Chapter 4: Of Evil Laughter and Weak-Kneed Girls
When the Evil One returns,
And the new moon wanes,
And the Lost One yearns,
For it's Mistress, not in vain.
The Heroes will return,
Two more of their number,
Who will learn,
That five is an even number.
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There was a figure with long black hair and blue eyes walking down the path through King Penguin Park. He stopped suddenly and grinned evilly in the direction of a very familiar house (To us 'nyways ;-). It was Sakura's house. (A.N. DUH!!!!)
"The Cherry Blossom will be mine, Little Chinese Wolf! Beware, Heroes! I will destroy your close friendship! And the close friendship between Clow Reed and that annoying girl who won't put down her camera! I will destroy the close friendship between Huratomo and his blasted wife! I will destroy the close friendship between the Cherry Blossom and The Little Chinese Wolf boy! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!!!" he yelled in the direction of the house, laughing in the evil way all evil people do in movies.
~* A Few Minutes before At Sakura's House *~
Everyone looked beyond stunned. They all stared at Darren as if he sprouted 10 heads and just revealed their deepest secrets to a complete stranger. Only Amy and Eriol looked unfazed. Kero almost fell out of the air, but Sakura caught him, just in time to break his fall. "W-what did ya say, kid?" he stuttered. Darren sighed. He sat down next to Amy. His eyes and voice softened considerably at the question.
"Fe-ras," he repeated slowly, "Is-the-re-in-car-nation-of-Tet-suo-Shi-ma. Un-der-stand?" he said slowly, breaking the words at their syllables. Everyone shook his or her head. Darren sighed and turned to Amy. "Explain, please, Ames." he said wearily. "They don't get it." Amy snorted.
"Or you. Tetsuo Shima stole his rival's cards, correct?" She asked. Everyone nodded. "For every crime there is a punishment. Correct?" They all nodded again. "So Tetsuo gets a punishment too. He has mark on his palm that is shaped like a small card. It glows whenever he uses his 'new cards' reducing ½ his power for every hour that it's used. Are you people -er and guardians with me so far?" They all nodded again, Kero, somewhat smugly. She continued, "One day, as he was using the cards, he dropped dead, to be reincarnated some time later. In our case, 17 years ago, when we were all born." she looked at Sakura and Syaoran. "Feras is a possible suspect. He's our age, and-"
"And evil." Darren interrupted. Amy slammed him over the head with her binder.(A.N: I do that when I'm angry at a person, usually, at Rowwy or Sumundie! And occasionally Amanda, and every two weeks, a boy. ;-)
"Anyway," she said angrily, glaring at a very confused Darren, who was rubbing his head. (A.N: He never knew what hit him. ;-) "And, he's got the mark, I saw it when he raised his hand to answer Mr. Silasaki's question." Everyone agreed, and then-
-Everyone sneezed. Sakura looks up. Amy looks shocked. Darren burst into fits of giggles then, laughter, and then he was rolling on the floor with tears of mirth rolling down his cheeks. Amy shook her head at him disapprovingly. She stood up and looked out of the window.
"I wonder who's thinking about all of us…" she said, quietly, so that Darren stopped laughing to hear her. They all shrugged by way of response. (A.N. *sarcastically* I wonder who… *loud, booming voice* HELLO!!! IS ANYONE HOME!?!?!?! DUH, IT'S FERAS, YOU IDIOTS!!!! Jeez, why are my characters so stupid? Why mine? Why not someone else's?)
~* At the Park (again) *~
Feras, who is the boy afore mentioned, neared the Penguin slide and pulled out 4 cards. The 1st had a picture of a cloth torn down the middle, running slanted down the card. it read: "The Riven". The 2nd had a goblet, which, like The Heal, had a potion in it, but with a snake coming out of it. It said "The Pain" on it. The 3rd depicted a black heart with a set of wings dripping blood. It said "The Hate" on it. The last (4th) card had a picture of a man that looked suspiciously like the Grim Reaper. It read, "The Death". He laughed evilly, "Beware 'Chosen Ones'! I am your doom!" his evil laughter filled the night, as he strode away from the Penguin Slide and into the darkness.
~* At Sakura's House (again) *~
Amy's head snapped up. "Did anyone here anything?" she asked. Everyone strained to hear. Then, they heard a chilling, evil, dark, laughter. Darren, Syaoran, Eriol, and Kero shivered. Sakura cried out softly and threw her arms around Syaoran, whimpering something about whether or not ghosts laugh evilly. Syaoran assured her that they didn't and hugged her softly. Amy, who had stood up when she first heard it, collapsed, weak-kneed, onto the floor, and into Darren's arms. Tomoyo shivered and sat closer to Eriol, and he pulled his arms around her.
Suddenly, Amy and Darren stood up. They looked fearfully at the front door, muttering to Kero to hide somewhere close. He went into 'Stuffed Animal' mode and fell into Sakura's lap. Everyone was petrified; their eyes were on the door, reflecting terrified expectation. Suddenly, it burst open. Amy gasped and sank to the floor, Darren, again, caught her and clutched her close to him protectively. Sakura clutched Kero and hugged Syaoran, who had stood up, closer. He hugged her tightly as if he wanted to shield her from the menacing figure in the doorway. Eriol did the same to a faint, pale Tomoyo. The figure shrouded by darkness stepped into the light. He clutched something in his hand. Sakura reached up instinctively to her neck, where her key was hanging, and pulled it off, releasing it immediately. Syaoran grabbed his sword, Tomoyo, her video camera (Sweat drops from everyone here) and Eriol, his staff. Amy and Darren stood back to back, in a strange looking fighting stance, looking as if they weren't ever scared of the person they were glaring at. He was…
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