DISCLAIMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura, CLAMP does.
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Summary of this story: ExT A shift of time, mumbo of jumbo. Meeting him and adventure begins… I'm trying out a fic which is mixed with humor and angst. I want to write better so kindly give me your support. ARIGATOU!!

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Fanny chan: I decided to try to get them back to their original charater and don't make them too OOC in this chapter… hopefully I'm able to do it… hehe

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The End ~By Fanny chan~

An innocent child… or is it?

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There was empty silence in the cave. Tomoyo shivered as she glanced around, hoping to catch some light to illuminate this darkness. She hates the dark. She feels alone, lonely.

Suddenly, a palm slipped through her fingers, gripping her hand tightly. "It's okay Tomoyo… everything will be fine. Once we come out at the other opening of this cave, it will be smooth sailing for us to our destination. But for now, we just have to be brave and challenge the difficulties along the way… okay?"

Tomoyo squeezed his hand gently in response. Eriol smiled.

As they ventured deeper into the cave, soft weepings could be faintly heard. Tomoyo was confused but having Eriol's hand in hers made her feel secure.

"Let's go see what's wrong." Tomoyo could only nod.

They easily traced the voice due to Eriol's keen sense of hearing. All of a sudden, the cry grew in pitch until it became shrill. Then it gradually died away. Tomoyo blinked as she walked forward only to bang her knee on something hard.

"There seems to be a door here," Eriol mummered. As if on cue, a bright beam of light illuminated a large, coffee-coloured door. (A/N: I know there is very little of author notes in the story but I have to make things clear, the beam came from the cave and not from Eriol nor Tomoyo k?)

Calmly but hesistantly, he pushed open the door and gently dragged the reluctantly Tomoyo in.

The door shut behind them.

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In a large barren field, brownish and empty, four figures stood, three facing one. As Tomoyo walked closer, she found Eriol was one of them, Meiling, Syaoran and Sakura were the other three.

"I, Sakura, command the winds of the four worlds to encage the being before me." A transparent cage surrounded Eriol who stood his ground, defendless.

"Eriol! Fight them back! Defend!" Tomoyo cried to no avail.

"I, Syaoran, call upon the gentleness of the ocean breeze to sooth this being to sleep." Eriol started becoming drowsy until he finally tumbled into a deep sleep. The cage surrounding him vanished.

Meiling smirked as she ran towards Eriol and kicked him high in the air, his battered body flying limply.

Tomoyo could only stare at what was going on wide-eyed, helpless to everything.

"We, Sakura and Syaoran, command the fire phonix to eliminate this being before us! Crimson BLAZE!"

A huge stream of fire headed towards Eriol, hitting its target full force.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Tomoyo dropped to the ground and wept, screaming… weeping… screaming…

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Tomoyo's greatest fear is seeing a friend die… while she… remains helpless…

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Eriol glared at the little boy which had him strapped to an upright bed-like object. Then, he glanced worriedly at the girl in the large glass cylinder, floating in a strange, breathable liquid.

"What are you doing to her?" The little boy smirked and shrugged in mock innocence. Suddenly, Tomoyo's cries and screams rattled the entire laboratory.

"TOMOYO! WAKE UP!" Eriol struggled against his bonds but it was no use. He watched helplessly as Tomoyo tossed and kicked in the liquid, crying endlessly.

Good… those were the tears I was hoping for. The little boy grinned happily as he magicked a clear cylinder into his palm.

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I got this idea quite sometime ago when I was dead tired after watching CCS- clow card series and sakura card series. *I must be mad that day… hehe* As I closed my eyes and pondered on my fic, this idea sneaked its way into my head, forcing me to get off my comfy bed and jot it down *sniff* I was soooo tired.

*smiles* Anyway, I think this is one of mi favourite chapters in this fic. I don't know why. But if you don't feel the same way as I do, I don't mind… hehe… why am I babbling so much these few days? Got to get on with the next chapter… right? *smiles at readers* Review k? =^_^= I think I gradually getting over my writer's block… hope it comes off soon.

~Completed on: 21st October 2002~

~Ammended on: 2nd November 2002~