Chapter Six-
Two days past and there was no change in Sakura's condition. Then suddenly, on the third day, Sakura awoke to find herself in bed. All her friends were sleeping on chairs, on the end of the bed, on the floor, around her. Slowly she got up and walked out onto the balcony. There she found a twig of cherry blossoms and a note.
Dear Sakura,
I have finally returned and so your pain shall end. I am deeply sorry that it took so long, but I had to. I'll explain more later. Meet me at the training field where you saw me three days ago. I knew you were there. Please. I'll be there waiting.
Yuri.
P.S. Bring the others.
"Sakura?!" A voice yelled from inside her room. A second later, out rushed a very flustered Syaoran. "Don't ever disappear like that again!"
"What's the matter Syaoran?" Sakura asked innocently.
"You have been unconscious for the past two days, and when I wake up, I find you gone. What do you think is the matter?" Syaoran asked.
"Sorry Syaoran. I didn't mean to scare you. Did you know that Yuri is back and she wants to talk to us?"
"You aren't going anywhere near her. She made you si…." Syaoran broke off his tirade as he heard a shout.
Sakura spun around to see two figures standing at the training field where she saw Yuri.
"That's Yuri! I have to go see what's wrong!" Sakura cried, rushing through the balcony doors, and out of her room.
By then, everyone had woken up, and saw Sakura run out. They all followed her to the training field where they saw Yuri crouched into a fighting stance in front of a man in a dark cloak.
"I will never let you near Sakura! I didn't before, and I wont now." Yuri growled at the man.
The man smirked. "I will have her, just as my brother will have you when the time comes." And with that, the man flickered once, then disappeared.
Naoko gasped. "How did he do that?" She thought to herself.
Yuri stood straight. "You can come out now Sakura, I know you're there."
Sakura smiled and came out of the bushes. "Who was that Yuri?" She asked.
"And how did he disappear?" Naoko asked.
The others gasped, forgetting that Naoko didn't know about magic.
"It seems to me that Naoko is about to find out some things that she would never had thought was real." Yuri said, a small smile on her face. "That man disappeared by using his magic. It's quite simple really. All you do is focus your energy somewhere else, and then picture yourself there, and that's where you'll be."
Naoko snorted. "Yeah right."
"It's true Naoko." Sakura said softly. "I haven't tried it before, but I'm sure Eriol would know whether it worked or not."
"Are you telling me that all of you have magic?" Naoko sounded sceptical.
"Nope. Only Syaoran, Eriol and I have magic, but if you want to get technical, so does Yukito and Nakuru. Touya used to, but he gave his power to Yukito to help sustain him when my power was too weak to." Sakura told her.
"You missed someone Sakura. I have magical powers too." Yuri said, shocking the group.
"I think it's time you explain some things." Eriol said gravely.
"You look so much like Clow Reed when you do that." Yuri giggled. "You had better invite Kero and Suppi to come too. I'm sure that they'd understand who I am the moment they see me."
Eriol and Sakura looked at each other, then nodded. They closed their eyes for a moment then, they opened them again. Suddenly, two winged creatures flew away from the palace. There was a winged lion and a winged black panther. (A/N: That's what Suppi looks like to me.)
"What's this?" Naoko asked, her convictions beginning to change a little.
"These are two guardians. The black panther is Spinnel Sun, or as Nakuru likes to call him, Suppi. He is one of Eriol's guardians. The lion is Keroberus, Guardian Beast of the Seal. He is Sakura's sun guardian. He watches over the Sakura cards, once known as the Clow cards, or atleast he does when he isn't taking a nap." Yuri smiled at Sakura. "Don't worry Sakura, I will explain soon enough."
"Keroberus? Guardian Beast of the Seal? I used those names in my story." Naoko cried.
"That's right. There's a reason why I asked you about that story Naoko." Tomoyo said. "You see, that's exactly how Sakura discovered the Clow Cards. I saw her that night, using the Fly card." Tomoyo explained.
"Please, can someone explain this?" Naoko asked desperately, not really understanding.
"I will, as soon as Kero and Suppi arrive." Yuri said calmly.
The two guardians reached the group.
"What was this about calling us now? People can see us! Sak…" Kero broke off, seeing Naoko. "I hope you have a reasonable explanation."
"Yes, please tell us why you have called us here." Spinnel said politely.
"Kero, Suppi, they did so at my request." Yuri said, moving forward.
Kero and Spinnel stared at Yuri.
"Is it just me, or does she seem familiar to you?" Kero asked Suppi.
Spinnel nodded. "Yes she does seem familiar to me too, Keroberus."
Yuri smiled mysteriously, then the bushes behind them began to move.
Out stepped Erin. She smiled brightly at the group of people, her smile widening as she saw Kero and Spinnel.
"So, you two decided to come out of hiding." She said cheekily.
The group gaped at her.
"Alright! That's it! I've had it! No more mysteries! Who are you and how do you know so much Yuri?!" Meiling cried, forgetting to say Yuri's last name instead of her first.
"Sit down." Yuri's tone was stern. Everyone sat. "Now, I better start by telling Naoko about you, Sakura, or else she wont understand."
Sakura nodded.
"Alright. You see Naoko, a week after Sakura's tenth birthday, she was home alone one day, and she heard a noise coming from her basement. She went downstairs, and, as you know, it's a library. Walking amongst the rows of books, Sakura saw a bright light. Following the light, Sakura found a glowing red book. On the front of the book was a picture of a strangely decorated lion. No offence Kero." Yuri added when she saw Kero begin to scowl.
"It's title was 'The Clow Cards.' Now the book had a magic seal on it so no one could open it unless they had very powerful magic. Sakura opened the book, and read the name of the first card. It was called 'The Windy'. After reading out it's name, a magical wind appeared and blew away the rest of the cards. Sakura then met Kero, and was named the Card Captor." Yuri took a breath. "For the next two years, Sakura had to collect every one of the fifty-two cards. The reason why Syaoran turned up is because he was supposed to capture the Clow Cards and become their Master. The Elders of his clan believed that they were intituled to the cards as they are the descendants of the man who created them, Clow Reed. Do you understand so far?"
"Yes, sort of. Why did Sakura have to capture all the cards?" Naoko asked.
"The cards have magical powers infused into them. Can you remember when you went on the trip to the cave where you told those stories? Or that ghost that was in the park?"
Naoko nodded.
"They were both Clow Cards. The one at the cave was the Erase card which, like it's name suggests, erases things. The ghost was the Illusion card that showed you what you were thinking of. It showed Sakura her mother as it was close to her birthday."
"Ohh…. Ok." Naoko said, understanding.
"Now, when all the cards were captured, the second guardian of the Clow Cards appeared. His name is Yue and he draws his power both from the moon and his master. He is known as the Judge as he decides whether the person who has the Clow Cards is worthy of being their master. Now as both Sakura and Syaoran had Clow Cards, they both had to face Yue in the Final Judgement. Syaoran lost all his cards to Yue, and Sakura also lost. But Kaho, who knew about the Clow Cards, was there for a reason. She was there to give Sakura a second chance. On her second chance, Sakura defeated Yue, and became Mistress of the Clow Cards. She also gained a friend in Yue."
"Then, Eriol came, and more strange things began to happen. It was Eriol, trying to get Sakura to convert the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards. That meant that they would draw from her power. Sakura only had to transform two more cards when she went up against Eriol. Syaoran helped her and announced his love for her. He then left. Sakura didn't see him til he returned before the Nadeshiko Festival. She tried to tell him how she felt, but she was always interrupted." Yuri sent looks at both Touya and Kero. They both looked a little shame-faced.
"Anyway, all the Clow Cards are made of positive magic, but to counter all that positive magic, Clow Reed had to make a single card with all the negative magic to balance it. Because Sakura had transformed all the cards, the negative card was no longer needed., so it was unsealed. To seal the card, the person who defeated it would have to loose their most important feeling. Sakura tried to defeat it, but as it stole her cards, she wasn't able too, but Syaoran was. Once Sakura had sealed the card, Syaoran was supposed to loose his most important feeling, his love for Sakura. But, the card was sealed under the name of the Hope card, and so, he didn't loose his feelings for her. Sakura finally managed to tell Syaoran of her feelings for him." Yuri sighed. "Now, before you ask, the reason why Eriol knew about the Clow Cards is because he is the reincarnation of Clow Reed, well at least half. The other half is Sakura's father."
"Who is Yue? I mean, he couldn't just walk around in public, could he?" Naoko asked.
Yuri smiled. "No he cant. Yukito is Yue's false form. Eriol also has a guardian like Yue. Her name is Ruby Moon. Her false form is Nakuru."
"Ohh…. I understand now."
"Alright, you explained things. Now tell us how you know all this!" Meiling said, moving towards Yuri in a threatening manner. Suddenly, Erin was there, and floating beside her was a creature, much alike Kero, except for the fact that it had tiger stripes down it's body.
"You cant hurt our mistress." Erin said, as she and the tiger-like creature began to glow. They were both enveloped in wings, and when they opened again, in their place stood two different being. (A/N: I use the term 'beings' loosely.)
Where Erin had once stood, there was now a woman with Erin's eyes and hair, except her hair was down, dressed in a light blue gown, similar to Ruby Moon's. She also had golden butterfly wings.
In the tiger-like creature's place stood an actual tiger, with what looked like a tear-drop tiara on it's head. It also had pure silver wings.
Yuri smiled. "Nerina, Riara, you don't have to worry. Meiling wouldn't hurt me."
"Riara? Is that you?" Both Kero and Spinnel asked the tiger.
"Yes. I've missed you two. Do you both still compete at everything you do?" Riara asked.
Yuri's smile grew. "Of course they do Riara. They'll never change, you know that."
Suddenly, both Yukito and Nakuru began to glow, and wings enveloped them. Just like with Riara and Nerina, when they opened, there were two different beings standing there.
"Hello Yue, Ruby Moon. I've missed you." Nerina said softly.
"Nerina? But if you're here, then that means….." Yue broke off, looking at Yuri.
"So Yue has figured it out. It doesn't surprise me that you'd be the first to remember me. Sakura and I did play an awful lot of pranks on you." Yuri smiled at the confused look on Sakura's face. "Sakura, cant you remember?" Yuri was about to say more, when she was pushed to the ground by Kero, running up and leaping on her.
"Yuri! It is you!" He roared, his rough tongue running up the side of her face.
While Yuri giggled, Spinnel walked up to Kero. "Is that anyway for the Guardian Beast to behave?" He asked.
Kero looked embarrassed, and moved off Yuri. Yuri stood up, only to be thrown to the ground again by Spinnel. He greeted Yuri in the exact same manner.
"What is wrong with you Spinnel? Have you been eating sugar again?" Eriol demanded.
"No Eriol, Suppi hasn't. I guess it's time for me to finish explaining." Yuri sighed, as she looked at everyone.