Daphne: "Hey all! I am going to make this short, because I want to get on
with the story. I just want to say the Cardcaptor Sakura does not belong to
me…duh! If it did, Tomoyo and Eriol would be together! Anyway, I want to
thank all of you who have reviewed, and I hope that you like this chapter!
I have been having trouble getting onto the web-site, so I have been
holding off up-loading my chapters until now. Sorry! I just wanted to let
you know that it has finally cooperated, and I can freely put the chapters
up again! YAY!
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World Beyond the Mist
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 5.
"What?!" Tomoyo gasped, her lovely amethyst eyes widening in shock. Sakura nodded weakly.
"Then…did she really take the Clow Cards…?"
"Sakura Cards. Mother helped me to transform them, after I captured them. You see, when I opened the book, there was a little mishap, and I have to recapture them with the help of my friends. And Kero." Sakura added. Tomoyo frowned slightly.
"Who is Kero?" She asked.
"I am! I am the Guardian Beast of the Seal, Cerberus. But you can call me Kero." Kero exclaimed, popping up from Sakura's pocket and hovering in front of Tomoyo's face. The poor, forgotten Guardian Beast of the Seal was looking quite ruffled, with his fur going all which way, and his eyes all dizzy. The raven-haired girl gasped and then gently plucked him out of the air.
"You look water-logged!" She commented, using her veil to rub him down.
"Kero! Oh, I'm sorry! I completely forgot about you!" Sakura apologized, her eyes showing her guilt. Kero sighed and nodded, accepting her apology. Tomoyo grinned.
"So you are what my enemies are after! Boy, if they knew I had you, or the Cards mistress, they would be after me in a minute!" She commented. Kero frowned.
"The Li's and the Hiiragizawa's, am I correct? Hmm…King Hiiragizawa Eriol is the reincarnate of Clow Reed, is he not? Well, that could be interesting…" Kero mussed. Sakura looked confused.
"Why?"
"Because, Tomoyo is right. If they knew you were here, they would want you for their own! Both kings are your age, young lady, and the elders would not hesitate to marry you off to one of them, just so they would have your power on their side. They might even force you to use it against your own family." Kero pointed out.
"But I don't have any family here…"
"Ahem?! You have *me* you know! I am your cousin, after all!" Tomoyo reminded her.
"Oh, right! Sorry!" Sakura sighed. Then she nodded.
"I will have to conceal my aura, so no one will know." She said thoughtfully. Tomoyo nodded and smiled.
"After you do that, you should lead a perfectly normal life here. As long as Yamazaki doesn't find out, that is." Tomoyo mussed. At these words, Sakura became confused.
"But I thought that Yamazaki was your friend." She whispered. Tomoyo sighed.
"He is. But, he is also a spy for the Li kingdom. He is the son of a lesser king, and he is King Li's cousin. I am absolutely sure that Yamazaki is trustworthy, though. He is a nice boy, and I know that he doesn't want to betray me anymore…but there is the fact that there are other spies here, who would not hesitate to turn us in, so you had better keep this from him."
"So…he is a spy for the Li kingdom. Well, we will just have to show him that we are not as bad as we seem. I am sure that with a little persuasion, we can turn him to our way of thinking." Sakura said, a happy glint in her eyes. She honestly wanted to be Yamazaki's friend, and she knew that Chiharu was starting to like Yamazaki as well.
"I think that we should keep this information from my friends as well. They trust Yamazaki, but that may change if they found out the truth. They know about me, though, and they have promised not to tell." Sakura added. Kero nodded.
"I will be with you all the time, but I will have to do my stuffed-animal impression a lot, and you know how much I hate that!" He muttered, causing Tomoyo and Sakura to burst out laughing.
"I think that I could get used to this!" Tomoyo whispered, squeezing Sakura's hand as they walked back towards Tomoyo's rooms. Sakura smiled.
"Even though I will miss my mother, I honestly think that this is the best place for us to be, at present. I think that I could grow to love it just as much as you do." She whispered back.
With that, the two girls walked into Tomoyo's rooms, and into a new life for both of them, never knowing what Sakura's arrival in her home world would eventually lead too.
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*Two years Later!*
"Oh, Sakura! You look absolutely lovely!"
"We all do!" Naoko added to Rika's exclamation.
"Tomoyo, how on earth did you manage it?!" Chiharu asked, as she spun around in front of the mirror. All the girls were in new dresses, compliments of Tomoyo.
"I asked the queen for some material and she gave me all of this, on the promise that I make her one too." Tomoyo said, eyeing the girls critically. At her words, Sakura giggled.
"She is very kind." She managed to say, before a wave of mirth overtook her. Sakura was wearing a floaty pink dress with long, scooped sleeves, and a neckline a bit lower than what she was used to. Her bum-length auburn hair was pulled up onto the top of her head in curls, and somehow fastened onto it, was a decorative pink veil. The other girls were in similar dresses, except Naoko's was light yellow, Rika's was celestial-blue, and Chiharu's was pale green. Naoko's hair had gown out to just below her shoulder-blades and it was pulled back with combs. A yellow veil similar to Sakura's was twined in her hair. Rika's waist-length hair was pulled up in a sea-shell design, and it too, boasted a light blue veil. Chiharu's waist- length hair was pulled back into braids, and then twined about her head. A light green veil finished off the picture.
"You all look stunning." Yamazaki said, his eyes sparkling at them. Chiharu smiled and walked over to him, shaking her hips slightly.
"Do we turn you on, you big hunky man with a deep voice?" She teased in a silky voice. The other girls burst into laughter as Yamazaki's face turned bright red.
"Um…I am not going to grace that with an answer." He said snottily, trying to keep from laughing. This simply caused Chiharu to laugh and do a little victory dance. Suddenly, Meiling burst into the room, her pigtails flying.
"Tomoyo, do you know where the queen is? She is needed down in the throne room. Someone is here to see her." The black haired girl looked unnaturally flushed, and her eyes were brimming with suppressed nervousness. Tomoyo looked at Sakura and then nodded.
"Sakura and I will go find her." She said, taking Sakura's hand and running out of the room.
"Rika, Chiharu and I will go to the throne room." Naoko said, as they too, rushed out of the room. It was then that Yamazaki faced Meiling, his face unusually pale.
"You can't do this! What has she ever done to you?!" He hissed, causing Meiling to smirk.
"I can and I did." She chirped, skipping out of the room. Yamazaki growled and raced for the throne room, his mind registering on only one thing. Saving his friends.
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"Now…" Sakura turned to Tomoyo, as soon as they reached Tomoyo's rooms. "We need you there with us so…" She summoned her staff and then held up the mirror card.
"Mirror! Reflect Queen Daidouji's image and act as a decoy for her!" Sakura instructed. Mirror nodded and in a moment, the 'Queen' stood in front of them. Sakura had done this many times in the last two years, to make it easier for Tomoyo to sneak out without being noticed. No one had ever suspected Tomoyo of being the queen, and Sakura was determined to keep it that way.
"All right, come on!" Tomoyo called, grabbing Sakura's hand and allowing Mirror to lead the way down to the throne room. Kero grinned at the girls and then quickly dove into the secret pocket in Sakura's dress, that Tomoyo had made specially for him. As the two girls entered the throne room behind the 'queen', they spotted Chiharu, Rika, and Naoko standing beside the door, all of them pale-looking and scared.
"Sakura…" Chiharu choked, her eyes filling with horrified tears. Tomoyo and Sakura looked at her in confusion.
"Wha…" Sakura began, but something was tossed over her head, muffling the rest of her sentence. Tomoyo gave a terrified shriek, as she received the same treatment. In fact, everyone in the room, except for Yamazaki and Meiling seemed to be getting it. Meiling was standing beside a group of enemy soldiers, looking quite pleased with herself; Yamazaki, however, was yelling angrily at the men, and even attacking the one holding the struggling Chiharu. One of the soldiers rolled his eyes and then lifted a sword above Yamazaki's head. Before the young man could react, the dull side of the sword contacted with his head, sending him into unconsciousness. With one final scream, the whole world went dark for Sakura, and she felt no more.
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World Beyond the Mist
by: Daphne Li
Chapter 5.
"What?!" Tomoyo gasped, her lovely amethyst eyes widening in shock. Sakura nodded weakly.
"Then…did she really take the Clow Cards…?"
"Sakura Cards. Mother helped me to transform them, after I captured them. You see, when I opened the book, there was a little mishap, and I have to recapture them with the help of my friends. And Kero." Sakura added. Tomoyo frowned slightly.
"Who is Kero?" She asked.
"I am! I am the Guardian Beast of the Seal, Cerberus. But you can call me Kero." Kero exclaimed, popping up from Sakura's pocket and hovering in front of Tomoyo's face. The poor, forgotten Guardian Beast of the Seal was looking quite ruffled, with his fur going all which way, and his eyes all dizzy. The raven-haired girl gasped and then gently plucked him out of the air.
"You look water-logged!" She commented, using her veil to rub him down.
"Kero! Oh, I'm sorry! I completely forgot about you!" Sakura apologized, her eyes showing her guilt. Kero sighed and nodded, accepting her apology. Tomoyo grinned.
"So you are what my enemies are after! Boy, if they knew I had you, or the Cards mistress, they would be after me in a minute!" She commented. Kero frowned.
"The Li's and the Hiiragizawa's, am I correct? Hmm…King Hiiragizawa Eriol is the reincarnate of Clow Reed, is he not? Well, that could be interesting…" Kero mussed. Sakura looked confused.
"Why?"
"Because, Tomoyo is right. If they knew you were here, they would want you for their own! Both kings are your age, young lady, and the elders would not hesitate to marry you off to one of them, just so they would have your power on their side. They might even force you to use it against your own family." Kero pointed out.
"But I don't have any family here…"
"Ahem?! You have *me* you know! I am your cousin, after all!" Tomoyo reminded her.
"Oh, right! Sorry!" Sakura sighed. Then she nodded.
"I will have to conceal my aura, so no one will know." She said thoughtfully. Tomoyo nodded and smiled.
"After you do that, you should lead a perfectly normal life here. As long as Yamazaki doesn't find out, that is." Tomoyo mussed. At these words, Sakura became confused.
"But I thought that Yamazaki was your friend." She whispered. Tomoyo sighed.
"He is. But, he is also a spy for the Li kingdom. He is the son of a lesser king, and he is King Li's cousin. I am absolutely sure that Yamazaki is trustworthy, though. He is a nice boy, and I know that he doesn't want to betray me anymore…but there is the fact that there are other spies here, who would not hesitate to turn us in, so you had better keep this from him."
"So…he is a spy for the Li kingdom. Well, we will just have to show him that we are not as bad as we seem. I am sure that with a little persuasion, we can turn him to our way of thinking." Sakura said, a happy glint in her eyes. She honestly wanted to be Yamazaki's friend, and she knew that Chiharu was starting to like Yamazaki as well.
"I think that we should keep this information from my friends as well. They trust Yamazaki, but that may change if they found out the truth. They know about me, though, and they have promised not to tell." Sakura added. Kero nodded.
"I will be with you all the time, but I will have to do my stuffed-animal impression a lot, and you know how much I hate that!" He muttered, causing Tomoyo and Sakura to burst out laughing.
"I think that I could get used to this!" Tomoyo whispered, squeezing Sakura's hand as they walked back towards Tomoyo's rooms. Sakura smiled.
"Even though I will miss my mother, I honestly think that this is the best place for us to be, at present. I think that I could grow to love it just as much as you do." She whispered back.
With that, the two girls walked into Tomoyo's rooms, and into a new life for both of them, never knowing what Sakura's arrival in her home world would eventually lead too.
~*~*~*~
*Two years Later!*
"Oh, Sakura! You look absolutely lovely!"
"We all do!" Naoko added to Rika's exclamation.
"Tomoyo, how on earth did you manage it?!" Chiharu asked, as she spun around in front of the mirror. All the girls were in new dresses, compliments of Tomoyo.
"I asked the queen for some material and she gave me all of this, on the promise that I make her one too." Tomoyo said, eyeing the girls critically. At her words, Sakura giggled.
"She is very kind." She managed to say, before a wave of mirth overtook her. Sakura was wearing a floaty pink dress with long, scooped sleeves, and a neckline a bit lower than what she was used to. Her bum-length auburn hair was pulled up onto the top of her head in curls, and somehow fastened onto it, was a decorative pink veil. The other girls were in similar dresses, except Naoko's was light yellow, Rika's was celestial-blue, and Chiharu's was pale green. Naoko's hair had gown out to just below her shoulder-blades and it was pulled back with combs. A yellow veil similar to Sakura's was twined in her hair. Rika's waist-length hair was pulled up in a sea-shell design, and it too, boasted a light blue veil. Chiharu's waist- length hair was pulled back into braids, and then twined about her head. A light green veil finished off the picture.
"You all look stunning." Yamazaki said, his eyes sparkling at them. Chiharu smiled and walked over to him, shaking her hips slightly.
"Do we turn you on, you big hunky man with a deep voice?" She teased in a silky voice. The other girls burst into laughter as Yamazaki's face turned bright red.
"Um…I am not going to grace that with an answer." He said snottily, trying to keep from laughing. This simply caused Chiharu to laugh and do a little victory dance. Suddenly, Meiling burst into the room, her pigtails flying.
"Tomoyo, do you know where the queen is? She is needed down in the throne room. Someone is here to see her." The black haired girl looked unnaturally flushed, and her eyes were brimming with suppressed nervousness. Tomoyo looked at Sakura and then nodded.
"Sakura and I will go find her." She said, taking Sakura's hand and running out of the room.
"Rika, Chiharu and I will go to the throne room." Naoko said, as they too, rushed out of the room. It was then that Yamazaki faced Meiling, his face unusually pale.
"You can't do this! What has she ever done to you?!" He hissed, causing Meiling to smirk.
"I can and I did." She chirped, skipping out of the room. Yamazaki growled and raced for the throne room, his mind registering on only one thing. Saving his friends.
~*~*~*~
"Now…" Sakura turned to Tomoyo, as soon as they reached Tomoyo's rooms. "We need you there with us so…" She summoned her staff and then held up the mirror card.
"Mirror! Reflect Queen Daidouji's image and act as a decoy for her!" Sakura instructed. Mirror nodded and in a moment, the 'Queen' stood in front of them. Sakura had done this many times in the last two years, to make it easier for Tomoyo to sneak out without being noticed. No one had ever suspected Tomoyo of being the queen, and Sakura was determined to keep it that way.
"All right, come on!" Tomoyo called, grabbing Sakura's hand and allowing Mirror to lead the way down to the throne room. Kero grinned at the girls and then quickly dove into the secret pocket in Sakura's dress, that Tomoyo had made specially for him. As the two girls entered the throne room behind the 'queen', they spotted Chiharu, Rika, and Naoko standing beside the door, all of them pale-looking and scared.
"Sakura…" Chiharu choked, her eyes filling with horrified tears. Tomoyo and Sakura looked at her in confusion.
"Wha…" Sakura began, but something was tossed over her head, muffling the rest of her sentence. Tomoyo gave a terrified shriek, as she received the same treatment. In fact, everyone in the room, except for Yamazaki and Meiling seemed to be getting it. Meiling was standing beside a group of enemy soldiers, looking quite pleased with herself; Yamazaki, however, was yelling angrily at the men, and even attacking the one holding the struggling Chiharu. One of the soldiers rolled his eyes and then lifted a sword above Yamazaki's head. Before the young man could react, the dull side of the sword contacted with his head, sending him into unconsciousness. With one final scream, the whole world went dark for Sakura, and she felt no more.