"I get colder when the rage in me subsides" - Silence
~*~
"Is that..."
"A mine cart?" Tomoyo finished.
Both Sakura and her were standing at the mouth of a cave. Gazing at the huge opening, Sakura said, "Can you see the bottom of this place?"
"No, I can't." Tomoyo said. Clapping her hands together, she added enthusiastically. "But anyway, it's time for you to suit up."
"Suit up?" Sakura asked, surprised.
"Of course, now get ready because I'm loading your new outfit." Tomoyo grinned. Within a few moments, Sakura's indicator beeped. Looking at the watch on her hand, she saw a display pop up.
"Wow, it's kind of... extreme." Sakura said incredulously.
"It should make it so no one can spot you in the dark." Tomoyo explained.
Sakura did a pirouette in her outfit, which was completely black. Perched atop Sakura's head, was a painter's hat, framed with a dark grey lining. With a black body suit underneath, it was framed with a dark blue trench coat that fell to her ankles. Reaching from her fingertips to elbows, glossy black gloves enveloped Sakura's arm, tinted with grey.
"It's a bit depressing though. Personally, I like pink a lot more." Sakura said, blushing a little.
"You look very sophisticated Sakura!" Tomoyo objected, holding up a video camera.
"A camera in a video game?"
"Of course this isn't really the actual footage." Tomoyo said, turning the lens over in Sakura's direction,
"When I get out, I can adjust it to any angle I want. If we happen to live in the same city, I'll invite you over and show it to you sometime!"
"So you are a real girl then..."
"What made you think I wasn't?" Tomoyo wondered.
"Anyway, shouldn't we do something about that dress?" Sakura asked, eyeing the ball gown.
"Of course."
After a few annoying beeps, Tomoyo was standing with her dark purple hair tied in a French braid that flowed down her back, also looking very classy in a robed gown, the dark colors bringing out her eyes.
"Wow! You look great Tomoyo!"
"Now that it's over with, let's get going." Tomoyo said, climbing into the mine cart.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Sakura asked, looking at the rusted wheels.
"It's fine. Now get in." Tomoyo said, helping Sakura over the edge.
They both let out a yell as the cart unknowingly gave a lurch forward, the small iron cart slipping down the rail. Within a few seconds, they were speeding down the track, the rocky terrace and suspicious pipes mounted on the roof were passing by in blurs.
"This is fantastic." Sakura muttered.
"Look at the roof! Those pipes..." Tomoyo said, pointing.
Traveling so quickly, it looked like there were words formed in the purple pipes, small sentences that lingered for a second before being replaced by a new one.
Hitotsu
"I think I'm seeing something." Sakura whispered.
Dake
"This is getting scary." Tomoyo said, holding onto her friend's arm.
Anata mo
"Tomoyo, I think we're in trouble." Sakura said, squeezing Tomoyo's entwined fingers.
Hitorijime
"The only one..." Tomoyo said, as her neat braid was whipped into the air. The cart was falling...
"I have all to myself." Sakura said, as she activated her boots and leapt to a ledge, bringing both her and her friend to scramble onto a ledge.
~*~
"She's talented..." Eriol said, looking past the crevice.
"Stay down, they might see us." Syaoran said, shooting the other an acidic look.
"Don't chafe your ass dimwit, they can't see us. It's too damned dark." Eriol sneered.
"Why do I even ibother/i to hang around you guys?" Kero asked, his golden eyes flickering in the darkness.
"Because you have nowhere else to go?" Yue countered.
"Everybody shut the hell up and follow them!" Syaoran snapped, leaping out of the opening.
"Better out there than this stickin' crack in the land." Yue quipped, as he too jumped out.
"Dumb asses." Eriol muttered as he followed them.
"And we haven't even made a plan yet..." Kero said disapprovingly a he went to make sure the others didn't kill themselves.
~*~
"Tomoyo-sama! Are you alright?" Sakura asked, holding her arm out for the other to balance on.
"I'm fine Sakura, but where did we land?" Tomoyo asked, looking around.
"It's not that I'm worried about." Sakura said, shining a light onto the rails above, "It's how we got here that's the problem. Somebody cut open the track."
The metal was illuminated by Sakura's light, a small spell she had picked up when she was doing battle with the dinosaurs from the plains. Ending it with a small flick of her hand, she stared into the inky black around her. "Well, any ideas?"
"Remember my map?" Tomoyo asked. "Well, it's got a compass that tells us that direction we're supposed to go."
"That could lead us straight into a trap!" Sakura said, sweat dropping.
"But it's the only thing we've got right now." Tomoyo said, sending her a pleading look. Obviously, she didn't want to spend anymore time in an underground cavern.
After Sakura relented, Tomoyo pulled out the golden compass, a perfect needle pointing in the direction the tracks had been heading. Summoning her light spell again, the two walked closely together as they wound their way through the tunnels. After what seemed like only a few minutes after they had set off, they were stunned to find four figures directly in front of them.
"You're the boy I saw in the shrine!" Sakura yelped. She and Tomoyo were seriously jumpy after falling several kilometers in a single day, being thrown off a metal cart and stranded in a large, dark tunnel with only a cursed compass to guide them through.
"That's right. Now give us the egg and be on your way before you start making us angry." Syaoran said stoutly.
"Don't you need it to enter the water gate?" Sakura asked, glaring at the four boys.
"Indeed we do." A silver-haired teen said, stepping forward. "Now hand it over before you start wasting time."
"We don't need little girls getting in our way." Eriol said scowling. His gaze softened slightly when he set eyes on Tomoyo.
"This egg is not yours. So aren't we the ones who should be angry?" Tomoyo said bravely, staring at the others.
"So get out of our way!" Sakura yelled, stepping in front of Tomoyo. Quietly she whispered, "Stay back, this could get messy."
"I'm with you all the way Sakura." Tomoyo replied, "Just be careful. We don't know who these guys are..."
"Are you sure?" Yue asked, an ivy flame dispersing from his hand.
"Get ready..." Sakura said, assuming a fighting stance.
"What are you going to do?" Tomoyo asked.
Smirking maliciously, Syaoran said, "You better watch it. After all, what can you do for yourselves?"
"I'm getting sick of you already." Sakura snapped. She hated being treated this way, and there wasn't a possibility in the world of her putting up with it without a fight.
"Let's get it on then." Yue hissed, aiming his ball at directly at Sakura.
This was the moment she had been waiting for. She kept getting better at using her sword and coincidentally found that it had the ability to reflect magic attacks with it. Stricking the ball when it came, it ricocheted off her blade and flew to their captors.
"You did it Sakura!" Tomoyo said happily as they ran past the flambéed boys.
"That can't last very long." Sakura said. "They'll be after us again."
"What, you can't rejoice in small victories now?" Tomoyo demanded as they rounded the corner, still following the direction of the compass needle.
Sakura laughed at this. Tomoyo was right after all. Why shouldn't she enjoy the time she had here?
"There's the exit." Sakura cried as they blew through the cave entrance. They were both amazed by the scene that greeted them. It was an old-age English town; the small shacks lining the brick streets were all slightly run down.
"How did we just go from Candian grassland to eighteenth century town in only an hour?" Tomoyo demanded.
"I have no idea, but it's possible because we're in a video game." Sakura reminded.
"Ready?" Tomoyo asked.
"Alright!" Sakura said happily, as they walked hand in hand to the village.
~*~
"Is that..."
"A mine cart?" Tomoyo finished.
Both Sakura and her were standing at the mouth of a cave. Gazing at the huge opening, Sakura said, "Can you see the bottom of this place?"
"No, I can't." Tomoyo said. Clapping her hands together, she added enthusiastically. "But anyway, it's time for you to suit up."
"Suit up?" Sakura asked, surprised.
"Of course, now get ready because I'm loading your new outfit." Tomoyo grinned. Within a few moments, Sakura's indicator beeped. Looking at the watch on her hand, she saw a display pop up.
"Wow, it's kind of... extreme." Sakura said incredulously.
"It should make it so no one can spot you in the dark." Tomoyo explained.
Sakura did a pirouette in her outfit, which was completely black. Perched atop Sakura's head, was a painter's hat, framed with a dark grey lining. With a black body suit underneath, it was framed with a dark blue trench coat that fell to her ankles. Reaching from her fingertips to elbows, glossy black gloves enveloped Sakura's arm, tinted with grey.
"It's a bit depressing though. Personally, I like pink a lot more." Sakura said, blushing a little.
"You look very sophisticated Sakura!" Tomoyo objected, holding up a video camera.
"A camera in a video game?"
"Of course this isn't really the actual footage." Tomoyo said, turning the lens over in Sakura's direction,
"When I get out, I can adjust it to any angle I want. If we happen to live in the same city, I'll invite you over and show it to you sometime!"
"So you are a real girl then..."
"What made you think I wasn't?" Tomoyo wondered.
"Anyway, shouldn't we do something about that dress?" Sakura asked, eyeing the ball gown.
"Of course."
After a few annoying beeps, Tomoyo was standing with her dark purple hair tied in a French braid that flowed down her back, also looking very classy in a robed gown, the dark colors bringing out her eyes.
"Wow! You look great Tomoyo!"
"Now that it's over with, let's get going." Tomoyo said, climbing into the mine cart.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Sakura asked, looking at the rusted wheels.
"It's fine. Now get in." Tomoyo said, helping Sakura over the edge.
They both let out a yell as the cart unknowingly gave a lurch forward, the small iron cart slipping down the rail. Within a few seconds, they were speeding down the track, the rocky terrace and suspicious pipes mounted on the roof were passing by in blurs.
"This is fantastic." Sakura muttered.
"Look at the roof! Those pipes..." Tomoyo said, pointing.
Traveling so quickly, it looked like there were words formed in the purple pipes, small sentences that lingered for a second before being replaced by a new one.
Hitotsu
"I think I'm seeing something." Sakura whispered.
Dake
"This is getting scary." Tomoyo said, holding onto her friend's arm.
Anata mo
"Tomoyo, I think we're in trouble." Sakura said, squeezing Tomoyo's entwined fingers.
Hitorijime
"The only one..." Tomoyo said, as her neat braid was whipped into the air. The cart was falling...
"I have all to myself." Sakura said, as she activated her boots and leapt to a ledge, bringing both her and her friend to scramble onto a ledge.
~*~
"She's talented..." Eriol said, looking past the crevice.
"Stay down, they might see us." Syaoran said, shooting the other an acidic look.
"Don't chafe your ass dimwit, they can't see us. It's too damned dark." Eriol sneered.
"Why do I even ibother/i to hang around you guys?" Kero asked, his golden eyes flickering in the darkness.
"Because you have nowhere else to go?" Yue countered.
"Everybody shut the hell up and follow them!" Syaoran snapped, leaping out of the opening.
"Better out there than this stickin' crack in the land." Yue quipped, as he too jumped out.
"Dumb asses." Eriol muttered as he followed them.
"And we haven't even made a plan yet..." Kero said disapprovingly a he went to make sure the others didn't kill themselves.
~*~
"Tomoyo-sama! Are you alright?" Sakura asked, holding her arm out for the other to balance on.
"I'm fine Sakura, but where did we land?" Tomoyo asked, looking around.
"It's not that I'm worried about." Sakura said, shining a light onto the rails above, "It's how we got here that's the problem. Somebody cut open the track."
The metal was illuminated by Sakura's light, a small spell she had picked up when she was doing battle with the dinosaurs from the plains. Ending it with a small flick of her hand, she stared into the inky black around her. "Well, any ideas?"
"Remember my map?" Tomoyo asked. "Well, it's got a compass that tells us that direction we're supposed to go."
"That could lead us straight into a trap!" Sakura said, sweat dropping.
"But it's the only thing we've got right now." Tomoyo said, sending her a pleading look. Obviously, she didn't want to spend anymore time in an underground cavern.
After Sakura relented, Tomoyo pulled out the golden compass, a perfect needle pointing in the direction the tracks had been heading. Summoning her light spell again, the two walked closely together as they wound their way through the tunnels. After what seemed like only a few minutes after they had set off, they were stunned to find four figures directly in front of them.
"You're the boy I saw in the shrine!" Sakura yelped. She and Tomoyo were seriously jumpy after falling several kilometers in a single day, being thrown off a metal cart and stranded in a large, dark tunnel with only a cursed compass to guide them through.
"That's right. Now give us the egg and be on your way before you start making us angry." Syaoran said stoutly.
"Don't you need it to enter the water gate?" Sakura asked, glaring at the four boys.
"Indeed we do." A silver-haired teen said, stepping forward. "Now hand it over before you start wasting time."
"We don't need little girls getting in our way." Eriol said scowling. His gaze softened slightly when he set eyes on Tomoyo.
"This egg is not yours. So aren't we the ones who should be angry?" Tomoyo said bravely, staring at the others.
"So get out of our way!" Sakura yelled, stepping in front of Tomoyo. Quietly she whispered, "Stay back, this could get messy."
"I'm with you all the way Sakura." Tomoyo replied, "Just be careful. We don't know who these guys are..."
"Are you sure?" Yue asked, an ivy flame dispersing from his hand.
"Get ready..." Sakura said, assuming a fighting stance.
"What are you going to do?" Tomoyo asked.
Smirking maliciously, Syaoran said, "You better watch it. After all, what can you do for yourselves?"
"I'm getting sick of you already." Sakura snapped. She hated being treated this way, and there wasn't a possibility in the world of her putting up with it without a fight.
"Let's get it on then." Yue hissed, aiming his ball at directly at Sakura.
This was the moment she had been waiting for. She kept getting better at using her sword and coincidentally found that it had the ability to reflect magic attacks with it. Stricking the ball when it came, it ricocheted off her blade and flew to their captors.
"You did it Sakura!" Tomoyo said happily as they ran past the flambéed boys.
"That can't last very long." Sakura said. "They'll be after us again."
"What, you can't rejoice in small victories now?" Tomoyo demanded as they rounded the corner, still following the direction of the compass needle.
Sakura laughed at this. Tomoyo was right after all. Why shouldn't she enjoy the time she had here?
"There's the exit." Sakura cried as they blew through the cave entrance. They were both amazed by the scene that greeted them. It was an old-age English town; the small shacks lining the brick streets were all slightly run down.
"How did we just go from Candian grassland to eighteenth century town in only an hour?" Tomoyo demanded.
"I have no idea, but it's possible because we're in a video game." Sakura reminded.
"Ready?" Tomoyo asked.
"Alright!" Sakura said happily, as they walked hand in hand to the village.