What the Cards Were For

by Bekah-chan

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

30. Thirty

"What The Cards Were For"

A Card Captor Fanfiction

By: Bekah-chan

Rated: PG (for,

still more, explaining)

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

Thank you for the Reviews!!! =)

Chapter 30:

Sakura: "Training to......"

Syaoran: "Save................"

Sakura: "The................."

Together:"WORLD!?!?!!"

"Yes, but Syaoran couldn't give you the training for that." Kero answered them.

"Save the world from what?" Syaoran asked the question everyone was thinking.

"Now, that brings us to the second way she could die. Clow also had visions of an evil so great, it could destroy the world. And Sakura was the only one, in this day and age, with enough power to stop it."

"But I didn't have the proper training," Sakura said, already seeing where this was going.

"Right, you and the Kid tried to fight it, but you were killed Sakura, and the world was destroyed."

"What about the vision in which I died at eleven, did the evil still come?"

"Yes it did. And destroying the world was much easier for it to do, without you there at all." They were all quiet for awhile, absorbing the implications of a Sakura-less world, then Kero continued with his tale.

"Clow knew that the world could be destroyed, and Sakura could stop it, given the right tools. Master Clow could see the elements that Sakura would need: Control of her magic, training in the same, and Li Syaoran."

"Me? Why me?"

"Because you helped her before, the two of you were almost a match for the evil. Clow decided you would have a better chance together."

"I'm glad I'm here to help you," Syaoran whispered to Sakura, taking her hand.

"Me, too," she returned, giving his hand a squeeze. Madison squealed (again) keeping her electric 'eye' trained on the pair, she was happy she had thought to put a new battery in her camera, that morning. Touya, witnessing the hand-holding, growled a little. Kent just smiled, it was good to know, that with all this dangerous magic his daughter was involved in, she had someone so devoted to her safety. Kero gave the Card Captors another moment to gaze google-eyed at each other, then continued:

"So, Clow came up with a plan that would A): Control Sakura's magic until she could use it, B): Train and prepare her to meet the coming evil, and C): Get Syaoran here, and get them used to working with each other."

"What was the plan?" Kent asked.

"The Clow Cards." Shocked silence.

Sakura: "What?"

Syaoran:"How?"

"Mater Clow's second gift of magic was creating magical objects/beasts. Each Card was made to help Sakura use her magic in different ways, the Book was made to hold them until Sakura was eleven, I was made to help guide and protect you, and Yue was made to test you, and to protect you." When no questions rose out of this next shocked silence, Kero continued (again):

"Until Sakura opened the Book of Clow, the Cards had almost no power. But the moment she opened the cover two dormant spells were activated. One of these spells siphoned power from Sakura, channeling it to me, the Book, the key, and the Cards so they could escape. The other spell placed the barrier around the magic she had left, before it could grow again, safely containing it."

"The Cards were *supposed* to escape?" Sakura asked.

"Yes, the Windy was carefully left on top, so you would pick it up first. The Windy was also the first to get powered up. When you said it's name it triggered the release of the rest."

"Why?"

"So you would catch them, and Syaoran would come to Tokyo. The Time of Catching was for the two of you to grow into an effective team and learn skills you would need. The Time of Testing was, well, to test you. And the Final Test, was you, Sakura, absorbing the Cards (although it wasn't supposed to happen that quickly) and learning to use your magic directly, without having the Cards as a go-between."

"So, I was always supposed to be the Card Captor?" Sakura was still amazed.

"Why do you think the sealing wand was *pink*?" Good point.

"What now?"asked Kent.

"Well, since Windy said that the evil was coming, we don't really have a lot of time to prepare. We *might* have time to help Sakura practice using magic without the Cards, but I doubt it."

"Won't it be just like using the Cards?" Sakura wondered.

"No. *You* will be casting the magic yourself, not using the Cards. And, since you broke the barrier, you are in direct contact with your magic at all times, that's going to take awhile to adjust to. It's also going to cause problems, you'll have to keep a close watch on what you say and do."

"Why?"

"Sakura," *sigh*, "Say: 'water'"

Sakura shrugged, she didn't see the point, but if Kero thought it was important, "Water"

*=*=*=*=*=*=*KERPLOOSH*=*=*=*=*=*=*

To everyone's surprise (including Kero, he didn't expect *that much*) a bathtub-full of water appeared out of thin air and dumped onto Sakura and Syaoran.

"Ahhhhhh!!" shrieked a drenched Sakura.

"Ahhhhhh!!!" echoed an equally saturated Syaoran.

Together: "KERO!!!!!!!!!!"

"I'll get you for this, Stuffed Animal!" Syaoran yelled.

"Kero! No video games for a WEEK!!" Sakura added.

"Nooooooooooo! Sakura, I didn't know that would happen! It thought it would only be a little water, honest...."

To Be Continued ^_^