Sakura's Past Returns

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Chapter 20: After Thoughts

*~*~*~* Syaoran's POV:

After the double attack, everyone's energy was drained as was our magic. The next visit from them would definitely spell our end.

King Fujitaka and Queen Nadeshiko had minor injuries; they had each been hit in the head by a small rock. The rocks were small, but still big enough to creak the queen's skull and leave a nasty bruise, and leave a lump and bruise on the back of the king's head. When they had been hit, they were both knocked out instantly.

The rest of us had been under one large magical shield. Since Tomoyo's magic only dealt with material things, she was the only one who was not able to help in strengthening the shield. Eriol, Touya and I held it the best we were able to.

But, since we were all so weak from fighting Sage the day before, we were already tired and not at our best. Only one all out attack broke through our protection. Once the shield creaked, The ceiling Sage had dropped on us fell to meet us. The cards Sakura had put on us closed in as well.

For some reason that none of us can figure out, they all pulled back before the final blows could be made, sparing our lives for the time being.

After they left, we took count of injuries and how much power any of us had left. Tomoyo was the strongest now since she was unable to use her magic in the fights. The King and Queen were the next strongest; they had more then the rest of us in the first place. Touya, Eriol, and I were all the weakest. The last shield that we had held up had drained most of our strength.

We then set to work trying to heal the smaller injuries the best we could without losing so much strength to reach the point of passing out. Tomoyo, with her material magic, did most of that, putting bandages around the bigger wounds.

*~*~*~* Third Person POV:

"What?" A groggy Sakura sat up, "Where am I? What happened?"

"You're in your new room." Sage had been with her sister since the end of the attack on everyone when she had fallen asleep.

"What are you wearing?!" It was the first time Sakura had paid attention to Sage's clothes, "You should have more then that on!"

Sage just laughed slightly, "What? You don't like it? Look at what you are wearing."

Sakura did as she was bid, and stared in shock, "But…how?!"

"Don't worry about that now. What do you believe in regards to our family and friends?" Sage had also stayed there because she was told to find out how successful the procedure was.

"I don't know. Some of the things he said sounded…felt like they were real memories he was bringing forth to my attention. But some of the things he showed me I knew they were all out lies…I'm not that stupid. What about you?" Sakura hoped that maybe Sage felt the same way so that she wouldn't have to put up with the horrid man doing that again.

"Well…I don't know what to believe…" Sage looked away from her twin.

"About what? Your past, when you met me what?" Sakura asked softly.

"Everything…" Sage admitted

"What?! You question what I've told you?! You're my sister! Why would I lie to you?!" Sakura almost shouted

Sage winced at Sakura's apparent anger, "What I mean is that some things he told me and made me relive from a new perspective, I wonder weather I had the right perspective in the first place."

"Like what?!" Sakura stared at Sage, horror written all over her face.

"Well, he told me that Mother and Father left me with the old couple that raised me and told them that I was unwanted because I always got in the way and caused trouble. That our older brother had always hated me and helped get me into trouble. That was about the long past He also pointed out that…" Sage paused.

"What?" Sakura was clearly horrified.

"That…" Sage had to take a breath before she could continue on, "That…you…only went out to find me…because you wanted to kill me when you had the chance…It all seemed so…real! I thought about it and from what happened, it could have been true…but I don't know exactly what to believe…"

"You believed…that I wanted to kill you?!?" Sakura was almost ready to laugh.

"You can't let Ispep know that his spell didn't work on us like it should! Otherwise he will kill us!" Sage warned Sakura, "When we are taken again to do finish off the others, you have to go along with it!"

"No! And neither do you." Sakura grinned evilly, "Instead of attacking our friends and family, we will turn and attack whoever takes us down there.

"But they are stronger then us! If we turn on the fairies, we're toast! And if we turn on Ekoc, Ispep's son, Ispep will finish us off!"

"But you're forgetting, my dear sister, that in that spell Ispep put on us, there was also a strengthening part. In case you didn't notice, we are the strongest…Ekoc, you know how he was holding me as if I were his girlfriend or something," Sage nodded. "Well, I felt him trembling when we showed how strong we were together…although that was not fun in the least…and the look on the faces of the fairies, even though they hid it quickly and well, showed that they knew we were stronger and had become afraid of us." Sakura smiled.

"So you're saying to forget what was brought to my attention by Ispep and go along with this insane plan?" Sage was pacing the room.

"Exactly." Sakura's dark smile grew.

"What? What are you two talking about?" Ekoc walked in easily.

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