"The Deepest Friendship" - A Cardcaptor Sakura Fanfic
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Rating: PG
It's the final chapter, folks! What will happen? Read on and see...
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of the characters from the
TV series.
*****
Chapter Nine (09.13.02)
Back in the past, Sakura and Kero could here the clock from their school chime
five times. The two of them were still standing in King Penguin Park, watching
the crowd of small children that had gathered run around the playground. They
were hoping that Tomoyo had walked past the park on the way home.
It was the only way they could keep the Psychic Card from taking possession of
her.
"All of this waiting is killing me!" Sakura shouted. "The card might have
already gotten Tomoyo-chan already, and there's nothing we can do!"
"If it's got her already," Kero began, pointing up the pathway, "then it
doesn't seem like it."
Sakura couldn't believe her eyes. Tomoyo, in her school uniform, was walking
along the path heading towards the park. And she seemed as calm as normal.
"It looks like she's alright," observed Sakura.
Kero tries to sense the presence of a Clow Card inside of Tomoyo. But he
didn't find one.
"I don't sense anything. It might be a good sign."
"But Kero-chan, we went for three days without sensing anything from her.
The card might be in her already!"
"Then you're the only one who can figure out if it's there or not. You've
got to concentrate and focus your powers."
Sakura nodded. She closed her eyes and began to channel her energy. At first,
she doesn't sense anything either. But then, the same feeling she got when
she had first sensed the Psychic Card's presence became fresh in her mind.
"I can sense it nearby," she said aloud, although she was still in her trance.
"Where?" Kero shot back, getting worried and impatient.
Sakura focuses in on Tomoyo and tries to see if the Psychic Card is in her.
But she doesn't get any type of a signal.
"Tomoyo-chan seems to be okay. I don't sense the card inside of her."
"If that's true, then..."
Kero then began to panic, breaking Sakura's concentration temporarily.
"That means it's nearby, and could strike at any moment! You've got to find
it and stop it!"
Sakura nods again and resumes her trance. After a few seconds, she opens
her eyes and looks up the main path coming from Twin Bells, the stuffed toy
shop that lied northwest of their current position.
"The card's coming this way! I say it'll reach Tomoyo-chan in about two
minutes."
"Then stop it!"
"I can't, remember? Tomoyo will walk out of the Return Card's zone before
the Psychic Card gets here. Besides, even if she stays in, I can't help her!"
Then, Sakura recalls the piece of paper that Syaoran had given to her. She
pulls it out and notes that it had more instructions than just 'use the
Return Card.'
"Li-kun wrote something else on here! It says that I should use the Create
Card once I get into the past."
Sakura glances at Kero, wondering how the Create Card could help.
"But how will that help?"
"The kid may have something," Kero thought out aloud.
"Huh?"
"Using the card allows you to create stuff and make it real. Maybe you can
use it to stop the Psychic Card."
"But whomever used it before I caught it was writing a story about flying
animals and fearsome dragons! How does our predicament fit into that?"
"Make something up! You're the Cardcaptor!"
"I guess that would work. But..."
"What, Sakura?"
"Kero-chan... if I use the Create Card now, wouldn't that affect the ability
to continue using the Return Card?"
"Yes. If the two cards are activated simultaneously for a prolonged period of
time, the card you used first will stop working. In other words, you'll be
brought back to the present."
"But then we can't save Tomoyo-chan."
"You'll have a few minutes before that happens. So use your time wisely!"
"Right."
Sakura searches through her deck and finds the Create Card. Then reaching
for her staff, she summons the card.
"CREATE! Allow me to use my imagination to stop the Psychic Card from
reaching Tomoyo-chan!"
======
In present time, Tomoyo was now underwater, swimming to shallow bottom of the
lake, which is only about six or seven feet deep. Syaoran, on land, dives in
and tries to get her out before she drowned.
He would never forgive himself if he stood around and allowed Sakura's best
friend to drown herself just to save the world.
Besides, he felt confident knowing that Sakura would pull through in the past.
======
With a giant book now in front of her and an old writing quill at her disposal,
Sakura tries to figure out a way to stop the Psychic Card.
"Let's see," Sakura thought out aloud, tapping the feathery part of the quill
against her chin. "What could I write?"
"Sakura! Hurry up!"
"I'm thinking!" she shot back.
Luckily, shouting back at Kero gave her an idea. She starts writing on the
first blank page in the book.
"So what's the plan?" Kero asked.
Before he knew it, Kero was wearing a pointy blue magician's cap and had a
cape tied around his neck and hanging off of his back.
"Kero-chan, the wizard!"
"Why am I dressed like this, Sakura?"
"Simple! You're a magician, and the Clow Card we're trying to catch is made
of magic."
"Oh! So I'll use some magic to capture it!"
"Yes!"
"But wait... I don't know any of those types of magic spells."
"No need! I'll write one in for you!"
Sakura resumes writing. As she does, Kero is forced against his will to move
in the direction that the card is coming from.
"What now?"
"Hang on! You still need a wand!"
As if on cue, a small wand forms in Kero's right paw.
"Alright! I'm magic ready!"
"Okay, Kero-chan! Here goes!"
Sakura continues to write in the book. As she does, Kero starts to spew out
an incantation of some sort.
"Powers of magic, lend me your strength! Allow me to capture this Clow Card!
Abracadabra!"
Kero waves the wand at the direction of the card. Upon being hit with the
incantation, the Psychic Card is stopped in its tracks, revealing its physical
form. That happens to be a pink-skinned fairy in a wizard's robe.
Sakura adds another paragraph to her story. Suddenly, a life-like version of
herself appears, with staff in hand, and walks over to the frozen card.
"We've got the card now!" Sakura, the one writing in the book, yells.
"Return to the guise that you were meant to be in!" Sakura, the one that had
been created by the book, yells, raising the Clow Staff above her head.
"CLOW CARD!"
Unable to escape, the Psychic Card begins to lose its shape. It starts to
swirl around, until the entire entity is changed into a Card. The Clow Card
flies into the fake Sakura's hand.
She then walks over to the real Sakura, hands her the Clow Card, and then
disappears. Kero flies over, as the hat, cape, and wand disappear from his
person.
"You did it, Sakura!"
"Yes! But without Li-kun's guidance, it probably wouldn't have ended this
way!"
Suddenly, things around Sakura and Kero begin to swirl around.
"Kero-chan..."
"It's taking effect. With the Create Card still activated, the Return Card
has stopped working. And now, we're returning to the present sooner than
expected."
The swirling continues until Sakura and Kero disappear from the past.
======
Back in present time, a pink and purple vortex appears out of nowhere. Sakura
and Kero leap out of it, with the vortex closing right behind them. The two
get up, as Sakura sees the Return, Create, and Psychic Cards in hand.
"I'm glad that it's all over!" Sakura rejoiced happily.
But then she began to worry again when she remembered the Ghost and Poison
Cards that were still loose.
"Kero-chan, what about the Ghost and Poison Cards?"
"No need to worry, Sakura. Since you've captured the Psychic Card, which was
the strongest of the three, the Ghost and Poison Cards are unable to take
control of Tomoyo."
"So she'll be fine?"
"Yep. The Ghost and Poison Cards will no longer bother her. Of course, when
they appear again, you'll have to capture them, as they can still cause quite
a bit of mischief on their own."
Sakura nods, although she doesn't feel so sure about having to capture a
Ghost Clow Card.
She then turns her attention on Tomoyo and Syaoran, who are nowhere to be seen.
"Tomoyo-chan! Li-kun!"
Sakura then begins to hear sounds of water splashing nearby. She runs off in
that direction, with Kero flying after her.
======
In the nearby lake, Sakura and Kero spot Syaoran helping Tomoyo out of the
lake. Tomoyo's coughing up some water, seeing as how she had been underwater
for at least 15 seconds or so. Syaoran is also breathing heavily, though he
doesn't seem to be having as much trouble as Tomoyo.
Sakura runs over to Tomoyo and tries to help her out.
"Tomoyo-chan!"
Tomoyo looks at Sakura, smiles, and then faints.
"Tomoyo-chan! Tomoyo-chan!"
======
Tomoyo opens her eyes and finds herself resting in her own bed.
"Had it all been a dream?" Tomoyo thought.
She looks under the covers and sees that she's dressed in a lime green
nightgown.
"Well, I guess so."
But then she glances to her right and sees Sakura sitting in a wooden chair.
Her head is lowered, and she seemed to be breathing as if she were asleep.
Which in fact, she was.
Tomoyo hops out of bed and walks over to Sakura, shaking her at the shoulders.
"Sakura-chan."
Sakura wakes up and rubs her eyes with her hands. But as she looks up, she
sees Tomoyo standing next to her and smiling at her.
"Tomoyo-chan!"
"So everything from last night wasn't a dream?"
Sakura blinked her eyes. She didn't know if telling her what truly
happened last night was the right thing to do. Regardless, she decided to
tell her anyway.
"No. There really was a Clow Card that had control of you last night."
"Really? I thought so! So, did you catch it?"
"Yep!"
Sakura reaches into her pocket and pulls out the Psychic Card for Tomoyo to
see.
"I'm glad you caught the card..."
"Me too."
"But I'm so disappointed that I couldn't capture the whole experience on
videotape."
Sakura fell out of her chair and to the ground.
"Hoe..."
======
After taking a few minutes to make sure Tomoyo knew exactly what had happened,
Sakura and Tomoyo are chatting once again, while sitting on Tomoyo's bed.
Kero is still sleeping on the dresser, unaware of what's going on.
"I'm happy for you, Sakura-chan! The whole world's a lot safer with you
capturing the Clow Cards!"
"I'm just glad to have my best friend back to her normal self."
"I hope neither of us turn out to be like that when we get older."
"Me neither. You're the nicest person I know... other than my dad, of course."
"That's so sweet! I hope you never change!"
"I hope you never change either, Tomoyo-chan!"
======
After a well-balanced breakfast and a call home, Sakura, with Kero in her
backpack, wave goodbye to Tomoyo as they head for the bus stop to go home.
"Thanks for everything, Sakura-chan!"
"Make sure you get a lot of rest, Tomoyo-chan! I'll talk to you later!"
"Okay! Bye!"
Sakura and Kero walk towards the front gate of the Daidouji mansion grounds.
As Tomoyo watches Sakura leave, she can't help but smile as her best friend
disappears from view.
"I'm happy that you cared so much for me," Tomoyo thought. "I've never had a
friend like you. And I hope to return the favor one day.
"One day when we're older, I will repay you, Sakura-chan."
Story Written by Freedom Fighter
Rating: PG
It's the final chapter, folks! What will happen? Read on and see...
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of the characters from the
TV series.
*****
Chapter Nine (09.13.02)
Back in the past, Sakura and Kero could here the clock from their school chime
five times. The two of them were still standing in King Penguin Park, watching
the crowd of small children that had gathered run around the playground. They
were hoping that Tomoyo had walked past the park on the way home.
It was the only way they could keep the Psychic Card from taking possession of
her.
"All of this waiting is killing me!" Sakura shouted. "The card might have
already gotten Tomoyo-chan already, and there's nothing we can do!"
"If it's got her already," Kero began, pointing up the pathway, "then it
doesn't seem like it."
Sakura couldn't believe her eyes. Tomoyo, in her school uniform, was walking
along the path heading towards the park. And she seemed as calm as normal.
"It looks like she's alright," observed Sakura.
Kero tries to sense the presence of a Clow Card inside of Tomoyo. But he
didn't find one.
"I don't sense anything. It might be a good sign."
"But Kero-chan, we went for three days without sensing anything from her.
The card might be in her already!"
"Then you're the only one who can figure out if it's there or not. You've
got to concentrate and focus your powers."
Sakura nodded. She closed her eyes and began to channel her energy. At first,
she doesn't sense anything either. But then, the same feeling she got when
she had first sensed the Psychic Card's presence became fresh in her mind.
"I can sense it nearby," she said aloud, although she was still in her trance.
"Where?" Kero shot back, getting worried and impatient.
Sakura focuses in on Tomoyo and tries to see if the Psychic Card is in her.
But she doesn't get any type of a signal.
"Tomoyo-chan seems to be okay. I don't sense the card inside of her."
"If that's true, then..."
Kero then began to panic, breaking Sakura's concentration temporarily.
"That means it's nearby, and could strike at any moment! You've got to find
it and stop it!"
Sakura nods again and resumes her trance. After a few seconds, she opens
her eyes and looks up the main path coming from Twin Bells, the stuffed toy
shop that lied northwest of their current position.
"The card's coming this way! I say it'll reach Tomoyo-chan in about two
minutes."
"Then stop it!"
"I can't, remember? Tomoyo will walk out of the Return Card's zone before
the Psychic Card gets here. Besides, even if she stays in, I can't help her!"
Then, Sakura recalls the piece of paper that Syaoran had given to her. She
pulls it out and notes that it had more instructions than just 'use the
Return Card.'
"Li-kun wrote something else on here! It says that I should use the Create
Card once I get into the past."
Sakura glances at Kero, wondering how the Create Card could help.
"But how will that help?"
"The kid may have something," Kero thought out aloud.
"Huh?"
"Using the card allows you to create stuff and make it real. Maybe you can
use it to stop the Psychic Card."
"But whomever used it before I caught it was writing a story about flying
animals and fearsome dragons! How does our predicament fit into that?"
"Make something up! You're the Cardcaptor!"
"I guess that would work. But..."
"What, Sakura?"
"Kero-chan... if I use the Create Card now, wouldn't that affect the ability
to continue using the Return Card?"
"Yes. If the two cards are activated simultaneously for a prolonged period of
time, the card you used first will stop working. In other words, you'll be
brought back to the present."
"But then we can't save Tomoyo-chan."
"You'll have a few minutes before that happens. So use your time wisely!"
"Right."
Sakura searches through her deck and finds the Create Card. Then reaching
for her staff, she summons the card.
"CREATE! Allow me to use my imagination to stop the Psychic Card from
reaching Tomoyo-chan!"
======
In present time, Tomoyo was now underwater, swimming to shallow bottom of the
lake, which is only about six or seven feet deep. Syaoran, on land, dives in
and tries to get her out before she drowned.
He would never forgive himself if he stood around and allowed Sakura's best
friend to drown herself just to save the world.
Besides, he felt confident knowing that Sakura would pull through in the past.
======
With a giant book now in front of her and an old writing quill at her disposal,
Sakura tries to figure out a way to stop the Psychic Card.
"Let's see," Sakura thought out aloud, tapping the feathery part of the quill
against her chin. "What could I write?"
"Sakura! Hurry up!"
"I'm thinking!" she shot back.
Luckily, shouting back at Kero gave her an idea. She starts writing on the
first blank page in the book.
"So what's the plan?" Kero asked.
Before he knew it, Kero was wearing a pointy blue magician's cap and had a
cape tied around his neck and hanging off of his back.
"Kero-chan, the wizard!"
"Why am I dressed like this, Sakura?"
"Simple! You're a magician, and the Clow Card we're trying to catch is made
of magic."
"Oh! So I'll use some magic to capture it!"
"Yes!"
"But wait... I don't know any of those types of magic spells."
"No need! I'll write one in for you!"
Sakura resumes writing. As she does, Kero is forced against his will to move
in the direction that the card is coming from.
"What now?"
"Hang on! You still need a wand!"
As if on cue, a small wand forms in Kero's right paw.
"Alright! I'm magic ready!"
"Okay, Kero-chan! Here goes!"
Sakura continues to write in the book. As she does, Kero starts to spew out
an incantation of some sort.
"Powers of magic, lend me your strength! Allow me to capture this Clow Card!
Abracadabra!"
Kero waves the wand at the direction of the card. Upon being hit with the
incantation, the Psychic Card is stopped in its tracks, revealing its physical
form. That happens to be a pink-skinned fairy in a wizard's robe.
Sakura adds another paragraph to her story. Suddenly, a life-like version of
herself appears, with staff in hand, and walks over to the frozen card.
"We've got the card now!" Sakura, the one writing in the book, yells.
"Return to the guise that you were meant to be in!" Sakura, the one that had
been created by the book, yells, raising the Clow Staff above her head.
"CLOW CARD!"
Unable to escape, the Psychic Card begins to lose its shape. It starts to
swirl around, until the entire entity is changed into a Card. The Clow Card
flies into the fake Sakura's hand.
She then walks over to the real Sakura, hands her the Clow Card, and then
disappears. Kero flies over, as the hat, cape, and wand disappear from his
person.
"You did it, Sakura!"
"Yes! But without Li-kun's guidance, it probably wouldn't have ended this
way!"
Suddenly, things around Sakura and Kero begin to swirl around.
"Kero-chan..."
"It's taking effect. With the Create Card still activated, the Return Card
has stopped working. And now, we're returning to the present sooner than
expected."
The swirling continues until Sakura and Kero disappear from the past.
======
Back in present time, a pink and purple vortex appears out of nowhere. Sakura
and Kero leap out of it, with the vortex closing right behind them. The two
get up, as Sakura sees the Return, Create, and Psychic Cards in hand.
"I'm glad that it's all over!" Sakura rejoiced happily.
But then she began to worry again when she remembered the Ghost and Poison
Cards that were still loose.
"Kero-chan, what about the Ghost and Poison Cards?"
"No need to worry, Sakura. Since you've captured the Psychic Card, which was
the strongest of the three, the Ghost and Poison Cards are unable to take
control of Tomoyo."
"So she'll be fine?"
"Yep. The Ghost and Poison Cards will no longer bother her. Of course, when
they appear again, you'll have to capture them, as they can still cause quite
a bit of mischief on their own."
Sakura nods, although she doesn't feel so sure about having to capture a
Ghost Clow Card.
She then turns her attention on Tomoyo and Syaoran, who are nowhere to be seen.
"Tomoyo-chan! Li-kun!"
Sakura then begins to hear sounds of water splashing nearby. She runs off in
that direction, with Kero flying after her.
======
In the nearby lake, Sakura and Kero spot Syaoran helping Tomoyo out of the
lake. Tomoyo's coughing up some water, seeing as how she had been underwater
for at least 15 seconds or so. Syaoran is also breathing heavily, though he
doesn't seem to be having as much trouble as Tomoyo.
Sakura runs over to Tomoyo and tries to help her out.
"Tomoyo-chan!"
Tomoyo looks at Sakura, smiles, and then faints.
"Tomoyo-chan! Tomoyo-chan!"
======
Tomoyo opens her eyes and finds herself resting in her own bed.
"Had it all been a dream?" Tomoyo thought.
She looks under the covers and sees that she's dressed in a lime green
nightgown.
"Well, I guess so."
But then she glances to her right and sees Sakura sitting in a wooden chair.
Her head is lowered, and she seemed to be breathing as if she were asleep.
Which in fact, she was.
Tomoyo hops out of bed and walks over to Sakura, shaking her at the shoulders.
"Sakura-chan."
Sakura wakes up and rubs her eyes with her hands. But as she looks up, she
sees Tomoyo standing next to her and smiling at her.
"Tomoyo-chan!"
"So everything from last night wasn't a dream?"
Sakura blinked her eyes. She didn't know if telling her what truly
happened last night was the right thing to do. Regardless, she decided to
tell her anyway.
"No. There really was a Clow Card that had control of you last night."
"Really? I thought so! So, did you catch it?"
"Yep!"
Sakura reaches into her pocket and pulls out the Psychic Card for Tomoyo to
see.
"I'm glad you caught the card..."
"Me too."
"But I'm so disappointed that I couldn't capture the whole experience on
videotape."
Sakura fell out of her chair and to the ground.
"Hoe..."
======
After taking a few minutes to make sure Tomoyo knew exactly what had happened,
Sakura and Tomoyo are chatting once again, while sitting on Tomoyo's bed.
Kero is still sleeping on the dresser, unaware of what's going on.
"I'm happy for you, Sakura-chan! The whole world's a lot safer with you
capturing the Clow Cards!"
"I'm just glad to have my best friend back to her normal self."
"I hope neither of us turn out to be like that when we get older."
"Me neither. You're the nicest person I know... other than my dad, of course."
"That's so sweet! I hope you never change!"
"I hope you never change either, Tomoyo-chan!"
======
After a well-balanced breakfast and a call home, Sakura, with Kero in her
backpack, wave goodbye to Tomoyo as they head for the bus stop to go home.
"Thanks for everything, Sakura-chan!"
"Make sure you get a lot of rest, Tomoyo-chan! I'll talk to you later!"
"Okay! Bye!"
Sakura and Kero walk towards the front gate of the Daidouji mansion grounds.
As Tomoyo watches Sakura leave, she can't help but smile as her best friend
disappears from view.
"I'm happy that you cared so much for me," Tomoyo thought. "I've never had a
friend like you. And I hope to return the favor one day.
"One day when we're older, I will repay you, Sakura-chan."