"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for
Power's scheming)
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 19:
So, the hunt for the correct Sakura continued. With Syaoran heading in one direction and the Fiery Card heading in the other. Each with an equal determination to find her, if for different reasons. The Fiery's being loyalty, and Syaoran's being love. But there was one place that no one had looked, and it didn't seem that anyone would bother to, which was why she was there.
Atop The Fly Card:
Sakura (well, one of them anyway) was sitting out of view on the big bird's back, hidden between it's wings. She had been there pretty much from the start, even before the Cards first went looking for 'Sakuras'. Her emotional state varied, depending on what she could remember from moment to moment. Sometimes she would remember *everything* only to lose it seconds later. Mostly she would remember just snatches of events, like things the other Sakuras would talk about, then the thoughts would slip through her grasp and she would be back where she started.
She looked down at her arm again and noticed the recent scar and blistered skin. And she wondered, for the hundredth time, how the burn had come to be there and where the scar was from. Then she looked back to her surroundings. This place was so strange, and confusing. Would she ever be able to leave it?
Sakura looked down at her arm and was surprised to see a burn there, where had that come from? And..... Was that a scar??
Power Card:
The Power Card had come up with a *brilliant* idea. It was sure to work! Giggling and rubbing it's tiny hands together it went to set it's plan in action.
~Hey Sakuras!!~ it called, it had long given up on thinking of *all* those Sakuras as it's Mistress, it would wait until they found the real one again.
~You guys noticed that we're having a bit of a problem?~ many Sakuras nodded.
~Well, do you want to help?~ more nods.
~Okay then! Here's what we do.......~
Watching The Dawn:
Touya had noticed that the sun was rising over the world again about 20 minutes ago. Until the dawn came he really had not realized how late, or early, it was. Many of the events had seemed to happen so quickly, except for the last hour or so. Yes, the last part of the night had gone *very* slowly, the only spot of excitement being when the Guardian's Barrier had gone up. Even that had not lasted long. As soon as the dome of light Yue and Kero had created became big enough to cover them all and most of the apartment, it had vanished. This final bit had given him a start, until he noticed a sparkle just on the edge of his vision. It seemed that the Barrier *was* there it was just see-through.
So, that time of panic had passed, leaving him alone again with 5 unconscious 'someones'. If Touya hadn't been in the situation himself he never would have believed that a person could sit in the same room as a giant Lion, and be bored. But he was, bored that is. And there was nothing he could really do about it, that gaki didn't even have a T.V.!!!
Touya sighed and sank back into his chair. Maybe he should just go to sleep-- Then he would fit in with all the other occupants in the apartment.
Syaoran (a.k.a. Wandering In The Pink):
Syaoran was really starting to get worried now, he hadn't found another Sakura. And he didn't like the odds of one of the Cards finding her in time either. Because time *was* running out. Not only did he need to get Sakura back in her right mind right away, but there was an itty bitty little time limit problem with the mind-walking spell. He had not remembered this himself, before he cast the spell, but there was only so much time his spirit could be away from his body. If he was gone too long, his body would just *stop* working. And he had no idea how long he had been here. And did not know how much longer he had left. The clock was ticking and he had no way of knowing when it would stop.
What he *did* have was a growing sense of foreboding, and a significant lack of 'Sakura'. He finally decided to go back the way he had come. Maybe one of the Cards had found Sakura, or maybe he just hadn't looked hard enough at the Sakuras that where there. If she wasn't there he didn't know what to do. He could feel the link back to his body fading, and he couldn't leave without Sakura, *all* their lives depended on her.
Syaoran started running back toward the slight clearing in the fog where the Cards (and extra Sakuras) were gathered. It seemed to take forever to get back, he could feel death drawing closer to his mortal body. He ran faster.
When he came to a stop at 'Club Clow Card' he startled some of the Cards, who had been playing gin-rummy. (AN: Hey! Where did they get cards from?!?) He skirted the card-playing group (Thunder was winning) and continued past the Fly (who was still asleep). But when he got around the Fly, Syaoran did not see what he had expected. He had braced himself to again see all those Sakura in one place, but had not prepared himself to find them *gone*!!
~What!!~ he yelled, ~Where did they GO??!!~
Power, now the sole inhabitant of the 'Sakura Spot', answered him.
~Well, I sent them out to look for more of their own. Figured it would save time.~ it explained with a self-satisfied smile.
Syaoran really couldn't have argued with this plan, except that they did not have *time* for time saving schemes right now! What good would he be to Sakura DEAD!!!
~SAKURA!!!!!~ he yelled in frustration, he couldn't think of anything else to do. The results of his cry were unexpected, to say the least.
~What? I'm right here!~ said a voice from *above* Syaoran.
~You don't have to yell.~ the voice concluded. And when Syaoran looked up to see the source of the voice he found himself staring into *Sakura's* green eyes.
To Be Continued ^_^