The Clow Tablets
Tokyo, Japan
"So Sakura, where should we go to next?" Tomoyo said as she flopped herself on to a bed in her hotel room. She was sharing a three-bedroom suite with her mom and best friend. They were in Tokyo for at least three days; or until Sakura had another vision to inform them on where to go next.
"I don't know. All I saw in my vision was a skyscraper. One I couldn't get access to. I may even have to use the Clow cards. How do you think we'll keep your mom from finding out my secret?"
"I'll take care of my mom, that will be a piece of cake. She won't even realize we're looking for a specific building. Where do you think this building is? It could be right here in Tokyo, or anywhere else in the world for that matter." Tomoyo's mom walked in, interrupting their private conversation.
"Tomoyo, Sakura, why don't you go shopping this afternoon. You can get anything you may need for the trip, while I'm checking in on my toy company.
They headed out of their five star luxury hotel and walked downtown. This place was huge. Sakura couldn't see how she could find the right building, if the tablet even was in Tokyo.
Tomoyo leaned over to Sakura and whispered, "Sakura, is that Li-kun over there? Does he ever look handsome!" She pointed to a crowd of people walking on the opposite side of the street.
Sakura craned her neck as far as she could. Squinting, she tried to find his familiar, green aura.
"Sakura…" Tomoyo tried to warn.
She swung around only to come in contact with something solid. She looked up to see the tall skyscraper from her dream.
"Tomoyo, it's the building!"
They looked at the maximum security at the front door. There was no way they could get in. Tomoyo yanked her video camera out of her purse and ran across the street.
She pointed her camera up at the top of the building. When people started to notice her, she started in on her plan.
"Look everyone, that man's going to jump," she screeched. Everyone was either distracted by trying to get out of the way, or looking up at this suicidal maniac. They didn't notice Sakura sneak into the building or Tomoyo go in right after her.
Sakura bound up the stairs, taking them two at a time. She finally reached the roof, only to find Tomoyo had already arrived.
"How *puff* did you get up here *inhale* so fast?"
"Wow Sakura, you aren't even that out of breath. That's a great achievement; this building has 42 floors. I saw that in the elevator, which was much faster."
Sakura collapsed out of exhaustion, and embarrassment. She lied on the roof top for a minute before getting up to look for the tablet. Noticing when she tripped over it, one of the tiles was loose; she picked it up. Underneath was an ancient slab of rock with hieroglyphics carved in an ancient language.
She tried to pick it up. It seemed to be stuck to the roof. This was worse than the time she roller bladed over gooey gum. A tug of war game was the result, Sakura against the old piece of rock.
Sakura finally won when a piece of the roof tore off. She fell backwards, her back hit something solid, but she kept on plummeting. Around her the glass of a shattered skylight sparkled like diamonds.
She realized she wasn't falling anymore; she looked up and saw the strained face of Tomoyo, holding on to her foot. Looking down she saw the board meeting she had disturbed seconds before. People were looking at her with horrified expressions on their faces.
Sakura knew she had to act fast, without using her powers and the cards. She reached over and grabbed at the chandelier hanging from the ceiling. The first time she missed, Tomoyo didn't look like she could hold on any longer. Sakura reached again, just as Tomoyo let go. Her hand closed around the light.
She started to swing the chandelier back and forth so she could pick up enough momentum to jump back on the roof. The screws connected to the ceiling started to pop out. Sakura's added weight was to heavy for it to hold. At the last second she picked up enough speed to safely jump next to Tomoyo. The chandelier fell on to the people below.
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"We're lost," Sakura mumbled.
"We are not lost. I know exactly where we are."
"Sure you do; that's why we've been going around in circles for the last half and hour!"
"The hotel should be right there." Tomoyo pointed to a building that did look familiar but wasn't the hotel.
"That's the building where I found the tablet."
"You're right, look they're fixing the skylight." A large piece of glass fell off the roof and onto the street.
"Shield," Sakura called.
The glass fell harmlessly on the sidewalk where no one was. It sprayed millions of little shard in every direction. The shield protected everyone in its path.
They rounded the corner and right there, in plain view was the hotel.
"I told you I knew where we were." Tomoyo said gleefully.
Sakura mumbled under her breath, "An hour ago!"
"I bet Kero could read the peculiar inscription on the tablet. Talking about Kero, did you let him out of your carry-on?"
Sakura sweat-dropped.
They took off running towards the hotel. Sakura tripped over her shoelace and fell on the sidewalk, taking some pedestrians with her. She waved Tomoyo on and paused to tie her shoelace. By the time she finished Tomoyo had already entered the hotel.
The security guard for their posh, 5 star hotel took one glance at Sakura's ratty appearance and barred the entrance. She caught her appearance in the glass and paled. Her hair was messy, with dried blood, where she cut herself, knotting it at the temple. Her gaze traveled to her ripped clothes, shards of glass were stuck in the material. With the blood, glass, and cuts, she looked like she had been hit by a car, and this idiot wasn't going to allow her in to her hotel because of her appearance. What would happen if she were really dying?
Sakura kicked him in the shins and pushed past him. He chased her through the high-class lobby yelling, "Stop, security, stop! Come back here you thief. Catch that girl!"
Thief! He called her a thief. She ran up a couple of flights of stairs with him on her heels. He was on her tail for two flights but then he started to get tired. She figured his pudgy midsection was part of the reason for this, besides the fact that she was an excellent athlete.
She stopped at what she thought was her room. Opening the door, she found two people in what can only be described as a very compromising situation. Figuring this was none of her business and definitely not her room, she closed the door on the situation. She then took out a pen and a post-it note and wrote 'Please lock your door next time.'
After much searching she finally found her room, and an upset Kero. He was someone she didn't want to deal with at the moment.
"Where were you Sakura?"
"I was chased up 13 flights of stairs by a security guard who thought I was a burglar. I didn't realize I was on the wrong floor so I walked in on something I would rather not remember. *shudders* Kero, do you think you could translate this tablet?"
"I'm still mad at you! I will read it because then I can show you how intelligent I am. I Kero, am a clearly superior being."
"Stuffed animal!"
"Your starting to sound like the Li kid. He was a bad influence on you. All right, I'll read it; it's the journey tablet and it says:
The beginning of your journey has just begun,
This quest will take more than one.
On the next step you will find,
Someone with magic of your kind.
At least I think that's what I said. It's been a long time since I've read this language. Don't you dare say that the Li kid could do better, he can't, and if he can it's because he has been studying all of his life."
"I wasn't going to say anything! You were the one who mentioned it. Now that I think of it I bet Syoaran-kun could read it."
Kero was about to respond when Tomoyo's mom came in to the hotel room. Sakura quickly jammed the tablet under the couch; while Kero fell from the air, acting like a stuffed animal. He missed the couch and landed on his head on the floor.
"Mom, how was your day?"
"Awful, I wouldn't have gone to work if I had known so many terrible things would happen. First, some guy was threatening to commit suicide off the building across the street. Then some crazy teenager fell through the skylight and broke a chandelier. One woman had to be rushed to the hospital to get her ear sewn back on."
"What happened," Sakura croaked.
"A piece of glass cut her ear in half, and they still haven't caught the perpetrators. To top it off, the crew who was fixing the window dropped the glass 42 stories on to the street below. Thank god no one was hurt. Now security is saying a thief is running around the hotel." She slumped on the couch; her heel dug right into Kero. He let out a little squawk.
"I didn't know your stuffed animal could squeak. So, how was your day?"
"Great! We went window-shopping; we got lost for a while but we found our way back." Sakura said while backing herself into her room.
Tomoyo came in a while later and brought Kero and the tablet with her. Sakura was sound asleep.
That night her dream showed her a garden with a beautiful seven-story, white pagoda. In the gardens were strange statues of animals and men. To top it off there were statues of characters from Chinese legends.
Sakura looked around in amazement. Then one of the statues moved towards her.
The card mistress awoke from her dream and looked at the clock. It was already 7 o'clock. It hit her where she was supposed to go next; where the garden was from.
"Hong Kong." She whispered to the rising sun. Her dreams and nightmares were about to come true.
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