Cardcaptor Syaoran
The Dark Clow Saga
By: Michael Montgomery
Chapter 10: Your love gives me power
I had my satchel crossed over my left shoulder, hanging off the right side of my back. I was skating fast towards the airport with my mind frame stuck on Sakura. The world was blurring by me as I turned my speed up a notch, pumping my legs faster and faster. I had to get to the plane! I had to!
I was flying across the sidewalk when a slight shimmer ahead of me caught my eye. I cruised to a halt and walked to the best of my ability in my skates. I looked on the ground at a card. It was rectangular and...wait, was that a Clow card? I moved closer as thoughts raced through my mind. It was face down with a shiny red foil border with a jet-black face color. I slowly reached for it and held it between two fingers and flipped it over. The card had a Grim Reaper on it holding two scythes, one in each hand. The eyes were shimmering red under the influence of the foil. I looked at its name and gasped, but knew not to say the name!
"No way!" I shouted out loud in fear.
I studied it a bit more and looked around. Somebody hand to have dropped it!
"Cirrus!" I screamed. "Where are you?"
I stared nervously, glancing everywhere so as not to miss a single movement or sound. I turned quickly to my left hearing a faint howl, as the wind passed between two houses, stirring leaves into the warm summer breeze. Sweat dropped off of my chin and hit the ground. With all of my focus a heard the impact of the sweat drop as it plummeted to the ground. I looked down and shook my head for a little while.
"I gotta calm down, I'm being to paranoid!"
I rubbed my eyes took a deep breath. I was exhausted from skating so hard and finally realized this. I drew in deep breaths and wiped at my forehead, swatting my bangs out of my face. I glanced over my shoulder towards the ally way that blasted warm air. I saw a head move back behind the house!
"Hey you! Stop right there!" I commanded and began my pursuit, pumping my legs fast once again.
* * *
"Yes Syaoran! Follow me!" exclaimed Cirrus, whispering to himself excitedly.
Cirrus ran and tightly held the sleeping Sakura. He had begun to defy his master's wishes after seeing Sakura, he felt that he was qualified for her love and sought the death of Li. Yet somewhere inside him, he felt a yearning for Li. He shook off the feeling and placed Sakura at the top of a tree and sat idle, waiting for Li. He saw Li skated by sideways; he had taken the turn to loose and skid on the hot cement.
* * *
"Damn it!" I shouted as flung off my skates and pulled my self up. I had a slight cut on the side of my leg, but I didn't care about it. I ran back in my socks and saw Cirrus standing there. But where was Sakura?
"Where's Sakura you freak? Tell me!"
"Please boy, knock off the pleasantries!"
"Pleasantries nothing! I have nothing pleasant to say to you!"
"Again with your pleasantries boy, gyah-hahahaha!" he shouted and for some reason blushed. "What was that?" mumbled Cirrus to himself.
I stared into Cirrus' cold gray eyes and smirked.
"You can't hide her from me, I can sense her aura. And I sense it now!"
"What? There is no way that you two can be connected spiritually also!"
"That's what you think! Now give her back!"
"Lemme think about this for a moment. Nope, sorry, can't so that. That won't be happening today."
"Grrr! Give her to...I sense her, she's in that tree!"
I dashed towards the tree and ready myself for Cirrus' retort. Little did I know that he was just going to stand there. I stood at the base of the tree and gripped onto its rough bark. I glanced over my shoulder and saw that Cirrus hadn't even turned around.
"What's that matter Cirrus? Frozen for some reason."
"Not at all."
He turned around slowly and smirked. I was awestruck by his confident look and I shuddered under his stare. I felt the sudden urge to curl into a ball and rock back and forth. But that wasn't me. I never break down easy. Instead, I noticed the card that still held in my hand was reacting to Cirrus' presence. The eyes glowed a fearsome crimson and froze my soul in an inescapable hold. I released my grip on the card and it flipped through the evening air and stealthily glided to Cirrus' gloved hands.
"I thank you for returning my card, I was looking for this." Said Cirrus smirking and glaring at me.
"What is that thing?"
"It's the third card in an unknown number of cards. The Dark Clow to simply put."
I stared at him in disbelief. I watched him as he flip the face of the card towards me.
"What are you doing?"
"Go ahead and try to get Sakura. I dare you!"
I stared him in the eyes. I found that same dead gray stare that he had before glaring back at me. But this time his brow was slightly raised in suspicion. I stared back into his eyes and turned around quickly. I panned my head all the way up the tree. My eyes wandered from the base and quickly took note of the branches that I could use for leverage. I turned back around and watched him twiddle the card between his fingers, still smirking. I scowled at his confidence and jumped up towards the nearest branch. I swiftly began to climb the tree following a simple zigzag pattern to the top. I stopped midway and looked down.
"What's the matter boy, afraid of heights, heheh!"
I placed my vision back onto Sakura lying on the top of the highest branch. I quickened my climb rate as happiness filled my heart. I was so close to getting my Sakura, so close that I could smell her sweet cherry blossom scent. A smile spread widely across my face as I felt love coursing through my body. I looked over at a rooftop and saw Cirrus standing atop it, still glaring at me.
"Well...hurry it up Syaoran!"
"Shut up!"
I grabbed Sakura's hand placed her on my back and took in her pleasant essence.
"I finally have you, my Sakura."
I slowly and cautiously climbed from limb to limb so as not to disturb my Sakura's sweet slumber. I hoped off the lowest branch landed hard, slowly kneeling and rolling Sakura off my back gently and placing her on the warm turf. I placed my hand on her face and lightly ran it across her cheek. She was still wearing her shorts and her t-shirt that showed her mid-drift. I smiled and a tear fell off my cheek and onto her soft tanish-ivory cheek. She was so beautiful and now I had her back. I cradled her in my arms, so happy, so full of joy.
"Enjoy your time while it last Syaoran Li. Cause she is coming with me now."
"What?"
"All your hard work getting up the tree was merely for my amusement. I do love playing with peoples minds and there hearts."
"Grrr! That's it! I will beat you this time!" I growled as I lay Sakura slowly on the ground. I looked down at her. "We will be together, that is a promise."
I looked up and didn't see Cirrus on the rooftop. I glanced around but couldn't help but look up. I was afraid of that elbow of his. He was nowhere to be found. I spun around to see him flipping through the air and landing gracefully on the ground.
"Please, no applause."
"What do you want from me?"
"Your death! I want Sakura to myself, so I figure my love is enough. You are not needed!"
"What are you saying? Sakura is mine!"
He looked at me and smirked. He held up the card between his index and middle finger and his smile spread wide. His perfectly strait teeth withheld his intense dementia.
"It all ends now...it all ends." He said repeating once with a menace that only his voice could annunciate. He flipped the card with his fingers so the deathly figure faced me. And he began laugh manically, like all evil people do for some reason. Guess its in there gene's.
"Now we will end this. Release your curse and cause torment to the soul of Syaoran Li! Death Sentence!"
The cards eyes pierced into mine and I was zombified with terror. A shadow sprang from the card and entered my soul through my eyes. My body shuddered with pain and mental destruction as the card already began its havoc.
"Well Syaoran, how do you feel?"
My head spun and my body felt like it was on fire. I kept getting mental pictures of Sakura being tortured by the cards spirit.
"Well, its time to show you the door, don't let it hit you on the way out!"
I looked at him, but my vision was doubled and I couldn't gather my senses enough to find my Sakura. I stumbled around aimlessly and shouted for Sakura.
"Shut your mouth boy! You'll wake up my Sakura! Gyah-hahahaha!"
"She's not...your Sa...kura!" Was all that I managed to stutter out.
I stumbled forward and bumped into Cirrus' chest. I stared up felt a warm hand around my throat. I shook my head and regained some vision, enough to look into his deceitful eyes.
"Looks like you couldn't find the door yourself. Allow me to show it to you!"
I hadn't noticed it before but behind me was small drop of, about ten feet or so. At the bottom was a deep pool of water. It was a water run off for when it rains, there were pink cherry blossom petals floating off the surface. The falling sun cast a deep red reflection in the pool. Small waves rippled from water gently trickling into it from the large drainage pipe. I took all of this in as I fell towards it. Cirrus let go of my throat and smiled, shouting something.
"Looks like your going to die a wet and without a girl all at the same time, hahahaha!"
His laugh echoed through my mind. I closed my eyes and fell into the pool, but in my mind the pool shattered as I fell through eternity. Fragments of shattered eternity showered around me. I fell on the ground hitting hard. The fall slightly dazed me. I found myself standing in the spotlight of some unseen source. I looked around and heard a sweet gentle voice singing in the distance. I thought it might be Sakura, so I ran as fast as I could in the direction of voice. I stopped as I heard it suddenly from behind. I turned around and spotlight came on, showing me the sweet singer. It was a girl, but not Sakura. She stood about my height and had greenish brown eyes with dark hair and streak of some color; I couldn't make it out. She stopped singing and walked forwards toward me, leaving the spotlight I could barely see her. She placed a hand on my face and I could feel her breath near my lips. I slightly moved back and saw her eyes glimmer lightly.
"You have three days Syaoran-kun, and only three days. Then you will die and come back to this realm. Here you will remain if she does not seal the card within the allotted time. So you must save her, or it will end for you and she will live, but under the influence of evil my dear one."
"Who are you?" I whispered softly as her beautiful voice silenced.
"I'm a friend, that will remain here. You care for me yet you haven't been here in a while."
"I do? Yeah, I do." I suddenly felt as though Sakura were right there. I tilted my in question and felt her arms wrap around me and her lips on my cheek.
"You can do this, my feelings tell me so."
After she said that, I found myself choking up water in a field of tall grass and Cherry trees overlooking a busy stretch of highway.
"Who are you?" I whispered softly. "I have three days to save my Sakura. Only three days."
I followed the concrete wall by the drainage ditch to where I had the encounter with Cirrus. I put my skates back on and looked and pumped my weak legs as fast as I could. Still in disbelief that I was going to die if I didn't rescue my Sakura, a tear rolled down my face and flew off my cheek as I speed up. It flew in to the night breeze landing nowhere special. I looked to the sky and saw a large jumbo jet fly overhead.
"I missed it! I missed my flight!"
I didn't seem to care all that much cause I didn't stop to go back to Sakura's I just pumped on towards the airport. I would wait for another flight. I had to get there! And I would get there.
I devote this chapter to my Sakura and to a very special friend. They both gave me great inspiration and I thank you both. The story has characters in it that I made up (Baron Shleff, Cirrus Skylar, and Unknown) not to mention that I made up the Dark Clow cards. But I thank all who read and please remember to review. It's the least you can do, come on. But I'll try and get the next chapter pumping soon. See ya!
The Dark Clow Saga
By: Michael Montgomery
Chapter 10: Your love gives me power
I had my satchel crossed over my left shoulder, hanging off the right side of my back. I was skating fast towards the airport with my mind frame stuck on Sakura. The world was blurring by me as I turned my speed up a notch, pumping my legs faster and faster. I had to get to the plane! I had to!
I was flying across the sidewalk when a slight shimmer ahead of me caught my eye. I cruised to a halt and walked to the best of my ability in my skates. I looked on the ground at a card. It was rectangular and...wait, was that a Clow card? I moved closer as thoughts raced through my mind. It was face down with a shiny red foil border with a jet-black face color. I slowly reached for it and held it between two fingers and flipped it over. The card had a Grim Reaper on it holding two scythes, one in each hand. The eyes were shimmering red under the influence of the foil. I looked at its name and gasped, but knew not to say the name!
"No way!" I shouted out loud in fear.
I studied it a bit more and looked around. Somebody hand to have dropped it!
"Cirrus!" I screamed. "Where are you?"
I stared nervously, glancing everywhere so as not to miss a single movement or sound. I turned quickly to my left hearing a faint howl, as the wind passed between two houses, stirring leaves into the warm summer breeze. Sweat dropped off of my chin and hit the ground. With all of my focus a heard the impact of the sweat drop as it plummeted to the ground. I looked down and shook my head for a little while.
"I gotta calm down, I'm being to paranoid!"
I rubbed my eyes took a deep breath. I was exhausted from skating so hard and finally realized this. I drew in deep breaths and wiped at my forehead, swatting my bangs out of my face. I glanced over my shoulder towards the ally way that blasted warm air. I saw a head move back behind the house!
"Hey you! Stop right there!" I commanded and began my pursuit, pumping my legs fast once again.
* * *
"Yes Syaoran! Follow me!" exclaimed Cirrus, whispering to himself excitedly.
Cirrus ran and tightly held the sleeping Sakura. He had begun to defy his master's wishes after seeing Sakura, he felt that he was qualified for her love and sought the death of Li. Yet somewhere inside him, he felt a yearning for Li. He shook off the feeling and placed Sakura at the top of a tree and sat idle, waiting for Li. He saw Li skated by sideways; he had taken the turn to loose and skid on the hot cement.
* * *
"Damn it!" I shouted as flung off my skates and pulled my self up. I had a slight cut on the side of my leg, but I didn't care about it. I ran back in my socks and saw Cirrus standing there. But where was Sakura?
"Where's Sakura you freak? Tell me!"
"Please boy, knock off the pleasantries!"
"Pleasantries nothing! I have nothing pleasant to say to you!"
"Again with your pleasantries boy, gyah-hahahaha!" he shouted and for some reason blushed. "What was that?" mumbled Cirrus to himself.
I stared into Cirrus' cold gray eyes and smirked.
"You can't hide her from me, I can sense her aura. And I sense it now!"
"What? There is no way that you two can be connected spiritually also!"
"That's what you think! Now give her back!"
"Lemme think about this for a moment. Nope, sorry, can't so that. That won't be happening today."
"Grrr! Give her to...I sense her, she's in that tree!"
I dashed towards the tree and ready myself for Cirrus' retort. Little did I know that he was just going to stand there. I stood at the base of the tree and gripped onto its rough bark. I glanced over my shoulder and saw that Cirrus hadn't even turned around.
"What's that matter Cirrus? Frozen for some reason."
"Not at all."
He turned around slowly and smirked. I was awestruck by his confident look and I shuddered under his stare. I felt the sudden urge to curl into a ball and rock back and forth. But that wasn't me. I never break down easy. Instead, I noticed the card that still held in my hand was reacting to Cirrus' presence. The eyes glowed a fearsome crimson and froze my soul in an inescapable hold. I released my grip on the card and it flipped through the evening air and stealthily glided to Cirrus' gloved hands.
"I thank you for returning my card, I was looking for this." Said Cirrus smirking and glaring at me.
"What is that thing?"
"It's the third card in an unknown number of cards. The Dark Clow to simply put."
I stared at him in disbelief. I watched him as he flip the face of the card towards me.
"What are you doing?"
"Go ahead and try to get Sakura. I dare you!"
I stared him in the eyes. I found that same dead gray stare that he had before glaring back at me. But this time his brow was slightly raised in suspicion. I stared back into his eyes and turned around quickly. I panned my head all the way up the tree. My eyes wandered from the base and quickly took note of the branches that I could use for leverage. I turned back around and watched him twiddle the card between his fingers, still smirking. I scowled at his confidence and jumped up towards the nearest branch. I swiftly began to climb the tree following a simple zigzag pattern to the top. I stopped midway and looked down.
"What's the matter boy, afraid of heights, heheh!"
I placed my vision back onto Sakura lying on the top of the highest branch. I quickened my climb rate as happiness filled my heart. I was so close to getting my Sakura, so close that I could smell her sweet cherry blossom scent. A smile spread widely across my face as I felt love coursing through my body. I looked over at a rooftop and saw Cirrus standing atop it, still glaring at me.
"Well...hurry it up Syaoran!"
"Shut up!"
I grabbed Sakura's hand placed her on my back and took in her pleasant essence.
"I finally have you, my Sakura."
I slowly and cautiously climbed from limb to limb so as not to disturb my Sakura's sweet slumber. I hoped off the lowest branch landed hard, slowly kneeling and rolling Sakura off my back gently and placing her on the warm turf. I placed my hand on her face and lightly ran it across her cheek. She was still wearing her shorts and her t-shirt that showed her mid-drift. I smiled and a tear fell off my cheek and onto her soft tanish-ivory cheek. She was so beautiful and now I had her back. I cradled her in my arms, so happy, so full of joy.
"Enjoy your time while it last Syaoran Li. Cause she is coming with me now."
"What?"
"All your hard work getting up the tree was merely for my amusement. I do love playing with peoples minds and there hearts."
"Grrr! That's it! I will beat you this time!" I growled as I lay Sakura slowly on the ground. I looked down at her. "We will be together, that is a promise."
I looked up and didn't see Cirrus on the rooftop. I glanced around but couldn't help but look up. I was afraid of that elbow of his. He was nowhere to be found. I spun around to see him flipping through the air and landing gracefully on the ground.
"Please, no applause."
"What do you want from me?"
"Your death! I want Sakura to myself, so I figure my love is enough. You are not needed!"
"What are you saying? Sakura is mine!"
He looked at me and smirked. He held up the card between his index and middle finger and his smile spread wide. His perfectly strait teeth withheld his intense dementia.
"It all ends now...it all ends." He said repeating once with a menace that only his voice could annunciate. He flipped the card with his fingers so the deathly figure faced me. And he began laugh manically, like all evil people do for some reason. Guess its in there gene's.
"Now we will end this. Release your curse and cause torment to the soul of Syaoran Li! Death Sentence!"
The cards eyes pierced into mine and I was zombified with terror. A shadow sprang from the card and entered my soul through my eyes. My body shuddered with pain and mental destruction as the card already began its havoc.
"Well Syaoran, how do you feel?"
My head spun and my body felt like it was on fire. I kept getting mental pictures of Sakura being tortured by the cards spirit.
"Well, its time to show you the door, don't let it hit you on the way out!"
I looked at him, but my vision was doubled and I couldn't gather my senses enough to find my Sakura. I stumbled around aimlessly and shouted for Sakura.
"Shut your mouth boy! You'll wake up my Sakura! Gyah-hahahaha!"
"She's not...your Sa...kura!" Was all that I managed to stutter out.
I stumbled forward and bumped into Cirrus' chest. I stared up felt a warm hand around my throat. I shook my head and regained some vision, enough to look into his deceitful eyes.
"Looks like you couldn't find the door yourself. Allow me to show it to you!"
I hadn't noticed it before but behind me was small drop of, about ten feet or so. At the bottom was a deep pool of water. It was a water run off for when it rains, there were pink cherry blossom petals floating off the surface. The falling sun cast a deep red reflection in the pool. Small waves rippled from water gently trickling into it from the large drainage pipe. I took all of this in as I fell towards it. Cirrus let go of my throat and smiled, shouting something.
"Looks like your going to die a wet and without a girl all at the same time, hahahaha!"
His laugh echoed through my mind. I closed my eyes and fell into the pool, but in my mind the pool shattered as I fell through eternity. Fragments of shattered eternity showered around me. I fell on the ground hitting hard. The fall slightly dazed me. I found myself standing in the spotlight of some unseen source. I looked around and heard a sweet gentle voice singing in the distance. I thought it might be Sakura, so I ran as fast as I could in the direction of voice. I stopped as I heard it suddenly from behind. I turned around and spotlight came on, showing me the sweet singer. It was a girl, but not Sakura. She stood about my height and had greenish brown eyes with dark hair and streak of some color; I couldn't make it out. She stopped singing and walked forwards toward me, leaving the spotlight I could barely see her. She placed a hand on my face and I could feel her breath near my lips. I slightly moved back and saw her eyes glimmer lightly.
"You have three days Syaoran-kun, and only three days. Then you will die and come back to this realm. Here you will remain if she does not seal the card within the allotted time. So you must save her, or it will end for you and she will live, but under the influence of evil my dear one."
"Who are you?" I whispered softly as her beautiful voice silenced.
"I'm a friend, that will remain here. You care for me yet you haven't been here in a while."
"I do? Yeah, I do." I suddenly felt as though Sakura were right there. I tilted my in question and felt her arms wrap around me and her lips on my cheek.
"You can do this, my feelings tell me so."
After she said that, I found myself choking up water in a field of tall grass and Cherry trees overlooking a busy stretch of highway.
"Who are you?" I whispered softly. "I have three days to save my Sakura. Only three days."
I followed the concrete wall by the drainage ditch to where I had the encounter with Cirrus. I put my skates back on and looked and pumped my weak legs as fast as I could. Still in disbelief that I was going to die if I didn't rescue my Sakura, a tear rolled down my face and flew off my cheek as I speed up. It flew in to the night breeze landing nowhere special. I looked to the sky and saw a large jumbo jet fly overhead.
"I missed it! I missed my flight!"
I didn't seem to care all that much cause I didn't stop to go back to Sakura's I just pumped on towards the airport. I would wait for another flight. I had to get there! And I would get there.
I devote this chapter to my Sakura and to a very special friend. They both gave me great inspiration and I thank you both. The story has characters in it that I made up (Baron Shleff, Cirrus Skylar, and Unknown) not to mention that I made up the Dark Clow cards. But I thank all who read and please remember to review. It's the least you can do, come on. But I'll try and get the next chapter pumping soon. See ya!