"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for
amnesia ^_^)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Chapter 14:
"Who are you?" Sakura asked.
When Syaoran heard his love utter this phrase, his heart skipped a beat- again. If Sakura didn't stop shocking him this way he would be dead before he reached his 20's!
"You don't remember me, Sakura?" he ventured.
"I'm Sakura?" Oh dear!!
"Um, ya. That's your name, Sakura."
"Oh, I like that name, it's pretty," she smiled. "What was your name again?"
"Li, Li Syaoran."
She smiled again. ~Well, at least she has the same smile~, he thought. Her warm smile still turned him to goo. ^_^
"What's going on, kid? She okay?" Kero landed on Syaoran's shoulder. Sakura's eyes widened when she saw him, then she giggled.
"Oh, how cute! That stuffed animal can talk!" she giggled again.
"Sakura?" Kero questioned, his fuzzy little face twisting into a look of total confusion.
"She doesn't remember anything." explained Syaoran.
"Not anything?" Kero was alarmed (AN: Amazing that he has any alarm left, no?)
"Nothing," Syaoran confirmed, whispering, "Not even her name, I had to tell her."
"Oh dear!!" Kero almost fainted, falling off of Syaoran's shoulder, but caught himself on Syaoran's ear.
"Ow! Let go fluff-ball!!"
"Okay, sorry! Yeesh!" Kero took to floating above Syaoran's shoulder instead. He sighed, they were in a pickle again.
Split Personality #1, Yukito:
Groaning, Yukito sat up, rubbing his aching head. Then he took stock of the situation. Li Syaoran was holding the Card Mistress (good she was okay) as they both sat on the floor. The Guardian of the Sun was hovering nearby. And Kent was standing silently behind the group, as yet unnoticed. They all looked worried (except for Sakura who looked kinda happy), something else must be wrong. They might need the Moon Guardian again.
"She can't remember *anything*?" Kent's worried voice drifted back to him. They *definitely* needed the Moon Guardian.
Sighing, Yukito searched his mind for any trace of Yue, but only found a 'Do Not Disturb' sign hung in the back of his psyche. ~Yue must still be in shock or something~, he thought. This was understandable, Yukito was still kind of shocked himself. He had learned a lot of shocking things today. Oh, Yukito knew more than anyone thought he did, but he hadn't known everything. He knew the basics, like about Yue, and who he, 'they', really were. He knew about Sakura being the Card Mistress, and Kero the Guardian of the Sun and Seal. He even knew about Touya, and the power he had given up so that Yue/Yukito could live. But, because Yue went to such effort to keep his memories and thoughts away from his Yukito-self, he had never known the reason and history *behind* these facts. That had changed tonight. When events had really started moving, around when Kero freaked out the first time, Yue's unshakable control had slipped, taking the barriers with it. And then Yukito *knew*. About Clow and the Cards and the 'final test', major freak-ability factor there. For once, since Yukito started changing to Yue, he had been truly glad he was not the one in charge. But now, here he was, in charge again, and there was a crisis brewing. Not good. ~Yue!~ he yelled into their shared mind, ~Get out here! You Are Needed!~
Split Personality #2, Yue:
Yue was trying to ignore everything, he really didn't want to lose another Master. And Mistress Sakura was a friend as well, something he had never had before, except for Touya (but that really wasn't a *cough* friendship). So maybe if he ignored it, it would go away, and he could pretend that Sakura was fine. Nope, no problems there. But, Yue's mini-bout of denial was not to be, for Yukito wasn't having any of it.
~Yue! Get out here! You Are Needed!~
~Needed by who?! Mistress Sakura is dead!~
~No, she's not.~
~She isn't?~ Yue muttered hopefully.
~No, Syaoran saved her somehow~
~Oh, that's good. Everything is alright then?~
~Well, no, she's alive, but she can't remember anything~
~Oh, dear!!~
~Exactly! So they need you~
~Okay, move over, I'm driving.~
For some reason it never occurred to Yue to question Yukito's sudden knowledge of events. (AN: And that ties-up that potential plot-hole:)
Little Miss Memory-less:
The girl, also known as 'Sakura', was awfully confused, albeit in a cheerful kind of way. It seemed impossible not to be cheerful when being held by this Syaoran fellow. But strange stuff was going on, not the least of which was that she remembered nothing about herself or these people who seemed to know her. There were also the worrying 'others' in her mind, most of the time they echoed her thoughts or speech, but sometimes they would talk on their own. Which was getting disconcerting. Maybe she should mention it to *sigh* Syaoran.
"Syaoran?"
"Yes?" he answered her.
"Um, something strange happened here, right?"
"Yes something very strange, why?"
"Well, you see, in my head, there are, um, voices, that aren't mine." she said awkwardly.
Syaoran got a confused and concerned look in his beautiful eyes, "What do they say?"
She listened for a moment, then answered him, "Well, I can't tell how many there are, but most of them just seem to repeat what I think or say."
"Some of the Cards must be in shock, not uncommon, tonight." Sakura thought she heard the cute stuffed animal mumble.
"What do the rest of them say?" prompted Syaoran.
"A few of them are arguing."
"With you?"
"No, they're fighting with each other, they seem to be blaming one of them for something they did," she thought (listened) a moment, "Yes, they are yelling at Freeze, something was it's fault."
"Makes sense."
"It does?" she wondered.
"Kind of," answered Syaoran, "But don't worry about that right now. Are they saying anything else?"
"The only other thing I can make out is a voice, it sounds like a breeze, warning me about danger."
"Danger?"
"Yes," she squinted, trying to hear the voice, "It says that the winds are whispering of a great danger, that is coming to hurt their 'Mistress', whoever that is."
"That's you."
"Me?"
"Yes"
"Mistress of what?"
"The Clow Cards."
"Oh, what are those?"
"Um, Magic."
"Really?! That sounds fun! How does it work?"
"Well," Syaoran looked a little uncomfortable, "We really shouldn't talk about that right now. You most likely can't do any magic until you get your memories back anyway."
"Oh," *sigh*
"Does the Windy say. . ."
"The Windy?"
"That breezy voice."
"Oh, okay."
"Does the Windy say how long we have before this 'danger' gets here?" Syaoran finished.
"Not really."
"Can you ask?"
"Hmm, I don't know," she considered, "I'll try, sounds fun!"she closed her eyes.
~Um, hello? Windy?~ she sent the message floating to the back of her mind. It took a little while, then she got a response:
~Yes, Mistress?~
~How long before the danger gets here?~
~Two hours at most.~ it answered, ~The danger is tracking you as we speak.~
~Thank you.~ Sakura opened her eyes again.
"Windy said 'two hours' until it get's here" she reported.
"Two hours until what gets here?" asked a new voice. Sakura looked up to see that the voice had come from a being that was now standing next to Kent (who said he was her father) behind Syaoran. The new one had wings (very pretty), elfin features, and long white hair.
"We don't know what it is," Syaoran answered him, "We only know that it's dangerous and that it will be here in two hours. Windy told us that much."
"Does Windy know if we can beat this without the Mistress?" asked the winged one.
"Hold on, I'll ask." Sakura said, soon she answered him. But it was not the answer they were hoping for.
"The Windy says no, you would not be able to beat the coming darkness without the Card Mistress."
"Great!" exclaimed the stuffed animal, "Just great! We're toast!"
To Be Continued ^_^