"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for
implied swearing)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Chapter 22:
"........if Syaoran dies before the spell is completed, Sakura could be harmed as well," Kero finished gravely.
****Dramatic Pause****
"Okay," Touya finally said, "So, what do we do?"
Kero thought for a moment, examining Syaoran's spell circle, then he uttered a curse that no stuffed animal should know.
"****!!!, OH NO!!!!! We *can't* do anything! Not from outside of the spell circle!"
"What about from the inside?" Touya asked.
"That's just it, we can't get in," Kero looked sadly at the pattern Syaoran had drawn on the floor using chalk, "That's a High Magic binding circle" ~Did I know the Kid could do that?~ "It will only come down if Syaoran cancels the spell, or if he dies."
"Would Syaoran's death kill Sakura too?" the young man asked, with more calm then he would have shown, if faced with the same situation yesterday.
"I don't think so. But I don't know anything beyond that. From his aura I'd say the Kid cast a mind-walking spell, and those have highly unpredictable results."
****Dramatic Pause #2****
"Why did the gaki cast that 'High Magic' thing anyway!"
"Probably to protect Sakura, in case we didn't get the Guardian's barrier up in time." Well, Touya couldn't argue with that. The little monster's safety was important to them all.
"What are our options then?" Touya questioned.
"Well, we could wait and see what happens. Or..."
"Or?"
"Or, I could try and break the circle. Which I'm not even sure I could do, and the effort might kill them both anyway."
****Dramatic Pause #--- Aw, forget it!****
"That settles it then," said Touya. Kero nodded.
""Wait,"" they both agreed. (AN: And I believe we have a PLAN :)
Back With Syaoran:
Once Syaoran overcame the shock of seeing his Sakura this way, and had adjusted to the situation, he began to think rationally again. With new clarity, his mind raced from one possible solution to another, trying to look at the scenario from every conceivable angle. There *had* to be a way to get them both out of this, he refused to believe in any other outcome.
Meanwhile the extremely odd conversation with Sakura went on. Syaoran was glad that he had endless patience where his Cheery Blossom was concerned, anyone else might have snapped by now. Even the Power Card had retreated, bouncing off to join the Cards on the other side of Fly, around the third 'Who are you?' A little later he heard the Power call out: 'Gin!' in a triumphant voice, so he guessed that the Cards were still playing 'cards', now including Power in their number. He wondered if the Sakuras would join the game when they got back. Oh!! This wasn't getting him anywhere!
Shaking off his idle thoughts, Syaoran again concentrated on how to get them all out of this mess. He couldn't just leave, taking the real Sakura with him, as he had originally planned. Because, while he did believe that he'd found the *right* Sakura, in her current state of mind taking her back would be redundant. He had come here to help Sakura remember herself and her life, so she could stop whatever danger was coming. And he didn't think that she could help much, as she was. Plus he wanted *his* Sakura back, all of her, every intriguingly beautiful part that, together, made up her personality. How could he accomplish this goal?
Syaoran was startled when the idea came to him, like all truly inspirational plans do, suddenly and fully formed. It was perfect! Why hadn't he thought of it before?
If he was looking for pieces of Sakura, they were all around him! He just had to bring the right ones together. Then, as if waiting for him to think this, the rest of the Sakuras came walking out of the pink fog, stopping before him.
Syaoran stood and considered the group carefully, he only had one shot at this, time was running out. So, which Sakuras belonged with the real one? Beside him he felt Sakura stand from the place they had been resting while they talked. One glance at her expression told Syaoran that the *real* Sakura was in.
~Whoa!~ she said, looking in amazement at the crowd of *hers* gathered in front of them.
~You weren't kidd......~ she trailed off.
~Who are you?~ back to the drawing board. Syaoran prepared to explain to his beloved who he was, but someone beat him to it.
~That's Syaoran~ a Sakura-in-red volunteered.
~Isn't he cute?~ asked a Sakura-in-blue. The Sakura beside Syaoran looked at him for a minute, then nodded her agreement to herself, ~Yes, he is cute. What was the name again?~
~Syaoran!!~ 3 out of 4 Sakuras chirped happily. The object in question blushed, and the group giggled in response. *sigh* A hero's work was never done.
Chatting With Yukito:
Yue wished that his other self would be quiet for just a *few* minutes! The annoyance factor was steeply climbing, and Yue needed to concentrate on the spell.
~Could you *please* be quiet?~ Yue requested, cutting his counterpart off in mid-ramble. Then he realized just what Yukito had been rambling about.
~Hey! What do you know about the magic-flow of inter-dimensional-time-vortexes?~
~I know everything you do about them. I got a lot of info, I'm still trying to figure it all out.~
~How much is 'a lot'?~ Yukito didn't answer, and there was silence for a moment. Finally Yukito ventured another comment.
~Yue, you know that we are, essentially, one person, right?~
~Yes, I guess so~ Yue admitted grudgingly. Yukito *had* been created with facets of his own personality.
~Well, I was thinking. Since we *are* one, why can't we *be* one? One person I mean? It would make stuff easier.~ That was true.
~I'll think about it~ Yue said, ~Now could you please be quiet?~
~Sure! Whatever you say.~
To Be Continued ^_^