Chapter 5: Nashiko captured, battle won
"I...It's so cold...." Sakura said very quietly. She was shivering. "Li....Tomoyo...Yue..where are they???..." Sakura said. "I'm..I'm so tired..and alone...." She said as drops of tears fell from her face. She was surrounded by trees and no one was in sight. "wait... that's." From far away, she could see Tomoyo, and Keroberos. Sakura gasped at the sight because they were both fainted.
"Tomoyo!!! Keroberos!!!!!! I..I hope they're..not hurt..but....where.where are Mei-lin, Li and...Yue????...." Sakura said. She couldn't talk properly because her mouth felt so dry. She slowly tried to stand up, but couldn't. She moved her fingers one by one, slowly. Then, moved her body. She squinted and finally managed to stand up. Her left arm was still hurt badly, and she was too weak to walk properly. She first went to Tomoyo, who was fainted. Sakura was crying silently, as she knelt down beside Tomoyo. "T..Tomoyo.wake up, wake UP!!!!" Sakura yelled as she shook her. She slowly opened her eyes and faced Sakura.
"Sakura...??" she said quietly. Everyone was hurt and weak. "What..what just..happened? and..where is everyone???." she said and moaned some more. Some scratch marks and blood stains were all over Tomoyo. Sakura's eyes filled with tears as they started to pour out.
"I..I don't know Tomoyo..but.I'm so sorry that I had to let you go through all this!!!!!" Sakura yelled as she hugged her best friend. Just then, they heard a groan beside them. It was Keroberos.
"K.Keroberos!!!!" Sakura yelled as she made her way to him. "Are you alright??..tell me ...tell me what happened..please!!!! Keroberos!!!." Sakura yelled.
"Void..and Nashiko were fighting...when suddenly..everything went white..like light..." Keroberos said. Sakura was just staring at him with a shocked face, but didn't say anything. After awhile Sakura said "what.what do you mean, Keroberos? Are you saying...that Nashiko won. or what???." Sakura said. Suddenly, Sakura stood up and said "anyway...let's go and look for Yue and the others!!!!!" and she ran towards the woods.
"Sakura!!! How do you know where they are????!!!" Tomoyo yelled from behind. Then, Keroberos yelled "I sense Yue's magic somewhere around here!!!" and kept running. Sakura didn't say anything, and kept running with a serious face. "I.I hope that they're alright!!" she thought.
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"How do you know where they are, Yue!!!" Li yelled from behind Yue. "I don't!! but I'm going to use my magic, so they can sense it!!!" Yue yelled back. No one said anything after that, and kept running. Mei-lin was supporting her right arm, so she couldn't run as fast.
Finally they stopped and looked around. Right in front of them, they could see Sakura, Keroberos and Tomoyo running towards them. Then, they all stopped and looked at each other.
"Y.Yue, Li, Mei-lin!!!!" she said as her, Tomoyo and Keroberos made their way towards them. Sakura hugged Mei-lin and then Li. He blushed furiously as Sakura's body pressed close to his. He then hugged her back, without thinking.
"are you ok??" Sakura said, looking up at him, as she loosened her grip. Li just blushed again and looked away. "I..I'm fine." he said, and slowly turned to face Sakura again. "But..are you alright???." he asked Sakura, with a worried face.
"I'm fine.don't worry" she said smiling at him. This made him blush once more. Mei-lin just saw the sight with a sad face. Tomoyo looked at them with starry eyes, and thought "KAWAII!!!!!!" Mei-lin looked at the sight, and a sad frown appeared on her face. Tomoyo, then caught notice of her, also with a sad face.Then, everyone got serious, and faced each other.
"So.what happened to Void and Nashiko!!!?" Keroberos yelled. "We don't know!!!" Yue replied.
"aaahhhhhhh.." someone groaned. "Who. who was that???!!." Li yelled as he searched around him.
Sakura then had a very pale look on her face, as she pointed towards the bushes. They couldn't see clearly but it was Void and Nashiko. Nashiko was the one who groaned.
"It's..it's Nashiko and Void!!!!!" she screamed as she ran towards them. "NO. Sakura!!! Not too close!!!" Yue yelled. She suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at Nashiko and Void.
"Sakura!!! CAPTURE THAT CARD!!!!" Keroberos yelled. Sakura then said "RIGHT!!!" as she took out her wand. "O, key of the star, let your powers burn bright and reveal your true self to me, RELEASE!!!" she said as her key became a staff.
"VOID AND DESTROY CARD RETURN TO YOUR POWER CONFINED!!!" Sakura yelled as Void and Destroy card got sucked into the cards.
"no.NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nashiko screamed as she tried to get away without success. Finally, the cards got captured.
"I.I did it.." Sakura said quietly. "I.I DID IT!!!!! FINALLY!!!!" Sakura yelled, as she slowly fell down to the ground.
"Sakura!!!!!!" Tomoyo yelled. "It's alright. she's just extremely tired." Yue said. "Finally!!! OUR TROUBLES ARE OVER!!!!!" Mei-lin yelled.
"Alright, I'll take her home to rest." Li said with a blushing face. Mei- lin then looked at him with a sad face as her eyes filled with tears. Tomoyo then looked at Mei-lin, and made her way to her.
"It's alright, Mei-lin..I know how you're feeling.." Tomoyo said as she took Mei-lin's hand. Mei-lin looked up at Tomoyo, but said nothing. Then, Mei-lin saw Li heading towards them.
"I'll be taking Sakura home, and I'll be right back to the apartment to help you with your arm." Li said firmly, looking at Mei-lin. Then he carefully reached to hold Mei-lin's arm. "Are you ok there??" he asked. Mei- lin just looked at him back as she removed her tears. Li then noticed that she was crying and asked "what's wrong?". Mei-lin didn't want him to know so she just said "Oh.my arm hurts so badly.".
"This must be a really serious wound, Tomoyo would it be ok if you take her to the apartment first? I think that her arm is hurt really badly." Li said to Tomoyo with a serious face.
"yeah.I'll be glad to help." Tomoyo said as she smiled at him. "Thanks.." Li said as he made his way towards Yue, Keroberos and Sakura. "He...he really likes her.." Mei-lin said as more tears came rolling down her face, but she urged herself not to cry in front of Syaoran. "Come on, Tomoyo..let's go." she said as she headed for her apartment. Tomoyo just said nothing, but had a sad frown across her face, as she helped Mei-lin get to the apartment.
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Li walked to where Sakura was, and put her behind his back. He blushed slightly because Sakura's face was so close to his. Her auburn hair fell gently across Li's shoulders. Yue and Keroberos just followed him from behind, not saying anything. They trotted slowly to Sakura's home. Suddenly, Li stopped.
"How on earth am I supposed to explain this to her dad?" Li asked to Keroberos. "And even worse, to her brother?" he asked again. "Well. Yue can fly up to the window of Sakura's room outside, but if Touya and her dad sees her like this..then.I'm not really sure." Keroberos said with a frown.
"Even if I did get her to her room, what if her window is locked?" Yue asked, with his arms crossed. "Maybe she can stay at my place." Li said. "Well, you could do that, but.. her dad and Touya will worry about her." Keroberos said.
"Well. maybe Tomoyo can call her house from my place, and say that Sakura's at her house for the night.." Li said. "alright.." Keroberos said.
"It's settled then, Sakura will stay at your house for the night." Yue said firmly. Li then said "I should have thought of this earlier before we came this far.". They said nothing more as they headed towards Li's house. Strangely, Yue didn't follow them.
"Yue?" Keroberos asked him. "There's no purpose for me to follow you, so I will return to my borrowed form." Yue replied back. Then, Keroberos quickly yelled "NO, NO, YUKITO CAN'T SEE ME LIKE THIS OR SAKURA!!!". So, Keroberos and Li quickly ran away from him to get away from his sight. Finally Yue transformed to Yukito.
"Huh? What in the world am I doing all the way out here?" Yukito asked himself. "I was just in my house." he said again.
"I...It's so cold...." Sakura said very quietly. She was shivering. "Li....Tomoyo...Yue..where are they???..." Sakura said. "I'm..I'm so tired..and alone...." She said as drops of tears fell from her face. She was surrounded by trees and no one was in sight. "wait... that's." From far away, she could see Tomoyo, and Keroberos. Sakura gasped at the sight because they were both fainted.
"Tomoyo!!! Keroberos!!!!!! I..I hope they're..not hurt..but....where.where are Mei-lin, Li and...Yue????...." Sakura said. She couldn't talk properly because her mouth felt so dry. She slowly tried to stand up, but couldn't. She moved her fingers one by one, slowly. Then, moved her body. She squinted and finally managed to stand up. Her left arm was still hurt badly, and she was too weak to walk properly. She first went to Tomoyo, who was fainted. Sakura was crying silently, as she knelt down beside Tomoyo. "T..Tomoyo.wake up, wake UP!!!!" Sakura yelled as she shook her. She slowly opened her eyes and faced Sakura.
"Sakura...??" she said quietly. Everyone was hurt and weak. "What..what just..happened? and..where is everyone???." she said and moaned some more. Some scratch marks and blood stains were all over Tomoyo. Sakura's eyes filled with tears as they started to pour out.
"I..I don't know Tomoyo..but.I'm so sorry that I had to let you go through all this!!!!!" Sakura yelled as she hugged her best friend. Just then, they heard a groan beside them. It was Keroberos.
"K.Keroberos!!!!" Sakura yelled as she made her way to him. "Are you alright??..tell me ...tell me what happened..please!!!! Keroberos!!!." Sakura yelled.
"Void..and Nashiko were fighting...when suddenly..everything went white..like light..." Keroberos said. Sakura was just staring at him with a shocked face, but didn't say anything. After awhile Sakura said "what.what do you mean, Keroberos? Are you saying...that Nashiko won. or what???." Sakura said. Suddenly, Sakura stood up and said "anyway...let's go and look for Yue and the others!!!!!" and she ran towards the woods.
"Sakura!!! How do you know where they are????!!!" Tomoyo yelled from behind. Then, Keroberos yelled "I sense Yue's magic somewhere around here!!!" and kept running. Sakura didn't say anything, and kept running with a serious face. "I.I hope that they're alright!!" she thought.
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"How do you know where they are, Yue!!!" Li yelled from behind Yue. "I don't!! but I'm going to use my magic, so they can sense it!!!" Yue yelled back. No one said anything after that, and kept running. Mei-lin was supporting her right arm, so she couldn't run as fast.
Finally they stopped and looked around. Right in front of them, they could see Sakura, Keroberos and Tomoyo running towards them. Then, they all stopped and looked at each other.
"Y.Yue, Li, Mei-lin!!!!" she said as her, Tomoyo and Keroberos made their way towards them. Sakura hugged Mei-lin and then Li. He blushed furiously as Sakura's body pressed close to his. He then hugged her back, without thinking.
"are you ok??" Sakura said, looking up at him, as she loosened her grip. Li just blushed again and looked away. "I..I'm fine." he said, and slowly turned to face Sakura again. "But..are you alright???." he asked Sakura, with a worried face.
"I'm fine.don't worry" she said smiling at him. This made him blush once more. Mei-lin just saw the sight with a sad face. Tomoyo looked at them with starry eyes, and thought "KAWAII!!!!!!" Mei-lin looked at the sight, and a sad frown appeared on her face. Tomoyo, then caught notice of her, also with a sad face.Then, everyone got serious, and faced each other.
"So.what happened to Void and Nashiko!!!?" Keroberos yelled. "We don't know!!!" Yue replied.
"aaahhhhhhh.." someone groaned. "Who. who was that???!!." Li yelled as he searched around him.
Sakura then had a very pale look on her face, as she pointed towards the bushes. They couldn't see clearly but it was Void and Nashiko. Nashiko was the one who groaned.
"It's..it's Nashiko and Void!!!!!" she screamed as she ran towards them. "NO. Sakura!!! Not too close!!!" Yue yelled. She suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at Nashiko and Void.
"Sakura!!! CAPTURE THAT CARD!!!!" Keroberos yelled. Sakura then said "RIGHT!!!" as she took out her wand. "O, key of the star, let your powers burn bright and reveal your true self to me, RELEASE!!!" she said as her key became a staff.
"VOID AND DESTROY CARD RETURN TO YOUR POWER CONFINED!!!" Sakura yelled as Void and Destroy card got sucked into the cards.
"no.NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Nashiko screamed as she tried to get away without success. Finally, the cards got captured.
"I.I did it.." Sakura said quietly. "I.I DID IT!!!!! FINALLY!!!!" Sakura yelled, as she slowly fell down to the ground.
"Sakura!!!!!!" Tomoyo yelled. "It's alright. she's just extremely tired." Yue said. "Finally!!! OUR TROUBLES ARE OVER!!!!!" Mei-lin yelled.
"Alright, I'll take her home to rest." Li said with a blushing face. Mei- lin then looked at him with a sad face as her eyes filled with tears. Tomoyo then looked at Mei-lin, and made her way to her.
"It's alright, Mei-lin..I know how you're feeling.." Tomoyo said as she took Mei-lin's hand. Mei-lin looked up at Tomoyo, but said nothing. Then, Mei-lin saw Li heading towards them.
"I'll be taking Sakura home, and I'll be right back to the apartment to help you with your arm." Li said firmly, looking at Mei-lin. Then he carefully reached to hold Mei-lin's arm. "Are you ok there??" he asked. Mei- lin just looked at him back as she removed her tears. Li then noticed that she was crying and asked "what's wrong?". Mei-lin didn't want him to know so she just said "Oh.my arm hurts so badly.".
"This must be a really serious wound, Tomoyo would it be ok if you take her to the apartment first? I think that her arm is hurt really badly." Li said to Tomoyo with a serious face.
"yeah.I'll be glad to help." Tomoyo said as she smiled at him. "Thanks.." Li said as he made his way towards Yue, Keroberos and Sakura. "He...he really likes her.." Mei-lin said as more tears came rolling down her face, but she urged herself not to cry in front of Syaoran. "Come on, Tomoyo..let's go." she said as she headed for her apartment. Tomoyo just said nothing, but had a sad frown across her face, as she helped Mei-lin get to the apartment.
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Li walked to where Sakura was, and put her behind his back. He blushed slightly because Sakura's face was so close to his. Her auburn hair fell gently across Li's shoulders. Yue and Keroberos just followed him from behind, not saying anything. They trotted slowly to Sakura's home. Suddenly, Li stopped.
"How on earth am I supposed to explain this to her dad?" Li asked to Keroberos. "And even worse, to her brother?" he asked again. "Well. Yue can fly up to the window of Sakura's room outside, but if Touya and her dad sees her like this..then.I'm not really sure." Keroberos said with a frown.
"Even if I did get her to her room, what if her window is locked?" Yue asked, with his arms crossed. "Maybe she can stay at my place." Li said. "Well, you could do that, but.. her dad and Touya will worry about her." Keroberos said.
"Well. maybe Tomoyo can call her house from my place, and say that Sakura's at her house for the night.." Li said. "alright.." Keroberos said.
"It's settled then, Sakura will stay at your house for the night." Yue said firmly. Li then said "I should have thought of this earlier before we came this far.". They said nothing more as they headed towards Li's house. Strangely, Yue didn't follow them.
"Yue?" Keroberos asked him. "There's no purpose for me to follow you, so I will return to my borrowed form." Yue replied back. Then, Keroberos quickly yelled "NO, NO, YUKITO CAN'T SEE ME LIKE THIS OR SAKURA!!!". So, Keroberos and Li quickly ran away from him to get away from his sight. Finally Yue transformed to Yukito.
"Huh? What in the world am I doing all the way out here?" Yukito asked himself. "I was just in my house." he said again.