Wooo. I'm proud of myself. This chapter goes for eleven pages. Quite a lot for me. But if you think that eleven pages isn't enough, then I suggest you read 'The Power Of Two Hearts' by KayJuli. Her last chapter was 44 pages long. Anyways, here's chapter 15. Feel free to e-mail me if you don't understand.
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Oops, I forgot to say thank you for the reviews. I would mention the people who did review but, when I do that, FF.Net takes my stories off, so for those who reviewed, please don't think that I don't appreciate them, cause I do, it's just that I want to keep my stories on the net.
Ta.
Amber Dream
Chapter Fifteen-
Up in the common room, Sakura and Yuri were sitting to a side, plotting.
"What do you think they are plotting?" Syaoran asked, slightly nervous.
Sakura's head shot up. "Syaoran, plotting is such a damning word. Yuri and I like to think that what we do is no more than creative thinking."
Tomoyo giggled. "She has you there."
Jamie shook his head. "Nope, it's plotting when you plan pranks."
Meiling raised an eyebrow. "If you think they are going to do something to you, don't you think you should work on a counter attack, at least?"
Syaoran and Jamie looked at Meiling in shock.
"What? Didn't that thought even cross your minds?" Meiling asked, slightly confused. "I thought you two were smarter than that."
"First impressions can be misleading." Came Eriol's voice from the armchair where he sat.
Jamie and Syaoran turned to glare at the young sorcerer, while Eriol smirked.
"Eriol." Tomoyo scolded, looking up from the pieces of parchment she had been drawing on. She was in the middle of designing new outfits for both Sakura and Yuri. "Be nice."
Eriol blushed while Yuri and Sakura giggled.
"Yeah, Otou samma, be nice." Yuri said in a high voice.
"Did you see that? Okaa samma made Eriol blush." Sakura giggled, as Tomoyo blushed at her new title.
Tomoyo looked at the giggling twins. "If I am your Okaa samma, then will you do as I say?"
Sakura and Yuri looked at each other, then back to Tomoyo. "Nope." The said in unison.
Tomoyo sighed and went back to her work.
Suddenly, Sakura and Yuri's heads shot up. They looked at each other and grinned. They then looked at Meiling.
-Do you want to, or shall I?- Yuri bethought to Sakura.
-Can I do it, please?- Sakura asked, a plea in her eyes.
Yuri nodded.
Sakura grinned. "Oh, Meiling chan, I almost forgot. My Oni chan wanted to see you about something. He told me to tell you to go see him in his chambers. They're near Yukito's and Erin's. Do you know where they are?"
Meiling looked shocked, but then she began to blush as she nodded her head. "When did he want to see me?"
Sakura's grin widened. "In about ten minutes."
Meiling gasped, then said her goodbyes as she rushed out the door.
-My shot now.- Yuri thought to Sakura.
Sakura nodded.
Yuri stared at the space in front of her, as she concentrated on her brother's energy. -Oni chan. Hey, Oni chan?-
-Yuri?- Came back Touya's startled surprise.
-Hey Oni chan. How are you? How's lessons?-
-What are you up to Yuri?- Touya sounded suspicious.
-What makes you think I'm up to something?- Yuri asked, her tone clearly hurt.
-You rarely talk to me like this, unless you're up to something.-
-Maybe I wanted to talk to my Oni chan. Maybe I wanted to tell him that Sakura and I have sent him a surprise that should make him happy.-
-What have you done?- Touya asked, definitely suspicious now.
-Better make yourself presentable Oni chan. Your surprise should be arriving in a few moments. By the way, you owe us.- Yuri broke the connection on Touya's indignant sputtering.
"Done." Yuri sang softly.
"What have you done?" Naoko asked, pretty sure she knew what they were up to.
Sakura and Yuri both gave looks that clearly said they were innocent. "Nothing."
-I think we better take a walk to a tower somewhere, cause Oni chan is going to be very put out with us.- Yuri bethought to Sakura calmly.
Sakura jumped slightly. –Why?-
-You see, our Oni chan wasn't really fit to have visitors, and when I left him, Meiling was about ten seconds from knocking on his door. I reckon he barely got enough time to make himself semi decent, seeing as I interrupted his bath.- Yuri giggled at the look on Sakura's face.
-He's going to kill us. We're so dead.- Sakura said mournfully.
-Not really. We go up to a tower, and if he manages to find us, we simply fly away.-
-But…..-
-Haven't you been dying to go flying ever since we got here? Go through the Forbidden Forest at top speeds, like we wanted to when we first came. We couldn't before, because Papa and Mother had the cards. Now we have them, and now we can fly through the Forbidden Forest, float over that lake, swim in the lake if you want to.- Yuri looked at Sakura, a plea in her eyes. –Please Sakura.-
Sakura sighed. –Fine-
Yuri screamed happily, ignoring the looks she got from the other students. She then saw that Tomoyo was leaning over a piece of parchment. "Whatchya doing Tomoyo?"
Tomoyo looked up at Yuri's happy face. "Designing costumes for my two favourite card mistresses." She said in Japanese.
Yuri looked shocked. "T….Two?"
Tomoyo nodded.
Yuri screamed again. "Thanks Tomoyo chan!" Yuri was so happy about being part of this that she grabbed Jamie's hands and began to dance around the common room.
Sakura walked over to Tomoyo. "What did you say?"
Tomoyo, who had her camera out and was taping Yuri's little dance, whispered, "I told her that I was designing outfits for both you and her."
Sakura grinned. "You have no idea what that meant to her, do you?" Tomoyo shook her head. "It really makes her feel part of the family now."
"But she already was." Tomoyo objected.
Sakura nodded. "We all know that, but she still needed something to prove it. This is just what she was after."
Tomoyo smiled. She was glad she had helped Yuri.
Suddenly, Yuri stopped dancing. She looked at Sakura. "Uhh ooh." She said softly. Dragging Jamie back with her, she walked over to Sakura. "We better get going."
Jamie looked concerned. "Where are you going?"
"Sakura's going?" Syaoran asked, walking towards them.
"Not for long. Just long enough to escape the wrath of Touya." Yuri joked.
"What did you do?" Jamie groaned, dreading her answer.
Yuri had an innocent look on her face. "Us? Why did we do anything? Maybe Touya is just paranoid and is coming to warn you to stay away from his precious imoutos."
Syaoran glared at Yuri, but Yuri could see the mischief in his eyes. She groaned. "What?"
Syaoran smirked. "Maybe we should hold you two here till Touya arrives."
Sakura narrowed her eyes. "Are you trying to say something Syaoran?"
Syaoran attempted to look innocent, but failed miserably. "No, it's only that it'd be a good hit on you two before you can finish plotting against us."
Jamie nodded.
Yuri wasn't really paying attention. Touya was just coming up the stairs. A few more moments and he would be there, ready to yell at them, unless…. -Sakura, Touya is just outside. I have an idea.-
Sakura listened to Yuri's idea with great interest. She nodded to show that she agreed.
The twins stared at the door, waiting for it to open. When it did, Sakura and Yuri lifted their heads to their partners, kissing them.
Touya, who had just walked in, stopped dead. Those damn kids were kissing his imoutos. "GET AWAY FROM MY IMOUTOS!!!" He cried, angry at what was happening.
Syaoran and Jamie pulled away from their loves, shocked.
"Oh no. Please don't tell me." Syaoran groaned.
"We are so dead." Jamie whispered.
Sakura and Yuri giggled as they took a few steps back, noticing that Touya's yell had drawn a crowd. So much better. They liked it when their jokes were made public.
"Shouldn't have threatened us." Sakura whispered.
Syaoran looked even more shocked at Sakura's words. "Please no."
"Too bad Syaoran." Yuri said. "We weren't plotting against you two. We were plotting against some other people. You brought this upon yourselves since you were going to sacrifice us to Touya."
Jamie was stunned. He should of known. They always retaliated when provoked.
"So we decided, you should be the sacrifices. We may love you, but no one attempts to sacrifice us." Sakura said, grabbing her sister's hand. "Oh Touya? Don't hurt them!" And with that, the twins disappeared from sight.
"GAKI! Did you teach my imoutos to do that?" Touya demanded furiously. How was he supposed to get them when they could disappear like that?
"No Touya, I didn't. They've known how to do that for ages." Syaoran said, still stunned by the girls trick.
"They got us good that time, huh?" Jamie asked Syaoran.
Syaoran nodded. "It's pointless attempting to do that to them. They can communicate telepathically. How the hell are we meant to beat them?"
Jamie shrugged. "We could always get them back before."
"But before there was another one of us. He'd always get Naoko. Remember?"
Jamie nodded, while Naoko looked slightly stunned.
"OK, how the hell did they do that?" Came a voice.
Meiling groaned. "God Granger, don't you ever stop asking questions?"
Hermione sniffed. "I'm above petty insults like that."
Meiling snorted and mumbled. "Probably can't think of a good comeback."
"How did they do that?" Hermione asked again.
"It was a simple transfer of energy." Eriol said, speaking up. "And since those two are so strong, they can be from anywhere in this school, to anywhere on the other side of the globe."
"You're kidding, right?" Hermione asked.
Eriol shook his head. "At the rate they're going, they're going to be able to travel through time that way."
"Does that mean I'm not going to find them?" Touya asked.
Eriol shook his head again. "You won't be able to find them, unless they want to be found." He jumped when he felt a change in their auras. "They wouldn't." He whispered softly.
The others had felt it too, and knew instantly what he meant. The twins were using their cards.
"Are they in trouble?" Naoko asked, worried.
-No Naoko. We're fine. We just want some fun. Don't wait up for us, cause we don't know when we'll be back. We have the whole grounds to explore.- Came Sakura's sweet voice, echoing through the minds of their friends.
"Well since I'm not going to be able to torture my imoutos till later, I guess I'll go." Touya said, looking at Meiling.
Sakura and Yuri's video cameras appeared and began floating, but this went unnoticed by Touya and Meiling.
"Night." Touya whispered, just before his mouth descended on Meiling's.
-KAWAII!!- Came the girls' voices, echoing through everyone's minds.
Touya pulled away to see the two cameras floating beside him, and when he tried to grab them, they disappeared.
"KAIJUU! SQUIRT! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU…" Touya left his threat open as he stalked towards the door.
The girls weren't to be outdone though, as something invisible stood on Touya's foot, before tripping him.
-Now Touya. You wouldn't want a repeat of the time when you called Sakura a 'kaijuu' now would you? Being locked up in your chamber, not seeing Meiling, it'd be pure torture for you.- Yuri's voice warned.
"Yuri…" Touya shook his head as he left the room.
The other cardcaptors looked to the roof, then all went to bed.
"Psst. Harry." Ron whispered.
Harry jumped. He had been staring at Naoko, this nagging feeling in his stomach. What did the feeling mean?
"Harry?" Ron asked again.
"What?" Harry whispered back.
"Let's get your map and find that room and where Sakura and Yuri are." Ron said.
"Fine."
Harry, Ron and Hermione were under the invisibility cloak, and were walking out the portal.
"Why is it that we seem to spend so much time under this cloak?" Hermione asked.
"No idea." Ron answered.
The three walked to where they thought the room was, and Harry activated his map.
"Ok, there is a room beyond this statue, but there isn't a password." Harry said, confused. He then decided to try something. "I'm Harry Potter. Can you tell me how to get into this room?" He asked the map, taping his wand against it.
The map cleared and writing appeared.
You have the same last name as me.
"Yeah, I'm your son."
Ohh… Alright. I'll ask Moony about this room. There's something that I can't seem to remember about it.
The writing disappeared, then someone began writing again.
You're never going to be able to get in there.—Mr. Moony informs Harry Potter.
"Why?" Harry asked.
The statue has been spelled to never open unless someone with a certain magical aura, something that only sorcerers and sorceresses possess, asks it to.
"Ohh…. Thanks."
The parchment cleared and became the map again.
"Did you understand that?" Ron asked.
Harry shook his head, as did Hermione.
"Look, there's us, and there's Sakura and Yuri." Harry said, pointing to two dots that were in the middle of the lake.
"Are they nuts? Swimming, now?" Ron asked, confused.
Suddenly the dots disappeared, and they reappeared right in front of them.
"Well, seems like we have some people watching our movements Cherry." Said Yuri, looking at Harry.
"I know. How rude. And now they're going to act like they're not there. It's a shame that won't work, considering we can see through invisibility cloaks." Sakura said, flicking her hand.
The cloak lifted and descended into Harry's arms.
"Looks like they were trying to break into this room, Lily." Sakura said, flashing a cheeky grin.
"They can't Sakura. This statue has no password. It only responds to the auras of two certain people."
Harry, Ron and Hermione were shocked. How did they know that, and how could they have known that they were looking for them.
"Oh dear, I think we may have shocked them." Yuri shook her head.
"So do I. You know, it's becoming a real bore being underestimated. Sorta makes you want something big to happen, just so you can stop the doubts." Sakura said.
"True, but then they'd bug us more."
"Never a break, huh?"
Harry finally found his voice. "How did you know that we were watching?"
Sakura looked at Harry. "We felt it." She said simply.
Yuri looked to Hermione, who was just opening her mouth. "And don't bother saying that we couldn't have just felt, because we did. Like we said, stop underestimating us."
Hermione shut her mouth, astounded by the fact that they knew what she was going to say. How did they know that? She thought to herself.
"It wasn't too hard. For one, you never take our answers as the truth, you always question it, or simply argue it, secondly, you're predictable, and thirdly, you mind was practically screaming your question." Sakura said, not looking at Hermione. She noticed something and pointed it out to Yuri. "Take a look at that." She whispered.
Yuri looked towards the wall of their private room, and saw a pair of feet dangling out. "Oh, isn't that sweet. Peeves is protecting our room."
"I'd stay away from this room." Sakura cautioned. "Peeves seems to have taken up residence here." She pointed to his feet.
Suddenly the floor shook. Hermione gave a small shriek as she fell onto Ron.
Sakura and Yuri stood tall, and when the shaking was over, they looked at Harry.
"Is that a normal thing?" Sakura asked Harry.
Harry shook his head. "Never happened while I've been here."
Yuri looked at Sakura, and they both drew the same conclusion. They both paled.
"Crap." Yuri said softly.
Sakura, pale and shaking, stood, her eyes alert. "Someone's coming." She looked to Harry and the others. "I'd disappear under that cloak if I were you." She then took her sister's hand and they vanished.
The first professors to the site were Erin and Yukito.
"You know what that was, don't you?" Erin asked Yukito, her voice soft.
Yukito nodded. "Damn. I was hoping that they'd have more time to relax. They don't need this looming over them."
"Who don't need what looming over them, Tsukishiro?" Asked Snape, as he walked towards them.
"Yes, Yukito, do tell." Came McGonagall's voice.
"So nice to know that we can have a conversation alone." Erin said sarcastically.
Yukito smiled. "You do realise that we weren't alone from the minute we got here. They knew we were coming, and would have stuck around, except for a few things."
"Namely their peers, and these charming associates of ours who don't seem to have enough respect for their elders." Erin stated softly.
Yukito chuckled. "We don't appear to be their elders Erin, remember?"
Erin nodded. "Yeah I do."
"I wonder if this was just random, or if they really know that they're here." Yukito murmured.
"Know if who are here?" This time it was Dumbledore.
"God! Makes me wish I learnt how to communicate telepathically like they do. Our conversations would actually be ours then. Sorta makes me realise how Sakura must feel with Tomoyo watching her all the time with that camera." Erin complained.
"We'll talk to them tomorrow. We'll get them to teach us it." Yukito said.
"They way you two are going, it would be easier to understand you if you talked in another language." Snape complained.
Erin hit herself on the head. "Different language!"
Yukito knew where she was going with this. "Brilliant idea, but, Dumbledore speaks most of them, and as much as I trust you Dumbledore, you still take everything at a need-to-know basis."
Dumbledore pretended to be hurt. "I'm heartbroken that you would even think that I would consider eavesdropping on your conversations."
Erin snorted. "You wouldn't eavesdrop, you'd just jump in the conversation any time you like. Sorry, but we would like to keep our secrets to ourselves."
Yukito was still mulling over the different languages when he remembered something. "Remember that language he taught us?" He asked Erin.
Erin's eyes widened. "Of course."
"We were wondering when you'd remember that." Came a cheeky voice. Erin and Yukito instantly recognised it to be Sakura's, but the other professors didn't.
"Where are you student?" Snape asked, looking around. When he couldn't find anyone, his eyes lit up at a notion. "It's Potter with his invisibility cloak."
"Sorry Snape. Potter, Granger and Weasley are all safe, tucked in their beds, sleeping. Besides, there's only two of us here, not three." This voice belonged to Yuri.
"Why aren't you two in bed?" Erin asked, acting like a mother.
"Why aren't you and Yuki in bed?" Shot back the reply. It was laden with a double meaning.
Erin and Yukito blushed.
"They're asking for it." Erin said, her face red.
"No kidding." Yukito agreed, looking sunburnt, seeing as how fair he was.
"Do you know these two?" Dumbledore asked.
Yukito looked shocked. Dumbledore was supposed to know quite a lot. Why couldn't he figure out who was speaking?
-Awww. Is Yukito confused? Maybe Erin can make it all go away.- Yuri said, sounding like she was grinning.
"I can only speculate who it is." Yukito said calmly, attempting to ignore Yuri.
"Come now Yukito. Don't ignore my sister. It's no fun if you do that." Sakura giggled.
"Where are you students?" McGonagall asked, looking for where the voices came from.
"You're not going to find us, so you may as well stop." Yuri said, sighing.
"What are you two doing up so late?" Erin asked, forgetting momentarily that she wasn't supposed to know them.
"Well, you see, it started with us playing a prank…."
Yukito groaned. "I don't want to know this. How mad was he?"
There was a round of giggling. "You know us so well. Considering the fact that he was in the middle of a bath when she turned up at his door, I'd say he was beyond furious."
Erin groaned this time. "Did you manage to escape?"
"Of course." Sakura sounded like her pride was hurt at such a suggestion.
"But before we managed, our other halves believed we were plotting against them and were going to sacrifice us to his wrath." Said Yuri.
"What did you do to those poor boys?" Yukito asked, dreading the answer.
"Well, you know how protective….."
"You didn't." Erin stated, interrupting Sakura.
"We did. No one attempts to sacrifice us and gets away with it. So after we left our other halves to face his wrath, we went flying over the lake, and through the forest. Then we realised we were being watched, and so we came here to find who was watching us." Yuri claimed.
"You WHAT?!" McGonagall and Snape asked in unison.
"You went flying? How? The broom closet is always locked." McGonagall said, stunned.
"You went through the forest? Don't you realise you could have been killed? You stupid….." Snape broke off, as laughter filled the hall.
"Us? Killed? Brooms?" Yuri stated, before her laughter overtook her again.
Erin and Yukito were shaking their heads.
"What's so funny?" Snape demanded.
"They're laughing because you underestimated them." Erin said softly. "Believe me now when I say, do not underestimate them."
"WHO?" Snape roared.
This proved to be too much noise. Peeves, who was sleeping, began to groan as he stood.
"Can't a ghost get some sleep around here?" He asked, annoyed. He then noticed everyone around the room. "What are you all doing around my Ladyships' room?"
"Room?" McGonagall asked, confused.
Dumbledore stroked his beard, his eyes alight. "Yes room. You see, there's a room beyond that statue." He said, pointing to the faceless statue.
"What's in there Albus?" McGonagall asked.
"No idea. You see, there is no password to that room. It was rumoured to have been a retreat for Clow's twin daughters. Only their auras can open the door." Said Dumbledore.
"Aura? Aren't only sorcerers and sorceresses only meant to have them?" Snape questioned.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were shocked. This was getting way too confusing. Suddenly, they felt themselves lifting.
"Be quite, or they may hear you." Whispered Sakura's voice.
The scene in front of them disappeared, and they found themselves in the Gryffindor common room.
"Don't try to follow us again. We're warning you now to never underestimate us."
"Go to bed. And stop playing detective." Yuri said, as she and Sakura disappeared again.
"Guess we better do as they say." Harry said as he walked towards his dorm.
"Wait." Hermione's voice stopped him. "Have either of you ever seen them use their wands?"
Ron shook his head. "No, why?"
Hermione got a calculating look on her face. "No reason." She raced up to her dorm.
Ron sighed. "I don't think I even want to know."
Harry silently agreed.
The twins transported themselves back to where the professors were, concentrating on remaining invisible.
"Yes, auras are possessed by sorcerers and sorceresses. This is my Ladyships' room and I'll ask you to vacate the area." Peeves said, annoyed because they were hanging around the room.
"Oh Peeves. Isn't that sweet. So determined to protect our room." Sakura said.
Peeves gasped and bowed, not really at anyone though.
"Your Ladyship."
"Make that two." Yuri said, as she watched Peeves gasp again and bow once more.
"Both of you." Peeves then frowned. "Why aren't you in bed? You two should be getting your rest, not worrying about who is hanging around your room. Peeves can take care of that."
Yuri and Sakura giggled, while Dumbledore, Snape and McGonagall looked at Peeves, shocked.
"We're not tired Peeves, and besides, we're enjoying confusing the hell out of the professors. It's also interesting to watch you do it too." Sakura said, giggling more.
"I think Clow and Eve should have been more strict on you two." Erin said to the roof. "Ignoring what your elders say." She shook her head.
Yuri laughed. "Nice try Erin, but you know as well as I do that you and Yuki are technically not our elders."
Erin sighed, while Dumbledore looked at Erin in surprise. "What does she mean?"
Yukito stepped in at that. "They're just being silly."
"Us? Silly? Surely not Yukito." Sakura said pretending to be hurt.
"Don't try that on me. It won't work. Now, off to bed with you and Erin and I will talk to you in the morning."
"Ohh…. But why?" Yuri asked in a little girl's tone. "We want to stay up with you."
"Come now sis, maybe Erin and Yukito have better things to do." Sakura said, shocking Erin and Yukito.
"What happened to the innocent and incredibly naïve girl I knew?" Yukito asked the ceiling.
"Five minutes with my sister and my full memory, that's what. I'm growing up Yukito. Some of my naivete is vanishing."
"No kidding." Erin said, sporting a blush.
"Red looks so good on you Erin." Yuri said, making Sakura giggle.
"Here's the deal. We're not going till you give each other a good night kiss." Sakura bargained.
Yuri laughed. "Brilliant. No tricks or nothing. They'll have to do it because they will be too concerned about our welfare."
"I know."
Erin and Yukito looked at each other, both blushing.
"Well, we're waiting." Came Yuri's voice, slightly impatient.
Yukito walked over to Erin and placed a quick kiss on her lips, turning a darker shade of red. "Night." He said softly.
The twins screamed happily. "And we got it on tape too!"
"Now remember your part of the deal. Off to bed, and we'll see in the morning."
"Of course." Replied the twins. "Good night all. I hope we gave you something to think about."
Snape looked at the two blushing guardians. "Who were they?"
"It doesn't matter, because if you did figure out who they were and tried to punish them, they wouldn't care. They'd pay no attention to you." Erin said softly. She looked at Yukito. "Night Yukito." Erin the walked off to her chamber.
When Harry and Ron awoke the next morning, it seemed to be very quiet.
"Ron, Harry!" A voice called form the common room.
Quickly dressing, they rushed downstairs to see that it was Hermione.
"What is it, Hermione?" Ron asked.
Hermione looked incredibly pleased with herself as she dragged to two out of the common room and down to the main entrance.
"We need to wait here." She said, looking at the door with anticipation.
"What is it Hermione?" Ron asked again.
Hermione simply smiled, then went back to her staring.
Harry groaned. There was something about this that felt bad.
Upstairs, Sakura and Yuri were just waking up. Suddenly there were two outraged screams.
"SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN HERE!" Cried Yuri, furious.
Kero and Riara had woke up to the screams, as did everyone else who were attempting to sleep.
"What's wrong Yuri?" Riara asked cautiously.
Yuri was staring at her bedside table with a mixture of shock, dismay and outrage.
Sakura also had the same look as she stared at her bedside table.
"What is it Sakura?" Kero asked, just as cautious as Riara.
"Someone came into our dorm last night and stole our wands." Sakura said, her voice deadly soft.
"And whoever that someone is, they're going to pay." Yuri promised.
Down in the common room, Syaoran, Jamie and Eriol were looking up the stairs in concern.
"I wonder what happened." Jamie said softly.
He jumped as Sakura and Yuri appeared by his side, Meiling, Tomoyo and Naoko just arriving after them.
"Someone stole our wands." Yuri commented, her voice calm.
Jamie shuddered. Yuri may have sounded, looked and even acted calm, but calm was the last thing that she was. Her aura was a mixture of conflicting emotions. It was the same with Sakura.
Downstairs, the doors opened and in walked Mr. Ollivander. He looked at Hermione and grinned.
"Hello my dear. You wished to speak with me?" He asked.
Hermione nodded. "Yes I did, Mr. Ollivander. I'm sorry that I asked you to come here on such short notice."
"That's quite alright. I was rather intrigued by your note. May I see the wands?"
Hermione reached into her robes and pulled out a t-shirt and a skirt, all bundled up, and handed them to Mr. Ollivander.
Mr. Ollivander looked confused.
"I couldn't pick them up. I needed something that belonged to them." Hermione explained.
Mr. Ollivander nodded and opened the skirt bundle first and saw a light pink wand with gold and silver cherry blossoms over the hilt. He lightly touched the wand, seeing as that was the only way he could touch it. He looked at Hermione, shock written all over his face. "I have never, in all my life, seen a wand like this. Where on earth did you get it?"
Harry stared. "Hermione, please tell me what I'm thinking is wrong."
Hermione was about to answer, when someone interrupted.
"What are you thinking, Harry?" It was Sakura.
Yuri stared at Mr. Ollivander, then she looked at Hermione. "Well, well. I think I found our wands and the thief who stole them. If you don't mind?" Yuri lifted her hand and watched as her wand and t-shirt floated back to her.
Sakura did the same thing, although Mr. Ollivander tried to stop the wand. His fingers passed right through it.
Yuri and Sakura held onto their wands tightly, while glaring at Hermione.
"There you are, Sakura, Yuri. I thought we….." Erin broke off, feeling the anger radiating from the twins.
"Sorry Erin. We would have been there, but we got sidetracked. Sakura and I need to go see Professor Dumbledore to see how he feels about his students participating in duels." Yuri said, just before she and Sakura disappeared.
Mr. Ollivander looked at Hermione. "Don't tell me you got the wands from them." He begged.
Hermione nodded. "I did, why?"
Mr. Ollivander groaned. "All of them there," He pointed to the gang on the stairs "excluding the boy with glasses, bought their wands from me. We went through the entire shop. I could never find a wand for them til the girl with dark hair who just disappeared told me to look for a certain one. They posses the strongest wands I owned. They were all made in Clow's time, by people close to Clow, or Clow himself."
"You're the one who stole Yuri's and Sakura's wands?" Jamie asked.
Hermione nodded smugly.
"I wouldn't look so smug if I were you." Syaoran snapped. "You never touch their wands. Never. They are at the moment, seeing if Dumbledore will let them have a duel against you."
Hermione paled at his words, but them she looked smug again. "They won't be able to."
"I don't know about that Miss Granger." Came Dumbledore's voice from behind them. "What's this I hear about you stealing wands?"
Hermione gulped as Dumbledore's gaze landed on her.
"I have given my permission for Sakura and or Yuri to challenge you to a duel. I was worried for them, seeing as you're the top student, or at least you were, but they managed to convince me that they'd be fine."
Hermione paled once more.
"Now, the main question is, who gets her?" Yuri asked her sister in a reasonable tone.
Sakura looked at Yuri. "Can I have her, please?"
Yuri looked down. "Oh, but I wanted to have a shot at her too."
Meiling could tell that there was going to be an argument, so she quickly stepped in. "Why don't you both do it?"
Yuri looked surprised. "Because that wouldn't be fair."
"Then have Sakura fight first, then once she's beaten, heal her and then Yuri, you can have your shot." Meiling suggested.
The twins looked at each other, and nodded.
"Sounds ok by me." Sakura said.
"Wait a second. Aren't you being a little too confident? Hermione is one of the best witches here." Ron protested.
The cardcaptors gang took one disbelieving look at Ron, before they all burst out laughing.
Eriol was the first to calm down. "I thought Yuri and Sakura told you yesterday not to underestimate them."
Hermione, Harry and Ron looked shocked. How did Eriol know that?
Yuri looked at Eriol with narrowed eyes. "You better not have been spying on us Hiiragizawa."
Eriol smiled calmly. "And if I had been?"
"If you had been then you'll have a lot of answering to do!" Yuri exploded.
Sakura's eyes widened at Yuri's thought. "Yuri, surely you don't think that Eriol….."
"He would, just to see if our guard was up, imouto san." Yuri said.
Dumbledore was shocked. First Eriol was talking about not underestimating Yuri and Sakura, then Yuri called Sakura little sister. What was going on?
Suddenly he gasped, words from last night's discussion coming forth.
*FLASHBACK*
"You went through the forest? Don't you realise you could have been killed? You stupid….." Snape broke off, as laughter filled the hall.
"Us? Killed? Brooms?" Someone stated, before her laughter overtook her again.
Erin and Yukito were shaking their heads.
"What's so funny?" Snape demanded.
"They're laughing because you underestimated them." Erin said softly. "Believe me now when I say, do not underestimate them."
*END FLASHBACK*
"Eriol, we're going to have a nice long chat after this, understand?" Asked Yuri.
Eriol nodded.
"Now, can we start already?" Meiling asked, eager to see a fight.
Dumbledore nodded, trying to work things out.
-Don't bother Dumbledore. You'll never figure this out.- A voice rang through Dumbledore's mind.
"Where shall we duel?" Sakura asked.
"Your training area shall be fine." Dumbledore suggested.
Sakura and Yuri nodded, and lead the way out of the castle. Soon, a huge crowd gathered behind them, knowing that something was up.
Inside the protective dome that encased the cardcaptors gang's training grounds stood Sakura, Yuri and Hermione.
Not surprisingly, the entire school had crowded around the outside of the dome, once they had heard what was happening.
Lee Jordan, the Weasley Twins' best friend was even commentating, but he was safely out of McGonagall's reach.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today we have a first in the entire of Hogwarts history. Professor Dumbledore has given his permission to allow a wizard duel take place." Announced Lee. "It seems that there will be two duels, the first featuring Gryffindor's very own Hermione Granger. Hermione is an intelligent witch and is best friend with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. Her opponent and one of her challengers is Sakura Kinomoto. As an exchange student from Japan, Sakura is one of the top students here. She is also quite attractive."
While Sakura ignored this comment, Yuri glanced at Syaoran to see him scowling at the commentator. Yuri walked over to the side of the dome, near Lee.
"Hey, Jordan." She called.
Lee looked at her.
"Watch what you say about Sakura." She warned, pointing out Syaoran to him. "Or, you might find yourself in here, facing Syaoran. Dumbledore seems to be in a very giving mood."
Lee gulped and nodded.
"Good." Yuri walked back to her sister.
"And, Hermione's other opponent and challenger is Yuri Wei, who is also one of the top students. Yuri is an exchange student as well, and is quite attractive too." Said Lee.
Sakura smirked as she watched Jamie go red with anger. Sauntering over to Lee, she motioned to Jamie.
"See him," Lee nodded. "Well he and Yuri are going out. He gets incredibly jealous, so unless you want to join Granger in losing today, I suggest you watch what you say about Yuri."
Lee paled. "Well, I have just been informed, twice now, to watch what I say about our exchange students. I have every intention to do just that."
Sakura turned to Hermione. "May as well kick your ass now. My One san doesn't like to be kept waiting."
Dumbledore stared. That was the second time that one of those two referred to the other as family. What on Earth is happening?
"Go easy on her." Yuri warned.
Sakura nodded as she walked towards Hermione.
They both bowed, then Hermione pulled out her wand.
"STUPEFY!" Hermione cried, attempting to stun Sakura.
Sakura simply stood there as the spell raced towards her.
"Granger has made the first move, attempting to stun her opponent. And Kinomoto isn't moving or attempting to block the spell." Lee cried, watching as the spell raced at Sakura.
Sakura simply smiled and held out her hand. The spell hit her hand and vanished, showing that it had had no affect on Sakura.
Hermione and everyone else were shocked. She didn't even try to counter it and she managed to survive. How?
Yuri was smirking. She did warn the students not to underestimate them, but it seems that they didn't listen.
Sakura looked at Hermione and saw the shocked look on her face. "We told you not to underestimate us. But you continue to do so, even after we've proved that we're stronger than you. Why?" Sakura asked, confused by such stubbornness.
Hermione shook her head. "You're not stronger than me." She cried, calling out another spell.
Sakura simply sighed. "Oh well, no hope for it." She said, waving her hand. Instantly, Hermione flew into the air. "Do you give up?" Sakura called to her.
Hermione growled. "No."
Sakura waved her hand again and watched as Hermione fell to the ground in a heap. She was unconscious.
"Well the obvious winner here is Sakura Kinomoto. She won without having to even draw her wand. What I want to know is though, besides how she did that, is how Yuri plans to fight Hermione if she is out cold." Lee announced to the shocked crowd.
Outside of the dome, Meiling sent Ron a superior look. "Overconfident?"
Ron looked at Meiling startled. "You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?" He accused.
Syaoran stepped forward. "Of course we did. Sakura and Yuri have warned you time and time again not to underestimate them, and yet you still do. She deserved all she got for stealing Sakura's wand."
"Well how is Yuri supposed to fight Hermione if she is out cold?" Ron demanded.
Jamie stepped forward to explain. "Yuri has a slightly more volatile temper than Sakura, so nothing will stop her from teaching Granger not to steal from her or Sakura again. Watch." Jamie said, pointing to Yuri who was walking over to Hermione.
They watched as Yuri waved her hand over Hermione's prone form and gasped as she stood.
"What happened?" Hermione asked, as she stood.
Yuri looked at her with an unreadable expression. "You lost, I healed you, now it's my turn."
"Am I hearing right? Yuri just said that she healed Hermione and now it's her turn." Lee said, still commentating. "I guess this answers my question about how Yuri was going to fight Hermione."
This time, Hermione didn't even bow, as she called out the most powerful spell she could think of.
Unfortunately, it wasn't powerful enough. Yuri smirked as the spell hit her and didn't faze her in the least.
Yuri then flicked her hand and made Hermione fly into the side of the dome. Before she could get back up though, Yuri had flicked her hand again and sent her flying to the other side.
"Don't steal from me or my imouto again Granger." Said Yuri as she smiled with a new idea. Raising her arm, Yuri watched as Hermione went up into the air. She then clicked her fingers and watched as Hermione disappearing in a flash of pink. When the flash vanished, instead of Hermione, there was a little brown ferret.
Yuri giggled as she sent a look towards Malfoy. "Hey Malfoy!"
Malfoy, who was twitching slightly at the sight f the ferret, looked at Yuri. "What?"
"I found your mate." She cried, laughing as Malfoy went red, then white, then red again.
"How dare you?" He roared.
Yuri laughed some more. "How dare I? I dare considering the fact that a full grown wizard did this to you with the aid of a wand, and yet I, I whom am only sixteen years of age ("Technically" Came Sakura's voice) could do it to Granger without a wand."
Sakura laughed at the look on Malfoy's face. "Do you now understand why we keep warning you? I mean, if you and Granger aren't careful, you may both find yourselves stuck permanently as ferrets. But just think of all the cute little brown and white babies you could have."
Everyone laughed at the look on Malfoy's face. It was a look that was truly grotesque.
"Since Granger can't fight back, considering the condition she's in, I'd say, Yuri wins." Lee announced.
Yuri, with this announcement, flicked her hand once, and the ferret floated back down to the ground, where it changed into Hermione.
"Looks like we won." Yuri said, as she and Sakura walked out of the dome.
Hermione sat on the ground, shocked. How could they beat her?
Yuri and Sakura walked over to Erin and Yukito.
"You wanted to speak with us?" Sakura asked.
Erin nodded. "Come with us please."
Yuri turned to stare at Eriol. "The others, if they don't want to, don't have to come, but you Eriol, have to."
Eriol sighed, hoping that she would have forgotten about that.
Dumbledore looked up from Hermione to see that Sakura and Yuri were leaving the field with Erin and Yukito, along with the other exchange students. He remembered what Yukito had said last night to the mysterious voices.
*FLASHBACK*
"Now remember your part of the deal. Off to bed, and we'll see in the morning." Said Yukito
"Of course." Replied the mysterious voices.
*END FLASHBACK*
Dumbledore decided to follow behind discreetly.