"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for
too many Sakura's)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Author Notes: Parts of this chapter will be from various Cards' point of view, cause it's fun! ^_~
Chapter 18:
Power Card:
As Master Syaoran made his way past the Fly Card, Power looked down at it's feet again, frowning at the delicate slippers it saw there. The Card was a little embarrassed at it's behavior, Power really hadn't meant to battle with the Fight Card like that. It *had* become a lot better at controlling it's temper, over the last few years, so it finally decided to blame it on stress and drop the subject. It would just have to be more careful in the future.
The Power Card, having now rationalized it's actions, followed Master Syaoran around the Fly. It had to do some quick back-peddling to avoid slamming into the Card Captor, when it came upon him, for he had stopped just out of sight around the big bird.
Curious, the card peeked around Master Syaoran to see what had made him stop. What it saw wasn't that surprising to Power, but only because it had seen it just moments before. There were about 20 of them, by the Power's best estimation, huddled in a loose group beside the Fly. Some of them were different ages, the youngest looked about 2, but half of them appeared to be the same age. These were Mistress Sakura's Card Captor selves, and they were all dressed in 'interesting' outfits. Power's eyes tracked to the Sakura it had brought back from it's own 'Sakura Hunt', she was wearing a black and pink outfit that the Twins had recognized. All the Cards remembered which silly battle outfit the Mistress had been wearing when they were caught. It had been a lively subject to talk about while whiling away a boring afternoon in the Book. Power was almost sad that the Card Captor had been wearing only her school uniform at it's own capture, hardly an interesting ensemble.
The way that Master Syaoran was still standing there, frozen, made Power wonder if too much Sakura was a *good* thing. That many of the Card Mistress was definitely a little disturbing. Especially the 2 year old, who had taken to crying. The card pondered how Master Syaoran was taking the sight. (AN: Let's see, shall we? =)
Syaoran:
Seeing all those Sakura's, at least the ones from after he met her, brought back a lot of memories. Most of which were pleasant. Some of which were not. Card Captoring was *very* dangerous, and there had been a few close calls, these he would have preferred not to remember.
~Get a grip, Syaoran~ he told himself, ~You have work to do. He shook off the memories and tried to look at the Sakuras closer, trying to decide if one of them felt more 'Sakura' than the others. No luck, *sigh*. Well, at least he knew that none of these was the right Sakura, he would just have to keep looking.
Syaoran turned around and finding the Power behind him said:
~I'm going out to look some more, we need to find the right Sakura so I can help her get her memories back~
~Yes~ said Power, ~The Windy mentioned it~ Sometimes the Windy was a little freaky. It knew too much.
~Um, okay. I'll be back, and~ he sighed again, ~I'll bring any Sakuras I find.~ Power nodded it's understanding.
As Syaoran walked back into the pink mist, that he was beginning to thing of as 'smog' instead of 'fog', he felt a tingle pass by him. ~Good, they've got the Barrier up! Now if only I could find her...~
Sakura-en-mass:
They all watched the figure retreating into the Pink.
Sakura-in-Blue----- Isn't he cute Sakura? I saw him earlier!
Sakura-in-Pink w/ cat ears-- I don't know about the 'cute' part. He was kinda mean to me when I caught Thunder. And, he tried to take the Cards I had!
Another Sakura-in-Pink---- He did help get the Time Card.
Sakura-in-School Uniform----- Ya, then he kept it!
Sakura-in-Blue---- You guys know him?
About half the Skauras-- Yes!
Sakura-in-Red-- He can be really sweet, you know. He was very helpful catching the Fiery. He drained his energy using the Time Card to help me.
Yet Another Sakura-in-Pink----- He helped with the Fight too.
Sakura-in-ice-skates----- And the Freeze.
Another Sakura-in-Red-- And the Snowy.
Sakura-in-Yellow---- Well, I like him.
Another Sakura-in-School Uniform-- Me Too!
Sakura-in-Blue----*looking around* Hey, Sakura? Does anyone know why we let Madison dress us up in these silly battle outfits?
Silence as they all ponder this unanswerable question.
Fiery Card:
The Fiery Card was a little depressed. It blamed itself for what happened. It should have talked the Mistress out of opening it in the first place, should have thought of another way to help Master Syaoran that wouldn't have endangered the Card Mistress. It had failed in a Card's first and major duty- to protect it's Master.
It sat off to the side if the group, not really interacting with the other Cards, although Windy had tried to cheer Fiery up before it left to search for a Sakura. The Fiery itself had not gone looking yet, it hadn't seen the point. All the Fiery had been able to see for awhile was that Mistress Sakura was in trouble, and it was the cause. What good would finding random Sakuras do? But since Master Syaoran had appeared out of the mist, it had started to change it's mind. Li Syaoran was willing to risk everything to help the Mistress, a mind-walking spell was a very dangerous thing. But Master Syaoran had done it anyway, could the Fiery do any less?
With renewed determination the Fiery Card turned from the group of Clow Cards (and Sakuras) and moved away into the pink fog. It *would* find the right Sakura and help it's Mistress be okay again. It had to.
Power Card:
The Clow card tried not to smile at the Sakuras' conversation. All the Cards, well the half-way intelligent ones at least, knew how the two Card Captors felt about each other. Their devotion and love was clear to see, if you were looking. It was very amusing to see Skauras from different stages in the relationship interact. And the Card could tell that even the Sakuras that were protesting couldn't help but be attracted to the male Card Captor, with those two it was inevitable.
To Be Continued ^_^