Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura belongs to the great CLAMP(and I don't
deserve to own any of their masterpieces...).
Author's Note: Great! I'll make sure this as a good one! I'll make more actions in this one! n_~ So please R&R! ^0^ Oh, and the next chapter will be on *next* Saturday. Gomen, but I'm busy. -_-;
Japanese and Chinese Vocabulary:
*Sensei = teacher.
*Siing~ = Japanese sound effect for awkward silence(usually written without the 'g'!).
*Wakatta = I understand.
Chapter 10
The Web
Sakura sat on her bed with a Clow Card in her hands. The Forest.
'I still can't think of a way to help Forest.' she thought with a sigh.
'Maybe I could suggest Terada-sensei about cleaning the town after I got back to Tomoeda!' Sakura thought with a smile.
Sakura then put The Forest into a stack of Clow Cards Sakura had collected.
"Yo! Sakura, you have captured *5* cards!" said Kero, stressing the number '5' with pride.
"Un! That means that I'm halfway to the completion!" said Sakura, relieved and happy.
"But unfortunately that *brat* got one of the cards!" Kero pouted in dissatisfaction.
"Shao Ran caught it, it's his!" Sakura reminded.
"But, still!" Kero insisted.
"You're the true Card Captor, anyway! I just don't know what's in Clow's mind!" he said, more displeased than before.
"Hm. Kero-chan, I'm really confused by Eriol-kun's thoughts. I don't understand his way of thinking! Sometimes he looks like he's going to harm us, but another time."
"He *is* strange." Kero said, cutting Sakura's line.
"Even I, as his guardian beast, don't know what he thinks and plans sometimes." he continued with a sigh.
"He's just. unpredictable." Kero finished seriously.
Sakura and Kero silenced for a second, Sakura eyed Kero as if waiting for him to speak some more.
"But he surely gave me lots of sweet things to eat, back then!!" Kero beamed with delight, changing his expression.
"Hoe~"
THUD!
Sakura fell down comically. -_-;
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KNOCK! KNOCK!
There are knockings on Sakura's bedroom door.
Sakura was sitting alone since Kero went out to find some 'goodies', which was very probably sweets and cakes. -_-;
"Coming!" Sakura got up and went to open the door to the unexpected guest.
"Eriol-kun!" said Sakura in surprise.
"Do you mind if I come in, Sakura-san?" Eriol asked politely.
"Of course not! Please come in!" said Sakura at once.
"Thank you." Eriol stepped in, carrying his mysterious aura behind.
"Ano. is there something wrong?" asked Sakura worriedly.
Eriol shook his head.
"No, I just want to tell you something." he said secretively.
"Wh. What?" Sakura asked gawkily.
"For whatever you face from now on. be confident, I know you'll be able to catch all of them." he said encouragingly.
"Oh, um. thank you." Sakura said shyly, a shade of red appeared on her face.
"And since you've captured half of them. I should say that this is quite an achievement." he continued.
"Mou, I don't really think I deserve that compliment, Eriol-kun." she said, face getting redder.
"No, really, I'm quite impressed with both you and my cute little descendant." Eriol said.
"But remember, the end could mean the beginning." he said, wisely and mysteriously.
"The. beginning?" Sakura repeated anxiously.
Eriol smiled mischievously.
"Well, I guess I should return to the library where Spinel waits." he decided and walked toward the door.
"Wait, Eriol-kun! What. What do you mean by the end could mean the beginning?!" Sakura asked tensely.
Eriol smiled, nicer this time.
"You'll figure it out when the time comes." he said and closed the door behind him.
'When the time comes.?'
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Not long after that.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
There was an even more frantic knockings on Sakura's door.
"C. Coming!" Sakura rushed to the door.
"Eriol-kun?!" Sakura guessed as she opened the door.
"Looking for Eriol? Sorry to disappoint you." Ruby Moon said when she faced the embarrass Sakura.
"Ru. Ruby Moon-san! Sorry! I didn't mean to." Sakura babbled awkwardly.
"It's okay! Ohohohoho!" Ruby Moon laughed over-cheerfully.
"So. Do you have something to tell me?" Sakura asked, trying as polite as she could.
"Actually, it's more like a *request*." he said mysteriously.
"Hoe?" Sakura blinked unknowingly.
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"Ruby Moon asked us." Shao Ran began in disbelief.
".to clean the basement?!" Tomoyo finished.
"I. I know it sounds weird, but." Sakura tried to explain.
"This is not *weird*, this is *ridiculous*!" yelled Mei Lin.
"Well. I guess since we stay here." Sakura's sentence trailed off.
"But to clean the basement?! I thought I wouldn't go to a basement for a long time since that time!(Refers to Chapter 6!)" Mei Lin yelled again in disgust.
"Mei Lin!" Shao Ran said loud, both sternly and impatiently.
"It won't be that bad, Mei Lin-chan, as long as we wear maskers and gloves." Tomoyo said.
"Look! I made gloves and maskers for everyone!" Tomoyo showed them rather too high-class gloves and maskers.
SIIIIIIIIING~
The others sweat dropped in the awkward silence. -_-;
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"It's really like what I remember." grumbled Mei Lin as they enter the dusty basement.
"It's also dusty and full of cobwebs!" she complained more.
"Mei Lin. That's why this is a basement." Shao Ran sighed.
"Oops, sorry! I forgot to take few things! I'll be right back!" said Ruby Moon suddenly.
Then he left, leaving the stunned group in the dusty basement. Flashlights are the only source of light.
"Hoe~" Sakura shrieked in fear.
"Argh! Why must we do this?!" grumbled Mei Lin.
"Come on, Mei Lin-chan! Cleaning this basement could lead you to unexpected experience and findings!" cheered Tomoyo.
Suddenly, a white glow engulfed the entire basement and created giant cobwebs all over it.
"It's unexpected, all right," said Mei Lin when she saw sticky cobwebs surrounding the walls.
"It's a Clow Card!" exclaimed Shao Ran.
"But how come we didn't sense it?!" shouted Sakura.
As she shouted, the cobwebs suddenly moved. encircling them.
"Kyaa~!!" Mei Lin screamed.
"Move to the center!" Shao Ran ordered as he prepared to transform his staff.
"I'll cut through it with The Sword!" said Sakura to Shao Ran.
With that, Sakura transform and swung her wand to The Sword. The wand was circled by mysterious mist and transformed into a unique-looking, thin sword.
"SWORD!" she shouted.
The cobwebs was slashed into pieces, but suddenly merged into one piece again.
"Hoe~ It didn't work!" Sakura said.
The cobwebs were getting nearer, cornering the group in an uncomfortable tiny space. Sakura and Shao Ran tried to destroy the cobwebs in absolute vain.
"What must we do?!" Tomoyo asked nervously.
"I don't won't to die in a basemeeeeent!!" shouted Mei Lin in despair.
"Sakura!" Shao Ran called as he blasted some cobwebs that eventually merged back.
"I have a plan!" he shouted.
"I'll use my thunder to destroy it! When it's about to merge again, use The Freeze! Meanwhile, use The Shield for your protection!" he explained.
"But you could risk yourself!" Sakura said, disagree.
"We have to do it! Trust me, I'll be okay." he gave Sakura a comforting smile.
"." Sakura silenced for a second.
"Wakatta!" she finally said.
"SHIELD!!" she commanded.
A swirling light wrapped Sakura, Tomoyo, and Mei Lin.
"THUNDER!" Shao Ran shouted right after The Shield completely protected the others.
Shao Ran's thunder hit the cobwebs and turned them into charred pieces.
"Sakura, NOW!" Shao Ran shouted as the pieces started to revive.
"FREEZE!!" Sakura attacked.
A glistening ice goldfish appeared and freeze the reviving cobwebs with its cold air. The cobwebs bits laid still, frozen.
"Return to your true self, CLOW CARD!" Sakura shouted while raising her wand.
The frozen cobwebs whirled and turned into a glowing card.
The card floated between Sakura and Shao Ran and eventually chose Shao Ran as its owner.
"Eh?" Shao ran blinked in surprise.
"Yay! Shao Ran's second Clow Card!" cheered Mei Lin.
"Wow! Marvelous!" praised Sakura.
"Well." Shao Ran didn't know what to say. n_n(cute!)
"Doesn't it a really cute picture of Shao Ran-kun's and Sakura-chan's victory?" said Tomoyo suddenly.
"To. Tomoyo-chan. You still have that camcorder taping during the whole incident?!" Sakura sweat dropped.
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"Eriol! What have they done to deserve catching a Clow Card in that dusty basement?!" demanded Ruby Moon.
"I also thought it is a cruel way to treat the Clow Mistress, your descendant, and their friends." Suppi joined in.
Eriol turned to them with mischievous looks.
Both Suppi and Ruby Moon stiffened in alert and fear.
"At least they could use to cleaning dusty basements!" Eriol suddenly changed his expression.
THUD!
The guardians fell down comically and stared at their weird, smiling innocently master.
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Don't complain my lateness. I have good reasons for it. Well, since nobody reviewed and appreciated this fic much except for my one loyal reader, which probably won't like it if I wrote down her name. -_-; But anyway, I still hope that all of you, readers, to review this fic. This is my first serious fic, and I really like it! I put quite much effort in it and love it much! ,_, Gomen, it's just me being too emotional. So, R&R, please. P.S. Next Week: Another happy, non-magical, side story. It's about Sakura who misses being home. how will Shao Ran comfort her? When will she get home? And what does her mysterious dream mean?! 3 words, just-read-it! n_~
#n_n# (JK-Chan)
Author's Note: Great! I'll make sure this as a good one! I'll make more actions in this one! n_~ So please R&R! ^0^ Oh, and the next chapter will be on *next* Saturday. Gomen, but I'm busy. -_-;
Japanese and Chinese Vocabulary:
*Sensei = teacher.
*Siing~ = Japanese sound effect for awkward silence(usually written without the 'g'!).
*Wakatta = I understand.
Chapter 10
The Web
Sakura sat on her bed with a Clow Card in her hands. The Forest.
'I still can't think of a way to help Forest.' she thought with a sigh.
'Maybe I could suggest Terada-sensei about cleaning the town after I got back to Tomoeda!' Sakura thought with a smile.
Sakura then put The Forest into a stack of Clow Cards Sakura had collected.
"Yo! Sakura, you have captured *5* cards!" said Kero, stressing the number '5' with pride.
"Un! That means that I'm halfway to the completion!" said Sakura, relieved and happy.
"But unfortunately that *brat* got one of the cards!" Kero pouted in dissatisfaction.
"Shao Ran caught it, it's his!" Sakura reminded.
"But, still!" Kero insisted.
"You're the true Card Captor, anyway! I just don't know what's in Clow's mind!" he said, more displeased than before.
"Hm. Kero-chan, I'm really confused by Eriol-kun's thoughts. I don't understand his way of thinking! Sometimes he looks like he's going to harm us, but another time."
"He *is* strange." Kero said, cutting Sakura's line.
"Even I, as his guardian beast, don't know what he thinks and plans sometimes." he continued with a sigh.
"He's just. unpredictable." Kero finished seriously.
Sakura and Kero silenced for a second, Sakura eyed Kero as if waiting for him to speak some more.
"But he surely gave me lots of sweet things to eat, back then!!" Kero beamed with delight, changing his expression.
"Hoe~"
THUD!
Sakura fell down comically. -_-;
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KNOCK! KNOCK!
There are knockings on Sakura's bedroom door.
Sakura was sitting alone since Kero went out to find some 'goodies', which was very probably sweets and cakes. -_-;
"Coming!" Sakura got up and went to open the door to the unexpected guest.
"Eriol-kun!" said Sakura in surprise.
"Do you mind if I come in, Sakura-san?" Eriol asked politely.
"Of course not! Please come in!" said Sakura at once.
"Thank you." Eriol stepped in, carrying his mysterious aura behind.
"Ano. is there something wrong?" asked Sakura worriedly.
Eriol shook his head.
"No, I just want to tell you something." he said secretively.
"Wh. What?" Sakura asked gawkily.
"For whatever you face from now on. be confident, I know you'll be able to catch all of them." he said encouragingly.
"Oh, um. thank you." Sakura said shyly, a shade of red appeared on her face.
"And since you've captured half of them. I should say that this is quite an achievement." he continued.
"Mou, I don't really think I deserve that compliment, Eriol-kun." she said, face getting redder.
"No, really, I'm quite impressed with both you and my cute little descendant." Eriol said.
"But remember, the end could mean the beginning." he said, wisely and mysteriously.
"The. beginning?" Sakura repeated anxiously.
Eriol smiled mischievously.
"Well, I guess I should return to the library where Spinel waits." he decided and walked toward the door.
"Wait, Eriol-kun! What. What do you mean by the end could mean the beginning?!" Sakura asked tensely.
Eriol smiled, nicer this time.
"You'll figure it out when the time comes." he said and closed the door behind him.
'When the time comes.?'
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Not long after that.
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
There was an even more frantic knockings on Sakura's door.
"C. Coming!" Sakura rushed to the door.
"Eriol-kun?!" Sakura guessed as she opened the door.
"Looking for Eriol? Sorry to disappoint you." Ruby Moon said when she faced the embarrass Sakura.
"Ru. Ruby Moon-san! Sorry! I didn't mean to." Sakura babbled awkwardly.
"It's okay! Ohohohoho!" Ruby Moon laughed over-cheerfully.
"So. Do you have something to tell me?" Sakura asked, trying as polite as she could.
"Actually, it's more like a *request*." he said mysteriously.
"Hoe?" Sakura blinked unknowingly.
************************************************************************
"Ruby Moon asked us." Shao Ran began in disbelief.
".to clean the basement?!" Tomoyo finished.
"I. I know it sounds weird, but." Sakura tried to explain.
"This is not *weird*, this is *ridiculous*!" yelled Mei Lin.
"Well. I guess since we stay here." Sakura's sentence trailed off.
"But to clean the basement?! I thought I wouldn't go to a basement for a long time since that time!(Refers to Chapter 6!)" Mei Lin yelled again in disgust.
"Mei Lin!" Shao Ran said loud, both sternly and impatiently.
"It won't be that bad, Mei Lin-chan, as long as we wear maskers and gloves." Tomoyo said.
"Look! I made gloves and maskers for everyone!" Tomoyo showed them rather too high-class gloves and maskers.
SIIIIIIIIING~
The others sweat dropped in the awkward silence. -_-;
************************************************************************
"It's really like what I remember." grumbled Mei Lin as they enter the dusty basement.
"It's also dusty and full of cobwebs!" she complained more.
"Mei Lin. That's why this is a basement." Shao Ran sighed.
"Oops, sorry! I forgot to take few things! I'll be right back!" said Ruby Moon suddenly.
Then he left, leaving the stunned group in the dusty basement. Flashlights are the only source of light.
"Hoe~" Sakura shrieked in fear.
"Argh! Why must we do this?!" grumbled Mei Lin.
"Come on, Mei Lin-chan! Cleaning this basement could lead you to unexpected experience and findings!" cheered Tomoyo.
Suddenly, a white glow engulfed the entire basement and created giant cobwebs all over it.
"It's unexpected, all right," said Mei Lin when she saw sticky cobwebs surrounding the walls.
"It's a Clow Card!" exclaimed Shao Ran.
"But how come we didn't sense it?!" shouted Sakura.
As she shouted, the cobwebs suddenly moved. encircling them.
"Kyaa~!!" Mei Lin screamed.
"Move to the center!" Shao Ran ordered as he prepared to transform his staff.
"I'll cut through it with The Sword!" said Sakura to Shao Ran.
With that, Sakura transform and swung her wand to The Sword. The wand was circled by mysterious mist and transformed into a unique-looking, thin sword.
"SWORD!" she shouted.
The cobwebs was slashed into pieces, but suddenly merged into one piece again.
"Hoe~ It didn't work!" Sakura said.
The cobwebs were getting nearer, cornering the group in an uncomfortable tiny space. Sakura and Shao Ran tried to destroy the cobwebs in absolute vain.
"What must we do?!" Tomoyo asked nervously.
"I don't won't to die in a basemeeeeent!!" shouted Mei Lin in despair.
"Sakura!" Shao Ran called as he blasted some cobwebs that eventually merged back.
"I have a plan!" he shouted.
"I'll use my thunder to destroy it! When it's about to merge again, use The Freeze! Meanwhile, use The Shield for your protection!" he explained.
"But you could risk yourself!" Sakura said, disagree.
"We have to do it! Trust me, I'll be okay." he gave Sakura a comforting smile.
"." Sakura silenced for a second.
"Wakatta!" she finally said.
"SHIELD!!" she commanded.
A swirling light wrapped Sakura, Tomoyo, and Mei Lin.
"THUNDER!" Shao Ran shouted right after The Shield completely protected the others.
Shao Ran's thunder hit the cobwebs and turned them into charred pieces.
"Sakura, NOW!" Shao Ran shouted as the pieces started to revive.
"FREEZE!!" Sakura attacked.
A glistening ice goldfish appeared and freeze the reviving cobwebs with its cold air. The cobwebs bits laid still, frozen.
"Return to your true self, CLOW CARD!" Sakura shouted while raising her wand.
The frozen cobwebs whirled and turned into a glowing card.
The card floated between Sakura and Shao Ran and eventually chose Shao Ran as its owner.
"Eh?" Shao ran blinked in surprise.
"Yay! Shao Ran's second Clow Card!" cheered Mei Lin.
"Wow! Marvelous!" praised Sakura.
"Well." Shao Ran didn't know what to say. n_n(cute!)
"Doesn't it a really cute picture of Shao Ran-kun's and Sakura-chan's victory?" said Tomoyo suddenly.
"To. Tomoyo-chan. You still have that camcorder taping during the whole incident?!" Sakura sweat dropped.
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"Eriol! What have they done to deserve catching a Clow Card in that dusty basement?!" demanded Ruby Moon.
"I also thought it is a cruel way to treat the Clow Mistress, your descendant, and their friends." Suppi joined in.
Eriol turned to them with mischievous looks.
Both Suppi and Ruby Moon stiffened in alert and fear.
"At least they could use to cleaning dusty basements!" Eriol suddenly changed his expression.
THUD!
The guardians fell down comically and stared at their weird, smiling innocently master.
************************************************************************
Don't complain my lateness. I have good reasons for it. Well, since nobody reviewed and appreciated this fic much except for my one loyal reader, which probably won't like it if I wrote down her name. -_-; But anyway, I still hope that all of you, readers, to review this fic. This is my first serious fic, and I really like it! I put quite much effort in it and love it much! ,_, Gomen, it's just me being too emotional. So, R&R, please. P.S. Next Week: Another happy, non-magical, side story. It's about Sakura who misses being home. how will Shao Ran comfort her? When will she get home? And what does her mysterious dream mean?! 3 words, just-read-it! n_~
#n_n# (JK-Chan)