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Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fanfic belong to me. I'm not even making any money off this, it's only for fun. Cardcaptors belongs to Clamp, not me.
AN: This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction!! Look for a Sailor Moon fic and Gundam fic coming from me soon!! In this story, Sakura has just passed the final judgement, and she is still transforming the Clow Cards into Star Cards. Also----- I haven't seen the whole series, so I apologize if I messed up on a lot of things. I also used a few lines from the Manga and show. See first chapter for character info.
((This is part #4))
Becky becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com
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Truth of Your Reflection
"Get away from me!" That didn't do any good. They started to advance slowly towards her. "I said get away!" The started laughing, again encroaching. Sakura reminded herself that this may be a joke -or a game- but either way, it was for high stakes if these monsters were trying to kill her. She swatted at them. She pleaded with them. She even tried to reach an agreement with one of them, but to no avail. The were coming at her in turn now, and she was madly running around trying to dodge them. It got so bad, that she at first thought she might die, but then she remembered why she was here, she had to find her friends and family. So she decided she was going to have to get help from the Star cards.
"I call upon the power of my star," She began. "Ancient forces, Near and far," She watched as the monsters glinted maliciously at her. "I call upon all my might, Release the wand, and reveal your might..... RELEASE!" ((A.N: I know that's not the right chant, but I couldn't remember it. -.-Uuu)) "Shield Card! Form a shield around me to protect me from these monsters!" Rays of light surrounded Sakura as she started to turn and run. But the monsters were chasing after her as she made a break for the hallway with floating shapes. She was hating this . It was like her friends were chasing her.... She turned around, tears now freely flowing from her eyes. I can't take this anymore! She thought.
"STOP!"
This one word changed everything around her. It echoed off into the distance as the monsters froze, as the room began to fade, and as the door in front of the hallway was no longer a door in front of the hallway. Great. What's happening now? She asked silently, staring into the dark.
She spun around as someone tapped her shoulder. They waved. She studied them quizzically. Then she realized it was her! Well, not really. It was the mirror card. Even though she hadn't called upon it for a task, it had somehow come out on its own.
"Why are you...?"
"Why are you...?" It mimicked.
"Please mirror, no more nonsense. I need your help."
"What is it you wish master?" Sakura blushed. She felt awkward being called 'master', let alone being treated so politely by someone..... The name Kero flashed into her mind.
"Please, call me Sakura. I need you to help me find a way out of here............. Hey! I just figured out what Li meant... Trust your reflection. I know what he meant! He meant you!"
"Perhaps... Perhaps not." Mirror replied. Sakura smiled.
"Will you help me anyway?"
"Of course master." Sakura looked firmly into mirror's eyes.
"Call me Sakura, okay?" Mirror nodded. She ran ahead to get a better look at their surroundings. Sakura again called upon a card, this time Fly. As she finished the incantation, wings appeared on her back. She circled overhead, while the mirror called out something below. But Sakura couldn't hear her, a strong wind was rushing through the hall. It blew her off course.
"Ah!" She almost got thrown into a wall, luckily she managed to steady herself and flew down to mirror. She landed and her wings disappeared. Mirror smiled again, this time in apology.
"I was trying to warn you."
"Thanks anyway," Sakura replied, "But I'm okay now." They searched long and hard, but found that the hall only ended in a dead end. So they headed back.
But it was a different place. Sakura gasped. There were people- In gold-tinted glass spheres, hanging from the ceiling. Worst of all, she knew them. Kero. Li. Madison. Fujitaka. Tori. Meilin. And.... Julian! A cry of anguish escaped her lips.
"NO!" Sakura ran up to the wall as Fly's wings appeared on her back. She flew up to one of the spheres.... Julian's. Sakura landed next to the sphere on a small wooden platform. She looked instantly distraught.
"Julian! Can you hear me? Julian? Julian!" As the sleeping teenager began to stir, Sakura noticed there were straps tied around his hands and feet. He was helpless. But just as soon as he started to wake, he fell asleep again. She could not wake him up. Or any of them for that matter. Sakura thrust her fist against the circular cage, but her hand just bounced back. Tears streamed out of her eyes as she flew from cage to cage. She couldn't help any of them...
Sakura let out a cry. She wanted to help. Desperately. She tried the sword card... It didn't work. She tried everything she could think of. She even tried using the fire card to burn a hole in the bubble, but the flames couldn't even form. The water card's water just went around it, and the wind card's wind couldn't burst the bubble. Eventually Sakura just broke down and started crying. Until she heard a low growl from behind her that is. Sakura whipped around, and hurriedly scanned the place.
"H-hello?" Terrified, she called mirror to her side. She was there at once.
"Yes Master? I mean... Yes Sakura?" Sakura gulped.
"What's down there?" Mirror looked at her quizzically.
"What do you mean? There's nothing down there, I...." But mirror didn't get to finish her sentence. The beast wasn't down there.... At least not anymore..... It was up there. With them. As Sakura let out a scream of terror, mirror's voice joined the chorus.
The beast was at least 10 feet in height, and was the scariest thing either girl had ever seen. Sakura's stomach gave a sickening lurch.
"M-mirror...." Sakura edged towards her star card, suddenly scared.
"M-master S-Sakura!" The mirror in turn crept towards Sakura; while the two used each other for support.
The monster advanced again towards them. Every time it stepped down, its feet would shake the ground so horribly that several of the platforms fell down. Those beside them, however, seemed to stay in the air. Inside her bubble prison, Madison shuddered.
"Sakura..." She whispered. The monster continued to encroach upon them. It was about 3 feet away, and they could feel its breath at their heels.
"S-Sakura! What should we do?" Sakura tore her eyes from the monster and focused on Mirror. Suddenly she remembered something... Something about her having a dream about her mom...
"Stay here." Sakura ordered.
"B-but-"
"Stay here! I'll be back, I promise!"
Sakura called upon fly and flew around the monster's head, angering it even more. It did what she wanted it to do. Excellent. Everything was according to plan. Sakura patted her clothes, trying to find... Ah! There it was.... She had slipped a pocket mirror into her pocket a while ago. It had been on her desk, and reminded her of her mother, but she didn't know why... She took the mirror out of her pocket, and ran her fingers over it. It was so smooth... She almost forgot that the monster was chasing her. Sakura glanced behind her.
"No! Over here!" The monster wasn't chasing her. In fact, it wasn't anywhere near her. It had cornered mirror on one of the platforms. Mirror's voice cracked into screams that echoed off the hollowed-out walls.
There was a huge flash of bright light, and Sakura felt her closed palm heat up around the mirror in her hand. Silence pursued.
"Sakura?" Mirror's voice shattered the silence. Sakura's voice cracked back.
"Y-yes?" The Cardcaptor flew over to her card, her pocket mirror clasped tightly in her hand. She stared down at it in amazement as mirror curved around her shoulder.
"What is it?" The card began her inquiries. Sakura spoke quietly but quickly.
"I think it was my mother's mirror.... But.... She's gone... Maybe it protected me?" The room was silent again for a moment. And legend says that a room falls silent when an angel passes by. Some words came to Sakura's mind. "Be careful on your journey back."
"Maybe your mother protected you." Sakura nodded, and summoned mirror back to her card form.
Sakura let the tears fall freely from her face as her gaze fell to the giant monster below.
"Julian...."
Sakura jumped from Meilin's platform to Julian's. Please........ She thought. Please, wake up. Julian..... Please?Sobs escaped her now, grief began to encroach her, and there was nothing she could do. She sniffled and looked up at the gold sphere. Her reflection shone upon it, clear as a bell. It was crying. Her hand flew up to her eyes- so did her reflections, but her face was dry... Is.... Is this what Li meant? Could it be? Sakura's eyes watered, and grief disguised as salty tears streamed down her face. Ever so slowly, the sphere began to split, first where her tears had fell, and then throughout the rest of the cage. The shadows that had dimmed it disappeared. Julian was free.
"Julian!" Sakura pulled him into a tight hug, and kissed him; enjoying the three seconds it lasted, and then drew back embarrassed. "Sorry, I-"
"That's okay." Julian smiled briefly, but pain took over. "Sakura- Save the others......." With the last of those words, Julian collapsed onto the platform.
"Julian!" Sakura bent down and brushed the hair from his eyes. He was so unlike Yueh... And even more unlike 'James.' She gripped her staff tightly in her hands as she walked towards Madison's entrapment. This time her reflection called out, and so did she. "Madison?" A small groan came from the bubble prison. "Madison!" As the dark-haired and pale-skinned girl sat up, the bubble around her faded, then burst.
"S-Sakura.... Get.... The others..." Sakura nodded solemnly, and proceeded to her Guardian beast's prison. She saw the image of herself kneel, and as she did so, the sphere faded, letting Kero out, and then proceeded to burst into flames.
"Kero?" He sat up.
"Sakura!" She nodded. "You did it, Sakura, you beat that monster. Go and save the kid, his friend and your family. We'll be fine." He explained drowsily that each circle reacted to each person differently. While they were inside, and while it was breaking. It cast images of her to them, some said she was dead, others that she was being tortured. "Eventually we lost all our strength, and collapsed one by one." Sakura nodded at each word. "It's ruled by some higher power Sakura. Be careful." After he finished she proceeded to Meilin's bubble. Her mirroring-self stepped up to the bubble as she did as well. It froze as solid as ice, and then cracked into pieces.
"Meilin..." Sakura smiled. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah... Just a few scratches. Hey... Thanks." Sakura blushed slightly.
"Your welcome, Meilin." Sakura walked over to Li's entrapment. She paused momentarily before kneeling down and pressing her hand against the bubble, as her reflection had.. It grew almost searing hot under her hand before melting, and Li fell out, onto his hands. He looked up at her sorrowfully.
"I thought you were dead." A single tear fell out of his eye as he looked up at her, which he very quickly and skilfully wiped from his cheek. She spoke softly.
"Well I'm not dead Li. I was really worried about you." He nodded.
"Sakura..." He stood up and drew her in. He whispered into her ear. "I love you." He blushed at the surprised owner of the clow cards and kissed her. Sakura enjoyed it more than Julian's- But she almost hated it for that reason. It was like having a life long dream come true- Except you had to give up everything else you had for it. When Li stopped she stared down at her feet. "I'm sorry Sakura... I shouldn't have-"
"No, Li, it's okay." She smiled. "I kind of.... Liked it." Li blushed and spoke up again.
"Thanks for saving me..." Sakura grinned.
"Don't mention it." She paused for a second before walking over to Tori's imprisonment. She stood in front of it staring at her reflected image as the gold tinge faded to a soft silver and then into nothingness.
"Sakura!" Tori grabbed her and pulled her into a tight, quick hug, and took a good look at her. "Are you okay?" Sakura laughed slightly.
"I'm fine, Tori, and I'm glad you are too." She grabbed his hand. "Julian's over there..." Sakura pointed to the teenage boy. "I.... I've got to get dad." Tori nodded, and the green-eyed girl proceeded to her father.
Sakura looked worriedly at her father in the cage.... What would he think when she told him the truth? Could she? How am I supposed to tell him I have magical powers? He's a professor! I bet he thinks magic doesn't even exist.... While this silent battle was going on in her head, Julian had woken up and walked over to her.
"Sakura," He began, smiling comfortingly briefly after startling her, and then continued. "I already know about my alter ego Yueh. Why should you have to worry about what your father will think? He loves you, your his daughter! He'll love you forever, no matter what." The cardcaptor looked up in tears.
"Thank you Julian... But wait- how did you know what I was thinking?" She dried her eyes and looked up quizzically. The boy just smiled.
"Just a feeling I guess." Sakura nodded.
"Thank you, Julian." The boy nodded and turned around before becoming the guardian of the moon, Yueh.
Sakura stepped over a crack in the podium's wood base, and placed her hands on either side of her father's enclosure. Her reflection copied. The prison glowed a golden, bluish-green. It seemed even somewhat indistinct for a moment as she couldn't see her father- and then without warning, her father fell out of the bubble and into Sakura's arms. She staggered back.
"D-Dad?" Her father's eyes filled with joy.
"Sakura! I was so worried...." Sakura looked down at her feet. She didn't have to explain. He already knew. "But.. Sakura why didn't you just tell me the truth earlier?"
"I... I couldn't. I thought you... I didn't think you would understand."
"Don't worry," Fujitaka paused. "I understand perfectly." He took his hand in hers. "And I still consider you my little girl."
"Dad!" Sakura laughed, a little self consciously. She hugged him and called everyone together.
"We have to do this properly- Or we may never get back to the real world. Kero says we have to all join hands and wish as hard as we can to be back in our realm- Or we may end up somewhere else." As they nodded and joined hands Sakura thought to herself. I wouldn't want to go through this again... She shuddered. "On the count of three." Kero and Yueh glanced at each other. "One..." The guardians simultaneously nodded. "Two..." They closed their eyes... "Three!" Kero shouted out as did Yueh at that last moment.
"Silver moon and golden sun,
take us to our once known undone,
Whether we die or whether we wake,
Return us to earth for our sake.
If it be known a worthier fate,
Kindly for us open that gate,
For we be travellers lost in time,
A story dark, a story of mine."
[A.N: Copyright 2002 Becky McKercher.]
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^-^ Hope you enjoyed part four of my fan fic! It's a bit long! Please e-mail me and tell me if you liked it (^-^), or not. (-.-U)
My e-mail is: becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com.
Please, ask before using my poem!
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Disclaimer: None of the characters in this fanfic belong to me. I'm not even making any money off this, it's only for fun. Cardcaptors belongs to Clamp, not me.
AN: This is my first attempt at writing fanfiction!! Look for a Sailor Moon fic and Gundam fic coming from me soon!! In this story, Sakura has just passed the final judgement, and she is still transforming the Clow Cards into Star Cards. Also----- I haven't seen the whole series, so I apologize if I messed up on a lot of things. I also used a few lines from the Manga and show. See first chapter for character info.
((This is part #4))
Becky becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com
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Truth of Your Reflection
"Get away from me!" That didn't do any good. They started to advance slowly towards her. "I said get away!" The started laughing, again encroaching. Sakura reminded herself that this may be a joke -or a game- but either way, it was for high stakes if these monsters were trying to kill her. She swatted at them. She pleaded with them. She even tried to reach an agreement with one of them, but to no avail. The were coming at her in turn now, and she was madly running around trying to dodge them. It got so bad, that she at first thought she might die, but then she remembered why she was here, she had to find her friends and family. So she decided she was going to have to get help from the Star cards.
"I call upon the power of my star," She began. "Ancient forces, Near and far," She watched as the monsters glinted maliciously at her. "I call upon all my might, Release the wand, and reveal your might..... RELEASE!" ((A.N: I know that's not the right chant, but I couldn't remember it. -.-Uuu)) "Shield Card! Form a shield around me to protect me from these monsters!" Rays of light surrounded Sakura as she started to turn and run. But the monsters were chasing after her as she made a break for the hallway with floating shapes. She was hating this . It was like her friends were chasing her.... She turned around, tears now freely flowing from her eyes. I can't take this anymore! She thought.
"STOP!"
This one word changed everything around her. It echoed off into the distance as the monsters froze, as the room began to fade, and as the door in front of the hallway was no longer a door in front of the hallway. Great. What's happening now? She asked silently, staring into the dark.
She spun around as someone tapped her shoulder. They waved. She studied them quizzically. Then she realized it was her! Well, not really. It was the mirror card. Even though she hadn't called upon it for a task, it had somehow come out on its own.
"Why are you...?"
"Why are you...?" It mimicked.
"Please mirror, no more nonsense. I need your help."
"What is it you wish master?" Sakura blushed. She felt awkward being called 'master', let alone being treated so politely by someone..... The name Kero flashed into her mind.
"Please, call me Sakura. I need you to help me find a way out of here............. Hey! I just figured out what Li meant... Trust your reflection. I know what he meant! He meant you!"
"Perhaps... Perhaps not." Mirror replied. Sakura smiled.
"Will you help me anyway?"
"Of course master." Sakura looked firmly into mirror's eyes.
"Call me Sakura, okay?" Mirror nodded. She ran ahead to get a better look at their surroundings. Sakura again called upon a card, this time Fly. As she finished the incantation, wings appeared on her back. She circled overhead, while the mirror called out something below. But Sakura couldn't hear her, a strong wind was rushing through the hall. It blew her off course.
"Ah!" She almost got thrown into a wall, luckily she managed to steady herself and flew down to mirror. She landed and her wings disappeared. Mirror smiled again, this time in apology.
"I was trying to warn you."
"Thanks anyway," Sakura replied, "But I'm okay now." They searched long and hard, but found that the hall only ended in a dead end. So they headed back.
But it was a different place. Sakura gasped. There were people- In gold-tinted glass spheres, hanging from the ceiling. Worst of all, she knew them. Kero. Li. Madison. Fujitaka. Tori. Meilin. And.... Julian! A cry of anguish escaped her lips.
"NO!" Sakura ran up to the wall as Fly's wings appeared on her back. She flew up to one of the spheres.... Julian's. Sakura landed next to the sphere on a small wooden platform. She looked instantly distraught.
"Julian! Can you hear me? Julian? Julian!" As the sleeping teenager began to stir, Sakura noticed there were straps tied around his hands and feet. He was helpless. But just as soon as he started to wake, he fell asleep again. She could not wake him up. Or any of them for that matter. Sakura thrust her fist against the circular cage, but her hand just bounced back. Tears streamed out of her eyes as she flew from cage to cage. She couldn't help any of them...
Sakura let out a cry. She wanted to help. Desperately. She tried the sword card... It didn't work. She tried everything she could think of. She even tried using the fire card to burn a hole in the bubble, but the flames couldn't even form. The water card's water just went around it, and the wind card's wind couldn't burst the bubble. Eventually Sakura just broke down and started crying. Until she heard a low growl from behind her that is. Sakura whipped around, and hurriedly scanned the place.
"H-hello?" Terrified, she called mirror to her side. She was there at once.
"Yes Master? I mean... Yes Sakura?" Sakura gulped.
"What's down there?" Mirror looked at her quizzically.
"What do you mean? There's nothing down there, I...." But mirror didn't get to finish her sentence. The beast wasn't down there.... At least not anymore..... It was up there. With them. As Sakura let out a scream of terror, mirror's voice joined the chorus.
The beast was at least 10 feet in height, and was the scariest thing either girl had ever seen. Sakura's stomach gave a sickening lurch.
"M-mirror...." Sakura edged towards her star card, suddenly scared.
"M-master S-Sakura!" The mirror in turn crept towards Sakura; while the two used each other for support.
The monster advanced again towards them. Every time it stepped down, its feet would shake the ground so horribly that several of the platforms fell down. Those beside them, however, seemed to stay in the air. Inside her bubble prison, Madison shuddered.
"Sakura..." She whispered. The monster continued to encroach upon them. It was about 3 feet away, and they could feel its breath at their heels.
"S-Sakura! What should we do?" Sakura tore her eyes from the monster and focused on Mirror. Suddenly she remembered something... Something about her having a dream about her mom...
"Stay here." Sakura ordered.
"B-but-"
"Stay here! I'll be back, I promise!"
Sakura called upon fly and flew around the monster's head, angering it even more. It did what she wanted it to do. Excellent. Everything was according to plan. Sakura patted her clothes, trying to find... Ah! There it was.... She had slipped a pocket mirror into her pocket a while ago. It had been on her desk, and reminded her of her mother, but she didn't know why... She took the mirror out of her pocket, and ran her fingers over it. It was so smooth... She almost forgot that the monster was chasing her. Sakura glanced behind her.
"No! Over here!" The monster wasn't chasing her. In fact, it wasn't anywhere near her. It had cornered mirror on one of the platforms. Mirror's voice cracked into screams that echoed off the hollowed-out walls.
There was a huge flash of bright light, and Sakura felt her closed palm heat up around the mirror in her hand. Silence pursued.
"Sakura?" Mirror's voice shattered the silence. Sakura's voice cracked back.
"Y-yes?" The Cardcaptor flew over to her card, her pocket mirror clasped tightly in her hand. She stared down at it in amazement as mirror curved around her shoulder.
"What is it?" The card began her inquiries. Sakura spoke quietly but quickly.
"I think it was my mother's mirror.... But.... She's gone... Maybe it protected me?" The room was silent again for a moment. And legend says that a room falls silent when an angel passes by. Some words came to Sakura's mind. "Be careful on your journey back."
"Maybe your mother protected you." Sakura nodded, and summoned mirror back to her card form.
Sakura let the tears fall freely from her face as her gaze fell to the giant monster below.
"Julian...."
Sakura jumped from Meilin's platform to Julian's. Please........ She thought. Please, wake up. Julian..... Please?Sobs escaped her now, grief began to encroach her, and there was nothing she could do. She sniffled and looked up at the gold sphere. Her reflection shone upon it, clear as a bell. It was crying. Her hand flew up to her eyes- so did her reflections, but her face was dry... Is.... Is this what Li meant? Could it be? Sakura's eyes watered, and grief disguised as salty tears streamed down her face. Ever so slowly, the sphere began to split, first where her tears had fell, and then throughout the rest of the cage. The shadows that had dimmed it disappeared. Julian was free.
"Julian!" Sakura pulled him into a tight hug, and kissed him; enjoying the three seconds it lasted, and then drew back embarrassed. "Sorry, I-"
"That's okay." Julian smiled briefly, but pain took over. "Sakura- Save the others......." With the last of those words, Julian collapsed onto the platform.
"Julian!" Sakura bent down and brushed the hair from his eyes. He was so unlike Yueh... And even more unlike 'James.' She gripped her staff tightly in her hands as she walked towards Madison's entrapment. This time her reflection called out, and so did she. "Madison?" A small groan came from the bubble prison. "Madison!" As the dark-haired and pale-skinned girl sat up, the bubble around her faded, then burst.
"S-Sakura.... Get.... The others..." Sakura nodded solemnly, and proceeded to her Guardian beast's prison. She saw the image of herself kneel, and as she did so, the sphere faded, letting Kero out, and then proceeded to burst into flames.
"Kero?" He sat up.
"Sakura!" She nodded. "You did it, Sakura, you beat that monster. Go and save the kid, his friend and your family. We'll be fine." He explained drowsily that each circle reacted to each person differently. While they were inside, and while it was breaking. It cast images of her to them, some said she was dead, others that she was being tortured. "Eventually we lost all our strength, and collapsed one by one." Sakura nodded at each word. "It's ruled by some higher power Sakura. Be careful." After he finished she proceeded to Meilin's bubble. Her mirroring-self stepped up to the bubble as she did as well. It froze as solid as ice, and then cracked into pieces.
"Meilin..." Sakura smiled. "Are you all right?"
"Yeah... Just a few scratches. Hey... Thanks." Sakura blushed slightly.
"Your welcome, Meilin." Sakura walked over to Li's entrapment. She paused momentarily before kneeling down and pressing her hand against the bubble, as her reflection had.. It grew almost searing hot under her hand before melting, and Li fell out, onto his hands. He looked up at her sorrowfully.
"I thought you were dead." A single tear fell out of his eye as he looked up at her, which he very quickly and skilfully wiped from his cheek. She spoke softly.
"Well I'm not dead Li. I was really worried about you." He nodded.
"Sakura..." He stood up and drew her in. He whispered into her ear. "I love you." He blushed at the surprised owner of the clow cards and kissed her. Sakura enjoyed it more than Julian's- But she almost hated it for that reason. It was like having a life long dream come true- Except you had to give up everything else you had for it. When Li stopped she stared down at her feet. "I'm sorry Sakura... I shouldn't have-"
"No, Li, it's okay." She smiled. "I kind of.... Liked it." Li blushed and spoke up again.
"Thanks for saving me..." Sakura grinned.
"Don't mention it." She paused for a second before walking over to Tori's imprisonment. She stood in front of it staring at her reflected image as the gold tinge faded to a soft silver and then into nothingness.
"Sakura!" Tori grabbed her and pulled her into a tight, quick hug, and took a good look at her. "Are you okay?" Sakura laughed slightly.
"I'm fine, Tori, and I'm glad you are too." She grabbed his hand. "Julian's over there..." Sakura pointed to the teenage boy. "I.... I've got to get dad." Tori nodded, and the green-eyed girl proceeded to her father.
Sakura looked worriedly at her father in the cage.... What would he think when she told him the truth? Could she? How am I supposed to tell him I have magical powers? He's a professor! I bet he thinks magic doesn't even exist.... While this silent battle was going on in her head, Julian had woken up and walked over to her.
"Sakura," He began, smiling comfortingly briefly after startling her, and then continued. "I already know about my alter ego Yueh. Why should you have to worry about what your father will think? He loves you, your his daughter! He'll love you forever, no matter what." The cardcaptor looked up in tears.
"Thank you Julian... But wait- how did you know what I was thinking?" She dried her eyes and looked up quizzically. The boy just smiled.
"Just a feeling I guess." Sakura nodded.
"Thank you, Julian." The boy nodded and turned around before becoming the guardian of the moon, Yueh.
Sakura stepped over a crack in the podium's wood base, and placed her hands on either side of her father's enclosure. Her reflection copied. The prison glowed a golden, bluish-green. It seemed even somewhat indistinct for a moment as she couldn't see her father- and then without warning, her father fell out of the bubble and into Sakura's arms. She staggered back.
"D-Dad?" Her father's eyes filled with joy.
"Sakura! I was so worried...." Sakura looked down at her feet. She didn't have to explain. He already knew. "But.. Sakura why didn't you just tell me the truth earlier?"
"I... I couldn't. I thought you... I didn't think you would understand."
"Don't worry," Fujitaka paused. "I understand perfectly." He took his hand in hers. "And I still consider you my little girl."
"Dad!" Sakura laughed, a little self consciously. She hugged him and called everyone together.
"We have to do this properly- Or we may never get back to the real world. Kero says we have to all join hands and wish as hard as we can to be back in our realm- Or we may end up somewhere else." As they nodded and joined hands Sakura thought to herself. I wouldn't want to go through this again... She shuddered. "On the count of three." Kero and Yueh glanced at each other. "One..." The guardians simultaneously nodded. "Two..." They closed their eyes... "Three!" Kero shouted out as did Yueh at that last moment.
"Silver moon and golden sun,
take us to our once known undone,
Whether we die or whether we wake,
Return us to earth for our sake.
If it be known a worthier fate,
Kindly for us open that gate,
For we be travellers lost in time,
A story dark, a story of mine."
[A.N: Copyright 2002 Becky McKercher.]
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^-^ Hope you enjoyed part four of my fan fic! It's a bit long! Please e-mail me and tell me if you liked it (^-^), or not. (-.-U)
My e-mail is: becky_sweet_16@hotmail.com.
Please, ask before using my poem!
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