Author-chan's note: YAY!!! I got a new chapter! I got a new chapter! Whoopee!!!
(*Author-chan jumps around like crazy.*) It must be some sorta miracle!!! I'm so happy!!! HAPPYHAPPYHAPPYHAPPYHAPPY! HAPPY!!! (*Author continues to dance like a lunatic. Pan over to see the white bunny shaking its head in shame*)
1500 Years in the Future
(Chapter Two)
2001AD
"This is so wonderful!" Sakura sighed in awe. Syaoran blushed beside her. This was their first date in which they weren't interrupted. Usually, half way through their dates, Touya, Kero-chan, or both showed up to kill Syaoran for touching Sakura.
'It's a good thing Yue gave Touya back his power,' Syaoran thought to himself. Now that Touya had his power back, both Syaoran and Sakura could sense him easily. Unfortunately for Syaoran, Touya could sense them as well.
'And if that isn't enough,' Syaoran thought, 'Yue has been teaching Touya battle magic!' Syaoran scowled as he fingered the bandage on his right arm where Touya had "accidentally" burnt him with a spell.
"Syaoran? Are you alright?" Sakura asked.
"I'm fine," Syaoran muttered, dropping the scowl, "I was just thinking of Touya's aim." Sakura sighed.
"Onii-chan didn't mean it," Sakura said.
"Yeah right," Syaoran muttered. Sakura sighed again.
"Come on, Syaoran," Sakura whispered, "Let's forget about Onii-chan for the moment. Let's forget about everything for now."
"Sounds good to me," Syaoran whispered. He leaned over to kiss Sakura. She did the same. Just as their lips were about to touch, both their heads shot up as they sensed a burst of magical power in the park.
"Who do you think that is?" Sakura asked Syaoran.
"All I know is that it's not someone we know," he replied as he looked towards the direction of the powerful force.
***
"Where are we?" Arthur asked. He looked up and blinked in confusion.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" he yelled. Before him stood a giant metal creature! Merlin laughed at his alarm.
"Calm down, Wart," Merlin said, "It's just a slide in the shape of a penguin."
"Slide? Penguin?" Arthur was confused. Merlin smiled.
"A penguin is a bird that swims instead of flying. A slide is something you can play on," Merlin tried to explain. Arthur only got more confused.
"Don't worry, Wart," Merlin soothed, "Knowing what a slide and a penguin is, isn't the problem now. The problem for the moment is where the time crystal is. It was separated from us when we came here."
"Uh, Merlin?" Arthur began, "Where are we?" Merlin bent down to pick up a paper on the ground.
"According to this newspaper, we are in Japan, in the year 2001," Merlin answered. Arthur gaped at him.
"2001?!" Arthur cried, "But that's nearly 1500 years in the future!"
"1485 years in the future, to be exact," Merlin nodded, "That means we are going to need a new wardrobe." With that, Merlin snapped his fingers. Arthur's clothes changed into a pair of jeans and a tee shirt. Merlin exchanged his robes for a buttoned-down shirt with long sleeves and a pair of slacks. Arthur stifled a giggle.
"What is it, Wart?" Merlin asked.
"It's just with those clothes and your long beard, you look absolutely silly!" Arthur laughed.
"Silly yourself," Merlin retorted, "Nobody carries a sword in this time period." At that, Merlin pointed to the sword Arthur kept strapped to his back.
"So? This is a special sword. It's the sword I pulled from the Stone. It anyone makes a fuss over it, what is it to them?"
"Well said, Wart. Well said," Merlin smiled.
"So how are we going to find the time crystal?" asked the young king.
"Simple," Merlin said, "The time crystal gives off a strong magical aura. Anything or anyone that was created by magic or has magic gives off a magical aura. And since hardly anybody practices magic in the year 2001, the first aura I sense should be the time crystal."
"So anything created by magic gives off an aura?" Arthur checked.
"Anything or anyone," Merlin confirmed.
"Even my sword?"
"Even your sword."
"Then why can't I sense anything strange about it?" Arthur asked.
"Because, Wart," Merlin explained, "Only people with magical abilities can sense magic."
"Oh," Arthur blushed slightly.
"Don't worry about it, Wart," Merlin smiled. Then he closed his eyes as a sign he was in deep concentration.
"I can sense a magical aura that way," Merlin muttered as he pointed to the right.
"Alright! Let's go!" Arthur shouted, and he prepared to run off. But Merlin stopped him.
"Hold it, Wart!" Merlin ordered, "Here in Japan they speak Japanese. Can you speak Japanese?"
"Um, no," Arthur said with a blush.
"Here Wart, let me put a translation spell on you. That way you could answer people when they ask you questions about that sword of yours."
"Thanks, Old Lin," Arthur said when it was done.
"No problem, Wart," Merlin answered as he ruffled Arthur's hair fondly.
"Now can we go?" Arthur asked.
"Let's go then," Merlin replied and they headed towards the aura.
Author-chan's note: I'm sorry that this chapter didn't have enough Cardcaptor Sakura characters in it. But don't worry. I'll have some more CCS action in the next chapter, so don't lose hope in me!!! (Oh, please r+r. Just no flames. I'm afraid of flames.)