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f-teardrops: There's nothing quite like the smell of a fresh new chapter.
Jamie: I agree.
Lydia: Chapters. . .smell? What do they smell like, then?
f-teardrops: Like. . .like fresh morning dew on the grass, fresh air after a snowfall, fresh flowers just peeking up their buds in springtime, fresh pages of a brand new notebook, fresh beginnings after a nasty start, and fresh. . .fresh meat!
Lydia: Fresh meat? O_o
f-teardrops: Um. . .I ran out of things to say. . .
Jamie: Well, at any rate, I think we should start the chapter.
f-teardrops: An excellent proposal! Let's start!
Lydia: Fresh meat. . .hehehe
f-teardrops: -.-''''' Ohohohohoho...okay, on to the fic, and guess what? I have decided to use some Japanese after all! It might be odd to get used to, but I'm determined to try! Adds more.authenticity, shall we say? I'll provide a glossary, so never fear! ^.^
Lydia: Aren't you forgetting something?
f-teardrops: Huh? Oh! Right, right! Anyways, this story will later develop into an ExT, but not yet! After all, I'm sticking true to the anime, and in there they appear to just be acquaintances! So the relationship will develop Islowly/I, ok? Ok!
OTHER NOTES: Yep, Eva Smith, Jamie and Lydia are my two real-life friends, and they've both just signed up with new fictionpress.net accounts! But I can't find them on ff.net, though, and their id is different there, too...anyways, I'll try to find out what's going on! ^_^
~SOMEWHERE~
Darkness. Wetness. The constant dripping of water everywhere. Drip. Drip. Drip. It was driving Sakura crazy. With a cry, she awoke in a dark and dreary chamber. How she had ended up here, she did not know. But she didn't like it. Sakura groped around in the dark until she found her Cards---they were still safely tucked inside her shirt. And her staff? Safe, too, lying on the ground by her side. That was good news.
Sakura was shaken over the recent turn of events, and wanted nothing more to be back home with Kero and Tomoyo and Syaoran again, making cake for Meiling's birthday. She then remembered that her own birthday was coming up soon, too. [Wait a minute---this isn't time to think about birthdays!] Sakura mentally scolded herself. [I have to find a way to get out of this place!] She blinked and looked around, but could scarcely see a thing. All was dark, and all was silent but for the constant dripping. Sakura could faintly discern a musty, moldy odor, and wrinkled her nose. [Ugh. Where ever I am, it doesn't seem pleasant.] She sighed, and sat up from her position prone on the ground. "What now?" Sakura asked herself, her voice echoing eerily. (Of course, I know you intelligent readers know what's "what" about "What now?", but we'll have to wait and see if Sakura does, too.)
"Hmm. . .I know I should try to get out of this place, but how?" Sakura mused. Then, a light bulb flashed on above her head. "Of course! The Light Card!" Sakura pulled out her pack of Sakura Cards and looked at them---only to find that she could see nothing at all. "Hoeeeeee...." Sakura mumbled. "How can I summon Light if I can't see where it is?" She frowned. "Hmm, I'll have to take my chances and trust myself. Maybe Light will show itself" Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated as she flipped through the Cards, feeling each one carefully. All of them seem to feel the same and radiated an aura of magical power. However, none of them felt like the Light. Determined not to be discouraged, Sakura worked her way through the Cards until she felt it. A distinct, powerful aura that could be nothing else but Light.
Confidently, Sakura put the other Cards back into her pocket and threw Light up in the air. She used her Star Wand to touch the Card---even in the dark---and cried out. "Light! Release and dispel!"
~TOMOYO~
Tomoyo managed to compose herself and stopped her tears. She suddenly realized that her arms were wrapped around Eriol, and quickly backed away, releasing him from her grip. "G...gomen nasai, Hiiragizawa-san," Tomoyo said slowly, averting her eyes and trying her best to hide the blush creeping up her cheeks.
Eriol stood up, gentlemanly as ever, and smiled. "That's fine, Daidouji- san. I understand that you were upset." He held out a hand. "Daijobu desu ka?"
"D...daijobu," Tomoyo said slowly as she accepted his help. She placed her hand in his and stood up. "Arigato."
"I'm always glad to help," Eriol said politely. "Should we go see to the others, Daidouji-san?"
"Hai," Tomoyo nodded slowly, and started to walk---only to notice that her hand was still in Eriol's. Blushing again, she muttered another apology and strode off hastily. [How embarrassing,] Tomoyo thought to herself, cheeks red. [First I fall into Hiiragizawa-san's arms, then I hold his hand. How he must think of me!] She bit her lip. [I hope he didn't take that as the wrong signal...but at any rate, it's Sakura we must worry about now. I hope she's all right!] Regaining her composure, Tomoyo reached Ruby Moon and Meiling without a hint of what had happened earlier on her features. "How is everyone?" she asked gently.
~ERIOL~
Eriol's face held an expression of amusement and worry as he watched Tomoyo walk away. [Poor girl,] he thought to himself. [I expect she's abashed over what she did. But I understand her. She was heartbroken over Sakura. After all, nobody outside of her family or Syaoran loves Sakura as much as Daidouji-san...] Calmly he turned to tend to the wounded Guardians of Sakura. [Who could have done this?] Eriol mused. [And why? How? When?] His mind was swirling with endless questions.
~ELI~
In a dark, circular marble-covered room, Eli Moon stood silently by a stand, his back bent and his mood one of foul and not-to-be trifled with wrath. [Why? Why had he come at that time?] Eli gripped his staff tightly. [He ruined everything! Everything!] (Reminds you of the Digimon Kaiser, ne?) Eli narrowed his eyes as he heard the faint rhythm of someone walking towards the room. Quickly, he spun around to face the intruder, his staff pointed towards the door. "Who is it?" he growled.
"I-it's only m-me, Master," Kezoberos said faintly as he entered the room. He quickly bowed, his head and eyes lowered.
"Well, out with it," Eli said moodily. "What is your wish, Kezoberos?"
"I-I just wanted to tell you, Master, that Yui has confirmed that Sakura Kinomoto has been sufficiently l-locked away, and that the captured Clow Cards are also safely in o-our possession." Kezoberos said quickly, spilling out everything in a big rush.
"Is that all you have to say?" Eli said coldly, relishing the sight of Kezoberos squirming under his piercing gaze.
"Y-yes, Master," Kezoberos swallowed painfully. [Shoot! I wish he would stop staring at me....] he thought to himself.
"As your Master, I have every and any right to look at you as I please," Eli said tartly. Kezoberos cringed with the realization that he had read his mind. Eli smiled, feeling a little better. "Now why don't you get out of my sight?" he suggested.
"Yes Master. As you wish," Kezoberos bowed again, and quickly exited the chamber.
Eli's smile of triumph was quickly replaced by a scowl. [I had not bet on Clow Reed's other reincarnations to have magical power. But then, that was a fatal error on my part, and now I will have to pay for it,] he thought to himself. [No matter. I will still win over them all---especially now that I have the brat with me.]
He brightened. [What is she doing now, I wonder? Perhaps I should pay her a visit.]
~YUI~
He watched her, as the Card Mistress, summoned Light from her deck from an adjoining cell. With everything so dark, he had no fear of her seeing him. [Let her do all she wants with Clow's Cards,] he thought distastefully to himself. [As long as Shield is guarding her cell, nothing will work, especially when it is combined with the aid of Master's power.] He grinned smugly and leaned back into the shadows, wondering what she would try to do next.
~SAKURA~
Sakura's hope swelled as Light's radiance glowed and started to rise from the Card-but then fell abruptly as it flickered, and died out. [What's wrong?] Sakura thought to herself. [Why aren't you coming out, Light? I summoned you!]
//Gomen nasai, Sakura-sama,// Light's voice echoed in her mind, //I can sense some other powerful magic at work here.//
[Some other...magic?] Sakura repeated, and concentrated. Her eyes flew open in shock. [Demo...I sense Shield!]
//Shield?// Light echoed.
//Those three must be using Shield after they caught it,// Dark explained as she also spoke. //This is not well. They are using the Cards against us- their kin!//
[What can we do?] Sakura asked them. [Should we try to attack Shield and seal it again?]
//We cannot as of yet, Sakura-sama,// Dark replied. //Their power is too great, and Shield shares it. We must find some other way.//
//What other way?// Light asked Dark.
//I don't know...// Dark replied, a sigh of sadness evident in her tone. //We can't do anything as of now...//
[How powerful are they?] Sakura cried, aghast.
//I-I am not sure, Sakura-sama. I wish I knew...//Dark replied in despair.
//I do not know, either, Sakura-sama. Neither do the rest of the cards.// Light added in apologetically.
[Demo....iie!] Sakura exclaimed to her two Cards. [What about the others? He is still hurting them, with the help of his Guardians!] She was, of course, referring to Eli.
//We cannot do anything, Sakura-sama// Light said gently. //Please try to understand.//
[HOEEEEEEEEEEEEE?! You mean we are stuck here?] Sakura's eyes widened.
//Hai.// Light and Dark replied.
[Iie! Iie, iie, iie!] Sakura sobbed miserably. [It's not fair!]
~YUI~
[How pathetic. She's crying now,] Yui thought to himself as he observed all of this. [I knew it. She's no more than a weakling.]
"Yui? What are you doing here?"
The voice of Eli, standing right next to him, brought him out of his relaxed state and he instantly bowed. "Gomen nasai, Master," he said in a low voice. "I was just guarding the prisoner."
"You don't need to anymore. Get out of my sight. I'll look after her myself." Eli said coolly, and Yui hastened to obey.
As Yui escaped up the steps and away from the dungeons, he couldn't help wondering why Master wanted to do guard duty. [Surely he does not mean to take away all of the Clow Cards from her by force?] he thought to himself. [Even he is not that powerful.] Knowing that he would be severely punished if he was discovered, but curious at any rate, Yui turned around and went back down into the dungeons. When he found a safe hiding place in the shadows, he crept in silently and peered out to see what would happened.
~ELI~
As Yui disappeared, Eli relaxed. [Now, to get to business,] he thought briskly, and waved his staff. Instantly, Shield vanished and returned to its Card form. Eli caught it and pocketed the Card, then put it into his pocket. He smiled briefly, and then called out.
"Hello, Sakuya."
~THE END~
f-teardrops: Hiya! The end! And may I add, with the onset of homework and state testing, updates are going to be pretty sLoW nOw...
Lydia: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Jamie: Iieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
f-teardrops: Hey, what would you rather pick---a hurried rough draft or a carefully worked on final draft?
Jamie & Lydia: *meekly* The latter, please!
f-teardrops: ^_^ I thought so. Well, if the worst happens, I'll just post my chapters as short, brief, and to the point thingies. I don't want any of you readers out there to get eyestrain, ya know!
Jamie & Lydia: Excellent point, f-teardrops!
f-teardrops: Arigato, guys! *waves* See ya next chapter!
Jamie: We'll be waiting!
Lydia: Don't forget to review!
~TO BE CONTINUED~
---Japense Glossary---
Arigato~ Thank you
Daijobu desu ka~ Are you alright?
Daijobu~ I'm alright
Demo~ But
Gomen nasai~ I'm sorry
Hai~ Yes
Iie~ No
Ne~ Right (As in, you know what I mean, right?)
-sama~ Suffix, meaning Master/Mistress
f-teardrops: There's nothing quite like the smell of a fresh new chapter.
Jamie: I agree.
Lydia: Chapters. . .smell? What do they smell like, then?
f-teardrops: Like. . .like fresh morning dew on the grass, fresh air after a snowfall, fresh flowers just peeking up their buds in springtime, fresh pages of a brand new notebook, fresh beginnings after a nasty start, and fresh. . .fresh meat!
Lydia: Fresh meat? O_o
f-teardrops: Um. . .I ran out of things to say. . .
Jamie: Well, at any rate, I think we should start the chapter.
f-teardrops: An excellent proposal! Let's start!
Lydia: Fresh meat. . .hehehe
f-teardrops: -.-''''' Ohohohohoho...okay, on to the fic, and guess what? I have decided to use some Japanese after all! It might be odd to get used to, but I'm determined to try! Adds more.authenticity, shall we say? I'll provide a glossary, so never fear! ^.^
Lydia: Aren't you forgetting something?
f-teardrops: Huh? Oh! Right, right! Anyways, this story will later develop into an ExT, but not yet! After all, I'm sticking true to the anime, and in there they appear to just be acquaintances! So the relationship will develop Islowly/I, ok? Ok!
OTHER NOTES: Yep, Eva Smith, Jamie and Lydia are my two real-life friends, and they've both just signed up with new fictionpress.net accounts! But I can't find them on ff.net, though, and their id is different there, too...anyways, I'll try to find out what's going on! ^_^
~SOMEWHERE~
Darkness. Wetness. The constant dripping of water everywhere. Drip. Drip. Drip. It was driving Sakura crazy. With a cry, she awoke in a dark and dreary chamber. How she had ended up here, she did not know. But she didn't like it. Sakura groped around in the dark until she found her Cards---they were still safely tucked inside her shirt. And her staff? Safe, too, lying on the ground by her side. That was good news.
Sakura was shaken over the recent turn of events, and wanted nothing more to be back home with Kero and Tomoyo and Syaoran again, making cake for Meiling's birthday. She then remembered that her own birthday was coming up soon, too. [Wait a minute---this isn't time to think about birthdays!] Sakura mentally scolded herself. [I have to find a way to get out of this place!] She blinked and looked around, but could scarcely see a thing. All was dark, and all was silent but for the constant dripping. Sakura could faintly discern a musty, moldy odor, and wrinkled her nose. [Ugh. Where ever I am, it doesn't seem pleasant.] She sighed, and sat up from her position prone on the ground. "What now?" Sakura asked herself, her voice echoing eerily. (Of course, I know you intelligent readers know what's "what" about "What now?", but we'll have to wait and see if Sakura does, too.)
"Hmm. . .I know I should try to get out of this place, but how?" Sakura mused. Then, a light bulb flashed on above her head. "Of course! The Light Card!" Sakura pulled out her pack of Sakura Cards and looked at them---only to find that she could see nothing at all. "Hoeeeeee...." Sakura mumbled. "How can I summon Light if I can't see where it is?" She frowned. "Hmm, I'll have to take my chances and trust myself. Maybe Light will show itself" Sakura closed her eyes and concentrated as she flipped through the Cards, feeling each one carefully. All of them seem to feel the same and radiated an aura of magical power. However, none of them felt like the Light. Determined not to be discouraged, Sakura worked her way through the Cards until she felt it. A distinct, powerful aura that could be nothing else but Light.
Confidently, Sakura put the other Cards back into her pocket and threw Light up in the air. She used her Star Wand to touch the Card---even in the dark---and cried out. "Light! Release and dispel!"
~TOMOYO~
Tomoyo managed to compose herself and stopped her tears. She suddenly realized that her arms were wrapped around Eriol, and quickly backed away, releasing him from her grip. "G...gomen nasai, Hiiragizawa-san," Tomoyo said slowly, averting her eyes and trying her best to hide the blush creeping up her cheeks.
Eriol stood up, gentlemanly as ever, and smiled. "That's fine, Daidouji- san. I understand that you were upset." He held out a hand. "Daijobu desu ka?"
"D...daijobu," Tomoyo said slowly as she accepted his help. She placed her hand in his and stood up. "Arigato."
"I'm always glad to help," Eriol said politely. "Should we go see to the others, Daidouji-san?"
"Hai," Tomoyo nodded slowly, and started to walk---only to notice that her hand was still in Eriol's. Blushing again, she muttered another apology and strode off hastily. [How embarrassing,] Tomoyo thought to herself, cheeks red. [First I fall into Hiiragizawa-san's arms, then I hold his hand. How he must think of me!] She bit her lip. [I hope he didn't take that as the wrong signal...but at any rate, it's Sakura we must worry about now. I hope she's all right!] Regaining her composure, Tomoyo reached Ruby Moon and Meiling without a hint of what had happened earlier on her features. "How is everyone?" she asked gently.
~ERIOL~
Eriol's face held an expression of amusement and worry as he watched Tomoyo walk away. [Poor girl,] he thought to himself. [I expect she's abashed over what she did. But I understand her. She was heartbroken over Sakura. After all, nobody outside of her family or Syaoran loves Sakura as much as Daidouji-san...] Calmly he turned to tend to the wounded Guardians of Sakura. [Who could have done this?] Eriol mused. [And why? How? When?] His mind was swirling with endless questions.
~ELI~
In a dark, circular marble-covered room, Eli Moon stood silently by a stand, his back bent and his mood one of foul and not-to-be trifled with wrath. [Why? Why had he come at that time?] Eli gripped his staff tightly. [He ruined everything! Everything!] (Reminds you of the Digimon Kaiser, ne?) Eli narrowed his eyes as he heard the faint rhythm of someone walking towards the room. Quickly, he spun around to face the intruder, his staff pointed towards the door. "Who is it?" he growled.
"I-it's only m-me, Master," Kezoberos said faintly as he entered the room. He quickly bowed, his head and eyes lowered.
"Well, out with it," Eli said moodily. "What is your wish, Kezoberos?"
"I-I just wanted to tell you, Master, that Yui has confirmed that Sakura Kinomoto has been sufficiently l-locked away, and that the captured Clow Cards are also safely in o-our possession." Kezoberos said quickly, spilling out everything in a big rush.
"Is that all you have to say?" Eli said coldly, relishing the sight of Kezoberos squirming under his piercing gaze.
"Y-yes, Master," Kezoberos swallowed painfully. [Shoot! I wish he would stop staring at me....] he thought to himself.
"As your Master, I have every and any right to look at you as I please," Eli said tartly. Kezoberos cringed with the realization that he had read his mind. Eli smiled, feeling a little better. "Now why don't you get out of my sight?" he suggested.
"Yes Master. As you wish," Kezoberos bowed again, and quickly exited the chamber.
Eli's smile of triumph was quickly replaced by a scowl. [I had not bet on Clow Reed's other reincarnations to have magical power. But then, that was a fatal error on my part, and now I will have to pay for it,] he thought to himself. [No matter. I will still win over them all---especially now that I have the brat with me.]
He brightened. [What is she doing now, I wonder? Perhaps I should pay her a visit.]
~YUI~
He watched her, as the Card Mistress, summoned Light from her deck from an adjoining cell. With everything so dark, he had no fear of her seeing him. [Let her do all she wants with Clow's Cards,] he thought distastefully to himself. [As long as Shield is guarding her cell, nothing will work, especially when it is combined with the aid of Master's power.] He grinned smugly and leaned back into the shadows, wondering what she would try to do next.
~SAKURA~
Sakura's hope swelled as Light's radiance glowed and started to rise from the Card-but then fell abruptly as it flickered, and died out. [What's wrong?] Sakura thought to herself. [Why aren't you coming out, Light? I summoned you!]
//Gomen nasai, Sakura-sama,// Light's voice echoed in her mind, //I can sense some other powerful magic at work here.//
[Some other...magic?] Sakura repeated, and concentrated. Her eyes flew open in shock. [Demo...I sense Shield!]
//Shield?// Light echoed.
//Those three must be using Shield after they caught it,// Dark explained as she also spoke. //This is not well. They are using the Cards against us- their kin!//
[What can we do?] Sakura asked them. [Should we try to attack Shield and seal it again?]
//We cannot as of yet, Sakura-sama,// Dark replied. //Their power is too great, and Shield shares it. We must find some other way.//
//What other way?// Light asked Dark.
//I don't know...// Dark replied, a sigh of sadness evident in her tone. //We can't do anything as of now...//
[How powerful are they?] Sakura cried, aghast.
//I-I am not sure, Sakura-sama. I wish I knew...//Dark replied in despair.
//I do not know, either, Sakura-sama. Neither do the rest of the cards.// Light added in apologetically.
[Demo....iie!] Sakura exclaimed to her two Cards. [What about the others? He is still hurting them, with the help of his Guardians!] She was, of course, referring to Eli.
//We cannot do anything, Sakura-sama// Light said gently. //Please try to understand.//
[HOEEEEEEEEEEEEE?! You mean we are stuck here?] Sakura's eyes widened.
//Hai.// Light and Dark replied.
[Iie! Iie, iie, iie!] Sakura sobbed miserably. [It's not fair!]
~YUI~
[How pathetic. She's crying now,] Yui thought to himself as he observed all of this. [I knew it. She's no more than a weakling.]
"Yui? What are you doing here?"
The voice of Eli, standing right next to him, brought him out of his relaxed state and he instantly bowed. "Gomen nasai, Master," he said in a low voice. "I was just guarding the prisoner."
"You don't need to anymore. Get out of my sight. I'll look after her myself." Eli said coolly, and Yui hastened to obey.
As Yui escaped up the steps and away from the dungeons, he couldn't help wondering why Master wanted to do guard duty. [Surely he does not mean to take away all of the Clow Cards from her by force?] he thought to himself. [Even he is not that powerful.] Knowing that he would be severely punished if he was discovered, but curious at any rate, Yui turned around and went back down into the dungeons. When he found a safe hiding place in the shadows, he crept in silently and peered out to see what would happened.
~ELI~
As Yui disappeared, Eli relaxed. [Now, to get to business,] he thought briskly, and waved his staff. Instantly, Shield vanished and returned to its Card form. Eli caught it and pocketed the Card, then put it into his pocket. He smiled briefly, and then called out.
"Hello, Sakuya."
~THE END~
f-teardrops: Hiya! The end! And may I add, with the onset of homework and state testing, updates are going to be pretty sLoW nOw...
Lydia: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Jamie: Iieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
f-teardrops: Hey, what would you rather pick---a hurried rough draft or a carefully worked on final draft?
Jamie & Lydia: *meekly* The latter, please!
f-teardrops: ^_^ I thought so. Well, if the worst happens, I'll just post my chapters as short, brief, and to the point thingies. I don't want any of you readers out there to get eyestrain, ya know!
Jamie & Lydia: Excellent point, f-teardrops!
f-teardrops: Arigato, guys! *waves* See ya next chapter!
Jamie: We'll be waiting!
Lydia: Don't forget to review!
~TO BE CONTINUED~
---Japense Glossary---
Arigato~ Thank you
Daijobu desu ka~ Are you alright?
Daijobu~ I'm alright
Demo~ But
Gomen nasai~ I'm sorry
Hai~ Yes
Iie~ No
Ne~ Right (As in, you know what I mean, right?)
-sama~ Suffix, meaning Master/Mistress