"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for

fogginess, the

pink kind ^_~)



Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*



Chapter 17:

Syaoran continued walking, and tried to keep his hopes up. He *had* to run into the right Sakura eventually. But for the last little while he hadn't seen or heard anything. His whole world consisted of the PINK FOG that was really starting to get on his nerves. It wasn't that it was a bad color, per say, but it was *everywhere*, it's pink-cotton-candy fluffiness was becoming cloying.

~If only there was something to break the monotony~, he thought, sighing. Then he heard a noise off to his right, and stopped to listen more closely. It sounded like...... talking?

~Stupid Block-Of-Ice! Is your head frozen solid?!~ (nope, that wasn't talking, that was yelling;) ~ How could you do that?! I *had* over *half* the Cards caught in my branches! I could have held them away from the Mistress! But NOOOOOOO!!! You had to mess it up with that reckless stunt you pulled!!~ screamed a voice Syaoran decided must be the Wood Card. He started walking toward the voices. It made sense that the Cards would end-up here. He wondered if they were all together. He got his answer as soon as the odd group appeared to him out of clouds of pink mist. It was the Clow Cards, all in their visible forms, and all arguing. Syaoran paused to see what was going on.

~It's not like it was all MY fault!!~ defended the Freeze, ~I thought it would work! Besides I'm not the only one who messed up!~ it gestured toward the Fly, who's huge form was huddled off to the side.

~Yes but the Fly's mistake only caused itself to be absorbed. You were the cause of over 30 Cards being absorbed at the *Same Time*!!~ some other Cards mumbled their agreement to this statement.

~Fine! I know when I'm not wanted!!~ with that the Freeze changed to it's card form and fell to the ground.

~Now look what you've done!~ yelled Power, ~The Freeze will probably sulk for hours! And we need to stick together and figure out how to help the Mistress!~

~Who said you where in charge, anyway?~ asked the Fight, in a nasty voice.

~I'm not saying I'm in charge!~, Power denied, ~I'm only pointing out that we need to work together!~

~Good! 'Cause you're too short to be in charge of anything!~

~AM NOT!~

~ARE TOO!~

~I am not! I got the book closed didn't I?~

~Yeah, but I bet your lack-of-height was the reason you couldn't keep it closed!!~

~WAS NOT!~

~WAS TOO!~

~Not-Not-Not!!~, Power stamped one tiny foot. ~Take it BACK!!~

~NO!~

~YES!~

~NO!~

~YES!~

~NO, I WON'T!~

~Fine then! I'LL MAKE YOU!!~ with this the Power lunged at the Fight, determined to yank it's weird lookin' pony-tails out by the roots. It was then that Syaoran decided to *take charge*. (AN: Go Syaoran!! *giggle*)

~STOP!!~ he yelled at the errant Clow Cards. They all turned to him in shock.

~Oh! Mater Syaoran! Hi!~ said Power, bitting it's lower lip and staring at the ground, abashed. Fight folded it's arms with a sigh of defeated anger, and looked the other way.

Syaoran glared at the pair, then looked around at the rest of the assembled group. He had thought they were all there but, on closer examination, he noticed that some of the Cards were missing.

~Where are the rest of the Cards?~ he asked.

~Well~ said Power, ~Windy told us that we needed to find the *right* Sakura, so we all found one and brought it back here. The others haven't returned yet.~

~Where are the Sakuras you brought back?~ Syaoran questioned, maybe his search was over!

~They' re on the lee of the Fly~ Power gestured with it's head in said direction.

So Syaoran walked around the still form of the Fly Card (it looked like it was sleeping) to see what was on the other side.

When he got there, he was a little daunted by what he found.



On The Chair Farthest From The *Lion*:

Touya was still at a loss. And things kept getting stranger. For example, he could swear he was seeing fog, pink fog, in the kitchen, swirling about the Card Captors, where no fog had formed before. And the Guardians had long since started to glow. At first the glow was contained closely around each of them, purple for Yue, gold for Kero. Then it started to grow until both were surrounded by an eerie mixture of both colors. Finally the mixture had formed into a dome around the Guardians, and started to expand outwards.

After a few panicked moments, when the glow got close to his unconscious father, Touya had decided that this must be the Barrier of Protection that was the goal of this little operation. But he still did not trust it with his father, so went and stood where the glow would impact him before it got to Kent. He soon realized that his fears were unfounded, for as the dome of light passed him all he felt was a slight tingle. So Touya waited for the glow to expand past his chosen chair then went to sit down again.

Now they were getting somewhere. Soon the Barrier would be finished, and they would be safe, for a while at least. Then all they could do was wait for Syaoran to finish the spell. He wondered how the gaki was coming along with said spell.

Touya sat back and happily thought of things he would do to that Li kid, if Sakura didn't get 100% better. (AN: Let's hope, for Syaoran's sake, that the spell works! ^_~)

To Be Continued ^_^