What the Cards Were For

by Bekah-chan

What were the Clow Cards made for in the first place? Last Chapter. S&S Fic

21. Twenty-One

"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for

Kerberos quashing)

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

Authors Notes: Okay, someone asked how Yukito could get out of Yue's head like that. All I can say is......ummmmm.......... Ask Yukito!! I have no idea! It seems Yukito, without my consent (grumble), has developed an independent personality, which writes itself whenever I'm doing a scene with Yukito or Yue in it. So, completely beyond my control ^_^ (it's really kind of fun! :)

Oh! BTW---- Thanks to all the reviewers!!!!!!!!!!! ^_~

Chapter 21:

Syaoran sat patiently next to Sakura and calmly answered her questions. Even though this was the 20^th time she had asked them, and she wouldn't even remember talking to him in a few minutes. All he could do was humor her until the 'True Sakura' side of her came out. In essence he was having one very fractured conversation, in which the other participant had no idea that she was causing frequent interruptions in her own commentary. So he tried to keep a running list of her 'sane' comments, so he could keep up. Put together, her side of the dialogue went something like this:

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

~.......seem to remember anything very long. It keeps slipping. Help!~

~Can you tell me where we are? And why........~

~.....why the Cards are here?~

~What do you mean........~

~.....mean, In my head?~

~How can we.......~

~....can we be......~

~.....be in *my* head!?!~

~I have.......~

~....have amnesia?~

~Well, that makes.....~

~....makes sense........~

~........sense, considering.~

~You look.......~

~....look confused.~

~I'm slipping.......~

~.......slipping again.......~

~.....again, aren't I?~

~Syaoran, how can......~

~.....can we fix........~

~.......fix this?~

I don't know how to, Sakura, Syaoran thought to himself, I don't know how to fix this. I don't know how to save you, or how to save myself.

Kitchen Doorway:

Touya glanced at Kero, who was floating just outside the circle that Syaoran had drawn on the floor. The stuffed animal *still* hadn't told him what was going on. He was worried about his sister, Touya needed answers.

"Okay, Hairball! Tell me what's going on!!" Touya grabbed the fluffy magical beast and shook him, "When will my dad wake up? Why did that barrier thing take so long? And why hasn't that gaki fixed Sakura yet?!?"

Kero, however, was having trouble saying anything beyond rasping pleas of: "can't.....breath" and: "need....air". (AN: The Author refuses to comment on whether or not 'magical beasts' actually *need* to breath ;)

Finally Touya realized that he wouldn't get answers out of a subject exhibiting signs of oxygen depravation.

"Alright, fine!," he let the hapless guardian free, "Now talk!!"

"You could have just asked!" Kero coughed.

"I DID!"

"Really? Sorry," Kero looked sheepish, "I'm worried about Sakura too." Well, Touya could understand that. By mutual, unspoken, agreement they both dropped the matter and turned back to look at the Card Captors.

"I'm sure your dad is fine," Kero answered Touya's earlier question, "he should wake up any minute now." Touya nodded and prompted him to continue.

"The barrier took longer to get up than we thought it would." Touya wanted to get more clarification on that point, but the annoyed look on Kero's little face stopped him from asking.

"We were both worried about Sakura, and decided that Yue could hold the barrier alone so I could come check on her."

"'Hold the barrier'?" Touya questioned, "Aren't you done with the spell?"

"No, it's a spell that needs to be maintained from inside. And usually both Guardians are needed to hold it together. But, ummm 'someone', pointed out that, since the major casting was done, Yue should be able to hold it himself. So, here I am to check on the Kid and Sakura."

"Okay, what about Sakura then?"

"Well, I'll have to check that, won't I? Now be quiet."

Touya held back further questions as he watched the Beast of the Seal go into a mini-trance as he looked upon the Card Captor duo. Touya had learned in the short time he had known Kero, well known he was alive anyway, that it was hard to read his expressions. His beady eyes and button nose made it hard to tell what he was thinking, but he knew fear when he saw it. And, after Kero had examined Syaoran and Sakura for a few moments, he had fear written all over his face.

"What is it?" Touya asked as soon as Kero had shaken off the trance.

"It's definitely not good," Kero said absently, his brow furrowed in worry as he crossed his stuffed arms, never taking his eyes off the two sorcerers.

"WHAT IS IT!?!" Touya asked again, louder this time.

"Syaoran is dying."

Touya was silent as he pondered this. He didn't really like the Kid hanging around his sister, but Li Syaoran wasn't a bad sort. Touya would be sad (only a little, mind) if the young sorcerer died.

"Why?"

"It's the spell, I think," Kero answered him, "He is putting too much energy into it or something, his aura is barely there. And, if he dies before the spell is completed, Sakura could be harmed as well." he finished gravely.

To Be Continued ^_^