Refresh: Kero has helped Kuragari create new cards by taking the powers of old ones and transferring them into new cards. Sakura has taken possession of the Fly card. Sakura, Li, and Shuai have found the cave where Kuragari is hiding.
"THE LOST CARDS-part III: The Release"
"You can't stop me, not with these new cards on my side." Kuragari told them.
"Storm!" Li commanded. The storm spirit flue around Kuragari, creating a tornado.
"Counter Card!" The Counter spirit rose from the card. It was a purple girl, similar to power. The Counter card punched the storm. The Tornado dismembered and crashed to the ground. Li returned it. "Lightning!" Kuragari said, pointing his sword at Kero's cage. The bolt struck a bar, breaking it. "Kero, transform and use your fireballs." Kuragari ordered. Sakura watched this; horrified that Kero was obeying.
"Lightning!" said Shuai launching the lightning at the Counter spirit.
"Shot!" Sakura said releasing it at the counter card. Kero was almost fully transformed.
The counter was using its hands to punch the shots made by the shot card back at it. The shot card fell to its visible form.
"Return and unite your powers! Shot!" Kuragari said, taking possession of another of Sakura's cards.
"Freeze!" Li Commanded. The freeze spirit surged on the Counter spirit. The punches made by the Counter didn't have any effect. Kuragari saw he was in trouble. The Freeze was freezing the Counter.
"Illusion card! Distract Kero!" Sakura said. Illusions of cakes, muffins, and assorted candies appeared all around him. Kero's head turned left to right, unsure of where to begin eating. "Possess card! Return to your power confined!" Sakura said, pointing the wand at Kero. The Crimson red cloud rose from Kero's body and into a card. It went to Sakura. Kuragari called back the Counter.
"Teleport card! Transport me and Kero out!" The spirit rose and took the shape of a bird.
"Kero's coming with me!" Sakura told Kuragari. "Illusion card! Create seven more Kero's!" Sakura ordered. Seven more Kero's appeared. Kuragari stopped the Transport card.
"Dark card!" Kuragari said. Lights in the cave fell black.
"Glow card! Release!" Sakura said. Dim lights went through out the cave. But it wasn't powerful enough. The lights went out and the visible spirit showed its self.
"Glow Card! Return to you power confined!" The Glow card went to Kuragari. The Light from the Glow was enough for Sakura and Kero to find the table with the dying Clow Cards. Li and Shuai were still struggling to find Kuragari. They slashed air with their swords not hitting anything. The lasin board beam and the lightning from their swords wasn't having any effect.
Kuragari had forgotten about the dying Clow cards like Li and Shuai had.
"Kero, how do we save them?" Sakura said sorrowfully.
"We can't, their too far gone." Kero responded. Sakura could feel their cries for help.
"How about if I join these cards with mine." Sakura said, taking out her counterparts and joining them.
"It's not working, the magic is still too low." Kero told her.
Something, we have to do something." Sakura said crying.
"Wrap card! Entangle them!" Kuragari said. Li was caught first, not being able to see a thing, he dropped his sword. Shuai could feel the Wrap's presence closing on him.
"Fire!" Shuai said hitting the incantation paper with his sword. The Wrap blazed with fire. Light began to shine through the cave, defeating the Dark card. Kuragari returned the Dark card. The Wrap's visible from could be seen. It was a lady covered in vines, like the Wood, but with no leaves coming from them. Sakura turned, seeing it.
"Wrap card! Return to your power confined!" Sakura said, standing at the table. The visible form was sucked up by Sakura's wand and went to Shuai.
"Teleport card!" Kuragari said, the bird appeared, touching Kuragari and they both disappeared. Li and Shuai looked around.
"Come on Kero, there has to be a way to save them." Sakura kept bargaining. Li came over to the table and felt their dwindling power.
"There is something…" Kero said slowly and was cut off by Sakura.
"I'll do it!" She blurted out. "What do I do?"
"Stick the cards in the book." Kero said. Sakura pulled out The Clow and stuck all of the cards in. "Now use the Windy spell to scatter them." Kero said.
"But that will release them!" Li objected.
"But they'll recharge and live on." Kero said slowly, second-guessing his suggestion.
"That is true." Shuai said, grabbing Li, stopping him from taking the cards. Sakura held the book in front of her, like she had done the year before, except this time, it wasn't going to be an accident. Sakura opened the cover.
"Windy!" She shouted. The spirit flue around the book. The cards one by one scattered about, through and out of the cave. It was done. Sakura sat there, crying. They were gone again, lost.
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Sakura and Kero sat in Sakura's bedroom. Sakura was talking with Madison on the phone.
"I can't believe I missed that." Madison said. "It would have made an awesome tape."
The doorbell rang and Sakura listened for who it was.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Came a shout from downstairs. It was Tori.
"Talk later." Sakura said quickly, hanging up the phone and raced past a sleeping Kero to the stairs. In the doorway, she saw Li and Tori fighting.
"Stop it you two! Stop!" Sakura shouted getting between them. "I know how much you want to kill each other but do it on your own time!" She shouted, looking in Tori's direction. "Why don't you go finish dinner." Tori stomped off in the Kitchen direction. Tori had had a bad day. He was up all last night studying for a test and forgot to do the homework for another class. Tempting detention was not something he liked.
"Thanks for coming Li." Sakura said to him. "I didn't think you'd come."
"Shuai kind of made me. He said I should tell you something." Li responded.
Tori kept a close eye on the doorway. This wasn't something he was going to get used to.
"What is it?" Sakura asked. Li blushed.
"It's really nothing." He said nervously. "Why did you want me over here?" He asked.
"Actually, it was more of Kero who wanted you over. He just didn't want to call." Sakura responded. "You know how he is about you." From Tori's view of watching the door, he saw Li entering the house. Tori dashed to the doorway.
"Being on our property is bad enough but I won't tolerate that thing in our house!" Tori said growling at him.
"Alright, he'll stay there. I'll be right back." Sakura ran up the steps. Tori had a dangerous look in his eyes. Sakura came down with a bag. "You can leave now." She said to Tori. Tori once again stomped off to the kitchen. Sakura closed the front door exiting with the bag. "Kero, it's alright now." Sakura said to the bag. Kero popped out. He shivered at the sight of Li but knew that he had to tell him.
"When I was controlled by the Possess card, it was at half power." He told them. The night was cold and Sakura and Li sat close to each other for heat, which was bothering Kero. Kero thought of the torture Tori must be going through thinking of that the two of them are doing at the doorway. "Because of that, thee were laps in the possession spell. When one occurred, I planted a spell in the cards so that they would break their seals at a certain day, which is unknown to me. So, I've fixed Sakura's Possess card. I need Shuai's Wrap card to undo the spell. Also, I used up most of my power in the power transfer of the cards, so, I won't be transforming anytime soon." Kero said. "I really liked that form." He added bowing his head.
"You'll get it back." Sakura said softly, leaning over and hugging Kero.
"I can't breath!" Kero muttered.
"What's going on out here!" Tori opened the door, barging in. Li rolled back getting up. Sakura fell to the ground, hiding Kero.
"You two have had too much private time." Tori added pulling Sakura's arm, dragging her into the house. Sakura ran upstairs before Tori could notice Kero. Li began to run back to his house before Tori could begin yelling at him again.
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"Did you tell her?" Shuai asked. He and Li were approaching Li's apartment.
"I will." Li responded annoyed. "Kero says he needs to borrow the Wrap card." Li added changing the subject. Shuai eyed the prophecy ball.
"Give me an answer." Shuai mumbled.
"What are you asking?!" Li interrupted, "Give me that! I know what you're doing!" Li continued trying to grab the crystal ball from Shuai's hands.
While all this was happening, over at a familiar shrine, a lady dressed in a white gown walked through a hall of candles. She had hope and innocence in her eyes, but was unprepared for what she was about to do.
Author's note: I tried to make it longer, I really did. (sighs) Unfortunately for me, I've gone ahead two or three chapters so I'm getting mixed up on the recent captures. Here's a list of who has what cards up to this chapter. Cards not mentioned are at half power but are owned by either Sakura or Li and Kuragari:
Sakura: Windy, Fly, Shadow, Mirror, Maze, and Possess.
Li: Time, Mist, Return, Move.
Kuragari: Power, Shield, Glow (1/2 powered), Float, and Shot.
Shuai: Wrap
Released cards: Wave, Lock, Song, Glow (1/2 powered), Change, Create, Libra, Sweet, Silent, Erase, and Loop.