1 Card Captor Syaoran
A CCS Fanfic By Card Captor Schlueter (a.k.a. Syaoran-kun)
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1.1 Chapter Ten: Nightmares And Dreamscapes
1.2
1.3 The Tokyo Tower was lit up like a Christmas tree. The wind was picking up. What was I doing here? How did I get here? I was certain I'd remember going downtown in the middle of the night.
'This has got to be some kind of dream.' I thought to myself.
Just then I remembered something. Hadn't Sakura mentioned dreams like this? They had something to do with the final judgment. That was it! She mentioned seeing the form of Yue standing on top of the observation deck of the Tokyo Tower. But why would I be having this dream? After all, I had already faced Yue's judgment. Why would I need the strange dreams?
I noticed there was indeed a figure standing on top of the observation deck. And.
Wait a second.
It wasn't Yue!!
The figure was a woman wearing a long red cloak and a red hat that vaguely resembled mine. She had blue eyes and, strangely enough, blue hair that came down to her waist. She was also wearing a pendant that caught my eye. It was gold and black.
But, the fact was it wasn't Yue. It wasn't anyone I recognized.
"Who are you?" I said aloud.
"Isn't that obvious?" The voice sounded familiar. It sounded like.
**
.Kero-Ni. I opened my eyes and there he was floating above me. I sat up and looked over at the clock. I was awake half an hour earlier than usual.
"You care to explain why you were talking in your sleep?" asked Kero- Ni.
"I just had the strangest dream," I replied. "It was the final judgment. But. Yue wasn't the judge."
"What?"
I shook my head. "I don't understand it myself." Maybe I wasn't getting enough sleep. Last night I had sealed 'The Wave' card and 'The Glow' card. As much as I hated to admit it, I needed to talk to Eriol about this one.
I decided I'd better get out of bed. I was greeted by an unpleasant surprise when I opened the bathroom door, however. A mountain of suds came spilling out.
"Gyaa!" was the most intelligent thing I managed to say. Yes, 'The Bubbles' card had been hiding in my bathroom all night. I managed to fight my way though all the bubbles to find the card lounging around in the bath. After I sealed it, I had planned to chew out Kero-Ni for missing the card. But I had missed it too, so who was I to talk?
**
"You look tired today, Li-kun," were Sakura's first words to me that morning. I told her about 'The Bubbles'. She, of course, giggled. This is Sakura we're talking about. Shortly after I had finished, Eriol and Tomoyo arrived.
That's when I told them about the dream. When I was finished Eriol looked both interested and concerned.
"What do you think it means?" asked Sakura.
"Have you ever seen this. person before, Li-kun?" asked Eriol.
"No." I replied. "I figured she had something to do with you."
"I don't know anyone like that." Eriol replied.
"Are you sure?" I said skeptically. "This better not be another of your tricks, Hiiragizawa."
"I'm serious, Syaoran." Eriol said. "That's what worries me. Whoever this woman is must be the one who gave you the Clow book in the first place."
Eriol continued to contemplate the situation as we headed off to class. When I opened my locker I found a small white envelope inside.
"Not another one." Sakura grumbled.
"You seem awfully popular lately, Li-kun." Tomoyo said cheerfully.
I read the note inside. "It's not what you think." I said. "It looks like dreams have just turned into reality."
I handed the note to Sakura. It read:
Syaoran Li,
The time of your final judgment draws near. You don't know me except as the figure from your dream last night. I shall be the one to pass judgment upon you, as requested by my mistress. I would like to meet you and your allies. I wish for you to meet me at the address below when the clock strikes the twenty-second hour of today.
-The Keeper Of The Final Judgment
**
The designated meeting place was the shrine where I had faced Yue's judgment and lost. Everyone decided to come twenty minutes early. Besides the usual team of Kero-Chan and Kero-Ni, plus Sakura, Tomoyo, and Meiling, Eriol was there as well as
Yue, Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun. Everyone was interested in this. Yue was especially interested, mostly because he was mad about whoever-it-was butting in on his duties. I wasn't sure what to expect myself.
"So who, or should I say what, do you think this woman is, Li-kun?" asked Sakura.
I shrugged. "I'm not sure."
"By the way, how many Clow cards are left?" asked Meiling.
I paused to think about that one. "Fifteen or sixteen, I think." It was about then that the clock struck ten.
"Syaoran Li?" came a voice I had never heard before, a decidedly female voice.
I turned and saw a form appear from the shadows on the roof of the shrine. It was the same woman I had seen in my dream.
"I'm Syaoran Li." I said.
"I know," the woman replied. "My name is Lucia. I was sent here by my mistress to give you the book of Clow and to pass the final judgment upon you once you captured the cards."
"Now wait a second," Eriol interrupted. "Final judgment on the cards has always remained with Yue!"
"You shouldn't interrupt me when I am speaking, Clow," Lucia replied. Her voice was even and cold. "This is not a matter for you to decide."
"Since when does the judgment of the book of Clow lie with someone other than its creators and guardians?" asked Ruby Moon, heavy on the sarcasm.
"The book that Syaoran possesses does not belong to you. It is the property of my mistress. Therefore the judgment of the Card Captor should belong to her," said Lucia.
"So just who is this mistress?" asked Yue.
"That's none of your concern, Moon Guardian." Lucia replied.
'Geez. She's pretty cold.' I thought to myself. "Okay, so why would she be so interested in giving me the book of Clow?" I asked.
"She's trying to fix an error made in the previous judgment of the cards. By giving you the book of Clow it will set this error straight," said Lucia "Yue's judgment was clearly biased in favor of Kinomoto Sakura."
"Are you accusing me of favoritism?" Yue was clearly irritated, to put it lightly. A second later he was struck down by a bolt of lightning.
"Don't talk back to me, Moon Guardian." said Lucia
"Now wait a sec." Before Eriol could finish, he was hurled through the air by an unseen force and into a nearby tree.
I was stunned, to say the least. I knew it was hard to catch Eriol or Yue off guard. "This is very bad." I said quietly.
Next: Lucia gives Syaoran an ultimatum. Either he accepts the terms of the final judgment to come or he has to surrender the cards to her. But what can he do when the results of the judgment will either be success or death?
This and more in Chapter Eleven: The Beginning Of The End.
A CCS Fanfic By Card Captor Schlueter (a.k.a. Syaoran-kun)
Memo From The Legal Dept.
We don't own this stuff and we don't care because we have disclaimers. Try to sue us and we'll shred you into coleslaw, got it?
1.1 Chapter Ten: Nightmares And Dreamscapes
1.2
1.3 The Tokyo Tower was lit up like a Christmas tree. The wind was picking up. What was I doing here? How did I get here? I was certain I'd remember going downtown in the middle of the night.
'This has got to be some kind of dream.' I thought to myself.
Just then I remembered something. Hadn't Sakura mentioned dreams like this? They had something to do with the final judgment. That was it! She mentioned seeing the form of Yue standing on top of the observation deck of the Tokyo Tower. But why would I be having this dream? After all, I had already faced Yue's judgment. Why would I need the strange dreams?
I noticed there was indeed a figure standing on top of the observation deck. And.
Wait a second.
It wasn't Yue!!
The figure was a woman wearing a long red cloak and a red hat that vaguely resembled mine. She had blue eyes and, strangely enough, blue hair that came down to her waist. She was also wearing a pendant that caught my eye. It was gold and black.
But, the fact was it wasn't Yue. It wasn't anyone I recognized.
"Who are you?" I said aloud.
"Isn't that obvious?" The voice sounded familiar. It sounded like.
**
.Kero-Ni. I opened my eyes and there he was floating above me. I sat up and looked over at the clock. I was awake half an hour earlier than usual.
"You care to explain why you were talking in your sleep?" asked Kero- Ni.
"I just had the strangest dream," I replied. "It was the final judgment. But. Yue wasn't the judge."
"What?"
I shook my head. "I don't understand it myself." Maybe I wasn't getting enough sleep. Last night I had sealed 'The Wave' card and 'The Glow' card. As much as I hated to admit it, I needed to talk to Eriol about this one.
I decided I'd better get out of bed. I was greeted by an unpleasant surprise when I opened the bathroom door, however. A mountain of suds came spilling out.
"Gyaa!" was the most intelligent thing I managed to say. Yes, 'The Bubbles' card had been hiding in my bathroom all night. I managed to fight my way though all the bubbles to find the card lounging around in the bath. After I sealed it, I had planned to chew out Kero-Ni for missing the card. But I had missed it too, so who was I to talk?
**
"You look tired today, Li-kun," were Sakura's first words to me that morning. I told her about 'The Bubbles'. She, of course, giggled. This is Sakura we're talking about. Shortly after I had finished, Eriol and Tomoyo arrived.
That's when I told them about the dream. When I was finished Eriol looked both interested and concerned.
"What do you think it means?" asked Sakura.
"Have you ever seen this. person before, Li-kun?" asked Eriol.
"No." I replied. "I figured she had something to do with you."
"I don't know anyone like that." Eriol replied.
"Are you sure?" I said skeptically. "This better not be another of your tricks, Hiiragizawa."
"I'm serious, Syaoran." Eriol said. "That's what worries me. Whoever this woman is must be the one who gave you the Clow book in the first place."
Eriol continued to contemplate the situation as we headed off to class. When I opened my locker I found a small white envelope inside.
"Not another one." Sakura grumbled.
"You seem awfully popular lately, Li-kun." Tomoyo said cheerfully.
I read the note inside. "It's not what you think." I said. "It looks like dreams have just turned into reality."
I handed the note to Sakura. It read:
Syaoran Li,
The time of your final judgment draws near. You don't know me except as the figure from your dream last night. I shall be the one to pass judgment upon you, as requested by my mistress. I would like to meet you and your allies. I wish for you to meet me at the address below when the clock strikes the twenty-second hour of today.
-The Keeper Of The Final Judgment
**
The designated meeting place was the shrine where I had faced Yue's judgment and lost. Everyone decided to come twenty minutes early. Besides the usual team of Kero-Chan and Kero-Ni, plus Sakura, Tomoyo, and Meiling, Eriol was there as well as
Yue, Ruby Moon and Spinel Sun. Everyone was interested in this. Yue was especially interested, mostly because he was mad about whoever-it-was butting in on his duties. I wasn't sure what to expect myself.
"So who, or should I say what, do you think this woman is, Li-kun?" asked Sakura.
I shrugged. "I'm not sure."
"By the way, how many Clow cards are left?" asked Meiling.
I paused to think about that one. "Fifteen or sixteen, I think." It was about then that the clock struck ten.
"Syaoran Li?" came a voice I had never heard before, a decidedly female voice.
I turned and saw a form appear from the shadows on the roof of the shrine. It was the same woman I had seen in my dream.
"I'm Syaoran Li." I said.
"I know," the woman replied. "My name is Lucia. I was sent here by my mistress to give you the book of Clow and to pass the final judgment upon you once you captured the cards."
"Now wait a second," Eriol interrupted. "Final judgment on the cards has always remained with Yue!"
"You shouldn't interrupt me when I am speaking, Clow," Lucia replied. Her voice was even and cold. "This is not a matter for you to decide."
"Since when does the judgment of the book of Clow lie with someone other than its creators and guardians?" asked Ruby Moon, heavy on the sarcasm.
"The book that Syaoran possesses does not belong to you. It is the property of my mistress. Therefore the judgment of the Card Captor should belong to her," said Lucia.
"So just who is this mistress?" asked Yue.
"That's none of your concern, Moon Guardian." Lucia replied.
'Geez. She's pretty cold.' I thought to myself. "Okay, so why would she be so interested in giving me the book of Clow?" I asked.
"She's trying to fix an error made in the previous judgment of the cards. By giving you the book of Clow it will set this error straight," said Lucia "Yue's judgment was clearly biased in favor of Kinomoto Sakura."
"Are you accusing me of favoritism?" Yue was clearly irritated, to put it lightly. A second later he was struck down by a bolt of lightning.
"Don't talk back to me, Moon Guardian." said Lucia
"Now wait a sec." Before Eriol could finish, he was hurled through the air by an unseen force and into a nearby tree.
I was stunned, to say the least. I knew it was hard to catch Eriol or Yue off guard. "This is very bad." I said quietly.
Next: Lucia gives Syaoran an ultimatum. Either he accepts the terms of the final judgment to come or he has to surrender the cards to her. But what can he do when the results of the judgment will either be success or death?
This and more in Chapter Eleven: The Beginning Of The End.