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Chapter 4: The Unusual Snowy Weather
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~~Next Morning~~
Tap Tap Tap was the sound that Syaoran's shoes made as he walked to school.
He sighed and looked up. In the sky, the sun was peeking throught the clouds. He suddenly he saw Sakura's face in the clouds. He blushed at the thought of her. Syaoran thought about what Tomoyo said on the night of the Festival. [Author's note: Refer to episode 67.] ºFlashbackº Tomoyo looks at Syaoran. "Li-kun." Syaoran looks up. Tomoyo continues. "You're a really nice person, I know you would never hurt Sakura. And nothing keeps her upset for very long," Syaoran looks down. "If you tell her how you feel, I'm sure she feel the same way and tell you so in her own way." ºEnd of Flashbackº Syaoran lowers his head. Tomoyo's voice echoes in his head. *If you don't tell her, she will never know.* Syaoran sighed once more. CRASH!!! Something had run into Syaoran and had cause him to fall backward. "Aaahh!" Syaoran rubbed his head and looked up to see what had hit him. He saw Sakura on the ground across from him, with her wheels on her blades spinning wildly. Syaoran turned deep red. Sakura opened her eyes and rubbed her head. She saw Syaoran. "Ah! Shaoran-kun!! Gomen Gomen!!" She jumped up and bowed apologetically. "I didn't mean to run into you! I didn't even see you coming." She rolled over to him and extended her arm to help him up. He jumped up. "Umm....ah.." Sakura smiled. "Are you on you're way to school?" Syaoran nodded his head wildly. "Do you mind if I join you?" Syaoran shook his head wildly. ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º Sakura leisurely rolls down the sidewalk next to Syaoran. Sakura yawns. Syaoran looks over. "Are you alright?" Sakura looks at him and smiles. "Yeah, I'm just a bit tired from yesterday." Syaoran stares at her with worry. Sakura senses his concern. "Thank you for being worried, but I'm ok, Really!" Syaoran lowers his head and blushes. "Sak.." "WAI!!!!!!!!" Syaoran raises his head, but he is suddenly knocked over. Someone pulls him up by his bag and then grabs on to his neck. Syaoran chokes. "H-H-Heavy" *choke* Syaoran here's Sakura's voice. "Ohayo, Reita-chan Syaoran's face turns stone. "EEEHHH?????" And then frowns. "Ohayo Sakura-chan! OHAYO SHAORAN-KUN!!!!!" "Ack! Get off!" Syaoran struggles to get Reita of but he fails. Sakura smiles. "Do you have morning duty too? Reita-chan?" Reita nods "Yup! It's good that you have suitable weather in the morning here in Japan." Sakura nods. "Don't you have nice weather where ever you're from?" Reita's face turns serious and she grins. "Not recently." Sakura looks at her with a puzzled face. "Hoe?" Syaoran is still busy trying to break reita's grip. Sakura continues. "Do you like it here in Japan?" Reita nods excitedly. *Slow Motion* When Sakura doesn't notice, Reita lowers her head and her eyes start to glow a bright red. *Regular Motion* The sky turns dark and cloudy. Sakura looks up. Along with Syaoran and Reita with confused expressions on their faces. Reita smiles and her eyes turn back to their normal golden color. Sakura, still looking up, is confused about the sudden changes. "That's..strange" Syaoran frowns. "This isn't normal." A light snow fall begins and descends onto Tomeoda. A single snow flake lands on Sakura's nose. "Huh? But didn't Fall just start? It usually doesn't start to snow until the end of winter!" [Author's note: Japan doesn't get below-freezing temperatures until the end of winter and beginning of spring.) Syaoran turns to Sakura. "Let's go!" Reita jumps off of Syaoran and runs along with Syaoran and Sakura, smiling. ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º Sakura is looking out the window while her teacher is giving a lecture. She watches the snow leisurely drift down to the ground. Despite how beautiful it looks, Sakura still is worried how abnormal it is for snow to appear in this season. Sakura shakes her head and returns back to reality. She calms her self down. "I've got to stop worrying about everything. Besides I love it when it snows ^-^" During lunch Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Rika, Yamazaki, rosiethorns88 (in replace of Chiharu: inside joke for all the people in the guild), and Naoko were sitting out in the courtyard in the snow on a blanket. The snow was still falling light enough to go outside. Rika looks at Naoko. "It's strange that we have snow so early." Naoko nods. "I wonder if it's a unnatural phenomenon." Yamazaki suddenly perks up. "About snow falls.." Everyone looks at him. "They say that a big alien lives on the moon and has a major case of dandruff. When he scratches his head the dandruff falls on to the surface of the moon and with the freezing cold temperatures, it turns into snow. The big alien is very tidy so he when sweeps the snow off the moon, it falls to earth..." rosiethorns88 throws her arms over his neck and hugs him. "Wai! I luv it!" Sakura stares in disbelief. "Really?" Tomoyo whispers in to Sakura's ear. "I don't think so. ^-^" Sakura looks up and watches the snow drop toward the ground. "It is pretty, isn't it?" Tomoyo looks up as well. "Yes, it is." Sakura stands up but a sudden gust of wind sends her back and she falls backward. The snowfall had thickened and now everyone's hands and faces were pale and cold, except for Syaoran. His face was red as a tomato since Sakura had landed on his lap when she fell. Rika stands up and covers her forehead with her arm. The wind starts to pick up a little. "Come on! Let's get inside! Quick!!" Everyone scrambles to grab their stuff and runs toward the school. On the other side of the school's courtyard in a tree, Reita sits on the lowest branch with a glowing ball surrounding her to protect her from the snow. She smiles. Reita jumps down and runs toward the school. ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º Sakura, Tomoyo were walking home under one umbrella. Syaoran was stuck with Reita. She gleefully hung around his neck while he walks, trying to shield them both from the strong gust of wind and snow. Tomoyo's bodyguards couldn't pick them up because they were caught in the snow. So now they have to walk home. Hail was now beating against Sakura's window. Sakura looks worriedly out the window. Kero stands on the window sill, looking out the window as well. Across the room, a phone rings. Sakura rushes toward it. "Sakura-chan!" Sakura gasps. "Tomoyo-chan! What's wrong!" "The snow has buried this part of town! We're snowed in and they can't get out." Sakura's face looks determined. "Don't worry! I'll find a way to help! Stay there Tomoyo-chan!" "Ahhhhhh!!!!!" Sakura yells into the phone. "Tomoyo-chan! Tomoyo-chan! What happened!" Tomoyo's voice comes through the receiver. "I won't get to tape you're heroic efforts!!" *sweatdrops* ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º ~~In front of Tomoyo's house~~ Sakura is standing in front of the gates next to Kero. Sakura had summoned the shield card to protect them from the hail. "MMMMMMMMMMSSSAKURA!!!! You need to get rid of this snow!!!!! It's driving me crazy!!!!" Sakura nods. She takes out her key. The key that holds the power of the stars. The glowing star circle appears under Sakura. Reveal your true form to me. I, Sakura, commands thee under convert. Release! A wall of light appears on the outer edge of the circle. The wand shakes and starts to extend into a wand. Sakura grabs it and stands her ground. She takes out a card from her pocket and throws it in the air. It spins wildly, emitting glowing sparkles. Sakura thrusts her wand and it comes in contact with the card. The card stops and the wings on the wand expand. "Firey!" A red light bursts from the card and the freeform of the fire spirit appears. It looks down at Sakura, awaiting its mistress's command. "Firey, use your power to melt the snow around Tomoyo-chan's house!" Firey obeys and turns toward the house. It leaves the safety of Shield, but as soon as it does, it is pounded by the hail. Firey shoots fireballs at the oncoming hail. The hail balls become larger in size and it's too much for Firey. Firey struggles to shoot at them. Suddenly, a big ball of fire comes from nowhere, eliminating the hail and ice balls from the air, for the moment. Giving Firey enough time to complete its task. Sakura looks over and see Syaoran. A circling wind surrounds him, protecting him from the hail. "Shaoran-kun!" Syaoran lifts up his sword and stands in an attack position. "Watch out!" Syaoran jumps and slices through a ice ball the size of a watermelon. Kero turns to Sakura. "Sakura!!! Firey isn't strong enough! You must fuse with it!" Sakura stands back. "But, Kero-chan, I couldn't even maintain the power of Windy for more than a minute. I didn't even use its power!!! How can I do anything once I'm fused!!" Kero jumps into Sakura's face. "What choice do we have!!!" Sakura looked up at Tomoyo's house. As every second went by, the snow piled up higher and higher. Sakura clenches he wand and nods. "Firey!" Firey looks back and returns before Sakura. It looks down at her waiting for her orders. Sakura extends her wand and points it at Firey. She begins to recite the spell. "Card of the stars Reveal your power And fuse to become one Under the name of the Card mistress I command you! Firey!" Firey bursts into flames and the flames form into a glowing ball. The ball flies toward Sakura with immense speed and comes in contact. Sakura is surround by a glowing wall of light. The light soon is eaten away by the flames that are coming off of Sakura. Sakura emerges. Her skin is producing a flame that covers her entire body, making her glow a bright red. Kero shouts at her. "Sakura!!! Harness Firey's power and throw it at the snow!!!" Sakura cups her hands and a ball of flame forms between them. She takes the flame into one hand. The flame is floating just 2 inches above her palm. With a sudden burst of energy, Sakura throws the flame, which expands and multiplies it's size, causing it to wipe out all of the snow and hail. Soon the snow is melted away completely. Tomoyo emerges from her house. "Sakura-chan!!!!" Tomoyo runs toward Sakura. Sakura turns back to normal and starts to run toward Tomoyo, but she begins to fall forward. Syoaran runs up to her, slides and catches her before she hits the ground. Kero floats over. "I wouldn't be surprised that she fell asleep. She did use up a lot of energy with that move." Tomoyo holds up her camera. "I got all of it. There was a hold through the snow at one of the windows in the kitchen. Sakura-chan was great!!" The Firey card floats over to Kero and he catches it. "It's strange though, that there was this much snow, and only on Tomoyo's house." ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º On top of the Daidouji Residence, Reita, dressed in a long cape, stands in the middle of a glowing circle. She smiles. "Impressive."
He sighed and looked up. In the sky, the sun was peeking throught the clouds. He suddenly he saw Sakura's face in the clouds. He blushed at the thought of her. Syaoran thought about what Tomoyo said on the night of the Festival. [Author's note: Refer to episode 67.] ºFlashbackº Tomoyo looks at Syaoran. "Li-kun." Syaoran looks up. Tomoyo continues. "You're a really nice person, I know you would never hurt Sakura. And nothing keeps her upset for very long," Syaoran looks down. "If you tell her how you feel, I'm sure she feel the same way and tell you so in her own way." ºEnd of Flashbackº Syaoran lowers his head. Tomoyo's voice echoes in his head. *If you don't tell her, she will never know.* Syaoran sighed once more. CRASH!!! Something had run into Syaoran and had cause him to fall backward. "Aaahh!" Syaoran rubbed his head and looked up to see what had hit him. He saw Sakura on the ground across from him, with her wheels on her blades spinning wildly. Syaoran turned deep red. Sakura opened her eyes and rubbed her head. She saw Syaoran. "Ah! Shaoran-kun!! Gomen Gomen!!" She jumped up and bowed apologetically. "I didn't mean to run into you! I didn't even see you coming." She rolled over to him and extended her arm to help him up. He jumped up. "Umm....ah.." Sakura smiled. "Are you on you're way to school?" Syaoran nodded his head wildly. "Do you mind if I join you?" Syaoran shook his head wildly. ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º Sakura leisurely rolls down the sidewalk next to Syaoran. Sakura yawns. Syaoran looks over. "Are you alright?" Sakura looks at him and smiles. "Yeah, I'm just a bit tired from yesterday." Syaoran stares at her with worry. Sakura senses his concern. "Thank you for being worried, but I'm ok, Really!" Syaoran lowers his head and blushes. "Sak.." "WAI!!!!!!!!" Syaoran raises his head, but he is suddenly knocked over. Someone pulls him up by his bag and then grabs on to his neck. Syaoran chokes. "H-H-Heavy" *choke* Syaoran here's Sakura's voice. "Ohayo, Reita-chan Syaoran's face turns stone. "EEEHHH?????" And then frowns. "Ohayo Sakura-chan! OHAYO SHAORAN-KUN!!!!!" "Ack! Get off!" Syaoran struggles to get Reita of but he fails. Sakura smiles. "Do you have morning duty too? Reita-chan?" Reita nods "Yup! It's good that you have suitable weather in the morning here in Japan." Sakura nods. "Don't you have nice weather where ever you're from?" Reita's face turns serious and she grins. "Not recently." Sakura looks at her with a puzzled face. "Hoe?" Syaoran is still busy trying to break reita's grip. Sakura continues. "Do you like it here in Japan?" Reita nods excitedly. *Slow Motion* When Sakura doesn't notice, Reita lowers her head and her eyes start to glow a bright red. *Regular Motion* The sky turns dark and cloudy. Sakura looks up. Along with Syaoran and Reita with confused expressions on their faces. Reita smiles and her eyes turn back to their normal golden color. Sakura, still looking up, is confused about the sudden changes. "That's..strange" Syaoran frowns. "This isn't normal." A light snow fall begins and descends onto Tomeoda. A single snow flake lands on Sakura's nose. "Huh? But didn't Fall just start? It usually doesn't start to snow until the end of winter!" [Author's note: Japan doesn't get below-freezing temperatures until the end of winter and beginning of spring.) Syaoran turns to Sakura. "Let's go!" Reita jumps off of Syaoran and runs along with Syaoran and Sakura, smiling. ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º Sakura is looking out the window while her teacher is giving a lecture. She watches the snow leisurely drift down to the ground. Despite how beautiful it looks, Sakura still is worried how abnormal it is for snow to appear in this season. Sakura shakes her head and returns back to reality. She calms her self down. "I've got to stop worrying about everything. Besides I love it when it snows ^-^" During lunch Sakura, Tomoyo, Syaoran, Rika, Yamazaki, rosiethorns88 (in replace of Chiharu: inside joke for all the people in the guild), and Naoko were sitting out in the courtyard in the snow on a blanket. The snow was still falling light enough to go outside. Rika looks at Naoko. "It's strange that we have snow so early." Naoko nods. "I wonder if it's a unnatural phenomenon." Yamazaki suddenly perks up. "About snow falls.." Everyone looks at him. "They say that a big alien lives on the moon and has a major case of dandruff. When he scratches his head the dandruff falls on to the surface of the moon and with the freezing cold temperatures, it turns into snow. The big alien is very tidy so he when sweeps the snow off the moon, it falls to earth..." rosiethorns88 throws her arms over his neck and hugs him. "Wai! I luv it!" Sakura stares in disbelief. "Really?" Tomoyo whispers in to Sakura's ear. "I don't think so. ^-^" Sakura looks up and watches the snow drop toward the ground. "It is pretty, isn't it?" Tomoyo looks up as well. "Yes, it is." Sakura stands up but a sudden gust of wind sends her back and she falls backward. The snowfall had thickened and now everyone's hands and faces were pale and cold, except for Syaoran. His face was red as a tomato since Sakura had landed on his lap when she fell. Rika stands up and covers her forehead with her arm. The wind starts to pick up a little. "Come on! Let's get inside! Quick!!" Everyone scrambles to grab their stuff and runs toward the school. On the other side of the school's courtyard in a tree, Reita sits on the lowest branch with a glowing ball surrounding her to protect her from the snow. She smiles. Reita jumps down and runs toward the school. ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º Sakura, Tomoyo were walking home under one umbrella. Syaoran was stuck with Reita. She gleefully hung around his neck while he walks, trying to shield them both from the strong gust of wind and snow. Tomoyo's bodyguards couldn't pick them up because they were caught in the snow. So now they have to walk home. Hail was now beating against Sakura's window. Sakura looks worriedly out the window. Kero stands on the window sill, looking out the window as well. Across the room, a phone rings. Sakura rushes toward it. "Sakura-chan!" Sakura gasps. "Tomoyo-chan! What's wrong!" "The snow has buried this part of town! We're snowed in and they can't get out." Sakura's face looks determined. "Don't worry! I'll find a way to help! Stay there Tomoyo-chan!" "Ahhhhhh!!!!!" Sakura yells into the phone. "Tomoyo-chan! Tomoyo-chan! What happened!" Tomoyo's voice comes through the receiver. "I won't get to tape you're heroic efforts!!" *sweatdrops* ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º ~~In front of Tomoyo's house~~ Sakura is standing in front of the gates next to Kero. Sakura had summoned the shield card to protect them from the hail. "MMMMMMMMMMSSSAKURA!!!! You need to get rid of this snow!!!!! It's driving me crazy!!!!" Sakura nods. She takes out her key. The key that holds the power of the stars. The glowing star circle appears under Sakura. Reveal your true form to me. I, Sakura, commands thee under convert. Release! A wall of light appears on the outer edge of the circle. The wand shakes and starts to extend into a wand. Sakura grabs it and stands her ground. She takes out a card from her pocket and throws it in the air. It spins wildly, emitting glowing sparkles. Sakura thrusts her wand and it comes in contact with the card. The card stops and the wings on the wand expand. "Firey!" A red light bursts from the card and the freeform of the fire spirit appears. It looks down at Sakura, awaiting its mistress's command. "Firey, use your power to melt the snow around Tomoyo-chan's house!" Firey obeys and turns toward the house. It leaves the safety of Shield, but as soon as it does, it is pounded by the hail. Firey shoots fireballs at the oncoming hail. The hail balls become larger in size and it's too much for Firey. Firey struggles to shoot at them. Suddenly, a big ball of fire comes from nowhere, eliminating the hail and ice balls from the air, for the moment. Giving Firey enough time to complete its task. Sakura looks over and see Syaoran. A circling wind surrounds him, protecting him from the hail. "Shaoran-kun!" Syaoran lifts up his sword and stands in an attack position. "Watch out!" Syaoran jumps and slices through a ice ball the size of a watermelon. Kero turns to Sakura. "Sakura!!! Firey isn't strong enough! You must fuse with it!" Sakura stands back. "But, Kero-chan, I couldn't even maintain the power of Windy for more than a minute. I didn't even use its power!!! How can I do anything once I'm fused!!" Kero jumps into Sakura's face. "What choice do we have!!!" Sakura looked up at Tomoyo's house. As every second went by, the snow piled up higher and higher. Sakura clenches he wand and nods. "Firey!" Firey looks back and returns before Sakura. It looks down at her waiting for her orders. Sakura extends her wand and points it at Firey. She begins to recite the spell. "Card of the stars Reveal your power And fuse to become one Under the name of the Card mistress I command you! Firey!" Firey bursts into flames and the flames form into a glowing ball. The ball flies toward Sakura with immense speed and comes in contact. Sakura is surround by a glowing wall of light. The light soon is eaten away by the flames that are coming off of Sakura. Sakura emerges. Her skin is producing a flame that covers her entire body, making her glow a bright red. Kero shouts at her. "Sakura!!! Harness Firey's power and throw it at the snow!!!" Sakura cups her hands and a ball of flame forms between them. She takes the flame into one hand. The flame is floating just 2 inches above her palm. With a sudden burst of energy, Sakura throws the flame, which expands and multiplies it's size, causing it to wipe out all of the snow and hail. Soon the snow is melted away completely. Tomoyo emerges from her house. "Sakura-chan!!!!" Tomoyo runs toward Sakura. Sakura turns back to normal and starts to run toward Tomoyo, but she begins to fall forward. Syoaran runs up to her, slides and catches her before she hits the ground. Kero floats over. "I wouldn't be surprised that she fell asleep. She did use up a lot of energy with that move." Tomoyo holds up her camera. "I got all of it. There was a hold through the snow at one of the windows in the kitchen. Sakura-chan was great!!" The Firey card floats over to Kero and he catches it. "It's strange though, that there was this much snow, and only on Tomoyo's house." ~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º~º On top of the Daidouji Residence, Reita, dressed in a long cape, stands in the middle of a glowing circle. She smiles. "Impressive."