HI HI HI HI HI!!! Wow. we broke 20 reviews!! *sniff!* I'm so happy!!!
-Naoko
Don't start the waterworks.
-Sakura
O.o what? This? *holds up a hose*
-Naoko
Yeah.
-Sakura
XD *sprays Sakura with water*
-Naoko
HEY!! THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY!
-Sakura
Once again, they don't own it.
-Kuri-chan
Sakura and Meling landed a little outside of the camp so no one would see them. When they walked in, everyone ran up to them and semanded to know what happened. After everyone had been shouting at once for a couple of minutes, Meling suddenly yelled, "OK!! ONE AT A TIME!"
"What happened?" Tomoyo demanded.
"Did anyone get hurt?" Rika cried.
"Was Sakaguchi there?" Naoko asked.
"Is the Duke coming?" Chiharu inquired. (A/N great use of synonyms, ne? ^^.^^ -Naoko)
Sakura and Meling glanced at one another. "Well," Sakura said.
"Some guys from the prince came and arrested Syaoran, Takashi, Sakaguchi, and another guard," Meling said, "and tried to kill us."
Everyone who had been waiting looked terrified.
"We have to save them!" Sakura cried heatedly.
"Are we all going?" Tomoyo asked.
Sakura and Meling looked at one another again. Then they turned to the group. "Yes," Meling said.
Tomoyo smiled. "Then I guess this will be the chance for us to wear the costumes that I made for us!"
Everyone except Sakura fell over anime style. Sakura just hung her head.
"I keep them over here," Tomoyo said and walked over to a tree. She reached up and pulled a branch. A long rack many times the width of the tree, which was pretty wide in diameter, popped out. It was crammed neatly with costumes. This time everyone fell over anime style. Tomoyo just smiled.
"We all look so cute!" Tomoyo cried when she finally convinced everyone to put on their costume.
All of the costumes were matching, but each girl had a different color along with white. They wore knee-high soft leather boots with mid-thigh pleated skirts, along with close-fitting, sleeveless tunics tucked into their skirts. On their shoulders they wore floor length capes with pointed hoods {so they could 'blend in with the crowd' Tomoyo said. Sakura has just rolled her eyes} Every tunic was white; the skirt and the cape were different colors. Sakrua wore pink, Tomoyo sported blue, Naoko was arranged with red, Chiharu was dressed in green, Meling was decked in orange, and Rika was arrayed in purple.
"Well, it's off to the castle then," Sakura said half-heartedly. They started off. Suddenly Sakura stopped. Everyone else stopped with her.
"What's wrong?" Chiharu asked.
"I should tell you guys," Sakura said, "That a couple of nights ago I had a dream." She explained the dream to them. "I just wanted to tell you guys this so you could be on your guard."
"Okay!" Meling said bouncily.
"You guys aren't worried?" Sakura asked them.
Meling shrugged.
After three wheat fields, two mountain ranges, six swamps, twelve hills, nine forests, one sea, five rivers, and seven fortresses they FINALLY got to Touya's castle. They started to walk towards the gate before Sakura stopped them. "This looks exactly like the castle in my dream," she said.
"Maybe we could get in if we don't charge it openly," Tomoyo suggested.
Sakura nodded They started walking forwards. Sakura could see the guards at the top of the tower shout and point at them. Arrows started raining down on them. "No!" she wailed. "This can't be happening!"
# # # # # # # #
"What's Sakura doing?" Rika asked the others.
They all turned and looked. Sakura was standidn stock still, staring at the heights. They walked over to her.
"Sakura." Meling said and poked her.
Sakura didn't move. Tomoyo started shaking her and Chiharu called her name repeatedly.
Sakura just kept on staring into the distance.
Tomoyo stopped shaking her. She looked at Meling. "I think I know why this is happening." She looked at the others. She then proceeded to tell them about the Clow Cards and how Sakura suspected that a Card was controlling her mind at times.
It was quiet for a couple of seconds. Then Rika said, "SO THAT'S why weird stuff has been happening to her!"
Tomoyo beamed. "I knew you guys would understand!" she said.
Sakura blinked then looked around her slowly. "Wha. What just happened?"
"The Card tried to control you again," Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked at Tomoyo. "Tomoyo!" she said. "They aren't supposed to -"
"I told them when you were in your trance," Tomoyo said.
"Oh, ok." She said. "You guys are ok with that?"
Everyone who hadn't known nodded.
Sakura started to walk towards the castle again. "Well, we don't want to loose any more time!" The rest of the young women followed her.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
In the dungeon sat Syaoran, Takashi, Sakaguchi, and the other guard.
"I hope we can find a way to get out of this," Syaoran said pulling on his set of chains.
"My lord, do you expect Sakura and her band to attempt to rescue us?" Takashi asked.
"I don't know. I don't even know if I want her to rescue us. Part of me does and part of me doesn't." Syaoran answered.
"I don't understand my lord," Takashi said.
"Well, see, part of me wants her rescue us because. well, I'll tell you when we get out of this dungeon. But the other part of me wants her to stay clear because I fear that she will either be seriously hurt of captured and put down here like us," Syaoran explained.
"Oh, I understand now," Takashi said. "And, you don't need to explain the rest later. When it comes to pretty women, I know lots. You love her, don't you?"
Syaoran turned beet red, which the others couldn't see because, well, they were in a dungeon, and dungeons are dark! But we know because were the authors, and you know because we told you!
"Hello. are you the new guys?" A voice called from the dark of another corner.
"Wha - Who's there?!?" Syaoran demanded.
"No need to get your tights in a twist, (A/N YES! They wear tights! It's the fricking medieval period! -Naoko)" the voice called again. "I've been here much longer than anyone else has."
"Well then, My lord demands your name!" Takashi demanded.
"All in due time, all in due time. I would show myself to you but I'm not sure what your reaction would be to my appearance."
Syaoran understood immediately. "Sakauchi, and. what's your name?" he asked the other guard.
"My lord, my name is Nabisco," the other guard answered.
"Well then, Sakaguchi and Nabisco, please cover your ears and close your eyes until I. somehow tap your shoulders." Syaoran requested.
"Yes, my lord," the two guards said and did as he asked.
"Voice, I know you are a being of magical powers. Please reveal yourself to me," Syaoran said in a calm manner.
"If you know that I am a being of magical powers, you must posses magic yourself. You must also have knowledge of the."
"They Cow cards?" Syaoran asked.
"Yes. You must also know who their mistress is." The voice stayed hidden.
"You must reveal yourself to me," Syaoran said, trying to control his anger.
"Fine! Have it your way! You always take the fun out of things!" The voice said. It approached Syaoran and revealed itself. Ii was a small yellow being with a fluff of white on the end of a long tail.
"Kero?" Syaoran asked doubtfully.
"Yeah, Syaoran, it's me. You do remember."
Syaoran cut him off. "Why aren't you protecting Sakura? Afterall, she is your mistress,: Syaoran demanded.
"Fine, I'll yell you everything," Kero said and started his tale. "When Sakura, her family, and I moved here a while back."
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"Kero, we're moving," Sakura sobbed and started to pack her belongins.
"Sakura, moving isn't so bad. You can meet a lot of new people, and get the chance to do new things!" Kero said, trying to comfort her.
"That's now why I'm sad Kero. I'm sad because I will never get to see Syaoran again." The tears ran freely down her face.
"Oh, Sakura, If you weren't supposed to meet Syaoran anyways, what does it matter?" Kero said and patted her shoulder.
"What do you mean by that?!?" Sakura exclaimed. He sadness instantly turned to anger.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that! Other than the fact that he's a noble and you're not, I only meant that you shouldn't have become his friend! I know that it isn't your nature to not become friends with people, but." Kero started but was cut off.
"Kero, shut up while your ahead," Sakura said and hit him with a pillow.
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"That was all before we left," Kero explained.
"She wasn't supposed to become friends with me?" Syaoran was incredulous.
"Well, it's only because she is the Card Captor and plus, as I said, you're royalty." Kero said.
"What does being the Card Captor have anything to do with anything?" Syaoran demanded.
Kero coughed. "Let's continue with the story. After we got here, Sakura was appalled at the conditions all the peasants were in. Unlike your kingdom, where they all are happy and prosperous, well-fed, etc, even if they didn't have money, people here were starving. The rich had taken pretty much. Sakura then got the harebrained scheme that she would 'rob the rich to feed the poor.' Well, our first raid didn't go too well. I got caught. I guess they thought I was an evil being or something. So, that's how I got here!" Kero smiled proudly.
"Why are you smiling?" Takashi demanded. "That's a horrible story! No conflict! No interesting things happening! Plus, it's so tragic!"
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
"Guys, I hope you know that this might be our last raid," Sakura said.
"We know!" Chiharu said. "Even though it might be, we still have all the fun times that we had."
Tomoyo smiled serenely. "I remember how we met."
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Sakura was sitting on a rock, crying bitterly. A younger-looking Tomoyo, Naoko, Chiharu, Meling, and Rika, all in peasants clothing, approached her.
"Um, excuse me," Meling said timidly.
Sakura looked up. Her eyes were red and her nose was slightly swollen. "What?"
"We just wanted to thank you. for the money you gave us," Chiharu said.
"Oh. you're welcome."
"May I ask what's wrong?" Tomoyo asked her.
Sakura's eyes filled with tears again. "My best friend was captured in the raid."
"Oh." everyone seemed to feel sorry for her.
Suddenly Meling brightened. "Well, I know that's sad, but you'll need some new friends to help you out, and we could do that!"
"Yeah! What's your name?" Rika asked.
Sakura told them.
"We'll be Sakura's band of thieves." Meling clasped her hands and started daydreaming about the adventures they would go on.
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By the time everyone finished remembering the time they first met Sakura, they were already at the gate. Sakura stepped forwards to talk to one of the guards.
"Um. HI!" she said to the nearest one. "We need to get in!"
The guard snorted and eyes their outfits. "What are you, some kind of girl group?"
Meling glowered and was about to give him a 'piece of her mind' before Tomoyo clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Yeah! Um, we're.. Forest Scouts! Here to deliver the King some free cookies!" Sakura gave a bright smile that spread form ear to ear.
"Where are these cookies then?" the guard demanded.
"They're um.. with my friends!" Sakura gestured vaguely behind her. She turned around and walked over to the others. "Hide me!" she whispered. Her friends gathered around her. Sakura turned her key into the rod. "Create Card!" she whispered. "Make me some cookies fit for Forest Scouts!" Several brightly colored boxes with names such as 'Sudos', 'Thick- Peppermint-Flavored-Brown-Colored-Patties,' and 'Quadrifoil.' Sakura waked over to the guards again. "See!" she gave a bright but nervous smile.
The guard took one of the boxes from her. "I'll lighten your load." He bowed. "Welcome, fair ladies."
The girls entered the courtyard. (A/N CUE THE SINISTER MUSIC!! -Sakura)
Well, how did you like it?
-Naoko
I liked it a lot!
-Random Fangirl
^^.^^ Thanks!
-Sakura
.. No respect! None whatsoever!
-Kuri-chan
. QUIET YOU!! We could have you fired!
-Naoko
And who would do your disclaimers?
-Kuri-chan
*sniffles* I don't know. my fishie Bob died today. I buried him in my backyard today with Mooie, my little sister. He is now in the big fishbowl of the Great Beyond.
-Naoko
I'm sowwy!
-Sakura
*sniff* its ok. ^^.^^;;;;;;;; on the bright side, I won't have to clean his tank anymore!
-Naoko
-Naoko
Don't start the waterworks.
-Sakura
O.o what? This? *holds up a hose*
-Naoko
Yeah.
-Sakura
XD *sprays Sakura with water*
-Naoko
HEY!! THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY!
-Sakura
Once again, they don't own it.
-Kuri-chan
Sakura and Meling landed a little outside of the camp so no one would see them. When they walked in, everyone ran up to them and semanded to know what happened. After everyone had been shouting at once for a couple of minutes, Meling suddenly yelled, "OK!! ONE AT A TIME!"
"What happened?" Tomoyo demanded.
"Did anyone get hurt?" Rika cried.
"Was Sakaguchi there?" Naoko asked.
"Is the Duke coming?" Chiharu inquired. (A/N great use of synonyms, ne? ^^.^^ -Naoko)
Sakura and Meling glanced at one another. "Well," Sakura said.
"Some guys from the prince came and arrested Syaoran, Takashi, Sakaguchi, and another guard," Meling said, "and tried to kill us."
Everyone who had been waiting looked terrified.
"We have to save them!" Sakura cried heatedly.
"Are we all going?" Tomoyo asked.
Sakura and Meling looked at one another again. Then they turned to the group. "Yes," Meling said.
Tomoyo smiled. "Then I guess this will be the chance for us to wear the costumes that I made for us!"
Everyone except Sakura fell over anime style. Sakura just hung her head.
"I keep them over here," Tomoyo said and walked over to a tree. She reached up and pulled a branch. A long rack many times the width of the tree, which was pretty wide in diameter, popped out. It was crammed neatly with costumes. This time everyone fell over anime style. Tomoyo just smiled.
"We all look so cute!" Tomoyo cried when she finally convinced everyone to put on their costume.
All of the costumes were matching, but each girl had a different color along with white. They wore knee-high soft leather boots with mid-thigh pleated skirts, along with close-fitting, sleeveless tunics tucked into their skirts. On their shoulders they wore floor length capes with pointed hoods {so they could 'blend in with the crowd' Tomoyo said. Sakura has just rolled her eyes} Every tunic was white; the skirt and the cape were different colors. Sakrua wore pink, Tomoyo sported blue, Naoko was arranged with red, Chiharu was dressed in green, Meling was decked in orange, and Rika was arrayed in purple.
"Well, it's off to the castle then," Sakura said half-heartedly. They started off. Suddenly Sakura stopped. Everyone else stopped with her.
"What's wrong?" Chiharu asked.
"I should tell you guys," Sakura said, "That a couple of nights ago I had a dream." She explained the dream to them. "I just wanted to tell you guys this so you could be on your guard."
"Okay!" Meling said bouncily.
"You guys aren't worried?" Sakura asked them.
Meling shrugged.
After three wheat fields, two mountain ranges, six swamps, twelve hills, nine forests, one sea, five rivers, and seven fortresses they FINALLY got to Touya's castle. They started to walk towards the gate before Sakura stopped them. "This looks exactly like the castle in my dream," she said.
"Maybe we could get in if we don't charge it openly," Tomoyo suggested.
Sakura nodded They started walking forwards. Sakura could see the guards at the top of the tower shout and point at them. Arrows started raining down on them. "No!" she wailed. "This can't be happening!"
# # # # # # # #
"What's Sakura doing?" Rika asked the others.
They all turned and looked. Sakura was standidn stock still, staring at the heights. They walked over to her.
"Sakura." Meling said and poked her.
Sakura didn't move. Tomoyo started shaking her and Chiharu called her name repeatedly.
Sakura just kept on staring into the distance.
Tomoyo stopped shaking her. She looked at Meling. "I think I know why this is happening." She looked at the others. She then proceeded to tell them about the Clow Cards and how Sakura suspected that a Card was controlling her mind at times.
It was quiet for a couple of seconds. Then Rika said, "SO THAT'S why weird stuff has been happening to her!"
Tomoyo beamed. "I knew you guys would understand!" she said.
Sakura blinked then looked around her slowly. "Wha. What just happened?"
"The Card tried to control you again," Tomoyo said.
Sakura looked at Tomoyo. "Tomoyo!" she said. "They aren't supposed to -"
"I told them when you were in your trance," Tomoyo said.
"Oh, ok." She said. "You guys are ok with that?"
Everyone who hadn't known nodded.
Sakura started to walk towards the castle again. "Well, we don't want to loose any more time!" The rest of the young women followed her.
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
In the dungeon sat Syaoran, Takashi, Sakaguchi, and the other guard.
"I hope we can find a way to get out of this," Syaoran said pulling on his set of chains.
"My lord, do you expect Sakura and her band to attempt to rescue us?" Takashi asked.
"I don't know. I don't even know if I want her to rescue us. Part of me does and part of me doesn't." Syaoran answered.
"I don't understand my lord," Takashi said.
"Well, see, part of me wants her rescue us because. well, I'll tell you when we get out of this dungeon. But the other part of me wants her to stay clear because I fear that she will either be seriously hurt of captured and put down here like us," Syaoran explained.
"Oh, I understand now," Takashi said. "And, you don't need to explain the rest later. When it comes to pretty women, I know lots. You love her, don't you?"
Syaoran turned beet red, which the others couldn't see because, well, they were in a dungeon, and dungeons are dark! But we know because were the authors, and you know because we told you!
"Hello. are you the new guys?" A voice called from the dark of another corner.
"Wha - Who's there?!?" Syaoran demanded.
"No need to get your tights in a twist, (A/N YES! They wear tights! It's the fricking medieval period! -Naoko)" the voice called again. "I've been here much longer than anyone else has."
"Well then, My lord demands your name!" Takashi demanded.
"All in due time, all in due time. I would show myself to you but I'm not sure what your reaction would be to my appearance."
Syaoran understood immediately. "Sakauchi, and. what's your name?" he asked the other guard.
"My lord, my name is Nabisco," the other guard answered.
"Well then, Sakaguchi and Nabisco, please cover your ears and close your eyes until I. somehow tap your shoulders." Syaoran requested.
"Yes, my lord," the two guards said and did as he asked.
"Voice, I know you are a being of magical powers. Please reveal yourself to me," Syaoran said in a calm manner.
"If you know that I am a being of magical powers, you must posses magic yourself. You must also have knowledge of the."
"They Cow cards?" Syaoran asked.
"Yes. You must also know who their mistress is." The voice stayed hidden.
"You must reveal yourself to me," Syaoran said, trying to control his anger.
"Fine! Have it your way! You always take the fun out of things!" The voice said. It approached Syaoran and revealed itself. Ii was a small yellow being with a fluff of white on the end of a long tail.
"Kero?" Syaoran asked doubtfully.
"Yeah, Syaoran, it's me. You do remember."
Syaoran cut him off. "Why aren't you protecting Sakura? Afterall, she is your mistress,: Syaoran demanded.
"Fine, I'll yell you everything," Kero said and started his tale. "When Sakura, her family, and I moved here a while back."
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"Kero, we're moving," Sakura sobbed and started to pack her belongins.
"Sakura, moving isn't so bad. You can meet a lot of new people, and get the chance to do new things!" Kero said, trying to comfort her.
"That's now why I'm sad Kero. I'm sad because I will never get to see Syaoran again." The tears ran freely down her face.
"Oh, Sakura, If you weren't supposed to meet Syaoran anyways, what does it matter?" Kero said and patted her shoulder.
"What do you mean by that?!?" Sakura exclaimed. He sadness instantly turned to anger.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean it like that! Other than the fact that he's a noble and you're not, I only meant that you shouldn't have become his friend! I know that it isn't your nature to not become friends with people, but." Kero started but was cut off.
"Kero, shut up while your ahead," Sakura said and hit him with a pillow.
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"That was all before we left," Kero explained.
"She wasn't supposed to become friends with me?" Syaoran was incredulous.
"Well, it's only because she is the Card Captor and plus, as I said, you're royalty." Kero said.
"What does being the Card Captor have anything to do with anything?" Syaoran demanded.
Kero coughed. "Let's continue with the story. After we got here, Sakura was appalled at the conditions all the peasants were in. Unlike your kingdom, where they all are happy and prosperous, well-fed, etc, even if they didn't have money, people here were starving. The rich had taken pretty much. Sakura then got the harebrained scheme that she would 'rob the rich to feed the poor.' Well, our first raid didn't go too well. I got caught. I guess they thought I was an evil being or something. So, that's how I got here!" Kero smiled proudly.
"Why are you smiling?" Takashi demanded. "That's a horrible story! No conflict! No interesting things happening! Plus, it's so tragic!"
*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*
"Guys, I hope you know that this might be our last raid," Sakura said.
"We know!" Chiharu said. "Even though it might be, we still have all the fun times that we had."
Tomoyo smiled serenely. "I remember how we met."
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Sakura was sitting on a rock, crying bitterly. A younger-looking Tomoyo, Naoko, Chiharu, Meling, and Rika, all in peasants clothing, approached her.
"Um, excuse me," Meling said timidly.
Sakura looked up. Her eyes were red and her nose was slightly swollen. "What?"
"We just wanted to thank you. for the money you gave us," Chiharu said.
"Oh. you're welcome."
"May I ask what's wrong?" Tomoyo asked her.
Sakura's eyes filled with tears again. "My best friend was captured in the raid."
"Oh." everyone seemed to feel sorry for her.
Suddenly Meling brightened. "Well, I know that's sad, but you'll need some new friends to help you out, and we could do that!"
"Yeah! What's your name?" Rika asked.
Sakura told them.
"We'll be Sakura's band of thieves." Meling clasped her hands and started daydreaming about the adventures they would go on.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
By the time everyone finished remembering the time they first met Sakura, they were already at the gate. Sakura stepped forwards to talk to one of the guards.
"Um. HI!" she said to the nearest one. "We need to get in!"
The guard snorted and eyes their outfits. "What are you, some kind of girl group?"
Meling glowered and was about to give him a 'piece of her mind' before Tomoyo clapped a hand over her mouth.
"Yeah! Um, we're.. Forest Scouts! Here to deliver the King some free cookies!" Sakura gave a bright smile that spread form ear to ear.
"Where are these cookies then?" the guard demanded.
"They're um.. with my friends!" Sakura gestured vaguely behind her. She turned around and walked over to the others. "Hide me!" she whispered. Her friends gathered around her. Sakura turned her key into the rod. "Create Card!" she whispered. "Make me some cookies fit for Forest Scouts!" Several brightly colored boxes with names such as 'Sudos', 'Thick- Peppermint-Flavored-Brown-Colored-Patties,' and 'Quadrifoil.' Sakura waked over to the guards again. "See!" she gave a bright but nervous smile.
The guard took one of the boxes from her. "I'll lighten your load." He bowed. "Welcome, fair ladies."
The girls entered the courtyard. (A/N CUE THE SINISTER MUSIC!! -Sakura)
Well, how did you like it?
-Naoko
I liked it a lot!
-Random Fangirl
^^.^^ Thanks!
-Sakura
.. No respect! None whatsoever!
-Kuri-chan
. QUIET YOU!! We could have you fired!
-Naoko
And who would do your disclaimers?
-Kuri-chan
*sniffles* I don't know. my fishie Bob died today. I buried him in my backyard today with Mooie, my little sister. He is now in the big fishbowl of the Great Beyond.
-Naoko
I'm sowwy!
-Sakura
*sniff* its ok. ^^.^^;;;;;;;; on the bright side, I won't have to clean his tank anymore!
-Naoko