"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for

carpet damage)



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



Chapter 20:

~Sa...Sakura?~ Syaoran asked stunned. Could it be that the real Sakura had been sitting on top of the Fly Card this entire time?

~Oh, Syaoran! It's you! Something's wrong, I can't seem to remember......~ she trailed off.

~What? What's wrong?~ he asked. She stared at him, then shook her head as if to clear it.

~Oh, Hello!~ she said after a minute, ~Who are you?~

~Well, you see,~ Syaoran began, and because he was watching her so closely, he saw something flicker in her eyes as he continued, ~I'm a friend......~

~Yes I know~ she cut him off, ~Of course you're a friend! But, when did you get here?~

~Um, just now?~ he answered, this was getting very confusing!

~Well, you probably know *where* we are than, right?~

~Um, yeah?~

~So, where are we?~

~Well, umm......~ how did one say: 'we're in your head' delicately? But, as it turned out, he didn't have to answer, because she suddenly switched gears again. She shook her head once more and then her eyes widened in shock.

~......seem to remember anything very long. It keeps slipping. Help!~ This last confused Syaoran until he realized that she was completing her sentence from earlier, as if the entire conversation in the middle had never happened. What was going on?



Guardians Mid-Trance:

Around them was a white landscape, featureless except for the grey shadows that represented things in the physical world. They could see the ghostly forms of furniture, the walls of Syaoran's apartment, and a phantom Touya pacing back and forth. The only spot of color was the barrier they had made, now shimmering just out of sight.

~Well, that part is done~ Kerberos said.

~Yes, but it wasn't easy~ Yue returned, glaring at someone over his shoulder. Kero nodded in agreement, and joined him in glaring. Just behind Yue's left shoulder was, a surprisingly solid looking, Yukito. He was lounging on a phantom chair, watching them curiously.

~Hey! Don't blame me!~ Yukito said, folding his arms behind his head and relaxing further into the chair, ~You're the 'professionals' around here!~

~And your not even supposed to be HERE!!~ Yue yelled back, which was odd, since he didn't usually do that, ~Your just a magic construct to hide my identity! You not even real!~

~Funny, I feel real enough~ Yukito looked amused, ~Good job, by the way. You do 'magical constructs' very well.~

Yue just *did not* understand what was going on. He had deliberately made Yukito's personality a passive one, because beings born of magic *did* tend to take on a life of their own. And he didn't want to have to battle for control of his mind or body. But, Yue realized, in many ways Yukito was him, and he was Yukito, which would explain why the boy was exhibiting some of Yue's more deeply buried traits- like his sarcastic sense of mischief. Yue was beginning to see just *which* psyche he had buried that one in. *sigh*

Yukito had made his appearance moments after they began work on the barrier, and had been a pest ever since. Refusing their repeated requests to: 'GO AWAY!!!'. Yue had to admit, he had been helpful, some of the time. But the overall effect was one of annoyance. Not to mention the uneasy feeling Yue got when he realized just where Yukito had to have gotten the magical knowledge he was basing his suggestions on. Yue must have let down his mental blocks at some point, and Yukito had gotten a brain-full.

~You know~ Yukito broke into Yue's thoughts, ~Now that the barrier is done, one of you should really go check on Sakura and Syaoran.~

~But we are both needed to keep the barrier up~ Kero pointed out.

~I was actually thinking about that. I think, if you transferred your controls on the spell to Yue, he could hold it alone-- if he didn't try to do any other magic in the mean time.~

Both Guardians blinked at the 'human' in astonishment.

~Is this freakin' you out too?~ Kero whispered.

~Yes, definitely!~ Yue agreed.

Kero looked over to the shadowy forms of his Mistress and the Kid in the phantom kitchen, and sighed.

~He's right you know~

~Yes, I know~ Yue sounded defeated. Kero was going to get to leave, and he would have to stay here with his newly independent, and scarily smart, 'magical construct'. *double sigh*

~Let's just get it over with.~

~Okay~ Kero said, ~Watch out for incoming spell controls.~



Pacing:

Touya was about to crack. There was only so much an intelligent young man could take, before he went crazy. Again, he went over what had happened last night. First he finds out that his sister is a powerful sorceress, with magical cards and a stuffed animal for a guardian. Then she uses some of that magic to heal Li Syaoran and herself, followed by a spectacular card show. Next, after all those cards had gone *into* his sister, her heart had stopped, and the gaki had revived her with magic *lightning*. Then came the revelation that his father had been able to see ghosts all along! His sister couldn't remember anything! And that 'stuffed animal' was really a HUGE *Lion*! Finally the appearance of the 'Barrier of Protection', and then...... Nothing.

He looked at the clock; it was 7:30 in the morning. And everyone was *still* unconscious! Wait.... Maybe not everyone. Hearing a sound Touya turned to see the *Lion* get up, stretch (digging his claws in Syaoran's poor carpet), and walk over to the kitchen. Half-way there he turned back into his stuffed animal form with a: Pop! And floated the rest of the way.

"Hey, wait!," Touya called, "Tell me what's going on!" he followed the bobbing Kero into the kitchen.

To Be Continued ^_^