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Darkness

By: Sakura1301

Chapter 5 A Decision

Sakura sat in the water still as angry as hell. But her temper had gone down just a little. The frown on her face turned into a sad one. 'I really shouldn't be so hard on Syaoran. I mean he's really sorry, and well, i've been pretty pissed at him. I really should be nicer...but...im afraid to open myself back up to anyone. Im afraid they'll hurt me again. I already feel like somebody's stabbed me in the heart. I...' Syaoran nudged her. "Are you okay?" She looked at him with sad eyes and then back to the bubbly water. "Yeah. Im fine." He shrugged. "Okay." 'But, I won't show it. I wont show him, that I feel a little bad.' She thought.

Tomoyo sat on the couch tapping her foot. "Eriol, how long have they been in there?" "More than 2 hours. Don't you think we're being a little harsh on them?" Tomoyo sighed. "I guess your right. I should get them out." She grabbed the two towels hanging over the arm on the sofa and entered the room.

The door opened. Both turned their heads towards the door. Sakura grew angry all over again. It was Tomoyo. She smiled at them. "Well, I felt kinda sorry for what Idid to you so...I decided to get you out!" She smiled happily. She walked up to the hot tub. "Now Li, I want you to cover your eyes while I help Sakura out." Li nodded and closed his eyes. Tomoyo held a hand out to Sakura and Sakura grabbed it and pulled herself out. Tomoyo then wrapped a towel around her. "Okay Li. You can open your eyes." Tomoyo instructed. He opened them and looked around. Sakura was out of the tub and he was still in with his arm up. Tomoyo helped him out also and gave a towel to him. She smiled. "Okay. Now follow me." They both followed.

Eriol sat there, bored. Just then, the door opened and Tomoyo, Sakura, and Li came out. He smiled at the trio. Li glared at him. They followed Tomoyo upstairs while Eriol tagged along.

They entered Tomoyo's room. Tomoyo looked at them and saw Eriol enter as well. "Eriol, out." "But..." "OUT!" "Aw shucks." He kicked his heel against the floor and left. Tomoyo closed the door and smiled. Okay. "Listen up. Last night, i've realized this would be a problem so I designed these outfits for you to pick from!" They both sweatdropped. She pulled out several shirts, pants, and shorts. But they all were black. "Here. Choice #1! You have your black shirt with ties along the sides. Choice #2! You have your black shirt with snap-on buttons on the sides. And Choice #3! You have your back shirt with Velcro on the sides. Choose your pick!"

Eriol waited in the hall. He could hear Tomoyo talking. And every once in a while, almost to the point of yelling. After about 20 minutes, they FINALLY came out. Eriol smiled at the two. Both wearing black outfits. Sakura had the Black leather tank top like shirt with the ties and simple black shorts with black boots that went to her calfs. Li had the Black Snap button shirt on and black baggy pants with a pair of black Docs on. They looked sorta like the people from the Matrix. Except, with out the coats. Like I said, SORTA! "Well, how about that, matching outfits!" Eriol said. Sakura and Li glared at him. Tomoyo came out after them smiling like she won the lottery. "Oh! Wait! I almost forgot!" She ran back into her room and came out about a minute later. "Here. A pair for you and you." She handed them both leather gloves. "And Sakura, can you raise your right foot up?" Sakura did. Tomoyo got on her knees and slipped some sorta harness on. "Next." Sakura raised her other foot.

They all came down the stairs. As soon as they were going to go into the kitchen, Sakura stopped. Li was pulled back by his wrist. "What is it Sakura?" He asked. "A Card." She pulled out her staff and headed for the door with Li behind. She yanked the door open and ran out.

Eriol and Tomoyo were in the kitchen. Tomoyo turned around to see Sakura and Li missing. "Sakura? Li?" Eriol turned around. They were gone.

Outside, we see our heroine and hero out after card.

"Sakura! Slow down! Your killing my arm!" "Sorry Li! But we got a card to catch!" She started to pull more faster.

They stopped at Penguin park again. Li was slightly out of breath. Sakura groaned. "Not here again." Just then, something caught the corner of Sakura's eye. She grabbed a card and held it in front of her and listened. "Sakura? Whats wrong?" "Shh." He stopped to listen. Just then, Sakura heard a rustle from the bushes. "Ha! I got you now! FREEZE!" She tossed out the card and hit it with her staff without aim. A large ice beast rose from its confinement and dashed towards to bushes, freezing everything it touched or got within a foot of it. As soon as it disappeared into the bushes, a loud screeching shriek sounded throught the air. Sakura ran over to the bushes to see a frozen card with the freeze hovering above it. Sakura raised her staff up. "Return to the guist you were ment to be, CLOW CARD!" And she brought her wand down hard and it created a small glowing rectangle beneath it and the BIND was sucked in along with the bind around their wrist.

Sakura held the card and her wand in the same hand as she held out her other hand to the FREEZE. "Freeze, return." And it slowly returned to it's card form and carefully landed into her hand.

She pocketed both cards and looked at her wrist. There was a red ring around her wrist but she didn't care. She started to walk off, but Li said, "That was a great capture." She stopped and without looking she nodded. "Yeah. Thanks." And she walked off.

Li opened the door to the Daidouji mansion and was immediately hit with tons of questions from Tomoyo. Eriol just stood there with an amused look on his face. "Slow down! I can only answer one question at a time ya know." She grinned sheepishly. "Sorry. Okay, lets start from square one. Where's Sakura?" "She went home." Tomoyo's mouth dropped open. "How? I thought you two couldn't get the binding off."

Meanwhile....

Sakura opened the door and sighed. Touya looked up from the news paper. His mouth dropped open. "WHAT ARE YOU WEARING!?" He started to laugh. "Shut-up Touya." "You look like that one lady on The Matrix! Are you preparing for Halloween early or something?" He said while trying to hold in his laughter. "No. For your information, this is from Tomoyo." And with that said, she headed up stairs to her room.

Kero was winning. "Come on! Oh yeah! Now look who gets the last laugh! BWHAHAHA!!! Wait, NO! NO! NO! Yeah! Oh yeah! Now who's the man? Who's the man?" Sakura walked in. "Hey Kero." Kero was too busy with the game to notice. "Who's ya daddy? Come on! Say it! Say it!" Kero was yelling at the game. "Kero. Quiet down." Sakura told him as she sat down at her desk and pulled out the cards. Except for the BIND.

Kero's ears perked up and he pressed pause on the game. He floated towards her. "I see ya caught a card. Which one is it?" "The BIND. Wait. How did you know I caught a card?" "I can sense it's aura. It's not like the Sakura cards. They have a pink aura like yours. The others, they have a dark blue color. Sorta like Eriol's aura." Sakura nodded. "Can I see the card?" He asked. She nodded and handed him the card. He sat on mid air while studding the card.

"Your lucky." "Why?" Sakura asked. "This was one of the weaker cards. Your lucky you didn't run across LIFE or DEATH....yet." "Well, the card didn't seem like one of the weaker cards. It was a hard one to catch. It kept running." "Well, if this was hard for you, then the others will be harder than hell to beat." Sakura shrugged and leaned back in her chair and put her feet up onto her desk. Kero sighed. He handed the card back to her and floated back to the TV to continue his game. Sakuras' gaze drifted to the window. Dark clouds were starting to form over head and was blocking the burning suns rays from the earth. Just then, the door bell rang. Sakura didn't bother with the door bell. Touya would get it anyway.

About a minute later....

"Sakura! It's for you!" Sakura groaned and got up and headed down stairs.

"Sakura! Your still wearing my outfit I made for you! Well, my mom just called, and she told me that we were going to go camping! And she told me to invite a few friends to come along. So, I just was wondering if you would like to come along!" Sakura sweatdropped. "Tomoyo, you could of just called ya know." "I know, but I also had to come and give you something. So, are ya gonna come?" Sakura shrugged. "Sure. Why not. When do we leave?" "Thursday!" "But Tomoyo, we have school...." "Remember? We don't have school on Thursday or Friday! And tomorrow's the last day of school!" "Oh yeah. Forgot. And also, you wanted to give me something?" "Oh yeah! Well, the outfit I made for you, it came with this coat, but it would go on with you and Li's arm stuck together. So, here!" She handed a bag to her. "Tomoyo, you didn't get this idea from The Matrix. Did you?" Stars appeared in her eyes. "Why, Sakura. How could you think that? Of course I did!" Sakura fell over. She thought Tomoyo was gonna deny it. Guessed wrong.

Tomoyo snapped out of it. "Well, gotta go! My body guards are waiting out in the car. Well, see ya Thursday! Oh, and be ready by 10 AM on Thursday! K?" And she left.

Sakura stood by the door, watching the car drive off. Rain was now pouring from the heavens like nothing before. She slowly closed the door and peered into the bag. She reached in and pulled out a leather black jacket. She sighed. 'Tomoyo and her ideas. At least it looks nice.' She thought. She walked up the stairs and back into her room.

To be continued....

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I know. Not a cliff hanger. Well, I don't think so at least. Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out. But I was working on my website. Anyways, anyone know how to make cool looking Layouts like what Sakura Star has? Cause I would like to know. If you do, please email me at:

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Well, thanx for all of the reviews from all of the other chapters. I'll be posting more soon. K? Thanx!