Sakura's Past Returns

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Chapter 20: Return Attack

*~*~*~* 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.

Diov had been the only one to not hurt too badly. The chicken had hidden behind a large pile of rocks and had stayed there, out of sight until the attackers had gone. Although, he did help dig everyone out from under the pile of rocks that had landed on the rest of us.

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. Diov was the next strongest because he had hidden after the fight had started. 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; Diov at her elbow, doing whatever she instructed him to do.

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(About four days later)

Every so often, enough food for all of us appeared in the middle of the floor, where whoever teleported in showed up. None of us were able to get in very much sleep from fear of them showing up while we were out. None of us could tell how much time had passed because there were no windows or anything for telling time. After a little while, though, we decided to sleep in shifts so that we could all get enough sleep to be rested up.

The next attack came.

Sakura, once again, was standing there with the guy that Diov had identified as Ispep's son, Ekoc. Another guy, unknown by anyone, was with Sage, his hands around her waist. The first outfit the two girls had, I thought was pushing it, but not too bad. This time, they went too far.

Sakura had a half top, which laced completely in the back. The black material was bordered by her favorite shade of pink. The piece of material she had wrapped around her was extremely low-cut and tight with nearly invisible straps. (Spaghetti straps ^-^) Her skirt, if it could be called that, barely covered her and was laced completely on each side. The borders of it were also her favorite shade of pink. Sage's outfit was exactly the same except lined in dark, sapphire blue.

They attacked on the shift taken by Diov and me. We quickly woke everyone and got ready to fight. The time that had passed had been enough for everyone to heal enough to fight back decently, and come up with a strategy to fight back. Everyone had something they were assigned to do.

Nadeshiko, Fujitaka, and Touya were to stay together and try to draw Sakura and Ekoc's attention. Eriol and Tomoyo were to draw Sage's and the new guy's attention in the other direction. Diov and I were going to try to get past the defenses and get to the girls.

Hiding behind rocks after everything got going, we were lucky that we were not noticed before we were ready to go. When they were the way we wanted them, we charged them and tackled and pulled the girls from the arms of the guys. Once they were on the ground, we turned and attacked Ekoc and his companion.

They both disappeared before our attacks reached them. But we had the girls with us. We were determined to get them back.

"What in the world?!?!" I was thrown half-way across the room. A second later, I found Diov right next to me.

The Kinomoto royal family was on one side of the large room, ready to continue the fight; while Tomoyo and Eriol were on the other end, also ready to fight.

Instantly, the room went from silent and foreboding to loud and intense. Sakura's cards were everywhere, causing havoc and Sage was blasting away the walls and ceiling.

The rest of us were blocking and attacking when we could. Someone's attack made it's way through to hit Sage into the wall where she hit her head, hard, and dropped to the floor. Sakura dropped her guard and ran to her sister. Before she could reach her sister running, she turned and tried to hastily erect a magical shield, but she was too slow and joined her sister on the floor.

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Are they dead…or are they just unconsious?!?! Even I, Sakura Sage, the author, don't know! Hehe…well, if I continue with this chapter, then all of us will find out! PLEASE DON'T FORGET, ALSO, I NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHICH ONE YOU LIKE THE BEST!!! And remember, I'm not going to update using either ending, until I get four new reviews!!! Which will put me at 42!