Author's Notes: Alright…2nd Chapter!!
Disclaimer: CCS belongs to CLAMP, not me…
Cursed
Chapter Two: A New Evil?
By: Destiny Dreamer
'What is that feeling?!' Sakura mentally screamed. The strange feeling had been getting steadily stronger. Sakura had just finished cleaning up from dinner, and was attempting to do her math homework. But two things were keeping her from concentrating; The fact that Sakura hadn't been paying attention in any of her classes, which resulted in her not knowing how to complete the math problems, and that feeling gnawing at her mind. "That's it, I'm going to find out what that force is," Sakura decided aloud.
"What are you doing? 'Cus, I'll come too. I'm getting tired of loosing to this game…"Kero commented as he lost the game for the fourteenth strait time.
"Ya, I'm going for a walk, let's go," said Sakura. Tucking Kero in her purse, Sakura sprinted down the stairs, where she ran into Touya.
"Where's the Kaijou (AN- Spelling?) going?" Touya asked.
"I'm going for a walk, and Sakura's not a Kaijou!" Sakura half yelled at her brother. Before Touya could retaliate, she had put on her shoes, kicked him in the shin, and slipped out the door. Bringing Kero out onto her shoulder, Sakura started following her senses to the park. "Kero, you have been feeling some kind of force right? I'm not just imagining things or being paranoid, right?" Sakura quickly asked, making sure her magic wasn't wrong or anything.
"No, Sakura, don't worry. I feel it too. But it just started today." The two remained silent until they reached the park. "Sakura," Kero suddenly said sharply. "There's someone out there." Reaching out with her aura, Sakura found a dark one. Sensing it behind the group of trees, Sakura cautiously walked over to them. Out of nowhere, a girl of about twelve popped up.
"Ahhhh!" Sakura jumped. Then realizing that it was just a little girl, Sakura thought that this dark evil couldn't possibly be coming from this cute, little girl. She wore a red tank top, with red bellbottoms. She had shoulder length blonde hair, and big brown eyes that seemed to take in everything. But as Sakura studied the girl, she noticed that the aura had a little bit of red mixed into the black.
"Hi, I'm Riaki. Are you the Card Mistress?"
"Uh yes, yes I am," Sakura said a little unsure of this young girl. The little girl quickly glanced around as if looking for someone then started speaking very quickly.
"I'm not supposed to be talking to you, so I must hurry before I change again. A long time ago, before even Clow Reed, there was a set of crystals that were dark and evil. Their purpose was to create chaos through out the world. But like most everything else, there was a good side to these crystals. When they weren't in their evil form, they spread happiness across the world, as their master pleased. As the crystals tried destroying the world, one of Clow Reed's ancestors, Kahn Reed, transformed these crystals into their good form, one-by-one. Eventually, Kahn caught and changed all seven. They possess much magic, so when Kahn transformed them, the magic went directly to him. Somehow the crystals escaped Kahn's seal and are now reining the earth again and creating chaos." Riaki finally finished, but was slightly out of breath. She was still occasionally looking around, her big brown eyes nervously darting around. This made Sakura wary and jumpy.
"But, why are you telling me? I have to capture the crystals?" Sakura asked, worried about how she could do this.
"Well since you are one of the most powerful magicians, the other crystals and I-"
"What do you mean the other crystals and you. Does-"
"Should Sakura be your enemy then?" Kero interrupted Sakura, who was interrupting Riaki. Sakura had totally forgotten he was there.
"Would you two just let me finish?" Riaki asked impatiently. "Yes, the other crystals and I want a good master, so instead of going and attacking anyone, we're attacking you. Yes, I'm a crystal, but I am in my human form. Our human forms make us much nicer, and on top of that, I am one of the kinder crystals. So, put, in my human form, I am a sweet little girl," Riaki finished, with a sweet smile. (^_^;;) "Uh-oh…" Riaki murmured.
"Uh-oh, what?" Sakura asked quickly. Before Riaki could answer, Sakura noticed that the black she was sensing earlier had suddenly become stronger.
"Sakura, look!" Kero exclaimed. As Sakura moved her head to look, a round red thing shot past her head. Sakura felt a lot of power radiating off of it. Looking around to see the source of the power ball, Sakura saw Riaki, only she had changed. Instead of her brown eyes, they were black. And, instead of the red outfit, Riaki was covered in black.
"Kero, what do I do? I don't want to hurt Riaki!" Sakura called.
"You'll have to fight her. She and the crystals want you to be their mistress. Besides it's not Riaki, it's the evil crystal part of her. You're fighting it, not her," Kero shouted, while Sakura dodged more of the red power balls.
"Shield!" Sakura yelled, temporarily stopping the attacks. "I need a card…got it!" Sakura muttered. "Windy! Blow the power balls back at Riaki!" Sakura instructed. Windy flew through the air collecting all the red balls, then blew them back at their owner. The force knocked Riaki down, and she transformed to her brown eyes and red clothes.
"Well done, Card Mistress!" Riaki called, as she jogged over to Sakura and Kero. "Now, I need to finish explaining. Unlike the Clow Cards, you have time to seal us. From the time you defeat each crystal, you have one hour to change us back to our crystal form. When you do transform each crystal, you will use your staff, but right now it won't work." Riaki close her brown eyes and started chanting something Sakura couldn't understand. Suddenly there was a flash of white light and Riaki stopped chanting. She was holding out a silver charm bracelet, except there weren't any charms.
"What's that?" Sakura asked.
"This is what will change your staff. When you're fighting, you will use your staff and the cards. But when you say 'Return to your crystal form, and then the name, the human form will transform into the crystal, and will become apart of your bracelet. But in order for either of these steps to work, you must be wearing your bracelet. Do you understand?"
"Yes, I think so," Sakura said, while taking all this new information in.
"Now, there is only half an hour until you have
"Now, there is only half an hour before you have to transform me. Any questions?"
"What happens if I don't change the crystals with in the hour?"
"The crystal will become evil again and stay in their human form. Each time you fail to catch them, the crystal will become stronger," Riaki explained. "Is that all?"
"Yes."
Well, then you can change me back to a crystal!" Riaki said, getting excited. Sakura slipped her bracelet on. Pointing her staff at Riaki, Sakura shouted,
"Return to your crystal form, Riaki!" A red light surrounded Riaki, and then she was gone. Sakura looked at her bracelet and there was a red stone. A little silver plate had also appeared. It had 'Prism Crystals' engraved on it. "Come on, Kero. Let's go home." Sakura started walking home and was so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't feel the presence of another person.
"Good job, Sakura. Do you still need my help? Or at least, want my help? Either way, I'll see you at school, tomorrow…"
Author's Notes: Was it horrible? LoL…Please review! I'm re-uploading all (wow 3) of my fics onto my *new* name so I don't have any reviews….*_*, LoL. I'll hopefully have the next chapter out in a couple weeks. ~Destiny.Chan