Well, here we are again. This is my second installment of my super duper Fanfiction! I have a high opinion of myself, don't I? I have a good feeling about this story. I hope you agree with me!
Anywho, I hope that you enjoy it!
Disclaimer: I own no part of Card Captor Sakura, Clamp does.
Chapter Two: The Arrival
Clow Reed's Time, Tomoeda
Sakura and Syaoran appeared between Yue and Cerberus to find no one around. They all kept their guard up and Yue performed a quick check for auras. No one was within thirty meters in this dense orchard.
"Seems like we have some relative privacy," Cerberus commented.
"People, less than a hundred feet from here," Yue informed.
"You and Kero should return to your false forms to avoid drawing attention," Sakura told her moon guardian.
Yue and Cerberus both nodded and their wings came around to envelop them. Once their wings disappeared, Yukito stood there smiling and Kero flew over to Sakura.
"Sakura, we should probably walk around to gather our bearings first. The people of this time also had slightly different ways of speaking so be careful," Kero cautioned.
"We shall," Syaoran chimed in.
"Yes, let's go into the town. All that time travel made me hungry," Yukito mentioned.
Sakura sighed and said, "Alright, let's go."
Tomoeda Market
Yukito, Sakura, and Syaoran were chowing down on some food at a tavern with Kero hidden in Sakura's lap. Yukito had ordered a lot of food and he was eating quite a bit. Sakura and Syaoran sweatdropped, but continued to eat and share. Soon, they had finished their meal.
"You know Sakura, I just had a thought," Kero mentioned.
"Oh, what's that?" she asked.
"Well, we just ate all of this food…"
"So?"
"How do you plan on paying for all of it?"
"HOE!"
"You mean that you didn't bring any period money?" Syaoran asked.
"Did you?" Sakura retorted.
"Uh, good point."
"Um, miss?" a waitress came up to them.
"Hai?" Sakura responded.
"Here's your bill. Your friend here can definitely eat a lot," she said.
"Um, we actually have no money," Sakura said with a weak laugh.
"Big John!" the woman called to the back with an annoyed tone.
"What?" a huge man said coming out of the kitchen.
"These folks can't pay," she told Big John.
"You guys must have something to trade," John said in a loud, booming voice.
"We're all powerful magicians, is there a problem to need to fix?" Syaoran asked.
"Yeah, a few hundred dishes need to disappear. Can you do that?" he asked amused.
"We could make them disappear, but would you rather that we clean them?" Sakura asked confidently.
"Yeah yeah yeah…" he said as he led them into the kitchen.
Dish Washing Room
John lit a large lantern, illuminating the room. They were met with mound upon mound of dishes. There were over a dozen stacks over six feet high.
"Have fun!" John said as he closed the door.
"This is going to take us hours!" Syaoran complained.
"For a normal person, it might take hours or days, but not for a magician," Sakura said holding up Firey, Watery, and Bubbles.
"Sakura, do you know how much I love you?" Syaoran asked and Sakura blushed slightly.
"Alright you two! Break it up, we have work to do!" Kero interjected. He still didn't like the fact that the Chinese Gaki was so close to Sakura.
"Sakura," Yukito began, "Perhaps you should use float first then let Syaoran take care of the water. You'll be able to clean them faster that way with less power drain."
He was right, using two elements cards at once or in quick succession still tended to drain her and she couldn't afford to be at half strength when having to deal with Clow Reed.
Sakura released her staff and called, "Float! Levitate these dishes and hold them in place until you are recalled! FLOAT!" All of the dishes lifted into the air and stayed there.
Syaoran had just finished his incantation, "…obey the command! WATER!" all of the dishes were then drenched with water.
Sakura then called the bubble to clean them. Syaoran rinsed and dried them and Sakura used float to put them all away. This whole process had taken all of about five minutes.
"While we're at it, do you guys want to clean the whole room up a little?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah, I want to give that big guy a heart attack upon seeing this room," Syaoran said with a chuckle.
They then repeated the process with the floors and walls. Soon the entire room was cleaner than it probably was when it was constructed. They'd spent about fifteen minutes total when they left.
"Hey! Get back in there and finish!" Big John yelled at them.
"We're done," Yukito said simply.
"Yeah right, let me see…" he trailed off as he looked at the clean room and clean dishes all put away.
"Is that good enough?" Syaoran asked.
"I thought that only the great Clow Reed could do something like this," John said still in awe.
"Speaking of which, do you know where we could find him?" Sakura asked.
"He is at his mansion atop the southern hill. Rumor says that a winged man and lion meet any encroachers to protect Clow-sama."
"Yue, Kero…" Sakura said since they were alone in the room.
Yukito transformed into Yue and Kero turned into Cerberus. They then took up positions behind Sakura and Syaoran, who were standing beside each other.
Big John was in a state of catatonia.
"See what you did Sakura," Syaoran commented.
"Oh well, come on…" Sakura left and Syaoran, Kero, and Yukito trailed behind her.
Clow's Gate
Sakura and the gang stopped at Clow's gate. It was a massive thing of wrought iron and high stone pillars.
"How are we going to open it?" Yukito asked.
"Considering Clow's pension for magical locks…" Sakura walked up to the gate and went to touch it, but it opened just before she could, "…it should pop right open."
"I could have done that," Syaoran commented.
Sakura shot him a playful glare and Kero gave him a not so playful glare as they walked through the gate. The fog that seemed to hide the estate seemed to lift within a few feet of the entrance. They quickly recognized a path and began to walk down it.
They passed many landmarks that yet existed in their time and saw a few things that didn't exist yet. They saw where the playground would be built. Sakura spotted the exact location of the tower where they captured the Void. They saw some saplings that they knew would grow to be huge. They continued walking and soon they spotted the mansion that would one day belong to Eriol. Yue and Cerberus decided to make their appearance now, as well.
"I am Yue, the moon guardian of Clow Reed…" Yue started.
"And I am Cerberus, the sun guardian of Clow Reed," the winged lion said.
"State your names and your purpose here," Yue continued.
"I am Kinomoto Sakura, Mistress of the Sakura Cards and I have come in search of Clow Reed."
"I am Li Syaoran, leader of the Li clan in China, and I too am here for an audience with Clow."
"And us," Yukito said with Kero on his shoulder, "Hope that you don't have to find out."
"Clow-sama will see no one today," Cerberus stated.
"But we insist upon seeing him," Sakura said forcefully.
"Then you must defeat us," Yue told her.
Sakura stepped back and told Yukito and Kero, "have fun."
Sakura's guardians stepped forward and transformed into their true forms. The younger guardians were visibly shocked, but held their ground.
"I am Yue, the moon guardian of Mistress Sakura…" Yue started.
"And I am Cerberus, the sun guardian of Mistress Sakura," the winged lion said.
"Then, we shall battle," the younger Yue said.
(Now, let's all hope that Sciguy can do a huge battle scene without completely screwing up the names and confusing everyone!)
The Yues both rose into the air and stared each other down. Neither flinched for a long time. The Younger Yue finally made a move.
The Younger got his crystals ready and fired them at the Elder. The Elder simply raised his hand and his energy shield protected him. The Elder raised his bow and started to fire off shots. The younger barely dodged the first few before deciding to run. Hopefully he would be stronger at a high-speed confrontation. Elder flew parallel to Younger and continued to fire arrows. Younger dipped and dived and banked out of the way several times. Younger finally got a little room and fired another crystal attack at Elder. Elder rid himself of his bow and fired a denser crystal attack into the other's. The small, blue shards annihilated each other. None made it through, except for one. One of the Elder's shards got through the torrent to pierce the Younger's wing. The younger Yue fell to the ground and Sakura's guardian notched one final arrow…
While the Yues were fighting, the Cerberuses were also battling hard. The Younger took flight first and fired off a blast of fire. The Elder simply used his wings to form a shield. Younger came around and decided that going paw-to-paw might be a better bet. As soon as he tried to swoop in close enough to attack, the Elder brought his wings back and a stream of fire erupted from his throat. The Younger had almost no time to react and ended up scorching a wing. He then used his good wing to swing around and ram into the Elder Cerberus. They both fell to the ground and began to roll as they tried to attack each other viciously. Finally, the two rolled away from each other and stood to face each other. The Younger was slightly bloodied and drained, but the Elder was almost unscratched. Sakura's guardian noticed his opponent falter and prepared to fire one last fireball…
"You have defeated us," a weakened version of Cerberus and Yue said. Sakura's guardians picked up Clow's guardians and brought them into the house to rest. After putting them to bed to rest and regain their strength.
Yue and Cerberus opted to stay outside while Syaoran and Sakura entered Clow's room to see how he was doing. They entered to see a sorry sight. Sakura nearly shed tears when she saw Clow Reed. He was lying in his four-poster bed, a shell of a man he once was. His face was stark white and his skin was clammy. He was tossing weakly in his bed and the circles beneath his eyes indicated his lack of sleep. Indeed, he had not slept in two days.
"Clow-sama! Are you alright?" Sakura asked worried. She'd expected him to be in the same shape as Eriol and her father, but he was far worse.
"Who… Who are you?" he managed to gasp and choke out
"We're friends… here to help you," Syaoran told him.
"But… Who?" Clow persisted.
"My name is Kinomoto Sakura and this is Li Syaoran," Sakura explained.
Clow chuckled weakly and said, "Li is my mother's name."
Syaoran gave Sakura a brief smile and Sakura almost laughed. After all, Syaoran was a descendant of Clow's mother.
"Now, Clow-sama, just sleep. I'll try to heal you…" Sakura said.
Clow closed his eyes and Sakura used Sleep to put him out instantly. Sakura then began to concentrate with her hands on Clow's chest. Syaoran reached over and put one hand on Sakura's shoulder and his right hand onto one of her own hands. Sakura smiled warmly up at Syaoran as Clow began to heal. They didn't notice the dark aura sneak up behind them…
Hours Earlier
"Who the heck is Kinomoto Sakura?" Kiyoshi yelled.
"Um, uh, we… have no idea…" his lead researcher said.
"You'd better have something for me or your entire team will die a slow and painful death."
"Um, we have a few images of her!" he quickly said and handed him some paper. This was a magical paper that could capture images with a small device. Kiyoshi called it "Polerod" or something like that.
"Well that's better…"
"Sir?"
"Dismissed."
The man then bowed as he left and once he got about twenty feet away, he turned and bolted out of the room.
"Who's the little girl?" Amaya asked, slinking up to her lover in a skintight red Chinese dress. Kiyoshi glanced toward her, then her short skirt, then back at the picture.
"A magician that's headed for Clow's mansion."
"So? What could she do?"
"They say that she's as powerful as Clow."
"And…"
"She might be strong enough to heal and protect him. Maybe even strong enough to defeat us."
"Would you like me to take care of her?" Amaya said, taking the picture from Kiyoshi and looking at it in more detail.
"What did you have in mind?" Kiyoshi leaned back a little in his chair.
"Something involving…" Amaya straddled Kiyoshi's hips as she sat on his lap. She grabbed his gee roughly as she continued to say, "…torture."
"Mm, sounds good," he told her as he reached up and grabbed her shoulders. He pulled her down onto him and kissed her roughly. When she tried to withdraw, he grabbed her neck and pulled her into him again. She kissed him as deeply as she could, and she withdrew again she was unhindered.
"Oh, so I guess I've finally satisfied you?" she asked him playfully.
"No, but it'll do for now," he said.
"Well, I'll head off to take care of Sakura now. Ja ne!" Amaya called as her image shimmered out of sight.
Clow's Room
Sakura was halfway through the healing process when an evil presence shimmered in behind her. In their weakened states, Sakura and Syaoran weren't able to sense her. Amaya snuck up behind Sakura and made her move. She shoved Syaoran out of the way and grabbed Sakura. Amaya had her around her neck and applied pressure to keep her quiet and docile.
"No! Stop! Let Sakura go!" Syaoran yelled as he released his sword.
"I'm sorry, but I can't allow her to heal Clow Reed. It's would put a kink in our plans.
"Sakura!" Cerberus yelled as he and Yue burst into the room.
"You've nowhere to go," Yue said coldly as Amaya backed herself and Sakura into a corner.
"Don't I?" Amaya said as she and Sakura compressed into a small red ball, which shot straight up.
Kiyoshi's Chamber
The evil warlock sat on his bed in meditation. He was thinking about what to do with Sakura once Amaya brought her back. She he torture her physically, psychologically, or both? Soon, a small red ball entering his chamber disturbed him. He opened his eyes just in time to see Amaya and Sakura appear before him.
"Amaya, darling, keep her held while I check her for weapons,"
Amaya nodded her consent and she tightened her grip. Kiyoshi then quickly searched Sakura. He searched every inch of her body, being sure that there were no hidden pockets or flaps that may contain magical artifacts. Amaya wished that she were the one being searched that way. He was touching every part of her body, although he wasn't fondling or groping, just searching.
He came away with a deck of pink cards and a key with a star on the end on a necklace. He walked over to a pedestal on the side of the room and placed the objects there. A red shield formed over it and became translucent after a short chant from Kiyoshi. He turned and nodded to Amaya.
Amaya walked over to a wall and a set of shackles appeared. Sakura began to struggle and curse at them when Amaya freed a hand to get the cuffs ready.
"Why have you done this? Let me go! I'm warning you…" Sakura said.
"…Or you'll do WHAT?" Kiyoshi cut her off.
"We have all of the power and control here," Amaya added as Sakura's right wrist was snapped into the shackle.
"Syaoran and my guardians will come to save me!" Sakura yelled.
"They'll never find us. This place exists in a completely different realm from the one you were in and is protected from any means of magical detection," Kiyoshi informed as Sakura's other wrist and right ankle were secured.
"Then I'll break out of my own accord!" Sakura screamed again and Amaya stepped back after finishing securing the young magician.
"You don't seem to understand, girl. I'm the most powerful mage in the world and you are now my slave," Kiyoshi said. He drew a collar from nowhere. It was a shiny pink color with the words "Slave Sakura" engraved in gold. Once it was placed on her neck, it constricted and nearly choked Sakura before it ended up being almost skintight around her throat. Its purpose was three-fold. First, it allowed Kiyoshi to know exactly where she was at all times. Second, its magic kept her quiet. Third, it reminded Sakura constantly that she was now his "property."
Sakura simply glared at the two as they smiled evilly at her and planned her torture and execution.
(Public opinion poll! I kind of want to torture Sakura and be really evil to her and be really graphic. If I get 5 or more reviews telling me not to torture Sakura too much, then I'll try and skip over most of it. Ok?)
Cherry Tree Orchard
Touya had been worried when Tomoyo hadn't come back in several hours. Eriol whispered to him about where they'd gone while he was lucid and now he was driving there. He pulled up to the grove and grabbed a flashlight as he got out. He'd need it to find Tomoyo in the dark night. After nearly an hour of searching, Touya finally spotted her lying in front of a large tree. He rushed over to her and knelt down beside her and lifted her head up gently.
"Tomoyo? Tomoyo!" Touya called.
"…" Tomoyo didn't respond.
"TOMOYO!" Touya yelled at her.
"C-c-c-card…" Tomoyo finally said drowsily.
"What card? What about the cards?"
"R-return. By the tr-tree…" Tomoyo pointed toward the tree and fell unconscious again.
Touya laid her down gently and shone his light toward the tree. He walked over and picked up a card. He looked at the robed woman depicted holding a clock and spoke the name, "The Return…"
Fin Chapter Two: The Arrival
Well, what do we have here? Sakura's been kidnapped, enslaved, and will soon be tortured. Touya discovers Tomoyo and The Return! What will happen next? Review and I might tell you! Sayonara!