Hi, everyone. Wallcrawler here… and I got a new chapter! But… this is the
second to last chapter. I'm already starting chapter 40, the epilogue, and
then I will immediately start the sequel. But… I hope you enjoy this
chapter, because I put everything I have into it. And the ending… ::hands
out boxes of tissues:: Just be warned… it might make you cry…
Chapter 39
Sakura's mouth practically dropped to the floor as she watched the immense dragon roaring and slashing around. Her dreams were coming true. "Dear God no…" she mumbled. "This can't be happening! All my dreams are coming true… but that means…"
Syaoran held his sword out. "Dammit! I should have killed him when I had the chance… but it is too late for that now! We must-" There was a tugging on Syaoran's leg. Syaoran looked down. "Sakura, what are you doing? Let go of my leg! We've got to stop Sadin!" Sakura began to cry. "Syaoran, don't fight! My dreams are coming true… and I don't want to see you get hurt!" Syaoran sighed. "Look, Sakura, I know that, but I don't want to see you get hurt either."
Syaoran turned his head to the side and saw the dragon prepare to attack. He grabbed Sakura and sucked just as a wall of fire passes overhead. "See what I mean?" Sakura cried more. "I don't care! I don't want to see you get hurt! PLEASE!" Syaoran didn't listen though and escaped Sakura's gasp and charged along with everyone else. Sakura was left lying on the cave floor, watching her friends charged in.
Sakura couldn't just watch them, so she sprang to her feet and charged. Yue and Ruby Moon flew quickly around the dragon's head. The dragon swiped through the air, trying to swat them to the ground. But neither the dragon nor the two guardians could get one attack in. "I have a plan." Said Yue. Both of them went to other sides of the dragon and began to gather their energy into one blast. Sadin could see they were trying to trap him. No matter who he went after, the other would just blast him, and their power was growing.
Sadin opened his mouth and a burning ball of fire crashed into Ruby. Yu looked worried and stopped concentrating his magic. Deep within his dragon body, Sadin thought, "Just as I expected. These poor fools care for each other. I can use that to my advantage…" As Yue looked to Ruby crashing to the ground, Sadin ran up and raised a claw. In one fluid swipe, it sent Yue hurdling to the ground.
The dragon let out a roar of pain and looked down to see Kero and Spinnel biting, scratching, and ripping at its stomach. Sadin raised one foot and slammed it into the ground, causing the entire cave to rumble until Kero and Spinnel fell. Rocks from the ceiling fell everywhere, but the majority fell onto and covered the two guardian beasts until there was no movement from under the rocks.
Mia and Eriol fired a blast of lightning at once, distracting Sadin as Syaoran climbed on top of Sadin's back by his tail. "JUMP" Sakura summoned the Jump Card and leaped onto Sadin as well as the dragon charged for Mia and Eriol. "ARROW!" A young spirit girl flew into the air holding a bow and arrow. She fired one arrow, which quickly split into about 40 different arrows. At the same time, Syaoran raised his sword and plunged it deep into Sadin's back as the arrows struck. The dragon screamed and shook his back, throwing Sakura and Syaoran in opposite directions, both slamming into walls. Eriol charged up another shot and fired it at Sadin, but he opened his large dragon mouth and fired a fireball back, canceling out Eriol's attack and slamming both him and Mia to the ground as well.
Sadin roared in triumph as he saw all of his foes lying on the ground defeated. He decided to finish them off, one by one. First, he turned to Syaoran who was lying in pain, slumped against a wall. He picked him up by the shirt with two talons. Syaoran was held right in front of the dragon's mouth as it opened up and was preparing to blast him into oblivion.
"STOP!" Sakura stood up, holding her shoulder that felt like it was broken after being slammed to the wall. "Put Syaoran down, and pick on someone your own size!" Sakura grabbed a card at tossed it in the air while Sadin dropped Syaoran to the ground harshly and charged towards Sakura. "BIG CARD!" Sakura began to grow at a tremendous speed until she was as taller than the dragon. "Okay, Sadin, how do you like being smaller one?" Sakura kicked and punched with all her might. Sadin was practically defenseless.
Everyone slowly got to their feet, watching in amazement as the giant Sakura pounded away at the dragon, who couldn't even fight back. Kero and Spinnel crawled out from the rubble as well. They watched every blow. Sakura seemed to be invincible. She even used her staff like a cane and hit the dragon over the head with it. Finally, one kick sent the dragon into a wall. But the dragon fired a fireball straight at her. "FREEZE!" The entire blast became encased in a giant ice ball which Sakura picked up easily and smashed Sadin deeper into the wall with a huge crash. Sadin dropped his head, appearing to be dead.
Sakura kneeled down to her relatively miniature sized friends and smiled and they all cheered for her. "Good going, Sakura!" Syaoran yelled. Sakura laughed and blushed. "Hoe… I guess I did do it, didn't I? But I couldn't have done it without all of—" "LOOK OUT SAKURA!" Syaoran interrupted. Sakura turned to see Sadin bursting out of the wall in fury. He quickly opened his mouth and fired a giant blinding ball of energy at Sakura. The entire room lit up and everything was silent. Sakura had no time to react and was hit directly with the blast. Syaoran tried to scream out to Sakura, but he was muffled under the explosion.
For a moment, there was pure silence. Everyone had been blinded momentarily and was adjusting their eyes, even Sadin. When Syaoran could see again, his jaw dropped. Sakura was lying motionless on the ground back to her normal size. Syaoran ran as fast as he could towards her. Everyone else was in tow. Syaoran lifted her head up and wiped off a small trickle of blood from her face. "Sakura?! Are you alright?! Sakura! Speak to me, Sakura!" Syaoran said frantically. Sakura slowly lifted her head. "I'm okay… ARGH!" Sakura clenched her muscles and rubbed her arm. "My arm… it feels like it's on fire!" Syaoran tore of her right sleeve to have a look. Her arm was cut pretty badly. It must had taken the main force of the attack.
Syaoran took the sleeve he ripped off her shirt and wrapped it around her arm. "There, you should be fine. Just sit here and stay away from Sadin. We've got to end this." Syaoran said. "Wait!" Sakura screamed. "Don't go! You'll be hurt! I can't lose you!" Syaoran bent down beside her and held her hand. "Sakura, I'll be fine." "But Syaoran—" Syaoran put his lips to hers for a brief moment. "I'll be fine. I promise." They both blushed. "Now, everyone, let's go!" Syaoran commanded.
They all charged at once. Yue grabbed Syaoran and dropped him onto Sadin's back while Ruby and Spinnel flew around his head as a distraction. Syaoran ran towards Sadin's neck and grabbed his head. Syaoran lifted his sword high and was about to dig it right into Sadin's skull when Sadin shook his head violently, throwing Syaoran off. The dragon raised a foot to step on Syaoran when Yue grabbed Syaoran and dragged his out of the way as Mia blasted Sadin with an ice spell. That was too much for Sadin to bear. He concentrated all of his magic through his dragon body and prepared to attack with everything he had.
As he concentrated, Sadin felt his power, speed, and magic rising. In a blinding flash, the dragon swiped and knocked Yue and Ruby out of the air, Burnt Kero and Spinnel with a fiery blast, and slammed Eriol and Mia into the walls and ground.
Once again, Sadin was the only one left standing. He decided it was time to end the pointless battle and begin his new world order. He stumbled towards Sakura who sat against a wall. "HOE!" Sakura screamed in fright. The dragon squinted its deep red eyes. It brought it's head up for a second and just stared at Sakura. She tried to move, but the pain was unbearable. She was trapped in a corner. The dragon lunged its head down to swallow Sakura in one bite…
But the dragon's head was brutally flung to one side and collapsed on the ground. Syaoran stood above it, holding his sword in his hands. He had saved her. "…Wait… this seems familiar… Oh my God, this is just like the first dream I had! That means… SYAORAN! GET OUT OF THE WAY, NOW!" But it was too late for Sakura's warning. The Demon Master lifted its head and was back on its feet. Syaoran readied his blade, but the dragon reached out and grabbed Syaoran in its paw.
Sakura watched in horror as the dragon squeezed Syaoran as hard as it could. Syaoran's screams and the cracking of bone could be heard echoing throughout the cave. Syaoran turned red, having trouble breathing with all of the pressure. Also, the dragon forced his magic power through its hand and all of the dark magic could be seen flowing through and attacking Syaoran as well. Syaoran glowed as the evil energy tore him apart inside.
"NO! DAMMIT, I WON'T ALLOW IT!" Sakura stood up and fought the pain. "SWORD!" Sakura charged up to Sadin, too busy and distracted torturing Syaoran to notice Sakura approaching. The lesson Syaoran gave her in using the sword came back to her. "HIYAH!" Sakura screamed as she leaped into the air and smashed Sadin's wrist with her sword with all her might like Syaoran had taught her. Sadin screamed in pain and dropped Syaoran motionless to the ground. The sword had dug deep into Sadin's paw, and Sadin thrashed about.
Sakura leapt backwards when something fell out of the backpack she had the cards in .
"…The stones. The stones that boost your magic! I know what to do!" Sakura reached into her backpack and pulled out all of the magic-enhancing stones and placed them around her at a safe distance from Sadin. She grabbed two cards from her backpack and threw them high into the air. The symbol of the Clow appeared beneath her feat, of both the sun and the moon. "The key that hides the power of the Dark… Show your true form before me! I, Sakura, command you under our contract! LIGHT CARD! DARK CARD! BECOME A BINDING CHAIN AND ATTACK MY ENEMY!"
A blinding light surrounded Sakura as she radiated with power. The stones Sakura laid around herself began to float and radiate like Sakura. They began to spin around the Light and Dark Cards as Sakura poured her heart and soul into one attack. The wind picked up and Sakura's hair flowed with the wind. Sakura's emerald eyes glowed with determination. Everything depended on her. The stones swirled faster and faster around the Cards and moved in closer and closer until they were absorbed into the cards themselves. Suddenly, all of Sakura's cards began to float out of her backpack and release at once.
Fiery, Arrow, Windy, Sand, Shadow, Earth, Snow, Storm, Freeze, Power, Wood, Fly, Water, Freeze, Thunder…
All of Sakura's cards began to release around her and smother Sadin in attacks. Sadin was overwhelmed at once as Sakura focused all of her magic and determination into this one attack. Finally, all the cards spread out of the way and Sadin collapsed onto the ground. Two majestic figures appeared from the cards, one black, and one white.
The black, Dark Card lifted Sadin's head and wrapped itself all around the dragon to keep Sadin perfectly still. The Light Card rose into the air and began to emit the brightest light anyone had ever seen. The Light Card attacked in the blink of an eye, diving right into the chest of the Lord of all Demons. Golden sparks rose into the air and rings of magic swirled around the Light Card as it slowly dived right through Sadin. In an instant, the Light Card literally flew right through Sadin. Sadin's once deep crimson eyes were now dull and black. Sadin let out a horrifying last roar before he collapsed onto the ground and closed his eyes. All of the cards returned to Sakura.
Sakura stood panting and clutching her arm in pain. But a bright smile lit up her face.
"It's over… It's over… Sadin is gone for good…" Sakura whispered. She didn't hesitate to run up to Syaoran. His face was cut, and a trickle of blood rolled down his cheeks. It was obvious he was in a lot of pain. But yet… a smile was on his face. Sakura kneeled down over him. Syaoran lifted his hand and ran his fingers through Sakura's hair. "Sakura… you did it… that… was amazing…" A tear ran down Sakura's face and Syaoran wiped it away. "It's no wonder you were chosen as the master of the Clow Cards instead of me…" Sakura put her hand on Syaoran's cheek. "No, I couldn't have done it without all of you… especially you, Syaoran… I—" "Don't say anything Sakura… I need to apologize…" Sakura looked confused. "Apologize? For what?" Syaoran didn't say anything. He just reached under his shirt and showed Sakura his hand covered in blood. "…Apologize for breaking my promise… about not getting hurt…" Sakura gasped and began to cry. "No… Sakura, don't cry… You did it… you saved countless lives…" Sakura burst into tears. "NO! Syaoran… without you… it's all meaningless to me…" Syaoran wiped away her tears. "As you are to me… but… Sakura…" He pulled her face closer. "I… I… Sakura… I…" Syaoran's hands dropped from Sakura's face and Syaoran slowly hung his head back.
Sakura shook Syaoran a little. "Syaoran?" A tear rolled down her cheek again. "Syaoran?" Sakura began to burst into tears. "SYAORAN!"
To be continued…
…Syaoran-kun… gone…
Chapter 39
Sakura's mouth practically dropped to the floor as she watched the immense dragon roaring and slashing around. Her dreams were coming true. "Dear God no…" she mumbled. "This can't be happening! All my dreams are coming true… but that means…"
Syaoran held his sword out. "Dammit! I should have killed him when I had the chance… but it is too late for that now! We must-" There was a tugging on Syaoran's leg. Syaoran looked down. "Sakura, what are you doing? Let go of my leg! We've got to stop Sadin!" Sakura began to cry. "Syaoran, don't fight! My dreams are coming true… and I don't want to see you get hurt!" Syaoran sighed. "Look, Sakura, I know that, but I don't want to see you get hurt either."
Syaoran turned his head to the side and saw the dragon prepare to attack. He grabbed Sakura and sucked just as a wall of fire passes overhead. "See what I mean?" Sakura cried more. "I don't care! I don't want to see you get hurt! PLEASE!" Syaoran didn't listen though and escaped Sakura's gasp and charged along with everyone else. Sakura was left lying on the cave floor, watching her friends charged in.
Sakura couldn't just watch them, so she sprang to her feet and charged. Yue and Ruby Moon flew quickly around the dragon's head. The dragon swiped through the air, trying to swat them to the ground. But neither the dragon nor the two guardians could get one attack in. "I have a plan." Said Yue. Both of them went to other sides of the dragon and began to gather their energy into one blast. Sadin could see they were trying to trap him. No matter who he went after, the other would just blast him, and their power was growing.
Sadin opened his mouth and a burning ball of fire crashed into Ruby. Yu looked worried and stopped concentrating his magic. Deep within his dragon body, Sadin thought, "Just as I expected. These poor fools care for each other. I can use that to my advantage…" As Yue looked to Ruby crashing to the ground, Sadin ran up and raised a claw. In one fluid swipe, it sent Yue hurdling to the ground.
The dragon let out a roar of pain and looked down to see Kero and Spinnel biting, scratching, and ripping at its stomach. Sadin raised one foot and slammed it into the ground, causing the entire cave to rumble until Kero and Spinnel fell. Rocks from the ceiling fell everywhere, but the majority fell onto and covered the two guardian beasts until there was no movement from under the rocks.
Mia and Eriol fired a blast of lightning at once, distracting Sadin as Syaoran climbed on top of Sadin's back by his tail. "JUMP" Sakura summoned the Jump Card and leaped onto Sadin as well as the dragon charged for Mia and Eriol. "ARROW!" A young spirit girl flew into the air holding a bow and arrow. She fired one arrow, which quickly split into about 40 different arrows. At the same time, Syaoran raised his sword and plunged it deep into Sadin's back as the arrows struck. The dragon screamed and shook his back, throwing Sakura and Syaoran in opposite directions, both slamming into walls. Eriol charged up another shot and fired it at Sadin, but he opened his large dragon mouth and fired a fireball back, canceling out Eriol's attack and slamming both him and Mia to the ground as well.
Sadin roared in triumph as he saw all of his foes lying on the ground defeated. He decided to finish them off, one by one. First, he turned to Syaoran who was lying in pain, slumped against a wall. He picked him up by the shirt with two talons. Syaoran was held right in front of the dragon's mouth as it opened up and was preparing to blast him into oblivion.
"STOP!" Sakura stood up, holding her shoulder that felt like it was broken after being slammed to the wall. "Put Syaoran down, and pick on someone your own size!" Sakura grabbed a card at tossed it in the air while Sadin dropped Syaoran to the ground harshly and charged towards Sakura. "BIG CARD!" Sakura began to grow at a tremendous speed until she was as taller than the dragon. "Okay, Sadin, how do you like being smaller one?" Sakura kicked and punched with all her might. Sadin was practically defenseless.
Everyone slowly got to their feet, watching in amazement as the giant Sakura pounded away at the dragon, who couldn't even fight back. Kero and Spinnel crawled out from the rubble as well. They watched every blow. Sakura seemed to be invincible. She even used her staff like a cane and hit the dragon over the head with it. Finally, one kick sent the dragon into a wall. But the dragon fired a fireball straight at her. "FREEZE!" The entire blast became encased in a giant ice ball which Sakura picked up easily and smashed Sadin deeper into the wall with a huge crash. Sadin dropped his head, appearing to be dead.
Sakura kneeled down to her relatively miniature sized friends and smiled and they all cheered for her. "Good going, Sakura!" Syaoran yelled. Sakura laughed and blushed. "Hoe… I guess I did do it, didn't I? But I couldn't have done it without all of—" "LOOK OUT SAKURA!" Syaoran interrupted. Sakura turned to see Sadin bursting out of the wall in fury. He quickly opened his mouth and fired a giant blinding ball of energy at Sakura. The entire room lit up and everything was silent. Sakura had no time to react and was hit directly with the blast. Syaoran tried to scream out to Sakura, but he was muffled under the explosion.
For a moment, there was pure silence. Everyone had been blinded momentarily and was adjusting their eyes, even Sadin. When Syaoran could see again, his jaw dropped. Sakura was lying motionless on the ground back to her normal size. Syaoran ran as fast as he could towards her. Everyone else was in tow. Syaoran lifted her head up and wiped off a small trickle of blood from her face. "Sakura?! Are you alright?! Sakura! Speak to me, Sakura!" Syaoran said frantically. Sakura slowly lifted her head. "I'm okay… ARGH!" Sakura clenched her muscles and rubbed her arm. "My arm… it feels like it's on fire!" Syaoran tore of her right sleeve to have a look. Her arm was cut pretty badly. It must had taken the main force of the attack.
Syaoran took the sleeve he ripped off her shirt and wrapped it around her arm. "There, you should be fine. Just sit here and stay away from Sadin. We've got to end this." Syaoran said. "Wait!" Sakura screamed. "Don't go! You'll be hurt! I can't lose you!" Syaoran bent down beside her and held her hand. "Sakura, I'll be fine." "But Syaoran—" Syaoran put his lips to hers for a brief moment. "I'll be fine. I promise." They both blushed. "Now, everyone, let's go!" Syaoran commanded.
They all charged at once. Yue grabbed Syaoran and dropped him onto Sadin's back while Ruby and Spinnel flew around his head as a distraction. Syaoran ran towards Sadin's neck and grabbed his head. Syaoran lifted his sword high and was about to dig it right into Sadin's skull when Sadin shook his head violently, throwing Syaoran off. The dragon raised a foot to step on Syaoran when Yue grabbed Syaoran and dragged his out of the way as Mia blasted Sadin with an ice spell. That was too much for Sadin to bear. He concentrated all of his magic through his dragon body and prepared to attack with everything he had.
As he concentrated, Sadin felt his power, speed, and magic rising. In a blinding flash, the dragon swiped and knocked Yue and Ruby out of the air, Burnt Kero and Spinnel with a fiery blast, and slammed Eriol and Mia into the walls and ground.
Once again, Sadin was the only one left standing. He decided it was time to end the pointless battle and begin his new world order. He stumbled towards Sakura who sat against a wall. "HOE!" Sakura screamed in fright. The dragon squinted its deep red eyes. It brought it's head up for a second and just stared at Sakura. She tried to move, but the pain was unbearable. She was trapped in a corner. The dragon lunged its head down to swallow Sakura in one bite…
But the dragon's head was brutally flung to one side and collapsed on the ground. Syaoran stood above it, holding his sword in his hands. He had saved her. "…Wait… this seems familiar… Oh my God, this is just like the first dream I had! That means… SYAORAN! GET OUT OF THE WAY, NOW!" But it was too late for Sakura's warning. The Demon Master lifted its head and was back on its feet. Syaoran readied his blade, but the dragon reached out and grabbed Syaoran in its paw.
Sakura watched in horror as the dragon squeezed Syaoran as hard as it could. Syaoran's screams and the cracking of bone could be heard echoing throughout the cave. Syaoran turned red, having trouble breathing with all of the pressure. Also, the dragon forced his magic power through its hand and all of the dark magic could be seen flowing through and attacking Syaoran as well. Syaoran glowed as the evil energy tore him apart inside.
"NO! DAMMIT, I WON'T ALLOW IT!" Sakura stood up and fought the pain. "SWORD!" Sakura charged up to Sadin, too busy and distracted torturing Syaoran to notice Sakura approaching. The lesson Syaoran gave her in using the sword came back to her. "HIYAH!" Sakura screamed as she leaped into the air and smashed Sadin's wrist with her sword with all her might like Syaoran had taught her. Sadin screamed in pain and dropped Syaoran motionless to the ground. The sword had dug deep into Sadin's paw, and Sadin thrashed about.
Sakura leapt backwards when something fell out of the backpack she had the cards in .
"…The stones. The stones that boost your magic! I know what to do!" Sakura reached into her backpack and pulled out all of the magic-enhancing stones and placed them around her at a safe distance from Sadin. She grabbed two cards from her backpack and threw them high into the air. The symbol of the Clow appeared beneath her feat, of both the sun and the moon. "The key that hides the power of the Dark… Show your true form before me! I, Sakura, command you under our contract! LIGHT CARD! DARK CARD! BECOME A BINDING CHAIN AND ATTACK MY ENEMY!"
A blinding light surrounded Sakura as she radiated with power. The stones Sakura laid around herself began to float and radiate like Sakura. They began to spin around the Light and Dark Cards as Sakura poured her heart and soul into one attack. The wind picked up and Sakura's hair flowed with the wind. Sakura's emerald eyes glowed with determination. Everything depended on her. The stones swirled faster and faster around the Cards and moved in closer and closer until they were absorbed into the cards themselves. Suddenly, all of Sakura's cards began to float out of her backpack and release at once.
Fiery, Arrow, Windy, Sand, Shadow, Earth, Snow, Storm, Freeze, Power, Wood, Fly, Water, Freeze, Thunder…
All of Sakura's cards began to release around her and smother Sadin in attacks. Sadin was overwhelmed at once as Sakura focused all of her magic and determination into this one attack. Finally, all the cards spread out of the way and Sadin collapsed onto the ground. Two majestic figures appeared from the cards, one black, and one white.
The black, Dark Card lifted Sadin's head and wrapped itself all around the dragon to keep Sadin perfectly still. The Light Card rose into the air and began to emit the brightest light anyone had ever seen. The Light Card attacked in the blink of an eye, diving right into the chest of the Lord of all Demons. Golden sparks rose into the air and rings of magic swirled around the Light Card as it slowly dived right through Sadin. In an instant, the Light Card literally flew right through Sadin. Sadin's once deep crimson eyes were now dull and black. Sadin let out a horrifying last roar before he collapsed onto the ground and closed his eyes. All of the cards returned to Sakura.
Sakura stood panting and clutching her arm in pain. But a bright smile lit up her face.
"It's over… It's over… Sadin is gone for good…" Sakura whispered. She didn't hesitate to run up to Syaoran. His face was cut, and a trickle of blood rolled down his cheeks. It was obvious he was in a lot of pain. But yet… a smile was on his face. Sakura kneeled down over him. Syaoran lifted his hand and ran his fingers through Sakura's hair. "Sakura… you did it… that… was amazing…" A tear ran down Sakura's face and Syaoran wiped it away. "It's no wonder you were chosen as the master of the Clow Cards instead of me…" Sakura put her hand on Syaoran's cheek. "No, I couldn't have done it without all of you… especially you, Syaoran… I—" "Don't say anything Sakura… I need to apologize…" Sakura looked confused. "Apologize? For what?" Syaoran didn't say anything. He just reached under his shirt and showed Sakura his hand covered in blood. "…Apologize for breaking my promise… about not getting hurt…" Sakura gasped and began to cry. "No… Sakura, don't cry… You did it… you saved countless lives…" Sakura burst into tears. "NO! Syaoran… without you… it's all meaningless to me…" Syaoran wiped away her tears. "As you are to me… but… Sakura…" He pulled her face closer. "I… I… Sakura… I…" Syaoran's hands dropped from Sakura's face and Syaoran slowly hung his head back.
Sakura shook Syaoran a little. "Syaoran?" A tear rolled down her cheek again. "Syaoran?" Sakura began to burst into tears. "SYAORAN!"
To be continued…
…Syaoran-kun… gone…