THE TURNING POINT OF LOVE

A/N - Let's just pretend Sakura and Syaoran don't know that Eriol is Clow Reed, Otay? Otay. Happy Brithday! Er...I mean... Happy Reading!
- The Flower Child

Discliaimer - I do not own CCS...and never will!

*Chapter 9 - A Friend In Deed*

Sakura blinked a few times and whispered "Syaoran, what...happened?"

"Oh, Sakura it was terrible! You were going to kill me!" She was shocked.

"I would never do that to you because..." She looked into his loving amber eyes. "I love you." She smiled.

"Hey, ya know Sakura, a few seconds ago, my leg was killing me, blood was dripping everywhere -" A disgusted look came to her face.

"Oh, thats just lovely." she interupted.

"No, let me get to the point, which is now I feel fine."

"Oh, well, the good thing is that your OK." She said wrapping her arms around Syaoran. Kero was now very annoyed.

"Sorry to spoil this, ya know, perfect moment, but take a look around you Li-kun." He glanced around and became shocked. The spirits of the Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth all laid helpless on the ground. Kero tried to calm his nerves by acting funny. "Ya see, ya just slightly foiled my plan here." He was to fed up. He had to shout now. "AND THAT IS WHY SAKURA IS A USELESS FIGHTER SO NOW I'M GOING TO KILL YOU BOTH! SPIRITS OF WIND, FIRE, WATER, AND EARTH, RESTORE YOUR POWER AND ATTACK!" The spirits shifted a little and then slowly got up. "AND WHY DON'T THE OTHER 48 SPIRITS HELP HIM OUT AS WELL!" A whole bunch of spirits appeared out of nowhere. Now Syaoran was just a little worried here.

"Shouldn't we run?" Sakura whispered in his ear.

"Oh, you just realized that now? LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!" They ran down the street. The 52 spirits were gaining speed on them. "We have to take drastic measures!" he screamed.

"Grab my hand" Sakura shouted. She twirled her wand. "Jump, release!" Wings sprouted from their sneakers. "On the count of three we jump. One...Two...Three!" They pushed off the ground and went hurdling into the sky. Sakura twirled the wand again. "Fly, release!" The wand once again sprouted wings. The two were flying in the sky on a pink stick with 52 evil spirits chasing them. Boy, what a sight that would be to see. Kero was getting angry again.

"Stop chasing them! Time! Freeze them or do something!" The spirit of Time shook his hourglass and Sakura and Syaoran froze. "Great! Now get them!" Kero shouted. The 52 spirits charged at the frozen teenagers, Wind, Fire, Water, and Earth were in the lead.

"Counteract!" A familiar voice shouted. The spirits sped down and attacked Kero just before they were about to strike Sakura and Syaoran.

"Syaoran, whoever that was just saved our little behinds!" Sakura exclaimed. The wand started to move again. They flew to the ground.

"Are you guys OK?" The boy with the dark hair and glasses asked.

"Y-y-y..." Syaoran stammered.

"Was it you who saved us Eriol?" Sakura asked. He nodded. "You have magical powers?" she asked concerned.

"Well, I should, after all, I am Clow Reed's afterlife." Sakura nearly fainted.

"Your Clow Reeds afterlife?" The two asked in unison.

"That I am." he responded.

"Can you tell me why Kero was attacking us?" Sakura asked.

"Thats not K-" he was cut off.

"Wai, wai, wai, I'm your ancestor?" Syaoran shouted.

"This is true."

"NOOO! I've decended from a looser!" Eriol frowned.

"Hey, I'm not a looser! I've got a girlfriend." He said crossing his arms.

"Oh, well who's the unlucky lady? Ha!" Syaoran laughed.

"Tomoyo, and she's not unlucky!" Eriol shouted back.

"Oooh...well I'm sorry to break the news to you, but your little girlfriend was on a date with me tonight!" Syaoran snickered.

"NOOOO! Is this true Sakura! Sakura? Whered ya go?" It turns out Sakura did faint, but now she was picking herself up from the floor. She slowly stood up. "Oh yeah, Mr. Li-kun? Watch this!" Eriol pulled Sakura over and kissed her. She instantly pushed him away.

"What was that for?"she hissed.

"Tomoyo cheated on me so now your going to cheat on Li-kun!"

"What! Tomoyo wasn't cheating on you! She was just doing Li-kun a favor by trying to get me jealous!" Eriol blushed.

"Oh, well, then, I'm sorry, though, that kiss was sort of nice." Sakura decided to have a little fun. She grabbed his chin and forced him to look at her in the eye.

"Oh, Eriol, I never realized how brave and handsome you are." She looked ready to kiss him. Syaoran was fuming.

"Don't do this to me Sakura!" She started cracking up.

"I was only kidding you big baby!"

"RRR...Thats the second time I've been caused big baby in one night."

"You really got him that time, but listen, that is not Kero! Watch this!" Eriol colsed his eyes and imagined a picture. It appeared in Sakuras mind. The hazy picture showed a shadowy figure and Sakura.

'I will someday have you in my grasp.' he thought. He reached out as if he was going to touch Sakuras arm. He followed her home. But he reached the house first. he dissapeared into Keros body. He had not taken over him yet. But when he saw Syaoran next to Sakura in the movie theater, he attacked. He intended to kill Syaoran, but wanted Sakura to do it for him. When he saw how useless Sakura was, he wanted to kill her too. The only reason he wanted her in the first place was because of her fighting skill. Eriol stopped imagining the picture.

"You see Sakura, Kero is trapped inside that thing, and he can't escape unless we defeate him!" She grabbed Eriol's shirt and began to shake him.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" she shouted.

"Sakura, simmer down! There's just one problem."

"Oh, whats that?!"

"The attack Clow Cards arn't confuse him!" he shouted back.

"Gotcha Eriol. Illusion, show him what he is most afraid of! Release!" A big picture of the shadowy figure appeared before them. He was just standing there.

"Sakura he's afraid of himself!" Syaoran screamed. "You have to beat him on your own! I can't help you!"

"Right Syaoran! Light Release!" A blinding light shone right at Kero. He turned away and shut his eyes.

"AAAHHH!" he screamed. "Stop please!"

"Light, return!" Sakura called.

"Go Firey!" Kero called.

"Sheild, protect me from the power on Firey! Release!" Syaoran had recalled what had happened before.

"sakura, it's not going to work! Help her, Eriol!"

"Right! Double Shield Sakura!" he called. The Firey's attack bounced right off the sheild.

"Eriol! I'm running out of ideas! Some help here please!"

"You have to beat him by yourself! We're not supposed to be helping you!" She closed her eyes and tried to think of which card to use. She remembered the time Kero taught her how to use the Clow Cards to find out your enemy. Oh, what card was she trying to capture? Then it hit her.

"The Mirror!"


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