"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG ( for blood
and other stuff)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Chapter 7:
~Please don't do this Mistress~, the Fiery said into Sakura's mind in a cracklely/roaring voice. ~If you open me now, I'll be absorbed into you once my task is completed, and I'm one of the strongest. If that happens in your current condition it could kill you.~
~But I have to save Syaoran~, she said back in the same way, ~And do you know why this is happening?~
~Yes, it was always supposed to happen, though not this way and not this soon.~
~Do you know why?~
~No, the cards just knew that it would happen. The Guardian Beast of the Seal might know why.~
~Well thank you for telling me of the danger, but I have to save him. Even at the risk of my death.~
~Do you think Master Syaoran would feel the same?~ the card asked with disturbing insight.
No, he wouldn't, Sakura knew. If she died taking such a risk to save his life, he would probably follow her into the next world just to yell at her about what an idiot she had been. She smiled.
~That would be another risk I'm taking.~ ,she confided, ~Will you do it?~
~You're the Mistress~, the Fiery echoed Kero's earlier sentiment, ~I will do as you say, but please be careful.~
~I promise~, she really didn't want to die, she wanted to live. But only if Syaoran was alive too.
The rest of the occupants of the room watched Sakura stare at the Fiery Card.
"It looks almost like she's talking to it," observed Touya.
"Is that possible?" Kent asked the guardians.
"Highly possible," answered Kero, "Being able to talk to the cards like that is one of the levels a Card Sorceress would go through."
"Has a 'Card Sorceress' been able to do it before?"
"No, Sakura is the only Sorceress of the Clow Cards. She is the first to control them after Clow made them, and she will be the last. The cards were made to be wielded only by the most powerful magic user in the world."
"She's *that* powerful?", Touya couldn't believe that.
"Yes, she is," Kero said simply. Sakura's two male relatives turned to Yue for more information, disbelief and the need to know warring in their eyes.
"The Book of Clow was designed so it could only be opened by a sorcerer of a greater power then Clow Reed himself. Sakura hasn't yet been fully trained, but the power is there. I worked with Master Clow until his death, and I *never* saw such power until I met Sakura."
"Does she know?" Kent asked after Yue finished talking.
"No, she doesn't," Kero answered him, "She is just a kid, we didn't want her to have to face that too soon. You know how Sakura is, if she knew she had that kind of power her caring heart and sense of responsibility would make her want to use that power to help everyone who needed it. And while that is a good cause, that would expose her to too much danger. Besides she needs to save her power for something else."
"What?"
"She's going to save the world." Kero said absently watching Sakura as she ended her 'conversation' with the card and turned to them.
Sakura took a deep breath, if they saw her fear they would never let her do this, and she had to save Syaoran. When she turned to them, her brother and father looked shell-shocked ~Hm, wonder why?~ Kero looked like he was pondering something. And Yue looked.... (AN: you guessed it folks;) serious and determined, with just a pinch of sadness and worry for Sakura thrown in. She'd have to ask Kero later what they had been talking about whilst she was chatting with the Fiery Card.
With all of them obviously elsewhere, Sakura stepped into the shoes of leadership, that she always seemed to be able to fill when necessary.
"Okay guys, we've got a lot to do here," they all pulled themselves out of their thoughts to listen to her. "We've got to get ready before I open Fiery, it won't be open for long. So we need to wake Syaoran up if we can, tell him what's going on, try to sit him up, I think it will be easier that way. And" - Sakura hated to do it to Syaoran's beautiful Li clan ceremonial robes, but- "we need to cut his clothes away from the wound. While you guys do that I'll try and get some extra power from the book. Okay?" They all nodded, even Touya didn't question taking orders from his 'little' sister, after all she was going to save the world.
To Be Continued ^_^