Shaoran: "Its stupid."
Sakura: Sweat droops. "I think its cute. I'm gonna take a nap, see ya."
Aila: Watches Sakura go away. "I'd be a little more polite if I where you Shaoran."
Shaoran: Gulp
I CAN NOT BELIVE I KEEP FORGETTING THIS!: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. The Lovely ladies of ClAMP are the creators, not me. They and kodansha own the rights.
Chapter 2
Time Mess
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Lunch time. Now Shaoran could watch HIM without sneaking looks at him every minute and getting more detentions from teachers.
They, Sakura, Shaoran, Tomoyo, and Eriol, sat at a round table outside in the picnic area. Shaoran sat strait across from Eriol, barely blinking with his eyes fixated on him.
Sakura smiled looking around her at the great weather they where having. At least she was smiling till she got a look a Shaoran.
Tomoyo and Sakura stared at Shaoran, who seemed to be using all his will and energy to stare at Eriol. Sweat drops appeared on their heads while Eriol pretended not to notice his persistent decendent.
"Well, I see everyone made it to 16," joked Eriol, then with a gleam in his eye, added "And your looking as lovely as ever Sakura.
Eriol was lucky looks couldn't kill, because while Sakura blushed at his comment, Shaoran gaze turned even more venomous.
"Why are you back?" Shaoran questioned in a cold voice.
"Loosen up Li-kun," said Sakura, wrapping her arms around him and giving him a kiss on the cheek. That action caused him to temporarily loose his interest in Eriol, and look at Sakura with a blushing face.
"Your right, Tomoyo, they do make a cute couple." Eriol commented, smiling at the couple. Shaoran's gaze instantly returned to Eriol.
Eriol looked up, then wind then blew. Eriol looked in pure serenity, feeling the wind against his skin. He then let out a sigh, and faced companions. "But back to your question, Descendant. Lets see, where should I start?" Eriol said while closing his eyes. "Over the last couple of years I've been working on a new project. A new batch of cards, that I call the 'Eriol Cards'."
"How original." Li of course replied, rolling his eyes.
"Yes. I just recently finished my 15th card, called the hour card. A stronger version of Sakura's time card. All of my new beta cards are stronger versions of the Sakura/Clow cards, but also with improvements which I am quite proud of.
Now Eriol had some of Shaoran's interest at this.
"With these cards you can use 3 at a time, plus the best thing about them is this; you can temporarily combine cards to make a new card. For example if Sakura's cards could do this, you could combine the power and fight cards, to one card. Imagine how hard that would be to defeat.
"Wow, Eriol. That sounds so cool!" Commented Sakura, leaning across the table to listen better to him.
"Yes, I know." He said smugly. Then sighed again, going on with his story. "Now here's the problem. After I finished the hour card, I sort of ...ugh, made a... mistake. I placed the hour card next to the transport card. The hour card wasn't quite sealed. And next thing I know, when I entered the room, all my cards where gone. I've pinpointed where they went though. 5 years and 5 months ago into the past." Eriol stood up smiling, obviously impressed with himself for figuring this bit of information out.
Sakura and Shaoran had sweat drops, and looks of unbelief on their faces. When Eriol saw this, he just put a hand behind his head, and tried laughing it off.
"This is where you two come in..." He said gesturing to Sakura and Shaoran. "Like I said, the cards went into the past. Now think about this; these cards like I said, are stronger than Clow cards. They went back to when you two where fairly new to capturing cards." Shaoran frowned at this. Eriol noticed this, smiled some more. "Plus no one in the past has any knowledge of these cards, as well as the problem that if these cards do enough damage, they could negatively affect out time. Now imagine your cute 10 year old selves verses these cards."
There was a short pause then...
"YOU IDIOT!" Shaoran stood up and started to yell, "Even if we could defeat those cards, the time card doesn't have enough power to transport us that far back in time!"
"Must I remind you your talking to the reincarnation of Clow Reed?" Eriol said in a voice used to talking to small children.
Shaoran sat down, folded his arms across his chest, and started mumbling stuff bits about "responsibility" and "cause of the end of the world".
"So you already have a plan?" Chimed Sakura.
"Of course I do, Sakura." Eriol leaned down and tapped her nose, causing her to smile. "After I figured out what happened, I instantly formulated a plan involving you. I created a Sakura Card version of the transport card that could be combined with the Sakura time card. There's your answer to traveling through time." As he said this, Eriol took out a Sakura Card and handed it to Sakura. It had a picture of a two people on opposite ends of a map, and had "Transport" written on the bottom.
"Well thats great," chimed Shaoran. "Now all we have to do is go back to the time you started creating these cards, and stop you."
Eriol sighed. "Sorry Descendant, it doesn't work that way. I was working on these cards in the same place the Clow cards where created. It's in mid dimensions, and time has no place there. What happens there happens, and can't be changed."
"Oh." went Sakura.
"So its to the past with you two!" Eriol said, smiling once again. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot. The cards are automatically attracted to strong outputs of magic. That means your younger selves are I risk. You should keep you eye's on them. And do try to do this without letting them know who you are. If they do find out, they might learn stuff of the future, and no one should know stuff about their future in this situation." He then looked at Tomoyo. "So because of this, I had Tomoyo-chan here-"
"Make you two totally awesome costumes with mask to conceal your identities" Cried Tomoyo, placing a large bag on the table, obviously containing their costumes." Then she looked down at the bag. "Sorry, but I was only able to make you each one costume with the little time I had. Hope it fit's you Shaoran, cause I didn't exactly had your measurements."
Shaoran and Sakura both had the same 'we have no control over this situation' look.
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It was about 9:00 at night, and all 4 of them met at the penguin slide. The couple each had a bag with clothing, money, and personal items, since they where planning on staying in the past for a couple of weeks. (A/N: Can you guess what Tomoyo had in her hand?)
"Now Sakura," asked Eriol. "Do you remember all the chants I told you."
"Of course Eriol. You had me repeat theme to you for about an hour." Sakura countered, obviously annoyed.
"You didn't have to answer so harshly." Eriol said in a bit of an upset voice.
"I'm sorry Eriol, are we going to have to leave now?"
"Yes, I think the time is about right." Sakura ran over and hugged Eriol, then Tomoyo.
"I still don't see why I can't go! Why can't I go?!"
"Kero, it would be useless to take you because if you went with us to capture the new cards, and out past selves saw you, they'd know something really odd was up."
"Yeah yeah, fine. Go alone with the Gaki. I'll be sure to tell Touya where you went."
"At the mention of Touya, Shaoran made a face."
Sakura sighed. Kero wouldn't get a chance to tell Touya. She then turned around, held the star key in her hand, and began her chant to turn it into a wand.
Eriol started to walk towards Shaoran with a grin and open arms.
"Don't even think about hugging me, Eriol."
"Well, can't say I didn't try."
Tomoyo laughed, catching it all on film.
Sakura now had her star wand in one hand, and removed 2 cards, the time and transport. Sakura still remembered when Shaoran lost this card to Yue. (A/N: Ha I changed it!) Sakura then began a new chant:
"Power of within, Power of Cards,
Commands from your creator, Commands from your mistress,
We command you, COMBINE!"
At the last word, Sakura slammed her wand down on the cards like a sledgehammer, releasing a tornado of mist surrounding the cards. Then after all the mist was gone, a single card flew into Sakura's hand. This card had the picture of a person ridding a clock.
"Whoa! Eriol! It actually worked!" Commented Kero while looking over Sakura's shoulder.
'Time Transporter' read the card.
"Time Transport card, release and dispell!, (A/N: sorry if its the wrong chant.) Make a portal to 5 years and 5 months back in time!"
The portal was created before her and she heard Tomoyo call out, "See you in a few seconds!" 'Sure thing Tomoyo.' Sakura thought.
Sakura looked back at Tomoyo, Kero, and Eriol, and Shaoran and her joined hands and jumped into the portal.
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Next thing Sakura knows, her and Shaoran where eating dirt next to the Penguin slide.
Sakura looks around for Tomoyo and Eriol. They we'rnt there. 'Well I guess it worked then.' Thought Sakura.
"Are you alright, Sakura?" question Shaoran while pushing himself off of the ground.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You?" She saw Shaoran nood his head, and she stood up. To her feet where two cards, the Time card and Transport card. She picked them up, then stopped. Shaoran sensed it too. Something they havn't felt for a long time.
A Clow Card.
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"That won't work, Sakura! You can't let them see your signals!" Cried Kero to the child atempting to capture the card by teaming up with Shaoran, which failed.
The two Twin card halves smiled at her evilly.
Then a thought came to Sakura from what Mei Lin told her earilier that night.
"Mei Lin, we need you!" Sakura cried, flying down to the girl.
Mei Lin looked up to her in surprise.
"Li! You and Meiling might be able to move just like the Twin.
"What Kinomoto?" Mei Lin began to say, looking at Shaoran.
"You can do it! Because you've always watched Li!" Sakura looked at her, pleadingly.
"But...I'll just be a bother..."
"Let's do it Mei Lin" Shaoran said, and smiled to Mei Lin.
The Twin card attacked, and Shaoran and Mei Lin both postioned themselves in the same offense positions at the same time. The card attacked, with feet flying. Both sides where giving a tumble of blocks and punches at the same momment as it's partner. The Twin card jumped back, and looked at the two humans with worry in their faces. Then Shaoran and Mei Lin both gave a kick, sending the Twin card's halves to the ground. Sakura ran up to them at that momment. and positioned her clow wand.
"Return to thy form which thou should be! Clow Card!"
This time the card sealed as a whole card. The capture was a success.
But Shaoran still felt magic. He looked down the street, where there was the start of wooded area. Somthing was in the trees. He looked to Sakura, she was too excited about the capture, talking to Mei Lin, to sense anything.
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"I think you sense us, Shaoran." Whispered Sakura.
Yeah, his younger slef definatly sensed something. And he was looking over here. He difinatly sensed them. Let go, we can go to a hotel, and look for an apartment in the morning."
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Shaoran: "So now we're in the past, and we have to be body guards to our younger selves, while capturing Eriol's cards?"
Aila: "Yep! Arn't I a genieus?"
Shaoran: "Far from it."
Aila: "Oh! Your soo cute when your dissagreeeing!" Starts walking twards him, about to hug him.
Shaoran Starts backing away.
Shaoran: "Don't even think about hugging me! SAAAKKKURAAAA! The crazy girl lost it again!"