*******************THE PURPLE CHERRY BLOSSOM**************
************************BY- KIRIN LI****************************
Here's chapter 9! Enjoy! Sorry, I don't have much to say.
**Disclaimer: I've said it a million times already. Do I have to say it again? Fine, I don't own CCS.**
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Chapter 9: The End of. . .
Sakura pulled out another card. "Sand!" she called. Sand began to poor all over Mika, trapping her for a moment. Sakura then pulled out two cards. "Storm! Freeze!" The Storm card rained on Mika, making the sand damp and stick together easier, while Freeze froze the sand. Mika was now trapped and injured.
Sakura smiled evilly at Mika. "Now, look at how the tables have turned. I've learned a few tricks these past few weeks, and now I think I'll show you. . .instead of using these four cards." she said, holding up Firey, Watery, Earthy, and Wind. The four elemental cards.
Sakura held her wand in front of herself, pointing it at Mika, and chanted a few words. A small sapphire jewel appeared. Lowering her wand, the sapphire floated to Sakura's neck and became a necklace.
With her wand at her side, Sakura held her hand out and pointed at Mika. A blue fire flew from no where and encircled Mika, without melting the ice. "How can fire not melt ice?" Mika asked, alarm in her voice. With no answer, the flames sprouted legs and began circling/dancing around Mika. "What's going on? What it this?" she asked, panic clear in her voice.
Again, no answer. The blue flames were joined by purple ones, then green, and orange. They all dances/circled around Mika a few times, then stopped. Slowly, they advanced toward her.
Her eyes widened in horror when realization struck her. The flames had been circling her and were now advancing, like a pack of wolves and their prey. She screamed as they attacked. The cards back in card form, Mika stood, screaming in pain as the flames still attacked. "You may have one now, but you shall still die!" Mika screamed before she was engulfed in the flames.
Mika gone, her staff rose in the air. Becoming a small black sphere, it disappeared.
Sakura ran over to the group. "Are you guys okay? Kirin?" she asked worriedly. Yue looked at his mistress, his face free of emotion, and answered. "We are fine. Kirin will be, as well, but only if we get her to a hospital soon." Sakura nodded. Yue trance formed back into Yuki, who somehow knew what was going on, and he picked up Kirin.
The six of them ran as fast as they could to the hospital, Kero in Tomoyo's hands with her cam-corder. Everyone who had a sword quickly put them away, and Sakura also put away her wand. Eriol ran ahead of them and informed the doctors, who had a stretcher-bed waiting.
Yuki placed Kirin on it and the doctors took her to surgery, the spell that was stopping the bleeding now off, while a nurse took Sakura to fix her wounds. "I should call Sakura's father. . .and Toya." said Yuki faintly.
Hours later, Toya, Fujitaka, Yuki, Sakura, with a few stitches, and Tomoyo were sitting in hospital chairs, while Syaoran and Kale paced and Eriol stared blankly out of the window. Toya, strangely, looked extremely worried. Syaoran noticed this. "Toya, can I asked you something?" Syaoran asked. Toya looked at him. "What?" he said coldly. "Why are you worried about my sister?" Toya was surprised that his question hadn't been harsh.
"Because. . . .even though I don't like you. . . .your sister is. . . .okay. I don't hate her." he said quietly.
Syaoran smiled slightly. "Arigato. . .for not hating her, and for. . .
worrying about her." he said softly, shocking Toya. "Yo. . . .your welcome." he said. Sakura smiled. For the first time, her brother had actually had a nice conversation with her fiancee. Syaoran stopped pacing again and sat down on the floor next to Kale, who had stopped pacing a while ago. He sat there staring at the opposite wall for a half hour before he blinked. He looked at Sakura, then at his watch.
"Does anyone want more coffee?" Tomoyo asked. The small table in the waiting room was already littered by tons of empty coffee cups, but everyone still nodded. After a few minutes, she came back with a tray of full coffee cups and handed them out.
Syaoran sipped his coffee, staring at the wall again. Shaking his head, he looked at Sakura. "Sakura?" he asked softly. "Hai?" she looked at him. "Do you have your cell phone with you?" Sakura nodded, took out her phone and handed it to him. He stood up and stared at it for a moment, then dialed a number.
The phone rang and no one answered it. Syaoran put down his coffee and looked at his watch. It was 10 p.m. Finally someone answered it. "Hello?" said a tired voice. "Sorry to be calling so early." he began, "Can you wake up my mom, Meiling?"
"This had better be important, Syaoran. I don't like waking your mom up this early, she can be very nasty. What time is it anyway? " "It's four a.m. there." he replied. "FOUR? Oh, okay, hold on." said a tired Meiling. On the other side, Syaoran heard, Meilin had put the phone down and was walking away. Seconds later he heard two pairs of rushing footsteps. "Syaoran? What is it?" came his mother's voice. Syaoran noted that, even though his mother was calm, he could still hear worry in her voice.
"Mom, are you by a chair?" he asked. "Hai. Why?" came her reply. "Sit down. Ready?" he asked, quite oddly. "Hai." "Something terrible has happened." he said slowly. "What is it?" Syaoran could hear his sisters joining his mother and Meiling. "It's Kirin. She's in the hospital. We've been here for about. . . .six hours. Kirin's been in surgery for that long, also." he said slowly. He heard his eldest sister say something, her voice sounded worried. "Mom, what is it? What's wrong." Syaoran waited, guessing that the expression on his mother's face was shock.
"Oh Kami. . .Syaoran. . .what happened?" she asked in a semi-whisper. "She. . . .was fighting with an enemy. . . .it was. . . .Mika Kodatchi." he said slowly. "Did you say 'Mika Kodatchi'?" she asked.
"Hai. Have you heard of her?" there was a long pause. "Yes. Mika Kodatchi was the last member of the Kodatchi Family. Our. . . .rivaling. . . .Clan. They wanted our power. The last time she was seen. . . . . .but, that was over three centuries ago. . ." she seemed to be talking more to herself than to him.
"How is Kirin?" she asked, finally. "We don't know. Mom, stay near the phone, I'll call you back when we get news, okay?" he asked. "Okay. Good bye, Xiao Lang." she said quietly. "Good bye, mom." and he hung up Sakura's phone. "How did she take it?" Tomoyo asked. "Well, she didn't freak out." he responded. "That's good." she said quietly.
Silence had fallen over them again, for half an hour when the doctor finally came out. Everyone who wasn't already standing, did so.
"How is she?" Syaoran asked. The doctor was quiet for a moment before answering. "Well, I have some good news. . .and, unfortunately, some bad." he said, looking at each of them in turn.
To Be Continued...
I. . .am. . .so. . .very. . .evil! Muahahahaha! Well, at least I put this up with the final chapter; chapter 10. Yeah, I know I said there'd be at least 11 chapters, but I'm not gonna stretch it that far. I'll also let you know if there'll be a sequel, next chapter. Ja, and Happy Thanks Giving!
~Kirin Li^_^
