Masterful!
By: Kamika Farinas
Last time. . . .
Yay! We finally meet up with Meiling! But does she know anything about this "Master"? That's what Eriol thinks. Also, Sakura and Syaoran have a run-in with "The Master" leaving them with another confusing note. What could this note mean and what's going to happen in this chapter? Can I ever stop asking questions? *sweatdrops* I'll just shut up and let you read. Oh, and btw, the Nightmare card used in here is not the same that's used in the Create Card's stories. . . *sweatdrops* Of course it's in the same format but my nightmare card works differently. Okay?? And if you haven't read the Create Card's stories, you should. *grins* Btw, again, this is going to be a dramatic chapter so bring out the tissues. *sweatdrops* Not literally. . . . .
Disclaimer: I noticed that I hadn't put any disclaimers in the other chapters so I put it in this one. I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of its characters. Kay? Now shoo people!
Part Five
Sakura and Syaoran stand in front of the hotel. They were waiting for Tomoyo and Eriol to come. Sakura sighs as she leans against the building. She closes her eyes as she thinks of Syaoran. 'Why can't I tell him how I feel? I can't avoid him anymore. . . . All I do is blush around him now.'
Syaoran stands near her, pacing. He stops and leans against a street pole. He starts to think of Sakura. 'I can't believe this. I stay here with Sakura and I still can't get up the courage to tell her how I feel.' He thinks of the teddy bear he had made in the 6th grade. 'I was supposed to give that bear to Sakura. . . The person I care for the most. What am I supposed to do with it?'
Both were knocked out of their thoughts at the sound of feet running towards them. Sakura and Syaoran turn to see Tomoyo and Eriol. Sakura grins and starts to wave but sees another figure running behind them. Syaoran groans as he realizes who the figure was. Sakura laughs and races towards the person.
Meiling grins when she sees Sakura. "Sakura!!" She exclaims happily and the two hug.
"Meiling! It's been such a long time since I've seen you!" Sakura says grinning as they release their hug. "How'd you know I was here?" Sakura asks.
Meiling laughs. "By coincidence, I ran into Tomoyo and Eriol in the old training area. Now I'm wondering how they knew that place existed." Meiling says looking at Syaoran.
Eriol, Tomoyo, and Syaoran sweatdrops. Syaoran sighs, "What are you doing here, Meiling?" He asks.
Meiling laughs and walks over to him, "Dear cousin, did you honestly think that I wouldn't try to see where you were?"
Syaoran rolls his eyes. (Oh, btw, Meiling knows of Syaoran's feelings towards Sakura. She keeps bothering him by trying to get him to tell Sakura how he feels towards her.)
Meiling whispers, "Did you tell her yet?"
Syaoran blushes, "Shut up, Meiling."
Meiling shakes her head. 'Looks like I'll have to play matchmaker.' She thinks. She grins and looks around. "Well. . . since it's still daylight, would anyone want to go for a walk in the park?" She asks.
Sakura grins. "Sure!"
Meiling laughs and leads the way. "Come on, let's go this way." She suggests. Syaoran sighs and follows. Tomoyo and Eriol shrug.
Meiling and Sakura walk in front of the group. Both talk about numerous things until Meiling brought up the topic of Syaoran.
"So, Sakura? How's it going between you and Syaoran?" She asks.
Sakura blushes. "Syaoran? Um. . . I guess it's okay."
Meiling leans in and whisper, "Do you like him?"
Sakura blushes, "Meiling!"
Meiling laughs and continues to walk off, knowing Sakura' reply already. Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol stop suddenly. Meiling and Tomoyo blinks in shock.
"What's going on?" Meiling asks.
Tomoyo stands and closes her eyes. 'I feel something.' She thinks. Meiling blinks. "Tomoyo?"
Tomoyo breathes out and looks at Meiling.
Meiling blinks, "What's going on?"
Tomoyo sighs, "There's some powerful magic here." She says.
Meiling gasps. "How'd you sense that? I thought you didn't have magic."
Tomoyo looks at Meiling, "I do. . . I got it a while ago."
Meiling blinks in shock, 'Everything's different now.'
Sakura, Eriol, and Syaoran stand in their fighting stance, preparing for what was going to come. Suddenly, Tomoyo, Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol fall to the ground. Meiling gasps and rushes out.
'The next card is here. The nightmare card. I hope they can capture it.' "The Master" thinks.
In Tomoyo's Dream. . . .
Tomoyo walks around. "Where am I?" She says. She sees land before her that looked like it was destroyed in an attack. "What happened here?" She mutters in fear. She shudders and tries to warm herself up. "An aura. . . It's dark. ." She mutters.
"Tomoyo. . ." She hears someone say quietly near her. Tomoyo turns around to see Sakura sprawled on the ground. She was wounded deeply. Tomoyo gasps and rushes towards her.
"Sakura! What happened?" Tomoyo asks.
Sakura looks up at Tomoyo with hard eyes, almost glaring. "You! I hate you! You killed everyone that's important to me!" Sakura yells.
Tomoyo gasps, "What? Sakura? What are you talking about?"
Tears fall down Sakura's face as she mutters one name, "Syaoran. . ." At that one word, Sakura falls. Tomoyo gasps as she checks for Sakura's pulse.
"No. . . No. . . . NO!!!!!" Tomoyo exclaims. Tears fall down her face. "It can't be. . . ." Tomoyo feels a hand on her shoulder. She looks back to see Eriol. "Eriol. . ." She mutters in sadness. She leans against his shoulder. Eriol hugs her.
"Tomoyo. . . wake up." Tomoyo looks up in shock.
"What are you talking about, Eriol? Isn't this all real?" She asks.
Eriol grins, "It's not. You're having a nightmare."
Tomoyo blinks in shock, "You mean, I thought Sakura was dead when she truly wasn't?"
Eriol nods, "Now you have to wake up. Try to at least." He says. His image starts to fade. "Wake up." He mutters before disappearing.
"Eriol!" Tomoyo shouts and closes her eyes. 'I have to wake up for Eriol and Sakura.' She thinks as she starts to disappear from dream land.
In Eriol's dream. . .
Eriol walks around. He thinks to himself. 'What am I doing here?' He turns his head suddenly when he notices an evil aura coming from behind him. He finds nothing. Eriol sighs and continues walking. He stops when he feels two familiar weak auras. He runs trying to find who it was coming from. In front of him, he sees Kero (stuffed animal form *giggles* Kero: *comes in and bits finger* Me: *shakes finger* Don't do that!!!) and Yue (not Yukito). He gasps and rushes towards them.
"Are you two okay?" He asks.
Yue and Kero look at him with eyes filled with contempt and anger.
"You failed us, Eriol." Kero says.
Eriol jumps back in shock. Neither Kero or Yue had ever called him Eriol. "What do you mean, Kero?"
Yue glares at him. "Your test only gave Sakura more power. Now she's on a rampage for more power!"
Eriol blinks in surprise. "What do you mean 'more power'? That's not the Sakura I know."
Kero snorts. "That's not the Sakura I know either but she is that way and now we're almost gone."
"What?"
Kero closes his eyes. "You've failed us." At those last words, he dies.
Yue looks at Kero and sighs. "It is now my time." He glares at Eriol. "It is all your fault. You have given her too much power." Yue changed to Yukito and Eriol sees Yukito try to stand up but he collapses.
Eriol stands in fear. "What have I done?" He mutters to himself. He looks up to see Sakura standing a distance before him with her wand in one hand and a Sakura Card in the other hand. Sakura smirks.
"Do you honestly think that I was who you thought I was? I had to wait such a long time to be able to use my magic for what I wanted most. Power." She exclaims, slightly laughing with the smirk still on her lips. She shows him the card that she held in her hand.
Eriol gasps as he notices what the card was, the Shot Card. He falls to the ground in shock. "Sakura. . . How could you?"
Sakura smirks. "I am not the Sakura you know and love."
Eriol nods and closes his eyes. 'I can't defend myself. I do not have my staff.' He thinks mournfully.
Sakura laughs slightly. She commands the card to kill Eriol. Eriol opens his eyes to see one shot aiming for him. Out of nowhere, he saw a body cover him and take the hit. Eriol gasps as he notices that it was Tomoyo.
"NO! Tomoyo!" He exclaims and takes her in his arms.
Tomoyo laughs slightly. "Eriol. . . It's just a dream. . . ."
Eriol gasps in shock. He looks back at Sakura and concentrates on her disappearing. Eriol watches as Sakura's image flickers and finally disappears. "That wasn't real. ." He mutters in amazement. He looks at Tomoyo in his arms. "You knew."
Tomoyo laughs, "I'm not real too. Now, wake up. Sakura needs your help."
Eriol nods and closes his eyes. 'I'm coming Sakura. Don't worry.'
In Syaoran's Dream. . . .
Syaoran looks around in the barren land. "Where is everyone?" He mutters to himself.
He senses Sakura's aura near him and when he turns around, he sees Sakura sprawled on the ground. He notices that she was trying to stay alive.
He gasps and runs towards her. "Sakura! What happened to you?"
Sakura looks up at him. She smiles weakly, "Syaoran. . . You're here. I thought you had left me."
Tears fell down Syaoran's face. "Sakura? I would never leave you." He mutters softly to her.
Sakura smiles slightly. "I. . . I just want you to know something Syaoran. ." Before she was able to answer, she dies in his arms.
Syaoran shakes his head. "No. . . no. . . NO!!!!!!" He exclaims.
From behind him, someone smacks him against the back of his head. "Are you crazy, Syaoran?!?!?! The REAL Sakura's in trouble at this moment and YOU believe a dream?"
Syaoran looks back with tears running down his face. He sees Meiling standing before him. "What are you doing here, Meiling?"
Meiling sighs. "I can't believe that you, dear cousin, would believe even a dream."
Syaoran gasps. "What do you mean dream? It seems so real."
"Well. . .duh. . . It's a dream. . . It DOES usually seem real." Meiling says obviously. "And anyway. . The real Sakura's in trouble."
Syaoran nods. "I'll have to wake up. To save Sakura." He mutters and closes his eyes.
In Sakura's Dream. . .
Sakura walks around feeling different types of auras. "What is this?" She steps forward and first feels a faint purple aura.
A voice echoes and Sakura notices it as Tomoyo's voice. "You failed." Tomoyo's voice says.
Sakura blinks and continues walking. Now she feels a dark blue aura that she recognizes as being Eriol's. She hears his voice now.
"I choose the wrong person to obtain the cards."
Sakura continues walking although she was slightly confused. She feels another aura that belonged to Keroberos.
"Wrong person. . ." Those words echo all over the place.
Tears fall down Sakura's face as she continues, now running. She continues to feel different auras, even the mysterious aura. All that she hadn't felt was Syaoran's. All the different voices told her that she was the wrong choice of being the Mistress or that she had failed. Sakura stops when she feels Syaoran aura. "No. . ." She mutters. "Not from him."
"It's okay, Sakura." A voice says from behind her.
Sakura turns around suddenly to see Syaoran smiling. She backs away slowly. "Don't say anything. I can't deal with more harsh words. Especially from you."
Syaoran blinks in confusion. "Sakura! It's okay. None of this is real."
Sakura didn't listen. Instead, she falls to the ground, trying to squeeze her hands against her ears to block out the sound. She shook her head while muttering, "No. . . No. . ." She said that over and over again.
In the real world. . . .
The Master stands on a tree. He/She looks on to see Syaoran start to move, after that Eriol and then Tomoyo. He/She grins and nods. "They have done it." The Master notices that Sakura hadn't moved at all. "Oh no. . . . I see what she did. She's focusing the cards on Sakura." The Master fumes and runs off but not before dropping another note.
Syaoran wakes up and immediately moves towards where Sakura was. "Sakura? Sakura! Wake up!"
In Sakura's dream. . .
Syaoran sighs as he attempts to get Sakura to believe that it was just a dream.
Sakura suddenly opens her eyes. She had heard Syaoran's voice and not the dream Syaoran but the real Syaoran. Sakura gasps and stands up. "It's a dream!"
Syaoran sighs and nods, "That's what I've been trying to tell you."
Sakura nods and closes her eyes but nothing happens. "What's going on?" She asks.
Syaoran shakes his head. "You're thinking too much. Calm down."
Sakura sighs and nods. She closes her eyes again and she finally disappears.
Real World. . .
Sakura opens her eyes to see Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol and a black spirit hovering in the background. Syaoran sighs in relief as he sees a part of the black spirit appear out of Sakura's head and attach itself to the other black spirit. It combines. Sakura stands up to see its visible form. She gasps when she notices that it looked like the Dream Card only darker.
Sakura closes her eyes. She brings down her wand. "Nightmare Card. Return to your power confined. Nightmare!" Sakura exhales as the card flies into her hand. 'That was the scariest thing that I have ever gone through.' She thinks. Tomoyo and Eriol hug in the background while Syaoran walks up to Sakura. He puts a hand on her shoulder. Sakura looks back and smiles. Syaoran blushes.
"Good job, Sakura. That was a great capture." He tells her. Sakura blushes and grins.
"Thanks Syaoran. That means a lot coming from you." She says as she gives him a hug. Syaoran blushes and holds her close. 'I'm going to tell her. Tonight.' He thinks.
"Where's Meiling?" Tomoyo asks. Sakura breaks away from Syaoran and looks around.
"Yeah. . . where is she?" Sakura asks.
Meiling comes in running and panting. She held something in her hand. Sakura jumps back in shock.
"Where'd you go, Meiling?" Eriol asks curiously.
Meiling looks up, slightly blushing. "I went to go help when I saw you four collapse." She holds something out. "And Sakura? I think this is for you. . . I found this near you."
Sakura takes it and notices that it was another note. She sighs and reads it.
All is well,
You passed the test.
But can you stand
The loudness of the day?
Signed,
The Master
Sakura blinks. "That was the shortest note ever." Meiling looks at the note curiously.
"Who's the Master?" She asks.
Sakura sighs. "I wish I knew. I wish I knew."
To Be Continued. . .
Whee! That was the toughest chapter to write, also the longest. I think the easiest dream to write was Syaoran's and the hardest was Eriol's. Just to tell you. . . Anyway. . . as you can tell. . . It's going to be a romantic next chapter. . . Don't you think? *grins* Ja!! And review!!
By: Kamika Farinas
Last time. . . .
Yay! We finally meet up with Meiling! But does she know anything about this "Master"? That's what Eriol thinks. Also, Sakura and Syaoran have a run-in with "The Master" leaving them with another confusing note. What could this note mean and what's going to happen in this chapter? Can I ever stop asking questions? *sweatdrops* I'll just shut up and let you read. Oh, and btw, the Nightmare card used in here is not the same that's used in the Create Card's stories. . . *sweatdrops* Of course it's in the same format but my nightmare card works differently. Okay?? And if you haven't read the Create Card's stories, you should. *grins* Btw, again, this is going to be a dramatic chapter so bring out the tissues. *sweatdrops* Not literally. . . . .
Disclaimer: I noticed that I hadn't put any disclaimers in the other chapters so I put it in this one. I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of its characters. Kay? Now shoo people!
Part Five
Sakura and Syaoran stand in front of the hotel. They were waiting for Tomoyo and Eriol to come. Sakura sighs as she leans against the building. She closes her eyes as she thinks of Syaoran. 'Why can't I tell him how I feel? I can't avoid him anymore. . . . All I do is blush around him now.'
Syaoran stands near her, pacing. He stops and leans against a street pole. He starts to think of Sakura. 'I can't believe this. I stay here with Sakura and I still can't get up the courage to tell her how I feel.' He thinks of the teddy bear he had made in the 6th grade. 'I was supposed to give that bear to Sakura. . . The person I care for the most. What am I supposed to do with it?'
Both were knocked out of their thoughts at the sound of feet running towards them. Sakura and Syaoran turn to see Tomoyo and Eriol. Sakura grins and starts to wave but sees another figure running behind them. Syaoran groans as he realizes who the figure was. Sakura laughs and races towards the person.
Meiling grins when she sees Sakura. "Sakura!!" She exclaims happily and the two hug.
"Meiling! It's been such a long time since I've seen you!" Sakura says grinning as they release their hug. "How'd you know I was here?" Sakura asks.
Meiling laughs. "By coincidence, I ran into Tomoyo and Eriol in the old training area. Now I'm wondering how they knew that place existed." Meiling says looking at Syaoran.
Eriol, Tomoyo, and Syaoran sweatdrops. Syaoran sighs, "What are you doing here, Meiling?" He asks.
Meiling laughs and walks over to him, "Dear cousin, did you honestly think that I wouldn't try to see where you were?"
Syaoran rolls his eyes. (Oh, btw, Meiling knows of Syaoran's feelings towards Sakura. She keeps bothering him by trying to get him to tell Sakura how he feels towards her.)
Meiling whispers, "Did you tell her yet?"
Syaoran blushes, "Shut up, Meiling."
Meiling shakes her head. 'Looks like I'll have to play matchmaker.' She thinks. She grins and looks around. "Well. . . since it's still daylight, would anyone want to go for a walk in the park?" She asks.
Sakura grins. "Sure!"
Meiling laughs and leads the way. "Come on, let's go this way." She suggests. Syaoran sighs and follows. Tomoyo and Eriol shrug.
Meiling and Sakura walk in front of the group. Both talk about numerous things until Meiling brought up the topic of Syaoran.
"So, Sakura? How's it going between you and Syaoran?" She asks.
Sakura blushes. "Syaoran? Um. . . I guess it's okay."
Meiling leans in and whisper, "Do you like him?"
Sakura blushes, "Meiling!"
Meiling laughs and continues to walk off, knowing Sakura' reply already. Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol stop suddenly. Meiling and Tomoyo blinks in shock.
"What's going on?" Meiling asks.
Tomoyo stands and closes her eyes. 'I feel something.' She thinks. Meiling blinks. "Tomoyo?"
Tomoyo breathes out and looks at Meiling.
Meiling blinks, "What's going on?"
Tomoyo sighs, "There's some powerful magic here." She says.
Meiling gasps. "How'd you sense that? I thought you didn't have magic."
Tomoyo looks at Meiling, "I do. . . I got it a while ago."
Meiling blinks in shock, 'Everything's different now.'
Sakura, Eriol, and Syaoran stand in their fighting stance, preparing for what was going to come. Suddenly, Tomoyo, Sakura, Syaoran, and Eriol fall to the ground. Meiling gasps and rushes out.
'The next card is here. The nightmare card. I hope they can capture it.' "The Master" thinks.
In Tomoyo's Dream. . . .
Tomoyo walks around. "Where am I?" She says. She sees land before her that looked like it was destroyed in an attack. "What happened here?" She mutters in fear. She shudders and tries to warm herself up. "An aura. . . It's dark. ." She mutters.
"Tomoyo. . ." She hears someone say quietly near her. Tomoyo turns around to see Sakura sprawled on the ground. She was wounded deeply. Tomoyo gasps and rushes towards her.
"Sakura! What happened?" Tomoyo asks.
Sakura looks up at Tomoyo with hard eyes, almost glaring. "You! I hate you! You killed everyone that's important to me!" Sakura yells.
Tomoyo gasps, "What? Sakura? What are you talking about?"
Tears fall down Sakura's face as she mutters one name, "Syaoran. . ." At that one word, Sakura falls. Tomoyo gasps as she checks for Sakura's pulse.
"No. . . No. . . . NO!!!!!" Tomoyo exclaims. Tears fall down her face. "It can't be. . . ." Tomoyo feels a hand on her shoulder. She looks back to see Eriol. "Eriol. . ." She mutters in sadness. She leans against his shoulder. Eriol hugs her.
"Tomoyo. . . wake up." Tomoyo looks up in shock.
"What are you talking about, Eriol? Isn't this all real?" She asks.
Eriol grins, "It's not. You're having a nightmare."
Tomoyo blinks in shock, "You mean, I thought Sakura was dead when she truly wasn't?"
Eriol nods, "Now you have to wake up. Try to at least." He says. His image starts to fade. "Wake up." He mutters before disappearing.
"Eriol!" Tomoyo shouts and closes her eyes. 'I have to wake up for Eriol and Sakura.' She thinks as she starts to disappear from dream land.
In Eriol's dream. . .
Eriol walks around. He thinks to himself. 'What am I doing here?' He turns his head suddenly when he notices an evil aura coming from behind him. He finds nothing. Eriol sighs and continues walking. He stops when he feels two familiar weak auras. He runs trying to find who it was coming from. In front of him, he sees Kero (stuffed animal form *giggles* Kero: *comes in and bits finger* Me: *shakes finger* Don't do that!!!) and Yue (not Yukito). He gasps and rushes towards them.
"Are you two okay?" He asks.
Yue and Kero look at him with eyes filled with contempt and anger.
"You failed us, Eriol." Kero says.
Eriol jumps back in shock. Neither Kero or Yue had ever called him Eriol. "What do you mean, Kero?"
Yue glares at him. "Your test only gave Sakura more power. Now she's on a rampage for more power!"
Eriol blinks in surprise. "What do you mean 'more power'? That's not the Sakura I know."
Kero snorts. "That's not the Sakura I know either but she is that way and now we're almost gone."
"What?"
Kero closes his eyes. "You've failed us." At those last words, he dies.
Yue looks at Kero and sighs. "It is now my time." He glares at Eriol. "It is all your fault. You have given her too much power." Yue changed to Yukito and Eriol sees Yukito try to stand up but he collapses.
Eriol stands in fear. "What have I done?" He mutters to himself. He looks up to see Sakura standing a distance before him with her wand in one hand and a Sakura Card in the other hand. Sakura smirks.
"Do you honestly think that I was who you thought I was? I had to wait such a long time to be able to use my magic for what I wanted most. Power." She exclaims, slightly laughing with the smirk still on her lips. She shows him the card that she held in her hand.
Eriol gasps as he notices what the card was, the Shot Card. He falls to the ground in shock. "Sakura. . . How could you?"
Sakura smirks. "I am not the Sakura you know and love."
Eriol nods and closes his eyes. 'I can't defend myself. I do not have my staff.' He thinks mournfully.
Sakura laughs slightly. She commands the card to kill Eriol. Eriol opens his eyes to see one shot aiming for him. Out of nowhere, he saw a body cover him and take the hit. Eriol gasps as he notices that it was Tomoyo.
"NO! Tomoyo!" He exclaims and takes her in his arms.
Tomoyo laughs slightly. "Eriol. . . It's just a dream. . . ."
Eriol gasps in shock. He looks back at Sakura and concentrates on her disappearing. Eriol watches as Sakura's image flickers and finally disappears. "That wasn't real. ." He mutters in amazement. He looks at Tomoyo in his arms. "You knew."
Tomoyo laughs, "I'm not real too. Now, wake up. Sakura needs your help."
Eriol nods and closes his eyes. 'I'm coming Sakura. Don't worry.'
In Syaoran's Dream. . . .
Syaoran looks around in the barren land. "Where is everyone?" He mutters to himself.
He senses Sakura's aura near him and when he turns around, he sees Sakura sprawled on the ground. He notices that she was trying to stay alive.
He gasps and runs towards her. "Sakura! What happened to you?"
Sakura looks up at him. She smiles weakly, "Syaoran. . . You're here. I thought you had left me."
Tears fell down Syaoran's face. "Sakura? I would never leave you." He mutters softly to her.
Sakura smiles slightly. "I. . . I just want you to know something Syaoran. ." Before she was able to answer, she dies in his arms.
Syaoran shakes his head. "No. . . no. . . NO!!!!!!" He exclaims.
From behind him, someone smacks him against the back of his head. "Are you crazy, Syaoran?!?!?! The REAL Sakura's in trouble at this moment and YOU believe a dream?"
Syaoran looks back with tears running down his face. He sees Meiling standing before him. "What are you doing here, Meiling?"
Meiling sighs. "I can't believe that you, dear cousin, would believe even a dream."
Syaoran gasps. "What do you mean dream? It seems so real."
"Well. . .duh. . . It's a dream. . . It DOES usually seem real." Meiling says obviously. "And anyway. . The real Sakura's in trouble."
Syaoran nods. "I'll have to wake up. To save Sakura." He mutters and closes his eyes.
In Sakura's Dream. . .
Sakura walks around feeling different types of auras. "What is this?" She steps forward and first feels a faint purple aura.
A voice echoes and Sakura notices it as Tomoyo's voice. "You failed." Tomoyo's voice says.
Sakura blinks and continues walking. Now she feels a dark blue aura that she recognizes as being Eriol's. She hears his voice now.
"I choose the wrong person to obtain the cards."
Sakura continues walking although she was slightly confused. She feels another aura that belonged to Keroberos.
"Wrong person. . ." Those words echo all over the place.
Tears fall down Sakura's face as she continues, now running. She continues to feel different auras, even the mysterious aura. All that she hadn't felt was Syaoran's. All the different voices told her that she was the wrong choice of being the Mistress or that she had failed. Sakura stops when she feels Syaoran aura. "No. . ." She mutters. "Not from him."
"It's okay, Sakura." A voice says from behind her.
Sakura turns around suddenly to see Syaoran smiling. She backs away slowly. "Don't say anything. I can't deal with more harsh words. Especially from you."
Syaoran blinks in confusion. "Sakura! It's okay. None of this is real."
Sakura didn't listen. Instead, she falls to the ground, trying to squeeze her hands against her ears to block out the sound. She shook her head while muttering, "No. . . No. . ." She said that over and over again.
In the real world. . . .
The Master stands on a tree. He/She looks on to see Syaoran start to move, after that Eriol and then Tomoyo. He/She grins and nods. "They have done it." The Master notices that Sakura hadn't moved at all. "Oh no. . . . I see what she did. She's focusing the cards on Sakura." The Master fumes and runs off but not before dropping another note.
Syaoran wakes up and immediately moves towards where Sakura was. "Sakura? Sakura! Wake up!"
In Sakura's dream. . .
Syaoran sighs as he attempts to get Sakura to believe that it was just a dream.
Sakura suddenly opens her eyes. She had heard Syaoran's voice and not the dream Syaoran but the real Syaoran. Sakura gasps and stands up. "It's a dream!"
Syaoran sighs and nods, "That's what I've been trying to tell you."
Sakura nods and closes her eyes but nothing happens. "What's going on?" She asks.
Syaoran shakes his head. "You're thinking too much. Calm down."
Sakura sighs and nods. She closes her eyes again and she finally disappears.
Real World. . .
Sakura opens her eyes to see Syaoran, Tomoyo, Eriol and a black spirit hovering in the background. Syaoran sighs in relief as he sees a part of the black spirit appear out of Sakura's head and attach itself to the other black spirit. It combines. Sakura stands up to see its visible form. She gasps when she notices that it looked like the Dream Card only darker.
Sakura closes her eyes. She brings down her wand. "Nightmare Card. Return to your power confined. Nightmare!" Sakura exhales as the card flies into her hand. 'That was the scariest thing that I have ever gone through.' She thinks. Tomoyo and Eriol hug in the background while Syaoran walks up to Sakura. He puts a hand on her shoulder. Sakura looks back and smiles. Syaoran blushes.
"Good job, Sakura. That was a great capture." He tells her. Sakura blushes and grins.
"Thanks Syaoran. That means a lot coming from you." She says as she gives him a hug. Syaoran blushes and holds her close. 'I'm going to tell her. Tonight.' He thinks.
"Where's Meiling?" Tomoyo asks. Sakura breaks away from Syaoran and looks around.
"Yeah. . . where is she?" Sakura asks.
Meiling comes in running and panting. She held something in her hand. Sakura jumps back in shock.
"Where'd you go, Meiling?" Eriol asks curiously.
Meiling looks up, slightly blushing. "I went to go help when I saw you four collapse." She holds something out. "And Sakura? I think this is for you. . . I found this near you."
Sakura takes it and notices that it was another note. She sighs and reads it.
All is well,
You passed the test.
But can you stand
The loudness of the day?
Signed,
The Master
Sakura blinks. "That was the shortest note ever." Meiling looks at the note curiously.
"Who's the Master?" She asks.
Sakura sighs. "I wish I knew. I wish I knew."
To Be Continued. . .
Whee! That was the toughest chapter to write, also the longest. I think the easiest dream to write was Syaoran's and the hardest was Eriol's. Just to tell you. . . Anyway. . . as you can tell. . . It's going to be a romantic next chapter. . . Don't you think? *grins* Ja!! And review!!