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Thanks again to all those who reviewed! I am still in shock at how many I got. ^.^ This chapter was a bit hard for me to write, but in the end, I got it, I just hope it did not come out bad. x.x
Disclaimer – Nope, Card Captor Sakura is still not mine. Surprised? Didn't think so.
*A.N.*- Be Genki! (^.^) (^.^) (^.^) Kami-sama knows
I am!
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The Girl Who Stole The Moon
Written by Sakura Tsukino
On Thursday, August 23, 2001
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::Recap from last chapter::
("Of course, Touya-san.
Like you all said, I believe everyone in this room would protect her." Eriol
agreed then watched as Yue carried Sakura to her room protectively, followed by
Tomoyo and Kero.
"Eriol-kun, I really am
worried for her. She has a point, a vision is a foretelling of the future, and
can't really be avoided." Kaho pointed out sadly and Eriol nodded grimly in
agreement.)
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Tomoyo watched from the
door way as Yue placed Sakura gently on the bed and watched her as she slept
silently. Her face was peaceful, yet not entirely smiling. She sighed in her
sleep and turned to move towards Yue. Tomoyo smiled slightly. Even in sleep,
something drew them together. Was Fate totally against sorcery and magic so
much to do such things to them?
She just could just
barely see Yue smiling as he rested his large hand on her cheek, and brushed
and stray piece of hair away from her eyes. She smiled and stepped out of the
room. She would wait till he came out to go to sleep.
Yue sighed as he
watched Sakura breathe in slightly, making her chest rise slowly up and down.
He glanced over at the door and saw that he was alone with Sakura, and the door
was shut. Hesitating a bit, he lay down next to Sakura, and held her
protectively close to him. Though he did not notice, Sakura smiled softly, and
snuggled closer to him.
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Sakura groggily opened
her eyes and slowly sat up. She was on a bed, mostly like in her room, but she
could not tell because it was so dark. Her head hurt and Sakura felt like she
had just banged it against the wall ten times.
She stood up and
stopped when she felt a blanket underneath her foot. She stared down as best as
she could until her eyes adjusted to the dark and she could make out Tomoyo's
form sleeping there.
Quietly she walked
around her and headed outside. Sakura wanted to see if it was true that she
could not use magic. After the past eight years she had gotten so used to
magic. It had become a constant in her life, something always there. Now how
would it be like with out it? She felt lost and afraid.
While walking
downstairs she continued to think about this and nearly fell down the rest of
the stairs when she gasped in a revelation to something.
The cards! The cards restrains are gone now completely! She thought as she quickly pulled out The Fly. It was cold, like the cards had been before she had turned them into Sakura Cards.
Quickly Sakura ran outside to her back yard, ignoring the
slight chill of the night and the fact she was only in her pajamas.
"Fly Card!" she called, but the card just floated down to the
ground like a piece of paper.
"No…" she whispered as she picked up the card and looked at it
sadly.
"I told you, your magic wont work." Sakura turned once more to
find Eriol standing their looking at her from the back doorway.
"Eriol-chan, please. The card's restrains are gone like this. I
am surprised they have not already taken off like they did when I was ten."
Sakura pleaded. Eriol walked over to her slowly and looked at the card in her
hand that now hung at her waist.
"Sakura-chan, when you went against Yue at the Final Judgment,
the cards chose you as their mistress. Even now that your magic is restrained,
they won't leave you. But it is still the same, their magic might shoot off a bit
still." Eriol explained. Sakura pulled out a few more cards, The Shot, The
Rain, The Song, and The Shield and looked at them curiously.
"You mean even though they can leave when ever they want too
like they did when Kero was sleeping, they are going to stay with me?" Sakura
asked quietly while looking the cards over.
"Yes, Sakura-chan. The cards are loyal to you and will be as
long as you live. They have faith in you, and trust you to take care of them,
for they know your magic is strong." Eriol said comfortingly.
"But Eriol-chan, my magic is not strong, I don't even have any
right now!" Sakura said worriedly.
"Your magic is still there, and still growing all the more
stronger. I am only holding it back so you can't use it." Eriol explained.
"I wish you would just take it off Eriol-chan." Sakura said
softly but he shook his head.
"No, Sakura-chan. I will not." He replied.
"When will you, Eriol-chan? One day you have to give me my
magic back, and even then I can cast the spell to make Yukito and Yue two
different people." Sakura sighed in annoyance.
"No, when my magic strengthens, I will cast a spell to make
sure you wont ever be able to use that spell." Eriol said. "Then I will take it
off."
"What?! No, Eriol-chan, please!" she said as she turned her
back to him. "I just-" Sakura was cut off as she noticed something shooting
towards her.
"Ahh!" She cried as she jumped out of the way. Eriol had pulled
out his staff and was watching as the small light was shooting at Sakura again.
"Sakura-chan! That's The Shot Card! When you moved, it targeted
you." He said as he began to say something Sakura did not quite catch and
suddenly there was a swirl of water chasing after the small light that was The
Shot Card, but it was too fast.
The back door banged open as Yue and Kero in his true form came
running out. They looked at Sakura, then at Eriol, then at The Shot Card
chasing after Sakura. When they saw this they both quickly raced after her to
help her.
Sakura tried to dodge it once more as it came after her but she
tripped on a root from a nearby tree. Sakura stared as she saw The Shot was
coming after her, and with out any magic she could do nothing to stop it.
"Sakura-chan!" Kero and Yue where yelling as they came forward
and stood in front of her to block her. She heard Eriol mumbling something
again hurriedly and hoped he could stop it.
She squinted her eyes closed as she tried to get up and run out
of the path of it, but she knew she was too slow. Suddenly she heard a loud
'pang' of something hitting metal, and something fell against her shoulder from
where she lay on the ground.
Yue and Kero turned to look at the thing that had appeared in
front of them before The Shot could hit them and saw a large shield resting
against Sakura's shoulder.
"The Shield Card protected her!" Kero gasped as the Shot had
suddenly disappeared.
Eriol stopped the spell he was beginning and began running
towards Sakura.
"Are you alright?" he asked as she stood up holding the Sheild.
"It-it protected me." Sakura stated as she stared at it. Eriol
smiled and also looked at it.
"I told you, even though there magic is lose, they still want
you as their mistress. When they felt you could not summon them to save you,
they took advantage of the fact that of the restrains being gone and The Shield
saved you." Sakura watched smiling as The Shield faded away to go back to the
card, and placed them all in her pocket.
"Yes, they chose you, that's why even The Windy while being
controlled by the Moon was able to overcome my powers and stop me." Yue replied
remembering the day he had met Sakura.
"Come back in now, Sakura-chan." Kero said now the small
stuffed bear again, and Sakura nodded.
"Alright," she said and turned to Eriol, "Goodnight, Eriol-chan."
"Goodnight, Sakura-chan." He replied and Sakura left with Kero
and Yue back inside, then followed after them.
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"Aww, I always sleep
through the good parts!" Tomoyo sighed as Sakura told her what had happened the
next morning.
"Tomoyo-chan, I was so
scared. I had no chance to stop The Shot or to even defend myself! I'm lucky
The Shield Card came to protect me or else it would have gotten me." Sakura
admitted as Tomoyo and her walked downstairs for breakfast.
"Don't worry,
Sakura-chan. Hopefully Eriol will be able to cast that spell soon and he will
take off the necklace." Kero piped up besides them.
"Me too! Until then,
there won't be much to record…" Tomoyo said sadly and Sakura and Kero laughed.
"Hey Sakura-chan, Tomoyo-chan!"
Yukito smiled at them as he opened the door and joined them in the hallway.
"Oh, good morning
Yukito-chan!" Tomoyo and Sakura replied as they all began to walk down the
stairs again together.
"So what happened last
night? Toya-chan tells me that Yue rushed off in the middle of the night."
Yukito asked.
"Oh, The Shot Card got
lose, but The Shield Card protected me, even when I could not summon it."
Sakura replied.
"Yeah, The Cards are
really loyal towards Sakura-chan, and will always protect her no matter what!"
Kero explained.
"Really? Good thing
too, what would we all have done if The Shot go you?" Yukito said.
"Don't worry
Yukito-chan! I'll be okay!" Sakura responded. They reached the table and they
all sat down. Touya was in the kitchen looking for some eggs while everyone
else seemed to still be asleep, since it was on seven. Well, everyone except
Kaho, who chose at that time to come down the stairs. Sakura, Tomoyo and Kero
greeted her as she smiled and sat down with them, just as Touya began cooking
some bacon.
"You bet she will!
Especially with a great guardian such as me!" Kero said proudly as he puffed
out his chest and pointed his thumb at himself. Sakura and Tomoyo could not
help laughing at this, while Kaho and Yukito smiled.
"Kaho-san, would you
like some tea?" Touya asked as he poured some into a cup, and handed it to her
when she nodded.
"Really, Cerberus, I
would have to say Ruby Moon is a better guardian. She does not fall asleep thus
allowing the Cards to escape." She stated quietly as took a sip, causing
another round of laughing from Tomoyo and Sakura, while Kero looked slightly
peeved in being compared to Ruby Moon.
"What?! How dare you
compare me to that annoying Ruby! And besides, that was eight years ago, come
on, can't you or Yue get over that!?" he asked indignantly.
"Here kaiju." Touya
said as he handed her and Tomoyo a plate with scrambled eggs and bacon on it.
"Thanks Touya-chan!"
Sakura smiled, ignoring his comment.
"Thank you, Touya-san."
Tomoyo said.
"Hey, what about me!?
Gees! In this form everyone ignores me!" Kero grumbled as Sakura apologized to
him and handed him a strip of bacon. At this time, Eriol came down the stairs
and joined them, greeting them politely.
"Hello, Eriol-chan."
Tomoyo said smiling lightly.
"Hey, here is your
breakfast." Touya said a little annoyed as he handed a plate to Eriol, then the
every one else.
"Thank you, Touya-san."
Eriol replied, ignoring his cold tone of voice.
"How long are you
planning to stay anyways, Eriol-san?" Touya asked a little more politely. It's
not entirely his fault, Touya thought. He is trying to save Sakura from death,
so I can't blame him for what he did.
"Not long. Kaho and I
are going to come move down here for a while. We will stay in the house we did
before, and Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun will join us soon." Eriol answered and
Touya cringed when he heard that Ruby Moon was coming down.
"Nakuru? Great…" he
mumbled as he walked over to sit next to Yukito with his own food.
"Sakura-chan, I just finished
a new outfit for you. Well, it's not completely finished, I still have to work
on the hems of the skirts, but I want you to come over later, alright?" Tomoyo
said excitedly.
"Tomoyo-chan, you are
still making those outfits for Sakura-chan after all these years?" Eriol asked
smiling, and Tomoyo blushed and nodded.
"Even though I can't
wear them anywhere anymore, she still insists I wear them incase something
happens. Though if she is lucky, something just might soon." Sakura said.
"Sakura-chan is still
wearing those frilly dresses and bizarre shoes at the age of eighteen?" Eriol
replied laughingly.
"Actually, they look
really good on Sakura-chan. She might be eighteen, but by her attitude, you
would think she was still ten. She still has all those adorable stuffed animals
in her room." Tomoyo responded dreamily.
"Hmm, so Sakura-chan is
still as innocent as ever?" Kaho interjected nodding. "Of course, she would
never change, she is to pure hearted." Sakura blushed in embarrassment.
"Hey, I am here you
know? And I did give away quite a lot of my stuffed animals."
"Yes, to give them to
that little girl, Mikoto-chan, after her room caught on fire." Tomoyo reminded
her, while Eriol, and Kaho laughed, angering Sakura, which Yukito noticed.
"Don't worry,
Sakura-chan. It is your kind heart and innocent ways that brings us all
together. We would never expect you, or want you too change." Sakura calmed
down and looked over at Yukito.
"Really, Yukito-chan?
You don't think I'm immature?" she asked curiously.
"Of course he doesn't,
kaiju." Touya said as he stood up with his empty plate to place in the sink,
ruffling her hair as he walked past her. "We all like you the way you are." He
continued, smiling gently at her. Tomoyo stood up and placed her empty plate in
the dish then turned towards Sakura.
"Let's go Sakura-chan,
I want to see if I should change anything on the dress before doing the hems."
"Sure." Sakura said
following suit and placing her cleaned plate in the sink and following her best
friend to the door, where she stopped and turned.
"See you all later!"
she said, than left with Tomoyo.
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Yue watched at
breakfast as they all spoke to Sakura. He watched as her emerald eyes glittered
in glee with being with her closest friends, dampen when she thought they
thought of her as immature, grow wide in embarrassment, then love as they told
her they liked her that way.
He was fascinated by
how graceful she was, how loving and 'pure', as Kaho had called her, and wanted
so badly to steal her away from them, to keep her all to himself, and damn
Yukito and Touya! But he knew better. After all these years, he knew how to
control him self and his emotions well. But oh how he desired that little star…
but it's light was just out of reach.
The warmth and light
that he felt when around her left as she jumped up from the table to leave with
Tomoyo, smiling and waving to them. He knew why, even though she was sad she
could never be with him, she did not feel as bad as he did. He could see it in
her eyes whenever she looked at him, or should he say Yukito.
Even though she
understood it, in her minds eye something kept telling her that it was not
forever, that some day they would find a way. He wished he could tell her it
was true, but it wasn't. The thought of something she loved so much so near was
not so far away was a thought she refused to let go, but he suspected soon,
when she got older, she would understand.
And when that happened,
he prayed that she did not feel even half as bad as he did.
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"It looks just like
that costume."
"Good, because it's
supposed too."
"Why would you make a
replica of that costume?"
"Because it brings back
a important day in your life, and fond memories!"
"You call me trying to
stop Yue from taking the cards away from me a fond memory?!" Sakura asked
incredulously in front of the body length mirror, turning around to pear at the
outfit. The outfit looked just like the ones she kept seeing herself wear in
those dreams, and then at the Final Judgment with Yue.
Of course, it was
larger since she was now eighteen, not ten. The yellow ribbon was still their
around her neck, though not as puffy, but long and skinny. The pink cape wrapped
around her shoulders, light and smooth against the pale yellow of the suit she
wore that came up rather short on her legs, which turned into two puffy yellow
thingy making a 'pants' that went just a few below her waist. Tomoyo had made
it a bit longer though, since she was no longer that little ten-year-old.
She stretched out her
arms which where encased by long pale yellow sleeves with loose matching
gloves, and the small pink boots laced up on her feet. Sakura picked up the
round pink hat and plopped it down at her head and giggled. She looked so much
younger whenever she wore one of these costumes.
Taking another glance
at her reflection, she suddenly saw her self as not the young adult with strong
sorceress powers, but as the confused and frightened girl she had been eight
years ago, trying to figure out the fresh new world of magic presented to her.
She saw herself
standing on that building as Yue had ordered her to step up as the second
candidate, and she had done so cautiously, to get her first good look at the
guardian that she now loved.
For Yukito she had
refused to fight him, for she would never harm Yukito. Yue though had been
harsh, he himself just wanting to get away and go back to sleep, to wallow in
his grief of loosing Clow Reed.
"You met Yue that day,
that's what's so great bout it!" Tomoyo explained as if this was obvious.
"Was it worth it
though, Tomoyo-chan? He would have been able to go back to sleep like he
wanted, but he was forced to protect me because I passed the Final Judgment."
Sakura explained her thoughts quietly.
"Sakura-chan! You of
anyone should know! Yue has always cared for you, after that judgment, he began
to care for you as much as Kero did, until he began to love you like he does
now!" Tomoyo said slightly annoyed, then grew slightly sad as she looked at her
innocent friend. "Perhaps, though, you are to young yet to understand the
depths of his feelings?"
"What do you mean? I
know Yue loves me-" Sakura began sadly but Tomoyo cut her off.
"No you don't Sakura-chan,
not fully. You know he loves you, most importantly, but do you know how much he
cares for you?" Tomoyo asked. "That he still stays around and does his best to
protect you everyday, while he wants to be with you? When he can't?" Sakura
looked down and shook her head no. "And that you might think that he might
still care about all that after how he now feels, Sakura-chan-"
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura
cried as she threw her fists down by her sides to look at her friend teary
eyed. "I don't really know what's going on, or what is going to happen, I am
just confused! And I- I think you might be right, Tomoyo-chan. I, I should get
going home now."
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo
called as she watched Sakura pull out her staff and the Fly Card and gasped in
horror as she saw Sakura jump on the windowsill and call the card's name out
loud.
"Sakura-chan! Don't!
Your magic!" Sakura's eyes widened in revelation as the card did nothing,
losing her balance.
"Ahh!" she screamed as
she pitched forwards out of the window, dropping the staff to the ground.
"Sakura-chan!" Tomoyo
screamed frantically as she rushed to catch her friend before falling from the
second story window, but she was to late. "SAKURA!"
"Tomoyo!" Sakura
screamed back as she fell down, her back towards the ground, and she closed her
eyes tightly reaching out with her hand to catch something, anything, but it
was pointless, and with in seconds Sakura felt her back hit the harsh grassy
ground.
"Ahhhh!" she cried out
shrilly with the impact, and did not even close her eyes before her site went
all dark on her, and her mind went into unconsciousness.
Tomoyo called out to
her friend one last time hopefully and saw something glow pink near Sakura's
pocket. Quickly she ran down the stairs and rushed, stumbling, to where Sakura
lay limply. She did not even stop or take notice as her mother turned and asked
what was wrong from the living room.
"No! Sakura-chan!" she
cried as she kneeled down next to Sakura and quickly felt for her pulse. When
she felt it, she could only sob harder at what had happened.
"Tomoyo?" her mother
asked confused as she came running out of the doors herself and gasped.
"Sakura-san!" She quickly ran up to her and looked down at them both.
"Tomoyo-chan, what happened?!"
"Mother! She fell out
of the window!" Tomoyo sobbed. "Leaning out the window, she was looking at
something in the tree, then fell!" Tomoyo still had not told her mother
anything about Sakura's magic, or what they did most of the time.
"Oh god, I'm going to go
call an ambulance!" she said worriedly and ran back inside, and Tomoyo pulled
out the pink cell phone and began to call Kero.
"Yum! My precious
pudding!" Kero mumbled as he ate a spoon full of chocolate pudding on Sakura's
dresser. "Oh yeah!" he cried cheerfully, that would usually make Sakura sigh
and sweatdrop.
"Bring-ring!
Bring-ring!" Went the small pink cell phone lying on the desk next to Sakura's
bed, and Kero curiously flew over to it and pushed the 'talk' button.
"Eh, hello?" Kero
asked. There was a slight sob and then a small shaky voice on the other side.
"Kero-chan! Please,
h-hurry! Sakura-chan, she- she tried to use magic! She forgot! My god, she
forgot! She forgot! She fell, from the window, she needs help now! Pl-please
hurry, Kero-chan!"
"What?! Oh no, is she
alright, Tomoyo-chan?!" Kero asked frantically. Their was another loud sob then
she replied.
"Oh I don't know,
Kero-chan! She won't wake up!"
"I'm coming!" he said
and hanged up. He turned and gasped. "Do you always sneak up behind people like
that every chance you get?!" he growled angrily, seeing Eriol standing their
watching him seriously. Kero wanted nothing more than to rush to his mistresses
side, and did not want to bother with the reincarnation of his former master.
"Sakura-chan," he began
slowly. "What is wrong with her?" Kero stared as he saw worry etched on Eriol's
face and sighed.
"She fell out of
Tomoyo's window, trying to use magic. Tomoyo says she forgot, and before she
could go back in, she fell off. I have to go!" Kero explained hurriedly then
zipped out the slightly ajar window.
Eriol quickly walked
down the stairs and began heading towards Tomoyo's house then stopped. He
turned to the kitchen where Touya and Yukito where sitting down watching
television while talking at the same time.
"Touya-san, Yukito-san,
and Yue-san, Sakura is hurt." He told them as they looked at him to see what he
wanted.
"What?!" Touya asked
angrily as he stood up.
"What happened to
her?!" Yukito asked very upset, standing up hurriedly.
"I am afraid it was
mostly my fault. Sakura fell out of Tomoyo's window after trying to use magic,
I suppose she was trying to use the Fly Card, but forgot and ended up falling.
Your coming, of course?" he asked then with out waiting for an answer quickly
exited the house.
"Sakura-chan!" Touya
called worriedly and ran out after Eriol followed by Yukito. They did not see
Eriol anywhere, but just hurried towards Tomoyo's house.
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Tomoyo placed down the
phone besides her after hanging up and looked at Sakura's face sobbing quietly
in fear for her best friend. Tomoyo's eyes went wide when she saw a trickle of
blood drip down her pale face and quickly pulled out an extra bit of yellow
material she was going to use for the outfit Sakura now wore and wiped it away.
"Sakura-chan…" she
sobbed. "Come on, wake up." She pleaded gently. Tomoyo's mother then came
running out hurriedly and kneeled next to Sakura with Tomoyo.
Suddenly Tomoyo saw the
dark rain clouds that had not been their minuets before and wondered briefly
why it was suddenly so close to rain when it was sunny just a second ago.
"Tomoyo-chan, is she
alright?" she asked grabbing Sakura's wrist and checking how her pulse was like
Tomoyo had done. It was not that bad, her pulse was there, though slightly
slow.
"I- I think so." She
replied quietly.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Kero
said worriedly as he flew up towards them, and Tomoyo gasped. Her mother was right
there! Obviously Kero picked up on this little fact, and quickly flew behind
Tomoyo just as she looked up to hear what had made that noise.
"What was that?" she
asked confused.
"What was what?" Tomoyo
asked curiously, faking very well that she had not heard what she had said.
"Nothing, I suppose,
just thought I heard someone… Listen, Tomoyo-chan, don't worry, the ambulance
will be here soon." Her mother told her gently and Tomoyo gasped and shook her
head no.
"No!" Tomoyo gasped. If
Kero was here, so would be Yue soon, and if Yue was going to be here, so was
Touya, and probably Eriol too. She did not know if they would want Sakura in
the hospital, with all those possible blood tests… who knew what was really in
Sakura's blood now that she had been using magic for most her life?
"What? Sakura has to go
to the hospital, Tomoyo, especially in this condition! I believe she will be
okay, does not look anything death threatening, though a bone might be broken,
head injury… only they will be able to find out." Her mother explained. "Let's
quickly take her inside." Tomoyo stood up to stop her mother from lifting
Sakura up.
"No! Mother, eh," Tomoyo said trying to think of something to
say. What could she say?!
"What? Tomoyo-chan, Sakura-chan is injured badly here, we
should bring her inside until someone can come for her!"
"No! I called her family! They are coming for her, because, uh,
Fujitaka-san does not like the doctors since the death of his wife." Tomoyo
lied.
"Really? Well Sakura-chan is really hurt here, Tomoyo-chan,
don't you think she should go anyways in her state of condition?" her mother
asked curiously, but luckily at that time Eriol appeared.
"Sakura-chan!" he yelled and ran over to her.
"Eriol-chan! Thank god you came!" Tomoyo sighed then joined him
next to Sakura.
"Who is this?" her mother asked as she joined them.
"I am sorry, but I must take Sakura-chan with me." He said
pointedly, that told them he expected to do so no matter what. How ever,
Tomoyo's mother had other ideas.
"Listen, I don't know who you are, but Sakura-chan must go to a
hospital!" she said exasperatedly. "An ambulance should be here in five
minuets!" Eriol ignored her for a minuet while he gently picked Sakura up in
his arms and turned towards Tomoyo.
"You will come?" He said more than asked, already knowing the
answer, and sure enough she nodded in reply.
"Tomoyo-chan! You have never been so disobedient! Sakura-chan
is severly injured, you two can't just take her-" she stopped when suddenly
Touya and Yukito came jumping over the short bushes around Tomoyo's house.
"Sakura-chan!" Yukito said worriedly as they ran up to Eriol.
"Thank you, Daidoji-san, we will take care of Sakura." Touya
said sternly.
"Let's go, don't worry, Daidoji-san, we will all take care of
her." Eriol said then ran walked off quickly followed by Tomoyo, Touya, and Yukito,
while Kero tried to stay hidden in one of Tomoyo's pockets.
"I can't believe them, I just hope Sakura-chan will be
alright." She sighed.
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Touya watched worriedly
over Sakura as Eriol held her carefully and walked quickly to their house. He
was startled as suddenly Yukito stopped walking quickly to keep up with
everyone and wings sprouted from his back and enveloped him. When they opened a
moment later, Yue stood there, and he quickly ran up next to Eriol, who had
stopped with everyone to wait for Yue's appearance.
"Sakura-chan…" he said
worriedly for his mistress. Eriol handed Sakura to him with out hesitation and
Yue held her carefully.
"Eriol-san," he said
with out looking away from Sakura. "You will be able to help her?" Eriol nodded
with a slight smile.
"Yes, I will. We must
hurry inside, it looks as though the cards are showing their grief for their
mistress." He stated simply and everyone stared at him confused, except for
Yue. Even Kero looked at him oddly after popping his head out from Tomoyo's
dress.
Touya wrinkled his nose
in slight annoyance as something wet dropped lightly on his nose, and saw it
was a small raindrop. That one was followed by another, then another, then many
more as it began to rain heavily.
"Oh, the Rain Card!
It's creating the rain in worry for Sakura-chan!" Kero explained.
"Yue-san, fly ahead and
get her to her house. We will be there shortly." Eriol said firmly, and Yue
nodded.
"Hey! I'm coming with
you!" Kero said flying up to Yue quickly. "You might love her, but we all worry
about her just as much as you, you know!" he said jokingly, and Yue just
glanced at him then turned away again.
"I know, Cerberus-san." Yue sighed.
"Come on, why so formal
still? We are basically brothers!" Kero said trying to lighten things
up. This time though, Yue did not reply, and they flew the rest of the way
silently.
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As fast as he could,
Touya, followed closely by Tomoyo and Eriol, ran up the stairs to Sakura's room
drenched in water.
As soon as Touya got
in, he quickly ran over to check over his younger sister, ignoring Yue and Kero
on the other side of the bed, Yue looking as worried as Touya, if not more so.
"Sakura-chan…" Eriol
sighed with his eyes closed standing next to her bed. This had all been his
fault. If he had not tricked her into putting that necklace on, she would not
be like this right now. It was up to him to help her out now.
He sighed and looked
out the open window and watched as it began to lightning and thunder outside by
the command of The Rain.
"Eriol-chan?" Tomoyo
said tentatively to the young sorcerer. Or was he? He might be their age, but
he held the memories of a 350-year lifespan.
"Tomoyo-chan, I never
should have given Sakura-chan that restrainer." He sighed.
"Eriol-san, you where
trying to protect Sakura-chan from her possibly killing herself, you can't
blame yourself." She replied softly.
"Tomoyo-chan," Eriol
sighed and glanced at Sakura on the bed, where Touya was wiping away some dried
blood and badanging cuts on her body, then at the necklace hanging loosely
around her pale neck. "I am going to take it off of her…"
"What?!" Tomoyo gasped.
Was he really going to risk Sakura casting the spell that everyone did not want
her too?
"She could have died,
Tomoyo-chan." He said quietly. "Then what would be the point in giving the
necklace to her? To stop her from killing herself one way to die another." He
sighed then turned back to Tomoyo.
"Yes, Eriol-chan, but
Sakura-chan, she might still cast-"
"I thought you agreed
with Sakura-chan about that?" he smiled gently at her.
"Ah, I do, it's just I
am also worried about her." Tomoyo replied, blushing. Eriol gently cupped
Tomoyo's cheek smiling even more.
"Sakura-chan was right.
A vision cannot be changed. It is a foretelling of the future, of what will
happen. It will come true sooner or later." He sighed.
"What happened?" Kaho
asked walking, then she saw Sakura. "Oh no! Sakura-chan!" she said startled.
Eriol stepped away from Tomoyo and too Kaho.
"She fell out of
Tomoyo-chan's window, trying to use magic. She forgot though, and fell out." He
explained sadly. "I am going to take it off, Kaho-chan." Kaho sighed and
nodded.
"Yes, your right,
Eriol-chan."
Touya was worriedly
looking Sakura over while trying to find any injuries while Yue watched from
the corner of the room with out emotion, quietly yelling at himself in his mind
that he should have been their for her.
Sakura groaned
painfully as she slowly awoke to a sharp pain in her back and in her head.
Carefully opening her eyes she glanced up to see a rather relieved Touya
kneeling next to her, and Eriol, Tomoyo, and Kaho standing a bit behind him.
"T-Touya-chan?" she
asked slowly, and everyone came over to see her as they heard her voice.
"Sakura-chan! Hey! Your
awake!" Kero said happily as he stood next to her head on the bed.
"Ow, my head hurts…"
she moaned as she lifted her hand to touch the back of her head.
"I'm not surprised! You
had a pretty rough fall!" Touya exclaimed, happy to see his sister finally
awake.
"Yeah! Sakura-chan, are
you all right? We where all so worried about you!" Tomoyo said from the foot of
the bed.
"Oh, I fell right? From
your window? No wonder it hurts so much…" she mumbled. "Where is Yue?"
Yue was slightly
startled when she asked for him, and came to stand behind Touya.
"Yes, Sakura-chan?" He said
softly to her, and sat down on the edge of the bed when Touya moved for him.
"Thanks, Yue-chan." She
smiled gently.
"Sakura-chan, I need to
check to see if you broke any of your bones." Touya explained and Sakura
nodded.
"Alright." She replied.
"First move your arms
around a bit to see if they hurt." He told her, and Sakura did so, first with
her left hand, then her right hand, but stopped wincing.
"Oww!" she gasped stopping
her arm. Touya began to move his hands over her shoulder, and stopped when
Sakura cried out and began to yell at him for hurting her.
"Sorry, kaiju! Just
seeing if your arm is broken, and as it turns out, it is. Your lucky that's all
that happened." He replied to her cry.
"My arms broken?"
Sakura asked calmly, trying to keep her arm from moving again. Touya nodded.
"Yep, you should be
gratefully I am taking med courses. I will be able to fix you right up, though
not as well as some doctor though, but it will do. I'll get working now." Touya
said then left to his room the get the supplies he needed.
"Sakura-chan, I am
going to return to my false form now. Yukito-san is most likely worried about
you too." Yue explained standing up.
"Alright, Yue-chan."
Sakura nodded. In a flash, Yukito stood their blinking.
"What? Sakura-chan?!"
he said confused, walking over to her. "Are you all right?" Sakura smiled and
nodded slightly.
"Yeah, pretty much. My
head hurts though, and Touya says my arms broken. He should be right back."
Sakura answered, and at that time Touya came in carrying some medical supplies
he would need, and sat down at a chair next to the bed, noticing with a glance
Yukito was their.
"Ok, let's fix your
arm."
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Okay, I know this
chapter was shorter than the others, but it has been awhile since last post,
and I decided to post this now. If you did not read from the other chapter,
posts will become most like one chapter per week, or two weeks since school is
here, because I am not aloud on the computer on school days. This is because when
my brother was younger, he always went on the computer and never did his
homework, so now I suffer for it. -_- Well I am going to start on the next
chapter now…
