The next day it was a stormy day. That was when Li sensed it. He could sense that the presence of an evil spirit was drawing slowly around them. It poisoned the very air that they breathed. Li got up and ran. He ran with the icy chill of the wind blowing in his face. Mocking him every step of the way. He had to get to Sakura's house and fast. Knock, knock, knock! "hello?" Tori said as he answered the door. "Oh, it's you. What do you want?" He said with the look of distrust on his face. "is Sakura home?" Li said quickly panting from the long run to Sakura's house. "yeah you know what she is! Oh wait, you can't see her." Tori said sarcastically. "Tori!" Li said angrily to him. "yeah, yeah, she's upstairs in her room. Keep it down though, I need some sleep before I go to work." "Sure Tori." Li said pathetically. Li ran upstairs as fast as he could.
"Sakura! Did you feel it?! Did you feel that presence?!" Li cried as he pulled open Sakura's bedroom door. "Yeah Li, I could feel the presence since I got home. I tried to call you, but you never picked up. Its icy chill was running down my back the whole night. A mind that could be so evil, chilled my very bones. It felt as though the very hand of death was touching me through that presence.
"Li, could this be an enemy that even we can't defeat? Do you think it's possible that at some point we won't make it back from a journey?" Sakura was scared, and Li could tell. "Why don't we ask Yue, and Kero? They should know something about this presence." Li said confidentially.
"I am sorry Sakura, but we cannot say for sure what this could be, or what this thing could lead to." Kero said sadly. "Are you sure Kero? There must be some way that we can tell who or what it is!" Sakura said afraid to ask anything more. "Well, there is one way…." Yue said unsurely. "what…" Sakura was now fully afraid of what Yue was going to say. "Well-" "No." Li interrupted Yue from his speech. "There is no way that I am going to let Sakura face up to the challenge…." Li said. "It is the only way to know for sure what it is! Otherwise there is no other way!" Yue said direct and firm. "I too would not want to see Sakura hurt Li, but if there is no other way to determine who or what this thing is than…." Kero stopped. Li had a look of worry on his face as if someone was about to die, and he knew it.
"Li? Do you want to tell us something? Do you know something about this presence?" Yue asked curiously. "N-no. How would I know anything about this thing, if Sakura doesn't even know. She's the Card captor after all. Usually, all things go through to her first remember." Li said sarcastically. Yue bent down to Li's face and whispered in his ear.
Do you sense the presence at night? Can you feel it in the air? It's a sign of death. It is a sign that all days of happiness and shine will die. This presence contains the very essence of death. This THING is not of this world. Only with the truth will we be set free.
Li was confused in the words that Yue gave him, but tried to heed them as best he could. "Sakura…. I will show you what you must do." Li smiled at her with a smile of regret and a tortured heart. But all Sakura could do was smile back.