Konnichi wa minna san! I'm back, finally!

Kero: And me too!!

LY: Sorry we took so long getting this chapter up, I have had a busy schedule lately.

Kero: But don't worry we didn't forget about you all.

LY: Yes, thanks so very much to all my reviewers, you're all great motivators!!

Kero: Any ways, we won't delay the chapter anymore, so here you go:

LY: And please don't forget to review!

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One More Day

by Lady Yunalesca

Ch. 6- Enemy Sighted



"Syaoran, what are we gonna do?" Sakura flew down to him.

"My attacks aren't working! He's really powerful. We'll have to distract him so we can surprise attack him." Syaoran paused as the serpent roared again. He didn't like how it was acting. "He must be preparing for a big attack. We have to hurry!"

Tomoyo slid over, holding on to Eriol for support on the ice. "Oh, that thing was so much nicer as an octopus!"

Syaoran suddenly got an idea, "Tomoyo, your a genius!"

Tomoyo stood confused and lost her balance. She tried getting up, but the flippers didn't help her balance either, so she decided it would be best to just sit on the ice.

"Okay, Sakura, here's my plan..." Syaoran whispered into her ear, making her flush feeling his breath on her. "Ready?"

Sakura twirled her staff, "You betcha!"

They ran a safe distance away from Tomoyo and Eriol before attacking. "Dash! Give Syaoran the speed he needs!"

Dash's spirit came out of the card and went into Syaoran's body. He felt very energized.

"Mirror! Make enough copies of Syaoran to surround the serpent!" Instantly the creature was completely surrounded, but it didn't notice and continued creating the special attack.

"Now, Shadow!" Sakura felt dizzy and struggled to stand. "Make all the copies move exactly like the original Syaoran!"

"Great, Sakura," All the Syaorans said. Sakura smiled and sat down to rest. The Syaorans began running circles around the snake really fast, but were more sliding than running. Soon they became a blur.

The snake stopped it's attack and stared at the Syaorans rushing around him. It wasn't long before he became dizzy and confused by the fast movement and collapsed on the ice.

"Now, Sakura!"

"Right!" Sakura managed to stand up even though she was getting tired from using so much magic. "Return card! Bring this creature back to its original form!"

A white light encircled the serpent and it cried out as its tail split into the eight tentacles of an octopus.

"NOOO!! What have you done to my beautiful serpent! I'll get you for this!!" The figure vanished with a swoop of her cloak.

While the octopus squiggled to the hole in the ice, the walls around the pool disappeared, time returned to normal, and the cards came back to Sakura.

They all yelled when they fell back into the water. Sakura was weak and couldn't hold her head out of the water very well.

"Sakura!" Syaoran came to her rescue and pulled her on to the edge of the pool with Tomoyo and Eriol close behind. "Are you okay?"

"Don't.. worry. I'm just a little tired." Syaoran helped her sit up and took off the air tanks. "I'm sorry, Sakura, I shouldn't have told you to use so many cards."

"It's all right, it had to be done. I'll be fine. Thanks a lot for your help."

Syaoran smiled slightly, "Well, we should be thanking Tomoyo. She gave me the idea."

Tomoyo was embarrassed and waved her hands in front of her, "Oh, no, it was all you guys, you've got the magic... huh? Eriol, what's the matter?"

Eriol had a curious look on his face, "Do you guys notice something weird?"

They all looked around, "Um.... not really." Sakura clued in, "Hey! Where's Kaori?"

"Exactly!" Eriol crossed his arms. "I'm familiar with that spell, and time was definitely stopped, so she couldn't have gone anywhere." he looked seriously at Sakura, "I think we've found your stalker."

"So..... what should we do now?" Tomoyo asked while she wrung out her hair.

"I think we should pretend we don't know so we have time to make a plan," Eriol paused to remove his air tanks, "If Kaori knows we're on to her, she may hit us with a strong attack before we're ready."

"I'd like to know where she got her magic from. I didn't sense anything from her last year, and she can't be very experienced. That spell was advanced, but weak. The monster should have been much tougher to knock out."

Sakura leaned against the wall and sighed, "Well, it sure took a lot out of me! Besides, how can we be so sure it was Kaori? She might have gone outside for a minute and froze in time."

"That's possible, but who else would have done it?" Tomoyo inquired.

Sakura rested her head on her knees, "I just can't see her having magic, I mean she did tell us that she didn't believe in it..."

The instructor that trained them for diving came rushing in. "What's going on? Sakura, you look so pale!"

Lucky for the gang, they were used to making up excuses for weird occurrences, and Tomoyo quickly replied, "Oh, don't worry! Sakura just didn't put enough oxygen in her tank and she's a little light-headed."

The instructor looked slightly relieved. "Well, be careful! Not enough oxygen can be very dangerous." she smiled, "I thought you guys were the best group."

Eriol forced a smile, "Yes, well sometimes accidents do happen!"

~Yes, Eriol... They do!~ Kaori created a new plan in her head as she walked to the lobby to wait for the class.

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LY: There you go! It was a little shorter than usual, I thought it would be longer.

Kero: That's all for now!

LY: I'll get the next chapter up ASAP, and I'll try not to make it another 3 months.. ^-^'

Kero: Bye and please review review review!!