clow Reed telling me I was the strongest...the most powerful, and that I triumphed over any other worthless magic. He was right. Love's powerful...more powerful than any other card you had to capture.~
Sakura gasped, to see her wand glowing a bright red.
~ So...listen to your heart, young one.~
She glowed a bright pinkish red in the air and swooped down to Sakura, face to face. Sakura stepped back, frightened. But Love smiled, and said...
~ I will make everything right again. Just please seal me...~
She darted off.
" HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Sakura shouted.
~ To make everything the way they should be.~
Sakura watched in awe as the card swept the sky. She saw red glitter falling down on everyone, which made everyone pass out, including Tomoyo and Kero. Even Firey and Windy. She and Love were the only ones. Love smiled and swooped down.
" Now...you'll know how to seal me, young one."
Sakura nodded and bent down over to Syaoran, who lay on his stomach. His eyes lightly closed and his hair lightly tousled. Sakura smiled and kissed his cheek, while whispering;
" I love you."
She got up and turned to Love.
" Love's the most powerful..." Sakura whispered. " Love card, return to your power....confined! LOVE!"
Glitter and air swirled around her, and Love returned into a card. Sakura watched it slowly fly into her hands. She looked at it.
"The Love Card."
" Sakura!"
Sakura turned to see everyone, rubbing their heads and getting up. Tomo smiled, who was standing next to Kero.
" What happened?"
" It's a long story..." She smiled weakly. " Look...I caught the card."
" Wow! How'd you do it?" Tomo cried.
" Great job, Sakura." Kero grinned proudly.
" I'll tell you everything later." Sakura smiled. " I'm tired.."
As she boarded the bus later, she thought to herself...'I wonder what the glitter did?'
a/n: long, chapter...i know. r&r! the next is the last, believe me! ^____^ heh! next ch4: i love you
The next day was bright and sunny as Sakura rolled out of her bed. She moaned and slammed her alarm off. She got ready, and soon she was ready to go.
" Did you get EVERYTHING?" Kero asked, popping in front of her.
" Yup! My card...Waita minute." Sakura stared at him. " Kero, no!"
" Aww, come on! Please?!" Kero begged. " PLEASE?"
Sakura pondered about it for a minute.
" Okay, fine! But you HAVE to stay out of sight!" Sakura sighed and shoved him in her backpack.
" All right!" Kero cried as she zipped him up.
She hurried down stairs, kissed her dad.
" Hey, squirt. Have fun." Touya said.
" Thanks, Touya!" Sakura fled out the door after putting on her skates.
She skated to school. She had a good feeling about today.
" Hey, Sakura." Tomoyo smiled.
" Hi, Tomoyo." Sakura smiled and nodded.
Tomoyo was holding her card to her chest.
" Who's your card for?" Sakura asked.
" It's a secret." Tomoyo said with a grin. " Gosh, Sakura. Aren't you so excited about today?"
" Oh, totally. I have a good feeling!"
" Okay, kids. Settle down." the man shouted at the front. " Sit down!"
The kids hurried to their seats, laying their cards on their desks. Sakura suddenly had that feeling again. She looked down at her card and saw the letters glowing brightly again. They gave her a warm feeling. She gasped as it grew brighter.
" Sakura!"
" Huh? Oh, sorry." Sakura blushed.
" Okay, here's the schedule. We set up boxes with everyone's name on it. Everyone closes their eyes when one person goes up to drop his/her card inside whoevers box. Then I will pick the box up one by one and then I'll pull out the heart, give it to the person who has the box, and they will try and guess WHO put it in there."
Everyone nodded. But Sakura gulped. She took out a whiteout marker and frantically scribbled out Syaoran's name.
" And that will be your partner for the carnival."
He pulled out brown boxes and lined them up against the wall.
" Okay, first one..."
After a while, it was Sakura's turn. She waltzed up nervously, holding the card tightly and moved over to what she thought was Syaoran's box. She dropped it and smiled weakly as she sat down. Later on, everyone was finished. The man checked out boxes, to see...
" Okay, this is Syaoran's box...One...two?"
None of the hearts were Sakura's. Sakura gasped and she clutched the ends of her desk tightly until her knuckles turned white. She had messed up!
" Whoever put the hearts in here please stand up!"
Naoko and Shiharu stood up.
" But I don't like Syaoran in that way!" Naoko cried. " I thought it was [random boy's name]'s box!"
" I thought it was Toushi(what's his name?!)'s box." Shiharu muttered quietly.
" Uh oh..looks like we have a mix-up! This is...Eriol's box!" the man sighed. " Looks like we all messed up...So I'll pair you up myself."
Sakura sighed.
" What's wrong, Sakura?"
" Nothing..." Sakura hissed. She looked over to see Tomoyo and Syaoran.
" Are you sure?"
She was paired up with Eriol. Why him? Why couldn't it be Syaoran?
" Let's go on the Dragon, Sakura." Eriol suggested, gesturing to the Dragon ride.
" Okay...." Sakura was still bummed. No offense to Eriol, she just didn't like him in that way.
Suddenly she felt something sweep over her, but she dodged it and she saw a red light cover Eriol.
" Eriol?!" Sakura cried, running to him when the red light passed.
He looked dazed. His face held a dizzy and dull expression. Suddenly, he began swaying. Eriol collapsed, but Sakura caught him.
" Are you okay, Eriol? What's happening?" Sakura shouted.
He looked at her and smiled crookedly.
" You're so beautiful...."
" What?" Sakura gasped.
" Your eyes...they're like sparkling emeralds...Your hair, so shiny...so...beautiful...And your lips...so sparkly...so soft..." he touched her lips lightly.
" What're you TALKING about?" Sakura yelped.
Kero peeked out her tiny pack and looked at him.
" What's wrong?" he asked.
" Eriol's acting strange!" Sakura yelped.
Suddenly she looked up at Syaoran, who was leaping at Tomoyo. Tomoyo was running from him hysterically, although Syaoran kept shouting lovey-dovey words at her, arms outstretched. Tomoyo saw Sakura and was panting.
" Syaoran's gone crazy! Some strange red light made him look all dizzy, now he's chasing me! He was all ' Oh, Tomoyo, my sweet! You're so beautiful'! I think he's lost his mind!"
" Oh TOMOYO! WHERE ARE YOU, MY LOVE!"
" See...hey, what's up with Eriol?"
" Same thing! He's like, falling for me..." Sakura cried.
" This is the work of a Clow Card. I know what card it is...but do YOU, Sakura?" Kero asked.
" Yeah! The LOVE card!" Sakura nodded.
" Look, everyone's going nuts!" Tomoyo pointed.
She was right. All the guys were chasing the girls. Even the ride people.
" No one's paying attention, so summon your wand!" Kero shouted.
Sakura took the Clow Key out and summoned her wand.
" How am I supposed to capture it?" Sakura asked Kero.
" Beats me. I may be the guardian of the cards, but I don't know EVERYTHING about the Love Card." Kero shrugged mildly.
" Okay....watch out!" Sakura cried as a red woman flew over them.
Everyone leapt out the way. It stopped and started to throw red darts at Sakura. Sakura cried out and took out the Fly card and summoned it on her wand. She hopped on and took off, helping Tomoyo get on.
" What should I do?" Sakura yelled.
" I don't know! I wish I had my camcorder with me, though!" cried Tomoyo.
Sakura dodged the arrows and darts from the card just in time. It snarled and flew forward. Sakura screamed, losing control of the wand.
" SAKURA! IT ISN'T AN ATTACK CARD!" Kero yelled.
Sakura gasped and opened her eyes to see her wand diving to the ground. She quickly regained control, clasping it and shooting upwards.
" Kero! I don't know how to seal it!" Sakura yelled. " It's too fast!"
" Use another card to help you!" Kero replied.
Sakura took out windy and summoned it. Windy shot towards Love Card and wrapped around it. But Love was fighting hard and seemed to be getting victorius.
" You need another card!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"I know,...FIREY!"
She took out Firey and it wrapped itself around love. Love was getting seriously weak. She sighed.
" I got it!" Sakura snapped. She flew towards it.
" Kero, hold Tomo up! I gotta seal it!" Sakura shouted.
She felt Tomo's weight lighten and turned, looking over her shoulder. She saw Kero grabbing Tomoyo up. She sped towards the trapped Love card and quickly took out her wand and landed it on Love.
" Love card...RETURN TO YOUR POWER...CONFINED--- What?"
Love seemed to be refusing to be sealed. It broke out of it's grip and shook it's head at Sakura, as if saying ' No...that's not the way to seal me.' Sakura looked at in in confusion as Windy and Firey chased after it. Sakura suddenly heard a soothing, calm voice in her head. It felt so warm and comforting.
~You're going about this all wrong, young girl.~
" Huh? Who's there!" Sakura yelled.
~I'm not like most of the cards. I do not have to be attacked. Nor do I attack. I simply make people fall in love. To bring peace and harmony.~
'You're...the love card?' Sakura thought.
~Yes. And you were correct. That is not the way to seal me. The way to seal me is to learn from your heart.~
'What?'
~I can sense a great tenseness in your heart. I feel your pain...that you long for someone. He's your heart's desire, and yet you fear he would reject you.~
Sakura gasped as her words touched her heart as she looked at Syaoran.
'How'd you know?'
~ I'm the Love Card. I know Love. Even your friend's feelings.~
Sakura looked at Tomoyo, who was watching Firey and Windy chasing her.
~ She used to be in love with you, but now she has realized you and this boy are meant to be. I can feel what she feels, and all she feels is pain, because she loves a boy who doesn't love her.~
Sakura looked down, sighing.
~ So tell me, little one. Do you yet know how you must seal me?~
Sakura looked up to see the Love Card looking at her.
' I'm sorry...but no. I'm getting so confused. No card has ever spoken or communicated with me!' Sakura replied. ' Tell me how to seal you.'
The Love Card seemed to sigh and curl in the air.
~ I remember Clow Reed telling me I was the strongest...the most powerful, and that I triumphed over any other worthless magic. He was right. Love's powerful...more powerful than any other card you had to capture.~
Sakura gasped, to see her wand glowing a bright red.
~ So...listen to your heart, young one.~
She glowed a bright pinkish red in the air and swooped down to Sakura, face to face. Sakura stepped back, frightened. But Love smiled, and said...
~ I will make everything right again. Just please seal me...~
She darted off.
" HEY! WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!" Sakura shouted.
~ To make everything the way they should be.~
Sakura watched in awe as the card swept the sky. She saw red glitter falling down on everyone, which made everyone pass out, including Tomoyo and Kero. Even Firey and Windy. She and Love were the only ones. Love smiled and swooped down.
" Now...you'll know how to seal me, young one."
Sakura nodded and bent down over to Syaoran, who lay on his stomach. His eyes lightly closed and his hair lightly tousled. Sakura smiled and kissed his cheek, while whispering;
" I love you."
She got up and turned to Love.
" Love's the most powerful..." Sakura whispered. " Love card, return to your power....confined! LOVE!"
Glitter and air swirled around her, and Love returned into a card. Sakura watched it slowly fly into her hands. She looked at it.
"The Love Card."
" Sakura!"
Sakura turned to see everyone, rubbing their heads and getting up. Tomo smiled, who was standing next to Kero.
" What happened?"
" It's a long story..." She smiled weakly. " Look...I caught the card."
" Wow! How'd you do it?" Tomo cried.
" Great job, Sakura." Kero grinned proudly.
" I'll tell you everything later." Sakura smiled. " I'm tired.."
As she boarded the bus later, she thought to herself...'I wonder what the glitter did?'
a/n: long, chapter...i know. r&r! the next is the last, believe me! ^____^ heh! next ch4: i love you