"What The Cards Were For"
A Card Captor Fanfiction
By: Bekah-chan
Rated: PG (for,
uses of leverage)
Disclaimer: I don't now, have never, and will never own Card Captors. *sigh*
Thanks for the Reviews! :)
Chapter 40:
"Thunder!!"
"Lightning!!"
Belatedly, the Stealer realized it had been lured into a trap. It was being attacked on two sides by lightning, and the other two by fire. As the Stealer writhed in pain, most if it inflicted by the Sorceress' power, it came to the conclusion that it could not beat the Sorceress in a one-on-one battle. If it wanted the Sorceress' power, it needed leverage. Suddenly, the Stealer noticed thousands of silver threads going outward from the Sorceress' soul and connecting her to something, or someone. It quickly followed these threads, struggling to concentrate past the pain it was experiencing. It found that the silver threads led to..... The Chinese Sorcerer that was attacking the Stealer from behind.
~Ah~ the Stealer thought to itself, ~Leverage~ The Soul-Stealer turned swiftly away from the nova, that was the Sorceress' power, and toward it's, less bright, target. Soon it would have what it wanted.
Sakura:
Everyone was startled when the Stealer suddenly turned around and swooped away. As it went past Syaoran tendrils of darkness emerged and grabbed him.
"No! Syaoran!" Sakura called, frantically trying to turn off the Thunder. Luckily, because she only had a portion of power invested in it, this didn't not take long. Then Sakura started running after the retreating Soul-Stealer.
"Hey! Give him back!!" At his point Sakura remembered that she had wings (mostly because they were creating drag) she beat them twice and went into a running take-off, which was surprisingly graceful, considering she'd never had wings before.
"Give him back, RIGHT NOW!!!" Sakura was shaking in anger. When would the bad guys learn not to mess with Syaoran when she was around?!?! She was about 20 feet above the ground when the Stealer answered her:
~If you insist~ then the Stealer dropped him.
"Nooooooooo!!!!!!" Sakura screamed in horror at the sight of her love's motionless body tumbling toward the ground five stories below him. She desperately tried to fly faster. If someone didn't catch him, he would die! And suddenly Sakura knew, with a certainty the froze her heart in her chest, that she could not make it to Syaoran in time. She wasn't fast enough.
"Syaoran! NO!" she sobbed his name. What could she do? Think Sakura! Think! Was there a Card she could use? No, not from this distance. From here all she could do was watch him die. Everything stopped, all her emotions suspended. Grimly she planned how she would take out the Stealer. She had every intention of going with it. She didn't want to stay alive, not without Syaoran.
Then the world started again, as Sakura saw Yue, with Kero seconds behind him, catch Syaoran right before he hit. She almost fell from the sky in relief. He was safe!
Sakura swiftly followed her Guardians, who were supporting Syaoran between them, to the ground. She landed as she had taken off, running. She dropped onto the grass beside an obviously unconscious Syaoran, frantically checking if he was okay. She put one hand to his neck. Yes! He had a pulse. And.... He was breathing!!
Sakura's sigh of relief was cut short as she examined her love closer. Something was wrong. What was it? She focused all her senses, magical and otherwise, on finding the problem. It didn't take her long.
"K-Kero?"
"What is it Sakura?"
"Kero, this *is* Syaoran, right?" she barely noticed her family and Madison dashing up to them.
"Yes, it's Syaoran. Why?"
"Kero.... I c-can't find his soul."
"What!?!? Let me see!" Sakura was nudged aside by the big winged lion, as he looked down at Syaoran.
"Yep, the body's here, but no one is home."
"But where is...." Sakura trailed off as her own soul answered the question. She felt the vague pulling, that she had come to associate with 'Syaoran', leading her in the direction of.... the Soul-Stealer.
"Kero!" she yelled in accusation, "I thought you said that 'Soul-Stealer' was just a name!"
"What do you mean?"
"Th-That THING," she pointed up at the cloud of darkness, that was hovering ominously again, "took Syaoran's soul!!"
"Really?" Kero squeaked in fear (an odd sound coming from a lion), *gulp*, "Are you sure?"
"Yes I'm sure! My soul," she pointed at herself, "Is telling me that Syaoran's soul is UP THERE!!!" she pointed at the Soul-Stealer again.
"Oh," ~Well~ thought Kero, ~Her soul would know~
"Kero, WHAT DO WE DO?!?!?!"
"I don't know....um, wait! If you destroy it, that should release all the souls it, uhh, stole." *gulp*
"Kero, are you *sure* that would work?"
"Yes, almost, mostly. Yes... Yes, it will, I'm sure!"
"But, what if it....." Suddenly Sakura heard that insane giggling in her head again. As she looked at the startled faces around her, she knew that they could hear it as well.
~Ha, ha! Have you found my little surprise yet?~
"Give Syaoran his soul back!!!" she yelled defiantly.
~Ah..ah, little Sorceress!~ the Stealer chuckled, ~If you want your Syaoran back, I get your power.~
"What!!??"
~It's called~ it giggled again, ~leverage~ another giggle, ~lev--er--age, such a lovely word~ that giggle had to go, ~It's simple. You give me your power, and I release his soul.~
"What if I don't want to deal?" Sakura tried to sound threatening, it didn't work very well, she was too worried about Syaoran.
~Then I'll just have to keep his soul. I don't mind really, I'm having such fun with it.~
They all heard, in their minds, the unmistakable sound of Syaoran screaming.
"Stop it!!" Sakura cried, "Let him GO!!!"
~Oh, I don't think so, not until I get what I want.~ repeat of insane giggle.
"THAT IS IT!!!!" Sakura screamed. Madison, who happened to have her camera focused on her best friend's face, almost felt sorry for the Soul-Stealer, in that moment. Sakura's eyes were blazing, her skin was glowing with the tempest of her power, even the air around her seemed to warp with the heat of her rage. And Madison knew that the Soul-Stealer would not have long to regret coming between Sakura and Syaoran. Nothing could face that rage, and live.
To Be Continued ^_^