"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for

explanations)



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



Authors Notes: Come on! You didn't really think I'd kill Syaoran, did you? ^_~



Chapter 29:

Syaoran blinked as the energies he had used to build the binding circle returned to him, at his biding. He sat up and shook his head to clear it.

"Whoa! What a rush!" he said, beside him, Sakura sat up also.

"Ya, I know. That last part was kind of fun!" she paused, "Let's *never* do it again!"** Syaoran nodded. That was *definitely* something he didn't want to repeat! Ever!

"Yea! They're both alright!!" Madison squealed. She handed her camera to Touya and rushed forward, hugging Sakura, then Syaoran, "I'm so glad!" she got her camera back and continued filming.

Kero zipped up to his Mistress and sat on her shoulder, hugging her neck, "Me too, Sakura. We were worried." Next Sakura's father and brother gave her hugs, Touya's followed with: "Don't worry us like that, Monster!" Sakura: "I am *not* a 'Monster'!!" Then Sakura turned back to Syaoran.

"So.... You're okay?" She asked.

"Yep, back in my body, everything's fine. You?"

"I feel a little odd," they both looked down at her still glowing skin.

"Ummm, Kero?"

"Yes, Sakura?"

"Do you know anything about a barrier in my mind, to hold my magic?"

"I might, why?"

"Because, I...... Well, I kinda broke it."

"You.... BROKE IT!!!! WHAT?!!?!!?!"

"I had to!" Sakura yelled in her own defense, "It wasn't going to let Syaoran out! And his body was dying!"

"Okay," Kero took a deep breath, "I can understand that. It's just that this gives us a whole new set of problems." *sigh*

"So you *knew* about the barrier?"

"Well, umm, ya I did"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"You weren't ready yet!"

"Oh," Sakura thought about the gigantic pool of magic in her mind and decided Kero was right. She hadn't been ready for it, she still wasn't. She wondered if anyone could ever *really* be ready for that kind of power. Then she decided, with her usual determination, that she would *have to* be ready for it. She would get Syaoran and her Guardians to train her. The magic was hers, she would deal with it, but there was something else that worried her.

"Kero, do you know who put the barrier there?" who had that much power over her mind?

"Yes, I know. But are you sure you want to?"

"Just tell us who did it!" Syaoran demanded.

"Clow Reed" All was silent for a few seconds after Kero's declaration. Syaoran used the time to idly wonder how many times a person could go into shock in *one* day. Then the silence was broken by five voices yelling: "WHAT!?!" all at once.

Touya: "The guy who made the Cards?"

Madison: "Isn't he, like, *dead*?"

Kent: "Will Sakura be okay?"

Syaoran: "But he's been gone for centuries! How did he know about Sakura?"

Sakura: "Can everyone be *quiet* please!?!!" she took a deep breath, "We need to stay calm here," ~Ya, just keep telling yourself that, Sakura~ "I'm sure Kero will explain. Right Kero?" Kero nodded, and, at Madison's suggestion, they all moved into the livingroom. After everyone was comfortable (Sakura and Syaoran were sitting together in a big cushy chair ^_~) the Card Mistress gestured for Kero to commence.

"Well, I guess we should start at the beginning," Kero crossed his little, stuffed, arms and legs, going in to his 'lecture' mode. "Master Clow had strength in two different kinds of magic. One was precognition, Clow could see visions of the future.

"At first the visions only lasted a few moments, and told of events to happen in the coming days or weeks. Eventually the visions themselves would last for days, showing Clow events far into the future. This was how he knew about Sakura."

"Visions about me?" Sakura remarked, "What kind of visions?"

"From what Master Clow told me, his primary visions of you, were two ways you could die."

*gasps all around*

"Ways I could d-die?" *gulp*

"Yes. The first would have happened when you were eleven. Your powers somehow awakened, and you had no control over them."

"What happened?" Syaoran asked, although he thought he knew what would have happened. He knew that untrained, out of control, magical power, would usually cause something like, 'Spontaneous Combustion'. But, with Sakura's level of power, it would have been more like, 'Spontaneous Combustion' of *Tokyo*.

"Her uncontrolled magic caused an explosion that destroyed the house and took half the neighborhood with it." Sakura tried to decide whether or not she could allow herself to cry. She knew that what Kero was describing hadn't happened. But, the possibility that it might have, was upsetting. People could have died because of her.

"And that *definitely* would have happened?" she asked.

"That brings us to the other scenario. Clow also saw what would have happened if you gained control of your power."

"I could have gained control without Clow's spell?" then why had the house blown up?

"Well, you couldn't have, on your own. In that possible reality Syaoran's family moved to Japan, I forget why. Hmmm. Anyway, he was able to help you." So she and Syaoran might have met, even without the Cards. That was...... Interesting.

"So, everything was okay?"

"Not really. Syaoran did help you to control your magic, and even to use it a little. But he could not provide the level of training you would need."

"Need for what?"

Here you go Kero, *deep breath* "Training you would need to save the World."

To Be Continued ^_^

** I got this idea (I'm not sure if it's a quote, exact or otherwise ^_^) from an Animorphs book by K. A. Applegate. I don't own her books either.