Chapter 4: The Cards
Kero's muffled voice came from beneath the seat, "Pssstttt! Sakura, I'm sensing something here. I think this might have something to do with a Clow Card."
Takashi glanced over at Sakura, "Did you hear something coming from under your seat Kinomoto? Is someone under there?"
Sakura gulped, "Um… no. I think it was just an echo. B-b-but I'd better go to the bathroom now." She snatched up the strap of her bag and called out as she exited the aisle, "Tomoyo, could you please come to the bathroom with me?"
"Geeeesh," Takashi said, "You girls are all alike. Can't even go to the bathroom by yourselves. Ouch!!!" he exclaimed rubbing his arm and looking over at Chiharu. "What was that for?"
"Oh, you know what it was for," Chiharu answered, giving him a stern look from under her lowered brows.
Sakura and Tomoyo made their way through the crowd which by this time was standing and milling about, trying to get a better look at the stage to figure out what was going on. Some of the concertgoers were complaining loudly about the lousy sound system in this park, and others were vowing that they would never buy tickets to another Kurage concert again. One particularly vocal man was standing on top of his chair gesturing wildly as he shouted insults toward the stage.
"HOOEE!!!" Sakura cried out as the man suddenly vanished into thin air. The girls looked around in disbelief as the noisiest of the concertgoers began disappearing one by one.
"Oh boy Sakura! You'd better do something quick!" exclaimed Tomoyo.
"I know!" said Sakura, "but what?"
As they reached the cover of the trees Kero popped completely out of the backpack. "It must be the Silent Card, Sakura. It hates noise and will sometimes even transport obnoxiously loud people away."
"G-g-gulp. Away to where?" Tomoyo asked in a very tiny voice.
"How should I know?" snapped Kero. "Not for nothing, but here comes one brat I'd like to see transported away. Let's see if we can get him to make some noise."
The girls turned to see Syaoran making his way toward them holding his derivator out in front of him. "Kinomoto!" he shouted. "You planning to do something about this, or are you waiting until the whole town disappears?"
Sakura winced at the tone of his voice. Why was he always so mean to her? It seemed like Syaoran hated her more and more every day. And to make matters worse, he seemed to be having the opposite effect on her. She liked him more with each passing day and was starting to get all floaty inside whenever she saw him.
"You don't have to be so mean to her Li Syaoran!" Tomoyo admonished. "She's getting ready to take care of things right now!"
Sakura turned to Kero. "Okay, I'm going to try something that I think will work."
"KAACHIINNG!" There was a bright glint of colored light as Sakura raised her arms toward the sky. "Staff made by Clow! Bestow the power of the card unto my key! Grant me your powers! THUNDER!!!"
A light breeze kicked up and a giant rumble of thunder rolled through the clouds above Penguin Park. Something was wrong though. The thunder started off strong but then seemed to fade in and out as time went by.
The complaining crowd peered up into the sky, wondering if the night was going to get even worse.
"That's right, Sakura," said Kero. "Use Thunder to weaken Silent's resolve. After all, Thunder is a very powerful force of nature, while Silent is more of a whim card."
The thunder seemed to grow in strength as Sakura raised the staff again. "Release SONG!!!" Sakura turned to Tomoyo, "Okay, I'm going to need your help with this one. Song will only imitate the most beautiful voices, so I need you to sing a little bit of that number you did at the talent show last year."
Tomoyo blushed, "W-wh-what? Sing here?"
"Oh please Tomoyo," begged Sakura. "You know that you have the most beautiful voice for miles around. And besides, we really need your help."
Hearing the compliment her friend turned an even deeper shade of pink. "Well, okay. If you really think it will help."
"I do," said Sakura as she stretched her arms further toward the sky and bit her lip in concentration. As Tomoyo parted her lips to sing, the vines on Sakura's shirt seemed to ripple back and forth. The Song Card picked up Tomoyo's perfect pitch and scattered the notes into the night sky. A glow surrounded the Cardcaptor, and her hair stood out on end and gave off little auburn sparks. Irridescent swirls of light filtered through the shirt Tomoyo had given her and made it seem as if the fabric birds and butterflies were the ones filling the air with song.
Sakura would have been surprised to see the look on Li Syaoran's face at that moment. He was staring at her with a warm glow in his honey colored eyes, and his face was filled, not with anger, but with admiration instead.
