Sakura in Paris 2
Part Twenty: The Rescue
{A'sN: I thought I'd just nip in for a moment. I'm sorta sorry about not having Grannie and Jacque and the french gang in this fic that much, but I've been kinda busy focusing in on the main storyline. And in case you're wondering, when Sakura woke them all up and explained how a demon creature called Garlin had attacked Madison and told them to call a doctor, they weren't at all surprised or stunned. They're used to strange crap like that.}
(Ameoba Boy, bruised, battered, and bandaged, is hobbling along after the others. They're currently lost in the desert, but are expecting Lizzie to pop up out of nowhere at any moment.)
Raye (kicking angrily at rocks): I can't believe I lost my bet! I was only a few inches off!
Max: My feet are killing me.....
Ms. Sinic: My arms are killing me.....
Ameoba Boy: My whole body's killing me.....
Psycho: Everyone's whining is killing me......
Raye (growling): Just shut up, or I WILL be doing some killing!
(Everyone's traps snap shut with clangs.)
Christopher (dully): Well, look at the bright side. At least nothing worse can happen-
(Thunder rolls as a sudden freak rain and hailstorm begins, pouring down on the desolate Gang.)
Raye: Christopher?
Christopher: Yeah, Raye?
Raye: Never ever say that again.
{Disclaimer}
Don't own, really don't care.
Hey, I'm tired, cold, and wet.
What more do you want from me?
"Aha!!!" Kero exclaimed.
"What is it now?" Li asked wearily. "Did you discover the mysteries of pop tarts?"
"I know how to get to Frainria!!!!"
Sakura's and Li's heads shot up eagerly.
"How!?!?"
Kero sighed. "It's hard to explain, but trust me. I know how to get there. You'll just have to follow me."
Sakura sighed, standing and smoothing her wrinkled shirt and jeans, scooping up the Sealing Wand. She hadn't even bothered to return it to its necklace form.
"What about Madison?" Kero asked. "Doesn't she want to come?"
"Kero, think!" Li growled. "Madison's sleeping and resting, like she should be doing, recovering from her ordeal!"
"Besides," Sakura said complacantly. "I made her promise to stay here and get better. We're going on our own."
Kero nodded. "We'll have to join hands."
Li clearly didn't want to have to touch Kero, but he did so anyway, with plenty of grumbling.
"Close your eyes." Kero ordered. They complied.
A strange humming filled the air as the three began to glow brightly. The humming increased in pitch, and suddenly, there was a loud popping sound as a vortex, similiar to the one Garlin had created, appeared behind them.
Kero said mindly, still humming loudly with his eyes closed.
Sakura nodded and released Kero's paw and pulled Li with her towards the swirling hole. "Kero says I have to go through first, then you, and he'll come through last."
Li sighed. "If he says so."
Sakura took a deep breath and disappeared into the vortex, Li following not even a heartbeat later. Kero, still humming with eyes closed, floated in after both of them, and, as the humming faded into nothingness, the vortex swirled smaller and smaller before disappearing with a slight pop.
Shawn stared straight ahead of him, drawn into himself, his back against a hunkered-over tree, not paying the slightest attention to Garlin, who was currently dancing around the tree singing, "Together, forever, that's how we must be!"
Garlin suddenly screeched to a stop, his red eyes narrowing slightly. "The meddlers! They're only coming to meet their dooms!"
Shawn blinked. "What?"
Garlin sneered, looking over at Shawn. "Your idiotic friends are coming. They think they have a chance to rescue you. But they will be on my turf, this time, and they shall not succeed against the might of Frainria!"
Shawn closed his eyes again, praying.
There was a popping noise, and a vortex suddenly appeared. A moment later, Sakura tumbled out, landing roughly on her knees, closely followed by Li, and then Kero, who had his eyes closed and was humming strangely.
Garlin hissed, crouching defensively and flexing his long blood-stained claws. "Fools! You were idiots to follow us!!"
Li gritted his teeth as he stood, pulling his sword from its sheath across his back. "So you think, demon."
Sakura nodded, gripping her Sealing Wand tightly. "You have no right to ruin Shawn and Madison's lives!"
Garlin chuckled dryly. "Ruin Nicolus's life? Of course not! He belongs with me! We are the best of friends until the very end; how can he not be happy with me?"
"Maybe because you stole me from my other friends for your own selfish reasons, Garlin," Shawn said softly as he stood. "Maybe because you stole me from the one person I truly care about, you truly cares about me."
Garlin seemed appalled by these statements. "No, Nicolus! I am your only true friend, I am the only one the truly cares about you! No one else does!"
Shawn shook his head slowly. "Garlin, if you truly cared about me, you wouldn't bring me to this awful, barren place. You wouldn't make me feel so bad."
Garlin cocked his head. "You feel bad, Nicolus? But that is absurd!"
Shawn shook his head again. "I do feel bad, Garlin. Do you have a heart? Do you know what a broken one feels like?"
Garlin was confused. "What is a heart?"
Shawn sighed, turning to Sakura and Li. "Is Madison okay? She is, isn't she?"
Sakura nodded with a faint smile. "She's doing just fine, Shawn. But she misses you terribly."
Shawn sighed. "I miss her so bad, too. But please, leave now."
Sakura and Li were surprised by this. "But why? We're here to rescue you!"
"Garlin is much more powerful here than he is on Earth. He can hurt the both of you so much, and I don't want anyone to suffer because of me."
Li shook his head softly, grinning. "Well, we're here now, and we're not leaving unless you're coming with us, Shawn. True friends stick by each other."
Shawn smiled. "I wish I could do something to help you, something to beat Garlin without anyone getting hurt, but I don't have any magic like you do. I'm only a bother and in the way."
Sakura shook her head. "You're not a bother, Shawn. Or in the way. You're one of us. And I swore to Madison I bring you back. I intend to do just that."
Garlin growled softly, menacingly, hopping forward a pace. "Leave us now, foolish intruders. You do not belong here!"
Sakura raised her Sealing Wand. "For once, I agree with you Garlin. But we are not leaving without Shawn."
Garlin growled and lunged at Sakura.
"Windy Card!" Sakura cried.
Garlin was thrown back against a tree by Windy, but managed to escape her clutches easily. "Is that the best you can do, weakling?!?" Garlin hissed, lunging again.
Li's sword came slicing down, slashing Garlin across a dusky black side. Garlin squealed in pain, jumping back reflexively.
"Kero, get the vortex open again." Sakura whispered out of the corner of her mouth. "Li, keep it busy while I grab Shawn."
Li nodded and adopted a fighting stance.
But Garlin seemed to have heard the whispered orders, for when he lunged a third time, it was at neither Li, nor Sakura, but Kero.
Kero struggled against the long claws that closed in around him. "Let me go!"
Sakura gasped as Garlin squeezed Kero ruthlessly. "You will leave now, or I shall kill the flying mouse creature!"
Shawn watched helplessly. I wish there's something I could do!!!
There was an intense, bright flash of light, blinding everyone before it faded away. When Shawn uncovered his eyes again, he gaped silently in stunned shock.
Standing between Garlin, Sakura, and Li, were three people, two everyone recognized, one no one but Garlin did.
Madison, her eyes wide in surprise, her hands around her bandaged neck, sat on her knees. Standing beside her was a young man, dressed in old fashioned clothes and nearly see-through. It was none other than the deceased Nicolus Otion.
But standing beside the ghost-like figure was another young man, resembling Nicolus so closely they must have been related, but dressed in ancient-looking robes and nearly as transparent as Nicolus.
Garlin's eyes widened in shock. He was so surprised, he released Kero, who quicky hovered back over to Sakura and Li, who's eyes looked about ready to pop out of their sockets.
"Antien!" Garlin whispered fearfully. "But it cannot be!!"
The robe-dressed young man nodded slowly, his green eyes cold and steely.
Kero boggled at the ghost-like man, spluttering. "He-he-he's . . . Clow Reed's apprentice!!!"
Ooooh! Getting so interesting!!! What the heck's gonna happen next? Well, let's just say, "Expect the Unexpected"....
Max: Ouch! I just fell on another cactus!
Ms. Sinic: I just about stepped on a rattlesnake, guys. Can we please stop?
Raye (sighing): Oh well. If we get caught by the Border Patrol now, I'm really too tired to give a damn.
Christopher & Psycho: Same here.....
Li: Guys?
Everyone: Huh?
Li: I think we've been walking in circles....
Ameoba Boy: Why is that?
Sakura (pointing): Because the Border Fence is right over there.....
Christopher (sighing): And look who's coming to greet us ....
Lizzie over the megaphone: PUT UP YOUR HANDS NOW, AND DON'T TRY TO ESCAPE! YOU'LL JUST MAKE IT HARDER ON YOURSELVES!!!
Raye: Oh shit.
Christopher: I know. We're as good as in prison....
Raye: No, I meant there's nothing nearby sharp enough to kill myself with.
Ms. Sinic: Don't you dare start talking like that, Raye!
Max: Yeah, that's me and Psycho's job to be suicidally depressed.
(Everyone sweatdrops.)
Ameoba Boy (fingering a loose tooth): Well, look at the bright side. At least we'll be inside out of the elements.
Raye: And trapped with Lizzie? What's the bright side?
Part Twenty: The Rescue
{A'sN: I thought I'd just nip in for a moment. I'm sorta sorry about not having Grannie and Jacque and the french gang in this fic that much, but I've been kinda busy focusing in on the main storyline. And in case you're wondering, when Sakura woke them all up and explained how a demon creature called Garlin had attacked Madison and told them to call a doctor, they weren't at all surprised or stunned. They're used to strange crap like that.}
(Ameoba Boy, bruised, battered, and bandaged, is hobbling along after the others. They're currently lost in the desert, but are expecting Lizzie to pop up out of nowhere at any moment.)
Raye (kicking angrily at rocks): I can't believe I lost my bet! I was only a few inches off!
Max: My feet are killing me.....
Ms. Sinic: My arms are killing me.....
Ameoba Boy: My whole body's killing me.....
Psycho: Everyone's whining is killing me......
Raye (growling): Just shut up, or I WILL be doing some killing!
(Everyone's traps snap shut with clangs.)
Christopher (dully): Well, look at the bright side. At least nothing worse can happen-
(Thunder rolls as a sudden freak rain and hailstorm begins, pouring down on the desolate Gang.)
Raye: Christopher?
Christopher: Yeah, Raye?
Raye: Never ever say that again.
{Disclaimer}
Don't own, really don't care.
Hey, I'm tired, cold, and wet.
What more do you want from me?
"Aha!!!" Kero exclaimed.
"What is it now?" Li asked wearily. "Did you discover the mysteries of pop tarts?"
"I know how to get to Frainria!!!!"
Sakura's and Li's heads shot up eagerly.
"How!?!?"
Kero sighed. "It's hard to explain, but trust me. I know how to get there. You'll just have to follow me."
Sakura sighed, standing and smoothing her wrinkled shirt and jeans, scooping up the Sealing Wand. She hadn't even bothered to return it to its necklace form.
"What about Madison?" Kero asked. "Doesn't she want to come?"
"Kero, think!" Li growled. "Madison's sleeping and resting, like she should be doing, recovering from her ordeal!"
"Besides," Sakura said complacantly. "I made her promise to stay here and get better. We're going on our own."
Kero nodded. "We'll have to join hands."
Li clearly didn't want to have to touch Kero, but he did so anyway, with plenty of grumbling.
"Close your eyes." Kero ordered. They complied.
A strange humming filled the air as the three began to glow brightly. The humming increased in pitch, and suddenly, there was a loud popping sound as a vortex, similiar to the one Garlin had created, appeared behind them.
Kero said mindly, still humming loudly with his eyes closed.
Sakura nodded and released Kero's paw and pulled Li with her towards the swirling hole. "Kero says I have to go through first, then you, and he'll come through last."
Li sighed. "If he says so."
Sakura took a deep breath and disappeared into the vortex, Li following not even a heartbeat later. Kero, still humming with eyes closed, floated in after both of them, and, as the humming faded into nothingness, the vortex swirled smaller and smaller before disappearing with a slight pop.
Shawn stared straight ahead of him, drawn into himself, his back against a hunkered-over tree, not paying the slightest attention to Garlin, who was currently dancing around the tree singing, "Together, forever, that's how we must be!"
Garlin suddenly screeched to a stop, his red eyes narrowing slightly. "The meddlers! They're only coming to meet their dooms!"
Shawn blinked. "What?"
Garlin sneered, looking over at Shawn. "Your idiotic friends are coming. They think they have a chance to rescue you. But they will be on my turf, this time, and they shall not succeed against the might of Frainria!"
Shawn closed his eyes again, praying.
There was a popping noise, and a vortex suddenly appeared. A moment later, Sakura tumbled out, landing roughly on her knees, closely followed by Li, and then Kero, who had his eyes closed and was humming strangely.
Garlin hissed, crouching defensively and flexing his long blood-stained claws. "Fools! You were idiots to follow us!!"
Li gritted his teeth as he stood, pulling his sword from its sheath across his back. "So you think, demon."
Sakura nodded, gripping her Sealing Wand tightly. "You have no right to ruin Shawn and Madison's lives!"
Garlin chuckled dryly. "Ruin Nicolus's life? Of course not! He belongs with me! We are the best of friends until the very end; how can he not be happy with me?"
"Maybe because you stole me from my other friends for your own selfish reasons, Garlin," Shawn said softly as he stood. "Maybe because you stole me from the one person I truly care about, you truly cares about me."
Garlin seemed appalled by these statements. "No, Nicolus! I am your only true friend, I am the only one the truly cares about you! No one else does!"
Shawn shook his head slowly. "Garlin, if you truly cared about me, you wouldn't bring me to this awful, barren place. You wouldn't make me feel so bad."
Garlin cocked his head. "You feel bad, Nicolus? But that is absurd!"
Shawn shook his head again. "I do feel bad, Garlin. Do you have a heart? Do you know what a broken one feels like?"
Garlin was confused. "What is a heart?"
Shawn sighed, turning to Sakura and Li. "Is Madison okay? She is, isn't she?"
Sakura nodded with a faint smile. "She's doing just fine, Shawn. But she misses you terribly."
Shawn sighed. "I miss her so bad, too. But please, leave now."
Sakura and Li were surprised by this. "But why? We're here to rescue you!"
"Garlin is much more powerful here than he is on Earth. He can hurt the both of you so much, and I don't want anyone to suffer because of me."
Li shook his head softly, grinning. "Well, we're here now, and we're not leaving unless you're coming with us, Shawn. True friends stick by each other."
Shawn smiled. "I wish I could do something to help you, something to beat Garlin without anyone getting hurt, but I don't have any magic like you do. I'm only a bother and in the way."
Sakura shook her head. "You're not a bother, Shawn. Or in the way. You're one of us. And I swore to Madison I bring you back. I intend to do just that."
Garlin growled softly, menacingly, hopping forward a pace. "Leave us now, foolish intruders. You do not belong here!"
Sakura raised her Sealing Wand. "For once, I agree with you Garlin. But we are not leaving without Shawn."
Garlin growled and lunged at Sakura.
"Windy Card!" Sakura cried.
Garlin was thrown back against a tree by Windy, but managed to escape her clutches easily. "Is that the best you can do, weakling?!?" Garlin hissed, lunging again.
Li's sword came slicing down, slashing Garlin across a dusky black side. Garlin squealed in pain, jumping back reflexively.
"Kero, get the vortex open again." Sakura whispered out of the corner of her mouth. "Li, keep it busy while I grab Shawn."
Li nodded and adopted a fighting stance.
But Garlin seemed to have heard the whispered orders, for when he lunged a third time, it was at neither Li, nor Sakura, but Kero.
Kero struggled against the long claws that closed in around him. "Let me go!"
Sakura gasped as Garlin squeezed Kero ruthlessly. "You will leave now, or I shall kill the flying mouse creature!"
Shawn watched helplessly. I wish there's something I could do!!!
There was an intense, bright flash of light, blinding everyone before it faded away. When Shawn uncovered his eyes again, he gaped silently in stunned shock.
Standing between Garlin, Sakura, and Li, were three people, two everyone recognized, one no one but Garlin did.
Madison, her eyes wide in surprise, her hands around her bandaged neck, sat on her knees. Standing beside her was a young man, dressed in old fashioned clothes and nearly see-through. It was none other than the deceased Nicolus Otion.
But standing beside the ghost-like figure was another young man, resembling Nicolus so closely they must have been related, but dressed in ancient-looking robes and nearly as transparent as Nicolus.
Garlin's eyes widened in shock. He was so surprised, he released Kero, who quicky hovered back over to Sakura and Li, who's eyes looked about ready to pop out of their sockets.
"Antien!" Garlin whispered fearfully. "But it cannot be!!"
The robe-dressed young man nodded slowly, his green eyes cold and steely.
Kero boggled at the ghost-like man, spluttering. "He-he-he's . . . Clow Reed's apprentice!!!"
Ooooh! Getting so interesting!!! What the heck's gonna happen next? Well, let's just say, "Expect the Unexpected"....
Max: Ouch! I just fell on another cactus!
Ms. Sinic: I just about stepped on a rattlesnake, guys. Can we please stop?
Raye (sighing): Oh well. If we get caught by the Border Patrol now, I'm really too tired to give a damn.
Christopher & Psycho: Same here.....
Li: Guys?
Everyone: Huh?
Li: I think we've been walking in circles....
Ameoba Boy: Why is that?
Sakura (pointing): Because the Border Fence is right over there.....
Christopher (sighing): And look who's coming to greet us ....
Lizzie over the megaphone: PUT UP YOUR HANDS NOW, AND DON'T TRY TO ESCAPE! YOU'LL JUST MAKE IT HARDER ON YOURSELVES!!!
Raye: Oh shit.
Christopher: I know. We're as good as in prison....
Raye: No, I meant there's nothing nearby sharp enough to kill myself with.
Ms. Sinic: Don't you dare start talking like that, Raye!
Max: Yeah, that's me and Psycho's job to be suicidally depressed.
(Everyone sweatdrops.)
Ameoba Boy (fingering a loose tooth): Well, look at the bright side. At least we'll be inside out of the elements.
Raye: And trapped with Lizzie? What's the bright side?
