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EXTRA NOTES: I'd just like to say, the second movie hasn't happened in this fic, Syaoran hasn't told Sakura any of his feelings, and he's not sure he wants too. Also, Eriol maybe OOC, why? I never even seen him, not in CCS, or in CC when his name is Eli *shudders* Do not flame me if his character isn't right!
Key
"…"= past voices
Sakura and the Alternate Reality CardCaptorChapter 9-Tales told
'Hello? Hey, guys, I'm back! HEY!' Tomoyo yelled, coming in through the front, pulling a small holdall with her, 'Sakura! Meilin! Syaoran-kun! KERO-CHAN! Are you in the kitchen?!'
She dropped the holdall next to the front door, and pulled it wider open for someone to follow her in.
'Sorry to trouble you over this Tomoyo,' the person said, easily hoisting a suitcase inside after itself.
She smiled and shook her head, 'Honestly, it's no trouble at all!' she paused frowning, 'Um- could you help me find the others, maybe by, y'know, sensing either Syaoran-kun's or Sakura's powers?'
'What do you mean Tomoyo? My cute little descendant and the Card Mistress aren't here,' Eriol stared at her as her eyes widened in fear.
'SAKURA! SYAORAN-KUN! MEILIN!' she ran down the hall to the living room she had left them in, Eriol following confused.
'KERO!' she stopped, and looked at the small shards of glass littering the hallway. Slowly she peered inside, and gasped.
Meilin and Kero were still in a pile from where they had been knocked down, seemingly unconscious.
Tomoyo let out a little squeak, and ran to her fallen friends. She tried to shake Kero awake, and then Meilin. She fell back on her heels when she couldn't wake either. Eriol came up behind her, and sat down beside her, 'Tomoyo, are you okay?'
'Sakura's gone…Sakura's gone, and Syaoran-kun's gone too,' she turned to him, 'you know what's been going on, what's happened?'
'Well all I know is the Clow Cards are back in play, but they don't feel right…they aren't the ones Sakura owns, and I know that, they're to weak to be the Sakura Cards.'
Tomoyo nodded, 'But you know about the other realities, ne? About…the CardCaptors?'
Eriol nodded, 'The realities are something I thought we'd never have to learn about, something we'd never have to worry about if we already knew of them, most beings who live on the different plains to us are quite happy not to bother the realities that are not their own…it's highly unusual when one being meddles.'
Tomoyo looked thoughtful… 'So why are there so many sets of Clow Cards? How could Clow Reed create so much?'
'Clow Reed was very learned, but he didn't know what would happen after the Clow Cards were created.
'Something that powerful couldn't belong to just one reality, so whatever Higher Power there is made copies, and set them across the worlds…our plain owns the true Cards, now the Sakura cards. The problem with the copies, apart from that they were copies, were they all had different strengths, some were stronger than the originals and then again, some couldn't even be considered Clow Cards, they were so weak.'
Tomoyo gazed in wonder… 'If the Higher Power is the Higher Power, then why didn't they just stopped Clow Reed-you-whatever- from creating the Cards?'
Eriol shrugged, 'I know what your thinking Tomoyo…but if the Cards hadn't been created, you don't know how it could be, none of us would ever of meet, Syaoran would never of came here, neither would I. Everything would be very different.'
Tomoyo nodded, 'I'm not…I don't want that, I wouldn't change our adventure, but I want Sakura and Syaoran to be here…Korede shouldn't of got them.'
'Would you like to see? What happened to them? They might not of been caught, they could've ran instead.'
Tomoyo nodded eagerly, wanting to find out what had happened to the missing pair.
'I call upon the powers of the day and the night, sun and darkness…unleash your might…release!'Holding out his staff, Eriol started reciting words Tomoyo didn't know, and she watched in wonder
"Ripetere l' esperienza; dalla più piccola ora all' ultimo di minuto. Siamo stati ingannati e conosciamo non le azioni; Quello ha indotto i nostri amici ad ignorare le distrazioni; Mostrarci che cosa non possiamo percepire; Mostrarci l' estremità a questo mistero" [2]
With a strong tug, they slipped, and found themselves looking down on the room, a birds-eye view of what had happened unfolding before them.
"No!" Came Kero's voice after Sakura had been knocked to the floor, Tomoyo squeaked and tried to get to her friend. Eriol held her back.
'Tomoyo,' he said, eyes concerned, 'we can't do anything.'
'Demo--demo…' she choked, and tears trickled down her face, 'she's hurt.'
They watched as Kero and Meilin collapsed into the wall, and fell unconscious, Korede grabbing Sakura and pulling her away from everything.
'Sakura-chan…' Tomoyo whispered, 'she's not being herself.'
"Don't tell me what to do, you don't have that right."
"I guess."
"Stop… you won't take her."
Eriol smiled…he couldn't help himself. Were his suspicions true?
'Oh, Syaoran-kun, he will always be like that when it comes to Sakura…forever protecting…forever watching.'
'You've noticed too, then.'
Tomoyo nodded, 'Who wouldn't? Even Meilin sees it…Sakura's just too…blind to Syaoran's affections.'
"Syaoran, no."
Korede's brittle laugh ran around the room.
'That's the other CardCaptor? Hmm…I wonder how she became to be so.'
'You mean…'
'Well, all the Cards wouldn't follow the same fate as the originals…not everything would happen the way as Sakura's tale.'
"I will."
"Sakura it's for the best, I don't want you to…go."
Korede grabbed Sakura's wrist once again, and Sakura next could only hear what was said.
Tomoyo wondered what had been said…when the CardCaptor pushed her two friends into the dark portal that she had created.
'Nooooo!' Tomoyo tried to move, but the spell paralysed her, holding her in place. She scrabbled within the binds.
Korede turned and looked around the room, her eyes taking in the destruction and finally coming to rest on the unconscious form of Kero. She laughed.
"I told you not to get in my way, Cerberus, it was destiny that took her, don't blame yourself."
And she was gone, following her two captives into the portal.
*
The spell wore off, and Eriol and Tomoyo landed with a thump on the glass littered floor. Tomoyo immediately broke down, muttering continually that it was her fault and she should have been there to help…and oh, what if they die?
Eriol put a finger under her chin and lifter her tear-stained face out of her hands, looking into her eyes. She broke out in a fresh burst of sobs, and threw her arms around him. The force knocked him backwards and she landed on top of him, crying into his chest. Awkwardly he patted her on the back, trying to calm her.
'It's all my FAULT,' she sobbed, breaking down, yet again.
'Tomoyo,' Eriol said softly, running his fingers through her hair now, 'Tomoyo, it is not your fault at all…it was, indeed, destined to happen, and you do not know what will become of it.'
She looked up at him, then realised she was practically lying on top of him and staggered up. 'I don't know…' she said, trying to hide her embarrassment. She looked over at her two unconscious friends, 'I guess they could still escape.'
'That is the best way to think, Tomoyo, believe in them.' Eriol got to his feet, dusting off the small bits of glass his clothes had picked up. He looked around the room, 'Well, that fight pretty much ruined this room.'
Tomoyo didn't appear to hear him; instead she had rushed to Meilin's side, seeing as the girl was just beginning to come round.
'Uhrrr…' the reddish-brown eyes opened slowly, looking a little dazed.
'Meilin…Meilin are you alright?'
'Feels like someone swung a sledge hammer into my head,' she muttered, concentrating on focusing. She looked up at Tomoyo, and smiled, 'The twisted chick didn't get you,' she swept her gaze over the rest of the room, 'Are Sakura and Syaoran okay,' she frowned and tried to get up, ' where's that girl, Korede or whatever, I want to kick her ass.'
A heavy silence fell upon them, and Meilin got the hint. 'She got them,' she whispered sadly. She looked around the room again, this time spotting Eriol. 'Tomoyo…I don't think now is the time to be bringing boyfriends home, do you?'
Tomoyo punched Meilin lightly in the arm, blushing furiously, 'Meilin, this is Eriol, Eriol Hiiragizawa,' she turned to Eriol, 'Eriol, this is Meilin Li.'
'Pleasure to meet you,' Eriol said.
Meilin opened and shut her mouth a couple of times, looking slightly shocked, 'This is why you left…you left to see Hiiragizawa-san?'
Tomoyo nodded, 'He asked me to pick him up from the airport.'
'You didn't tell us,' Meilin hissed, 'we were worried.'
Eriol feeling uncomfortable having the two girls talk about him, while he was standing right there, cleared his throat.
'I think it best we decide what we're going to do,' he looked at Kero, 'and possibly find a way to wake Cerberus up.'
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[1]- tis' the right chant, ne? I dunno any of them *sweatdrops* I haven't seen CC/S for a long time! And even then it didn't have Eriol…
[2]- Replay the past; from the smallest hour to the minute last. We have been deceived, and know not the actions; that caused our friends to ignore the distractions; Show us what we cannot perceive; Show us the end to this mystery
Hmm, well what do you think? Eriol's spell is in Italian, I wanted to put it into either Japanese or Latin…blah, I couldn't find it anywhere. Also: I didn't write it! I'm not that good; I owe it to Snowdazed-chan, my SB buddy. Plus: I know no Italian at all, I use Babelfish AlstaVista to translate that all…
O, this chapter is so short! I hope I can make the next one longer, but the thing is I didn't want to go over to Korede's reality in the chapter…so that's why it's short, don't yell at me! Hmm…does anyone see a plot yet? 10 ff.net chapters and I can't see any plot @_@
