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Chapter four
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Tomoyo scanned the crowd for her friends. They said that they'd be right behind her, yet they were no where to be seen. She frowned slightly before pulling out her cell phone, 'Maybe something magical happened?' she asked herself as she waited for Sakura to answer her own phone.
It rang and rang, but there was no answer. Tomoyo didn't even get Sakura's voice mail. She sighed and hung up. Then double checking her numbers, tried again. Still there was no answer. "What has happened to you, Sakura-chan?" She wondered.
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A small girl watched intently as Tomoyo hung up her phone and started to walk away. She giggled softly to herself before skipping after the taller, dark haired girl. 'It won't be long now.' She grinned, "I will have those cards."
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Toyo frowned at his little sister as she smiled and talked with Syoaron and Eriol. Yue and Kero were talking quietly amongst themselves and he was left out of it. "Oi, Sakura-chan. Did dad have anything to do today? Won't he be worried about you?"
The girl glanced at him before replying, "Iie, he said he'd be out until after dinner. Besides, I left a message for him saying that I was with my friends this evening."
The dark haired young man nodded, "I didn't see any messages on your machine when I picked up the toy."
"HEY!" The miniature guardian snarled, "I'm NOT a toy!"
Toya smirked, "You look like one."
"WHY.YOU." He took flight towards him before Yue grabbed him by his wings.
"Calm yourself, Cerberus." He frowned. "He's just trying to make you angry."
"YEAH! WELL IT"S WORKING!" Kero yelled angrily. "FIRST THE KID AND THEN HIM!!! I'M TELLING YOU I GET NO RESPECT!"
"Kero-chan, you may resemble a stuffed toy now, but when you transform to your real self, then no one could say that about you." Sakura said gently, "And if you know what your true form is like then it shouldn't matter what the others say." She looked at the guardian as he pondered her words, "Right, Kero-chan?" The beast sighed and nodded his head before flying back up to the top of the bookshelf. Sakura sighed before turning to her brother, "Oniisan, why must you cause trouble?"
"You're one to talk, Kaiju." He sipped at his tea.
"What did you say?" she frowned, a large sweat drop forming on her for head, her face red. "I'm not a monster! I never have been a monster! You're soo mean!"
Eriol, and Syoaron chuckled softly to themselves. "He got you, Sakura- chan." Eriol told her. And she wilted, her face even redder.
"Don't worry about it, Sakura-chan." Syoaron whispered, his face flushed, "You're right, he is mean."
"Arigato, Syoaron-kun." She smiled back. It was Toya's turn for a red, and if it weren't for Yue's sudden hand on his shoulder, he probably would have tried to kill the teenager. And then Sakura's cell phone rang. She dug through her bag until she found it. "Konnichiwa." She greeted to a dial tone. Frowning she looked at her caller id. It was Tomoyo. "PHWEEEEE!" She shrieked, "We forgot all about Tomoyo-chan!"
"Oh!" Syoaron frowned, "Why don't you call her back?"
Sakura shook her head, "I tried." She got to her feet and headed towards the door, pausing just long enough to slip on her shoed, "I'll be right back." She promised before opening the door.
"Oi, Sakura-chan!" Toya called after her, "MATTE, Sakura-chan."
Li leapt to his feet and ran after her, pausing only to slip on his shoes. "Sakura-chan!" He yelled, slamming the door behind him. "Matte!"
Eriol looked at Yue, "Change back to Yukito and go after them." He ordered, "Something is not right here." The silver haired guardian did as he was instructed to do. Toya was about to follow him, as was Kero, but Eriol stopped them. "Iie, Let them go."
"A punk kid is not telling me what to do!" Toya glared at the boy.
"Fine, go. But it won't do Sakura a bit of good." The pale, dark haired boy said bluntly. "It might even get her killed."
"Killed." Toya's eyes when wide as he thought about that, "How? What's going on?"
"I can not say." Eriol apologized, "but, please, know that I don't want anything to happen to her either."
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Sakura ran down one street after another before arriving at Tomoyo's house. "Tomoyo-chan!" She called just as a wave of foreboding magic swept over her and made her skin crawl. "Tomoyo-chan?" She whispered halting, looking around, searching for the danger she sensed.
"Sakura-chan!" Li yelled rounding the corner and the skidded to a stop. He looked around, "This presence. Sakura-chan?"
"Syoaron-kun." She whispered, slowly turning around, "What is this?"
"It feels like."
"Another guardian?" She looked around, "But that's not possible.Is it?"
"It shouldn't be." Yukito's quiet voice said from behind Li.
The sound of a child's giggle attracted the threesome's attention. "Poor, poor, Sakura-chan." She laughed.
"Do.Do I know you?" Sakura asked backing away from the child that seemed to have appeared from no where.
"Iie."She smiled, "But I know who you are.I know who you search for as well."
"Sakura. get out of here.NOW!" Syoaron ordered as Yukito transformed.
"Ah, Yue." The child smiled evilly, "You are not someone who I expected to see again." She looked at Sakura who seemed frozen by some spell. "I'll see you again." The child promised. She eyed Li, "Until then, those who are close to you are not safe from me." and with that she disappeared, leaving behind an unconscious Tomoyo sprawled on the ground.
"TOMOYO-CHAN!" Sakura screamed before falling unconscious herself.
"Oi! Sakura-chan!" Syoaron catching the girl.
Yue went to examine the other girl, "Her life energy has nearly been depleted." He announced gathering the teenager in his arms. "We should hurry back to the others."
Syoaron nodded briefly before gathering the Card master in his arms with great care. "Sakura."
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Chapter four
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Tomoyo scanned the crowd for her friends. They said that they'd be right behind her, yet they were no where to be seen. She frowned slightly before pulling out her cell phone, 'Maybe something magical happened?' she asked herself as she waited for Sakura to answer her own phone.
It rang and rang, but there was no answer. Tomoyo didn't even get Sakura's voice mail. She sighed and hung up. Then double checking her numbers, tried again. Still there was no answer. "What has happened to you, Sakura-chan?" She wondered.
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A small girl watched intently as Tomoyo hung up her phone and started to walk away. She giggled softly to herself before skipping after the taller, dark haired girl. 'It won't be long now.' She grinned, "I will have those cards."
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Toyo frowned at his little sister as she smiled and talked with Syoaron and Eriol. Yue and Kero were talking quietly amongst themselves and he was left out of it. "Oi, Sakura-chan. Did dad have anything to do today? Won't he be worried about you?"
The girl glanced at him before replying, "Iie, he said he'd be out until after dinner. Besides, I left a message for him saying that I was with my friends this evening."
The dark haired young man nodded, "I didn't see any messages on your machine when I picked up the toy."
"HEY!" The miniature guardian snarled, "I'm NOT a toy!"
Toya smirked, "You look like one."
"WHY.YOU." He took flight towards him before Yue grabbed him by his wings.
"Calm yourself, Cerberus." He frowned. "He's just trying to make you angry."
"YEAH! WELL IT"S WORKING!" Kero yelled angrily. "FIRST THE KID AND THEN HIM!!! I'M TELLING YOU I GET NO RESPECT!"
"Kero-chan, you may resemble a stuffed toy now, but when you transform to your real self, then no one could say that about you." Sakura said gently, "And if you know what your true form is like then it shouldn't matter what the others say." She looked at the guardian as he pondered her words, "Right, Kero-chan?" The beast sighed and nodded his head before flying back up to the top of the bookshelf. Sakura sighed before turning to her brother, "Oniisan, why must you cause trouble?"
"You're one to talk, Kaiju." He sipped at his tea.
"What did you say?" she frowned, a large sweat drop forming on her for head, her face red. "I'm not a monster! I never have been a monster! You're soo mean!"
Eriol, and Syoaron chuckled softly to themselves. "He got you, Sakura- chan." Eriol told her. And she wilted, her face even redder.
"Don't worry about it, Sakura-chan." Syoaron whispered, his face flushed, "You're right, he is mean."
"Arigato, Syoaron-kun." She smiled back. It was Toya's turn for a red, and if it weren't for Yue's sudden hand on his shoulder, he probably would have tried to kill the teenager. And then Sakura's cell phone rang. She dug through her bag until she found it. "Konnichiwa." She greeted to a dial tone. Frowning she looked at her caller id. It was Tomoyo. "PHWEEEEE!" She shrieked, "We forgot all about Tomoyo-chan!"
"Oh!" Syoaron frowned, "Why don't you call her back?"
Sakura shook her head, "I tried." She got to her feet and headed towards the door, pausing just long enough to slip on her shoed, "I'll be right back." She promised before opening the door.
"Oi, Sakura-chan!" Toya called after her, "MATTE, Sakura-chan."
Li leapt to his feet and ran after her, pausing only to slip on his shoes. "Sakura-chan!" He yelled, slamming the door behind him. "Matte!"
Eriol looked at Yue, "Change back to Yukito and go after them." He ordered, "Something is not right here." The silver haired guardian did as he was instructed to do. Toya was about to follow him, as was Kero, but Eriol stopped them. "Iie, Let them go."
"A punk kid is not telling me what to do!" Toya glared at the boy.
"Fine, go. But it won't do Sakura a bit of good." The pale, dark haired boy said bluntly. "It might even get her killed."
"Killed." Toya's eyes when wide as he thought about that, "How? What's going on?"
"I can not say." Eriol apologized, "but, please, know that I don't want anything to happen to her either."
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Sakura ran down one street after another before arriving at Tomoyo's house. "Tomoyo-chan!" She called just as a wave of foreboding magic swept over her and made her skin crawl. "Tomoyo-chan?" She whispered halting, looking around, searching for the danger she sensed.
"Sakura-chan!" Li yelled rounding the corner and the skidded to a stop. He looked around, "This presence. Sakura-chan?"
"Syoaron-kun." She whispered, slowly turning around, "What is this?"
"It feels like."
"Another guardian?" She looked around, "But that's not possible.Is it?"
"It shouldn't be." Yukito's quiet voice said from behind Li.
The sound of a child's giggle attracted the threesome's attention. "Poor, poor, Sakura-chan." She laughed.
"Do.Do I know you?" Sakura asked backing away from the child that seemed to have appeared from no where.
"Iie."She smiled, "But I know who you are.I know who you search for as well."
"Sakura. get out of here.NOW!" Syoaron ordered as Yukito transformed.
"Ah, Yue." The child smiled evilly, "You are not someone who I expected to see again." She looked at Sakura who seemed frozen by some spell. "I'll see you again." The child promised. She eyed Li, "Until then, those who are close to you are not safe from me." and with that she disappeared, leaving behind an unconscious Tomoyo sprawled on the ground.
"TOMOYO-CHAN!" Sakura screamed before falling unconscious herself.
"Oi! Sakura-chan!" Syoaron catching the girl.
Yue went to examine the other girl, "Her life energy has nearly been depleted." He announced gathering the teenager in his arms. "We should hurry back to the others."
Syoaron nodded briefly before gathering the Card master in his arms with great care. "Sakura."
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