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Not Now!
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Cardcaptors characters, they belong to Nelvana. I only made up the character of Melissa the incantation that she says was also made up by me.


Chapter 4: Reach for the stars and help Sakura!

Five years have passed since Sakura met her final match. I have not seen the Sakura cards season so I will not add Eriol and the rest of that cast to this story. This is my first Cardcaptors fic so be patient. Enjoy!

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THE LEGEND

Kero: Clow Reed made each and everyone of his cards special in a different way. The four basic elements were his strongest creation ever, but he accidentally made a card that even he feared. It made everything go wrong and it eventually ended his life...
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Kero seemed to be in a trance as the dream card was holding back and Sakura was struggling to get out of Water's grasp.

Li made his way under water to reach for Sakura. Water was trying hard to keep him away but Li broke through and grabbed Sakura's arm. ::Come on, Sakura! I can't let you die:: Li grabbed Sakura and pulled her out of the water. "Melissa! Seal the card!"

"Water card, return to your powers and remain sealed until you are told otherwise!" The last capture seemed to drain a lot of energy out of Melissa.

Sakura slowly started to remember things and went running towards Melissa. "Mel, wake up! Mel!" Sakura looked at Kero and tried to pull him out of the trance. "Dream card, return to your power confined! Dream card!"

Nothing happened.

::What's going on? Why can't I seal any of the cards?:: Sakura looked at Kero and then at Melissa who was trying to stand up with Meilin's help.

"Dream card, return to..." Melissa couldn't get any other words out as she fainted.

"Now. Element, lightning!" Li captured the card and Kero gave him a small hug. "Hey! Get off of me, you stuffed animal!"

In a nearby hospital, everyone was waiting to hear if Melissa was doing okay. Once the group got the word that she was doing fine, they went to Melissa's room but Li and Sakura went outside.

"Sakura, what's happening you? Why aren't you able to seal the cards?"

::I don't know. I wish I would know why all of this is happening but I don't know. I'm sure that if I don't do anything to stop all of the things that are going on, Melissa's life can be in danger:: "Sakura!"

She snapped out of her state of mind and found herself being hugged my Li. "Are you sure you'll be all right?"

Sakura looked up at him as a tear rolled down her face. "Yeah"

"Don't cry" Li whipped away her tear and his hand trailed to grab her chin and kissed Sakura.

Minutes later, Meilin and Madison went outside looking for Li and Sakura. Meilin seemed a little upset but realized that she couldn't do anything about now.

"Ahem. Sakura, Melissa is asking to see you" Madison felt kind of bad to interrupt the young couple but Melissa was getting worse by the minute.

Li and Sakura backed away and started towards Melissa's room hand in hand.

Inside Melissa's room. "Are you sure you'll be all right, Melissa?" Kero was as worried about Melissa as he was before about Sakura. "I shouldn't have involved you in this Melissa. You also have powers, but they are still brand new. I should have at least trained you"

Melissa shook her head and as a reply to her disagreement, he heart monitor started to beep like crazy.

The rest of the team got to the room and noticed what was going on. "I better go get the doctor!" stated Madison.

To her surprise, there was NO one around. "What's going on here? Sakura, there's no one in the hospital except for us!"

Sakura was worried and the group separated to search for a nurse or any one. Soon, they were floating on nothing and there was nothing surrounding them. "What's going on here?"

::Could it be, could that card be looking for Sakura's life?:: Kero quickly flew to where Sakura was and was stopped by a barrier. "What's going on here?"

Li tried going towards Sakura, but was stopped by the same barrier.

::What does this card want from me?:: "Clow card! Show yourself!"

Quickly after Sakura ordered the card to appear, it did. A tall, dark female figure with curly hair and trashy clothes appeared. "Card captor Sakura, your destiny will be decided in two days. Either your powers are strong enough to face me, or you will die in my hands. No one will be able to help you. Not even your little sister which I am consuming her life by the hour. It's up to you, Sakura to try and stop the one card that claimed Clow Reed's death!" That said, the Clow card disappeared.

Sakura ran to Melissa and saw that she was moving around as if she were having a nightmare. "Melissa! Wake up!" She did but didn't seem to recognize any one. The same began to happen to Sakura.

"Oh, no! It's coming back!" shouted Kero.

"Kero, who was that card?" asked Li.

"If my calculations are right, that is the Emptiness card and it was the reason of Clow Reed's death and if we don't stop it, it will be the end of Sakura and Melissa" Everyone backed away. No one knew what to do to help the Avalon sisters.

"I will fight the card by myself! I can't let it hurt Sakura!" Li ran out of the hospital to search for the card.

::That Li kid doesn't know what he's getting in to! I know he cares about Sakura, but only she can beat the Emptiness card with her own true emotions. Sakura... you must fight it or else it will be the end of you!::

NOTE: I know this chapter is small but I didn't have enough time to write this chapter but I promise you all that chapters five and six will be long ^_^.

Next time: I'm nearing the conclusion of Not Now and in the next chapter, Sakura will have to find her true feelings while she begins what might be last battle. Li tries to stand up to Emptiness but will he be enough to beat it or will he have to sacrifice the love of his life? Join me next time as we will get to see more of Emptiness' power in chapter five: to love or to hate?